As the Universe Turns - Chapter 421
Chapter 421 Absolute Strength
Perhaps things were so unpredictable. Yesterday, more than 20,000 people were still surrounding and killing Xiao Chen. Today, they had changed roles in the blink of an eye. Their lives and deaths were only within Xiao Chen’s thoughts.
Xiao Chen slowly turned around. When he saw his merciless eyes, Gongsun Yun’s entire body trembled violently. At this moment, all the thoughts in his mind disappeared. He knelt down with a plump sound and said with a trembling voice, “Spare me!”
At this moment, the valley fell into a deathly silence. No one spoke, and no one dared to believe that Gongsun Yun, the sect master of the 36 sects, had actually knelt down to a person and begged for mercy today.
How could they believe it? It was as if their lives were in Gongsun Yun’s hands.
Xue Wuyue, Fen Xie Sect Master, and Saintess Canglang also stood there and didn’t dare to move. At this moment, their lives seemed to no longer belong to them. Especially their subordinates, Guai Laoxie, Xing Xiangzi, and Lu Li Jiang, they couldn’t help but tremble.
Xiao Chen looked down at Gongsun Yun, who was kneeling in front of him, and said indifferently, “You are the head of a sect and also a senior. If you kneel down to this junior like this, wouldn’t you kill this junior? Forget it, Sect Leader Luo Huo is dead, go accompany him.”
As soon as he finished speaking, he controlled his life and death. Gongsun Yun opened his eyes and let out a muffled snort. Before he could struggle, his pupils lost color. He fell to the ground with a plump sound and no longer had any life aura.
This time, the people below were even more frightened. They stood dumbfounded on the spot, not daring to move. Xiao Chen stood at the edge of the cliff, his gaze sweeping through the crowd like a sharp sword. In the end, it landed on Xue Wuyue and the others, causing the three of them to tremble deeply.
The three of them couldn’t help but tremble when they saw him looking at them. At this moment, they seemed to have realized something and didn’t dare to hesitate. In an instant, they all flew to the top of the mountain. They all knelt down to him on one knee and cupped their hands, saying, “Senior, please instruct us … we will die without hesitation.”
As they spoke, their hearts trembled endlessly. They were afraid that they would end up like Gongsun Yun, so they lowered their heads and didn’t dare to utter a single mouthful, much less say anything like spare their lives.
After she finished speaking, Xue Wuyue pointed her fingers at the center of her eyebrows and immediately pulled out a wisp of her soul essence. She sealed it in a jade slip and handed it to Xiao Chen with trembling uneasiness.
Seeing this, the nearby Fen Xie Sect Master did not dare to hesitate. He immediately pulled out a wisp of his soul essence and respectfully handed it over to the other party. In the end, there was only Saintess Canglang left. Her face was pale. In the end, she gritted her teeth and ruthlessly pulled out a wisp of her soul essence.
Landing a soul essence in someone’s hands was equivalent to handing their lives over to someone else. The three of them handed over their soul essence voluntarily at this moment, hoping to save their lives. It was so cruel in the God Devil Tomb. If they were to lose to someone, they would either die at the hands of the other party or hand over their soul essence and become slaves to the other party.
Xiao Chen glanced at the three of them and didn’t go to pick up the soul essence. He only said indifferently, “How do I get out of here?”
The three of them trembled slightly. Originally, they had planned to exchange the Fusang Flower for the Celestial Alliance to open the crack seal, but now it was clearly impossible for the Celestial Alliance to do so.
After thinking for a while, the three of them raised their heads and looked at him uneasily. Saintess Canglang whispered, “Go through more than a dozen Earth Fiend Realms to the Chaos Heaven Realm. Perhaps we can find an exit from the Chaos Heaven Realm and forcefully break through the cracks in the God’s Demon Tomb …”
When she said this, she stopped and continued, “It’s not that we didn’t want to go to the Chaos Heaven Realm before, but … but it’s impossible for us to enter. It’s just like when people from the Mortal Realm are outside, it’s impossible for them to go to the Heaven Realm.”
Xiao Chen remained silent. Yesterday, he suddenly felt heartache. He had a very bad premonition. It was as if something had happened to Wei Yang. Now that he had obtained the Fusang Flower, he had to return as soon as possible. But now, he was trapped in the God Devil Tomb. No matter what, he had to think of a way to get out.
Muddy Heaven Domain …
He suddenly remembered something. When he crossed the ancient plank road, he met a “Evil Fiend King”. He heard from Luo Die that this person was the only one who escaped from the God Devil Tomb in hundreds of years. When he fought against this person, he could feel that this person must have already reached the Soul Formation realm or even higher in the past.
Could it be that even after reaching the Soul Formation stage, he could barely break through the cracks in the Chaos Heaven Domain? Moreover, the Evil Fiend King had sacrificed nearly 90% of his cultivation back then …
Tomb of Gods and Demons had made progress, but he hadn’t come up with anything. For thousands of years, he had never said anything.
Thinking of this, Xiao Chen couldn’t help but frown. Although he had comprehended the third level of the Undying Concept yesterday, he could only be considered to be practicing the Void Harmonization Dao now. He was still far from becoming a true Soul Formation cultivator like his master.
Seeing that Xue Wuyue and the others were silent, they didn’t dare to say anything else. After a while, Xiao Chen looked at the three of them and said, “You guys get up first.”
“Yes …”
The three of them carefully stood up, still holding the jade slip sealed with soul essence in their hands. They lowered their heads and did not dare to look at him.
“From today onwards, the three of you will be the masters of this place. Send word that within a month, I will go to the Chaos Heaven Domain and ask the people of the ten or so regions in front of me to retreat and make way. Otherwise, I will kill them.”
Xiao Chen’s eyes were ice-cold. He left behind this sentence and turned around to walk back to Luo Die.
Behind them, Xue Wuyue and the others’ hearts trembled. Their eyes revealed shock as they looked at him. One side was panic, while the other side was shock. They didn’t expect that with just his words, the three of them would become the leaders of hundreds of sects in the Earth Fiend Realm. As expected, he still wanted to forcefully break into the Chaos Heaven Realm …
“Yes!”
The three of them didn’t dare to hesitate any longer. Seeing that he didn’t want his soul essence, the big stone in their hearts finally descended and they hurriedly put away the jade note.
Xiao Chen didn’t collect their soul essence. This was an absolute deterrent. It was more effective than collecting soul essence to coerce them. Presumably, none of the people present would dare to defy him today.
Right now, he was no longer the youth of the past, Yi Chen. He was protected by his master everywhere. Now that he was in a dangerous place like Tomb of Gods and Demons, strength was everything.
At this moment, Luo Die saw him walking towards her, trying her best to get up. Xiao Chen slowly helped her up and said to the back, “I need a place to treat her injuries.”
The three of them were stunned and immediately regained their senses. Saintess Canglang took a step forward and said, “The Azure Wave Sect is not far from here. If Senior does not dislike it, please move to the sect. I have countless healing holy medicines. I will definitely be able to cure this girl’s injuries …”
Three days later, Cang Lang Sect.
“Are you feeling better?”
Perhaps Hierarch Luo Huo had injured her too badly that day, but Luo Die’s face was still somewhat pale on the soft incense couch.
Xiao Chen brought in a bowl of medicine. In the past few days, he had helped Luo Die heal her injuries. It was a medical skill he had learned from Shen Jing. Apart from being able to recover her injuries as soon as possible, more importantly, it would not hinder her future cultivation.
“Thank … thank you.”
Luo Die did not expect that someone like him, who was always cold and heartless, would actually personally decoct medicine for her, just like the hopeful and untouchable cold moon in the sky.
“In the past, I was also the one who used to decoct medicine and use cultivation to treat my injuries. What’s there to thank?”
Xiao Chen handed her the bowl of medicine. Luo Die held the bowl and whispered, “This time you saved my life, then we’ll be even. From now on, you don’t owe me anything, and I don’t owe you anything …”
Xiao Chen looked at her and did not say anything. After a long time, he took the empty bowl from her hand. Just as he was about to turn around and leave, Luo Die suddenly reached out and stopped him, “You … Wait.”
“But there’s still discomfort?” Xiao Chen stopped.
“No, it’s not …”
Luo Die shook her head and looked at him, “I want to ask … the person you want to save, she … who is she?”
Thinking back to that day, Luo Die still remembered it. He would rather fight twenty thousand people than hand over the Fusang Flower. When he was unconscious, he would also read that person’s name. That Wei Yang must be his most important person, right?
Xiao Chen stood at the door and took a deep breath. Without saying anything, he went outside.
Just as he left the courtyard, a person walked over. That person was Saintess Canglang. Seeing her hurried appearance, Xiao Chen stopped and asked, “How did it go?”
Saintess Canglang lowered his head and said, “Senior, things are almost done. The people from the dozen or so regions in front of us are willing to give way …”
In the past few days, the news that Xiao Chen had killed Hierarch Luo Huo and Gongsun Yun with one hand had long spread. No matter how vicious the people of Tomb of Gods and Demons were, they would never dare to provoke such a fierce star. Everyone avoided it and did not dare to stop them.
“It’s just …”
At this point, Saintess Canglang revealed an embarrassed expression. Seeing her hesitant expression, Xiao Chen asked with a frown, “How is it?”
Saintess Canglang raised his head. Looking at him, He slowly said, “At the border between the Earth Realm and the Huntian Realm, There is a White Bone City. Now that Tomb of Gods and Demons has undergone a mutation, the only way to go to the Huntian Domain is through White Bone City. This city was built in an unknown year and month. There is a Ten Thousand Bones Formation inside. Many years ago, a person named ‘Unmelted Bones’ occupied this place. Later, this person’s cultivation broke through and went to the Huntian Domain. He handed White Bone City over to his only adopted son, Jian Xuanfeng … ”
Hearing her say this, Xiao Chen frowned and asked, “This person refuses to open the city to make way?”
Saintess Canglang revealed an embarrassed expression as he whispered, “Not really … It’s just that he only wanted 300,000 high-grade ‘Demon Origin Stones’ before he was willing to open the city for us to go over …”
“Then how many magic essence stones can you take out in a month?”
“This …”
Saintess Canglang’s embarrassment became even more obvious. He lowered his head and said, “This Magic Origin Stone is not easy to find, let alone refining high-grade ones. We can only gather 30,000 at most. If we gather 300,000, it will take at least ten years …”
The further she went, the softer her voice became. It was obvious that ten years was too unrealistic. In the end, she suddenly raised her head and hurriedly said, “Senior, don’t worry. I will discuss with the Prime Minister and the Burning Evil Sect Master and send someone to White Bone City to negotiate as soon as possible …”
“Yes.”
Xiao Chen nodded slightly and didn’t say anything further. He went to a small pavilion at the edge of a cliff. A gust of cold wind blew in front of him. He took out something from his sleeve. It was a warm jade. Spiritual light flowed within it, and it was extraordinary. This was something that he had picked up when he slipped out of the Fallen Butterfly Sleeve that day.