As the Universe Turns - Chapter 188

Chapter 188 Biezhuang Ruins
“Idiot …”

Seeing that Xiao Chen was absent-minded, Hua Weiyang gently pulled his sleeve. Xiao Chen turned around and looked at her, asking, “Are you cold?”

“It’s not cold. Fortunately …”

Hua Weiyang shook his head and looked towards the distant dark clouds. The faintly visible mountain peak looked over. That was where the Bie Jian Villa was back then, and some pavilions could be vaguely seen. “Do you want to go up the mountain to take a look?”

Ever since the incident that year, the area of a hundred kilometers had gradually become sparse. But now, it was already extinct. Xiao Chen glanced at the faintly discernible mountain peak. He was worried that the cold air above would become heavier. He took out a mink fur coat and draped it over Hua Weiyang. Then he said, “Let’s go.”

When the two of them arrived at the foot of the mountain, the cold energy was already very heavy. The higher they went, the more cold energy invaded. Wei Yang tightened his overcoat and gradually couldn’t resist the corrosion of the cold energy. This was no ordinary cold energy, but a very heavy resentment and yin energy.

“Wei Yang, are you alright?”

When he reached the mountainside, Xiao Chen suddenly stopped. Seeing that Hua Weiyang’s face was gradually turning pale, he said, “Otherwise, you can go down the mountain. I’ll come back to find you.”

“No … don’t.”

Hua Weiyang shook his head and looked at him, “I’m with you.”

“Mm …”

Xiao Chen frowned slightly and nodded. He continued to lead her upwards. When he reached the villa, he saw the surrounding withered trees collapse horizontally. It was as Daoist Gudeng had said before. The villa was ten kilometers in radius and there was no grass left. The entire villa emitted a dense aura of death.

“Kid … don’t go any further.”

At this moment, a young man’s voice suddenly sounded in his mind. Xiao Chen was slightly stunned and stopped. “Su Ye? Are you awake?”

When Hua Weiyang saw him suddenly stop and muttered to himself, he seemed to have sensed something. He frowned and said, “Who are you talking to?”

“I…”

Before Xiao Chen could explain anything, Su Ye suddenly appeared in front of them out of thin air. He was dressed in a moonlight white robe, and his body was covered in runes. His feet were about a foot high on the ground. He flicked his sleeve and said, “What heavy resentment, what powerful Yin Qi …”

Seeing him suddenly appear, Xiao Chen said, He was still speaking baffling words and couldn’t help but be slightly stunned. On the other hand, Hua Weiyang seemed to already know something. Looking at the youth in front of him, he thought to himself that this was the trace of aura he had sensed in the Immortal Retention Valley last time. This idiot indeed had an ancient soul beside him. If what he had expected was correct, this should be Fuxi Zither’s zither soul.

“Hey hey hey, you, who are you?”

But on the surface, she pretended not to know anything and pretended to look at him in surprise. Su Ye turned around and gave her a sidelong glance. The next sentence stunned even Xiao Chen.

“This isn’t the first time we’ve met. What’s the big fuss about?”

This time, even Hua Weiyang was stunned. No wonder he was so familiar. Have you seen him before? But why didn’t he have any impression of him at all?

“Little girl, this is not the place for you to come.”

Su Ye’s hands were tied to his chest, and his expression was rather cold and arrogant. He looked at the two of them sideways and coldly snorted.

And Xiao Chen was still thinking about what he said just now. This was not the first time they had met. What was there to make such a fuss about … What did Su Ye mean by this sentence?

Last time in the Immortal Retention Valley, it seemed that Wei Yang had indeed sensed Su Ye’s existence, so he left in a hurry. Later, Su Ye also said that this girl was unusual.

Was that what Su Ye said just now referring to? Or something else … But if anything else, Fuxi Zither had been at Purple Night Peak all those years. According to Master, Su Ye had been asleep for more than three hundred years … Three hundred years, it was impossible for him to have met Wei Yang more than three hundred years ago, right? Wei Yang was a few years younger than him, and at that time, she had not been born yet.

‘”Hey, who are you? Why are you here, I’m here?” Hua Weiyang turned to Su Ye when he saw that his face was starting to get suspicious.

“Humph!”

Su Ye coldly snorted, “Then pretend that I didn’t say anything. Anyway, I am the soul of the ancient zither, and I’m not afraid of the Yin Qi here. You … deserve to die.”

Seeing that the conversation between the two of them was strange, Xiao Chen was even more puzzled. What did Su Ye mean by that? It seemed that he knew quite a bit …

Hua Weiyang frowned. For some reason, he was always worried about what the zither soul would say. He pulled on Xiao Chen’s sleeve and said, “Look at him. He bullied me. You still won’t help me.”

Xiao Chen smiled gently, “He’s always like this. You don’t have to worry about him.” However, he thought to himself, Wei Yang’s current appearance seemed a little strange. Could it be that she was hiding something?

“Humph!”

Su Ye coldly snorted, “If you’re not afraid of death, then come up.” With that, he sliced his finger and a soul force immediately enveloped the two of them, preventing them from being corroded by the Yin Qi here.

However, the higher he went, the heavier the Yin Qi in the mountains became. Especially now that it had recently fallen, the Yin and Yang of heaven and earth alternated. In the night, the Yin Qi would only become heavier and heavier. Xiao Chen suddenly felt that it was inappropriate for him to come this time. In such a heavy place, he should wait until noon when the Yang Qi was at its peak.

Above, the surroundings were filled with fiendish winds and fiendish fiendish winds. In midair, it was like a fiendish ghost howling, making one’s scalp go numb.

At this moment, Hua Weiyang was like a cowardly civet cat wrapping around his arm. He carefully followed him and said timidly, “Idiot, do you think there are … ghosts here?”

Xiao Chen smiled gently, “You are so bold, are you afraid of ghosts? Lang Lang is too weak, ghosts and gods also need to retreat …”

“There are quite a few taboos here. Kid, watch your words.”

At this moment, Su Ye suddenly said coldly. Xiao Chen smiled bitterly and could only remain silent, lest he “provoke the ghosts and gods here”.

The three of them finally arrived outside the manor. The scene in front of them caused Xiao Chen to be slightly stunned. The buildings inside and outside the manor were the same as before. Even after many years, they did not collapse. However, the ground was covered in black vines, emitting an indescribable strange aura.

“It’s a ghost vine. Be careful …”

Su Ye suddenly became vigilant. Xiao Chen had heard of ghost vines before. Only places with extremely heavy Yin Qi would have ghost vines.

This kind of vine was “lifeless”, and it immediately spread out after being cut off. It relied solely on devouring death energy, resentment, yin energy, and other turbid energy to reproduce. There were so many ghost vines here that they rashly entered. Once they were entangled in it, they would suffer from the death energy of the vine at most, and their essence would be sucked dry to turn into withered corpses. Even cultivators would not dare to underesort to it.

It was because Xiao Chen didn’t dare to get too close. He only looked at the miserable scene in the manor from afar. The corpse had already been buried more than three hundred years ago, and now there was nothing left here.

However, looking at the magnificent buildings in the villa, and hearing from Daoist Gudeng that the Bie Jian Villa’s strength was not small at that time, who exactly was it and what kind of ability did it possess to instantly take the lives of more than 700 people in the entire villa?

The fog in front of him was so thick that it would be hard to undo it in a short period of time. Xiao Chen looked at Su Ye and said, “Su Ye, can you see anything?”

“Hmph.”

Su Ye coldly snorted and tied his hands to his chest. “Three hundred years have passed. What can I see?” He said calmly.

Just as he finished speaking, a “fiendish” sound suddenly came. A dark wind suddenly rose and the ghost vines in the surroundings began to move.

Xiao Chen immediately protected Hua Weiyang and retreated backwards. However, the ghost vines seemed to have sensed something. In a short moment, they actually surged over like a tide.

“Brat, step back!”

Su Ye’s hand formed a seal, bringing Xiao Chen and Hua Weiyang dozens of feet backwards. At the same time, a few powerful auras came from the other side.

Su Ye glanced into the distance and said carelessly, “Brat, it seems like you’re in more trouble than these ghost vines.”

At this moment, Xiao Chen could feel it as well. Looking in the direction where the aura came from, he saw the dark clouds in the sky surging towards both sides. In the middle, more than a dozen sword lights flew over coldly.