After dropping the boat into the sea, Ye Li glanced at the archipelago in the distance that had condensed into a small black dot. Without much hesitation, he said goodbye to Matok, then got off the boat with Xiao Jin and jumped onto the boat.
The boat was equipped with a pair of oars. Ye Li held the oars with both hands and rowed quickly. With his strength, it was not difficult for him to wield the oars as fast as a windmill.
Soon, the archipelago began to expand from a small dot the size of a soybean, and Ye Li's distance to the archipelago became closer and closer.
Naturally, he could not avoid the eyes of the people on the island as he was on the open water. His boat was soon discovered by people from both continents at the same time.
However, for a moment, people on both sides thought that the small boat was the other party's ship, so they did not take any special action and just let Ye Li approach the archipelago.
Although Ye Li had only been to this archipelago once, he still had some vague impression of it in his mind. The archipelago he had seen was originally desolate, with only a fortress in the center of the archipelago.
But now the fortress on the archipelago has been demolished and replaced by two fortresses, with a small number of troops stationed in each side, symbolizing that each side owns half of the archipelago.
People from the royal organization of the Jinde Empire on the island are selling their things, and people from the four holy places are also involved. The goods of both sides are exchanged unconsciously, bringing huge benefits to each other.
When Ye Li saw the "Emperor" flag of the Imperial City, his face suddenly relaxed. As long as the people from the Imperial City were here, he had nothing to worry about.
After all, he himself is a member of the Imperial City and has a ground-level status.
Seeing Ye Li calmly bringing the boat to the shore and then walking onto the shore as if no one was around, the guards on both sides immediately stopped asking questions, because no matter how they looked at it, they felt that Ye Li was not an outsider who came here casually.
Ye Li and Xiao Jin were obviously from the Continent of Miracles, but because he had the face of the Black Eyed Clan, and the Black Eyed Clan from the Continent of Miracles generally acted as interpreters here, the guards of the Four Holy Lands and the royal family of the Jinde Empire did not think much about it.
Seeing that no one was stopping him, Ye Li walked onto the archipelago with confidence and headed straight towards the central fortress.
Soon, he arrived in front of the fortress of the Black Eye Continent. Among the guards at the door were people from the four holy lands.
Ye Li walked straight towards the guards of the Imperial City. Seeing this, the other party also stepped forward and stopped Ye Li.
"Entry into the fort is prohibited. Please show your pass!"
Ye Li naturally had no pass, so he could only speak honestly: "My fellow apprentice from the Imperial City, I am Ye Li, a ground-level disciple from the Imperial City, and a soldier of the Seventh Squadron of the First Battalion of the First Army of the Imperial Guard.
Two years ago, I was attacked by a monster during the mission to seize the Central Islands. I fell into the sea and was taken to the opposite Miracle Continent. Today, I finally returned here. Please pass on my message. This is my identity token."
As Ye Li spoke, he took out his Imperial City token and handed it to the soldier.
When the soldier heard what Ye Li had just said, an expression of extreme shock suddenly appeared on his face, because according to Ye Li, he was the soldier of the Imperial Guard who had been missing for more than two years, and had actually been staying in the other side's Miracle Continent.
"Brother, you... wait a moment, I will report your situation to Elder Peng Song immediately, and he will decide on the specific treatment."
The guard soldier took Ye Li's token, turned around and hurriedly walked into the fortress.
Inside the fortress, there is an elder from each of the four holy places. Peng Song, the elder of the Imperial City, is one of the elders of the outer court.
"Elder Peng, the guard at the fortress gate said there is something important to report to you."
In the fortress, a guard reported to Peng Songtong.
Peng Song was stunned and asked, "Is there something wrong with the guard
Let him in, I have nothing else to do now."
Hearing Peng Song's words, the guard nodded hurriedly, walked out of the room, and soon came in with the guard at the door.
The guard saluted Peng Song and said, "Elder Peng, there is a special situation outside the gate. A young man holding the token of my Imperial City found us and said that he is a ground-level disciple of the Imperial City, a soldier of the seventh squad of the first battalion of the first army of the Imperial Guard, named Ye Li.
More than two years ago, he was attacked by a monster on the battlefield, fell into the sea and was washed to the Continent of Miracles. Now he finally found a way to come back here.
This is the token he presented to me. I just checked and it is indeed the token of my Imperial City. It is not a fake one."
When Peng Song heard Ye Li's name, he was suddenly startled, and then he snatched the token from the guard, held it in his hand and examined it, and said: "The token is real, it seems that this person is really Ye Li.
Ye Li was the number one in the holy war that year, and was valued by the inner court elders Xue Ziping and Qi Wei.
The reason he disappeared was because he was trying to save Princess Caiyi, so this incident caused a big fuss. We even sent people to search for him on the sea for a long time, but we didn't expect that he was still alive. The news of his death had been confirmed for more than two years.
Come on, call Ye Li in. I've seen him before, and I want to confirm it."
Hearing Peng Song's order, the guard hurried out and quickly walked to the door.
Ye Li was looking around and waiting for the guard. When he saw the guard running out of the fortress, he immediately looked at him with a smile on his face.
"Brother Ye Li, Elder Peng Song wants to see you, please come in with me."
Because Ye Li's identity was confirmed, the guards knew that Ye Li held the title of the first in the Holy War, and that he fell into the sea and disappeared for more than two years in order to save Dongfang Caiyi. They immediately began to respect Ye Li.
When Ye Li heard the guard's call, he felt overjoyed. It seemed that his long wandering could finally come to an end.
Letting Xiao Jin wait outside the fortress, Ye Li stepped into the fortress, followed the guards of the Imperial City, and soon arrived in front of a house.
The guard led Ye Li into the house, where a skinny old man was looking at him in surprise.
"It's you indeed. You're not dead and you've even gone to the Miracle Continent across the way!"
Peng Song had already recognized Ye Li and was immediately more certain of his identity.
As soon as he finished speaking, Ye Li's eyes changed immediately, because he found that Ye Li's cultivation had actually improved to the early stage of the Void God Stage.
"You... you have already reached the Void God Stage. Isn't this too fast? Without the training of my Imperial City, wouldn't your cultivation speed be reduced at all
I heard that Jin Chan has only just reached the Virtual God stage, and your cultivation has already synchronized with theirs, so your actual combat power is likely to be higher than his!"
Peng Song watched the fight between Ye Li and Jin Chan. He knew that there was actually a gap in absolute combat power between Ye Li and Jin Chan, but the gap was only in their own realm.