Time to Change Maps, the Ambitions of a Leek
Time to Change Maps, the Ambitions of a Leek
What happened at Supreme Stygian Holy Land quickly sent shockwaves through the entire Eastern Barren.
The many Holy Lands, Empires, and other powers that had marched to besiege Supreme Stygian Holy Land not only refrained from attacking—they had all filed into the great hall to respectfully pay their respects to a certain young man.
This news left countless Cultivators wide-eyed with disbelief.
At the same time, numerous scenes spread far and wide through Photographic Stones, circulating across the land.
Among them were the sights from before the gates of Supreme Stygian Holy Land.
With that, practically every power learned of the existence of this young daren from the Beyond.
Countless Cultivators were shaken to their core.
So the legendary Beyond truly existed.
This earth-shattering news even began spreading from the Eastern Barren toward the other regions, stirring up enormous waves.
“The Eastern Barren really is a land of shifting winds and clouds these days!”
“Indeed. A young being from the legendary Beyond has actually descended...”
“Since ancient times, ascension has been said to be incredibly difficult, and descending to the Overworld downright impossible—after all, that’s an act that defies the heavens themselves...”
“Hehe, no wonder all those aggressive sects and factions ended up with that attitude. I thought Supreme Stygian Holy Land would be annihilated that day.”
“Truly unexpected. But Supreme Stygian Holy Land sure got lucky, latching onto that young daren’s thigh.”
“Though in all this, I hear that inner Sect disciple of Supreme Stygian Holy Land named Ye Chen made quite a name for himself too.”
Inside a tavern, many people burst into laughter.
“Hahaha, I know all about that,” a man nearby chimed in with a grin.
“They say he got jealous that the young daren effortlessly won the heart of the Eastern Barren’s number one beauty, so he overestimated himself and stepped up to challenge him. Hehehe, and in the end, the young daren merely swept a single glance at him, and that inner Sect disciple Ye Chen was pressed flat on the ground, prostrate and unable to move...”
“Tsk tsk tsk, in this day and age, a toad still fantasizing about eating swan meat. As if the Eastern Barren’s number one beauty could ever be within the likes of his reach?”
The Cultivators here drank and roared with laughter, treating it as after-dinner entertainment.
In every ancient city, tavern, and pavilion, Cultivators could be heard discussing the matter.
The number of Cultivators in the Eastern Barren numbered in the countless billions.
A single ancient city alone could house tens of millions of Cultivators.
A sensation of this magnitude created unimaginable waves practically on the very first day.
In one ancient city, a sallow-faced man was hurrying along the road.
Hearing the discussions around him made his expression turn even uglier, his fists clenching with audible cracks.
Then, he touched his chest, where a faint tearing pain still lingered, coldness and hatred flashing through his eyes as he muttered to himself,
“Su Qingge, you bitch, you actually betrayed me...”
“Gu Changge, I will repay today’s humiliation a hundredfold.”
This person was, of course, a disguised Ye Chen.
There was no longer any place for him in the Eastern Barren.
With a single word from Gu Changge, every sect in the Eastern Barren now avoided him like a venomous snake.
He didn’t even dare travel under his original appearance.
This time, Ye Chen planned to use the great Transportation Array in this ancient city to head for Middle State.
Compared to the Eastern Barren, that land was far more mysterious and vast, where Dragon Veins converged, sects stood in great numbers, Holy Lands and Mystic Mountains abounded, and legacies stretched back through the ages.
No matter how Gu Changge covered the sky with one hand, surely he couldn’t influence all of Middle State?
Besides, Middle State was home to many lineages and clans with ties to the Beyond, whose Founding Ancestors had once ascended.
Ye Chen’s plan was sound.
With his formidable talent, once he joined one of those lineages or clans, he would naturally soar in no time.
Wasn’t Gu Changge only so rampant because of his background in the Beyond?
Once he had that same backing, what could Gu Changge do then?
He would make Su Qingge and Gu Changge regret everything!
Thinking this, Ye Chen’s mood settled, and a cold smile even crept onto his face.
“Shifu...”
What worried and puzzled Ye Chen, however, was that ever since the incident at Supreme Stygian Holy Land, his beautiful shifu had barely spoken.
She only intervened when he encountered mortal danger.
A faint unease stirred in Ye Chen’s heart, and his fists clenched tighter.
Could Yan Ji be planning to betray him too, to leave him?
He refused to accept it.
...
In the blink of an eye, half a month passed.
“An invitation from the Third Prince of the Great Xia Empire of Middle State, broadly inviting heaven’s chosen from all regions to a gathering to discuss the Dao?”
Inside the great hall, Gu Changge looked at the gilded invitation Su Qingge held out to him and raised an eyebrow slightly.
He gave it a casual glance and quickly lost interest.
The so-called heaven’s chosen of the Overworld.
In his eyes, he could crush them all with a single finger.
Nowhere near as interesting as teasing Su Qingge every day.
“The Great Xia Empire—its former emperor is said to have ascended to the Beyond, so its foundations are unfathomably deep. And the Third Prince himself is immensely talented; on the day of his birth, the sound of the Dao resounded across three thousand li...”
Su Qingge explained for Gu Changge.
At the same time, her slender, scallion-white fingers peeled a spirit crystal grape and brought it to his lips.
“The Great Xia Empire?”
“Middle State, huh?”
“True enough. It is about time to change maps.”
Gu Changge said offhandedly as he ate the grape, thought for a moment, then rose to his feet.
Life lately had been a bit too leisurely.
He really wasn’t used to days without harvesting Ye Chen’s leeks.
Besides, if his guess was right, Ye Chen should have just about fled to Middle State by now.
“Three days from now, the heaven’s chosen of all the Holy Lands, Empires, and clans of the Eastern Barren will set out together. Does Gongzi plan to go with them?”
Su Qingge asked.
Gu Changge pondered for a moment, then nodded.
He suddenly remembered something.
Ming Lao’s family seemed to be located in Middle State of this realm.
Thirty thousand years ago, Ming Lao had torn open the void from Middle State and successfully ascended into the Beyond.