Chapter 523: Chapter 522: Silent Spirit Pavilion

For some reason, this time in Jiangning, Ye Fan felt an overwhelming loneliness.

Just then, Tiancan arrived and said, "Chief, are you having a hard time getting used to this?"

"Cut the crap. Of course I am!" Ye Fan said helplessly.

Tiancan laughed slyly. "Since you’re not used to it, Chief, why not go spend some time with your sisters-in-law? Chat a little, relax a bit!"

The man had suddenly become quite lecherous, a side of him Ye Fan had never seen before.

Ye Fan sent him flying with a single punch.

Tiancan wailed dramatically. He decided he had to cultivate diligently and break through to the next realm. That way, he could join the war in the Spirit Suppressing Domain and escape his current fate of being bullied by the Chief all day!

It was not that Ye Fan was afraid of death. The issue was that if he went to the Spirit Suppressing Domain now, the Spirit King there might detect his aura. For the entire Spirit Suppressing Domain, that would mean a catastrophic battle.

Therefore, he planned to wait until he stepped into the Spirit King realm before heading to the Spirit Suppressing Domain. Unfortunately, his current power and cultivation were still a small step away from that level. As a result, he spent his days in a melancholic stupor, not knowing what to do.

However, Shangguan Qiuyue arrived. She had been helping Ye Fan manage the hidden sect, and now she was back. She and Ye Fan sat together in a teahouse.

She looked at him and asked, "You seem unhappy."

"I am. A lot of people have left," Ye Fan said gloomily.

Shangguan Qiuyue comforted him. "Separation is only temporary. Besides, you still have us," she said with a bright smile.

She was a formidable woman in her own right, but in front of Ye Fan, she was as gentle and dependent as a fledgling.

"Yes, I still have all of you."

A sense of clarity washed over Ye Fan. He turned to Shangguan Qiuyue and said, "Come on, I’ll take you somewhere."

"Where?" she asked doubtfully.

But since it was Ye Fan asking, she naturally followed him.

Ye Fan led her to a villa. It belonged to her, though she rarely stayed there, only using it when she visited Jiangning.

Puzzled, Shangguan Qiuyue asked, "Why did you bring me here?"

"What do you think?" Ye Fan grinned, and then he immediately pounced on her.

Only then did Shangguan Qiuyue realize she had walked right into Ye Fan’s den. She had fallen for it all on her own, so there was no one else to blame.

After their passionate encounter, Ye Fan came to a realization. So-called separation was not about the tragedy of being torn apart, but rather about waiting for a brighter dawn. Just like now—although many of his brothers and women had left this world for the Spirit Suppressing Domain, their ultimate goal was still to destroy the Spirit Domain and make the world a more peaceful place.

For this reason, over the next few days, Ye Fan spent his time reconnecting with his women and family. Although he acted as he always did, they all knew he was saying his goodbyes. As for where he was going, no one knew.

「One month later.」

Ye Fan departed quietly. No one knew where he had gone, but they all believed he would return. They just knew that this time, the wait would likely be much longer.

To break through the ultimate limits of martial cultivation, Ye Fan decided to risk it all. Although there were many experts in the Spirit Suppressing Domain, he knew they could not hold on for much longer. To combat the Spirit King, he had to take the gamble. He was always just one step away from the Spirit King realm, with the Nirvana Realm remaining tantalizingly out of reach.

「Three days later.」 𝗳𝗿𝐞𝕖𝘄𝗲𝕓𝗻𝚘𝚟𝕖𝐥.𝚌𝕠𝕞

Ye Fan arrived at a dilapidated small world.

This was no ordinary ruin. It was a forbidden land for martial cultivators, a sealed realm. He had taken notice of this place in the past but had always been forced to retreat in the face of its overwhelming pressure. Now that his cultivation had reached this level, he decided to try his luck again.

This was the Silent Spirit Pavilion.

Legend had it that the ancient sages of the Human Clan once suppressed a monster from the Divine Race here.

The first thing that came to Ye Fan’s mind was the Divine Pet he had seen at the Feather Immortal Sect. Could there be a Divine Pet here, too?

With that thought, he stepped into this deadly land.

There were many legends about the Silent Spirit Pavilion, but one thing was certain: the powerful experts who had sealed the monster here had never made it out alive.

Ye Fan’s heart skipped a beat. The legends were true. This place was destined to be one of ill omen.

The first thing he felt upon entering the small world was an eerie chill. It was as if phantoms floated in the air, and they were all rushing toward him.

"Pure Yang Divine Gang!" Ye Fan shouted, unleashing his Pure Yang Gang Yuan to disperse the ghastly auras.

In this dark and gloomy small world, he saw signs of a battle. Though thousands of years had passed, the scars on the land had never faded. Gazing at the broken ancient swords and shattered white bones scattered about, he could only imagine what an earth-shattering battle must have taken place.

Ahead, amidst flashes of thunder and lightning, Ye Fan saw a pavilion. Three large, eye-catching characters were inscribed upon it: Silent Spirit Pavilion. The characters seemed to drip with fresh blood, a sight that would make anyone’s skin crawl.

"Truly an inauspicious place," Ye Fan murmured.

Undoubtedly, even he was startled upon stepping inside. But he was, after all, an expert nearing the Spirit King realm. Of course, he did not believe in ghosts and goblins. And even if they did exist, it was not as if he would be afraid. With his level of cultivation, Ye Fan would have been considered a formidable expert even in the Ancient Era.

In front of the pavilion’s main hall, Ye Fan suddenly saw a Red-clothed Woman sitting above the doorway, her face twisted in a malevolent smile. She emanated a chilling aura.

"Returning to the Sect Sword!" Ye Fan shouted.

His sword strike cleaved forward, and the pavilion instantly exploded. The three large characters for "Silent Spirit Pavilion" shattered into pieces.

He rushed forward, only to see a piece of red silk fluttering down. Picking it up, he found it was saturated with the aura of death.

"This is the aura of a Divine Pet! But... it doesn’t feel quite right." Ye Fan immediately identified the nature of this power from its aura.

He recalled what he knew. Among the Divine Race, there was once a powerful God of Evil Grudge, the personification of death itself. He had used countless Resentful Spirits to forge the Evil Vengeance Divine Pet. The creature brought calamity upon the mortal realm, reaping countless lives like a Fierce Ghost. Later, many great experts of the Human Clan united to seal the Evil Vengeance Divine Pet, sparing humanity from disaster.

From this, he deduced that a Divine Pet might indeed be suppressed here.

Anyone else, even a great expert, would have surely retreated. After all, this was the Evil Vengeance Divine Pet, a creature that had slain countless powerhouses and was far stronger than any ordinary Divine Pet.

But this could be my chance. I can use this Evil Vengeance Divine Pet to temper myself and then refine its power for my own!