Longevity, starting from traveling and telling stories

Chapter 236 The Truth
Boom!

A loud bang made Ye Beixuan, who was hiding to the side, feel a sharp pain in his eardrums.

With a wave of his hand, the man in black destroyed the pool instantly, spraying water all over the cave and scattering the glittering starstones from the bottom of the pool.

The starlight stone, radiating a star-like glow, shone like a beacon in the air, illuminating Ye Beixuan's face as he hid in the darkness.

He was startled, and a four-inch-long crimson fireball suddenly shot out from his palm, intertwining with the light of the starlight stones on the ground, instantly illuminating the dark cave as bright as day.

Their eyes met in the instant the light appeared, and Ye Beixuan saw that those sharp, hawk-like eyes were radiating a blood-red light.

"It's you?" The man in black's voice was hoarse; he truly hadn't expected to receive such a "big surprise" here.

Ye Beixuan's back was pressed tightly against the rock wall, and the splashing pool water flowed slowly down the wall, gathering at the feet of the two of them. The surface of the water reflected the blood-red light that the man in black was poised to unleash.

"Heaven-Slaying Sword Technique!" Ye Beixuan shouted, and the sword blade, wrapped in sword light, roared out.

This man in black was far too powerful, at least at the peak of the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm. At this moment, he had no choice but to strike first, otherwise he might not even have a chance to make a move or crush the jade talisman to escape.

However, the soaring sword energy suddenly stopped three feet away from the man in black and began to twist and deform.

A withered hand, glowing with blood, slowly reached out and grabbed at the sword energy, actually crushing the overwhelming sword intent.

"As expected, it's Ye Suifeng's..." A mocking laugh rang out.

Immediately afterward, the man in black waved his hand again, and a surge of blood-red light rushed towards them. Seeing the overwhelming blood-red aura, Ye Beixuan gritted his teeth and could only brace himself to resist.

"Tough it out? You still think you're like you were ten thousand years ago? You're far too weak now."

Ye Beixuan exhausted all his spiritual power, but the sword's edge was suppressed by the blood-red light, making it hard for him to breathe, and blood began to seep from his seven orifices.

Suddenly, a white light emanated from Ye Beixuan's forehead. He swung his longsword forcefully, dispersing the blood-red light.

The powerful shockwave blew a corner of the black-clad man's mask off, revealing a glimpse of his chin.

"Who...who are you...?"

"go to hell!"

A surge of blood energy crashed down once more, bending the longsword in Ye Beixuan's hand to its limit, and even breaking his passive skill "Pigskin Defense" instantly.

A sharp pain shot through his body, and in the last moment before his consciousness faded, he caught a whiff of a cool, refreshing floral scent.

The man in black revealed a smug smile, his figure flashed, and his five fingers came together to form a hand chop, preparing to pierce Ye Beixuan in one fell swoop.

However, in an instant, a white light suddenly burst forth from between Ye Beixuan's eyebrows, and the entire cave was instantly dyed golden white.

The empress's phantom, stepping on snow lotuses, slowly descended from the white light and tightly embraced Ye Beixuan.

She extended two fingers and effortlessly pinched the black-clad man's hand blade; the white light flowing between her fingers instantly purified the bloody aura in his hand.

"Mu Jingtian." The Empress's majestic voice made the man in black gasp for breath.

The starlight stone, shrouded in white light, suddenly shifted its position, forming a trapping array in the cave in the blink of an eye.

Mu Jingtian used all her strength to break free from the Empress's two fingers and retreated seven steps backward.

His black clothes were instantly burned away by the white light, revealing a sinister face radiating the light of the Blood God: "Impossible! How did you find me? I didn't control Mu Jingtian back then."

"Zhi Qiu, like his master, has few close friends, nothing more." The empress's illusory figure suddenly approached, her two fingers joined together, one pointing at Mu Jingtian's brow, and said.

Suddenly, the scattered starstones on the cave floor shone brightly, forming a huge six-pointed star, while the Soul-Scattering Spring water flowing on the ground instantly transformed into a water dragon, entangling Mu Jingtian.

A crimson light flew out from Mu Jingtian's sleeve, instantly staining the Soul Scattering Spring crimson. He laughed arrogantly, "If your true form were here, I would flee immediately, but you are nothing more than a phantom now."

With a wave of her wide sleeves, the scattered starlight stones burst forth with unprecedented light, and she said, "From the moment you stepped into this place, destroyed the Soul Scattering Spring, and blasted the starlight stones out of the bottom of the pool, you were destined to have no way to escape."

"You planned all of this?" Mu Jingtian was suddenly shocked; this woman was truly terrifying.

She deliberately revealed information about the Soul-Scattering Spring to me, luring me to destroy the spring and scatter the Starshine Stones all over the ground. Then she used the Starshine Stones to set up an array and used my descending primordial spirit to seal me away.

However, he then suddenly burst into maniacal laughter, a towering cloud of blood mist erupting from his body as he roared, "Anyway, this isn't my true form! The Soul-Scattering Spring is destroyed, and Ye Zhi Qiu will eventually become our puppet..."

However, before he could finish speaking, Mu Jingtian suddenly realized that his spiritual power was dissipating rapidly like water bursting its banks.

Unbeknownst to him, the empress's phantom had quietly seized his lifeline, and the light emanating from the starstone acted like invisible shackles, tightly binding him.

"You've miscalculated. Using the Soul-Scattering Spring to save Zhi Qiu is merely the first layer of my plan." The Empress's fingertips shone brightly with white light, and the blood energy surrounding Mu Jingtian began to gradually disintegrate and purify under this light.

She said coldly, "My real plan is to target you; I want to save Jingtian, but I also want to kill you."

Mu Jingtian felt a chill run down his spine. With such a terrifying woman in charge, it was no wonder that the Lord had been unable to completely conquer the Immortal Realm for tens of thousands of years.

However, he still sneered, "So what? I've always wondered why neither you nor the God of Justice went to the River of Time to rescue Lord Suifeng. Now I've finally figured out the reason."

"Ten thousand years ago, you actually sent two of your tears to the mortal realm to be nurtured. It's a pity that one of them is now dead! The other is probably also in grave danger. If Lord Suifeng knew that you were so cunning ten thousand years ago, do you think he would go mad?"

"He won't know." As a chilling voice rang out, the dome of the cave suddenly burst forth with intense light, instantly enveloping Mu Jingtian completely.

The water from the Soul-Scattering Spring seeped into Mu Jingtian's body little by little, following the light.

After a while, the empress's phantom image flickered between light and shadow.

She looked down at the unconscious Ye Beixuan and saw a white light just above his brow, from which blood was seeping out. The blood trickled down his nose and dripped onto his legs.

"Can't take it anymore?" She sighed softly, and her phantom transformed into a stream of light, instantly entering Ye Beixuan's head.

After the last ray of white light unleashed its final power, the chaotic scene gradually returned to calm.

After being unconscious for an unknown period of time, Mu Jingtian staggered to his feet.

He glanced at Ye Beixuan lying on the ground, a complex expression in his eyes.

Heavenly Emperor! Heavenly Emperor! You two have truly tormented me! Thankfully, the Empress saved me; I never imagined that the traitor was actually myself.

If it weren't for Her Majesty the Empress's meticulous planning, I would probably never have known until my death that I was the one who harmed Zhi Qiu.

This Blood God Child is truly impossible to guard against. I must hurry back and remind all the major sects to take the Breakthrough Pill regularly.

Looking at the cave that had returned to darkness, Mu Jingtian took out a pill and fed it to Ye Beixuan. Then, he clutched his chest and silently hid in the shadows.

He needed to notify the other two to recall the disciples who had participated in the trial, since the purpose of this trip had already been achieved.

the other side.

"Bang!" A skeletal claw instantly shattered the rock wall. Ye Yaoyao and Ye Xiaofan hurriedly dodged and fled into a crevice in a cave.

The clicking and clacking sounds of countless skeletons rubbing their joints together as they walked carried clearly through the rocks to their ears. Soon, the entrance to the cave was completely blocked by the skeletons.

"Azure Lotus Sacred Flame!" Ye Yaoyao gathered flames in her palm, and with a backhand flick, the crimson flames instantly devoured the piles of white bones that had been chasing after her from the entrance.

A scorching heat, mingled with the crackling sound of bones being burned, instantly filled the air. Ye Xiaofan, not to be outdone, plunged his sword into the ground, his spiritual power surging instantly: "Stone Binding!"

In an instant, the ground sprang up like bamboo shoots after a rain, pinning the advancing skeletons to their spots and slowing the advance of the skeletal army.

"Follow the map and go in," Ye Xiaofan shouted urgently. "Once we find the entrance to the Soul Scattering Spring, we'll crush the teleportation talisman."

Without the slightest hesitation, the two ran wildly through the cave following the map.

The sound of bones being crushed by their companions echoed continuously in the narrow cave.

After running for a while, Ye Xiaofan suddenly stopped. He opened the map, looked at it carefully for a few moments, and then slammed his sword hilt heavily against the stone wall.

Suddenly, several star patterns appeared beside him, and he excitedly shouted, "The entrance is here!"

Having said that, he began to set up the formation as instructed. Soon, spiderweb-like cracks appeared on the stone wall, and the rock gradually crumbled away, revealing an ancient stone gate.

"Rumble!" The stone door slowly opened, and as soon as the two stepped in, they smelled a strong stench of blood.

Ye Xiaofan channeled his azure spiritual energy, illuminating the dark environment.

The ground was littered with rubble, the water stains on the fragments reflecting a ghostly blue light. A nearby pool was riddled with cracks and completely empty.

"Dazhuang!" Ye Yaoyao exclaimed in surprise, her voice echoing in the quiet cave.

Ye Beixuan was leaning against the shadow of the cave wall, a drop of blood on his forehead and blood spilling from the corner of his mouth, clearly indicating that he had just been in a battle.

She was extremely anxious and rushed over to gently hold Ye Beixuan in her arms, extending her five fingers to carefully tap his pulse.

After checking him, they found that although his breathing was weak, it was still relatively stable, which made them breathe a sigh of relief.

Ye Xiaofan narrowed his eyes, staring intently at her extremely nervous appearance, and said tentatively, "Is Junior Brother Dazhuang alright? Junior Sister, don't be too nervous."

As he spoke, he deliberately used his sword sheath to clear away the pebbles scattered around Ye Beixuan, trying to divert Ye Yaoyao's attention so that he could take the opportunity to observe her expression.

"It's nothing serious, but I don't know how Senior Brother Dazhuang got here. Once he wakes up, we might be able to find some clues." Ye Yaoyao's tone suddenly became very calm, but she was completely unaware that her palms were already sweating with nervousness.

She took a deep breath and quickly changed the subject, saying, "Quickly check how the Soul-Scattering Spring is doing."

"Sigh, the spring water here is all polluted." Ye Xiaofan looked around with the help of spiritual energy, watching the spring water slowly gathering in the pool, with flocculent blood-red substances floating on the surface. He couldn't help but sigh and said, "It's obvious that someone was here before us. Who could it be?"

Just then, a violent tremor suddenly came from inside the cave, as if the earth were shaking.

The rubble, which was already teetering on the brink of collapse during the previous battle, now rained down from the dome. At the same time, the dull thuds of the skeletal army rubbing against the stone walls could be heard in the distance.

Without hesitation, Ye Yaoyao carried the unconscious Ye Beixuan on her back and said urgently, "Young Sect Master, since there is no clean spring water here, let's collect some less polluted spring water and take it with us! If that's not possible, we can purify it as we collect it!"

"That's all we can do." Ye Xiaofan sighed helplessly, and at the same time, a jade bottle emitting a soft white light appeared out of thin air in his hand.

The spring water was poured drop by drop into the jade bottle, which itself had purifying properties.

When the first drop of spring water was added, the purification effect was significant, but by the second drop, the effect began to weaken. Left with no other option, Ye Xiaofan had to purify the water every three drops.

When the tenth drop of the Soul-Scattering Spring was poured into the jade bottle, the jade bottle suddenly made a crisp cracking sound, and its surface was covered with spider web-like cracks.

At this moment, dust began to fall from the rock wall, and Ye Yaoyao discovered that white bones had poured into the cave and were rapidly attacking them.

Without the slightest hesitation, she immediately swung her sword to meet the enemy, slicing the bones into pieces.

However, no matter how fast she killed the enemy, the skeletons behind her still came one after another like a tide.

"Ten drops should be enough!" Ye Xiaofan said, putting the nearly broken jade bottle into his storage ring.

He looked up suddenly, and his pupils contracted sharply. He saw Ye Yaoyao carrying Ye Beixuan on her back, facing a dense, endless army of white bones.

The sword light flickered in the darkness, and the cold blade in Ye Yaoyao's hand gleamed as she moved among the skeletons.

Seeing this, Ye Xiaofan slammed his sword into the ground, and countless sharp stone spikes instantly sprouted from the ground, once again slowing down the skeleton army's attack.

"Crush the jade talisman!" Ye Yaoyao shouted, her voice filled with urgency.

“If Junior Sister Ye carries him on her back, an accident could easily happen.”

"If we don't take him with us, he'll surely die."

The two exchanged a glance and simultaneously crushed the protective jade talisman.

In an instant, a spatial rift appeared, and a powerful suction force instantly pulled the three of them tightly together.

Just as they were about to be swallowed by the spatial rift, Ye Xiaofan saw Ye Yaoyao holding the unconscious Ye Beixuan tightly in her arms, as always.

"You really are something." Just as a thought crossed Ye Xiaofan's mind, the spatial rift swallowed everything up.

the other side.

Suddenly, a small six-pointed star appeared out of thin air on the square. The space in the center of the six-pointed star was instantly torn apart, and several figures fell out of it without warning.

"Xiao Fan." Before the three of them could even catch their breath, Mu Jingtian strode over and asked, "Have you found the Soul Scattering Spring?"

He actually knew what was going on, but it was the Empress's order, and he had no choice but to obey.

"Uncle-Master Mu," Ye Xiaofan said with a guilty expression and a hint of sadness in his voice, "We did find it, but the Soul-Dispersing Spring was already polluted. I had to exert a great deal of effort to purify it into ten drops."

"Ten drops?" Mu Jingtian rubbed his chin, pondered for a moment, and then said, "That should be enough. Come with me."

Soon, the three of them were taken by Mu Jingtian to the residence where Ye Zhi Qiu Dong was sealed.

Mu Jingtian pointed at Ye Beixuan and said, "Leave the spring water here, and leave him here too. You can go back now!"

"Huh?" Ye Xiaofan was a little confused for a moment. Wasn't the only thing to do to save my master? Why keep this country bumpkin here?
"This is the Empress's arrangement. She wants to ask him some questions after she wakes him up." Mu Jingtian seemed to see the doubts in Ye Xiaofan's heart.

Young man, it's their business, don't meddle.

"In that case, I'll have to trouble Uncle Mu." Ye Xiaofan said helplessly, handing the ten drops of spring water he had finally managed to obtain to Mu Jingtian. He then bowed and turned to leave with Ye Yaoyao.

With a creak, the palace door suddenly opened slowly by itself, and Ye Beixuan, who was leaning against the door, seemed to be drawn by an invisible force and slowly floated into the palace.

Seeing this, Mu Jingtian shook his head with a wry smile and silently closed the palace door.

As the saying goes, absence makes the heart grow fonder. After being apart for so long, the reunion must be quite a spectacle.

(End of this chapter)