Chapter 3590: Gradually Clear

Lin Wanan's words always soothe Ye Chen's emotions at the most appropriate time and in the most effective way.

Ye Chen immediately realized that these hand seals might not be over yet; if they truly are as Lin Wanan said, a continuously upgrading cultivation method, then as long as he persists, he might gain even greater rewards.

So he said to the three: "In that case, let's go back first and come again tonight."

The three nodded in agreement, and thus Ye Chen returned with them to the vacation villa of the Nordic royal family.

At this moment, Helen was wearing a smooth and tender silk pajama, bustling in the villa to prepare breakfast for Ye Chen and the others.

She fried sausages and eggs, toasted bread, made sandwiches, warmed milk, and waited for the four to return to enjoy together.

When the four returned to the warm villa, no one expected that the Nordic empress herself had personally prepared a lavish breakfast for everyone.

Although Yun Ruoyu and Song Ruyu had already abstained from grains, seeing the empress's enthusiasm, they found it hard to refuse and sat down with Ye Chen and Lin Wanan at the dining table.

At this moment, the women noticed that Helen's figure, wrapped in that pajama, was plump and graceful, especially her proud and upright bust, which made them, as women, secretly envy her.

Whether Lin Wanan, Yun Ruoyu, or Song Ruyu, they all possessed the typical temperament and figure of Eastern classical beauties; compared to Helen, they were overall slimmer and naturally lacked such pronounced curves.

After everyone finished breakfast, Helen smiled and asked: "What plans do you have for the morning? Would you like me to accompany you around?"

Ye Chen said: "Helen, I and Miss Yun, Miss Song will be entering seclusion later; for safety, you and Miss Lin had better not leave the villa."

Helen felt a bit disappointed; after waiting for Ye Chen all night, she hadn't expected him to return just to eat breakfast and then enter seclusion. She had left royal affairs behind to come here, hoping for more time with him, but if this continues, their chances to speak privately each day might be extremely rare.

However, Helen is also a woman who understands the bigger picture; she knows Ye Chen has important matters, and at such a time she naturally cannot hinder him, so she nodded and said: "Alright, Mr. Ye, if you have any needs, just tell me anytime; during your seclusion, I will not leave this place."

After breakfast, Ye Chen said to Yun Ruoyu and Song Ruyu: "Miss Yun, Miss Song, if you don't mind, please come to my room later to enter seclusion together; I still have a set of hand seals that need your verification."

Song Ruyu immediately nodded without hesitation: "Alright, Mr. Ye."

Yun Ruoyu was momentarily stunned, but quickly reacted, smiling and saying: "I will follow Mr. Ye's instructions."

Ye Chen then again instructed Lin Wanan and Helen not to leave the villa, and proceeded with Yun Ruoyu and Song Ruyu to the room Helen had arranged for him.

Fortunately, the rooms in the Nordic royal family's vacation villa are spacious enough, each with its own living room, so Ye Chen sat cross-legged with the two on the living room carpet.

The first set of hand seals, for Ye Chen, is a reactive seal that draws out his spiritual energy at maximum speed, far exceeding the rate at which the second set generates spiritual energy, differing by even a hundredfold or more.

However, Ye Chen felt his spiritual energy was not disappearing without reason; likely it was being absorbed by some unknown mysterious entity within him, and the one who first demonstrated the hand seals using auroras was probably it.

To verify his guess, Ye Chen hoped Yun Ruoyu and Song Ruyu would try the first set of hand seals; if their spiritual energy did not vanish inexplicably, it would prove his guess correct.

At the same time, to prevent his guess from being wrong and causing massive loss of their spiritual energy, Ye Chen prepared two Yuanyuan Pills; if their spiritual energy was damaged, he would use the pills to help them recover.

In short, he could not let them suffer because of his own mistake.

Afterwards, he then fully transmitted the first set of hand seals to the two.

To avoid triggering that set himself and again absorbing large amounts of spiritual energy from his body, Ye Chen deliberately reversed the seal order, only revealing the correct order after they had both learned it.

The first set of hand seals consists of eight seals; when teaching the two, Ye Chen deliberately used the sequence 1234, 8765.

When he finished the first four seals, the golden pagoda in his sea of consciousness had already eagerly emerged, ready to absorb spiritual energy, but he never expected that immediately after, Ye Chen's hand seals deviated, causing the golden pagoda's light to instantly extinguish, and after a moment it seemed to plunge into his sea of consciousness with resentment and gloom.

Ye Chen nervously demonstrated the scrambled eight seals, found no change in his body's spiritual energy, and finally breathed a sigh of relief before saying to the two: "Have you both memorized those eight seals just now?"

Both nodded simultaneously: "Memorized."

Ye Chen nodded and said: "Now you switch the order—keep the first four seals' sequence unchanged, and repeat the last four seals in reverse."

The two were confused, but since they trusted Ye Chen deeply, they tacitly did not ask for the reason, immediately rearranged the sequence in their minds, and then performed the eight seals in the correct order.

Ye Chen had been observing their changes; after the eight seals were completed, he seemed to detect no significant loss of their spiritual energy, so he asked: "Do you feel anything?"

Yun Ruoyu shook her head: "Replying to Mr. Ye, this set of hand seals seems to have no effect."

Song Ruyu echoed: "Yes, Mr. Ye, I also feel nothing."

Ye Chen asked again: "Has there been any subtle change in your body's spiritual energy?"

Yun Ruoyu replied: "No, spiritual energy has neither increased nor decreased."

Ye Chen nodded, already having an answer in his heart.

First, the cause of all this lies within himself.

Second, although what it is remains unknown, it can be confirmed that it is absolutely not the ring Lin Wanan gave him.

And why it demonstrated the hand seals to him—Ye Chen's doubts gradually became clear, forming a rough and reasonable guess.

The first demonstration of hand seals was likely to absorb his spiritual energy.

The second demonstration was more like returning a favor, repaying him for giving it so much spiritual energy.

But people say a drop of kindness should be repaid with a spring; this fellow is doing the opposite—draining his spring and squeezing out a few drops back.

Of course, Ye Chen still understands the principle of dripping water wearing away stone; the significance of this set of hand seals in the Dharma-Ending Age is actually extremely great.

If there truly are greater effects later, then it would indeed be a blessing in disguise!

Thinking this, Ye Chen's unease about the unknown entity lessened considerably; he smiled and said to the two: "Since this set of hand seals has no effect on you, you need not worry about it—focus on practicing the second set of hand seals you learned last night!"