NFBE Chapter 311 High Priest of the Skyfish Clan
Chapter 311 High Priest of the Skyfish Clan
Not long after Xue Lan sensed the aura of the unfamiliar demon race, a figure as heavy as the night flew over from in front of the Clear Water Platform.
Ji Jinjin was dressed in some dark blue close-fitting clothes, and there was a rare look of anxiety in her eyes. She was a little surprised when she saw Xue Lan sitting in front of the cave.
"Senior sister, are you waiting for me here?"
The woman's breathing calmed down noticeably as she spoke, as if she had finally put her mind at ease.
Xue Lan wanted to say no, I was forced to stay here and wait for the sun.
Although that's what I was thinking, I didn't say it out loud in the end.
The woman stood up from the chair, her voice calm yet resolute:
"The Skyfish Clan has arrived."
A flicker of surprise flashed again in Ji Jinjin's beautiful crimson eyes: "It's not just the Sky Fish Clan who's come; the two seniors who went to the Desolate Region a few days ago have also returned. Senior Yuehua wants to see you..."
After a brief pause, Ji Jinjin looked at Xue Lan and said, "Judging from the expressions of the two seniors, the situation in the desolate region is not as optimistic as we had previously guessed."
These events were entirely within Xue Lan's expectations. The woman straightened her clothes. After informing Xue Tong in her mind's eye, she then spoke to Ji Jinjin:
"Let's go and meet some seniors."
The atmosphere in the grotto below Qingshui Terrace was exceptionally heavy, and even the mist that appeared in the grotto seemed to pause slightly.
"For ten thousand years, ever since the Thunder Kui Formation kept demonic cultivators above the Nascent Soul stage out, the lower realm has been able to barely cope with the barrier between the upper and lower realms. But now..."
Master Xuanji's voice was filled with deep worry, and everyone present could hear the unspoken words he was about to say.
A girl dressed in a pink dress with delicate fish fins on her ears spoke softly: "Now, cracks have appeared in the barrier between the upper and lower realms in the desolate region. High-level demons have come to the lower realm, which can be described as a catastrophic disaster for our human and demon races."
“What Fellow Daoist Ling is saying is…” Daoist Yuehua glanced at the girl, his voice slightly lowered:
"Now that things have come to this point, I can no longer hide anything. The barrier between the upper and lower realms of Yuanming Realm was forged by the ancient powerful beings ten thousand years ago to completely cut off the Desolate Domain from the Nine Heavens Demon Realm across the two realms."
A chill crept into the voice of the white-haired Daoist: "But today, ten thousand years later, this barrier, meant to prevent the Yuanming Realm from falling apart, has become a real barrier."
Upon hearing this, many Nascent Soul and Spiritual Nascent Soul cultivators around them fell into deep thought.
Foreign invasions have persisted for millennia, and the Yuan-Ming border region is no exception, plagued by deep-seated problems.
"Let's set this matter aside for now," said Daoist Qingyin, moving on from this heavy and complicated issue. "Let's wait for Xue Lan to arrive!"
A few breaths later, Xue Lan and Ji Jinjin arrived.
Upon entering the cave, Xue Lan felt a faint sense of oppression.
The woman bowed to the assembled cultivators before her:
"Xue Lan greets all the seniors."
The Moonflower Daoist, seated at the head of the table, nodded slightly to the girl in pink from before.
The girl in pink slowly stood up, her light and flowing silk dress billowing in the air.
The hem of her dress resembled gently flowing water or colorful scales, radiant and dazzling.
The young girl slowly walked up to Xue Lan, her deep blue eyes, as blue as the ocean, looking at the woman in black before her:
"Junior!"
Xue Lan quickly cupped her hands in greeting, saying, "This junior is here."
The girl's voice was like a clear bell: "Actually, I've wanted to see you for a long time."
"Back then at Luoxia Mountain, it was you who stopped the demons who came out of the space-time rift and saved Fuyang City?"
The girl's voice carried a hint of seduction, like a tidal wave in Xue Lan's ears.
Xue Lan's eyelids felt heavy, and she closed her eyes.
The inner demon sneered in his sea of consciousness: "As expected of the Sky Fish Clan. If you were just an ordinary Golden Core disciple, you would have said everything you should and shouldn't have said by now."
Xue Lan did not respond to the inner demon, but simply chuckled softly.
The woman spoke slowly, her voice somewhat stiff: "Yes!"
The girl walked to Xue Lan's other side: "What did you see in the rift opened by the demons?"
What did you see?
I saw my own lonely head. What did I see?
Xue Lan still pretended to be controlled, her voice mechanical and cold: "I saw it, a wolf's head..."
Xue Lan could sense that the Sky Fish Clan girl's breathing had suddenly become heavy, and she asked anxiously, "What is it like?"
Following her words, Xue Lan slowly replied, "White, without eyes..."
After saying that, Xue Lan heard the girl's gentle voice: "That's enough."
It felt as if something had gently bumped into the sea of consciousness.
When Xue Lan opened her eyes, the girl had already returned to her seat.
A look of surprise appeared on Xue Lan's face, and she looked somewhat bewildered.
The inner demon: "You're really good at acting."
Her voice was tinged with mockery: "But there's nothing you can do about acting. As long as she opens the sacred book of the demon race again, her connection with you will inevitably be exposed."
"Let's take advantage of the time and go for a run!"
Xue Lan didn't speak, but looked at the many seniors in front of her.
Lord Yuehua glanced at the Kongyu Clan priest and saw the girl nod slightly.
"Xue Lan, I have a geomantic map of the Yuanming Lower Realm here. Please mark the locations of all those Heavenly Revelation Pillars for me." With a wave of his hand, Daoist Yuehua sent a scroll flying toward Xue Lan, which the woman caught deftly.
"Yes."
A writing brush appeared in Xue Lan's hand, and the scroll unfurled before her. Xue Lan slowly traced several locations on it.
"Reporting to Senior, of the Tianqi Pillars that Xue Lan knows of, two have been damaged by Xue Lan. Only the one at Bingdeng Academy is under the care of Dean Ji. As for the Tianqi Pillar located in Wuci Town, Xue Lan has not yet gone there."
Lord Yuehua was somewhat surprised: "You damaged two Heavenly Revelation Pillars. How did you damage them?"
The specific details could not be discussed in detail. Xue Lan picked and chose, pushing all the blame onto Ling Yuanzi and Xue Chongyu.
This can be considered taking nonsense to the extreme.
Fortunately, Daoist Yuehua did not suspect anything. She waved her hand at Xue Lan and said, "You may leave now."
Xue Lan obediently took her leave and headed towards the exit of the cave. Ji Jinjin followed, but was stopped by Daoist Qingyin.
The woman's voice was cold and steady: "Jinjin stays, as for Xue Lan."
"I hereby grant you permission to go to Siyaochuan."
"Looks like we don't need to run anymore," Xue Lan said to her inner demon.
Ji Jinjin stopped and looked at Xue Lan, who had turned slightly in front of her.
The woman's voice was filled with concern: "Take care, Senior Sister."
Then she saw Xue Lan extend his hand to her: "Give me the Xuan Sha Spear."
"Huh?" Ji Jinjin was a little surprised, but she still obediently took out the Xuan Sha Spear.
The spear, which had been radiating murderous aura, fell silent the moment it sensed Xue Lan's presence. Its fierce and malevolent energy shrank back like a mouse before a cat.
Ji Jinjin wasn't sure if it was just her imagination, but the Xuan Sha Spear seemed to be trembling.
Xue Lan smiled at Qingyin Daojun and the others, and a strange fire mark appeared on her forehead.
At the same time, the Xuan Sha Spear in Xue Lan's hand seemed to come alive and began to struggle, trying to escape.
Xue Lan's voice carried a sharp chill: "You were created by me, how could I not know you?"
"A thousand fires burn in all directions, the red crane leads the way to the east."
"A thunderous roar, suppressing the mountain and causing demonic destruction!"
As the woman uttered her last word, the Xuan Sha Spear let out an exceptionally shrill scream, instantly bursting into bluish-red flames. A moment later, it fell silent.
The cultivators in the cave were all focused on the Xuan Sha Spear, and no one noticed that within the cyan and red flames, a gray soul aura quietly landed on the High Priest of the Sky Fish Clan.
Like ashes unnoticed in a raging fire.
Xue Lan handed the half-dead Xuan Sha Spear to Ji Jinjin: "Take care, Junior Sister!"
Ji Jinjin gripped the Xuan Sha Spear in her hand: "Alright!"
When Xue Lan emerged from the cave and her aura was completely concealed, the tenderness in Ji Jinjin's eyes vanished instantly, as if it had never existed.
The voice of Daoist Qingyin sounded from behind:
"Have you made up your mind? Once this path is opened, there's no going back!"
Ji Jinjin stood ramrod straight, exuding an aura even sharper than the Xuan Sha Spear:
"I have no regrets!"