Everyone was in disbelief, “What? Spiritual roots can be created postnatally?”
“Theoretically, yes!”
Ye Chen frowned slightly and said slowly, “For others, having a spiritual root means having one, and there’s nothing that they can do about it for not having one. However, I’ve obtained a pill formula in my early years. It’s called the Qi Repair Pill. The Qi Repair Pill can allow mortals without a spiritual root to have a spiritual root.”
Whoosh!
Everyone was shocked.
Even Ye Hai, Ye Ming and the rest could not help getting excited. Although they could accept the fact that they did not have a spiritual root, how could they not want to have one?
After all, they already knew that it was not a problem for cultivators to live to a hundred years old. They were not willing to part with Ye Chen after a hundred years.
Compared to everyone’s excitement, Ye Chen was extremely calm.
Seeing his expression, Old Master Gu seemed to have guessed something. He could not help but ask, “Mr. Ye, if I’m not wrong, the Qi Repair Pill that you mentioned is probably not easy to refine, right?”
His words enlightened everyone.
That was right!
It was such a heaven-defying medicinal pill. If it was so easy to be refined, anyone could step onto the path of cultivation.
Upon meeting everyone’s gaze, Ye Chen said softly, “You’re right, old master. It’s not easy to obtain the Qi Repair Pill. The main reason is that you need a spiritual elixir called the Earth Immortal Fruit to refine the Qi Repair Pill. This item is too difficult to find. Even I’ve never obtained it before.”
Ye Ming felt like a bucket of cold water had been poured over him, “In other words, this hope is too vague, perhaps even impossible?”
The rest also looked gloomy.
“It’s not hopeless!”
Ye Chen hesitated for a moment. In the end, he revealed his true purpose, “I’ve received news recently that there’s an Earth Immortal Fruit somewhere. I plan to head there to look for it.”
“Where is it? Is it dangerous?”
Wu Lan asked first, worried, “Xiaochen, if it’s dangerous, don’t go.”
“It’s the ghost ship!”
Ye Chen said softly and slowly, “Only by boarding the ghost ship can it bring me to the place where the Earth Immortal Fruit grows!”
‘The ghost ship?’
Everyone looked at each other.
On the other hand, Old Master Gu’s expression changed. He seemed to have thought of something and exclaimed, “Could it be the ghost ship that only appears once every 20 years?”
His face was filled with shock, clearly knowing something.
Ye Hai asked, “Old Gu, what’s a ghost ship?”
Even Gu Yingying asked in confusion, “That’s right, grandpa. This is the first time I’ve heard of a ghost ship in my life!”
Old Master Gu looked at Ye Chen deeply and said while suppressing the shock inside of him, “A ghost ship appears on the Wu River every 20 years. No one knows where this ghost ship came from or where it goes. However, it’s said that the ghost ship will get to the netherworld in the end, and the dead will be revived on the ghost ship…”
Everyone’s expression changed.
Old Master Gu continued, “Every time the ghost ship appeared, many people boarded it. However, after so many years, the people who boarded the ghost ship never returned. Everyone said that they died on it or were left on it forever.”
“That won’t do!”
Wu Lan objected without thinking, “Xiaochen, I won’t allow you to go!”
Old Master Gu also said in a deep voice, “That’s right, Mr. Ye. The ghost ship is just too strange. Too many powerhouses have been buried. I think you’d better not go!”
Ye Hai’s face turned grim as he similarly refused, “Yes, you can’t go no matter what. If anything happens to you, who will your mother and I rely on for the rest of our lives? What will happen to Yuhan and Mengmeng?”
“Dad, mom, you don’t have to persuade me anymore!”
However, Ye Chen shook his head with incomparable determination and said, “I’ve already made up my mind. I’m definitely going to board the ghost ship this time. You guys don’t have spiritual roots, I don’t want to see you guys separated from me in a hundred years. We’re separated by life and death. Moreover, the ghost ship only appears once every 20 years. If I miss this opportunity, I’ll have to wait for another 20 years.”
At this point, he took a deep breath in and said, “Don’t worry. With my current strength, no one can threaten me. I know how to protect myself. Furthermore, the ghost ship might not be as scary as you think.”
Su Yuhan lowered her head and remained silent.
Now, she finally understood why Ye Chen was so serious today as to get everyone together. He beat around the bush because he wanted to board the ghost ship.
“I’m not worried about myself. The only thing I’m worried about is you guys. Before I leave, I’ll set up some tricks!”
Ye Chen said firmly. Subsequently, he said to Ye Wen, Gu Yingying, and Gu Shaokun who were standing aside, “Come here, the three of you!”
When the three of them approached, he reached out and tapped the center of their brows. He transmitted the cultivation techniques that were suitable for them with his Divine Consciousness and warned, “The memories in your heads are related to your own life and death. Do not speak a single word to anyone. Remember that!”
In the back mountain of the old forest in the northeast, a figure slowly stood there. His eyes studied the formation fluctuations in the back of the mountain. He could vaguely sense an aura inside growing stronger, like a thunder in spring, just waiting for the moment of explosion.
Ye Chen secretly sent a voice transmission to the Patriarch of Hell, “Fellow Zhuang, I’m going on a long journey. Please take care of my family!”
The Patriarch of Hell, who was in seclusion to seek a breakthrough, woke up quietly. He said in a deep voice after sensing the seriousness in Ye Chen’s tone, “Fellow Ye, don’t worry. Your family is safe with me around!”
“Alright!”
Ye Chen turned around and vanished directly.
Although he had not only set up a Peerless Killing Formation in the Ye family’s villa, he had also made Yang Tian and Lin Tai’s abilities to improve rapidly in a few days, for safety reasons, he still came all the way to inform the Patriarch of Hell.
The Patriarch of Hell was about to break through to Foundation Building. With his strength and means, no one below the Emperor Stage could harm him!
On a certain night a few days later, it was winter on the Wu River, a tributary of the Yangtze River. At night, the temperature suddenly dropped. Li Laosi, the fisherman, was wearing a large cotton jacket as he stood on the fishing boat, continuously collecting and placing them in the river ahead of time.
“What a big eel! And it’s a red eel!”
A one-meter-long red eel was swinging on the fishing net non-stop. Li Laosi reacted quickly and poured it into the bucket that he had prepared.
Looking at the crabs and octopus in the bucket, Li Laosi revealed a satisfied smile, “At least five catties. I can sell it for at least 200 yuan at the seafood market. Hehe. With the money I saved up earlier, it’s enough for the kid’s living expenses at the university!”
Normally, he would have gone back by now.
However, his wife, who used to work at the glass factory, had fallen and injured her leg, so she had to stay at home to heal. As time passed, the family’s income started to decline, and he had to risk his life to catch fish.
“It’s time to go back!
It’s freezing tonight!”
Li Laosi took out a bottle of white wine and gulped it. Subsequently, he took a deep breath in and turned around to start the boat.
However, the moment he turned around, his eyes widened, and his throat made weird noises due to fear.