Chapter 205: An Anomaly Occurs at the Life and Death Gate!

"You!" Nalan Yanran was rendered speechless with fury, her beautiful eyes glaring at Xiao Yan as she bit her lower lip lightly. She truly wanted to teach Xiao Yan a harsh lesson, but unfortunately she couldn't beat him!

"Yes, yes, yes, this servant knows her crime. Young Master, this way please." Nalan Yanran took a deep breath, bent slightly at the waist, and with squinted eyes and a smile made a gesture to invite him forward.

Xiao Yan clasped his hands behind his back, putting on the airs of a young master as he said, "Lead the way."

Perhaps because she had lost so thoroughly, Nalan Yanran's attitude toward Xiao Yan had also changed a little—at the very least, she now knew how to joke around.

Along the way, Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran naturally drew a great deal of attention. Not to mention that Nalan Yanran herself was Yun Lan Sect's Senior Sister, beautiful and moving, and the candidate for the next Sect Master. Moreover, Xiao Yan had caused a huge uproar in Yun Lan Sect yesterday, and even when the old Sect Master Yun Shan came out he could do nothing to him. Of course, he was at the height of his fame.

"That one is Xiao Yan? You're saying such a young man defeated the old Sect Master who had advanced to Dou Zong?"

"He didn't defeat him. He relied on the Medusa Queen to hold off the old Sect Master Yun Shan."

"Relying on someone else, not on himself? What is his cultivation realm?"

"High Star Da Dou Shi, the same as Senior Sister Yanran."

Listening to the idle chatter along the way, Xiao Yan still wore an unhurried, calm and composed expression. He didn't mind people saying he relied on Mei Du Sha—after all, he really couldn't beat a Dou Zong himself.

Following Nalan Yanran through the various great halls of Yun Lan Sect, collapsed buildings and large cracks in the ground could be seen everywhere along the way. Xiao Yan awkwardly rubbed his nose. If he wasn't mistaken, all of this was the result of Ling Ying using the Mountain-Splitting Seal.

"All of this is your handiwork." Nalan Yanran shot a glance at Xiao Yan.

"Don't talk nonsense, I don't have the ability to break through your sect-protecting Demonic Array." Xiao Yan quickly distanced himself from the matter. This was Ling Ying's doing, go find him.

Soon, Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran arrived at the rear mountain. Glancing at the hidden forest beside him, he knew that on the other side of the mountain peak a branch hall of the Soul Hall was concealed.

Yun Yun and Yun Shan had long been waiting here.

"The Life and Death Gate is inside the Space Lock?" Xiao Yan said leisurely.

"You actually know about the Space Lock too?" Nalan Yanran said with some surprise. This was the domain of a Dou Zun—even ordinary Dou Huangs didn't know about it!

Yun Yun nodded lightly and explained gently, "Mm, this Space Lock was left behind by the founding Sect Master Yun Potian. Without the Sect Master's Soul Token and special techniques, even a Dou Zong powerhouse cannot break in."

Xiao Yan nodded. He had already witnessed the Space Lock last night. Without the Soul Robe, Xiao Yan would likewise have been unable to enter the Soul Hall.

Yun Yun slowly extended her fair Jade Hand from within her sleeve, then began forming hand seals one finger and one seal at a time. As her hand seals formed, Xiao Yan could clearly sense an extremely powerful, invisible fluctuation spreading out from Yun Yun's palm like waves, like waves.

The invisible fluctuation gradually spread, and finally came into contact with those spatial folds. The moment the two made contact, the space before Xiao Yan and the others immediately became like a mirror made of water, continuously rippling outward in circles. After a moment, the ripples stopped, and Yun Yun took out a jade-green Soul Token from her Na Ring and pressed it against it.

With a hum, the space parted like a curtain, opening a passage from the middle.

"Go in." Yun Yun said softly.

Xiao Yan stepped through the invisible doorway with one foot, only to find that the view before his eyes had become much brighter than before. Clearly, compared to the eerie scene of the Soul Hall, the environment within the Life and Death Gate was still normal.

Walking slowly up the stone stairs along the valley, after a short while, led by Yun Yun, Xiao Yan arrived before a stone archway.

This stone archway before him was less a door and more a semicircular ring, with nothing in the middle.

"Even the most talented disciples of Yun Lan Sect are not necessarily able to activate the Life and Death Gate. Only those who can activate the Life and Death Gate will cause the gateway to appear, opening a passage into the Life and Death Gate." Yun Yun explained.

Xiao Yan had just heard Nalan Yanran mention this when he first arrived.

Every year, Yun Lan Sect held a ceremonial competition. Only the ten most outstanding disciples of Yun Lan Sect were qualified to come and activate the Life and Death Gate. If the Life and Death Gate responded, then they would be qualified to enter the Life and Death Gate for training and automatically obtain the status of Young Sect Master.

For Yun Lan Sect, only those with the highest talent, those most suited to become the next Sect Master, could elicit a response from the历代 Sect Masters, thereby activating the Life and Death Gate.

And Nalan Yanran was the only one in recent years who could activate the Life and Death Gate. The one before her was Yun Yun.

"Place your hand on the stone pillar, then circulate your Cultivation Method." Yun Yun's beautiful eyes looked toward Xiao Yan. Generally speaking, those who came to activate the Life and Death Gate were disciples of Yun Lan Sect, and naturally cultivated Yun Lan Sect's Cultivation Method. She had never tried whether other Cultivation Methods would work.

Xiao Yan slowly stepped forward and gently placed his hand on the stone pillar. The instant Xiao Yan circulated his Dou Qi, an anomaly suddenly arose!

【You have finally come】

!!!!!!

A voice suddenly transmitted into Xiao Yan's heart!

The next second, that familiar sensation of a heartbeat appeared once again, and this time it was stronger than ever before!

Xiao Yan felt as if his heart were about to leap out of his chest, the blood in his body involuntarily boiling, as if cheering, roaring, acclaiming!

Boom boom boom!!! At this moment, the heavens shook and the earth swayed. The mountain peak where the Life and Death Gate was located began to tremble.

At first, Yun Yun thought it was Xiao Yan pushing the stone pillar with force, but later she discovered the tremor was outrageously powerful, and then the shaking of heaven and earth grew more and more violent.

Boom boom boom!!! At this moment, the earth and Shan Mai began to crack. The Stone Gate suddenly emitted scorching high temperatures, and even space began to twist.

In the blink of an eye, a massive fissure appeared before everyone. In that instant, heaven collapsed and the earth split. Many Yun Lan Sect disciples witnessed a terrifying scene—within Yun Lan Sect, numerous mountain peaks and Ancient Trees actually split apart in an instant, and ancient halls and pavilions collapsed one after another.

"What's happening!"

"Again?!"

"No, this is even more violent than yesterday!"

"Help!!!"

In an instant, countless Yun Lan Sect disciples, stewards, and Elders were startled. Some Dou Wang Elders even flew into the air to escape the sudden collapse of heaven and earth!

Yun Yun and the others looked sharply at Xiao Yan. They sensed that the source of the earthquake was the Life and Death Gate!

"Xiao Yan, what did you do!" Yun Shan shouted. This was the first time such a situation had occurred!

Although activating the Life and Death Gate would cause some commotion, it absolutely could not be this great—it was only a faint appearance of light.

Xiao Yan did not answer, because he himself did not know what had happened!

At this moment, the originally unremarkable archway flickered with a faint light. In the middle there was a layer of light membrane, very very faint, seeming like nothingness, making it look so unreal.

Looking at the Life and Death Gate before him, Xiao Yan's expression was extremely solemn. There was no need to ask—normally activating the Life and Death Gate absolutely could not cause such a situation!

Xiao Yan's gaze hardened. Having no time to think further, he knew that Guardian Yao and Yun Shan must have been watching him all along.

"If you encounter people from the Soul Hall, be careful!!" After transmitting his voice to Yun Yun, Xiao Yan stepped into the Life and Death Gate without a second word.

(End of this chapter)