Invincible Young Master in the City-Chapter 1626 - 1622: Finding Shen Yan

"Master, this illusion is just too vast to find anything! And in this space-time, how is it even possible to change time?" Su Nu’s cultivation level hadn’t reached the point of altering time, so she didn’t quite understand the method used by Xi He.

Ye Fan did not answer her but instead closed his eyes, probing the timeline within the entire illusion. His elemental forces were much stronger than Xi He’s, so the space-time illusion created by Xi He’s elemental forces was not entirely unsolvable in his eyes.

"Ye Fan, give up. You absolutely won’t find who you’re looking for here!" Xi He’s spirit was still under immense pressure from Ye Fan, yet she shouted at Ye Fan in an almost hysterical tone.

"Then let’s try it!" Ye Fan knew that he was consuming a vast amount of spiritual power within the illusion and needed to cut through quickly; he didn’t rely on luck. Among countless spaces, he didn’t need to explore each one but could connect the entire illusion with his elemental forces and then find the person he was meant to find from within.

If any aspect had a connection with him, then the person he sought must be hidden within.

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Within the illusion, the one imprisoned was Shen Yan.

The relationship between Shen Yan and Ye Fan was very complex, as there were feelings between them, but also a lack of some kind of mutual understanding. At times, Shen Yan, while being used by Xi He, even attempted to kill Ye Fan and the women around him. It wasn’t until she was in the illusion that she began to recall many things, wanting to find her lost memories. Unfortunately, now she was once again under Xi He’s control, with no way to escape.

However, since Shen Yan had previously been controlled by Xi He, she developed an immunity to Xi He’s spiritual power, so she wasn’t completely lost.

The timeline where she was didn’t belong to the post-human era but was actually during the Cretaceous, a time dominated by dinosaurs.

With her cultivation, she didn’t need to fear those dinosaurs; she was quite bewildered by her environment. She vaguely remembered fragments between herself and a man. She couldn’t even recall the man’s name, only that she seemed to owe him a lot, and then she did many foolish things directed at him, yet she couldn’t remember what exactly had happened.

"What place is this? Why are there dragons both in the sky and underground? I used to remember their names, but why can’t I remember them now?"

Shen Yan couldn’t even recall the dinosaurs’ names. She had previously enjoyed studying these ancient era things. It was precisely because her memory contained such things that Xi He exploited her. Xi He knew of Shen Yan’s interest in ancient dinosaurs by probing her latent memories.

She had stayed in this space-time for several decades, always trying to find some flaw in it and recover her lost self, but Xi He’s control over the illusion was deep, giving her no chance.

Moreover, time in the illusion moved differently from the outside. Here, time passed much faster, and practically speaking, she had been trapped in the illusion for less than two days, but several decades had passed within.

This was the challenge Xi He posed to Ye Fan. Even if Ye Fan found the dimension where Shen Yan was hidden, he would miss her because besides Shen Yan’s time layer, there simply was no other layer that included Shen Yan. Even if Ye Fan predicted the time to reach Shen Yan, it was impossible because the two had to perfectly match time-wise, which was impossible.

Even if Ye Fan arrived one-tenth of a second before or after Shen Yan existed, he still wouldn’t find her. Shen Yan was but a point on the entire timeline, nearly impossible to catch.

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Approximately fifty years into her stay in this unique space-time, a strong light suddenly appeared in the sky, a purple light.

She didn’t know where this light came from but felt it was familiar, so she immediately used her inner spiritual energy to respond to the light.

This light was precisely emitted by Ye Fan to locate Shen Yan. Once his elemental force connected with Shen Yan’s response, his elemental force would, over time, remain on the same timeline as Shen Yan.

At that moment, the dinosaurs on the ground, frightened, scattered. Shen Yan ignored them, wanting to move towards the light when suddenly a purple lightning bolt flashed across the sky, followed by an incredibly powerful energy body appearing in her presence.

"...Ye Fan, give up!" Shen Yan heard a voice that made her feel disgusted, for it was the voice of Xi He, who once imprisoned and used her.

Xi He didn’t believe Ye Fan could find the timeline where Shen Yan existed, but Ye Fan indeed found it, taking much less time than Xi He had imagined.

Upon arriving in this space, Ye Fan immediately used his power to explore if there were any human cultivators on Earth. Soon he detected a familiar presence, which was only a few dozen kilometers away from him.

"Master, it seems we’ve found her!" Su Nu also detected Shen Yan’s presence.

Xi He, currently under suppression by Ye Fan, couldn’t explore, still incredulous, said: "Stop deceiving yourselves; you won’t find her!"

As Xi He was distracted, she suddenly noticed an orange figure approaching from afar, resembling a gorgeous cloud.

"What is that?" Xi He also sensed this power.

Ye Fan gazed at the figure, deeply moved. After not long apart from Shen Yan, it felt like they were separated by worlds and time again, yet now he found the beauty once more.

"Who are you? Why have you come here?" Shen Yan wielded her sword, pointing it at Ye Fan.

Su Nu stood in front of Ye Fan, saying, "You, woman, have no sense. My master came to save you, and you dare to fight?"

Ye Fan gestured Su Nu to step aside. He leapt forward, saying, "Yanyan, it’s me!"

"You... how do you know my name?" Shen Yan didn’t remember much else, but in those fifty years, she recalled her name, remembering she was Shen Yan, affectionately called Yanyan.

Though she couldn’t recollect the man’s appearance from her dreams, she remembered the man called her "Yanyan," identical to the voice uttered by the person before her.

"We knew each other before, we were friends, so of course, I know your name. You’re currently imprisoned by Xi He in this illusion, and you’ve surely lost many memories. If I take you away from here, you’ll regain them!" Ye Fan said.