bookrebus Chapter 1914 Returning Alive
Chapter 1914 Returning Alive
Because the three Void Beasts died inside.
The Xuan Shui power they carried, bestowed upon them by Cangming, was scattered throughout the eroded area upon their demise.
Seventy thousand years.
The three-headed Void Beast at the peak of the Nascent Soul stage contains Xuan Shui power within its body. Even if it is only a remnant, it is enough to keep a ruin running for hundreds of years.
"Are you crazy?" Ye Chuhan couldn't help but exclaim, his voice trembling with suppressed excitement. "Do you know what that means? The Ruins Erosion Zone! That's not just any dangerous place; it's the tongue of the Ruins! One slight curl and you're gone!"
Chu Huai nodded: "I know."
"That's why I say it's about living towards death."
Ye Chuhan wanted to say something more, but Mingchuan stopped her by raising his hand.
Mingchuan stared at Chu Huai, sighed deeply, then stepped forward and patted his shoulder with a light touch.
"Since you've already made up your mind, then go."
Chu Huai's pupils contracted slightly: "You..."
“I won’t stop you,” Mingchuan interrupted him. “Not because I think you can succeed, but because if I were in your shoes, I would have gone too.”
"But we only have seven days. So, how do you plan to get there? How will you get in? How will you get out? How will you make sure you don't get swallowed up by the Void? Have you thought about these things?"
Chu Huai nodded: "I've thought about it to some extent."
He turned to face the projection, tapped his finger, and the coordinates of the eroded remnant area were magnified, revealing a more detailed structural map.
"The Cangming Token contains complete spatial location information for that location. Back then, those three giant beasts were sent directly in by the teleportation array, and the receiving end of that teleportation array is still in operation to this day."
"In other words, as long as I can activate the Xuan Shui Yuan's teleportation system and accurately locate the receiving end, I can directly enter that area."
"As for how to get out..."
He paused, his eyes dimming slightly:
"The Cangming Decree does not record any method of leaving from there."
"Because when Senior Cangming designed that bait, he didn't intend for anything to come out."
Mingchuan's gaze sharpened.
"So, by going in, you're cutting off your own escape route?"
“That’s how it is in theory,” Chu Huai nodded, “but I don’t think so.”
He raised his hand, and a pure sea-blue light appeared in his palm.
That was the power of the Xuan Shui origin that he could mobilize after the Cangming Token merged with his soul.
"Senior Cangming said that the Way of Xuanshui does not coexist with Guixu, but can exist forever on the edge of Guixu. I have always felt that this statement does not describe a predicament, but points to a way out."
"If I can find a way to stay there, perhaps I can also find a way to leave."
Even if we can't find it...
He looked out of the main hall, and through the broken dome, the faint gray-blue starlight still enveloped the entire ruins, lonely and eternal.
"The Xuan Shui Abyss only has seven days' worth of energy left. More than two thousand lives of the Wan Chuan Sect, as well as the Spirit Realm and all the myriad worlds, are waiting for this well."
"If I don't go, everyone will just wait to die."
"If I go, at least there's still a glimmer of hope."
He withdrew his gaze and looked at Mingchuan, his eyes unusually calm:
"Mingchuan, if you were in my shoes, what would you choose?"
Mingchuan remained silent for a long time.
Ah Xiong was about to say something when Ye Chuhan grabbed him.
Finally, Mingchuan spoke.
Instead of answering Chu Huai's question directly, he asked a seemingly unrelated one:
How many people do you need?
Chu Huai was taken aback: "What?"
"I'm telling you, if you go in alone and die inside, you won't be able to bring back the power of the Xuan Shui," Ming Chuan said calmly. "How many people do you need to help you carry it?"
Chu Huai's pupils contracted slightly.
"you……"
“I’ll go with you,” Mingchuan interrupted him. “Not to die with you, but to help you carry the load.”
"My understanding of the laws of space, my cultivation at the Nascent Soul stage, and the Order Token—these things should be somewhat useful in that chaotic land."
After he finished speaking, before Chu Huai could refute him, he turned to look at Master Lingxu:
"Senior, we trouble you to stay behind at Xuan Shui Yuan and oversee the overall situation. If we don't return within seven days..."
He paused, then didn't continue.
Master Lingxu gave him a deep look, offered no advice, and simply nodded slowly:
"Come back alive."
"Will do."
Mingchuan then looked at Axiong, Ye Chuhan, Lin Ruowei, and Mu Yaoyao:
"You guys stay with Jinman and guard the house. If that crazy woman comes back early, stall for time if you can, retreat if you can't, and if you can't retreat..."
He didn't finish speaking, but everyone understood.
With red-rimmed eyes, Ah Xiong slammed his fist into his chest.
"Ming-ge, you fucking have to come back alive! You're the one who brought the brothers to this godforsaken place, you absolutely can't abandon us!"
Ye Chuhan took a deep breath, didn't say anything, but just nodded vigorously.
Lin Ruowei gripped the hilt of her sword tightly, her voice low and deep: "Your sword intent has never been compared to mine."
Mu Yaoyao smiled softly, her eyes a little red, but she didn't say anything.
Mingchuan looked at them and suddenly smiled.
"Don't worry, you won't die."
He turned around and looked at Chu Huai:
"Get ready, we'll depart in two hours."
"Let me show you how much trouble two gatekeeper tokens can cause at the mouth of Guixu."
He gripped the Order Token tightly, its silvery light swirling around him, seemingly echoing the Cangming mark between Chu Huai's brows.
Two hours later.
In front of the core teleportation array of Xuan Shui Yuan.
Mingchuan and Chu Huai stood side by side.
Behind him were Lingxu Zhenren, Axiong, Ye Chuhan, Lin Ruowei, Mu Yaoyao, and the Wanchuan Sect members who were watching from afar through the projection.
No one speaks.
The light from the teleportation array had begun to flow; it was a one-way passage to the eroded remnant area of Guixu, activated by Chu Huai using the authority of the Cangming Token.
The burst of light had an eerie grayish-blue hue, with its edges subtly distorted, as if connecting to another dimension.
"I'll ask one last time," Master Lingxu's voice came from behind, "Are you really going?"
Mingchuan did not turn around.
He simply lifted his foot and stepped into the teleportation array.
Chu Huai followed closely behind.
The burst of light suddenly intensified!
The next instant, the two figures completely disappeared into the pillar of light.
The light from the teleportation array slowly dimmed, eventually fading into silence.
Inside the main hall, there was a deathly silence.
After a long while, Ah Xiong fiercely wiped his face, his voice hoarse:
"Waaaaah, Ming-ge, you have to come back..."
At this moment, the first feeling that Mingchuan and Chu Huai had after stepping into the teleportation array was dizziness...
Unlike any previous spatial journey, this passage leading to the eroded remnant area of the Ruins of Return seems to be not based on stable spatial laws, but rather on something more bizarre and distorted.
The surrounding light and shadows didn't recede rapidly, but rather... froze.
It solidifies into countless broken, still fragments, like a shattered mirror, each fragment reflecting a different scene.