#664 - Emperor-level strongman, the origin of the coffin

The Dragonfall Abyss wasn't very wide.

Jun Wuxie and Ye Qingxue walked hand in hand, strolling along the riverbank, gradually reaching the end of the river.

Ahead was a mountain that reached the sky, with a cave at its base. The river flowed deep into it, leading to an unknown place.

Jun Wuxie pulled Ye Qingxue to sit on a blue stone by the river.

The calm river surface had not a single ripple, like a pool of stagnant water.

The dark green water was very thick, looking a bit scary.

Ye Qingxue looked at the green river surface and said, "Do you know how dangerous it is here?"

Jun Wuxie nodded. The moment the person being suppressed woke up, he understood the horror of this place.

No wonder everyone who entered Dragonfall Hollow since ancient times never returned alive.

That person would wake up every so often. Each time he woke up, an aura of unparalleled terror would permeate the air. Who could resist it?

"It's far more terrifying than you imagine." Ye Qingxue pointed to the river in front of her and said, "The water source here is polluted by a dark green substance. Touching it means death. Here, below the Emperor Realm, there is absolutely no possibility of survival."

"What?"

Jun Wuxie looked at her in shock. No survival below the Emperor Realm?

There were many realms below the Emperor Realm. Wouldn't that mean that there were hardly any people in the myriad worlds who could survive here?

"When you jumped down, Aunt You knew that there was no possibility of you surviving, so she helped you and promptly informed me of this matter. I then returned to your side from the upper reaches of the River of Time."

"So, that warm power came from Aunt You..."

Jun Wuxie paused. Thinking about it, who else in his body besides Aunt You could have intervened in time to protect him at that time?

"What exactly is this place? How could there be such a terrifying existence? Is that person being suppressed on the altar an Emperor Realm expert?"

"A polluted Emperor Realm expert. Looking at his condition, he should have been constantly fighting against the source of pollution, which is why he fell into slumber. However, that source of pollution is too powerful, causing him to wake up every so often. At that time, he would go berserk and become extremely terrifying. Fortunately, there were methods laid down by experts here in the past, so all the Emperor Realm power is trapped within the mountain stream. Otherwise, these heavens would have long become a dead and silent place."

"Those three true dragon corpses and the coffin..."

Ye Qingxue's expression turned solemn when she heard this, and she said, "That might be what I'm looking for..."

Jun Wuxie's facial muscles twitched a few times as he listened: "What do you mean? Are you saying it's related to the Abyssal Plague you're investigating this time?"

Ye Qingxue nodded, indicating that the Abyssal Plague might have existed for much longer than her era.

Its origin was very likely from the Primordial Era before the Immortal Antiquity.

Based on the clues she had investigated this time, she inferred that the Abyssal Plague was related to a supreme expert from the Primordial Era.

Back then, that supreme expert ruled the heavens, and the power he built was extremely prosperous and glorious.

But one day, that supreme expert suddenly disappeared without a trace, and many of the experts around him turned into indescribable monsters, releasing a dark green plague poison, spreading it throughout the world, and causing a world-destroying disaster.

Such a drastic change suddenly occurred in that supreme expert's power, but he never appeared, which was very illogical.

"So, is it that the supreme expert himself created the plague poison, infected the people around him, and turned them all into monsters?" Jun Wuxie felt it was unbelievable after listening: "Why would he do this? There's no reason to harm his own people, and besides, a strong man respected by all the heavens doesn't need to do that, right?"

"The truth of the matter is still unknown. That supreme expert must be related to the Abyssal Plague, but as for whether he created it, it's hard to say. What exactly happened back then is difficult for us later generations to trace the truth. The Primordial Era was annihilated, and almost all civilizations were fragmented, leaving too few clues behind."

"What do those indescribable monsters you mentioned look like?"

Jun Wuxie was very curious. What kind of shape could be called indescribable?

"I haven't seen them with my own eyes either. I only obtained the information from the few clues I discovered. However, I think I will soon know what indescribable really looks like."

The corner of Jun Wuxie's eye twitched, and he said, "Do you want to open the coffin?"

"Yes."

"No!" Jun Wuxie felt his heart pounding and said, "The person trapped on the altar is already an Emperor Realm expert. The coffin pulled by the three true dragons must contain an existence even more terrifying than the person outside! That kind of figure might not be dead! Your state is too far from your peak, your power is less than one-tenth, I'm afraid something might happen..."

"Aunt You and I will join forces, nothing will happen." Ye Qingxue stood up, pointed into the distance, and said, "There is exotic soil over there. Although the essence has almost completely drained away and the quality is very low, it can still be used to plant a Dao-Combining Flower and bear fruit suitable for you to consume at your current level. You need to improve your realm as soon as possible. Time is running out in the universe outside. The world is about to be in chaos, and your time is very tight. Once the Dark Realm passage is opened, you can only rely on yourselves to solve it. We won't be able to help at that time, even the God-Slaying Sword you rely on won't help."

Jun Wuxie's heart sank.

He had known for a long time that Ye Qingxue wouldn't help, but the fact that the God-Slaying Sword wouldn't help was beyond his expectations.

He had originally thought that when the great tide of the world arrived, the God-Slaying Sword's divine power could protect the capital very well, and it would become a pure land. Now it seems that these were all fantasies.

They returned to their original location.

At this time, the figure of the Vermillion Bird suddenly appeared.

"Qingxue, Aunt You, you must be careful!"

Jun Wuxie was a little uneasy.

"Young Master, don't worry, go do your own thing. Raise your realm to the Half-Sage realm under this deep ravine, and then rely on your own means to fight the Han Clan and leave Saint Interruption Mountain. This matter can only be faced by yourself, we won't help you."

The Vermillion Bird said directly.

Jun Wuxie was a little speechless. He hadn't thought of asking her or Ye Qingxue for help anyway.

"Go."

After the Vermillion Bird finished speaking, she waved her feathery sleeves, and Jun Wuxie felt his body and the earth retreating rapidly. A golden-red barrier divided the bottom of the deep ravine into two, separating them from the middle.

Jun Wuxie stared blankly at the golden-red barrier in front of him. Not to mention seeing outside the barrier, he couldn't even hear the sounds outside.

"Wuxie."

"Bad seed."

When the Vermillion Bird's golden barrier appeared, the barriers covering Ji Yinlan and Ling Qingyu disappeared.

They stepped forward one after another.

"Who is that woman?"

Ling Qingyu looked at him with shocked eyes. Who exactly was this bad seed? How could such a powerful woman appear to help him?

Moreover, the relationship between them seemed extraordinary.

Before Jun Wuxie could speak, Ji Yinlan answered for him: "That is the Military Saint, the strongest person in our lower realm. Wuxie is the Military Saint's disciple."

"Military Saint?" Ling Qingyu was stunned and looked at Jun Wuxie with doubtful eyes: "Bad seed, is that really the case? Isn't there no Saint Realm expert in the lower realm? Could it be someone from the forbidden area? Besides, even a Saint Realm expert couldn't have such methods..."

"You underestimate the lower realm too much. Since you know the forbidden area, you should understand how terrifying the experts inside the forbidden area are. Isn't there an existence above the Saint Realm?"

Jun Wuxie said this.

Ling Qingyu was speechless for a moment but didn't continue to ask.

No wonder this bad seed was so amazing. It turned out that there was such an unfathomable master behind him.

"Okay, let's seize the time to cultivate now. I want to break through to the Half-Sage realm as soon as possible, and then leave here to see the scenery of the Han Clan."

After he finished speaking, he stepped towards the depths.

Ji Yinlan naturally understood what he was relying on, a faint smile appeared on the corner of her mouth, and she followed.

Ling Qingyu looked at his back blankly.

Dare to go to the Han Clan to see the scenery after breaking through to the Half-Sage realm?

She really couldn't figure out what means and confidence Jun Wuxie would have to confront the Han Clan head-on after breaking into the Half-Sage realm. This was too unrealistic, like a fantasy.

They came all the way to a corner hidden by a boulder under the deep ravine.

There was a piece of soil here, filled with a faint colored glow.

Ling Qingyu's beautiful eyes suddenly lit up: "This is exotic soil!"

The exotic soil here didn't have high-quality exotic soil vitality, but it was very rich, more than ten times richer than the exotic soil vitality of the Han Clan's medicine field, only the quality was not that high.

Jun Wuxie transplanted the Dao-Combining Flower.

When the roots of the Dao-Combining Flower touched the exotic soil, they quickly took root in it, greedily and frantically absorbing the vitality in the exotic soil.

Each of its petals began to emit misty light, and mysterious energy gathered in the center of the stamen, and something was visibly growing.

"So fast?"

Jun Wuxie was both surprised and delighted. The Dao-Combining Flower was condensing fruit. At this rate, it would probably only take more than ten days to bear ripe fruit!

He just didn't know how many times the exotic soil here could support the Dao-Combining Flower to bear fruit.

"Little girl, we need to stay here for a long time. By then, your origin should be completely restored. Yinlan, you should also start cultivating. Let's strive to break through to the Half-Sage realm together."

Ling Qingyu didn't say anything and silently walked aside to start healing.

She naturally hoped to recover as soon as possible. If her origin was restored, she wouldn't have to be afraid of the Han Clan anymore. As long as she didn't break into the Han Clan's ancestral land, no matter how many experts the Han Clan had, they couldn't do anything to her.

Ji Yinlan walked a little further away.

She spread out her palm, and a crystal-like thing flew out, suspended in the air, blooming with rune light.

Two figures identical to her were evolved by the crystal runes and attacked her with swords.

In an instant, he was engaged in a fierce battle with two copies of himself.

Ling Qingyu, watching this scene from afar, was dumbfounded.

Are that scoundrel and his woman both so perverted?

To actually cultivate in this way, fighting against their own duplicates, and even two against one, releasing the power of their Dao Fruits in battle to improve their realms.

Jun Wuxie was also somewhat surprised. So, Ji Yinlan really uses this method to improve her realm, fighting against two copies of herself.

Has she been living like this all these years?

He watched for a while and, seeing that she was very steady against her two duplicates, he felt relieved.

It takes time for the Dao Integration Flower to bear fruit. Before that, although refining resources to cultivate the realm is not slow, it is not of much significance. After all, once one consumes the Dao Integration Fruit, one can break through in a very short period of time.

"I should continue to study the Xing Zi Secret."

Before starting, he released Yan Qingcheng, Mu Yunxi, and Yan Ruyu from the cave abode.

The three women looked around, asking where they were.

Jun Wuxie told them the general situation, and they also saw Ji Yinlan and Ling Qingyu cultivating.

"Now you all go and cultivate, and seize the time."

Jun Wuxie gave each of them a share of the various resources he had.

They didn't say much, understanding that their current situation was not good, and each found a place to enter a state of cultivation.

"The Xing Zi Secret involves the domain of time. What exactly is time?"

In his mind, he began to deduce the mysteries of the Xing Zi Secret, and his footsteps also began to move.

But it was always difficult to take the last step.

When he comprehended the Red Dust Sword Intent before, the River of Time also involved time. The difference was that it was a general concept of time, and he didn't need to figure out the essence of the law of time at all.

Now, cultivating the Xing Zi Secret is different. He needs to understand what the essence of the law of time is, otherwise this mystical secret technique will be difficult to cross the threshold of entry.