Chapter 764: Final Showdown 246: Ye Chen's Divine Son Contest!

A faint bitter smile appeared on Elder Kufan's face.

Ye Chen: ……

This story is really thrilling.

Elder Kufan continued speaking.

"Just when the boy and girl felt they could no longer endure, the seal site suddenly opened."

"The arrivals were precisely the girl's family, a group of immensely powerful people, completely surpassing the boy, beings he would have to look up to in awe."

"The boy felt fortunate, otherwise the family's experts would have subjected him to death by a thousand cuts, tormenting him endlessly!"

"Perhaps, it seems that from that time onward, the boy's fate changed."

"Although the girl resented the boy, she indeed often came to see him, bringing him many cultivation resources: pills, techniques, and spiritual artifacts."

"But the girl's family kept threatening the boy, warning that if he dared to get even half a step closer to the girl, they would exterminate him outright!"

"How could the boy dare to overstep?"

"Contentment brings happiness."

"After that, the girl seemed to see the boy far less often. The girl asked, 'Why don't you ask if I like you?'"

"The boy fell silent."

"He feared answering negatively."

"But he also feared answering affirmatively. He and the girl were not of the same world; his talent and strength could not provide for that girl."

Ye Chen grew silent the more he listened.

Perhaps this is just an ordinary person's story.

The distance between people, perhaps, truly cannot be crossed.

If he had no master, he might still be that destitute youth from Qingcheng, and even the entire Ye family could have been wiped out by the Medicine Family's Holy Son lineage.

Elder Kufan continued speaking, "That boy didn't dare to ask."

"The girl, however, said, 'I like an honest boy, but this boy is too aggravating; he is unattractive. She doesn't know why she likes him, but she does like him, and she asks that boy, 'Isn't it pointless to go on like this?'"

"The boy had no fortune."

"Many years later, the girl had become an absolute beauty, while the boy had turned into an ordinary middle-aged man. By the time she reappeared, she was so beautiful that the middle-aged man dared not gaze at her."

"She said she was going to the Sword Qi Great Wall."

Ye Chen blinked slightly, "Is that woman a sword cultivator?"

"Indeed. Most sword cultivators under heaven aspire to go to the Sword Cultivator's Long Wall; even dying there is considered an honor."

"The woman mocked the middle-aged man, saying he lacked courage his whole life, a coward, and didn't dare to accompany her to the Sword Qi Great Wall."

"That middle-aged man naturally dared not go."

"Another thousand years passed. The woman had her family send word that she had married."

"That night, the middle-aged man's hair turned white outright."

Upon hearing that, Ye Chen gave Elder Kufan, whose head was full of white hair, a strange look.

Er...

Elder Kufan's eye sockets reddened slightly, and in his rough large hand appeared an ancient woman's jade pendant; this pendant was a low-tier item, originally covered with countless raised patterns, but after countless rubbings it had become extremely smooth.

His voice trembled as he said, "Just yesterday, the woman's family descended, informing the elder that the woman suffered grave injuries at the Sword Qi Great Wall, has perished, her obsession returning to the Sword Qi Great Wall, merging into the myriad."

"Then he also told the elder that the woman's earlier claim of marriage was a lie; she wanted to see the elder's reaction."

"And now, the family's representative said, the woman's last words were that she still liked him."

Speaking, Elder Kufan already had tears streaming down.

"So, Ye Chen, do you say that the elder's lifelong pursuit of the mundane Dao is a monumental fool?"

Ye Chen did not speak.

Not long after, Elder Kufan's complexion returned to normal, but after finishing the story he seemed to have aged another few hundred years, saying, "Ye Chen, for this Divine Son's Contest, you can proceed with confidence. That old man no longer wishes to live."

Ye Chen: ……

He looked at Elder Kufan; the elder's eyes flickered with a strange light, like spiritual fire constantly burning.

He seemed to have stepped out of the final choice.

Ye Chen said, "But Elder..."

Elder Kufan directly interrupted Ye Chen, saying, "Originally that old man thought that if he one day broke through to the Nine-Star Sovereign Realm, he could go to the Sword Qi Great Wall to see that woman, but there was no chance."

Ye Chen sighed.

Elder Kufan suddenly patted Ye Chen's shoulder and said, "Over countless ages, I have lingered on Withered Peak for a very long time; I don't know how much strength I have now. Rest assured, I have never contended for anything in the past or future, but if this Divine Son's Contest treats you unfairly, I will stake this old life to fight for you."

For some unknown reason, since learning of the woman's demise,

his lifelong adherence to the mundane Dao suddenly wavered.

He had become an inner sect elder of the True Martial Sect; continuing onward, it would be hard to break through the Sovereign Realm, let alone the Nine-Star Sovereign Realm.

She ultimately never waited to meet him face to face.

Elder Kufan sighed repeatedly, looking at Ye Chen, "Tomorrow is the inner sect trial, the Divine Son's Contest. Judging the time, they should have appeared by now."

Ye Chen nodded.

Moments later, a cloud vessel rose into the starry sky, shooting toward the direction of the True Martial Sect.

One day later.

The cloud vessel landed on the primary star of the True Martial Sect.

This star is immeasurably vast, the martial power thick, pouring down like great rivers between heaven and earth; already several High-Star God Sovereign elders have descended, presiding over this trial.

The trial site lies within a secret realm, namely an independent world.

Outside the secret realm, many elders and disciples have already arrived.

Soon.

A gray-robed elder rose into the air, and a great drum suddenly appeared Above the Void; this is the supreme treasure of the True Martial Sect, the True Martial Great Drum.

「Boom boom boom! 」

As the drum sounded, a martial will roared in the heavens, and golden power kept emanating, dyeing this stretch of heaven and earth a golden martial ocean.

Ye Chen felt that beneath the drumbeat, his body actually gave rise to a Great Dao resonance.

After all, he possesses a martial heart within his body.

The closer something is to the origin, the more it attracts him.

Moreover, he sensed that above the Main Star there seemed to be a martial earth vein emitting a summoning force.

Beside him, Elder Ku Fan said, "Above the Main Star is incredibly marvelous; whether God Sovereign Realm or Lord Realm, both can benefit greatly. This secret realm also contains rich martial power; if you absorb it, your cultivation will surge!"

Ye Chen nodded, "Good."

Soon.

The gray-robed elder announced the rules of this inner-door trial, the contest for the Divine Son.

"Within the secret realm, tens of thousands of Heavenly God Realm and Low Star God Sovereign Realm disciples compete for the top ten!"

"After making the top ten, they will compete on the combat platform; the disciple who obtains first place will be promoted to Divine Son."

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