Chapter 35: The Manifestation of the Willow Deity's Dharma Body, Xiao Yan's Belated Warning!

Zhu Chen's appearance could be said to have completely overturned Yun Yun's understanding of this world.

She did not believe that anyone in this world could travel freely between two worlds.

However, the techniques Zhu Chen had just performed, as well as the beast blood and precious medicines he had left behind, forced Yun Yun to believe.

She had many questions in her heart that she wanted to ask Zhu Chen to get a clear answer.

But since Zhu Chen had already departed, she could only bury these questions deep within her heart.

"Three years later, is it?"

"Fine, I will wait for you... I want to see what kind of great catastrophe will befall my Yun Lan Sect in three years..."

Yun Yun turned back to glance at the place where she had been with Zhu Chen last night, a flicker of complexity flashing in her eyes. Then, spreading her imperial wings, she turned and fled the area.

...

Perfect World.

Stone Village, wooden hut.

Just as Zhu Chen crossed back, he looked up and saw a young girl with twin tails wearing a red dress, pacing back and forth in the room. She was muttering things like "What should I do?" and "Should I go call my Father Emperor?" looking incredibly anxious.

This girl was, of course, Huo Ling'er.

Zhu Chen's sudden disappearance from the room just now had terrified her.

After searching the room and finding no one, she had intended to tear the house apart.

However, just as she was about to act, the voice of the Willow Deity suddenly entered her ears.

The Willow Deity told her that Zhu Chen had only left temporarily and would return, which finally put her mind at ease.

But as a young girl newly out in the world, how could she stay calm and alone in such an unfamiliar place?

Thus, after suffering through a night of agony, she finally could not take it anymore.

Just moments ago, Huo Ling'er had made a decision: if Zhu Chen did not return today, she would go back herself and call her Father Emperor. Even if she had to turn this village upside down, she would find him.

Who knew if the people in this village had set their sights on Zhu Chen's Vermilion Bird talent and wanted to keep him here forever?

"What are you muttering about all by yourself over there?"

At that moment, a familiar voice suddenly sounded from behind her.

"Zhu... Zhu Chen?"

Huo Ling'er was stunned for a moment, but she immediately wiped the worried expression from her face. She turned around, hands on her hips, and said, "You bastard, where did you run off to? You were nowhere to be seen all day, making me search for you for so long."

Zhu Chen was about to explain, but another voice echoed through the room first: "He likely went to another world."

As the words fell, a stunningly beautiful woman clad in a green willow dress, with an endless halo surrounding her back, stepped out from the void and appeared in the room.

The woman's features were exquisite and delicate, her skin emitting a faint luster under the light as if she were a meticulously crafted masterpiece. Her eyes, in particular, were clear and bright, seemingly able to see through people's hearts, shimmering with a depth like the starry sky—an enchanting vision that was hard to resist.

Her beauty lay not only in her exquisite and elegant appearance but also in her unique temperament and inner depth.

The Willow Deity!

Zhu Chen recognized her at a glance; she was the ancestral spirit of Stone Village, the Willow Deity.

"Willow Deity, has your cultivation recovered?"

Zhu Chen suppressed the excitement in his heart and asked.

"My injuries are not yet fully healed, but I can already condense a Dharma Body and employ some techniques..."

The Willow Deity turned slowly, her bright eyes falling upon Zhu Chen. "Opening two Cave Heavens in a single night... it seems you also encountered great opportunities in that other world."

Zhu Chen smiled faintly. "It was just opening two Cave Heavens; it's no big deal."

Huo Ling'er was completely bewildered. She rushed over to interrupt, "What are you two talking about? This world, that world? I don't understand any of it!"

The Willow Deity gave Zhu Chen a meaningful look and said calmly, "If you encounter difficulties, I can seal my five senses and leave..."

"No need."

Zhu Chen directly interrupted the Willow Deity. He then turned to Huo Ling'er and said, "I originally planned to tell you this after I returned, but since you're asking, I'll tell you now. I have a chat group that allows me to communicate with people from other worlds, and I can even travel to their worlds at will. I just used that chat group to go to another world, where I obtained some opportunities and opened two Cave Heavens."

Upon hearing Zhu Chen's words, even the Willow Deity was slightly moved.

She had once visited the Border Sea and witnessed the countless myriad worlds there, and she herself possessed three thousand small worlds to nourish her Divine Kingdom.

She had assumed that Zhu Chen had used some kind of world-crossing treasure to cultivate in such worlds.

She had not expected that the ability he possessed was even more profound than she had imagined.

To converse across worlds and travel to them at will—even she could not achieve that.

Huo Ling'er was completely stunned, standing frozen in place for a long time before she regained her senses.

"You... what did you say? You can talk to people from other worlds and go to their worlds to cultivate?"

Huo Ling'er stared with wide eyes, repeating Zhu Chen's words in a numb tone.

Zhu Chen nodded with an "Mm," admitting it without any hesitation.

The Willow Deity and Huo Ling'er were the "main wife" and "concubine" he had personally designated; they would find out sooner or later, so there was no need to hide it.

Huo Ling'er blinked, wanting to ask more, but the Willow Deity suddenly interrupted her: "A well that is too full will overflow, and a moon that is too bright will wane. The karma surrounding Zhu Chen is too vast; the more detail you know, the more detrimental it will be to your future cultivation."

Huo Ling'er naturally understood the Willow Deity's meaning.

Zhu Chen held secrets, but these were secrets she was not yet capable of touching.

At this moment, Huo Ling'er was still that willful and capricious Princess of the Fire Kingdom, acting only on her impulses and never listening to advice—even from her Father Emperor, she would ignore him if she didn't want to.

But since the Willow Deity's words involved Zhu Chen, she had to take them seriously.

Zhu Chen was her most important person.

Even if she didn't consider herself, she had to consider him.

"So, your cultivation is already at four Cave Heavens?"

After a moment of silence, Huo Ling'er spoke again.

However, this time she did not ask about the world-crossing matter, but instead shifted the topic to ask about his current cultivation realm.

"Yes, it's four Cave Heavens."

Zhu Chen nodded with a smile.

One of the two newly opened Cave Heavens was a natural breakthrough that occurred while he was killing the Amethyst Winged Lion King.

The other was obtained from Yun Yun through the "More Children, More Blessings System."

Last night, while Yun Yun was fast asleep, he had already refined the cultivation he had copied from her.

Unfortunately, a Three-Star Dou Huang's entire cultivation could only help him open a single Cave Heaven.

The Willow Deity had come to ensure Zhu Chen's safety; seeing that he was fine, she quickly departed.

Huo Ling'er continued to contemplate the Suanni Divine Technique.

Zhu Chen had already opened four Cave Heavens, while she was only at the late stage of the Blood Moving Realm. To catch up to his footsteps, she decided she must work twice as hard in her cultivation from now on.

Zhu Chen glanced at the serious Huo Ling'er and then found a place to sit down.

He opened the chat group.

[Xiao Yan: @Zhu Chen, are you there? There are two bottles of 'Spring Return Pills' among those medicinal pills, whatever you do, do NOT eat them.]

[Xiao Yan: @Zhu Chen, Brother Zhu, say something!]

[Xiao Yan: @Zhu Chen, did you see my message?]

[Xiao Yan: @Zhu Chen: #(Д*)@]

As soon as he opened the chat page, Zhu Chen saw over a dozen messages from Xiao Yan, all of them tagging him.

...

(End of Chapter)