Chapter 1122: Chapter 1107: Little Demon
Actually, according to Ye Zhen’s initial plan, the sooner he returned to the Black Dragon Domain, the better.
Because there was one thing Ye Zhen was very sure about, if that day Ou Tu and Jie Tianhe had pressed a little harder, and if the Great Saint of Jinghai had no countermeasures.
Ye Zhen would really have chosen to risk everything between Ou Tu or Jie Tianhe, those two Dao Realm experts, to fight to the death.
Although Ye Zhen knew this was very foolish, Ye Zhen acted with a clear conscience, and in such a situation, if the Great Saint of Jinghai had no follow-up plans, Ye Zhen would have had to foolishly seek out that one-in-a-million chance of survival.
Fortunately, the Great Saint of Jinghai had prepared a very powerful backup plan.
Using the temptation of leaving the True Profound Continent and the hope for Black Heaven, Wu Shu, and Yang Min to advance into the Grand Dao as conditions, they made Black Heaven, Wu Shu, and Yang Min immediately swear a Divine Soul Oath and defect on the spot.
Of course, these three were not easily convinced.
However, Ye Zhen was a living proof. Everyone had witnessed Ye Zhen entering that Offering Space, yet he came out alive.
After the Great Saint of Jinghai swore a Divine Soul Oath and with Ye Zhen as living evidence, they naturally defected with conviction.
These were just the roots of that day’s shocking reversal.
But after the shocking reversal, Ye Zhen was drenched in cold sweat.
Because just a little more, and Ou Tu’s scheme would have succeeded.
At the same time, Ye Zhen realized one thing: Ou Tu really understood Ye Zhen’s character and conduct precisely, otherwise, he couldn’t have schemed so accurately.
This was very terrifying.
To achieve this level of understanding, one must have comprehensive knowledge of Ye Zhen’s character, which must be based on having a large amount of intelligence about Ye Zhen.
In such a situation, Ye Zhen’s background, family, and sect were no longer secrets.
So if Ou Tu could think of using the bloodline descendants of the three brothers, the Great Saints of Jinghai, as leverage to coerce Ye Zhen, then capturing Ye Zhen’s family or even sect elders to coerce him wouldn’t be unprecedented.
Ye Zhen even felt that, with Ou Tu’s reputation for meticulous planning, Ou Tu must have calculated that Ye Zhen would return.
Then, Ye Zhen’s return journey would certainly be riddled with danger.
Perhaps Ou Tu was just waiting for Ye Zhen to return.
Based on these considerations, Ye Zhen felt he needed some time to prepare.
First, since he was returning to his hometown in the Black Dragon Domain, Ye Zhen felt he must bring something for his family, elders, and sect in the Black Dragon Domain, such as cultivation techniques, pills, and other things.
Secondly, since arriving at Shuili Island, Ye Zhen had not rested for a day; his cultivation had surged from the Peak of the Sixth Stage of Vein Forging Realm to the Late Stage of the Seventh Stage, and a troublesome entity had appeared in his body.
Ye Zhen needed to spend some time sorting these things out before leaving.
The first matter, of course, was the Yimu Spiritual Communication Technique, which he mastered overnight. Despite its brilliance, Ye Zhen must calmly comprehend its specific abilities and the battle techniques it provides.
Because once he embarked on the return journey, he could no longer be this assured; even sleeping would require keeping one eye open.
This was also the main task over these three days.
The greatest feature of the Yimu Spiritual Communication Technique is its auxiliary capabilities. It can control surrounding plants and trees as senses and even directly transform some plants and trees containing spiritual energy into tree demons or flower demons for a short time.
However, the Yimu Spiritual Communication Technique is not just for decoration in battle.
Yimu Spiritual Power also has several killing moves, but the most powerful is a life-saving technique called Yimu Spiritual Weave, which can freely condense into a defensive shield with astonishing defensive capabilities, according to its description.
As long as it doesn’t encounter extremely powerful Heavenly Fire attacks, its defense against other spiritual power attributes is strong and can easily block the attack of a spiritual artifact.
Ye Zhen discounted this statement a bit because, according to the Yimu Spiritual Communication Technique, this Yimu Spiritual Weave is a defensive method comparable in power to a defensive Low Grade Soul Artifact.
For three days, Ye Zhen spent two and a half days cultivating this Yimu Spiritual Weave.
Because Ye Zhen knew very well that he was fragile, and when there was an opportunity to enhance his defense and survival abilities, he would never let it pass.
However, during the cultivation process, there was something that greatly annoyed Ye Zhen.
“Little Demon, can’t you slow down a bit, slow down in drawing my Yimu Spiritual Power?” In less than an hour, the spiritual power in Ye Zhen’s Yimu Spiritual Vein was exhausted, and Ye Zhen began rapidly extracting and converting the spiritual power from his Dantian.
Then, after three hours, the spiritual power in Ye Zhen’s Dantian was also exhausted.
With a bitter smile, Ye Zhen had no choice but to stop cultivating, holding a High Grade Spirit Crystal to restore the depleted spiritual power within him.
“Daddy, I’m… hungry! I’m hungry!”
Regarding this form of address, Ye Zhen could only respond with a wry smile.
After leaving the Huichun Blessed Land, the spirit wisdom of the rapidly growing ancient giant spirit tree that had taken root in Ye Zhen’s Yimu Spiritual Vein gradually awakened.
The first thing it did upon awakening was to call Ye Zhen ‘Daddy’!
This appellation left Ye Zhen both crying and laughing at the same time.
But then, Ye Zhen couldn’t laugh anymore. Just saying the words ‘I’m hungry,’ this fellow began rapidly drawing Ye Zhen’s spiritual power.
The speed at which it happened nearly caused Ye Zhen to plummet from the sky due to depleted spiritual power.
This state lasted for seven days, and this was the eighth day.
Every day, Little Demon would drain Ye Zhen’s internal spiritual power, leaving Ye Zhen with a feeling like he was feeding a baby.
Moreover, it’s not easy being a father.
Unintentionally, perhaps during his cultivation, a small sapling might grow from the top of Ye Zhen’s head.
Even more exasperating, if you were urinating and suddenly saw a green shoot emerging from your little brother, what kind of feeling would that be? How massive would that psychological shadow have to be?
Anyway, sometimes it nearly made Ye Zhen break down.
However, Ye Zhen found comfort in the fact that since its emergence eight days ago, Little Demon had been growing and changing every day.
At least for these past three days, no more green shoots had appeared on Ye Zhen’s little brother while urinating.
By the way, let me explain, ‘Little Demon’ is the name Ye Zhen gave to this ancient giant spirit tree demon.
“Little Demon, today I’ll teach you something. In the future, if you’re hungry, tell me first. You can only draw my spiritual power with my permission, understand?”
“Daddy, I don’t understand!”
“It doesn’t matter if you don’t understand, but you need to know that if you continue randomly drawing all the spiritual power from my body like today, there will be times that could lead to my demise. Hmm, which means making daddy fall!”
Luckily, Ye Zhen was grateful that this Little Demon had inherited memories and knew many things. However, they had to be explained in ancient terms to ensure proper understanding.
If it weren’t for this, raising a child to maturity would drive Ye Zhen to madness.
And it was also at this moment that Ye Zhen felt an increased longing for his parents.
As the saying goes, ‘Only when you raise your child do you appreciate your parents’ kindness.’ If a spirit-communicating tree demon could give Ye Zhen such headaches, imagine the efforts his parents invested to raise a babbling baby into a grown adult?
“Fall!?”
Little Demon clearly gasped, as it understood the meaning of the word fall.
“Daddy, I understand now. In the future, when I’m hungry, I’ll endure!” Little Demon said.
Upon hearing this, Ye Zhen felt even more amused and pitiful, for the words sounded too forlorn.
“There’s no need to endure; when you’re hungry, just say so. As long as you draw two or three parts of my spiritual power, it’s not a problem. But, as I said, don’t drain me completely like today!” Ye Zhen said.
“I’ll remember, Daddy!”
Hearing Little Demon’s obedient voice, Ye Zhen felt quite emotional. He thought he had brought back a tree demon, but it turned out to be a wooden son.
However, this feeling was rather pleasant.
The three days vanished in an instant, and Ye Zhen had pretty much honed his skills in Yimu Spiritual Weave.
This was related to Ye Zhen’s powerful four-colored Innate Soul Light.
When cultivating such skill-based cultivation techniques, the speed was very fast.
Effortlessly refining and absorbing an innate soul light from a Fifth Stage Establishment King to replenish the consumed divine soul power.
After the battles a few days ago, Ye Zhen had collected over a hundred pieces of innate soul light, all from mid to late Establishment Realm martial artists. Unfortunately, there hadn’t been time to refine them.
“Master, the three Great Saints have sent a message. If you’re done cultivating, come to the Heavenly Wing Hall, where they are waiting for you!” Seeing that Ye Zhen had completed his cultivation, Shii Bei, temporarily serving as the commander of the Sea Suppression Guard, stepped forward and bowed.
“Got it!”
A few moments later, Ye Zhen appeared in the Heavenly Wing Hall.
Great Saints Jinghai, Fug Hai, and Sea-Breaking seemed to have been waiting there, and as Ye Zhen arrived, they motioned for him to sit while pushing an ancient, glow-emitting storage ring in front of Ye Zhen.
“Brothers, what is this?” Ye Zhen asked in puzzlement.