Chapter Thirty-Four: The Legend of Desolation

  A one-meter-wide, two-meter-long rainbow-colored light beam stood upright in the sky, shining brightly and sparkling with a strong sense of texture, like a crystal clear diamond.

  Inside, there was a young woman of eighteen or nineteen years old. Her face was like jade, her figure was slender and tall, her waist was thin, her legs were straight, and she wore a light blue dress that flowed naturally, with an air of transcending the mundane.

  Everyone was stunned, this young and beautiful woman was like a fairy who was not tainted by the worldly air, with an otherworldly beauty, like a white lotus flower rolling with dew, or a snow lotus on a snowy mountain, giving people a feeling of being untouched by worldly desires.

  The world is not lacking in extremely beautiful women, but it's hard to find a beauty with an otherworldly quality, as if she has jumped out of the mundane world and merged with the fresh natural world.

  The lovely girl was very calm, gazing down at the crowd below. She said a sentence in a melodious voice, but it took everyone a moment to figure out what she meant - she was asking about their identities. It sounded similar to ancient Chinese, with a soft and subtle tone that required careful consideration to understand its meaning.

  "We are a group of people in distress, are you an immortal, can you save us?" A female classmate suddenly burst into tears, at this moment she was withered and wrinkled, old and decrepit, finally seeing a suspected fairy girl, instantly crying and begging for help.

  Lin Jia and Li Xiaoman also stepped forward, revealing a hopeful expression. They were originally extremely beautiful and proud women, but now they had suffered such a blow, it was even more painful than killing them. Especially when they saw such a lovely and moving young girl, they became even more eager to restore their appearance.

  In mid-air, sparkling dots of light seemed to have captured a segment of the essence of the rainbow, condensed into a block of exquisite jade, sealing a sprite-like woman inside.

  In fact, the rainbow-colored crystal-like substance didn't solidify, it just looked like it had a texture. The girl inside wasn't restricted at all. Her black hair cascaded down like a waterfall, gently fluttering, her eyes were like water, hazy and misty, with a hint of fog, her skin was snow-white and crystalline, sparkling with tiny lights, extremely extraordinary and beautiful.

  "Have you ever entered the ancient forbidden land?"

  It was another soft and pleasant phrase, but everyone still had to think for a moment before they could understand the meaning of this ancient Chinese sentence.

  "Yes, that's where I escaped from." An old classmate with a pale face cried helplessly, looking up at the sky with a pleading expression. For a woman, such a tragic thing happened, it was the most severe blow, now she was already in a state of extreme confusion, and her words were not considered carefully.

  The girl in the rainbow light heard this and her calm jade face suddenly rippled, revealing an extremely surprised expression.

  "It's actually not easy to be able to walk out alive." She said softly. Moreover, she kept glancing at Liu Yiyi, Zhang Ziling, Pang Bo, and Ye Fan, and finally seemed to remember something, revealing an extremely surprised expression, and hastily asked: "Is this your actual age?"

  "No, we're not that old, I don't know why we've lost our youth and vitality for decades." A male classmate replied anxiously, then looked up at the girl in mid-air with tension and hope.

  However, this woman did not look at him, as if she had already known that they had lost their youth and vitality, and was asking Ye Fan and Pang Bo.

  Yue Fan responded: "Originally we were all young people in our twenties, I don't know why some people have aged, while others have become younger again."

  "Really?" The girl in mid-air showed a shocked expression, staring unblinkingly at Ye Fan and Pongpang, asking urgently: "Have you eaten a kind of red fruit, with a bright red color, crystal clear and translucent..."

  Ye Fan could confirm that the strange fruit they were eating was indeed what the girl had described. At this point, there was no way to deny it, after all, Zhou Yi and others had also seen it, so he nodded slightly.

  The girl in mid-air showed a strange expression as she looked at Ye Fan and Pang Bo, as if she was appraising a treasure. Being gazed at by such an elegant and refined beauty made the two men feel somewhat uneasy and uncomfortable.

  "Excuse me, can an aged person be saved?" Wang Ziwu found it difficult to remain calm in this situation and was eager to know if he could regain his youth.

  "Don't lose hope, although your appearance is hard to recover, but at the same time you've lost your youth, you've also gained a lot. When you go out into the world, there will be many people vying for you." Seeing the strange looks on everyone's faces, the girl in mid-air continued: "Don't worry, being vied for is not a bad thing, on the contrary, it's an opportunity for you."

  "I... just want to regain my looks." A female classmate wailed, having aged so much that she had simply lost the motivation to live on.

  "Alright, I'll take you all out of this ancient forest first." The mysterious girl gently raised her hand, and a rainbow light fell, enveloping everyone in the mountains. She slowly rose into the air with them, standing alongside her.

  This is indeed a mysterious world, and in everyone's speculation, this should be magic.

  "This place is extremely far from any human settlement, and if you want to walk out on foot, it's almost impossible. In this primitive mountain forest, there are many terrifying beasts, even I can only choose to detour when I encounter them."

  Pang Bo revealed a strange color and asked: "Aren't you from that immortal palace in front?"

  "Xian Gong..." The girl in mid-air looked puzzled and said, "What Xian Gong?"

  Pang Bo pointed to the high mountain in front of him with his finger and said, "Isn't there a lot of temples there, stretching continuously, majestic, countless palaces, and many cranes can be seen flying there."

  "Rumors really are true......" The girl's expression changed color.

  "What legend? Haven't you seen it?"

  "Yes, I didn't see anything." The girl in the colorful rainbow-colored hair showed a thoughtful expression and said: "The ancient forbidden land, the absolute domain of the past, the life forbidden zone, since ancient times, those who mistakenly entered inside and were able to come out alive all said they saw a celestial palace, right before their eyes, but it was forever unreachable."

  It turned out that everyone was astonished, and their experiences proved what the girl had said. Someone asked: "Was it just an illusory shadow?"

  "It's not an illusion, but can only be truly approached in a specific time and with special means, however, such great opportunities are generally unattainable for ordinary people, and can only be yearned for."

  Zhou Yi was very concerned about his own problem and asked: "What happened to those who entered the ancient forbidden land alive? What was their final fate?"

  The girl was as beautiful as a jade tree in the snow, and she looked at him calmly and replied: "Entering the forbidden zone of life is a hundred times more deadly than alive, even if one comes out alive, they will be white-haired like frosty grass, and their life will reach its end. However, their 'sea of suffering' has also been activated, and if they embark on the path of cultivation, they can achieve twice the result with half the effort."

  "Can youth be restored?"

  "It's difficult, but not absolutely impossible. As one cultivates deeper, their vitality will naturally become stronger, and after reaching a certain realm, perhaps they can change their appearance." The girl's words instantly gave many people hope.

  "What is it about the ancient forbidden land that makes us lose our youth?" Wang Ziwen couldn't help but ask, a question that puzzled many people present, who were both resentful and helpless.

  "This question can be said to be very old, since ancient times many people have been asking this way, but no one has ever been able to truly clarify it." The girl took everyone on a high-speed flight, with brilliant lights all around, like a rainbow cutting across the sky. The soft light blocked out the strong winds, allowing them to speak without any hindrance. She continued: "Legend has it that in the depths of the Life Forbidden Zone, there exists 'Huang', which seems to be an ancient person, or possibly a terrifying power."

  "Isn't anyone going to explore?" Ye Fan couldn't help but ask.

  "Since ancient times, countless explorers have ventured in, but none have returned, almost all perished." The mysterious girl turned her head to look back at the primitive forest behind her and said: "Every inch of land there has been stained with blood, piles of corpses were as high as mountains, and those who died were all masters. In that year, a certain sacred place of immortals was in its heyday, pouring all its power into sending tens of thousands of powerful cultivators to kill their way in, wanting to open the ancient forbidden land and obtain the legendary elusive thing. However, tens of thousands of people all died there, this sacred place of immortals almost got wiped out from the world, finally only three to five people escaped back, the inheritance almost got cut off."

  "How terrifying?!" Pang Bo exclaimed.

  "That was a piece of land soaked in endless blood, and it's a pity that the once prosperous and sacred place of the immortal sect was not only reduced to ashes with tens of thousands of powerful cultivators, but even several top-notch powerhouses who had participated in the creation of heaven and earth also became 'desolate slaves' at the bottom of the ancient abyss, forever enslaved."

  When they heard this, everyone involuntarily thought of that fierce and terrifying figure with hundreds of feet long giant iron chains dancing in the air, which was probably what people called "Kong Nu".

  The colorful rainbow was extremely fast, with a speed that was almost electric, and the endless ancient forest below rapidly retreated backwards. However, even at such a high speed, it still took a full hour to reach the edge of the desolate forest.

  At this moment, the sky had already darkened, and in the distance, a small town was seen with lights shining brightly. As soon as I approached here, suddenly seven or eight rainbow-colored lights shot up into the sky, each with different colors, and inside each rainbow light stood a figure.

  Vivian is back.

  "Is there any discovery around the ancient forbidden land? The nearby caves and blessed lands have all sent out masters, as if they are searching for something. Hopefully you didn't encounter them."

  Since our few old ancestors have some perception of the ancient forbidden land, the strong in those blessed lands naturally cannot be unaware.

  Among those rainbow-colored ones were a few elderly people who seemed to be seniors of this girl called Vivy.

  "These people are..."

  "Could it be that you accidentally entered the ancient forbidden land and then came out alive?"

  When they heard this girl named Vivian give a definite answer, several old men burst out laughing.

  "Haha... Not bad, the 'Sea of Bitterness' within has been activated, a good seed for cultivation!"

  The crowd quickly descended upon the town and walked into a brightly lit grand hall.

  "How can you be so young?" When they saw Ye Fan and Pang Bo, several old men suddenly showed a surprised expression, somewhat unbelievable.

  "Could it be that they've eaten the legendary fruit? This... is impossible!" An old man felt extremely incredulous, and exclaimed in surprise: "The nine sacred mountains are surrounded by a primordial abyss, legend has it that each of the nine sacred mountains has a divine spring and a kind of rare sacred fruit. There are nine divine springs and nine kinds of sacred fruits, getting one can transform your body! But how could these few ordinary people possibly get close to that place?!"