Checking in for 100,000 Years

Chapter 228: Chapter 228: The Descendants of the Qin Family, The Trace of Nangong Jade

After Ye Yun finished speaking, he gently pointed with his hand.

Two white rays shot out from his fingertips, landing on the Bloody Overlord Demonic Dragon and Big Black Horse.

The two demon beasts trembled, instantly feeling a formidable force standing tall within them, like a large mountain. This power was filled with a sacred Super Divine Dragon Breath, preventing the power that was dematerializing their physical forms from advancing any further.

At this moment, Big Black Horse let out a sigh of relief. Master is truly formidable! This strange power of virtualization has no effect on him whatsoever.

Ye Yun turned back and glanced at the carriage next to him, finding that the carriage also seemed to have been slightly affected by the power of virtualization.

What in the world is this power? How can it be so bizarre and potent...? Ye Yun was slightly startled. He waved his large hand and immediately returned the black carriage to the warehouse.

”You two, transform into human forms and walk in with me,” Ye Yun ordered after dealing with the carriage.

”Yes, Master.”

Big Black Horse and the Bloody Overlord Demonic Dragon quickly shapeshifted, immediately turning into human forms.

Ye Yun descended from mid-air and leisurely walked towards the village at the foot of the distant mountain. The Bloody Overlord Demonic Dragon and Big Black Horse followed closely behind.

Ye Yun did not walk quickly, admiring the beautiful scenery within the Mirror of Peach Blossom Spring as he went, repeatedly exclaiming in admiration. This place was truly ideal for seclusion. It was just that this power of virtualization was too bizarre; no one could endure staying here. However, even though this power was peculiar, it had no effect on Ye Yun. He didn’t even need to use the supreme Divine Power within his body. The moment the power of virtualization invaded his body, it was instantly neutralized by his Ancestral Dragon Bloodline.

The whole process was quite miraculous. It made Ye Yun marvel, and a doubt arose in his heart. Could it be related to... he vaguely guessed.

This guess might be related to the Dragon Clan, so Ye Yun planned to go deeper into the Secret Realm to investigate. Firstly, he wanted to see the descendants of the Qin Family. Secondly, he wanted to thoroughly understand the secrets within the Secret Realm and find the source of the power of virtualization.

「An hour later.」

Ye Yun, leading Big Black Horse and the Bloody Overlord Demonic Dragon, finally arrived at the entrance of the village manor. A small river flowed joyfully at the village entrance. A wooden bridge spanned the river, stretching from one side to the other.

Ye Yun stood at the head of the bridge for a few seconds, glanced at a Stele and gently shook his head, then stepped onto the wooden bridge and leisurely walked to the other side.

A young man walked out of his house and was suddenly taken aback when he saw Ye Yun and the other two.

”Who are you? Why do you look so unfamiliar?” the young man asked, staring at Ye Yun in shock.

Ye Yun did not answer his question. His gaze drifted towards the inner part of the village, and he said with a light laugh, ”Is your Clan Leader present? Go tell him he has visitors.”

”Wait here...” the young man replied before hastily turning to flee.

Watching the young man’s retreating figure, Ye Yun pondered. This youth’s physical body has long ceased to exist. It was utterly destroyed by that power of nothingness. What stands here now is merely a spirit body. It’s just that, under the influence of this Secret Realm’s Magical Force, this spirit body manifests a form nearly identical to that of a normal human.

”Have you two noticed anything different about this young man compared to normal people?” Ye Yun thought of this and asked in a low voice.

Big Black Horse and the Bloody Overlord Demonic Dragon looked at the young man’s vanishing figure in the distance but couldn’t discern anything unusual.

”Master, we didn’t notice anything. The young man’s cultivation base isn’t high, only at the Nirvana Realm...” the Bloody Overlord Demonic Dragon said.

Ye Yun smiled and said no more. Even the Bloody Overlord Demonic Dragon, with his superior cultivation base, couldn’t discern anything peculiar about the youth. It seems the power of nothingness here is truly profound and mysterious.

With his hands clasped behind his back, Ye Yun continued to walk slowly inwards.

Soon, an old man, leading many clan members, quickly approached from a distance, blocking the entire path. The moment the old man saw Ye Yun, a shocked expression appeared on his face.

”Sir, could your surname be Ye...?” the old man asked excitedly, as if recalling something.

”I am Ye Yun,” Ye Yun nodded and said, without any concealment. It appeared these people were indeed from the Qin Family, as someone recognized him.

It really is him... The old man stared intently at the white-robed youth, who looked like an immortal descended to the mortal realm, and a tempest of shock and disbelief raged in his heart.

In a secret chamber of the Qin Family, two ancient paintings hung. One depicted a female ancestor of the Qin Family. The other was of the Sect Master of the Dragon God Sect from one hundred thousand years ago, renowned as the Cangnan Continent’s foremost expert in the Eternal Realm. As a descendant of the Qin Family and its current Clan Leader, he naturally knew many of the ancestral secrets. These two portraits represented two extremely powerful figures. The female ancestor was Qin Yao; she and Ye Yun, the Sect Master of the Dragon God Sect, were once an immortal couple.

One hundred thousand years ago, the matter of Ye Yun and Qin Yao was no secret within the Qin Family. Ye Yun had also visited the Qin Family before. At that time, everyone in the Qin Family was very familiar with him.

”Elder, weren’t you... already gone? How is it that you’re alive?” the old man asked, his excitement uncontainable.

”Merely secluded in cultivation...” Ye Yun said softly. He surveyed the clusters of spirit bodies before him, his brow furrowing slightly. ”Since Qin Yao’s disappearance, how many generations has the Qin Family passed down?”

Upon hearing Ye Yun suddenly mention Qin Yao’s name, the old man immediately dropped to his knees. He knew that the white-robed youth before him was the paramount expert of the Eternal Realm in the Cangnan Continent, a legendary figure from one hundred thousand years ago. He was also the Sect Master of the Dragon God Sect, an Eternal Sect, and was hailed as the prodigy most likely to reach the True God Realm before the age of thirty.

Seeing the old Clan Leader suddenly kneel, the other clan members also hurriedly knelt.

WHOOSH!

Suddenly, a large swathe of people was kneeling.

Ye Yun remained indifferent. These were all juniors; as their ancestor, it was only right for them to kneel before him.

”Elder, we, the Qin Family, have endured for nearly fifty generations since our ancestor Qin Yao...” the old man said.

Ye Yun was slightly taken aback. ”Only fifty generations?” The Dragon God Sect outside has already seen 298 generations pass. Does this mean that in this Secret Realm, after becoming spirit bodies, their lifespans have also been extended severalfold?

”Elder, this Secret Realm has greatly extended our lifespans, so even though one hundred thousand years have passed, only fifty generations have been passed down...” perhaps noticing the doubt in Ye Yun’s eyes, the old man hurriedly explained.

Ye Yun said calmly, ”Are you aware that this Secret Realm has dematerialized you to the point where you no longer possess physical bodies?”

”Elder, after the first generation of the Qin Family entered this Secret Realm, we discovered this situation. At that time, most of our clan members were affected by that power, but we couldn’t leave...” Speaking up to this point, the old man’s expression darkened slightly.

Ye Yun looked around and asked again, ”This Secret Realm is so peculiar; how did your Qin Family come upon it?”

”Reporting to Elder, one hundred thousand years ago, after our ancestor Qin Yao disappeared, her good sister, Nangong Jade, visited and gave our Qin Family a bead. Later, we unintentionally activated this bead. A ray of light descended, and then all our clan members were transported into this bead...” the old man explained softly.

What? Nangong Jade? Even Ye Yun, known for his profound composure, was visibly moved at this moment.

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