Chapter 315: Cang Yue

Against the dark, somber sky of the Burial Soil, a colossal skeletal bird flapped its wings and soared toward them, casting a vast shadow.

Jun Xiaoyao stood motionless, arms folded behind his back, watching the skeletal bird.

Most people seeing this would have been thrown into panic.

But Jun Xiaoyao remained calm, his expression unchanged.

He would inevitably encounter the living of the Burial Soil sooner or later; better to meet them early and gain a rough understanding of the Eternal Burial Soil.

The skeletal bird landed, revealing a group of humanoid beings standing atop it.

When Cang Yue and the others saw Jun Xiaoyao, their faces showed unprecedented shock.

"A human… a living human?"

Cang Yue and Gu Chi were utterly astonished.

They had assumed some life-infused celestial treasure had surfaced.

The vitality radiating from him was too overwhelming.

Cang Yue never imagined that such abundant vitality belonged to a human.

"An outsider?" an elder scrutinized Jun Xiaoyao.

Every one of them wore expressions of extreme disbelief, as if staring at animals in a zoo.

Meanwhile, Jun Xiaoyao was also studying them.

Each of these humanoid beings had pale, lifeless skin, unlike that of the living, radiating nothing but deathly stillness.

If Jun Xiaoyao closed his eyes, he could not sense their breath or warmth.

They resembled cold, lifeless corpses.

Yet they moved, lived, and cultivated like ordinary beings.

This intrigued Jun Xiaoyao greatly.

The world truly held wonders beyond imagination.

But considering the cosmic laws of the Eternal Burial Soil,

such beings emerging here were not entirely incomprehensible.

"Are you from outside?" Cang Yue asked.

She studied Jun Xiaoyao's face, a hint of awe in her gaze.

Since her consciousness first formed within the Burial Soil, she had never seen a human so strikingly beautiful.

Most beings in the Burial Soil were grotesque, bizarre, like the aftermath of a car crash—unbearable to look at.

Beauties like Cang Yue and Cang Xue were already exceedingly rare treasures.

Even Gu Chi, whose looks were merely passable, was considered a handsome man in the Burial Soil.

This revealed just how stunned Cang Yue and the others were by Jun Xiaoyao's appearance.

Those who have never seen the sea cannot know its vastness.

Those who have never seen Jun Xiaoyao cannot know what true handsomeness means.

Not only Cang Yue, but even her sister Cang Xue, were momentarily spellbound.

As for Gu Chi, jealousy flickered in his eyes.

Hearing Cang Yue's question, Jun Xiaoyao nodded faintly. "I entered from the Immortal Realm."

"Your cultivation is only at the Heaven-Piercing Realm—how did you even enter the Burial Soil?" Cang Yue found this unbelievable.

In her eyes, Jun Xiaoyao's cultivation seemed rather low.

Jun Xiaoyao had also sensed that the two sisters before him had reached the Divine Flame Realm.

The young man beside them had even reached the late stage of the Divine Flame Realm.

In the Huangtian Immortal Realm, Jun Xiaoyao's realm already placed him among the elite of his generation.

Outside of ancient anomalies, imperial heirs, and young descendants of ancient emperors, no one surpassed him.

Yet here in the Burial Soil, random young beings he encountered already surpassed his cultivation.

But Jun Xiaoyao had heard that many of these seemingly young beings in the Burial Soil had been buried underground for centuries or even millennia.

So their higher cultivation was understandable.

As for the elders, they were at the Void God and True God realms.

"Did you accidentally enter the Burial Soil?" Cang Yue continued.

They had never encountered anyone from outside before, so they were curious.

Seeing that Cang Yue showed no obvious hostility, Jun Xiaoyao was slightly surprised.

He had assumed every being in the Eternal Burial Soil was ferocious, attacking outsiders on sight.

"I came here deliberately—to find the Nine Marvels Reincarnation Immortal Grass."

As he spoke, Jun Xiaoyao watched Cang Yue and the others' faces closely.

If they knew anything about the Nine Marvels Reincarnation Immortal Grass, they would react.

But to Jun Xiaoyao's disappointment, Cang Yue and the others merely frowned and shook their heads.

It seemed Cang Yue and the others were too low-ranking to have encountered such a rare item.

Jun Xiaoyao was not discouraged—he never expected to find it immediately.

At that moment, Gu Chi spoke with a hint of annoyance: "You're only at the Heaven-Piercing Realm and dare come to the Eternal Burial Soil? You truly don't know the meaning of 'death.'"

Gu Chi had designs on the sisters, Cang Yue and Cang Xue.

Jun Xiaoyao's appearance naturally triggered a sense of threat in him.

Jun Xiaoyao glanced at Gu Chi with indifference.

Did he think Jun Xiaoyao was interested in corpses?

Cang Yue and Cang Xue might be beautiful maidens, but they were dug up from the ground.

Jun Xiaoyao had no such perverse tastes.

Seeing Jun Xiaoyao's contempt, Gu Chi's gaze grew colder.

Honestly, upon seeing Jun Xiaoyao, Gu Chi had truly wanted to absorb him.

That overwhelming life force stirred Gu Chi's desire.

In the Eternal Burial Soil, life-infused substances were exceedingly rare.

In a sense, Jun Xiaoyao's Ancient Holy Body was the most potent source of life energy.

Cang Yue also realized this, and she told Jun Xiaoyao.

"So you mean, right now, I'm like Tang Sanzang's flesh—everyone wants to take a bite?" Jun Xiaoyao said.

Cang Yue looked puzzled; she didn't understand what "Tang Sanzang's flesh" meant.

"Don't you want to use me as a blood and flesh tonic? And she—her body seems to have problems too."

Jun Xiaoyao smiled faintly, glancing at Cang Xue.

Seeing Jun Xiaoyao's gaze settle on her, Cang Xue pressed closer to Cang Yue, her large blue eyes timid yet curious.

Hearing Jun Xiaoyao pinpoint Cang Xue's condition, Cang Yue realized this outsider was no ordinary man.

She suddenly had an idea and said: "We certainly wouldn't harm you, Young Master, but within the Burial Soil, many beings are xenophobic—they may cause you trouble."

"And?" Jun Xiaoyao said.

He suspected Cang Yue had some plan for him.

Not some strange romantic notion.

But an exploitative one.

Conveniently, Jun Xiaoyao also wanted to use Cang Yue to learn the basics of the Eternal Burial Soil.

"Therefore, Young Master, you need to conceal your overwhelming vitality. Fortunately, I have a method." Cang Yue's blue eyes shimmered.

"Oh? What method?" Jun Xiaoyao smiled.

"The Yin-Yang Divine Fruit." Cang Yue said.

"Yin-Yang Divine Fruit?" Jun Xiaoyao murmured.

Cang Yue then explained: the Yin-Yang Divine Fruit could transform his life energy into death energy.

Thus, Jun Xiaoyao could perfectly blend into the Burial Soil and focus on his goal without interference from its inhabitants.

Coincidentally, Cang Yue and the others were heading to the Yin-Yang Soul Pool to compete for the Yin-Yang Divine Fruit.

Indeed, this was exactly what Jun Xiaoyao needed right now.

Otherwise, constant harassment from Burial Soil beings would be a nuisance.

"Young Master, how strong are you?" Cang Yue asked casually.

"Decent enough—undefeated among my peers," Jun Xiaoyao replied honestly, without a trace of falsehood.

Hearing this, Gu Chi and Cang Yue both froze slightly.

Cang Yue remained composed, showing no unusual reaction.

But Gu Chi couldn't help laughing.

"Hah! A Heaven-Piercing Realm cultivator dares call himself undefeated among his peers? Such arrogance from a lowly outsider." Gu Chi sneered.

But the moment he finished speaking,

darkness fell before his eyes.

A massive slap, delivered with crushing force, struck his face.

CRACK!

Half of Gu Chi's face was blown away, his cheekbones shattered and collapsed, death energy hissing out.

He spun three hundred and sixty degrees on the spot, then crashed to the ground with a thud.

Every bone in his body seemed to shatter, emitting unbearable creaking sounds.

"Just a living corpse—do you really think you're something special?"

Jun Xiaoyao's tone was cold, his demeanor aloof, as he retracted his hand.

He did not become cautious or restrained just because he had entered the Ten Thousand Eons Burial Ground.

When he should be tyrannical, he remains tyrannical!

When he should be arrogant, he remains arrogant!