Celestial Dragon Sword Venerable-Chapter 171: Soul-locking and Soul-chasing Technique

Chapter 171: Chapter 171: Soul-locking and Soul-chasing Technique

Upon hearing this, Ye Cangqian’s eyes immediately lit up with soaring confidence. "Master," he said, his voice brimming with self-assurance, "I have already awakened twenty percent of that final shackle and now possess the qualifications to be a Candidate Saint Son of the Cyan Moon Sacred Land. Once the remaining eighty percent of the Bloodline Shackles are unlocked, I will completely comprehend Ye Fengyang’s Fiery Flame Sword Body Talent and fuse it with my own Bloodline Talent, undergoing a brand-new transformation."

As Ye Cangqian spoke, the radiance in his eyes intensified. He added, "Master, please inspect me."

"Hm?"

A strange, mystical light shone in Duan Qianji’s eyes. Deep within his pupils, a bizarre energy, like that of a Celestial Tribulation, even seemed to flash for a moment.

Tiny arcs of electricity manifested, only to gradually fade away.

Duan Qianji walked over to stand before Ye Cangqian. Then, a terrifying surge of Sword Spirit Power transformed into a streak of flowing light and shot into Ye Cangqian’s body.

Faced with Duan Qianji’s action, Ye Cangqian felt a flicker of inexplicable apprehension, but he quickly suppressed it.

To make it easier for Duan Qianji, he even proactively lowered his soul’s defenses, allowing his master to ’inspect’ him freely.

As expected, this display of ’trust’ greatly pleased Duan Qianji.

A look of considerable excitement appeared in Duan Qianji’s eyes. "Good, well done! In less than half a year, not only have you entered the Sword Spirit First Heaven Realm, but you’ve also transformed your Sword Spirit into the Fiery Sun Sword Spirit, incorporating that wisp of Ancient Bloodline within you. And you’ve finally unlocked a part of that incredibly powerful shackle! My efforts have not been in vain after all."

Ye Cangqian’s mood improved considerably, and he immediately replied with a fawning tone, "This is only thanks to your excellent guidance and immense power, Master. Because of you, the many who watch me with covetous eyes don’t dare to make a move. Otherwise, how could I possibly be where I am today?"

Duan Qianji nodded slightly, then a pensive look crossed his face. "Regarding your situation, that shackle from the Ancient Bloodline clearly has some cracks, but its Dao Mark imprints aren’t continuous.

"Normally, you should have comprehended far more than just twenty percent, shouldn’t you? Thirty or even forty percent should have been well within reach. If you had reached forty percent, you could have become the thirty-second Saint Son of the Cyan Moon Sacred Land by now! What happened to interrupt your epiphany?"

Duan Qianji hadn’t paid much mind to this before, but now, upon discovering Ye Cangqian’s immense potential, he immediately took it seriously.

Ye Cangqian’s expression immediately became uncertain.

After a long moment, he gritted his teeth, a look of incomparable malice filling his eyes. "Master, as you know, I possess a certain Ancient Bloodline, which makes my sense of danger extremely sharp. At a critical moment during my epiphany, I was suddenly gripped by a horrifying, heart-pounding dread, and the process was interrupted!

"In that instant, I thought of Ouyang Ruoxue and Ye Tianling. I even had this dreadful feeling—that they would one day become the most terrifying fated enemies of my life!"

"As a result, I couldn’t continue my comprehension. My mood became incredibly violent and agitated, and the calm state of mind I once had completely vanished."

"After that, I was restless, unable to eat or sleep... I always had this feeling, as if countless great mountains were pressing down on my heart and soul."

"This is the real reason I was behaving so poorly earlier."

"It’s just... you never paid any mind to a mere Ye Tianling before, Master. I was afraid that if I kept bringing him up, you would think me incompetent and look down on me..."

Ye Cangqian hesitated for a moment but ended up recounting all the dreadful feelings he had.

This time, Duan Qianji’s expression became incomparably grave.

"The specific time, when was it?"

Duan Qianji asked.

"Four days ago! Four days ago, that terrifying feeling reached its peak!"

Ye Cangqian said in a low voice.

Now that he had voiced all the distracting thoughts in his heart, his mind, paradoxically, grew calmer.

And with this newfound calm, his understanding of the situation became clearer. He vaguely considered a certain possibility.

However, he didn’t voice it.

"Four days ago... That was the day Long Tianxiao died."

Duan Qianji muttered to himself.

Ye Cangqian shuddered, and it felt as if the blood in his veins had suddenly ignited.

He suddenly looked up at the sky. Between Heaven and Earth, it was as if a terrifying light of the Dao was descending, bit by bit, onto his head.

A few strands of Ye Cangqian’s hair had clearly and suddenly turned white.

This change made Duan Qianji’s pupils contract, and he, too, looked up at the sky.

His expression grew even colder and more grave.

"How many times have you tried to kill Ye Tianling?"

Duan Qianji recalled ’a sliver of information’ he’d obtained from Blood Killing Heaven, and his expression turned even uglier.

"If you count the time I hired assassins from Blood Killing Heaven, then three times."

Ye Cangqian continued, "The Blood Killing Envoy said that a Candidate Saintess who had never failed before made a move, but she failed and even returned wounded."

Duan Qianji said, "Yes, that Candidate Saintess’s strength is quite low, only at the Sword Void First Transformation Realm. Clearly, Ye Tianling has a rather capable helper with him, someone for whom dealing with the Void Realm is no great issue."

Ye Cangqian said, "At the time, a thought occurred to me again and again: ’Since I’ve failed to kill Ye Tianling so many times, could he possess the dreadful Life Chart of a ’Child of Celestial Mandate,’ a favorite of the world’s Qi Fortune?’ But, not counting the attempt by Blood Killing Heaven, I myself have only moved against him twice."

Duan Qianji asked, "If you were to kill him completely this time and seize his bloodline, would you be able to break the obsession in your heart and fully awaken that mysterious Ancient Bloodline inheritance?"

Ye Cangqian’s heart leaped with joy. "Yes! I’m certain of it!" he said at once. "I am a hundred percent confident that if I kill Ye Tianling with my own hands and seize his bloodline, I will be able to fully comprehend the profound meaning of the Fiery Sun Sword Body! I can activate my own Ancient Bloodline, step into the Void Realm, and even reach the Void Realm Three Transformation or higher in one go. It would be no problem at all!"

Ye Cangqian was supremely confident!

Duan Qianji said, "Good. Then I will help you this one time!"

As he spoke, Duan Qianji activated a wisp of Ye Fengyang’s Fiery Sun Bloodline. Combining it with Celestial Tribulation Power, he used a supreme Soul-locking Technique to perform a mysterious technique.

"This is the Soul-locking and Soul-chasing Technique. It can track Ye Fengyang and Ye Tianling through the Fiery Sun Bloodline, but it comes at an immense cost, so I would not normally use it lightly. However, to help you eliminate your Heart Demon, I will personally search for Ye Tianling. He went to the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain Range region, correct? You will come with me.

"You will be the one to kill him; I will merely act as your backup. If you are no match for him, I will cut him down myself! This time, his death is certain!"

Duan Qianji’s tone was exceptionally cold and ruthless.