Chapter 571: No malice, just because the benefits were not tempting enough

Fearing it would dampen everyone's spirits, Ye Ye Qingxiao ultimately did not offer much explanation.

"Brother Ye, let me return to the sect with you!"

In the end, only Xiao Xiao Yixian prepared to return to the sect with Ye Ye Qingxiao to enter seclusion and take that final step.

As for Bai Bai Qingxia, Leng Leng Qingjian, Gu Gu Fangqin, and the others, they chose to remain in the lower realm for the time being.

Although the laws of the origin of heaven and earth in the Di Li Xuan Realm were more active.

They had, after all, just assisted the heaven and earth laws of the Bai Xuanli Realm in devouring the Blood Moon Realm, and thus had merit with heaven and earth.

Furthermore, the heaven and earth laws of the Bai Xuanli Realm were still in a phase of consumption after just devouring the laws of the Blood Moon Realm and had not yet settled down.

Therefore, continuing to stay in the lower realm to comprehend the laws was, relatively speaking, slightly faster at this stage than being in the Di Li Xuan Realm.

Xiao Xiao Yixian, however, had already accumulated enough comprehension of the laws; he was only missing that final step.

This final step could only rely on his own seclusion to integrate and slowly take shape; the degree of activity of the origin laws of the external heaven and earth no longer had much influence on him.

So, rather than staying in the lower realm, he might as well return to the safer Profound Heaven Sect to enter seclusion.

In any case, when breaking through to the Void Penetration Realm, he would still need to return to the sect to utilize the dense spiritual energy within it to increase his success rate.

As for why they had wanted to experience the lower realm previously, seeking an opportunity for a breakthrough?

It was simply because they wanted to experience different worlds, seek the inspiration brought by the differences between worlds, and increase the success rate of their epiphanies.

But now, after experiencing the lower realm for so long, the Bai Xuanli Realm could no longer provide them with much stimulation.

If it weren't for the fact that it was more suitable for Bai Bai Qingxia, Leng Leng Qingjian, Gu Gu Fangqin, and the others to comprehend the laws while staying in the Bai Xuanli Realm at this stage, they would also have liked to follow Ye Ye Qingxiao back to the Di Li Xuan Realm.

"Alright, let's go!"

After making their choice, Ye Ye Qingxiao and Xiao Xiao Yixian activated the cross-realm array discs they carried with them to communicate with the cross-realm passage opened by the Profound Heaven Sect, turning into two streams of light and disappearing.

Di Li Xuan Realm.

Inside a teleportation plaza in a city not far from the Profound Heaven Sect.

The figures of Ye Ye Qingxiao and Xiao Xiao Yixian flew out from a massive suspended spatial passage in the center of the plaza.

"Finally back. It's still more comfortable staying in the Di Li Xuan Realm."

Having just returned to the Di Li Xuan Realm, Xiao Xiao Yixian spread his arms with a look of comfort, as if embracing the dense spiritual energy of the Di Li Xuan Realm.

Seeing this, Ye Ye Qingxiao, suppressing the excitement in his heart, spoke up:

"Junior Brother Xiao, let's go! Back to the sect!"

After speaking, Ye Ye Qingxiao couldn't wait to fly toward the direction of the Profound Heaven Sect.

Having stayed in the lower realm for over two hundred years this time, he also had some irrepressible emotions; he wanted to go home to see his wife, as well as his good brother Ye Ye Qingxuan.

"Brother Ye, wait for me!"

Watching Ye Ye Qingxiao's flying figure, Xiao Xiao Yixian hurriedly shouted, then quickly followed behind Ye Ye Qingxiao, fleeing toward the direction of the Profound Heaven Sect.

Not long after, when Ye Ye Qingxiao and Xiao Xiao Yixian returned to the Profound Heaven Sect, the two temporarily parted ways.

Ye Ye Qingxiao first returned to the cave dwelling he shared with Yu Yu Xueqing, staying there for three days to properly soothe the angry Yu Yu Xueqing.

After soothing his wife, Ye Ye Qingxiao then carried his full heart of doubts and flew toward the Ye Qingxuan Blessed Land where Ye Ye Qingxuan resided.

At the same time, inside the Ye Qingxuan Blessed Land.

At this moment, Ye Ye Qingxuan was meditating and cultivating, inhaling and exhaling the eighth-order spiritual energy that was almost dense enough to liquefy above the eighth-order spiritual vein.

Over these hundred-plus years, the minor divine abilities he had previously selected—Immobilization, Sword World, and Ice and Snow—had all been comprehended to the limit his cultivation base could reach.

In the process of comprehending these three minor divine abilities, Ye Ye Qingxuan had once again grasped four profound meaning rules, which were:

The Time Profound Meaning Rule, the Sword Profound Meaning Rule, the Ice Profound Meaning Rule, and the Snow Profound Meaning Rule.

Adding the eighteen types of rules he had previously grasped—Gold, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth, Wind, Rain, Thunder, Lightning, Illusion, Light, Five Elements, Life, Karma, Space, World-Suppressing, Stars, and Death.

Ye Ye Qingxuan had now grasped a total of twenty-two types of rule powers, and all of them had been elevated to the level of the Seventh Layer.

In an introspective state, one could clearly see that within Ye Ye Qingxuan's sea of consciousness, twenty-two rule sources were currently rotating around Ye Ye Qingxuan's immortal soul and primordial spirit.

Besides this, there were thirteen Dao texts representing the thirteen minor divine abilities, woven from rules, floating before Ye Ye Qingxuan's primordial spirit, emitting bursts of Dao rhyme radiance and merging with Ye Ye Qingxuan's primordial spirit.

"Hum!"

Just as Ye Ye Qingxuan was cultivating.

The disciple token hanging at his waist suddenly vibrated slightly.

"Hmm?"

Ye Ye Qingxuan, who had been in an ethereal state, suddenly woke up after sensing the vibration of the disciple token at his waist.

Because Ye Ye Qingxuan was not in seclusion to comprehend rules this time, but simply meditating and cultivating, he had not sealed his disciple token.

After waking up, Ye Ye Qingxuan's heart stirred, and he channeled a wisp of spiritual sense into the token at his waist.

After checking the information received in the token, Ye Ye Qingxuan's gaze instantly condensed, and he said in surprise: "Ye Qingxiao? Finally returned from the lower realm?"

Since Ye Ye Qingxiao's departure for the lower realm last time, the two of them had not seen each other for over two hundred years.

Thinking of the wisp of spiritual sense he had left in the World-Suppressing Tower a hundred years ago waking up, and the shock it brought to Ye Qingxiao after reviving the World-Suppressing Tower to resolve the invasion of the Qingmo Clan in the lower realm, Ye Ye Qingxuan's gaze flickered slightly.

After pondering for a moment, Ye Ye Qingxuan shook his head gently, a smile appearing on his face, and he said softly: "Forget it, I'll go out and see Ye Qingxiao first. I wonder if Ye Qingxiao has the confidence to break through to the Void Penetration Realm now that he has returned after experiencing the lower realm for over two hundred years?"

After speaking, Ye Ye Qingxuan stepped out and left the Ye Qingxuan Cave Heaven.

Upon arriving at the stone pavilion outside the Ye Qingxuan Cave Heaven, the first thing Ye Ye Qingxuan saw was Ye Ye Qingxiao waiting for him in the stone pavilion.

Seeing Ye Ye Qingxuan appear, before Ye Ye Qingxuan could speak, Ye Ye Qingxiao excitedly spoke first:

"Ye Qingxuan, it's been so long, are you doing well?"

Hearing Ye Ye Qingxiao's greeting, Ye Ye Qingxuan nodded and walked up with a smile.

While signaling for Ye Ye Qingxiao to sit, he waved his hand to take out a set of tea utensils, then began to speak while brewing tea:

"Still the same old way. For these past thousand years, I have been staying in the Ye Qingxuan Blessed Land, and there hasn't been much change."

As he spoke, Ye Ye Qingxuan changed the subject:

"What about you? You've been experiencing the lower realm for over two hundred years this trip, do you have the confidence to break through to the Void Penetration Realm now?"

Hearing this, a proud smile appeared on Ye Ye Qingxiao's face, and he beamed: "Although I encountered some trouble in the lower realm this time, the trouble was followed by many opportunities. Now, I am only one step away from the Void Penetration Realm."

"After I return from your place, I will immediately enter seclusion to start opening up the spiritual power void realm and break through to the Void Penetration Realm."

After returning to the Di Li Xuan Realm, in front of Yu Yu Xueqing and Ye Ye Qingxuan, Ye Ye Qingxiao seemed to have let go of the steadiness he had outside and returned to his previous temperament.

Watching the proud smile on Ye Ye Qingxiao's face, Ye Ye Qingxuan's mouth curled slightly, and he didn't say anything.

Just as Ye Ye Qingxiao was getting a bit restless from not receiving a response.

Ye Ye Qingxuan finished brewing the tea, poured a cup for Ye Ye Qingxiao, and then said with a smile:

"Then I must congratulate you. In that case, you have already successfully condensed the Rule Source?"

Hearing Ye Ye Qingxuan's inquiry, Ye Ye Qingxiao did not hide it and chuckled:

"Hehe, that's right. I have already condensed the Rule Source, and now I'm just waiting to enter seclusion to open up the spiritual power void realm and complete the final transformation."

Hearing this, Ye Ye Qingxuan pondered for a moment, then took a bag of tea leaves from his storage ring and handed it to Ye Ye Qingxiao: "This is seventh-order Enlightenment Tea. When you go back to enter seclusion, it can help you, I hope you break through smoothly!"

He hadn't given Ye Ye Qingxiao seventh-order Enlightenment Tea directly before, simply because he was afraid that Ye Ye Qingxiao's life essence could not withstand the massive improvement in comprehension brought by the seventh-order Enlightenment Tea.

But now Ye Ye Qingxiao had already condensed the Rule Source, and his body and primordial spirit had gradually transformed under the infiltration of the Rule Source.

Now, taking the seventh-order Enlightenment Tea would not carry the previous danger.

"Seventh-order Enlightenment Tea?"

Staring at the bag of tea leaves Ye Ye Qingxuan handed him, and hearing Ye Ye Qingxuan's explanation, Ye Ye Qingxiao was instantly shocked.

"Ye Qingxuan, your Enlightenment Tea even has a seventh-order level?"

Looking at Ye Ye Qingxuan, who was still calm and composed opposite him, Ye Ye Qingxiao's gaze instantly became piercing.

He had originally thought that Ye Ye Qingxuan being able to take out sixth-order Enlightenment Tea before was already the limit, but he hadn't expected that Ye Ye Qingxuan even had seventh-order Enlightenment Tea now.

Thinking of the World-Suppressing Tower still warming in his dantian.

Ye Ye Qingxiao's heart stirred, and he took out the World-Suppressing Tower, then looked steadily at Ye Ye Qingxuan, finally asking the doubt in his heart:

"Ye Qingxuan, the small tower you gave me is a three-star lower-grade spiritual treasure, the World-Suppressing Tower. Did you know that before you gave it to me?"

"And, where exactly did you get this World-Suppressing Tower?"

At this moment, Ye Ye Qingxiao had too many incomprehensions in his heart.

From Ye Ye Qingxiao's perspective: Ye Ye Qingxuan had clearly been staying in the Ye Qingxuan Blessed Land without going out since he opened it a thousand years ago.

But Ye Ye Qingxuan was always able to take out things that exceeded his expectations.

From the initial Nuclear Explosion Pill, to the later middle and high-grade talismans, and the series of Enlightenment Teas, all revealed Ye Ye Qingxuan's extraordinariness.

Previously, Ye Ye Qingxuan had pushed all these things onto the "Tianfu Shop," and although Ye Ye Qingxiao felt something was wrong in his heart, he didn't suspect anything.

But now, the appearance of the three-star lower-grade spiritual treasure, the World-Suppressing Tower, and the seventh-order Enlightenment Tea.

Made Ye Ye Qingxiao suddenly discover that this brother he had been familiar with since childhood had a mysterious and unpredictable feeling, making him unable to see through him.

Or rather, this feeling had always been there with Ye Ye Qingxuan, but he had subconsciously ignored it before.

Sensing Ye Ye Qingxiao's piercing gaze, Ye Ye Qingxuan put down his teacup and was silent for a moment, but ultimately still spoke:

"I knew the World-Suppressing Tower I gave you was a three-star lower-grade spiritual treasure."

"The Enlightenment Tea in your hand now is indeed a seventh-order heavenly treasure, and it is unique to me."

"As for everything you want to know, I cannot tell you for the time being."

"However, when the time comes in the future, I will tell you personally."

This time, Ye Ye Qingxuan did not choose to find an excuse to fob Ye Ye Qingxiao off.

Because after the three-star lower-grade spiritual treasure, the World-Suppressing Tower, revived in front of Ye Ye Qingxiao, Ye Ye Qingxuan knew that any excuse would be pale and powerless in front of the three-star lower-grade spiritual treasure, the World-Suppressing Tower.

But Ye Ye Qingxuan also did not directly confess everything to Ye Ye Qingxiao.

Although with his current strength and status, even if he confessed all his secrets to Ye Ye Qingxiao, it might not bring about too much negative impact.

However, Ye Ye Qingxuan, who had been lying low in the Profound Heaven Sect for over a thousand years and was accustomed to being cautious, did not want to take any unnecessary risks.

After all, his current strength was still far from reaching the peak of the Di Li Xuan Realm.

As a great cultivation world, Ye Ye Qingxuan would never underestimate the means of other Mahayana Realm powerhouses in the Di Li Xuan Realm.

Without the constraints of a Dao oath, he would not easily reveal his secrets to anyone at this stage.

This had nothing to do with trust! It was simply because, in the Di Li Xuan Realm, only a Dao oath could resist the prying of Mahayana Realm cultivators.

This was also why Ye Ye Qingxuan had to take precautions.

From the very beginning, he had stipulated in Dongxuan City that only cultivators who had taken a Dao oath could become core members under his command.

Similarly, this was also the reason why, up to now, only the subordinates under Ye Ye Qingxuan who had successfully taken a Dao oath could know his secrets.

Before one had grown up, having one's trump cards exposed and not having them exposed were two different things.

Before the trump cards were exposed, even if outsiders saw his extraordinariness and guessed that he had obtained some kind of opportunity, it would ultimately just be various guesses.

In this situation, relying on the Profound Heaven Sect and being the personal disciple of the Profound Heaven Sect's Sect Master, he could fearlessly face the guesses and prying of outsiders.

But if all his secrets were exposed, and he didn't even need to expose other secrets, just exposing the complementary effects of the Ye Qingxuan Cave Heaven and the Ye Qingxuan Blessed Land.

Then, even if he relied on the Profound Heaven Sect, he might not be able to block the greed of outsiders.

After all, although the Profound Heaven Sect was strong, it could not block all the hegemon-level forces in the Di Li Xuan Realm.

Even, at that time, even the many powerhouses within the Profound Heaven Sect would covet his opportunities.

At that time, even if they wouldn't do anything to him, it was highly likely they would force him to hand over all his secrets.

Having lived two lives, Ye Ye Qingxuan would rather maximize his speculation of others' malice than easily believe in others' kindness.

For most people, especially cultivators struggling on the cruel path of immortality: there is no malice, only because the benefits are not tempting enough.

One should not have a petty heart, but one must have a defensive heart, even for Ye Ye Qingxiao, who was of the same clan and as close as a brother to him, it was the same.

From another perspective.

Confessing to Ye Ye Qingxiao now, letting Ye Ye Qingxiao face the temptation of the opportunities he had obtained, would do Ye Ye Qingxiao more harm than good.

If Ye Ye Qingxiao couldn't hold back for a moment and became greedy for his opportunities.

At that time, it would not only hurt the friendship between Ye Ye Qingxiao and him, but also harm Ye Ye Qingxiao.

Therefore, no matter from which perspective, kind concealment was good for everyone.

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