Immortality Starts With Investment

Su Yuxuan’s heart had already descended into despair. But, by nature, she wasn’t one to give up easily, and she made one last effort. Upon hearing Ye Chen’s words, her eyes widened in surprise.

Had Ye Chen changed his mind?

Su Yuxuan quickly nodded enthusiastically, like a chick pecking at grains of rice. ”Senior brother, I really want it. I, Su Yuxuan, am willing to swear a heavenly oath. My small feet, my everything, will only belong to you, senior brother. I swear that no other man will touch me in this lifetime. And I will never develop feelings for any other man.”

Su Yuxuan’s heavenly oath was spoken with the utmost sincerity. It wasn’t about deceiving Ye Chen to get his heart.

Su Yuxuan was willing to do anything to survive. But that didn’t mean she couldn’t distinguish right from wrong. She knew just how good Ye Chen had been to her.

A man like him was truly one of a kind in the cultivation world. After experiencing a man like him, any other male cultivator she met in the future would inevitably be compared to Ye Chen. But how could anyone else compare to Ye Chen?

So Su Yuxuan’s words were genuine.

Ye Chen, hearing this, maintained a calm expression, his face void of any emotion.

Su Yuxuan realized that Ye Chen didn’t believe her words anymore. She quickly tried to say something more.

But Ye Chen sighed softly. ”Forget it. As long as you remember that there was once a man named Ye Chen, who deeply loved you, that will be enough. If you could occasionally offer a prayer at my grave, that would be even better…”

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Su Yuxuan was speechless after hearing this, her carefully prepared words suddenly failing her. Ye Chen clearly didn’t believe her promise. But still, in this moment, he was willing to give her his heart.

The weight of this feeling was too much. It stirred a complex storm of emotions in Su Yuxuan, who had once believed that after being betrayed by her family, she would never care about anyone again. Unable to find the words, she opened her full lips after a long pause and simply said, ”I absolutely will.”

Ye Chen smiled in satisfaction. Mainly because he felt the timing was right. The previous hesitation was because he feared that after giving her the precious Glazed Purification Water and Ancient Jade, Su Yuxuan would think that he would give her anything she wanted simply because he had valuable things.

In case there was no critical hit, that fifty-fold feedback from Su Yuxuan would not be enough. Now, the timing seemed to be just right. But there was still one last spark to ignite.

Ye Chen stood up, opening his clothes. His perfect, steel-like chest muscles revealed themselves. A blood-red mark appeared on his chest.

As the mark deepened, Ye Chen slowly spoke, ”My heart has another name—Exquisite Heart. This heart can enhance the body’s recovery, boost comprehension, amplify spells, and double their power…”

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Su Yuxuan’s eyes widened in disbelief.

Another bloodline Divine Ability? How is this possible? The Destruction Eye was one before. How talented does Ye Chen have to be to awaken two Divine Abilities by himself?

Even though Su Yuxuan knew Ye Chen wouldn’t joke about something like this, she still couldn’t believe it. When Ye Chen opened his chest, showing no blood stains, a translucent heart, as flawless as a precious jewel, still beating strongly, slowly floated out.

Su Yuxuan stared at the heart, feeling the immense power within it. Her mind was consumed with shock.

Ye Chen’s face turned pale, but he still managed a faint smile, his breath weak as he spoke, ”Actually, thinking about it, giving you my heart isn’t so bad. If I’m not here, at least my heart will remain, always with you! From now on, every heartbeat will be for you! Go ahead and refine it!”

Ye Chen’s words, along with his pale face, made Su Yuxuan’s eyes redden. For some reason, a feeling of regret began to grow in her heart. This was exactly what she had always dreamed of. It was even better than she had imagined.

By refining it with her blood spiritual root, she could inherit the various divine abilities within it. She would have an even greater chance of killing Old Monster Wang.

But Su Yuxuan still felt regret. She looked at Ye Chen, wanting to say many things, but Ye Chen’s expression changed, and he roared at her, ”Hurry up...”

Though Ye Chen had the support of his Myriad Star body, losing his heart wouldn’t kill him immediately, who would want to watch their heart beating in front of them? Besides, he had already given her his heart, and she was still hesitating?

Su Yuxuan froze for a moment at Ye Chen’s sudden anger, but soon, her eyes grew even redder. It wasn’t out of grievance, but out of deep emotion.

Ye Chen was afraid that if too much time passed, the heart would lose its vitality. That’s why he urged her to hurry. Yes, Ye Chen had already given her his heart. How could she let his sacrifice be in vain just because of her own regret?

Su Yuxuan forced back her tears, nodded, and without caring about Ye Chen’s gaze, she pulled down her clothes. With a casual wave of her hand, a large wound appeared. Within the wound, the red heart was already riddled with holes, its beat growing increasingly faint.

Su Yuxuan gritted her teeth, and with a snap, her own heart exploded. Her face turned even paler, like white paper, and her hands trembled. But still, she carefully drew Ye Chen’s transparent heart towards her, guiding it into her chest.

In an instant, Su Yuxuan felt that her empty heart seemed to warm up again. Each powerful beat made her feel filled with strength. But Su Yuxuan knew this was just the beginning. Even though her blood spiritual root had an advantage in this regard, turning another person’s heart into her own would still require time to refine.

At this moment, her beautiful eyes looked at Ye Chen with concern. The heart had been given to her.

Ye Chen was certain to die. But when she looked at him, she froze. She saw that, despite having lost his heart, Ye Chen still had a smile on his face as he looked at her, his eyes full of encouragement. ”Hurry and refine it, or it will be too late! You must live on!”

That was Ye Chen’s final sentence. In the next moment, Ye Chen’s body collapsed onto the ground. No more sound.

At the final moment of life, Ye Chen had still managed to smile. His last words were to encourage her.

Su Yuxuan’s tears could no longer be contained, flowing down in torrents. Ye Chen was dead. She no longer needed to deceive him. But still, the tears kept flowing uncontrollably from her eyes.

...

Lying on the ground, Ye Chen had used the top-tier fake-death technique—Divine Toad’s Withering Technique—that he had triggered earlier. The heart had been gone for quite a while.

Su Yuxuan seemed genuinely moved. It seemed inappropriate for him to not fall down. The reason he managed to smile before falling was, of course, because of the system’s feedback—it had already been credited.

”Gift successful…”

”Gift: Exquisite Heart…”

”Fifty-fold feedback in progress…”

”Detected that the gift you gave is extremely important to the recipient, triggering top-notch critical hit…”

Top-notch critical hit?

This was the first time Ye Chen had seen this term in the system prompt. His eyes widened...