Chapter 1170: Chapter 642: The Real Father (Quad Release 4-in-1)
He slightly opened his mouth, his whole body frozen in place, even the wind and snow seemed to pause around him for a moment.
Chen Yi suddenly felt a sense of absurdity.
Seducing... me?
She actually made this wish?
Although he usually heard Miss Donggong clamoring about wanting to seduce him, Chen Yi just let it be and treated it as a joke. After all, this stupid girl, no matter how skilled in seduction, would mess it up, being a bit clumsy.
Furthermore, now that she had become a soul, she hadn’t even returned to her body, making her much less attractive to Chen Yi.
Chen Yi slowly closed his slightly open mouth and instinctively examined his inner thoughts with utmost seriousness.
No heartbeat, no ripples, not even a single emotion apart from shock.
Not to mention any feelings, not even a trace of waves stirred, he even found it a bit... amusing.
He took a deep look at Ruo Shu, mingled with helplessness, astonishment, and a hint of understanding as though saying "just as expected", the twists and turns of this stupid girl’s mind always go to unexpected places, impossible to keep up with.
"So? Did it work?"
Donggong Ruoshu, seeing his gaze sweep over, immediately floated nervously and expectantly in front of him. As a soul, she could almost stick to Chen Yi’s face,
"Did you suddenly find me particularly charming? Heart racing? Want to... want to do something to me?" She tried hard to blink her clear eyes, attempting to be enchanting.
Chen Yi shook his head expressionlessly, his actions crisp and straightforward.
"No." Two words, decisive and final.
The light of expectation on Donggong Ruoshu’s face instantly dimmed, looking very confused, and appeared a bit deflated: "... It was clearly promised to make wishes come true... this pool is a liar..."
She floated to the pool’s edge, squatted down, and looked left and right at the dark golden liquid churning below.
Chen Yi paid no more attention to her small disappointment, his gaze returning to the swirling pool of "Heart’s Desire Pool" with its dark golden viscous liquid.
The pool water continued to churn slowly, emitting a strange smell of sulfur mixed with sandalwood, but the fierce rune flickering from when Donggong Ruoshu wished had already subsided, as if nothing had happened.
"Is it really a scam?" Chen Yi couldn’t help but be skeptical.
The stupid girl’s wish hadn’t come true, and he himself felt nothing. The effectiveness of this pool was really doubtful, yet the information from the West Ancient Souls and the Naxi Elder’s fervor before his death indicated that this object was extremely important to the Divine Sect Heretics.
Chen Yi never believed easily, but he also never dismissed things lightly.
He decided to test it himself.
Chen Yi walked to the pool’s edge, a few steps away from Donggong Ruoshu, and secret transmission uttered a few words:
"I am the Ming Venerable."
As his voice fell, the pool water continued to churn, runes flickered as usual, without any additional change, neither glowing brightly nor rejecting with waves.
Chen Yi furrowed his brow slightly.
"See! I told you it’s a fraud!" Although it was a secret transmission, Donggong Ruoshu could tell he had disclosed a secret from his lips moving.
Donggong Ruoshu pointed at the non-responsive pool water, her voice gaining some energy again, even with a bit of pride.
Chen Yi neither affirmed nor denied her conclusion, remaining silent for a moment, as if weighing the situation.
Ultimately, he spoke once more, lowering his voice, sending it into the churning pool,
"I am the Outer Heaven Demon."
At the moment his words fell.
The entire dark gold pool water seemed as if a red-hot iron was thrown in, suddenly boiling violently, no longer just churning, but nearly erupting fiercely, countless dark golden runes suddenly became dazzlingly bright, swirling madly like living creatures, colliding, emitting a low humming.
The smell of sulfur and sandalwood intensified tenfold in an instant, almost forming a tangible gust rushing at them, the blurred reflection at the pool’s center twisted and changed rapidly.
This reaction was far stronger than when Donggong Ruoshu had made her wish.
"Wow!" Donggong Ruoshu was startled by this sudden upheaval and floated back a bit, "It’s moving, it’s really moving this time! Chen Yi, Chen Yi, quickly make a wish, make a wish! How about accepting my seduction?" Her eyes sparkled, clearly enjoying the commotion.
Chen Yi had no time to pay attention to her noisy suggestion, his entire focus locked onto the violent pool water.
Deep within the pool, it seemed as if something had been completely awakened.
Looking at him coldly through the viscous liquid, waiting for his transaction...
This pool could indeed "hear" secrets and react, seemingly truly capable of fulfilling wishes, yet the more it was like this, the more alert Chen Yi became.
The wish could not be too big, lest there be unforeseen repercussions, nor too small, as that would be wasteful.
Having made up his mind, Chen Yi no longer hesitated, "I want to know where the World-Holding Bright Envoy’s legacy is."
As his voice fell, the violent pool water abruptly froze.
Immediately after, countless flickering dark golden runes, as if pulled by some invisible hand, instantly detached from the pool, rapidly converging and arranging in the air about a foot above the pool surface.
The strange smell of sulfur and sandalwood was suppressed by an even older and more vast aura.
In the blink of an eye, a map of extremely detailed and complex terrain clearly hovered in front of Chen Yi’s eyes, the mountain ranges’ directions, the rivers’ veins, a specially marked hidden node deep in the mountains...
All the information about the location of the World-Holding Bright Envoy’s legacy was within this.
Imprinting it in his memory, his goal achieved, Chen Yi had no more attachments, turning to leave, his boots making creaking sounds on the frozen snow.
"Hey, wait for me." Donggong Ruoshu hurriedly floated to catch up, lightly circling around to block his path.
