As the Universe Turns - Chapter 1049
Chapter 1049 At That Time, Moon Was
The next morning, after arranging everything, the four of them set off. A few days later, they arrived at Dingfeng City. The tripartite confrontation in Dingfeng City had long ceased to exist. Now, the entire Dingfeng City was under the control of Lady Rakshasa.
Seeing Xiao Chen and the others arrive, Lady Rakshasa was not surprised. She had only left for half a year, and now it wasn’t hard for her to discover that Xiao Chen’s cultivation had reached another realm. As for the recent events in the Immortal North Ancient Realm, she knew more or less about it.
The street lights outside the building were bright and noisy. Xiao Chen had roughly talked about Immortal North Ancient Realm. After hearing this, Lady Rakshasa fell into deep thought. After a long time, he said, “True Monarch Xuanxiao, he used to be quite famous in Immortal North Ancient Realm. Everyone said that he was an expert in the outside world who cultivated the Dao. He ignored the mortal world and focused on cultivating the Dao …”
Hearing this, Shen Jing laughed coldly and said, “What this person did secretly was extremely cruel and unacceptable to the heavens. Outside, he was that extraordinary True Monarch Xuanxiao …”
“That’s right.”
Zi Yuan continued, “That day, he joined hands with Tai Yinsi to attack Lustless Heaven. The cultivation method he cultivated was clearly evil and evil. It killed countless people. Fortunately, everyone in Immortal North Ancient Realm still treated him like a deity … How hateful.”
Hearing the two of them say this, Lady Rakshasa furrowed his brows. After a while, he raised his head and looked at the few people. “No matter what, this person’s current strength is no longer comparable to before. Many forces in Immortal North Ancient Realm are already under its control. You must be extra careful during this trip.”
“The entire Immortal North Ancient Realm is so big, I don’t think he … might be able to see a hand covering the sky.”
Said Xiao Chen coolly, looking out of the window again. He had no intention of staying in Dingfeng City tonight, so he had to make his way to Immortal North Ancient Realm as soon as possible.
Immediately, they bid farewell to Lady Rakshasa and continued towards the desert. The Desert of Death was almost boundless. It took Xiao Chen a full month to cross it back then, but now, no matter how high his cultivation was, it was not something he could pass through.
In that desert, it was as if there was some sort of taboo. Even the ancient ruins of the past could be buried under the yellow sand. No matter how high one’s cultivation level was, no one would be careless if they went.
A few days later, they had already arrived in the yellow sand. During the day, the sun was blazing on their bodies. Ordinary people would not be able to survive for three days if they entered this desert of death. They would either be buried underground by the yellow sand, be devoured by some terrifying and gigantic sandworms underground, or … be roasted to death in this boiling yellow sand.
It was hard to imagine how Shen Cangming had crossed this vast desert of death more than three hundred years ago when his cultivation base was completely lost and his meridians were broken. The hatred in his heart was so great that his desire to survive was so strong. The reason he had survived was all for revenge.
At night, the originally scorching desert became bone-chilling cold. Waves of cold wind seemed to freeze people to ice. It was much colder than when Xiao Chen came back. He didn’t know why it was like this.
Hua Weiyang was a Mysterious Yin Body. Although she wasn’t afraid of any cold in the world, even if it was ten thousand years old, she couldn’t hurt her. However, she was more afraid of the cold than anyone else. At this moment, she couldn’t help but tremble under the corrosion of the cold. Xiao Chen took a mink fur and draped it over her body, which made her feel better.
At this moment, the sky was clear, but the night was already dark, so it was no longer appropriate for him to continue on his journey. Although Xiao Chen’s current cultivation was not comparable to twenty years ago, there were many taboos in the Desert of Death, and even the peerless experts of the previous era could be buried beneath it. Even if a Saint realm expert came here, how could he dare to underestimate this place?
For thousands of years, this place had always been called the Desert of Death. Even today, it was still separated by two boundaries, making it impossible for people on both sides to travel freely. Naturally, there was a reason.
“There’s a canyon ahead. Let’s rest for a night before we leave.”
Under the moonlight, not far ahead, there was a faint canyon. The four of them arrived at the top of the canyon and picked up some firewood nearby. They set up a fire to barely resist the cold.
By midnight, Xiao Chen could vaguely feel an extremely weak aura of Spiritual Energy flowing towards Xianyuan Five Realms, and the direction seemed to be Xianyuan in the middle of Xuanqing Mountain.
“Wei Yang, do you feel it?”
Xiao Chen dived into the ground with his divine sense. However, there seemed to be some sort of obstruction beneath the yellow sand, making it difficult for his divine sense to continue to probe.
“Mm …”
Hua Weiyang frowned slightly and nodded slightly. He looked in the direction he came from and said, “This faint Spiritual Energy is flowing towards the middle of Xianyuan …”
“Your Excellency, what’s wrong?”
Zi Yuan picked up some firewood and happened to hear what the two of them were talking about. Xiao Chen shook his head. The most important thing was to cross this desert of death and go to Immortal North Ancient Realm to save Ku Lingzi.
Just like that, the four of them traveled by day and found a safe place to rest at night. Half a month later, they finally crossed the Death Desert and arrived at the Wild Sand Castle.
The Castle Master of Kuangsha Castle, Nianxiang Qin, was the person who saved Shen Cangming in the desert more than 300 years ago. Today, she was still the same as before. Her head of white hair was extremely cold, and no one dared to approach her.
At first, she saw that Xiao Chen had white hair and could not recognize him, but after looking carefully, she discovered that he was the person who came to Immortal North Ancient Realm alone twenty years ago.
“Young Hero, you’re back …”
Granny Meng walked out with her walking stick. When she saw Xiao Chen again, her face was filled with shock. How could that young man from the past be like snow now?
Moreover, on his body, this aura … could it be that his cultivation had already broken through to the Ruined Heavens Realm?
“Gentlemen, long time no see.”
Twenty years had passed since he last came to Immortal North Ancient Realm. Twenty years might not be a long time for cultivators, but it was not a short time.
Nianxiang Qin also walked down from the hall. She didn’t expect that the young man from twenty years ago had reached a cultivation level that she couldn’t even reach.
The human world is really easy to change, but what about him? As for him, more than three hundred years ago, is he still alive …
“Young Hero, did you, did you meet that person?”
Granny Meng was leaning on a walking stick. She looked at Xiao Chen with great eagerness at this moment. As she spoke, even the walking stick in her hand was trembling slightly, afraid that what he was saying was … that person was already dead.
Young miss has been waiting here for more than three hundred years, more than three hundred years …
“He’s dead.”
The entire hall suddenly fell into silence, and Xiao Chen’s eyes didn’t show any ripples. He only said these three words.
“No, impossible! How could he die … He said that as long as he takes revenge, he will come back to find me. Why, why, no … who killed him? Tell me, I’ll take revenge for him, no …”
Nianxiang Qin’s eyes were red. Her entire body seemed to have suddenly collapsed. What happened next? Did she calm down or fainted? Xiao Chen didn’t know, because the four of them had already left Berserk Sand Castle by this time.
“Why did you lie to her?”
Along the way, Hua Weiyang frowned, seemingly unhappy.
Xiao Chen looked at the jungle green hills slowly appearing in front of him. “Twenty years ago, Granny Meng asked me to bring a sentence to Shen Cangming, “There are naturally people who are infatuated with love. This hatred has nothing to do with wind and moon. I have already brought these words, but Shen Cangming has not returned. It is enough to see that he has no feelings for Nianxiang Qin. We should forget about Jianghu. For more than three hundred years, it was because Nianxiang Qin was unable to let go that he suffered so much that he went astray and hurt more innocent people.”
He turned to look at Hua Weiyang and said, “It’s a good thing to make her give up.”
“But how did you know that she would give up?”
Hua Weiyang still frowned and looked unhappy.
Xiao Chen took a deep breath and looked at the distant white clouds. “Most of us are trapped in love, most of us are unwilling to accept it. If she knew that Shen Cangming was dead, she would naturally let go.”
“Anyway, in any case, most men in this world are heartless, not a single one of them is good!”
For some reason, Hua Weiyang suddenly became angry. He stomped his foot and ran into the dense jungle ahead. Xiao Chen was slightly stunned. He stretched out his hand and shouted, “Wei Yang! What are you doing …”
Zi Yuan stood at the side and was stunned. She thought to herself, Excellency has been running around for Palace Master all these years … How could Palace Master say that now? Although Shen Cangming was unkind, in her opinion, the most affectionate person in the world was none other than Excellency.
“Ah … Palace Master is gone. Your Excellency, hurry up and chase after her!”
“Mm …”
Xiao Chen clicked his feet and immediately started his qinggong towards the mountain range ahead. In front of him, Hua Weiyang ran for an unknown distance before stopping. There were actually two streaks of tears on his face.
“Wei Yang … Wei Yang! Where are you? Wei Yang …”
Soon, Xiao Chen’s voice came from behind. Hua Weiyang was slightly shocked. He hurriedly raised his sleeve to wipe his eyes and said to the outside, “I, I’m here …”
“Wei Yang, what are you doing here? You … Why are you crying …”
Xiao Chen came to her and gently wiped the tears from the corner of her eyes. Hua Weiyang snorted softly, “It’s all you. Say all the unpleasant things, but now you’re blaming someone else, aren’t you?”
After she finished speaking, she gently pounced on the other party’s shoulder, but her eyes were still brimming with tears. If one day, I die, will you also give up? Will you also let go …
Idiot …
She wanted to live. She had never wanted to live like this before. She wanted to see the prosperity of this world. She wanted to see the flowers blooming and falling in this world with him. She wanted to see a snowflake falling.
When snowflakes fell from the sky, would he still remember … the girl called Wei Yang?
The two of them leaned against each other for an unknown amount of time. Right at this moment, an unusual Spiritual Energy suddenly came from about a hundred miles ahead. Even though it was a hundred miles away, the two of them could still feel it in the mountains.
“What’s going on …”
Hua Weiyang immediately let go of him and looked in the direction of Spiritual Energy. The Spiritual Energy just now was …
“Look.”
At this moment, Xiao Chen took out the Heavenly Extreme Token in his sleeve. The Heavenly Extreme Token that had originally lost its Spiritual Energy suddenly flowed with Spiritual Light. However, this Spiritual Light was intermittent and extremely unstable, as if it could be completely extinguished at any moment.
Hua Weiyang looked at the Heaven’s Path card in his hand and said with a frown, “Looks like Celestial Pogoda has probably fallen into a crisis …”
“What’s the matter?” Shen Jing and Zi Yuan also chased after him. Obviously, the two of them could also feel the abnormal Spiritual Energy just now.
Xiao Chen turned around and looked at the two people. “Something might have happened to Celestial Pogoda. Let’s go and take a look first, but there might be restrictions set by the people of Xuanxiao Palace in front of us. You must be careful.”