Best Young Master
Chapter 694 - 616: Unveiling the Secret, Opening a Door

Chapter 694: Chapter 616: Unveiling the Secret, Opening a Door

"Hmm, neither I nor the Nine Heavens Mysterious Crown originally belonged to this world. We come from a place called the Xuan Realm," Elder Xuan admitted without concealment.

"Xuan Realm?" Ye Fan was puzzled.

"The Xuan Realm is rich in Spiritual Energy, vast and boundless, with Xuan Beasts roaming everywhere. It is a world that is very conducive to cultivation," explained Elder Xuan.

"Then how did you come here?" Ye Fan asked again.

"Because of your mother."

Elder Xuan sighed and then, without waiting for Ye Fan to continue asking, he continued, "Your mother was the master of the Nine Heavens Mysterious Crown. She was pursued by her enemies and inadvertently entered an extraterritorial passage. By chance, she encountered the seal of the extraterritorial passage loosening, and then she was transported to this world."

"My... my mother is also from the Xuan Realm?!"

Ye Fan was startled. While the origins of his mother were mysterious and even Chu Xuanji couldn’t see through her, he had never dreamed that his mother actually came from another world.

Perhaps knowing that the truth would shock Ye Fan profoundly, Elder Xuan tactfully did not continue and waited for Ye Fan to come to terms with it himself.

It took a full two minutes for Ye Fan to recover from his extreme shock. He stared blankly at Elder Xuan, mouth slightly open, wanting to say something, but he found his mind in chaos, unable to organize his thoughts, not knowing what to say.

"After you were born, your mother embedded the Nine Heavens Mysterious Crown into your body. In addition, she left the ’Nine Heavens Profound Skill’ within your innate memories,"

Seeing this, Elder Xuan took the initiative to speak, "Even in the Xuan Realm, where strong people are as common as clouds, the Nine Heavens Mysterious Crown is one of the few Emperor Weapons, its power far beyond your imagination. When it came to Earth, although it was severely damaged, almost destroyed, it still brought you tremendous benefits while it was dormant and residing in your body all these years."

"What benefits?"

Ye Fan was a little confused. He left the mountain last year and arrived in the East Sea. The person in charge of the Yanhuang Organization East Sea Branch wanted to kill him, and the Nine Heavens Mysterious Crown awoke, turning misfortune into a blessing.

Before that, the Nine Heavens Mysterious Crown had never appeared, so how could it have brought him any benefits?

"It has strengthened your soul."

Elder Xuan rolled his eyes and said irritably, "If it weren’t for that, how could your comprehension be so high? Do you really think you are a once-in-a-millennium genius who learns everything in an instant? Besides, your soul power is stronger than that of Magicians at the same realm, and this is also because it strengthened your soul."

"So that’s how it is."

Ye Fan was slightly embarrassed, as he had always taken pride in his comprehension, but he had not realized that all of it was due to the Nine Heavens Mysterious Crown.

"Of course, your slow cultivation progress over the years has also been somewhat influenced by me."

Seeing the embarrassed look on Ye Fan’s face, Elder Xuan felt a bit awkward too and explained, "Over the past years, whenever you cultivated and absorbed Spiritual Energy, what this world calls Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi, I would autonomously absorb a part of it. Hence, I was able to regain a trace of strength last year, awaken, and assist you several times."

"You helped me withstand the Heavenly Tribulation and the Dan Tribulation with just a trace of your regained strength?"

Ye Fan was once again shocked, looking at Elder Xuan as if he was a monster, he blurted out, "Just how strong are you?"

"If the old man were to regain his strength from his heyday, even in the Xuan Realm, where strong people are as common as clouds, I would still be counted as a Supreme Strongman—those Artifact Spirits and Cultivators who could be mentioned in the same breath as me are few and far between!"

Elder Xuan, upon hearing this, stood tall and proud, a face full of arrogance as he said, "As for in this world, well, that Yan you’ve met, who claims to be the strongest of our times, I could blow him to death with a single breath!"

"—"

Ye Fan, upon hearing this, immediately fell silent.

Elder Xuan thought Ye Fan was overwhelmed by his words and proudly said, "Boy, I’ve already said that Earth is a world lacking in Spiritual Energy, and it’s not suitable for cultivation. Earth’s cultivators only understand the superficial aspects of cultivation. To put it another way, Earth’s cultivators can’t even compare to frogs sitting in a well..."

"Elder Xuan, can we not boast bullshit?" Ye Fan couldn’t hold it in any longer and directly interrupted.

"You think I’m boasting?"

Elder Xuan, upon hearing this, became enraged like thunder, reprimanding, "Boy, does someone of my identity need to boast to you? If you have the chance to ask around in the Xuan Realm, who wouldn’t know of the Nine Heavens Xuan Emperor and the Nine Heavens Mystic Crown?"

"Pssh, you know very well that I can’t go to the Xuan Realm, so of course you dare to say that."

Ye Fan expressed disbelief, "I say you’re boasting, but I have my reasoning. First, if you and the Nine Heavens Mystic Crown are that amazing, why were you almost destroyed? Secondly, if you and Nine Heavens Mystic Crown are really that incredible, then my mother, as your master, surely wouldn’t be far behind. How then could she possibly be killed by that bastard Chen Daozang?"

"Your mother was killed by Chen Daocang? Who told you this? What exactly happened?"

Upon hearing Ye Fan’s words again, Elder Xuan did not proceed to praise himself as before but asked with some curiosity.

"It was my master and my aunt who told me..."

Ye Fan didn’t hide anything and told Elder Xuan about the things Chu Xuanji and Chu Ji had relayed to him in detail.

After listening to Ye Fan’s narration, Elder Xuan was silent, his eyes flickering with sharp light, thoughts unknown.

"The mirror of truth has shattered, not boasting anymore?" Ye Fan hummed.

"Kid, according to what you’ve said, you aim to cultivate diligently to kill that Chen Daozang and avenge your mother?" Elder Xuan asked with interest, not directly addressing the question.

"Not just to avenge my mother, but also to stop him from killing my father, massacring the Ye Family, and turning Huaxia and even the global landscape upside down!"

As he spoke, Ye Fan’s expression became serious, his face showing determination, his fists clenched, and a hint of killing intent appeared in his eyes.

"Good, you have spirit. I like that!"

Elder Xuan, upon hearing this, praised with a smile, his eyes shining brilliantly as he looked at Ye Fan like a big grey wolf luring a little lamb, "Kid, with my guidance, as long as you diligently cultivate, not to mention slaughtering that ant Chen Daozang, even entering the Xuan Realm would allow you to stir up a storm!"

"Are you sure?"

Ye Fan looked cautious; he always felt like Elder Xuan had some ulterior motives, as if he was setting a trap for him to fall into.

"I, a dignified Emperor Weapon Spirit, would deceive you?"

Elder Xuan spoke earnestly and then added, "Of course, one cannot rush while eating hot tofu; the path of cultivation requires one step at a time. So, let’s start by helping you refine your ’Nine Profound Body’ first."

"The Nine Profound Body?" Ye Fan didn’t know what to make of it.

"The Nine Profound Body is one of the most powerful physiques. Once its body refining is successful, within the same realm, it could be called invincible in terms of physical strength. When cultivated to its extreme, it could be called an immortal body, existing alongside time itself," Elder Xuan explained.

"Bullshitting again!"

Ye Fan was full of disbelief. He didn’t think there was anything in the world that could withstand the ravages of time.

"You brat, you..."

Elder Xuan almost fell over in anger, then pointing at Ye Fan’s nose, he said with intense emotion, "Do you dare to say you haven’t experienced the wonders of the Nine Heavens Profound Body? Although you have not truly refined your body yet, during the process of cultivating the Nine Heavens Profound Skill, you have indirectly refined your body. Your physical strength is incomparable to those cultivators on Earth who are in the same realm as you!"

Hmm?

Ye Fan’s heart stirred at these words, and he couldn’t help but recall how exceptionally strong his body’s functions had been since he was a child. After breaking through to the Innate Great Perfection Realm, his physical strength had leaped in quality, allowing him to use his Martial Arts Cultivation and the combined power of his physical strength to defeat geniuses like Yuan Feng at the Innate Great Perfection Realm.

"So, you’re not going to accuse this old man of boasting now?"

Elder Xuan snorted coldly, then with a thought, caused the Nine Heavens Mystic Crown to stop absorbing the Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi.

"Is it really that amazing?"

If Ye Fan had been completely skeptical of what Elder Xuan said before, now he was somewhat convinced.

"Why would this old man deceive you for no reason? What benefit would there be?"

Elder Xuan said irritably, "According to you, you broke the long-established laws of Earth’s Cultivation World by using a Half-step Gang Qi realm to kill a cultivator who has just entered the Gang Qi Introduction Realm.

Let me tell you, as long as you practice according to the method I’ve taught you and refine your physical body, once you step into the Half-step Gang Qi realm, you will easily be able to do this just with your Martial Arts Cultivation alone! And once you successfully form a Qi Vortex and step into the Qi Condensation Realm, beginning to consolidate the Nine Heavens Profound Body, being able to sweep through your generation and defeat enemies from higher realms with just your Martial Arts Cultivation will be no trouble at all!"

"Are you sure?"

Ye Fan’s heart thumped with anticipation, but he still maintained a cautious stance.

"Boy, although the Magic Cultivation on Earth seems powerful now, it becomes increasingly useless as you go further—it’s merely an insignificant path. On the path to cultivation, you must cultivate yourself. In the end, you must connect with Heaven and Earth, and even become a Heaven and Earth yourself..."

Elder Xuan went on and on until he saw that Ye Fan looked confused and could only sigh, "It’s still too early to discuss these things with you. You’ll understand once your cultivation reaches a certain realm. The pressing matter now is for this old man to teach you how to cultivate the Nine Heavens Profound Body."

"Fine, I want to see if you’re just blowing smoke!" Ye Fan was eager to try.

"First leave the Consciousness Space and let that little guy out," Elder Xuan instructed.

Little guy?!

Ye Fan’s eyes widened in displeasure—Chu Xuanji was the person he was closest to and respected the most!

"Since the Nine Heavens Xuan Emperor forged the Nine Heavens Mysterious Crown, I was born. I’m old enough to scare you to death. That master of yours is just over a hundred years old; if he’s not a little guy, then what is he?" Elder Xuan said with aged indignation.

"..."

Ye Fan was speechless and, seeing that Elder Xuan didn’t seem to be lying, he didn’t say anything more and left the Consciousness Space directly.

"Xiao Fan, are you okay?"

Seeing Ye Fan open his eyes, Chu Xuanji was the first to speak, concerned, having noticed Ye Fan seemed to have lost his soul earlier.

"Master, I’m fine."

Ye Fan shook his head and said, "The Nine Heavens Mysterious Crown has stopped absorbing the essence of Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi from the essence stones; I can now begin cultivation."

"The Nine Heavens Mysterious Crown?" Chu Xuanji was full of confusion.

"It’s the crimson Gold Crown inside my body," Ye Fan explained.

"Oh, do you need me to act as your protector?" Chu Xuanji asked.

"No need, Master, I won’t be in any trouble."

As Ye Fan spoke, he couldn’t help but feel a bit guilty. Deep down, he didn’t want to hide anything from Chu Xuanji, but having promised Elder Xuan and also feeling that telling Chu Xuanji everything might overturn his understanding of cultivation and shake his Martial Dao heart, he decided it wouldn’t be a good thing. So, after pondering, he chose to keep it hidden.

"Okay!"

Chu Xuanji didn’t notice anything odd with Ye Fan, and seeing his confidence, he was reassured and left the Formation.

"Even though these Spirit Stones are of poor quality and there are too few of them, they’re more than enough to give you a rebirth and lay a solid foundation for cultivating the Nine Heavens Profound Body in the future!"

As soon as Chu Xuanji left, Elder Xuan communicated with Ye Fan through his mind.

"Cut the crap and get started!"

Although he spoke like this, Ye Fan was enormously excited and couldn’t wait to start.

Because...

He knew that if everything Elder Xuan said was true, then becoming unparalleled among his peers, catching up with the older generation of cultivators, and being the first to break through that legendary realm to kill Chen Daocang would no longer be difficult!

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PS: Only one release today; brothers and sisters, no need to wait. I currently owe two Chapters, and I will notify you when I make them up.

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