Chapter 170
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Chapter 170: The Great Power of the Eastern Wilderness
“Let’s set off now.”
Xiao Ruoshui said.
The two then said goodbye to Master Wu and took to the air, quickly leaving the Yanwu Mountain Range and heading towards Peace Villa.
“Young lady, let’s have a race.”
Yun Yi had just formed his Freedom Wings and was soaring through the sky, feeling free and joyful. He wanted to test his speed. Xiao Ruoshui, a second grade of the Lingyuan Realm practitioner with a Dual Spiritual Body, was truly a genius, and Yun Yi was excited to compete with her.
“Okay.”
Xiao Ruoshui’s beautiful eyes trembled, and a wave of water appeared around her. With the push of the wave, her speed doubled, and she flew away.
Yun Yi was full of confidence, and Freedom Wings sprang straight up, like a swimming dragon, catching up to Xiao Ruoshui in the blink of an eye.
With another flap of Freedom Wings, Yun Yi easily surpassed Xiao Ruoshui, leaving her behind by some distance.
“What amazing skills! This guy’s speed is so incredible that even I can’t keep up.”
Xiao Ruoshui was truly shocked; Yun Yi had changed so much in just three days.
After flying for a while, Yun Yi stopped and waited for Xiao Ruoshui to catch up.
“What kind of skills do you have? How can they be so powerful?”
Xiao Ruoshui couldn’t help but ask.
“What? Don’t you know the skills from the Martial Arts Pavilion, even as the Chief Steward?”
Yun Yi couldn’t help but be surprised. To him, Xiao Ruoshui was the Chief Steward. With such mysterious skills at the Martial Arts Pavilion, she should know. But now, it seemed that Xiao Ruoshui really was unaware. This made him feel a bit puzzled. For the first time, he thought that gaining the Carefree Wandering Body Technique might have been Master Wu’s intention.
Xiao Ruoshui shook her head, indicating that she truly did not know.
“I just gathered my Freedom Wings; I still need to sharpen them. But at this speed, it looks really good. Even you can’t catch up to me.”
Yun Yi said with great satisfaction.
“Don’t be too proud. After all, I am a Water Wood Spirit Body and not good at speed. But with your sixth grade of the Innate Realm, having such speed is already amazing. It’s hard for ordinary Lingyuan Realm experts to catch you. As long as you don’t encounter a Wind Spirit Body, you should have no problem escaping from anyone below the third grade of the Lingyuan Realm.”
Xiao Ruoshui said, and it was clear that Yun Yi’s Freedom Wings truly shocked her.
“Miss, this time going to Peace Villa, I don’t know what troubles we might face. I think it’s better not to reveal my Freedom Wings. After all, I only have innate realm cultivation. If I fly in the air, it will attract too much attention. Let’s have you guide me on the way.”
Yun Yi said. This time to Peace Villa, he had a specific purpose, so he didn’t want to be too high-profile. Everything would be discussed once they arrived at Peace Villa.
“That’s fine. Our relationship with the other three major powers isn’t good. Being too high-profile isn’t a good thing, especially since your cultivation is still too low.”
Xiao Ruoshui nodded, feeling that Yun Yi was making sense.
Yun Yi put away the Freedom Wings and moved forward together with Xiao Ruoshui, guided by her spiritual power.
“At our current speed, we will reach Peace Villa in about two days. By then, there will be two days left until Qiao Shaoshan’s grand birthday celebration, which is also the busiest time for the Peace Conference. We can take a look around first,” Xiao Ruoshui said.
“Miss, how do the powers of the other three major forces in Xuanzhou State compare to our Yanwu family?”
Yun Yi asked curiously. After arriving in Xuanzhou State, he had joined the Yanwu family directly and did not know much about the major forces in Xuanzhou State.
“They are about equal. It is precisely because of this balance that Xuanzhou State can maintain stability. The four major forces have always been in conflict, and our relationship with the Yellow Crane Gate and the Wang family is particularly poor,” Xiao Ruoshui said.
Hearing this, Yun Yi couldn’t help but frown. “The Yanwu family is just a branch; we have the support of the main branch in Huangzhou State. With such a strong backing, the other major forces should not dare to provoke us.”
This was the part Yun Yi found most puzzling. He didn’t understand the other three major forces, but he was very familiar with the Yanwu family. The Xuanzhou State’s Yanwu family was just a branch of the Yanwu family. With Huangzhou State as their strong support, why would the other three forces fight against the Yanwu family?
But now, the four major forces of Xuanzhou State showed signs of standing against each other.
“It seems you know nothing about the Eastern Wilderness. Since that’s the case, let me tell you.”
Xiao Ruoshui smiled and said, “The Eastern Wilderness has thirty-six states, and Huangzhou State is vast and rich. It is a place of great talents and spirits in the Eastern Wilderness, and it is also the largest state in the Eastern Wilderness. Huangzhou State’s size is probably more than a hundred times larger than Xuanzhou State.”
Hearing this, Yun Yi couldn’t help but gasp in surprise. He realized he was like a frog in a well, having such a shallow understanding. Xuanzhou State was already quite big, but it was still less than one percent of Huangzhou State.
“Huangzhou State has four major families and six major sects, making a total of ten powerful forces. They occupy the rich and vast Huangzhou State, and these ten forces control the entire Eastern Wilderness. To put it simply, apart from Huangzhou State, all major forces in the other thirty-five states are branches of these ten forces. For example, in Xuanzhou State, the Yanwu family, Wang family, Yellow Crane Gate, and Liuyun Sect are the four major forces that have their main branches in Huangzhou State. The ten powerful forces establish different branches based on the area size of the thirty-five states, effectively taking complete control of the entire Eastern Wilderness.”
“Our Yanwu family has a total of eight branches, each in different states. Xuanzhou State is just one of them. Besides the main branch, the major forces in other states will not intervene in the conflicts between the branches. This is also a rule of the ten powerful forces. In other words, if any branch is destroyed by other forces due to poor management, it can only be said they were not strong enough, and the main branch will not intervene. The ten powerful forces create so many branches to actually promote competition.”
“So, on the surface, it seems every force has a strong backing, but in reality, they all fight for themselves. The branches can only help the main branch nurture and discover talents; they do not interfere in other conflicts at all. Therefore, our struggle with the other three major forces in Xuanzhou State relies only on ourselves. If we are destroyed by the other three forces, the main branch will not step in. For the vast Yanwu family main branch, losing one branch is not a concern at all.”
Xiao Ruoshui spoke openly, as this was common knowledge, and there was nothing to hide.
But after Yun Yi listened, he couldn’t help but feel emotional. Now he finally understood that the so-called support of the Yanwu family from Xuanzhou State didn’t really exist. You have support, and others have support too. Each competes and fights; in reality, it’s just a game among the top ten forces.
In this way, the Yanwu family of Xuanzhou State is fighting their own battles. Meanwhile, Yun Yi’s heart has already begun to long for Huangzhou State, for that is the true center of the Eastern Wilderness, a truly vibrant and colorful place.
Although Xuanzhou State is big, it ultimately remains just a small place.
