Chapter 424: A sword light cold outside Youzhou

On the border of Youzhou, near the Qingzhou boundary, there was a city named Dingri City, one of the first cities to be occupied by the Remnant race.

In the city, there were soldiers belonging to the Huanyang Prince stationed, guarding the Flesh Melting Furnace and the rebirth of the clansmen; among them, there were twenty-six city guards who would patrol back and forth in the wild outside the city in three shifts every day.

Actually, although this patrol was tight, to the Remnant race guards, it was nothing more than a routine matter.

After all, they all knew clearly that whether it was the Humans or the Demons, they had all been driven to the three southern states, holding onto sacred artifacts and lingering on in a steadily worsening condition, possessing no ability to resist at all, so how could there be enemies.

In fact, the reality was indeed consistent with their thoughts.

Since their rebirth, these city guards hadn't even had the chance to make a move, let alone encounter an enemy.

The Remnant race was a very bloodthirsty race, liking to keep and torture slaves to obtain pleasure; such a situation truly could not be counted as a good thing for them.

"East side, north side, west side, any situation?"

"Replying to General, no situation occurred."

"What about the south side?"

"The guards on the south side haven't returned yet."

"?"

In the west of the wild outside Dingri City, a Remnant race soldier in armor responsible for patrolling the west side tilted his head slightly, looking toward the firmament with a pair of blood-red eyes.

In the rolling dark night, the manic Heavenly Dao seemed to be being drawn, letting him smell a trace of unusual flavor.

Without a moment's hesitation, the wings behind this member of the remnant race suddenly unfurled, and his figure shot into the sky like a sharp arrow released from a bow, speeding toward the direction of the Yuheng Mountain forest.

The Yuheng Mountain Range was rarely visited by humans all year round, resulting in very lush vegetation.

Among them, countless towering ancient trees rose from the ground, their tangled branches weaving into a dome in the air that was almost impenetrable to light.

And on the ground, thick vines coiled around the tree trunks like giant pythons, climbing upward desperately.

The gaps were filled with moss and rotting fallen leaves, and various ferns and unknown broad-leaf herbaceous plants spread wantonly under the trees.

Those vegetation leaves were thick and fleshy, green to the point of almost dripping oil, swaying slightly in the humid air.

At this time, the Remnant race guard from Dingri City flew over this dense vegetation and entered the depths of the mountain range.

And just as the shadow of his wings swept over the lush valley of grass and trees below, a brilliant, snow-white sword Qi erupted without warning from the shadows between the trees, like a thunderbolt falling from the nine heavens, severing the sound of the wind and even severing the light.

Pfft!

The sound of a sharp blade cutting through flesh and bone was exceptionally clear.

That Remnant race warrior didn't even have time to make any reaction, only feeling his back go cold, and the wings he relied on for flight had already separated from his body.

At the same time, the huge inertia made him crash into the dense grass like a giant bird shot down, stirring up a piece of flying dust and broken grass.

"Youth is truly good, falling asleep as soon as one's head hits the pillow..."

"The Remnant race's personality is also a strange flower; do they really not need to be a bit more cautious? Rushing over so aggressively, those who don't know might think they are here to receive an award."

Ji You walked out from the dense grass leaves, looking at the corpse while muttering, and then flew to the next location, continuing to sit cross-legged in meditation.

A moment later, his divine sense rushed into the sky, first sweeping past the thunder-fire tribulation that burned everything, then crossing the frost-cold domain that froze the divine soul, and finally arriving at a turbulent flow of laws.

In the depths of that rolling night, he "saw" the laws themselves like countless roaring ancient giant dragons; they intertwined and circled, occupying the sky with dual wills that constantly confronted each other.

"The macroscopic laws that the Spirit Travel Realm can touch are truly breathtaking every time I see them."

Ji You's divine soul stood in the sky, unable to help but mutter silently.

Since returning from making a vow to the Heavenly Dao, in order to quickly raise his realm, he chose the four-image method with form.

Afterward, he attained enlightenment regarding wind, rain, thunder, lightning, fire, earth, water, and wood in the Great Wilderness Forest, and performed separate smelting on these laws, thereby ascending to the Boundless Realm.

But the Spirit Travel Realm is deeper and more macroscopic than the Boundless.

Because to reach the cognition of the Spirit Travel Realm, the laws are no longer independent existences, but are linked together, mutually connected, forming a vast set of Heavenly Regulations.

Cold and heat generate each other, black and white transform into each other, coarse and fine transform, speed and slowness alternate, life and death rotate... together weaving into a vast and precise giant net.

Ji You had done a lot of preparation for the matter of physical spirit travel back then, and also referred to many classics on enlightenment and cultivation, so although he had never set foot in this realm, he had quite a lot of understanding.

And what he was doing now was turning the paper-talk experience into true enlightenment.

This is what practitioners must do, using divine sense as a medium to comprehend those existences that are not yet self-aware, and through 【Smelting】, 【Chess Playing】, and 【Weaving】, thereby bringing oneself to a higher realm.

Boom!!!

At this moment, the turbulent flow of laws crushed down like billions of ancient giant dragons; Ji You's tiny divine sense was instantly buried within it, but he did not resist, instead letting those laws constantly bombard him.

This is the first step of 【Smelting】; if you want to understand, you must first perceive.

From the Great Wilderness Forest to here, he had been perfecting his perception of the macroscopic Dao, and at this moment, it could be considered to have reached the threshold.

Come on...

Amidst the surging turbulent flow, Ji You tried his best to stabilize his figure, no longer guarding the form of "divine sense," but suddenly dispersed.

In an instant, his divine sense no longer looked like a lonely boat, but turned into an "intent" that was formless and qualityless, yet omnipresent.

This "intent" was like the finest dust, actively meeting the roaring law giant dragons, not being swallowed by them, but lightly attaching to those laws, circling, dancing, and living and dying with them.

"Reporting to General Mohe, one guard is missing from the city defense guards."

"What happened?"

"It seems a Fire Stealer has appeared outside the city..."

"Could it be a fish that slipped through the net during the capture? Go, send Deputy General Shouying to lead the guard army into the mountains."

"Yes!"

Youzhou is the place of rebirth for the Remnant race, with strict defenses, and Dingri City is the closest garrison city to the Yuheng Mountain Range.

The appearance of a suspected Fire Stealer, and the coincidental loss of a guard, would naturally attract attention.

Thus, in less than three days, a guard team led by a Remnant race Deputy General went deep into the mountain forest, and then never returned.

"Fast, faster!"

"Keeping your lives is to let you be slaves, but if you want to be blood food, then I can also fulfill you!"

Southwest of Dingri City, on the official road connecting Yunzhou and Youzhou.

Following a low and cold roar, a group of Humans escorted here walked forward staggeringly.

These people were captured after the Remnant race revived, including mortals and cultivators, originally imprisoned to be used as blood food for the Remnant race's newborn clansmen.

After the altar in Qingzhou was destroyed, news was sent to the three northern states, saying that new slaves were needed to go and build altars to avoid missing the timing.

Thus, all the people captured earlier were driven here like sheep.

According to orders, these slaves would be selected one by one in Dingri City; those suitable would be sent to Qingzhou, while those unsuitable would be sent to Youzhou to become blood food.

Among the countless escorted figures, a very young man and woman suddenly pretended to stumble while passing a dark mountain road, and then rushed forward a few steps.

And where he rushed, there were five other young people, men and women, all looking gray-faced, with not a trace of life in their eyes.

Seeing the other party rush over, these four dodged slightly, and then heard a voice suddenly sound in their ears.

"Miss Qiu, Xiyu, Brother Jingming, Young Master Peng, we cannot sit and wait for death; we must escape."

Among the crowd, Qiu Hanyue, Sheng Xiyu, Tang Jingming, and former Heavenly Tian Shuyuan disciple Peng Yu raised their eyes slightly.

In the spring of the seventh year of Taiwu, the aristocratic children of the Central Province gathered together for a spring outing; what they didn't expect was that just when they were in high spirits, the night suddenly rolled in.

Their cultivation was not high, and they were captured as soon as they turned around; they had resisted during the period, but in the end, they still became prisoners.

As for the two people speaking to them, they were Qin Ruo and Lin Cong, disciples of the Outer Tian Shuyuan of the Heavenly Tian Shuyuan.

They were separated from the main force at the Sages' Holy Land and were captured later, but they had never given up the wish to escape.

It was just that when they were imprisoned in the concentration camp, the Remnant race guards were too strict, and they couldn't find a chance; now that they were escorted here, they regarded it as their only chance for survival.

"Escape?"

"Correct, staying here, whether as a slave or blood food, is a dead end in the end."

Qiu Hanyue pursed her lips: "The guards are so strict, how can we escape?"

Qin Ruo looked around after hearing this: "We will be sent to Dingri City for selection on this trip; there will inevitably be a moment of slack in the defense during the handover. We can wait until the sky is dark to the extreme to find an opportunity, and then use the cover of the Yuheng Mountain Range to escape."

Hearing this sentence, Qiu Hanyue and Sheng Xiyu, Tang Jingming, and Peng Yu looked at each other.

"Do you really think there will be a chance?"

"If you don't want to die, you always have to take a gamble."

Qin Ruo looked at them with burning eyes, but just as she finished speaking, she was bumped by Lin Cong behind her.

Feeling a pain in her right shoulder, Qin Ruo immediately lowered her head, and at this very moment, the Remnant race member holding an iron thorn staff walked past her, his scarlet eyes making people shudder.

This Remnant race member was named Hujiu, the most brutal one in the slave camp, with countless blood on his hands, killing like hemp.

But fortunately, Lin Cong reminded her in time; this Remnant race member named Hujiu didn't notice anything unusual, and then hurried toward the front...

The subsequent journey lasted about an hour, and Qin Ruo and the others who were escorted finally arrived at Dingri City.

Hujiu walked at the very front, ordering the city guards to open the city gate.

But when he entered, looking at the empty city, he revealed a look of confusion.

"Where is General Mohe?"

"Replying to General Hujiu, a Fire Stealer has appeared in the Yuheng Mountains."

"..."

Qin Ruo and the others were locked into a dungeon as soon as they were escorted into the city; in the dark environment, they could only see a little change in the sky through the small window above their heads.

But they were not as desperate as before; instead, hope rose in this darkness.

Dingri City had fewer people than they expected; this was their best chance to escape, and it could be said that after missing this time, they would never be able to wait for it again.

Qiu Hanyue, Sheng Xiyu, and the others also saw the situation in the city earlier; they originally didn't dare to escape, but at this time, they had thoughts, so they hid in a secret corner with Qin Ruo and Lin Cong and whispered.

"Is this really not a trap?"

"We are already prisoners; why would they set a trap for us?"

Qin Ruo looked at them: "Do you know why I chose to seize the opportunity in Dingri City? Because the clan land of the Lin family's main branch is right here." ===== CHAPTER 425 =====