Dusk Returns to the Ruined Building

The years are short, the world is long, time is changing, the road is changing, people are changing, and people's hearts are also changing!

Within the Vast Ocean Heart Mirror and Cang Yin, Shen Yichen had rejected the offer outright. It wasn't because Mu Qingxue was ugly; he knew she wasn't. He had drawn her face from memory in the Fuxi Road. Rather, it was because Shen Yichen's heart had changed. While love in the mortal world was beautiful, it was also fraught with disaster. Shen Yichen was afraid, worried not only for himself but also for Mu Qingxue.

Shen Yichen has a little secret that only Xiao Ling'er knows. There is a portrait on the corner of a pillar of the pavilion on Guanxing Mountain, and the person in the painting is Mu Qingxue.

After their encounter at the top of Cangyu Peak, Mu Qingxue did not forget Shen Yichen, but how could Shen Yichen forget Mu Qingxue?

When he was just beginning to fall in love, he met the pure girl Mu Qingxue, who was also the first person Shen Yichen met outside of Guanxing Mountain. He could never forget her!

During the three years of practicing the Holy Emperor Art of the Unity of Heaven and Earth, every time the sun set, Shen Yichen would sit beside the pillar of the pavilion and look at the simple yet clear portrait. This was also the reason why Xiao Ling'er and Mu Qingxue became close, because it was Xiao Ling'er who accompanied Shen Yichen to appreciate and reminisce together.

Of course Shen Yichen didn’t know that his nostalgia was related to Youyou!

Inside the Fuxi Road, Shen Yichen painted the beauty of Mu Qingxue that had grown with time based solely on his memory, because Mu Qingxue's appearance had been deeply engraved in his mind.

Inside the Jing Cang Yin, Mu Qingxue posed a difficult question to Shen Yichen. If someone else had asked, Shen Yichen would have answered without hesitation:

"My last name is Shen Yichen, and I am not from the Ji family!"

But Mu Qingxue asked this for a purpose. If Shen Yichen admitted that he was Ji Yichen, Mu Qingxue would back off, but if he said he was Shen Yichen, Mu Qingxue would definitely not back off.

The two people just looked at each other quietly, one retreating, the other advancing, one hesitating, the other persisting.

"I…"

The answer that Shen Yichen had been thinking about for a long time was interrupted, and the old man in the blood-red robe broke into the Jingcang Seal.

Shen Yichen turned around and looked at the old man in the blood-red robe. Both of them were stunned. It was obvious that they had not expected to meet here.

Shen Yichen subconsciously moved a few steps towards Mu Qingxue. In the Dark City of the Desert, the old man in the blood-red robe had blocked his way before, and this man was very powerful!

Mu Qingxue looked normal. She kept looking at Shen Yichen quietly, as if she didn't see the old man in the blood-stained robe.

"Hey, you're much faster than I expected!"

The Half-Faced Demon Emperor was shocked. He really didn't expect that the blood-robed old man would break into Jing Cang Yin so quickly.

When the old man in the blood-red robe saw the Tianyou Grass, his whole body seemed to be shaking with excitement. He ignored Shen Yichen and Mu Qingxue, nor did he respond to the Half-Faced Demon Emperor. He walked directly towards the Tianyou Grass.

"Stop, you have to keep your promise first!"

The Half-Faced Demon Emperor directly stopped the blood-robed old man.

"Demon Emperor, if you want to remove the strange cloud power in your soul consciousness, it's very simple. Find someone who practices the same kind of skills and absorb the strange cloud power in your soul consciousness, that's it!"

The blood-robed old man said it easily, but the Half-Faced Demon Emperor did not move aside and said coldly:

"If you want to be friends, you have to be sincere and speak clearly. I can't just pin my hopes of survival entirely on the Chihuo clan, right?"

Upon hearing this, the old man in the blood-red robe fell silent.

Mu Qingxue put her hand on Shen Yichen's shoulder and said with a smile:

"You haven't thought about it yet?"

Shen Yichen was startled. He hurriedly moved a few steps to the side to distance himself from Mu Qingxue.

"How come you're not panicking or afraid at all? We've entered the seal of the Heart of the Vast Ocean, and it's hard to say whether we can get out alive!"

"At worst, I can just die. I have someone to accompany me anyway. And now there's another coffin. We can share the same coffin after we die. This really makes it worth it for me to go through so much trouble to find you!"

Mu Qingxue moved closer to Shen Yichen.

"Stop, you're just standing there. What the hell are you doing?"

"Hahaha... Why do I feel like you're afraid of me? Is it because of this face?"

Shen Yichen took a deep breath. He was not only afraid of Mu Qingxue, but also the three people sealed in Jingcang.

"My surname is Shen, my given name is Yichen, and I'm not from the Ji family. Are you satisfied?"

Shen Yichen was really helpless!

"Boy, being surnamed Shen isn't necessarily better than being surnamed Ji!"

The old man in the blood-red robe actually responded to Shen Yichen at this time, and turned around to look at Shen Yichen.

Mu Qingxue was of course happy. She turned to look at the blood-stained old man and asked in a cold voice:

"Are you from the Ancient Miao Territory?"

The old man in the blood-red robe ignored Mu Qingxue, but looked at Shen Yichen quietly.

Even the Half-Faced Demon Emperor was a little confused, and Shen Yichen was even more dizzy!

"Shen Yichen, he's actually right. Ji Yichen might be your best choice, and the most genuine one. There are some things you simply can't escape, and are you sure you're running in the right direction? Is the path you deliberately choose going to be easy?"

After Mu Qingxue finished speaking, she actually took a few steps back.

The three people stood in a triangle, and the Half-Faced Demon Emperor returned to the side of the Tianyou Grass. He could not see through Mu Qingxue.

After Shen Yichen pondered for a moment, he looked at Mu Qingxue and the blood-robed old man and asked softly:

"It seems that both of you know my mother. She has a very special identity, right? The Shen family of the Ancient Miao Territory is very special in the martial arts world, right?"

The blood-robed old man did not respond, but turned to look at the Half-Faced Demon Emperor and said lightly:

"Demon Emperor, the agreement between us is still valid, right?"

"Of course. Do you think this emperor is like you?"

The blood-stained old man pointed at Shen Yichen and said in a deep voice:

"Well, he might be able to save you, and he's the only one who can save you!"

Shen Yichen didn't understand anything.

The Half-Faced Demon Emperor looked at Shen Yichen and said doubtfully:

"I don't think I've ever seen him use the power of the cloud!"

"The only person in this world who can use the power of the Cloud Ghost is dead. If there is anyone who can use it, it must be him. As for whether he can succeed, it depends on what is left in that pile of dry bones!"

The old man in the blood-red robe pointed to the dry bones behind the Tianyou grass. This was his guess. According to common sense, a thousand years have passed and the dry bones should have turned into dust long ago, but now they still look like human bones. Something must have been left behind.

The Half-Faced Demon Emperor frowned slightly. He looked up at Shen Yichen. The Half-Faced Demon Emperor believed that the blood-robed old man was not saying this for no reason. The Half-Faced Demon Emperor turned his head to look at the withered bones behind him and muttered to himself:

"Could it be that that person really left behind a method of cultivation?"

Shen Yichen and Mu Qingxue had no idea what the blood-robed old man and the Half-Faced Demon Emperor were talking about, and the two of them actually looked at each other tacitly.

"The artifact is about to be relocated, Demon Emperor. Time is running out for both you and me. The Xuantian Sect is already approaching. I believe you don't want to be sealed again!"

The old man in the blood-red robe was urging the Half-Faced Demon Emperor. He could see that the Half-Faced Demon Emperor was hesitating and did not quite trust him.

"What does this have to do with him? Why does it have to be him?"

"He has inherited bloodline power in his body. He and his mother are the only descendants of this lineage of the Chihuo clan!"

Shen Yichen was shocked when he heard this. There was blood power in his body, and only Sister Qing, he, and the ghost Yun Shu knew about it. How could the old man in the blood robe know about it?

Shen Yichen overlooked one thing, that is inheritance. Since he is Shen Surong's son, he will naturally inherit Shen Surong's bloodline power.

The blood-robed old man was from the Chihuo clan, so of course he knew these things! Even though Shen Yichen had never used the power of his bloodline.

In the dark city of the desert, the old man in the blood-red robe intercepted Shen Yichen in order to confirm Shen Yichen's identity. The Blood Nether Lotus was in Shen Yichen's body, which meant that the blood power in Shen Yichen's body had awakened.

"Brother Chen, would you like to help me?"

The Half-Faced Demon Emperor chose to believe the blood-robed old man because the cloud-strange power in his body came from the strange spirit essence. Since Shen Yichen could condense different spirit essences, he must be able to practice the technique that could condense the strange spirit essence.

Upon hearing this, Shen Yichen sighed inwardly and felt a little disappointed!

The former Brother Chen has become the current Brother Chen, and Shen Yichen feels really bad inside!