Chapter 67 - 45 "Marriage Contract
Chapter 45[Marriage Contract]
An alternate world?
Alright, Chen Yan had read many online novels before, so he had no trouble understanding this concept of different worlds.
"You come from another world, a place called the Domain Realm. What is that world like? Is it similar to the Celestial Realm or Immortal Realm, filled with cultivators, monsters, demons, and ghosts?"
Chen Yan asked curiously.
"..." Gu Qingyi looked at Chen Yan and shook her head, "What the Domain Realm is like is not what’s important for you to understand right now. What I need to discuss concerns both your Chen Family and my Gu Family, another significant matter."
Chen Yan cautiously replied, "You keep mentioning the Chen Family... I actually don’t know if the Chen Family you’re referring to has anything to do with me. The old lady told me that she found me."
"You are naturally a Chen Family Member. Otherwise, what kind of being do you think Lord Venerable is? How could he casually adopt someone to keep by his side?" Gu Qingyi sneered, slowly saying, "You might have been born in this world, but you are definitely a Chen Family Member. And the Chen Family originates from the Domain Realm."
Chen Yan sighed and did not argue.
He had always somewhat suspected this in his heart.
The old lady once mentioned his origin, claimed that his biological mother was a White Fox.
He had used the Celestial Eye Qi Observation Skill to examine himself after receiving a Secret Manual for cultivation.
Every aspect of his being, from fate to destiny, indicated he was a pure-blooded two-legged terror ape.
There was absolutely no hint of a demon cultivator bloodline in his aura!
The claim of being related to a White Fox was just the old lady’s way of teasing him, much like many other times she had fooled him over the years.
Saying his biological mother was a White Fox, and his biological father, who knows what species he was—Chen Yan knew these were just jokes.
"There is a barrier between the Domain Realm and your world.
Originally, according to Heavenly Dao’s rules, two different worlds could never connect. However... due to some complex reasons during ancient times, powerful beings in the Domain Realm found gaps, creating an interface to connect to your world. Because of the interface, the two worlds could have connected areas.
Due to the Heavenly Dao rules, the two realms could not freely cross; the interface has Power of Rules blocking passage, even with the strength of a Celestial Venerable, there’s a risk of death.
But ancient powerhouses set up Arrays, allowing passage at specific times and places between the two realms.
Chen Yan nodded, "Got it, like illegal immigration. There was originally no way, but thanks to some special methods, passage at certain times is possible. Is that what you mean?"
Gu Qingyi nodded, "You’re right."
Chen Yan thought for a moment; "But wait... When the old lady passed away, Black and White said they were taking her back to her position?
Weren’t they heading to the Underworld?
I always thought our world had ghosts, gods, demons, and such, and places like the Underworld."
"No, your world originally had no cultivation or supernatural beings." Gu Qingyi shook her head, "Only after the interface appeared did some beings from the Domain Realm sneak through, seeking refuge or for enjoyment, using various methods to sneak into your world.
Like the old turtle I caught outside, his ancestors were demon cultivators from the Domain Realm, sneaking through the interface, leaving their descendants here.
As for the Underworld you mentioned... The Domain Realm does have a residence for the ghost race, under the rule of several Venerables.
The Black and White you mentioned are ghost race external ghost messengers from the Domain Realm."
"So our world doesn’t have an Underworld?"
"Of course not. I told you Ghost Race is from the Domain Realm. Your so-called Underworld is there, just not called that."
"So what’s the deal with them talking about the old lady taking up her position?"
"I don’t know, maybe she came to your world to hide for a while. When the time came, she naturally had to return to the Domain Realm for her duties. The rank of a Venerable is significant, surely many things require their attention."
Got it!
So our world has no monsters or demons...
The Underworld, Black and White Grandmaster...
They’re all from another world.
Like... aliens?
Yes, ghosts and demons are essentially aliens sneaking in from another world.
No ghosts, only aliens.
Chen Yan glanced at Gu Qingyi, internally babbling: Your Domain Realm, is it called Broadcast and Television by any chance?
"So, you sneaked into our world from the Domain Realm for what purpose?"
"I came to find someone," Gu Qingyi took a deep breath, "Do you know the name [Chen Jue]?"
"Chen Jue? Which ’jue’? Decision’s jue? Secret’s jue? Or Absolute’s jue?"
Gu Qingyi slowly stretched out her toe, and drew the character [Jue] on the ground.
Chen Yan’s expression changed slightly, his eyes clouded with thought, and he bit his lip, falling into silence.
Gu Qingyi stared at him for a moment before Chen Yan slowly spoke under her gaze.
"Chen Jue... Alright, I know this name." Chen Yan sighed, the trace of hope in his eyes finally vanished.
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Chen Jue—Chen Yan indeed recognized this name.
His surname Chen, was derived from Chen Jue.
Otherwise, why would the old lady give him the surname Chen?
The old lady herself didn’t have the surname Chen. On her ID she was Huang.
When Chen Yan was a child, from the moment he could remember, he wore a yellow jade pendant with the words[Chen Jue]engraved on it.
It was naturally the old lady who hung it around his neck, saying she found it on him when she picked him up.
Chen Yan didn’t understand as a kid, so he wore it as the old lady instructed, until one day during a scuffle with village kids, he fell, breaking the pendant.
Little Chen Yan cried while holding the broken pieces, thinking he would get a beating from the old lady.
Unexpectedly, the old lady casually glanced at it and threw the pieces into the stove to burn.
"It’s broken, so be it, it’s just a dead object.
The person is gone, no need to keep a dead object as a memento."
The old lady seemed rather indifferent.
At that moment, Chen Yan realized: this Chen Jue was likely his biological father.
And...
The person was already gone.
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The old lady raised Chen Yan for twenty years, creating various stories about his mother, a beautiful White Fox lady, in multiple versions.
But about father, the name Chen Jue—since the pendant broke and was burned, she never mentioned it again.
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"If I’m not mistaken, the Chen Jue you mentioned is likely my father. According to the old lady... he should be deceased."
Chen Yan said, sighing, "But I only know the name, nothing about him otherwise. The old lady rarely spoke about this name."
Gu Qingyi nodded, "That matches my guess. When I visited the Venerable’s hidden village, checked out your family’s items, seeing your name Chen Yan, I suspected you were Chen Jue’s descendant."
After a pause, Gu Qingyi slowly continued, "About twenty-five years ago, Chen Jue committed a serious crime and escaped from the Domain Realm. Many have searched for him without success. Some guessed he came to your world. But the interface only opens every few years, so no one found his trace until now.
With the interface open recently, I had the opportunity..."
"You said my father, Chen Jue, committed a serious crime? He must’ve been someone significant?" Chen Yan lifted his eyes to look at Gu Qingyi, "According to you, my old lady is powerful, one of the Thirty-Six Venerables...
Even including the Celestial and Earth Venerables, she ranks in the top 50 in your world.
Such a master raising me must be due to my father’s status? Father Chen Jue must be extraordinary to associate with someone as important as the old lady?"
Gu Qingyi’s eyelid twitched, her tone becoming odd, "You’re right, Chen Jue is indeed well-known in our world.
Everyone knows Chen Jue of the Chen Family—a villainous wretch, morally degenerate, deserving of dire punishment!"
Chen Yan was startled.
No way?
What heavenly law did my father break?
Was it causing trouble at the Peach Banquet? Breaking the South Celestial Sect Gate? Sleeping with a Celestial Venerable’s daughter?
"What exactly did he do..."
"I don’t know, his escape from the Domain Realm was many years ago. Additionally, these matters don’t concern you." Gu Qingyi shook her head, "While the Domain Realm has strict laws, it does not punish descendants for ancestors’ crimes; you can rest assured, I’m not here to apprehend you."
Chen Yan sighed in relief... Good, not here to take me back to suffer for my father’s misdeeds.
"Chen Jue likely met a woman in this world and you were born. As for why the Venerable raised you, that’s beyond my understanding."
Gu Qingyi spoke more seriously: "But, my long journey to find you, a Chen Family Member, finally paid off."
Hearing this, Chen Yan felt more relaxed; "Since you’re not here to apprehend me, what brings you here?"
"I didn’t specifically seek you out. If Chen Jue is found, that’s ideal.
If Chen Jue cannot be found, then you or any Chen Family Member, as long as they are Chen Jue’s descendants, will do."
Gu Girl slowly extended a finger, gently touching her brow.
As her slender, white fingertip touched her brow, a golden light ignited.
Then a series of lights emerged, projected between them.
Floating in the air was a roughly one-foot-long, semi-transparent golden shadow.
On this square surface, golden words were slowly flowing and jumping!
It was a... contract?
Gu Qingyi’s tone was complex, looking into Chen Yan’s eyes:
"Chen Yan, this is a marriage contract! Between you and my Gu Family!"
Chen Yan: "..."
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