FVN #323 - Mystery Factor
#323 - Mystery Factor
Chapter 321: Mysterious Factor
The Imperial Daughter plunged into the mysterious mental world, leaving behind a dark, twisted space passage that attracted attention from all directions.
After the Imperial Daughter left, the bewildered crowd got up and stood in front of the dark space passage, all speechless, not knowing what had happened.
"Mysterious energy flows out of this black hole, which can strengthen our souls and bloodlines. Absorbing the mysterious energy escaping from the black hole can strengthen our strength!" Someone exclaimed in front of the black hole, beckoning their friends to come and occupy favorable positions.
Mysterious energy poured out from the mental world within the black hole. Those who faced the impact of the mysterious energy had their souls constantly strengthened by the mysterious energy, and the power of their bloodlines also began to revert to their ancestors.
"Quick! Quick! Get to the black hole! Mysterious power is flowing out of that black hole! This energy can help us transform our bodies and souls!" Someone shouted, constantly urging their friends to come and grab positions.
"Speaking of which, who is that woman? And what is this dark thing?"
At this time, someone stood in front of the black hole, devouring the mysterious factors while asking the doubts of everyone.
"That woman looks somewhat similar to the female corpse dug out from the ancient tomb of gods and demons." A Confucian disciple who had participated in the excavation of the tomb said, but there was some uncertainty in his voice. After all, the female corpse was wrapped in golden light, and everyone could not see the woman's face clearly, only able to see a rough outline of her features.
"Now that you mention it, I really remember it. This woman is indeed somewhat similar to the female corpse," someone else echoed.
Everyone occupied favorable positions in front of the black hole, absorbing the mysterious factors pouring out of the black hole. A pair of eyes looked at the mysterious space passage in front of them, but none dared to act rashly.
At this moment, a figure stepped on the treetops and came from the mountains, like an elf dancing lightly under the moonlight, and arrived at the scene in a few steps, landing in front of the black hole, revealing her figure. It was Xie Lingyun in white: "This is the legendary space passage, but the space passage is not yet stable."
Xie Lingyun glanced at the various Jianghu figures in the field, and did not make a move to drive them away. Where are there ordinary Jianghu figures in this world?
Ordinary Jianghu figures don't even have the qualifications to touch martial arts secrets.
She is not a fool and would not do such an offensive thing.
Of course, everyone at this time also recognized Xie Lingyun's identity, looking at Xie Lingyun with awe, and involuntarily making way for a space for Xie Lingyun to absorb the mysterious factors flowing out of the mental world.
As the daughter of the Northern Inspection Division leader and the apple of the Yang God expert's eye, everyone behind them is not an unknown force. They had already done their homework before coming to the Northern Territory, so how could they not recognize Xie Lingyun?
Xie Lingyun was not polite and went directly to the open space to receive the nourishment of the mysterious factors.
Xie Lingyun came here to chase Zhang Chen. Zhang Chen had made a scene in the city before. Xie Lingyun originally wanted to respond secretly, but who knew that Zhang Chen would make such a big commotion, so she killed him herself.
"Commander Xie, I wonder what this space passage is?" A Jianghu figure stood up and asked.
Xie Lingyun did not hide it: "The so-called space passage is a passage connecting two worlds. Behind this black hole, there is a world, but the space passage is not yet stable and cannot be entered for the time being."
After hearing Xie Lingyun's words, everyone present was breathless, and someone couldn't help but exclaimed: "The aura emanating from this space passage is so powerful, I wonder what kind of incredible creation there will be in the other world of the space passage."
"Could the opposite side be the legendary Immortal Realm? Isn't the ultimate goal of the Qi Refiner Dao, as described in the books dug out from ancient books, to ascend to the Immortal Realm?" Suddenly, someone muttered.
As soon as this statement came out, everyone in the field began to breathe erratically, especially when they thought of the descriptions of becoming immortals and attaining the Tao in ancient books. Everyone standing under the black hole had red eyes.
Elixir of Immortality, Longevity Grass, Li Spring, Peaches…
Countless words such as immortality, indestructibility, and eternal life poured into everyone's hearts like a tide at this time.
"Immortality… Immortal Realm…" Someone's eyes turned bloodshot as they stared at the dark space passage, and then suddenly rushed over and jumped into the black hole, wanting to be the first to rush over and win the first prize.
If that goddess can pass, maybe he can too? Speaking of which, he still doesn't believe Xie Lingyun's words, thinking that Xie Lingyun is delaying time. What if the experts from the Inspection Division arrive later and seal off the space passage, not allowing themselves and others to enter? Wouldn't they and others be drawing water with a bamboo basket?
"Ah ~"
Then, the next moment was a shrill scream. The man exploded directly under the spatial fluctuations and turned into blood and dissipated into the air.
This terrifying scene directly poured a basin of cold water on everyone's restless hearts, making everyone feel cold to the bone.
"Everyone, don't be impulsive. Before the space passage stabilizes, there will be spatial turbulence forming strangulation power. Even if a Yang God real person enters it, they will be turned into powder and die. Everyone must be cautious and careful," Xie Lingyun quickly reminded.
Further away, Zhang Chen looked at the scene in the field and couldn't help but gasp: "The strangulation power of that space passage is really overbearing."
"Of course, that is the power of space. You don't even think about it. What kind of cultivation should it be to involve the power of space in this world?" Da Zizai Tianmo muttered next to him: "Let's go back. This space passage will be difficult to stabilize without more than a month. Continuing to stay here is just a waste of time."
Zhang Chen nodded, agreeing with Da Zizai Tianmo's words. He should return to Huangli Temple, after all, the sky is already about to dawn.
Zhang Chen turned into water mist and sneaked all the way, returning to the Taoist temple. He saw that the shouting and killing in the Taoist temple had gradually recovered, and the men in black had begun to retreat in an orderly manner.
Zhang Chen quietly returned to the pavilion, checked on Little Bean Ding, and breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Little Bean Ding sleeping soundly. Looking at the soldiers standing guard in the courtyard, Zhang Chen thought of Zhang Xiaohua. He wondered if he could take the opportunity to kill Zhang Xiaohua?
"Not really! If Zhang Xiaohua dies in the Taoist temple, I'm afraid that Huangli Temple will be slaughtered by King Pingbian! Zhang Xiaohua is the only seedling of King Pingbian. Even if he dies, he must not die in the Taoist temple. Moreover, how could the Pingbian Royal Mansion give assassins a chance? That Mr. Wu Liu is a shrewd person and will never give anyone a chance to take advantage of him."
Zhang Chen's thoughts moved, and the underground water vapor began to permeate, spreading in the air. Zhang Chen used the underground water vapor to constantly sense the human-shaped creatures in the Taoist temple.
In Zhang Chen's perception, Zhang Xiaohua's pavilion was surrounded by three layers inside and three layers outside, with probably three or four thousand soldiers, wrapping the entire pavilion courtyard tightly.
"Ultrasonic waves have limitations. They bounce back when they encounter obstacles, but water vapor is different. As long as it's within a kilometer, I can sense humanoid creatures in the water vapor-covered areas," Zhang Chen secretly compared the differences between ultrasonic waves and water vapor. However, sometimes ultrasonic waves are much more useful than water vapor coverage, especially in terms of reaction speed and accuracy, which water vapor cannot match.
Zhang Chen returned to the pavilion, waiting for the disturbance in the Taoist temple to subside. When dawn arrived and the first ray of morning light illuminated the sky, the shouts of fighting and killing within Huangli Temple completely ceased.
The morning bell rang, summoning the disciples of Huangli Temple. At this moment, Xiao Douding also walked down from the pavilion, full of energy: "Zhang Chen, it's time for morning lessons."
"Why are there so many soldiers standing guard outside? They look like experts from the Inspection Division?" Xiao Douding saw the soldiers standing guard outside the pavilion, a hint of doubt in his eyes. At the same time, his delicate little nose sniffed in the air: "Something's not quite right either. Why is there a burnt smell in the air, and also a smell of roasted meat? Could it be that the Taoist temple is preparing roasted meat for us today?"
"Zhang Chen, let's go downstairs quickly. There's roasted meat to eat today," Xiao Douding said excitedly, his face full of joy and anticipation.
Hearing Cheng Yu utter the words 'roasted meat,' Zhang Chen almost vomited the previous night's dinner. Zhang Chen looked at Xiao Douding with strange eyes. The roasted meat smell the other party was talking about should be the smell of corpses burning. He wondered if Xiao Douding would still be so excited after seeing the corpses in the fire later.
"Let's go!" Zhang Chen touched Xiao Douding's head, then took Xiao Douding's hand and walked out of the small building.
"This roasted meat smells so good! So rich!" Cheng Yu happily twitched his little nose, sniffing back and forth in the air: "The only pity is that the smell is a bit burnt. The senior brothers in the kitchen have always had such poor skills, wasting good ingredients. Today, I'm going to eat more roasted meat. I'm starving to death!"
Xiao Douding greedily drooled, sniffing back and forth in the air.
Zhang Chen looked at Xiao Douding's expression, sniffing like a puppy, his face full of anticipation for eating roasted meat, and couldn't help but hesitate, wanting to say something to remind him, but in the end, he swallowed the words back.
As the two walked along, looking at the bloodstains on the ground and the burned temples, Xiao Douding's eyes were full of confusion.
Why did the entire Taoist temple become dilapidated after he woke up, as if it had been ravaged by war?
"What happened?" Xiao Douding looked at the palaces burned by the flames: "Did the Taoist temple catch fire last night?"
But looking at the remaining bloodstains on the ground, it seemed a bit abnormal? How could there be blood flowing when the Taoist temple caught fire?
Just as Zhang Chen was about to answer, he saw a senior brother from the Taoist temple in the distance carrying a corpse past.
"Where did the corpse come from?" Cheng Yu widened his eyes.
Before he could recover, the next moment he saw the two senior brothers carrying the corpse and throwing it directly into the burning palace.
At this time, a roasted meat smell came from the flames. One of the senior brothers turned his head to look at Cheng Yu: "Last night, the Taoist temple was attacked by thieves. Our brothers fought desperately, leaving behind more than eighty corpses of thieves. The old ancestor ordered them to be thrown into the fire and burned on the spot."
Hearing this, Cheng Yu's face turned pale, and then he scurried to the grass beside him, constantly retching.
The roasted meat he had been thinking about turned out to be this thing? Who could stand this? Especially since Cheng Yu had been sniffing the aroma of roasted meat all the way, the thought of it made his stomach churn even more.
"Stop throwing up!" Zhang Chen walked over and patted Xiao Douding's back.
Xiao Douding kept retching, but couldn't vomit anything.
"Damn it, it's disgusting me to death!" Xiao Douding cursed loudly: "I thought the Taoist temple was being merciful and preparing roasted meat, but who knew it would be so disgusting."
Zhang Chen comforted Xiao Douding for a while before seeing Xiao Douding's face turn pale as he followed behind Zhang Chen, cursing all the way towards the main hall.
Walking along the way, he saw that some of the senior brothers had wounds on their bodies, wrapping their wounds with strips of cloth, while others simply used crutches, walking with a limp in the Taoist temple.
"Liu Feng's soul was destroyed, devoured by that mysterious phantom. I wonder what happened to his physical body?" Zhang Chen was a little curious.
What would happen to a person's physical body if they lost their three souls and seven spirits?
Along the way, the senior brothers in the Taoist temple did not seem to have decreased in number. Everyone practiced martial arts on weekdays, and they were well-trained in cooperation. Although those men in black had superb martial arts cultivation, they could not exert their mysterious power under the suppression of the Pingbian Prince's army's aura. They could not gain any advantage against the senior brothers of the Taoist temple.
At this time, the atmosphere in the Taoist temple was serious. Everyone came to the main hall, and they saw Gu Mingyue standing in front of the ancestor's statue, his eyes looking at the statue above, a trace of heaviness in his eyes.
His plan was shattered, at least in some respects, it was not successful.
In front of Gu Mingyue, the physical body of the abbot, Liu Feng, stood, dull as a wooden sculpture. Zhang Chen's pupils shrank as he looked at Liu Feng's body. Liu Feng's physical body was still alive and had not died yet.
"Old Ancestor, all the disciples and followers have gathered. Please give instructions," Elder Chuanwu stepped forward and said respectfully.
Hearing this, Gu Mingyue swept his eyes over the disciples under his command, his voice full of gloom: "Where is Ma Zhou?"
"Reporting to the Old Ancestor, Ma Zhou is sleeping soundly. This disciple sent someone to inform him, but Senior Uncle Ma Zhou still could not be awakened, so this disciple ordered people to carry him over," Elder Chuanwu said at this time.
Hearing this, Gu Mingyue was so angry that his beard trembled, and he roared: "Bring up this bastard who almost ruined my Huangtiandao's major affairs."
At this time, a burst of footsteps sounded outside the hall, and two disciples were seen carrying Ma Zhou on a stretcher and walking into the hall.
Zhang Chen looked over, and saw Ma Zhou on the stretcher snoring loudly, which was particularly harsh in this silent hall.
"Bring cold water and wake this beast up for me," Gu Mingyue said.
The disciples had already prepared cold water. A basin of cold water was splashed down, and Ma Zhou subconsciously twisted his body, but he still snored like thunder and showed no sign of waking up.
"How much wine did this damn bastard drink?" Seeing this, Gu Mingyue pointed at Ma Zhou, and a divine light fell from Gu Mingyue's fingertips onto Ma Zhou's body. The next moment, Ma Zhou opened his eyes vaguely from his sleep. Before he could see the situation in the hall clearly, he heard Gu Mingyue scold him, his voice like thunder:
"You beast, why don't you kneel down quickly!"
Hearing this, Ma Zhou in a daze was stunned, subconsciously swept the hall, looking at the injured Taoist disciples, and Gu Mingyue with an iron face, his eyes full of confusion, not knowing what happened.
"Senior Uncle, why are you so angry?" Ma Zhou got up from the ground with a 'gulu', his eyes full of confusion as he looked at Gu Mingyue, a bad feeling welling up in his heart.