Super Combat Soldier
Chapter 296 - 295

Chapter 296: 295

Zhang Ruotong, with her virginity, healed Ye Tianchen’s wounds; she possessed a very special physique that enabled the nearly dead and hopeless Ye Tianchen to awaken and fully recover from his injuries.

When Ye Tianchen came to, the only person in front of him was Zhang Yide, who was quite displeased with him, even harboring great anger. As for Zhang Ruotong, she had already left. This girl had used her own virgin body as a price to heal Ye Tianchen and then departed gloomily.

"Gone? Ruotong, she..." Ye Tianchen was at a loss for words for a moment, not knowing what to say.

"What you’re thinking in your heart, you know, Ruotong knows too, so she left!"

After Zhang Yide spoke, he left the room, leaving Ye Tianchen alone, dumbfounded and speechless. He understood the meaning of Zhang Yide’s words and could imagine how forlorn Zhang Ruotong must have felt, gathering the courage to sacrifice her virginity to heal him and watching him recover, only to leave in desolation.

Why did Zhang Ruotong leave? Ye Tianchen was clear about it in his heart—that was because there was no romantic love between him and Zhang Ruotong, and they were not in a boyfriend-girlfriend relationship. At least, he, Ye Tianchen, had no love for Zhang Ruotong. With such circumstances, it would be very awkward for the two, impossible to coexist, and even hard to face each other, which was why Zhang Ruotong left. This girl had silently given a lot, including her virginity.

Ye Tianchen arrived in the courtyard of the Zhang family and saw Zhang Yide sitting beside a stone table, smoking. Zhang Yide was smoking dry tobacco, which in this era, was probably something very few people did, and even fewer grew such tobacco leaves.

"Old man, I don’t know how to thank you and Ruotong for this time. If you ever need anything in the future, just call on me, and I, Ye Tianchen, will not hesitate even in the face of death!" Ye Tianchen said earnestly, looking at Zhang Yide.

Hearing Ye Tianchen’s words, Zhang Yide looked up at him and then sighed before saying, "Sit down, let’s talk!"

Zhang Yide actually had a good impression of Ye Tianchen, who, despite sometimes being quite rogue, unreliable, and even sometimes exasperating and prompting an urge to beat him up, was not a bad person. Especially when he was serious, that Death God’s aura and unfathomable strength definitely warranted amazement. Plus, as a Superpower User himself, he had a common understanding with another on the topic of superpowers and the pursuit of Eternal Life.

What Zhang Yide had trouble letting go of was that his granddaughter, Zhang Ruotong, had a physique that differed from ordinary people—a secret almost only known to Zhang Ruotong and Zhang Yide himself, with no third person privy to it. He feared letting anyone else know, because if Zhang Ruotong’s physique were to be exposed, it could likely attract the malicious intentions of evildoers. However, he hadn’t anticipated that this time, his granddaughter would give her virginity to Ye Tianchen, causing great harm to Zhang Ruotong, not just physically, but also to the integrity of her bloodline and the strength of her physique.

Ye Tianchen sat down, facing Zhang Yide for a face-to-face conversation.

"You brat, you’re truly too reckless, knowing full well that the several superpowers within you are already difficult to control and yet, you still tried to activate the power of the Peak Realm under conditions your body could not handle. That’s simply courting death!" Zhang Yide said to Ye Tianchen, somewhat exasperated, shaking his head.

"Only through fighting in such life-and-death conditions can one be sublimated and break through!" Ye Tianchen said with a slight smile.

"You really are insensible. If you don’t value your life, that’s your business, but don’t involve Ruotong!" Zhang Yide scolded Ye Tianchen with a glance.

"Ruotong is a good girl; if she’s willing, I won’t let her down!" Ye Tianchen said seriously and solemnly.

"Hmmph, don’t you get any wild ideas, brat. It’s impossible. If every time you’re seriously injured, Ruotong has to save you, it won’t be long before she loses her life!" Zhang Yide snorted coldly.

"Old man, I’m aware of the special nature of Ruotong’s physique; otherwise, the Power of Might from the Taie Sword would have been absolutely impossible to eliminate. What exactly is her special physique?" Ye Tianchen couldn’t help but ask curiously.

In this life on Earth, or even in the previous apocalypse Star, Ye Tianchen knew that in this world, there were many people with special physiques. Some were inherently powerful because of their special physique, some could cultivate rapidly, and of course, some, despite their intelligence, could only remain mortal because of their physique, fated to experience birth, aging, sickness, death, and lament their whole lives without the chance to cultivate.

"That’s none of your business. I just want to know, where is the Taie Sword?" Zhang Yide didn’t respond to Ye Tianchen’s question but instead asked about the whereabouts of the Taie Sword.

"What’s the problem? I killed Blood Demon Jiao, who was subordinate to the great scion of Dragon Teng, so naturally, the Taie Sword is in my hands!" Ye Tianchen said, pursing his lips.

Zhang Yide glanced at Ye Tianchen and then spoke seriously, "The Ten Ancient Swords are said to have not originated from Earth, and there must be great secrets hidden within!"

"What? The Ten Ancient Swords didn’t originate from Earth?" Ye Tianchen was also surprised; he had not expected that the ancient swords of Earth actually did not belong to the planet. Such secrets, coming from the mouth of the ageless superpower user, Zhang Yide, were indeed credible.

"No, the Ten Ancient Swords are said to have descended from the heavens, landing on Earth. Where exactly they came from and what secrets they hold remain unknown to us. I’ve once encountered the Fish Intestine Sword and felt that this sword was out of the ordinary, possessing an energy vibration different from Earth’s and a cultivation power much stronger," Zhang Yide shook his head as he spoke.

"Energy vibrations different from Earth and a stronger cultivation power? Could it be from the Emperor Star?" Ye Tianchen asked in surprise.

The Emperor Star is an incredibly enigmatic entity with records in both the official and unofficial ancient histories of Earth.

Although Ye Tianchen didn’t know much, when he occasionally looked at the starry sky during the quiet of the night, he could see a star emitting light, giving off a strange sensation. According to what Zhang Yide said, that monk at the back mountain of Shaolin Temple who was facing the Emperor Star when he passed away in meditation, sighing in its direction, it appeared that the Emperor Star held many secrets, even relating to Earth’s ancient mysteries.

"I’m not sure about that. But after reviewing some materials, I can almost certainly assert that not one of the Ten Ancient Swords is from Earth; all of them originate from beyond this domain. And there seems to be some connection between these ten divine weapons. I suspect they might be similar to the Four Immortal Slaying Swords!" Zhang Yide boldly shared his thoughts, knowing Ye Tianchen, despite his youth, had quite unique insights.

The Four Immortal Slaying Swords were not mere legends; they truly existed. Indeed, those swords were crafted on Earth and are now collected by some capable individuals. In fact, they were made by a Taoist and contained tremendous killing energy. If four experts held them and used them with the right sword formation, they could indeed kill gods and slay demons, making the name of the Four Immortal Slaying Swords known throughout the ages.

It was utterly inconceivable that the Ten Ancient Swords might not belong to Earth; these ten swords, potentially even more formidable than the Four Immortal Slaying Swords, where could they be from?

Modern archaeologists and researchers of ancient history would never discover or know that the Ten Ancient Swords did not belong to Earth and most likely came from a realm beyond. If such news were to spread, it would probably stir the whole world.

"Old man, aren’t you being a bit too mysterious? According to you, the Ten Ancient Swords don’t belong to Earth and fell from beyond this domain? And it’s very likely that the Ten Ancient Swords are unified, at the very least forming a sword array?"

Ye Tianchen’s head brimmed with questions, not because the concept of the Ten Ancient Swords coming from beyond this domain as a sword array was surprising to him. As a once Divine-level superpower expert, his thinking had long since departed from that of modern Earth humans. The world of cultivation was full of wonders, and these revelations were quite normal.

What puzzled Ye Tianchen was, if the Ten Ancient Swords truly, as Zhang Yide said, didn’t originate from Earth but came from beyond this domain, then from where? And having already experienced the power of the Taie Sword—one of the Ten Ancient Swords—which was named by Earth people as the Power Sword for good reason, within the sword resided the Power of Might, immortal for a thousand years. Once unleashed, it could exert an unstoppable force upon humans.

Hence, it was clear that the other nine divine weapons were definitely not inferior. And even as the Taie Sword had not fully exhibited its true strength, it had nearly claimed Ye Tianchen’s life. If, as Zhang Yide suggested, these ten divine weapons formed a sword array, how terrifying would that be? It might even surpass the power of the Four Immortal Slaying Swords.

"However, there is another theory, which is that the Four Immortal Slaying Swords were actually four of the Ten Ancient Divine Swords. It was just that they were acquired by a certain Taoist who forcibly refined them into another set of four swords, creating a sword array!" Zhang Yide said with a furrowed brow.

"If that’s true, how powerful must that Taoist have been, who was this guy?" Ye Tianchen, not knowing the lore of the Extermination Immortal Sword Formation, asked in astonishment.

"Approximately a few thousand years ago, a Taoist whose Taoist title was Tongtian, eventually founded a sect and was revered by all as the Tongtian Sect Master," Zhang Yide answered.

"This individual must have progressed far on the path of cultivation to obtain four divine swords and forcibly refine them into the Extermination Immortal Sword Formation!" Ye Tianchen seemed to realize something.

"A very powerful individual, who could refine four divine swords into a sword array and control it, unleashing a power capable of destroying heaven and earth, truly awe-inspiring," Zhang Yide pondered with admiration. Being an Earth person, he too thought of the legends surrounding the Tongtian Sect Master. (To be continued. If you like this work, please visit qidian.com to vote for recommendation tickets and monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation.)