"I don't think so!"
Ye Long began analyzing things with a serious air. "As everyone knows, the properties of a Divine Artifact forged by an Artifact Master depend on the properties of its materials. The Years Blade now possesses the power of time. What does that have to do with the Qin Emperor? I'd say there's an eighty percent chance he found some material imbued with the power of time and used it to forge the Years Blade."
"Material imbued with the power of time!?"
Ye Chen looked at the Years Blade in his hand and thought the explanation made a lot of sense.
"And besides, you know..."
Ye Long continued his earnest analysis. "The Qin Emperor loves to show off. You could say he gets restless if he goes a single day without being the center of attention. If he really had a Time Great Dao Seal, he wouldn't keep it hidden."
"The Qin Emperor loves to show off!?"
Ye Chen furrowed his brow and thought it over. It seemed perfectly plausible.
Ever since the Qin Emperor ascended the throne, whether he was campaigning north against the steppe, marching east against the Demon Race, or digging the Grand Canal to head south to Jiangnan, he had always made a grand spectacle of things and cared about appearances.
But for some reason, Ye Chen still felt something was off.
He just couldn't put his finger on what it was. He only felt as though someone had been leading him around by the nose the whole time.
"Ye Chen!"
Ye Long hurriedly urged him, "Don't overthink it. Hurry up and test the blade!"
"No, wait!"
Ye Chen seemed to come back to his senses. His voice grew urgent. "When the Upper Realm Immortals descended, the whole Ancient Wasteland was saying I