316: Chapter 58 The Hatred of a Lost Nation 316: Chapter 58 The Hatred of a Lost Nation The sea of fire in Tiesuo Alley dissipated, leaving countless black ashes drifting in the air.
Xie Xuanyi killed Tie Feng and looted the broken remnants of this person’s Soul Sea.
“Prince Jiu… Chi Wu… Melting Cicada… Chi Ling Order…”
Xie Xuanyi silently digested the memory fragments from Tie Feng’s Soul Sea.
This Demon Cultivator who governed incomplete principles, just like the Great Demon “Melting Cicada” he had previously slain in the tower, was also a Shadow Guard under Prince Jiu.
Every Demon Cultivator in Chi Ling City.
Was controlled by the Chi Ling Order through the “Demon Heart”.
“Prince Jiu is still within the illusion of the Ancient Battlefield, hunting the Human Race Yin God.”
Xie Xuanyi slightly furrowed his brows.
The conversation between Tie Feng and Chi Wu ended abruptly halfway.
Based on the current situation,
Prince Jiu would soon descend upon this ancient kingdom.
A Peak Yin God!
Such a level of power, once it steps into this realm, spells disaster for everyone…
Undoubtedly, the first thing Prince Jiu would do upon his arrival would be to hunt him down.
This time in Chi Ling City, the Death Soldiers and Shadow Guards he brought.
Thirteen Grotto Heavens, two Half-step Yin Gods!
All these people had perished at his hands!
The enmity between the Human Race and the Demon Race is irreconcilable, under such hatred, the matter of Ao Ying can be put aside for the time being.
After all, being in the same Secret Realm, if nothing unexpected happens, the Dragon Girl will ultimately be unable to escape Chi Ling City’s grasp.
“Everyone, hurry and leave Tiesuo Alley.”
Xie Xuanyi turned around and calmly said, “Flee as far as you can.”
Obviously.
The moment Prince Jiu arrives at this ancient country, the first place he will reach.
Will be here!
Before his death, Tie Feng must have sent out a signal with the Chi Ling Order… Without a fully condensed “Rule of Destruction,” unless his opponent is unguarded like Melting Cicada, it is very difficult to instantly kill a “Half-step Yin God”.
The Lis lived around Shan Man.
They did not leave, but waited for Shan Man to speak.
The Great Yue Kingdom had long perished.
The “nation” in their memories had already shattered a thousand years ago.
As for “home”.
Tiesuo Alley is their home.
Shan Man had guided every single Li… She was the “new parent” for everyone.
“Mu Niu, take everyone and leave Tiesuo Alley.”
The elder slightly lowered her eyes and softly said, “There is still a ‘place to return to’ for Great Yue Kingdom… I’ve told you about it, take everyone there.”
“Yes!”
Mu Niu quickly responded.
He held the empty three black boxes, looking at Xie Xuanyi with a complex expression, his eyes showing half gratitude and half concern.
Xie Xuanyi nodded at him.
“Qing Li, you stay behind.”
As people scattered, just as the Little Mute Girl was also preparing to leave.
Shan Man extended a hand and gently held onto Qing Li.
The already reluctant little girl’s eyes and brows immediately lit up with life; she did not quite understand the reason, but obediently followed orders and stood next to the wheelchair.
“Young man, what are your plans now?”
Thanks to the wisp of vapor from the Undying Spring, the old woman’s injuries had improved significantly, and the deep gash on her chest had started to heal.
Pushing the old woman’s wheelchair, Qing Li moved forward several steps, coming to stand before Xie Xuanyi.
“I was already being hunted by the Great Yue Iron Cavalry, one more makes no difference.”
Xie Xuanyi smiled helplessly and said, “Next, I plan to escape into the ‘main city’.”
Shan Man looked up.
She gazed at the young man with a youthful face and eyes that seemed to contain all of life.
She had thought she had seen through this youngster.
Now it seemed, she had not understood him at all, not by a long shot.
“This is the ‘Amulet’ I promised you.”
The elder opened her palm.
In her palm lay a pitch-black amulet, lying quietly, radiating an ancient and dark force.
She looked into the young man’s eyes and asked word by word, “Have you now made up your mind… to go to the main city, to retrieve that ‘Divine Fruit’?”
Xie Xuanyi smiled faintly, “I’ve never changed my mind.”
“This amulet lacks one final step… follow me.”
The elder let out a gentle sigh.
Pushed by Qing Li, Shan Man’s wheelchair moved with difficulty, then suddenly eased.
Xie Xuanyi took over, placing his hands lightly on the back of the chair, “What about you, don’t you plan to escape?”
Tiesuo Alley, once bustling, had been razed by a great fire, now these Lis began to flee for their lives… Mu Niu was leading this group towards the distance, and maybe before Prince Jiu arrived, the Iron Cavalry led by the Centurion would reach this place, and the deluge of Iron Cavalry would once again obliterate this already ruined old street.
“Escape?”
The elder laughed, “This nation is only so large, where could I escape to?
Besides, we are people who have already died once, what does it matter if we die a second time?”
“…”
Xie Xuanyi could only remain silent.
Indeed.
If he hadn’t arrived earlier, the elder would likely have been dead by now.
In front of the wooden house.
Shan Man stopped Qing Li, asking the Little Mute Girl to wait outside for a moment.
Xie Xuanyi became anxious.
Although killing Tie Feng did not take too long…
The rumbling noise was drawing close.
It wouldn’t be long.
The Centurion should soon arrive here.
“Don’t worry.”
The elder saw Xie Xuanyi’s concern at a glance and said with a smile, “It won’t take long; I assure you, you will leave here safely.”
Although she said this.
But Xie Xuanyi still sensed something was amiss.
The moment he stepped into the cabin with Shan Man and the wooden door closed behind them, a small array pattern ignited…
“Senior?”
Xie Xuanyi raised an eyebrow.
He recognized it, a formation meant to isolate sound.
Was it to prevent Qing Li outside from hearing their conversation?
“Some things, they should not be known to her for the time being.”
The elder’s expression was complex as he spoke slowly, “I haven’t figured out how to tell her yet.”
“Do you know why I had Mu Niu take the others away, leaving only Qing Li behind?”
Faced with this question, Xie Xuanyi shook his head.
He didn’t quite understand what Shan Man’s intentions were with this arrangement.
“Qing Li is not a Li Mei.”
Just one sentence.
And it left Xie Xuanyi stunned.
The elder watched the young man before him, speaking again in a calm, slow manner.
“Qing Li is not Li Mei.”
“…”
Xie Xuanyi fell into a prolonged silence.
He recalled their first meeting.
Although the little mute girl had been “impolite” to him, he hadn’t gotten angry.
With his temperament.
Had it been someone else.
They might have…
suffered a blow from his sword.
Later, the more time he spent with Qing Li, the more he found himself “liking” the young girl, a sentiment that emerged from the Heart Lake.
Being with Qing Li, his heart felt at peace.
You should know.
Xie Xuanyi’s Heart Lake was not on the same level as those of the Da Chu prodigies.
He had witnessed countless landscapes in his previous life.
He was just one step away.
From reaching the pinnacle.
Being with Qing Li was like cultivating in a top-level Grotto Heaven, where his spirit was calm and his progress doubled.
After a long while, Xie Xuanyi finally spoke, his voice hoarse as he asked, “If she’s not a Li Mei, then what is she?”
“Good question.”
The elder sat in the wheelchair, his expression tinged with a wistful sigh.
Fiddling with an amulet, he laughed self-mockingly, “For over a hundred years, I have often asked myself…
what is she?”
“?”
Xie Xuanyi was stunned once more.
He remembered Shan Man saying he was one-hundred and twenty-one years old.
But what did this statement mean?
“Do you remember, I once told you… I met someone who gave me life, who granted me a long existence?”
The elder was lost in memory, muttering softly, “When the Great Yue Kingdom was destroyed, millions of living beings were sacrificed.
Theoretically, ‘Li Mei’ should not exist…
Yet it was the appearance of ‘it’ that gave those wandering souls from the old kingdom a miraculous second chance at life.”
“Are you saying ‘it’ is…
Qing Li?”
Xie Xuanyi’s pupils contracted.
“Right.”
Shan Man didn’t directly answer the question, instead throwing out a Jade Scroll: “Just look at the first volume.”
She had once tempted Xie Xuanyi with the ancient records and histories of this room, advising him against going to the Great Yue Well…
The ancient texts had been transcribed into the Jade Scroll.
Xie Xuanyi took the Jade Scroll, immersing his Divine Thought into it.
This first volume was about the ancient historical records of the battle to slay the dragon…
“In the 13th year of the Shuo Ling era, a Great Demon of the Dragon Descendants descended upon the land.”
“To save nine million people from the fire and water, Emperor ‘Qi’ gathered the power of the four lands and led the nation in a dragon-slaying campaign.”
“…”
Xie Xuanyi silently finished the volume, his spirit unsettled for a long time.
He had witnessed the epic and dream-like scenes of that Ancient Battlefield himself.
Countless iron cavalries, battling to slay the dragon!
The gist of this ancient battle was already clear in Xie Xuanyi’s mind.
The account in the Jade Scroll matched his imagination, only many details in the historical gaps were now filled in.
“This Dragon Descendant Venerable was attempting the ‘True Dragon Tribulation’, using the Great Yue Kingdom as fodder.”
After closing the scroll, Xie Xuanyi spoke, puzzled, “Therefore, Emperor Qi angrily resisted…
Led the realm to fight, and slew this ‘false dragon’…
Is there a problem with this ancient history?”
“This piece of history…”
The elder didn’t directly answer Xie Xuanyi’s question, but instead began to speak slowly, “It was recorded by my father, and I was still young at the time.
The entire Great Yue Kingdom was obliterated in that war.
Eventually, the ‘evil dragon’ did not emerge victorious, its attempt at the True Dragon Tribulation failed, and it died without achieving its path…
In a sense, the dragon-slaying war was a success.”
“Wait.”
Xie Xuanyi suddenly realized the inconsistency, “If the iron cavalry had won that battle and the True Dragon’s tribulation had failed…
why did the Great Yue Kingdom still fall in the end?”
“Ha…”
The elder showed a gratified smile.
She said sorrowfully, “Did you notice something odd?
Those iron cavalries that died a thousand years ago, brought back to life by the formation, seem to be upholding the ancient kingdom’s order on the surface.
But when they encounter the citizens of the old kingdom, they mercilessly execute every one of them…”
Yes.
Xie Xuanyi had long sensed something was awry.
Whether it was Mu Niu or Qing Li.
These people hiding in Tiesuo Alley, living in darkness, aside from their Li Mei identity, a thousand years ago, they were part of the Great Yue Kingdom.
Yet, they were terrified of being discovered by the iron cavalry, fearing that the next moment they would be put to death!
What exactly are these iron cavalries protecting?
Is it because the resentment of these citizens is too great?
But then.
What is the cause of their resentment?
Is it because of the loss of their country?
Or is it…
due to other reasons?
“History is written by the victors.”
The elder lowered his eyes, speaking calmly, “I am a Historian.
I know this better than anyone.”