Chapter Five Heritage

  Ye Chen walked into the house, sat down by the bed, and gazed out the window with a distracted expression, watching Shen Xiang's departing back. He let out a soft sigh: "Alas...half a year, how can I break through from being a fragmented body to becoming a strong Qi gatherer within half a year?"

  "Nothing is impossible!"

  Suddenly a faint, mysterious voice directly appeared in Ye Chen's mind.

  Ye Chen was shocked, this voice he was extremely familiar with, it was the one he had been hearing since being struck by lightning. Ye Chen hastily stood up and looked around, shouting in panic: "Who are you! Who are you after all? Why do you keep following me!"

  "I am just a last strand of thought, searching for an heir!"

  The mysterious voice continued to come, lingering in Ye Chen's mind for a long time...

  Ye Chen took a deep breath and slowly calmed his fluctuating emotions. He asked calmly, "Successor? What successor?"

  At this time, a transparent virtual shadow slowly appeared in front of Ye Chen. A middle-aged strong man, wearing purple armor, with a head of blood-red long hair fluttering without wind, and a pair of deep red eyes that were extremely eerie.

  Ye Chen stared at the virtual image that appeared in front of him, shocked. He had never thought that such a person existed before his eyes. Subconsciously taking a step back, he cautiously looked at the virtual image and said in a low voice: "What are you?"

  Xu Ying looked at Ye Chen's vigilant appearance and burst out laughing. Then, his eyes locked tightly onto Ye Chen as he said in a deep voice: "Are you willing to acknowledge me as your master?"

  Ye Chen continued warily: "You still haven't answered me, who are you!"

  "Who am I?" The shadow hesitated for a moment, then said with an angry face: "I am the strongest god in the divine realm! Now, I have become a residual thought, and my existence is not long. I need a successor!"

  "What's going on!" Ye Chen furrowed his brow tightly.

  Xu Ying turned his head to glance at the sunrise rising slowly outside, then turned back to look at Ye Chen and explained: "I don't have much time left, so let's get straight to the point. Now I only ask you, are you willing to embark on the path of cultivating a divine spirit?"

  Ye Chen looked at the anxious virtual shadow and thought for a moment before saying, "I refuse!"

  For Ye Chen, he would never take risks with his own life. The virtual shadow in front of him was something Ye Chen knew nothing about, and he definitely wouldn't rashly agree to the shadow's words.

  "Refused!" The shadow seemed to have not expected Ye Chen to refuse. In his impression, probably no one in the entire divine realm was unwilling to become his disciple. Now, facing a mortal from the mundane world with extremely low cultivation, who could even be said to be an ordinary person, he actually directly refused him.

  "Why? Why refuse? Don't you want to be a strong one, don't you want to stand at the pinnacle of all gods? Don't you want everyone to kneel down at your feet?"

  The shadowy figure asked urgently, he had already felt his last vitality slowly slipping away, and he couldn't afford to waste a single moment.

  Ye Chen took a deep breath, gazing firmly at the virtual shadow in front of him, saying: "I just want to avenge myself and then return home with Xiang'er, accompany my parents, and live out the rest of my life alone!"

  Upon hearing this, the shadowy figure coldly laughed: "Revenge? With your current abilities? If I hadn't helped you modify your physique, what would you use to exact revenge?"

  Ye Chen took a step back and exclaimed: "You are that flash of lightning?"

  "Think about it, you've been cultivating for a month without any progress, so why did you suddenly break through after being struck by lightning? Everything was because I used my last bit of strength to help you! My time is running out now, you must come back to me right away. Are you willing or not to accept the inheritance?"

  Ye Chen furrowed his brow and said: "If I still refused, would you kill me?"

  A faint smile, shook his head: "No! I won't kill you, now that you've been improved by me physically, even if you don't accept the inheritance, you can still break through in about three years' time! However, if you accept the inheritance, I guarantee that you will break through within half a year!"

  Ye Chen thought for a moment and asked in puzzlement: "Why choose me?"

  "Because you dare to question the heavens! Because you have a steadfast heart! Because you fear no one!"

  The shadowy figure exuded an aura of disdain for everything and spoke to Ye Chen who was standing there.

  At this time, Ye Chen recalled everything from yesterday and nodded slightly. Indeed, the lightning appeared after he scolded the heavens.

  Ye Chen did not respond to the shadow, but instead fell into deep thought. He didn't dare to confirm what kind of existence the shadow in front of him was. He had never heard of anyone existing as a shadow before, and he had never heard of the concept of gods.

  A moment later, Ye Chen raised his head and looked at the virtual shadow with a firm expression, saying: "I promise you!"

  Ye Chen had already understood that if he didn't agree with You Ying, he might never have the chance to avenge himself. At his current cultivation speed, by the time he reached the 8th layer of Yuan Dan, Xu Feng would likely be standing at the peak of the continent. So, after thinking it over again and again, Ye Chen decided to agree with You Ying, betting on this one chance, after all, his life was originally a lucky find anyway.

  Upon hearing Ye Chen's words, the Phantom's face lit up with joy. Without a moment's hesitation, his right index finger pointed at Ye Chen, who was standing there, and drew a strange symbol in the air. His voice filled with majesty as he declared: "I shall now pass on my legacy to you; you will inherit everything that is mine. Are you willing?"

  Ye Chen listened to Yu Ying's words and felt a strange power that seemed to penetrate his body, directly attacking his soul.

  Ye Chen's eyebrows were tightly furrowed as he stared at the virtual image, his voice firm as he replied: "I'm willing!"

  As soon as Ye Chen spoke, the strange symbols that were originally floating in front of him transformed into a purple light beam and shot into his body. The light stopped at his dantian and instantly emitted an extremely dazzling glow, filling Ye Chen's body with purple light. The purple light attached itself to Ye Chen's five organs, six viscera, muscles, and bones.

  Ye Chen only felt a pain all over his body like being bitten by ants, and he knelt down on the ground with a ferocious face. The cold sweat on his forehead kept falling down, and it even wetted a piece of the ground.

  The purple light in Ye Chen's body gradually dimmed and finally disappeared, leaving only the strange purple symbol quietly floating at his dantian.

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  However, at this time, the mainland underwent a change of heaven and earth, countless heavenly yuanqi suddenly disappeared in an instant, and then reappeared on the mainland in an instant.

  Everyone on the mainland felt an overwhelming pressure that did not allow for resistance, and every face showed a terrified expression, fearing that a super strong person had emerged. They all rushed to shut their doors tightly, hoping that this super strong person would not find trouble with them.

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  The figure's shadow was also getting fainter and fainter, as if it were about to disappear...

  Xu Ying looked at Ye Chen and weakly said: "Now, you have accepted my legacy, I will also disperse in this world. Is there anything else you want to ask? Ask quickly!"

  Ye Chen furrowed his brow, struggling to get up, panting violently, and looked at the virtual shadow with confusion, asking: "Why didn't I feel my strength increase? And what's that purple symbol on my dantian?"

  A faint smile appeared on the shadowy figure's face as it said, "You are still in the Fragmented Body phase now. When you reach the Gathering Qi phase, you will gradually understand what divine power truly is! The purple symbol seals my cultivation method. Your current strength is too weak, but when you possess enough power to cultivate, the sealed method within the purple symbol will appear in your mind!"

  The shadow is getting weaker and weaker, leaving only a faint trace...

  "How did I manage to condense my Qi in just half a year!" Ye Chen hastily asked the fading silhouette.

  Yu Ying smiled: "As early as the last time you were struck by lightning, I helped you improve your physique. Even if you don't accept the inheritance, with your current divine body, it's easy to break through and become a gathering period within half a year! Haha~~~, but to be on the safe side, I'll teach you one of my ultimate skills, alchemy!"

  Alchemy is the most mysterious skill on a continent, a technique that can refine various herbs into Dan medicine that people can take directly.

  To know that every alchemist has different alchemy skills, some are passed down from ancestors through a danfang formula, while others are developed through personal research. Simply put, the same dan medicine in front of two alchemists, their medicinal materials will probably not be the same.

  Dan medicine is made by alchemists using various rare and unusual herbs, taking those originally worthless herbs and blending them in extremely precise proportions to make their value skyrocket, becoming an essential item for cultivators. They are divided into one to nine grades, with Tian Dan and Shen Dan above the ninth grade.

  The same kind of elixir is also divided into precious degrees. Generally speaking, the lowest is the warm body and nourishing qi elixir, followed by those used to treat injuries, and finally, those that can improve cultivation.

  It's also because of the demand for Dan medicine that the status of alchemists has become extremely valuable on the continent. Generally speaking, people are unwilling to offend an alchemist, even if they dare to offend a strong person. Who can guarantee that they will never need him in their lifetime?

  The shadowy figure pointed again, and a beam of light appeared from his fingertips, directly rushing into Ye Chen's mind.

  As the light entered his body, Ye Chen felt a vast amount of information, like a tidal wave, surging into his brain...

  As the last inheritance of Youying to Ye Chen, Youying gradually became transparent and dissipated into thin air, leaving only one sentence echoing in the room: The origin is united, the whole is reduced to zero, reversing the universe, this is the divine way!...... Beware, beware~~~.

  Watching the illusory shadow disappear before his eyes, Ye Chen didn't mind the initial deception of the shadow. Instead, he respectfully bowed towards the place where the shadow had disappeared and said in a respectful tone: "Although you didn't say why you were so eager to find a successor, you must have suffered an injury that's hard to recover from. Although I don't know who hurt someone like you, now that I've become your successor, if I get the chance, I'll definitely help you take revenge! Master!"

  Ye Chen is such a person, no matter who the other person is, even if you are the world's public enemy, as long as you have helped Ye Chen, then Ye Chen will forever remember you.

  A drop of kindness will be repaid with a gushing fountain!!!