"I certainly remember," Master Xie Yan replied. "Didn't Ye Fan get sick before, and we went to see him?"
"And then what?" True Person Zi Yun asked urgently.
"Later, we discovered there was nothing wrong with his body, it seemed to be a problem with his spiritual sea," Master Xie Yan replied. "I remember his spiritual sea seemed to be rejecting me back then."
"And after that?"
"Then I took Ye Fan out, and after that... after that..."
At this point, Master Xie Yan paused.
"After that, I can't seem to recall..."
True Person Zi Yun sighed.
Just as I suspected...
"By the way, Sect Master, how is Ye Fan now?" Master Xie Yan didn't dwell on it and quickly asked.
"He's fine now, he's already returned," True Person Zi Yun said dejectedly.
"That's great," Master Xie Yan breathed a sigh of relief. "Since he's fine, we won't disturb you further. Goodbye."
He cupped his hands at True Person Zi Yun and left with the Second Elder.
As they walked, the two began to discuss.
"Second Elder, since everything is fine here, should we return to the palace?"
"That would be good. Let's go back and see if those fools have been slacking off these days."
...
Immortal Jade Peak.
When Ye Fan arrived, the little demon girl was watering flowers in the courtyard.
"Ye Fan, you're back?" the little demon girl greeted happily.
"When did you get back?" Ye Fan asked casually.
"I've been here since I woke up from my coma just now," the little demon girl replied. "I guess someone from your sect brought me back."
Ye Fan nodded.
Due to their symbiotic contract, it was highly likely that the little demon girl had also fainted when he did.
"I'll go back to my room first," Ye Fan said and went inside.
"Mmm."
The little demon girl hummed and continued watering the flowers.
The first time she came to Ye Fan's small courtyard on the mountaintop, she had fallen in love with the environment.
She had taken very good care of all the flowers and plants here.
Back in his bedroom, Ye Fan quickly took off the women's clothes he was wearing and then put on his own clothes.
"Hoo—"
After doing so, Ye Fan let out a heavy sigh of relief.
Damn it.
This was too embarrassing!
Fortunately, no other fellow disciples from other sects saw this scene, otherwise, it would have been total social death...
Ye Fan thought True Person Zi Yun had brought him directly to the Purple Cloud Palace, and that other disciples had not seen him dressed as a woman.
But in reality, he had already died socially...
After finishing, Ye Fan sat on the bed and slowly closed his eyes.
There was a reason he had rushed back.
Firstly, it was too embarrassing, he couldn't stand to stay any longer.
Secondly, he wanted to quickly check what was wrong with his body.
It turned out that his spiritual sea had acted up again, causing him to suddenly faint.
Upon inspection, Ye Fan was stunned.
His spiritual sea was now calm.
However, the evil flames that had been floating in his spiritual sea had almost completely disappeared!
The remaining bit was being rapidly devoured by his spiritual sea!
What was going on?
His spiritual sea 'ate' these evil flames???
This scene truly frightened Ye Fan!
No one could remain calm when their spiritual sea devoured something of unknown origin!
His first reaction was that the two old men were behind it!
He had been treated by the two old men when he encountered the Void Spirit before!
Holy crap!
Am I going to end up in a mental institution?!
The more he thought about it, the more panicked Ye Fan became...
He had thought he had escaped disaster when he returned and felt no issues with his mental state for a few days.
This...
He couldn't just wait to die!
He had to do something!
With that thought, Ye Fan carefully inspected his spiritual sea.
However, after searching again and again, he found nothing amiss.
Was he overthinking it?
Just then, Ye Fan suddenly sensed a disturbance in a certain part of his spiritual sea.
Ye Fan quickly pinpointed the location.
Upon looking, Ye Fan was stunned!
This area had been fine when he checked earlier.
But now, a seal had appeared!
And this seal was perfectly integrated with the surrounding spiritual energy!
Spiritual energy had characteristics similar to fingerprints; each was unique.
This meant that this seal could not have been created by anyone other than himself!
Ye Fan became even more confused!
What in the world was going on???
Had he sealed his own spiritual sea without any recollection?
But this was clearly impossible given the circumstances!
Although he had no cultivation now, the accumulation of spiritual energy from his hundred lifetimes was real.
This meant that he shouldn't have forgotten anything.
But the fact was, he had no memory of it...
Thinking of this, Ye Fan's heart stirred!
He had always felt that being tricked 99 times in a row was a bit too unlucky.
And as more clues from a previous life emerged, Ye Fan increasingly felt that this was no mere coincidence.
He always felt that there was some conspiracy involved!
Now, seeing this seal that appeared out of nowhere, Ye Fan's suspicion grew even stronger!
His intuition told him that there was something significant hidden behind this seal!
As long as he could break this seal, the truth would be revealed!
As for whether he could break this seal, Ye Fan wasn't worried at all.
Breaking a seal formed by his own spiritual energy was no different from opening his own door with his own key!
It wasn't just simple; it was so easy that even without hands, he could do it!
So Ye Fan withdrew a wisp of spiritual energy from his spiritual sea and extended it towards the seal.
Then he discovered...
He had failed!
The spiritual energy not only failed to open the seal but was also absorbed by it!
Ye Fan tried a few more times, unwilling to give up, but the result was still the same.
Instead, as the amount of spiritual energy absorbed increased, the strength of the seal also grew stronger!
It was then that Ye Fan realized that the seal had been continuously devouring his spiritual energy!
It was just that the speed was so slow that he hadn't noticed it at first.
Ye Fan suddenly felt a sense of utter despair...
What the hell was this?!
A seal formed by his own spiritual energy had inexplicably appeared in his spiritual sea.
And now this seal was continuously devouring his other spiritual energy.
Was he eating himself?
The most infuriating thing was that he was helpless, forced to watch...
Soon.
The last bit of evil flame was also 'eaten' by his spiritual sea.
And as the evil flame disappeared, Ye Fan found that he had a problem controlling his spiritual energy.
At first, there was some slowness, like frame drops.
Gradually, the frame drops turned into stutters...
Fifteen minutes later.
Ye Fan slowly opened his eyes.
Because he tragically discovered that he could no longer mobilize his spiritual energy at all...
It didn't affect his memory or his daily thinking, but he couldn't do anything else...
At the same time, he confirmed one thing: this situation was clearly caused by some unknown reason, and had nothing to do with the two old men.
After all, the strange seal was formed by his own spiritual energy.
Ye Fan dejectedly looked at the spatial ring on his hand.
Without being able to mobilize spiritual energy, he naturally couldn't use this thing anymore.
From now on, it would truly be just an ornament...
Moreover, the feeling of having a 'bomb' in his mind at all times made him very unhappy!
In his frustration, Ye Fan quickly walked into the kitchen.
"I've already cleaned the kitchen," the little demon girl said casually as she saw Ye Fan appear. "For lunch, we'll have..."
Before she could finish, she saw Ye Fan pick up a cleaver and bring it down towards his own forehead!
A bizarre thing happened.
Ye Fan's forehead was completely unharmed.
Instead, the cleaver broke into two pieces and hung down.
"Clang..."
Ye Fan's face immediately darkened.
Damn it!
He couldn't even die. This life was unbearable!
"Why are you cutting yourself?" the little demon girl asked with concern. "Cleavers aren't free, why waste them like that?"
"Look, if we have children in the future, everything from food and clothing to housing and transportation will cost money, right?" As she spoke, the little demon girl began to count on her fingers. "If the child cultivates from a young age, all sorts of resources will cost money, right? And if the child establishes a sect in the future, that's another huge expense..."
The more she spoke, the more enthusiastic the little demon girl became.
Judging by her demeanor, she could talk all the way down to her great-great-great-grandchildren...
Ye Fan walked out into the courtyard with a headache, collapsing onto a lounge chair.
He was so tired...
Just destroy it, quickly...
...