Losing the ability to control time.
"This..."
Hearing this answer, the women found it difficult to understand.
"Everyone, sit down! I'm about to tell you my biggest secret!" Ye Ming sat on the sofa, looking at them with a smile of relief.
Yes, Ye Ming was prepared to reveal his greatest secret.
"Jun Xue! You should have noticed that I have a similar aura to yours, right?" Ye Ming looked at Fang Jun Xue.
"Mm!"
Fang Jun Xue nodded. "I feel a 'kin' aura from you."
Kin!
Hearing this, Nangong Qian and the other women exchanged glances, seeing the shock in each other's eyes.
They all knew Fang Jun Xue's identity as an 'Ice Spirit'.
If they were kin, then it meant... Ye Ming was also a 'Spirit'.
"Young Master! Then you are..." Du Yue Mian asked.
Ye Ming did not answer immediately. Instead, he extended both his hands. With his left hand, he drew a stroke in the air, and a dark spatial rift appeared before the women.
Then, he tossed a water cup into the air with his right hand, and with a snap of his fingers, an extremely bizarre scene unfolded.
The water cup froze in mid-air.
"Now do you know?"
Ye Ming looked at them and smiled gently.
"Space... Time!"
Fang Jun Xue stared at Ye Ming's controlled abilities, her beautiful eyes widening slightly, and said,
"You are... a Chronos Spirit!"
Chronos Spirit!
"This..."
Upon hearing this, Nangong Qian and the other women's mouths fell open, their expressions frozen, their minds in a turmoil.
"That's right!"
Ye Ming affirmed Fang Jun Xue's guess.
Among the category of 'Spirits', Chronos Spirits were undoubtedly the most special.
Spirits like Fang Jun Xue's 'Ice Spirit', or other 'Fire Spirits', 'Water Spirits', 'Thunder Spirits', etc., actually had another common name: Elemental Spirits.
They belonged to the normal category.
Beyond this, there naturally existed Spirit categories that transcended this scope.
Spirits like 'Time Spirit', 'Space Spirit', 'Ghost Spirit', etc., were classified as - Ability Spirits.
However, Ability Spirits were not the most special category. Above them existed even more bizarre - Forbidden Spirits.
Spirits like Ye Ming's 'Chronos Spirit' and Xiao Ain's 'Calamity Spirit' both belonged to the forbidden category.
In the historical records Ye Ming inherited from the 'Immortal Law Record', such beings appeared extremely rarely.
For several eras, not a single Forbidden Spirit had ever appeared...
But one thing was certain: once a Forbidden Spirit appeared, they would become the protagonist of that era. And that era was destined to become a backdrop to showcase the brilliance of the Forbidden Spirit.
However, the appearance of a Forbidden Spirit did not mean the era would usher in prosperity; it could also lead to... destruction.
Just like the last appearance of a Calamity Spirit.
...
"Ye Ming! You said earlier that creating these special cultivation environments for us would cause you to lose the ability to control time. What's going on with that?"
After another ten minutes of emotional adjustment, Fang Jun Xue and the others had somewhat recovered.
"Do you know why I can change the flow of time?" Ye Ming looked at them, and a strange white mark appeared on his right hand.
This mark was not tangible; it seemed to be a combination of some kind of energy. The moment the women saw it, their gazes were fixed, unable to shift away.
At this moment, even their consciousness seemed to be locked, unable to think, and began to gradually blur.
Seeing this, Ye Ming casually waved his hand, and the mark disappeared.
Afterward, Fang Jun Xue and the others returned to normal.
"Young Master! What was that just now..."
After regaining consciousness, Du Li Sha still felt a trace of fear.
In that instant, she felt as if she had been abandoned by the world, adrift in a chaotic spacetime.
Senseless! Thoughtless! Mindless! Ignorant!
She could perceive nothing.
Nor could she do anything.
"The mark you saw just now is called... a Time Imprint," Ye Ming said in a deep voice. "It is one of the most terrifying energies in this world."
"Even with my current strength, I can only control twenty of them!"
Twenty!
This was the limit Ye Ming could achieve with the combined assurance of his Heavenly Human Realm strength and his 'Chronos Spirit' status.
If he were not a 'Chronos Spirit', no matter how strong he was, he would not have been able to control a 'Time Imprint'.
"I can control time because I possess 'Time Imprints'. Simultaneously, it is with their power that I can increase the time flow in your rooms to ten times that of the outside world."
At this, Fang Jun Xue and the others finally understood the reason behind Ye Ming's heaven-defying methods.
"Once these 'Time Imprints' are depleted, you will lose your ability to control time, is that right?"
Fang Jun Xue pondered for a moment and grasped the core of the issue.
"No! You've only got half of it right!"
Ye Ming looked at her and explained, "Time Imprints are not consumed, but rather... occupied."
"For each of your rooms to maintain a ten-fold time flow, it requires the occupation of two Time Imprints."
"When Time Imprints are occupied, it only affects my ability to manipulate time. If needed, I can retrieve them at any time. So..." Ye Ming smiled. "You really don't need to worry!"
Doing a rough calculation.
Fang Jun Xue, Nangong Qian Yu, Yan Yin Luo, Du Li Sha, and Du Yue Mian each occupied two Time Imprints.
In addition, the large time chamber, which the sensitive Tian Ming Divine sensed, occupied four.
By this reckoning, Ye Ming now only had six 'Time Imprints' under his control.
"Brother Ming! You really didn't need to prepare them individually for each of us. Just..."
"Yin Luo! I know what you want to say?"
Ye Ming looked at Yan Yin Luo and said gently, "Indeed! To save Time Imprints, you could have built just one time chamber, and you could have cultivated together."
"However... that's completely unnecessary!"
Unnecessary?
"Why?"
The women were puzzled.
"The reason is very simple!"
Ye Ming chuckled freely and said, "Because, for now, I have no use for 'Time Imprints'."
No use!
Upon hearing this, the women were taken aback, never expecting such a reason.
But upon reflection, they understood.
Given Ye Ming's current strength, who could force him to use the power of a 'Time Imprint'?
Not only was there no one, but to this day, there hadn't even been anyone who truly made Ye Ming exert himself.
The strongest was the Withered Wood Elder at the Source Soul Realm.
A Source Soul Realm cultivator wasn't even enough to be considered a warm-up.
"Alright! But you have to promise us that if there's ever a need to use Time Imprints, you'll retrieve them immediately, understand?" Fang Jun Xue looked at him and said with a commanding tone.
"Okay!"
Hearing this, Ye Ming dared not say anything more and could only lower his head in agreement.
"Thank you for everything you've done for us!"
At this moment, led by Fang Jun Xue, Nangong Qian Yu and the others walked towards him.
"You... you guys..."
Seeing this gesture, Ye Ming didn't react to what was happening before he was enveloped by a wave of floral fragrance.