Chapter 203: Chapter 195: A New Feeling, I Felt It! Welcome to the Next Generation!
At the same time.
In a faraway region, North Sea.
Two figures were rapidly diving down.
One figure was completely shrouded in misty Chaotic Immortal Light, yet even so, one could still make out the remarkably graceful contours beneath the haze.
The other figure was an elder with white hair and beard, who appeared quite serene and sage-like.
"Finally, we’re out!"
The two figures gradually slowed down, eventually landing and standing firm on an official road.
The two exchanged a glance, each letting out a long breath, revealing a smile of having survived a disaster.
After ten-plus days, they finally obtained that elusive Emperor’s Heart Flame in the North Sea!
"In ancient times, countless top-tier forces spared no expense to venture to the North Nether in search of the Emperor’s Heart Flame, but none ever found it. We stumbled upon it by sheer accident; it’s truly unbelievable."
Consort Long sighed with emotion.
Beside her, Medicine King Xunn Puzi smiled slightly and said:
"This just shows that Dong’er has great destiny. Even the heavens don’t wish to see his path come to a dead end."
As they spoke, the two planned to rest briefly before continuing their journey to the Meng Family to heal Meng Hedong.
From afar, they saw a roadside tea stall built beside the dusty road.
Outside the tea stall stood a pole with an apricot-yellow flag tied to it, carelessly written with a large ’Tea’ character.
There were low-level cultivators from south to north, sitting inside the tea stall, engaging in lively discussions.
"With this Emperor’s Heart Flame, Dong’er can turn misfortune into fortune and make further progress."
Consort Long and Xunn Puzi, in good spirits, chatted lightly and walked towards the simple tea stall.
However.
When they were still a hundred meters away from the tea stall, both suddenly halted in their tracks, standing still.
"...Who could have imagined that Celestial Wave Divine Son Xiao Ping was actually Third Young Master Chen Zhixing of the Ziwei Chen Family?"
"Indeed! The power of Chen Zhixing is simply terrifying. In just thirteen years of cultivation, he was able to kill a Half-Step Nirvana Realm cultivator! That’s too astonishing!"
"Chen Zhixing, now, should be considered the number one below the Nirvana Realm, shouldn’t he?"
Voices of conversation came drifting from afar.
Consort Long and Xunn Puzi were both surprised.
"Celestial Wave Divine Son Xiao Ping... Third Young Master Ziwei Chen Zhixing....."
"Looks like something major happened in the East Profound Domain while we were away."
Consort Long and Xunn Puzi exchanged a glance and quickly walked in.
"Fellow Daoists, may I ask which Half-Step Nirvana Realm cultivator was killed by Chen Zhixing?"
Xunn Puzi stopped before the table of chatty cultivators, cupped his hands politely and asked.
One of the cultivators glanced sideways at Xunn Puzi, "Old man, you don’t even know about this? It was naturally the ninth son of the Meng Family, Meng Changyuan!"
"The ninth son of the Meng Family, Meng Changyuan?!"
Upon hearing this, Xunn Puzi’s expression changed immediately.
"Wasn’t Meng Changyuan always staying at the Meng Family? Why was he killed by the Celestial Wave Divine Son?" Xunn Puzi’s heart kept sinking, a vague sense of doom creeping up within him.
"Old man, you even don’t know about the Meng Family mobilizing their entire force to attack the Celestial Wave Sacred Lands?"
The cultivator looked somewhat disdainful, then impatiently waved his hand and said:
"Go, go, find someone else to ask, I have no time to accompany you....."
"Speak!!!"
Before the cultivator could finish his words, his entire shoulder was firmly gripped by a withered and aged hand, unable to move an inch.
In the next moment.
Only to see Xunn Puzi’s entire Nirvana cultivation recklessly spreading out, loudly saying:
"What on earth happened, quickly tell this old man everything you know!"
The moment the breath hit, the cultivator felt as though the sky had collapsed, terrified to the point of collapsing to the ground, tremulously saying:
"Senior, the Meng Family and many other forces from the Medicine King Valley allied to invade the Celestial Wave Sacred Lands, and in the end..."
Half an hour later.
Xunn Puzi stood as if struck by lightning, rigidly frozen in place.
He seemed as if his soul had been sucked out, even as the panicked cultivators in the tea stall fled in frenzy, he showed no reaction.
"Meng Hedong was killed, Meng Yuntian committed suicide, the Qing State Meng Family, and other forces from the Medicine King Valley, annihilated..."
Xunn Puzi’s face turned ashen, and he uttered in a trembling voice.
Poof!!!
Immediately, in a fit of rage, Xunn Puzi spat out a mouthful of fresh blood, and his vision went black as he fainted on the spot.
Beside him, Consort Long’s eyes also turned vacant.
"No, it’s impossible....."
Consort Long shook her head vigorously, as if in disbelief.
However.
When she realized that her connection with Meng Hedong had completely severed, no matter how she tried to contact Meng Hedong, it was as if the messages were swallowed by the sea.
Thud.
Consort Long stumbled, almost falling to the ground.
Her eyes filled with endless sorrow.
However, not long after, this sorrow transformed into an unprecedented, overwhelming fury.
"Chen Zhixing!!!"
Consort Long raised her head to the sky, letting out a heart-wrenching, piercing scream.
An enormous aura of resentment radiated from her, reaching straight to the heavens!
Immediately following, she lifted her head, staring fiercely towards the southwest.
There, it was where the Daluo Taoist Lands, one of the Three Great Immortal Tao Lineages, was located.
"Dong’er, as your teacher, I will do everything in my power to avenge you."
Consort Long murmured to herself, a ruthless glint flashing in her beautiful eyes.
"Perhaps, it’s time to go find him again."
Consort Long took a deep breath, then reached out to grab the unconscious Xunn Puzi.
Bang!
With a firm step, Consort Long caused the world to spin and the sun and moon to invert.
She tore through the void holding Xunn Puzi, traversing space towards the direction of the Daluo Taoist Lands.
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Yanzhou, Lu Family.
A beautiful woman wearing a purple tasseled gown, with her black, shiny hair pinned up and a vermilion mole at the corner of her lips, sat bored at the table, resting her chin on one hand and occasionally glancing outside.
"Miss, something big happened outside recently!"
A young maid hurriedly pushed the door open and rushed in, panting, tossing a scroll of parchment to the beautiful woman.
"Oh?"
The beautiful woman, already weary from being confined indoors, picked up the parchment and looked at it with interest.
A moment later.
The beautiful woman sat in a daze, the parchment slipping unconsciously from her hand.
The young maid had already left.
Replacing her was an old man who stood behind the beautiful woman at an unknown time.
"Lu Ying, do you still believe your choice back then was not wrong?"
A heavy sigh echoed.
The woman, originally named Lu Ying, turned pale, biting her lower lip tightly, her shoulders trembling slightly.
"Lu Ying, you keep declaring that your beloved must be a top prodigy of the age, yet you personally pushed someone, with an unparalleled brilliance and the bearing of longevity, out the door..."
Before the low voice could finish.
"I was not wrong!"
Lu Ying suddenly looked up, her eyes already red with tears.
...
...
At the same time.
In the depths of the Great Mountains.
Inside a dark, damp underground cave.
Drip drip drip.
Water droplets continuously fell from the stalactites hanging down in cone shapes from the cave’s roof.
A group of figures clad in black robes and golden masks, with different numbers engraved on the left of their masks, kneeled devoutly in front of a small black altar.
"What joy is life, what sorrow is death... Burn my body, blissful rebirth..."
These figures in black robes knelt and bowed repeatedly, chanting strange tunes, their voices intertwining to produce an eerie wave that was not human.
And in front of them, on the black altar.
An upright crystal coffin, filled with yellow liquid, stood.
Inside the crystal coffin, a nude, handsome corpse lay peacefully, with eyes closed and black hair wafting gently with the water, in deep slumber.
"Three years, my lord, it’s time for you to return!"
"The flight of the new era is awaiting your descent!"
The black-robed figures, their expressions fervent, gazed at the male corpse inside the crystal coffin.
The chanting grew increasingly urgent and rapid.
Finally.
Bang—!
The handsome corpse inside the crystal coffin slowly opened its eyes.
Those eyes were devoid of whites or pupils, showing only a blackness like ink.
"Praise to Longevity Heaven!"
"My lord! This era is welcoming your arrival!!"
The black-robed figures became even more frenzied, the fervor on their faces turning nearly tangible in madness.
Crack.
Crack.
Crack.
Cracks began to appear on the crystal coffin made of unknown material.
Then, more and more cracks spread.
Finally.
Bang—!
The entire crystal coffin shattered abruptly.
The exceedingly handsome man with the pitch-black eyes stepped out of the broken coffin.
He was naked, with perfectly sculpted, harmonious muscle lines, resembling a flawless statue.
"Praise to Longevity Heaven!"
"Praise to Longevity Heaven!"
The black-robed figures shouted excitedly, raising their hands to strike their foreheads.
Bang bang bang.
Bang bang bang.
Each black-robed figure, as if achieving fulfillment, displayed a serene smile and fell forward stiffly.
Waves of life essence rose from the corpses of the black-robed figures and flowed into the handsome man’s body from all directions.
Instantly.
The handsome man’s aura began to soar relentlessly!
A vibrant and thriving vitality burgeoned within him.
"The feeling of rebirth..."
The handsome man slowly closed his eyes, a subtle smile gracing his lips.
Then, the smile grew larger and larger.
Finally, it turned into uncontrollable maniacal laughter.
"...I feel it!"
Boom—!!!
The entire massive cave collapsed in an instant, and a nude, handsome figure had already soared to stand upon the earth.
On the earth, a semblance of black figures already knelt half on the ground.
"Welcome, Venerable Lord, to the future era."
The lead black-robed figure, with the mark ’Nineteen’ on the left of their mask, stood up slowly, stepping forward to gently drape a silk robe embroidered with a black dragon over the handsome man.