Chapter 536: Meeting Qing Qing Yu Zi again, the disaster of the history-eating worms!

After Zhao Xing left the territory of Venerable Bo Meng.

Peng Wu Yue came over clutching books to see him off, but she happened to miss Zhao Xing's departure.

"Venerable, has Si Nong Zhao left?"

"Just left." Bo Meng nodded. "He left in quite a hurry, as if he had some important business."

"Sigh." Peng Wu Yue felt a bit regretful; she had still been hoping to let Zhao Xing take a look at a legal treatise she had just written.

After missing him this time, she didn't know when she would see him again.

The dejected Peng Wu Yue hung her head and returned to her study.

She carefully placed a pile of books on the bookshelf; some of these were classics annotated by Zhao Xing, all of which she regarded as treasures.

Afterward, Peng Wu Yue carefully closed the door and walked out.

"Scratch, scratch~"

Just after she left, an extremely secretive sound of paper rubbing came from the corner of the bookcase.

In the void river, the Bai Yu Five-Mausoleum Boat traveled rapidly.

Zhao Xing had arrived at Wei Ling Tianchen's library to look through Wei Ling Tianchen's notes.

The method of Dao-attainment through Heaven and Earth must have a goal and a method.

For example, Wei Ling Tianchen: his goal was to kill gods, and his method was the "Heaven-Mending Method." By killing gods and returning their origin to the universe, he in turn received rewards from the universe's origin.

If Gu Fu Tianyang's Primordial Straw Man Method was a method for Dao-attainment through Heaven and Earth, then what was its goal?

Zhao Xing searched in the library for a long time before finally finding the original notes he had seen before; they were Wei Ling Tianchen's critiques of various straw man methods.

【——The method created by Gu Fu Tianyang, up to the step of the Great Void Straw Man, still had some real substance, but the Primordial Straw Man was purely wishful thinking.】

【The Gu brothers were all delusional people who always liked to dream unrealistic dreams. Gu Luohe was like this, and Gu Fu Tianyang was also like this.】

【—Gu Fu Tianyang died, and another disciple, Zuo Zuo Qiyu, inherited his method; Gu Luohe became one of the founders of the Primordial Realm.】

【Time passes truly fast; in the ancestral land of the Feather Emperor, a vast nation was established: the Red Star Empire.】

【However, I always feel that Gu Fu Tianyang did not die in the Black Heaven Realm. If it really is as I think, this little fellow's heart is truly black! —】

"What did Wei Ling Tianchen base his conclusion on?" Zhao Xing closed this notebook and began to search extensively through the content regarding the "Straw Man Method" in his notes.

Because Wei Ling Tianchen's collection of books was incomparably vast, even with Zhao Xing using a filtering and searching method, it took him half a year to finish reading the books and notes he had screened out.

In the end, Zhao Xing placed the few books he felt were useful beside him.

"Due to the chaos of time and space, there are many theories about the order of the Five Emperors era, but what can be confirmed is that Emperor Luo was the last God Emperor."

"Many ancient books have mentioned that powerful straw man methods appeared in all five God Emperor eras."

"However, at that time, the straw man method was not classified under Si Nong spells, but was classified under sacrificial methods."

"But it was most prosperous during the Emperor Li era, because Emperor Li abolished the common life-sacrifice methods in various places, replacing them with straw man sacrifices."

"If one wants the straw man to possess the same sacrificial power, then the straw man method cannot be too weak, otherwise it would be impossible to satisfy the requirements of the sacrifice."

"Thus, a large number of straw man methods began to appear during the Emperor Li era."

"However, at this time, the straw man method was still in the hands of priests and was regarded as a sacrificial method. Many gods who accepted offerings were still hanging up a sheep's head to sell dog meat, just like the Qi-Fortune Free Gods, acting in compliance while secretly opposing."

"On the surface, they used the straw man method to replace life sacrifices, but in reality, the materials for the straw man still used life, flesh, blood, and souls. Thus, many evil straw man methods appeared, such as those that devoured souls, devoured flesh and blood, and even straw man methods that devoured the origin of the Great Dao."

"In Wei Ling Tianchen's notes, he mentioned that at that time, in the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, there were twelve types of dark, evil straw man methods. They were the most harmful and the most secretive methods at the time, known as the 'Twelve Divine Sacrifices'."

Zhao Xing looked at the books before him, constantly sorting out the threads.

"In the late Emperor Li era, eight of these twelve powerful evil gods were eradicated by Emperor Li, but four escaped and their whereabouts became unknown."

"Afterward, the straw man method was no longer classified under the Dao of Sacrifice, but was classified under Si Nong spells and handed over to the Si Nong God to control."

Zhao Xing looked at these ancient books; although they possessed no power, he still felt a sense of blood and slaughter.

The struggle for orthodoxy was never a small matter; changing a major category of spells from the Dao of Sacrifice to the Dao of Si Nong definitely involved a large-scale struggle.

"Priests are incredibly weak in this era, but during the Five Emperors era, they were absolutely the premier Great Dao," Zhao Xing thought to himself.

After all, the Five Emperors all performed the Fengshan sacrifices, offering rites to heaven and earth, which inevitably required powerful gods of the priesthood. The scale of the demand determined the strength of the orthodoxy.

If the environment of the Five Emperors era was relatively stable, then the Si Nong would truly find it difficult to compete with the priests.

"The Twelve Divine Rites—could it be that the straw man technique created by Gu Fu Tianyang actually belongs to the priestly arts? A wolf in sheep's clothing?" Zhao Xing pondered. "Gu Luohe believes his brother is on his side, and Gu Fu Tianyang's straw man technique was never banned; instead, it has been passed down continuously, constantly cultivating successors, such as Zuo Zuo Qiyu, Jin Yan, and myself."

Zhao Xing felt this was highly probable, as he discovered that after Pu Yan died, less than thirty percent of his power was absorbed by himself and Zuo Zuo Qiyu, while the rest vanished. If he hadn't broken through and reached the twelfth rank with his true spirit, he might not have been able to discern this.

"Yu—"

Zhao Xing's consciousness entered his internal world, and simultaneously, it entered the body of the straw man crafted from god-soldier-grade materials.

"Boom—"

Zhao Xing's true spirit exerted all its strength, and through the amplification of the Soul Tree Heart, he could only manage to lift the index finger of his right hand.

During the process of lifting the index finger, space itself was constantly trembling.

Merely by mastering this single index finger, a surge of divine power was mobilized from the core blood nucleus of the earth and transmitted to the finger.

"Shoo!"

The Boundless Continent was instantly pierced through, leaving a large hole.

"Hiss—"

Zhao Xing hurriedly mobilized the world core, and a large amount of mist spread out from his internal world to repair the Boundless Continent.

"This power is definitely a strike from a Free God."

"Pu Yan studied the Primordial Straw Man Technique and took half a step further than Zuo Zuo Qiyu; he preserved his original self and can be reborn from the memories of his split soul bodies."

"What I have deduced is to make the straw man's life Dao diagram structure more perfect from the straw man's body and from the life level, so that the straw man can also take shape at the god-level."

"I just don't know if Zuo Zuo Qiyu has made any progress."

However, Zhao Xing did not dare to continue his research. Without clarifying Gu Fu Tianyang's situation, he could not continue to delve deeper into this spell, lest he become someone else's wedding dress in the future.

"There are stronger straw man techniques in history. If I could travel through time and space, perhaps I could learn a stronger god-level straw man technique; why would I need to learn Gu Fu Tianyang's secret arts?"

Zhao Xing couldn't help but yearn for the era of Emperor Li.

No wonder the Boundless True God didn't care whether he was an undercover agent.

The more one knows, the more one will yearn for the Evil God faction!

The god-level straw man technique has great appeal to a Si Nong of the Self-Nature School.

"Let's go back first."

The Bai Yu Five-Mausoleum Ship soon returned to the Primordial Heavenly Palace.

At this time, Chen Jiu was still leading a group of selected geniuses to practice the Food Tribulation Technique, so Zhao Xing planned to return to the imperial territory himself.

The third era of the Desolate Domain, the eleventh world-star year, the Ancient Kingdom of Marquis Tian You, Bowa Star Continent.

In a vast, endless forest spanning ten billion kilometers, there stood a towering divine temple.

The temple was surrounded by elm trees, and inside, the statue of Qing Qing Yu Zi was worshipped.

Around the palace, some smaller palace buildings were constructed, with a very small population, almost only about one million people.

Guarding this place were none other than the "Prefect Ziyue" and Prefect Yu Qing from the Ancient Kingdom of Yuanhai long ago. However, these two were now also at the Emperor level.

Although Qing Qing Yu Zi was punished and sent to the past, the Zishen Prefecture where he had stayed was properly settled.

Now, Emperor Ziyue and Emperor Yu Qing had been staying here all along.

"The statue is showing signs of disturbance." Suddenly, Emperor Ziyue found Emperor Yu Qing.

"What's the situation?" Emperor Yu Qing was meditating and asked in confusion.

"The Divine Venerable has sent down an edict, but I am unable to receive it." Emperor Ziyue was somewhat anxious.

"Let's go and take a look!"

Emperor Yu Qing and Emperor Ziyue immediately arrived inside the divine temple.

They saw that in front of Qing Qing Yu Zi's statue, a raging fire was burning inside a bronze tripod, and the statue was illuminated, shining brilliantly.

Inside the bronze tripod, a tattered piece of paper seemed to have appeared.

Emperor Yu Qing and Emperor Ziyue were very bewildered.

They tried to communicate, but the statue did not respond.

But this was truly and certainly like some kind of divine miracle.

"Divine Venerable, what exactly do you want to tell us?" Emperor Ziyue and Emperor Yu Qing were very anxious.

But they could not understand what Qing Qing Yu Zi wanted to express.

They both knew that Qing Qing Yu Zi had gone to a very distant place, but they didn't know how far. For many years, this was the first time Qing Qing Yu Zi had revealed a divine miracle.

Both of them felt it was very important, but the divine miracle appearing now was too abstract.

"Divine Venerable, we are dull and cannot understand your meaning." Emperor Yu Qing sighed.

The gap in the paper was still expanding, and the light on the forehead of Qing Qing Yu Zi's statue flickered, as if it were sweating.

The statue, plated with magic-power materials, began to show signs of damage, looking as if it were about to be unable to hold on.

"What should we do?" Emperor Yu Qing was anxious. "Should we notify the divine temple?"

"How can we notify them?" Emperor Ziyue sighed. It was true that they had benefited a lot and become Emperors.

But within the Samsara Divine Temple, they were also existences that were disliked by everyone.

If it could be said that Zhao Xing was only unintentionally involved in the events of that year, then they were peripheral members of the Samsara Divine Temple who had actively helped Qing Qing Yu Zi plot to become a god.

Being able to have their current treatment was already not bad; they still wanted to return to the divine temple? Right now, they couldn't even see anyone at all; who the hell knew if they were coming to steal things again.

"If the Divine Venerable had a major event, he would definitely notify the Samsara Divine Temple at the first opportunity."

"If not, it must be because that path is blocked."

"But we also don't know what happened, sigh—"

Even though the two were Emperors, they were helpless in the face of the divine level.

Normally speaking, the manifestation of a divine miracle by the Qing Yu God should be clear and distinct.

How could such a vague situation occur?

Intuition told them that there must be a big problem here, but now they could only stare blankly.

"Whoosh whoosh~"

The flames rolled, and the gap in the paper continued to expand.

The two stared fixedly, and finally, they made a decision together.

"Yu Qing, you and I will each sacrifice a million years of our lifespan to see if we can stabilize the divine miracle."

"Okay." Emperor Yu Qing gritted his teeth and immediately cut his own wrist.

Ill~

A large amount of the two's essence blood was poured into the bronze tripod.

The flames instantly turned blood-red.

The two great Emperors sacrificing their own lifespan—a million years of lifespan was already a lot!

This would trigger their true spirit tribulation in advance, shortening the time they had to deal with it.

But they couldn't care about so much right now.

"Whoosh~"

The flames inside the bronze tripod surged.

The speed of the paper's damage suddenly slowed down, and under the efforts of the two, four characters were finally revealed on it.

【Go find Zhao Xing】

"Whoosh~"

After saying this, the flames inside the bronze tripod suddenly extinguished, and everything seemed as if it had never appeared.

But the two great Emperors already showed signs of aging, and Qing Qing Yu Zi's statue also showed cracks.

"Boom—"

A world ship quickly took off from the Bowa Star Continent.

Within the territory of the Ancient Kingdom of Marquis Tian You, in the void, a world ship was traveling through.

In the twelfth year of the third era, Zhao Xing returned from the Primordial Heavenly Palace, and accompanying him this time was Venerable Tianguan.

Venerable Tianguan was a historian, but he was not a pure scholar, but rather one who could fight.

When Zhao Xing broke through the 【Earth Core Blood Nucleus】 level, Venerable Tianguan ranked second. Later, when he arrived at the Primordial Heavenly Palace, he wanted to befriend Zhao Xing and observe the Earth Core Blood Nucleus.

However, at that time, how could Zhao Xing have time to pay attention to him?

He had followed Venerable Venerable Bo Meng to the Ancient Kingdom of Tianyao to deal with Jin Yan's affairs.

However, after returning, Venerable Tianguan was still waiting, and finally moved Zhao Xing.

"Venerable Tianguan, I didn't say when I would return at that time; it could be ten years, it could be hundreds or thousands of years. Did you really just wait like that?"

Venerable Tianguan said humorously: "Si Nong Zhao, I have no other skills; I am best at waiting."

"Hahaha." Thinking that this person was ranked after Venerable Zhang He and had also waited for over three hundred thousand years, Zhao Xing was also amused by his statement.

"It's not impossible for you to observe the Earth Core Blood Nucleus," Zhao Xing said. "I wonder what the Venerable will exchange for it?"

Venerable Tianguan said happily: "Please name your price, Si Nong Zhao; I only need to observe it for a hundred years."

"Then exchange it for some history books," Zhao Xing said. "Any history books at the ancient kingdom level will do; you can just find some."

For the Boundless True God, Zhao Xing still had two tasks: one was to cultivate the Ten Thousand Era Flower God Seed.

The other was to cultivate the History Book Worm.

For the first task, Zhao Xing had no clue at all and had no idea how to make the Ten Thousand Era Flower God Seed sprout.

But the second task had a direction, which was to devour all kinds of history books.

Previously, he had exchanged for some from Feng Chen, the Great Elder of the Academy, but they were only some low-level goods.

"Okay, I happen to have some Ancient Demon history books; the level is not low, and I can give them to Si Nong Zhao."

Venerable Tianguan took out three shining history books, with the appearance of a demon beast on each cover.

There were also many loose pages, illustrated with pictures and text, containing the origin of history.

However, the strongest were the three books: "Ancient Demon: Rongdi Tribe", "Chronicles of the Ten Demon Kings", and "Ancient Demon Book of the Chaotic Sea".

"Okay, you can go in."

Zhao Xing waved his hand, didn't bargain, and directly took Venerable Tianguan into his internal world, letting him go into the straw man's body to observe the Earth Core Blood Nucleus.

Swish~

Subsequently, Zhao Xing flipped out an exquisite transparent insect box, inside which a larva resembling a silkworm was floating, and the box emitted a faint scent of books.

The History Book Worm feeds on devouring history books, and its surface skin has many characters.

The larva's strength is very weak, not even at the Origin Realm, and it can even be said to have no aura.

However, if it can enter the growth stage and begin its first transformation, it will reveal its power.

"It can devour history books. The Boundless True God said that the most powerful god-level book worm can even devour Xuanling history books. I don't know if it's true."

Zhao Xing found it hard to believe that a divine object like a Xuanling history book could be devoured by this tiny book worm.

But anyway, it was just doing a task; the task materials needed by the Evil God were strange and varied, and he was already used to it.

"Eat, mature early, so I can finish the task." Zhao Xing threw the three history books into the box.

"Crunch crunch—"

The history book larva instantly turned into a stream of light and pounced on the three great ancient demon books, but it couldn't bite them, and finally could only start by devouring the loose pages first.

Zhao Xing watched for a while, soon got bored, so he sat cross-legged and meditated, quietly waiting for the world ship to return to the empire.

However, just at this moment, "Yu—"

His Star Mirror suddenly rang.

"Hmm? It's Du Yun."

"He's contacting me?"

"It seems he knows I've been to the Primordial Heavenly Palace."

Zhao Xing had business at the Primordial Heavenly Palace, and Du Yun's location was not in the First Void Ancestor Star System, so he simply didn't contact Du Yun.

"Yu—"

Du Yun's phantom appeared in front of Zhao Xing.

"Brother Du, you know I've been to the Primordial Heavenly Palace? It's not that I didn't look for you; it's just that time was tight and the task was heavy—"

But Du Yun interrupted Zhao Xing with a serious face: "Zhao Xing, let's catch up later. I have something to do; agree to let two other people in."

"Okay." Zhao Xing nodded.

Subsequently, in the Star Mirror, not only did Du Yun's figure appear, but also two familiar yet strange faces.

"Prefect Ziyue and Prefect Yu Qing?"

Seeing these two, Zhao Xing couldn't help but recall the scenes when he first entered the universe; at that time, it was Prefect Ziyue who picked him up at the Star Pass.

Later, relying on the resources of Ziyue Prefecture, he broke through to the Origin Realm, went to the Yueluo Mausoleum, and made his first pot of gold.

It was also at that time that he got to know Du Yun; at that time, Du Yun was still considered the successor of the next Zishen Prefecture.

After the destruction of the Ancient Kingdom of Yuanhai, he was not clear about how the forces of Old Qing's life were arranged.

Now eight thousand years had passed, and it was the first time he had seen these two.

"They asked you to find me; what's the matter?" Zhao Xing asked. Du Yun was also a member of Zishen Prefecture; speaking of which, Du Yun could also be considered related to Qing Qing Yu Zi.

"I don't know." Du Yun shook his head. "They refused to say, only saying there was an important matter related to Senior Qing Qing Yu Zi. They insisted on seeing you in person to talk about it."

"Where is the location?" Zhao Xing looked at Prefect Ziyue and Prefect Yu Qing.

"Ancient Kingdom of Marquis Tian You, Bowa Star Continent."

"I'll be there right away." Zhao Xing didn't talk nonsense and immediately changed direction.

Both publicly and privately, he should go and take a look.

What's more, Bowa Star Continent was within the territory of the Xuanling Star Domain; if these two were bewitched by the Evil God, that would be even better. In this place,

the Evil God level probably wasn't high, so that would be a solid contribution!

"I can't get away; the Food Tribulation Technique practice has reached a critical period. Zhao Xing, I'll leave it to you." Du Yun said.

"Small matter."

Three months later, Bowa Star Continent, Zhao Xing's Bai Yu Five-Mausoleum Ship landed.

"Boom—"

The cabin opened, and Zhao Xing stepped on the canopy, starting to scan the entire star continent.

Soon he discovered Emperor Yu Qing and Emperor Ziyue, as well as that divine temple.

"Old Qing also has a divine temple here?"

Zhao Xing's figure flashed, and the next second he appeared at the entrance of the divine temple.

"What exactly is the situation?"

He didn't feel anything peculiar; the heaven and earth of Bowa Star Continent were in full view. However, Zhao Xing also put on the Time Valley Rain Dharma Robe; being careful was never wrong.

"Si Nong Zhao, just a few months ago—" Prefect Ziyue described the whole process of the matter.

Under the gaze of Zhao Xing's true spirit, it was completely impossible for Prefect Ziyue to lie.

After listening, Zhao Xing nodded.

"Old Qing said there would be a chance to meet in the third era of the Desolate Domain; could it be that he ran into trouble while working abroad?"

Emperor Ziyue and the others didn't know where Qing Qing Yu Zi had gone, but Zhao Xing knew that Old Qing had gone to the past time and space.

He imagined a picture: Old Qing left his hometown to come to the big city, and then was bullied by the local snakes.

"Old Qing wouldn't have run into some big event again, would he? If he had a problem, he should seek help from the Samsara Divine Temple; why would he look for me?"

Zhao Xing was suspicious for a while, but finally sent a clone into the divine temple.

No matter what, he and Qing Qing Yu Zi had a friendship. If Old Qing really encountered some trouble,

he should help within his ability.

However, Zhao Xing didn't need to go himself with a clone; he could cut off the clone and detach at any time, and he certainly wouldn't get involved in such a big event as the resurrection of the Dongyan Ancient Clan.

"Hum—"

As soon as Zhao Xing's split soul entered, the bronze tripod burned.

A tattered piece of paper floated in the flames.

"Hmm?"

Zhao Xing was stronger than Ziyue and Yu Qing and immediately discovered more information.

This was a page torn from a history book, because it not only had time fluctuations but also the attributes of a history book.

"Crunch crunch—"

The paper began to shatter; it was damaged bit by bit from the edges, as if there was a big mouth, devouring it little by little.

"Big, big, big!"

Zhao Xing burned his Azure Flower magic power, Cangming magic power, and Chen Xuan Soul magic power.

In this specific scene, these three types of magic power were more useful than the Si Nong's three magic powers.

Zhao Xing saw more information.

【Marquis Tian You Book, Chronicles Seventh, Emperor Hong I】

Zhao Xing pondered slightly and knew that this corresponded to the period of the seventh-generation ruler of the Ancient Kingdom of Marquis Tian You, approximately in the 1003rd solar year of the 37th era before the Desolate Domain, to the 34th solar year of the 35th era.

Because Ruler Hong I stepped down after being the ruler for two eras and went to try to break through to the god realm, but failed,

turning into ashes.

Immediately after, the information on the paper changed again.

【Marquis Tian You Book, Chronicles Eleventh, Duzhen Sect IV】

Zhao Xing frowned slightly.

Not long after, it changed to 【Chronicles Fourteenth】

【Chronicles Twenty-third】

The time span was very large, but there was a pattern: they were all getting closer and closer to modern times.

Every time it appeared, the paper would restore itself and then reappear tattered.

"Crunch crunch—"

When it reached the eighth era before the Desolate Domain, a pattern began to emerge on the 【Marquis Tian You Book】.

Zhao Xing could already clearly hear the sound of devouring.

At this time, he finally understood what Qing Qing Yu Zi wanted to express.

"Old Qing, are you trying to say that a batch of adult history book worms are traveling through the long river of time, devouring history along the way?"

He looked up at Qing Qing Yu Zi's statue; at this time, two lines of tears flowed from the corners of the statue's eyes.

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"You're not kidding, are you—" Zhao Xing gasped. "Is there really such a thing?"

If this were really the case, then the trouble would be big.

He instantly thought of many possibilities.

History books symbolize inherent historical memory; if history books are subverted, then collective memory tampering will occur.

It was just like the world ship he and Yang Baihe had once experienced; in that mausoleum world ship, the Grand Tutor and the Monarch were both very evil.

And some star historians could tamper with memories, just like the former Dongyan Ancient Clan; Dongyan Hai swapped the Ruler of Yuanhai, and no one even noticed when the Dharma Assembly was held, only starting to launch at the moment the plot was set.

In addition, history books also had a protective role in the third era of the Desolate Domain, which could ensure that time-space memory would not be impacted.

If the past faction released a group of powerful history book worms, perhaps even the protection of the Xuanling history books would have problems!

"Disaster of the book worms—living long enough, one can really see anything." Thinking of the many possibilities, Zhao Xing felt his scalp tingle.

He immediately memorized all the information Qing Qing Yu Zi had transmitted.

However, just at this moment, an anomaly appeared outside the temple.

"I don't know what happened to the Divine Venerable, actually wanting Zhao Xing to come; what exactly happened—Yu Qing, do you think it could be that we encountered danger?"

Prefect Ziyue was waiting.

But at this time, there was a look of bewilderment in Prefect Yu Qing's eyes.

Prefect Ziyue looked at her suspiciously.

The latter changed her face first, as if she didn't recognize him at all: "Who are you, how could you appear here!"

Prefect Ziyue looked at Zhao Xing strangely, then looked at Prefect Yu Qing: "Yu Qing, you, what's wrong with you, I am Ziyue."

Prefect Yu Qing not only didn't have any sobriety, but a moment later, her face suddenly turned red, and her eyes turned red.

"You traitor who sold out the country! Die!"

Clang!

A heart sword was emitted from Prefect Yu Qing's body, catching Prefect Ziyue off guard and attacking him.

"What? You—"

"Puff puff—"

Prefect Ziyue's body was violently knocked away, and his aura dropped rapidly.

If Zhao Xing hadn't come to his senses and intervened in time to stop it, he would probably have died.

"Let go of me, who are you, this is the internal affair of our Ancient Kingdom of Marquis Tian You—"

Zhao Xing grabbed Prefect Yu Qing and knocked her unconscious. Subsequently, he picked up Prefect Ziyue: "Are you okay?"

"This, what exactly is going on?" Prefect Ziyue was full of confusion.

"You two have lived too long, and the influence has already spread to the time point of your birth." Zhao Xing sighed. "If I remember correctly, Prefect, you should have been born in the seventh era before the Desolate Domain?"

"Yes, Yu Qing is older than me—" As he spoke, Prefect Ziyue suddenly lost his voice. He looked at Zhao Xing, terrified: "You, who are you? Why am I here?"