764: Chapter 760: The Heart of the Jade Flute 764: Chapter 760: The Heart of the Jade Flute “At your command!”
The martial artists responded loudly and then gathered firewood in the hollow, set up the pyre, and piled all the corpses atop it.
At Ye Tian’s command, the martial artists lit the bonfire.
The crackling sounds erupted as the hollow was engulfed in flames, including the Sima Family estate, the bodies of Sima Family martial artists such as Sima Feng, and the trees within the hollow—all ignited in that moment.
Ye Tian watched the roaring flames, instructed the warriors from the Night King Hall to retreat, and the martial artists left the hollow in succession, returning along the path they had come…
Before long, everyone had returned to the estate that served as the headquarters for the Night King Hall.
Ye Tian told the martial artists to rest well in their rooms, those who needed healing to attend to their injuries, and those who could continue cultivating to do so.
Ye Tian himself, however, went to his own room!
After closing the doors and windows tightly, Ye Tian took out the jade flute that Sima Feng had used!
This was a Life Weapon, and its rank was even higher than the wooden sword used by Ye Tian himself; it was a pity, however, that the flute was in the wrong hands.
Sima Feng had done no small amount of evil deeds with it.
Initially, Ye Tian wanted to destroy it, but he had hesitated after unintentionally hearing the sound of the flute, so he temporarily gave up…
However, giving up did not mean Ye Tian wouldn’t do anything to the jade flute.
Ye Tian just wanted to know what the spirit dwelling within it had to say.
After all, as the host, Sima Feng had never communicated with the jade flute, treating it as inconsequential as an ant!
Ye Tian sat cross-legged on the bed, clutching the jade flute tightly in his hands.
When communicating with his wooden sword, Ye Tian did so likewise, simply channeling his consciousness into the Life Weapon.
Ye Tian summoned the Silent Qi of the Nether God and probed carefully, but the exploration was not easy.
After all, unlike the wooden sword, this jade flute was a completely foreign Life Weapon to Ye Tian!
At that moment, Ye Tian couldn’t hear a sound from the flute, nor perceive the world within it…
A flower embodies a world, a leaf symbolizes the universal law!
Hidden within a Life Weapon lie countless worlds, just as with the wooden sword carved from a millennium ancient tree, in the Tree Heart World Ye Tian could see the entire life of the ancient tree…
But now, Ye Tian felt nothing at all!
Of course, it couldn’t be that there was truly nothing because Ye Tian could clearly hear the sound originating from within the flute.
The only possibility was that the heart of the flute consciously avoided him.
Although he hadn’t sensed anything yet, Ye Tian did not give up.
He continued to pour his consciousness into the jade flute, silently sensing, believing that he would eventually explore the world within it!
As time ticked away, Ye Tian eventually sensed something in the darkness…
“There it is!”
Ye Tian whispered softly, and then he clearly felt himself descending as if in a weightless elevator, feet light and floating.
However, this time, it wasn’t the body descending but rather his thoughts.
“Heh heh~~~~what a thrill!”
Ye Tian smiled wryly, having never experienced such a rapid descent when sinking his consciousness into the Tree Heart World before, but it was different within the heart of the jade flute.
Thus, Ye Tian couldn’t help but take a deep breath!
After a deep breath, Ye Tian’s heart no longer hung in suspense and he felt it settle.
Then, Ye Tian saw nothing but pitch-black darkness.
He could see nothing, yet Ye Tian could feel that he was in the world of the jade flute.
What exactly was this world like?
Ye Tian’s heart brimmed with curiosity!
“Drip drop!”, “Drip drop!”…
Suddenly, Ye Tian heard the sound of water, so clear that it drew his thoughts toward it.
The pitch-blackness in front of him slowly brightened, yet the light remained exceedingly faint, like a small candlelight in the vast night sky, barely serving any purpose.
Following the faint light, Ye Tian saw a cave where the sound of dripping water echoed; it seemed to be the source of the sound.
Upon entering the cave, a different scene unveiled itself!
The light came from within the cave, making it brighter inside than outside.
Ye Tian approached the source of the light and saw a young girl in a corner.
To encounter a young girl within the heart of the jade flute was quite peculiar for Ye Tian, who approached her curiously.
“Who are you?”
Ye Tian directly asked, looking at the girl in front of him.
The girl had delicate features and a graceful figure, yet she was naked, her body shimmering with a green light.
This appearance naturally made it unlikely that she was human.
“Whimper~~~~ Whimper~~~~”
Upon seeing Ye Tian, the girl merely sobbed and did not respond to his question.
“Are you the heart of the Jade Flute?”
Ye Tian continued, and at this moment the girl glanced at Ye Tian and finally moved her lips!
“I am the Jade Flute, the heart of Sima Feng’s Life Weapon.
Please don’t kill me!”
Ye Tian finally understood why the girl was crying; in her eyes, his intent to destroy the Jade Flute equated to ending her life.
“Not kill you?” Ye Tian’s expression darkened slightly, “But do you know how many terrible things you have done?
With the Jade Flute, Sima Feng has turned countless innocent people into puppets, defiling their corpses.
You must be buried with these people!”
Ye Tian’s words made the girl tremble, and she looked at him with a pair of sorrowful eyes.
“But I was forced by Sima Feng,” pleaded the girl.
“Ever since he obtained me, he has never communicated with me; he just used me as his pawn!
I had no choice but to follow his bidding!”
The girl argued, but Ye Tian shook his head.
“Even though you are heartless, so many have died because of you.
Your sins are as profound as Sima Feng’s!
What’s more important is that if the Jade Flute continues to exist, it might fall into the hands of someone with evil intentions, and that would harm many more people!
Therefore, the Jade Flute must be destroyed, and you must die!”
Ye Tian spoke with great gravity, and the girl’s tears flowed once again…
The girl begged, “If the power I possess is a sin, then please take away my power!
Without my power, I will be just an ordinary Jade Flute, no threat to anyone in the world!”
“Take away your power?”
Ye Tian was slightly taken aback; the power within the Jade Flute was so great that if he could truly possess it, it would be a wonderful thing.
“How can your power be taken away?”
Ye Tian asked patiently, and the girl did not hide anything, saying directly, “Powers can merge with each other, as can the Life Weapons.
As long as…”
Before the girl could finish speaking, Ye Tian suddenly heard his phone ring!
Although Ye Tian was in a state of Silent Qi of the Nether God, he hadn’t closed off his senses, so he naturally could hear the phone ringing.
The situation now was not suitable for Ye Tian to continue talking with the girl.
He opened his eyes and returned to the real world.
The call was unexpectedly from Elder Ye Zhirong.
Ye Tian answered the phone, and Ye Zhirong’s voice came through!
“Young man, you are truly incredible!
You actually rooted out the Sima Family’s main estate!
The whole world is shocked!”
Ye Zhirong exclaimed in amazement, and Ye Tian couldn’t help but give a wry smile, saying, “Elder Ye, from your tone, it seems you didn’t believe we could defeat the Sima Family!
In that case, why did you allow Night King Hall to leave its nest en masse; were you sending us to our deaths?”
“Not at all, young man, don’t misunderstand!”
Ye Tian’s words made Ye Zhirong hastily apologize.
“I never thought that you had no chance of defeating the Sima Family; it’s just that the odds were not high.
After all, the integration of power in your body hasn’t reached over ninety percent.
With such power to confront Sima Feng head-on, there was only a thirty percent chance of victory!
But sending you to take down the Sima Family’s main estate was a move of desperation.
After all, the Ye Family could no longer hold on, and if we didn’t employ this strategy of draining the pond to catch the fish, I’m afraid the Sima Family would have broken through our formation!
At that point, Jing City would have been in total ruin, a scene of hell on earth!”
As Ye Zhirong had said, although the Ye Family also had formidable strength, they could not last long against the vicious Sima Family, even with their Formation set up.
That’s why Ye Zhirong had come up with the idea of sending Ye Tian with Martial Artists from Night King Hall to raid the Sima Family’s main estate.
It was a risky move, but it had achieved good results…
Over the phone, Ye Zhirong detailed the current situation to Ye Tian.
Upon hearing that the Sima Family’s main estate had been reduced to ashes, the Sect Leader of the Sima Family, Sima Yun, did not dare to continue fighting and could only lead the elites of the Sima Family to leave Liuhe Town.
The Sima Family’s thousand-year plan had to be put on hold.
With the Sima Family’s main estate completely destroyed, the Martial Artists of the Sima Family had nowhere to go.
Left with no choice, Sima Yun had to lead them to seek refuge with Heaven’s Gate; after all, he was an Inner Sect Disciple of Heaven’s Gate, and the sect could accommodate him and his followers.
“Heaven’s Gate!?
Sima Yun fled to Heaven’s Gate?”
Ye Tian was slightly shocked.
He had heard the name Heaven’s Gate many times.
Many masters, including Sima Feng, hail from Heaven’s Gate.
Since he had destroyed the Sima Family’s main estate, he had inevitably made an enemy of Heaven’s Gate.
Therefore, Ye Tian knew he must be extra cautious of this sect!