Chapter 473: Chapter 39: Admiration
"Hehe, Little Brother Yue, you’re not being honest. That boy with the steamed-bun face who’s with you, he’s not your real brother, right? That kid is really hiding his light under a bushel. The way he controlled the plants to fight just now almost scared me to death. By the way, when he comes back, tell him that not just the Imperial Military Department, but our Pengbo Family too, would like to hire him with a high salary. How old is he this year? We definitely don’t employ child labor," Jin Nuo was still clueless about the situation, but seeing the path ahead become clear again, he knew that Yue Chen’s departure meant the negotiations had already succeeded.
"Bang," unexpectedly, Yue Jinghua didn’t answer but gave Jin Nuo, who had leaned in close, a solid punch.
This punch was a blend of the essence of Western boxing and Eastern martial arts, catching Jin Nuo off guard and knocking out one of his front teeth.
"Have you gone dumb from eating the Heavenly Destiny Pill," after Jin Nuo spat out a mouthful of blood.
What replied to him was a Great Sword brimming with killing aura, placed right in front of Jin Nuo’s neck. Beneath the golden mask, Yue Jinghua was like a Killing God emanating a chilling and piercing gaze, "I told you to help keep an eye on them, not a single one less. That’s a promise."
After forcefully letting go of Jin Nuo, Yue Jinghua stood up angrily.
In her previous life, she was lonely, growing up in an orphanage and never experiencing the taste of family bonds.
After arriving in Canglong Continent, she struggled to adapt at first, but after more than a year of interaction, whether it was her beautiful mother Lie Rou or the annoylingly petulant Yue Chen, they had all become an inseparable part of Yue Jinghua’s life.
It was the Yue Family that allowed her to experience family affection for the first time. To her, Yue Chen was like a real brother and had long become family. If she lost him, neither Lie Rou nor she herself could forgive herself.
Jin Nuo was stunned but did not get angry. Instead, he just stood up with a sullen face.
Just as Yue Jinghua was about to enter deeper into the forest to find Yue Chen, someone walked through the path that appeared in front of them.
Looking closely, it turned out to be Ye Zi.
Earlier, Yue Chen had entered deep into the forest with Ye Zi and a group of Grass Soldiers and Wood Guards, but none had returned.
"Why are you alone? Where’s Yue Chen," Yue Jinghua asked, as she could tell from Ye Zi’s appearance that they likely hadn’t encountered any danger, and she breathed a sigh of relief.
"The Young Clan Leader is receiving an inheritance from Su Xi. He hopes you can come and witness the event," Ye Zi said with a complicated look as she gazed at Yue Jinghua.
"Who is Su Xi? And why is Yue Chen accepting his inheritance?" Yue Jinghua guessed that Su Xi must be the Guardian Beast of this small forest, but couldn’t understand why Yue Chen would need to accept his inheritance all of a sudden.
After Yue Chen and the Grass Soldiers and Wood Guards entered deeper into the forest, to their astonishment, they didn’t find any traces of the Chi Mei Clan. Instead, they came upon a Transmission Array flickering with green light.
In the center of the Transmission Array was a branch of the Ancient Life Wood.
When Yue Chen touched the branch, the Transmission Array instantly transported everyone to a vast expanse of forest.
There, they encountered a number of Grass Blade Warriors with basic intelligence and some Wood Puppet Generals capable of human speech, who told Yue Chen that the Transmission Array had brought them to Wood Puppet Peak.
At Wood Puppet Peak, Yue Chen met with an old Tree of the Wood Element Sacred Wood nearing the end of its life, which called itself Su Xi, the wise elder.
"Su Xi is a member of the Chimei Saint Clan that came to Canglong Continent from the Senhai Realm three thousand ago. Tracing back to the roots, he shares the same lineage with the Young Clan Leader. When the Young Clan Leader entered the Spring Path, Su Xi keenly sensed our presence. In fact, the Spring Path we now occupy is part of Su Xi’s body," as soon as Ye Zi finished speaking, everyone was in shock.
They were actually within Su Xi’s Domain.
"Domain? Do you mean, the Guardian Spirit Wood here has actually comprehended the mystery of ’domain’ like a Dan Realm Expert?" Everyone listened to Ye Zi’s narration, finding it unbelievable yet feeling a thrilling sense of survival wonder.
Unexpectedly, the seemingly most peaceful Spring Town actually boasts the strongest Dan Realm expert as its protector.
For most of the people present, they did not know what a Domain Expert is, but Jin Nuo and Feng Buhui had some understanding of "domain".
In the Canglong Continent, the progression is from Dark Human, Dark Jade, Dark Earth, Dark Heavenly to the Dan Realm.
Above Dark Heavenly is the Dan Realm. Just as Dark Heavenly has its various ranks, so does the Dan Realm, which is also divided into several levels. Initial Stage Dan Realm experts have not yet formed a Dark Pill, with nearly half of them forming a Dark Pill in the mid-stage of the Dan Realm, but there are also some who, despite not forming a Dark Pill, have comprehended the domain during this process.
The existence of a domain, in a sense, is very similar to the Gold Eater Worm’s Forbidden Space Technique; anyone or anything within the domain is subject to the restrictions of the domain master.
A Dan Realm expert who has comprehended the domain can even match a Dark Practitioner, who has formed a Dark Pill.
If Su Xi really decided to kill, no one present would be able to survive.
Su Xi did not make it clear why it had such a close connection with the Sky Dragon Palace constructed by Mo Kang.
It also did not openly declare whether it was the Guardian Spirit Wood of the Spring Path.
Su Xi is of advanced age, and it will soon reach the end of its lifespan; it needs to find a successor who will accept its inheritance, and Yue Chen is the most suitable successor Su Xi has found so far.
In fact, when Su Xi and Yue Chen were conversing, it placed a prohibition so that even Ye Zi did not hear clearly what agreement Yue Chen and Su Xi had reached.
Ye Zi only knew that after Yue Chen had agreed on the terms with Su Xi, he let Su Xi lift the prohibition of the Spring Path, allowing Yue Jinghua and her group to leave.
However, he hoped to invite Yue Jinghua to attend the inheritance ceremony when accepting the inheritance.
To receive the inheritance from a Dan Realm Holy Domain expert is like a godsend for most people.
But from Ye Zi’s worried eyes and uneasy words, Yue Jinghua sensed that something was about to happen.
After negotiating with Jin Nuo and others, Yue Jinghua temporarily left the team. She promised Weiwei and the others that she would catch up with the team after watching Yue Chen’s inheritance ceremony.
With the prohibition of the Spring Path lifted, it would only take another half day to reach Dragon Court.
After watching Jin Nuo and the others depart, Yue Jinghua followed Ye Zi deeper into the Spring Path.
After walking a few steps, Ye Zi said softly, "I really dislike you."
"The feeling is mutual; I don’t like you either," Yue Jinghua shrugged her shoulders. Although she and Ye Zi didn’t see eye to eye, both of them had straightforward personalities, with clear affections and aversions, without any pretense.
"However, the Young Clan Leader really likes you. After accepting the inheritance, he will have to return to the Senhai Realm," Ye Zi said unwillingly, understanding that the Young Clan Leader’s acceptance of Su Xi’s inheritance was also for Yue Jinghua.