Chapter 338

With the finding of the Xuanyuan Token, it was confirmed that the place where the five of them, Hua Changxi, had broken into was indeed the Xuanyuan Chengcheng Lord's Mansion.

The city lord's mansion of the largest cultivation city in the Central Continent was not as towering and magnificent as everyone imagined; instead, it was like a battlefield ruin, desolate and bleak.

The broken walls and ruins visible everywhere, along with the remains all over the ground, indicated that before it was sealed, this place had suffered a tragic and heroic world-destroying war.

Looking at these, Hua Changxi thought of the time when Pill Origin Peak appeared; it was also like this, with traces of fighting everywhere: "The invasion war before the ancient spirit energy extinction must have been unimaginably tragic."

Yan Zhenzhen nodded; the Artifact Saint Palace was the best example, with almost no intact palace.

Even a holy land had suffered devastating damage, so other places would only be worse.

The five of them, Hua Changxi, passed through the spatial rift and came to this square. After getting the Xuanyuan Token and being able to move freely, Hua Changxi and Yan Zhenzhen walked around the square together. At the position suspected to be the main gate in the due south of the square, they saw the plaque that had fallen to the ground and broken into several sections.

Hua Changxi and Yan Zhenzhen looked at each other and stepped forward to piece the plaque together.

"Xuan~"

Yan Zhenzhen pieced together a "Xuan" character. As soon as she looked directly at it, her vision went black, and she stumbled and fell to the ground.

Hua Changxi was also about to piece together the "Yuan" character. She was startled by Yan Zhenzhen and hurriedly stepped forward to help her up, only to find that there was fresh blood flowing from the corner of Yan Zhenzhen's eyes: "How could this happen?"

Yan Zhenzhen was not only feeling stinging pain in both eyes but also dizzy: "Don't look at the characters on the plaque; there's something strange."

"What's wrong with you two?"

At this time, Jing Le also picked up a Xuanyuan Token and walked over anxiously.

Yan Zhenzhen didn't dare to open her eyes yet. Hua Changxi supported her with one hand and pointed at the plaque fragments with the other: "We wanted to piece the plaque together, but Zhenzhen looked at the characters on it, and her eyes started bleeding."

Seeing this, Jing Le walked toward the plaque. Seeing the pieced-together "Xuan" character, his eyes also felt some stinging pain, but he could still endure it.

Seeing Jing Le squat down and continue to piece the plaque together, Hua Changxi helped Yan Zhenzhen to sit aside and went over to help: "You looked at the characters on the plaque, are you okay?"

Jing Le: "It's okay, I can still endure it."

Hua Changxi didn't look directly at the characters on the plaque, only scanning with the corner of her eye. Even so, she felt a stinging pain in her eyes: "These aren't simple characters, right?"

Jing Le nodded and quickly pieced the plaque together: "I have seen a record in ancient books, saying that the central cities of the Five Continents were all inscribed by the Four Spirits Emperors themselves."

"The Vermilion Bird City, Black Tortoise City, Azure Dragon City, and White Tiger City of the East, West, South, and North continents—needless to say, their city names and the plaques of the city lord's mansions must have been bestowed by the Four Spirits Emperors themselves."

"I guess the Central Continent is no exception. The characters on the plaque of the Xuanyuan Chengcheng Lord's Mansion should also be from the hand of one of the Emperors."

"The handwriting of an Emperor, even after countless years, is not something we Nascent Soul cultivators can look directly at."

After hearing this, Hua Changxi nodded.

With the joint efforts of the two, the plaque was pieced together—Xuanyuan Mansion!

With Yan Zhenzhen's lesson before her, Hua Changxi was very careful not to look directly at the three characters, but Jing Le looked at them without any scruples. Not only did he look, but he was also carefully observing them.

Hua Changxi reminded loudly: "Jing Le, your eyes are bleeding, don't look anymore."

Jing Le's mind had been completely occupied by the three characters "Xuanyuan Mansion." He couldn't hear Hua Changxi's voice and was completely unaware of his constantly bleeding eyes.

At this moment, in his eyes, what he saw was not three characters at all.

The three characters had turned into a series of golden runes. The runes twisted and changed in the air, finally condensing into an earthy-yellow Fire Qilin.

It was just that the situation of this Fire Qilin was very bad; not only was it in a deep sleep, but it was also withered and gaunt, completely in a state of impending death that could dissipate at any time.

Seeing Jing Le's life-risking posture, Hua Changxi could only take physical intervention, using a hand knife to knock him to the ground and forcibly pulling his line of sight away from the plaque.

"Do you not want your eyes anymore?"

"Hiss~"

Only then did Jing Le realize that his eyes were hurting severely.

Seeing him looking like he wanted to roll around in pain, Hua Changxi was a bit amused and speechless, taking out three third-grade top-grade Vitality Pills for him to take.

The effect of third-grade pills on Nascent Soul cultivators was already very limited; he could only take a few more to alleviate the pain.

"Zhenzhen, Jing Le, what's wrong with you two?"

Tong Yao and Hua Liulang finally picked up the Xuanyuan Token. When they came over and saw Yan Zhenzhen and Jing Le bleeding from their eyes, they were both startled.

Yan Zhenzhen was able to open her eyes by now: "I'm fine."

Jing Le didn't speak, closing his eyes to rest and alleviate the pain in his eyes.

Hua Changxi told Tong Yao and Hua Liulang about the plaque and instructed them not to look directly at the three characters "Xuanyuan Mansion."

After Jing Le could open his eyes slightly, Tong Yao asked: "What did you see to make yourself like this?"

Jing Le didn't answer directly, but said: "In ancient times, the human race flourished. The central cities of the Five Continents were all controlled by the human race. There is a saying that every central city actually carries the luck of the human race."

Tong Yao nodded: "I have also seen this saying in ancient books. What's wrong?"

Jing Le: "The Central Continent is located in the middle of the Four Continents and represents the Earth Virtue. The 'Virtuous Governance Totem' of the Earth Virtue is the Fire Qilin auspicious beast."

"I saw the three characters on the plaque turn into the Fire Qilin auspicious beast."

"However, the condition of the Fire Qilin auspicious beast is very bad."

Hua Changxi could understand every sentence Jing Le said, but when put together, she was a bit confused and couldn't help but look at Tong Yao, waiting for him to supplement and clarify.

Tong Yao sure enough began to popularize science: "Xuanyuan Mansion is the center of Xuanyuan City, and Xuanyuan City is the center of the Central Continent. It is guarded by the five great holy lands. Because it suppresses the Demon Prison, Xuanyuan City bears a very important responsibility in the struggle between the human race and the demon race."

"The Fire Qilin auspicious beast's condition is bad......"

"It should be that after the ancient Great Extinction, the virtuous governance system established with the human way as the foundation is disintegrating and weakening!"

Hua Changxi was confused: "What are you guys talking about?"

Tong Yao looked at her with a solemn expression: "The struggle between humans and demons is still continuing and has not disappeared because of the Great Extinction. Instead, because of the recovery of spirit energy, the horn of war has been sounded again."

"In a realm, resources are limited. The more the human race occupies, the less the demon race naturally occupies."

"In the Four Spirits Realm, either the human race flourishes, or the demon race flourishes."

Hua Changxi frowned: "Can't a balance be maintained?"

Tong Yao shook his head: "The demon race is bloodthirsty; fighting, snatching, and expanding are their nature. They have no stopping point; this point cannot be changed by human power."

"The struggle between humans and demons, to put it bluntly, is the struggle between the human race and the demon race for the luck of the realm."

"The Fire Qilin auspicious beast carried by Xuanyuan Mansion, to a certain extent, represents the luck of the human race. The bad condition of the Fire Qilin auspicious beast means that the Four Spirits Realm after the recovery of spirit energy has not favored the human race, and the future of the human race is still unknown."