Chapter 1251 - 880: The Giant Hand Stirs

The Xie family’s father and daughter strongly supported him, so he certainly couldn’t be too stingy.

For him, eating one more pill or one less pill didn’t make a big difference, even the Peach of Immortality was nothing extraordinary to him. Now that he controlled the Peach Tree, would he fear not having peaches to eat in the future?

But a single pill, a Peach of Immortality, was enough to allow people like Xie Lingyun to defy fate and become supremely powerful.

When Xie Lingyun heard Zhang Chen’s words, her eyes suddenly lit up, like the scorching sun in the sky: "Where did you get such a great creation?"

"In the old turtle’s tomb." Zhang Chen smiled.

"No wonder you delayed four years, turns out you truly gained a great harvest," Xie Lingyun sighed.

"How are my little brother and sister doing?" Zhang Chen asked.

"Since entering the Zhang Family, your little brother and sister have lost contact, even the Inspection and Supervision Department cannot obtain specific information," Xie Lingyun replied.

Zhang Chen showed a trace of worry in his eyes. Not seeing his little brother and sister for years, he wondered how they were doing and whether the Zhang Family had misguided them.

Back during the chaos in Jinling City, sending his little brother, sister, and stepmother away in advance was the best decision; otherwise, unforeseen accidents might have occurred afterwards. But now Zhang Chen had risen, possessing sufficient strength and resources. He felt that bringing his brother and sister by his side was the best way to nurture them.

"Forget it, since I’ve already arrived in Kyoto, once I handle my identity matters properly and gain a legitimate status, we will naturally have a day of reunion. Invite Ji Feihua over," Zhang Chen said to Xie Lingyun.

"For you, Ji Feihua is an opportunity. Ji Feihua was once the Academy’s number one prodigy, even surpassing Zhong Xiang. Unfortunately, she suffered a disaster and fell to the mortal world. If you can save Ji Feihua, you may gain favor with the Elder Grandmaster," Xie Lingyun said, before looking at Zhang Chen: "Should we communicate with Ji Zun first? That old man is stubborn and might not appreciate the gesture without prior notice. We should discuss terms first, then take action!"

"Regardless of whether Ji Zun agrees to my terms, I must act on behalf of Dahei, at least to resolve the karma between Dahei and the Ji family," Zhang Chen replied. "Moreover, negotiating terms first may seem courteous, but it’s too impersonal, not the attitude of one asking for help."

Upon hearing this, Xie Lingyun hesitated slightly, but considering Zhang Chen’s words, she nodded, agreeing: "I’ll go invite Ji Feihua over."

Shortly thereafter, Xie Lingyun invited Ji Feihua over, who bowed to Zhang Chen: "Sorry to trouble you, Zhang."

"It’s fine, meeting amidst a vast sea of people signifies we are destined," Zhang Chen said, then addressed Ji Feihua: "Come with me!"

Zhang Chen led Ji Feihua into a Quiet Chamber, gesturing for her to sit down, then reached out to slowly press towards her brow: "I want to check your Qi Mechanism, to feel the condition within your body."

Ji Feihua didn’t resist, her large black-white eyes silently watching Zhang Chen, then she saw his fingertip touch her brow, and next sensed an anomaly within her body. Zhang Chen felt an ancient chilling aura and a remnant soul’s fluctuation flowing within her.

As Zhang Chen fully sensed the source of the chilling aura, he was momentarily stunned, an astonished look in his eyes: "Didn’t expect it to be a wisp of His remnant soul!"

Do you wonder whose remnant soul it is?

Remember the giant hand deep in Zhang Chen’s Ice Hell?

The remnant soul fluctuation within Ji Feihua’s soul was the same origin as that giant hand’s remnant soul fluctuation.

Saying the fluctuation is simply a soul’s fluctuation doesn’t fit; calling it a remnant True Spirit fluctuation is more accurate.

When Zhang Chen sensed the remnant soul’s fluctuation, the giant hand in his Ice Hell also seemed to react with Ji Feihua’s internal giant hand. The next moment, the giant hand in Zhang Chen’s Ice Hell trembled, passively manifesting the Ice Domain, its fingers lightly flicked, tearing open a slit in Ice Hell, allowing its Qi Mechanism and Ji Feihua’s remnant soul to resonate.

"I knew it, my Ice Hell can’t confine these old fellows, even a single hand can actively manifest my Ice Domain, tearing the space barrier of Ice Hell. My Ice Hell is truly a fragile bubble." Zhang Chen mused with exasperation.

As he complained, he saw cold air swirling around Ji Feihua, her clothes disintegrated into powder under the chill, revealing a scrawny frame.

Ji Feihua was frozen in place, unable to move a muscle. At this time, the True Spirit entwined with her soul suddenly severed itself, inflicting intense pain upon her soul, causing her to involuntarily utter a piercing scream amidst the cold air.

The next moment, that True Spirit transformed into a white light, flying out of Ji Feihua’s body towards Ice Hell. Upon seeing that white light, Zhang Chen immediately activated his Golden Finger skill:

"Marking!"

[Marking successful]

Then the white light flew into the giant hand, and Zhang Chen’s Ice Domain closed, while the Ice Hell was restored. Upon looking at Ying Feihua, he had already turned into an ice sculpture.

"If it weren’t for me stepping in, I fear it wouldn’t have been long before he would have been possessed by that True Spirit. In fact, the True Spirit had already merged with more than half of Ying Feihua’s soul. Stimulated by the giant hand at that moment, it tore apart Ying Feihua’s soul at all costs and flew out. At this time, Ying Feihua’s soul was severely injured. This girl is indeed unlucky!" Zhang Chen looked at Ying Feihua, frozen into an ice sculpture, stretched out his hand to touch the ice surrounding Ying Feihua, and his icy energy skill activated, causing the cold air freezing Ying Feihua to rapidly flow into Zhang Chen’s body.

"But this girl is also fortunate, as she has ultimately obtained a trace of the extremely cold Origin in her soul, gaining a sliver of the residual authority of that ancient existence, making her future path immensely promising." Zhang Chen felt that Ying Feihua’s future was boundless.

In no time, Ying Feihua’s clothes turned to powder and vanished. Zhang Chen looked at Ying Feihua’s body, with its withered figure, and tore off his cloak to drape it over her. Then, after a brief hesitation, an inexplicable mist gathered in the void, forming a strand of the Three Lights Divine Water, which entered Ying Feihua’s body.

Although this was just a trace of the Three Lights Divine Water, it still had incredible effects for the mortal body of Ying Feihua, enough to restore her damaged soul.

Ying Feihua remained in a deep sleep, and Zhang Chen stood up and opened the door to see a guard watching outside.

"Please fetch a set of women’s clothes," Zhang Chen instructed the guard.

"I don’t dare to accept such courtesy from you, sir. I’ll go right away. Please wait a moment!" The guard quickly left, and after a brief hesitation, Zhang Chen still returned to the room, fearing that if he left, someone might accidentally intrude, which would be troublesome.

As for him harboring ill intentions towards Ying Feihua?

That is absolutely impossible!

How could one be interested in a skeleton wearing human skin?

Before long, the guard returned with a maid, who held a tray with a respectful expression and arrived before Zhang Chen: "These are the eldest miss’s clothes."

Zhang Chen took the clothes and said, "Give them to me!"

He didn’t dare to let the maid wait inside, in case it affected Ying Feihua’s soul recovery, or if the Inspection and Supervision Department harbored any traitors that might seize the opportunity to tamper, that would be disastrous for him, wouldn’t it?

Therefore, Zhang Chen decided to keep watch in the room until Ying Feihua was completely awake.

After shutting the door and placing the clothes beside Ying Feihua, Zhang Chen stood facing the wall, looking at the calligraphy and paintings, and his mind delved into the Ice Hell, observing the reaction of that giant hand.

With that fragment of True Spirit entering the giant hand, Zhang Chen felt as if it had come to life. Unlike its prior instinctual consciousness, the giant hand now had thoughts, and the entire hand was undergoing an earth-shattering transformation that was difficult to describe, as if something was being nurtured within.

"There are more and more unwanted guests in my Ice Hell," Zhang Chen’s eyes looked toward the Ice Hell, filled with gravity.

Those forty-eight thousand peculiar beings confined within the Ice Hell had now become unusually quiet, seemingly sensing the arrival of a terrifyingly super entity, and each behaved like a quail, no longer causing any disturbances.

"Perhaps this could be my future ally," Zhang Chen looked at the Ice Hell, a hint of contemplation in his gaze.

As his thoughts flowed, a faint sound came from behind him, and turning his head, Zhang Chen saw a new Ice Domain had formed around Ying Feihua.

"Is this for real?" Zhang Chen was stunned to see the appearance of the Ice Domain.

The defiance of the Ice Domain, no one knew better than him, the master of it. He never expected Ying Feihua to have such an opportunity.

Zhang Chen showed surprise, his eyes scanning the Ice Domain around Ying Feihua, seeing that it was only three feet in size, less than one-tenth of his own. But within it, there appeared a phenomenon absent in Zhang Chen’s Ice Domain. Within Ying Feihua’s Ice Domain, a transparent, vague human figure stood tall and indistinct, resembling Ying Feihua, and somewhat similar to the giant hand’s energy that Zhang Chen had sensed.

"What is that? Truly bizarre!" Zhang Chen frowned and remained silent as he observed the differences between Ying Feihua’s Ice Domain and his own. After a while, he thoughtfully stroked his chin: "Her Ice Domain seems to possess a divine power, giving it an added characteristic, bolstering her Ice Domain."