Chapter 1477: The Mystery Finally Revealed

Back at the Fan residence, Ye Yuan received his token as a guest elder, arranged for his lodging, collected his salary as a guest elder, and took the other four slaves, thus completing the formalities.

Arriving at the courtyard where he would stay, Ye Yuan dismissed the others, keeping only Long Zhan.

By now, Long Zhan had aged far more than the clone Ye Yuan had encountered in the inheritance ground.

Clearly, these years of slavery had changed him greatly.

If not for the reaction of the Sacred Dragon Token, Ye Yuan might not have even recognized him.

As for that clone, it had naturally dissipated between heaven and earth; it could not have crossed the Lock Realm Gate to reach the Tongtian Realm.

Ye Yuan studied him with an amused expression, making Long Zhan extremely uneasy.

Among the demons, a master could take a slave's life on a whim.

Do you know why I kept you alone? Ye Yuan suddenly spoke.

Long Zhan, looking apprehensive, cupped his hands and said, "Master... must have important matters to instruct!"

Ye Yuan laughed, "Heh, who would have thought that the former Dragon Clan Lord would have fallen to such a state? Pitiful... lamentable!"

Long Zhan's body trembled, his eyes fixed on Ye Yuan, his heart churning with shock.

"M-master, why do you say that?"

Long Zhan's shock was beyond measure; no one in the Tongtian Realm knew except those who had come from the Xianlin Domain.

Yet this master had revealed it in one breath.

Ye Yuan raised his palm, and a small fire poker appeared in his hand.

Long Zhan could no longer remain calm; his body trembled as he stared fixedly at the Sacred Dragon Token, opening his mouth but unable to utter a word.

"This item shouldn't be unfamiliar to you, should it?" Ye Yuan said with a smile.

"Thump!"

Long Zhan knelt directly, kowtowing three times deeply before the Sacred Dragon Token.

When he raised his head again, his face was streaked with tears.

A hundred thousand years had passed, bringing great changes.

The former Dragon Clan Lord had been reduced to another's slave, his life and death at the mercy of another's whim.

Overwhelmed with emotion, how could Long Zhan control himself?

"M-master, could it be... could it be that you have been to Long Zhan's homeland?" Long Zhan asked cautiously.

He could not discern Ye Yuan's true nature and assumed that Ye Yuan had infiltrated the Xianlin World and obtained the Sacred Dragon Token by chance.

"Heh!"

Ye Yuan sneered, and the Sacred Dragon Token emitted a dazzling light. A whirlwind rose from the ground, but it was confined to a range of three zhang.

Long Zhan's eyes narrowed in shock, "The... the Sacred Dragon Token... has acknowledged a master! How... how is this possible?"

A demon might infiltrate the Xianlin World and might obtain the Sacred Dragon Token, but it was absolutely impossible for the token to acknowledge a demon as its master!

The Sacred Dragon Token was personally forged by the Holy Ancestor using bloodline power; even a member of the Dragon Clan could not gain its recognition.

Only the Dragon Clan Lord could make the Sacred Dragon Token acknowledge a master.

But now, the Sacred Dragon Token had acknowledged a demon as its master—how could he not be shocked?

Suddenly, Ye Yuan's aura changed. The rolling demonic energy receded like a tide, and he reverted to his original form.

Long Zhan was on the verge of collapse; his master was actually a human?

He had disguised himself as a demon, and none of the demons had seen through it!

Suddenly, Long Zhan's eyes narrowed in shock, "Master, could it be... could it be that you came from the Xianlin World?"

Ye Yuan grinned, "You're not too stupid! That's right, I came from the Xianlin World, just like you."

Long Zhan's expression changed, and he said in disbelief, "Impossible! The Heavenly Dao of the Xianlin World is already lost; no one can pass through the spatial turbulence anymore!"

Ye Yuan's expression suddenly turned cold, and he said sternly, "I'm just telling you a fact, not trying to earn your trust. Don't forget your current status!"

Long Zhan's body trembled, and his aura immediately deflated. He suddenly became extremely humble, saying, "Master, forgive me!"

Ye Yuan's tone softened slightly, and he looked at Long Zhan with a cold smile, "Are you thinking that since we share the same origin and I have inherited the Sacred Dragon Token, I should be grateful to you and set you free?"

Long Zhan's heart skipped a beat, sinking to the bottom.

Ye Yuan was exactly right; after his shock, Long Zhan had secretly rejoiced.

Since Ye Yuan had inherited the Sacred Dragon Token and came from the Xianlin World, he would surely help him!

Just now, he had been overjoyed inside.

But now, things seemed to be going wrong.

"I... I wouldn't dare!" Long Zhan said resentfully.

Ye Yuan narrowed his eyes, a cold gleam shooting from them, and said icily, "If not for the Sacred Dragon Token, I would have found a way to kill you the moment I saw you!"

A fierce killing intent rushed toward Long Zhan, nearly suffocating him.

Ye Yuan now controlled the slave seal; with a single thought, he could make Long Zhan's soul scatter!

"Don't tell me that you Divine Path experts were unaware of the demonic calamity in the Xianlin World! For your own selfish reasons, you abandoned the billions of living beings in the Xianlin World. Why should I save you?" Ye Yuan continued coldly.

He harbored deep resentment toward those Divine Path experts who had left the Xianlin World.

If he hadn't risen abruptly and broken through to the Divine Path at the last moment, the entire Xianlin World would have become a hell on earth!

Long Zhan was silent as a cicada in winter, not daring to argue.

His long years as a slave had made him extremely cautious.

He knew that one more word could bring death upon him.

"Tell me in detail about what happened back then. If you hide even a little, you know the consequences!" Ye Yuan said coldly.

Long Zhan dared not conceal anything and recounted the events of that year in full.

Back then, they were eager to leave the Xianlin World, partly because the Heavenly Dao was about to be lost, and partly because they feared the demons.

At that time, the Xianlin World could no longer produce experts at the Guixu Divine Realm, and they were powerless to face the demonic catastrophe.

These two matters weighed like mountains on the hearts of all Divine Path experts.

Finally, after ten thousand years of balancing, all the Divine Path experts reached a consensus: escape the Xianlin Domain!

The old Dragon Clan Lord was one of the important members who facilitated this matter.

The initiators of this matter were those experts at the Kuitian Divine Realm.

They gathered all the Divine Path experts they could from the Divine Domain and planned this escape operation.

Anyone who dared to stay in the Xianlin Domain would become a target of public criticism.

Of course, their purpose was not for everyone's benefit; rather, the more people there were, the greater the chance of passing through the spatial turbulence.

It was a journey with a slim chance of survival; each additional Divine Path expert increased the hope of living.

One can imagine how each person harbored their own ulterior motives during that operation.

The meeting place was at the Chaotic Demon Sea!

That was also the ancient battlefield between humans and demons.

Many Divine Path experts had left their inheritances there.

Later, that group of over a hundred people crossed the spatial turbulence and collectively fled the Xianlin World.