Chapter 1353
Binze's Reply
Chapter 1353: Yinze's Answer
There has been no news of Yun Ze since he separated from Lin Fan and the other two a few years ago.
Le Zheng Yuanqing said that he was not in the new world; Lin Fan and Antonio plowed the ancient world over and over again, but could not find any trace of this person, but at this time, he suddenly appeared.
Antonio didn't dare to believe that this was a coincidence, so he drew his broadsword and blocked Xingchen.
Lin Fan thought more than he did.
The image of the radioactive monster asking for help and talking to her in the body of the golden boy came to her mind.
Is he really not dead?
Was Yunze also killed by that thing?
I was anxious, but my body couldn't move at all.
She used the Thunder Subduing Technique to detonate the Nine Heavens Purifying Thunder Runes, absorbing ancient thunder energy. As she unleashed several layers of power, she only thought about maximizing the power to annihilate the monster in one fell swoop.
To her utter surprise, the combined power of several lightning spells was far greater than she had anticipated.
She was in the center of a thunderstorm. Even though her own lightning formed a protective film on the outer layer of her mecha, the excessive energy still caused the electric current inside and outside her body to get out of control, followed by a high-frequency reaction.
The stars appear to have no external injuries, but the fine and dense tingling sensations inside the shell are all the result of the repair cells working frantically.
In the sky, the thunderclouds that had been roaring for thousands of years had disappeared, and the lightning poured down to the ground along Lin Fan's runes and spells, leaving behind only a huge sand field that stretched to an unknown place, like a desert with no end in sight.
Under such power, the fact that Xingchen was still breathing with his hands and feet intact was already a blessing from the god of luck. It was impossible to get such a good thing without paying any price.
Lin Fan also felt a sense of dread, as if she had just survived a catastrophe. She knew she deserved it. But she hadn't expected that a new threat would come just as she was unable to move.
"Don't be nervous!" Yin Ze sensed the tense atmosphere and didn't move any closer. He looked at the white mecha lying motionless on the ground and asked, "Lin Jian? Are you okay?"
"Where did you come from and what are you doing?" Antonio didn't dare to let his guard down.
He couldn't see through the old man's cultivation level, nor did he know what realm he had reached.
If he took the opportunity to attack, it was hard to say whether he could win, and he couldn't run away because there was a star lying behind him who was electrified and unable to move.
Antonio missed Le Zhengyuanqing terribly at this moment. Unfortunately, the barrier separated the two worlds, and if he didn't leave, he wouldn't be able to contact anyone.
"It's me," Pine took two steps back and looked at Apollo sincerely. "I'm Pine, don't you recognize me, brother?"
"How... to prove it!" Lin Fan finally squeezed out these words from his throat, almost in a whisper, but the people present were all very sharp-eyed and sharp-eared.
"Proof?" Yun Ze pondered for a moment. "Did you encounter an opponent who can impersonate someone else? Transform? Possess? I see."
Ying Ze sat cross-legged in the air, understanding everything, and recounted the whole story of his encounter with Lin Fan and the others.
He spoke in great detail, from their first meeting on Yuehua Star to their separation on Bolun Star, every little detail, even some that Lin Fan had not noticed.
This is not a short narrative.
Antonio held his sword pointed at Yunze without moving. Listening carefully, he wondered if Lin Fan's silence was a sign of him concentrating on recovering during this long period.
Sure enough, when Yunze stopped talking, Antonio heard the sound of metal colliding behind him.
"Not enough." Xingchen slowly raised his arms and propped up his upper body, breathing slightly, but thankfully speaking fluently. "There are many ways to know someone's memory points, but it's not enough to prove you're Yingze."
“I understand.” Binze could easily see through Lin Fan’s delay; he wasn’t new to them. He conjured a small ball of energy in his hand, which floated towards the stars. “My golden core was repaired by absorbing energy from the World Tree on the Noah. It inevitably carries a small amount of spiritual energy; Lin Jian should be able to sense the familiar aura.” Binze spoke calmly. “You two don’t need to be so wary; I have no motive to attack you…”
"Why don't you have a motive? Are you really willing to give us the Chaos Orb?" Apollo asked in a muffled voice. "Just because you didn't care about it back then doesn't mean you don't find it precious now. Otherwise, why did you disappear without a trace the moment we separated? Haven't you sent any news back in years? Don't say your communicator is broken."
When Yun Ze ascended to heaven, he definitely didn't take the Chaos Pearl seriously, otherwise he would have taken it with him.
But this was a different time. His realm had dropped, and most of his treasures were damaged. Naturally, the treasures he had previously looked down upon were no longer worth the same.
"The Chaos Pearl is indeed a treasure, but to me, there are countless things more precious than it. For one, I don't want to bear the consequences of betrayal." Yin Ze's expression was calm, not annoyed by Antonio's questioning. "Besides, you two just saved me from death again. I can't do such a thing as repaying kindness with hatred."
"Why did I save you just now?" Antonio was confused.
"This is also the reason why I was about to explain the lack of contact." Yin Ze continued, "After separating from Lin Jian and the others, I headed towards Taixu Palace. Although this world is unfamiliar, it is different from my original world after all. Many things are immediately clear to me..."
"Get to the point!" Antonio was too lazy to listen to the tedious nonsense and shook the broadsword in his hand.
"...The point is, after I entered the ancient world, I discovered it was filled with radiation, and I knew things were bad." Yin Ze obediently changed his words, but he no longer looked at Apollo, but turned to the sitting Xingchen behind him. "I remember the promise we made to find the Tianji Sect. But the situation underground is not easy to discern based on the wreckage alone. I could only explore the ruins that looked similar, but when I entered the secret realm and was about to leave, I found that the entrance and exit were locked from the outside..."
"You ancient sect can't even tell if it's the Tianji Sect just by looking at the interior decoration of the ruins? You even need to enter the secret realm to see?" Antonio sneered, "Did you also clear out everything in the secret realm?"
Yingze didn't feel the slightest bit embarrassed: "If I don't take something that has no owner, it will be taken away by someone else sooner or later. I have a clear conscience about this."
Antonio choked. Thinking about it, it seemed that this was the truth.
Lingzhen Pavilion had no idea how much it had stolen and sold to cultivators outside, so why couldn’t Yinze, who was originally an ancient and ascended cultivator, take any?
"So you were trapped in the secret realm and couldn't get out before you even found the Tianji Sect?" Lin Fan asked.
She was certain that the person in front of her was a real person, but she was not sure why he came.
"Yes." Yun Ze nodded. "I have traveled in the ancient times for a while and know the general situation here. I have a good idea of who can lock me up."
"Who?" Antonio asked, "Who else here has the ability to lock the secret realm?"
"It's an ancient ghost," Yin Ze said. "It's unknown what creature's soul it originally came from. When I encountered it, it was devouring other souls to strengthen itself. It has already developed a certain level of intelligence and is particularly ambitious. When it sees me, it wants to eat me for nourishment..."
The image of a radioactive monster immediately appeared in Lin Fan's mind.
"You didn't kill it right then and there?" Antonio was surprised. "And then it locked you in a secret realm? Really... your ascension was in vain?"
"I took action," Yun Ze said, his lips curled slightly. "But I unexpectedly discovered that thing was carrying radiation. I was busy cleaning up my defenses and relaxed my control over it, and ended up falling into here."
After entering the ancient times, that thing never appeared again. Yin Ze focused his attention on finding the Tianji Sect and no longer cared about that little episode.
It wasn't until the barrier was locked and he tried to break it from the inside that he sensed the radiating power outside, which reminded him of the radiating ghost from before.
"It must have discovered that my entry created a crisis of energy plundering in the secret realm, so it simply locked the secret realm. Only it can unlock it. As for me being locked in the barrier, I'm not sure if it was intentional."
"I couldn't break the blockade outside while I was inside the barrier, let alone the radiation power. I thought it would take forever, but the barrier lock suddenly broke."
"When I came out, I didn't see anyone. I only found the space filled with the residual power of the Cleansing Lightning. I wondered who was so generous. I followed the trail and just happened to see you. That thing died at your hands. How can you not save me again?"
Antonio turned to look at Xingchen uncertainly, and saw that he nodded and put away his sword readily. He took a few steps forward as if nothing had happened before and patted Yingze's shoulder.
"Okay! I believe you!"