Immortality Starts With Investment Chapter 627: The Divine Maiden Cauldron!

A cold smirk adorned Yi Qingwu's face as she stepped back into her cave dwelling, spotting Ye Chen who gazed at her with shock blended with joy. "Qingwu, you're out of seclusion! That's wonderful. You have no idea how much I've accomplished while you were in retreat. If you knew, you'd be thrilled. Most of the disciples and elders of the Heavenly Intention Holy Land have accepted me. There'll be no obstacles to us becoming dao companions in the future."

His words carried such firm belief that they nearly sounded authentic.

A cunning smile tugged at Yi Qingwu's lips. "Are you referring to selecting stunning female disciples and elders for my Holy Maiden Peak to form your harem? Or reading their palms, cleansing their water supplies, and providing 'late-night guidance'? If I remained in seclusion another year, would I emerge to raise your children?"

Feigning hurt, Ye Chen eyed her. "How could you see me that way? All my actions were for our shared future! As for choosing only female disciples, it's my deep love for you that prevents tolerating any other man on Holy Maiden Peak…"

Yi Qingwu chuckled while observing Ye Chen weave his story like undeniable fact. She said nothing further. Advancing boldly, boundless moonlight gathered behind her, forming four silken bands that restrained Ye Chen's arms and legs, securing them to the cavern roof.

Clenching her jaw, she whispered sharply, "I secluded myself for merely two months, yet you rushed to cause such chaos! Seems you possess excess vigor. I failed to satisfy you sufficiently!"

Despite his bound limbs, Ye Chen could escape effortlessly. Yet now wasn't the moment. He needed to submit to her chastisement meekly.

Before long, alarm gripped Ye Chen. His betrothed appeared intent on exhausting him utterly this round. Danger loomed. Yet who could deny affection for their fiancée? He simply bore it, teeth gritted.

Nevertheless, a flicker of remorse stirred in Ye Chen—the fiancée lacked a whip… He'd distributed this week's presents already. Next week would bring more.

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Following seven days of relentless agony and ordeal, the system cooldown at last concluded. Ye Chen exhaled deeply, his wrist quivering faintly. The lunar bindings fragmented.

Yi Qingwu extended her graceful neck, smirking derisively. "What, depleted so soon?"

Ye Chen nodded before shaking his head. "Perhaps halfway… but a gift for you popped into my mind, Qingwu."

A flick of his hand summoned a celestial lash crafted from stellar radiance into his grasp. "This matches you ideally. You're on the verge of advancing to the Mahayana Realm. This whip fits flawlessly! I'll apply a sealing method, allowing you to use it as an ordinary whip for the present. Upon reaching Mahayana Realm, unsealing will be effortless!"

Yi Qingwu examined the divine whip, a subtle smile emerging. Amid the prior clash, spectators had whispered of Ye Chen stockpiling treasures for rival female cultivators. Evidently false. He merely sought prolonged moments together, unveiling presents gradually.

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Aware he held the Heavenly Emperor Sword alongside the Compliant Golden-Hooped Rod from the Victorious Fighting Ape Clan, Yi Qingwu seized the whip without delay, swinging it lightly to produce a sharp snap. Grasping the Star River Divine Whip, she exuded a distinctive presence…

Ye Chen instantly craved another "punishment" from his fiancée. He lifted his hand, voluntarily securing his own limbs…

Yi Qingwu paused, eyeing the whip then Ye Chen's thrilled, anticipatory look, completely perplexed. Who could guess the Heavenly Emperor's successor acted this way… yet…

After brief reluctance, Yi Qingwu discarded the whip. Lunar glow swirled at her back, fastening her own limbs. She averted her gaze from Ye Chen.

Ye Chen anticipated, yet nothing transpired. Peering at his fiancée, he froze momentarily before grinning widely. Over swinging a whip, his fiancée's exceptional cries proved more captivating. What recourse remained? Indulge her, naturally!

With the whip's clear, soft cracks resounding, system alerts chimed nonstop within Ye Chen's thoughts…

"Congratulations, Host, for successfully gifting!"

"Gift: Low-grade Extreme Dao Weapon: Star River Divine Whip!"

"Four-thousand-fold feedback in progress…"

"Detected: Host's gifted item…"

"Triggered critical reward."

"Feedback: Supreme Extreme Dao Weapon: Divine Maiden Cauldron!"

"Feedback: Immortal Artifact: Dao Cauldron!"

Ye Chen's eyes gleamed upon viewing the system's response, his fist clenching a bit firmer. What an outstanding fiancée! A buy-one-get-one-free reward setup. The immortal artifact fell right in line with predictions. Yet the bonus supreme Extreme Dao Weapon? Pure unexpected joy.

High multipliers truly reigned supreme. As foreseen, the fiancée's multiplier climbed from 3,500 to 4,000, even with the gifted origin being purer and richer. The jump proved smaller compared to before.

Obviously, the loftier the level, the steeper the challenge. Attaining the Acquired Chaos Body demanded patience. Ye Chen harbored no complaints—he embraced the delay. It let him persist in offering origin, steadily refining his own physique.

Gaining the Acquired Chaos Body posed a real hurdle, while the great herbs raised by the Alkaid Holy Son extended far beyond the Heavenly Intention Holy Son and the third-generation Star River King Body. Ample others awaited.

Any great herbs Ye Chen took a dislike to could simply be reaped. Alkaid himself ranked as a premium great herb in Ye Chen's sight. At the perfect moment down the line, he'd hurl him straight into the Devouring Heaven Demon Jar. The gains would prove massive.

Ye Chen then turned his attention to the duo of system rewards. Beginning with the Divine Maiden Cauldron. Its title already rang suspicious. Details in view left Ye Chen utterly shocked…

Suspicious it certainly was. This supreme Extreme Dao Weapon preyed on female cultivators. Pulled inside, victims lay wholly at its whim.

The Divine Maiden Cauldron mastered the Law of Human Desire. Even spotless Divine Maidens or Holy Maidens underwent a complete shift within…

Its name carried dark infamy, echoing through the annals of time. Once the cherished treasure of the vanished Human Desire Sect.

All started smoothly enough. Then a sect prodigy, crushed by his failed immortality bid, snapped, deploying the cauldron to seize hordes of Divine Maidens and Holy Maidens, unleashing widespread fury.

Forces allied to obliterate the sect. The Divine Maiden Cauldron faded from sight. It resurfaced in the Heavenly Emperor age, employed by the Emperor to snag trailing Divine Maidens and Holy Maidens. No wicked deeds followed—he just auctioned them back to their groups.

Major factions boiled with anger regardless, female cultivators quaking in dread. Finally, they forged an alliance, plotting the cauldron's doom under the Emperor… cementing the Divine Maiden Cauldron as pure legend. And behold, it now rested with Ye Chen.

Helplessness washed over Ye Chen. A man of integrity like him—why stoop to this? The cauldron's vile fame would shatter his good name. His plentiful resources rendered such tricks obsolete.

Ye Chen thus swore with iron resolve. Come death itself, or a plunge from Heavenly Intention Holy Land's loftiest summit, he'd never touch this cauldron—not one iota!