As the Universe Turns - Chapter 921
Chapter 921 Deep Underground
Deep underground, it was wet and dark. Xiao Chen did not know where he had fallen, nor did he know how long it took before he slowly woke up and turned around.
The soil on the ground was a little soft and filled with a damp and rotten smell. He looked around, but it was only pitch black and he couldn’t see anything.
“Zi Yuan … Zi Yuan?”
“Venerable … Excellency.”
Zi Yuan’s weak voice came from not far away. The place where she had fallen earlier was not far from Xiao Chen. However, this place was too dark and did not have any light. The two of them could not see each other’s whereabouts.
As soon as Xiao Chen moved, he felt a burst of heartbreaking pain spread out from his body, and his bones seemed to be on the verge of collapse. Finally, he managed to condense a ray of light from Genuine energy before illuminating his surroundings.
It was unknown where this place was. Because of the collapse just now, the ground below was covered in rubble. Zi Yuan landed about 70-80 feet away from him. Her legs were pressed down by a falling rock, causing her face to turn pale and her forehead to be covered in cold sweat. She looked a little painful.
“Zi Yuan …”
Xiao Chen quickly walked over and saw her face covered in cold sweat. He asked, “How are you?”
Zi Yuan looked up at him and gently bit her lips. Even her lips were slightly pale and gradually lost their color. Obviously, she was so painful that she could not even speak.
Xiao Chen looked at the big stone that was pressing down on her and said, “Don’t move. I’ll move the stone away.”
After saying that, Zi Yuan’s palms were pressed against the edge of the stone, and she carefully used her strength to lift the stone away. Zi Yuan felt a heart-wrenching pain, and even tears rolled up from the corner of her eyes.
Xiao Chen slowly lifted her legs, causing tears to flow out of her eyes from the pain.
“I’ll fix your bones. You can hold back.”
As Xiao Chen spoke, he gently lifted her calf and placed his other hand on top of her knee. With a “creak” sound, he immediately connected the broken bone. However, this time, Zi Yuan couldn’t help but mutter in pain, “Ah! Pain, pain …”
Her injuries were too severe and she was unable to raise her cultivation in a short period of time, so she was no different from an ordinary girl. This kind of bone-shattering pain was naturally unbearable.
Xiao Chen couldn’t help but frown when he saw her painful and tearful appearance. He thought to himself that she was still young after all. If it was Bai Luan, no matter how painful she was, she wouldn’t snort.
“Hold on …”
Xiao Chen put her right leg down and slowly lifted her left leg. He also used the bone-setting technique that Shen Jing taught him to connect her bones. Fortunately, she managed to resist a bit of force at the last moment. Otherwise, if such a large rock fell, her legs would most likely be in danger.
“Venerable … Excellency, how are you?”
The pain in her legs gradually subsided. Zi Yuan gently sat up and asked Xiao Chen.
“It’s fine.”
Xiao Chen frowned deeply. His strength would recover very quickly, and his body was only slightly injured. At this moment, he looked around and couldn’t see Xiao Meng’er’s figure. He asked, “Did you see Xiao Meng’er when he fell just now?”
“She …”
Zi Yuan looked around and finally shook her head, “I didn’t see her …”
“Yes.”
Xiao Chen nodded his head. Just now, the top collapsed. When the two of them fell down, they actually struck each other with their palms. It was precisely because of that palm that the void above completely collapsed. At that moment, Xiao Meng’er wanted to fly out of the Lotus Platform, but was pulled by his free hand, as if she had fallen down together …
After a while, Zi Yuan was already able to slowly stand up. However, her movements were slow and there were still inconveniences. Xiao Chen supported her and just took a few steps forward, he felt an extremely heavy Yin Qi pervade.
Zi Yuan held her breath. At this moment, the surroundings seemed to have fallen into a deathly silence. It was so quiet that she could hear her and Xiao Chen’s heartbeats.
“Venerable, Excellency … where is this place?”
Slowly, Zi Yuan felt an indescribable pressure. The surrounding darkness was as dark as the Underworld.
Coupled with this sudden surge of Yin Qi, she couldn’t help but think of the legend that the divine sword in the Heaven Realm had cut through the earth veins, causing a crack between this place and the Underworld. Could this be …
“Shh.”
Xiao Chen suddenly made a silent gesture. At this moment, he could feel something approaching, and there were quite a few of them.
Zi Yuan also held her breath and focused her attention on her surroundings. Unknowingly, her hands tightened her grip on him.
“Fiendish fiendish fiendish fiendish fiendish …”
At this moment, dark lights suddenly appeared around the two of them. They slowly turned into a dense patch of light that emerged from the ground. Upon closer inspection, there were countless ghosts.
“This …”
Seeing these countless ghosts crawling out of the ground, Zi Yuan felt her scalp go numb. Could it be that the two of them had really fallen into the Nether Realm? Otherwise, how could there be so many ghosts here …
Very quickly, countless ghosts surged towards the two like a tide. They were densely packed together, accompanied by waves of shrill and yin howls that made their scalps go numb.
“Don’t be afraid.”
Xiao Chen stared at the surging Yin Spirits and protected Zi Yuan behind him. Then, a surge of Death Qi filled the air. At this moment, the Yin Spirits seemed to have frozen under the cover of the Death Qi. Then, they let out trembling sounds. In the end, they came like tides and disappeared like tides. Very quickly, they disappeared.
After a long time, Zi Yuan slowly regained her senses. Unknowingly, her back was covered in cold sweat. She blankly said, “These ghosts have dissipated …”
“Let’s go.”
Xiao Chen stared at the darkness in front of him. He felt that this place was indescribably strange. Now, he didn’t know where he had fallen. He had to walk forward to see if there was an exit.
…
At this moment, in another place, the ground was filled with rubble, and there were ghost flames floating around, barely releasing a bit of light.
Within the pile of rocks, there was a woman with scattered clothes lying unconscious on the ground. That person was Xiao Meng’er. Apparently, when she fell down, she had also suffered quite a bit of shock. It was probably due to the tearing of the void that she did not land with Xiao Chen. The two of them were very far apart.
At this moment, her eyes were tightly closed. Her long curved eyelashes trembled like cicada feathers. Even though there was some dust on her face, it still looked like Fairy had fallen into the mortal world. It was still difficult to conceal her peerless beauty and immortal energy.
“Meng’er, Meng’er, you should be awake …”
“Who? Who’s talking …”
At this moment, Xiao Meng’er seemed to be in a dream, unable to wake up. Where was she? Was it a dream that had disappeared before …
“Meng’er, wake up, Meng’er, wake up …”
Slowly, a white-haired old man wearing a sandalwood robe appeared behind her. The old man looked dignified. Although his beard was white, he still did not conceal his heroic bearing. He was like a peak human expert.
“Grandfather …”
Xiao Meng’er turned around and couldn’t help but be stunned. Why did she see her grandfather here? Could it be that she was really dreaming …
This white-haired old man was the Xiao Clan’s Clan Head, Xiao Xuanfeng. He walked over with his hands behind his back and looked at Xiao Meng’er with a long sigh, “Meng’er, you’re awake …”
“Grandfather … why are you sighing?”
Xiao Meng’er stared blankly at her grandfather walking towards her. Why was this scene somewhat familiar, as if it was a familiar scene …
“Sigh …”
Xiao Xuanfeng sighed with his hands behind his back. He looked at the dim horizon in the distance and slowly said, “Meng’er, did you know that our Xiao Clan used to be the strongest existence in the Ancient Oriental Cultivation World? Even the Heaven Realm Immortal God was afraid of our Xiao Clan. In the past, one of our ancestors was one of the strongest in this world …”
“I know …”
Xiao Meng’er gently nodded her head. When she was young, her grandfather had already told her these words. Why did she bring them up again today …
“Sigh …”
Xiao Xuanfeng sighed, “I know who was responsible for the disappearance of the ancestor back then, but … I can’t tell you now, Meng’er, do you understand?”
“Meng’er … Understood.”
Xiao Meng’er slowly lowered her head. She clenched her fingers tightly, Xiao Xuanfeng sighed again, “Our Xiao Clan’s ancestral spirit vein, Almost depleted years ago, At that time, there was only one person who discovered it. But now, it’s all up to me and a few old fellows to keep it a secret while working hard. The clansmen still don’t know about this matter. If the other clans find out about it, I’m afraid that it will be the Xiao Clan’s life and death. So, Meng’er, do you know why I let you go to the Immortal Qiong Sect? ”
“Meng’er also knows …”
Xiao Meng’er pinched her fingers tighter and tighter. She had already heard these words when she was young. Why did Grandpa say them again today …
She slowly raised her head and said firmly, “Meng’er has grown up. Grandpa, don’t worry. In the future, Meng’er will definitely reach the legendary realm of that ancestor. She will definitely lead her clansmen to revive the Xiao Clan and retrieve everything that originally belonged to us. She will definitely find out the truth of that year …”
“Ai … Meng’er, you haven’t grown up yet. Come with me, I’ll take you to a place …”
“Where is Grandpa taking me?”
Xiao Meng’er immediately followed, The light in front of her grew brighter and brighter, gradually making her feel a little dazzling. Xiao Xuanfeng walked in front and sighed, “Three thousand years ago, people from the Four Seas and Eight Desolates surrounded our Xiao Clan, wanting to seize our ancestral spirit veins. Thanks to the goddess from the Heaven Realm, she helped our Xiao Clan retreat from the enemy. But in that battle, she was seriously injured by the then Hegemon of the Eight Desolates, and fell into a coma coma.”
“Goddess …”
Xiao Meng’er was stunned and murmured, “Is it … the legendary goddess that the ancestor knew back then? Isn’t she already dead?”
“No … the goddess is not dead. She has already reincarnated …”
“What …”
Xiao Meng’er was shocked. When she was young, her grandfather did not tell her about the goddess. Could it be that all of this was not a dream?
“Sigh … even though the Goddess has borrowed our Xiao Clan’s bloodline and reincarnated in heaven-defying reincarnation, she has lost her soul and lost all of her memories from back then …”
“By borrowing the bloodline of the Xiao Clan, the heaven defying reincarnation is missing a soul …”
Hearing these words, Xiao Meng’er was even more stunned. She had been in the Xiao Clan for so many years, and she thought that her grandfather had told her everything about the Xiao Clan, but her grandfather had never said anything about the Goddess …
“Meng’er, come … look, this is the goddess from back then …”
“She … Wait! Why, why does she look … Grandpa, where are you! Grandpa …”
The light in front of him suddenly disappeared. There was only endless darkness and icy coldness that slowly spread out.
Xiao Meng’er suddenly opened her eyes. Her body was already covered in cold sweat. So what happened just now was just a dream.