Super Combat Soldier

Chapter 1418: Chapter 1417: Is There Another Way Out?

A black tripod was floating incessantly within the courtyard where Old Feng from Taishi Village resided, and Ye Tianchen aided Old Feng with powerful Martial Arts True Power to levitate the black tripod in mid-air. Old Feng used his Innate True Fire for tempering. Inside the tripod, Taishi Dingtian kept howling until his voice was completely gone, as if he had died inside.

This way of Foundation Establishment cultivation was something Ye Tianchen saw for the first time, and he was quite surprised. The black tripod was filled with various Spiritual Medicine Divine Grass, along with some highly toxic things, forming a big stew. The tripod itself was boiling, and a regular person entering it would be boiled alive, turning into broth. However, Taishi Dingtian, a fifteen-year-old child, screamed upon entering the black tripod. With Old Feng using his Innate True Fire for sacrificial tempering, Ye Tianchen couldn’t help but worry, thinking Taishi Dingtian might really die inside.

However, Old Feng did not see or think it that way. In his view, although Taishi Dingtian was unreliable and somewhat maturely sleazy, he was endowed with extraordinary talent and great potential. The Taishi family of Penglai Fairy Island was essentially the ancestral home of Taishi Village, which was a branch of the Taishi family bloodline. Recently, the entire Taishi family was destroyed overnight, and Old Feng was naturally unwilling to accept this. As long as there was bloodline flowing within the Taishi family, this truth needed to be uncovered, no matter how powerful the opponent was, and justice must be served. Therefore, Old Feng intended to lay the most solid foundation for Taishi Dingtian, seeing him as the future achiever who could restore justice for the Taishi family, and he valued him immensely!

After three long hours, Ye Tianchen and Old Feng stopped, but Old Feng’s Innate True Fire continued burning the entire black tripod. Runes kept appearing on the surface of the black tripod, as if assisting it. Indeed, this black tripod was no ordinary item; its origin was certainly uncommon.

Late at night, Ye Tianchen and Old Feng were still sitting in the courtyard drinking wine. Ye Tianchen respected Old Feng greatly for being a respected senior who had offered him pointers. Despite only having two days left, Ye Tianchen found himself in a difficult situation. Although the Jade Palace world was said to be a refined small world, it was actually vast and incomparable to the endless galaxy of the Martial Arts World. Thus, two days were certainly not enough to explore the Jade Palace world thoroughly, and what could be discovered was very limited.

Let alone finding some inheritances, Spiritual Medicine Divine Grass, or the Clam elf Clan’s princess. How could such tasks be accomplished? However, if missing these three days, the Jade Door leading to the Jade Palace world would close, and the Shadowless Divine Array would seal again. From inside the world, it would be nearly impossible to exit. That means if Ye Tianchen and the God Beating Bowl do not leave the Jade Palace world within three days, they might never be able to leave, ultimately dying of old age inside. Such a terrifying thought truly terrified Ye Tianchen, whose aspirations and goals could not allow for such an outcome!

”Old Feng, may I ask, is there really no way to leave the Jade Palace if we want out from this world?” Ye Tianchen asked.

Old Feng shook his head, saying, ”The fact that you could enter from the Jade Door is already a miracle. The Human Clan Emperor who refined this small world was extraordinary across time, though some methods for leaving the small world were left behind, they are not easy to find. Even if found, it’s still hard to succeed!”

”The Jade Door will close three days from now. If we haven’t left by then, we may never be able to leave. However, I want to find some things, as it might be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. If only there was a way to leave this world without going through the Jade Door!” Ye Tianchen frowned and said.

”As far as I know, the Jade Door is a lifeline left by the Human Clan Emperor, allowing strong outsiders to enter and explore potential. However, the ’natives’ inside the world cannot exit via the Jade Door. It’s a unique Great Divine Power, remarkably extraordinary. During these years, the Jade Door has only been opened twice: once many millennia ago when the Clam elf Clan exerted all their strength to seal their princess inside this world, and the second time was when you entered with the God-beating Stone. I know nothing else.” Old Feng began.

”Did the Clam elf Clan really seal their princess here? Old Feng, do you know where the Clam Elf Princess is sealed?” Ye Tianchen hurriedly asked.

”Unknown. When the Clam elf Clan succeeded in opening the seal and entered this world, they exerted all their strength, leading to intense conflicts with other inheritances. Even multiple fierce battles occurred, all for finding an excellent location to seal their princess, hoping she might one day break free and make the Clam elf Clan a supreme species among the Demon Clan!” Old Feng shook his head and said.

”The Clam elf Clan went through such lengths to seal their princess, didn’t they think about the fact that even if their princess were to break out after millions of years, regardless of her cultivation realm and strength, she might not be able to leave the Jade Palace world? Or perhaps they learned a big secret within this world, knowing there’s another way out?” Ye Tianchen pondered aloud.

”That’s unknown. Perhaps the Clam elf Clan had other plans, or maybe... there’s an inheritance knowing another way out of this world.” Old Feng furrowed his brows and said.

”What inheritance?” Ye Tianchen eagerly asked.

Old Feng furrowed his brows as if recalling something, and after a while said, ”Legend has it that when the Human Clan Emperor refined the Jade Palace world, he discovered a species already existing within it at the moment of its completion. He was incredibly amazed, wondering if it was Heaven’s will, a consequence of the Heavenly Dao’s Magic Law. This species born within the Jade Palace was most knowledgeable about the world, possibly knowing another way out. This species was named the ’Heart Ape.’

”Heart Ape? They belong to the Spirit Palm species?” Ye Tianchen inquired thoughtfully.

”It can be said they do, and they don’t. I’ve encountered members of the Heart Ape Clan, similar in appearance to apes, but they don’t cultivate Martial Arts Divine Power. Their only strength lies in comprehending the deep thoughts of others, thus named Heart Ape! Old Feng remarked, with a hint of astonishment in his voice.

The Heart Ape Clan does not cultivate Martial Arts Divine Power, yet they innately possess divine skills allowing them to read any creature’s deepest thoughts. Such divine skills are terrifying, for when an entity can read your every intention, they become far more terrifying than a powerful opponent when in conflict. They know of your every move, divine skills intended to be used, striking locations, and attack origins, all determined when thoughts arise. How formidable is that? Could one easily defeat such an opponent?

”Such species exist, truly astonishing in the Martial Arts World!” Ye Tianchen remarked earnestly.

”The Heart Ape Clan is nearly isolated from the world, uncompetitive, emerging only once in these near million years within the Jade Palace. Ten years ago, a golden light entered the Jade Palace world. This golden light was reportedly astonishingly powerful, entering without the Jade Door, its strength beyond imagination. Even the miraculous array barrier laid by the Human Clan Emperor who refined this world seemed nonexistent. Truly inconceivable!” Old Feng explained.

Ye Tianchen was startled. The Heart Ape Clan, so estranged and reclusive, emerged only once near the million years in the Jade Palace, this emergence occurring ten years ago? Ten years ago? That coincides with when Long Teng intended to forcefully open the Jade Door at the Heavenly Pond and failed, causing the activation of the Shadowless Divine Array, making the Jade Palace sink to the Divine Spring Pond below. A golden light entered, matching the descriptions provided by the two Clam elf beauties?

What was this golden light? Its strength, able to surpass the stunning array barrier set by the Human Clan Emperor, and prompting the emergence of the isolated Heart Ape Clan, truly extraordinary. The two Clam elf beauties were concerned it targeted their princess. Why such concern?

”Given this, the Heart Ape Clan likely knows more about this world’s secrets. Perhaps there truly is another path, or else the Clam elf Clan wouldn’t seal their princess here with all their strength. Wouldn’t their princess be trapped if no other exit existed?” Ye Tianchen conjectured aloud.

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