Supreme Sword God

Chapter 1020: Chapter 1019: Secrets Behind the Scenes, a Terrifying Mystery

Divine Mirror Island, under the guidance of Sikong Zhaixing, Ye Chen entered the secret chamber where the Sikong Clan preserved various ancient texts.

Inside the secret chamber, it was filled with countless materials related to Divine Appraisers.

Sikong Zhaixing said, "For any Divine Appraiser, everything here is priceless. Young Master Ye, you are not the first invited to attempt to continue the path of our Sikong Clan ancestors, but... you are the first person other than the Island Master of Divine Mirror Island to enter here."

Ye Chen smiled faintly and said, "If I achieve something on the path of the Divine Appraiser, I will certainly not forget the help given by the Sikong Clan."

Sikong Zhaixing: "Young Master Ye, with your exceptional talent, I believe it won’t be ten years before you become the sixth Celestial-tier Divine Appraiser in the Celestial Burial Sea!"

Ye Chen: "..."

Is this recognition of me?

Or underestimation of me?

Ten years...

Too long!

Ten days to half a month, still acceptable!

Seeing Ye Chen not speaking, Sikong Zhaixing thought Ye Chen was eager to view the ancient texts here, so he said, "Young Master Ye, I will not disturb you. If there is anything, you can come to me anytime."

After Sikong Zhaixing left, Ye Chen casually picked up a book of ancient texts.

Anyway, there’s no one here, he tore off a small piece of Enlightenment Tea and tossed it into his mouth.

Enlightenment Tea must be used sparingly, just one piece at a time, too luxurious!

Remembering how he wasted it with Master Legs before, it really shouldn’t have happened!

It’s all Master Legs’ fault!

The ancient texts of Divine Mirror Island cover aspects very comprehensively.

Moreover, many of the texts were left by the ancestors of the Sikong Clan who pioneered the path of the Divine Appraiser. Among them, some things are outdated and have been eliminated, but it is undeniable that there are still many things that have forward-looking foresight and remain as core secrets even now.

Chewing on Enlightenment Tea while reading the texts.

Then silently activating the World-Suppressing Celestial Stele Breathing Technique, integrating and consolidating all the contents.

Time flies by.

In the blink of an eye, ten days have passed.

Ye Chen left the secret chamber of Divine Mirror Island and sought out Sikong Zhaixing.

Sikong Zhaixing said, "Young Master Ye, have you encountered any difficulties or unclear points? If there are any, feel free to raise them, and perhaps I can provide you with a direction."

Ye Chen shook his head and said, "I’ve seen everything that needed to be seen and thoroughly understood everything that needed to be comprehended. Isle Master Sikong, let’s go and unlock what the ancestors of the Sikong Clan researched."

Sikong Zhaixing: ???

Even Sikong Zhaixing himself couldn’t say a specific number for how much information was on Divine Mirror Island.

Ye Chen spent ten days and finished it all?

And understood it thoroughly?

Impossible!

Ye Chen smiled faintly and said, "I prioritized and selected. I thoroughly researched what I found useful for me, skimmed through the useless but meaningful ones, and directly skipped those useless and meaningless."

After hearing Ye Chen’s explanation, Sikong Zhaixing still had a shocked and dazed expression.

Even so.

Ten days...

This is already not too short...

For a Divine Appraiser, this scarcely counts as time; which Divine Appraiser hasn’t gone through the anguish of pondering a small issue for ten or eight years?

Sikong Zhaixing took a deep breath and said, "Young Master Ye, how is your self-created Celestial Master Chen Seal Secret Technique progressing now?"

Ye Chen thought for a moment and said, "Not bad."

Sikong Zhaixing didn’t ask further.

In his view, someone as proud as Ye Chen, just saying ’not bad’, likely meant there wasn’t much progress.

In other words, it’s basically absurd to claim Ye Chen comprehended a vast amount of information in ten days...

Oh well.

After all, he is young and has too much talent, so inevitably his character lacks maturity, restless nature, unable to endure investing a large amount of time into such monotonous things.

Understandable!

Ye Chen continued, "Isle Master Sikong, can I now see the secrets left by the Sikong Clan ancestors?"

"Hmm." Sikong Zhaixing nodded, having little confidence in Ye Chen anymore, but not to the extent of being difficult to offend Ye Chen, after all, people will grow, and once Ye Chen settles down, he will surely achieve great things.

Sikong Zhaixing led Ye Chen to another secret chamber on Divine Mirror Island.

On the way, Ye Chen asked, "Isle Master Sikong, what kind of taboo disaster occurs when a Celestial-tier Divine Appraiser is exposed to too many high-grade divine stones?"

Sikong Zhaixing: "Actually, this issue doesn’t just exist for Celestial-tier Divine Appraisers; any Divine Appraiser could face it. But Celestial-tier Divine Appraisers have the most opportunities to come into contact with high-grade divine stones, so they are most likely to face problems."

Throughout history, indeed only Celestial-tier Divine Appraisers have encountered forbidden disasters. Of course, there are no rumors outside because the benefits divine stones bring are far greater than the drawbacks, and the various major forces in the Celestial Burial Sea do not want to destroy the path of Divine Appraisers due to this.

Taboo disasters vary from person to person.

Some Celestial-tier Divine Appraisers, with Qi Blood vigorous as the midday sun, yet overnight become a pile of skeletons, dying silently.

Some Celestial-tier Divine Appraisers are plagued by terrible illnesses, covered in fur, losing their sanity, turning into mindless creatures.

Even... some Celestial-tier Divine Appraisers are plagued by taboos, their bodies automatically split into numerous clones, each clone has independent consciousness, clones kill clones... until the source of the main body is exhausted..."

As Sikong Zhaixing mentioned these, his face clearly showed fear.

Ye Chen: "The ancestor of the Sikong Clan was the first Celestial-tier Divine Appraiser in the Celestial Burial Sea. He couldn’t possibly know these things would happen. The only explanation is that he too encountered taboos and managed to save his life; otherwise, he wouldn’t have time to deduce the Forbidden Technique to counter the taboo!"

Sikong Zhaixing took a deep breath and said, "Besides being the first Celestial-tier Divine Appraiser in the Celestial Burial Sea, our ancestor was also a demigod-level powerhouse!"

At the beginning of encountering the taboos one night, mysterious shadows wandered around him, seemingly wanting to take him away, but with his powerful strength, he forcibly dispersed those shadows.

Afterward, inexplicable events occurred to him periodically.

At times, the ancestor fell asleep without reason, his soul drawn into a special space.

At times, the ancestor would lose control and act in self-destructive ways.

The ancestor’s body even experienced uncontrollable episodes, a bloody hand emerging from his chest.

Whenever taboos descended, the ancestor would suppress them with his immense power and then sought solutions, spending countless effort and time, as he was about to finalize the solutions, an unavoidable disaster erupted, and the ancestor’s physical body vanished without cause...

The ancestral teachings of our Sikong Clan were passed down during the ancestor’s dying moments.

The ancestor explicitly said at that time, it is imperative to find a way to restrain the taboos, or else there will be an earth-shattering calamity.....but as for the specifics, he must have known some things but did not pass them down.

Perhaps the ancestor knew too heavy burdens and feared the descendants of the Sikong Clan couldn’t bear them, so he chose not to speak; however, I am sure, whoever can perfect what the ancestor almost completed will surely uncover the truth!"

Ye Chen’s expression turned solemn.

The field of Divine Appraisers actually has such complex intricacies.

Still, even knowing this now, Ye Chen didn’t plan to back down.

Because once becoming a Celestial-tier Divine Appraiser, it indeed could bring him strong power quickly!