Seeing the red glow, Chen Ye froze for a moment. It was second only to the golden light.
He hadn't expected to get something so good on his very first try.
[100,000-Year Dragon Blood Fruit (Pseudo-Immortal Herb): Once consumed, it rapidly boosts vitality and Soul Power Level and accelerates cultivation.]
[A Pseudo-Immortal Herb has not undergone the tempering of a Lightning Tribulation and cannot develop intelligence, but its effects are identical to those of a genuine Immortal Herb.]
As Chen Ye read the diary, his eyes lit up. He lightly touched it, and a huge red fruit appeared in his hand.
The fruit was covered in a layer of dark red scales.
"Now this is good stuff! With this, my cultivation speed will increase several times over."
"One 100,000-year Immortal Herb should be enough to carry me all the way to the Soul Saint level!"
Holding the 100,000-year Dragon Blood Fruit, Chen Ye began absorbing its blood energy and abundant power.
He only had one ring at the moment, so he couldn't actually use something like this. All he could do was absorb the energy from its outer layer.
Even so, Chen Ye could feel that his cultivation speed had increased to at least five times what it had been before.
Five times the cultivation speed and rate of vitality growth, on top of his God-level Martial Soul, the Golden Dragon King.
A rare glimmer of excitement appeared in Chen Ye's eyes. He'd gotten something so precious on his very first draw.
A 100,000-year Spirit Grass like this couldn't be bought anywhere.
Even the mighty Tang Sect had only seven or eight genuine Immortal Herbs.
Although he hadn't obtained a genuine Immortal Herb, this one had exactly the same effects. The only drawback was that it couldn't become a Soul Spirit.
As he pondered this, the diary trembled. He gently opened it.
Sure enough, a new passage had appeared beneath the entry devoted solely to Yuanen Yehui.
[I've told Grandpa and the others. They said everything you told me was true, and then asked where I'd learned it. But I couldn't tell them who you are.]
[Could you lift the restriction on me? If I tell Grandpa about you, they'll be able to believe me completely.]
Reading the words in the diary, Chen Ye almost laughed in exasperation.
She was really pushing her luck. He'd already told her how to save her mother, and now she wanted to reveal his existence.
After thinking it over, Chen Ye felt a little helpless.
He knew this hadn't been Yuanen Yehui's idea. Her grandfather and father must have been coaxing her into revealing the source of her information.
After all, the information meant little to Chen Ye, but this secret was the Yuanen Family's deepest and could never be revealed to anyone.
[Don't push your luck. What do I care whether they believe you or not?]
[If you reveal my existence, you'll die—and your mother, or even your entire family, will be destroyed along with you.]
Chen Ye couldn't actually destroy the entire Yuanen Family, of course. But if they could use words to trick a six-year-old girl, so could he.
Sure enough, the moment she heard his words, Yuanen Yehui fell silent.
At that moment, in the Yuanen Family's main hall, an old man and a middle-aged man watched the little girl standing before them.
The girl had kept her head down, but now she suddenly looked up, as if badly frightened, and stared at her grandfather and father in alarm.
"That Being won't let me say its name or tell anyone it exists. If I do, it'll destroy our family."
Yuanen Yehui's voice trembled. After hearing her, Yuanen Zhentian and Yuanen Tiandang exchanged a glance.
"Granddaughter, go on ahead. Your father and I have something to discuss. Don't worry—nothing will happen to your mother."
Yuanen Zhentian patted his granddaughter, while Yuanen Tiandang remained silent.
Only after the girl had said goodbye and left did Yuanen Tiandang speak, his voice hesitant:
"Do you think that mysterious being will do anything to Yehui? It can implant things in Hui'er's mind. We don't have the means to do anything like that."
"If you know we can't do anything, then stop saying useless things. Your old man is an Extreme Douluo, and even I can't do something like that."
"That being is either a legendary Super Artifact or something even more powerful. Of course, it could also be a true god."
"Neither of us can afford to provoke an existence like that. And since it told Hui'er about this matter, that means it doesn't bear our Yuanen Family any ill will."
Yuanen Zhentian sighed softly and dropped heavily into a chair, his expression complicated.
"I'm sorry, Tiandang. When Hui'er first told me, I didn't believe her. I just thought she was joking."
"What are you saying, Father? This isn't your fault. I didn't believe her at first either."
"I'm going to see Yehui... I'll be going now, Father." Yuanen Tiandang stood, his voice hoarse.
Yuanen Zhentian looked at his son and noticed a trace of tears in his eyes.
He fell silent for a moment but didn't stop his son. He simply waved a hand.
Yuanen Tiandang bowed, then turned and left for the small courtyard where his wife and daughter lived.
He gently opened the door and entered the courtyard. As soon as he stepped inside, he saw his wife sitting quietly on the sofa.
His daughter lay asleep on her mother's lap. Both of them had drifted off.
Looking at this peaceful scene, Yuanen Tiandang clenched his fists. A trace of tears glimmered in his eyes.
"I'm sorry, Yehui. I'm useless. If I were strong enough, I wouldn't have made you and our daughter live in this little courtyard."
As the eldest son of the Yuanen Family's main line, he held the most esteemed position.
So when word reached the family that he and his wife had fallen in love, the entire family rejected their relationship.
After all, he was the eldest son of one of Shrek City's top families, while she was a Soul Master with an Evil Martial Soul.
Their love had not been blessed, but the two of them had faced every hardship and stayed together.
Even so, no matter how desperately they trained, they still couldn't earn the family's approval.
Because the family shunned them, mother and daughter could only live in this most remote courtyard.
"O great god, if you truly exist, please protect my wife! Just let her live in peace."
"I'm willing to give up everything—my heart, or even my life."
Looking at his sleeping wife, Yuanen Tiandang knew why she was so desperate to become a Titled Douluo.
It wasn't because she wanted great strength. It was because once she became a Titled Douluo, she would count among the family's top fighters.
Then the family elders would no longer oppose their marriage, and the two of them could finally live together openly.
Thinking of this, Yuanen Tiandang quietly watched his wife and daughter. He didn't dare imagine what would happen if his daughter's words came true.
He didn't dare imagine what kind of miserable life his daughter would lead after losing her mother and him.
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