Fang Chen sensed that the space had been enveloped by the waves emanating from his Manifestation. Yet standing inside it, he felt nothing unusual.
"This must be my Dharma Image of Heaven and Earth, right?"
Fang Chen looked at the gray, hazy space before him in surprise. Usually, a person's Dharma Image of Heaven and Earth was an advancement of their Manifestation, but his seemed to have little connection to his.
With a thought, Fang Chen withdrew his Manifestation, and the strange space dissipated.
From his conversation with Black Flame Saint, Fang Chen had learned that the space could accelerate the loss of a person's Lifespan. Beyond that, he still did not understand how it worked.
Fang Chen replied to Black Flame Saint in his mind, "Uncle-Master Black Flame, I created that strange space. You don't need to worry. By the way, you said I've been in seclusion for three years. Has anything major happened on the Barbaric Continent during that time?"
"No!"
Black Flame Saint responded at once, "The Ye Family's Ye Chen and Ye Mian are dead. They died horribly. Ye Kong crippled their Cultivation and nailed them to the shaft of the Xuanhuang Banner. No one dared save them. Once the Xuanhuang Banner had drained their power, their bodies turned to ash—dust to dust, earth to earth!"
"Good riddance!"
Fang Chen answered silently. Ye Chen and Ye Mian had gotten exactly what they deserved.
Black Flame Saint continued, "A year ago, the Ye Family sent someone to visit us. It was Ye Hong, Ye Kong and Ye Qingci's father. I told Ye Kong and Qingci, but neither of them wanted to see him!"
Fang Chen had not expected Ye Hong to be so shameless that he would dare come looking for Ye Kong and Ye Qingci.
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