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On the other side of the jade wall, there was a ravine. On the other side of the ravine was a golden divine sword, over a hundred zhang in height. Its entire body was shrouded in a faint mist as it towered between heaven and earth. The tip of the sword pierced the heavens, as if it was the ancestor of all swords. It exuded an air of nobility, yet it did not lose the fierce majesty of an emperor.
The Xuanyuan Divine Sword!
Ye Chen's pupils contracted slightly. He had not expected that the Xuanyuan Divine Sword that he had been searching for all this time would be in this valley basin!
At this time, Zi Wan, Huang Feng, and the others also saw this divine sword that was as majestic as a mountain peak. Their eyes were filled with shock. It was hard to imagine how large a divine sword would need to be in order to wield and wield it!
"This is the Xuanyuan Divine Sword!"
"The weapon that our ancestor, the great Yellow Emperor, once used!"
"As long as we pass the test, we will be able to control it!"
Huang Feng, Huang Bingbing, Zi Wan, and the others stared at the Xuanyuan Divine Sword, their eyes shining with passion.
Ye Chen looked at the divine sword and secretly clenched his fists. No matter what, since he had come here, he must obtain the divine sword. Even if he had to snatch it by force, he must obtain it!
Just as everyone was sizing up the Xuanyuan Divine Sword, a middle-aged figure slowly walked over from not far away. He wore a light gold robe embroidered with divine dragons and phoenixes. He had a graceful and noble air about him, and his strength was as deep as a lake, unfathomable.
"Geniuses."
The middle-aged man looked at Ye Chen and the others with a calm expression, neither happy nor sad. He said, "I am the caretaker of this place. Follow me."
Ye Chen and the others looked at each other, then followed the middle-aged man.
After passing through most of the plaza, Ye Chen arrived before the steep and perfectly straight jade wall. Ye Chen focused his gaze and looked over. He immediately saw a string of profound words on the jade wall. The words were written with vigorous strokes and carried an ancient aura. With a single glance, he immediately felt like thousands of strands of sword Qi were assaulting his face. They carried a sharp and fierce aura as well as a trace of arrogance.
Ye Chen was shocked in his heart and immediately withdrew his gaze. Huang Feng, Huang Cang, Huang Bingbing, and Huang Jian all let out a groan and took a step back. Only Zi Wan, whose clothes were purple and fluttering in the wind, had a pale face, and was not injured by the impact.
At this time, the middle-aged man turned his head and looked at Huang Feng and the others who had suffered a loss. There was a trace of amusement in his eyes, then he looked at Ye Chen and Zi Wan with a meaningful gaze. He pondered for a while before saying, "On this Heavenly Divine Wall, there is a scripture carved by the Yellow Emperor himself. In these three months, you can look at the scripture every day to raise your soul realm!"
Huang Feng and the others were stunned. Huang Bingbing couldn't help but ask, "Look at the words on the jade wall to raise our soul realm?"
Her meaning was clear. Just now, they had only taken a glance at the scripture and were injured by the sword Qi. If they continued to look at the scripture, even if they didn't die from the shock, they would suffer from cultivation deviation.
The middle-aged man smiled, "For the time being, if you do not have the ability to look at the Yellow Emperor's writing, then go to the Heart Refining Stele to cultivate. When you have the ability to look at the scripture, then come back.
As for the importance of the soul realm, you should have heard from your parents. In every Genius Battle, the top six people have a chance. Once their soul realm reaches the Fifth Order Sage, they can receive the Lord Dragon Emperor's inheritance and inherit the Dragon Emperor's throne! "
Huang Feng and the others were stunned for a moment, then smiled bitterly.
The middle-aged man did not say anything else, and brought them to the side of the jade wall. There were nine black stone steles here, and there was a cushion in front of each of them.
These nine black stone steles were top-grade treasures that could raise one's soul realm. In the many prehistoric civilizations, treasures that could raise one's soul realm were extremely rare. Even with the Fire Civilization's wealth, they did not have any treasures that could raise one's soul realm. From this, one could see how important the soul realm was!
Huang Feng, Zi Wan, and the others were all descendants of famous families, and had seen many things. Naturally, they knew how precious these nine Heart Refining Steles were.
"You only have three months' time."
The middle-aged man looked at Huang Feng and the others, whose eyes were shining brightly, and said, "Once you exceed that time limit, you will no longer be able to enter this place. Regarding the improvement of your soul realm, remember not to be impatient, or you will be stuck in the same spot. Even if you can't reach the Fifth Order Sage in the end, as long as you can break through to the Sage realm, you will be qualified to enter the God Burial Abyss!"
Huang Feng's eyes lit up. He had entered the God Burial Abyss with his father when he was young, and knew what kind of world it was. He immediately clenched his fists, and his eyes were filled with determination.
"Over there is the Bridge of Souls."
The middle-aged man pointed at a gully in the distance. "When you feel that your soul force is sufficient, you can try to cross this bridge. If you can cross it, you will be able to obtain the right to use the Xuanyuan Divine Sword!"
Everyone turned their heads and looked over. Above the gully, an arched bridge stretched across the sky like a waterfall, and it extended from the other side. The entire bridge was overflowing with light, and it was enshrouded in a faint mist. It looked like a poem or a painting.
"That's it. Call me if you need anything. I will sleep there."
The middle-aged man raised his hand and pointed at a golden palace not far away. He then waved his hand, turned around, and left.
Everyone looked at each other, and after sending him off with their eyes, Huang Feng and the others hurriedly grabbed a Heart Refining Stele and sat down, not wanting to waste any time.
"It can improve one's state of mind."
Ye Chen's eyes shone with a strange light. "I've only heard that the 'Tao Te Ching' that Li Er left behind in the Three Pure Ones Ruins, and the 'Seventy-Two Heavens Sutra' from the ancient Buddhist civilization can improve one's state of mind. Who would have thought that there would be a Heart Refining Stele!"
His figure moved, and he sat down on a black stone stele. He collected his thoughts, and in an instant, it was as if he had entered a mysterious magnetic field.
Roar!
Suddenly, a zombie appeared beside him. It roared mournfully and pounced on Ye Chen with bared fangs and brandished claws.
Ye Chen's figure flashed. When he was about to wave his hand to kill it, he suddenly thought of something. This was the Dragon Emperor Holy Ground. How could there be a zombie here?
At this moment, hundreds of thoughts flashed through his mind. Thinking of this, he suddenly felt a chill in his heart. He resisted the urge to wave his hand and silently closed his eyes, ignoring the surroundings.
"Illusions are born from the heart, and illusions are extinguished by the heart..." Ye Chen murmured in his heart. The roars and blazing breaths in his ears gradually disappeared. If he relaxed his mind, the illusions would become reality, and he would fall into an endless illusion...
As the zombies disappeared, the surroundings were suddenly filled with blood Qi. The thick blood Qi drifted into Ye Chen's nose. Then, a shrill scream appeared in front of his eyes. He saw a girl in jeans being bitten on the neck by a zombie. A moment later, her body went limp and she couldn't move...
Not long after, the girl in jeans got up. Her eyes were ferocious, and she bared her teeth, pouncing on Ye Chen.
"Xiao Luo..." Ye Chen's heart trembled. He would never forget this girl. In his previous life, he was kind enough to save her at the beginning of the apocalypse. They struggled to survive together. However, in an accidental encounter, they were besieged by zombies. At that time, he was so scared that his legs went soft and he turned to run away...
In that life, he was just an ordinary person struggling to survive.
This matter had been buried in his heart. He often thought about it and regretted it.
"Haha..." The girl in jeans walked over with her neck crooked. Ye Chen looked at her and then gritted his teeth. As long as he forgot this persistent thought in his heart, the illusion in front of him would disappear...
But, but.
How could he forget the warm scene of fighting side by side and barbecuing meat in the middle of the night?
Under the strong restraint, his facial muscles twitched slightly. It was extremely terrifying.
"Gulp …" The girl in jeans walked over with a bloodthirsty look on her face. She pounced down and bit Ye Chen's neck. Her body still had a faint warmth, as well as the faint orchid fragrance that had disappeared in the passage of time …
Everything was so real!
Ye Chen could feel a pain in his neck. It was as if the blood in his body was being sucked out and flowed to his neck. Huang Feng and the others suddenly screamed at the side. Ye Chen's heart trembled. A shocking thought appeared in his mind, "Could it be that everything in front of me is real?"
Thinking of this, he clenched his teeth and raised his palm. His thick palm slightly trembled. He chopped towards the girl. With a bang, her head exploded!
The scene in front of him disappeared.
Ye Chen touched his neck and found that there were no bite marks. His face turned pale and a strong sense of regret filled his chest. In his past life, he saw the other party being dismembered by zombies. In this life, he actually killed her with his own hands!
"Bastard, ah ah ah..." Ye Chen roared in his heart, but a sense of defeat rose. In front of this Heart Refining Stele, all the stubbornness in his past life became a nightmare!
He suppressed the thoughts in his heart. Just now, killing Xiao Luo's phantom did not increase his spirit. Instead, from Second Order Sage, he fell to late-First Order!
Suddenly, the scene before Ye Chen's eyes changed to a ruined city. The sky was dark, and a strong wind blew, bringing with it a cold Qi.
A huge monster appeared in front of Ye Chen. It was a Bloodthirsty Scaled Bull.
"Go, go quickly!!"
Several figures rushed out from beside him, facing the Bloodthirsty Scaled Bull. They waved their weapons and slashed at the Bloodthirsty Scaled Bull's four hooves, but they could not even break its skin.
Ye Chen's body trembled. These figures were so familiar. They were Sun Yun, Qin Lei and other brothers who went through fire and water with him in his past life. They drank together, slept on the streets, stole things together...
In his past life, these people were protecting Ye Chen and died in the hands of a Bloodthirsty Scaled Bull. If it were not for these people, Ye Chen would have died at the beginning of the apocalypse.
Go quickly...
In this moment where the sky changed color and the wind and clouds changed, the voice that would ring in his nightmares after so many years, once again, reverberated in his ears...
A slight cold wind blew on his face...
Ye Chen was completely dumbfounded at that moment.
Puff!
Blood bloomed in front of his eyes...
Those familiar figures were trampled under the iron hooves of the Bloodthirsty Scaled Bull and crushed into meat paste. However, those words still lingered in his ears...
Although Ye Chen knew that this was just an illusion, as long as he extinguished the thoughts in his heart and let go of this memory, he would not feel guilty and would not have any inner demons...
However, when time passed, would there still be something in your heart that you could not let go of?
Ye Chen bit his lips and his eyes gradually became bloodshot. He stared at the Bloodthirsty Scaled Bull that swallowed the corpses of those people. His muscles were twitching and twisting, and waves of destructive aura were emitted from his body.
"Ah ah ah ah..."
Ye Chen looked up to the sky and roared. Two streams of blood flowed from the corners of his eyes. In this still wind, he rushed forward with a twisted face, disregarding everything!
(To be continued.
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