Chapter Twenty-Four: Ye Chen's Heart

  Ye Jia's backyard, a flat area, Ye Chen sat cross-legged, like a boulder, motionless. It had been half a month since he last went to Qing Shan Town. In this short period of time, every day he would frantically guide the spiritual energy to stimulate cell particles.

  Eight cell particles, seven of which have already awakened, the last one has approached the size of a fingertip, and the vigorous life energy is surging inside. The surface of that cell particle is constantly bulging and expanding, as if it will burst open at any time.

  The spiritual energy in the chest seal has been consumed by more than half, and the remaining spiritual energy is guided by Ye Chen, gathering into strands of crazy surging into cellular microparticles.

  Cuckoo...

  A sound came from the cell particle, and Ye Chen's eyelids twitched slightly. He could feel that the cell particle had expanded to its limit, and the vital energy was about to burst out. And he would once again increase his power by one head of a fierce beast.

  As soon as this cell particle's blood and gas explosion starts, the flesh and skeleton will be refined again, and then it will enter the sixth segment of the marrow boundary. After entering the sixth segment, the overall strength will have a major boost, at that time even if there are eight-stage strongmen guarding the purchase of spiritual medicine in several big families, Ye Chen also has confidence to kill them.

  A powerful life force surged through the tiny particles of cells, making a gurgling sound. The spiritual energy in the chest seal continued to flow into the cellular particles, and at this point, the spiritual energy stored in the chest seal had almost been depleted.

  The surface of that cell particle swelled even more violently, feeling the cell particle was about to burst. Ye Chen's heart was delighted, and at this moment, a loud explosion sounded, and that cell particle cracked open. The lifeblood gushed out like a flood, instantly flowing to every part of his body, and his flesh and bones were once again refined.

  Ye Chen's skin was covered with a thin layer of pale glow, as if moonlight had fallen on it, and his bones became even whiter, like jade. The impurities in him were once again expelled from the body, densely covering the surface of his skin, emitting a foul odor.

  Six chapters, finally entered the sixth chapter!

  Ye Chen was overjoyed, the blood energy had not yet subsided, and through the bones, it was washing and refining the bone marrow, continuously expelling impurities from the body, a layer of blackness, like muddy water, but Ye Chen thoroughly enjoyed this process, he could feel himself becoming stronger bit by bit.

  Awakening the power of a savage beast, breaking through the fifth stage peak, entering the sixth stage marrow realm, Ye Chen's strength has increased greatly, far beyond just one head of a savage beast. The awakening of cellular particles and the breakthrough of the realm have at least added four heads of savage beast power to Ye Chen.

  In Ye Chen's body, fifteen golden cell particles were arranged together, like the twinkling stars in the vast starry sky. And he didn't count his physical cultivation realm strength, but just the blood energy of his awakened cells alone gave him the power of a full fifteen heads of fierce beasts.

  Ye Chen is now a human-shaped beast, with terrifying strength in the sixth stage of his cultivation. His physical body has become incredibly powerful to an unimaginable extent.

  "Zhao family, Gou family, Duanmu family, City Master's Mansion, I'm here! Your spiritual medicine will all belong to me!" Ye Chen muttered to himself, got up and ran towards the forest, soon he arrived at the lake by the back mountain.

  Looking at this beautiful lake, the scene of the fairy bathing seemed to appear in front of him again, and even the jade body that entwined his body in his dreams that night floated in his mind.

  These scenes involuntarily emerged, making Ye Chen's heart surge and difficult to suppress. Although he had finally seen that the woman was Yuling in his spring dream that night, now thinking about it, Ye Chen suddenly felt a kind of heat all over his body. He felt that the blood in his body was accelerating its circulation, and there was a desire sprouting at the bottom of his heart, wanting to vent, wanting to conquer.

  It seems that Yu Linglong has a special impulse in Ye Chen's subconscious mind, which is a desire to conquer and possess.

  Ye Chen shook his head vigorously, trying his best to suppress the turmoil in his heart. His eyes became puzzled, and at this moment, he seemed to have realized something.

  "Jade aunt, Jade Linglong, what have you done to me..." Ye Chen muttered to himself, and he had a hint of vigilance about his subconscious desires. This was something that shouldn't happen at all. He had only been with Jade Linglong for a short time, and even if she were the most beautiful and charming woman in the world, it wouldn't be enough to make him feel this way. And yet, she was his nominal aunt, which made it even more unacceptable.

  But as soon as he thought of her, Ye Chen's mind involuntarily conjured up that face veiled in gauze, those autumnal eyes, and that noble and seductive temperament.

  Coming into this world, Ye Chen became a young boy, but he had a mature mind. He was suspicious and speculative about his abnormal psychology, the mysterious Yu Linglong must have done something to him.

  "Don't think about it, calm down, don't think about it..." Ye Chen muttered to himself, "Except for Lingling, I won't have such desires and thoughts towards any other woman, absolutely not, won't happen..."

  Another figure emerged in Ye Chen's mind, the woman who had loved for seven years on earth but ultimately couldn't be together. Her every smile and frown could move Ye Chen's heart. The woman Ye Chen loved most in this life was also his greatest regret.

  They know each other, understand each other, love each other...

  Gradually, the figure of Yuling faded from Ye Chen's mind, replaced by another figure, her gentleness, her thoughtfulness, and her hurt, all emerging in his heart, scenes from the past unfolding one by one in his mind.

  Ye Chen walked step by step towards the lake, and in that sparkling lake, he seemed to see her standing alone in the center of the water. At this moment, she smiled with tears, sadly and quietly calling out to him.

  She once said, "Ye Chen, you must believe me, believe that I love you. The whole world can distrust me, but you cannot..."

  "Yes, I believe you. I know you have too many concerns and entanglements, so I don't blame you. It's just that in each other's lives, we will leave behind regrets that cannot be erased..." These were the words Ye Chen had once said to her.

  Ye Chen involuntarily swam towards the center of the lake, and as he got closer, he seemed to be able to feel her heartbeat and smell her scent. Finally, when he reached the center of the lake, the beauty stood alone on the water's surface, with tears streaming down her face, filled with sorrow and melancholy.

  "Lingling..." Ye Chen's eyes became very gentle, like a clear breeze blowing over the lake water, lightly stroking the shore. He raised his hand and slowly reached out to the beauty in front of him, his movements light and cautious, as if he was afraid she would suddenly disappear.

  Just as his hand was about to touch her body, the moment their skin made contact, a chill ran through him, causing Ye Chen's entire body to stiffen and shudder. Suddenly, the figure shattered like broken glass, dispersing into tiny points of light that floated in mid-air, resembling fireflies dancing in flight.

  Ye Chen's hand froze in mid-air, his heart suddenly shrouded in boundless terror, until all the light rain disappeared, he let out a painful roar.

  "Lingling!"

  Ye Chen's voice was filled with sorrow, longing, reluctance to part, and regret. The sky was chaotic, birds flew in shock, small beasts scurried about, and the surrounding area within a few miles was in turmoil.

  It wasn't until a long time had passed that Ye Chen finally woke up with a start, recalling the scene from earlier and sighing bitterly: "So it was all just an illusion..."

  Looking at the distant horizon, Ye Chen whispered to himself: "Lingling, are you doing well in your hometown? This life we will never meet again, I can no longer protect you, please take good care of yourself..."

  "Jade Auntie, if you really did something to me, then what's the point... " Ye Chen muttered to himself, "Once a vast ocean is hard to become water again, Jade Auntie no matter what you want to do, I'm afraid it will all be in vain..."

  At this time, in a distant place in the eastern state, Yulingong wore a purple palace dress, with a light gauze covering her face. She stood at the top of a mountain peak, with the clear wind blowing up her sleeves, as if she were about to ride the wind back to the nine heavens. Her face was towards the direction of Chu Di, and her watery eyes rippled like autumn waves, her gaze looking far into the horizon, as if wanting to penetrate through the void.

  "Chen Er, you actually already have someone you love... " Yuling's jade-like hands covered her chest, her heart aching with pain, and a hint of sadness rose in her charming eyes. "At the time when Auntie was in trouble, your heart could only think of loving Auntie alone, how can you resist the power of Qing Si's emotional tribulation... "

  Yu Ling's eyes fluttered with a bewildered expression, "Heartache, heartache is actually this feeling... The emotional entanglement of Qing Si is not only around Chen Er, but also me. If I fall like this, my heart will be hard to let go, and Hui Jian has flaws, what should I do..."

  Jade was bewildered and afraid, she had spent her whole life cultivating, both her natural talent and physical constitution were among the best in the world, but she had never experienced love between men and women. She wanted to break through, establish her own way, choose to establish her way by cutting off emotions, with a terrifying emotional calamity that entwined Ye Chen and herself with green silk, but now, the taste of heartache made her secretly panic.

  She even began to waver, questioning her own choice, whether it was right to start with this path. This had just begun, and there were still several years to go. Under the entanglement of emotional tribulations, she didn't know if she could ultimately break free from them. Her Dao heart was already wavering, and flaws had appeared.

  In the lake behind Ye's house, Ye Chen had collected his emotions, washed off the stains on his body, and then swam to the shore, quickly put on his clothes. Seeing that it was almost dusk, Ye Chen rushed down the mountain in big strides.

  Back in the small courtyard, I saw Nang'er practicing her palm technique. She had mastered the "Falling Petals" palm that Ye Wen Tian taught her, and her movements were as smooth as a butterfly dancing in the air. Her slender hands left a trail of palm prints in the empty space, matching perfectly with her pink dress, giving off a truly "falling petals" feeling.

  "Ah, Master, you're back! Why are you so early today?" After finishing a set of palm techniques, Nanniang turned around and saw Ye Chen standing at the school gate looking at her, asking in surprise.