#317 - Chapter 317: Prosperity and Troubled Times

As evening approached.

After finishing his fishing, Ye Kong packed up his fishing rod and prepared to leave.

Before leaving, he glanced at Ye Wuxin, whose condition had improved significantly, with a rosy complexion and smooth breathing.

The setting sun's afterglow sprinkled on the horizon, especially lonely.

Lin Yaoyao and the others faced the direction of the setting sun, bidding farewell to Ye Wuxin.

They could not enter the娑婆Pure Land to rescue their junior brother; the only thing they could do was to bid him farewell from a distant place.

“Junior Brother Ye, have a good journey. If you get lonely, I'll send my Er Gouzi down to you.” Xiao Bai said softly.

“Woof?” Erha was stunned.

Mu Qianyuan also learned of the situation and could only sigh.

“Alas, if Ye Kong hadn't gone fishing, perhaps…” Mu Qianyuan didn't continue.

The Earth Mother sat on the chair, gnawing on a Zhu fruit, smiling as she looked at Lin Yaoyao and the others, thinking to herself:

“Feeling sad, aren't you? When you go back, and Ye Wuxin suddenly appears in front of you, it will definitely scare you to death!”

She didn't plan to tell Lin Yaoyao and the others the truth, as that would take away a lot of the fun.

The Earth Mother gnawed on the Zhu fruit, leisurely reclining.

After a moment,

Ye Kong walked in from outside, carrying his fishing rod, seeing Lin Yaoyao and the others with sorrowful expressions, looking very sad.

“What's wrong with you guys?” Ye Kong was completely baffled, somewhat puzzled.

Lin Yaoyao and the others looked at their master, glaring at him.

Xiao Bai puffed out his cheeks and rode Erha back.

Lin Yaoyao calmed down her urge to beat up her master and said, “Master, Junior Brother Wuxin is gone.”

“He's gone, so he's gone, what's there to be so sad about? Isn't it just that he can't participate in the competition? It's not a big deal.” Ye Kong waved his hand and said.

Seeing that her master didn't care at all, Lin Yaoyao became even more angry and directly roared:

“Ye Wuxin is still your disciple, and you don't care about his life or death at all!”

Ye Kong was immediately stunned and said, “I know, he's fine, he's just asleep.”

Lin Yaoyao looked at her master, her cheeks puffed out. She didn't know if her master really didn't know or if he was just too optimistic.

Clearly, Ye Wuxin was gone, but in Ye Kong's eyes, he was just asleep.

“I'm ignoring you.”

Lin Yaoyao returned to the cabin, sulking.

Xiao Qing and the others also went back one after another.

When Ye Xiaoyao went back, he glanced at his master, saying nothing, only pursing his lips, as if he had thousands of words to say, but in the end, he didn't say them.

Ye Kong looked at his unusually behaving disciples, scratching his head, puzzled, “What's wrong with them?”

The Earth Mother sat in the rocking chair and witnessed the whole process, covering her mouth and snickering, even forgetting to eat the Zhu fruit.

“Sigh.” Mu Qianyuan sighed and turned to leave.

Ye Kong stood on the deck in a mess for a while, a glimpse of his eyes, seeing the Earth Mother who was laughing.

Ye Kong: (￢_￢)

After the Earth Mother noticed Ye Kong's gaze, she instantly restrained her smile, silently gnawing on the Zhu fruit, but she couldn't help but want to laugh.

Ye Kong walked up to the Earth Mother, holding the armrests of the chair with both hands, his whole body leaning down, very close to the Earth Mother, almost touching.

“Say, what's going on?” Ye Kong asked in a deep voice.

The Earth Mother couldn't help but laugh, spraying Zhu fruit all over Ye Kong's face.

Ye Kong got up and slowly wiped away the Zhu fruit fragments.

The Earth Mother put down the half-eaten fruit, got up and ran.

“I'm sorry, I didn't do it on purpose.”

After Ye Kong wiped himself clean, he chased after her.

In the sky above the entire Yin-Yang Convergence Ground, two rays of white light flashed, directly tearing the firmament, leaving a deep mark.

In the mark, a lot of spiritual power tilted down, and where Ye Kong passed, he left a thick spiritual power.

He and the Earth Mother dragged out long trails of spiritual afterglow in the air. The spiritual afterglow dissipated and fell to the ground, nourishing the earth, making the local spiritual power very rich.

Moreover, where Ye Kong passed, he could touch the barrier of the world with a wave of his hand.

Many great powers raised their heads to watch, but they couldn't see clearly who was moving, or what was tearing through the firmament.

The great powers wanted to chase after them, but as soon as they took off, the figure disappeared.

“What a fast speed, could it be that the ancient strongmen have returned?”

“It shouldn't be, the ancient strongmen can't return so quickly.”

“Have you noticed that this afterglow appeared from the Yin-Yang Convergence Ground?”

“Yes, this year's Thirteen Continents Competition will be the beginning of everything.”

Many great powers talked in secret.

And the Earth Mother ran around the Immortal Cultivation World and finally ran to her own Small Grotto-heaven, locking the Small Grotto-heaven tightly.

But after Ye Kong passed, he waved his hand and broke open the Earth Mother's Small Grotto-heaven.

“Ye Kong, don't mess around, if you hit me, you will damage your Jade Pure Willow Branch.” The Earth Mother retreated silently, somewhat afraid of Ye Kong.

Ye Kong walked up to the Earth Mother, grabbed her hand, and said lightly:

“Why are you running? I won't eat you.”

“I'm not afraid of you eating me, I'm afraid of you killing me.” The Earth Mother said weakly.

She hadn't forgotten Ye Kong's terror.

“Am I, Ye Kong, the kind of person who kills innocent people indiscriminately?” Ye Kong said.

The Earth Mother nodded, the Sacred Abode of Dried Wood and the Demonic Yin Sect were both exterminated by you.

Ye Kong released the Earth Mother's hand, sat on the Earth Mother's exclusive throne, and said, “Tell me, what were you laughing at just now?”

“Your disciples thought that Ye Wuxin was dead so they were very sad. They asked you where you went, and I said you went fishing.” The Earth Mother said truthfully.

Hearing this, Ye Kong instantly understood and said unhappily:

“What's so funny about that?”

“Not funny.” The Earth Mother shook her head.

“I'm tired after chasing you for so long, rub my legs, I'll spare you this time.” Ye Kong said, crossing his legs.

He had chased the Earth Mother for so long, just to ask clearly what was going on.

Now that he understood, he felt relieved.

The Earth Mother gritted her teeth and said, “I am the Spirit of the Earth, controlling hundreds of millions…”

“Hmm?”

“Do you think this strength is suitable?”

The Earth Mother clenched her delicate fists, gently tapping Ye Kong's thighs.

Ye Kong leaned back on the stone, closing his eyes to rest.

“Ling, have you sensed anything?” Ye Kong asked softly.

“No.” The Earth Mother shook her head, looked at Ye Kong, and asked curiously, “Have you sensed something?”

Ye Kong closed his eyes and was silent for a moment, then said, “Yes.”

“Sensed what?” The Earth Mother asked again, experiencing Ye Kong's feelings from the beginning.

Ye Kong paused, then said, “The spiritual power of the Immortal Cultivation World is gradually increasing, and the barrier of the world has become much weaker.”

As soon as these words came out, the Earth Mother's expression changed drastically.

She knew very well what Ye Kong's words meant.

“A prosperous age will be accompanied by a chaotic age.”