Evil Venerable of the Sword Dao
Chapter 624 - 060 Heavenly Heart

Chapter 624: Chapter 060 Heavenly Heart

Zhou Wangchen sighed with relief.

When mentioning the Young Master of Yuhun Island, Duan Xinghun, Zhou Yan’s expression was truly casual and indifferent, as if he were looking at an ant—even though Zhou Yan did not show such emotions, a father knows his son best. Zhou Wangchen had watched Zhou Yan grow up from a child and understood his son’s thoughts well.

Although Zhou Yan had grown up now, it is often said that landscapes can change, but one’s nature is hard to shift. No matter how impressive Zhou Yan became, that innate personality trait was something Zhou Wangchen still understood.

Moreover, in this world, there probably isn’t anyone who understood Zhou Yan better than his father, Zhou Wangchen.

Thus, Zhou Wangchen was truly at ease.

Zhou Wangchen’s relieved expression made Zhou Yan realize that his father truly understood his strength and was no longer worried.

Zhou Yan also felt gratified. His father, although not eloquent and often reserved, understood more than anyone else in his heart.

Thinking of the Young Master of Yuhun Island and his father’s concern, Zhou Yan remembered the previous visit to the Baiyue Ancient Forbidden, when he had encountered a girl named Lee Shuru.

Recalling this memory, Zhou Yan’s eyes lit up slightly and he said, "Father, perhaps the Lee family isn’t as bad as you think. I met this little girl Lee Shuru at the Baiyue Ancient Forbidden outside the Heavenly Heart Secret Realm. She even mentioned that old man from her family."

"Hm? Yan’er, you actually encountered Shuru? They... are still alive?"

Zhou Wangchen was slightly astonished, then asked with surprise.

"Yes, at that time, I was fighting two cultivators who were foolishly trying to kill for treasure, and she was lurking on the side, ready to take advantage of the situation. From her condition, it seemed like she’s a spoiled Little Princess, which means not only is she not having a bad life, but a very good one. This suggests that there might be deeper reasons for the disappearance of the Lee family’s estates,"

Zhou Yan pondered.

Following that, Zhou Yan described the previous events, which left Zhou Wangchen lost in thought.

After a moment, Zhou Wangchen said, "The decline of the Lee family is an undeniable fact. That old man Lee had a very good relationship with me, but was not well-regarded in his own family. If you see her again next time, pay more attention. If you meet old man Lee, he will most likely not hide anything from me."

Zhou Yan nodded, then continued to talk heart-to-heart with his father for a long time. The father and son had not communicated for a long time and it seemed as if they wanted to discuss everything at this moment.

Meanwhile, Li Yunjin kept attending to her granddaughter, Zhou Sisi, while Zhou Yan and Zhou Wangchen were talking.

If she didn’t spend a little time with Sisi, Li Yunjin would feel somewhat uncomfortable, as if she had lost something precious.

Now, in this imitation Sacrificial Heaven Ancient City, Zhou Sisi had nearly everyone’s affection—whether it was Li Qimeng, Hou Ling’er, Hou Chen, Feng Lingqing and Feng Ling Bamboo, or Li Mingqiu, Li Mingcheng, Xia Ming, and others—all treated her extremely well.

...

In the Ancient City of the Purple Flame Void, Zhou Yan had been staying for nearly two days.

There was originally insufficient time to travel to Nine Origin Heavenly City, but Yun Shu had a Transmission Array Plate that could take them to the Heavenly Capital Middle Mansion, so they actually had some time to spare.

In the two days spent in the Ancient City, Zhou Yan shared some of the Secret Techniques he had comprehended during his cultivation with Zhou Wangchen, Li Yunjin, Feng Lingqing, and the others. Aside from this, Zhou Yan didn’t teach them anything else separately.

Zhou Yan knew that they had already embarked on the right path in their cultivation, but they did not have the existence of an Enlightenment Space, so greediness might lead to indigestion.

During these two days, Zhou Yan used a method of bloodline splitting and condensation to multiply, and one by one, he re-refined and tempered the physical constitutions of friends and kinfolk like Hou Ling’er, although they couldn’t truly possess an Ancient Constitution. However, their physical robustness had reached extreme levels such that the sharpness of even High Grade Soul Artifacts was insufficient to injure them.

This was accomplished using a vast amount of Origin Energy, a method no one but Zhou Yan could possess.

Moreover, in this process, even the weakest in strength, Feng Lingqing, had her realm perfectly elevated to the Sword Void Third Transformation and her combat power approached Break Eight.

This was Zhou Yan’s way of compensating for his concerns for them, and an effort to ensure that they would no longer face threats in the future.

Through the testing aid of Zhou Gucheng in the past, this method had gradually become perfect, with the only drawback perhaps being the unimaginable ordeal and pain one had to endure, which required tremendous fortitude to bear.

Fortunately, among those Zhou Yan helped, including Li Cangsheng, they all gritted their teeth and withstood the pain—although the agony he experienced was five times worse than the others.

Because of this, Li Cangsheng now held great fear towards Zhou Yan in his heart, for whenever he recalled the pain of Body Refinement, he couldn’t help but burst into tears.

Among those like Zhou Gucheng, Li Yunjin, Xiao Zhan, Li Wuxian, Li Cangsheng, Li Qimeng, Feng Lingqing, and Feng Lingzhu, as expected by Zhou Yan, except for Feng Lingqing, Li Qimeng, and Feng Lingzhu, the rest nearly all reached the Break Eight level of Combat Power. Among them, only Li Wuxian and Hou Ling’er reached nearly the Combat Power Breaking Nine level, becoming extraordinarily formidable figures comparable to Ji Wu and Hou Chen.

Regarding this, Zhou Yan felt even more at ease.

In the Thunder Expansion Sacred Land, there were first the three top talents, Zhou Gucheng, Zhou Qianqian, and Zhou Ying, followed by such gifted individuals as Hou Chen and Li Wuxian, whose futures were unimaginable.

After resolving these matters, Zhou Yan then left the Ancient City within the Purple Flame Void.

When he left the Ancient City, he did not bring others with him but had Yun Shu by his side.

...

"Zhou Xuanzhe, regarding the previous matter, Yun Shu sincerely apologizes to you, I was confused..."

Yun Shu bit her lip lightly, speaking with great shame.

Inside the Ancient City, Zhou Yan didn’t say anything to Yun Shu alone, even though she tried several times to apologize to him, he had not given her the opportunity; consequently, she remained anxious all the time.

This time, as Zhou Yan brought her along alone, some fear stirred within Yun Shu.

As Heaven’s Chosen Girl, Yun Shu was not afraid of death, yet she feared the Killing Spirit Divine Dao, a cultivation technique that was almost insanely perverse.

It wasn’t just Yun Shu; even the Saints would change their color upon hearing it.

"I’ve already stopped holding that against you. Compared to the fact that you saved my parents and loved ones, the hostilities you showed me before are insignificant, like a drop in the ocean, not worth mentioning, so in my heart, I am still grateful to you."

Zhou Yan waved his hand nonchalantly, not minding Yun Shu’s previous hostilities towards him.

Yun Shu was deeply moved, finally letting out a breath of relief, patting gently her chest, exhaling a sigh of turbid air.

With the natural movement of her patting, the somewhat exposed large and fullness beneath surged up and down, drawing attention conspicuously.

Yun Shu was already wearing a gauzy dress like a spider web, revealing and wild in form, with a voluptuous and sexy figure, yet she was paradoxically ice-pure and as flawless as jade.

This natural temptation, combined with her naturally bold character now carrying a hint of submissive quality, could not help but stir up an insane urge to ravage her.

Zhou Yan glanced at her casually, and a surge of heat unexpectedly rose within him; he wanted to fiercely knead that large and proud prominence twice, to experience the astonishing tenderness and resilience! However, he suppressed the restlessness in his heart, calmed the flames, and said calmly, "What do you understand about the Heavenly Heart Secret Realm? That Wang Xi Saint seems to be related to you, right? He seems to know quite a lot about the Secret Realm."

Yun Shu seemed to sense the flicker of heat in Zhou Yan’s eyes, and unusually for her, she did not remain as calm as still waters; instead, her heart beat erratically, feeling a fleeting palpitation and panic.

Hearing Zhou Yan’s inquiry, she came back to her senses, similarly suppressing her pounding heart, and explained, "Zhou Xuanzhe, this Heavenly Heart Secret Realm is said to be the derivation of a woman’s heart, hence the ’Heavenly Heart.’ However, this is just a legend; no one knows the truth."

Yun Shu spoke, seeming to think of something, her face suddenly turned pale, her body trembling slightly.

Because of the mention of ’Heavenly Heart’ and ’heart,’ the image of a bloody, hairy humanoid monster tearing and devouring a heart emerged uncontrollably in Yun Shu’s mind.

At that image, Yun Shu couldn’t speak anymore, and not only that, reminded of this scene, she suddenly looked fiercely at Zhou Yan, her beautiful pupils filled with extreme terror.

Zhou Yan originally listened to Yun Shu’s explanation quietly, especially when Yun Shu spoke of ’Heavenly Heart,’ a sense of enlightenment seemingly dawned upon him, as if he had just thought of something.

But that thought was fleeting, and even with Zhou Yan’s formidable mind, he could not grasp that momentary flash of insight.

At that moment, Zhou Yan saw Yun Shu’s face pale and devoid of blood and her eyes almost frozen, overfilled with endless fear!

Then, Yun Shu’s bright and dark pupils reflected an image like a mirror— a bloody, hairy humanoid monster clutching a heart, going ’slurp, slurp,’ incessantly gorging on it.

It seemed that the monster sensed the focus of the gaze and suddenly lifted its head; its blood-drenched face struck Zhou Yan with profound familiarity—it was his own face, Zhou Yan’s!

The monster, lifting its head, had vacant eyes with no pupils, only two bloody holes, as if two springs of blood were endlessly churning within them.

Their eyes met for a split second, and Zhou Yan shuddered intensely, a bone-chilling coldness instantly spreading throughout his body, feeling locked again by cold, evil, and bloodthirsty eyes!

That feeling, like being targeted by death, was suffocating and heavy, as if carrying a mountain on his back, and he felt completely unable to break free!

In just an instant, Zhou Yan’s body was drenched in sweat, and that bloody, hairy monster seemingly crossed through space, emerging from Yun Shu’s eyes and darted towards Zhou Yan.