Immortality Starts With Investment

Chapter 197: I Willfully Ignore Your Performance

Listening to Su Yuxuanʼs tragic story, and seeing her face drenched in tears, especially when she said that he and her brother were the most important people to her, Ye Chen felt a slight twinge of emotion in his heart.

But it wasnʼt much. The main reason was that Ye Chen didnʼt believe for a second that Su Yuxuan was crying like this just because she was involved with him. The emotion seemed a bit too exaggerated. It was a bit better than those young actors in his previous life, but still not by much!

Ye Chen thought for a moment, then came up with a good idea. ”Why donʼt you threaten your master with your life and make her let me go? If sheʼs going to possess a body, she needs to ensure that youʼre alive. Iʼm just an outsider, so I donʼt matter. Maybe sheʼll really let me leave the formation!”

Su Yuxuan was momentarily stunned upon hearing this. But soon, she lowered her head and replied, ”If it would save my senior brother, I would naturally be willing. But Old Monster Wang wonʼt let anyone leave. Even the possession process will take time. She canʼt afford to let the news leak out; she wouldnʼt allow that failure. Sorry, senior brother, itʼs my fault for involving you!”

Ye Chen acknowledged this reason and sighed. ”Ah, I guess that means we can only wait to die…”

Su Yuxuan gazed at Ye Chen, lightly biting her full lips. Then, she dropped a formation disc, isolating them from external detection.

Ye Chen was slightly surprised, looking at Su Yuxuan. She gently lifted her skirt, revealing her smooth, pale legs, and slowly walked toward Ye Chen.

”Senior brother, the medicine refining by Old Monster Wang will take at least three more days to finish. By then, this body will no longer belong to me. Old Monster Wang is a lustful person and practices techniques to replenish herself. Many of the elders are her intimate guests. Since this body is destined to become impure, Iʼd rather offer everything to you while itʼs still pure… Youʼve always liked me, havenʼt you? Come on. My heart canʼt last much longer, senior brother. Please hurry.”

With that, Su Yuxuan stood before Ye Chen, lifting her skirt higher. Along with her pale face, she exuded a different kind of aura. Her stunning beauty made Ye Chenʼs eyes brighten. It was purple. No wonder she was called the little demoness…

Though beautiful, there was something about it that made Ye Chen feel strangely compelled, as if there was a need to act quickly. Ye Chen swiftly picked Su Yuxuan up.

As Su Yuxuan awaited his next move, Ye Chen, however, seriously grasped her small foot and began brushing away nonexistent dust.

”Junior sister, youʼre acting inappropriately. No one would be thinking about such things when spending their last moments with their loved one. For me, simply being able to accompany you through the final moments of your life is already enough happiness. Unfortunately, this ruin is underground, and we canʼt see the outside world. If only we could watch the sunset together, that would be the best.”

Su Yuxuanʼs face went completely blank, she almost wanted to curse.

”Did you think I only have feet? Canʼt you focus on something else?”

Moreover, I donʼt want to die, and I definitely donʼt want to watch the sunset before I die.

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Su Yuxuan ground her teeth in frustration, feeling like she was about to snap under Ye Chenʼs unconventional behavior.

Su Yuxuan didnʼt want to die! She hadnʼt resigned herself to fate.

The moment she saw Ye Chen, she had thought of a new opportunity. She thought of a way to resolve the Heart Devouring Talisman. She had planned to make Ye Chen let down his guard, offering herself to him.

At the moment Ye Chen reached his peak, she would drain him in an instant. Now that she had reached the Golden Core stage, she was confident she could drain Ye Chen in a heartbeat. She would use his blood and flesh to replenish her own deficits. Then, she would begin the heart replacement.

This was one of the two ways to resolve the Heart Devouring Talisman. For cultivators, changing hearts was an incredibly difficult feat. But with her blood spiritual root, she had a chance of success. The only problem was… Ye Chen was not following the script she had imagined.

This left Su Yuxuan in a moment of confusion. As Ye Chen seriously wiped her foot, Su Yuxuan felt a slight itch in her foot. But she held herself back from struggling, as if suddenly remembering something, she spoke up, ”Senior Brother, I just remembered the solution to the Heart Devouring Talisman. We might have a way to solve it.”

Ye Chen raised an eyebrow upon hearing this.

Her true intentions are coming out now.

Ye Chen, now a second-tier perfection talisman master, also understood the workings of the Heart Devouring Talisman. He had long suspected that with Su Yuxuanʼs personality, she couldnʼt have simply resigned to her fate. And now, it seemed, he was right. He continued wiping, his voice calm. ”Whatʼs the method?”

Su Yuxuanʼs face was full of difficulty. ”Hmm… besides the caster actively relieving the talisman, thereʼs only one method, but… forget it, itʼs too difficult. Itʼs impossible to do. Itʼll only add to your worries, Senior Brother.”

By the end of her words, her heart had been devoured further, and her already pale face grew even paler, letting out a deliberately suppressed groan.

Ye Chen couldnʼt help but smile inwardly.

Playing hard to get, huh? The little demoness really had some tricks up her sleeve.

Of course, Ye Chen knew what the solution was—it was a heart transplant. The Heart Devouring Talisman targeted the heart. If you replace the heart, the issue would be easily solved.

Su Yuxuan was trying to play it coy, hoping Ye Chen would ask. She wanted to offer it up herself.

For Ye Chen, offering up a heart wasnʼt a problem. After all, he had already gained such powerful abilities, like the Destruction Eye turning into his Heavy Pupil.

Ye Chen knew just how strong his Heavy Pupil was. Now, with the chance to get a new heart, he certainly wasnʼt going to miss it. A stronger heart would undoubtedly propel his cultivation forward, making it unstoppable.

But offering a heart wasnʼt without risks. The reward had to be worth it. Ye Chen couldnʼt let Su Yuxuan have it too easily.

So, in response to her subtle manipulation, Ye Chen sighed. ”Since itʼs too difficult, then forget it. Weʼll quietly enjoy these final moments together. Dying together in the end would be the best choice.”

Youʼre not following the script either.

Su Yuxuan felt like her teeth were about to break from the pressure. And your idea of ”enjoying the final moments” is to just keep touching my feet until death, right?

But even though she was furious, Ye Chen wasnʼt playing by the usual rules, and she had to keep up the act. Her heart had already been devoured almost halfway, and the situation would only worsen from here on.

On top of that, Old Monster Wang would finish refining the medicine in just a few days. In this situation, she had to get Ye Chenʼs heart as quickly as possible.

So, lying in Ye Chenʼs arms, her face tilted up, she said, ”Senior brother, the way to solve the Heart Devouring Talisman is to replace the heart. As long as I can change my heart, Iʼll never be troubled by the Talisman again.”

Ye Chen paused for a moment upon hearing this, but then furrowed his brow slightly. ”But your younger brotherʼs soul is still in her hands. Regardless of whether you can resolve the Talisman, youʼll always be under her control. Since thatʼs the case, why not just forget it? Even if Old Monster Wang succeeds in the possession, sheʼll still have to deal with the heart issue. Let her worry about that. Weʼll just quietly...”

Su Yuxuan lay in Ye Chenʼs arms, looking up at his neck. There was an almost overwhelming impulse to bite down.

Canʼt you think a little more normally? Would it kill you to cooperate a little? I want to live, I want Old Monster Wang to die. I want Misty Sect to be destroyed...