Volume 2 Chapter 48 (1/2)
Hi all, Cherry is back with GDC here on Wuxianation!!! We did not leave Zenith but because of license and also Madsnail is very nice! We hope that the Wuxianation community will come to love GDC and for GDC readers to continue to support us. We are coming back with a 10 chapter release, here's 10/10, ENJOY!!!!
Volume 2, Chapter 48 — Yin Demon Wreaking Havoc, Killing the Blood Souls (Part 1)
The ocean current was surging up violently as Zhang Yan followed and drifted along the water for half an hour, while a soft and soothing light suddenly s.h.i.+ned before his eyes. If it were not because the direction was wrong, he almost thought that this was the path to return to the water surface.
When he was about to approach it, the water current at his side suddenly accelerated, wrapping him and flushed forward. He could only feel that he was being thundered and shaken as it was as if a layer of a barrier was being split open, and a ma.s.sive volume of water hit it along with him inside.
In the split moment he entered, he felt his body suddenly lighten as the binding and squeezing force suddenly faded all of a sudden, and he did not have the strength to stand. He quickly strode hastily to the side for a few steps as to avoid being washed out by the seawater. Whilst standing in the void, he looked around at the surroundings.
The place was bright and vast, as it also had lights and was windy. He did not know how deep the place was. And there was also a huge opening in the zenith in the sky where the rumbling column of water poured down from it and sank down.
After having controlled his breathing and taken a strand of breath, a strong spiritual qi nearly rushed and drilled into his pores as it quickly filled his spiritual qi that was previously consumed in a flash.
Zhang Yan could not help but reveal a joyful expression. This place was but only an entrance, but the spiritual qi in this place was already this rich, even its richness was 2 folds stronger than the spiritual qi on his Spirit Leaf Island. If he was to go deeper, he simply could not imagine it.
If he could stop and cultivate in peace in this place, there would not be the slightest problem for him to enter the Profound Light Realm within a month.
He looked up and gazed at the distance, trying to search for Xie Zongyuan and the others' location. But as far as his eyes could see, he could only see a mountainy abyss surrounding the place with a small sight of the moon that could be seen from the unclouded sky. The range of the mountains was scattered unevenly between the palace with countless celestial beings riding on their cranes and roaming through.
Then, he heard Xie Zongyuan's voice came through, ”Senior Brother Zhang, is that you?”
He turned around and saw Xie Zongyuan, Liu Tao, Cheng An, Zhao Zhen, and Madame Chen who greeted and smiled at him.
Zhang Yan shook his head. He laughed even though he tried not to and then said with a smile, ”Only this much to come? Unfortunately, going too far is as bad as not far enough.”
His hands formed a seal as the Star Sword Bullet suddenly leaped into the air. The blue misty lights illuminated as Sword Qi overflowed everywhere. Hissing sounds sounded a few times as these people's figure distorted and then disappeared.
Not only that, the scenery at the distance also changed as though it was like a dreamland that vanished without a trace, showing an area with a cave with up and down was about 330 meters in size. The area was empty and vast with stalact.i.tes hung down from above with its inverted images came out beneath the water surface as though it were pointed root stakes.
There was a gorge at his left side nearby. The turbid water below was surging in waves as the flushed down seawater followed along the river and then fell down to the deep valley, creating the falling and splas.h.i.+ng water which formed the breathtaking waterfall.
Zhang Yan stood in the air with a thoughtful and pensive look on his face. Those figures a moment ago, without a doubt should be the imaginary evil spirits.
He did not expect that he would encounter a higher cla.s.s of monsters and evil spirits than Yin Demons after entering the cavern. He did hear that these evil spirits were able to sense a human's desire and could create and transform a dreamland to confuse its preys. It looked like the rumors were true.
A moment ago, he did think to find those people's whereabouts in his mind, coupled with his obsession to pursuit the path to the Great Dao. And those evil spirits were immediately able to sense his mind.
However, as the saying goes that knowing someone by his reputation could not be compared to meeting them in person. Such a legend usually could be suspected as being too exaggerated.
Since the others did not say anything about it, how would Zhao Zhen be able to lead them in such a relaxed manner? This was really a big joke. It was obvious that those evil spirits were unable to touch the depth of everyone's heart, but still, people could be infected with the dissociation from the shallowest layer.
If one's heart was vigilant and were to be prepared in advance, it was actually not difficult to deal with it.
He looked around for the search and was unable to find Xie Zongyuan and the others' traces. He could not help but frown. He knew that Xie Zongyuan was a man with commitment and he had said that he would be waiting for him in this place. But he did not see him, could it be that they had an accident? Or, was it because Fang Zhen and his group had acted against them?
After having glanced around, he saw a dense cave in front of a ravine, which he did not know where it would lead to. If he did not have the map, it would have been very easy for him to get lost in this place.
He took out the map from his sleeve and looked at it. There were 4 black spots marking from the entrance toward several places. And superficially, this was the cave for ones to take shelter and cultivate there. He decided to go and have a look at those places and since he could not find Xie Zongyuan and his group, he might as well as temporarily stayed here as not to delay his cultivation.
He looked at the map a few times again, he took it back and flew toward the location wherethe nearest cave was marked on the map.
After having flown for a while, a burst of gas mist sprayed came out of nowhere, causing the scenery in front turned into a vast expanse of whiteness. But to such a cultivator like Zhang Yan who could see through heavy fog, such an ordinary gas was clearly unable to hinder him.
After a short while, a large, meticulous and square stone like a large mirror appeared in front of him as in stood on the ground as though it supported the sky, looking smooth and seamless.
Zhang Yan flew near it. He could see his appearance and every minute details of his body that came out and was reflected from it.
He looked at it and felt that it 7 somewhat looked familiar. Wasn't it similar to the Bluestone Screen Wall on Heroes Gathering Island?
At this time, his image on the stone wall suddenly moved up. At first, it became muscular and its facial features gradually became robust and tougher. Its cheek thickening as another series of changes then happened. His image began to give birth to white hair, his flesh turned fatter and became looser, being covered with wrinkles and spots, as the body gradually stopped. He became old and waned, and then finally his body fell down as maggots then covered his corpse from top to bottom. And its skull eventually changed into a hollow hole, and into a piles of bone of the dead.
”This… I think these are the Life Illuminating Stone which rumors have said that if one were to stand in front of it, it could illuminate the changes in one's story of life.” Zhang Yan stood for a moment and talked to himself, ”Although it's only an illusion, but that will be the fate that I will have, had I not become an Immortal. In the end, I should carve it in my mind as a reminder to stay alert.”
After having said that, when he was about to continue flying inside, his eyes turned and saw a dead body lied p.r.o.ne on a stone pillar. Looking at the robe on the corpse, it was a Daoist robe of the Azure Ocean Sect.