Invincible Young Master in the City-Chapter 1493 - 1489: Who Is Lan Jing’s Father?
Ye Fan, facing Shen Yan, noticed the cold indifference on her face, and his heart grew cold as well. He hadn’t expected Shen Yan’s attitude to be so resolute.
"Alliance Hierarch Ye, we are working for you... ah!" Xu Lao Guai and the others met a tragic end; their cultivation was abolished. They didn’t die, but they were practically no different from the dead. They turned from cultivators into ordinary people, their Golden Cores destroyed. They might even be killed if they stepped outside.
Ye Fan said, "The rain outside cannot be withstood by you. Someone will take you out later. The foundation of your cultivation hasn’t been abolished either. You can continue cultivating to the Golden Core Stage. Your future path is up to you!"
He was quite merciful to these people, merely abolishing their cultivation. Their Golden Cores were destroyed, but they could start cultivating again from Foundation Establishment.
Only a cultivator whose power reached that of an Immortal could abolish cultivation without affecting the foundation. For anyone else, the destruction of these cultivators’ Golden Cores would mean certain death without a burial place.
In the midst of their suffering, Ye Fan glanced at Shen Yan again and said, "Yanyan, even if we can’t be friends, I can send you back to Earth, treating you as just a stranger. Is that alright?"
"Just tell me how to go back. I don’t need you to escort me. Where exactly is this place, and how far is it from Earth?" Shen Yan glared at Ye Fan and asked.
Ye Fan said, "It’s not too far, but not too close either. I can find a way to send you back. Sang Yuan, you send her off!"
"I don’t need her!" Shen Yan had strong resistance to the woman beside Ye Fan.
Sang Yuan was in a difficult situation, looking at Ye Fan with a questioning gaze. Ye Fan didn’t know how to communicate with Shen Yan either.
Shen Yan, pulling the girl along, said, "The rain outside should have stopped now. I’m leaving, and you must not interfere with me. If you refuse to tell me how to get back to Earth, I’ll find a way myself!"
Shen Yan was stubborn as she pulled the girl towards the entrance of the cave. Soon, they disappeared among the surrounding mountains, obviously leaving by riding a magical sword.
"Young Master, what should we do?" Sang Yuan looked at Ye Fan with an inquiring gaze.
"Let her go. As long as she is safe and sound, that’s enough. Find someone to follow her, not to monitor, but to prevent anyone from harming her. She has no idea where she is now, so later on, find someone to help guide her to find a way back to Earth!" Ye Fan said.
"Yes, Young Master, I’ll go right away!" Sang Yuan hurriedly went to handle the matter.
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Ye Fan returned to the celestial city. It was still early, and he strolled through the streets of the celestial city, experiencing the exotic atmosphere.
As an ancient society, a city where humans and cultivators coexisted, the celestial city developed a culture transcending the mundane world. Here, there was no brawling, or rather, if there was a brawl, it was a major event.
This city belonged to Sang Yuan. The rules of this city were even set by Sang Yuan. Now that Sang Yuan had become Ye Fan’s servant, she began to learn to be obedient, entrusting all plans to Ye Fan.
"Young Master, the matter is settled. Miss Shen should be on her way to the Sorrowful Domain, but the path to Earth from there is blocked, she... might not be able to return!" Sang Yuan said.
"If she can’t return, so be it. At least it will make her give up. This way, when you help her again, her resistance might decrease a bit." Ye Fan said.
Sang Yuan said no more, following Ye Fan as they walked down the streets of the celestial city together.
Ye Fan said, "In a few days, the wedding ceremony will be held. Are all the preparations complete?"
"Yes, Young Master, everything that needed preparation is ready. Most importantly, according to your instructions... all precautions are in place. This time, nothing will go wrong, and we’ll capture all those people in one swoop, preventing any threat to you..." Sang Yuan said.
"I used to be very worried about those people, but now the situation is different. What I’m thinking about is finding a reasonable way for all parties to coexist. Before the heavenly tribulation arrives, if cultivators are still fighting internally, the heavenly tribulation will most likely become inevitable. But now, Nuwa, the Mysterious Woman, and Xi He are all acting for their own interests. The ancient cultivators were like this, and human cultivators are even more self-destructive..."
Ye Fan expressed his concern.
Sang Yuan responded, "Young Master, it’s not your fault. You need not blame yourself!"
"I’m not blaming myself; I’m thinking of ways to resolve it. Actually, some of what the Mysterious Woman did might be correct. The current order of the cultivation world is not the order established in Ancient Times but has become a state of individual conflicts and struggles. To restore a unified front against external adversities, someone capable of commanding authority needs to appear, and that person should be Pan Gu or Fu Xi!" Ye Fan said.
"But Young Master, isn’t it documented in the ancient law books that Pan Gu has already transformed into the mountains, rivers, and landscapes of the Pan Gu Secret Realm?" Sang Yuan asked curiously.
"That’s just a legend. If Pan Gu really doesn’t exist, then who is the person the Mysterious Woman is trying to summon? Also, who is Lan Jing’s father, the man the Mysterious Woman once devoted herself to? Could this person be Pan Gu or Fu Xi?" Ye Fan pondered, furrowing his brows.
Sang Yuan couldn’t answer, as she was created by the Nine Heavens Mysterious Woman, and felt like a daughter of the Mysterious Woman.
"In times of crisis, the Mysterious Woman intends to summon not Pan Gu and Fu Xi, but someone closest to her." Ye Fan took out a mysterious artifact he had snatched from beneath the Mysterious Woman’s nose, resembling a long telescope. If he activated it, it would trigger the artifact, but he dared not do so because he didn’t know what the consequences would be.
Sang Yuan said, "Young Master, I am not trying to speak for the Divine Mother, but the Divine Mother has been hiding on Earth for years. If she intended harm to the living realm, she would have done so by now. Perhaps this time she only intends to retrieve that item, so please don’t make things difficult for the Divine Mother!"
"You are quite loyal to her," Ye Fan said coldly.
Sang Yuan dared not speak, but ultimately said with a hint of sadness, "For tens of thousands of years, I’ve been trying every possible way to find the Divine Mother. Now that I’ve found her, I still can’t work for her, but I still feel that the Divine Mother is a good person!"
"Whether she is a good person or not has nothing to do with you and me. You just need to follow my instructions!" Ye Fan said. "I now suspect that the being this artifact summons is actually the man behind the Nine Heavens Mysterious Woman. This man is unlikely to be Pan Gu or Fu Xi, and might not be among the ancient mighty figures. Instead, he might belong to a different cultivation system!"
"Young Master, I don’t quite understand what you’re saying. How could the Divine Mother have affairs with... some other man?" Sang Yuan appeared incredulous.
"The fact that she has a daughter can’t be concealed. Lan Jing’s father is the key!" Ye Fan said.
