Plop…
Luo Fengxi’s corpse, now just an empty shell, fell straight before Ye Ling, dissipating into dust.
As Luo Fengxi died, the blade space began to collapse, and Jiu Ling and Ye Ling reappeared in the spatial turbulence.
“Emperor…”
Jiu Ling had just finished integrating the power of the Spiritual Dao laws. Upon seeing Luo Fengxi’s space collapse, she didn’t know what to do next and could only wait for Ye Ling’s instructions.
For Jiu Ling, this journey had been incredibly fruitful; it was no exaggeration to say she had undergone a complete transformation.
However, Luo Fengxi’s sudden death made Jiu Ling realize that a larger conspiracy lay hidden behind this event. Ye Ling’s failure to extract more intelligence from Luo Fengxi was a setback.
Seeing Ye Ling’s setback, Jiu Ling naturally couldn’t be happy either.
Ye Ling, however, was not overly concerned. “It’s fine. We’ve obtained the information we wanted, and other details about the Shadow Hall are not important for now. Let it be.”
Ye Ling had not heard of the Shadow Hall before. But the world was only so big. If the Shadow Hall intended to operate on Earth, no matter how deeply they hid, they would eventually be encountered.
At that time, they could investigate slowly.
“I already know the coordinates of the hidden space. Follow me.”
Ye Ling casually tore open the void and, like a black streak, shot off in a certain direction.
Jiu Ling quickly followed.
…
Ancient Ruins, Hidden Space.
The sky was a hazy gray. There was no sun, yet everything around was clearly visible.
Within the vast space, there was only a stone forest.
Many evil spirits remained within the stone forest, making the entire space chilling and devoid of any life.
This place was filled with ill omen.
“Here… it hurts so much…”
As soon as Jiu Ling entered this space and saw the stone forest below, her head began to ache. She almost lost her balance and fell from the sky.
Ye Ling caught Jiu Ling and asked, following the sound, “Did you remember something?”
Jiu Ling clutched her head and shook her head. “I… I only vaguely remember that something terrifying is hidden within this stone forest, but what it is, remains blurry.”
“Is that so…”
Ye Ling cast a deep glance at Jiu Ling. Perhaps due to the inhabitation of the Spiritual Dao laws, or for some other reason, Ye Ling noticed that Jiu Ling’s erased memories were slowly recovering.
Ye Ling found it astonishing that erased memories could be restored, it was the first time he had seen something like this.
Although Ye Ling was very curious about what changes had occurred to Jiu Ling, now was not the time to study her. He refocused his attention on the stone forest below and swept his divine sense across it.
There were many evil spirits in the stone forest, and Ye Ling could sense the presence of the people from the Crimson Pavilion among them. However, after sweeping the entire stone forest with his divine sense, Ye Ling found no trace of Yang Zhuo and the others.
“Have they already left this place, or have they died?”
Ye Ling’s curiosity piqued. He slowly descended onto a path in the stone forest, attempting to uncover the secrets of the stone forest.
As Ye Ling stepped into the stone forest, the surrounding evil spirits seemed to have discovered prey and became excited, lunging towards Ye Ling.
However, before those evil spirits could get close to Ye Ling, they were scared away by Jiu Ling, who descended from the sky.
“Emperor, this…”
Jiu Ling saw that the evil spirits were all in fear of her, and she was slightly stunned. She looked at Ye Ling in surprise, not understanding what had happened.
Was she that terrifying?
Even ghosts were scared away?
Ye Ling was not surprised by this. He explained, “You have now become the host of the Spiritual Dao laws. You can also be considered the spokesperson for the laws in the mortal world.”
“Wherever you go, that place becomes the center of the Spiritual Dao laws, and the Spiritual Dao laws are the nemesis of evil spirits. It’s normal for them to fear you.”
“I am the spokesperson for the Spiritual Dao laws…” Jiu Ling murmured in the air. Just hearing this title from Ye Ling made her feel incredibly powerful.
Have I become this strong?
This thought flashed through Jiu Ling’s mind. She felt it was somewhat unreal.
Before becoming Ye Ling’s spiritual pet, she was merely a ninth-rank demon fox guarding the ancient ruins, forever unable to leave the Tongtian Tower, and could be trampled upon by all the gods at will.
But now, how long had she been with Ye Ling?
First, she was promoted from ninth-rank to the Heavenly Palace realm, then from Heavenly Palace to True Martial, and now she had become the spokesperson for the Spiritual Dao laws…
Her combat power had increased by more than a hundredfold!
If Jiu Ling had not personally experienced this surge in strength, she would never have believed that such an illogical thing could exist in the world!
Ye Ling, however, did not feel much about this. After he became the Supreme of Dongxuan, cultivating younger generations had become quite easy for him.
Let alone promoting Jiu Ling directly to True Martial, if he wished, creating a Saint like this would not be difficult.
Ye Ling smiled at Jiu Ling. “With you by my side, it saves a lot of trouble. Let’s continue forward. This stone forest is quite interesting, and exploring it might take some effort.”
“Yes!”
Jiu Ling snapped back to attention, quickly responded, and then hurried to Ye Ling’s front. “I’ll clear the path for the Emperor!”
Ye Ling chuckled. “Good.”
With Jiu Ling leading the way, the surrounding evil spirits dared not come forward to harass them. Furthermore, Ye Ling had already discerned the layout of the entire stone forest with his divine sense. The two walked through the intricate stone forest without getting lost and soon arrived at the center of this stone forest.
There, it was a blood-stained altar. In the center of the altar was a metal cross, the blood on which had not yet dried. It appeared that some sacrificial ritual had been performed there not long ago.
“This altar…”
Ye Ling looked at the altar and the cross before him, his brows furrowing slightly.
Although he had only seen it once before, Ye Ling could confirm that the altar in the center of the stone forest was exactly the same as the one he had seen in the Immortal Realm!
What was the connection between these two altars?
Ye Ling’s curiosity piqued. He was about to step towards the center of the altar.
“Emperor!”
Jiu Ling quickly stopped Ye Ling, worriedly saying, “I don’t know why, but I feel that this altar is very dangerous. Stepping onto it rashly might lead to something bad!”
“Is there something peculiar about this altar…”
Hearing Jiu Ling’s words, Ye Ling also stopped and swept his divine sense over the altar…
Unfortunately, this was just an ordinary altar. It had some special connection with the entire stone forest, but beyond that, Ye Ling could find nothing else special.
Ye Ling said, “If we just stand at the edge of the altar and watch, we won’t know anything. We still need to step onto it ourselves to find out its purpose.”
“But…” Jiu Ling was still somewhat worried.
Ye Ling chuckled. “Don’t worry, even if there’s any danger with this altar, it can’t do anything to me.”
“You stand a little further away.”
With that said, Ye Ling no longer heeded Jiu Ling’s dissuasion and stepped onto the altar.
Buzz—!
The moment Ye Ling stepped onto the altar, a “buzzing” sound suddenly echoed from the vast altar and the entire stone forest!
This hidden space of the ancient ruins began to tremble.