567: Chapter 567 That's just an incomplete cultivation technique!

Ye Chen was not polite either, catching the bronze key directly.

With this one, he now had six bronze keys in his hand.

In this way, only three more were needed to gather all the keys to open the bronze gate.

Thinking of this.

Ye Chen tucked the key into his robe with a pleasant mood.

Then.

He looked up at Shen Qingyi and the other two.

"From now on, no one can touch you."

"If the One Clan, Three Sects, Five Gates want to move against you, they'll have to get past me first."

Shu Yuan and Jiang Daoxuan breathed a sigh of relief at the same time upon hearing this.

The key had been handed over.

The giant boulder weighing on their hearts was finally moved aside.

From now on...

They no longer had to hide everywhere, live in fear, worry about the key being snatched away, or worry about Shen Qingyi falling into the hands of villains.

Although the key didn't remain in the hands of the Ancient Tomb Sect, at least... it didn't fall into the hands of the One Clan, Three Sects, Five Gates.

Shen Qingyi stood to the side, watching Ye Chen tuck the key into her robe, an indescribable feeling suddenly surging in her heart.

She had known of that key's existence since she could remember.

Her grandfather said it was the mission of the Ancient Tomb Sect, something that successive sect leaders had protected with their lives.

When she was a child, she didn't understand, only thinking what was so special about protecting a piece of scrap metal?

As she grew up, she gradually understood that it wasn't an ordinary key, but a key that could open the legendary bronze gate.

No one knew what was behind the gate.

But everyone wanted to go in.

Now that the key had been handed over, the three-hundred-year mission of the Ancient Tomb Sect had come to an end in her generation.

She didn't know if she was doing the right thing, but she knew it was currently the best choice.

At least.

They now had a connection with the Chief Instructor of the Hidden Dragon Pavilion.

However.

Before the three could recover their senses.

Ye Chen suddenly thought of something and asked.

"By the way."

"What is the cultivation path of your Ancient Tomb Sect?"

Shu Yuan and Jiang Daoxuan were both stunned, not expecting Ye Chen to ask this suddenly.

Shen Qingyi also froze for a moment and subconsciously replied: "The cultivation technique of the Ancient Tomb Sect is called the Mystic Yin True Scripture. It was obtained from an ancient tomb by our founding ancestor."

"Mystic Yin True Scripture?"

Ye Chen's eyebrows twitched slightly, a flash of thoughtfulness in his eyes.

Shen Qingyi nodded.

"Yes, the Mystic Yin True Scripture has a total of nine layers."

"To practice this technique, one needs to absorb the Xuan Yin Qi between heaven and earth and refine it into true essence."

"When cultivated to a profound level, one can control Yin Qi, command ghosts, and even..."

She paused and glanced at Shu Yuan, seemingly hesitating whether to continue.

Shu Yuan took over the conversation and said in a deep voice.

"One can even open up a space within a tomb, forming a world of its own."

"Of course..."

"That is a legend; so far, no one has practiced it to Great Perfection."

Ye Chen's eyes narrowed slightly.

When he was outside the warehouse earlier, he felt that the aura of the three was somewhat familiar.

It wasn't the familiarity of having met before, but...

A shared origin.

Like different branches of the same technique, or different tributaries of the same river.

That aura was slightly similar to his Houtu Inheritance.

Only.

What he practiced was the end of the branches, the origin of the river...

Ye Chen took a deep breath and spoke calmly: "What is the background of your Ancient Tomb Sect's founding ancestor?"

Shu Yuan shook his head.

"This... no one knows."

"The records of the Ancient Tomb Sect only document the ancestor's name and dates of birth and death. As for where he came from, who his master was, or why he founded the Ancient Tomb Sect, there are no records at all."

Jiang Daoxuan added: "However, there is a legend that the ancestor had a fortuitous encounter in an ancient tomb when he was young. He not only obtained the Mystic Yin True Scripture but also a supreme treasure."

"What supreme treasure?" Ye Chen pressed.

Jiang Daoxuan shook his head.

"An eyeball pendant."

"But no one has ever seen the actual object; it only exists in fragments of words passed down by word of mouth."

Ye Chen was stunned.

"An eyeball pendant?"

Wasn't that exactly the pendant from which he obtained his inheritance?

Back then, when he divorced his ex-wife Hu Jing, in a fit of rage, he took the ancestral pendant she had given him to a pawnshop.

As a result, he was told it was fake and smashed it in anger.

Consequently.

Through a series of accidents, it made him who he was today.

He never expected...

That pendant was actually a treasure passed down from the Ancient Tomb Sect?

Ye Chen took a deep breath.

It seemed his connection with this Ancient Tomb Sect was quite deep...

But perhaps, it was also an opportunity for him.

He narrowed his eyes and looked at the three, asking: "Have you ever thought about returning to the Kunlun Ruins?"

Hearing this, Shu Yuan gave a bitter smile.

"I dream of it."

"But now the Ancient Tomb Sect is destroyed, and we can no longer go back."

Jiang Daoxuan didn't speak, just lowered his head.

Return to the Kunlun Ruins?

He indeed dreamed of it.

But how could they return?

The Ancient Tomb Sect's mountain gate had been leveled, the Ancestral Hall burned to the ground, and the memorial tablets of previous sect leaders used as firewood...

The bones of those fellow disciples probably had no one to collect them.

What would the three of them, defeated remnants who had escaped, do by going back?

Go to their deaths?

Shen Qingyi stood to the side, her eyes red.

"To be able to live peacefully now, without failing the sacrifices of my father and grandfather..."

"That's enough."

Ye Chen looked at the three and smiled slightly: "What if I want the Ancient Tomb Sect to return?"

As soon as these words were spoken, the expressions of the three all changed.

Huh?

Was this Mr. Ye joking?

He actually wanted the Ancient Tomb Sect to return?

What on earth did this mean???

Ye Chen looked at the changing expressions on their faces and continued.

"Well..."

"To put it another way, I want to develop my own power within the Kunlun Ruins."

The three immediately understood.

Ye Chen was an ambitious man; he wanted to charge into the Kunlun Ruins.

What kind of place was the Kunlun Ruins?

It was the core of the cultivation world worldwide, the territory of the Five Clans, Eight Sects, and Thirteen Gates.

For hundreds of years, countless forces wanting to intervene had to follow the rules.

If they weren't qualified, they couldn't enter.

If they were qualified, they were just at the bottom.

But Ye Chen...

Actually wanted to develop his own power inside?

Jiang Daoxuan hesitated for a moment, weighing his words.

"Mr. Ye, the waters of the Kunlun Ruins are very deep. Although you are powerful, you might not be able to handle it..."

"That is a place where the Five Clans, Eight Sects, and Thirteen Gates have been entrenched for hundreds of years, with complex relationships and unfathomable foundations."

"No matter how strong you are alone, you can't stand against their numbers."

"And..."

He paused and sighed, "You saw it yourself when the One Clan, Three Sects, Five Gates joined forces to destroy my Ancient Tomb Sect."

"That kind of power is not something one person can contend with."

Ye Chen looked at him and spoke calmly: "I'm just asking if you want revenge?"

All three were stunned.

Do they want revenge?

Of course they did.

Over five hundred lives—those were their fellow disciples, their elders, their brothers and sisters.

The blood of those people hadn't even dried yet.

The vengeful spirits of those people were still drifting over the Kunlun Ruins.

Shu Yuan's eyes instantly turned red, his fists clenched until they cracked.

"Yes!"

Jiang Daoxuan took a deep breath: "I dream of it. If there's a chance, even if I have to risk this old life, I'll bite off a piece of their flesh!"

Shen Qingyi didn't speak, just nodded gently.

In those almond eyes, the previous confusion and fear were gone, replaced only by determination.

Ye Chen looked at them, the corners of his mouth curling up slightly.

"That's enough."

"The day of the Martial Arts Tournament will be the time you step into the Kunlun Ruins on my behalf."

"At that time, you will be different!"

The three's breathing hitched, a surge of excitement rising in their hearts.

They didn't know why, but their hearts already believed Ye Chen's words.

Perhaps because Ye Chen was their savior.

Perhaps because the abilities Ye Chen had displayed far exceeded their imagination.

But before the three could speak.

Ye Chen seemed to have thought of something again and asked: "Additionally, can I take a look at the cultivation technique you practice?"

The three looked at each other.

A cultivation technique was a secret not to be shared outside the sect.

But Ye Chen had saved their lives and was even going to bring hope to the Ancient Tomb Sect...

Then what did they need to hesitate for?

Shen Qingyi directly took out a yellowed booklet from her robe and handed it to Ye Chen with both hands.

"Mr. Ye, this is the original copy of the Mystic Yin True Scripture."

Ye Chen took the booklet and flipped through it.

The booklet was very thin, only a dozen pages.

Each page was drawn with meridian circulation diagrams, with dense annotations written in small regular script next to them.

The paper was yellowed and brittle, with heavily worn corners, showing its great age.

Ye Chen flipped through it page by page, and the more he looked, the more he wanted to laugh.

This was clearly an incomplete technique.

It lacked the general principles, the core mental cultivation mantras, and even the meridian circulation routes were unclearly marked.

Yet, it was such an incomplete technique that actually allowed the Ancient Tomb Sect to establish itself in the Kunlun Ruins.

It was truly miraculous.

Ye Chen closed the booklet and asked calmly: "For hundreds of years, no one in your Ancient Tomb Sect has been able to practice this technique to Great Completion, right?"

Shu Yuan nodded, a hint of bitterness flashing in his eyes.

"That's right. Successive sect leaders could at most practice to the sixth layer and could no longer progress."

"In the records left by the ancestor, only he himself practiced to the seventh layer."

"As for the eighth and ninth layers, no one has ever touched them."

Ye Chen looked at them and said word by word: "The reason no one has practiced it to Great Completion is that this is an incomplete technique."