#600 - Abyssal Plague

The Gale Saint Wolf pulled the chariot, galloping between heaven and earth,迎着 the afterglow of the setting sun, like a blue meteor streaking across the desolate wilderness.

“Yan Ruyu, don’t you feel it’s a pity to leave with us?”

Inside the chariot, Jun Wuxie looked at the woman quietly sitting beside Yan Qingcheng.

This was the second time he had seen her, after a very long time.

This woman had a more mature temperament than before, and her face was as beautiful as jade, just as her name suggested.

Now, she seemed to have lost the sharpness she once had, and her temperament was much more restrained.

“Perhaps it is a bit of a pity, but I would rather follow my Sh尊. Since she has left, I don’t want to stay.”

Her expression was very calm, and there was not the slightest fluctuation in her purple pupils. Since getting into the chariot, she had been very quiet, so quiet that it seemed as if she didn’t exist when she didn’t speak.

“Silly girl, have you been tired from adventuring outside for more than a year?” Yan Qingcheng stroked her purple hair dotingly, and said, “If you want to go out and train, and fight for your own opportunities, Sh尊 will not stop you. If you are tired, then come home. Wherever Sh尊 is, that is your home, and you are welcome to come back at any time.”

“Sh尊, this disciple is indeed tired and wants to rest and stay by Sh尊's side……”

In Yan Ruyu's calm purple pupils, there was a deep look of fatigue.

Since she separated from Sh尊 and Jun Wuxie in the ancient city of Southern Border more than a year ago, she had been traveling among the famous mountains and great rivers of the world, entering and exiting different secret places, experiencing too many dangers, and obtaining many opportunities.

Since the revival of heaven and earth, she had even gone deep into those suddenly appearing mountains, facing death nine times out of ten, fighting life and death with powerful enemies, and being hunted down. By now, she was physically and mentally exhausted.

“It seems you have experienced a lot in the past year or so.”

Jun Wuxie was observing her, with golden runes flashing in his eyes, which were the sublimated version of the Primordial True Pupils.

He was a little surprised in his heart. He remembered that when he first saw Yan Ruyu, he had窥探過 her strength.

At that time, her talent growth intensity was only in the early stage of the Eternal King realm.

Now, she had actually reached the late stage of the Myriad World King realm, which was simply a metamorphosis like rebirth.

Her true energy was very condensed, and she had妖族 bloodline runes, which indicated that her Bewitching Eye Divine Blood had completed its initial awakening.

“I have fought against people from outside the territory, more than once.”

Yan Ruyu said suddenly. She did not show any rejection towards Jun Wuxie's瞳术, and was not afraid of her secrets being窥视.

Jun Wuxie, Yan Qingcheng, Ji Yinlan, and Mu Yunxi were all taken aback.

“When, and where?”

“Many places, after the revival of heaven and earth, in the depths of those suddenly appearing mountains……”

Yan Ruyu said that there were mysterious areas in the depths of many mountains that had appeared in the world. Behind those areas was connected to the starry sky, with a faint ancient road leading to an unknown place in the starry sky.

“I have been to more than a dozen mountains, and each mountain has such an ancient road. In nine of those mysterious areas, I encountered geniuses from outside the territory, as many as ten or so, and as few as two or three.”

Jun Wuxie thought for a moment and said, “So, people from outside the territory have already come to our ancient star, but we just don’t know it. They have come, but they stay in the mountains, and only young geniuses. It seems that the ancient road in the starry sky is not stable and is currently restricted, preventing strong people of higher realms from descending. If it is only young geniuses, they naturally cannot run rampant on our ancient star, so they choose to shrink back.”

“If a large number of people from outside the territory descend, it will be difficult for the martial artists of our ancient star to resist……” Yan Ruyu lost her previous calmness, and there was a deep worry between her eyebrows: “Those people are too strong. The weakest of the geniuses who fought against me had already entered the Myriad World level. Some of them should have been on our planet for a long time, secretly exploring secret lands and obtaining many opportunities.”

Speaking of this, she pondered for a few seconds and said, “The identities of those geniuses are only servants of the young supreme beings from outside the territory……”

“What, Ruyu sister, are you saying that those Myriad World level geniuses are just servants of others?”

Mu Yunxi couldn't believe it.

What is a servant?

That is the lowest status, no different from a slave, not even as good as a扈从.

In the world, there are many strong people who will subdue some followers to work for them. Servants have the lowest status, followed by扈从, then门客, and the highest status is the战将.

The young supreme beings from outside the territory, their servants are all at the Myriad World level. It can be imagined how strong the扈从 and门客 are, and the战将 will only be stronger!

“Yes, they said it themselves. Those people worship their masters like gods, are full of confidence in conquering our ancient star, often have the word 'master' on their lips, and are proud to be servants of those young supreme beings.”

“Ruyu, why didn’t you tell Sh尊 about this before?” Yan Qingcheng said in a deep voice, “Sh尊 takes back what she said before. She can no longer let you go out to train as you please. Those areas with ancient roads in the starry sky must never be entered alone in the future!”

“This disciple listens to Sh尊. At that time, I just discovered that those areas contained some natural treasures, so I enjoyed it and didn’t think I was inferior to my peers from outside the territory. But later, when I learned that my opponents were only servants, I realized that my strength was still far from enough. Now, if I want to improve my talent growth intensity, the resources in those places are useless. Even if I want to go, I have to choose places like the Golden Scale Secret Realm and the extraterrestrial ruins……”

“By the way, there is one more thing. I’m not sure what it is, but it’s very scary……”

Yan Ruyu娓娓道来, talked about accidentally entering a secret place once and encountering a half-saint level beast. She thought she was doomed to die, but fortunately, that area was special. The half-saint level beast could not imprison her from a very long distance, giving her a chance to escape.

As a result, during the escape, the half-saint level beast didn’t know what it touched, and a very strange and terrifying thing happened.

“That was a gray-green fluid-like substance that entered the body of the half-saint level beast. I saw its body gradually bulge out with blisters like疮, flowing with very disgusting liquid. It was very painful at the time, screaming and struggling there, and finally its entire body rotted, turning into a mass of wriggling腐肉……”

She said that the substance could move, as if it had self-awareness, and would launch attacks on living beings.

“Later, I saw this substance in other places, but its effect was not as terrible as the gray-green substance that attacked the half-saint level beast……”

Yan Ruyu's face was slightly pale, and she was still lingering with fear when talking about the gray-green substance.

“A gray-green substance that turned a half-saint into a mass of腐肉 in a short period of time……”

Ji Yinlan muttered to herself, constantly searching her memory. Those distant memories contained a huge amount of information, extremely broad and boundless, but there was nothing related to the gray-green substance.

“Go back to the sect and ask Chen Yu to see if she has heard of this strange substance. Why do I have a bad feeling?”

Jun Wuxie naturally thought of the Dark Curse. This thing seemed to have something in common with the Dark Curse.

“Yue Chenyu probably doesn’t know about that thing either. Wuxie, do you want to ask Bing Sheng?”

Ji Yinlan secretly transmitted her voice, saying that she had never heard of this substance, and it was basically impossible for Yue Chenyu to know.

“Yinlan, why are you so sure?”

She transmitted her voice and said, “Actually, I am a Reincarnator. The information in my previous memory bank is very large, and I can basically confirm that the heavens have never heard of such a thing.”

Jun Wuxie: ……

Ji Yinlan is really a Reincarnator!

Hearing her say it herself, he felt both surprised and seemed to be within reason.

“I’ll rest for a while.”

He said this to the women, and then entered the Eternal Life Divine Palace.

In the distance was a coffin, and the weak true soul of the Witch Goddess.

Nearby, a hexagonal stone platform, on which was镇锁 the Dark Spirit Evil Corpse.

Jun Wuxie came to the stone platform, looked at the Dark Spirit Evil Corpse a few times, and弹了弹 his forehead with his finger, but the evil corpse did not react at all.

It was not that his obsession had dissipated.

He could sense that his obsession still existed, but it was shrinking in his body, seemingly full of fear here, and did not communicate with him as before.

“Ye Qingxue.”

“What’s the matter?”

A calm voice came from the镇宇塔, and then a仙姿玉骨 figure appeared out of thin air in front of him.

“That guy.” He pointed to the Dark Spirit Evil Corpse and said, “He once urged me to quickly devour his dark matter energy. Is there some conspiracy?”

“What he said is partly true, but letting you devour the dark matter energy as soon as possible is to take the opportunity to奪舍 your body.”

“奪舍? I knew he was untrustworthy!”

Jun Wuxie’s back broke out in a cold sweat. Fortunately, he was witty at the time and did not act rashly because his Life Star could restrain the Dark Curse.

Ye Qingxue said, “If you want to devour his dark matter energy, you cannot be in contact with his body for a long time, otherwise he will use body contact as a medium to attack your soul. This world only restricts the level of power, and the restriction on the soul is very small. His soul realm is many levels higher than yours. If it weren’t for special reasons that prevented his soul from leaving his body, you would have been奪了肉身 by him in that cave.”

“Ye Qingxue, why does my Life Star automatically resist and devour the Dark Curse?”

Jun Wuxie had always been very confused, because it was not him who controlled it at the time, but the Life Star’s autonomous behavior.

Ye Qingxue was silent, looking at him for a long time, and said, “I can’t answer this question for you either, but it shouldn’t be harmful to you, and you don’t need to worry about it. It’s a good thing to be able to resist the Dark Curse, after all, you will inevitably have to face the Dark Curse many times in the future.”

"Alright." Since Ye Qingxue had said so, he naturally wouldn't dwell on the matter. He then asked, "Do you know of a greyish-green fluid substance? It attacks living beings. Once a creature is contaminated, many pustules will grow on its body, swell up, then rot, ultimately turning into a mass of rotten flesh!"

"Where did you see this kind of thing?"

A hint of surprise appeared in Ye Qingxue's deep eyes.

"I haven't seen it myself, but a friend of mine has. He personally witnessed that substance turning a ferocious beast with a Semi-Saint cultivation realm into a mass of rotten flesh in a very short time!"

"So, that kind of thing really exists…"

Ye Qingxue's voice wasn't very calm; her composure seemed to waver.

"What exactly is it?"

Jun Wuxie's heart sank. Anything that could concern Ye Qingxue must be incredibly terrifying!

"I'm not sure either. Perhaps it should be called Abyssal Plague. I've never seen it, and I've only heard someone mention it once. That kind of thing didn't appear back then, and it hadn't appeared for many years. I didn't expect it to appear in this era…"

Abyssal Plague?

Hearing this name, Jun Wuxie felt extremely uneasy.

Abyss represents darkness and despair.

Plague?

Combining that with the substance's characteristics, it's like a bizarre plague virus!

Abyssal Plague!

Understanding it in this way is chilling.

Where did it come from? Someone had already mentioned it in Ye Qingxue's era, and after so many epochs without its appearance, it has emerged in this generation?

"You must be careful if you encounter the Abyssal Plague in the future."

She instructed him. Jun Wuxie nodded and then left the Eternal Life Divine Palace.

…

"Princess, it seems things aren't as smooth as we imagined…"

Inside the Town-Universe Tower, Vermilion Bird's voice was full of solemnity.

Ye Qingxue sighed and said, "I thought it was a two-sided game, but without knowing when, a third party entered the fray, but it's not a three-legged stand. Whether it's the being behind the Dark Curse or the being behind the Abyssal Plague, they are all enemies."

"Currently, many things are shrouded in mist, with the means of supreme powerhouses behind them, making it difficult for me and the Princess to glimpse the truth, even with all our methods. It's highly likely they are beings at the same level as the Master back then…"

"It should be a friend, not an enemy."

Ye Qingxue said.

Vermilion Bird said, "Is the Princess referring to the bronze coffin inside the Young Master's Life Star?"

"Indeed. It can resist and suppress the Dark Curse, but its power has fallen into slumber, slowly releasing power as his cultivation realm increases. What do you say this represents? What is the intention of the coffin's owner?"

"It should be to help the Young Master cultivate the energy of Light and Dark dual matter, but they don't want the Young Master to be sensed by certain beings, so they can only do this. In that world, an Emperor of Heaven placed the future fate on the Young Master. Now, there is another unknown being who has also placed a portion of the future hope on the Young Master. From birth, the Young Master has been destined for the path he will walk. No wonder you couldn't see it before, Princess, even when he entered the Eternal Life Divine Palace and met you, you still didn't see his fate…"

"Yes, a very strong force is obscuring everything…"

"I hope the Young Master can gather all the Primordial Divine Metal soon and completely repair this Town-Universe Tower. By then, the Princess will be able to recover to her peak state, or even reach a higher level."

Ye Qingxue stood in the void, her white clothes whiter than snow, her black hair fluttering, and said, "Primordial Divine Metal, truly innate objects, possess the power of self-concealment. Under normal circumstances, with my current divine sense, it would be very difficult to sense their existence in the heavens. This matter requires opportunity; it cannot be forced. But he possesses great fortune, so I believe we won't have to wait too many years."

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