285: Chapter 45: Encountering an Old Acquaintance in a Foreign Land 285: Chapter 45: Encountering an Old Acquaintance in a Foreign Land Where are the gods?
These four words, inscribed with tremendous force on the last page, exuded faint traces of madness!
Great Yue Kingdom’s Historian, only one remains!
“If you are determined or just want to take a look at ‘Great Yue Well’…”
The old man sighed softly, “Do a few things for me.
I will create an ‘amulet’ for you to enter the city.”
With the Great Yue Kingdom fallen into oblivion, only one grand array was still active.
Those iron knights.
And the major generals guarding the main city.
Were actually the products of the nation-protecting grand array’s operation!
The Historian clan, possessing special privileges within Great Yue Kingdom, could freely enter and leave the ancient city just by wearing their unique talismans.
Shan Man, years earlier, had walked within the ancient city, searching for the ancient histories left by her ancestors.
Relied on, was precisely the Historian talisman.
Until the conversation ended, she had not told Xie Xuanyi who that enigmatic person who had given her life was.
Shan Man asked Xie Xuanyi to look for several materials near the ancient nation, claiming they were necessary for making the Historian talisman.
Taking these materials.
She would then help Xie Xuanyi craft the talisman to step into the main city, but there was another condition, this material search had to include Qing Li.
Xie Xuanyi could tell.
Qing Li received different treatment from the other Li Meis in Shan Man’s care.
This young girl had a particularly clean aura, often summoned to the wooden house to be alone with Shan Man, using array patterns to purify the soul.
After leaving the wooden house, Xie Xuanyi asked Qing Li about Shan Man’s story.
The Little Mute Girl only gestured, indicating that Lord Shan Man was kind, and that she had been living with Lord Shan Man since childhood and received great favor.
Shan Man did not reveal all the required materials in one breath.
She instructed Xie Xuanyi to find them one by one.
To create an amulet, the first required material, called “Soul Immersion Stone,” contained magic power that settled the heart and was rumored to be found in a river sealed by Black Evil to the west of the ancient nation.
Xie Xuanyi, taking Qing Li along, went by Sword Control.
The two left Tiesuo Alley together, spending an entire night to avoid the iron knights.
Arriving at that river, they found the water had dried up.
What that river looked like before the ruin of the ancient nation, Xie Xuanyi had no idea.
He searched for a long time, nearly overturning the entire riverbed, but did not find the “Soul Immersion Stone.”
In the end, he returned to Tiesuo Alley with several stones infused with Divine Soul Power.
Shan Man did not refuse these materials but told Xie Xuanyi the second material, “White Star Sand,” could suppress Yin Evil and was said to be found in the sand hills to the east of the ancient kingdom.
This time.
Xie Xuanyi took Qing Li to the very east of the ancient nation.
The sand mountains had long since collapsed.
The White Star Sand, legendary to counter Yin Evil, had eroded into a jet black color.
Countless black sands flowed in the wind, carrying an ominous aura.
Xie Xuanyi, in the collapsed sand mountains, gathered a handful of white sand that had not yet been eroded and returned to Tiesuo Alley.
This time.
Shan Man still did not refuse.
But Xie Xuanyi had already seen through this old man’s intentions.
A thousand years had passed since Great Yue Kingdom turned to ash.
With the great river dried up and the sand mountains reduced to flat ground.
The so-called amulet might just be an illusion, a message to let go of any fantasy of venturing into the main city.
“With the ancient nation destroyed, the heavenly order collapsed.”
The old man sighed deeply, “Do you truly wish to go to Great Yue Well?”
“No matter what, I must take a look,” Xie Xuanyi affirmed, “Even without an amulet…
I will go.”
Divine Fruit.
Was his past life’s “obsession.”
“I have both Soul Immersion Stones and White Star Sand here.
But the most important material is the blood and bones of Great Yue Kingdom’s iron knights and an item containing the Dragon Destruction Dao Principle.”
The old man looked at Xie Xuanyi, saying, “If you really wish to enter the main city, be prepared to make an enemy of Great Yue…
You need to slay more than ten iron knights, collect their blood and bones, and also bring back a set of relics from a Great Yue leader.”
Xie Xuanyi immediately took out the Dragon Pattern Black Box.
Seeing that arrowhead, the old man fell silent.
His gaze towards Xie Xuanyi became much more complex, then he asked in a heavy voice, “Where did you get this Dragon Destruction box?”
Xie Xuanyi did not answer, “Is this box enough?”
“If it’s a Chiliarch’s relic, I need three sets.”
“If it’s a Centurion’s relic, one set is enough.”
“If it’s a ‘major general’…”
The old man laughed, “If you can get a ‘major general’s’ relic, you don’t need any amulet.
The set you have is from a Great Yue Chiliarch.
With two more sets to extract the ‘Tao Rules,’ you can make a talisman for entering the city.”
“Two more sets are needed?”
Xie Xuanyi slightly pinched the bridge of his nose.
The two Chiliarchs he had encountered in the outside world surpassed Grotto Heaven, already touching the threshold of the Yin God.
If it were one-on-one, Xie Xuanyi wouldn’t flinch.
But therein lies the fear, Great Yue’s iron knights never acted alone…
Chiliarchs often roamed accompanied by hundreds of iron knights.
Another important point.
After entering Great Yue, he had never seen a “Chiliarch,” not even the iron knights appearing in groups larger than tens.
The number of iron knights patrolling the ancient nation wasn’t large.
It seemed…
The scenes he saw in the Illusion could only be witnessed on the battlefield of the dragon slaying.
“No problem.”
After pondering for a moment, Xie Xuanyi earnestly asked, “I’ll go hunt two Chiliarchs right away…
But where can they be found?”
Shan Man’s eyes twitched slightly.
She had made many harsh demands to persuade the young man to give up…
And still, this lad was intent on hunting Chiliarchs?
“Chiliarchs show up around the four borders of the ancient nation, but the chances are very low.”