As the Universe Turns - Chapter 324

Chapter 324 Changes in the Eastern Continent
Three days later, Xiao Chen had already crossed countless mountains and rivers, far away from the seashore when he came, but now, he did not know where he was.

Along the way, he had seen several villages and small towns. However, no matter if it was the town or the village, they were already empty. Some of the villages and small towns were in a dilapidated state, and it was unknown what had destroyed them.

Apart from that, there were many strange phenomena in the sky these past few days, and the mountain range occasionally emitted violent vibrations. He did not dare to use his sword, because he could faintly feel that there was an extremely powerful Spiritual Energy formation penetrating through the sky, but he did not know what it was.

In the afternoon of that day, he came to another village. It was still the same as a few days ago. The village had long since disappeared. He stopped and observed carefully. There were no traces of blood or any traces of fighting. They only found many cracks on the ground. It seemed that they had just experienced a violent earthquake, but the houses were well preserved. They should be protected by some sort of formation.

“Strange …”

Xiao Chen looked into the distance. What kind of place was this? Ku Lingzi said that there were countless countries of various sizes in the Eastern Cultivation World. Which country was this? The villages and small towns were nowhere to be found, could it be that they had suffered a calamity of war? Or did a natural disaster descend, causing the people to flee?

After standing there for a while, he continued to walk forward. At dusk, he arrived at a mountain range. Suddenly, something strange came from ahead, and there were faintly the auras of two Nascent Soul cultivators.

Xiao Chen’s expression froze as he instinctively withdrew his aura. In an instant, he hid in a cave and stretched out his divine sense ten miles away. Dust rose in the valley, but dozens of people ran over desperately.

The auras of the dozen or so people weren’t strong. They should have just reached the Soul Refining and Void Realm, and they were only around a hundred years old. However, behind the dozen or so people, there were two powerful Nascent Soul auras that instantly caught up to them.

“You are the people of our Yi Kingdom, yet you betrayed our country today. What crime should you commit?”

The two white-haired elders caught up in an instant. The two of them were dressed in the same clothes. A special symbol was embroidered on their left skirts. When the dozens of people saw the two elders chasing after them, they finally didn’t dare to run anymore. Their faces were deathly pale and they were silent like cicadas.

A man trembled and said, “Seniors, we, we did not betray the country, nor did we think of betraying the country, but … just …”

Hearing him stutter, the two old men’s eyes turned sharp. The old man on the left stopped talking and waved his hand. Several to dozens of talismans floated out from the sleeves of the dozens of people. Each talisman emitted an extremely powerful Spiritual Energy.

Seeing that these Spirit Gathering Talismans were taken out by the two Orthodox messengers, the faces of dozens of people instantly turned pale, while the faces of the two old men became even colder. “You have so many Spirit Gathering Talismans in our Yi Kingdom, yet you dare to say that you are not betraying the country!”

This loud shout directly frightened dozens of people to the ground. Their faces were like dirt, and they no longer dared to make a sound. The two old men nodded their heads, “Very good, let’s bring you back first!”

As soon as he finished speaking, the old man on the right raised his hand and a purple light shrouded his sleeve. In an instant, he put the dozens of people into the Zifu Nascent Soul.

The old man on the left asked, “How many people are there in total?”

The old man on the right sensed it and said, “Seventy-eight people.”

“Seventy-eight people …” The old man on the left twisted his fingers and calculated. “No, it should be seventy-nine people. Why is there one missing?” He frowned.

“One person is missing?”

The old man on the right sensed the Nascent Soul once again and said, “There are only 78 people.”

“Another one has escaped.”

The old man on the left’s face turned cold. He instantly extended his divine sense out. At the same time, Xiao Chen stood motionlessly inside the cave. In front of him, someone had appeared. He looked at him with horror.

This was a young man. He looked like he was only twenty-seven or twenty-eight years old. He covered his chest with his hand and fresh blood seeped out from between his fingers. He must have been injured by a sword earlier.

The old man’s divine sense had already reached out. Xiao Chen raised his hand and instantly set up a divine sense barrier.

After a long time, the old man outside said, “There is no one nearby. Let’s go.”

“Mm …”

After the two old men left for a long time, the young man regained his senses and looked at the shadow in front of him. He hurriedly bowed and said, “Thank you for saving him!”

Xiao Chen slowly walked out of the cave. When the young man saw him coming, he instinctively retreated backwards. Only then did he see the other party’s appearance clearly. It turned out to be someone who looked younger than him.

“What kind of place is this?” Xiao Chen asked.

“Here …”

When the young man saw his cold eyes, he didn’t dare not answer. He said, “This is the Yi Kingdom” At the end of his sentence, he gathered his courage and whispered, “Listen to the righteous man’s accent … Aren’t you from the Yi Kingdom?”

“My name is Liao Wuchen.”

“So it’s Brother Wu Chen. Thank you, Brother Wu Chen, for saving us.”

The man lowered his head. Even now, he was still a little shocked. He thought about this person in front of him. He had just been able to instantly block the spiritual sense of an Orthodox Nascent Soul cultivator. He had at least 200 years of cultivation, right?

“Why did you run away? What happened when those two said you were treason?”

Xiao Chen looked at the shocked man in front of him and asked slowly. He had just arrived in a strange place and was not familiar with everything. He needed to know about the situation here.

Seeing that he didn’t even know about such a big matter recently, the man was even more certain that not only was he not from the Yi Kingdom, he was also someone from a very far place.

“If I ask you something, why don’t you answer?”

“Yes, yes …”

Only then did the man regain his senses and dare not conceal anything. He truthfully said, “We did not think of treason. However, now that the Yi Kingdom, for some reason, the spiritual energy of the entire country suddenly collapsed. Thus, the Orthodox Church wanted us to fill the Spiritual Energy rift. However, that terrifying Spiritual Energy rift simply could not be filled. Even if we exhausted our cultivation, it would be ustive.”

After listening to him for a long time, Xiao Chen finally understood that this Yi Kingdom was a country in the Mortal Realm. It seemed that something was wrong with Spiritual Energy. The spiritual energy began to disperse and leak out. If this continued, the mountain would collapse and the entire country would disappear from the Eastern Continent in at most three months.

As for the so-called Orthodoxy, it was the highest existence in the Eastern Continent. Normally, even the emperor had to respect it. Because it was the existence of the Orthodoxy that allowed the country to establish itself in the Eastern Continent. Once the Orthodoxy was destroyed, the country would soon cease to exist. Each country had its own Orthodoxy.

Now, the problem was that the spiritual energy of the Yi Kingdom had dissipated. The Orthodox Church did not allow any cultivators to leave the country at this time. All of them had to stay to fill the Spiritual Energy crack. Otherwise, they would be considered treason. If they were captured, they would probably be thrown directly into the Spiritual Energy crack and used to repair the crack. It could be said to be quite cruel.

Right now, the entire Yi Kingdom had already set up a grand formation to seal it off. Even the Heavenly Array was imprisoned in the sky. How would he leave this place?