Chapter 228: Master, have you come to find me?

Su Chen coughed violently twice, and Liu Ruyan was instantly frightened out of her wits, her eyes brimming with tears; if only it had been her who was injured just now, she would rather it be herself than see Su Chen suffer any harm.

Thinking of this, she hugged Su Chen tightly, burying her small face into his broad chest, and let out a painful whimper: "It's all my fault, if I hadn't run around, you all would have been fine, it's all my fault..."

"Silly girl, I was just scaring you; how could this Young Master be injured so easily?"

Su Chen stroked Liu Ruyan's head, smiling brightly, looking completely carefree.

"You!"

Liu Ruyan raised her head in embarrassment and anger; she had been so worried she almost felt like she would follow him into death, only to find out Su Chen was teasing her on purpose.

She originally wanted to say something more, but seeing Su Chen's pale face, she couldn't say anything at all; the words reached her lips but choked there, eventually turning into just one sentence: "Don't do this next time, I will worry about you."

Standing in the distance, Lv Luo clearly saw that Su Chen had already coughed up blood just now.

It was just that Liu Ruyan, with her head lowered, had not seen it, and Su Chen had dealt with it very quickly.

Watching the intimate actions of the two, Lv Luo felt a bit uncomfortable, but she also knew that someone as outstanding as her master was destined not to have only one woman by his side.

If it had to be some other little vixen, then she would rather it be a simple girl like Liu Ruyan.

Thinking of this, she composed the expression on her face and said with feigned ease: "Don't worry, that demon Dragon's cultivation isn't that powerful, and Master is very formidable."

Liu Ruyan knew she was comforting her and nodded gently.

"By the way, Sister Ruyan, why are you here? It took us quite a lot of effort to get in just now."

Lv Luo went straight to the point.

Now was not the time to stall; it was best to resolve things quickly.

"I was originally resting inside a cave, but I felt something was strange inside, so I came to investigate; not only did I see many precious spiritual items, but when I touched a mural, I was sucked in."

Liu Ruyan briefly recounted what had happened at the time and described the situation.

Su Chen and Lv Luo exchanged a glance, roughly guessing that the spiritual items Liu Ruyan mentioned were the Golden Scale Carp; they hadn't expected there to be a way to enter from inside that cave.

It seemed they had stumbled upon this by accident.

"Did you discover anything after you came in?" Su Chen asked.

This place was becoming increasingly bizarre, and Su Chen did not believe the owner of the Illusion Realm had gone to such great lengths just for fun; there must be some profound mystery hidden within.

Liu Ruyan recalled carefully; she had been bewildered when she first entered, but she was still amazed by the grand scale of this palace.

It was just that for some reason, she had walked for a long time but could never reach the end; when she finally managed to touch a book on a bookshelf, before she could even examine it closely, she ran into the demon Dragon, and had been entangled with it ever since.

"If I had been more cautious, perhaps I wouldn't have been entangled by the demon Dragon."

After finishing, Liu Ruyan said with some regret.

Since entering this Illusion Realm, she hadn't been of any help, and now she had caused trouble.

In her daily life, she was, after all, the Saintess of the Qingyun Alliance, and it was always others who relied on her; now, not only had she failed to help, she had almost caused a major disaster.

"I suspect you found something protected in here, which angered the demon beast guarding it, making it aware of you; it kept attacking you to prevent you from knowing the truth."

Su Chen pondered for a moment and immediately reached a conclusion.

The reason he was able to subdue the demon Dragon so easily just now was largely because the demon Dragon's attention was never on him; even when trapped, it was still trying to rush toward Liu Ruyan.

Looking at it this way, it was very likely that Liu Ruyan had a treasure on her that the demon Dragon needed.

"Ruyan, don't blame yourself, this isn't your fault; in any case, we were bound to clash with the demon Dragon. Thanks to you stepping forward and risking your life to exhaust the demon Dragon for us, otherwise Master and I wouldn't have been able to subdue it so easily; we should actually be thanking you."

Lv Luo revealed a sweet smile and intimately took Liu Ruyan's arm.

She was sweet-looking by nature, and this praise sounded like coquetry, which suddenly made Liu Ruyan's mood much better.

She pursed her lips but still didn't say anything.

"Can you take out that book you mentioned and let me see it?"

Su Chen said, deliberately softening his voice, considering that Liu Ruyan was in a bad mood.

Liu Ruyan hurriedly took the book that had almost cost her her life out of her storage space and added.

"I opened it and looked at it at the time, there was nothing special, there weren't even any words on it, but these books were very conspicuous among the others, and I just felt inexplicably drawn to it."

Hearing this, Su Chen took the book and flipped through it casually; there was indeed not a single word on it, but for some reason, just by looking at this book, he felt as if there was some guidance from the netherworld.

"We have seen so many Dragon totems since we came in, and we both have Master's aura on us; could it be that this book belongs to Master?"

Lv Luo thought for a long time and immediately said.

Through Liu Ruyan's words and her own analysis, it seemed this Illusion Realm could automatically identify their identities, allowing them to enter without any effort.

And the common link between the two of them was Su Chen; could it be that this was something left behind by Master in his past life?

Thinking of this, Lv Luo hurriedly said: "Master, try dripping some blood on the book; perhaps you will discover something different."

Su Chen nodded quickly, bit his fingertip, and smeared some blood on it.

Almost instantly, countless characters appeared on the previously blank pages.

The handwriting was vigorous and powerful, flowing and free; the characters were golden, and just looking at them made one feel a thick Spiritual Power within, so intense one could hardly bear to look directly at them.

"Master, have you come to find me?"

In the void, a faint and ethereal voice was heard, seemingly carrying a deep sense of grievance: "I have been so lonely and desolate here; I tried many ways before finally welcoming our reunion."

Su Chen listened in a daze, inexplicably feeling a sense of past and present lives.

Hearing this voice, Lv Luo subconsciously said: "Blue Quenching Spirit Fire! You have cultivated spiritual intelligence?"

This statement shocked Liu Ruyan; generally, Spirit Fire would not cultivate spiritual intelligence unless it was of the Saint or God rank, and once such a Spirit Fire appeared in the world, it would immediately be snatched up by major sects.

Everyone wanted to tame the Spirit Fire to use for themselves, but many people had their meridians burned and destroyed because of it, becoming cripples unable to cultivate; it could be said that risks and opportunities coexisted.

Unless one was extremely confident, few people were willing to take this risk.

(End of chapter)