# Chapter 2800: Yan Huanyu
"Rustle, rustle!"
In the dim Ancient Desolate Ruins City, wisps of air currents surged like rivers, slowly flowing before converging beneath a divine corpse and entering Mohe Yan's nose.
Mohe Yan had a human appearance, tall and robust, with a black beastly nose.
Wujiang stood not far away, dignified and outstanding, casually playing with a black metal box in his hand.
The box had no fixed shape, constantly transforming its form.
The air currents in heaven and earth disappeared.
Mohe Yan raised his head and said, "Zhang Ruochen was here, and there are also traces of Xue Tu and Bore. Xue Tu should have already broken through to become a god. That's one more troublesome fellow."
"Who died?"
Wujiang's eyes were deep and profound as he asked this.
Mohe Yan shook his head, saying, "I don't know. I haven't smelled her aura. I only know she should be a female deity who cultivates the Sword Dao, a living being, not an undead, and a True God."
"Interesting." Wujiang smiled.
"A True God was killed. Bore and Xue Tu are indeed worthy of being Eon-level representatives. They will likely be able to attain the Great God realm in the future." Jiang Qing sighed.
Among the four deities present, only Jiang Qing was a mid-rank False God from the Nether Hall.
Mohe Yan and You Ying both came from the Darkness Temple.
Mohe Yan said, "With Master Qu You here, even if Bore and Xue Tu join forces, what is there to fear? What we should really be careful about is that Ghost-type strange beast. No, to be precise, we should be careful of all the unknown dangers in the Ancient Desolate Ruins City."
Mohe Yan still didn't believe that there was only one Ghost-type strange beast in the Ancient Desolate Ruins City.
There were countless divine corpses here. Were they all truly dead?
Master Qu You was the shadowy figure who controlled the Dark Light Illusion Heaven Divine Talisman, a Spiritual Power deity with a very high status in the Darkness Temple. He was an ancient existence that even Wujiang dared not provoke.
Wujiang mused, "Zhang Ruochen's route is heading all the way west. What do you think the reason is?"
"Could the location of Great Dark Mountain be in the west?" Jiang Qing guessed.
Wujiang shook his head, saying, "No. If Zhang Ruochen and the others' destination had been in the west from the start, why would they have appeared at Yun Qing Ancient Buddha's corpse?"
"There is only one explanation. Zhang Ruochen found some kind of clue inside Yun Qing Ancient Buddha's corpse, which is why he headed west after coming out."
"If I'm not mistaken, the deities of the Yama Clan are also rushing westward."
You Ying, who was as chaotic and formless as a shadow, spoke in a hoarse voice, "Let's go. Zhang Ruochen is your responsibility. My only task is to kill all the Yama Clan cultivators who have entered the Abyss of Darkness."
...
No one knew how far they had flown. The Phoenix Feather finally exhausted its divine power, burned away completely, and scattered as black ashes on the ground.
Xue Tu's heart ached terribly because this was a life-saving supreme treasure given to him by Death God Venerable.
Once used, it was gone!
Chi Yao flew to a high place to observe the surrounding environment, saying, "We've flown at least a million li. That Ghost-type strange beast won't be able to catch up for now."
"If we were outside, this Phoenix Feather would be enough to fly a hundred billion li, a thousand billion li. What a pity. If we encounter another existence as terrifying as that Ghost-type strange beast, we'll probably be dead for sure." Xue Tu said somewhat dejectedly.
Zhang Ruochen sniffed and asked, "Do you smell some kind of fragrance?"
"Now that you mention it, there really is a fragrance."
Xue Tu's eyes lit up, saying, "There's probably a rare treasure nearby."
"The fragrance is coming from that direction."
Chi Yao raised the Fate Decision Staff, pointing westward.
Zhang Ruochen and Xue Tu flashed and landed on the highest terrain.
In the endlessly distant western sky, strange multicolored light appeared, pale blue in color, stretching continuously for at least a hundred thousand li.
Within the multicolored light, two heavenly pillars could be faintly seen, emitting glazed (liuli) radiance, appearing and disappearing.
"Is that a gate?" Zhang Ruochen asked in confusion.
Xue Tu said, "What gate could be that big? Could it be a ten-thousand-li Divine Gate specially built for the deities of the Undying Blood Clan?"
"Be careful. Let's go take a look."
Zhang Ruochen restrained his aura and rushed out first.
Xue Tu followed closely, saying, "Senior Brother, there was no such multicolored light earlier. Now it covers such a vast area, probably half of the Ancient Desolate Ruins City can see it. Other deities might also come to investigate."
"That's why I said we need to be careful." Zhang Ruochen said.
"No, what I mean is, we can hide in the shadows and ambush them, do something big." Xue Tu said excitedly and expectantly, then added, "Anyway, if they fall in the Abyss of Darkness, who would know we did it?"
Zhang Ruochen was speechless, feeling that Xue Tu's heart was too wild. He would probably become lawless in the future.
Seeing Zhang Ruochen silent, Xue Tu quickly said, "Senior Brother, listen to my explanation. That's not what I meant. What I mean is, these deities who chased into the Abyss of Darkness are definitely all targeting Senior Brother. So even if they are also deities from the Hell Realm, I, Xue Tu, will be irreconcilably opposed to them. They deserve to be killed. My interest in treasures is actually not that great. They are all external possessions."
"You think I don't want to kill them?"
Zhang Ruochen asked back, saying, "But at all times, we must maintain absolute rationality. The Ancient Desolate Ruins City is too dangerous. Don't create unnecessary trouble."
Behind them, Chi Yao had been looking at the two heavenly pillars in the distance for a long time, her expression strange. Then she chased after Zhang Ruochen and Xue Tu.
Although they could see the multicolored light and the two heavenly pillars in the distance, the journey was much farther than they had imagined. They traveled for an entire day, yet it felt like they were still in the same place.
The only thing they could confirm was that the fragrance had become stronger, indicating it was coming from the location of the two heavenly pillars.
Zhang Ruochen's emotions were stirred. He guessed that this fragrance was the scent emitted by the Udumbara Flower, as Yun Qing Ancient Buddha had said. They were getting closer to Yin Xue Tian!
Along the way, Xue Tu looked like he wanted to say something but held back. Finally, he asked, "Senior Brother, I see that you have already become a god in Spiritual Power. Have you broken the curse?"
Zhang Ruochen nodded, saying, "That's right! My curse has been removed. I can achieve martial godhood with a single thought. How could a mere Nether Hall and the already dead Yin Xue Tian possibly suppress me?"
Xue Tu sucked in a breath of cold air, feeling even deeper reverence for Zhang Ruochen. He thought to himself, "Senior Brother has at least sixty trillion Sacred Dao Rules in his body. With his identity as the Origin Envoy, once he achieves martial godhood, how terrifying will his combat power be?"
Zhang Ruochen said, "I'm not in a hurry to become a god. I'll break through after cultivating the Absolute Physical Body Dao Transformation. Once I break through, I'll make all the gods tremble. Then we'll attack the Nether Hall together, and you'll help me."
Seeing Zhang Ruochen so arrogant, Xue Tu, who had been feeling inflated after reaching the god realm, instead restrained himself. He forced a smile and said, "Of course I'll help you. The Nether Hall, hehe, we'll just overturn it."
Suddenly.
Zhang Ruochen felt a chill on his back. An incomparably terrifying pressure fell upon him, making it impossible for him to breathe. His internal organs contracted.
Chi Yao and Xue Tu also felt that aura and immediately released their divine Qi and Rule Divine Patterns.
Before their eyes, about a hundred li away, a figure as beautiful as a painting appeared, but they couldn't see it clearly. Her entire body was bathed in light rain.
The reason they thought she was beautiful even though they couldn't see clearly was a feeling from the depths of their hearts.
A very strange feeling.
"You want to attack the Nether Hall? You have quite the nerve."
Her voice was very strange, as elusive as her appearance, sometimes near, sometimes far.
Even though he had already reached the god realm and possessed a powerful divine soul and spiritual will, Xue Tu's legs still couldn't stop trembling, as if he was about to kneel.
He wanted to cry but had no tears. He knew they had definitely encountered a peerless expert from the Nether Hall. He wanted to explain, but his tongue was tied and he couldn't speak.
Zhang Ruochen's expression changed drastically. He knew what they had encountered.
This kind of pressure and aura was very familiar to him. He had felt it more than once on the River of Time.
Her voice and figure weren't even in this time and space, but came from the distant past, or from the future.
There were indeed time fluctuations in this area.
Who was it?
Who exactly was she, able to cross time and space and hear their conversation?
How high was her cultivation level?
A hundred li away, that figure as beautiful as a painting fixed her gaze on the Arhat White Pearl on Zhang Ruochen's body, making a strange sound: "Why is the Arhat White Pearl on you?"
She reached out an arm.
"Rustle!"
In the Ancient Desolate Ruins City, the originally extremely stable space cracked with dense fissures.
A flawless light hand reached out from the space cracks, crossing the boundaries of time, grabbing at the Arhat White Pearl on Zhang Ruochen's chest.
Zhang Ruochen's entire body ached as if it was about to split. The power emanating from the light hand seemed about to crush his heart. And yet, she only wanted to take the Arhat White Pearl!
Chi Yao and Xue Tu were squeezed by the time-space power surging from all directions, unable to move, also suffering terribly. They couldn't help Zhang Ruochen at all.
Just as Zhang Ruochen thought he was about to be torn apart, suddenly, his shoulder was patted by a palm.
"Bang!"
The light hand, only half a foot away from him, suddenly exploded.
The shattered space and chaotic time in this area of heaven and earth then returned to calm.
Just as Zhang Ruochen was puzzled, a tall purple-robed figure walked past him. Clearly, it was he who had patted Zhang Ruochen, shattering the light hand that had crossed time and space.
Zhang Ruochen felt the pressure disappear and quickly bowed, saying, "Thank you, Senior!"
The purple-robed figure seemed completely unable to hear his voice, only walking forward. Each step crossed hundreds of li, stepping over mountains and ridges, shattering divine corpses and giant rocks.
In moments, the purple-robed figure had disappeared.
Zhang Ruochen turned his gaze to the beautiful woman a hundred li away, but found she had already vanished without a trace.
"Was that just an illusion?" Zhang Ruochen said.
Chi Yao's expression was grave, saying, "It wasn't an illusion! Didn't you notice that the purple-robed figure who just walked past us looked somewhat familiar?"
"We couldn't see clearly at all. How could there be familiarity?"
Xue Tu's legs were still trembling slightly, unable to stand steady.
Chi Yao said, "The patterns on his robe were the World Tree of the Hell Realm. The crown on his head was shaped like a pagoda."
Xue Tu suddenly remembered, his expression changing drastically. He stammered in shock, "Isn't this... isn't this the painting we saw in the ancestral hall of the Dark Abyss Yan Clan... Yan... Yan Huanyu..."
After shouting these three words, Xue Tu immediately covered his mouth, then released it, cupping his hands and bowing in all directions, saying, "Old Patriarch, I am a friend of the Yama Clan. I didn't mean to offend just now, I didn't mean to offend... You, a great person, don't hold a grudge against a small person like me... Don't take it to heart..."
Zhang Ruochen shook his head, saying, "Stop bowing. If I'm not mistaken, the figure just now was a remnant left by the Old Patriarch a hundred thousand years ago, crossing time and space to save me."
Xue Tu pointed at the ground, saying, "Impossible. Look, there are still footprints left by the Old Patriarch on the ground."