“Hm? This is…”
“What exactly happened?”
After examining Ye Fan’s condition, Tan Beihuan and Ai Buli both revealed solemn expressions.
Su Yuheng asked, “Seniors, what’s wrong with Junior Brother? Can his injuries still be healed?”
“President Su, may I speak with you privately?” Tan Beihuan gestured for Su Yuheng to step aside.
“President Su, I must tell you the truth—Ye Fan’s condition is far more serious than it appears. You need to prepare yourself mentally.”
“Senior, please speak plainly. What’s going on with Junior Brother?”
Tan Beihuan looked troubled. After a moment of silence, he slowly explained, “President Su, your Junior Brother’s Dantian Sea was crushed by an extremely powerful external force. The technique used was especially vicious. Under normal circumstances, there’s almost no hope of repairing his Dantian Sea.”
Su Yuheng immediately grew anxious, “Senior, I beg you, is there any way to heal him? If he wakes up and finds out he’s lost his cultivation and can never cultivate again, he’ll lose the will to live.”
Tan Beihuan said, “There is a way… but…”
“Senior, what is it you’re hesitating about? Please, just tell me! No matter what kind of heavenly treasures are needed, I’ll find them!”
Su Yuheng was on the verge of tears from panic.
“Fine. I’ll tell you,” Tan Beihuan said. “There are two ways. The first is to obtain a Golden Ao Green Lotus that has grown for 100,000 years, deep within the underground of the Divine Abyss Secret Realm. If Ye Fan consumes its petals, it might repair both his Dantian Sea and damaged Divine Soul.”
Su Yuheng instantly felt a wave of despair. The Divine Abyss Secret Realm was filled with unimaginable fortunes, but she had only ever heard of it—never dared to step inside.
Even the outer region of the secret realm was plagued by powerful gales that she, a 9th stage Primordial Unity Realm cultivator, could barely endure. Entering required at least an Immortal Realm foundation.
Over countless ages, those who had ventured into the Divine Abyss had vanished one by one. No one had ever returned with the heavenly treasures within.
She understood her own limits. Even if she rallied all six of her talented Senior and Junior Sisters, the chance of success was less than one in ten thousand.
“And the second method?”
“The second is to find the person who injured Ye Fan, extract their fresh blood as a medium, and then mix it with four types of top-grade spiritual herbs. Have Ye Fan consume it continuously for seven days, and not only will he rebuild his Dantian Sea, but his cultivation may even surpass his previous level. After that, it will only take a soul-nourishing method to stabilize his condition.”
Upon hearing that, Su Yuheng immediately said, “Thank you, Senior, I now know what to do.”
Between the two options, dealing with Shen Lian was obviously easier.
She firmly believed she wouldn’t even need to lift a hand. As long as she stood before him, that cowardly fool would fall to his knees before Ye Fan’s bed and offer his blood voluntarily. Get faster updates on novelping(.)com.
After all, her impression of Shen Lian was etched deep in her memory. Even knowing he’d lost his mind, she was still convinced that she meant the world to him.
But Tan Beihuan added, “President Su, please allow me to finish. In truth, the real concern isn’t Ye Fan’s injuries—but the loss of his destiny and fortune.”
“What?” Su Yuheng was shocked.
“That’s impossible! Ye Fan has the fortune of the Heavenly Dao protecting him. Even in danger, he always turns crisis into opportunity. How could his fortune just vanish out of nowhere? Senior, are you mistaken?”
“This is also my first time encountering such a phenomenon. But I’m certain—Ye Fan’s luck isn’t as strong as it once was.”
“Senior, is there any way to restore his fortune?”
Tan Beihuan shook his head. “What I can’t understand is—what kind of person could pierce through the protection of Heavenly Dao fortune? Someone who defies the rules of the world should’ve been suppressed long ago by the Heavenly Dao itself. Unless… that person’s fate is so powerful that even the Heavenly Dao must yield?”
As he said that, cold sweat began to stream from Tan Beihuan’s forehead, and his hands trembled uncontrollably.
Su Yuheng said, “Senior, you’re overthinking it. Junior Brother’s injury was just an accident. That man couldn’t possibly be capable of such a thing.”
Shen Lian, beyond the control of the Heavenly Dao?
Su Yuheng would never believe it. That worthless worm—if he truly had such power, would he have endured humiliation for so many years?
“That man? President Su, do you know who hurt Ye Fan?” Tan Beihuan caught the clue immediately.
Su Yuheng replied, “I only arrived at the sect today. I’m merely repeating what the others told me…”
She then recounted everything she knew to Tan Beihuan in detail.
After listening, he immediately focused his Divine Sense and began calculating with his fingers.
His fingers moved rapidly, but within moments, cold sweat covered his forehead.
Eventually, he opened his eyes, filled with confusion.
“How strange… it’s truly strange!”
“What is it, Senior? What did you discover?”
Tan Beihuan shook his head. “Shen Lian’s fate is extremely bizarre. If I trace back over the 523 years of his life, there’s nothing unusual… yet, in recent days, I can’t calculate anything at all. President Su, do you know where he is now? I want to meet Shen Lian.” This chapter is updated first at novelping.com.
Su Yuheng replied, “I’m sorry. Shen Lian killed his fellow disciples and fled. I was about to summon everyone to issue a bounty across the entire Ancient Continent.”
“If he’s guilty of killing his sectmates, then execution is justified,” Tan Beihuan didn’t seem to care. “But Shen Lian’s fate is shrouded in mystery. To find him, you’ll need to search carefully.”
“Don’t worry. He won’t escape.”
Su Yuheng glanced at the unconscious Ye Fan, her eyes turning even colder.
“This time, no matter how he begs, I won’t show mercy. Once he’s caught, I’ll drain every drop of his blood to help Junior Brother rise again.”
…
At that moment, the very Shen Lian whom Su Yuheng intended to bleed dry had already arrived in Wushuang City.
He stood across the street from the grand and luxurious World Auction Chamber auction house, gently shaking his fan as he fell into thought.
“Damn it. Thankfully, I didn’t rush to cross tribulation. On this journey, I realized just how weak this body truly is.”
In his memories, after returning from stopping a Beast Tide covered in wounds, he had survived only because Shen Yunchu had intervened to save him.
But even then, Shen Lian bore no grudge. Despite Shen Yunchu’s repeated pleas, he still ran off to flatter those seven so-called Senior Sisters.
In the end, while they didn’t outright murder him like before, they came up with countless new ways to torment him alongside Ye Fan.
Especially to please Ye Fan, the seven of them constantly made him ingest poisonous concoctions.
Though non-lethal, the excruciating pain—both physical and mental—remained etched in his memory. It was torment beyond description.
And every time, Ye Fan and those seven white-eyed wolves would watch him suffer with glee.
Once the pain passed, the poisons remained inside, accumulating over time, rapidly corroding his once healthy body.
Though the Body Tempering Realm is the lowest of all cultivation stages, it is also the most fundamental. Like the foundation of a skyscraper—if you want to reach high, the base must be strong.
“It seems I need to find a way to purge the poisons in my body and reinforce my physique. If not for the experience of 99 lifetimes of combat, I would never have survived that fight in the Disciplinary Hall—battling two Peak Void Refining Realm elders with only a Spirit Transformation Realm base.”
“I should head to the World Auction Chamber and see if they have the detox pills I need. After that, I’ll visit the Longevity Chamber of Commerce and look for a chance to collaborate with Gu Luoqing.”
Having made his decision, Shen Lian folded his fan and strode straight toward the World Auction Chamber.