Chapter 123: Ling Xiao Cave's Heavenly Mechanism

  Ye Chen heard the words and looked up, only to see another group of powerful cultivators rushing over from the distant sky, this time not just a few people but more than a dozen. The first person sat in a sedan chair, with two huge ferocious beasts pulling the cart, and eight people followed on each side of the sedan chair, with divine light flowing around each person's body.

  The person sitting in the cart was shrouded in a divine aura, making it impossible to discern their features or even determine whether they were male or female.

  Rumble!

  Two ferocious beasts pulled a chariot from the void above Ye Chen and Zhan Xiaoling's heads, crushing them with a deafening roar like thunder, their majestic momentum shook the earth, and the beasts' aura filled the sky, cruel and brutal.

  "Something big must have happened in the depths of the forest, could it be that a treasure has been unearthed, attracting all the powerful figures to gather here?" Ye Chen thought to himself, wasn't this always the case in TV shows? He just didn't expect to encounter it in real life.

  Every few minutes, a strong side rushes over, they are not from the same direction, but from all sides, each strong side is mighty and unmatched.

  Rumble!

  Far, far away came another loud rumble, Ye Chen's eyes narrowed, what did he see? Three-headed Jiaolong pulled a palace over, the palace was similar to the Lingxiao Palace in the heavenly court of mythology. The palace was divine and transparent, with a body made of gold, but Ye Chen knew that it was not a palace made of gold, it must be made of extraordinary divine materials.

  On both sides and behind the palace, several people followed, each with a halo on their head, looking extremely sacred.

  "What kind of people are these?" Ye Chen's heart was stirred up like a stormy sea, and at this moment he had already become certain that the Back Earth Forest must have produced some extraordinary treasure to attract so many incredibly powerful figures.

  "Rumble!"

  A three-headed dragon with a black iron chain around its neck, pulling the palace all the way through the sky, passing over Ye Chen and Zhan Xiaoling's heads.

  Suddenly, Ye Chen's mind was shocked, and at this moment he found that his body couldn't move half a step, and Zhan Xiaoling beside him was the same, both of them were trapped there, unable to move an inch.

  "How interesting!"

  A voice came from the palace in the sky, and it echoed in Ye Chen and Zhan Xiaoling's ears, making them feel that this voice was extremely ethereal, as if it had come from the ninth heaven.

  "Actually found a spiritual tripod body here!" The voice rose again, extremely calm and flat, without any ripples.

  "Heavenly Lord, this Spiritual Cauldron's physique is extremely rare. In our Ling Xiao Cave Heaven, she can be considered a peerless beauty. This old man will take her away now and when we return to the cave heaven, we'll cultivate her well. She will definitely bring great glory to our Ling Xiao Cave Heaven in the future." An elderly white-haired elder beside the palace said.

  "Hmm, Tianji Elder, you go bring her here." The voice in the palace said.

  "Yes." Tianji Zi replied respectfully.

  Ye Chen and Zhan Xiaoling listened to the conversation above, and they already understood in their hearts that the reason why they couldn't move was because the people above had sealed their own auras, and when they heard that they were going to take away Zhan Xiaoling, Ye Chen's heart rose with both excitement and loss.

  Ling Xiao Dong Tian is one of the top forces in the Eastern State, so powerful that it's impossible to estimate. Zhan Xiaoling being accepted as a disciple by Ling Xiao Dong Tian is her good fortune, and Ye Chen has no reason not to let her go.

  It's just that soon we have to part ways, Ye Chen originally had a heart full of things suddenly felt like it was hollowed out, an unbearable sense of loss.

  Tianji stepped down from the sky and appeared in front of Ye Chen and Zhan Xiaoling in an instant. His gaze only slightly swept over Ye Chen before shifting to Zhan Xiaoling's body.

  The smile on that old face grew more and more, but suddenly all the smiles on his face stiffened, a flash of killing intent in his eyes, turned to look at Ye Chen, that gaze was like thousands of sharp blades, in an instant, Ye Chen felt every part of his body ache to the core, as if thousands of sharp blades were cutting through his flesh and blood, his consciousness began to disperse, as if it would collapse at any moment.

  "Pffft!"

  Ye Chen spat out a mouthful of blood. His eyes, unwavering and unyielding, stared at Tianji Zi, this old thing that had been oppressing him with its aura for no reason, causing a deep-seated hatred to rise up in Ye Chen's heart!

  "No, don't, don't hurt him!" Zhan Xiaoling shouted loudly, she wanted to struggle but found herself unable to move, tears gushing out, "Ye Chen, are you okay, Ye Chen..."

  "Huh!" Tianji's eyes flashed with a hint of surprise, staring at Ye Chen intently. "Orange-golden blood, what kind of physique do you have?" After speaking, his powerful divine sense sank into Ye Chen's body.

  "What, the Great Dao Seal?" Tianji Elder was even more shocked, his eyes shining brightly as he stared at Ye Chen for a long time before saying: "What kind of physique do you have? You actually suffered the punishment of the Heavenly Dao, and can only be an ordinary person in this life!"

  Tianji Zi said, looking at Zhan Xiaoling: "Little girl, you are the body of Lingding, this kind of physique is precious, do you know? You're actually with him, a person sealed by the Great Way. It's really foolish. Your virgin body was broken by him?"

  "What's it to you?" Zhan Xiaoling's face turned slightly red, glaring at Tianji Elder, saying: "I love him, giving my body to him is nothing wrong, I'm willing with all my heart, and I'm proud of it!"

  "Are you proud of this?" Tianji Elder's eyes were cold and stern as he looked at Ye Chen, saying: "A mortal like him is just an ant, not worthy of you in any way. In the past, it was none of my business, but from now on, I will be keeping an eye on everything you do!"

  "Hum! What right do you have to interfere with me?" Zhan Xiaoling stared at Tianji Elder without showing any weakness, her voice filled with anger.

  "What right do you have, encountering a spiritual body like yours, we Ling Xiao Dong Tian can't miss the opportunity. Are you waiting for another force to take you away? From now on, you are my 108th personally transmitted disciple of this generation." Tian Ji Zi said strongly, then looked at Ye Chen, his face cold, saying: "She is already my personally transmitted disciple of Ling Xiao Dong Tian, with a noble status. Even the masters of the four great blessed lands would have to show respect when meeting her. You have tarnished her, how can you be allowed to live?"

  Tianji Zi finished speaking and stretched out his big hand, directly slapping it down onto Ye Chen's head.

  Ye Chen was shocked and struggled with all his might, but to no avail. He watched in horror as the palm that contained terrifying power slowly approached his head.

  "Stop!"

  Zhan Xiaoling's face turned pale and her voice was hoarse from shouting, "If you dare to hurt him in the slightest, I will kill myself right here!"

  Tianji's hand suddenly stopped in mid-air, his face changing from cloudy to sunny and back again. Finally, he let out a cold hum and said, "Death can be forgiven, but living is hard to escape. I'll give you some punishment!"

  The Heavenly Master's hand was overflowing with magical power, and he lowered a strand of spiritual thread into Ye Chen's head. Ye Chen's face changed instantly, his eyes coldly glaring at him.

  "You, what have you done to him? If anything happens to him, don't think I'll be your Ling Xiao Dong Tian's direct disciple!" Zhan Xiaoling looked at Ye Chen with sorrow, her expression darkening, tears welling up in her eyes. "Ye Chen, when I've achieved my cultivation goals, I'll definitely come find you. Remember, a promise is a promise, we'll never forget each other even in life and death!"

  "Go, cultivate well, we will have plenty of opportunities in the future." Ye Chen forced a smile, and when it was time to part ways, he felt the most sorrowful. The dense ancient forest around him seemed to wither away, and a desolate feeling rose up in his heart.

  "Uh-huh, I will. I'll listen to you and cultivate well." Zhan Xiaoling was already sobbing uncontrollably, turned her head to look at Tianji Elder and said: "Can you lift the seal on us? I have something to give him."

  The Heavenly Master waved his hand and Ye Chen and Zhan Xiaoling suddenly felt their bodies lighten, instantly regaining their ability to move.

  "Ye Chen." Zhan Xiaoling walked to Ye Chen's side, took out the two first-class low-grade spiritual herbs from her storage bag and put them in his hands, saying: "I don't need this anymore, you take it. Wait for me, you must wait for me to come find you!"

  Ye Chen silently nodded, tightly hugged her and said: "Go, don't worry about me."

  "And here, this is a crystal hologram I brought from our original place, with my photo inside. With it, I am by your side..." Zhan Xiaoling finally took out a palm-sized square crystal and handed it to Ye Chen, the crystal bearing her image.

  "I'm leaving." Zhan Xiaoling looked at Ye Chen, her eyes blurred with tears, biting her lower lip and turning to walk to the side of Tianji Elder, saying: "Let's go."

  Tianji Elder took Zhan Xiaoling and stepped into the sky, soon the three-headed Jiaolong on top of the Tianqiong pulled the palace with a loud noise and disappeared from Ye Chen's line of sight.

  Ye Chen walked a few steps, feeling heavy-hearted and powerless, leaning against a large tree, recalling the warmth of this period, but the beauty had already gone far away.

  After a moment of loss, Ye Chen gathered his emotions and buried the sorrow of parting in his heart, carefully sensing the thread of divine power that Tianji had infused into his body.

  "You're a ruthless old man!"

  Ye Chen secretly hated that thread of spiritual power, which was roaming inside his body. The speed at which it roamed gradually increased, and as the speed increased, the spiritual power became more and more violent. Although the change was very slow, Ye Chen knew that if he waited a little longer, the spiritual power left in his body by Tianji Elder would become so violent that his meridians would be unable to withstand it. At that time, all of his meridians would burst open under the impact of this violent spiritual power, and finally shatter inch by inch.

  It's not just the meridians, but even the dantian has been affected, however Ye Chen is not worried about his own dantian, as it has the Great Dao seal, and with Tianji Elder's abilities, it's impossible to cause any harm to it.

  "You old scoundrel, you've wronged me! One day I'll cut off your head to avenge today's humiliation!" Ye Chen's hands grasped the tree trunk, his ten fingers deeply embedded in it, and the veins on the back of his hand bulged.

  After a while, Ye Chen finally calmed down. He couldn't expel the remaining thread of Tianji's power from his body, but he could probably guess that it would disappear on its own after destroying his meridians. This wouldn't take his life, as with his vitality and broken meridians, he could reconnect them. It wasn't a big deal, he just needed to find a safe place later.