Chapter 507: I Have Been Waiting For You
Something inappropriate for children? Ye Guan's face darkened. Had she already forgotten what she did to me earlier? Wait, what if she just wants a reason to beat me up?
Ye Guan was convinced that it had to be the case.
Ye Qingqing urged, "Come on, tell me more of such jokes."
"Isn't that kind of inappropriate, Aunt?" asked Ye Guan.
Ye Qingqing frowned. "Why is it inappropriate? Come on, I like jokes that are inappropriate for children."
Ye Guan had no idea what to say. I guess I dug my own grave.
"Hurry up and tell me a joke!" Ye Qingqing urged impatiently.
Ye Guan shook his head repeatedly. "No, no, no."
Schwing!
Ye Qingqing unsheathed her sword with knitted brows, and her powerful sword force suppressed Ye Guan.
Ye Guan's expression changed drastically, and he hurriedly said, "It's too inappropriate!"
Ye Qingqing coldly chuckled. "I want it very inappropriate."
Ye Guan's face stiffened.
"I'll give you three seconds, or I'm going to beat you up," Ye Qingqing declared.
Ye Guan shook his head. Ye Qingqing was just looking for a reason to beat him up. If he really told her an inappropriate joke, she would break his legs.
Three seconds later, Ye Qingqing didn't beat him up. Instead, she calmly asked, "I have a little story here that is highly inappropriate for children. Do you want to hear it?"
Ye Guan was curious.
Ye Qingqing stared at Ye Guan. "Do you want to hear it?"
Ye Guan quickly shook his head. "No! I don't want to hear it!"
He didn't want to keep digging his own grave.
Ye Qingqing smiled coldly before turning around and walking away without saying anything.
The previous beating had told Ye Guan a lesson, and he had learned not to speak nonsense before his aunt. Aunt Ye Qingqing was a swordsman, but her knuckle sandwiches were incredibly delicious!
The two continued their journey against the flow of the Time River. Actually, it was more like Ye Qingqing was navigating the Time River by herself.
Ye Guan was too weak to navigate the tumultuous currents of the Time River.
In addition, they had to move as swiftly as possible to make sure that the Great Sword Sovereign and her group wouldn't catch up to them, so Ye Guan had no choice but to cultivate in the world inside the tiny pagoda.
Of course, Ye Guan wasn't really complaining.
Ye Qingqing swiftly against the current of the Time River, and she moved at an incredible speed that didn't allow any run-of-the-mill cultivator to catch up to her.
An unknown amount of time passed, and the journey came to a halt when Ye Qingqing suddenly stopped upon sensing something. Ye Qingqing turned around and transformed into a ray of sword light, tearing apart a spacetime rift.
Ye Qingqing disappeared into the spacetime rift and found herself in the middle of a boundless sea.
Ye Guan suddenly appeared next to Ye Qingqing. He looked around, looking somewhat puzzled.
Ye Qingqing pointed down below.
Ye Guan looked down and was stunned. The deep sea actually had a submerged palace surrounded by hundreds of warrior statues, each a few kilometers tall.
It was an ancient ruin!
Ye Guan turned to Ye Qingqing and asked, "Are there any signs of life?"
Ye Qingqing nodded. "Yes, but it's very faint."
Ye Guan thought about it before suggesting, "Let's go down and take a look."
Then, Ye Guan rushed downward, plunging into the sea with Ye Qingqing following closely behind him. The submerged palace was magnificent and grand; it also had an expansive estate, which resembled a city more than just a mere estate. The warrior statues towering thousands of meters tall were actually wielding colossal sabers, and each of them exuded an incredibly domineering aura.
Ye Guan was about to step forward when Ye Qingqing raised her hand, stopping him.
Her gaze was transfixed on the two statues standing in front of the palace gates.
Ye Guan asked, "Are they alive?"
Ye Qingqing nodded.
Ye Guan turned to look at the two statues, but he couldn't feel any signs of life from them.
Ye Guan was about to speak when the two statues opened their eyes. An ancient aura swept toward them, carrying powerful tidal waves.
Ye Qingqing's eyes turned cold, and she slashed out with her sword, distorting the ancient aura.
Rumble!
One of the statues lunged forward with a colossal saber in hand, and it slashed fiercely toward Ye Qingqing.
Ye Qingqing remained expressionless and thrust her sword forward.
Boom!
A deafening explosion echoed, and the colossal saber in the statue's hand trembled violently before exploding into dust. The statue staggered backward, crashing into the palace gates and creating a cloud of silt that obscured visibility.
Rumble!
The giant warrior statues opened their eyes one after another, and a powerful aura spread from the depths, generating extremely high tidal waves as the seafloor undulated. It was a spectacular and horrifying sight.
Ye Guan frowned. What kind of civilization were they from?
The statues were about to make their move when an ancient voice echoed from deep within the palace. The statues stopped one by one. Then, they turned slowly to face the palace and bowed respectfully before ceasing all movement.
Ye Guan and Ye Qingqing exchanged looks before walking into the inner palace.
The statues they encountered along the way remained frozen and silent.
The interior was dimly lit, evoking a heavy sense of oppression and an eerie atmosphere. Ye Guan looked into the distance and saw that the main hall was brightly litsomeone was inside the main hall.
Ye Guan glanced at Ye Qingqing and smiled, but he didn't say anything.
Ye Qingqing turned to look at him and asked, "What was that smile?"
"I'm smiling because I'm feeling a sense of security." Ye Guan chuckled.
Ye Qingqing furrowed her brows slightly. "A sense of security?"
"I feel secure being around you!" Ye Guan explained.
Ye Qingqing stared indifferently at Ye Guan without responding to his remark.
"Aunt, I wouldn't dare to enter this palace if you weren't here with me," Ye Guan said. It was true that he would definitely think twice about entering ancient worlds like this world. After all, old worlds that had withstood the ruthless passage of time definitely had powerful supreme elites safeguarding them.
However, Ye Qingqing was with him, so Ye Guan had nothing to worry about at all.
If I gather all my aunts and have them come with me Ye Guan smiled at the thought.
Ye Qingqing suddenly asked, "Do you feel safer following me, or do you feel safer following your plain-skirt aunt?"
Ye Guan's mind went blank at the question. Here she goes again!
Ye Qingqing stopped in her tracks and stared at Ye Guan, waiting for his answer.
Ye Guan could only say, "I feel safe with the both of you!"
Ye Qingqing shook her head. "I'm not satisfied with that answer, so you better give me a better answer!"
Ye Guan's expression froze.
Ye Qingqing stared deeply at Ye Guan, waiting for his response.
"I feel the safest when I'm with Plain-Skirt Aunt," Ye Guan replied.
The temperature around the two plummeted instantly.
"However, I like being with you!" Ye Guan added.
Ye Qingqing was slightly taken aback. "Why?"
Ye Guan grinned. "I don't know. I just really like being with you."
Ye Qingqing glanced at Ye Guan before turning around and walking toward the distant hall.
Ye Guan breathed a sigh of relief. Aunt Qingqing is really scary. And she's the type to keep her word, so if she said that she's going to beat you up, she's really going to beat you up until you're clinging on to life by a thread!
Soon, the two arrived in front of the brightly lit main hall.
Ye Guan cupped his fist and said, "Hello?"
He received no response.
Ye Guan was puzzled, and he tried again. "Senior?"
There was still no response.
Ye Guan pondered briefly before saying, "Excuse me."
With that, Ye Guan gently pushed the door open and was stunned by the scene inside.
A bronze coffin was inside the main hall, and four guards stood around the coffin. The guards were dressed in golden armor, and they held golden swords in scabbards hanging from their waists. They stood like statues around the bronze coffin.
Ye Guan swept his gaze across the four guards before walking slowly toward the bronze coffin. The four guards opened their eyes just then and unsheathed their swords halfway. Four powerful sword auras rushed toward Ye Guan, engulfing him.
Ye Guan's heart skipped a beat. What a terrifying sword aura!
Ye Guan carefully examined the four guards and found that they didn't seem to be living beings. Their eyes were open, but they lacked the vitality of the living. They looked as though they were puppets, but their sword aura was real.
Ye Guan suddenly recalled a certain termthe living dead!
The bronze coffin suddenly trembled, and the four guards' swords returned to their scabbards. Afterward, they stepped backward and stood behind the coffin.
Ye Guan glanced at the four guards before walking toward the bronze coffin.
He pushed open the lid and saw an unparalleled coffin.
A young lady dressed in a pure white dress was in the coffin. She had the perfect facial features, and her skin resembled jade. She lay quietly in the coffin, and her clear eyes were staring curiously at Ye Guan.
Ye Guan was slightly startled by the sight.
"Miss?" he muttered hesitantly.
The young lady stared at Ye Guan. "Do you see the jade pendant on my chest?"
Ye Guan looked at the young lady's chest and saw a palm-sized blood-red jade pendant. A character written in black ink was carved on the gemDao.
Dao Jade? Ye Guan frowned slightly.
The young lady asked, "Can you help me take it off?"
"Is this jade suppressing you?" Ye Guan asked.
"Mmhm."
"Are you going to beat me up afterward?"
The young lady blinked at Ye Guan and replied, "No."
Ye Guan unhesitantly removed the jade pendant, and he wasn't really afraid about getting beaten up. Ye Qingqing was with him, after all.
The young lady sat up once the jade pendant was removed. She hopped out of the coffin and took a deep breath.
"I'm finally free!" exclaimed the young lady.
Ye Guan cast a wary gaze upon the young lady.
The young lady turned to Ye Guan just then and said, "You're very handsome."
"..."
The young lady turned around and started walking toward the entrance of the main hall.
Her eyes were filled with sorrow as she looked out. "So everyone has gone..."
"Miss, are you" Ye Guan trailed off.
The young lady turned to Ye Guan and smiled. "My name is Jing Xue. They call me Princess Jing, but you can call me Jingjing."
Ye Guan nodded. "Lady Jingjing, my name is"
"Ye Guan!" Jing Xue interrupted and smiled. "You'reYe Guan, right? I've been waiting for you!"
Ye Guan was stupefied, and even Ye Qingqing couldn't help but frown at the sight.
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