The Divine Urban Physician Chapter 3693 - 3683: Above the Seal (First Update)

Ye Chen's heart trembled faintly as he heard Han Wenxin’s words. He glanced toward the old man and declared, "Without fate, there is no result; when the opportunity does not align, there is no effect. Cause and effect, Samsara, where there is cause, there is result."

"Oh?" The old man’s eyes sparkled upon catching Ye Chen’s statement, and excitement flickered as he stared at Ye Chen.

Han Wenxin kept whispering from the Samsara Graveyard at that instant, while Ye Chen added, "You fish here today, yet no bites come, and you hold back the rod. It appears devoid of cause and effect, yet truly, the seed of cause is sown for later harvest."

"What do you mean by that?"

The old man’s thrill intensified with those words, his eager gaze fixed on Ye Chen as he questioned.

"Sir, by sowing seeds of inaction, you harvest the fruit of peace."

Ye Chen echoed Han Wenxin’s phrases precisely, and the old man’s face flushed with greater fervor, rising to his feet uncontrollably, gesturing wildly with hands and stamping feet.

"In that case, tell me, if I seek friendship across our vast age gap, does cause exist? Does effect follow?"

"Friendship across ages?"

Ye Chen paused in surprise. The elder was advanced in years, teetering on the brink of death, rendering such a bond seem futile. Besides, his responses merely relayed Han Wenxin’s insights; the old man’s wish stemmed from those very words. Agreeing might mislead him.

Right as Ye Chen prepared to decline, Han Wenxin’s voice echoed once more, "Accept it; this elder holds a unique status."

"Unique status..."

Ye Chen’s mind shifted subtly, and Han Wenxin’s guidance flowed again. His face took on a strange look as he replied, "Friendship across ages carries cause and effect indeed, yet with both of us idle, that cause and effect remains faint."

"Indeed, indeed."

The old man grinned broadly at once, caressing his lengthy brows, and chuckled at Ye Chen, "Then you and I are friends from now on, and I’ll address you as little brother."

"Old brother."

Ye Chen wasted no time on formalities, cupping his fists toward the elder as he responded.

"Haha, excellent!"

The old man lit up at the sight, leaping to his feet promptly and reaching out to Ye Chen, "I’m thrilled to encounter a kindred spirit today. Come, let’s share a drink!"

"Sure."

Ye Chen nodded readily without pause.

Yet in that instant, the old man’s face stiffened abruptly, his deep gaze piercing toward the mountain base, "Company approaches."

"Company?"

Ye Chen whipped his head to follow the old man’s stare but spotted nothing, suspecting the elder imagined it.

"Old brother, perhaps you’re seeing illusions... Where’s anyone?"

Ye Chen spun back, only to discover the old man vanished entirely, furrowing his brow. The elder’s arrival was odd, his exit equally bizarre.

The talk of karma baffled Ye Chen deeply, shrouded in enigma. Encountering him here sparked wonder if their paths would cross again someday.

Ye Chen shook his head, banishing the notion, and fixed his eyes resolutely on Cloud Gazing Peak’s summit without delay.

Cloaked in Hongmeng mist at the peak stood Cloud Gazing Peak’s majestic hall, veiling the heights in a mystical, otherworldly haze.

Ye Chen hadn’t lost sight of his goal. He sought Zhou Jiu Tong. Though time passed chatting with the enigmatic elder, the visit remained essential.

Thus, Ye Chen ascended toward the summit.

Meanwhile, Ye Chen overlooked a silhouette gradually appearing from the spot the old man had scanned: Lei Rong.

"I’ve long sensed oddity in this Ye Chen. Now bound for Cloud Gazing Peak, what schemes does he harbor? I must observe closely!"

Lei Rong’s face twisted slyly. Recent days revealed Ye Chen’s hunt for Sacred Origin Heart details, fueling suspicions of impure motives in joining Six Paths Sect.

After hearing Wu Duan Cang rebuffed him, Lei Rong anticipated Ye Chen’s trek to Cloud Gazing Peak. Within the sect, solely the sect master and grand elder Zhou Jiu Tong grasped the Sacred Origin Heart’s profound truths.

Hence, Lei Rong stealthily reached Cloud Gazing Peak, sensing Ye Chen’s trail, and trailed up the slope in silence.

Upon cresting the top of Cloud Gazing Peak, Ye Chen spotted the grand hall's silhouette piercing through the expansive, foggy Hongmeng mist. He longed to approach the hall, yet discovered a tremendously potent seal encircling the peak, halting his advance.

Evidently, Zhou Jiu Tong had imposed this seal, granting access only to equals in power, such as the Grand Elders permitted to audience with him.

Gazing at the pale blue seal right then, brimming with boundless runes scattered everywhere, gleaming with dazzling light and radiating a deep, arcane presence, Ye Chen's brow creased faintly.

The barrier be damned, Ye Chen stayed dead set on the Sacred Origin Heart, hell-bent on prying out its secrets at any price.

What's more, Ye Chen picked up on laws echoing the Nine Heaven Netherworld Formation within the seal. Countless runes etched on it tied straight back to that formation.

As Netherworld Peak's master, Ye Chen grasped the Nine Heaven Netherworld Formation profoundly. Spotting this likeness, he chose to try shattering the seal.

Seizing the impulse without pause, Ye Chen thrust out his hand. Runes ignited in his palm, syncing with the seal's own. Their glows intertwined, nudging the seal to ease open a bit.

Beholding this, Ye Chen's face lit with a spark of delight. "There’s hope."

The instant after, Ye Chen whipped his hand about, unleashing runes from his palm in a stream toward the seal. Violent quakes rippled across it, weakening steadily. The wall before Ye Chen faded thinner by the second, ready to dissolve into a gateway.

Suddenly, a majestic, enigmatic aura cloaked Ye Chen—runes of the Nine Heaven Netherworld. As he channeled them, fresh insights flooded in, starlight and Netherworld energy steadily bursting forth from his body.

That obstruction ahead kept thinning relentlessly, teetering on the edge of birthing a passage. Thrill pounded in Ye Chen's chest, spurring his pace faster.

But just then, Ye Chen missed the shadowy form rising behind him, gaze sly with betrayal and seething with kill-lust.

"Ye Chen, what are you doing!"

Lei Rong roared in sudden fury. Ye Chen, lost in concentration, sensed no one's approach. His frame went rigid, hand jerking wildly—a rune veered off, slamming wrong onto the seal. In a flash, the whole thing detonated with overwhelming Divine Might, hurling infinite beams across the void.

"Buzz!"

The seal's explosive force slammed Ye Chen and Lei Rong with nightmarish shockwaves, offering no chance to fight back—they got hurled straight off Cloud Gazing Peak.

At Cloud Gazing Peak's base, Ye Chen fixed a piercing stare on Lei Rong, blindsided by his surprise arrival that wrecked everything.

That instant, the seal's Divine Might rumble shook the entire Six Paths Sect awake, summoning swarms of disciples and elders who surged in, ominous silhouettes crowding the skies.

Plain as day, Lei Rong's meddling hadn't just robbed Ye Chen of his seal-breaking shot but dumped a mountain of chaos right on his head.