From the past to the present.

Sometimes, cultivators from the Central Continent would accidentally stumble into the Ancient Realm.

However, the cultivators of the Ancient Realm hold great contempt for those from the Central Continent. In their eyes, the combat power of Central Continent cultivators is generally inferior. A regular Divine King Realm Initial Stage cultivator from the Ancient Realm has the strength equivalent to three ordinary Divine King Realm Initial Stage cultivators from the Central Continent combined.

Facing Zhu Zhize’s cold shout, Ye Chenfeng only frowned slightly. He didn’t want to unblock his meridians to operate the Spiritual Qi River yet, but he still had the Green Flame within his Dantian!

The temperature of the Green Flame could also burn a Divine King Realm Initial Stage cultivator to death. Ye Chenfeng had noticed that Zhu Zhize and Cheng Yuanmu were only at the Divine King Realm Initial Stage. It seemed that with the abilities of the Green Flame, dealing with these two shouldn’t be an issue.

But now that Ye Chenfeng was separated from Wu Lingxiang and others, he had to first adapt to the Ancient Realm, as he still knew too little about it. These people in front of him could undoubtedly speed up his adaptation. Furthermore, it would be a good opportunity to ask them if they knew where the Hundred-Heart Grass was.

So, after pondering for a moment, Ye Chenfeng ultimately decided not to release the Green Flame and nodded, saying, "I am indeed from the Central Continent."

Zhu Zhize immediately appeared in front of Ye Chenfeng, gripping his shoulder. He sensed the situation within Ye Chenfeng’s body. Due to the special way Ye Chenfeng’s meridians were sealed, even a Divine King Realm expert couldn’t sense anything.

Zhu Zhize couldn’t sense anything special about Ye Chenfeng’s meridians. He could only sense that there wasn’t a trace of spiritual energy within them. He also judged that Ye Chenfeng’s bone age was only thirty, instantly losing interest in him. He thought that when Ye Chenfeng entered the Ancient Realm, something went wrong with his body, causing all spiritual energy to dissipate from his meridians. But even if it didn’t dissipate, he wouldn’t believe Ye Chenfeng was powerful anyway.

After determining Ye Chenfeng’s bone age, Zhu Zhize didn’t bother to sense Ye Chenfeng’s Dantian or the strength of his flesh anymore.

Ye Chenfeng, with Zhu Zhize’s hand on his shoulder, already felt a surge of killing intent. He was about to release the Green Flame when Zhu Zhize let go and said, "Just a kid with no spiritual energy in his meridians and a bone age of only thirty. The valley we’re heading to must be kept secret. I think we should just kill this kid!"

After Zhu Zhize’s words fell.

Zhu Tianlei unleashed the late-stage aura of the fifth level of the Earth God Realm from within, a sneer on his lips, his aura pressing towards Ye Chenfeng. Perhaps in his eyes, Ye Chenfeng was just a weak ant.

But just as he was about to act, Cheng Yiyao stepped in front of Ye Chenfeng, her beautiful eyes looking at Zhu Tianlei in disgust, scolding, "No one else will know about the valley. He’s just from the Central Continent and has no aura at all. He must have accidentally been swept into the Ancient Realm, he’s just a pitiable person. Our Cheng family will shelter him, let him spend the rest of his days with us."

Cheng Yuanmu evidently doted on this junior of his, and he immediately said, "Right, just a regular kid from the Central Continent. How could he affect us? From now on, he is part of our Cheng family."

Seeing Cheng Yuanmu speak up, Zhu Tianlei snorted coldly, unable to act against Ye Chenfeng any longer.

Zhu Zhize said with a sinister smile, "Cheng Yuanmu, I have no objection if you want to protect this kid, but he’s just trash swept from the Central Continent into the Ancient Realm. Still, fear that soon your Cheng family will hardly be able to protect itself. You should really consider your family’s fate! This kid joining your Cheng family might result in an even more miserable end."

Zhu Zhize’s words made Cheng Yuanmu and Cheng Yiyao’s expressions turn ugly.

It’s well known.

The Zhus and the Chengs rely on the Zhous.

Not long ago.

A talented disciple of the Zhous took a fancy to Cheng Yiyao of the Chengs, wanting to marry her.

But Cheng Yiyao wanted to be with someone she liked, so she refused to marry that Zhou disciple. Cheng Yuanmu, the patriarch of the Cheng family, who was also very stubborn, pampered Cheng Yiyao. He strongly supported her.

Though the Chengs are a vassal of the Zhous, the Zhous couldn’t just openly force a marriage, right? Eventually, the matter went unsettled.

But that Zhou disciple who fancied Cheng Yiyao utterly hated the Chengs. Recently, a direct ancestral relative of this Zhou disciple reached the Half-step Divine Venerable, so likely, this matter would not end well. His direct ancestral relative achieving Half-step Divine Venerable means this Zhou disciple will surely not let the previous matters slide.

The Chengs wanted to offer a substantial gift this time. Perhaps the newly reached Half-step Divine Venerable of the Zhous might spare the Cheng family.

Cheng Yuanmu snorted coldly, "It’s not your place to meddle in the Cheng family’s affairs."

Then, he looked at Ye Chenfeng, who still hadn’t gotten up from the deck, and asked, "Kid, would you like to join my Cheng family? Live and die with us?"

Initially wanting to release the Green Flame and kill Zhu Zhize, hearing about the valley made Ye Chenfeng halt his thoughts. It seemed like the valley Zhu Zhize mentioned definitely contained something valuable.

He glanced at Cheng Yiyao and Cheng Yuanmu, finding them quite decent. Since he planned to investigate the valley, he decided to join them temporarily!

Ye Chenfeng nodded to Cheng Yuanmu and said, "I wish to join the Cheng family."

Seeing Ye Chenfeng agree, Cheng Yuanmu smiled and nodded, "Kid, you’re not bad. When we return to the Cheng family, I’ll give you some guidance in cultivation."

Cheng Yiyao helped Ye Chenfeng up from the deck and said, "Rest assured, staying with our Cheng family is better than wandering the Ancient Realm alone. In your condition, you wouldn’t survive long alone in the Ancient Realm."

It seemed that in Cheng Yiyao’s eyes, Ye Chenfeng was completely ordinary.

Shortly after Cheng Yiyao helped Ye Chenfeng up, Zhu Zhize didn’t consider Ye Chenfeng again and said, "We’ve arrived."

After Zhu Zhize’s words fell.

The Green Flame within Ye Chenfeng’s Dantian suddenly became agitated, seemingly sensing something attracting it.

The Green Flame began to burn increasingly fiercely within Ye Chenfeng’s Dantian, which suggested that the valley Zhu Zhize mentioned might hold significant opportunity for the Green Flame.

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