197 The Secrets of the Stellar Sanctuary (1/2)
There was a glaring light and Yi Ping found himself in a dim white chamber with two passages.
His first thoughts were, ”Where am I?”
At the same time there were four other beams of brilliant light and Yi Ping could see that it was the Great Desolate Goddess Nuwa, Lingfeng, Lie Qing and Xingyue!
When the glaring lights had dissipated, they were all staring blankly at each other…
Xingyue was the first to regain her composure as she looked around their surroundings, ”Where are we?”
Lingfeng suddenly pointed at the ground, ”Look!”
They could see several golden skeletons that lay scattering around…
Yi Ping was startled, ”These are the remains of the other celestials?”
Lingfeng nodded, ”It seems to be so.”
Lie Qing was laughing softly, ”Good! I am with you, Ping'Er. I dread to think that I am with the Universal Old Man or that boring Skylord Jun!”
Yi Ping had turned extremely solemn and it was noticed by Lingfeng who asked, ”What is wrong?”
He said nervously, ”Now that we are separated, I am worried for the others.”
Immediately all the others fell into deathly silence!
All of a sudden the Great Desolate Goddess Nuwa hummed coldly, ”Don't worry about them and worry about ourselves first. Most likely, we are all going to die here!”
Yi Ping asked, ”What do you mean? We are all going to die here?”
The Great Desolate Goddess Nuwa nodded as she continued to examine the chamber with her eyes, ”That is right. If I am right then we are teleported to six different locations of this Ten Thousands Celestial Formation and in order to break this formation, we have to neutralize the formation core at our location. Or else…”
Yi Ping noticed her silence and asked, ”Or else?”
The Great Desolate Goddess Nuwa sighed softly, ”Or else we are all going to die here.”
Yi Ping asked, ”Even for you, you will die?”
The Great Desolate Goddess Nuwa looked at Yi Ping for a moment as she trembled lightly. It was obvious that she was hesitated to say it loud to everyone!
Lingfeng, Shen Xingyue and Lie Qing were three of the super smart exponents of the martial fraternity. Immediately they could guess the very reason why the Great Desolate Goddess Nuwa was hesitating. It was because no one was willing to share their own weakness!
So the first thought that they had in mind was, ”The Great Desolate Goddess Nuwa has a weakness? She can be killed here?”
Yi Ping was not dense and he was aware of the reason too. So he said quietly to the Great Desolate Goddess Nuwa, ”We have already entered into a temporary alliance. I won't hurt you even at your current state. I know that I can't ask you to trust me but all of us here have no intention to become a dark practitioner and none of us will seek such a despicable mean to advance our own cultivation attainment…”
The Great Desolate Goddess Nuwa said coldly, ”You will never know. When that opportunity is presented in front of you, surely you will be tempted! Because you don't want to die and because you can rid yourself of a strong opponent at the same time too!”
Lie Qing immediately interrupted, ”But not him! If you think that Ping'Er is like that, you must be mistaken! Do you know, do you know…”
She was suddenly trembling and her eyes were beaming with tears, ”Do you know that he has actually used his one and only precious Divine Dragon Pill to revive me even though he did not know who I am at that time? He could have ignored me and seized my precious divine sword for himself but he did not! He did not!…”
She was sobbing and her voice was trembling incoherently!
Even Lingfeng was beaming with tears as she recalled the number of times Yi Ping would repay those who he owed a debt to instead of advancing his own interests first, ”That is right. If you think Yi Ping or anyone of us are just playacting to put you off-guard then you must be mistaken! I don't want to explain it. Think what you like of us!”
The Fiery Phoenix Xingyue lowered her gaze and she too was trembling, ”I have always believe that Yi Ping is the White Sage and his heart is kind. If he dares to become a dark practitioner, I will surely kill him and after that, I will surely end my life!”
It was obvious that Xingyue still sorely missed the White Sage from her melancholy eyes!
Yi Ping lowered his gaze, unable to face her. It was because he had no idea if he was able to become the White Sage of her heart…
Xingyue smiled bitterly, ”But no matter what, we should try our very best to get out of this Ten Thousands Celestial Formation first, am I right to say so?”
Lingfeng and Lie Qing were quietly looking at each other and they were secretly sighing. Other than Ye Yin, Xingyue was not particular close to any of them. It was because she was the sole survivor of the Dark Descendant that had fallen a thousand years ago or a mere one hundred years in the Celestial Realm. To the immortals, it was but a mere ten years had passed!
The Great Desolate Goddess Nuwa said coldly, ”Enough. Your stories do not interest me nor am I afraid of any of you…”
She paused for a while and her eyes softened, ”If you try to exercise your vital energies, do all of you feel more weary than usual, instead of feeling more refresh?”
Yi Ping inhaled and exhaled his vital energies through his Divine Revelation and was startled to realize that it was indeed the case!
Xingyue, Lie Qing and Lingfeng were startled as well as they muttered, ”What is going on?”
The Great Desolate Goddess Nuwa explained, ”In this Ten Thousands Celestial Formation, we are unable to regain our internal strength. In short the longer that we are trapped here, we will run the risk of dooming ourselves. The sapping energies of this Ten Thousands Celestial Formation can even destroy a Desolate Power.”
When the Great Desolate Goddess Nuwa had explained to this point, everyone began to realize the graveness of their situation!
Yi Ping blurted out, ”We cannot regain our strength here…”
Lingfeng stared blankly at the golden skeletons around here, ”So they have all perished in the tribulations of the Ten Thousands Celestial Formation here…”
Xingyue nodded, ”I have seen the records of the Holy Ascension Sect. Over the years, the Stellar Sanctuary has claimed the lives of at least half a million celestials!”
The Great Desolate Goddess Nuwa smiled bitterly, ”If I know this will happen then I rather be sealed by the Divine Nine Cauldron. Alas! I wonder what I will become after I have met my demise. I wonder which hero will have the honor of wielding me.”
Yi Ping was perplexed as he asked, ”Wield you? What do you mean?”
The Great Desolate Goddess Nuwa looked at him with a bewildered look, ”Don't tell me you did not know that all the sacrificed practitioners here will be used for the divine treasures of the Stellar Sanctuary?”
Yi Ping, Lingfeng, Shen Xingyue and Lie Qing were all stunned by this revelation!
Upon witnessing their expressions, the Great Desolate Goddess Nuwa looked at them with a beguiled look as she asked. ”Then where do you think the divine treasures come from?”
Yi Ping smiled bitterly because he had never thought of that before…
Lingfeng had a sudden realization as she muttered, ”Actually we do know that when the ascension to the Celestial Realm fails, there is a chance for a Heavenly Relic to be created in the process…”