Chapter 671: The Shaking of the Divine Kingdom
When these two pieces of news spread throughout the Nine Suns Ancient Land, in no time, everyone knew Ye Chen's name!
Long Li.
Which warrior entering the Nine Suns Ancient Land didn't know of her, didn't admire her?
This young girl, merely sixteen years old, had already reached the realm of an Upper God King, shocking countless people.
Whether it was her stunning beauty, her formidable strength, or even her mysterious and unpredictable background, she earned the deep respect, admiration, and worship of many!
Such a young girl was also the secret love of countless warriors.
However, no one had ever heard of Long Li being close to any male warrior.
Now, the news had spread that Long Li had broken through to the Earth Divine Venerable Realm and that she had become involved with Ye Chen.
How could this not shock countless people to their core?!
Moreover, this Ye Chen had killed the Upper God King Qin Feng while only at the True God realm, which made many feel it was utterly inconceivable.
Qin Feng, hailing from one of the four major forces, "Divine Dragon Mountain," was a supreme figure among Upper God Kings yet died at the hands of a True God.
This was simply unimaginable!
In no time, everyone within the Nine Suns Ancient Land knew the name Ye Chen, and everyone was inquiring about the situation of this young man who was able to kill Qin Feng and win over Long Li!
"Ye Chen, he... He actually became involved with Sister Long Li?!"
Lin Xiaowan, who had entered the Nine Suns Ancient Land with Ye Chen and had also practiced at the Supreme Divine Institute, was now in a place within the Fiery Realm of the Nine Suns Ancient Land.
Upon hearing the two pieces of news about Ye Chen, Lin Xiaowan was so startled that she jumped up!
Having participated in the Divine City Battle alongside Ye Chen, Lin Xiaowan of course knew how formidable he was.
But even if Ye Chen was formidable, he was still only a True God, and the gap between him and the Upper God King realm was just too large.
When Lin Xiaowan heard the news that Ye Chen had killed Upper God King Qin Feng, she felt like she was about to faint!
Even at the Supreme Divine Institute, Lin Xiaowan had never heard of such a tremendous leap in strength to kill an opponent!
What shook Lin Xiaowan even more was the news of Ye Chen's involvement with Long Li.
Originally, Lin Xiaowan had been full of speculation about the relationship between Ye Chen and Long Li since Long Li had suddenly approached her with inquiries about Ye Chen. Now, hearing that the two of them had become involved, Lin Xiaowan felt both astounded and a sense of realization.
Lin Xiaowan had always had a premonition that there was some connection between Long Li and Ye Chen, never expecting the connection to be so profound.
So profound that even the proud daughter of heaven, Long Li, had become Ye Chen's woman!
It wasn't only Lin Xiaowan who was shaken; several descendants of City Lord Nie, who had entered the Nine Suns Ancient Land with Ye Chen and were still alive, were also tremendously shaken.
Especially Nie Ningnin, who Ye Chen had once saved, now hiding in a safe area of the Icy Realm within the Nine Suns Ancient Land. When she heard the two pieces of news from other warriors within the safe area, Nie Ningnin couldn't believe that the True God in the news was Ye Chen, whom she knew.
However, the description of Ye Chen in the news matched exactly with the Ye Chen that had saved her, which made Nie Ningnin realize that the True God in the news was indeed Ye Chen!
For Nie Ningnin, Long Li was no mere young girl, but a legend in the entire Divine Kingdom!
Even in the Small Divine Cities, Nie Ningnin had heard of Long Li's name.
The chance to catch a glimpse of Long Li's true visage had already thrilled Nie Ningnin immensely.
Nie Ningnin could have never imagined that during her journey to the Nine Suns Ancient Land, not only had she seen Long Li, but Ye Chen, who had come along with her, had even had such an affair with Long Li!
After this incident, it was likely not only Ye Chen's reputation that would soar, but even the Circulation of Heaven Divine City would probably be mentioned countless times.
After all, Ye Chen had entered the Nine Suns Ancient Land with a spot from the Circulation of Heaven Divine City!
Yet, Nie Ningnin was also worried.
Although she had never met that Upper God King Qin Feng, she had heard that this Qin Feng was very influential.
Ye Chen's killing of Qin Feng would likely bring great trouble upon him.
Nie Ningnin admired Ye Chen greatly but was also concerned that Ye Chen might not be able to handle such a massive problem.
"Ye Chen is so formidable; he dared to kill Qin Feng, so he must have a way to deal with the forces behind Qin Feng," Nie Ningnin thought to herself.
As the two pieces of news spread, countless people, just like Lin Xiaowan and Nie Ningnin, were discussing Ye Chen.
They discussed Ye Chen's background.
They discussed the matter between Ye Chen and Long Li and what might happen between Ye Chen, Qin Feng, and the "Divine Dragon Mountain" backing Qin Feng in the future.
About the veracity of these two pieces of news, although many warriors were astonished, they did not doubt them.
Because the details of the two pieces of news were so intricate that they simply did not seem fabricated, and the news was easily verifiable.
By the time the exploration of the Nine Suns Ancient Land came to an end, everyone would know whether these two pieces of news had really happened or not.
For a time, everyone continued their adventures in the Nine Suns Ancient Land, all the while waiting for the day when the exploration would end.
Everyone was curious to see what Ye Chen, the one who could kill Qin Feng and become close with Long Li, looked like.
Even more so, everyone was eager to see what kind of waves these two events would cause in the Divine Kingdom!
While these two pieces of news were fermenting within the Nine Suns Ancient Land.
Outside of the Nine Suns Ancient Land, there was already a stir.
Before the news had even left the Nine Suns Ancient Land, Long Li, who had torn through the land's barrier and left, had already surprised the elite guardians waiting outside.
Originally, the elite guardians from the Southern Territory King Mansion led by Sovereign Zhao Kuo, from Mu King Mansion led by Sovereign Mu Shan, from Divine Dragon Mountain led by Elder He, as well as "Sovereign Dong Mei" from Danxia Valley, "Sovereign Fei Yuan" from Tai Yun Sky, and "Sovereign Hong Li" from the Supreme Divine Institute, these six sovereigns were leisurely drinking and chatting above the void outside the Nine Suns Ancient Land, waiting for the month-long exploration to end.
What they did not expect was that just a few days in, they would see the forbidden barrier over the land of the Nine Suns Ancient Land being torn open, and a figure escaping out.
If anyone else had left the Nine Suns Ancient Land during the exploration, breaking the land's prohibitions, the Southern Territory King Mansion would have probably imposed severe penalties.
But when they saw that the escaping figure was Long Li, the guards outside the Nine Suns Ancient Land didn't dare say a word!
Not to mention that Long Li was already extraordinarily strong.
With the support of the strongest in the Supreme Divine Institute, the nine-star Divine Venerable "Sovereign Xuechen," and even the more mysterious power of the Northern Territory Prince, which was rumored to be so terrifying that even the ruler of the Divine Kingdom wouldn't provoke it, the Southern Territory King Mansion couldn't dare show any disrespect towards Long Li!
So when they saw Long Li flying out of the Nine Suns Ancient Land, the Divine Venerables standing guard were merely shaken and stepped aside, giving Long Li a clear path while marveling at the sixteen-year-old girl's ability to tear through the restrictions of the Nine Suns Ancient Land, and out of immense curiosity, they watched Long Li, wanting to know why she came out so early.
The six sovereigns outside were also somewhat surprised to see Long Li emerge.
The strongest among them, the six-star Divine Venerable Sovereign Hong Li, hurried to greet Long Li as soon as he saw her: "Sister Long Li!"
Seeing Sovereign Hong Li's actions, the other sovereigns followed suit and greeted Long Li as well.
"Sister Long Li, why did you come out so quickly?"
"Did you find what you were looking for?"
"My god, Sister Long Li, did you break through to the Earth Divine Venerable Realm?!"
Upon seeing Long Li, Sovereign Hong Li immediately started talking, and when he noticed Long Li had broken through to the lower Earth Divine Venerable Realm, he couldn't help but exclaim in astonishment.
Even though the lower Earth Divine Venerable was still leagues away from Sovereign Hong Li's six-star Venerable Realm, Sovereign Hong Li was well aware of his sister's prowess.
His sister Long Li was only sixteen years old!
A sixteen-year-old Earth Divine Venerable was unheard of, not just in the Divine Kingdom of Wanmu Mountain, but also in the other Divine Kingdoms!
Even Sovereign Hong Li himself was merely a weak Divine King when he was sixteen.
Not only was Sovereign Hong Li shocked, but the other sovereigns were also astounded by Long Li's promotion.
This young pride of the Divine Kingdom left these sovereigns feeling that given enough time, Long Li surpassing them would be all too easy!
"Could it be that my Divine Kingdom is about to see another entity surpassing the Divine Venerable Realm!" These thoughts even occurred to the sovereigns.
Seeing the astonished looks from the sovereigns, Long Li didn't show any joy about her breakthrough.
Her mind was full of Ye Chen's image, all the events that had happened between her and Ye Chen!
She had no time to care about anything else, feeling her mind entwined in chaos!
"Sovereign Hong Li, let's... let's head back to the Supreme Divine Institute first," Long Li said, her cheeks flushed with embarrassment, without answering Sovereign Hong Li's questions.
"Ah!" Sovereign Hong Li was momentarily stunned upon hearing Long Li's words.
She also noticed that her little sister had an unusual expression.
But for her little sister, Sovereign Hong Li didn't dare to ask too much. In the end, Sovereign Hong Li nodded to Long Li and said, "Alright, if sister wants to go back, then let's go back first."
Sovereign Hong Li thought to herself that they could ask Long Li what happened after they returned to the Supreme Divine Institute – she didn't dare to inquire, but her master, "Sovereign Xuechen," would likely have questions.
After bidding farewell to the other sovereigns and hastily leaving with Long Li, the rest of them were slightly confused.
They did not expect Long Li to come out of the Nine Suns Ancient Land so soon, nor could they have anticipated that Long Li appeared so preoccupied, as if something had happened within the Nine Suns Ancient Land.
What could it be that filled this prodigy with such thoughts?
The sovereigns were deeply curious.
And when the two pieces of news from the Nine Suns Ancient Land were finally conveyed by the guardians inside, the sovereigns finally understood the reason behind Long Li's preoccupation.
"Long Li, she... she actually had relations with a young man named Ye Chen?!" The Sovereigns from both the Southern Territory King Mansion, Zhao Kuo, and Mu King Mansion, Mu Shan, leaped to their feet!
The Elder from Divine Dragon Mountain was even more thunderstruck in his mind.
Because the other piece of news was that Qin Feng had died by the hands of Ye Chen.
Qin Feng was a member of his Divine Dragon Mountain, a direct descendant of the mountain's deity leader!