An Unexpected Turn: Villain Becomes Dad

Chapter 296

The Aurora Dao Master then added: “It’s said that deep in the universe, there exists a Mother Tree of All Things. All World Tree seeds are born from this Mother Tree! Then, they scatter across the cosmos, evolving into great worlds one by one! No one has ever seen the Mother Tree of All Things, but there’s one thing I must solemnly warn you about: the World Tree seed is extraordinarily precious. Not just True Immortals—even figures of my caliber would covet it! If someone discovers it, they will undoubtedly try to seize it! You must never mention to anyone that you possess this! I can place a seal on it for you to block any detection!”

Hearing this, Yang Chen’s expression froze slightly. He hadn’t expected the World Tree seed to be so precious. Even a titan of the Immortal Realm like the Aurora Dao Master coveted it.

He quickly nodded: “Then I’ll trouble you, Senior!”

“No need to be polite!” The Aurora Dao Master gave a slight smile, her eyes tinged with a playful glint. “Placing this seal for you will take a great deal of effort on my part, so I won’t be able to return that Innate Light Origin you gave me earlier! A fair trade—Yang Chen, what do you think of this deal?”

“Senior, you …” Yang Chen immediately felt a bit helpless. And somewhat amused. For a being like the Aurora Dao Master to take his Innate Light Origin and still come up with an excuse—How rare, how rare.

This beauty seemed to have quite a sense of principle. But then again, what he liked most was exactly this kind of principled beauty.

…

“What’s wrong, feeling like you got the short end of the stick?” Seeing that Yang Chen remained silent, the Aurora Dao Master couldn’t help but slightly raise her delicate brows, her red lips parting as she said: “Although the Innate Light Origin is precious, it’s not exactly impossible to find! Not to mention, I’ll have to keep your secret from now on, and my friendship is quite rare, you know!”

Hearing this, Yang Chen immediately smiled and said: “Senior, you’re joking! This junior doesn’t feel shortchanged. I was just thinking about some things earlier! Even if you didn’t help this junior set up the seal, you could still take this bit of Innate Light Origin to use!”

“Heh, you kid!” The Aurora Dao Master’s beautiful eyes carried a smile as she gave Yang Chen a slight glare, with a hint of “you know what’s good for you.”

Then, without further ado, she directly extended her slender jade hand, her fingers weaving back and forth, conjuring nearly tangible rune seals. Finally, all the rune seals landed on Yang Chen’s lower abdomen.

Yang Chen immediately felt the World Tree seed, which emitted a cyan glow, now encased in a layer of tricolored immortal light.

“Although I’ve awakened now, my cultivation is still far from returning to its peak! For now, I’ll place a temporary seal on you, and we’ll reinforce it later!”

As the Aurora Dao Master spoke, her previously rosy complexion took on a trace of pallor. Clearly, setting up the seal had taken a significant toll on her.

Without saying more to Yang Chen, she sat cross-legged. Her red palace dress spread out, and under the hem, a glimpse of fair skin flashed before Yang Chen’s eyes.

The surrounding green life energy surged toward the Aurora Dao Master once again.

At this moment, Yang Chen began to survey his surroundings. After the earlier absorption, the life energy in the oasis had drastically diminished. The once lush and verdant oasis now had much less vibrant green, with many leaves starting to yellow.

Yang Chen walked to the center of the oasis. There was a spring here, with water gurgling out from it. The spring water was imbued with dense life energy.

Yang Chen took out a container, intending to collect some. But suddenly, his expression froze. Because, in the spring, he saw a cluster of green light.

Curiosity piqued, he gathered his true qi and probed into the spring. The green light seemed close at hand, but Yang Chen’s true qi handprint descended hundreds of meters without reaching it.

“Strange!” Yang Chen infused a wisp of his divine soul into the true qi handprint and probed downward again.

Descending another several hundred meters, a heartbeat echoed through that wisp of divine soul into Yang Chen’s ears.

“A heartbeat? Could there be someone down there? This Fallen Immortal Secret Realm is truly bizarre! Forget it, it’s just a wisp of divine soul. Worst case, I lose it. Let’s see what’s going on!”

After a moment’s hesitation, Yang Chen sent that wisp of divine soul probing further. Descending a full thousand meters, Yang Chen finally saw the green light clearly. It was a beating heart. Each beat resounded like morning bells and evening drums, booming loudly. Moreover, the spring water constantly flowing from the spring originated from this heart. It was as if the heart were akin to a human heart with blood.

“This!?” Yang Chen’s pupils contracted slightly.

Two thousand meters beneath the oasis was a heart still beating! Could this heart belong to some supreme True Immortal from the ancient Kunlun Realm?

Yang Chen was hesitating whether to continue exploring, but the green heart suddenly shrank rapidly and then transformed into a streak of light, shattering his true qi palm and shooting upward toward the spring’s surface.

“Not good!” Sensing the green heart rushing toward him, Yang Chen hurriedly tried to dodge. But the green streak was too fast, reaching him in an instant and striking his body directly.

Bang!

Bang!

Bang!

A series of intense heartbeats suddenly erupted within Yang Chen’s body. Yang Chen quickly calmed his mind to inspect himself internally.

At his right chest, there was now a green heart! That heart, as massive as a small mountain, had entered his body!

Yang Chen couldn’t help but feel a surge of worry. The heart was still beating, which might mean its owner wasn’t dead. Having entered his body, the heart was beating within him.

Damn it. This better not be a possession.

At this moment, the Aurora Dao Master also noticed the disturbance on Yang Chen’s side and hurriedly flew over.

“Yang Chen, what’s going on? Such a powerful heartbeat!”

As she spoke, the Aurora Dao Master placed her jade hand on Yang Chen’s shoulder. A wisp of her divine sense entered Yang Chen’s body. Immediately, her beautiful eyes widened in shock.

“This? It’s actually the Heart of the Sacred Tree!”