Chapter 230: 230. Chapter 230: The Heavenly Dao Great Emperor and the Mystery of Su Chen

230. Chapter 230: The Heavenly Dao Great Emperor and the Mystery of Su Chen's Parentage

Seeing this, Su Chen walked over and pulled Liu Ruyan into his embrace.

Liu Ruyan looked up, only to see Su Chen's sharply defined chin; within his broad chest, she felt that her fear was no longer so profound.

"Thank you."

Feeling Su Chen's love for her, Liu Ruyan's pretty face flushed slightly as she whispered.

Su Chen blinked at her and suddenly kissed her again.

Liu Ruyan's small face turned even redder, and she lowered her head, looking at him with great shyness.

"This coffin..."

Lv Luo could not help but walk over, and she immediately felt a surge of extremely yin and evil energy attacking her.

For a creature like her, born of cultivation and having manifested intelligence, this evil energy was a natural nemesis; before she could react, Xiao Ling spat a mouthful of fire, forcefully neutralizing that surge of evil energy.

"So dangerous."

Lv Luo patted her chest, still shaken.

Thanks to Xiao Ling's life-saving grace just now, she no longer felt so annoyed looking at this ball of fire; she even found it somewhat pleasing to the eye.

"The evil energy on this coffin will erode the bodies of righteous cultivators if they touch it. Every time they need to access it, they temporarily force me to mobilize my Spiritual Power so that I can suppress the evil energy before they open the coffin," Xiao Ling said slowly.

(Note: This line is combined with the previous one in the source structure, but per instructions, I am rendering the content as it appears.)

These words were spoken lightly, but Xiao Ling had been sealed for so long that its strength had long since been greatly weakened.

Every time it was forced to be mobilized, it almost exhausted most of its energy, and it would remain in a deep slumber for a long time afterward.

However, this time was different from the past; previously it was forced, but this time Xiao Ling was willing. Being able to make some sacrifices for its master made it feel very happy.

The light blue Spirit Fire instantly covered the entire coffin, and the dark, evil incantations on it were gradually swallowed by the Spirit Fire; the handwriting faded bit by bit until it completely disappeared, revealing only the charred coffin wood.

Ever since that cold, sinister aura vanished, the temperature in the entire room rose by several degrees, and Liu Ruyan's pale little face slowly regained its color.

Su Chen stepped forward and pried open the coffin lid.

The moment they saw what was inside, everyone could not help but gasp; inside the coffin was a shriveled human corpse.

Its original appearance could no longer be discerned, but its mouth still retained the appearance of being alive, with a luster to the skin that was frighteningly red.

As for the rest of its body, it was shriveled like a withered tree branch, and the eye sockets were deeply sunken, which was so exaggerated that just looking at it would give people nightmares.

Seeing this scene, Su Chen immediately recognized this as a long-lost evil method of message transmission.

The cruelty of this method lay in the fact that it drained a person's blood completely while they were still alive, and then sealed the final breath within the oral cavity.

Once someone pried open the mouth, the message to be delivered would be spat out word for word; the moment the message was finished, the corpse would turn into bone powder and completely dissipate from the world.

This method of secrecy was extremely powerful and left no evidence, but it was also extremely yin and evil, and having been lost for many years, the shock it brought to people within this Illusion Realm was not small.

Lv Luo felt her heart crawl with fear, feeling that there were too many cruel things in this environment, where human life was treated as grass and could be disposed of at will.

Judging by the degree of shriveling of this corpse, it had likely been dead for a hundred years; one could only wonder what kind of information could make the messenger use such a vicious method, just to ensure it would not be spread.

Su Chen walked over and pried open the dry corpse's mouth.

The dry corpse seemed to come alive, its lips opening and closing very slowly, yet every word it spoke was clear.

"The Heavenly Dao Great Emperor decrees: all members of the Qingyun Alliance must find a child with a Divine Dragon Martial Soul and must kill them at all costs, along with the forces behind them; show no mercy."

Although there was no emotion in the voice, one could hear a thick, murderous intent from it; just hearing it made one feel a chill run through their entire body.

As the words came to an end, the dry corpse immediately vanished without a trace, leaving behind only an empty coffin.

After hearing this, Su Chen immediately knew that this was information beneficial to him, and he had finally found some clues regarding his own parentage.

The Heavenly Dao Great Emperor.

It seemed that this was the person who wanted to hunt him down, and based on his experiences for so long, it was very likely someone of the enemy sort.

Thinking of this, Su Chen's eyes were filled with deep thought.

"It seems the Qingyun Alliance and the Heavenly Dao Great Emperor have long been in collusion."

After Su Chen finished speaking, he subconsciously cast a scrutinizing gaze at Liu Ruyan.

Liu Ruyan was startled; it was her first time hearing such news, and the level of shock was no less than that of Su Chen and the others.

Although she had not participated in it, seeing Su Chen's suspicious gaze still hurt her heart; she did not know when it started, but her thoughts about Su Chen had been slowly changing, and she already felt that she was Su Chen's woman.

Being suspected like this by the person she liked, she was still very hurt.

But Liu Ruyan also understood; after all, under these circumstances, if she were in Su Chen's shoes, she would also suspect herself.

So, even though she felt aggrieved, Liu Ruyan still braced herself to explain.

"I did not know they had done this behind the scenes. I am only the Saintess of the Qingyun Alliance, and there are many things I cannot reach. But I wanted to say just now that the Qingyun Alliance actually has a guardian Divine Beast, which is an Eagle; that totem likely represents the Qingyun Alliance."

Su Chen had not thought that much, but looking at Liu Ruyan, who was full of grievance and seemed about to shed tears, yet was still bracing herself to explain, he immediately knew that Liu Ruyan had overthought it.

"Although you are the Saintess of the Qingyun Alliance, you are different from them. I do not believe you would do such a heartless thing."

Hearing this, Su Chen stroked Liu Ruyan's head and said, "Besides, you are just hard-mouthed but soft-hearted. I didn't suspect you; I was just looking through you to think about the Qingyun Alliance's next plan."

Hearing this, Liu Ruyan immediately knew she had worried too much; after all, Su Chen had absolutely no need to lie to her.

At such a juncture, even she herself would not dare to guarantee that she could fully trust the other party, yet Su Chen actually did not suspect her, which moved her deeply; she immediately felt that Su Chen was different from other men.

After all, most other men were arrogant and conceited; encountering such a situation, they would definitely not easily trust others, and they would rather believe what they thought themselves.

Su Chen's character alone made Liu Ruyan admire him endlessly; she was currently very moved that she had fallen for Su Chen, rather than some other trashy man.

With a gem like Su Chen in front, other men were all eclipsed, and they couldn't even compare to his little toe. (End of chapter)