Chapter 1600: A Fleeting Appearance?

Ye Yuan put away the Junyi Sword and wandered around, quickly noticing the peculiarities of this place.

This space seemed very stable, like... a spatial node.

“This is the central hub of the spatial inheritance and the safest place. But arriving here means you can never leave. Unless... you can fully comprehend the first two levels of the spatial laws!”

As if realizing Ye Yuan had discovered something, the black-clad man spoke.

Ye Yuan was slightly surprised. He knew the black-clad man wasn't lying; this space was very safe, but the space outside was extremely chaotic.

Ye Yuan cupped his hands and said, “May I ask your name, sir, and how many years you have been trapped here?”

The black-clad man frowned and said sternly, “How dare you! A junior like you dares to speak to me like this! If not for the lack of spiritual energy here, I would at least be an elder of the Martial Tower by now!”

In the black-clad man's view, by seniority, Ye Yuan should at least address him as a senior.

But he didn't expect this brat to be so rude, addressing him as 'sir'.

Though trapped here, his pride remained.

The fact that he had survived until now already proved he was an extremely talented genius back in his day.

Ye Yuan smiled and said, “An elder? I am also an elder, so it seems there's no problem treating each other as equals, right?”

“Hahaha...”

The black-clad man let out a hoarse laugh upon hearing this and said, “Kid, do you think I've been trapped here so long that I've gone senile? You're still wet behind the ears, and an elder? That joke isn't funny at all!”

If not for the fact that Ye Yuan was a junior of the Martial Tower and the first person to enter here in so many years, he would have slapped Ye Yuan to death long ago.

This brat actually dared to mock him!

But the next moment, his gaze suddenly froze, staring intently at Ye Yuan's palm.

In Ye Yuan's palm was a token.

An elder token!

The black-clad man's pupils contracted, revealing an expression of disbelief, and he exclaimed, “You... how do you have an elder token? A Pill Tower elder? How could a three-star Divine Pill Master become a Pill Tower elder? No, this token must be fake!”

Ye Yuan smiled and tossed the token to him.

After examining it, the man's eyes showed shock.

This token could not be faked!

“Ye Yuan! Pill Tower elder! You... how did you do it?” the black-clad man asked, staring at Ye Yuan in astonishment.

Ye Yuan smiled and said, “Becoming a Pill Tower elder naturally means my alchemy skills are decent. If you can get out, you'll know how it happened.”

The black-clad man's gaze hardened, and he said bitterly, “Get out? Once you enter here, you still want to get out? I, Leng Yu, have been trapped here for 130,000 years and haven't found a way out! Even if you are a Pill Tower elder, you can't possibly get out of here!”

Ye Yuan said calmly, “130,000 years? I don't have that much time to waste here. I will get out!”

Leng Yu sneered, “Overconfident! Everyone who entered the spatial inheritance thought they could comprehend the spatial laws, but they all died! Only I have survived until now! I consider myself gifted, yet I have only comprehended the first level of spatial laws to the late stage. Even if your talent far surpasses mine, without tens of thousands of years, can you catch up to me?”

Ye Yuan took back the elder token and smiled, “If I don't try, how will I know?”

Leng Yu suddenly calmed down and said flatly, “When I first entered here, I was exactly like you, full of vigor. Once your edge is worn away, you'll know what despair means! Go ahead!”

Ye Yuan smiled without replying and sat down cross-legged on the spot.

These three years, Ye Yuan had used the laws of the sword to comprehend the spatial laws. Now, having broken through space, he felt a glimmer of insight.

He needed to calm down and contemplate the fruits of his three years of cultivation.

Gradually, Ye Yuan entered a state of emptiness.

As for Leng Yu, with Wuchen watching, he wasn't worried.

If Leng Yu made a move, Wuchen would immediately control the Purple Extreme Palace to shield Ye Yuan.

Leng Yu watched Ye Yuan in meditation, his eyes full of disdain.

“Those who don't listen to advice will suffer! When you've hit your head against a wall, you'll understand how I feel now,” Leng Yu sneered.

...

Time passed, and Ye Yuan remained in meditation for half a year.

One day, the space suddenly fluctuated.

Leng Yu's eyes snapped open, and he looked at Ye Yuan in surprise.

“This kid, he's broken through to the mid-stage of the first level so quickly? So he had already comprehended the spatial laws; no wonder he could get here! It seems this kid's talent is truly extraordinary.”

Leng Yu was very sensitive to spatial laws, and the spatial fluctuation caused by Ye Yuan was exactly the mid-stage of the first level of spatial laws.

After three years of enlightenment and half a year of settling, Ye Yuan finally broke through the bottleneck.

At this moment, Ye Yuan slowly rose, took out the Junyi Sword, leaped up, and entered the chaotic space again.

Leng Yu watched Ye Yuan's disappearing back, somewhat puzzled.

“This kid, comprehending spatial laws, what's he doing with a sword?”

Ye Yuan was gone for several years.

When he returned, his body was riddled with wounds, clearly badly injured by the chaotic space.

Fortunately, Ye Yuan had many pills on him. After swallowing some, he entered meditation again.

After digesting all the insights from these years, he would again take up his sword and enter the chaotic space, repeating the cycle.

Leng Yu watched coldly, unimpressed.

In his view, Ye Yuan had just happened to hit a bottleneck and broken through by chance.

But the spatial laws grew more profound as one progressed, and the time required increased exponentially.

Even ten or twenty thousand years might yield no progress!

If spatial laws could be worn down by time, Leng Yu wouldn't have been trapped for 130,000 years.

...

“Have you heard? Elder Ye has fallen in the spatial inheritance!”

“How could I not have heard of such a big thing?”

“Alas, what a pity. Such a brilliant genius, and he had to go and seek death.”

“Exactly! No one has ever come out of the spatial inheritance. Who does he think he is, doing something so foolish!”

...

Three years after Ye Yuan entered the spatial inheritance, the light point representing him finally disappeared completely.

This meant that Ye Yuan had perished in the spatial inheritance.

The news spread from the Martial Tower and immediately shook the entire inner city.

The once dazzling genius had thus flashed briefly, forever remaining in the chaotic space.

Some regretted it, some sympathized, some gloated.

But no one doubted that Ye Yuan could never come out of the inheritance space.

“Wah... I don't believe it! I don't believe it! Elder Ye will definitely come out; he can't die in there!”

Ning Siyu threw herself onto the Second Elder's shoulder, weeping bitterly.