Chapter 12242: Not Easy (3 Chapters in 1)

Chapter 12242: Not Easy (Three Chapters in One)

Zi Lan also had some glimpses of what happened in the lower world. She knew that Ye Chen had gone through many twists and turns and it was not easy for him to get to where he is today.

"Where's sister Qingyan? Didn't you bring her up with you?"

Zi Lan asked again.

She is the first generation Grass God, the little Grass God Qingyan is the second generation Grass God, and Sun Yi is the third generation and also the current Grass God.

Ye Chen said: "After Sister Qingyan was resurrected, she became the spirit of the Forest Book. When the time comes, I will take Sun Yi to ascend, and she will ascend with me."

Ye Chen had already resurrected the grass god Qing Yan, who now lived in Sun Yi's forest book and became the spirit of the forest book.

Zi Lan felt relieved and said, "That's good."

Ye Chen gently wiped away her tears and was gentle with her for a while. The two of them met again after a long separation, and it was really like dry wood and fire. If they were not concerned about the outside world, they would probably immediately...

Ye Chen took a deep breath and calmed down. He knew that there were more important things to deal with now, so he asked:

"Zilan, why are you here?"

Zi Lan said, "The Goddess of Heaven has told me to wait for the right time at the gold auction site. She said that when the time comes, someone will take me to heaven."

At this point, she smiled slightly, looked at Ye Chen affectionately and said, "I think the time has come now, Ye Chen, you can take me to ascend."

Ye Chen smiled bitterly and said, "I have to find a way to sneak across the border myself. I want to see Elder Xingyin. Can you help introduce me to him?"

Zi Lan pondered for a moment and said, "Old Xingyin is my current master. He and the two Star Judges are in seclusion. However, you are the Lord of Reincarnation, the famous Ye Tiandi in the lower world. With such a great reputation, the master must be willing to see you."

When he said this he smiled.

Ye Chen asked: "Star Judge?"

Zi Lan said: "Yes, they are the strong men under the command of Lord Golden Bird. If you want to sneak through the Gate of Heaven to the other side of the starry sky, you must pass their inspection."

"If they feel that the karma in you is too dangerous and will bring disaster to the Golden City, they will not allow you to pass through the Gate of Heaven even if you have the Sun Key."

"Even if they encounter any hidden dangers, they will directly kill them to prevent the interests of Golden City from being damaged."

"I just didn't pass the test. They said I was a disciple of the Heavenly Mother. Once I ascend, I will definitely be targeted by the Black Queen Mother, which will bring hidden dangers to the Golden City."

"They didn't kill me, but took me in at the auction house and gave me a status comparable to that of a saint. They also treated me well out of respect for the Mother of Heaven, but they would never allow me to ascend."

The Black Queen Mother is a notorious figure on the other side of the starry sky. She is the evil product of the Mother of Heaven, and the two are old enemies.

Zi Lan is a disciple of the Goddess of Heaven, so she will naturally be targeted by the Black Queen Mother. The Golden City does not allow her to ascend because it is afraid of causing unnecessary trouble.

Ye Chen frowned and said, "Then I can't ascend either?"

He also has a huge karma on his shoulders and has long been targeted by the Black Queen Mother. Moreover, his enemy is not just the Black Queen Mother.

Even Zi Lan was not allowed to pass through the Gate of Heaven, so Ye Chen wondered whether he would be allowed to pass through as well.
Zi Lan smiled softly and said, "No, you are very powerful, Ye Chen."

"You are able to conceal your secrets and restrain your aura. Even I cannot recognize you at first sight. As long as you conceal your secrets and do not bring disaster to the Golden City, Teacher Xingyin and the two Star Judges will allow you to ascend."

"Besides, I can also benefit from it. If you follow me, I can also hide the secret."

"We can go to the other side of the stars together."

Thinking of being able to ascend to heaven with Ye Chen, Zi Lan's eyes revealed infinite joy.

Ye Chen's heart was moved, and he hugged her and kissed her again, and whispered: "Then take me to see Elder Xingyin?"

Zi Lan said, "Sure, do you want to bring your friends along?"

Ye Chen said: "Of course."

Mo Yu is a member of the Jiutian family, so Ye Chen has to take care of him for the sake of Cang Tianhe.

Moreover, he learned the "Nine Heavens Emperor Sutra" from Mo Yu. Just for this indirect favor, Ye Chen could not abandon Mo Yu.

At that moment, Ye Chen and Zi Lan came out of the VIP room and went back outside. The guards, maids and Mo Yu saw the two of them with happy faces and understood some secrets in their hearts. Their expressions were a little dull.

"Mo Yu, let's go see Elder Xing Yin."

Ye Chen said.

"Brother Cangtian..."

Mo Yu didn't expect things to go so smoothly.

Zi Lan smiled gently and said, "Come with me." Then she led Ye Chen and Mo Yu into the auction house.

The two guards and the maid wanted to dissuade them, but Zi Lan raised her hand to stop them.

"The teacher is in seclusion in the Great Illusionary Realm. I have sent him a message and he is willing to see you."

Zi Lan said as she led Ye Chen and the other person towards a large hall.

Soon, the three of them came to an ancient hall. In the center of the hall was a stone platform, on which was suspended a scroll, projecting a scene of a vast and beautiful landscape. It must be the illusory world that Zi Lan mentioned.

The hall was guarded by strong men all around. When they saw Zi Lan coming in, they all bowed and saluted, shouting in unison: "Greetings, Miss Zi Lan."

Ye Chen nodded in his heart. It seemed that Zi Lan’s status in the gold auction house was quite honorable, which saved him a lot of trouble.

In the image of the illusory world, he saw a door floating in the sky. With his insight, Ye Chen knew that this was the legendary Gate of Heaven.

The gold auction house created the Gate of Heaven. This action, not to say how dark and taboo it is, is at least not aboveboard and is considered a gray area.

On the other side of the starry sky, there are many forces that choose to turn a blind eye to the existence of the Golden Auction House and the Gate of Heaven. The Golden Auction House is also very low-key, and the Gate of Heaven is placed in an illusion, trying not to touch on cause and effect and not to offend outside forces.

"We're here, let's go in."

Zi Lan's figure flashed and she was the first to escape into the illusory world of Taixu.

Ye Chen and Mo Yu looked at each other, nodded, and then flashed in.

After entering the illusory world of Taixu, Ye Chen felt a dizzying dream. When the spinning subsided, he opened his eyes and saw that the world in front of him was as magnificent as a dream. Rainbows spanned the sky, flowers rained down in profusion, and the sounds of nature echoed everywhere.

In the high sky, there is a huge and dazzling portal suspended. On the portal is engraved a totem of the scorching sun. In the scorching sun, there is another totem of a golden roc bird engraved. The golden bird is actually alive, and is slowly circling above the portal.

Ye Chen looked at it in surprise, and vaguely caught the lingering aura of Emperor Yuan Tian and Ancestor Meng Ye from above the portal.

It seems that Emperor Yuan Tian and Ancestor Meng Yan sneaked to the other side of the starry sky through this portal, which is none other than the "Gate of Heaven".

Zi Lan led Ye Chen and Mo Yu for a walk and came to a mountain below the Gate of Heaven and shouted:

"Teacher, we are here."

Three figures as big as the sun and the moon appeared in the deep mountain peaks covered with forest.

The man in the middle, wearing a star-shaped robe, with white hair and beard, and bright eyes, is none other than Old Man Xingyin.

On either side of him, there was a man in black, as heavy and deep as a mountain, sitting cross-legged. He was wearing a mask, and the eyes behind the mask were as sharp as swords. I guess they were the two judges of the starry sky.

"Lord of the Wheel of Reincarnation, I have heard of your great name for a long time. Your ability to conceal the secrets of the universe is truly superb. I can't even guess your identity at all."

Old Man Xingyin stared at Ye Chen and was amazed to see that the legendary Lord of Reincarnation had such an ordinary appearance.

"My name is Ye Chen, nice to meet Senior Xing Yin."

Ye Chen bowed and saluted. His aura was extremely concealed, and even some top experts could not see through his identity.

He had been exposed by the Lord of the Underworld before, probably because of the residual light of the Great Lord, and was captured by the Lord of the Underworld. The latter got a clue and recognized Ye Chen.

Old Man Xingyin nodded and said, "You want to bring Zilan to ascend, and this one..." His eyes fell on Mo Yu.

Mo Yu hurriedly clasped his fists and said, "My name is Mo Yu. I am here to meet you, Senior. I heard that you are well versed in the laws of fate. I want to meet you. First, I want to present you with the ultimate martial arts and ask for two Sun Keys. Second, I want you to help me understand my past."

"My memory of the past is completely blank. Only the old senior can save me."

Old man Xingyin frowned. He had been in seclusion for many years and did not want to be involved in the cause and effect of the outside world. But as soon as Mo Yu opened his mouth, he asked him to deduce his fate, and he felt quite unhappy.

"I was born in the Palace of Destiny, and I do know some secret methods of deducing fate, but how can I easily get involved in your karma?"

Old Man Xingyin wanted to decline politely, but he tried to keep his tone as calm as possible. This was out of consideration for Ye Chen's sake. If it was an ordinary person asking for a favor, he would have chased him away long ago.

Ye Chen's heart moved, and he said, "So the old senior is actually a person in the Fate Judgment Hall? I have something, I want to ask the old senior to take a look."

He wanted to take out the small sword of destiny given by Ji Siqing, but unexpectedly, Old Man Xingyin seemed to have seen a ghost. He seemed to know what Ye Chen wanted to take out, and hurriedly shook his head and waved his hands repeatedly, saying:

"No, no, no! Lord of the Wheel of Reincarnation, I have long been expelled from the Palace of Destiny. I am a traitor who is condemned by thousands of people. I have nothing to do with the Palace of Destiny anymore. You don't have to show me anything you have."

Seeing that old man Xingyin looked like he was facing a great enemy, Ye Chen felt curious.

What happened to this Xingyin old man in the past?
Elder Xingyin said to Mo Yu, "I was expelled from the Fate Judgement Hall a long time ago. I will never use those kinds of magics that depend on the laws of fate lightly under normal circumstances."

"My dear friend, if you want to calculate your past, please ask for help from someone else."

Mo Yu said anxiously: "Old senior, I have an extremely superior martial arts method that I can present to you. I beg you to be merciful and give me some pointers to help me figure out my past."

“I really want to know who I am.”

Elder Xingyin's heart moved, and he said, "A top-grade technique? Take it out and let us see it."

The martial arts on the other side of the starry sky are divided into three levels: Wudao, Tiandao, and Jidao. The martial arts of the highest level of Jidao can be said to be the best of the best and the most advanced martial arts.

Even Elder Xingyin was greatly tempted by such a top-grade martial art.

Mo Yu pointed to his head and said, "This technique is engraved in my brain. Old senior, your gold auction house should have some formations that can extract the technique from my brain, right?"

The gold auction house itself has many refining arrays. After killing their opponents, warriors competing in the Golden City often do not refine the corpses themselves, but take them to the auction house for refining. The Dao Crystals refined in this way are purer.

The world on the other side of the starry sky is so cruel. Human lives are nothing more than resources and materials for refining Dao Crystals.

Mo Yu thought that with the help of those large formations, he should be able to refine the skills in his mind.

Old man Xingyin pondered for a moment, then stretched out his hand and released a ray of golden light, which covered Mo Yu, as if to explore and gain insight.

"puff!"

After a while, old man Xingyin's expression suddenly changed. He vomited blood and collapsed.

"teacher!"

Zi Lan was shocked when she saw this sudden change.

The star judges on the left and right of Old Man Xingyin hurriedly supported him and transferred their own spiritual energy to him. They were all very surprised and didn't know why Old Man Xingyin suddenly vomited blood.

Ye Chen and Mo Yu also looked at this scene in surprise.

Elder Xingyin looked pale, staring at Mo Yu and said, "Your brain...your brain..."

Mo Yu felt uneasy and asked, "Old senior, how are you?"

He was afraid that the skills engraved in his brain had hurt Old Man Xingyin.

After all, the ultimate and top-grade martial arts techniques are of great importance.

Elder Xingyin took a deep breath, adjusted his breath slightly, and asked, "Who are your parents?"

Mo Yu was stunned and said, "I don't know."

Elder Xingyin frowned and asked again: "Who passed on the Nine Heavens Emperor Sutra in your mind to you?"

Mo Yu said: "I don't know, I was born with the ability."

Old Man Xingyin fell silent, frowning and thinking without saying a word.

Ye Chen looked at the appearance of the old man Xingyin and thought to himself: "He peeped into Mo Yu's brain, so I think he also saw Mo Yu's past."

Mo Yu's past must be very shocking, which made old man Xingyin so excited that he vomited blood.

After a long silence, Elder Xingyin said to Mo Yu, "My friend, I cannot let you pass through the Gate of Heaven."

Mo Yu was surprised and asked, "Why?"

Elder Xingyin shook his head and said, "Because I don't want to kill you."

Mo Yu said: "Old senior, then tell me, what exactly is my past like?"

"If you won't tell me, then let me pass and I'll go back to the other side of the starry sky to look for it myself!"

Elder Xingyin asked, "Do you have the Sun Key?"

Mo Yu said: "No...but I have..."

Elder Xingyin shook his head and said, "You can't refine the skills in your mind. Once you refine them, you will die immediately."

Mo Yu was stunned. He had already comprehended some of the secrets of the "Nine Heavens Emperor Sutra" and had stepped into the threshold, but he could not write it down.

Because the extremely high-grade martial arts techniques involved extremely profound laws and principles, Mo Yu could only observe and comprehend the laws and principles of this level, but he could never replicate it himself.

Only the supreme strong man in the Heavenly Dao Realm can replicate the Dao track of this level.

In other words, if Mo Yu did not refine the skills in his mind, he would not be able to write them out himself. Even if he wanted to contribute the skills, he would not be able to do so.

"Go back and completely forget the past. It will be a great blessing for you."

Elder Xingyin immediately ordered them to leave.

Mo Yu stood there, at a loss as to what to do.

Elder Xingyin ignored him and said to Zilan, "Zilan, take out your Sun Key."

Zi Lan said, "Yes." Then she took out two sun keys and said softly to Ye Chen,

"I have already prepared the tokens needed for the journey, Ye Chen, we can go to the other side of the starry sky together."

Ye Chen looked at the two Sun Keys in Zi Lan's hand, which were two golden keys made of stone. With the Sun Keys, he could pass through the Gate of Heaven and go to the other side of the starry sky.

Thinking of this, Ye Chen felt excited, but seeing Mo Yu's distraught look, he felt a little bit reluctant.

Elder Xingyin said, "Lord of the Wheel of Reincarnation, please take good care of Zilan. You have extremely sophisticated means of concealing the secrets of the universe. Please protect her and don't let her secrets leak out."

"When you pass through the Gate of Heaven and are transported to the Forgotten River on the other side of the starry sky, just soak in the Forgotten River for an incense stick of time, and the aura of the past will disappear. Your aura will merge with the aura of the other side of the starry sky. You will no longer need to hide the secrets of heaven, and the Black Queen Mother will not find you."

"The risk here is that one stick of incense. As long as we can avoid the detection of the Black Queen Mother, we will be safe from now on. If we can't avoid it, there will be a catastrophe, and our Golden City will also be implicated."

Zi Lan was delighted, but also a little worried when she asked, "Teacher, I heard that if you soak in the Forgotten River for too long, your flesh, spirit, soul, laws, everything will be washed away. In the end, you will become a fish in the Forgotten River, and may even be caught and eaten by others. It will be a miserable end. Is it true?"

Elder Xingyin said, "Indeed, the Wangchuan River is the first divine river on the other side of the starry sky. This river has a heaven-defying purification function that can wash away all the past. Back then, the Goddess of Heaven washed away her own magic laws in the Wangchuan River and successfully came ashore clean."

“But the miraculous purification power of the Forgotten River can indeed dissolve everything in a person’s body, cleanse the person into nothingness, and then turn the person into a fish.”

"Every year, many people sneak across the starry sky from the Gate of Heaven, but they never make it to shore, and are washed away by the Forgotten River, and eventually turn into fish and are eaten by humans."

"After you pass through the Gate of Heaven, you must manage your time well. You only need to soak in the Forgotten River for the time of an incense stick. After washing away the aura of the past, you must immediately climb ashore. Otherwise, the laws will be washed away, distorted, and you will mutate and degenerate into a fish. It will be too late to regret then."

Ye Chen secretly paid attention and said:

"Okay, don't worry, old senior. I will be careful and protect myself and Zi Lan."

Elder Xingyin nodded and said, "You must hold on to the Sun Key in your hands. This Sun Key is not only a token of trust, but also a talisman bestowed by the Golden Bird. With the protection of the Sun Key, when you are teleported to the Forgotten River, you will have a chance to survive when facing the fierce beasts in the Forgotten River."

The Gate of Heaven leads directly to the other side of the starry sky, and behind the gate is the most famous Forgotten River on the other side of the starry sky.

The Wangchuan River is full of dangers and monsters. Only with the protection of the Sun Key can we ensure safety and reach the shore smoothly.

Ye Chen said: "Yes."

Mo Yu on the side was sad and aggrieved, "What about me?"