Dusk Returns to the Ruined Building

When the first ray of sunlight shone on the snow-capped peak of Lingxu Mountain, Shen Yichen and Huang Xiyi had already separated and were heading towards the south of Lingxu Mountain. To be precise, Shen Yichen was following behind Huang Xiyi, and it was unknown how far away he was.

After Shen Yichen was woken up by Huang Xiyi last night, he never slept again. The two of them sat by the campfire awkwardly without saying a word. As soon as a faint light appeared outside the cave, Shen Yichen walked out of the cave.

Standing beside the canyon, looking at the gurgling water and the bizarre pebbles beside the river, the morning breeze blew on his tattered waiter's clothes. Although he was a cultivator, Shen Yichen still felt a little cold!

"What are your plans for today? Going down the mountain?"

Shen Yichen asked Huang Xiyi who had just walked out.

Huang Xiyi ignored him and floated into the canyon and walked towards the river. She was still feeling sulky inside!

She took out a handkerchief and cleaned the blood and dust stains on her clothes. She sat by the river. There was a flash of light around her. Soon her clothes were dry and she was back to her fairy outfit. Then she wet her face with her delicate hands, wiped it with a new handkerchief, and turned to look at Shen Yichen on the shore.

At this time, Shen Yichen was stunned. At his age, he saw a young woman dressing up. Although she just wiped her face, her delicate movements and graceful back would make her heart move even if she was ugly, right? Moreover, Shen Yichen guessed that Huang Xiyi must be a beauty!

"I plan to continue south along the glacier snow peak to find the Soul Devouring Cave!"

Huang Xiyi said to Shen Yichen who was still standing on the shore.

Huang Xiyi's words interrupted Shen Yichen who was intoxicated in the morning light. Shen Yichen also flew up and landed beside the river some distance away from Huang Xiyi. He didn't want to be misunderstood again, so he scooped up some water to wash his face. He didn't touch his clothes, but scooped up another sip of water and drank it. It was cool and refreshing!

"I heard from the elder that the Soul Devouring Cave is the place of punishment for the Tuoba Ancient Clan. It should be very dangerous!"

Shen Yichen said as he shook the water off his hands.

"I am following my master's orders to retrieve the Qingwei Xuanyu Sword. I still have to go to the Soul Devouring Cave!"

Huang Xiyi continued to say that she came here this time with determination to obtain the Qingwei Xuanyu Sword, not only because it was the treasure of their sect, but also because it had other uses.

After the Xuantian Pavilion came into being, the Qingwei Xuannv Sect opened the legacy and guided them to open the Xuanyu Coffin of their ancestor. For more than ten years, they tried every possible way but failed to open the Xuanyu Coffin. Only recently did they find some clues in the library. It may be necessary to use the Qingwei Xuanyu Sword to open the Xuanyu Coffin, because these two items were made by the ancestor of the Qingwei Xuannv Sect using the same huge piece of Xuanyu.

Shen Yichen was a little hesitant. He came to Lingxu Mountain for the Sword Saint's inheritance and treasures. Now he analyzed that the news might be false. He wanted to leave when he saw Ke Laixiang Restaurant, but considering his relationship with Zen Master Wuwang, knowing the monk well, and that he was indeed a little curious, he agreed to go up the mountain with the four of them.

Now I know from the second elder that the Soul-Devouring Cave is the place where criminals of the Tuoba ancient clan are punished. There is no way back, so there is no need for me to lose my life just for curiosity!

"Why don't you just not go there! It must be very dangerous there, otherwise the Tuoba Ancient Clan wouldn't use it to punish the criminals in their clan!"

Shen Yichen said as he took a few steps towards Huang Xiyi.

"It's my business whether I go or not. You saved me once, and I'm very grateful. I can do the rest myself!"

After saying that, Huang Xiyi left and flew south.

"After passing the Blue Dragon Ridge, we may find the Soul Devouring Cave. The elder who intercepted me told me so."

Shen Yichen shouted as he watched Huang Xiyi walking away.

"Thank you!"

Shen Yichen still decided not to go to the Soul-Devouring Cave.

"I have only been down the mountain for a short time, and I have not seen the prosperity of the world yet. How can I go and die?"

Shen Yichen flew down the mountain while practicing his internal energy. He took out a pot of wine and took a sip.

"It feels so good. Is there anything in the world that feels better than this?"

He said happily while looking at the wine jug in his hand.

“It seems so!”

Looking at the hand holding the wine jug, another voice seemed to ring in my heart.

Shen Yichen paused, as if he had thought of something.

"Why don't you try to persuade her again? It would be a pity if she died. Maybe you can still touch her!"

Then he turned around and followed the direction where Huang Xiyi disappeared!

"Just trying to persuade me. I won't go into the Soul Devouring Cave!"

Shen Yichen reminded himself secretly in his heart.

As for Huang Xiyi, she flew south along the edge of the glacier snow peak, and Shen Yichen didn't follow her for a long time.

"What a coward! I don't even know which sect you are from? You're smiling all day long!"

Huang Xiyi muttered to herself as she hurried on her way.

"His clothes are always tattered, but his face looks okay, just a bit of a hooligan!"

Huang Xiyi uttered a "Pooh!" She herself didn't know why she had such an idea! It seemed that she had thought of something again, her face was hot, and she felt that her face under the veil should be flushed, so she quickened her pace.

When Huang Xiyi felt that her true energy had been consumed a lot, she didn't dare to force herself to fly forward anymore. The experience in the north of Lingxu Mountain still left her with lingering fears, so she found a place to rest.

Huang Xiyi sat on a protruding rock and looked around. The mountain was still covered with glaciers and snow-capped peaks. Except for a few dark rocks, it was all white. Scattered weeds and unknown short trees at the foot of the mountain were interspersed with the remaining snow. Further down, there was more and more vegetation, until there was a dense forest that stretched as far as the eye could see. At this time, the morning sun had already shone on the top of Lingxu Mountain.

Huang Xiyi was so contented wandering in the morning light in the mountains. Although she was a little tired from the journey, the beautiful scenery of Lingxu Mountain in the early morning also made her feel relaxed and happy!

"If there is snow in Qingwei Mountain, it should be more beautiful than here!"

Huang Xiyi sighed inwardly. She missed Qingwei Mountain a little. It had been almost two months since she left Qingwei Mountain. She missed her master and sisters a little.

This was the first time Huang Xiyi left Qingwei Mountain since she was a child. No, that was not accurate. It should be said that it was the first time she left Qingwei Mountain without the company of her master. Originally, she should not have come to search for the Qingwei Xuanyu Sword. One or two elders could have been sent, but she insisted on coming.

So she and the two elders brought a few sisters to Manghuang. After finding the Fuchen Temple on Lingxu Mountain, she did not get any news about the Qingwei Xuanyu Sword. So she asked the two elders to take everyone to Yingzhou to wait for her, saying that something was wrong in Yingzhou. After she found the Qingwei Xuanyu Sword, she went to meet up with him. She didn't know that there was an elder protecting her in secret, but unfortunately he was stopped at the foot of the mountain.

Her original intention was not only to find the Qingwei Xuanyu Sword, but also to relax herself; she had lived like a princess in Qingwei Mountain since she was a child. Her master and sisters took great care of her. She lived a carefree life, and the Taoism she practiced was the core of the Qingwei Xuannu Sect - forgetting love. Therefore, from childhood to adulthood, Huang Xiyi had never had any worries and had never been upset.

When she was ten years old, she was engaged to Ji Yinan, the son of the head of the Ji family. She didn't feel anything at the time, but she didn't expect that more than ten years later, she would be upset and confused about this matter!

In the past two years at Qingwei Mountain, fellow sisters and fellow practitioners praised Ji Yinnan all day long and congratulated her on her good fortune. Even the way her master looked at her had changed a little. And although she had never read Ji Yinnan's occasional letters, she never stopped receiving them.

Ji Yinnan climbed Mount Qingwei several times. Although she never showed up, her fellow sisters had already told her about her voice, appearance and smile. However, no matter how much they praised her, she felt nothing.

She had asked her master countless times why all this happened. Why did the core of Qingwei Xuannv's cultivation be to forget about emotions, but she was the only one who allowed herself to fall in love and get married?

The master told her that the emergence of Xuantian Pavilion was a life-and-death test for the righteous path, including the Ji family and the Qingwei Xuannv sect. The Qingwei Xuannv sect needed to overcome the difficulties together with the Ji family just like they did a thousand years ago!

She asked her master, even if they had to overcome difficulties together, hadn't the Qingwei Xuannu Sect and the Ji family cooperated well for thousands of years? Why did she have to marry into the Ji family this time? The master only told her one sentence from his legacy:

"Xuan Nu's forgetfulness is also love, it is between life and death!"

Her master couldn't figure out what he meant, so he went to Wolong Mountain in the Ji family to visit the supreme elder of the Ji family ancestral hall, and then she had this marriage.

Huang Xiyi came to Lingxu Mountain this time to find the sword, hide, and relax. When she heard Shen Yichen say that there might be no return from the Soul Devouring Cave, her heart was very complicated! Of course, it was also very contradictory!

Along the way, she also thought about giving up, but thinking of the upcoming engagement that troubled her, she made the worst plan in her heart. She wanted to find the Qingwei Xuanyu Sword and open the ancestor's Xuanyu Coffin. Maybe there was other hope, and she wouldn't need to marry Ji Yinnan; if she couldn't find it, then she would be buried in the Soul-Devouring Cave and she would have no regrets!

A loud "bang" interrupted Huang Xiyi's meditation. It turned out that a huge mixture of ice and snow in the glacier fell into the snow valley. A loud noise was heard, followed by crackling and rolling sounds.

Huang Xiyi put away her thoughts and continued moving towards the south of Lingxu Mountain.

After walking for a while, they saw a huge boulder, a very large boulder, standing abruptly under the glacier and snow-capped mountains, like a square stone pillar, reaching the sky. Huang Xiyi looked at the stone and thought it was very strange! Looking up, the height seemed to be almost catching up with the top of Lingxu Mountain.

Huang Xiyi sighed:

“Nature is full of surprises!”

She also remembered what the chief of the Xueyi tribe said to her: "Respect the heavens, the earth, and all things in nature!"

Huang Xiyi did not stop. After climbing over the boulder, she saw a bridge. To be exact, it was an arc-shaped ridge, shaped like a bridge, connecting two mountains. One end was at the foot of the boulder, and the other end led to a place in the distance that looked like a platform.

Huang Xiyi said to herself:

"Is this the Blue Dragon Spine he mentioned?"