Chapter 825: Chapter 46: Another Zhou Yan
Looking at the gaze of these two people, Zhou Yan’s mood was extremely heavy.
However, before he could speak, he heard one of them speak in a hoarse voice: "I knew you wouldn’t let me go, but as I said, I will never give up the power of Merit!
If you attempt any tactics, I will naturally disperse all the power of Merit and return it to this side of Heaven and Earth, benefiting countless ordinary people of China. If you have the ability, you can massacre all the ordinary cultivators of China."
This old voice spoke coldly.
The cultivator next to him, who was emitting a rotting stench and whose body was half-decayed, stared fixedly at Zhou Yan, as if trying to confirm something.
After a brief moment, he suddenly shouted, "Master, you’ve finally returned!"
"Hmm?"
The elderly figure, dry and withered, beside the foul-smelling man, stared at Zhou Yan in shock, with a look of hesitation in his eyes, "You—are you really Zhou Yan?"
"Hua Qiudao, Liu Haoxin, it’s me, Zhou Yan, I’ve returned. I’m sorry, it seems I came too late."
Zhou Yan, through observing their expressions, demeanors, and gestures, noticed the problem, and his mood became incomparably heavy.
Hua Qiudao, who had originally regained his youth, was now old again, and his body was covered with scars left from battles, and brimming with a strong aura of fury.
For someone like him to participate in so many battles, it was enough to show how perilous the environment truly was.
Hua Qiudao’s abundant power of Merit, once refined and absorbed, would undoubtedly enable him to have combat power close to divine once he left the Heavenly Pivot Ancient Town! This would be a truly terrifying transformation!
While Liu Haoxin harbored the pure Xuanyuan Bloodline, with Emperor Xuan Yuan’s Energy so dense on his forehead that it couldn’t be dispelled, this was definitely the best cultivation talent.
But now, one of them was physically withered, close to death, and the other, was decaying, barely hanging on.
If not for the aura of the Xuanyuan Sword Fragment, Zhou Yan wouldn’t have found his way here.
Perhaps because of the Xuanyuan Sword’s aura, Liu Haoxin was able to determine that Zhou Yan was truly Zhou Yan, and not an imposter.
...
"Sigh..."
Hua Qiudao sighed, his voice filled with melancholy and helplessness.
Zhou Yan cast a Green Water Heart Method spell to cleanse the dirt from the two’s bodies, while simultaneously refining two sets of divine-level low-grade combat armor, embedding them into the bodies of the two, replacing their almost decayed and ragged combat armor.
He then used the Nirvana Rebirth Technique to instantly restore their vitality.
All of this took only a moment.
Until this step was completed, the two seemed dreamlike for quite a while before they came to their senses, their expressions becoming extremely complicated.
"Old Liu, it’s better you say it."
Hua Qiudao sighed once more, silently composing himself, beginning to recover various hidden ailments within his body.
Although Zhou Yan used Great Divine Power to repair his various injuries, the cultivation and combat power he neglected have to be slowly realized and restored by himself.
In that instant, Hua Qiudao immediately prepared these, which showed they were always preparing for battle, and not just any battle, but very dangerous ones.
And Zhou Yan also noticed that Liu Haoxin, who evolved from an ignorant cultivation outsider, had now achieved a nearly Void Transformation realm.
In nine years, for one to grow in this Land of Dharma Decline at such a speed, it was undoubtedly astonishing! Although this had a lot to do with his innate talent and some inheritance Zhou Yan left behind, progressing like this in a place sealed by Heavenly Pivot Ancient Town was undoubtedly indicative of an exceptional talent.
Zhou Yan’s expression was serious, and he saw Liu Haoxin first bow deeply to him, then seemingly falling into reminiscing as he said: "That day, seemed like the once-touted doomsday, arriving suddenly without any sign.
Before this, I had just cultivated soul power and comprehended the wondrousness of the soul.
At that time, because my eyes suddenly saw through the fog, I had a curiosity, and also a sense of superiority, so I went out.
Once outside, I immediately noticed some differences around me.
Then, I went to some sparsely populated areas and saw a desolate place in the distance where a flame had appeared, which was a soul fire formed when someone passed away.
I saw someone’s soul fly out of their body, but then, it suddenly caught fire in the void, the soul was annihilated.
Just as I was pondering this endlessly, suddenly many such flames appeared in the void.
Next, Heaven and Earth suddenly darkened, the void appeared with many unknown bright points, like the so-called ’alien spaceships’, suddenly arriving.
The sky became darker, black to the point of turning red, suddenly, countless thunder phantom shadows appeared. Just then, you could clearly feel all kinds of energy instruments’ lights scanning around, seemingly searching for something.
After that, a solar storm erupted, then this side of the world, a ’Zhou Yan’ appeared, but only I knew, it wasn’t you, Master, because you, Master, have a connection with the soul of the Xuanyuan Sword, and while I have a strand of Emperor Qi of Xuanyuan hidden within me, which is an innate thing.
With this, it can be determined that ’Zhou Yan’ was not really Master.
But later, he replaced you, Master, and took away all the talented cultivators, even those with the slightest cultivation were numbered and brought away in batches.
Hua Qiudao, however, stayed because he didn’t further the heart of Enlightenment, and Sect Master Zhao Xiaoxiao of Pure Yang Sect, due to some matters, was severely injured and went missing, and no one knew where she was."
"These things, not only do I know them very well, because the Xuanyuan Sword Fragment on me released some changing scenes that I realized. I also knew the Xuanyuan Sword Fragment is a remnant part of your weapon, Master, so I hand it all over to you now."
"In my opinion, the reason for these occurrences is perhaps due to some transformation in you, Master, exceeding certain boundaries, causing the enemy’s spirit to become disordered, and from initially controlled actives, fell into helpless passiveness, hence being driven to desperation."
"This is my personal speculation; I believe it should be somewhat like this."
"And that ’Zhou Yan’, no one could tell his authenticity, of course, due to the respect people have for you, he wasn’t suspected."
Liu Haoxin said as he removed a pendant from around his neck and handed it to Zhou Yan.
Even though this was something left by Liu Haoxin’s ancestors, the Xuanyuan Sword Fragment inside was part of Zhou Yan’s weapon.
It would be one thing not knowing, but knowing, Liu Haoxin naturally had no reason to keep it.
Zhou Yan did not hesitate, taking the pendant, his mood, however, became even heavier because of this token.
In this world, during his tribulation, another Zhou Yan appeared? Then who was this Zhou Yan impersonating? What was his purpose? Why did he need to take away all the cultivators of this world?