Chapter 97: The Selection Match

  "Never mind."

  Ye Yan stretched out her delicate white hand to cover Ye Chen's mouth, patted his hand and softly said: "You hurry up and treat your injuries. I'll go outside and keep watch for you."

  "No need, the two strong men from the City Lord's mansion are guarding outside, you just stay in the house, Yan sister. As long as you don't disturb me during my recovery, that's fine." Ye Chen shook his head.

  "Uh, then you'd better heal quickly." Ye Yan's voice was somewhat urgent. Although she knew that Ye Chen's physique was special and this kind of injury wouldn't be life-threatening, she still couldn't help but worry.

  Ye Chen smiled slightly, his eyes slowly closing as he discarded all distractions, controlling the Chaotic Heavenly Seal as it wildly absorbed the spiritual energy from the outside world. At the same time, he took out a low-grade superior spirit medicine from his storage bag and placed it on his chest, allowing the Chaotic Heavenly Seal to absorb it.

  After all, in a city like Yingcheng, the spiritual energy is too thin, almost equal to none. That little spiritual energy can't be used to repair and nourish damaged internal organs. To recover as soon as possible, one must use spiritual medicine.

  Tomorrow is the first day of Yingcheng's big competition, and people from all four major cities will come. Ye Chen cannot give up, even if he has a serious injury, as long as he still has some strength to fight, he must go on stage, so tonight he must recover as much as possible.

  His divine consciousness entered his body, and Ye Chen saw countless cracks on the five internal organs, which were all stained with blood clots. However, at this moment, the five internal organs did not bleed again, and those wounds were wrapped in spiritual energy to stop the bleeding. But it was difficult for Ye Chen to recover. He saw a thread of emerald green spiritual power flowing through the five internal organs, each flow destroying his internal organs.

  Those spiritual powers were the sword aura that seeped into his body through the sword tip of Qin Feng's spiritual sword, and at that time, although Ye Chen shattered the sword aura, there was still a thread of spiritual power that pierced into his body. Fortunately, it was only a thread of spiritual power; otherwise, the consequences would be unthinkable.

  Ye Chen tried to use the spiritual energy in the Chaotic Sacred Mark to neutralize those spiritual powers, but it had no effect at all. Those strands of spiritual power were extremely overbearing, and they completely rejected the spiritual energy that was pouring into Ye Chen's body. In the end, Ye Chen could only use his blood energy to expel them. Under the flow of orange-golden blood energy, those strands of spiritual power retreated as quickly as mice seeing a cat, and were soon forced out of his internal organs and then out of his body through his pores.

  In the room, Ye Yan sat on the edge of the bed with a worried face, staring at Ye Chen who was sitting cross-legged on the bed with his eyes closed to heal his wounds. Suddenly, a thread of spiritual energy emerged from Ye Chen's body, and Ye Yan was shocked, opening her mouth but unable to wake Ye Chen up, fearing that she would disturb him.

  As for spiritual energy and spiritual power, Ye Yan also knew some things. Spiritual power is more refined than spiritual energy. The original energy that exists in the world is called spiritual energy, which is divided into various attributes. Spiritual power, on the other hand, is a force formed by practitioners compressing and condensing it within their bodies, making it even more refined compared to spiritual energy.

  The moment the spiritual energy overflowed from Ye Chen's body surface, Ye Yan felt it. Such a pure power was absolutely not spiritual energy but spiritual force.

  How could Ye Chen's body have a spiritual energy overflow, he was just a mortal realm cultivator, his body couldn't possibly store spiritual energy, all the spiritual energy absorbed into his body had been refined and transformed into flesh and blood, yet now it overflowed with spiritual energy.

  Ye Yan's heart tightened, staring intently at Ye Chen for a moment, afraid that he was in danger. Ye Yan wasn't stupid and quickly thought of a possibility - Ye Chen's incredibly strong physique and recovery ability. These injuries would be severe for an ordinary person, but for Ye Chen, it was impossible that they would render him almost unable to move.

  So all of this was because the spiritual energy that overflowed from his body earlier, and Qin Feng's battle with Ye Chen, had been destroying the vitality within his body, until now when it was finally forced out. Ye Yan understood everything, and her tightly wound heart gradually relaxed, a hint of a smile appearing on her face. The spiritual energy left in Ye Chen's body by Qin Feng was forced out, which meant that Ye Chen's injury really wasn't serious, and with his strong physique and abundant blood energy, he would recover quickly.

  After the spiritual energy was forced out of his body, Ye Chen's damaged internal organs were quickly repaired. The spiritual energy and blood energy nourished each other, and the wound gradually closed. The residual blood energy in his body also began to multiply: one gave birth to two, two gave birth to three, and three gave birth to thousands and millions.

  Blood and energy also recovered to their peak state within two or three hours, the powerful lifeblood enveloped the internal organs, vitality was limitless, and internal injuries healed quickly.

  Outside the room, on the rooftop of a house in the small courtyard, Tie Jun and Er Lao sat at either end of the ridge, the sky was already dimly lit, and the gentle breeze blew by, causing Tie Jun's hair to flutter. "Tie Lao Da, you said Ye Shao Ye won't have any trouble, right?"

  "I hope nothing happens, otherwise it would be our dereliction of duty. We wouldn't dare to face the city master, and the city master couldn't withstand the wrath of the King of Chu either. The consequences would be severe, extending to nine generations!" Tie Lao let out a soft sigh, his words filled with worry.

  "Hey, at first we both saw it clearly, that Qin Feng was using a spiritual sword, and he had said before that it was a super strong spiritual sword forged from the sixth-order Spring of Life's turbulent energy. When the spiritual power of the sword shattered, those few strands of spiritual power that entered Ye Shao's body were seen by us both. Can a mortal realm cultivator really withstand it?" Lord Jun shook his head.

  Tie Lao looked at him and said, "Have you forgotten that when Qin Feng first arrived at the Ye family, Young Master Ye was only in the fifth stage of physical cultivation, his meridians were severed by Qin Feng, but he also severely injured Qin Feng. In the end, Young Master Ye's meridians mysteriously recovered. Can a person in the Physical Realm who can stir up the Second Life Spring in the Secret Realm of the Nether Sea severely injure someone like that?"

  "Hey, I forgot that Young Master Ye also has a spiritual soldier in his body, but it seems to be a protective spiritual soldier. In that case, he should be fine. However, Young Master Ye's blood energy is actually orange-gold in color, and it can even release external blood energy to clash with Qin Feng's spiritual power. This is simply unheard of, unprecedented, and truly unbelievable." Jun Lao let out a sigh of astonishment, his face filled with intense shock.

  "Master Ye has many secrets, let's not pry into them lest we invite trouble." Iron Old said in a low voice, then changed the subject and said: "Old Jun, after dawn you return to the City Master's mansion to report last night's events to the City Master, I'll stay here on guard."

  The old man nodded, and then the two of them stopped talking, sitting silently on the rooftop. The eastern sky had already risen with a hint of white clouds, and rays of light were about to pierce through the cloud layer.

  Daybreak, Ye Chen's injuries had stabilized, but he would need some time to fully recover. After all, he was only a Mortal Realm cultivator, and the attack that injured him was a spiritual one, coming from the Super Strong Cultivator who had undergone six cycles of baptism in the Nether Springs' Spirit Armament.

  At dawn, Ye Chen withdrew his divine consciousness from his body, and the fatigue and weakness on his face disappeared. His blood and energy were more vigorous than ever before. He opened his eyes, and a sharp light flashed in them, just in time to see Ye Yan sitting quietly by the bed, staring at him.

  Ye Chen's heart warmed up, and he could clearly feel Ye Yan's concern for him. A hint of warmth and tenderness flashed in his eyes, and with a slightly reproachful tone, he said: "You didn't sleep all night, aren't you afraid of having dark circles under your eyes?"

  "Dark circles?" Ye Yan was taken aback, seeing Ye Chen wake up, full of energy, and her heart filled with joy. Just as she was about to speak, Ye Chen spoke first. Ye Yan glared at Ye Chen and said, "So what if I have dark circles? I'm still your sister."

  "No, it's a national treasure." Ye Chen smiled and said casually.

  "What national treasure? What are you talking about?" Ye Yan was perplexed and completely didn't understand what Ye Chen meant.

  Ye Chen wiped the sweat, just casually said, smiled and didn't explain, got out of bed, then pushed Ye Yan out of the room, changed into a clean set of clothes before walking out. He looked at the next room and asked: "How are those siblings doing?"

  "It's nothing." Ye Yan shook his head, and then a worried look floated up in his eyes again, "Chen brother, are you still going to participate in the selection competition? Your injury..."

  "The selection tournament must go, for now, this is our greatest and only opportunity. The difference between the physical realm and the Secret Realm of Fate is too great, I must enter the Secret Realm of Fate as soon as possible, otherwise, when we encounter another strong opponent like Qin Feng again, it will be difficult to cope." Ye Chen shook his head and said with certainty.

  Ye Yan was also clear that this selection match was a must-attend, but she was worried about Ye Chen's body. Although he looked spirited, the extent of his injuries would not have allowed him to fully recover in just two or three hours, even if his physical strength was abnormal.

  "Master Ye."

  Tie Lao jumped down from the rooftop and bowed slightly towards Ye Chen, "How's Young Master Ye's injury recovering?"

  "It's all right now. Thank you for your help last night." Ye Chen said, then pointed to the room where the sister and brother were staying, "There is a pair of siblings living in there, please find someone to take care of them, don't let anything go wrong, we are about to leave the inn to participate in the selection competition at the city center arena, so please find someone to take care of this place."

  "Yes, Young Master Ye instructed me to do my best." Iron Old replied, then looked at Ye Chen and said: "Young Master Ye, your injury should not have healed yet. At this time going to participate in the tournament is probably..."

  "Heh, no problem." Ye Chen smiled faintly, exuding an air of unparalleled confidence. "Even if I'm injured, a mortal realm cultivator like you poses no threat to me. Let's go first, you arrange things for now."

  "Yes." Iron Old replied, opening his mouth, but ultimately didn't say anything else.

  Ye Chen and Ye Yan left the inn, heading directly to the arena in the center of Ying City. Along the way, Ye Chen told Ye Yan about the identities of the two old men and the royal decree that Fei Yun had shown him. Ye Yan's face was filled with shock, but when Ye Chen mentioned what Yu Linglong had said before, she finally felt relieved, and at the same time, she couldn't help but marvel at how a single word from a disciple of a powerful force could have such weight, not only sparing the Ye family from punishment but also granting them a first-class dukedom.

  It was just that Ye Chen and Ye Yan didn't know that all of this wasn't because of Yu Linglong, but rather because of Ye Wen Tian.

  When leaving the inn, Ye Chen released Xiao Xianfeng from the space of Hun Dun Xianhen in a deserted place. The little girl's big eyes were red and swollen, and she burst into tears as soon as she saw Ye Chen. In Ye Chen's confusion, she hugged his neck tightly and sobbed continuously, repeating "Big brother, you scared Xian'er to death, scared Xian'er to death."

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