King of Creation Chapter 2244 - 2229: Debt
Previously on King of Creation...
In the initial period after Ye Zhen’s departure, the Temple could be described in two words—madness!
Frantic infiltration into the Blood River Fortress with all kinds of methods employed.
They even considered targeting Liuu Feng and Gu Tieqi, the masters.
However, Great Zhou was no pushover.
Along with the Ancestor God Temple, they stationed numerous Dao realm experts around the Blood River Fortress.
The purpose was simple: to deter or contain the Temple’s experts.
If the Temple deployed Dao realm experts, well, sorry, so did we.
Dao realm experts from Great Zhou and Ancestor God Temple would immediately respond to the Temple’s Dao realm experts.
However, this was limited to confronting Dao realm experts.
Other various means were naturally handled by the Heavenly Patrol Department and the Heavenly Wave Army of North Sea.
This was considered a tacit agreement, after all.
However, it’s recorded that, within a brief half year, Dao realm experts from the Temple appeared at the Blood River Fortress over a thousand times.
As for their infiltration of the Blood River Fortress, no stone was left unturned.
Not just the honey trap, they even used handsome men, and employed sophisticated Illusion Techniques to disguise as relatives of some officers to visit.
Luckily, before Ye Zhen left, he established extremely strict military regulations for the Heavenly Wave Army of North Sea, and the families of its officers mostly came from North Sea County.
A slight check between the two sides would uncover the deception.
Moreover, with the entire Blood River Fortress under military control, no matter how numerous the Temple’s infiltration tactics were, they couldn’t succeed.
As for Liuu Feng, Gu Tieqi, Niu Er, and Zheng Dangshi, these military leaders, besides the constant protection from trusted aides, Ancestor God Temple experts secretly protected them, leaving the Temple no options.
This infiltration and counter-infiltration lasted nearly six months, escalating further and further.
Implicitly, the Temple and Ancestor God Temple seemed ready to engage in an actual fight.
The millennia-long Human-Demon War was underway, and Great Zhou and the Demon Clan were locked in the most severe confrontation in history.
If Ancestor God Temple and the Temple went to war at this time, not only would it make people laugh out their teeth, it would also cause unforeseeable consequences.
Ren Venerate Emperor Ji Long realized that this couldn’t continue.
Before the millennium war concluded, Great Zhou’s internal situation in the Human Demon Battlefield might become chaotic first.
Because those curious about the secrets within the Blood River Fortress weren’t only the Temple, but also the Human Demon Battlefield Grand Commander Ji Yuan.
Immediate intervention was necessary.
Ren Venerate Emperor Ji Long’s skills were fully displayed at this moment.
First, he issued an edict to the Hall Masters of the Temple’s Three Great Holy Lands, inviting them to Luoyi’s Qiankun Palace to discuss important matters.
Being the Human Emperor of Great Zhou, the Temple had to give him this face.
Represented by the Moon Hall Master, Mu Hall Master, and Thunder Hall Master, the three worldly affairs managers of the Temple promptly responded to the edict and appeared at Luoyi Qiankun Palace.
Ren Venerate Emperor candidly raised the issue of the Blood River Fortress.
He willingly acknowledged discovering a Secret Realm inside the Blood River Fortress, but this Secret Realm concerned the nation’s core, and several Supreme Elders of the Ancestor God Temple were currently exploring and researching it.
Considering the current millennia-old war, Ren Venerate Emperor Ji Long hoped that the Temple could remain calm and give Ancestor God Temple some time.
Whether the exploration of the Secret Realm succeeded or not, Ancestor God Temple would definitely announce it.
If the exploration failed, then they would hand it over to the Temple for exploration and research.
Ren Venerate Emperor Ji Long also solemnly drafted a future exploration clause—should the Secret Realm be handed over to the Temple for exploration, the Ancestor God Temple would take at least thirty percent of the gains.
Whether there were Divine Power Secret Techniques or other cultivation insights within the Secret Realm, both the Temple and Ancestor God Temple must share them.
Subsequently, Ren Venerate Emperor Ji Long presented a trump card to pacify the Temple.
He stated the cycle for opening and closing the Secret Realm within the Blood River Fortress was seven years.
Even if Ancestor God Temple experts failed in their exploration, Temple experts would need to wait seven years before they could try entering again.
With these truths and falsehoods presented, regardless of the Temple’s belief, from all angles, the Temple had to restrain itself somewhat.
After all, if the Temple continued to shamelessly infiltrate the Blood River Fortress after the Human Emperor of Great Zhou spoke, it would be akin to tearing off their face.
Moreover, when summoned, over a year had already passed. Waiting another five or six years would not be a problem for the Temple.
The Temple’s infiltration finally quieted down.
As to whether there were any secret actions, only the heavens knew.
At least the pressure on anti-infiltration at the Blood River Fortress was not as intense as before.
In contrast, Prince Lik Ji Yuan’s curiosity was easily resolved.
The Chief Sun Priest of Ancestor God Temple, Prime Minister Bai, personally issued a directive and sent it to Prince Lik Ji Yuan.
Stating that if Prince Lik Ji Yuan insisted on disrupting the exploration of the newly discovered Secret Realm at the Blood River Fortress, Bai Xiang wouldn’t mind taking his avatar wielding the Blazing Sun Scepter for a trip to the Human Demon Battlefield Grand Commander’s Mansion.
The Chief Sun Priest of Ancestor God Temple, Prime Minister Bai, wielding the Blazing Sun Scepter, strikes against unworthy rulers and treacherous ministers.
Feeling desperate, even Ren Venerate Emperor Ji Long could be beaten up, let alone Prince of Political Affairs Ji Yuan.
Under these circumstances, if Prime Minister Bai beat Ji Yuan half senseless, Ji Yuan wouldn’t have anywhere to complain.
He had no choice but to become a turtle hiding in its shell and start restraining the behavior of Huaa Yong, the Fire Swallow Army Marshal sent to Blood River Fortress, and the advisor Fang Su.
It was only after this incident that Blood River Fortress became somewhat stable.
However, both the Ancestor God Temple and the Great Zhou became more cautious.
Supply was no longer transported via Blood River Fortress; instead, the Void Hunting King’s personal delivery was dispatched.
Ye Zhen gathered this information occasionally after emerging through Liuu Feng and the channels of the Heavenly Patrol Department.
Over two hundred thousand of the Heavenly Wave Army of North Sea were stationed at Blood River Fortress, so even while in intense cultivation, Ye Zhen didn’t dare shut himself away for too long.
Apart from leaving emergency contact methods, Ye Zhen would leave the Mirage Dragon Pearl’s sequential space once every month, to understand the latest situation and decide whether to return.
Fortunately, Ye Zhen was lucky; after leaving for two and a half years, everything at Blood River Fortress was normal.
Liuu Feng, along with Gu Tieqi, Niu Er, Zheng Dangshi and others, had gained experience over time, relieving Ye Zhen considerably.
However, Ye Zhen’s exit from the Mirage Dragon Pearl sequential space this time wasn’t due to any abnormalities at Blood River Fortress requiring his return.
According to the current situation, no significant changes within Blood River Fortress demanded Ye Zhen’s presence anytime soon.
Of course, even if something did happen that necessitated Ye Zhen’s presence.
With the Twelve Primordial Celestial Treasure Pearls, it would only take Ye Zhen half a quarter-hour to arrive.
Ye Zhen left the Mirage Dragon Pearl sequential space because his cultivation resources ran out.
Two and a half years in the Mirage Dragon Pearl sequential space equated to two hundred and fifty years of seclusion.
Mountain God Yi Xun had also sent Ye Zhen a hundred mountain essence cores and fifty earth vein essence cores.
Ye Zhen had already refined and integrated them completely into the Earth Element Thousand Image Seal.
Coming out now, naturally to negotiate with Mountain God Yi Xun for cultivation resources.
In Mountain God Yi Xun’s residence, Ye Zhen waited for a short while before Yi Xun arrived.
"You couldn’t have used them all up, could you?" This was the first thing Mountain God Yi Xun said upon seeing Ye Zhen.
As Ye Zhen nodded, Mountain God Yi Xun made a face like he’d seen a ghost.
"I mean, did you eat all those mountain and earth vein essence cores?"
"Even if you ate them all, you wouldn’t have the digestion power, and jaws of steel!"
"Three hundred mountain essence cores and a hundred earth vein essence cores would last any other martial artist four or five hundred or even five to six hundred years, but in just two and a half years for you!
Even the Ancient Fierce Beast Taotie wouldn’t have such an appetite!" Mountain God Yi Xun nearly sprayed saliva on Ye Zhen’s face.
Ye Zhen showed an innocent expression, "This speed was admittedly a bit fast! But, Elder Yi, have you found any star essence cores?"
"Star essence cores?"
Mountain God Yi Xun shook his head, "These things are rare and hardly for sale, so there’s none available now!"
"Then what about mountain and earth vein essence cores?" Ye Zhen asked again.
"These have been found in part! But for the past two years, the market for mountain and earth vein essence cores has almost been cleaned out by us on Five Immortals Island, making them increasingly hard to find.
This past year, we only found fifty mountain essence cores and twenty earth vein essence cores!" Mountain God Yi Xun said.
Ye Zhen was taken aback, "Just that few?"
"You think these are like cabbages? A single mountain essence core signifies a mountain’s destruction! The mountain veins of Primordial Continent are limited, and nobody dares to collect and refine other cores.
Market-traded mountain and earth vein essence cores are almost always refined from worlds beyond Primordial Continent.
Moreover, most worlds don’t allow martial artists to refine their mountain and earth veins into essence cores, as it harms the origin power of the world.
Getting this much is already good." Mountain God Yi Xun said.
"Alright, then I’ll leave it to you, Elder Yi, to continue acquiring them! I’ll take these first." Ye Zhen grimaced.
Hearing this, Mountain God Yi Xun showed a toothache expression, "I say, County Prince Ye, you seem to have forgotten something."
"What is it?" Ye Zhen was puzzled.
"The slaves and resources you entrusted to me to sell last time have already spent all your earnings." Mountain God Yi Xun said.
"Spent all?" Ye Zhen instinctively asked, to which Mountain God Yi Xun flashed a more agonizing expression.
"Not only just all spent, but you currently owe Five Immortals Island more than five million High Grade Spiritual Stones.
Five million High Grade Spiritual Stones is already the highest credit limit I can offer you. Beyond that, I don’t have the authority."
Mountain God Yi Xun awkwardly stroked his beard, "And, this debt is almost due.
As you know, there are some disharmonies between the Five Halls within Five Immortals Island; failing to reclaim debts I’ve issued will lead to troublesome consequences for me. So...." Mountain God Yi Xun blinked at Ye Zhen.
Ye Zhen covertly cursed, of all things, he ended up in debt.
And such a large debt!