Chapter 189: Chapter 188 Mysterious Valley Chapter 189: Chapter 188 Mysterious Valley Xu Zimei chuckled lightly, looking at the three people approaching, as the aura of the Esteem Vein Realm emanated from his body.
Tyrant Shadow flashed a streak of lightning from its sheath, and Wu Geng’s blade style tore through layers of void.
Feeling the aura emanating from Xu Zimei, the expressions of the three opponents changed dramatically.
All three were strong warriors of the Empty Vein Realm, and none of them had expected that Xu Zimei, at his age, had already reached the peak of the Esteem Vein Realm.
Five Vein Gates on his body opened at the same time, and extremely potent Spiritual Energy surged in the air.
Tyrant Shadow, carrying boundless Thunderbolt, descended from the heavens and cleaved one of them in two.
“Not good,” the other two, faces stricken with panic, didn’t dare to fight and instantly fled in two different directions.
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The two used the Fei Xu Huan Yun Step to vanish into the void, their figures gradually disappearing from sight.
“Think you can run?” Xu Zimei chuckled lightly, as boundless Blade Qi filled the space around him.
“Way of Inquiry eighth form, Deep Blue World,”
Light blue Spiritual Energy immobilized the entire space, within this confined area, not even the slightest fluctuation could escape Xu Zimei’s perception.
He slowly raised Tyrant Shadow, with blood-red Spiritual Energy roaring, leaving a bloody trace in the void.
It was as if heaven and earth were condensed into a single line.
“Way of Inquiry sixth form, Slaughter Blade,”
When the Blade Qi of Tyrant Shadow fell through the void, two different screams were heard.
Mists of blood drifted through the air, and the scent of blood pervaded the room.
Xu Zimei kicked open the door and entered Xiao Guizi’s room.
Xiao Guizi was already covered in wounds, caught between the attacks of two other men in black.
After all, he was only at the peak of the True Vein Realm.
It was quite impressive that he could hold out so long under the attack of two Empty Vein Realm martial artists.
Seeing Xu Zimei enter, the two men in black were taken aback.
Boundless Blade Qi slashed through the void, and before one of the men in black could react and evade, he was torn to pieces by the Blade Qi.
“Tell me, who sent you?” Xu Zimei steadily walked towards the last remaining man in black.
The Blade Qi of Tyrant Shadow filled the entire room.
The man in black was surrounded by Blade Qi; any slight movement and he would be completely disintegrated by the Blade Qi.
“I would never betray the second son.
So stop asking,” the man in black huffed coldly, indifferently speaking.
“It’s really that guy, after clashing with us during the day, he sends someone to silence us at night,” Xiao Guizi scoffed angrily.
Xu Zimei shook his head with a smile, looking at the man in black, “Not planning to tell the truth even when you’re about to die?”
“Believe it or not,” the man in black spoke indifferently: “After all, I am a dead man.
I have nothing to gain by lying to you.
It’s just that the second son had a conflict with you today, felt humiliated, and sent us to seek revenge.”
As the man in black finished speaking, boundless Blade Qi slashed through the void.
With a scream, the man in black was split in two.
“Meaningless,” Xu Zimei said lightly, his eyes slightly narrowed.
“Senior brother, what do we do now?” Xiao Guizi asked from the side.
“Do you really believe what he said?” Xu Zimei questioned.
“Not sure, but for now, only Ye Lingtian had a conflict with us,” Xiao Guizi responded: “If not him, who else would have a motive?”
“Don’t be so superficial in your view of things,” Xu Zimei shook his head, saying: “Tomorrow morning, go out and inquire, who in the Ye Family has ties with the Xiang Family of North Desert?”
Hearing Xu Zimei’s words, Xiao Guizi nodded.
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The first wisp of winter wind blew down from the edge of the sky.
Trees trembled in the cold current, the sky had just lightened, and everything was still in silence.
The first snowflake drifted gently from the edge of the heavens.
As the first snowflake began to sing the long song of winter, more snowflakes followed one after another, floating down.
The world entered into a blanket of white hush, and everything outside was a vast expanse of white.
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Early in the morning, a carriage left the gates of Mixed Yuan Ancient City.
Despite the snow falling for only a short period, the ground was already covered with a thin layer of snow.
The carriage disappeared into the distant horizon, while the snowflakes continued to fall silently, covering the clear hoof prints along the way.
After the carriage had traveled some distance, Ye Lingtian stepped down from the carriage.
He said to Gu Yun, “Yun’er, go have a look around in Valley Peak City nearby.
I’ll come find you when I’m back.”
“Big Brother Lingtian, just take care yourself,” Gu Yun hesitated for a moment, then nodded with concern and said.
“Don’t worry,” Ye Lingtian smiled, his right hand gently caressing Gu Yun’s right cheek, saying affectionately, “Yun’er, you’ve been helping me all these years.
Never expecting anything in return, I’ve made things hard for you.
I remember your kindness, rest assured that once this competition is over, once I became the rightful successor of Ye Family as the next Family Head, I will marry you openly and honorably.”
Hearing Ye Lingtian’s words, Gu Yun felt a twinge in her nose.
She nodded emphatically, all those years of silent companionship, was it not for waiting for Ye Lingtian to say ‘I will marry you’?
As she watched Ye Lingtian’s figure gradually disappear into the vast snow, Gu Yun clenched her fists slightly and whispered to herself, “Big Brother Lingtian, I’ll wait for you.”
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The snow seemed to fall heavier, and the world outside was completely shrouded in white.
A thick layer of snow had built up on Ye Lingtian’s body, and his eyebrows and hair were also full of snow.
He raised his head slightly, discerned the direction, and continued to walk forward.
No matter how long he had walked, even though Ye Lingtian already reached the True Vein Realm, his body still felt somewhat stiff from the cold.
Finally, he arrived in front of a small mountain range outside Mixed Yuan Ancient City.
At the very center of this mountain range was a valley that was strangely enough, despite the heavy snowfall outside, always spring-like.
Even weirder, the plants and animals inside the valley seemed to be contaminated by something, entirely dark in color.
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Ye Lingtian arrived at the entrance of the valley, blocked by a transparent membrane.
He stood before the membrane in silence for a long time, as if making some firm decision.
He took out a black token from the Storage Ring, which emanated Demonic Qi, as if it condensed all the evils of the world.
Ye Lingtian placed the token on the membrane, and the Demonic Qi on the black token surged instantly, corroding a large hole through the membrane.
Ye Lingtian walked through the hole, and the membrane behind him restored to its original state.
“You finally came.”
A voice, oppressively heavy yet magnificent, suddenly rang out.