Chapter 653: Listen to the Heart
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Ten dual cultivation sessions?
Main quest?
With rewards?
No way...
Chen Huaian's eyes widened.
Not even pretending to hide it anymore, huh?
Might as well rena this Electronic Girlfriend system to the Family Planning System—why not make him dual cultivate a hundred tis instead?
Why not just let him die right here in Cangyun Realm?
But... since the mission was given like this, he could only grit his teeth and go for it. It's just dual cultivation, right?
Who's afraid of whom!
However, now wasn't the ti for dual cultivation—he was still inside the Demon Sealing Pagoda. Now that he knew the thod to revive Muscle Tyrant, there was no need to rush.
Directly killing the creature possessing Muscle Tyrant might alert the enemy.
Moreover, he wasn't sure if he could succeed, since he was only at the Great Perfection Nascent Soul stage.
Why not play along and pretend he hadn't seen through it for now?
What Chen Huaian didn't know was that both sides were mutually wary of each other.
He was wary that the Wu E possessing Muscle Tyrant might have tricks up his sleeve.
Wu E was wary that doing anything to Chen Huaian might expose his identity.
Which would then affect the most important task of finding the Dragon Soul inheritor.
anwhile, Chen Niu was wary of Chen Huaian, who had defeated the Golden Scale Heaven-Piercing Python.
Even though he didn't even know that it was Chen Huaian who had defeated the Golden Scale Heaven-Piercing Python.
The information a dead avatar could transmit to the main body was very limited. Even after interrogating the Golden Scale Heaven-Piercing Python, it couldn't provide any substantial information, only knowing that the one who killed its clone was a Sword Cultivator. Ŗ𝒶ƝŏꞖÊş
And according to the information from those lords.
The variable was either the iron tower old man or the sword cultivator old man—one of them had killed the Golden Scale Heaven-Piercing Python.
With insufficient strength now, of course he didn't dare act recklessly.
And so, amidst mutual suspicion and wariness, a delicate balance was actually reached. Both sides had information gaps, and if either side revealed their hand, this balance would instantly shatter.
As soon as Chen Huaian withdrew from Cangyun Realm, Li Qingran in the adjacent sect leader's main hall sensed it.
She pouted and imdiately ran to the Slanted Moon Three Stars Cave to move all her bedding and pillows out.
"Stinky Master, you ca back without even coming to see your disciple. Sleep alone tonight, hmph ╯^╰"
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anwhile, in the Demon Sealing Pagoda.
As soon as Chen Huaian opened his eyes, he saw a massive deer face right in front of his.
*Sluuurp*
The deer face even extended its tongue and licked his nose.
"Holy crap!"
Chen Huaian jumped in fright, taking a backward leap that carried him over ten ters away.
That deer face was simply too enormous, like the front of a truck.
Opening his eyes to find it right in his face—who could handle that?
Only then did he clearly see what creature had just licked his nose—it was a giant white deer, its fur like snow, its hooves like carved jade, its antlers winding and curling like coral.
The entire white deer radiated a gentle, natural aura that made people instinctively want to approach.
"Hehe~"
Seemingly quite pleased with Chen Huaian's frightened reaction.
The white deer's eyes curved into smiles as it emitted bell-like giggles.
"Dragon Soul inheritor!" The white deer shook its antlers, speaking in a magnetic, pleasant female voice: "I am the auspicious beast Bai Ze! Today I summoned you here to offer my essence, to help the Ancestral Dragon complete his great undertaking, while simultaneously enhancing your strength and granting you more supernatural abilities."
She said with so disdain: "Compared to previous Dragon Soul inheritors, you're only at Great Perfection Nascent Soul—to be honest, you're a bit too weak~"
Chen Huaian was speechless.
How many more tis was he going to be looked down upon!
What cultivation level did he need to reach before these auspicious beasts would call him Big Boss when they t him?
Forget it, he was used to it.
Chen Huaian sat cross-legged on the ground and said calmly: "Is it possible that although This Venerable One's strength is weak, I possess powerful advantages in other areas?"
Bai Ze tilted her head upon hearing this, studying Chen Huaian for a mont.
Then she nodded, "Indeed. Your destiny defies the heavens. If not for this reincarnation cycle created by the Celestial God Clan, you would be the Son of the Realm!"
Chen Huaian felt secretly pleased upon hearing this.
That's more like it~
"What else?"
"And you're extrely lustful."
Chen Huaian: "..."
He felt he wasn't lustful at all.
He didn't cling to Li Qingran all day begging to play instrunts either!
"Dragon Soul inheritor." Bai Ze said with a smile, as if knowing what Chen Huaian was thinking: "Your tea bag is made from won's bellybands, your sachets and protective charms are also made from won's bellybands, your under..."
"Stop!" Chen Huaian covered his face.
"Don't say anymore, This Venerable One admits it, This Venerable One... is indeed lustful!"
Seeing Chen Huaian break down, Bai Ze stopped talking.
She just wore a thoroughly mischievous smile.
"How do you know about these things of mine?"
Chen Huaian looked at Bai Ze with an expression of utter disbelief.
He swore these matters were absolutely his secrets—he had never told anyone about them.
"I am an auspicious being who can hear the voices of all things. When I said you were lustful, those images appeared in your mind. I could read them, so naturally I learned about your affairs~"
So that's how it was.
Chen Huaian quickly tried to blank his mind.
But so things are like that.
When you try not to think about them, they keep appearing in your mind repeatedly.
Like right now when he didn't want to think about lust.
But his mind was filled with images of his little disciple crawling into his bed.
"Still saying you're not lustful?" Bai Ze spat in disdain.
She walked up to Chen Huaian, lowered her head to point her antlers at his brow, and said calmly: "Alright, enough nonsense. Accept my power—you will also gain my supernatural abilities. Grow stronger, Dragon Soul inheritor!"
Chen Huaian was sowhat dazed.
When he t Dang Kang and the qilin.
One taught him sword techniques, the other passed him dicinal formulas.
This Bai Ze...
"Aren't you going to tell any stories?"
"No stories. I don't have any flashy tests or tales here." Bai Ze snorted lightly: "It's more comfortable staying in your dantian anyway, where I can chat with my old friends... Being locked up in this Demon Sealing Pagoda every day, I'm practically dying of boredom!"
As her words fell.
The mont Bai Ze's antlers lightly touched Chen Huaian's brow, a gentle jade-like radiance spread from the point of contact.
The light wasn't a blinding white, but soft like moonlight, carrying an ancient and sacred aura.
Bai Ze's massive form began turning transparent, like mist under moonlight.
Tiny particles of light separated from her fur, gathering into streams of luminous bands that slowly flowed toward Chen Huaian.
"Rember, Dragon Soul inheritor." Bai Ze's voice gradually beca ethereal: "My supernatural ability is called 'Heart Hearing'—it allows you to hear the voices of all things' hearts. But don't beco obsessed with it. Human hearts are complex—knowing too much isn't necessarily a good thing."
The streams of light surged into Chen Huaian's body like tides. He felt warm currents emanating from his dantian, an indescribable comfort.
Under the baptism of radiance, his Nascent Soul began transforming. The originally solid infant form gradually grew, transforming into a youthful appearance.
Boom!
A muffled explosion sounded within Chen Huaian's body. His cultivation instantly broke through the constraints of Great Perfection Nascent Soul, stepping into the Nascent Soul stage.
Bai Ze's form had completely dissipated, leaving only her final words echoing in the air: "Go forth, use the 'Heart Hearing' technique wisely, and fulfill your mission."
Chen Huaian opened his eyes, feeling the surging power within his body.
The spiritual energy at the Nascent Soul stage surged like raging rivers, countless tis stronger than before.
Now in his dantian, besides the belly-laughing wild boar and the crouching qilin, there was an additional white deer lying elegantly on its side.
They gathered before the Dragon Soul, seemingly listening to the Ancestral Dragon expounding the Dao.
But everything in the dantian was frozen in stillness, making Chen Huaian wonder.
Could Bai Ze really chat happily with her friends?
Just as he wanted to carefully experience this newly acquired power, countless chaotic voices suddenly flooded his mind—
"Hurt... so much pain..."
"When can I get out..."
"Hungry... so hungry..."
These were the inner voices of the demons trapped in the Demon Sealing Pagoda—fragnted, filled with pain and despair.
Chen Huaian frowned, trying to block out these voices, but one particular voice instantly put him on alert.
[Where did this kid run off to? Why hasn't he co out to help yet?]
[It's just opening the Well of Heaven—is it really that troubleso?]
That was the evil creature possessing Muscle Tyrant complaining.
Chen Huaian's heart stirred—Bai Ze's supernatural ability had co at just the right ti.
With this heart-reading ability, he could better understand that creature's true thoughts and plans.
He just didn't know if there were any limitations to this heart-reading ability.
If it had no restrictions whatsoever, that would probably be too ridiculously overpowered.
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