Imperial Treasure

Chapter 1329 - 762: Lost Lands, Lost?

From the outside it already looked pitch black, but inside Ghost Gate Pass, where there was still Jin Guang, that relief carving had already swallowed Sui Yi.

However, when that Jin Guang completely merged with the darkness...

A faint conversation drifted out.

"You know perfectly well you can’t destroy me, so why persist?"

"So many years have passed... and you’re still this arrogant... Why would I want to destroy you... Staying alive is the greatest torment."

"This Lost World is your handiwork?"

"That’s right, this Gate has always been waiting for you... Ghost Gate Pass, where the living do not enter—step through and you die, but you won’t die. Just as you said, I cannot destroy you, I might even help you..."

"Help me with what?"

"Help you strip away that filthy and fragile Human Race body, help you remember those thousands upon thousands of years of Reincarnation memories..."

"...."

"What, you don’t want to? Because you’re afraid... Without the human body you currently rely on to survive, and having lost what matters most to a Witch, you’ll have nothing left..."

"Is that so...."

Sui Yi fell silent for a moment, just before being completely devoured by the Jin Guang.

"In that case, thank you."

The expression on the relief froze for an instant, but Sui Yi’s voice and figure were gone.

Only a faint sigh remained behind.

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What kind of world was this?

Blue skies and white clouds, Ancient Trees towering to the heavens.

Pavilions and lofts, small buildings and secluded courtyards.

A tranquil countryside, peach blossoms drifting like pink mist.

Willows swaying gently, blades and swords raising blood.

This was a splendid, isolated, resplendent realm cut off from the outer world, Masters as numerous as clouds, slaughter sweeping the land.

A group of people started hacking at each other just like that.

"Bastards, you rob me of my treasure and still want me to kneel and beg for mercy?"

"Haha, with martial arts as weak as yours, you still think to take revenge on us? Leaving you alive would be a menace, we’ll pull the weeds out by the roots!"

"This is Lord Qing Zheng’s jurisdiction, you dare!"

"Why wouldn’t we dare! Stop trying to scare us with Lord Qing Zheng’s name. Who doesn’t know Lord Qing Zheng never meddles in these disputes... unless you offend her right to her face. Besides, this region is so vast, how could we just happen to run into her... If your luck were really that good, you wouldn’t be surrounded and hunted by the likes of us!"

In the midst of fighting, they suddenly heard a creaking sound from over in Lin Zhong.

As if someone had stepped on a branch...

But they couldn’t sense any presence...

Until that damp, shadowy tangle of vines was pushed aside, and a bloodstained, scar-riddled hand pressed against the rough tree bark. A person leaned against the trunk, just quietly watching them.

First of all, it was a person.

The robe was torn to a rather sorry state, clearly clawed apart by some wild beast. The exposed skin was full of wounds, her long hanging black hair was somewhat disheveled, and there were a few scratches on that face...

Yet none of this stopped them from judging that this was a beauty—an absolute beauty, delicate and frail, without the slightest bit of martial arts!

"A beauty."

"Ha, this beauty is mine!"

"Hahaha!"

The group that had been slaughtering each other a moment ago now, in a blink, all charged toward Sui Yi.

As they rushed over, Sui Yi leaned against the tree, eyes closed in thought. She hadn’t expected to run into such an awkward situation.

It wasn’t that she hadn’t anticipated becoming so weak, unable to use any of her power after losing the human life force; nor that she hadn’t anticipated falling into this Lost Lands where Masters were as numerous as clouds.

It was precisely because she knew this was the Lost Lands that she had used Cangwu within Ghost Gate Pass to lock onto and enter this world, and she had also known she would fall into this dense forest.

Mm, she had accounted for all of that—she just hadn’t accounted for the beasts of this world being so powerful.

A tiger larger than an elephant actually possessed Minor Grandmaster Level killing power...

Originally she had estimated that she could recuperate for a while in the forest, and by her own means restore her strength.

But now her plan had been disrupted.

The magnetic field of this world clashed with her severely.

More importantly, she wasn’t just weak...

Her eyes were blind as well.

Sui Yi raised a hand and gently pressed it over her eyes, letting out a faint sigh, only to realize that it had gone silent in front of her.

A dead stillness.

Only the wind drifting, leaves rustling...

She didn’t move either, just waited quietly.

After a while, she seemed to catch a faint wisp of fragrance.

Very faint, very cool, like the scent of some underwater fragrant herb, with the icy coolness of mint and the pure, lingering elegance of Fragrance of Brahman.

"Can you still walk?"

A woman?

The voice was extremely pleasant, gentle and refined, yet restrained and distant.

Sui Yi straightened her body slightly and said, "I can."

She didn’t ask where the other party was taking her, whether she would be harmed, why she wasn’t being harmed, or who this person was...

Just as the other party didn’t ask whether she would go with her, who she was, or where she came from...

Perhaps after that brief exchange of eight words, plus one greeting...