Xuan Yu nodded excitedly, then shook her head again. "Yes and no..."
Ye Ling said irritably, "What do you mean by 'yes and no'?"
Xuan Yu explained, "If Father and the others were to break free from the residual evil tribe's seal, the outer universe would certainly not be as chaotic as it is now, and we wouldn't have to worry about the cosmic barrier being breached by extraterrestrial forces. But the reality remains grim, so their true bodies must still be within the seal."
"However, since the Evil Emperor could bestow a new inheritance upon you, it means the Evil Emperor has the ability to contact the outside world."
Ye Ling: "So you're saying a sliver of their divine consciousness broke through the seal? And the inheritance within me was personally given by the Evil Emperor?"
Xuan Yu nodded. "Most likely. Moreover, my father's strength surpasses the Evil Emperor's. If the Evil Emperor could break through the seal and forcefully impart the inheritance to you, then my father, unable to break through the seal himself, must have also come out."
Ye Ling felt a flicker of doubt again. "If your father's divine consciousness also broke through the seal, why didn't he come to contact you? After all, you are his daughter. With your help, it should be easier for his true body to break free from the seal. We wouldn't have to search for the inheritance so desperately on Earth."
"This..."
Xuan Yu was suddenly stumped by Ye Ling's question and didn't know how to answer.
Indeed, if her father had broken through the seal, why hadn't he contacted her?
Seeing Xuan Yu fall silent, Ye Ling continued, "Could it be that they haven't broken through the seal yet, and the one who gave me the inheritance was merely a wisp of the Evil Emperor's remnant consciousness, not their true consciousness?"
"No, that's absolutely impossible," Xuan Yu stated firmly, shaking her head. "The white runes you possess are of such high completion and immense power, unlike anything I've ever seen. If it were just a remnant consciousness, they could never have passed these white runes to you. So they have definitely come out!"
Ye Ling questioned, "If that's the case, how do you explain your father not coming to find you? After all, you are his daughter. If he doesn't rely on you, it doesn't seem logical, does it?"
"This..." Xuan Yu gritted her teeth and replied, "I don't know either. Perhaps my father has some special reason..."
As she spoke, Xuan Yu's excited mood rapidly subsided, her expression becoming somewhat dejected, as if she had suffered a great injustice.
Her eyes welled up with tears.
Seeing Xuan Yu on the verge of tears, Ye Ling didn't know what to do and could only offer comfort. "Don't be sad... You're all grown up now."
Ye Ling couldn't fathom how someone as powerful as Xuan Yu, who had lived for countless epochs, could be so fragile.
It was just that her father hadn't contacted her immediately; what was there to cry about?
"Mind your own business!"
Xuan Yu glared fiercely at Ye Ling, then tore open space with one hand and plunged into it, disappearing from Ye Ling's sight in an instant.
Ye Ling stood frozen in place, looking at where Xuan Yu had vanished, completely stunned.
"Didn't we come to discuss the inheritance?"
Ye Ling was caught off guard by Xuan Yu's sudden departure and didn't know what to do.
Xuan Yu's cultivation was no less than Ye Ling's. If Xuan Yu deliberately concealed her whereabouts, he wouldn't be able to find her in a short period.
"What is all this... Isn't this girl just being difficult?"
Ye Ling chuckled wryly. However, with things as they were, he couldn't call Xuan Yu back. He could only set aside the matter of the inheritance for the time being and prepare to leave.
Just as Ye Ling was about to descend the mountain, the space in front of him cracked open again. Xuan Yu tossed a jade slip out, saying to Ye Ling in a tearful voice, "That inheritance is in Miao Jiang. All the specific information is recorded in the jade slip. I have some personal matters to attend to, so I won't accompany you to find the inheritance."
Ye Ling took the jade slip and looked at Xuan Yu, who was hiding in the spatial rift, and asked with concern, "Hey, are you alright?"
"I'm fine. Just focus on your own affairs. If there's any new inheritance, I'll contact you immediately," Xuan Yu said quickly, not giving Ye Ling a chance to ask further questions. She then pulled the spatial rift shut and left.
Ye Ling scanned the Earth with his divine sense, but he could no longer sense Xuan Yu's aura.
It was clear. She had already left Earth, and he didn't know where she had gone.
"This girl... she's still just a child..." Ye Ling could only smile helplessly at Xuan Yu's actions and looked at the jade slip in his hand.
"Fine, I'll handle inheriting the legacy myself... Oh, right, I remember Ye Qingyan is active in the Miao Jiang area. I haven't seen her in a while. I might as well take this opportunity to mentor her. Her cultivation is truly a bit too low."
As soon as he arrived in Miao Jiang, Ye Ling thought of the woman who looked exactly like his aunt, and a smile involuntarily curved his lips.
Ye Qingyan, as the first remarkable woman Ye Ling encountered after returning to Earth, had left an indelible impression on him.
Although with Ye Qingyan's eighth-grade cultivation, she was no longer ranked in the Three Realms, this was not a significant problem for Ye Ling.
Ye Qingyan possessed good innate talent. With a little guidance from Ye Ling, her cultivation could quickly reach the top tier of the Three Realms, and with more effort, becoming a Saint was not out of the question.
Furthermore, Ye Qingyan was one of his own. Cultivating her strength and bringing her into the Demonic Palace would also benefit the Demonic Palace, which was severely lacking in talent.
While contemplating bringing Ye Qingyan into the Demonic Palace, Ye Ling injected his spiritual power into the jade slip given by Xuan Yu and began reading its contents.
Soon, the map and notes personally crafted by Xuan Yu appeared in Ye Ling's mind.
Although Xuan Yu had only given him a jade slip, the content recorded within was incredibly detailed. From the secret realm where the inheritance was located to all the traps within the secret realm and all the treasure locations, Xuan Yu had recorded everything, down to the smallest detail!
"I didn't expect Xuan Yu to be such a meticulous person. I truly didn't see that coming. The treasures within that secret realm... some of them can be used on Ye Qingyan, which will save me a lot of trouble."
After reading the contents of the jade slip, Ye Ling couldn't help but sigh, gaining a deeper understanding of Xuan Yu.
Ye Ling put away the jade slip and did not linger there, heading down the mountain.
While the Blood Lotus Profound Maiden was gathering the Twelve Holy Pillars of the Shadow Hall, he could take this time to retrieve the new inheritance in Miao Jiang!