Following the original route, Ye Li quickly left the foggy area. After bypassing the Golden Dragon City, he went straight back to the temporary residence of the Foundry Hall.
However, when he came here again, he found that the valley had completely changed in just about ten days.
Countless brick and stone houses that look very sturdy and durable have replaced the previous bamboo and wooden houses, and the scale of the settlement has expanded to cover the entire valley.
More people than before have been busy in the valley, some leveling the ground, laying stone slabs, and others building houses.
When I first came here, the construction work here had always been in charge of Niu Qianjin and Yan Fangtong. But this time, I didn't see them. Instead, some unfamiliar people were shouting and giving orders in the valley.
With some doubts in his heart, Ye Li quickly walked towards the valley, but he was stopped by someone at the entrance of the valley.
"My dear little brother, this is the new location of the Foundry Hall. No outsiders are allowed to enter."
A skinny middle-aged man in his forties stopped Ye Li and spoke.
Ye Li said: "Hello, I am also from the Weapon Foundry Hall, I came back to see my master."
His words startled the skinny middle-aged man for a moment, and he then asked, "Little brother, may I ask who your master is?"
Seeing the other party's reaction, Ye Li felt a little confused. After all, all the apprentices in the Foundry Hall here knew his identity. Even if they didn't recognize him at the moment, they would definitely remember it after he spoke.
Ye Li, who was confused, said, "My master is Master Ou Qianxie, and I am his fourth new disciple."
Hearing Ye Li's words, the skinny middle-aged man's face suddenly showed indifference and hostility, and he snorted coldly, "Humph, where did you come from, you stinky boy, how dare you come here to tease me.
I advise you to leave here as soon as possible. Even if the Foundry Hall is now divided, it is not something a brat like you can handle."
Hearing the other party's words, Ye Li was stunned and said, "Uncle, what do you mean? I am indeed the fourth disciple of the master. What's wrong with that?"
Hearing Ye Li's insistence, the middle-aged man's eyes became stern, staring at Ye Li coldly and said: "Humph, why do you have to pretend to be Master Ou's disciple when you can pretend to be someone else's disciple.
Why don't you pretend to be one of his disciples? Why do you have to pretend to be the fourth disciple? Don't you know that the fourth disciple of his master is our master?"
Hearing the words of the skinny middle-aged man, Ye Li’s eyes almost popped out of their sockets.
"Uncle, are you kidding me
Who is your master? Is there any misunderstanding? I am indeed the fourth disciple that Master has recently accepted."
Ye Li spoke seriously.
The skinny middle-aged man sneered again and said, "There are so many things going on in the construction of the base right now, I don't have time to joke with you.
Get out of here right now, or I'll throw you out myself."
"Uncle, I am really Master's disciple. You see, I still have Master's token here."
As he spoke, Ye Li hurriedly took out the token that Ou Qianxie had given him.
However, the other party seemed to not recognize the token at all. Seeing that Ye Li was unwilling to leave, he immediately called out to the two young men who looked like guards beside him and said, "Sanzi, Xiaodong, this kid is pretending to be Master Ou's apprentice to cause trouble. Come and drive him away from here."
Following his call, two guards immediately came over and looked at Ye Li with serious expressions on their faces.
Ye Li saw that the skinny middle-aged man looked respectful when he mentioned Ou Qianxie, so he should not be a bad person. Most likely there were just some misunderstandings.
However, before he could explain, the two guards stretched out their hands filled with spiritual energy and grabbed Ye Li's shoulders, as if intending to capture him.
He casually glanced at the other party's spiritual essence, which was only that of the late Lingwu period. Presumably, the other party saw that Ye Li was young and thought that at such a close distance, two martial talisman masters in the late Lingwu period would be enough to subdue Ye Li.
Faced with such a weak attack, Ye Li naturally did not make any defensive response. Even if a martial talisman master in the late Lingwu period had a talisman weapon, his attack ability was at most equivalent to that of a monster in the early Lingwu period.
How could the two men, now unarmed, shake Ye Li at all
Seeing that Ye Li seemed to be "too late" to react, smiles appeared on the faces of the two young men and the skinny middle-aged man.
However, their smiles soon froze on their faces. Their arms, full of spiritual energy, did press down Ye Li's shoulders, but they felt like they were pressing down on an iron pillar, unable to push or press.
Their arms pressed on Ye Li's shoulders with all their strength, but it had no effect on Ye Li at all, because they saw Ye Li holding up their arms, gently raising his hands to scratch his head, with an embarrassment look on his face.
Ye Li raised his hands in a very natural way, as if what fell on his shoulders were not two arms full of spiritual energy, but just two feathers.
The first reaction of the two men when they saw it was to wonder if they had used the wrong force. How could the other party be unaffected by their strength at all
The second reaction was to attack Ye Li again. This time they must use all their strength to subdue the opponent, otherwise they would be unqualified as guards.
Ye Li was really in a dilemma at this time, because he didn't know whether he should take action. After all, it was obvious that the other party was a friend, not an enemy.
After hesitating for a while, Ye Li could only sigh and decided to take action. After all, even if he wanted to find his master or senior brothers, he had to at least enter the base first.
The two guards had already launched the second wave of attack at this time. They dodged to Ye Li's side and stretched out their hands, trying to twist Ye Li's arms.
However, Ye Li's speed was faster than the other two. They only saw a flash of afterimage before their eyes, and a palm as heavy as a mountain slapped their shoulders.
The two guards felt like puppets whose strings were cut. Their joints trembled and they staggered and sat down.
At this time, the skinny middle-aged man also showed an expression of disbelief on his face. His face changed and he shouted loudly: "Help! Someone is coming to the base to cause trouble!"
Following his shout, the crowd quickly gathered around him. No matter they were martial talisman masters or spiritual talisman masters, they all mobilized their spiritual energy or spiritual essence and looked at Ye Li with hostility.
Ye Li looked at the many unfamiliar faces in front of him with embarrassment. He really didn't know any of these people and felt like he had no place to talk to.
As soon as the thought came to his mind, Ye Li planned to activate the Wind Ring and rush forward directly. With his current speed, this group of people obviously could not stop him.
"Go ahead, take him down!"
With the skinny man's shout, the crowd around him rushed towards Ye Li.