Chapter: 6664

Lin Yuan'er listened afterwards and asked in surprise: "There are many hand gestures inside the treasure? Can you try one out, young master?"

Ye Chen shook his head and said: "The spiritual energy created by hand gestures doesn't seem to be for me to create, but rather for me to recognize things in the realm. That thing is so dominant, I'm not willing to try it again anytime soon."

Lin Yuan'er smiled and said: "Don't worry too much, young master. Although you lost many spiritual energies and elixirs this time, a horse may lose its saddle, but that doesn't mean it's not a blessing in disguise. It might be good for you too."

Ye Chen said: "The Four Directions Treasure is the country's most important treasure. The thing originates from the Four Directions Treasure, so it shouldn't be an extremely evil thing. But it's just too cunning, making me feel uneasy. I won't bother thinking about what happened before, but what's frustrating is that hand gesture. After using it, I realized that the spiritual energy it produces is completely out of my control, and that kind of energy is even more dominant. My spiritual energy can't withstand its presence."

Lin Yuan'er couldn't help but feel regretful and said: "Young master has finally found a precious way to obtain spiritual energy, only to find out it's a trap. It seems like you'll have to find another way from now on."

After finishing her thought, Lin Yuan'er suddenly had an idea and asked Ye Chen: "Can you think of whether that mysterious thing will enter your realm when?"

Ye Chen said: "It's probably around the time I got the Four Directions Treasure. At that time, the Four Directions Treasure absorbed my spiritual consciousness into itself, and when my spiritual consciousness returned, it might have brought that thing into my realm."

Lin Yuan'er nodded slightly and muttered to herself: "The Four Directions Treasure has told you all its secrets, which means it probably trusts you. If it sent some things into your realm at that time, I think it's unlikely to have any malicious intentions. Today, you're discovering more hand gestures inside it, which might also be intentional on its part!"

He sighed, saying: "The Four Directions Treasure has probably wanted to convey some information to me, but I worry that it conveyed this information for its own benefit rather than mine."

After a pause, he continued: "It passed on my hand seals, and the spiritual energy generated by these seals is not only useless to me but also completely drains my spiritual energy away. If this treasure has a personal agenda, then the thing lurking within me would be trying to infest my body. And if that's the case, it will be a huge trouble in the future."

Lin Yuan'er smiled and said: "You are a noble person of the ascendant dragon grade, and with your good fortune, this matter is unlikely to be fraught with danger. Perhaps it will even become an opportunity in the future."

After a brief pause, Lin Yuan'er continued: "I know that your spiritual energy was obtained at great difficulty, but I still advise you to try out all the hand seals within the Four Directions Treasure. Who knows, maybe this is a once-in-a-lifetime chance?"

Ye Chen paused for a moment before speaking up: "I'll give it a try, and since I don't see any malicious intent, I'm not worried about my life being at stake."

He then said: "However, the Four Directions Treasure needs spiritual energy to function, as does the ring. My cultivation elixir is almost depleted, so I plan to find ways to gather more materials in the near future and use the cauldron of true truth to refine a stronger version of my cultivation elixir. By then, I'll be able to solve both issues at once."

Lin Yuan'er nodded slightly and said: "If you need any materials, please let me know, and I'll help you figure out how to get them."

Ye Chen replied: "The most difficult-to-obtain materials are two types – one is dragon saliva essence that has been aged for over 10,000 years, and the other is high-grade snow lotus that has been aged for over 1,000 years."

Lin Yuan'er was shocked and asked: "A requirement of 10,000 years? Dragon saliva essence is something I've used before to blend with incense, but it's usually obtained from the body of a recently deceased giant squid. The longest it could have taken is a few decades at most, so 10,000 years is too long – longer than human civilization has existed."

Ye Chen sighed: "Human civilization has only lasted around 5,500 years. A 10,000-year-old dragon saliva essence can only be found in the natural death of a giant squid that occurred 10,000 years ago or in the remains of its body after it decomposed – whether it's buried on the beach or at the bottom of the sea. With so many years having passed, most of it would have been eroded and consumed away."

Lin Yuan'er asked him: "How did you obtain the million-year dragon saliva incense in the past?"

Ye Chen said: "Initially, I killed a wicked person who liked to raise centipedes in Jinling. The million-year dragon saliva incense was accidentally obtained from his body."

Lin Yuan'er laughed and said: "That's really quite accidental. But you don't have to worry about it, my maid can think of ways to find out."

...

When Ye Chen and Lin Yuan'er returned to Jinling, it was already noon.

Lin Yuan'er went out for several days, worried about the mother tea plant in the courtyard. Ye Chen had gone ahead to the Purple Gold Manor with her and also instructed Hong Wu to wait at the Purple Gold Manor for his return, so that he could go home to spend time with his family that afternoon.

Upon arriving at the Purple Gold Manor, Lin Yuan'er instructed old Zhang to think of ways to help Ye Chen find some million-year dragon saliva incense. Lin Yuan'er had cultivated a lot of influence and connections over the years, although her influence was not in martial arts or cultivation, but rather in various social circles. JrNovels.com