Chapter 52: The Marriage Contract

Another world?

Fine, having read many web novels, Chen Yan had no trouble understanding this kind of setting involving different worlds.

"You come from another world, a world called the Domain Realm. What is that world like? Is it like the Heavenly Realm or the Immortal Realm? Are there cultivators everywhere, along with demons, ghosts, and monsters...?"

Chen Yan asked curiously.

"..." Gu Qingyi looked at Chen Yan, shook her head, and said, "How the Domain Realm is not something that needs to be explained to you now. What I am about to say concerns another important matter regarding your Chen family and my Gu family."

Chen Yan said cautiously, "You keep saying Chen family, Chen family... I'm actually not sure if the Chen family you're talking about has any real connection to me.

When the Old Grandma was alive, she told me she picked me up."

"You are naturally a member of the Chen family; otherwise, do you think what status the Venerable One holds? How could they raise someone casually by their side?" Gu Qingyi sneered and said slowly, "You may have been born in this world, but you must be a member of the Chen family. And the Chen family originates from the 【Domain Realm】."

Chen Yan sighed and did not refute.

Regarding this matter, he had mostly guessed it in his heart.

The Old Grandma had once spoken of his background, saying his biological mother was a white fox and so on...

After obtaining the manual and cultivating, he had used the Heaven-Eye Qi-Gazing Technique to look at himself.

From his luck to his fate, his entire body was that of a legitimate pure-blooded two-legged terrifying ape.

There was not even a trace of demonic cultivation bloodline aura!

The so-called white fox story was merely the Old Grandma teasing him—just like the countless times she had teased him since he was a child.

Saying his biological mother was a white fox and his biological father was who knows what species—Chen Yan actually always understood these were just jokes.

"There is a wall between the Domain Realm and your world.

Originally, under the rules of the Heavenly Dao, two different worlds had absolutely no possibility of connection. However... due to some complex reasons, in the ancient era, powerful figures in the Domain Realm found some gaps and opened a realm gate connecting to your world. Because of this realm gate, the two worlds had a place where they could connect and communicate.

Hindered by the rules of the Heavenly Dao, the two realms cannot travel back and forth at will; the realm gate is blocked by the power of rules, and even with the power of a Heavenly Venerable, there is a danger of perishing.

However, the ancient powerful figures established a formation, allowing passage through specific times and specific locations to travel between the two realms."

Chen Yan nodded: "Understood, like illegal smuggling; originally there was no road, but some special means were used to smuggle over at specific times, is that the meaning?"

Gu Qingyi nodded: "What you said is not wrong."

Chen Yan thought for a moment; "That's not right... when my Old Grandma passed away, the Black and White two... they clearly said they were welcoming the Old Grandma back to take up her post?

Wasn't it to go to the Underworld?

I always thought our world also had ghosts, demons, and monsters, and things like the Underworld..."

"No, your world originally had no cultivation or demons, ghosts, and monsters." Gu Qingyi shook her head and said, "However, only after the realm gate appeared did some existences from the Domain Realm, to avoid disaster or to crave enjoyment, use various methods to sneak out of the realm gate and risk coming to your world.

For example, the old turtle I took in outside; its ancestors were demonic cultivators from the Domain Realm who sneaked out of the realm gate to your world, leaving descendants and bloodline in your world.

As for the Underworld you mentioned... there is indeed a residence of the Ghost Clan in the Domain Realm, ruled by several Venerable Ones.

The Black and White you mentioned... I do know, they are merely external duty ghost officers within the Ghost Clan, and they are also existences from our Domain Realm."

"So our world has no Underworld?"

"Of course not. I told you, the Ghost Clan is from our Domain Realm; your so-called Underworld is also in the Domain Realm, it just doesn't go by the name Underworld."

"Then what about my Old Grandma going to take up her post and such words?"

"I don't know; perhaps the Great Lord came to your world to hide and live in seclusion for a period of time. When the time came, naturally they had to return to the Domain Realm to take up their post; the rank of a Venerable One is so important, naturally there are many things to do."

Understood!

Our world has no demons, ghosts, and monsters...

The Underworld, the Black and White two lords...

They are all from another world.

Like... aliens?

Hmm, so ghosts and demons are actually aliens from another world who smuggled over.

No ghosts, just aliens.

Chen Yan glanced at Gu Qingyi and thought to himself: Your Domain Realm, wouldn't its name be Broadcasting?

"So, you smuggled over from the Domain Realm to our world for what purpose?"

"I came to find someone." Gu Qingyi took a deep breath: "Do you know the name 【Chen Jue】?"

"Chen Jue? Which 'jue' character? The 'jue' of decide? The 'jue' of technique? Or the 'jue' of absolute?"

Gu Qingyi slowly extended her toe and drew the character 【Jue】 on the ground.

Chen Yan's face moved slightly, his gaze subtly shifting; he pressed his lips together and fell into silence.

Gu Qingyi stared at Chen Yan for a while, and only under her gaze did Chen Yan slowly open his mouth.

"Chen Jue... fine, I know this name." Chen Yan sighed, and a glimmer of hope in his eyes finally vanished.

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Chen Jue—this name, Chen Yan indeed knew.

His name, Chen Yan, the surname Chen, was taken according to Chen Jue's Chen.

Otherwise, if the Old Grandma named him, why would he have the surname Chen?

The Old Grandma herself does not have the surname Chen. On her ID card, the Old Grandma has the surname Huang.

When Chen Yan was a child, from the moment he could remember, he wore a yellow jade pendant around his neck, on which the two characters 【Chen Jue】 were finely carved.

The object was naturally hung around his neck by the Old Grandma, who said that when she picked up Chen Yan, this pendant was already there.

Chen Yan didn't understand when he was young; anyway, if the Old Grandma said to wear it, he wore it, until one day, while playing with village children, he fell, and the jade pendant shattered into several pieces.

At that time, little Chen Yan cried and held the fragments home, originally expecting the Old Grandma to give him a beating.

Unexpectedly, the Old Grandma just glanced at it casually and threw the fragments into the furnace to burn.

"If it's broken, it's broken; an object is just a dead thing after all.

Since the person is gone, there is no need to keep a dead thing as a memento."

The Old Grandma spoke these words as if she were quite open-minded about it.

And at that moment, Chen Yan realized: this Chen Jue must be... his own biological father.

And...

The person is already gone.

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The Old Grandma raised Chen Yan for twenty years, and regarding the story of his biological mother—whether a white fox or a beautiful woman—she had concocted many versions.

But Chen Yan's father, the name Chen Jue... the Old Grandma never mentioned it once after the jade pendant was broken and burned.

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"If I'm not mistaken, you say this Chen Jue should... be my biological father. Moreover, the Old Grandma mentioned that, according to her words... this person should already be dead."

Chen Yan spoke, then sighed again: "However, I only know the name; I know nothing else about this person. When the Old Grandma was alive, she never uttered a single word to me about him, and for many years she rarely mentioned this name."

Gu Qingyi nodded: "It matches my speculation. After I went to the village where my lord the Venerable One lived in seclusion, I searched your family's belongings, saw your name Chen Yan, and I roughly surmised that you must be Chen Jue's offspring."

Pausing for a moment, Gu Qingyi said slowly: "About twenty-five years ago, Chen Jue was said to have committed a grave crime and escaped the Domain Realm. Countless people searched for him but could not find him. At that time, some speculated he had come to your world. But the boundary gate opens only once every many years, so to this day, no one has found any trace of him.

Only now that the boundary gate has reopened recently have I had the opportunity..."

"You say my father, this Chen Jue, committed a grave crime? He must have been someone of very special status, right?" Chen Yan raised his eyelids and looked at Gu Qingyi: "According to what you said, my family's Old Grandma was so awesome, with things like the Thirty-Six Venerable Ones..."

"Even adding the Heaven Venerable and Earth Venerable, in your world, that would still be within the global TOP 50."

"Such a powerful figure would adopt me only because of my father, right?

If my father Chen Jue could be connected to a top-tier big shot like the Old Grandma, he must have been quite extraordinary himself, right?"

Gu Qingyi's eyelid twitched, and his tone became somewhat strange: "You are right; Chen Jue was indeed quite famous in our world.

Everyone knows that Chen Jue, son of the Chen family, committed heinous crimes and had vile character; people hated him so much they wished to pierce his bones and whip his body!"

Chen Yan was stunned.

What?

What heavenly rule did my biological father break?

Did he disrupt the Peach Banquet? Did he smash the Southern Heavenly Gate? Or did he sleep with the Heaven Venerable's daughter?

"What exactly did he do..."

"I am not entirely clear; he committed the crime and escaped the Domain Realm many years ago. Moreover, this has nothing to do with you." Gu Qingyi shook his head: "Although the laws of the Domain Realm are strict, they do not punish descendants for the crimes of ancestors; there is no principle of a son taking punishment for a father. Rest assured, I am not here to arrest you."

Chen Yan breathed a sigh of relief... as long as they weren't taking him back to take the blame for his father.

"When Chen Jue escaped the Domain Realm back then, he must have later met some woman in this world and then had you, his offspring. As for why my lord the Venerable One helped raise you, I dare not speculate too much on the Venerable One's affairs."

As Gu Qingyi spoke, his tone gradually grew serious: "However, I came from the Domain Realm, endured great hardships, and finally found you, a member of the Chen family; this means my suffering was not in vain."

Hearing this, Chen Yan felt much more relaxed in his heart: "Since you are not taking me back to take the blame for him, then why did you come to find me today?"

"I do not absolutely have to find you. This time I came out; if I could find Chen Jue, that would be best.

If Chen Jue cannot be found, then you or any member of the Chen family, as long as you are Chen Jue's offspring and bloodline, will suffice."

The girl Gu slowly extended one finger and gently touched her own brow.

The moment her slender, pale, tender fingertip touched her brow, a point of Jin Guang instantly lit up on her brow.

Afterwards, a string of light scattered out and projected between the two of them.

Floating in the air was a square, Jin Guang shadow about one chi in length, semi-transparent.

On the square face of Jin Guang, golden characters that danced slowly flowed one by one!

It was unmistakably a... contract?

Gu Qingyi's tone was very complex as he looked into Chen Yan's eyes:

"Chen Yan, this is a marriage contract! A marriage contract between me and your Chen family!"

Chen Yan: "..."

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