novelraw Chapter 952: Reunion with Fen Qianji!
Chapter 952: Reunion with Fen Qianji!
In short, after understanding it all, no one doubts Zirong’s judgment: this palace is not the work of humans, but the masterpiece of that Divine Beast.However, considering it’s a Divine Beast, why would it build such a large human palace? Mu Hanyan and the others were puzzled.
At that moment, a roar erupted from the back of the palace, followed by the sound of intense fighting.
Mu Hanyan turned her head to see there was another small door on the side back of the palace... Rather than a door, it seemed more like a cave entrance, about half a meter high, obviously clawed out by a beast.
Could it be that that’s the real lair of the Divine Beast? Thinking about it, regardless of how grand the palace is, it probably doesn’t align with the aesthetic preferences of a Divine Beast.
If their guess was correct, it must be that the strong figure who opened the Seal before them is trying to subdue the Divine Beast, thus resulting in a fight.
Without hesitation, Mu Hanyan was the first to run towards the cave entrance.
The opponent is powerful. Even if he subdues the Divine Beast, Mu Hanyan could only accept it because her strength was inadequate and someone else got there first. But capturing the Divine Beast is one thing; why destroy the Heaven and Earth power of the Divine Continent, nearly costing her Cold Sky Sword its existence?
Anyway, with Ye Lanfeng around, Mu Hanyan wasn’t too worried about danger. If there was a chance, she still wanted to try to stop the opponent. Even if she couldn’t gain the Divine Beast, she could at least safeguard the Cold Sky Sword.
Compared to the palace, the passage was much rougher, with uneven ground and jagged stone walls. It sloped downward, evidently leading deep underground. As she sprinted, Mu Hanyan could hear the sound of water flowing and was hit by waves of heat.
In less than a quarter of an hour, the group had passed through the passage.
A vast underground lava cavern appeared before them, with huge stalactites hanging from above, shimmering with silver gleams. In the distance, a red spring was gurgling out water, forming a pool, then trickling like a stream through the cave, flowing to even deeper underground.
It’s lava. Feeling the rolling heat, Mu Hanyan realized that the red spring was not spewing water, but lava, and waves of Heaven and Earth power from the Divine Continent surged out of that spring.
It turned out that this lava-spewing spring was where the crack in the Seal barrier between the Holy Court Continent and the Divine Continent was located.
Her mind churned with thoughts, but Mu Hanyan’s attention lingered on the spring for only a moment before quickly shifting to several figures within the cave.
At the deepest part of the cave, a figure dressed entirely in black, face covered with a black veil, was continuously forming Hand Formations, quickly casting them. Amidst the flickering light, a mysterious and complex talisman was cast into the lava spring.
Seven agile figures with longswords guarded in front of her, blocking most of her figure, so Mu Hanyan couldn’t see clearly but vaguely sensed it was a woman.
On the other side of the cave, about a dozen men and women clad in black battle armor were partnering with three ferocious Exotic Beasts, attacking an elderly man and a young man.
"Xia Youchen!" Seeing the old man, Mu Hanyan was shocked.
Although the elder had white hair and beard, with a touch of fatigue on his face, his body still looked robust, no longer having the withered corpse-like appearance from before. But Mu Hanyan recognized him at a glance; wasn’t he the Beast Taming Sword Saint Xia Youchen, who almost drove her to a dead end in Exotic Beast Valley?
Facing the frantic attacks of the ten black armored Sword Masters and three Exotic Beasts, Xia Youchen left and right dodge awkwardly, revealing deep bone-exposing wounds on his body, showing none of the demeanor of a Beast Taming Sword Master.
Remarkably surprised, Mu Hanyan found it strange. Logically, Xia Youchen had been away from Exotic Beast Valley for some time, and with the help of the Qiongqi Divine Beast, he should have been able to recover to his former peak and be close to it. But currently, Xia Youchen only displayed the strength of a Third Stage Sword Master, seemingly weaker than when in Exotic Beast Valley, being forced into defending without counterattacking. What’s going on?
Keep in mind, those ten Sword Masters, although wearing black armor with strong defenses, weren’t too strong in cultivation, at most First Rank Sword Masters. How could they hurt Xia Youchen like this? And where did Qiongqi Divine Beast go? At such a critical moment, he hadn’t summoned the ancient Four Great Ferocious Beasts’ Qiongqi Divine Beast. What was he thinking?
Right, although Xia Youchen didn’t summon his Qiongqi Divine Beast, he wasn’t alone; he still had help.
With that thought, Mu Hanyan turned her gaze to the young man. Since he was facing away from her, Mu Hanyan couldn’t see his face clearly, but seeing his tall and sturdy back and the broadsword in his hand, significantly wider and heavier than a regular longsword, Mu Hanyan’s heart trembled: Could it be him?
"Mu Hanyan!" Hearing Mu Hanyan’s exclamation, Xia Youchen turned his head in surprise, apparently having a vivid memory of Mu Hanyan.
Hearing his exclamation, the young man turned his head.
With a nearly instinctive reaction, Mu Hanyan gripped her longsword as a surge of killing intent brewed within her.
Fen Qianji, it really was him!
The scene of her past life’s tragic death replayed in her mind, the long-forgotten pain and hatred growing from her heart.
When Mu Hanyan encountered Fen Qianji in the Capital last time, she had the intent to kill him, wishing to cut off the danger then and there. However, after Fen Qianji risked severe injuries to save a child from under the iron hooves of the Red Charcoal Cloud Smoke Beast, she hesitated.
The care Fen Qianji showed her in her past life, sacrificing himself at life-and-death moments, the scenes of them fighting back together from desperate situations flooded her mind.
Reflecting on past events, Mu Hanyan couldn’t fathom any reason for Fen Qianji to want her dead. Did he have some unavoidable reason? Unless resolved, this question would always haunt her, threatening to become her biggest inner demon.
Whether self-consolation or self-enlightenment, Mu Hanyan temporarily abandoned the thought of killing Fen Qianji.
She was no longer the Mu Hanyan of the past life. Having advanced to Sword Master before sixteen, her true Guardian of the Gods’ bloodline awakened, and her future cultivation wouldn’t be comparable to the past life. Furthermore, knowing Fen Qianji held murderous intent towards her in the future, she’d take more precaution; there was no need to kill him now, at least until she solved her doubts before taking action.
Although she had already made up her mind, upon seeing Fen Qianji again, Mu Hanyan couldn’t help but feel waves of killing intent in her heart, as well as uncontrollable sadness and anger rising deep within her.
(Fen Qianji: I never thought I would be like a moth to a flame, knowingly heading for irreversible disaster yet proceeding with determination and enjoying it nevertheless.
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