As soon as I realized that something was wrong with the surrounding environment, I activated the True Essence in my body and vigilantly observed my surroundings.
After cultivating for so many years, I had already developed this habit.
After waiting for a while and seeing that there was no danger, I relaxed a little and lifted my eyes to look around.
It was extremely dark here, and there seemed to be countless black gauze floating in the air, obscuring my vision.
I couldn't even see the things in front of my feet clearly. I could only vaguely feel that I was standing in a pile of white stones. These stones were big and small, and they were all piled up chaotically.
Most of them were bare, and only a few of them had some withered wormwood growing on them. The air was filled with a desolate aura, as if I was in the middle of a wilderness.
I couldn't see clearly with my naked eyes, so I used my Clear Insight power to look around.
The Clear Insight power didn't disappoint me. This time, the black gauze in front of my eyes finally disappeared, and my surroundings became much clearer. However, when I saw the white stones and wormwood, I couldn't help but feel a chill run down my spine.
This wasn't a wilderness, but an ancient battlefield.
Those white things weren't stones, but piles of weathered corpses and bones!
These corpses, without exception, were all incomplete.
Some were lying flat on the ground, with pale skulls and empty eye sockets. Some had rusted spears stuck in their bodies, but they didn't fall down. Instead, they grabbed the corpses of their enemies and knelt on the battlefield. There were also some corpses that were piled up in groups of three to five. It was probably because the battle had progressed to the end, and both sides were exhausted. Their weapons, spears, swords, and halberds had long been worn out to the point that they couldn't be used anymore. Thus, they had given up on their weapons and fought bare-handed on the bloody battlefield. They had used their nails, teeth, and the strongest and most powerful parts of their bodies to fight against their opponents …
I even saw a large pile of corpses not far from me, which had been piled up into a small hill. At the top of the hill was a corpse that was kneeling on the ground, biting the neck of another corpse. I didn't know how many years had passed, but the flesh and blood of that corpse had already turned into a pile of white bones. However, he still hadn't let go of his teeth, nor had he let go of his enemy.
I looked around at the corpses in all sorts of postures. It was hard to imagine what kind of battle had taken place here.
With the support of the power of Insight, I could see very far away. However, when I looked around, all I could see was grayish-white bones as far as the eye could see. It was as though the entire land was piled up with corpses, and there was no end to it.
I was puzzled.
Wu Yue had said that I could reach a certain place through the altar in the Goddess's Temple. I had always thought that I would reach Chiyou's Tomb.
However, the ancient battlefield in front of me is even larger than Tower Village. This isn't Chiyou's Tomb, it's a strange space that can't be seen from the outside world!
A gust of wind blew past, and the war flags that had not been eroded by the passage of time fluttered in the wind on the decayed flagpoles. In this desolate environment, even the sound of the wind seemed to be sobbing, making people feel miserable just by hearing it.
I looked up at the flagpole. Although the scarlet flag was broken, it was still fluttering slowly. I could vaguely see the image of a vigorous bull on it.
In ancient times, when two armies faced off against each other, there would be war flags with the name of the army or the surname of the general. It was used to distinguish the two opposing sides, and it was also used to display military might.
This method had been passed down since ancient times. However, during the Desolate Antiquity Era, due to the productivity and embroidery skills of that time, there were no embroidery words or army numbers on the war flags. However, the ancient ancestors would draw their own tribe's totem on the war flags to display military might.
The Chiyou totem was recorded in detail in the ancient clan records. Coincidentally, I had seen it before.
According to historical records, among the ancient ancestors, the Jiuli tribe led by Chiyou had mainly used the totem of a bull and a totem of a bird.
As I thought about this, I could roughly guess where I was.
According to the Annals of the Five Emperors, Chiyou rebelled and didn't need an emperor's decree. Hence, the Yellow Emperor sent troops to fight Chiyou in the wilderness of Zhuolu.
This was obviously the battlefield of the Zhuolu War!
If my guess was correct, although the Kui Altar hadn't sent us to Chiyou's Tomb, this place was clearly related to Chiyou's Tomb.
I couldn't figure out the specific connection for the time being, but I believed that after some exploration, I would be able to find some clues.
Hence, I stopped thinking about other things and focused on the fatty and Wuyue.
Just now, when Wuyue activated the altar, the white light that surged out covered the three of us. Hence, when I teleported here, the two of them should have arrived here as well. However, the teleportation process separated us.
Wuyue's cultivation base was profound, and the whole thing was under her control. After arriving here, there naturally wouldn't be any problems.
I was worried about the fatty. He was timid to begin with. After seeing the surroundings, he would definitely be frightened. I didn't know where he was or if he was in danger.
With that thought in mind, I took out the Sound Transmitting Talisman and prepared to contact the fatty.
The Sound Transmitting Talisman had the effect of sending messages from a thousand miles away. Fortunately, I had given the fatty a Sound Transmitting Talisman before coming here. Otherwise, I would have been at a loss in the face of such a situation.
However, just as I took out the Sound Transmitting Talisman and didn't have time to use it, a gust of wind blew towards me.
I frowned and immediately realized that the wind was a little strange. I didn't have time to contact the fatty and quickly put away the Sound Transmitting Talisman. Then, the True Essence in my body surged out.
From the moment I arrived at this ancient battlefield until now, the howling of the wind in the surroundings had never stopped. However, even though the surrounding wind was cold, it didn't make me feel any danger, much less the distinct stench of blood that I could smell at the tip of my nose.
This wind was extremely fast. Just as I put away the Sound Transmitting Talisman, it arrived in front of me.
The originally unclear light obviously dimmed a little. I raised my head and faced the cold wind. I blurted out the incantation that I had prepared.
"Suppress!"
After entering the Heaven Master realm, the incantation had become my most commonly used technique. Regardless of whether it was during the Heavenly Grand Ritual or when I fought against enemies, I had used the incantation many times. Moreover, my cultivation was gradually approaching the late stages of the Heaven Master realm. Thus, the incantation's power was much stronger than before.
As the strong wind brushed against my face, I felt a dense smell of blood. It was as though a fierce tiger that had just eaten a meal was opening its huge mouth towards my face.
As the huge mouth was about to descend, the smell of blood that I breathed in became denser. However, the incantation's power was absolute. Just as I finished speaking, the incantation's power landed on the strong wind and suppressed it.
The strong wind was suppressed by the incantation's power. Its momentum clearly slowed and it stopped in midair.
I used my Insight power to look over. I saw that the originally formless and colorless strong wind had suddenly revealed its form under the suppression of the incantation's power.
Yin Soul!
The main body of this strong wind was a Yin Soul!
From its appearance, this Yin Soul was an ancient warrior. He was over eight feet tall and his eyes were wide open. A piece of beast skin covered his body, revealing his arms and thighs. I could faintly see the bulging veins on them.
He waved his battle-ax and chopped down at me. Although he had a Yin Soul body, the battle-ax was extremely solid. Looking at its power, even with my powerful physical body, I would be severely injured by this battle-ax.
Apart from the power of the battle-ax, I also noticed that this Yin Soul was extremely strange.
Since I had started cultivating, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that the number of Yin Souls I had seen was innumerable.
Those with higher cultivations included Wuyue, Tao Wu, and Tong Tong. As for those with lower cultivations, I had seen at least a hundred thousand in the Yin Soul Valley not far from the Fire God Temple.
However, the Yin Soul in front of me was different from Wuyue, Tong Tong, and the hundred thousand Yin Souls I had seen before.
Yin Souls were souls that had lost their Heavenly Souls. For example, the hundred thousand Yin Souls in the Yin Soul Valley had lost their Heavenly Souls and their consciousness was scattered. Their souls were weak and they couldn't actively cultivate. At most, they could only become frightening ghosts.
As for Tong Tong, after his physical body died, his Heavenly Soul remained. With his three souls intact, his consciousness was no different from that of an ordinary person. He was very suitable for cultivation. Hence, under my guidance, his cultivation could increase rapidly.
The situation of the Snake Spirit was basically the same.
As for Wuyue, although I wasn't very familiar with her, from her cultivation, it was most likely the same.
However, the Yin Soul in front of me was different from the two situations.
This Yin Soul's Heavenly Soul was still there, but it didn't have a consciousness.
Although it had a certain amount of power, it obviously wasn't cultivated. Instead, it had absorbed the cold Yin energy that was drifting in the ancient battlefield. After a long period of accumulation, it gradually gained a certain amount of power.