Chapter 53: The Five Clans

“The intermediate method and those lotus flowers that I’m using right now are all from the Forbidden Land.”

Yuan Lianyao was in front, falling in nostalgia after looking at the large arch entrance.

The sky was gloomy and was about to turn dark.

Under the dim light from the sky, the ring-shaped archway exudes a hazy silver halo, attracting the incomer’s sight from miles away.

The ground below them was full of cracks, from the debris of the moon when it fell to the ground.

Yu Yuan stood at the edge of a crack and looked down.

Underneath, there were some faint white lights emerging from the very bottom.

It was like some type of firefly.

In his previous life, he had heard of the Forbidden Land but never came here.

That was because as far as he knew, this place was only beneficial to cultivators.

It hid wonderful methods and items that could assist with realm increasing.

But in his past life, he wasn’t even able to start on cultivation, so it was pointless to visit this place.

As the discoveries made in the Forbidden Land became less and less astonishing, the majority of the powerful cultivators gradually lost interest.

Otherwise, this area wouldn’t be able to end up in the hands of the Silver Moon Empire and be used as a training ground for the youngsters.

“The five major clans and seven cities of the empire will each form a team of their own, just like ours, to go into the Forbidden Land.” Yuan Lianyao turned her head to look at the group.

“However, the teams for the seven cities can separate after going into the land.”

“Only the teams from the five major clans were required to be united from beginning to end.”

“…”

Seeing that the entrance of the Forbidden Land was just ahead, she started reminding the people from the Dark Moon City of everything once again.

Yu Yuan looked up toward the giant arch in the distance, and said, “So, are we going to spread out when we get in?”

The seven cities that attended were Silver Moon City, Bright Moon City, Waning Moon City, Hidden Moon City, Black Moon City, Cold Moon City, and Dark Moon City.

The seven cities, just like the Dark Moon City, all resided in powerful clans.

Even within each city, the clan were not in harmony but constantly competed against each other.

There were plenty of others like the Yu Clan and the Huang Clan, who fought until one disappeared.

Under this circumstance, many teams who came as cities would soon part ways after the event began and might even fight each other from the same city.

Only the teams from the five largest clans, Li Clan, Yan Clan, Su Clan, Lin Clan, and Fan Clan, would generally share common enemies, therefore, staying together most of the time.

Most times, the teams from the these clans would often get the most benefits since they worked as a team.

“Brother Yu, my father told me before we came that we will all follow you.” Zhao Yafu smiled. “Regardless I will stay with you.”

“Brother, don’t worry, I will protect you!” Yu Feifei clenched her fist and waved at Yu Yuan.

On the way, she almost never stopped talking with Yu Yuan.

Gradually, Yu Yuan got used to it and accepted this chattering sister of his. Sometimes when she stopped talking as she cultivated, Yu Yuan felt a little awkward without the voice beside him.

“Brother Yu, I think it’ll be better for us not to separate this time.” Yuan Ting said.

Yuan Ting, who had reached the late stage of the Contained Spirit Realm, was a member of the Yuan Clan. He was slightly older than the others with a rough and carefree personality.

On the way here, Yuan Ting had been taking the initiative to get close to Yu Yuan after what he heard from Yuan Lianyao.

The two of them soon became friends after drinking with each other a few times and started calling each other brothers.

“Well, I don’t mind either way.” Yu Yuan shrugged. “But since all of you want to go with me, then I’m fine with that too.”

He was the only one here still at the Meridian Establishment Realm.

Of course, he was not worried about that at all.

“Without the cancerous existence of the Huang Clan, the clans from the Dark Moon City seems to be much more in harmony now.” Yuan Ting laughed and said, “Let’s take care of each other along the way so we won’t be at a disadvantage.”

The others nodded in agreement.

If the seven cities of the empire were ranked by strength, the Dark Moon City would have been at the bottom.

The cultivators from the Dark Moon City were much weaker compared to the other cities’ and clans’.

Among them, Zhao Yafu was at the highest realm but still only got to the early stage of Yellow Hall Realm.

Su Yan from the Su Clan and Lin Zhuyun from the Lin Clan were both at the late stage of the Yellow Hall Realm, and both had a great possibility to step into the Dark Burst Realm any time during this event.

The royal clan (Li Clan), Yan Clan, and Fan Clan all had young cultivators of the same level leading their team.

The other six cities all had cultivators from the Yellow Hall Realm joining as well.

The Dark Moon City, however, had the least amount of people and the weakest of all.

If they didn’t join forces as a city, they would naturally be at a significant disadvantage from the very start.

Swoosh!

A giant cyan-colored bird suddenly flew closer from a distance.

The wings of that bird span to around five or six meters, and when its wings flap, it stirred the air around it into a small storm.

In the storm that it created, energy sparks faltered everywhere.

“A spirit bird!”

“There are people sitting on it!”

Yu Feifei and a few boys from the Zhao Clan started talking as they saw the birds approaching.

Yu Yuan glanced at it then lowered his head in a loss of interest.

“A level-four Luan, similar to a cultivator at the Dark Burst Realm.” . Yuan Lianyao was also quite impressed by the scene. “This Luan belongs to the royal family. On there is probably the leader of their team— Li Yu, who is ranked first among the new moons of the empire.”

“Li Yu! The one who reached Dark Burst Realm already?”

“I heard that he is already one of the official disciples of the Yuanyang Sect, one of the top three sects in the Land of Genesis!”

“Well, the Yuanyang Sect values him very much.”

“Yeah, that sect is even more powerful than the Cold Shadows Sect!”

“The Xuantian Sect, the Yuanyang Sect, and the Sword Sect are the top three that can compete with the Demon Palace and Hall directly! The Cold Shadows Sect can only be considered the top ten.”

The juniors from the Zhao and Yuan Clan chatted in admiration as they watched the Luan.

“Yu Yuan, are you not surprised at all?” Yuan Ting asked strangely.

While everyone was exclaiming, Yu Yuan simply sat there lazily.

“This long journey has exhausted me, and I just want to have a good rest.” Yu Yuan said with a wry smile.

“Um, sorry.” Yuan Ting was a little embarrassed. “I almost forgot that you are not at the Condensed Realm yet. Don’t worry, after you get there, your soul can easily withstand such traveling.”

Yuan Lianyao gave him a glance and thought to herself, So stupid.

If you only look at Yu Yuan only by his realm, how could anyone possibly explain his ultimate success through all the tremendous changes that happened in the city for the past year?

She had long noticed that no matter if it was the level-four Luan or the status of Li Yu, Yu Yuan took no admiration or surprise.

It seemed to her that nothing in the world could impress the boy, almost as if he saw these things on a daily basis and was now sick of it.

Step, step, step!

A golden rhino stomped wildly towards them.

On the back of the rhino, stood a stunning young man.

He stood steadily, motionless as a mountain, not affected by the turbulence of the violent rhino at all. He stared at Luan flying in the sky and seemed to be having a fight against Li Yu.

“Step aside!”

Yuan Lianyao shouted, and everyone quickly dispersed to make way for the galloping golden rhino.

“Yu Yuan, get out of the way!”