Chapter 268

Chapter 268: Unspeakable (Three Updates)

Wow!

Lu Ye was taken aback, and his dantian’s primordial infant gulped in a huge breath.

A torrent of pure, concentrated spiritual energy surged into its little mouth, and the primordial infant, which had returned to normal for quite a while, began transforming back into a gigantic baby once more.

Lu Ye opened his eyes, pinched his fingers together, and quickly tapped several times on his body, layers of light continuously enveloping him.

Lin Chuyue and the Drunken Sword Daoist both turned their gazes towards Lu Ye from a distance.

What?

Huh?

They were both also experiencing the rewards of the Heavenly Dao, but hey, why did he get all inflated like that?

They had also dealt out their fair share of kills…

“Is it because he’s at the Heavenly Connection Realm, so while we can bear this reward, he just can’t handle such overwhelming energy?” the Drunken Sword Daoist stroked his beard, pondering.

“We’re not blind,” Lin Chuyue said with a ghostly tone.

That massive amount of pure, concentrated spiritual energy was clearly way more than they had, and it wasn’t just a little bit more, it was several times more.

Seriously, why was that?

“Could it be that his contributions are greater than ours?”

“Even though he attracted the Dark God Sect to attack him, it’s us who took down the strong ones! His contributions aren’t particularly huge either!”

“So… a newbie starter pack?”

“That could be possible, did you have this treatment when you started?” Lin Chuyue inquired.

The Drunken Sword Daoist couldn’t help but chuckle.

“You had it too?” Lin Chuyue asked, a bit surprised.

“Infinite Celestial Lord, what a joke!”

Lin Chuyue rolled her eyes, then why are you laughing?

“Is he really as people say, a reincarnation of some great power?”

“I asked him, and he said he’s not a reincarnation of a Great Emperor,” Lin Chuyue shook her head.

“Then could it be a reincarnation of a Celestial Lord?”

“No way!”

“There are still a few more Great Emperors, but there are only so few Celestial Lords! How could he be a Celestial Lord reincarnation? At most, he’s a Great Emperor reincarnation; I wouldn’t even dare to think about Celestial Lords,” Lin Chuyue shook her head like a bobblehead.

“But he definitely has a ton of secrets. I really want to investigate.”

The Drunken Sword Daoist shot her a glance.

“You better not irritate him; not everyone appreciates someone prying into their privacy.”

“I know, I know, I’ll just observe quietly. I absolutely won’t pressure him or ask a hundred questions.”

Lin Chuyue focused her spiritual sense on Lu Ye, who was thousands of miles away. Though the distance was vast, she could faintly catch a whiff of a fragrance coming from him.

Not the Aroma of Achievement in Dao, though.

Instead, it was a sweet, juicy, crisp scent.

Lu Ye was pushing himself to train, and the system’s one-key training had long been activated.

His realm was soaring rapidly.

Heavenly Connection Realm Third Layer!

Heavenly Connection Realm Fourth Layer!

Heavenly Connection Realm Fifth Layer!

The speed of Lu Ye’s ascension startled him a bit, but upon careful inspection, there were no flaws; the power rewarded by the Heavenly Dao was simply pure.

Lu Ye suspected that the Heavenly Dao was directly pumping in the spiritual energy from the Eighth Heaven.

The energies from the Eighth Heaven and the Ninth Heaven were completely different from those of other realms.

By the time he reached the Seventh Layer of the Heavenly Connection Realm, Lu Ye finally stopped.

He successfully digested this influx of Heavenly Dao rewards.

“Ding, host…”

“Ding, beep, beep!”

“Ding, is that beeping…?”

“Ding, come on, let’s do one-on-one combat!”

“Hey, dog system, don’t you have a smart noggin?” Lu Ye couldn’t help but chime in.

He realized that the system, when faced with the Heavenly Dao, was acting like a mother taking care of a child.

The child calls his mother “Mom,” and the mother also wants to correct the child calling grandma “Mom.”

Just can’t get through.

No wonder it was acting a bit crazy.

With Lu Ye’s reminder, the system finally caught on.

It was simply too nervous.

It never thought that Lu Ye joining the Heavenly Gate would attract the Heavenly Dao as well.

That made it feel a sense of crisis, since the help the Heavenly Dao could provide wasn’t any less than what it offered.

This is obviously my host!

Not the Heavenly Dao’s host!

No one’s snatching my host away!

In such a fluster, the system kept getting agitated.

Hearing Lu Ye’s reminder, the system finally started to respond.

“Come, repeat after me, beep, host!”

“Ding…”

“Beep, host!”

“Ding i beep…”

“Beep, host!”

“Beep, ding…”

“Yes, just like that, beep, host!”

Under the system’s slow coaxing, the Heavenly Dao gradually began to use “beep” instead of “ding.”

Lu Ye let out a breath of relief.

Although the voices of the system and the Heavenly Dao weren’t the same, he had really gotten used to the system’s incessant dinging. As soon as he heard “ding,” he would subconsciously think the system was speaking.

It’s better to have some distinction.

“Beep, host…”

“Right, just like that,” Lu Ye smiled.

“Beep, host!”

The Heavenly Dao’s voice carried a hint of delight.

Having experience with the system, Lu Ye hesitated upon hearing the tone of the Heavenly Dao…

This tone???

Why does it sound like it’s craving compliments?

Last time when the system wanted some praise, it used just this tone.

“The Heavenly Dao is doing excellently.”

“Ding?”

“Of course, the most important thing is that the system’s guidance is the best. The system is truly Shen Xitang, my best partner!”

“Ding ding ding…”

“Beep beep beep…”

Lu Ye nearly lifted a hand to wipe off the nonexistent cold sweat from his forehead.

“Lu Ye, what’s going on? How did the Heavenly Dao grant you so much power?” Lin Chuyue approached Lu Ye, her face full of curiosity.

Lu Ye opened his eyes.

“I don’t know.”

“You really don’t know?”

“Nope.”

Lin Chuyue scratched her head.

“Looks like the Heavenly Dao really favors you. You might just be the prophesied child of destiny.”

Lu Ye nodded.

Might also be the father of destiny, but no joking about that.

“Next, let’s go to the Sorrowful Cave. Initially, we couldn’t do anything about it, but now that you’ve joined, we can take a look,” Lin Chuyue said.

Lu Ye had no objections to that.

“Let’s go check it out!”

The three flew through the air, with the Drunken Sword Daoist leading far ahead since he couldn’t immunity from the Aroma of Achievement in Dao.

The Sorrowful Cave was in a huge basin in the Eastern Wilderness; that basin could form a deep pool, but because of the Sorrowful Cave’s presence, not a single drop of water had formed.

“Because of the Sorrowful Cave, a large area around here is uninhabited since anyone who gets too close tends to tear up for no reason, feel down, and lose interest in everything. Some even go as far as to self-harm.”

Huh?

As Lu Ye listened to Lin Chuyue’s description, three words involuntarily floated up in his mind.

Depression?

Who would have thought, it’s possible!

Depression might be a strange concept for the people in this world, but for Lu Ye, it was anything but unfamiliar.

Many people suffered from depression.

Some genuinely did, and everyone treated them kindly.

Some… unspeakable, beyond words, untouchable, and unseeable.

Out of the three realms, not within the five elements!