Chapter 508: Chapter 497: Sword Cultivator Father
After everything was taken care of, Ye Qiu bid farewell to Old Turtle and Li Yuan, and also declined the additional reward Li Xin offered him, since he had already gained a lot in the Merfolk Secret Realm.
"Little Jin, has your cultivation improved?" With no outsiders around, Ye Qiu finally had the time to discuss this matter with the Little Golden Crow.
During this secret realm adventure, he could clearly feel that Little Jin was not previously capable of such profound knowledge of Arrays, and the power of the flames it spewed seemed to have increased as well.
"Qiuqiu, yes, I’ve grown up," replied the Little Golden Crow, looking very happy, but its temperament seemed no different from before.
"Then, have you remembered anything?" Ye Qiu gripped his sword tightly, asking with difficulty, "Like my identity, for instance, or where we come from?"
"Identity? Where we come from?" The Little Golden Crow shook its head and then looked at Ye Qiu with a blank expression.
Seeing this, Ye Qiu sighed; he knew the mystery wouldn’t be so easily solved.
"Then how do you know about Array knowledge?"
"You taught me, Qiuqiu!" the Little Golden Crow answered naturally, but when it tried to think further, its mind became muddled again.
"Qiuqiu, Little Jin can’t remember, where do we come from after all?" Little Jin looked confused and sighed just like Ye Qiu.
Ye Qiu chuckled and patted its furry head: "Alright, if you can’t remember, then don’t force it. One day, we’ll find out."
He wasn’t just speaking empty words. Perhaps due to the higher tier of this world or because he had cultivated the Soul Power Technique, Ye Qiu had been dreaming more frequently lately, with fragments flashing through his mind. However, these fragments were always disjointed, and any deep contemplation would make his head feel like it was going to explode.
Nevertheless, this was also a sign, indicating that he was getting closer to the truth. One day, as his Divine Soul became stronger and the Little Golden Crow’s cultivation grew higher, he would undoubtedly learn the truth.
Sensing Ye Qiu’s thoughts, the System shivered and quickly hid, as if fearing Ye Qiu would notice something abnormal.
"Let’s go, Little Jin. Let’s go find some more treasures." Since there were things he was not meant to know now and he didn’t have the ability to learn them, Ye Qiu decided not to dwell on them.
He should focus on completing the tasks of this world, since he didn’t want to fail and miss out on Merit Points. After all, Merit Points could sometimes be exchanged for many good things at the System, like the Soul Power Technique. He had never seen a more profound Cultivation Technique than this even at the Tianyan Sect.
And then there are those skills that could enhance luck, along with Hacker God and God of Cooking skills and so on; these didn’t seem like things that could be produced without effort. The origin of the System was even more mysterious—how many earth-shattering skills did it possess?
Moreover, he also wanted to know how many treasures of Lin Shen he could find.
And right now, it doesn’t belong to anyone; an unclaimed object naturally becomes the possession of whoever finds it.
Upon hearing about treasure hunting, Little Golden Crow also became interested. It had just finished its seclusion and did not want to continue with another one immediately. Moreover, this world was far more interesting than the previous ones, and who knows, it might even find an Active Spiritual Vein to place in its space!
As for the Ice Flame, leaving it alone there would be a waste; it could find more Ice Attribute Spirit Plants to grow around it and nurture them. Perhaps one day it might develop into a space as formidable as Little Wood Spirit’s!
Speaking of Little Wood Spirit, Little Golden Crow also missed it somewhat. As both were from the Cultivation World, it wondered if this world communicated with their own.
Meanwhile, as Ye Qiu wandered around with Little Golden Crow, the Tianyan Sect was abuzz with the news that Ye Qiu had found a secret realm and an Active Spiritual Vein, and had contributed them to the sect.
This secret realm had been personally inspected by Qin Guan. Indeed, just like his senior brother said, nothing was left. Even that Spirit Vein might be damaged if they mined any more Spirit Stones from it, let alone other treasures. Only the palace held some value, but it wasn’t intact either; the walls weren’t the only part affected, his senior brother didn’t even spare some of the palace doors. Qin Guan didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.
However, the Transmission Array inside the palace was a bit of a problem. Although the senior brother said that the other end was controlled by someone, after all, it was a direct passage to the Great Thousand World – how enticing that was.
It remained unknown which part of the Great Thousand World it would send one to; whether Tianyan Sect had any forces there, or how formidable the local powers were.
Qin Guan felt it fruitless to ponder further and, after consulting with the Upper Realm, decided to completely destroy the Transmission Array to avoid unnecessary trouble.
After discussing with the sect elders, he decided to exchange the secret realm with Wuji Sect. As for how much was exchanged from Wuji Sect, that remained unknown. Ye Qiu only knew that his sect points had become an astronomical figure, which was even sufficient for him and Ye Sheng to use at the sect headquarters in the Great Thousand World.
The Tianyan Sect in the Great Thousand World was also a Major Sect, with more Cultivation Techniques and opportunities. Sect points – no disciple from a Major Sect would ever find them too much.
And at this moment, Ye Qiu also realized how fortunate Lin Shen was; in his previous life, he acquired not only the Merfolk Secret Realm, but also other treasures that probably made him richer than a medium-sized sect!
But in this life, Ye Qiu had already disrupted Lin Shen’s luck; was it still possible to find the assets that belonged to Lin Shen in the previous life?
Right now, Lin Shen was cultivating within the sect, with a solemn and cold expression at a young age. His severity and coldness were different from Ye Qiu’s. Ye Qiu, though often stern and aloof, mostly came off as such because he wasn’t good at socializing and was focused solely on sword practice. Hence, his sternness was merely for display, and those who truly understood him wouldn’t be afraid.
Lin Shen’s brand of severity and iciness was more about pushing people thousands of miles away. Whenever someone approached him, his first thought was whether they meant to harm or scheme against him, filled with cold-bloodedness, heartlessness, and rejection.
And his master, Master Wu’an, cultivated the Heartless Dao. Even after taking Lin Shen as a disciple, he treated him with only a sense of responsibility and admiration. If you’re talking about affection, there really wasn’t any.
Therefore, Lin Shen, having been in the sect for half a year, still felt no sense of belonging to it. He even harbored hostility towards his fellow disciples and brothers. If not for his low cultivation and the sect’s rules, he might have already killed those who brought him this torment.
Especially lately, Lin Shen felt as if he was losing something, extremely irritable, with a heavy killing intent. Even those who deliberately stirred up trouble by his ear didn’t dare to get close anymore.