Chapter 83: Heading to the Underground (Seeking Recommendations!!)
Ye Family Mansion Hall
"Chen Er, are you really going? When can you come back?" Ye Cangxuan asked. Ye Chen suddenly said he wanted to leave the Ye family fortress to visit a senior, which made him think of Mingyuan again. Was it possible that Ye Chen was going to visit Mingyuan's master?
"It's too chaotic outside now, the entire Lianyun Mountain range is not very peaceful either, let's wait for a while." Ye Zhantian advised, he was worried that Ye Chen would encounter danger.
"Dad, Uncle, don't worry, even if I run into trouble on this trip and can't fight my way out of it, I can still run away. And I have Ali with me."
Ye Chen directly said that he wanted to go to the underground Jade Mansion, and the elders of the clan would definitely be worried, so he could only make up an excuse and say that he was going to visit a senior.
Ye Cangxuan and Ye Zhantian thought for a moment, then relaxed. Chen Er's current strength was much higher than theirs, so even if they encountered a strong opponent at the early stage of the 10th rank, they would still have the ability to protect themselves. Moreover, Ye Chen had also instructed them that Ah Ling was a 10th-rank Xuan beast and let Ye Cangxuan and Ye Zhantian witness Ah Ling's illusion technique, which made them even more astonished at Ah Ling's abilities. With Ah Ling's assistance, it would be impossible for ordinary people to harm Ye Chen. Thinking of this, they agreed to come down.
"Chen Er, take Da Mao and Er Mao with you." Ye Cangxuan said after some thought.
Ye Chen shook his head: "Recently, even the Yunshan Mountains have been in a mess, so let's just keep Dahmao and Ermao at Yejia Fortress for now." He chuckled, "Uncle, don't forget, if I encounter another 9th-stage demon beast, I can catch one more! Then Yejia Fortress won't just have Dahmao and Ermao, but also Sanmao!"
When they heard Ye Chen's words, Ye Cangxuan and Ye Zhantian couldn't help but laugh. Which ninth-stage demon beast could be caught just by saying so? But thinking again, what seemed impossible had become possible in Ye Chen's hands. Thinking that Ye Chen was going to catch another ninth-stage demon beast, they couldn't help but feel a burning sensation on their scalps.
Ye Chen packed his bags and fed Da Mao and Er Mao two more high-grade demon pellets before preparing to leave.
It is said that Ye Chen is going on a journey, and Ye Meng and others also came to see him off.
"Brother Ye Chen, let me go with you." Ye Feng said from the side, seeing a hint of worry on Ye Chen's face. Her thoughts were more delicate than those of Ye Cangxuan and others, guessing that Ye Chen might not be going to visit some senior.
Ye Chen gently stroked Ye Qing's nose and smiled slightly: "Be good, stay in the Ye family fortress, I'll be back in a month or two at most." On the way to the underground crystal palace, they might encounter many dangers, how could he bring Ye Qing along?
Seeing Ye Chen's resolute attitude, Ye Wan couldn't help but feel a little downhearted. She knew that Ye Chen's decision was unchangeable.
Ye Lian's gaze fell on Ye Chen's shoulder, where Ah Li was sitting. She reached out with her jade-like hand and gently stroked Ah Li's head: "Ah Li, take good care of Brother Ye Chen for me."
Seeing Ye Qian's disheartened and hurt expression, Ye Chen also felt some reluctance. If he didn't leave now, he might not be able to make up his mind to leave.
Ye Chen bid farewell to his elders and Ye Meng, then rushed towards Lianyun Mountain.
In the Lianyun Mountains, he circled around and sensed with his divine soul that no one was following him. Only then did Ye Chen fly towards the mine behind the Ye family fortress, letting Ah Li display her illusion technique to avoid the vision of the clan members who were supervising the mining work, quietly entering the cave blasted out by the black fire explosive.
Looking into the depths of the cave, the dark and profound cave is invisible at a glance, only faintly perceiving the waves of icy aura fluctuations coming from the depths of the cave.
Ye Chen ventured deeper into the cave, and after walking for a quarter of an hour, he gradually descended to the bottom of the earth. Ye Chen found that this cave could be described as being connected in all directions, with branches everywhere, just like the veins on the human body.
"This place is like a maze, how are we supposed to get out?" Ye Chen muttered.
The raccoon dog suddenly jumped down from Ye Chen's shoulder, waved its small paws and ran forward.
"Does Ah Li know the way?" Ye Chen thought, and quickly followed up.
In the darkness, he darted back and forth at incredible speed. Due to his spiritual soul connection, no matter how dark this place was, Ye Chen would not be hindered. He sprinted wildly, and as time passed, Ye Chen could feel that he was getting farther and farther away from the ground. It seemed that he had reached a very deep part of the Lianyun Mountain Range's underground.
Some noise came from the dark passage ahead, with a faint flame flickering unsteadily.
Ye Chen quickly used his divine soul to inform Ah Li, telling her to slow down a bit.
"We've been walking around this damned place for more than three hours, how is it that we seem to have ended up back where we started?"
"I'm familiar with this place, let's go this way!" Another voice came over.
The sound of several people talking came over faintly.
Ye Chen and Ah Li slowed down their pace, following behind those people.
"Is this the way?" Ai Li asked, passing through a fork in the road, Ye Chen looked at Ai Li.
The raccoon dog shook its head, also a bit dazed. It had been following the scent of humans to get here, thinking that by trailing behind these people it would be able to find the right way. But as it turned out, these people were just like headless flies, bumping around randomly.
"This place is a bit like the meridians of the human body." Ye Chen used his divine soul to scan the various passages, thinking to himself that he was familiar with the meridians in his own body from practicing Xuan Qi cultivation. He wondered who had dug these underground tunnels and whether they were modeled after the human body's meridians.
Wait, Ye Chen suddenly thought of something and took out the drawing he had obtained from Yunjia Fortress. The drawing was very old, could it be a map of the underground crystal palace?
Ye Chen took a look at the map, recalling the route they had taken, and couldn't help but feel ecstatic. This map was indeed the layout of the underground Jade Pavilion. He compared it with his current location on the map, finding where he was. If it were an ordinary person, they probably wouldn't even know their own location, let alone be able to use the map. But Ye Chen had the assistance of his divine soul, which allowed him to see through solid objects like rocks and observe the surrounding terrain, making it relatively easy for him to determine his position.
The few people who just spoke walked in the direction without mistake, Ye Chen followed closely, took a look at the map, and there should be a more open area ahead.
A loud roar came from the front, boom boom boom, the mysterious energy in the cave was shaken.
"It's a werewolf, everyone be careful!"
It seems like there was a fierce battle in front of us, but I don't know what the situation is now.
Ye Chen thought for a moment, just some demon wolves, nothing to be afraid of. Because of the connection with the divine soul, Ye Chen had much less fear towards demon beasts.
As he walked forward, the scene before him suddenly became clear. The bloody battlefield caused Ye Chen's eyebrows to rise. In this open area, there were more than 20 people, all of whom were high-ranking masters above the 9th rank. And as for the demonic wolves, there were over 200 heads, with over 30 being 9th rank and the rest being 8th rank, surrounding and attacking those humans.
These twenty-odd people shouldn't be in cahoots with each other; five or six of them are in a group, fighting on their own.
It will gradually enter a small high position, brothers, are you ready?
