Chapter 342 - Daylight Thief (1/2)

Ye Chen gently pricked his fingertips and let a few drops of fresh blood drip from his fingertips down to the secret technique jade slip. It did not seep into the secret technique jade slip. Instead, it followed its smooth surface before dripping onto the floor.

The secret technique within this secret technique jade slip could not be learned either.

Ye Chen felt a little defeated. The secret technique jade slips had an extremely strict blood type condition. He was having a difficult time finding a secret technique jade slip that he could make use of.

There was only the final secret technique jade slip left and Ye Chen was slowly losing hope.

At Ye Chen’s current level, it was not an easy task to obtain more secret technique jade slips. If both he and Little Wingsy could not utilize these three secret technique jade slips, he would have to look for an opportunity to sell them to try to get something valuable in exchange.

Master Lion kept a calm, undisturbed expression when he saw that Ye Chen’s blood did not fuse with the secret technique jade slip. This was all within his calculations.

Ye Chen held the final secret technique jade slip on his palms and let another drop of blood drip on top of it. The moment the drop of blood touched the surface of the secret technique jade slip, it began to glow. A halo of light began to slowly expand from it, carrying a hint of mysterious energy within it. Suddenly, dazzling rainbow-colored lights burst out of the secret technique jade slip.

The rainbow-colored light felt warm and gentle. It made Ye Chen feel like he was in paradise. Sweet and gentle music flowed into his ears.

“Did it fuse successfully?” Ye Chen was overjoyed. What secret technique would he gain from it?

Master Lion sat beside him, feeling the gentle energy pouring out from within the secret technique jade slip. Even he had a faint smile on his lips. The little brat Ye Chen was quite lucky to successfully fuse with the jade slip. The secret technique sealed within a secret technique jade slip would be quite remarkable.

Suddenly, Master Lion seemed to have sensed an unusual energy.

“Not good. Little brat Ye Chen, get away from it!” Master Lion called out urgently.

Ye Chen did not even have time to react to Master Lion’s warning. He was instantly enveloped by the rainbow-colored light and could not hear Master Lion anymore. He suddenly felt the air around him fall silent like he had fallen into a dream state. Master Lion’s concerned expression seemed to become a blurry haze.

“What’s going on? Where am I?” Ye Chen inspected his surroundings. He found himself in a strange space. He saw rainbow-colored aurora everywhere around him. When he looked around, he found himself in a place that was like a secluded haven. He could hear the chirping of birds and smell the fragrance of flowers that filled the air.

‘Did Master Lion say that a secret technique could be attained by fusing the secret technique jade slip with blood? Was Master Lion mistaken? Maybe they were not even secret technique jade slips in the first place?’

Also, what was this place?

Ye Chen kept his composure and inspected his surroundings. The atmosphere in this place did not even feel real. It was like being in some sort of illusion or fantasy.

Was this the world inside the secret technique jade slip?

“Finally, someone opened the secret technique jade slip. Boy, you’re the first one.” An old, ancient voice rang.

“May I know who exactly senior is? Also, where am I?” Ye Chen lifted his head and looked everywhere around him but did not see anyone. He wondered what the owner of this voice was planning.

“Who am I? Hoho, you may call me Tian Ji.”

“Tian Ji?” Ye Chen stayed silent.

“That’s right, you’re now inside my consciousness. My scattered conscience was infused into each secret technique jade slip. You’re very lucky to be able to enter one of the secret technique jade slips. This secret technique jade slip must’ve synchronized with your constitution and blood.”

The consciousness of a powerful being was fused inside the secret technique jade slip?

This was all too unbelievable. It was as if everything that had gone down in the Soul Pagoda was all according to someone’s planning. Ye Chen did not understand the elder’s motive.

“Young man, since you’ve fused into this secret technique jade slip, what secret technique do you wish to learn? I have three hundred and seventy-two secret techniques for your choosing. There are low-rank secret techniques, mid-rank secret techniques, even the powerful Thunderclap Secret Technique, Divine Secret Technique, and Tianyuan Secret Technique.”

So many secret techniques for Ye Chen to choose from? He felt like he was struggling to process all that was happening. What was Elder Tian Ji planning? Tianyuan Secret Technique? Why was it named after Senior Tian Yuan?

“Don’t worry, I won’t hurt you. I’m just a dead man after all. I can’t possibly be a threat to you and I won’t tell you anything else either. You fused with a secret technique jade slip, so you can now learn one secret technique of your choice.”

“What secret technique may I learn?” Ye Chen lifted his head but the elder was nowhere to be found. Maybe it was just like the elder said, it was just his conscience.

The moment Ye Chen finished his words, a great number of apparitions appeared in the sky above. All of them were apparitions of fighters casting secret techniques.