Chapter 73: I lost!

They want to leave.

But they have already promised to spar with Ye Chen.

And they have already waited this long.

They can only continue waiting.

If they had known Junior Brother Ye Chen was so procrastinating, they would not have agreed to spar.

"Ah..."

Everyone feels bitter in their hearts.

Thousands of disciples watch Ye Chen eat, and the key is he actually has the nerve to keep eating like that!

If it were them, they'd probably finish the spar right away.

Fang Yan squeezes out a smile, "Junior Brother Ye Chen, your emotional intelligence is low, assessment complete!"

Liu Xuan smiled.

This oaf Fang Yan, does he even have the right to judge Ye Chen's emotional intelligence as low?

Everyone silently thought.

Formerly, the Great Dao Sect had a weirdo.

Now it's good, there are two.

One incense stick.

Two incense sticks.

After an hour.

The several stunning female disciples of Ethereal Peak finally couldn't hold back, their chests heaving with anger, "Junior Brother Ye Chen, do you know? Our Ethereal Peak disciples have never waited for anyone, we give you our first time, do you know?"

Ye Chen slowly opens his eyes, somewhat embarrassed looking at the crowd, "Could you give me the time of one incense stick?"

Hearing that, Fang Yan angrily laughs back, laughing loudly, "Good! Good! Good!"

His foot stomps in the air, a terrifying shockwave spreads outward, he lets out a low roar.

He has made up his mind.

When sparring, he will beat Ye Chen up badly, knocking his teeth out!

At this point, not only Fang Yan, but other disciples' patience has also reached its limit.

They originally came to watch their senior brothers and sisters spar with Ji Fuyao!

And now how has it turned out?

Watching Ye Chen eat for an hour.

At this moment, Lu Xuan leisurely says, "Ah, people nowadays are still too impatient."

His voice falls.

Many disciples' faces darken.

They basically understand where Ye Chen's problem lies.

Master!

Master is shameless, how can disciples learn well?

Xuan Qing Feng is truly a good place for passing down the craft and teaching the Dao!

After one incense stick.

Ye Chen has finished eating.

He slowly rises, looks at Lu Xuan, "Master, I'll wash the bowls later, otherwise the senior brothers and sisters might really not be able to wait."

Lu Xuan nods, "Go ahead."

Everyone's faces twitch.

At this point, you're still worrying about your broken pot and bowl!

Fang Yan can't hold back any longer, his face red and ears flushed, he says, "Junior Brother Ye Chen, it's not me saying this! Look, one person you've wasted us almost two hours, here we have thousands of people, calculate it, you've wasted us over two years of time!"

Ye Chen: "……"

He actually has no reply.

Lu Xuan dazed for a moment, "Ah, why does this sound so familiar?"

Liu Xuan slowly exhales a turbid breath, her chest rising and falling, looking at Ye Chen, "Junior Brother Ye Chen, can we start?"

Lu Xuan directly steps into the void and rises, "We can start!"

Above the Void, the many disciples immediately scattered.

Finally about to spar, the flowers they waited for are about to wither!

And at this moment.

Above the Void, terrifying auras surge, brilliant divine radiance appears in the depths of the void.

The many disciples look up and see it's the Sect Leader and the various Peak Masters.

Who would have thought it would actually alarm the Sect Leader and them!

The Sect Leader and company immediately conceal their forms, smiling, "Ye Chen, don't mind us."

Ye Chen nods.

Liu Xuan gives a lovely smile, "Junior Brother Ye Chen, your soul power far exceeds that of your peers, so I will go all out."

Her voice falls!

Her slender jade hand extends, a splendid light surges forth, suffused with five-colored radiance, directly enveloping Ye Chen.

Liu Xuan's spiritual art shifts in her hand, she softly murmurs, "Next, Junior Brother Ye Chen, let me weave your illusion."

In the span of a breath, Ye Chen saw the scenery before him change dramatically.

The azure, clear sky vanished, Xuan Qing Feng disappeared as well, and the many disciples watching from above the Void gradually grew blurry.

Ye Chen quietly watched everything before him.

In the next instant, like an endless mirror shattering and reassembling, each broken fragment reflected some scenes from Ye Chen's memory……

He saw the familiar Ye family.

Unbeknownst to him, Ye Chen was already standing in his father's room.

At this moment his father had thick black hair, no wrinkles on his face, vibrant spirit, and looked very young.

Ye Chen lowered his gaze and saw that his body had become much smaller.

This was how he looked at five or six years old!

The clan leader smiled and said, "Dust child, your cultivation speed has already broken Qingcheng's record! At this clan gathering, you have truly made a name for yourself in Qingcheng."

Looking at his father's youthful appearance, Ye Chen's eyes reddened.

In the seven years since his cultivation fell, his father had grown old indeed!

All of this was his father's doing to let him recover his cultivation!

A few months ago, his father got drunk in his room, and only then did he notice his father's face covered in wrinkles, temples frosted, hair turning white, the whole person aged terribly.

The clan leader walked over, gently wiped Ye Chen's tears, lifted him up, held him high above his head, and said, "Dust child, you should be happy—why are you crying?"

Ye Chen smiled and said, "Father, I'm fine."

The clan leader said, "Tomorrow I will take you into the clan lands to have the ancestor cleanse your essence and marrow. Then your talent will be further liberated."

Ye Chen nodded.

The next day, he followed his father toward the clan lands.

On the way, they encountered the grand elder and his son Ye Liangchen.

Ye Liangchen, dressed in fine robes, forced a smile and said, "Brother Dust, good."

A flicker of barely perceptible malice appeared in the grand elder's eyes as he said, "Dust child, cultivation should balance work and rest; don't push yourself too hard. When you have time, let Liangchen accompany you around Qingcheng to relax."

Ye Chen gave a faint nod.

After arriving at the ancestral grounds, the ancestor told him that the clan leader had forsaken his own opportunity to exchange for a chance to cleanse Ye Chen's essence and marrow.

Ye Chen looked toward his father, eyes reddening, "Father..."

The clan leader smiled and said, "Go."

After leaving the ancestral grounds, the following time.

Ye Chen saw many scenes……

His father, in order to secure more cultivation resources for him, repeatedly argued with the grand elder and others in the main hall.

Once, he even came to blows with the grand elder.

Ye Chen's heart trembled slightly.

These scenes were originally hidden deep in his memory.

Now, in the illusion, he came to a hidden corner, gently brushed away the dust of his memories, and saw all of this again.

The memories still warm.

Suddenly.

"Crack!"

"Crack!"

Ye Chen looked around and saw that this portion of heaven and earth belonging to the Ye family was trembling slightly, as if it might shatter at any moment.

He knew that beyond the illusion lay Xuan Qing Feng.

Ye Chen murmured, "Senior Sister Liu Xuan cannot sustain this vast illusion."

Thinking of that.

Ye Chen's hand seal shifted, his towering soul power turned into a vast ocean, shooting straight upward; the terrifying, unparalleled force directly propped up the Ye family's heaven and earth that was about to collapse.

He did not want to leave the illusion so soon.

He wanted to see more of his father deep in his memory.

The time afterward flowed like a small river.

When Ye Chen was not cultivating, he quietly stayed by his father's side.

He discovered that his father, in the late night, would always gaze at the starry sky and let out a soft sigh.

Before, Ye Chen did not understand.

Now he understood; his father was missing his mother.

Several years passed.

For his sake, his father's grudge against the grand elder grew deeper and deeper.

One day, his cultivation suddenly plummeted.

The grand elder could not hide the smile on his face.

His father exhausted his family contribution points, exchanging them from the clan treasury for countless heavenly materials and earthly treasures, hoping to restore him.

But it was useless!

But it was useless!

The gazes of the Ye family members grew dim.

In secret, his father went to beg elders of other branches, borrowing a large amount of spirit stones.

His father ran around, finding many physicians.

After consuming vast amounts of cultivation resources, these physicians shook their heads, left the Ye household, and said, "Sorry, clan leader, I am powerless!"

Father again pulled him to step into the Ancestral Land.

The Ye family's three great ancestors acted together, but to no avail.

Over the past few months, Ye Chen saw his father's temples frosted, his hair turned much whiter, and his eyes filled with bloodshot veins.

Ye Chen murmured, "All of this actually happened over the past few months."

He felt guilty, having never noticed these before.

For his sake, his father became even somewhat obsequious, just to secure his position as heir!

Ye Chen's heart felt a sharp pain.

As it turns out, a father never mentions the things he does for his child.

His father endured too much for him!

One night.

Ye Chen came to the outside of his father's room, and he heard his father sighing in the darkness.

"Creak."

Ye Chen pushed open the door.

His father dodged slightly, secretly wiping his eyes.

Ye Chen looked at his father, "Father, I have recovered."

His father took his hand, wanting to check, "Is that so?"

Ye Chen slowly circulated his spiritual power, and his realm kept rising!

Qi Refining Realm!

Profound Scholar Realm!

……

Profound Spirit Realm!

Late Stage Profound Ancestor Realm Great Perfection!

Seeing this, his father tightly embraced Ye Chen and burst into laughter, "Hahaha! Good, good, good."

Just then.

The space around Ye Chen began to collapse continuously.

Endless brilliant spirit patterns began to vanish, the void above him began to continuously vanish, and the earth beneath could also shatter.

His father was laughing, but as he laughed, tears streamed down his face.

Ye Chen stood still in place, and likewise two clear streams of tears slid down his face.

He reached out with a grasp, and the illusion shattered like dust, scattering in the wind.

He grasped at nothing...

The next instant.

Ye Chen once again stood Above the Void, the heavens above him returning to a clear, azure blue.

Not far away, Liu Xuan's eye sockets also slightly reddened, and a trace of blood trickled from the corner of her mouth.

Ye Chen bowed respectfully to Liu Xuan, "Thank you, Senior Sister."

Liu Xuan gathered her spirit, nodded, and said, "I also saw it."

Seeing this, the crowd was somewhat shocked.

This time, who won?

A female disciple of Ethereal Peak curiously asked, "Senior Sister, did you win?"

Liu Xuan gave a charming smile, "I lost."

The people of Ethereal Peak were somewhat shocked.

A female disciple said, "Senior Sister, you just took out 200,000 top-grade spirit stones to support Ye Chen's illusion—did you still lose?"

Ye Chen took out a storage ring and handed it to Liu Xuan, "Liu Xuan Senior Sister, thank you."

Liu Xuan took it, her divine sense probed inside, and she was slightly startled.

Inside the storage ring were actually a full 500,000 top-grade spirit stones!

Liu Xuan did not refuse, smiling and saying, "Ye Chen Junior Brother, your soul power is truly boundless. This time, thank you as well—I have also gained some insight."

Just now, in Ye Chen's illusion, he forcibly sustained the illusion with his soul power, preventing it from fading.

She knew that was Ye Chen's obsession.

Ye Chen Junior Brother wanted to see his father.

So, she chose to fulfill his wish!

……