Super Invincible Immortal Doctor
Chapter 1170: Guilty Conscience

Chapter 1170: Chapter 1170: Guilty Conscience

"Ah?"

Su Chengyu was stunned for a moment, then hurriedly explained, "Aunt Ye, I really can’t accept what you’re saying. If it weren’t for protecting me, you wouldn’t have had to take such a risk."

"What I want to do is my business. To conclude, if you hadn’t timely opened the passage and saved me, I would most likely be dead now."

Ye Qingci spoke in an indisputable tone, her gratitude still tinged with dominance.

Su Chengyu’s eyes darted around before he suddenly asked, "Then Aunt Ye, since I saved you, is there any reward?"

Ye Qingci looked at Su Chengyu and chuckled lightly, "Then I’ll reward you to be my protector in a while."

Su Chengyu was stunned, then looked at Ye Qingci excitedly, "Aunt Ye, are you going to transcend the Hollow Vacuum Tribulation?"

Ye Qingci nodded, "Although the Land of the True Dragon’s Burial is barren, the reverse nourishment of the millennium True Dragon on nature has brought the concentration of nature’s spiritual energy to an extremely high level, sufficient for my tribulation."

Su Chengyu’s heart leaped with joy and he continued to ask, "When does Aunt Ye plan to start?"

"I will begin as soon as I’ve fully recovered."

Su Chengyu nodded. Although Ye Qingci had awakened, her injuries were indeed not fully healed, and it was true that hurrying the tribulation now was not a good plan.

Moreover, in this Cave Heaven, they were still unaware if there might be other dangers present.

Although there were no other presences around at the moment, once the Heavenly Tribulation commenced, it might attract a large group of people coming this way.

Having witnessed the strength of those people, Su Chengyu did not have the confidence to withstand so many by himself.

"You don’t need to worry so much. Aside from Long Xuan, the others are merely at the Peak of the Void. You definitely can’t win, but with your current strength, it won’t be easy for them to kill you either," Ye Qingci reassured after seeing Su Chengyu’s performance against the Ping Shan Demon and at the entrance of the Cave Heaven.

Su Chengyu caught the implication in Ye Qingci’s words and grumbled, "Are you saying I’m just a punching bag, Aunt Ye?"

The corners of Ye Qingci’s mouth turned up slightly, and she spoke softly, "What’s wrong with being a punching bag? At the Early Stage of Nascent Soul, being able to withstand the might of the Peak of the Void, do you know how many people in the world want to be in your place?"

Compared to offensive capabilities, Su Chengyu indeed was somewhat lopsidedly overdeveloped in other areas.

The bottle of wine given by the White Fox helped Su Chengyu break through the bottleneck of the Thunder Resistant Body, providing him with the foundation of the Hollow Vacuum physically.

With the protection of the King-grade Divine Artifact, the True Dragon Armor, which was purely defensive, and the wonderful application of the Five-Color Glow from the Heaven-Mending Stone, Su Chengyu indeed had the confidence to resist those at the Peak of the Void for a time.

Though disheartened, having heard Ye Qingci’s words, Su Chengyu had already assured himself that he was not without means to confront the Hollow Vacuum; he simply lacked a way to defeat them outright.

The second technique of the Wasteland Sky Halberd was a self-damaging move that killed a thousand enemies at the cost of eight hundred of oneself. Unless it was absolutely necessary, Su Chengyu was definitely not going to resort to it.

"After all, the problem is your insufficient realm. If you could truly wield the Wasteland Sky Halberd, that Immortal Artifact, you wouldn’t be powerless against the Hollow Vacuum," Ye Qingci revealed directly to Su Chengyu the crux of his current situation.

"Aunt Ye, I think I’ve been advancing quickly enough..."

"Fast? Should I mention how long it took Long Xuan originally to reach the Nascent Soul stage?"

"No need, no need," Su Chengyu hastily waved his hand and said, then suddenly thought of something and spoke up, "Aunt Ye, you just mentioned excluding Long Xuan. Could it be that Long Xuan is not yet at the Peak of the Hollow Vacuum?"

"Yes and no, in terms of realm Long Xuan is still at the Peak of the Hollow Vacuum. But I can feel that during this time he seems to have taken half a step forward. Compared to others, Long Xuan isn’t just different in the level of his methods, his mind state is much more stable than anyone else’s. Today’s him is more fittingly referred to as a half-step Immortal."

Upon hearing this, Su Chengyu swallowed hard, "Then Aunt Ye, to catch up with him, wouldn’t it be..."

"What’s the rush? It might seem just half a step away, but it’s not so easy to cross. Your father reached this realm quite early, but until the end... I didn’t even see him take that step."

"Ah? My father didn’t become an Earth Immortal?"

Ye Qingci shook her head, "I don’t know. When Uncle Su met with trouble, Big Brother Su wasn’t in the Capital City, and after the incident, he vanished as if evaporated from this world, leaving no trace to be found anywhere."

Su Chengyu hesitated for a while but eventually told Ye Qingci what he knew about his father in the Kunwu Realm.

However, upon hearing this, Ye Qingci was not surprised and said, "I guessed as much. After all, if Big Brother Su were still alive, this reason alone could explain why he has not come to the Capital City seeking an explanation."

"Then Aunt Ye, have you never thought of finding him?"

Ye Qingci chuckled softly, "Find him? With what identity should I go find him? And once found, how should I explain, how should I make sense of everything that happened to Uncle Su?"

Su Chengyu was struck dumb, finding himself at this moment unable to utter a single word.

Ye Qingci looked down and gently caressed the Sky-splitting Sword in her hands, "Ye Qingci of the Ye Family, from the moment I began my cultivation, it has always been the Ye Family first, myself second."

Su Chengyu, watching the evidently troubled Ye Qingci, plucked up his courage and said, "I believe in Aunt Ye. No matter what role the Ye Family played in my grandfather’s affairs, Aunt Ye is definitely innocent."

Ye Qingci glanced at Su Chengyu and then said as if it were of no concern, "Thank you."

Seeing Ye Qingci in this state, Su Chengyu finally said no more; he understood that Ye Qingci was not concerned about what he, or even her own father or grandfather, thought of her.

However, as a descendant of the Ye Family, Ye Qingci could never face Su Zhedian without guilt in her heart.

What she could not overcome was this barrier within herself.

After all, in the eyes of the world, the name ’Ye Qingci’ never represented a prodigiously talented individual, but rather the star of hope hailing from the Ye Family.

And among those born from great clans, the only one who has achieved this is Long Xuan.

When mentioning Long Xuan, people never think of him as coming from the Long family, but rather that the Long family has Long Xuan.

That’s why Aunt Ye’s goal is Long Xuan.

Su Chengyu felt a sense of poignancy in his heart, finally fully understanding why Ye Qingci’s goal was to surpass Long Xuan.

Everything Ye Qingci had done was never to prove herself as the foremost among the younger generation.

She simply understood that to shed the label of the Ye Family, she had only one path to walk: surpass Long Xuan!