As the Universe Turns - Chapter 139

Chapter 139 Berserk Sand Castle
Xiao Chen hid in a forest of withered trees and slowly used his divine sense to explore the distant oasis. Everything he had experienced in the past made him cautious now, especially in such a strange place that he had never seen before.

After a long time, after confirming that there was no one in the oasis, he unleashed his movement technique and flew over.

Xiao Chen found a lake in the oasis that was as green as a mirror. He squatted down and carefully inspected it. After confirming that no one had poisoned him, he drank heavily and washed away the dust along the way.

However, just as he was about to leave, he suddenly felt an abnormal aura in the air. When he was about to hold his breath, it was already too late. In the next moment, he felt a burst of weakness all over his body.

“Shit …”

Xiao Chen thought to himself that something was wrong. He immediately activated the Jade Light Heart Technique that Master had taught him, the Ice Heart Technique, to prevent the poison from spreading through his heart meridians. At this moment, a woman’s voice that sounded like a smile but not a smile came from afar. “Ziyu Xiang is colorless and tasteless. There’s no need to waste your energy. Otherwise, your meridians will be broken and your strength will be completely lost.”

Hearing this sudden sound, Xiao Chen’s expression immediately froze. A dozen figures faintly walked over from the distant jungle. He hadn’t expected that he had already been so careful and vigilant, but he was still on his way. The people of the Northern Continent were indeed not simple.

“I advise you to stop struggling. Your entire body has been sealed. If you use your cultivation to resist, your meridians will really break …”

A woman dressed in Zi Yi walked out from the front and looked at him with a faint smile as she spoke slowly.

Xiao Chen’s gaze was fixed. Although the poison was very powerful, the Jade Light Heart Technique he was carrying was not ordinary. Almost the instant he sensed the poison, he used the [Ice Heart Art] to protect his heart meridians. No matter how powerful the poison was, it was impossible to invade his heart meridians, let alone seal his entire body.

However, at this moment, he did not understand what these people were trying to do, nor did he know who these people were. The other party was overcrowded, was it in the other party’s territory, or was it better to wait and see.

The woman from Zi Yi walked up slowly and smiled faintly, “Just follow us obediently.” With that, he waved his sleeve and immediately rolled up a gust of wind.

Before Xiao Chen could react, a thousand feet of wild sand had already swept over from outside. The world immediately turned yellow. When he opened his eyes again, he was already in a strange palace.

The palace looked extremely strict. There was a red-clothed, white-haired woman sitting at the head of the palace. Her expression was ice-cold, and there was a red mark between her eyebrows. Her cultivation seemed to be not low. She was obviously the master of this place.

Xiao Chen did not expect this technique to be so powerful. Before he could unfold the Ling Xian Step, he was swept here by the yellow sand. At this moment, he brushed the dust off his body and looked at the head of the hall. He neither coldly nor icily said, “Where is this place?”

“Berserk Sand Castle.”

Three cold words came from the head of the hall. The white-haired woman’s gaze was still cold as she stared at him motionlessly.

“Why did you bring me here?”

Xiao Chen’s eyes were similarly cold. He inexplicably poisoned him and even forcefully used magic to capture him here. This did not seem like a way to treat guests.

At this moment, the atmosphere in the hall was icy cold. None of the people on both sides of the hall had expected that this person’s body was already fragrant and his entire body had been sealed. Now that he saw the Castle Master, he was actually not afraid at all. In the past, none of those people had been so frightened that their entire bodies trembled as they knelt on the ground and begged for mercy. Just what sort of background did this person have to be so calm?

A Qingyi man immediately stepped forward, pointed at him, and shouted in a harsh voice, “Impudent! If you see the Castle Master, don’t kneel down!”

“Huh?”

The woman in red at the head of the hall raised her hand slightly and gave him a sidelong glance. The Qingyi man immediately cupped his hands and lowered his head to retreat.

The woman turned around and looked at Xiao Chen. “Where did you come from?” She said indifferently.

Xiao Chen didn’t say anything. He thought to himself that this should already be the boundary of the Northern Ancient Continent. It seemed that these people were all cultivators of the Northern Ancient Continent.

The hall fell into silence. Right at this moment, a hoarse old woman’s voice suddenly sounded from behind the palace. “Miss, the medicinal bath in the soup pool is ready. When will you go over …”

Xiao Chen raised his head and looked at the back hall. He didn’t know when an old woman stood there. She had white hair hanging down her shoulders, her body bent down, and a wooden staff in her hand. Compared to the woman in red sitting at the head of the hall, she looked much more benevolent.

The white-haired woman turned her head slightly. When she looked at the old woman, her originally cold gaze softened slightly, as if she was still 18 years old that year.

After a long time, I heard her say, “Granny Meng, go back and rest. I will take care of things here.”

“Sigh …”

The old woman let out a long sigh. She didn’t know what this sigh meant, but she slowly turned around, leaning on a wooden staff in her hand, bent down, and slowly walked into the back hall.

After a long time, the woman in red at the head of the hall turned around and continued to look at Xiao Chen. At this moment, her gaze became much colder. She asked, “Are you from the other side of the desert?”

Hearing this, Xiao Chen became slightly focused. Could it be that the other side of the desert that the other party was talking about referred to the Immortal Origin Five Regions? Could it be that these people also know about the Immortal Origin Five Regions?

She remembered that when she left, Lady Rakshasa had solemnly instructed herself that no matter what happened, the people on this side must not be taught to know that she was from the Immortal Origin Five Regions. At this moment, he was silent. After a long time, he said, “Passing travelers, they were just lost in this desert.”

“Humph!”

Just as he finished speaking, an ice-cold female voice suddenly sounded from the left hall, “I advise you not to lie. You are already poisoned by the fragrant fragrance of neutrons. It is as easy as taking your life from the castle master. Let me ask you again, honestly, did you come from the other side of the desert?”

Xiao Chen’s gaze was still calm and composed. “I said, I came alone and was lost in this desert,” he said leisurely.

“Forget it.”

The woman from the left hall was about to say something when she saw the cold red-clothed woman at the head of the hall raise her hand and said indifferently, “Take him to the Flame Prison.”

“Yes …”

Two women came out from each side of the hall and glared coldly at Xiao Chen, “Let’s go!” After saying that, he immediately escorted him to the outside of the hall.

Outside, Shi Feng stood tall. This was the edge of the desert, surrounded by green trees, and filled with spiritual energy. Xiao Chen quietly followed him and firmly remembered the terrain along the way.

Right now, he didn’t have the poison of Neutron Desire Fragrance, nor was his cultivation sealed. However, he didn’t know the situation in the Northern Ancient Continent right now, nor did he recognize the path to the Heavenly Pagoda. Instead of randomly barging into it, he might as well try to figure out what these people wanted to do.

When they arrived at the so-called “Flame Prison”, the heat inside was like a fire. The magma below surged, and miserable screams could be heard from the cells above.

“Let me out … Let me out …”

“You’ve caught the wrong person. I really didn’t come from the other side of the desert …”

“Ah … no, don’t kill me, ah …”

“Hehe … dead, all dead, no one can leave alive …”

The mournful cries along the way caused people’s scalps to be in trouble. The people in the cages were tortured to the point that they were not adults. Their bodies were drenched in blood and they pounced on the iron door. However, when they touched the restriction on the iron door, they were ruthlessly pushed back.

The faces of the four women who had “escorted” Xiao Chen remained calm, as if they were used to all of this. They brought Xiao Chen to the cell at the top and pushed him in forcefully, “Go in! Be honest!”

After the four of them imprisoned Xiao Chen, they placed another layer of restrictions outside the prison gate before leaving.

After a while, the shrill sounds outside were slightly quieter. Only then did Xiao Chen slowly walk to the prison gate. His cultivation was not sealed. It seemed that it was easy for him to open such a restriction, but at this moment, he felt a little strange.

The Castle Master of Berserk Sand Castle had caught so many people and would rather kill them than let them go. What kind of deep enmity did he have with Xianyuan Five Realms?

Late into the night, the sounds of ghosts crying and wolves howling had disappeared. There was only the sound of silence, and the sound of magma rolling beneath the ground.

Just at this moment, a thin sound of footsteps suddenly came from outside. The sound of footsteps was coming from far to near, coming from the prison on his side.

Xiao Chen immediately became alert. He could sense that the cultivator’s cultivation was very high.

“Cough cough …”

Suddenly, an old cough sounded from outside the cell. The footsteps were approaching, followed by a hoarse old woman’s voice, “Young Hero, don’t be nervous …”

Xiao Chen could tell that she was the old woman known as “Granny Meng” during the day. Although she looked weak, she was actually an expert with hundreds of years of cultivation.

Granny Meng walked outside the prison gate and pushed the wooden staff in her hand forward. Then, she unlocked the restrictions. Xiao Chen did not have any hostility towards the kind old woman in front of him. However, he did not know what the other party was doing here tonight.

After a while, Granny Meng entered the prison and said, “Presumably, Young Hero, you must have many questions in your heart right now.”

Xiao Chen looked at her and remained silent for a long time before he said, “Why did you bring me here?”

“Sigh …”

Unexpectedly, Granny Meng let out a long sigh when she heard this. Her aged face suddenly became particularly sad, as if she recalled the past many years ago. After a long time, she heard her say, “I came here tonight to let Young Hero leave.”

“Oh?”

Hearing her say this, Xiao Chen felt that it was even more interesting. One wanted to capture him, while the other wanted to let him go. The two masters and servants of Berserk Sand Castle were truly unfathomable. He asked, “What about those people who were captured before?”

Granny Meng sighed and shook her head, “I can’t stand the torture … I’m all dead.”

“Dead?” Xiao Chen narrowed his eyes and continued to ask, “Then why did Senior let me go alone again?”

Granny Meng raised her head and looked at him with a slightly different expression. After a long time, she said, “Because Young Hero is the real person from the other side of the desert.”