Chapter 218 - The Calamity of Qingzhou, Egg of the Gods
Chapter 218: The Calamity of Qingzhou, Egg of the Gods
Late at night, the alchemy assessment in Baiyun Ancient City had already ended.
The elders of Baiyun Ancient City set up a banquet and invited Ye Ping and Xu Luochen to stay for dinner.
However, Xu Luochen was not the least bit willing to stay here and wanted to hurry up and leave.
He was completely aware that once he got to the banquet, the first thing that everyone would ask him would be how he had refined the golden pill.
Hence, given the current situation, Xu Luochen was naturally unwilling to stay behind.
After receiving the alchemist’s decree, Xu Luochen left with Ye Ping overnight.
It was nighttime.
The sky was full of stars.
Xu Luochen and Ye Ping slowly walked towards the Qingyun Dao Sect.
During the journey, Xu Luochen seemed extremely calm but the joy in his eyes could not be hidden.
He had finally gotten the alchemy decree.
He was finally a qualified alchemist too.
There were countless benefits to becoming a qualified alchemist and he would receive respect everywhere he went.
Most importantly, he could finally go out and make some money.
He would not have to rely on the paltry wages given by the sect to make ends meet and live a miserable life.
Although the living standards in the sect had improved greatly ever since Ye Ping returned, being financially self-sufficient was still more comfortable.
Xu Luochen remained silent throughout the journey.
Ye Ping, who was tagging along behind, was also thinking about other things.
Perhaps, he felt that it was too boring.
Xu Luochen took the initiative to break the silence and slowly spoke.
“Little Junior Brother.”
As Xu Luochen spoke up, Ye Ping couldn’t help but answer.
“What’s the matter, Second Senior Brother?”
Ye Ping asked with some curiosity.
“How long have you been in the sect?”
Xu Luochen asked.
“About half a year.”
Ye Ping counted carefully and realized that about half a year had passed since he joined the sect.
‘Half a year?’
Xu Luochen was somehow surprised to hear his answer because he always felt that Ye Ping had been in the sect for a few years.
He did not expect that Ye Ping had already arrived for half a year.
He looked at Ye Ping before looking at himself.
Xu Luochen couldn’t help but sigh.
In half a year’s time, Ye Ping’s sword techniques improved tremendously and he developed unparalleled alchemy skills. His attainments in array formation were also top-notch. He could basically be considered a full-fledged cultivator.
The more terrifying thing was that it had only been half a year. God knows how terrifying Ye Ping’s growth would be after three or five years.
He had been in the Qingyun Dao Sect for more than 20 years and had merely passed the alchemy assessment.
Comparison would really drive one to their grave.
Soon, Xu Luochen’s voice sounded again.
“Ye Ping, there’s something that I forgot to ask you about. Where are your parents?”
Xu Luochen asked about Ye Ping’s parents.
“Parents?”
Speaking of this, Ye Ping could not help but shake his head. He did not know where his parents were.
For the past three years since he transmigrated, Ye Ping didn’t know who his parents were. He had grown up as an orphan and knew that he was from the Jin Nation.
“Senior Brother, I was an orphan since I was a child so I don’t know where my parents are.”
Ye Ping answered. He did not have much feelings for his parents. After all, they had never met each other and he had transmigrated too.
“Ah, so you’re a pitiful person too.”
Xu Luochen sighed.
Ye Ping couldn’t help but speak up afterwards.
“Second Senior Brother, where are your parents?”
Ye Ping looked at Xu Luochen curiously.
“Dozens of years ago, there was a huge calamity in Qingzhou. It was allegedly the birth of a treasure that resulted in an intense battle between two powerhouses. There was a huge flood and countless people died because of it.”
“I ended up becoming an orphan because of that calamity and Master adopted me.”
Xu Luochen never wanted to mention his past to others but he did today, perhaps because he was in a good mood.
However, he had now taken the initiative to inform Ye Ping of the truth of his birth.
“Senior Brother, your parents must still be alive. They just haven’t found you yet, but I believe that one day, your father will definitely find you.”
Ye Ping said comfortingly.
As soon as he said that, Xu Luochen chuckled. He no longer cared about acknowledging his father. Anyway, he had never met him before and hence, he definitely didn’t have feelings for him.
Just like that, both of them returned to the Qingyun Dao Sect speechlessly.
At the same time, in the Northern section of Qingzhou.
Under a certain abyss, a line of people appeared.
It was the Qingzhou Demon Abyss that was between Qingzhou and Lizhou. The Demon Abyss was rumored to be the place where countless souls gathered during the Qingzhou calamity.
There was terrifying resentment in the Demon Abyss and even Golden Core realm cultivators would definitely not step into it.
At this moment, they were each holding an ancient lamp and walking in the Demon Abyss.
There were four men and three women among the group of people, each of whom was handsome and suave. They had an extraordinary aura, especially the man who was taking the lead. He was wearing a starry robe where there was starlight surrounding it. He seemed extremely powerful while standing there.
“Senior Brother Xinghe, the demonic aura here is too intense. What kind of a place is this?”
Someone spoke up softly and at the same time scanned the surroundings with a wary gaze.
“Don’t speak nonsense, keep quiet.”
The man, who was called Xinghe, spoke up calmly with an ancient lamp in hand, as if there was a divine power that was blocking the demonic aura.
Just like that, they finally saw a large door.
However, before they entered, the terrifying demonic aura seemed to have turned into a gale that started sweeping towards everyone.
In an instant, the ancient lamp went out and it was pitch dark.
*sizzles*
However, in the next moment, the leader of the group raised his hand, and another ancient lamp lit up. However, it was different because there was a golden Buddha floating in it, suppressing all the demons.
“Buddha Oil Lamp!”
“Senior Brother Xinghe, do you actually have such an item?”
“Senior Brother Xinghe is indeed worthy of being the most elite member of the Heavenly Supervisory. He actually has such a wonderful thing like the Buddha Oil Lamp.”
Everyone said excitedly.
The Buddha Oil Lamp was rumored to have been created using the oil of the Buddha when he passed away. It was said to contain infinite Buddhist powers, and if it was lit up, it could suppress all evil.
“Stop speaking for now.”
“This time, I came here to investigate the Qingzhou Demon Abyss. It probably won’t be that simple.”
“You guys be careful. If you go in later, there will definitely be danger. Got it?”
Ye Xinghe told everyone to be careful later, lest they encountered any danger.
“Yes, Senior Brother Xinghe.”
“Yes, Senior Brother Ye.”
Everyone nodded.
He then took the lead and walked directly into it.
It was a large hall.
The interior seemed to be very dilapidated and all of the buildings were damaged.
The Buddha Oil Lamp was extremely bright and it lit up the surroundings. Everyone carefully walked into the main hall.
Soon, they arrived at the central area.
“It’s the altar.”
Someone pointed at the passage in the central area.
“There are bloodstains.”
“These bloodstains seem very different.”
“Don’t go over, be careful.”
The crowd came to the central area and soon found an altar that was stained with blood. However, the bloodstains seemed strange.
Some people walked up and wanted to scrutinize it.
However, at the next moment, a few roars sounded.
Roar!
Roar!
In the quiet hall, there were several roars that filled the air, and five different figures appeared on the strange altar.
Green Dragon.
White Tiger.
Vermilion Bird.
Black Tortoise.
Qilin.
Those were the five sacred beasts.
The roars were very terrifying and everyone retreated. Apart from Ye Xinghe, the remaining six people were all injured, though their injuries were not severe.
They looked extremely shocked.
“Those are the five sacred beasts.”
“Why did the True Spirits of the five sacred beasts appear here?”
“Where is this damned place? Why would the True Spirits of the five sacred beasts?”
“This place is not to be belittled.”
They were discussing with looks of astonishment on their faces as they looked at everything in disbelief.
The five sacred beasts were the Green Dragon, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, Black Tortoise, and Qilin, which were the sacred beasts of the humans. They could also be called the Immortal Beasts.
Such things would happen once only in 10,000 years.
They were truly a supreme existence, and since ancient times, countless powerhouses could dream of gaining the recognition of the sacred beasts, but only a few people could.
“These bloodstains are the blood of sacred beasts.”
Ye Xinghe’s voice sounded and he was frowning while staring at the altar. Immediately afterwards, he slowly told everyone that the bloodstains on the altar belonged to the sacred beasts.
“The blood of sacred beasts? How can there be the blood of sacred beasts here?”
“Could it be that the calamity of Qingzhou happened because someone discovered the blood of the sacred beasts here?”
“Wow, is the blood still useful?”
The people were still shocked because they knew what the blood of sacred beasts meant.
A drop of blood of the sacred beasts would allow one to evolve and even obtain the destiny of Heaven and Earth. Hence, they were naturally agitated.
“The blood of the True Spirits have already been drained and it is not very useful now. However, it can still be used for refining pills. You can collect it, but be careful.”
Ye Xinghe spoke as he walked towards the altar.
He carefully observed the altar.
As for the others, they quickly collected the blood of the sacred beasts, but the blood had already dried up and turned into blood powder. Hence, they had to collect it bit by bit.
Even so, everyone was overjoyed. After all, it was the blood of sacred beasts which were rare.
Ye Xinghe did not go to collect the blood of the sacred beasts. He could tell at a glance that the blood of the sacred beasts had already dried up and lost their true spirit. Hence, it was not very useful.
It was almost useless for him.
He carefully observed this altar.
The altar was very peculiar, and most importantly, he discovered that there was a stone egg in the altar that had already been broken. Ye Xinghe picked up a shattered piece of the egg and carefully observed it.
Five minutes passed.
Ye Xinghe finally guessed something.
“Everyone, we might have encountered a huge trouble.”
Ye Xinghe spoke. As his voice sounded, everyone couldn’t help but be curious.
They had collected all the blood powder around the altar and now that they had heard what Ye Xinghe said, they couldn’t help but be curious.
“Senior Brother Xinghe, what kind of trouble have we encountered?”
“A huge trouble? It’s just a relic in Qingzhou. What secrets can there be?”
“Yes, Senior Brother Ye, it’s only a Qingzhou relic and the difficulty of the mission given by the academy is only Grade A. What’s so troublesome about it?”
They sounded extremely curious.
After all, the Qingzhou ruins did not come from a known origin.
Legend had it that twenty years ago, the same treasure appeared in Qingzhou and it led to a brutal fight between two Essence Soul realm powerhouses. It even caused the spirit veins of Qingzhou to be destroyed and even led to a flood that caused living beings to be destroyed.
Such things had occurred rather frequently in the past so it wasn’t considered a huge event.
However, Ye Xinghe said that they had gotten into massive trouble so they were naturally curious.
“Everyone, more than twenty years ago, there was a calamity in Qingzhou that was caused by the birth of a treasure. I guess I already know what it is.”
Ye Xinghe’s expression was extremely stern.
“Senior Brother Ye, what are the treasures?”
“Senior Brother Xinghe, the treasure of Qingzhou has always been a mystery. Until now, no one knows what treasure they’re competing for, how would you know?”
“It is recorded in the history of the Jin Nation that there was a treasure in Qingzhou that caused two Essence Soul realm cultivators to fight an intense battle. The treasure went missing but no one knows what it is. Senior Brother Xinghe, how do you know?”
Everyone asked Ye Xinghe curiously.
“It wasn’t a treasure, it was a god of heaven and earth.”
Ye Xinghe shook his head and told everyone that the so-called treasure was a god of heaven and earth.
“God of heaven and earth?”
“What does that mean?”
“A god born by heaven and earth?”
“Is there really such a thing?”
“Senior Brother Ye, do you have any evidence?”
The crowd looked at Ye Xinghe and couldn’t help but ask that question.
“You guys come over and look.”
“This stone egg is extremely old. It has a history of at least a few hundred years.”
“If I’m not wrong, there should be a god of heaven and earth in this stone egg.”
“But what destroyed it and its vitality?”
“This altar should be the Sacred Blood Summoning Spirit Array. Someone obtained this stone egg and tried to awaken the god in it.”
“They wanted to use the five sacred beasts to awaken the gods.”
“So, we are in big trouble.”
Ye Xinghe couldn’t help but take a deep breath and say so.
“The eggs of the gods?”
“Sacred blood of the five beasts?”
“I didn’t expect it. The treasure of Qingzhou is actually a god that was born?”
“How exaggerated must the god born out of heaven and earth be?”
They were shocked.
The so-called god of heaven and earth was an existence born out of heaven and earth.
It was neither a human nor a ghost nor a demon but a god.
It had extremely terrifying growth potential.
It could be said that the god of heaven and earth was like Heaven’s son, who was favored and would receive blessings in everything they did.
However, such a thing existed only in legends and almost no one had ever seen it before.
Besides, the god of heaven and earth could only be bred when the timing, place, and people were right because it was too incredible.
It would not be able to be bred if any one of the conditions was not met.
That was also the reason that the crowd was shocked.
“Senior Brother Ye, even if it’s really as you said, what does it have to do with us? After all, so many years have passed since that incident.”
Someone spoke up and they felt that even if it was really as Ye Xinghe said, it didn’t have anything to do with them.
However, Ye Xinghe shook his head.
He took a deep breath.
“If it’s just to recover the egg of a deity, it indeed has nothing to do with us.”
“Do you guys know what I’m worried about?”
“This array formation disappeared about tens of thousands of years ago and it’s the supreme array formation of the Supreme Demon hall.”
“This array formation can not only be used to summon spirits, it can also be used for reincarnation.”
“A god egg that is already rid of vitality will never breed a god.”
“So I guess that someone wants to inject a True Spirit into the stone egg so that a demigod spirit can be born.”
“If that’s the case, the Demon Dao powerhouse would definitely discover traces of our presence.”
“By then, he might kill us to silence us. We might just die without knowing how we did.”
Ye Xinghe voiced his guesses and doubts.
As soon as he said that, everyone couldn’t help but take a deep breath in fear.
They might have unintentionally offended a peerless powerhouse by accidentally exposing his secret.
“Senior Brother Ye, I don’t think it should lead to something that terrible, right?”
“Yes, this matter happened more than twenty years ago and it’s only a matter of time before we get discovered. Senior Brother, no one has ever come to this place in decades. I think you might be overly worried, Senior Brother.”
Everyone spoke up and tried their best to comfort themselves.
After all, if they did what Ye Xinghe wanted them to do, they could all forget about living.
“Yes, maybe it’s true that I’m overthinking, but we still need to be cautious. Changming, Bailian, leave quickly and go back to the Heavenly Supervisory to tell the higher-ups about this.”
“The rest of you follow me and continue with the investigation.”
Ye Xinghe asked them to leave and hurry back to the Heavenly Supervisory.
“Yes, Senior Brother.”
“Senior Brother, you guys take care, we’ll get going first.”
The two of them spoke up and left quickly.
After they left, someone could not help but continue to ask.
“Senior Brother Xinghe, I know about the god of heaven and earth but I haven’t heard about demigods.”
He asked Ye Xinghe with curiosity in his eyes.
“Yes, it’s true that there is no such thing as a demigod in this world.”
“However, I read an ancient book, in which the concept of demigods was mentioned. It’s said that the soul of a person who is about to die can be infused with the god egg that is already devoid of vitality, which can then be irrigated with the blood of the five sacred beasts.”
“The egg can then be buried in a certain spirit vein and over time, it might breed a demigod.”
Ye Xinghe knew that much only because he had read an ancient manual.
“Senior Brother Ye, is this demigod strong?”
Someone asked curiously.
“Of course it is. Gods are invincible, so demigods are definitely powerful. They are at least half as powerful as gods.”
Someone gave a straightforward answer.
However, Ye Xinghe shook his head.
“No.”
“It is written in the ancient books that if a demigod is born, it might not necessarily be powerful.”
“There are two possibilities. One is that it might be like an ordinary god and have all his wishes fulfilled by gaining help from Heaven in everything they do.”
“However, there is another possibility, that is, its luck is suppressed. Before the age of thirty, it would be the same as ordinary cultivators or even worse than them.”
“No matter what, it will be very ordinary and mediocre, but once it passes the age of thirty, it will erupt with unparalleled talent.”
“The first one’s fine because there is at least still something to catch up to.”
“If it’s the second type, it’d be terrifying.”
“Once they pass the age of thirty, it will result in a true eruption and the training over three decades would allow one’s Dao Heart to be stable.”
“However, no matter which one it is, it is probably stronger than us.”
Ye Xinghe said.
However, at this moment…
Two figures suddenly appeared outside the main hall.
They were Bailian and Changming.
No, there were three.