Chapter 414: Forcible Seizure

At night, with the sky full of stars, Lingyun stood on a small hill, dots of starlight floating around him. Looking from afar, it was as if the entire starry sky had been dragged to Lingyun's side.

Below the small hill was the Chen Family; the entire Chen Family was now brightly lit, looking quite prosperous.

Beside him, Chen Jing looked at Lingyun with some confusion: "Yun, what are you doing?"

"I want to calculate the location of your mother's ashes." Lingyun held a Jade Pendant in his hand.

This Jade Pendant was given to him by Chen Jing; it was a relic her mother had handed to her before passing away. Lingyun gently rubbed the Jade Pendant in his hand, a strange glint flashing in his eyes. It was said that this Jade Pendant was a family heirloom left behind by Chen Jing's mother's ancestors, and no one knew exactly how many years old it was.

Hidden within this Jade Pendant was an unactivated, powerful Array. Once this Array was triggered, even the current Lingyun would have to temporarily avoid its edge. And the person capable of setting up such an Array must have had the strength of at least a top-tier expert in the Nascent Soul realm. It seemed her mother's ancestors were no ordinary people.

"I have quietly searched for my mother's ashes many times, but I have never been able to find them. I only know now that my mother's ashes are still in the hands of the Chen Family. Can you find them?" Chen Jing said, gritting her teeth.

"Rest assured, I am here for everything!" The Jade Pendant in Lingyun's hand floated in front of him, emitting bursts of light.

"Pushing the Heavens and Evolving the Earth—Star Evolution Art!" Following Lingyun's low shout, the starlight around him trembled slightly, then began to move along different trajectories.

Chen Jing stared at the star trails around Lingyun, and before long, she felt a wave of dizziness, as if countless fragments of scenes were surging before her eyes. But those fragments only flashed by, then disappeared without a trace. More and more image fragments appeared in her mind, as if they were about to burst her brain.

"Careful!" Just at this moment, a hand pressed against her back, and an invisible, clear stream flowed into her body.

Chen Jing only felt her spirit lift, and those fragments that had been surging crazily in her mind vanished in an instant. Only then did she feel that the Inner Strength in her body was completely depleted, and cold sweat poured from her entire body; she looked as if she had been fished out of water.

"I, what is this?" A pallor rose on Chen Jing's face, and she looked as if she had suffered a major illness.

"Don't speak yet." Lingyun supported Chen Jing, his right hand pressed against her back, and Source Power poured into her body continuously.

Under the replenishment of Lingyun's Source Power, Chen Jing's unsightly complexion finally improved a little.

"What exactly was that just now?" Chen Jing asked with some confusion.

"Do you know the Star Evolution Art?" Lingyun asked, looking at Chen Jing.

"Star Evolution Art?" Chen Jing frowned slightly, then shook her head. "I do know a little bit of star divination, but I don't know any Star Evolution Art."

"Where did you learn your star divination?" Lingyun asked.

"You know, back then, in order to survive, I practiced countless techniques. This star divination was something I learned from a tattered ancient book," Chen Jing said slowly. "But it seems that because it was only a fragment, my star divination was sometimes effective and sometimes not, so I later put it aside. Does this star divination have anything to do with my current state?"

"The star divination you learned is likely related to my Pushing the Heavens and Evolving the Earth. Just now, the two arts resonated. If I hadn't noticed it early, your soul would likely have been damaged because of it," Lingyun said, while his Divine Sense transformed into soul energy to replenish the soul energy Chen Jing had over-consumed. "By the way, did you see anything just now?"

Chen Jing shook her head slightly: "There were simply too many images flashing by just now; I couldn't remember them at all. Wait, no, there is one image I remember quite clearly; it was an evil array about to be activated, it seemed to be called something like the Heaven-Devouring Great Array."

"Heaven-Devouring Great Array?" Lingyun's eyes flickered, wondering what he was thinking.

"Yun, have my mother's ashes been found?" Chen Jing asked.

"Heh, the people of the Chen Family actually have some ability. Your mother's ashes are hidden by them in an Underground Palace. Outside the Underground Palace, there are layers upon layers of Arrays guarding it, and there is also an Array that shields the heavenly secrets. No wonder you couldn't find your mother's ashes." The starlight around Lingyun slowly dissipated.

"An Underground Palace? The Chen Family has an Underground Palace? Why didn't I know?" Chen Jing asked with some confusion.

"This Underground Palace must not be an ordinary place for the Chen Family. Given the character of the Chen Family, they naturally wouldn't tell you!" In just one day, Lingyun had learned quite a bit of information about the Chen Family from Luo Yexi, and he had a certain understanding of the nature of the Chen Family members, so he naturally knew what they would do.

"Then what do we do now?" Chen Jing asked.

"What do we do? Naturally, we take it by force!" Lingyun said indifferently.

"Take it by force? That is the Chen Family's Underground Palace. Generally speaking, Underground Palaces have heavy mechanisms, traps, and Arrays. If we take it by force, won't it be very dangerous?" Chen Jing asked with some worry.

"Mechanisms, traps, and Arrays?" Lingyun chuckled. "If there were only these things, this Underground Palace wouldn't be able to do anything to me!"

"But what if there are Strange Beasts guarding it?" Chen Jing asked. "Should we go and prepare some things?"

"As long as their strength doesn't reach the Nascent Soul stage, I can beat them all down!" Lingyun said confidently. "Besides, delay leads to changes!"

"Delay leads to changes?" Chen Jing's expression changed slightly.

"Today I gave the Chen Family a harsh slap in the face. Do you think they might bring out your mother's ashes to threaten you?" Recalling the actions of those people recorded in the Chen Family files, Lingyun couldn't help but narrow his eyes.

"Then, let's act immediately!" Chen Jing was anxious and pulled Lingyun, wanting to leave.

"Wait, do you know where the Chen Family's Underground Palace is?" Lingyun pulled her back, finding it somewhat amusing.

"This..." Chen Jing couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.

"Follow me!" Lingyun chuckled, took Chen Jing's hand, and quickly disappeared from the small hill with her.

Not long after, the two appeared in front of a dilapidated temple.

"Lingyun, why are we here?" Looking at the dilapidated temple in front of her, Chen Jing asked with some confusion.

"The Chen Family's Underground Palace is right under this dilapidated temple," Lingyun said indifferently.

"But this dilapidated temple doesn't look like it has anything special," Chen Jing said, examining the dilapidated temple in front of her carefully, feeling somewhat confused.

"If it didn't have anything special, how could it have kept you from finding it?" Lingyun waved one hand, and countless rays of light surged from his hand, forming an invisible array around the dilapidated temple.

"Alright, this time, even if something happens here, the people of the Chen Family won't be able to discover it immediately!" Lingyun said indifferently, while he formed a mysterious Dharma Seal with both hands and pushed it forward slowly.

The Dharma Seal landed on the dilapidated temple, the space in front of them twisted, and a black entrance appeared silently on the ground.

Lingyun and Chen Jing looked at each other, then leaped into the hole.