Blue Wind Imperial City

"By the way Master, when did you get so strong?" Xia Ye looked back at Ao Qin before speaking. "While you were stuffing your face with exotic meats and Profound Cores." Hearing him, Ao Qin turned her head. "I need to eat a lot to grow! I'm only seventy-two years old. I'm young in Wyvern Years!" Hearing her justification Xia Ye nodded, acting as if he agreed with her.

"You're capable of talking to Profound Beast?" Shi Xinya, who was sitting behind Xia Ye, asked him this question in interest. "Ya, why?" Shi Xinya and the others seemed a bit surprised as they looked towards Ao Qin. "I've never heard of someone being able to talk to Profound Beast before."

Xia Ye was still a mystery to them. When they got onto the Nimbus, Hu Xinyi and Lang Xun began explaining what happened. She was in disbelief for a large majority of the story because it seemed unbelievable. It had only been around ten months, yet his strength had increased an unbelievable amount.

If that kind of information was spread, it would shock any mid-tier or high-level sect. That amount of talent would be difficult to go unnoticed. 'Yet he's clearly different from a normal cultivator. Even Lady Yuechan didn't recognize the name of his master. I wonder just what kind of existence this Sun Wukong is to create someone like this?'

Of course, the man in question no longer existed and was simply a voice in Xia Ye's head now. "Looks like we're here." Xia Ye called everyone's attention as he looked ahead. A large city at least three times bigger than that of the Crescent City stood tall and proud. It had regal air to it, which was, even more, opposing with the large palace in the center.

"That's impossible. It should have taken at least a week to get here even using the fastest Profound Beast." The three of them didn't notice before, but the Nimbus was going extremely fast. They had actually arrived in less than two days. [Like any Profound Beast or Ark from this world could compare to the Nimbus.]

Soon all four of them landed within the Imperial City. 'So this is the Imperial City... I never would have thought I would come here in my life a year ago.' Dispersing the Nimbus back into the sky, Xia Ye looked towards Shi Xinya. "So where is Chu Yuechan?" Shi Xinya thought for a second before answering.

"Last I heard she was looking for a Feather of The Frozen Crow. It's said to be able to freeze anything it comes into contact with, including fire itself." Xia Ye nodded. 'Well it definitely sounds imposing but I doubt something like that is cheap. Most likely she's in the marketplace section.' Of course, he had no idea where the hell that would be.

"Alright, I guess we're just going to have to search for her." Hearing Xia Ye, all of them agreed as they began traveling through the city. Of course, their presence did not go unnoticed. The Frozen Cloud Immortal Palace was an existence that dwarfed the Imperial Family in a lot of ways. Their disciples walking around the city would instantly be spread out as news.

Eventually, Xia Ye's eyes fell upon a huge building. It stood out from everything else and had a very dignified aura. Not only that but most of the people standing outside of its entrances going in and out were fairly young. Reading the engravings above the entrance Xia Ye recognized the name.

'Blue Wind Profound Palace? That means it belongs to the Imperial Family.' Unconsciously Xia Ye's eyes scanned over the people there as suddenly he recognized someone. "What's wrong, why did you stop?" Xia Ye gestured for them to wait. "Hold on for a second Ill be right back." All four of them watched as Xia Ye suddenly ran off without any explanation.

Dressed in the same attire as the other Blue Wind Profound Palace disciples, a boy with a very tall and sturdy body. He seemed to be thinking to himself as he suddenly felt someone put two hands on to his shoulder. "Hey kid your pretty good looking." Turning around, Xia Yuanba was greeted by a massive man. He was extremely muscular to the point it was unreal.

His face was scrunched and even worse was the fact he was giving off the creepiest of smiles. "Ahh!" Xia Yuanba was terrified as he fell back, and nearby spectators looked over. The moment they spotted the creepy muscular man, they immediately turned their heads the other way.

"Ahahahahah!" Xia Yuanba, who had gotten the fright of his life, heard a familiar eccentric laugh. "Huh?" Looking at the buff man, smoke enveloped them as their form changed. "Oh, Yuanba sorry I couldn't resist." Xia Yuanba's eyes nearly fell out of his head as he saw who was standing ignorant of him.

"Ah- Brother Ye!?" Xia Ye extended his hand while continuing to laugh. "You know someone else who looks like me?" Xia Yuanba's face suddenly turned into one filled with excitement. Shooting to his feet, his arms wrapped around Xia Ye. "It is you! Brother Ye!" Xia Ye felt himself being crushed as he tapped him.

"Ow, you're hurting me…" Hearing that Xia Yuanba eventually let Xia Ye go, apologizing. "Sorry I couldn't control myself. But how did you do that? You looked completely different a second ago."

"Well, a lot of things can happen in almost a year. I mean look at you, you're at the ninth level of the Elementary Profound Realm and you're even a disciple of the palace." Hearing his praise Xia Yuanba rubbed the back of his head embarrassingly. "Well, I've been training really hard since you left. But in the end, most of my thanks goes to our Brother In Law."

"Holy crap look!"

"What are disciples from the Frozen Cloud Immortal Palace doing here?"

"They're like angels and they're not wearing veils like the rumors say they do either."

"I feel blessed."

Xia Yuanba looked behind Xia Ye as his expression turned nervous. He immediately began to take steps back as Xia Ye turned around. Shi Xinya, with everyone following behind her, had made their way to them. "We were attracting a lot of attention waiting there."

Xia Ye nodded as he turned back to Xia Yuanba. "No need to be nervous there with me. This is Shi Xinya, Hu Xinyi, Lan Xun and Ao Qin. You can ignore the last one though." Hearing that, Ao Qin let out a growl that immediately spooked everyone around them. To Xia Ye and the others, Ao Qin was really weak, but she was terrifying compared to the disciples in the Blue Wind Profound Palace.

"Brother Ye your friends with disciples from Big Sister's palace?" Xia Yuanba seemed both surprised and impressed as Shi Xinya frowned. "Your sister is a part of our palace?" Glancing at her, Xia Ye nodded nonchalantly. "Oh right I forgot I lied about that. My name is Xia Ye and this is Xia Yuanba. Xia Qingyue is our sister."

Xia Ye's words seemed to stop the brains of both Hu Xinyi and Lan Xun. The amount of utter shock his casual words had put them through was like a hammer. At the same time, Shi Xinya felt as if a bunch of questions about Xia Ye had been lingering on her mind. No wonder he was strangely talented, no wonder he had such a master.

He was related to their palace's number one talent. Now it made sense how he had grown so strong in a limited amount of time. Although Xia Yuanba was at the 9th Level of the Elementary Profound Realm, Shi Xinya greeted him curiously. "I am Shi Xinya." Being woken by that Hu Xinyi and Lan Xun gave out proper greetings as well.

"Ah, the benefits of being related to a celebrity…" Xia Ye joked as Xia Yuanba looked at him and then the girls. "Uh yes, my name is Xia Yuanba." With that out of the way, Xia Ye turned the conversion back to something he said. "When you said brother in law does that mean Xiao Che?"

Xia Yuanba nodded. "Yes, although he calls himself Yun Che now. He's gotten super strong and is in the Blue Wind Profound Palace like me. It's thanks to him that I'm here at all."

'So Yun Che got his Profound Veins repaired somehow?' It was strange, but honestly, he couldn't say it was impossible. In the midst of his thoughts, however, he noticed something. "Yuanba…" The shift in tone when it came to Xia Ye's voice was apparent to everyone. He reached for Xia Yuanba's arms and pulled up his sleeve.

His eyes turned dark the moment he saw the injuries. His arm had been hurt so badly it had turned an entirely different color. Not only that, if he looked closer, his shoulder was even swollen. "It looks like it was dislocated recently." Xia Ye watched as Xia Yuanba pulled down his sleeve quickly. However, Shi Xinya's words caused his face to turn even worse.

"Brother Ye it's fine, nothing to worry about." But despite what Xia Yuanba said, Xia Ye continued to look him in the eye. Xia Yuanba gulped as he tried to turn his head away. "I was just sparring with my seniors. Sometimes you can get hurt by accident, it's no big deal really. It happens to a bunch of us Outer Palace disciples."

Xia Ye's eyes narrowed even more as he spoke. "Yuanba, you know I can tell when you're lying." He had grown up with Xia Yuanba. There was no way he couldn't tell. At the same time, now that he was paying attention, he saw there were other injuries on him. If it was simple sparring, there was no way he would get hurt this badly.

Under Xia Ye's gaze, Xia Yuanba began to sweat. It didn't take Xia Ye long to finally crack him and find out what was going on. Every once in a while, the palace would distribute pellets to disciples. It would assist them in their cultivation and increase their improvement. However, Xia Yuanba had been beaten and bullied out of his pellets for a while now.

The moment he got the names of his bullies, Xia Ye's face showed a cruel smile. "Change of plans. Shi Xinya have Xia Yuanba show you to the market area and find Chu Yuechan. I'll catch up in a moment. I just need to take care of some trash." Shi Xinya nodded as Xia Ye turned away and began walking towards the Blue Wind Profound Palace.

"Wait Brother Ye-" Xia Yuanba called out, but Shi Xinya stopped him. "Don't worry your brother will be fine. If I were you I would be more worried about the people you mentioned." Xia Yuanba looked at her and then at Xia Ye, who quickly disappeared from view. Hiding from the public eye, Xia Ye transformed himself into Xia Yuanba.

Using that, he quickly snuck his way into the Outer Palace without anyone suspecting a thing. At the same time, news about the Shi Xinya and the rest spread far.

"Hey did you hear about it?"

"You mean the Frozen Cloud Immortal Palace disciples?"

"Ya they say they were with a Profound Beast and one of our palace's disciples."

"Really who?"

Walking past the two cultivators who were talking with one another was Yun Che. 'What? People from Xia Qingyue's palace are in the Imperial City?' It was rare for them even to leave the Snow Region of Extreme Ice, let alone come here. 'I wonder who they came herewith. If all of them are like Xia Qingyue then I bet it's hard to get close to them.'

He had just finished training and was taking a break walking through the Outer Palace. "Isn't that your friend over there?" Yun Che heard Jasmine's voice as he spotted Xia Yuanba in the distance. He looked as if he was searching for someone, but before he could call out, he saw a group of four cultivators walk over to him.

They immediately surrounded him and spoke for a moment. 'What are they doing?' Yun Che felt something was off as he watched Xia Yuanba being led somewhere by the group. Secretly he began following them as they headed to a very secluded area in the Outer Palace. Keeping his presence hidden, he watched something unfold he could have never expected.

"So did you enjoy your last beating you damn behemoth. You got more pellets for us right?" One of them slapped Xia Yuannba on his head, which immediately caused Yun Che's eyes to contract in anger. 'Those bastards…' The group of four saw that Xia Yuanba was remaining quiet as the one who slapped him got up in his face.

"You're ignoring us? Heh, why did you turn stupid because of how scared you are?" Watching the scene play out how Yun Che was prepared to intervene, but Jasmine stopped him. "Yun Che don't do anything. Somethings wrong here." Suddenly Xia Yuanba did speak; however, he was unbelievably calm.

"You two are Han Feng and Kui Yang right?" Suddenly all four of the young cultivators felt their bodies freeze up. Even Yun Che, who was watching from a distance, suddenly felt a death-carrying chill flow down his spine. 'What is this? Killing Intent? No, it's different...' He had not felt anything like it before, but it was obviously coming from Xia Yuanba.

Seeing them go silent, Xia Ye, who was disguised as Xia Yuanba, spoke coldly. "I'll take your silence as a yes."