Chapter 912: Chapter 80: Guardian of Life
Sky Sword Sect, Gui Die Mountain.
The number of Gui Die Clan members in the Dark God Domain is also extremely rare.
So whenever Feng Yunyan discovers any Gui Die Clan member, she never hesitates to bring them into the Gui Die Mountain of the Sky Sword Sect, making them her True Disciple, personally providing substantial training, and unlocking the divine power within their bloodline to prevent the extinction of their bloodline.
This time, among the new disciples of the Sky Sword Sect, Feng Yunyan found another girl with the bloodline of the Gui Die Clan, which greatly pleased her.
Because since taking Feng Cailing and Feng Caixuan sisters as disciples back then, it had been a long time since she met someone with her clan’s bloodline.
Encountering it this time naturally improved Feng Yunyan’s mood significantly.
However, while acquiring information about the girl with the Gui Die Clan bloodline, Feng Yunyan unexpectedly discovered a very peculiar cultivator.
This cultivator was Zhou Yan.
The first time she saw this name, Feng Yunyan felt an inexplicable heart palpitation, like suddenly meeting that other half in destiny, an indescribable sensing unique to the Gui Die Clan.
Before this, Feng Yunyan had never experienced such a feeling.
After this, Feng Yunyan also believed this feeling would never appear again.
The person, Zhou Yan, coming from an unknown place, somehow subtly attracted Feng Yunyan’s attention from the moment he appeared.
Later, Feng Yunyan learned about this person’s condition, possessing the worst talent with Thirteen Soul Qi, but his combat strength was astounding, suddenly elevating from Void Level Nine-star Purgatory Refiner to Divine Level Three-star Purgatory Refiner, undoubtedly showcasing his unmatched combat power.
Feng Yunyan found herself irresistibly falling for a mysterious feeling, as if this person had tightly gripped her heart, making her somewhat lack rational thinking in many aspects.
Even Feng Yunyan herself couldn’t control this situation.
"For some reason, when I close my eyes, I see the back of a man resembling a lonely crane, carrying a light golden sword, so desolate and alone, yet so ancient and profound."
"Why does this person feel so familiar, familiar to the point of suffocation?"
"Have I ever met this person? And why have I never remembered these moments?"
"With my Fifth Layer Heaven Venerate Realm, I’ve comprehended what should be comprehended, and what shouldn’t also already comprehended; neither rules nor laws, nor the domain of the Supreme Dao, pose a challenge to me. Yet I can’t remember where this familiar feeling comes from."
"I haven’t lived a next life, and a past life simply doesn’t exist."
"Or is it that this world is merely an illusion, and the illusionary myself has realized that I might be an illusionary existence, thus developing a true self-awareness?"
"Perhaps, I’m really overthinking."
"But undoubtedly, I can be sure that the invincible figure in my heart carrying the long light golden sword is likely him."
"But... he’s merely in the Divine Spirit First Transformation, even if he has some skills, so what? After all, his strength and realm are too low."
...
Feng Yunyan sighed softly, the colorful wings behind her slowly flapping, waving out domain rules one after another, continuously deriving.
These domain rules gradually formed ancient Tai Chu Runes, within which Zhou Yan’s form gradually manifested.
Yet, when this form finally emerged, it was nothing more than a faceless existence.
Feng Yunyan was thoughtful, then began to use runes to form Zhou Yan’s appearance.
Zhou Yan’s appearance vividly unfolded, appearing bit by bit, yet this appearance lacked arms and eyes.
Amputated arms, blind eyes.
At this step, despite engraving all the Tai Chu Runes, Feng Yunyan could not proceed any further, unable to derive more information.
But she was certain that the cultivator before her was undoubtedly Zhou Yan.
However, in this derivation, the cultivator’s power was beyond imagination.
Feng Yunyan had so many doubts in her heart, she really wanted to know the truth of that realm.
So, after much thought, she finally materialized her Essence Blood, deriving two strands of Blood Essence.
Blood Essence nourished with ancient intent.
Feng Yunyan condensed Sun and Moon Rules.
Sun and Moon nurtured Sword Soul.
Feng Yunyan condensed rules of a realm in heaven and earth.
Heaven and Earth Condensing Sword Spirit.
Feng Yunyan then condensed a Venerable’s Path of an Earth Spirit Venerable, deriving universe, starry sky, and star river.
Hao Yu, Proving Sword Venerate.
This set of rules was completed.
All the runes converged together.
The runes converged together, forming two strands of Blood Light. The Blood Light suddenly shot into the hollow eyes of the one-armed man, and those eyes suddenly lit up.
"Sss—"
As if suddenly unlocking an Immortal Channel, the rune man seemed to suddenly resurrect, his eyes glowing with a ghastly blood-colored evil light, as if he had suddenly seen through all the truths of this world.
"Feng Yunyan? Dark God Domain? The Dark God Domain was actually opened by that ’old scoundrel’?!"
This sudden questioning voice emerged, followed by a sudden trembling of the void, as the rune man seemed to suddenly shine like an ancient Buddha, as if about to resurrect.
"Borrow your venerable soul for use, after all, you’re just a dead person, useless to keep."
The blood-eyed evil man suddenly said coldly.
Then, an icy Fist Intent suddenly seemed to traverse time and space, as if to suddenly obliterate Feng Yunyan.
Feng Yunyan felt a cold chill suddenly strike through her entire body.
Her whole body couldn’t help but shiver, her Venerable Body’s venerable soul seemingly forcibly being extracted and instantly refined.
At that moment, Feng Yunyan experienced an indescribable deathly, fearful pressure, this deathly pressure coming so directly, so terrifyingly.
"Scram!"
Suddenly, a hoarse, ancient, and authoritative voice erupted as if it shattered the heavens with sound, destroying starry rivers and the Heavenly Road.
"Old bastard, you’re not dead yet!"
"If you’re not dead, how would I die before you!"
The two voices suddenly vanished.
As if fighting while they departed.
The world returned to calm.
Feng Yunyan was now rescued.
But Feng Yunyan felt that at that moment, she had died nearly a million times, only to be saved at the critical moment.
Feng Yunyan knew she was an Earth Spirit Venerable, the most complete Earth Spirit Venerable in the sealed Divine Domain of Dark God Domain, comparable to Fifth Layer Heaven Venerate Realm cultivators in other open Great Domains.
Yet, before these two, she might not even qualify as a mere ant.
"Feng Yunyan, don’t mind. Just grasp your own fate well. What was before will be the same after. What you don’t know doesn’t need to be forced. For you, knowing might be a calamity, a predetermined tragedy."
The hoarse voice suddenly reappeared, echoing only in Feng Yunyan’s heart.
Feng Yunyan, alarmed yet feeling taught, respectfully thought, "Senior, many thanks for your guidance and life-saving grace."
"Your heart is good. But frankly speaking, I have harmed you. Grudges and grievances, we’ll settle them later. This Dark God Domain is hard to guard. You all must strive hard to seize the Throne quickly."
"If you’re truly grateful to me, then please take good care of Zhou Yan. He has suffered too much, yet deep inside, he is still just a child, a poor child only starting to grow."
This voice gradually faded, yet it made Feng Yunyan’s heart tremble.
"Senior, Feng Yunyan will do it. Yunyan’s fate was saved by you, so even at the cost of my own life, I will protect him well."
Feng Yunyan spoke in her heart.
Though the voice no longer existed, as if it never appeared.
Did he hear it?
Feng Yunyan did not know, nor could she. But she knew she had promised him.
Promising was already enough.
Feng Yunyan sighed softly, yet due to this sigh, suddenly felt somewhat awake.
She then noticed that the shadow of runes before her was still there, only lacking the bloody and eerie eyes.
Then Feng Yunyan found she had not refined Essence Blood to condense essence, nor derived Sun, Moon, Starry Sky, and Starry River Runes, nor had she suffered any trauma.
But did none of this really happen?
Feng Yunyan stared blankly at the form shaped by the Tai Chu Rune like a lonely crane, a shadow of a broken-armed, blind man, wanting to refine additional Essence Blood to probe the truth but ultimately gave up.
With a change of heart, the Tai Chu Rune dissolved like flowing water waves, vanishing amidst the waves.
The world returned to calm.
But in the calm heart of Feng Yunyan, arose many ripples, unable to remain peaceful.
"Zhou Yan... Zhou Yan, what kind of person are you? What secrets do you know? And between us, is there truly an unknown past? Or perhaps, the past me is truly dead?"
"I originally wanted to cultivate you well, teaching you the rules of condensation methods. Now, with this situation, how can I serve as your Master? In my heart, I have already stumbled over this matter."
"Regardless, what kind of person you are, perhaps upon meeting you, I can discern."
Feng Yunyan murmured to herself, her beautiful eyes showing a bit of bewilderment and confusion.
...
"Zhou Yan, I can see you have some self-awareness, so upon meeting Master, don’t stare blankly at her. Master dislikes being stared at by men, it’ll cause her to feel repulsed."
"Of course, every member of our Wanling Gui Die Clan is like this, so when you stare at me and I lose my temper, don’t think it’s because Senior Sister dislikes you."
Feng Cailing coldly warned Zhou Yan.
Along the way, she mentioned many details, though her attitude seemed aloof, Zhou Yan felt she was more afraid of falling for him, hence her constant warnings.
Actually, Zhou Yan understood this mindset quite well.
Like dealing with a little sister next door, he didn’t mind what she said. What was good, Zhou Yan listened; what’s bad, he’d let it go in one ear and out the other.
While Feng Cailing was like this, Feng Caixuan appeared quite awkward, occasionally giving Zhou Yan an apologetic smile, seemingly rather helpless with her twin sister.
"Senior Sister, saying that, I’m relieved. I thought you hated me, secretly feeling sad for quite a while."
Zhou Yan said with a smile.
Being with old acquaintances, even if they aren’t the same as before, Zhou Yan didn’t feel awkward but rather enjoyed the rare happiness.
Seeing old friends from previous times, this is already a rare blessing, Zhou Yan wouldn’t ask for more.
"Hmm, Master is waiting up ahead for us, Little Junior Sister has also come, let’s go quickly to meet Master."
Feng Cailing said and noticed Mo Yuyao flying over, without waiting for her, directly taking Zhou Yan to Gui Die Mountain.
"Is she the Little Junior Sister?"
Zhou Yan rubbed his nose, feeling rather speechless.
When he looked over, the petite and cute Mo family girl named ’Mo Yuyao’ also glanced at him, her beautiful eyes carrying a ’just you wait’ meaning, making Zhou Yan quite annoyed.
Zhou Yan simply ignored her, seeing her as air and not acknowledging her.
Yet he didn’t know that acted enough to rile Mo Yuyao terribly.