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    Chapter 397: Entering the Nine Leaves World! The Purple Robe Mission

    Feixing, Lieyan City.

    Since the Lieyan City Demigod established the city, making it the base for the Lieyan family, its location has naturally been excellent, situated by a grand river.

    After over a hundred years of construction, the entire city has become quite prosperous. Though not as grand as Jiang City, it still boasts a population of close to ten million, making it a significant metropolis.

    Within a colossal building, resembling a giant mythical bird in appearance, at its highest point.

    Standing here, one could overlook the entirety of Lieyan City.

    “Going to the Star Boundary for adventures?” Lin Lanyue, clad in fiery red robes, listened to Li Yuan’s explanation.

    “Yes.” Li Yuan nodded. “This trip, it’ll likely take several years.”

    Over the years, Lin Lanyue’s True Meaning cultivation had reached the Intermediate True Meaning stage. In terms of strength, she was among the top tier within the Qixing Mountain members, recognized as a future potential Demigod, holding a prestigious status.

    Li Yuan naturally revealed more information to her.

    Of course, the Nine Leaves Star Boundary and the Nine Mountains Star Boundary were both secrets.

    Even within the Seven Star Civilization, in the past, many Heavenly Flight Warriors who ventured into the Nine Leaves Star Boundary did so without knowledge of the route, being escorted by Demigods.

    “Several years? No way to contact the outside world?” Lin Lanyue questioned.

    “No contact possible.” Li Yuan replied. “That place is somewhat like a world within a world, but it should be even more mysterious.”

    “The Ancient Domain of Buried Immortals?” Lin Lanyue chuckled.

    Seeing the flicker of surprise on Li Yuan’s face, Lin Lanyue smiled, “I am, after all, a registered disciple of the True Phoenix Divine Being. Back then, my Master followed the Ancient Torch Divine Being in battles, wasn’t it for the Ancient Domain of Buried Immortals… With my Heavenly Flight peak permissions within the civilization, I should be able to access information on all three-level Star Boundaries, none of which match what you described.”

    “If you were going on adventures in the starry skies, there’s no need to deceive me… Unless it’s the legendary Ancient Domain of Buried Immortals.” Lin Lanyue stated.

    Li Yuan was speechless.

    Due to the True Phoenix Divine Being, Lin Lanyue’s vision was comparable to many Demigods. Completely concealing it from her would indeed be difficult.

    “Are you doing well within the Lieyan family?” Li Yuan inquired.

    As far as Li Yuan knew, after the Feixing War, following the demise of the Lieyan City Demigod, Lin Lanyue had returned to the Lieyan family.

    “It’s alright.”

    “My parents are very supportive of me. I’ve taken over the family now.” Lin Lanyue said. “With the Patriarch’s passing, the family’s morale is low. Although the Alliance Leader personally ordered significant compensation for the family and will specially cultivate and train many family disciples, without the Patriarch, the family’s influence will undoubtedly decline. Therefore, the family elders place greater importance on me.”

    Li Yuan nodded slightly.

    This was inevitable.

    The compensation provided by the Alliance was merely a guarantee of the lower limit, ensuring that the various wealth left behind by the Lieyan City Demigod wouldn’t be plundered.

    However, any family’s growth, cultivation of disciples, all consume massive amounts of wealth… If the Demigod were alive, they could continuously contribute to the family.

    Like Li Yuan in the past, he wouldn’t have hesitated to help his uncle and aunt reach the Heavenly Flight realm.

    But what if Li Yuan wasn’t there? The Seven Star Alliance high-ranking officials would only ensure that Li Changzhou and his family would live peacefully until the end of their natural lifespan, not provide any extra cultivation opportunities.

    “Actually, before the Patriarch participated in the war, he specifically designated all his treasures and Seven Star points to be given to me.” Lin Lanyue said. “This wealth is quite substantial for a Heavenly Flight warrior, but under the Alliance Leader’s orders… the family elders dare not harbor any ulterior motives, saving me a lot of trouble.”

    The two chatted leisurely, sharing many things.

    Since leaving the Wushen Star Boundary over two years ago, their meetings had become less frequent.

    After a long time.

    “Lanyue, I…” Li Yuan was about to speak.

    “Li Yuan, I understand what you want to say, but there’s no need to say it.” Lin Lanyue shook her head, “I think we should remain as we were before, just friends.”

    Li Yuan was taken aback.

    “Actually, I’ve thought about it for a long time.”

    “If you were only a Demigod, or even a Divine Void, I wouldn’t want to give up.” Lin Lanyue looked at Li Yuan, “But the path you’re destined to walk is entirely different from mine.”

    Lin Lanyue was confident in her ability to become a Demigod.

    “In fact, before this Feixing War, the Patriarch specifically talked to me… ”

    “The Patriarch said.”

    “Your talent, looking at the entire Mortal Realm, is absolutely the best, surpassing even Senior Dongfang Ji and Alliance Leader Fang Hai. You will definitely reach the Divine Realm in the future… I know your nature, pursuing the peak of cultivation has always been your dream.” Lin Lanyue said, “You bear the responsibility of the civilization’s rise, you can’t give up.”

    “If we truly were together, I would probably be lonely all the time, and I would constantly worry about your life and death.” Lin Lanyue shook her head, “Like when the news of your demise reached me in the Mingxu Star Boundary… Like how you’re going to the Ancient Domain of Buried Immortals again this time… for many years.”

    “If you reach the Divine Realm, it’s likely that I won’t hear from you for a hundred, a thousand years. I might spend my entire life waiting for you.”

    “If I were to follow you there, I would become a burden, and I couldn’t bear to leave my family behind.” Lin Lanyue shook her head.

    “I’m not keen on living that kind of life.” Lin Lanyue said softly, “Li Yuan, I’m sorry.”

    Li Yuan opened his mouth, but ultimately remained silent, unable to refute.

    He hadn’t expected Lin Lanyue to suddenly make it clear.

    After a while.

    “Alright.” Li Yuan, being a decisive person, said, “Lanyue, I was expecting your breakthrough to the Heavenly Flight realm soon. I prepared a set of gifts for you. Regardless… I can’t let my efforts go to waste.”

    Whoosh!

    Li Yuan pointed to the void.

    A set of battle armor appeared between them. The armor subtly revealed fire-red secret patterns, appearing incredibly luxurious, emitting waves of peculiar fluctuations.

    This was a set of fire-attribute ‘Semi-Divine Artifact,’ comprised of nine Semi-Divine Artifacts. Li Yuan had carefully selected it from the Seven Star Treasury, considered a top-tier item among Semi-Divine Artifacts.

    Heavenly Flight warriors, unless they cultivate the Nine-Star Vein, would rarely use Divine Artifacts.

    “This?” Lin Lanyue’s eyes flashed with surprise.

    “Accept it.” Li Yuan, having thought things through, smiled with ease, “Like you said, we’re still friends. It’s not excessive for friends to exchange gifts.”

    “Alright.” Lin Lanyue no longer refused, waving her hand to collect the set of armor.

    “Lanyue, I’m leaving then.” Li Yuan said.

    “Take care, when you’re adventuring outside, staying alive is the priority.” Lin Lanyue couldn’t help but say.

    “You take care too.”

    Whoosh! Li Yuan took a step, the void trembled, and he vanished into the end of the world.

    Seeing this scene.

    “I…” Lin Lanyue’s eyes faintly held tears, she murmured, “Li Yuan, you’ve been battling and adventuring in the Mingxu Star Boundary, I couldn’t help you. You’ve swept through the Second-Level Star Boundaries, I still couldn’t help you.”

    “In the Feixing War, you’ve reached the peak of civilization, surpassing even the Patriarch. The enemies you face are the Demigods and even Divine Beings of the foreign civilization, yet I’m still just a Source Warrior.”

    “In the past, I thought that with my efforts, one day, I could get close to you, we could be like my parents, ultimately together… During those years in Qixing Mountain, I felt that we were already incredibly close.”

    “But reality proves that the gap between us is growing larger.”

    “Now, the gap is so vast that it’s beyond repair, leaving me with no hope of catching up, even getting close is impossible.” Lin Lanyue’s eyes faintly held tears, which were then vaporized.

    She was willing to accompany Li Yuan on his adventures, even to the legendary Divine Realm in the future… But Lin Lanyue realized something.

    She and Li Yuan were destined for two different worlds.

    “A burden!”

    “Even if I followed you all the way, I would only become a burden, why bother forcing it?” Lin Lanyue felt bitter in her heart, “Even if I force it, after hundreds or thousands of years, when my life reaches its end… the gap in our life levels will still lead to a difference in life and death.”

    It was because she understood all this that, after the Feixing War, she decided to let go of this relationship on her own.

    “Each taking care of ourselves.”

    In the void.

    Liu Bing and Li Yuan were flying quickly.

    “Big Brother, are you really giving up? Actually, I think Sister Lanyue is pretty good.” Liu Bing transmitted her thoughts.

    During those years in Qixing Mountain, while Liu Bing didn’t show herself, she would secretly observe Li Yuan and Lin Lanyue’s interactions.

    “I can’t force it.”

    “Just like Lanyue said herself.” Li Yuan said softly, “She doesn’t want to constantly live in fear, she doesn’t want to wait for me every time… But I, likewise, can’t give up on my path of cultivation.”

    “This path, not only for the civilization, but also for myself.” Li Yuan’s eyes held a fighting spirit, “I yearn to see the vast wonders of the world, to reach the peak of the Divine Realm, to see what lies at the end of the path of cultivation.”

    “In the future, Big Brother, if you go to the Divine Realm, she can follow you.” Liu Bing said nonchalantly.

    “That wouldn’t be fair to her.” Li Yuan shook his head. “Her parents, her family are all in the Seven Star Civilization… In the future, if she were to follow me to the Divine Realm, wandering and battling all the way, would that be truly happy?”

    “If she doesn’t follow me to the Divine Realm, we’ll be separated for who knows how many years, which would be excruciatingly painful?”

    Of course, while saying this out loud, Li Yuan understood the real reason deep down, it ultimately came down to not being able to share life and death together.

    In simple terms, not loving enough.

    Ordinary people’s love doesn’t need to constantly face the test of life and death, they can spend their lives together in ordinary days.

    But Divine Beings with long lifespans, they might have many children, but most don’t have a partner they can absolutely trust and rely on for a lifetime… The stronger the cultivator, the more self-centered they become, so naturally, the higher their demands for their partner, making it increasingly rare to find one.

    Take Dongfang Ji, for instance, he was incredibly strict with his own children.

    “Happiness?” Liu Bing was speechless.

    While her vision and knowledge were extraordinary, possessing vast inherited memories, she had little experience with love and romance.

    In her view, what’s wrong with battling and facing death together?

    “It’s okay, Big Brother, without a partner, you still have me by your side!” Liu Bing chuckled.

    “Yes.”

    “Let’s see what’s special about this Nine Leaves World.” Li Yuan smiled.

    Boom!

    After flying for a while, Li Yuan and Liu Bing arrived at the southernmost part of Feixing, a mysterious region.

    The world was shrouded in darkness, below was a vast ocean, with completely black seawater.

    “According to the information provided by the Headmaster.”

    “The entrance to the Nine Leaves World is here.” Li Yuan looked down at the dark, unfathomable seawater.

    Suddenly.

    Whoosh~ The seawater split apart, followed by a figure, shrouded in golden robes, emerging from the seabed, charging towards Li Yuan at an astonishing speed.

    “What’s this?” Li Yuan was startled, sensing a fatal threat from the golden figure.

    This was definitely someone who could threaten his life.

    Li Yuan instinctively activated his Divine Palace to investigate: “【Target exceeds detection limit】”.

    Exceeds limit? Divine Void level?

    With Li Yuan’s current Source Power realm, even an Eight-Star Vein Demigod could be detected.

    Li Yuan was about to retreat when the golden figure approached, but abruptly stopped, nodding slightly, “Deputy Alliance Leader Li, hello, I am Dongfang Jia.”

    Dongfang Jia? Li Yuan was confused.

    “Li Yuan, he is one of the three Divine Void puppets left behind by the Master.” A deep voice suddenly rang out, followed by the formation of a flowing light illusion, with a white robe on its surface.

    “Old Man Yun.” Li Yuan’s eyes lit up.

    “Old Man Yun.” Liu Bing extended her head from Li Yuan’s sleeve, also nodding slightly, as a sign of respect.

    Outwardly, Liu Bing had always disguised herself well.

    “The Master’s three Divine Void puppets are named Dongfang Jia, Dongfang Yi, and Dongfang Bing.” Old Man Yun said, “The one staying on Feixing is Dongfang Jia. After the Feixing War, he spent most of his time guarding the entrances to the Nine Leaves and Nine Mountains, preventing alien races from infiltrating.”

    Li Yuan understood.

    Thinking about it, Li Yuan couldn’t help but glance at the figure in golden robes. Dongfang Jia? The Alliance Leader sure had a casual way of naming things.

    “You and the spirit beast are going in together?” Old Man Yun looked at Liu Bing.

    “Yes.” Li Yuan nodded, “Little Bing is a Sky Snake, you should know, going into the Nine Leaves and Nine Mountains might also yield great benefits.”

    “Alright, just be careful.”

    “Follow me.” Old Man Yun said, the golden figure flew towards the separated seabed.

    Li Yuan, accompanied by Liu Bing, followed behind.

    “Two Star Boundary passages?”

    Li Yuan and the others quickly arrived at the depths of the seabed, within a range of rolling underwater mountain ranges, there were two massive passages.

    Each passage had a diameter exceeding ten kilometers, with colorful lights emanating from within, leading to an unknown destination. The shimmering lights made them appear incredibly mysterious.

    “The left one leads to the Nine Leaves Star Boundary.” Old Man Yun said, “This Star Boundary is quite unique, although it’s a Three-Level Star Boundary, only those with sufficient strength can enter… Usually, it requires the strength of a Heavenly Flight peak warrior to enter, so over the years, not many Heavenly Flight warriors from our civilization have gone inside.”

    Li Yuan nodded in agreement. Heavenly Flight peak? That means only Heavenly Flight Star Masters could enter.

    “The Master said.”

    “To gain great rewards, the first requirement is strength, the second is luck.” Old Man Yun looked at Li Yuan, “You have extraordinary strength, and your luck should be decent too… Just don’t be greedy, if you perish inside, that would be a huge loss for the civilization.”

    “I will.” Li Yuan smiled, looking down at Liu Bing, “Little Bing, let’s go.”

    Whoosh! Whoosh!

    One person and one beast, without hesitation, transformed into two beams of light, rushing into the left Star Boundary passage, quickly disappearing within the colorful lights.

    Entering the Star Boundary passage, Li Yuan felt waves of pressure sweeping over him. This pressure was enough to make ordinary Heavenly Flight warriors explode, but for Li Yuan and Liu Bing, it was just a tickle.

    “Big Brother, it’s so easy.” Liu Bing said.

    “Don’t be careless.” Li Yuan reminded her.

    While Dongfang Ji and Fang Hai couldn’t reveal the core secrets of the Nine Leaves and Nine Mountains, they could share some basic information.

    And the most crucial point of the rules summarized by Dongfang Ji and Fang Hai was—there are no rules.

    In the Nine Leaves and Nine Mountains, anything could happen.

    Suddenly.

    Li Yuan felt a hazy wave envelop him, as if some force was scanning him.

    In the next instant, Li Yuan was shocked to discover that Liu Bing, who had been entwined around his arm, had disappeared.

    Not only had Liu Bing disappeared, but the Sky Snake Palace they entered together was gone too.

    Mind you, Li Yuan had some understanding of spatial mysteries, yet he hadn’t detected anything at all.

    “Sister, do you feel anything?” Li Yuan quickly transmitted a message to Gu You, “I can’t even contact Liu Bing through my soul, I can’t even confirm if she’s alive or dead.”

    Li Yuan was genuinely alarmed.

    This technique was too powerful.

    “Li Yuan, be careful.” Gu You’s voice echoed in Li Yuan’s mind, sounding quite serious, “Liu Bing’s disappearance… I didn’t notice anything for a moment, this spacetime manipulation skill seems even more terrifying than the ones Father encountered in the past… The Ancient Domain of Buried Immortals, truly unfathomable.”

    “This so-called Nine Leaves World is inherently part of the Ancient Domain of Buried Immortals. While Dongfang Ji and Fang Hai didn’t tell you everything, I suspect this place is a testing ground… so they’re testing you and Liu Bing separately.” Gu You stated her hypothesis.

    “Just be careful.”

    “Even if you hide within the Ancient Divine Palace, you might still be pulled out.” Gu You said.

    “Yes.” Li Yuan’s heart sank, he couldn’t afford to be careless in the slightest.

    Suddenly.

    “Whoosh!”

    Li Yuan felt the surrounding lights tremble, and he quickly fell downwards, landing on a massive stone.

    “Where is this?” Li Yuan’s mind stirred, his powerful spiritual awareness spread out instantly, then his face changed.

    Because, his spiritual awareness, which could normally detect a radius of dozens of kilometers, was constrained by an invisible pressure, shrinking to a range of less than ten kilometers.

    As far as his eyes could see.

    It seemed to be a dark canyon, with jagged rocks, ancient trees soaring hundreds of meters high, with towering mountain ranges extending endlessly towards the clouds on both sides.

    In the sky, there was a huge blood moon, its light illuminating the earth, making the entire landscape appear quite eerie.

    “Where the heck am I?” Li Yuan was shocked.

    The scene before him was completely different from the information provided by the Headmaster and the Alliance Leader.

    According to Dongfang Ji and Fang Hai’s information.

    Once entering the Nine Leaves Star Boundary, one would first pass through a vast expanse of land, witnessing the ‘Nine Leaves Overlapping’ spectacle of the vast starry sky… and finally enter the Nine Leaves World.

    But what about him? He had just entered the Star Boundary passage, when he was subjected to an invisible spacetime force, abruptly arriving here.

    Everything was unknown.

    “Huh?” Li Yuan’s eyes suddenly flashed with shock, he murmured, “Triple Mission? Purple Robe Mission?”

    At this moment!

    In Li Yuan’s mind, a mysterious message suddenly appeared. It just appeared directly: “Trialist, as an innate Eight-Star Vein, you’ve directly become a Silver Robe member, and have also simultaneously triggered the requirements for the Purple Robe Mission.”

    “First mission: Survive for ten years.”

    “Second mission: Become a Nine-Star Vein Heavenly Flight warrior, you can become a Gold Robe member.”

    “Third mission: After completing the second mission, become a Demigod, obtain the Ancestral Realm Token, and you can become a Purple Robe member.”

    “Remember, you must not reveal the information about the trial mission to other beings.”

    “At least one mission must be completed before you can obtain the ‘Return Token’ and be eligible to go to the Eternal Hall.”

    The content was simple, but the information it revealed shocked Li Yuan. It was completely different from what Dongfang Ji and Fang Hai had said.

    “Trialist?” Li Yuan was secretly surprised, “Just like Sister Gu You’s guess, are the Nine Leaves and Nine Mountains for selecting promising successors?”

    “Silver Robe?”

    “Gold Robe, Purple Robe? Are these the three levels of classification for trialists in the Nine Leaves and Nine Mountains?” Li Yuan pondered silently, “Just now, that spacetime force directly scanned my physical condition? Because I’m an innate Eight-Star Vein, I directly became a Silver Robe member?”

    “So, the challenge is for me to become a Gold Robe member and even a Purple Robe member?”

    “The prerequisite for becoming a Purple Robe member is to become a Demigod?” Li Yuan thought to himself.

    With so little information, Li Yuan couldn’t deduce much.

    But at least two things were confirmed.

    First, to obtain the ‘Return Token,’ he would have to stay for at least ten years, or even longer.

    Second, the challenges he faced would definitely be different from those faced by Dongfang Ji and Fang Hai.

    “Headmaster and the Alliance Leader, they’ve both entered the Nine Leaves World many times, ultimately breaking through to become Demigods.” Li Yuan thought to himself, “But according to the mission I received, I need to become a Nine-Star Vein and then break through to become a Demigod on my first entry?”

    This shows that the challenges in the Nine Leaves and Nine Mountains would change depending on the actual situation of the trialist.

    “Forget it.”

    “Whether it’s a Three-Stage Nine-Star Vein or obtaining the Ancestral Realm Token, it’s still quite far away.” Li Yuan scanned the surroundings, “Right now, my top priority is to survive in this mysterious world.”

    “Survive for ten years.”

    Boom~

    Through the spatial vibrations, Li Yuan vaguely sensed powerful waves emanating from deep within the canyon, seemingly heading towards his location.

    (End of Chapter)

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