King of Creation
Chapter 886: Chapter 872: Omen of Great Change
Ye Zhen’s talisman communication was personally sent to him by Sect Leader Jian Qianxiong.
The content was similar to what Hong Jiyin said; it was a summoning for Ye Zhen to go to Qinglan Martial City to participate in the Jiazi Divine Sacrifice, with just a few additional instructions!
Since there were still half a month left until the Jiazi Divine Sacrifice, and it usually took a regular martial artist two to three days to travel from Red Fire Martial City to Qinglan Martial City, Ye Zhen, with his Cloud Winged Tiger King, would take less than a day and a half.
Therefore, Jian Qianxiong suggested that Ye Zhen should not rush back to Qinglan Martial City, and he could stay at Red Fire Martial City for another ten days. He could depart two to three days ahead of the Jiazi Divine Sacrifice.
Actually, this was entirely Jian Qianxiong being overly cautious. In the past two months, Red Fire Martial City had already stabilized.
As for the worry that someone might cause trouble after Ye Zhen left, one only needed to look at the more than two hundred corpses hanging around Red Fire Martial City.
Among those over two hundred corpses, more than half were Vein Forging Realm martial artists who caused trouble in the past two months. One corpse with only half a leg belonged to a Second Stage Establishment King.
This Second Stage Establishment King sneaked into Tiger Mouth Gorge attempting to excavate the ruins of the Ground Fire Heart Palace and was discovered by Ye Zhen’s stationed guards, leading to conflict.
In the end, this Establishment King hadn’t even shown his prowess before being blasted by the Demon-Breaking General Ye Zhen had left behind!
Since then, Tiger Mouth Gorge had been peaceful.
Those who could cultivate to the level of an Establishment King were not fools.
Of course, Jian Qianxiong’s suggestion was good, but Ye Zhen decided to depart immediately!
For no other reason than that Ye Zhen had run out of materials for refining spirit artifacts!
The materials for refining treasure artifacts could be endlessly provided to Ye Zhen by the Red Fire Subdivision, but the materials for refining spirit artifacts were just what Ye Zhen had managed to gather from searching through the warehouse’s seizures; they couldn’t be purchased in a short time.
To obtain more materials for refining spirit artifacts, it was necessary to go to a large city like Qinglan Martial City, moreover, within the Sun and Moon Divine Sect, there were also large reserves of artifact refining materials for the artifact refiners nurtured by the sect to practice with.
Of course, the most fundamental reason was that during these days of refining, Ye Zhen had already formulated a plan for re-refining and upgrading his Low Grade Spirit Artifact, the Divine Great Momentum Hammer!
The materials used for the Divine Great Momentum Hammer were very high grade; it should be said, the materials for refining a Mid-grade Spirit Artifact were used, but the refining technique was so crude, forcefully refining Mid-grade Spirit Artifact materials into a Low Grade Spirit Artifact.
Only when one could refine a Mid-grade or even a High Grade Spirit Artifact using Low Grade Spirit Artifact materials could one be considered an excellent artifact refiner.
However, currently, many artifact refiners, in order to ensure or enhance the success rate of spirit artifact refining, basically use materials for refining Middle Upper Grade Spiritual Artifacts, utilizing the inherent power of the materials, and simplify the refining methods to enhance the success rate, finally refining a Low Grade Spirit Artifact.
The Divine Great Momentum Hammer is a very typical example of this situation. Ye Zhen estimated that as long as he found a few materials, once familiar, he could easily re-refine and upgrade the Divine Great Momentum Hammer into a Mid-grade Spirit Artifact.
"Vice Hall Master Hong, distribute the items in this storage ring to those brothers who have shown outstanding performance, say it is an additional reward from me as the City Lord!" After giving some instructions, Ye Zhen handed over a storage ring before departing!
Hong Jiyin nodded, took the storage ring without much thought, and casually asked, "City Lord, earlier you asked me to compile a list of a hundred brothers who have shown extreme excellence, what is the specific award criterion for them....."
"Each person shall receive one High Grade Treasure," said Ye Zhen.
"One High Grade Treasure per person....uh....." Hong Jiyin was somewhat at a loss for words, momentarily stunned.
Ye Zhen, as the City Lord, awarding High Grade Treasures was acceptable, but to award a hundred at once, where did so many High Grade Treasures come from?
Even for Ye Zhen, as the altar master, even the Sun and Moon Divine Sect didn’t have such audacity!
However, Ye Zhen’s demeanor didn’t seem like he was joking, subconsciously, Hong Jiyin’s divine sense entered the storage ring, and in that instant, he was shocked, so much so that an egg could be placed on his cheek.
A hundred High Grade Treasures, neatly arranged there, most astonishingly, eighty of them were High Grade Treasure Armors, extremely precious life-saving High Grade Treasure Armors!
Hong Jiyin could guarantee that even at an auction, he would never see such a quantity of High Grade Treasure Armors, and most dauntingly, his divine sense sensed the aura of Supreme Treasure Armors, and quite a few of them!
This discovery left Hong Jiyin speechless, so much so that he didn’t even notice the single Low Grade Spirit Artifact placed separately inside!
"Yes, one per person, inside there are eleven Supreme Treasure Armors with good defensive capabilities, to be prioritized for elite personnel of the Red Fire Subdivision like you.
Additionally, that Low Grade Spirit Artifact is an extra prepared for you!" Ye Zhen stated!
"And there’s a Low Grade Spirit Artifact....." The shock of Deputy Altar Master Hong Jiyin was beyond words; in all his lifelong efforts, he had never managed to obtain a single Low Grade Spirit Artifact, and yet with Ye Zhen, it was so easily realized.
By this point, even if Hong Jiyin were a fool, he understood that these hundred High Grade Treasures were personally refined by Ye Zhen.
After all, no matter how many Spirit Crystals you had, no matter how wealthy you were, in the True Spirit Domain, you couldn’t suddenly buy a hundred High Grade Treasures, especially such quantities of High Grade Treasure Armors or even Supreme Treasure Armors, which were strategic resources, who would sell them easily?
Hong Jiyin very much wanted to ask Ye Zhen if the Low Grade Spirit Artifact in his hands was also crafted by Ye Zhen, but before he could open his mouth, Ye Zhen’s figure had already turned into a small black dot in the sky!
Ye Zhen has already left!
In fact, Ye Zhen was quite joyous, discovering for the first time the true thrill of artifact refining, especially when seeing the shocked expression on Hong Jiyin’s face.
Moreover, Ye Zhen suddenly understood the true value and status of an Alchemist and an Artifact Refiner, no wonder even the vice sect hierarchs of the Sun and Moon Divine Sect didn’t dare to provoke the few Alchemists and Artifact Refiners.
Compared to the exorbitant price of fifty to sixty thousand mid-grade Spirit Crystals for a high-grade treasure armor, the cost of refining each high-grade treasure armor by Ye Zhen did not exceed twenty thousand mid-grade Spirit Crystals, making it nothing short of outrageous profiteering.
It was only because Ye Zhen could refine it himself that he could generously reward others; if he had to purchase such items for such generosity, it would likely bankrupt Ye Zhen.
Two days later, Ye Zhen arrived at Qinglan Martial Capital, which he hadn’t visited for nearly three months.
After being away for nearly three months, at first glance, Qinglan Martial Capital seemed unchanged, but with his sharp eyes, Ye Zhen keenly captured some details!
The atmosphere was very tense!
The last time when Ye Zhen had to leave under emergency orders, Peak Master Gan Rusong from Profound Moon Sect came to unite with other forces in Qinglan Martial Capital to press the Sun and Moon Divine Sect to hand over Ye Zhen, but even then the atmosphere wasn’t as tense and murderous as it is now!
Back then, patrol martial artists from various major powers were just as numerous in the sky, but the atmosphere was relaxed.
Many times, when patrolling martial artists from different forces passed by each other, they would greet each other with smiles and even chat a bit, the vibe was quite light and easy!
But now it’s different, everyone is on edge, and their expressions are serious!
Encountering patrol teams from other forces, they remain on guard and maintain a certain distance.
Previously, the formation of the patrol teams was very loose, sparse and scattered, but now, it is very tight!
The successful expansion of the Sun and Moon Divine Sect, coupled with the disastrous defeats of the Longevity Sect and Heavenly Net Sect causing them great losses, and the complete loss of the Stars Tower’s land outside Qinglan Martial City, all these have stirred up a storm in Qinglan Martial Capital, looking like a major upheaval is imminent.
This tense atmosphere here is exactly a sign of such a great change coming!
Ye Zhen understood, the five great forces that have existed in Qinglan Martial Capital for nearly a century are about to undergo a reshuffle.
In three months’ time, Sect Leader Jian Qianxiong’s injuries have presumably recovered for the most part!
With a glance, Ye Zhen lightly clamped his legs and rode the Cloud Winged Tiger King, slowly flying over Qinglan Martial Capital. The moment a patrol team of the Longevity Sect spotted Ye Zhen, their faces changed dramatically!
Almost the instant they saw Ye Zhen, several talisman communications flew out from their hands.
Soon after, the sky over the entire Qinglan Martial Capital was filled with a sudden burst of talisman light, and crisscrossing talisman communications everywhere.
After all, within these three months, there have been numerous rumors circulating about Ye Zhen in Qinglan Martial Capital!
Remarkably insightful, incredibly fortunate, with a mysterious master capable of slaying high-stage Establishment Realm powerhouses backing him, even Ye Zhen publicly injuring King Zhenshan has been attributed to his master acting behind the scenes.
For a time, only one thing was spreading within the entire Qinglan Martial Capital—Ye Zhen has returned!
After a hundred breaths, Ye Zhen was already riding the Cloud Winged Tiger King Kitten, appearing above the Sun and Moon Divine Sect Main Temple, and just as Ye Zhen’s figure emerged, a rapid stream of light rushed towards Ye Zhen.
The movement and speed alerted the Cloud Winged Tiger King Kitten, but the kitten only glanced once and then did nothing further, allowing the stream of light to charge directly towards Ye Zhen!
In plain attire, Fengh Qingyue hovered lively in midair before Ye Zhen, her face brimming with excitement.
In this period, battle reports from Red Fire Martial City were frequently transmitted, she was also confined by Sect Leader Jian Qianxiong, making her extremely worried, naturally, she was excited beyond words upon seeing Ye Zhen now!
"You.... you’re back....." Fengh Qingyue’s chest heaved rapidly from excitement.
Ye Zhen didn’t say a word, he reached out and directly pulled Fengh Qingyue into his embrace, causing Fengh Qingyue to let out shy and bashful exclamations.
Dong! Dong! Dong.....
Almost simultaneously, three Jade Bells inside the Sun and Moon Divine Sect Main Temple began ringing repeatedly, striking a total of nine times!
The clear, crisp sound produced when the Jade Bells are struck with spiritual power penetrated in all directions, this is a unique method by the Sun and Moon Divine Sect to convene their high-level members.
Under normal circumstances, ringing the three Jade Bells nine consecutive times signifies either a powerful enemy invasion or the welcoming of a distinguished guest!
Right now, it clearly was the latter! (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to Qidian (qidian.com) to vote for recommendations, monthly votes, your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please visit m.qidian.com to read.)

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