Chapter 78: The Devil's Inheritance

  Shi Yan suddenly entered a strange space.

  The sky is a dull gray, with endless gray clouds that seem to fill the void like an ocean.

  As far as the eye can see, there is no end in sight.

  This is a wonderfully vast space whose extent is unknown.

  In this space, a hideous giant of towering height, ten thousand feet tall, with his head reaching the sky and his feet treading on the earth, stood upright between heaven and earth, as if he had been standing there for billions of years, unchanged since ancient times.

  A wild and ancient aura suddenly emanated from this giant's body that stood ten thousand feet tall!

  A burst of dazzling light suddenly shot out from all over his body!

  His entire body's meridians were like the stars in the sky, slowly rotating along the trajectory of heaven and earth. Each meridian contained the power to destroy the heavens and annihilate the earth. Every single meridian seemed to be a world unto itself, and faintly audible was the sound of billions of living beings wailing and whimpering.

  Boundless space, corpses everywhere, the earth is dyed crimson with blood, and all kinds of strange bones are ubiquitous.

  Some skeletons were as high and large as small hills, and it was unknown what kind of creature they belonged to.

  In the mountains of corpses and seas of bones, there were mixed in various strange creatures. Some had three heads and six arms, some had the body of a divine dragon, some had three eyes, some were covered in scales...

  They all prostrated themselves on the ground, their heads deeply buried in the crimson earth, worshiping that towering giant as if it were the only true god of their faith!

  A ferocious-looking ancient god, with a sudden burst of strange light in his pupils!

  His right eye shone with a brilliant light, like the most dazzling sun, bringing light and vitality to all living things, and hope to the world.

  And his left pupil was pitch black like a black hole, containing infinite darkness, filled with destructive, murderous, deadly, crazy and resentful negative forces.

  In this left eye pupil, one can only see the darkest side of human nature.

  One eye is full of vitality, one eye is dull and lifeless. The ancient god stands tall between heaven and earth, as if waiting for something.

  Suddenly, the two pupils of this ancient god stared fiercely at Shi Yan.

  A mysterious power that reached directly into his soul immediately connected him with Shi Yan.

  In a strange space, a loud howl of the ancient god destroying heaven and earth suddenly rang out.

  All that was seen were countless strange light point symbols suddenly flying out of his two eyes, pouring into the body of Shi Yan, making every acupoint in Shi Yan's body shine like stars.

  A heart-wrenching pain burst out from every pore of his body, and Shi Yan's head was splitting with agony. He suddenly woke up with a start.

  Still on the third floor of the Stone Tower, the blood-colored ring on his left hand's nameless finger gradually dimmed its strange rainbow light, and he sat cross-legged there, his expression dazed.

  If an outsider were to come over, they would discover that in the depths of his eyes, there are tiny flashes of light flickering about. Those flashes seem like tiny symbols jumping about in the depths of his pupils.

  ……

  Xia Xinyan, Chi Xiao and Zuo Xu walked into the backyard of the Shi family together.

  The three people's faces changed color at the same time, and they suddenly looked at a stone tower 500 meters away in surprise, with a hint of astonishment flashing across their faces.

  "There, a strange power is surging forth, this strange power seems... extremely ancient, as if it came from the primordial chaos." Xia Xinyan softly exclaimed, her eyes behind the veil were filled with astonishment, "This kind of ancient power, should... shouldn't be appearing here."

  Chi Xiao was also in a strange mood, staring blankly at the stone tower, muttering to himself: "I don't know why, but that power made my body's martial soul tremble for a moment. Strange, it's really strange, what kind of power can resonate with the martial soul?"

  Xia Xinyan shook her head, pondered for a moment, and then asked: "Master Zuo, is that stone building the residence of Shi Jian? It seems I underestimated him, this person is somewhat beyond my expectations..."

  "No, no!" Zuo Xuan shook his head repeatedly and said with a strange tone: "That stone building is where Shi Jian's grandson, Shi Yan, lives. Shi Yan likes to study ancient texts and relics, he's... an extremely weird little guy."

  "Shi Yan..." Xia Xinyan muttered the name to herself, a hint of surprise flashing in her eyes. She nodded and said, "Let's go see Master Shi anyway."

  "Uh-huh."

  ……

  In the secret room, they were discussing how to deal with Mo family's Shi Jian and Shi Tie, two brothers who had also sensed the movement from within their own family.

  Shi Jian's face changed slightly as he exclaimed, "That strange noise seems to be coming from Shi Yan's stone tower!"

  The commotion inside the Stone Tower made all the masters who had reached a certain level of cultivation vaguely sense it.

  After a loud shout, Shi Jian hastily pushed open the stone gate of the secret room and rushed out.

  Shi Tie also hastily followed up.

  The two of them came out of the secret room and rushed straight towards the stone tower on the rocky mountain.

  However, before they reached the stone tower of Shiyuan, they saw Zuo Xue Chiying and Xia Xinyan.

  Shi Jian's expression was taken aback, his face slightly strange, and he stopped halfway, shouting from afar: "Zuo Lao Di, why did you come so early?"

  He recognized Xia Xinyan at a glance and felt a little uneasy in his heart, just like Zuoxu, he was also a bit guilty, thinking that Xia Xinyan had come to question him.

  "Older brother, let's find a quiet place and have a good talk about things."

  Zuo Xū first let out a bitter laugh, then pointed to Xia Xīnyǎn and introduced her saying: "This is the master behind the curtain of the Xiao Yan Pavilion - Miss Xia Xīnyǎn, she has some business to discuss with you."

  Shi Jian was taken aback, hesitated for a moment, and gave up the idea of going to Shiyan Shilou to take a look. He nodded and said, "Follow me."

  Before long, Shi Jian and Shi Tie brought Xia Xinyan and the other two to the Panshi Temple.

  After sitting down in the Panshi Hall, Zuoxu lightly coughed and then spoke out Xia Xinyan's intentions.

  "Cooperation?"

  Shi Jian let out a subtle sigh of relief, thought for a moment, and then nodded with a smile: "That's truly a blessing in disguise. The treasure map can only reveal the location of the Heavenly Gate if it is complete and intact. My Shi family never had any intention of monopolizing it anyway. Miss Xia is indeed a magnanimous person who doesn't bear grudges."

  "Hmm." Xia Xinyan was very concise, directly taking out her half of the residual map and placing it on the stone ground in front of her, saying lightly: "Master Shi, you can take out your share now."

  Shi Jian looked at Zuo Xiao, and saw that he nodded slightly. He then took out another incomplete map, placed it on the stone ground, and tried to piece it together with the other half of the incomplete map.

  A strange yellow light suddenly flashed out from the connection of the two residual images.

  That yellow light seemed to have a strange viscosity, and it actually connected the two fragmented pictures perfectly into one picture, without even a seam visible.

  A bright yellow light flashed out again from the complete treasure map.

  On the dark yellow treasure map, lines that seemed to be alive twisted and changed on the map like a worm.

  The pattern on the treasure map was undergoing a dramatic transformation.

  The treasure map gradually became clear from being blurry, and before long, a vivid valley appeared on it.

  In the valley, a strange and eerie atmosphere lingers. Outside the valley is a vast expanse of lush green marshes, where every bubble that rises to the surface can be seen with perfect clarity.

  Shi Jian, Shi Tie, Zuo Xu and Chi Xiao, all four of them had a look of astonishment on their faces, appearing extremely surprised.

  Only Xia Xinyan's expression remained unchanged, and she said lightly: "Four of you, I'm not familiar with this place. Although the picture is very clear, I don't recognize where it is. Do you know?"

  "Dead silence swamp, absolute darkness valley!"

  The expression on Chi's face was uncertain, and after a while, he said solemnly: "It can't be wrong! It must be the Absolute Yin Valley! That place has always been the most mysterious part of the Dead Ditch Marshes, with extremely heavy yin energy, and it has given birth to many rare and precious yin-type treasures."

  "It's good that you understand." Xia Xinyan nodded, "In that case, we can start preparing to head to the Valley of Extreme Darkness. Time is not on our side, I'll make arrangements at the Lingering Jade Pavilion and get ready to depart."

  "Is Jueyin Valley the lair of the Nine-Headed Sky Snake?" Zuo Xuan took a deep breath and asked Chi Xiao beside him.

  Shi Jian's face changed color.

  Chi Xiao nodded slowly, "Not bad, the Nine-Headed Sky Snake is indeed in the Absolute Yin Valley. It seems this trip won't be too smooth."

  "Nine-headed Heavenly Snake?" Xia Xinyan remained calm and composed, "Judging from the name, it should be a formidable demon beast."

  "Seventh-grade demonic beast!" Chu Xiao said.

  Xia Xinyan's eyebrows slightly furrowed, and she nodded, "It seems that it's indeed a bit troublesome, but don't worry, a seventh-level demon beast is only equivalent to a warrior at the Tianwei boundary. With you and me joining forces, we shouldn't be afraid of it."

  "The Nine-Headed Sky Snake is indeed a seventh-level demon beast. However, it's an extremely formidable one among the seventh-level demon beasts, with nine heads, each possessing intelligence and incredibly strong attacking power. I'd rather provoke three normal seventh-level demon beasts than face this one. Alas, I need to return to the Cloudy Mist Mountains first and bring several major secret treasures with me, just in case." Red Sky sighed.

  "Keep the treasure map for yourselves, I'll meet you at the entrance of Dead Swamp in a month."

  Xia Xinyan stood up quickly and said calmly, "I hope you won't be late, I don't have much time to waste." After that, Xia Xinyan walked out lightly.

  "Big brother, what to do?" Zuo Xū bitterly smiled, "Now the Tianyun City is in a mess, and your Shi family and Mo family are at a critical juncture, can you spare some time?"

  Difficult.

  Shi Jian shook his head, pondered for a moment, and said: "With Mr. Chi Xiao here, it doesn't matter whether I go or not, I'll arrange another person to take care of things. Hmm, Shi Yan that kid likes to wander around, this time let him follow Mr. Chi Xiao?"

  Shi Jian looked at Chi Xiao.

  "Uh-huh." Chi Xiao nodded lightly.

  "I also can't leave Tianyun City for the time being, or Beiming Shang will definitely become suspicious. How about this, I'll let Xiaoshi go, and arrange two family attendants to accompany him. This matter doesn't necessarily require many people, but rather secrecy." Zuoxu pondered for a moment, also agreeing with Shi Jian's decision.

  "Master Shi, I'll head to the Yunwu Mountains first. A month later, I'll arrive at the Dead Silence Marsh on time. Your people don't need to follow me for now, let them go with Xiaoshi to the Dead Silence Marsh instead. I'll be alone and move a bit faster." said Chi Xiao.

  "Alright, I'll let Han Feng follow Shi Yan that bastard and slip out of the city with Zuo Shi. A month's time should be enough." Shi Jian nodded and handed the treasure map to Chi Xiao, saying sincerely: "Mr. Chi Xiao, please help me keep an eye on Shi Yan, I don't want anything to happen to him."

  "Don't worry." Chi Xiao didn't decline either and naturally put away the treasure map.

  ……

  The stone building has three floors.

  The blood-patterned ring on Shi Yan's left ring finger had long since returned to its original state, but he still sat there, his expression dazed and a faint, otherworldly glow flickering in the depths of his eyes.

  I don't know how long it's been.

  The stone-like expression gradually cleared up, his eyes slowly lit up, he lowered his head, furrowed his brow and muttered: "War Demon's Life and Death Seal! Using the martial soul's martial skills, it's incredible!"

  ……

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