Chapter 252 Underneath Yin Mountain (2/2)

Qi Sanguang finally understood why the young man in white was so unusual – he was a cultivator.

He thought of something. ”He asked about Shen Lian earlier. Was Shen Lian the person from back then?” He asked the Goddess of Grains.

”That would be him. He came over ten days ago asking for my help. He seemed to be in a disheveled state, and I was surprised that someone could corner him to that extent. After meeting with the young man in white today, I finally realized what a scary individual he is,” the Goddess replied.

”Do you have any solution that I can help you out with?” Qi Sanguang asked.

”It's fine. The only thing we need to do now is to wait for his return.”

Qi Sanguang remained silent. He did not ask what would happen if Shen Lian did not return, and he also did not question about Shen Lian's whereabouts and the timing of his return.

Both the Goddess of Grains and him were indebted to Shen Lian. The worst that could happen would be repaying him with their lives.

A bright pearl appeared in the Goddess' hands. It was wrapped in divine light, and there were eight colors swirling within it. At the deepest part of it, there was a ball of black Qi. This was what Shen Lian had left behind, and this was the reason why the young man in white managed to locate this place.

Shen Lian said that it contained a huge portion of his cultivation, and part of the original source of the young man in white was within it as well.

However, her divine region could isolate the outside world from it. Hence, the young man in white could at most track his way to the temple and he had lost all clues from here onwards.

There was also a sword talisman in the temple that contained Shen Lian's sword will and the Being and Non-Being of Sword Aura. The hints of killing vibes were strong, and it was a set-up that could hold back the young man in white if he had decided to take the temple by force.

As for Shen Lian's whereabouts, she was not sure herself.

The Huang River contained the obsessions of the dead, and it connected the heavens and the earth, the living to the dead, and the dead to the living. It was as ancient and mysterious as the Milky Way was.

The Huang River was an important component of the reincarnation cycle.

Shen Lian did not head for the deepest part of the Huang River. He wanted to go to Yin Mountain.

Yin Mountain was huge and had no bounds. It segregated the human realm from the Underworld. The Huang River would flow past the Yin Mountain too.

At the back of Yin Mountain was the Underworld Demon Sect, and it used to be one of the most powerful sects in the world.

Shen Lian did not go to the back of Yin Mountain. He was at the foot of the mountain, the side that was facing the realm of the living. It was very cold. It was not the kind of cold that would freeze water into ice, but the kind of cold that sent shivers up one's spirit.

Steadily, he walked towards one of the mountains.

There was a temple on top of the mountain, and it was as old as Qing Xuan was. It was known as ”Da Ming Wang Temple”.

This was the reason why Shen Lian had come here.

Yanxu was difficult to deal with not because of his strength, but because of his understanding of Qing Xuan's techniques; like Shen Lian, he too had originated from Qing Xuan. It was difficult to use Qing Xuan's techniques to go against Yanxu.

Moreover, the abstruseness of his Free Form Incarnation was not something that could be overcome by the Daoist Dharma.

Shen Lian had to try something different. He was on good terms with the current Da Ming Wang, Huike. It was worth trying to look for a way to deal with Yanxu from Huike.

Shen Lian had a question in his heart for the longest time. He wondered where did Yanxu get the ”Free Form Incarnation” from, and hence he wished to find out about the origins of this demonic technique from Da Ming Wang Temple.