Holy Emperor

  "Xiao Ying? Are you Xiao Ying?"

  "Yes, the young lady is called Xiaoying. What about you, benefactor?"

  "Just call me Ye Chen." Ye Chen said.

  "Oh." The female ghost Xiao Ying nodded and looked at Ye Chen, saying: "Brother Ye is going to the Lingquan Blessed Land?"

  "Brother Ye? Ye Chen was speechless, this little ghost Xiao Ying really knew how to get close quickly, and she was already calling him brother. However, he felt that Xiao Ying wasn't a malevolent spirit, so he didn't reject her either."

  "Yes, I am indeed going to Lingquan Fudi, otherwise I wouldn't have passed by this place." Ye Chen said truthfully.

  "Alas." Xiao Ying sighed, her expression as if recalling something, her voice very ethereal. "Lingquan Fudi, unfortunately, I don't have that good fortune. Many years ago, I came here with dreams, but didn't expect to be buried in this valley."

  Ye Chen understood, many years ago Xiao Ying came to Lingquan Fudi, wanting to join Lingquan Fudi, but unfortunately she died young and fell in this valley. But how did she become a female ghost?

  "You... when you first fell here, how did you become like this?" Ye Chen asked, he was very curious about the ghost, since this place was neither hell nor the underworld, how could a ghost exist in this world?

  "In this realm, we ghosts are actually very hard to exist. Generally, practitioners who die have a certain chance of becoming ghosts, but they can only exist in hell and the underworld. At that time, I was killed by the corpse general, and my soul was about to be extinguished, but coincidentally encountered the emergence of this mountain range's magic eye. Every time the magic eye emerges, it will surge out pure corpse energy, demon energy, yin energy, and resentment energy."

  "At that time, my soul was originally about to disperse. Perhaps it was because of the emergence of the magic eye, and my soul condensed in the yin energy, thus transforming into a ghost spirit, existing in this world. I think that magic eye must have something to do with hell and the underworld. Brother Ye, you saved me, so I'm telling you, but this is a big secret."

  Ye Chen looked at Xiao Ying, her appearance was very cute, with her figure and looks, it could be inferred that even when she died, she was probably only sixteen or seventeen years old, still a young girl.

  "Hehe, now Xiao Ying is not afraid anymore. The corpse will die, I absorbed its yin energy, my strength can increase by several realms. As long as we don't enter the depths of Fushi Mountain Range, Xiao Ying will be safe. So, Ye Gege doesn't need to worry about Xiao Ying."

  Ye Chen: “......”

  "That's right, if Brother Ye really becomes a disciple of Lingquan Fudi, maybe Xiaoying can help you in the future. The disciples of Lingquan Fudi often go deep into this mountain range to practice, and when Xiaoying becomes stronger, she can go with Brother Ye to the depths, and maybe even help you find good things."

  "Found something good?" Ye Chen looked at Xiao Ying in surprise and asked: "What good thing?"

  "Doesn't Brother Ye know that the Fushi Mountain Range is an ancient battlefield, full of treasures? As a yin spirit body, my perception range in this yin energy-filled mountain range is absolutely stronger than yours, who have physical bodies." Xiao Ying said with great satisfaction, humming again: "However, Brother Ye must come find me next time, or I won't take you to find the treasure."

  "Hehe, alright, I promise you, if I plan to venture into the depths of Fowei Mountains in the future, I'll definitely come find you first," Ye Chen said with a smile. "But since you appear and disappear without a trace, how am I supposed to find you?"

  "Don't call me little girl!" Xiaoying glared, hands on hips and chest out, saying: "Where am I small? You take a look where I'm small. If you call me little girl again, I won't call you Brother Ye, I'll call you little brat!"

  Ye Chen was speechless for a moment, this little Qing seemed not only cute but also very fierce. He said: "Okay, I won't call you 'little scoundrel', calling you Xiao Qing is fine. You still have to tell me how to find you later."

  "Hmm, that's about right." Xiaoying looked satisfied, pointing to the exploded tomb a few miles away and said: "You see, that's my home. From now on, if you call my name in front of the tomb, people will naturally know it's me."

  "Alright, I'll remember your home." Ye Chen smiled and thought that this little Qing was really interesting, probably a lively and playful girl in her previous life.

  "Uh-huh, we've got a deal then. Goodbye, Brother Ye, I'm going to go refine my yin energy now, goodbye." Xiaoying waved at Ye Chen and her body suddenly transformed into a dark gust of wind that vanished into thin air, the next moment she had already entered the burst-open grave.

  After Xiaoying entered the tomb, the mud around the tomb flew up and automatically converged to the middle. In the blink of an eye, a complete tomb appeared there, with a tombstone standing in front of it.

  The Tomb of Wei Xiaoying

  Ye Chen quietly took a glance and then quickly walked towards the other end of the canyon with Miao Miao.

  What I've seen and encountered today is really strange, I've seen zombies and ghosts, and also learned from Xiaoying that the Foshi mountain range may have a connection with two other planes of existence, 'Hell' and 'Yin Tian'.

  Hell belongs to which piece of Tian Di Ye Chen is not clear, it seems that its existence should be very special. Youming Heaven is one of the nine heavens, in his domain world 'Chaos Slays Nine Heavens' there is Youming Heaven.

  If the Fushi Mountain Range is really related to these two planes, and this place is said to be an ancient battlefield; the ancient battlefield of 'Hell' and 'Youming Heaven'? Ye Chen felt that the Fushi Mountain Range must have a great secret, a shocking mystery!

  A few major planes of heaven and earth battlefield, is there a great emperor participating in the war?

  The Emperor's blood, the Emperor's blood!

  Ye Chen seemed to see hope, if one day he could enter the deepest part of the Fushi Mountain Range, into the center of the ancient battlefield, maybe he could really find the Emperor's Blood!

  Ye Chen and Miao Miao flew quickly to the other end of the canyon, thinking as they went. After a while, Ye Chen shook his head, putting these thoughts aside for now. The priority was to leave the Fowei Mountains and arrive at the Lingquan Blessed Land, where he could start cultivating as soon as possible.

  Wanting to find the Flower of Fate, the Devil's Tears, and the Emperor's Blood, with Ye Chen's current cultivation, it was no different from a fool's dream, fundamentally an impossible thing. Even if he knew where these three things were, he didn't have the power to obtain them.

  "The Ninth Life Spring of the Mystic Realm of the Sea of Fate is surging!" Ye Chen muttered to himself, "It seems that I can only have a glimmer of hope when I reach that realm!"

  After leaving the canyon, Ye Chen no longer encountered any corpses or ghosts, and three days later finally walked out of the Fushi Mountain Range.

  A vast plain unfolded before his eyes, Ye Chen gazed into the distance, where countless mountains of varying sizes crisscrossed and stretched endlessly towards the horizon. Towering peaks pierced the clouds. On these mountains and peaks stood massive structures that exuded an aura of ancient years.

  At the end of the plain, at the forefront of the mountain range and peaks, a heavenly stele stands upright on the earth, at least ten thousand feet high, straight into the clouds.

  The stone monument was covered with the marks of years, and four huge characters on its surface shone with a mysterious green light, emitting an inexplicable aura of divinity.

  " Spirit Spring Blessing Land "

  Ye Chen looked at the countless mountain peaks and temples at the end of the plain, his heart filled with wonder. He had imagined the scale of Lingquan Fudi countless times, but now that he saw it, he realized what it meant to be grandiose, and it was simply astonishing.

  Those mountain ranges and peaks all belong to the Lingquan Fudi Zongmen region, covering an area of at least ten thousand miles in circumference, so vast that it's hard to imagine.

  Inside Lingquan Fudi, there are countless spiritual veins and spiritual peaks, with clouds and mist swirling around, the spiritual energy is so dense that it forms a belt-like shape.

  Ye Chen stood in the open plain, still several thousand miles away from Lingquan Blessed Land, but he could still clearly feel the fluctuations of various elemental spiritual energies transmitted from there.

  It's indeed worthy of being called Fudi, Ye Chen thought to himself. If Fudi is only a top-notch power in Dongzhou, then what about the even more powerful forces like Dongtian and the Academy? And what about the ancient imperial families that Yuling mentioned, what would they be like?

  Meow...

  Just as Ye Chen was indulging in his thoughts, Miao grabbed his clothes and meowed softly twice.

  Ye Chen came back to his senses, lowered his head and looked at it. In those azure eyes, he understood its meaning.

  "Don't make a fuss, Xian'er can't come out now. Let's talk about it after we enter the Lingquan Blessed Land, lest we stir up more trouble." Ye Chen shook his head and said.

  "Meow!"

  Meow meowed at Ye Chen with a glance, her expression filled with intense dissatisfaction, leaving Ye Chen speechless.

  "Alright, stop messing around, you can change back now. It's best if you're smaller than your smallest form before," Ye Chen said.

  "Meow!"

  Meow, a low cry, and its body was covered in white light. With an extremely unwilling gaze, it transformed into a miniature cat the size of a foot, and its body continued to shrink until it was only as big as a thumb, leaving Ye Chen stunned for a long time.

  Looking at the kitten that was as small as a thumb, Ye Chen's heart exclaimed in admiration, it was simply comparable to Sun Wukong's transformation, thinking big and getting big, thinking small and getting small, seemingly without limits.

  Whoosh.

  Meow meowed into a white light and flew into Ye Chen's ear, after which Ye Chen heard the sound of snoring. This guy was actually sleeping in his ear.

  Ye Chen shook his head and smiled lightly, unfolding his body as he stepped on the divine wind step and quickly flew towards the Lingquan blessed land.

  A distance of several thousand miles was really too close for Ye Chen, and he arrived at the end of the plain in less than half an hour.

  Arriving at the Lingquan blessed land under the stone monument, Ye Chen felt that kind of grandeur, the four characters' divinity seemed to be able to purify one's soul.

  In front of a big road slanting upwards, straight to the first peak of Lingquan blessed land, as if leading to the top of the nine heavens. This is the only way into Lingquan blessed land, and all other places are completely sealed off by ancient arrays, and cannot be entered at all.

  Some of the disciples quickly discovered Ye Chen, and two of them stepped forward, landing in front of him in an instant. After sizing him up, they said, "You're here to participate in the disciple selection, aren't you?"

  "A few seniors, it's just below." Ye Chen nodded and said.

  "Hey, you're quite interesting. You haven't even entered the sect yet and you're already calling me Big Brother." A disciple of Lingquan Fudi looked at Ye Chen in surprise. Both of them were wearing blue shirts with a spiritual pattern embroidered on the front of their collars.