Chapter 663: Ye Chen's Secret

Uh...!

As the Dan Zu Dragon Soul entered Chu Ling'er's brow, she let out a painful groan.

At present, what she possessed was still a brain sea, which was a level below Ye Chen's divine sea. Suddenly having such a powerful external force surge into her brain sea, she couldn't bear it for the moment.

Suddenly, a trace of fresh blood overflowed from the corner of Chu Ling'er's mouth again, and the pain made her open her eyes.

The first thing she saw was a face with sharp features and a hint of weariness, along with those deep, dark eyes like the starry sky, gazing at her with full affection.

"Ye Chen?" Chu Ling'er couldn't help but reach out her jade-like hand, gently touching Ye Chen's face. Waking up to see the most important person in her life was indeed a fortunate thing.

"Wife, did you miss me?" Ye Chen grinned.

"Who's your wife, I—" Chu Ling'er hadn't finished her sentence when blood overflowed from her mouth again.

Seeing this, Ye Chen quickly said, "Stay calm and guard your mind; I'll help you open your divine sea."

"Open the divine sea?" Chu Ling'er was stunned. "Isn't that something only those in the Zhun Tian realm are qualified for? I'm only at the eighth level of the Kong Ming realm."

"I'm capable of anything." Ye Chen pinched Chu Ling'er's smooth cheek and smiled. "Just guard your mind; leave the rest to the Dan Zu Dragon Soul."

Although somewhat doubtful, Chu Ling'er took a deep breath to steady her mind. When she looked inward at her brain sea, she discovered a dragon soul swimming freely inside, constantly expanding her brain sea.

Uh...!

Soon, Chu Ling'er groaned in pain again, which made Ye Chen's heart ache.

"Chat with me to distract yourself. Ask me anything you want to know," Ye Chen said hurriedly with a smile. "I have plenty of secrets; you must be curious about them!"

"Anything?" Chu Ling'er looked at Ye Chen with a light laugh.

"Anything you're curious about, go ahead and ask."

"Where did your immortal fire come from?" Chu Ling'er smiled and asked her first question.

"On the ninth night after I was expelled from Zhengyang Zong," Ye Chen said, sitting beside Chu Ling'er and answering truthfully. "It fell from the sky, and my fate changed because of it."

"Then what's the deal with your demon path?" Chu Ling'er looked at Ye Chen in confusion. "How do you have demon blood in your body?"

"This was just a coincidence." Ye Chen laughed. "That drop of demon blood was refined from a small cauldron, and I accidentally ingested it. It seals itself until I face pressure, then it activates and lets me enter the demon path state. But now, I can control it myself. To be honest, the demon path power is incredibly domineering—it makes my strength surge suddenly. And it's thanks to that drop of demon blood that I've escaped danger multiple times."

"I see," Chu Ling'er murmured, then smiled again. "What about your immortal eye?"

"Now that's pure luck." Ye Chen grinned. "The people of Hengyue Zong probably don't even know there's a secluded valley beneath the outer sect's spiritual herb garden cliff! Inside, there's an old senior named Jiang Taixu, a genuine immortal clan member and a great saint level expert. He's been sitting there for five thousand years fighting the demons in his body. I stumbled upon it by chance, and he passed the immortal eye to me. Its full name is Liu Dao Xian Lun Eye."

As Ye Chen spoke with excitement, Chu Ling'er listened in a daze. She never imagined that Hengyue Zong hid so many secrets, or that Ye Chen had such extraordinary encounters.

"The black flame is one of the forbidden techniques of the Liu Dao Xian Lun Eye," Ye Chen continued. "It costs lifespan as the price, and the abilities of the Liu Dao Xian Lun Eye are quite overpowered."

At this point, Ye Chen smiled mysteriously. "Do you know why I'm familiar with so many divine abilities and secret techniques?"

"Why?" Chu Ling'er looked at Ye Chen curiously. She still remembered during the three sects' grand competition, this guy was like a monster, mastering all the secret techniques of the three sects' nine true disciples without missing a single one.

"Because this immortal eye has the ability to copy and deduce other people's secret techniques." Ye Chen chuckled.

"So that's how it is." Chu Ling'er's expression became quite colorful. If Ye Chen hadn't told her, she would never have known.

"Anything else? Feel free to ask." Ye Chen smiled again. To distract Chu Ling'er, he was going all out—if she wanted to know, he'd tell her everything.

"Can you tell me how you came back to life after dying?" Chu Ling'er asked tentatively, looking at Ye Chen.

"This question is a bit complicated." Ye Chen stroked his chin and organized his thoughts before saying, "Well, it's a little hard to grasp. My current soul is the one from before I died. The Liu Dao Xian Lun Eye reversed time and space, bringing me to its consciousness realm. So, I never really died; my soul was just sealed into the immortal eye's consciousness realm, called Xian Xu Realm. Once my soul returned, I was back to normal."

"The soul from before death? Reversing time and space? Xian Xu Realm?" Chu Ling'er was indeed a bit confused, and even with her intelligence, she couldn't quite wrap her head around it for a moment.

Ye Chen didn't say more, as anyone would need time to process something like this. Back then, he had been stunned for more than just a moment.

After a while, Chu Ling'er scratched her head, not sure if she fully understood, but basically, it meant the Liu Dao Xian Lun Eye had protected him and saved him, leading to the Ye Chen of today.

"Why aren't you asking me anything?" Just as Chu Ling'er was still pondering, a ethereal voice rang out.

"Who's speaking?" Chu Ling'er looked at Ye Chen in astonishment.

Ahem!

Ye Chen cleared his throat and smiled mysteriously at Chu Ling'er. "Let me formally introduce you to a fool: the Taixu Ancient Dragon Soul from Zhengyang Zong."

"The Taixu Ancient Dragon Soul from Zhengyang Zong?"

"Hello, beautiful. You can just call me Dragon Lord." While Chu Ling'er was still in shock, the Taixu Ancient Dragon spoke through Ye Chen's mouth.

"How is this possible..." Chu Ling'er's face showed extreme surprise, her expression full of disbelief.

After all, this was Qianqiu Ancient City, over a million li away from Zhengyang Zong. No sound transmission stone in the world could reach that far.

More importantly, Zhengyang Zong's Taixu Ancient Dragon Soul was still sealed, and the place of its seal must be Zhengyang Zong's forbidden ground. How could it possibly connect with Ye Chen?

"On the night before the three sects' grand competition, the old man Zhuge took me to sneak into Zhengyang Zong's forbidden ground," Ye Chen explained. "Due to some ridiculous reason, we got trapped inside. To lure away Cheng Kun and the others, the old man Zhuge ran out, and I was sealed in Zhengyang Zong's underground world."

"Then how did you get out?" Chu Ling'er asked hurriedly.

"Now you're asking the key point." Ye Chen grinned. "I got lucky—Zhengyang Zong's Taixu Ancient Dragon Soul was sealed there, and it was the one who sent me out."

"Such things actually happened." Chu Ling'er was shocked once again.

"Zhengyang Zong has an earth spirit vein," Ye Chen added, dropping another bombshell. "Before I was sent out, I left nine clones there. That's why I have an endless supply during battles. To put it bluntly, during the three sects' grand competition, I was basically cheating."

"No wonder, no wonder." Chu Ling'er finally pieced it all together.

Ye Chen mastering so many secret techniques was due to the Liu Dao Xian Lun Eye; his abundant vital energy came from the Dan Hai; and his true essence never depleting was because the nine clones continuously transmitted earth essence.

"How about it? Pretty amazing, right?" Ye Chen shook his head and even smoothed his hair.

"Amazing." Even the pure and elegant Chu Ling'er couldn't help but use that word.