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Chapter 658 - 417: Energy Mechanism

Chapter 658: Chapter 417: Energy Mechanism

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Xu Yuan lowered his eyes to examine the Willow Ghost Blade in his hands, the corners of his lips unconsciously curving into a smile.

That strange, familiar feeling did not come from within him but through the Willow Ghost Blade he held as a medium.

It seemed that twenty thousand years ago, Tian Ye used some kind of ritual binding secret technique to forcefully bind herself to the ghost blade.

Nevertheless, no matter what, Xu Yuan was now certain that Tian Ye, with whom he had been entangled in the Illusionary Realm for over a decade, was indeed still alive.

It was just unknown how that enchantress had managed to live from twenty thousand years ago until now.

Luo Xiran had transformed herself into an essence spirit oddity and entered hibernation to preserve her spirit.

Old Man Luo had researched the transformation of otherworldly ghosts, cultivating his disciples specially to seize their bodies for eternal life.

However, these were all temporary concerns; Xu Yuan could feel through the Willow Ghost Blade a connection to Tian Ye, sensing that she had not awakened yet.

According to common sense, nothing in the world is perfect.

Acquiring something surely signifies the loss of something else.

Most methods to prolong life irreversibly damage one’s cultivation strength.

Old Man Luo was like this, so was Luo Xiran.

Once he returned to the Imperial Capital from this journey, he would directly send his uncle to guard a corpse in the Qionghua Secret Realm.

Having made up his mind, Xu Yuan turned to look at the girl beside him, meeting her gaze and smiling gently,

"That woman Tian Ye should still be in the Qionghua Secret Realm. I plan to take my uncle with me to kill that woman once we return to the Imperial Capital."

"Qionghua Secret Realm?"

Tianyan’s eyes showed a hint of surprise as she slightly furrowed her brows, "I... did not come across that woman there before."

"Who knows?"

Xu Yuan shrugged his shoulders as he looked towards the direction of the Qionghua Secret Realm and said pensively, "After such a huge incident in the Qionghua Secret Realm that year, the remaining high-ranking members of the Sects would have organized strong individuals to enter and search for the truth. With that enchantress’s meticulous mind, she couldn’t have failed to consider this possibility. Perhaps she used some secret technique to conceal herself."

As he spoke, he swirled the Willow Ghost Blade in the air, forming a sword flower:

"But none of that matters. Once my cultivation improves, it shouldn’t be difficult to find her hiding place using the connection between this ghost blade and Tian Ye."

"Hmph~"

Hearing his words, Tianyan hummed softly, "Your thinking seems sound, but with the current situation in Di’an City, it’s highly likely that your uncle will not accompany you. Perhaps I should arrange some assistance from Heaven’s Watchtower?"

Xu Yuan fell silent and contemplated.

The current Di’an City, the current Prime Minister’s Mansion was the eye of the storm in the whole world. The top combat forces had to be situated inside the Imperial Capital.

Heaven’s Watchtower was different.

To put it mildly, it could be an insult, but the current Heaven’s Watchtower’s role within Dayan Territory was essentially that of a chaos maker.

Although they had emerged, they had not attracted too much hostility.

Thus, it wouldn’t be difficult for Tianyan to summon some high-level cultivators using her identity.

With this thought, Xu Yuan still rejected the suggestion:

"Tian Ye’s identity is too special for Heaven’s Watchtower."

Twenty thousand years ago, the world-saving ancestor had reappeared, in the guise of a Saint Level ’Tianyan’.

Once exposed, Xu Yuan believed that the Heaven’s Watchtower Master, with her almost divine cold-bloodedness, might even make the choice to abandon Tianyan to preserve Tian Ye.

Hearing his decision, Tianyan didn’t dwell on the matter, instead she asked softly,

"After you absorbed the Saint Level Yin Source into your cultivation technique, have you felt any discomfort?"

Yin Ghosts are the taboo among taboos, the embodiment of destruction and slaughter. Xu Yuan had absorbed and devoured it, and Tianyan was somewhat concerned that it might affect his temperament.

Xu Yuan casually waved off her concern, raised his hand to his face, closed it into a fist, and smiled contently,

"I’ve never felt the world to be so transparent."

As he spoke, Xu Yuan’s narrow eyes turned back to the compartment, and he said with a soft smile,

"Now, it seems I can see all the energy and matter in this world."

He was very satisfied with his current state.

From being a congenital invalid who couldn’t cultivate at first, to now having integrated the characteristics of the human race, specters, Celestial Fates Divine Soul, and Yin Ghosts, Xu Yuan felt he was becoming more and more like a monster.

It truly lives up to the reputation of a blood-colored cultivation technique....

"Then... do you still need me to look after this Willow Ghost Blade for you?"

Tianyan gently suggested, "With your current level of cultivation...."

Xu Yuan shook his head, glanced at the Willow Ghost Blade given to him by Tianyan, and said with a light laugh, "No need."

Then silence fell.

Tianyan looked at the man before her, a hint of worry flashing across her delicate and handsome face.

Xu Yuan smiled faintly, unconcerned, and reassured in a soft voice,

"Now, it and I are of the same origin; it won’t affect me."

He could understand Tianyan’s thoughts,

For in his current level of cultivation, holding this Willow Ghost Blade was akin to controlling a level 120 weapon at just a little over level 50 in his previous life in ’Cangyuan Chronicles’.

And this weapon also had the "Soul Devouring" trait.

It wasn’t just about using it against enemies—without careful handling, he could end up killing himself first.

However, he had already partially devoured the Saint Level Yin Source of the Thousand-Thorn Ghost Willow, and with continual absorption, he could even integrate the ghost blade as a part of himself.

At this thought, Xu Yuan suddenly became curious to test the might of this ghost blade.

The Qingyu Sword given to him by his maternal uncle, Feng Jiuxuan, was quite good, but at the end of the day, it was just a sharp Spirit Sword made of extremely precious metal, without any additional effects.

But the ghost blade in his hands now had, in the past in Tian Ye’s possession, turned Yuchu, a being of great stature, into a madman who had lost all reason.

Of course, Xu Yuan didn’t think that with his current level of cultivation he could reach the heights of Tian Ye back then.

But still, with this divine weapon far above his current cultivation, cutting down an Integration Body should be easy.

However, as soon as the thought arose, Xu Yuan dismissed it.

Right now, at the top of the entire Xian Shadow Pavilion, only the Third Prince, Li Junqing, was an Integration Body; he certainly couldn’t go downstairs and chop him with one stroke, could he?

At this thought, a slight smile appeared on Xu Yuan’s face but soon his expression stiffened.

Without any warning, a mysterious energy mechanism descended from the sky, enveloping him completely.

As his spiritual vision unfolded, Xu Yuan’s brow furrowed instantly.

Under the perception of his spiritual vision, two barely discernible streams of energy immediately wrapped around him and Tianyan beside him.

What is this?

Instinctively, Xu Yuan turned his gaze to Tianyan’s expression.

But the Washboard Saintess, as if she hadn’t noticed anything, returned a somewhat puzzled look when she saw his strange gaze.

She, with the Celestial Fates Divine Soul, actually couldn’t perceive it...

Seeing this, a sense of foreboding suddenly settled in Xu Yuan’s heart.

In the Enchantress Divine Illusion Realm, thanks to Tian Ye, he had learned some secret information about the internals of Heaven’s Watchtower.

Among these,

was the mention of the Spiritual Heavenly Instrument.