Chapter 143: Secret (1/2)

Chapter 143: Secret

Under the blood red glow of the setting sun, a crazed old man sat atop a large limestone, he faced the setting sun and his eyes seemed to contain unbounded longing, there also seemed to be pain within his gaze as two droplets came trickling down his face.

This was a peerless expert who had been nearly undefeatable six thousand years ago but he was currently seated there with his frail body trembling, this made one feel compassion towards him.

“Senior…….” Ye Fan went forward and crouched down before the old man as he gazed at him, he felt sympathetic to the old man but did not know how to help him.

The old crazed man lifted his head to gaze at him before turning back to look at the setting sun, it seemed as though nothing could grab his attention, only that big blood red sun could enrapture him.

“That year, the setting sun was like blood, the celestial rotating jade dyed in blood. That day, all living things withered away, the celestial rotating jade had fallen ……” The crazed old man was already so old but tears continued to stream down from his face, his old eyes were already misty.

“Senior, things of the past cannot be changed, the dead have already moved on, maybe you should as well.” Ye Fan consoled.

Suddenly, the illumination from the sun disappeared as it fell below the horizon.

As the blood red glow of the setting sun disappeared, two dazzling lights seemed to shine from the crazed old man’s eyes, instantly piercing the void, the look of pain receded as he suddenly stood up.

He seemed to be a changed man, like an impossibly sharp sword that was showing its lustre, the entire mountain region was deathly silent, all the birds and beasts were trembling with fear.

Ye Fan could feel an immense pressure, if he did not have a physical body that was more sturdy than spiritual treasures, it was likely that he would have already been crushed by the pressure. Merely an inch away, the crazed old man was like a mountain emitting immense amounts of pressure, simply inconceivable.

“Their aura……” He gazed at Ye Fan before grabbing his arm, his eyes unfathomably deep.

Ye Fan felt cold sweat run down his back, this crazed old man was simply too frightening, this pressure caused him to be unable to move, it was far greater than any cultivator he had met.

He instantly thought back to the Forbidden Ancient Desolate Land where he had met the sacred lady of the celestial rotating jade, thinking back to the nine sacred mountains, countless skeletons as well as desolate slaves, it was likely that the crazed old man was referring to ‘them’.

That had happened over a year ago and the aura should have been completely dissipated, who knew that the crazed old man would still be able to detect it, this was simply too terrifying.

The crazed old man waved and traces of the celestial rotating jade sacred lady instantly appeared, standing in the air as though she were actually there. Her bright eyes, white teeth and incomparable good looks was simply vivid and realistic.

Ye Fan was speechless, what was this divine ability? Simply waving his hand he could create such a life-like image, this was really unprecedented.

The crazed old man waved again as countless skeletons appeared atop the mountain range, the sight of the skeletons atop the nine sacred mountains presented itself once again. The crazed old man suddenly hugged his head as he bitterly howled like an injured wolf.

“Hahahaha……..” Finally, he began to laugh loudly in a crazed manner, fail to become an immortal, become a crazed demon!

He would cry for a moment then suddenly laugh, similar to when they had first met long ago, his emotions were out of control and made one feel compassion towards him. The sacred lady of the celestial rotating jade stood in the air, her perfection made the stars in the night lose their splendor in comparison to her.

Countless skeletons filled the sky releasing a sinister aura, it seemed as though they were really descending as they swirled around the crazed old man, the scene was extremely strange and made one’s hair stand on end.

By the side, Ye Fan felt as though he had returned to the Forbidden Ancient Desolate Land, meeting the sacred lady once again.

The crazed old man let out an oppressive groan as he lifted his head to look at the scene above him, two dazzling lights could be seen from his eyes as he carved a ‘Dao’ character in the sky.

Thereafter, his hands moved slowly but forcefully as all the figures in the sky were imprinted there like a large painting.

Inside, the white skeletons were countless, corpses piled high like mountains and blood flowed like rivers, in the centre was the sacred lady dressed in snowy white clothing, black like ink, vivid and life-like, as though they had life in them.

“This…….” At the back, Ye Fan was shocked, this life-like painting seemed carved into the sky, something like this was simply inconceivable, seeing it with his own eyes, it was simply astonishing.

The crazed old man continued to move his hands, the aura of the Dao was actually circulation and with a tremendous ‘Ding!’, a large ‘Immortal’ character was imprinted on that painting, dazzling and magnificent!

That ‘Immortal’ character seemed to have an extraordinary power causing all the figures within the painting to dim, thereafter only the ‘Immortal’ character continued to remain clear with faded figures all around it, even the sacred lady in the centre had become blurry.

The painting began to emit out endless charms of the dao from the misty wisps of aura of the ‘immortal’ character, giving one a feeling of the boundlessness of the Dao and the natural feeling of it, the crazed old man used a finger to press against his forehead.

The large painting in the sky became an imprint which swiftly rushed into his forehead, various emotions like anger, happiness, sadness began to swiftly change on his face. Ye Fan was stunned, what was this old man doing?

“Ding!”

An imprint appeared on the forehead of the crazed old man, the figures within gradually dimmed only leaving a dazzling ‘Immortal’ character.

“Is he splitting the heavens or carving a memory?” Ye Fan was stunned, the methods of this old man were simply too inconceivable, it was a long while before the crazed old man finally became silent once more.