731: Chapter 727: The Sima Family’s Millennium Plan!
731: Chapter 727: The Sima Family’s Millennium Plan!
“Hehehe~~~~ Kid, you’re quite honest!
In fact, you didn’t need to tell me all this, because it would reveal your abilities!
It was rumored in the market that the King of the Night possessed the power to see through everything, so I deliberately used you to search for the Ice Heart Awl.
I never expected that you would actually find it!
Kid, your clairvoyant ability might be even more formidable than the power of any force of nature!”
Ye Tian managed a bitter smile and said, “Mr.
Ye, although it’s a fine ability, I don’t even know where it comes from.
I’m unsure if the channel through which I obtained this ability was created by the Black Hole Clan’s ‘Egg of Death’!”
Ye Zhirong also shook his head, saying, “I wouldn’t know about that.
After all, my understanding of the Black Hole Clan isn’t extensive.
Perhaps your ability really is their doing.
However, the Black Hole Clan has never been known for their benevolence.
If your ability did indeed come from them, then you must be careful when using it, or it might cause harm to your body!”
“I understand…”
Ye Tian felt a chill run down his spine.
The ability to see through things had been indispensable when he was healing the sick or fighting enemies.
If there were indeed hidden dangers associated with such an ability, that would be terrible!
However, Ye Zhirong didn’t seem inclined to discuss Ye Tian’s clairvoyant ability any further as he immediately changed the subject.
“Kid, you’re not one of ours, but by some stroke of fate, you managed to locate the position of the Spirit Vein – an occurrence unlikely to happen to anyone else.
Regardless, since you were able to discover the exact location of the Jiangcheng Spirit Vein, it means that you are fated to be involved in this matter!
Kid, I ask you, how could a city’s topography undergo such dramatic changes?”
Ye Zhirong went straight to the point.
Ye Tian pondered for a moment before replying, “If I’m not mistaken, it must be due to severe earthquakes!
Moreover, ones of great magnitude, powerful enough to cause an earth-shaking transformation of Jiangcheng’s landscape!”
“Yes!
Earthquakes!
The phrase ‘great changes to heavens and earth, seas turning into mulberry fields’ depicts the scene caused by severe earthquakes!
But, the great earthquake that occurred over a thousand years ago was not a natural disaster!”
Ye Zhirong continued to speak, while Ye Tian’s face showed a puzzled expression.
“Not a natural disaster?
Mr.
Ye, I must confess that I don’t understand.
Are you implying that the great earthquake over a thousand years ago was man-made?”
“Of course it was man-made!”
Ye Zhirong said emphatically, then proceeded to display the Ice Heart Awl in front of Ye Tian once again.
“Kid, do you know?
The power contained within the Spirit Vein beneath Jiangcheng can be compared to hundreds of nuclear bombs.
If the energy from the Spirit Vein were to be fully released, it’s likely the whole city would explode!”
“That powerful?!”
Ye Tian was taken aback.
Even someone with his abilities could hardly fathom the force of a nuclear bomb.
If a nuclear explosion were to occur, even if he had mastered the indestructible body or superb Qinggong, survival would be impossible.
Hundreds of nuclear bombs could indeed destroy the entire Earth!
That meant the energy contained within the Spirit Vein far exceeded his imagination!
“So, the Sima Family wants to take the Spirit Vein to obtain its immense energy?”
Ye Tian asked in surprise, and Ye Zhirong’s expression turned complex.
“One could say that, or not really.
In truth, while the power hidden within the Spirit Vein is formidable, that’s not why the Sima Family is so desperate for it.
Their thirst for the Spirit Vein lies in its unique properties!”
“Unique properties?”
Ye Tian was baffled as Ye Zhirong continued, “Yes!
Because the energy from the Spirit Vein can assist the Sima Family in refining something they desire!”
“The Sima Family’s desired object?
What could it be?”
Ye Tian was amazed.
If even the powerful Sima Family coveted it, it must be a rare and precious treasure.
“The Longevity Stone!”
Ye Zhirong’s expression turned a bit heavy when he uttered the words “Longevity Stone,” clearly reluctant to speak the name.
However, to Ye Tian, it sounded like an ordinary name – albeit a rather pleasant one.
“The Longevity Stone?
What is that?
Mr.
Ye, is it a kind of gemstone?
Is it used to aid in cultivation or cure diseases?”
Ye Zhirong quickly replied, “The so-called Longevity Stone, as the name implies, is a stone that grants one longevity, and not just ‘longevity,’ but ‘eternal life’ to be precise!
To put it in layman’s terms, it’s the stone of immortality.”
“Immortality!?”
What Ye Zhirong spoke of was nothing but a term frequently heard by Ye Tian, yet the mention of this term at present sent a chill through Ye Tian’s spine without the cold.
Due to Ye Tian’s extraordinary medical skills, he was very clear about the life cycle of human birth, aging, sickness, and death!
No one could escape aging, even if their body was robust.
Cellular exhaustion and degeneration were inevitable, so death was a certainty for everyone!
Even if those fantasy novels spoke volumes about Immortals living eternally youthful lives, in reality, immortality was simply a beautiful human wish.
It was fundamentally impossible for humans to achieve eternal life, not even if the genetic code was deciphered!!
“Old Master Ye, is there really someone who can live forever?
It sounds absolutely inconceivable!”
Questioning with uncertainty, Ye Tian met with a serious gaze in the eyes of Ye Zhirong.
“Absolutely true.
An ancestor of Sima Feng obtained immortality through the Longevity Stone, which is why the Sima Family has been so prosperous over a millennium—it’s all because of that immortal!
However, just a few years ago, that immortal elder was killed!”
“An immortal person was killed?” Ye Tian was astounded.
“How powerful must the person be to kill an immortal?”
Ye Zhirong shook his head and said, “I have no idea how powerful that person could be!
However, immortality can only prevent the physical body from destruction, but it does not make one truly deathless.
If defeated in combat against a formidable opponent, then one would still be killed.
That’s the law of the jungle in the Martial Arts World!
Of course, as to who killed the immortal elder of the Sima Family, they keep their lips tightly sealed, so not a shred of information has come out!
And the Sima Family’s purpose isn’t solely vengeance for the immortal elder; they’re intent on creating another immortal.
That’s why they urgently need the Longevity Stone!”
“So you’re saying, the Sima Family wants to take control of the Spirit Vein beneath Jiang City and, once in their possession, refine it into a Longevity Stone?”
Ye Tian wondered aloud, and with this line of thinking, the Sima Family seemed quite similar to those Daoist sects.
“It’s not like that!” Ye Zhirong said with a grave expression, emphasizing forcefully, “The Sima Family doesn’t own any alchemical furnace.
They don’t intend to take the Spirit Vein away for refining the Longevity Stone.
All they need to do is use the Ice Heart Awl to shatter the Spirit Vein, allowing its power to overflow, that’s all!”
“Just shatter the Spirit Vein, letting its power overflow…”
A sudden tightness gripped Ye Tian’s heart, and an ominous premonition arose within him!
“Old Master Ye, what do you mean by that?
It sounds a bit chilling to me.”
Ye Zhirong let out a wry smile and continued, “My boy, it seems you guessed some of the clues!
In truth, the whole of Jiang City is viewed as an alchemical furnace by the Sima Family.
If you still don’t understand, let me make it clearer: the Spirit Vein is merely a catalyst.
What truly can refine the Longevity Stone are the living beings in Jiang City!
More than a thousand years ago, the predecessors of the Sima Family refined the entire Jiang City, leaving no one alive.
The violent tremors produced during the refining of the Longevity Pill were so severe they even transformed the landscape of Jiang City!
This was the great calamity Jiang City faced.
To prevent panic, the imperial court announced it was a massive earthquake with countless casualties but did not disclose that everyone had perished.
Due to the city’s ill-fate, the court even changed its name!
A millennium ago, the Sima Family obtained immortality, and a thousand years later, the once depleted Spirit Vein of Jiang City began to emerge anew.
The Sima Family aimed to repeat their old trick and refine another Longevity Stone—that is the ‘Great Plan’ of the Sima Family over a thousand years!”
“My heavens!”
Even Ye Tian, a man who saw through life and death, was shocked by Ye Zhirong’s words.
Who could be so ruthlessly cruel as to use an entire city’s population as raw material for refining the Longevity Stone?
No wonder the people of the Sima Family always called others ants, for they had never regarded life as anything significant from the very beginning!
If Jiang City were really refined by the Sima Family, not only would it be the end for himself, but what of his beloved wife Yun Xinyan and those entwined with him in unclear emotional bonds—would they not all vanish like smoke?
“Old Master Ye, your words sound so unbelievable!
You couldn’t be joking, could you?”
Ye Tian was still unwilling to believe, but Ye Zhirong posed a very solemn expression, one that forced Ye Tian to believe.
“My boy, would I joke about something as serious as this?
That’s why we, the Ye Family, have been opposing the Sima Family, to prevent this catastrophe from befalling the living!”
Ye Zhirong said solemnly, implying some reproach towards Ye Tian.
It was because of Ye Tian that he had been forced to come to Jiang City and was severely injured.
During his absence, he wondered what the situation had become?
Ye Tian asked again, “Old Master Ye, I’ve heard there are immortals who can live forever within the Heavenly Gate.
Are you suggesting those who have attained immortality have done so with the power of the Longevity Stone?”