Chapter Thirty-Three: The Prime of Life Turns White-Haired

  Ye Fan looked at the dozen or so white-haired old men and couldn't speak for a long time. They were absolutely familiar classmates, but they had all become like this, which was really scary.

  Pang Bo was also stunned, with some lingering fear and palpitations. If he had become like this too, he would have even wanted to die now.

  The two of them rushed over to check on the crowd and found that everyone was breathing and there were no life-threatening injuries.

  "Huh?"

  Pangbo found Liu Yiyi in the bushes, she didn't show any signs of aging, still as delicate and weak as before, with her eyes closed, looking pitiful.

  This made Ye Fan and Pang Bo overjoyed, as they had been close to Liu Yiyi since school days and now felt even more sympathetic towards her, naturally not wanting anything bad to happen to her again.

  Ye Fan found Zhang Ziling under an ancient tree, now looking over forty years old, although he seemed to have lost a period of time, but not as old as Zhou Yi and others.

  "The handsome Zilong has become an uncle."

  "It's better than becoming a great master like Zi Ling anyway."

  Ye Fan and Pang Bo whispered a couple of sentences to each other in low voices.

  It wasn't long before Liu Yiyi woke up, and when she saw Ye Fan and Pang Bo's appearance, she was suddenly shocked and her mouth opened wide. Soon, Zhang Ziling also came to, and when he understood his situation, he couldn't help but let out a loud cry. Who could accept that from being a handsome young man, he had turned into an uncle with a dull appearance?

  "Zi Ling, don't get agitated, just look at their current situation and you'll calm down."

  Zhang Ziling heard this and looked at Zhou Yi, Li Xiaoman and others, he was stunned on the spot, he found that there is no greatest tragedy, only more tragic.

  "How could this be..." He stared blankly, but looked much better than his desperate expression earlier.

  Among the dozen or so people present, Ye Fan and Pang Bo had become younger, Liu Yiyi remained unchanged, Zhang Ziling lost twenty years of age, while everyone else had transformed into old men and women, their bodies declining.

  Ye Fan and Pang Bo exchanged a glance, both of them instantly thought of that crystal clear red fruit. At the time, when they ate it, they only felt a fragrance filling their mouths, quickly restoring their energy. Now it seems, that fruit was not ordinary at all, it can be described as extraordinary!

  Due to unknown reasons, everyone became old, except for those who had eaten this fruit, who resisted the erosion of time.

  "What kind of power has deprived them of their youth and vitality?" Pong Bo's mind was filled with doubts, unable to figure it out.

  "I think it's probably that ancient forbidden land." Ye Fan made such a speculation.

  The name "Desolate Ancient Forbidden Land" already reveals its meaning, related to the Desolate Ancient era or a forbidden land that has existed since then. Even birds and beasts avoid it, and inside, it's desolate and deathly still, an absolutely ominous and evil place.

  However, they walked out safely and nothing dangerous happened, which was somewhat unreasonable, making the four words "Desolate Ancient Forbidden Land" seem a bit undeserved.

  "That's right, it must be because of that ancient forbidden land!" Pang Bo also understood the key point.

  According to the unanimous speculation, there is a terrible force in the ancient forbidden land that deprives people of their youth and vitality. However, why did it only erupt when everyone walked out? This made them somewhat puzzled.

  "Perhaps it's a power similar to a curse, perhaps as long as one enters the ancient forbidden land, regardless of whether they walk out or not, regardless of where they are, once the cursed time arrives, they will be unable to escape."

  Ye Fan and Pang Bo couldn't help but feel fortunate. If they hadn't eaten a few of those strange fruits, they would probably be old and frail by now.

  After a while, everyone woke up one after another. Suddenly, a mournful cry broke out on the mountain top, which made people's hair stand on end. Then, wailing sounds rose and fell in succession.

  Premature aging, white hair at a young age, this is simply the most tragic thing in the world. In their early twenties, they should be in the prime of life, but suddenly they are gray-haired and wrinkled, making them feel unbearable, it's simply painful to live.

  "Why did I become like this?" Zhou Yi's trembling hand stretched out, stroking his wrinkled skin, and then pulled out a strand of withered white hair, letting out an extremely aged voice, roaring: "Why?"

  Next to him, Wang Ziwu was also shivering and checking his own body. His eyes were dull, with eye bags as big as pigeon eggs, looking extremely old and frail. He trembled and said: "I don't believe..."

  "Ah......" Lin Jia almost collapsed, her scream sending the birds in the mountain forest flying away in all directions.

  A woman's appearance is her first life, especially for beautiful women who pay more attention to their appearance. For a woman like her, born with beauty and sensuality, suddenly discovering that her snow-white skin has lost its luster, becoming coarse and unbearable, aging prematurely, is even more painful than killing her.

  On the other hand, Li Xiaoman was also in a similar state, suffering to the point of wanting to take her own life. If she had been a beautiful and elegant lotus flower before, now she couldn't even be compared to a withered lotus leaf. Her black hair had turned white, dull and without luster, like withered weeds. Her skin was wrinkled and loose, her eyes dim, and her face covered in deep lines.

  When Ye Fan approached, Li Xiaoman suddenly screamed: "Don't come over!" She covered her face with her hands and cried continuously, then buried her head in her own knees.

  Ye Fan didn't go over, avoiding stimulating her, and loudly comforted the crowd, saying: "Don't lose hope, in this world where even gods exist, what can't happen? There must be a way to solve it."

  On the mountain top, a gloomy cloud hangs low, and many people are in unbearable pain, especially when they see Ye Fan and Pang Bo, two eleven or twelve-year-old boys. It's a huge stimulus to see them looking so young while most others have become old and worn out. The contrast is making many hearts bleed.

  "Oh my god, damn it!" Kade exclaimed in a mixture of Chinese and English, expressing his extreme sorrow.

  "Hey, calm down." Pang Bo walked over and patted his shoulder in a rather unkind manner, saying: "Growing old slowly with the one you love is the most romantic thing in the world."

  Kai De burst into tears, like a child, and kept sobbing: "My girlfriend... isn't here, it's not romantic at all."

  Pang Bo was taken aback for a moment, glanced at Li Xiaoman, and then said nothing, walking towards the others.

  "Yefan, why haven't you two aged?" Zhou Yi was the first to calm down, his eyes fixed intently on Yefan and Pang Bo, with two bright lights shooting out from his turbid eyes.

  Others also temporarily put away their sorrowful emotions and all looked over.

  Pang Bo felt uncomfortable listening to Zhou Yi's words, and opened his mouth in a very impolite manner, saying: "I'm saying, Master Zhou, you're not suspecting that we two are playing tricks, are you? If we had such great magical powers, we would have been deified directly, why bother being ordinary people?"

  Lin Jia stopped crying and looked at Ye Fan, asking seriously and almost pleadingly: "Ye Fan, tell me the truth, how can I regain my youth? How did you all do it?"

  Yefan could only comfort her and give her hope. That strange red fruit had been eaten long ago, what other way was there?

  "Leave here... go to that fairy palace!" Zhou Yi stood up with a tremble, pointing his hand at the distant high mountain where the temples were connected in a piece, as if the heavenly palace had descended into the mortal world. Although his body was old and weak, his mind was still sharp and clear, and he clearly pointed out the only hope at present. If there were immortals in that place, all this could be solved easily.

  Everyone supported each other and walked down the mountain. Many people were old and frail, moving very slowly, so Ye Fan, Pang Bo, Liu Yiyi, and Zhang Ziling had to run back and forth to take care of them.

  "Uncle Zhou, Uncle Wang, I'll support both of you as we walk." Pang Bo walked in the middle, with one hand on either side, supporting Zhou Yi and Wang Ziwu. In response, Wang Ziwu let out a bitter laugh, while Zhou Yi's face remained expressionless.

  For some reason, Li Xiaoman chose to let Ye Fan support her, but on the way, she didn't say anything, just constantly tearing up, and almost fainted from crying.

  "What's going on? Why is there still a mountain between us?"

  Ye Fan and others also sensed that something was wrong. Although it was only separated from the Xian Gong by a mountain, after climbing over a mountain peak with difficulty, looking forward still separated by a mountain, as if nothing had changed at all.

  "From not long ago, no matter how far we go forward, the distance between us and that fairy palace seems to have stopped changing. What's going on?"

  Look again, move forward again, turn over another mountain, but still the same. At this time, everyone understood that it was impossible to get close.

  "It's time to choose, perhaps we shouldn't continue heading in that direction anymore, it seems like a labyrinth that can never be reached."

  Suddenly, a pungent smell assailed the nostrils, and the trees shook violently. A ferocious beast, over five meters tall, stood upright on its hind legs and charged towards the crowd, its sharp claws glinting in the light. Its body was covered with dense black fur, reaching up to half a foot long, sending shivers down one's spine. Its torso resembled that of an ape, but its skull was grotesquely abnormal, sporting a beak over a foot long, like some sort of avian demon. This was a ferocious beast unlike any that had ever been seen before.

  The vast majority of people present were immediately terrified, and two of them even fell to the ground. Such a ferocious giant beast was approaching, if caught by it, would inevitably be torn apart.

  "Yefan be careful!" Pang Bo shouted loudly, because Yefan was in the lead, and Pang Bo anxiously waved the Tongling Temple copper plaque forward.

  Ye Fan pushed away the two people beside him with one hand, holding the Vajra Pestle he got from Liu Yunzhi in his right hand, and swung it forward with great force.

  Bang

  The golden pestle collided with a cold, shining claw, and the black giant's palm was bent into an arc on the spot, clearly completely fractured.

  Everyone was stunned, thinking it was the power of the Vajra Pestle, but only Ye Fan understood that the last bit of divine power of the Vajra Pestle had been consumed by Liu Yunzhi, and now it was all thanks to his physical strength that this blow was achieved.

  He was extremely surprised in his heart, if it were the original him, he would not have had such a powerful force at all, but since returning to his youth not long ago, he felt that his whole body was full of energy, as if he had the divine power of splitting tigers and throwing elephants!

  The giant beast let out a mournful cry, its beak opening wide as it pecked fiercely at Ye Fan, while the other gleaming claw slapped down violently.

  Ye Fan moved at an incredible speed, dodging the attack with an unbelievable velocity, flashing to the giant beast's back, and then swung his Vajra Pestle with great force, heavily smashing it onto the giant beast's spine, and a cracking sound of bones shattering instantly echoed out.

  Bang

  It's hard to imagine the enormous force, a five-meter-tall black beast was smashed by the Vajra pestle and flew out for eight or nine meters, heavily falling to the ground, struggling twice, and then couldn't move anymore.

  Everyone was stunned, and they simply didn't dare to believe all of this. The barbarian's body had shrunk, resembling that of an eleven or twelve year old youth, looking even more delicate and refined, but his strength and speed had reached a shocking degree, leaving people utterly astonished.

  Everyone was shocked but unharmed, let out a sigh of relief, and then a flurry of discussion, not understanding why Ye Fan had such divine power, feeling both envious and jealous in their hearts.

  The sky gradually darkened, and the last sunset also disappeared. The crowd did not give up and climbed over another mountain peak, only to find that there was still a mountain between them and the heavenly palace, with the distance remaining unchanged.

  At this moment, everyone was thoroughly disappointed and decided not to move forward from there anymore.

  But just then, a rainbow suddenly appeared in the sky, like a long rainbow across the sky, and it was particularly eye-catching in the dull sky.

  "That is..."

  Everyone was shocked, and in that rainbow light, there was actually a figure, who could move freely in the sky, riding on air, this absolutely cannot be an ordinary person!

  Brush

  That rainbow suddenly changed direction, in an instant flying towards them, the speed was so fast that it made people gasp, like a rainbow across the sky, arriving in the blink of an eye.