Immortality Starts With Investment

In the icy gaze of the Earthheart Python, Ye Chen’s body burned more intensely with the Myriad Star Fire. He suddenly shot upwards, causing the Earthheart Python’s pupils to contract.

The next moment, Ye Chen activated his Heavy Pupils. His eyes, devoid of any emotion, revealed a terrifying pressure that instantly permeated the scene.

Under Ye Chen’s gaze, the Earthheart Python recoiled its head backward. Then, Ye Chen took out the Blood Sword Talisman from his storage ring.

The Earthheart Python, sensing the terrifying power hidden within the talisman, retreated further.

Ye Chen saw the Earthheart Python calm down. He calmly nodded and spoke, ”Although you are bound by a seal, the Boundless Demon Sect has been exterminated, and it has been five thousand years. The formation here has also been opened, and the exit is right

”After you go out, turn right. Over there, you will find the cultivators of the Misty Sect, those of the Blood Dao, whose flesh is most abundant and suits your taste! You eat yours, and I’ll attend to mine. There’s no need for us to fight to the death, don’t you think?”

Ye Chen was not afraid of this Earthheart Python. Its Golden Core was degraded, merely a strong physique. Killing it might be troublesome, but it was definitely possible.

Yet, Ye Chen never liked cold-blooded reptiles such as snakes or pythons. He preferred not to touch them, unless it was a creature like Medusa.

Moreover, killing an Earthheart Python would only yield some Golden Core-level demon beast materials. Perhaps worth a few hundred or a thousand top-grade spirit stones.

The material of this Earthheart Python was of the Golden Core phase, but its strength was far less than a genuine Golden Core. It was actually quite suitable for harvesting materials, offering high cost-effectiveness. But Ye Chen really didn’t care for that.

The Earthheart Python stared at Ye Chen, seemingly heeding his advice. It turned around, thinking to devour the female cultivator and leave.

However, Ye Chen, seeing the Earthheart Python’s movements, immediately floated in front of it. It was not out of any heroic rescue or pity.

An Yuyi was ungrateful. Throughout the journey, although she was stronger than Fang Xi and his companion, she hardly behaved like a human.

But who could ignore her good aunt? An Yuyi’s life was insignificant. She could die for all he cared. But An Miaoli, being 200 times more important, was crucial. If An Yuyi died here, it was hard to say how An Miaoli would treat him, the only survivor. If they became enemies, then there would be no more favors to curry. So, it was better to let An Yuyi live.

Blocked by Ye Chen again, the Earthheart Python grew somewhat irritable. But Ye Chen activated his Heavy Pupils to their fullest, his right eye emitting a faint red light as the power of annihilation boiled within. He held the sword talisman tightly in his hand.

The Earthheart Python’s imminent roar was swallowed back. With a cold glance at Ye Chen, the Earthheart Python thrashed its tail and thunderously descended the mountain! Clearly dissatisfied and throwing a tantrum.

Ye Chen watched as the other sped down the mountain. He nodded in satisfaction. Cultivation wasn’t just about fighting and killing; it was about weighing the pros and cons. Even this demon beast understood that. Pity it was too fierce; while it could be killed, it was difficult to subdue.

Moreover, Ye Chen hadn’t prepared any beast-taming techniques. Otherwise, he would have liked to try capturing it to give away. A Golden Core Earthheart Python as a gift. If it could deal a critical blow, might it return a true dragon to him?

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Ye Chen felt this was worth exploring. Upon returning, he definitely needed to thoroughly study the Six Arts of Cultivation.

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Confirming the Earthheart Python had departed, Ye Chen stepped contentedly into the lotus garden.

Inside, it was already a ruin. An Yuyi lay unconscious in a huge pit ten meters deep. Some of her clothes were torn, revealing quite a bit.

Ye Chen walked over and examined her with his Heavy Pupils. She wasn’t going to die. And she was indeed unconscious.

Satisfied, Ye Chen nodded and proceeded deeper into the lotus garden. The pond was at the very end.

Soon, Ye Chen reached the edge of the pond. It was as large as six or seven soccer fields, vast and expansive, but sadly, it had long since dried up. Even the blood-red stains at the bottom of the pond had faded, emitting a strange odor.

In the center of the pond, three withered lotus roots intertwined, supporting a pale golden lotus pod. Even the pod had not withered.

This made Ye Chen raise an eyebrow. Why was there only one? And why was it pale golden?

Although Ye Chen was a second-grade alchemist at full mastery, he was unfamiliar with this Blood Sea Lotus. He flew closer to examine it.

Ye Chen discovered that the base of this pale golden lotus pod was actually connected to the roots of the three Blood Sea Lotuses. Three Blood Sea Lotuses had nurtured this single pod. Although he didn’t know how this happened, the unification of three into one was definitely a good thing.

Ye Chen carefully used his mana to open the lotus pod. A golden lotus seed instantly flew out.

Ye Chen immediately caught it and stored it in a pill bottle. As soon as the lotus seed was removed, both the lotus pod and the roots instantly turned to ashes. A gust of wind scattered them completely.

Ye Chen was quite satisfied with this journey. After all, he currently did not lack cultivation techniques, spells, or various magical treasures and medicines. What he lacked was a spiritual root. Even an upgrade to a ninth-grade root would be a significant enhancement for Ye Chen. If it could become an unusual spiritual root, that would be an outright breakthrough.

As for an earth or heavenly spiritual root, that would be even more incredible.As far as Ye Chen knew, An Miaoli was an earth spiritual root, which is why she could achieve two hundred times feedback.

Ye Chen wondered if this Blood Sea Lotus seed could enhance his master’s spiritual root to an earth spiritual root. If so, could his master’s feedback also reach two hundred times?

Thinking this, Ye Chen grew even more excited!

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Looking around one more time, seeing nothing else of interest, Ye Chen hurried back to his sect. He had just given An Yuyi a gift today; turning back now, he would arrive at the sect in exactly one week. Just in time to present a gift to his master.

Ye Chen gracefully flew back to the deep pit, seeing that An Yuyi was still unconscious. He directly picked up An Yuyi and set her down on the ground.

Ye Chen’s left eye emitted a faint luminescence, and a power of revival sprinkled over An Yuyi.

An Yuyi’s injuries rapidly improved. This slightly surprised Ye Chen. His Heavy Pupils had the power of resurrection in the left eye and annihilation in the right eye. It was the first time Ye Chen had used the revival ability, and he did not expect the effect to be so potent.

An Yuyi’s eyelashes fluttered slightly, her long eyebrows like shooting stars. When she opened her eyes, she was initially startled, but upon seeing it was Ye Chen, and not the terrifying Earthheart Python, she finally breathed a sigh of relief.

”The Earthheart Python?” An Yuyi looked around cautiously as she asked.

”I saw the Earthheart Python eat Fang Xi and Pei Ling, then it rushed down the mountain to the Bewildering Forest...” Ye Chen explained briefly.

Hearing this, An Yuyi was not surprised. The Earthheart Python had been confined for five thousand years. Now that the formation had finally been opened, it naturally hurried to escape. Her survival was truly a stroke of luck.

As for Fang Xi and Pei Ling, they deserved their fate. Recalling how the two had run away without hesitation, An Yuyi clenched her teeth in anger. But she quickly remembered something else and immediately flew towards the back of the lotus pond.

However, when she saw the empty pond, her expression instantly darkened, and she muttered, ”How could it be gone? Could it be that someone took the Blood Sea Lotus before the Boundless Demon Sect was exterminated? Without the Blood Sea Lotus, wasn’t this trip in vain?”

She couldn’t help but cast a suspicious glance at Ye Chen. The Earthheart Python, as a guardian beast with restrictions, definitely couldn’t consume the Blood Sea Lotus seeds.

Fang Xi and Pei Ling were dead. Before she woke up, only Ye Chen was here. Could it be that he had already taken it?

”Fellow Daoist Ye, if you have obtained the Blood Sea Lotus seed, I am willing to exchange it for another treasure! The Blood Sea Lotus seed is really important to me!” An Yuyi said earnestly.

However, Ye Chen shook his head sincerely, ”I don’t have it! By the way, I’ve always wanted to ask, what exactly is this Blood Sea Lotus seed?”

If the earlier Soul Nurturing Stone had produced something valuable, Ye Chen might have considered whether to give it to An Yuyi. But looking at the pile of green Soul Nurturing Stones in his storage ring, he had only one thought: You are not worthy!