Hell Emperor.

Chapter 453 Ye Jie-Falling
Li Fei'e was stunned when his hand was held by Ye Jie, and his body stood still.

It was not until Ye Jie placed her hand carefully on the edge of the bowl that she finally understood what was going on. She couldn't help but blushing and glaring at Ye Jie in feigned anger:
"What do you mean by protecting the bowl? From what I see, you just want to take this opportunity to shake my hand. If you want to shake my hand, just do it directly. Why beat around the bush? No, I'm going to tell Master about this and say that Brother Jie bullied me..."

Ye Jie's eyes twitched and he coughed dryly: "Are you serious? I'm kindly reminding you to be careful to protect the food in the bowl when you are outside, please don't misunderstand."

Li Fei'e was unconvinced: "What's there to protect? Brother Jie, you should find a better reason."

Ye Jie stroked his forehead and said, "If you don't protect the bowl well, what if someone suddenly spits into your bowl?"

"What?" Li Fei'e was puzzled. "Who is so blind as to dare to spit into my bowl? Did I offend that person?"

Ye Jie shook his head: "You didn't offend that person. He just wanted to get the food in your bowl. He spit into your bowl. When you felt unlucky, you poured out the food and threw it away. Then he and other hungry people would rush over to grab the food."

Li Fei'e's eyes widened: "How dare he do this! If he dares to treat me like this, I will make him experience the power of the descendant of Xuannv!"

"What if that person insists that he sneezed accidentally? You are the descendant of Xuannv, the founder of the immortal sect. Would you kill those powerless beggars just for a bowl of food? If the news gets out, do you think others will praise you for being daring or slander you behind your back for killing innocent people?" Ye Jie said, touching his chin.

Hearing this, Li Fei'e fell into deep thought. As a righteous descendant of Xuannv, there were many things she could not do. Even if she wanted to settle the score with that person, she would be stopped by her master. When she really encountered such a thing, she could only hold her nose and consider herself unlucky.

At this moment, she couldn't help but envy Xia Wei. Xia Wei was a woman with a heart as strong as iron. No matter who was standing in front of her, the elderly, the weak, women, children, or gods, she treated them all equally and didn't care about other people's opinions. If she didn't like something, she would fight to the end.

Thinking of this, Li Fei'e pouted, wishing that one day she could be as free as Xia Wei. She turned her gaze to Ye Jie again, with the corners of her mouth slightly raised:
"Okay, now I believe you. You didn't come here to shake my hand, but to remind me. By the way, you are so concerned about holding the bowl with your hands. Have you ever experienced this before? Did someone steal your food?"

Ye Jie smiled bitterly, and his answer also made Li Fei'e's face change slightly: "No... You know I starved to death in my previous life, right? In the past, I stole other people's food like this."

Li Fei'e exclaimed: "How could it be..."

Ye Jie shook his head and told his past without hiding anything: "When you are about to starve to death, you will do anything for a bite of food. In the past, I only targeted those who were well-mannered and followed the etiquette. I succeeded a few times, but the good times didn't last long. Not long after, I was discovered by the store owner and was beaten and seriously injured. In the end, I didn't survive that winter."

Hearing Ye Jie talk about the past, Li Fei'e's pupils darkened and there was a bit more pity in his eyes.

Born into an orthodox immortal family, she had been taught by famous teachers since childhood. She had never known the feeling of hunger and had never experienced Ye Jie's pain, but she could hear the loneliness in Ye Jie's words, as well as a lingering sense of melancholy.

Li Fei'e's eyes were filled with heartache. She reached out her hand and gently embraced Ye Jie. A soft and loving light appeared on her pretty face. She gently patted Ye Jie's back and comforted him softly:

"Don't worry, it's all in the past. Now you have me and everyone else. We are all by your side. Not only that, all living beings can ascend to heaven, and no one will starve to death anymore..."

Feeling Li Fei'e's kindness and the tenderness in her words, Ye Jie's heart gradually calmed down, and was replaced by peace and tranquility.

After a long while, Li Fei'e finally let go of Ye Jie. However, this time, her bright eyes were also covered with a layer of mist:
"It's a pity that I can't stay any longer. According to the punishment from Grandmaster Taiyin, I must be confined to Lonely Luan Peak for thirty years. I'm afraid I won't be able to see you or anyone else in the future..."

Ye Jie patted her head and said, "Don't worry, I will go with you to the Xuannv Sect and explain the situation to the ancestors there. Tell them that the punishment on you is not reasonable at all. You are obviously doing a good thing to save sentient beings. You should not be punished like this. They should reward you well!"

Hearing this, Li Fei'e burst into laughter. No matter what was waiting for her ahead, no matter how harsh the punishment would be, as long as Ye Jie's words were there, it was enough for her:
"What if the founder of the sect doesn't recognize me? Or worse, I am expelled from the Xuannv Sect, what should I do?"

Ye Jie smiled and said, "Then stay in Ziwei Palace. No matter you are in Xuannv Sect or not, this will always be your home. Even if you are no longer the descendant of Xuannv, you will always be my family."

Li Fei'e stared at Ye Jie, as if she wanted to carve his figure into the deepest part of her pupils. After a while, she turned her head and started to eat without saying a word. However, this time, her left hand was alertly holding the edge of the bowl. If there was any movement around her, she would quickly take the bowl away.

In a corner of the banquet, Nan Linghe returned to the woman with the red veil, holding a plate of carefully selected exquisite dishes.

"Eat it quickly. Although it is a spiritual delicacy, it will taste bad if left for too long."

Perhaps it was because of Hong Haitou's previous action that brought Nan Linghe and Ye Jie's hands together, and Nan Linghe also felt that he had a good relationship with her. Seeing her staying alone in the dim room, waiting for the man who would never come, Nan Linghe felt a little reluctant and brought her to the banquet.

Facing the steaming delicacies, the woman with the red veil put her hands on her hips and pointed at the red cloth covering her face, as if asking Nan Linghe how she was going to eat in this state, if she could only watch others eat.

Nan Linghe blinked and quickly thought of a solution: "Since we can't eat it with the red cloth covering it, then we can take it off, right?"

As she said this, she was about to reach out her hand to lift the red cloth covering her face, but her hand was quickly slapped back by the red veil. The only thing that answered her was the red veil's angry look.

Nan Linghe apologized hurriedly: "I'm so sorry, I forgot that I can't lift your veil. You are a bride, and only your sweetheart can lift your veil..."

The red-veiled girl's anger gradually subsided, and she realized that Nan Linghe did not mean it, so she sat up straight. The hustle and bustle and beautiful scenery of the banquet had nothing to do with her.

During the meal, Nan Linghe always felt that someone was looking at her. It was the girl in the red veil observing her through the veil.

She blinked. No matter what, it was impolite to let the red-veiled girl just watch her eat, so she lowered her voice and whispered in the red-veiled girl's ear:
"Are you really not hungry? If not, you'd better eat something secretly. Don't worry, I won't tell anyone that you took off your veil!"

There was some sincerity in Nan Linghe's assurance. She would never go back on her words. Her promise also moved the woman in red veil slightly.

Hong Gaitou is a thousand-year-old evil spirit that is extremely evil in the eyes of ordinary people. She can only live with loneliness all her life. No matter where she goes, she is like a jinx. But Nan Linghe not only does not dislike her, but is willing to help her sincerely. This sincere emotion also reaches Hong Gaitou's heart.

The woman in red veil considered for a moment, still a little hesitant. After a long time, she finally made a decision. She pointed at the South Crane, then pointed at the veil on her face and made a gesture of invitation.

Nan Linghe reached out her hand again, and this time, she was not hindered. She successfully lifted a small corner of the red cloth, picked up a piece of delicious food with chopsticks, and put it into the thin lips exposed under the veil.

While chewing, Nan Linghe took a handkerchief and was about to wipe the stains on the corners of the red veil's mouth, but his peripheral vision followed the opened veil and saw the soft and beautiful face underneath. Then, he was deeply surprised:
"Your face, what happened..." Before he finished speaking, the entire Ziwei Palace began to shake violently. The land boat that rose into the sky shook continuously, looking shaky and could fall completely at any time.

"what happened?"

The unusual movement made Ye Jie alert. If the Ziwei Palace fell from the sky, perhaps the members with immortal cultivation in the palace would be fine, but the damage to the building was quite heavy. If he wanted to rebuild it, it would probably cost hundreds of millions of merits.

Ye Jie hurriedly took out the eight-sided stitching pages, thinking that there was a problem with the land boat. Just as he was about to look for a solution, the shaking of Ziwei Palace became more violent.

"Look!"

Beside Ye Jie, Li Fei'e seemed to see something and couldn't help but cover her mouth and exclaim. She stretched out a finger, and her slender white fingertip pointed to the sky.

There, the golden light continued to spread, and in a blink of an eye it illuminated the entire world. There seemed to be a power hidden in the light, and once it was approaching, it was like putting a layer of sack in front of the body, restraining the strength of the strong man, and even the flight of the entire Ziwei Palace was affected.

"Is that... the Equality Array?"

Feeling that unique power, Ren Changhong seemed to remember something and said in surprise.

Su Miao cried out that it was not good: "That was the interference of the Equality Formation. Only the Lord of the Equality Palace has the ability to use this kind of power... We just met the Lord of the Equality Palace. This is bad..."

Ye Jie took a deep breath. When everyone was anxious, he remained calm: "Don't worry, what kind of power is that? I only know that the Equality Array can limit the highest realm of each continent, but how could such a change happen now?"

Shen Qingge had a keen eye and quickly figured out the key point: "The matter of sentient beings ascending to heaven is not tolerated by the way of heaven. The Heavenly Court must have sent the Lord of the Equality Palace to solve this matter. This Equality Formation is the Lord of the Equality Palace's means!"

"What……"

Ye Jie took a deep breath. Now even he understood the seriousness of the problem. Under the suppression of the Equality Array, the cultivation of all living beings would drop rapidly and would not be able to exceed the upper limit of the rank restricted by the Equality Array.

In other words, when the suppression of the Equality Array is locked on the fourth-order Impermanence Realm and the third-order Ox and Horse Realm below the Immortals, even if one is a True Immortal, he will not be able to use the power of the Immortal Essence in his body, and will become no different from the practitioners in the mortal world, with the upper limit of his strength fixed.

As the suppression power of the Equality Array continued to increase, Dazhou's upper limit of strength also fell from the third-level immortal to the second-level immortal realm. The Ziwei Palace became increasingly shaky, and this situation also caused panic among everyone in the palace.

Ye Jie seemed to remember something and said quickly:
"I remember that there are still many ways in the world that can break through the suppression of the Equality Array. Yinglong, the incarnation of the divine dragon, is one of the unique creatures that is not affected by the Equality Array."

As he said that, Ye Jie jumped out, ready to transform into Yinglong, and use the Divine Dragon Transformation of the Hongmeng Realm to lift the entire Ziwei Palace from the sky to prevent it from falling further. However, the feedback after transforming into a dragon made Ye Jie's pupils tremble.

"Wait... Yinglong's power is ineffective? Why can't it break through the suppression of the Equality Formation?"

What surprised Ye Jie was that the suppression of the Equality Array was so tight that there was no flaw at all. Even the Dragon Transformation could not break through the restrictions.

The suppressive force was so fierce that soon, everyone could only exert the power of a mid-stage immortal, and the suppressive force was still constantly increasing. It would not be long before they could no longer exert the power of an immortal.

"How far is it from the continental border?"

Ye Jie spoke in a hurried tone and asked everyone.

"About thirty miles."

Su Miao looked into the distance and answered immediately.

"Thirty miles? In that case, let's rush over at full speed before we fall. The Equality Formation can only suppress one continent. As long as we break away from this continent, everything will return to normal. There is no need to worry about the threat of the Equality Formation. It's a pity..."

As he spoke, Ye Jie seemed to have thought of something and could not help but sigh. The time for the sentient beings in this continent to ascend was still short. Before they could fully feel the power of the immortals, they lost everything under the Equality Array.

Looking into the distance, at the speed of a land boat, the distance of thirty miles passed in a flash. Just when it was about to escape successfully, the power of the Equality Array increased again.

This time, the entire Ziwei Palace completely lost power. A strong sense of weightlessness enveloped everyone's hearts, and the giant object on the ceiling began to fall downwards.

There was a dull roar, the earth shattered, the mountains and rivers cracked, the Ziwei Palace fell from the sky, smashed heavily on the ground, and rolled up a sky full of dust.

"Cough...cough..."

In the vast smoke and dust, Ye Jie struggled to get up, but he felt weak all the time. He looked around anxiously, his eyes full of worry, and asked loudly: "Are you all okay?"

"Fortunately, I just suffered some minor injuries..."

"How could this happen... With my ghostly immortal body, it's impossible for me to get hurt in the fall..."

Seeing everyone's slightly embarrassed appearance, Ye Jie also breathed a sigh of relief. Apart from the damage to Ziwei Palace, it seemed that no one was in serious trouble. At most, they only suffered some minor injuries: "I'm glad that everyone is okay..."

Ye Jie clenched his fists, feeling that the spiritual power in his body was exhausted. It was difficult for him to exert even one thousandth of his previous strength. Even if he possessed the Hongmeng level of Dragon Transformation, he could not do anything without the necessary resources.

Even though the Ziwei Palace had fallen, the power of the Equality Formation did not diminish at all. Everyone looked at each other in bewilderment. Their strength was extremely weak. They could not even exert the power of the second level. They were even worse than the practitioners who had just started. Any powerful monster was enough to pose a huge threat to them.

(End of this chapter)