Dusk Returns to the Ruined Building

Is it a pity? Yes, it is!

Unlucky? Absolutely unlucky!

Do you want to swear? Yes, but I don't dare.

Beside the well in the maple forest.

Shen Yichen and Mu Qingxue were in danger, their lives hanging by a thread. In just three moves, they were both seriously injured, their true energy fluctuating wildly. They were forced to fight back.

"Senior, if you want us to die, at least let us die knowing why, right?"

Shen Yichen, clad in blood and Mu Qingxue, shrouded in demonic shadow, watched the old woman sitting in the rattan chair with wariness.

Six long vines floated in the void, absorbing the true energy waves from their attacks.

"Is the reason of sprinkling some nutrients into this maple forest satisfactory?"

"Satisfied, senior, you should find someone else!"

Mu Qingxue took Shen Yichen's hand and used the Soul Separation Illusion Step. In an instant, the two disappeared into the depths of the Maple Forest.

"The Soul-Separating Illusionary Step, alas, truly a descendant of an old friend!"

The old woman sighed, and the figure vanished.

Shen Yichen and Mu Qingxue, both injured, fled towards Luowu Ancient City. Mu Qingxue could not use the Soul Separation Shadow Step for an extended period of time.

"You're Li Shutong's daughter, aren't you? The eldest daughter of the Ten Thousand Demons Sect. As far as I know, you should be dead!"

Shen Yichen and Mu Qingxue suddenly stopped, back to back, and looked around. The sound was coming from all directions.

Shen Yichen was nervous and scared, while Mu Qingxue was excited, extremely excited!

"Old woman, do you know my mother? My mother's name is Li Shutong?"

Mu Qingxue's fantasy came true; because of Shen Yichen, she actually learned her mother's name.

Shen Yichen even asked a question at this moment:

"Old woman, do you also know Shen Surong? Are she and Li Shutong very close?"

“Little girl, I also know whose power you inherited. It is Shan Ruoshui, one of the Five Elementalists of Guanxing Mountain. Her power should not reappear in the world. Her power should dissipate between heaven and earth!”

Shen Yichen and Mu Qingxue's expressions changed drastically. This person mentioned Guanxing Mountain and the Five Elements Master. Shen Yichen and Mu Qingxue had both heard of Ruoshui, but they did not know that her surname was Shan.

Before Shen Yichen and Mu Qingxue could even ask, the maple forest stirred, with countless branches wrapping around them.

Shen Yichen and Mu Qingxue were horrified!

"Who are you? How can you control the maple tree?"

"The Holy Emperor Art of Uniting Heaven and Earth!"

With a roar, countless Saint Emperor Technique auras converged in the maple forest, destroying the thousands of maple branches.

To Shen Yichen and Mu Qingxue's surprise, the destroyed branches sprouted new shoots and continued to attack them.

Mu Qingxue tried to use the Soul Separation Illusion Step, but it was impossible; the surrounding aura seemed to have been fixed.

"Ji Xuanfeng's disciple, the Ji family truly produces extraordinary talents generation after generation, what a pity!"

Shen Yichen and Mu Qingxue finally understood why they had been so easily defeated by the old woman. There was a formation in Wanfeng Forest, and the old woman must have used the power of the formation!

Only then did the two realize that it was too late; Shen Yichen and Mu Qingxue were already entangled by countless branches, and it seemed that the two of them were completely unable to resist.

"Old hag, let us die knowing why you are..."

Shen Yichen couldn't speak anymore as the branches wrapped around his mouth.

A flash of bloody light appeared, and the branches around Shen Yichen and Mu Qingxue lost their power. The two were stunned and used their true energy to disperse the branches around them.

Shen Yichen and Mu Qingxue exclaimed in surprise at the same time:

"It's you!"

The person who saved Shen Yichen and Mu Qingxue was actually an old man in a blood-red robe. The three of them were protected by the Silent Yin Blood Ring, and thousands of branches were frantically attacking the blood shadows around the Silent Yin Blood Ring.

"The sky is high and the water is far, the mist and water are cold, the mountains and peaks are layered and the palace of life is returned, the tower enters the cycle of reincarnation and the place is unknown, fortune and misfortune are born and judged by heaven, the witch's calamity has also entered the world of martial arts, is this chosen one really that important?"

Shen Yichen and Mu Qingxue exchanged a glance, their hearts filled with shock. The old woman had come to kill Shen Yichen because he was the chosen one!

The old man in the blood-red robe turned and glanced at Shen Yichen, then said in a deep voice:

"Young Master Shen, I need the power of the Blood Nether Lotus within you, otherwise none of the three of us will be able to leave!"

Shen Yichen was slightly taken aback.

"I don't know how to use it!"

"Young Master Shen, please forgive me!"

The old man in the blood-red robe appeared behind Shen Yichen in a flash, a strange blood-red pattern appearing in his palms.

Mu Qingxue's expression changed drastically!

"You, what are you going to do?"

"Girl, in a little while you'll lead the two of us away, get out of the maple forest in one go, heading south is the shortest, understand?"

Mu Qingxue had no choice but to agree, because the blood-red pattern of the old man in the blood-red robe had already entered Shen Yichen's body.

A blood-red lotus appeared above Shen Yichen's head, emitting an eerie light. Shen Yichen himself exuded a strange blood-red aura, which was not the Blood Shifting Shadow Technique.

Shen Yichen seemed to have lost consciousness, and his eyes were filled with two lotus flowers, all blood-red.

The light emitted by the crimson lotus surged towards the Silent Blood Ring, which instantly unleashed a tremendous power that shot straight into the sky.

Mu Qingxue saw the array in the maple forest. The blood-red light that shot straight into the sky was suppressed, and the blood-red light was trying to break through the array's seal.

"How dare the light of fireflies rival the brilliance of the moon? This is not the Witchcraft Mountain!"

After the old woman finished speaking, the power in the surrounding maple forest increased again, instantly suppressing the blood-red light in the sky.

The old man in the blood-red robe was startled!

"Girl, it's up to you now. Our lives are in your hands!"

After the old man in the blood-red robe finished speaking, a strange, eerie light entered Shen Yichen's body.

Shen Yichen actually knew everything, but his body was controlled by the Blood Nether Lotus.

After the eerie light from the blood-robed old man entered his body, Shen Yichen finally felt the power of his bloodline.

But Shen Yichen really didn't expect that the old man in the blood robe also seemed to have bloodline power. The bloodline power in his body was stimulated by the pure bloodline power of the old man in the blood robe. Although the power was different, it could guide the bloodline power in his body to flow towards the Blood Nether Lotus.

The power of Shen Yichen's bloodline, which had been hidden since birth, was fully activated at this moment, and the enormous power first and foremost harmed Shen Yichen himself!

Shen Yichen coughed up a mouthful of blood and fell unconscious. His bloodline simply could not withstand the impact of the force. It was like a still pond that was suddenly stirred up by a storm, and the surrounding riverbanks were naturally destroyed.

This time, the sudden burst of power from the Blood Nether Lotus actually tore a hole in the array of Ten Thousand Maple Forest.

"Girl, let's go!"

With a roar, the old man in the blood-red robe controlled the Silent Blood Ring to meet the old woman who was flying towards him.

Just as Mu Qingxue helped Shen Yichen up, the terrifying shockwave from the explosion dissipated in all directions.

"You are Ming..."

The old man in the blood-red robe collided with Mu Qingxue's back and fell unconscious.

Holding one in each arm, Mu Qingxue used the Soul Separation Illusion Step to head south, intending to escape from the Maple Forest in one go.

Mu Qingxue succeeded; she led the two unconscious people into the deep mountains south of Luowu Ancient City.

The aura emanating from the Maple Forest lingered for a long time, yet the Maple Forest remained unchanged, as if nothing had happened.

The formation returned to normal, and the eerie aura emanating from the frail old woman dissipated. A trace of blood trickled from the corner of her mouth, but it was not blood red; rather, it was as black as ink.

"The bloodline power of the Chihuo clan is truly remarkable. No wonder the Ji family never lays their hands on the Ancient Miao Domain!"

The old woman sat in a rattan chair and walked deeper into the Maple Forest. In the end, she stopped at the well where Shen Yichen and Mu Qingxue had been soaking their feet.

With a gentle flick of her sleeve, the old woman created a whirlpool in the well.

The old woman disappeared into the vortex while sitting in a wicker chair.

The well returned to normal, and the Maple Forest returned to its tranquility, as if no one had ever been there.

Who would have known that the two lovers, who had not yet fulfilled their love affair, would now be facing an unknown fate?

Mu Qingxue, who had recently escaped into the deep mountains, could no longer hold on and also fell unconscious. Her last words were:

"Yichen, it really hurts!"

The Blood Ring of Yin was on Mu Qingxue's back, and the blood was flowing non-stop!