Chapter 780: Chapter 003: Soul Swallowing_2

Zhou Yan murmured to himself as he sensed his own body. In just a moment, the fusion of his physical body and soul reached a hundred percent. His body autonomously refined away all impurities, undergoing a drastic transformation bit by bit.

In a little over ten minutes, Zhou Yan’s height had increased by four to five centimeters, his figure becoming exceedingly graceful and extraordinary. The white cotton jacket he was wearing just managed to conceal all the changes.

“Yes, the path of cultivation… Our ancestors turned this part of Earth into an Eternal Sealed land, sealing away their descendants’ Divine Skills and strength, as well as halting the continuation and development of the Mechanical Clan civilization,” Zhou Yan sighed.

Now, it was certain that during the era of Tai Chu, those Great Powers had truly battled with the people of the Mechanical Clan.

Immortal Weapons were shattered into fragments, scattered in all directions.

It was evident how breathtaking that battle had been.

“What you just said… I don’t quite understand,” Jiang Ningxin was a bit confused.

“You don’t need to understand. You just need to know that in life, don’t ask for too much. Sometimes, being able to live a plain and simple life with the person you love is truly a form of happiness.”

“What you’re saying now… I actually understand, but the wishes of the heart are just like that sometimes. Having gotten something good, you want something even better. That’s the meaning of striving, I guess,” said Jiang Ningxin with a somewhat sorrowful tone, then continued, “Am I very mundane? I don’t know why, but suddenly I feel that you’re very ethereal and have something of an Immortal’s demeanor. I never realized before that you were this handsome.”

“This is just a decaying skeleton that happens to possess its own innate Bloodline,” Zhou Yan said with a faint smile, yet he concealed all his charisma, reining in the charm that was seeping out, not to attract people—at least, not to attract women.

Of course, with his mental state, he would also not deliberately change his appearance, refusing to let his perfect body become ugly.

“Sigh… I’ll go and complete the discharge procedures. Let’s go home afterward…” Jiang Ningxin sighed softly and said.

Zhou Yan nodded and replied, “Okay. But before you go, let me heal the hidden troubles in your body and leave a strand of Guardian Power with you. It can help you avert disasters and ensure a happy life.”

“You…”

Jiang Ningxin looked at Zhou Yan a bit strangely.

Even though she believed what Zhou Yan said made sense and was skeptical about many things, she did not believe that the innate defect in her body could be so easily eliminated.

But before she could speak, she saw a misty light appear in Zhou Yan’s hands, shimmering like a dreamlike crystal diamond under an operating lamp, bursting with splendid colors.

That light entered her body, and in that instant, she experienced a wonder akin to Immortal Ascension, her entire being felt intoxicated.

Moments later, Jiang Ningxin felt as if her mind had suddenly been enlightened, her eyes became incredibly bright, and the world she saw was brimming with vitality.

The occasional discomfort in her heart also completely vanished.

It was a genuinely magical experience of rebirth, utterly heart-stirring.

Jiang Ningxin stood still for a moment, finally revealing a look of shock, realizing that everything Zhou Yan had said was incredibly real.

“Go ahead,” Zhou Yan said softly.

“Oh… Yeah.”

Jiang Ningxin dazedly walked towards the hospital department that handled discharge procedures, as if she had lost her soul.

…

Zhou Yan stood at the door of the hospital room. The Bloodline flowed within his body, carrying a pure essence of Emperor Blood.

His body was indeed weak, and the Mud Ball Palace, where his Soul resided, was also not very stable, indicating that the Innate deficiency was correct.

The identity of a twin was also confirmed…

Zhou Yan activated his Bloodline Power, excavating memories of the past, and his mind immediately began to whirl with intense derivations.

Soon, the scenes in his memory returned to a past moment.

Three-year-old Lee Ran, three-year-old Lee Yi.

On a scorching summer day, the asphalt road was hot and somewhat soft.

Suddenly, a heavily laden truck’s wheel emitted a piercing explosion sound. The blue front of the truck, like a massive beast, suddenly veered toward the two boys, Lee Ran and Lee Yi.

“Brother, big car coming!” Lee Yi murmured to himself, laughing as he ran towards the large truck. The dazed Lee Ran suddenly came back to his senses and with a start, already found… Lee Yi had been hit.

Lee Ran, with his own Soul Power, resurrected his brother, and due to reasons related to cultivation, thought of letting his brother live out another life. Therefore, he decided to let one of them “die.”

As a result, Lee Ran gave all his flesh and Bloodline to Lee Yi, while altering his own circumstances to make it appear as though he had been in a car accident.

However, this caused a switch in the birthmarks of the two, leading to Lee Yi being continuously mistaken for Lee Ran.

In a single flesh, Double Souls coexisted. Lee Ran did everything he could to help Lee Yi recuperate his body, so that it wouldn’t wither and decay in the years of his absence, and then he took Lee Yi’s Soul and left this body.

The one who died wasn’t Lee Yi, but in fact, it was Lee Ran’s body.

The one alive was Lee Yi, not Lee Ran.

But in this world, aside from the current Zhou Yan and the once Lee Ran, no one else knew this secret.

At this moment, Zhou Yan reflected, learning the truth, his heart filled with sighs.

…

“Hmm? What happened?”

Zhou Yan waited for a while, but Jiang Ningxin had not come up to the sickroom, her whereabouts unknown.

Zhou Yan extended his soul sensing power, passing through the hospital’s patient hall, and at the hospital’s side door, he found her standing in front of a short grey woolen-dressed youth with several earrings and a crew cut.

This youth wore a sneer, his words seeming to have aggressive intent, causing Jiang Ningxin much distress.

Zhou Yan concentrated, and the conversation of the others immediately entered his ears.

“I advise you not to be ungrateful, it was his luck not to be beaten to death last time. Humph, I want to see who you dare to use as a shield now!”

“Lee Zhengjie, he is also one of the Lee Family, why would you—”

“He, a mongrel, deserves?!”

…

“This is the Lee Family? Who would’ve thought.”

Zhou Yan stood by the window of the sickroom, his gaze penetrating everything around him, seeing through all obstacles below to witness Jiang Ningxin’s interaction with Lee Zhengjie.

The woolen-dressed youth had a stream of Hongyun Qi above his head, penetrating the Heavenly Vault, with black Qi billowing to the heavens.

“Such vermin, harming the common people, if the ancestors were alive, they would surely bring down the Thunder God’s Divine Punishment to discipline him.”

“Heavenly Dao imbalanced, ancient seals loosening, faith lacking, morals degenerating. Evil overpowering good, villains roaming free.”

“Be it the Lee Family or the Wang Family, I, as the Thunder Lord, upon seeing, shall slay.”

“Perhaps, I understand the meaning of my Ancestor Worship journey now.”

Zhou Yan murmured to himself.

With a thought, the Twelve Souls’ Soul Void Sword flew out from within his Soul Body, and he suddenly executed a strike toward the Void.

The Hongyun Qi above the Lee surname youth’s head, vibrant like a rainbow, was completely shattered, turned into pure Luck Power, and was swept into Zhou Yan’s Swallowing Heaven Divine Skill, refined into pure Qi Fortune.

The Hongyun Qi representing the Lee Family’s fortune had no power to resist and was instantaneously severed.

The Lee surname youth, Lee Zhengjie, shivered inexplicably, feeling somewhat cold.

“Hmph, I’m leaving first, if you don’t have an answer by this afternoon, I’ll make you wish you were dead!”

He uttered harsh words and turned to walk away.

Upon exiting the hospital doors, stepping onto the ever-busy road, he walked towards his favorite limited edition Porsche.

Suddenly, the ground boomed open to reveal a massive pit, and Lee Zhengjie “pff” fell in, hit by a car that rolled over next to the pit, dying instantly in a gruesome manner.

In a moment, his Soul floated out, seemingly sent flying towards Zhou Yan’s location, as if sensing something.

“You—you caused this, you bastard—”

His Soul roared furiously, but no sound came out.

“It was I who slew you. To me, you are all but ants.”

Zhou Yan spoke indifferently.

As he spoke, he extended his hand, seizing Lee Zhengjie’s Soul by the neck. Lee Zhengjie’s Soul struggled in Zhou Yan’s grasp but could not break free, unable to even roar, incapable of making a sound.

His Soul gradually faded, eventually completely devoured by Zhou Yan.

(This chapter is an extra-large chapter~~)