Xue Fei shook his head, "How can I be considered an old horse that knows the way? I've only stepped a few times in the outskirts. If we really want to find an old horse that knows the way, we can only find it in Turbid Wave Pavilion. "
Yan Zhaoge smiled, "It's still better than us who have never been here before."
Xue Fei walked at the front, saying as he walked, "Anyway, be careful and don't fall behind."
"Illusions abound in the Marsh of Illusory Sea. The strangest and hardest thing to guard against is that it is often hard to distinguish what is real and what is illusory."
"Sometimes, falling into an illusion while being unable to detect it in time is the main reason why most people die within it. By the time they realise it, they have already sunk deep into the mud, unable to escape from it," Xue Fei said, "Therefore, it is very important for those in the same group to support each other."
Yan Zhaoge nodded, "You lead the way, I'll bring up the rear."
Xu Fei agreed before tossing out a rope, grabbing one end while Yan Zhaoge caught it and held the other end.
Feng Yunsheng, Ah Hu and Ying Longtu each grabbed the middle section of the rope.
Walking at the front, Xue Fei lit a stick of incense, something that he had obtained from Turbid Wave Pavilion and used to disperse the bewildering fog within the marsh.
While it could not completely resolve the threat of the illusions, it was still rather useful, especially now when the illusions were at their weakest over the past ten years.
The group advanced, barely able to determine their direction and position as they moved towards the region where the Ten Character Heavenly Rainbow was.
Holding one end of the rope, Yan Zhaoge walked at the very back, looking at Feng Yunsheng, Ah Hu and Ying Longtu up ahead while also paying attention to their surroundings.
It was not that life was absent within the Marsh of Illusory Sea. Many rare beasts resided here.
These beasts had long since grown accustomed to the illusions within the marsh, often even making it hard for one to distinguish what was real from what was fake.
Other than the illusions, many ferocious beasts were also a huge threat. Especially within the illusions, it was even harder to guard against them.
Surveying their surroundings, Yan Zhaoge saw dense grey fog suffusing the area between the heavens and the earth.
Dim blue smoke could vaguely be seen rising from the surrounding marsh, merging together with the grey fog as it emanated a strange, demonic feeling.
Having just entered the Marsh of Illusory Sea, with the help of Xue Fei's special fragrance, they had not felt anything abnormal.
However, as time passed and they had travelled for over ten days, Yan Zhaoge and the others could clearly feel that the mist within the great marsh before them was growing denser and denser.
Even though they were on guard, all kinds of illusions began to surround them.
Everyone encountered different situations. Fortunately, everyone was prepared. They took care of the front and the back, helping each other and moving forward together.
After communicating with them, Yan Zhaoge discovered that the illusions that everyone had encountered had not been born out of thin air. Instead, they had originated from within their hearts, and were related to themselves.
Whether it was Yan Zhaoge himself with the highest cultivation base or Ying Longtu with the lowest cultivation base, they were both in a similar situation.
This illusion would not be biased based on whether one's thoughts were pure or not. No one could avoid it.
Although Han Long 'er's cultivation level was low, he was born with the Heavenly Dipper Body. His mind was clear and bright, without any impurities.
However, he was also disturbed by the illusion and had the illusion that his parents were still alive.
Xu Fei had the cultivation of a Spirit Vessel Middle-stage Great Grandmaster. He had a firm will and a steady temperament, but the illusions before his eyes were similarly heavy.
There were scenes of him being homeless in his youth, roaming the world alone. Scenes of him interacting with his Master Shi Tie also frequently surfaced.
The most tragic, sorrowful memory of his life, the scene of him personally witnessing Shi Tie's death in battle, appeared unceasingly, slashing at his heart time and time again, fresh blood flowing.
Many scenes that she could not bear to recall also appeared before Feng Yunsheng's eyes.
Her high-spirited youth when she had just entered the Sacred Sun Clan, as well as the accidental injury in the Earth Domain which changed her life's fate, as well as being forced by Xiao Shen and Pan Botai afterwards to flee the clan, fighting bloody battles all the way as she traversed tens of thousands of kilometres by herself.
Some illusions were especially vicious, distorting the memories of the person in question, creating false scenes.
However, these illusions were especially realistic, as though they would allow one to experience another life.
Feng Yunsheng had experienced within the illusion that her Extreme Yin Physique had not been damaged, finally successfully suppressing all the other females in the first Extreme Yin Bout, wearing the Extreme Yin Crown that she had always yearned for.
She had experienced the illusion of her failed resistance, being tainted by Xiao Shen.
She had experienced being betrayed and abandoned by her Master, being captured and killed by Pan Botai in the end.
She had experienced the illusion of escaping from the clan, fleeing all the way, still ultimately being dismembered by those of the Sacred Sun Clan.
Despite having received Yan Zhaoge's help, the illusion of her Extreme Yin Physique being unable to recover.
Various illusions that passed for truth seemed to have forcibly stuffed one true memory after another into Feng Yunsheng's mind, to the point that she was almost unable to differentiate what exactly was what she had truly experienced.
It was the same for Yan Zhaoge. To be precise, the illusions that had appeared within his mind were even more bizarre and bizarre.
Various scenes, some of them were things that he could only long for in his dreams, yet could not achieve, beautiful to the point of causing him to be intoxicated within, unwilling to wake up.
Some of them were things that he feared the most, worrying the most, had come true, causing him to virtually collapse, unable to bear it.
Yan Zhaoge stabilised his mind time and time again, expelling all distracting thoughts, breaking free of the restraints and interference of the illusions.
Past events came flooding back to him, all sorts of people appearing before him, then vanishing one by one, tides rising and falling, people coming and going.
Ever since the invasion of the Flame Devils on the East Sea, when he had attempted to come into contact with the small crimson pagoda with the corpse of the ice dragon, yet failed in the end, having been slain by the Flame Devils, Yan Zhaoge shook his head slightly, regaining his calm as he continued striding forward.
As he walked, Yan Zhaoge suddenly felt the bewildering fog up ahead grow denser and denser, his vision gradually becoming so dark that he couldn't even see his fingers before him.
The figure of Ying Longtu who was closest to him gradually grew blurry.
Before Ying Longtu was Ah Hu who was much taller than him, but he couldn't even be seen.
Yan Zhaoge frowned, calling out to Ying Longtu. The youth before him, however, didn't react, his figure also completely enveloped by the bewildering fog the next moment, unable to be seen any longer.
The rope in his hand that had always been tensed up suddenly lightened.
Lowering his head, Yan Zhaoge saw that the rope in his hand had shockingly broken, only half of it remaining as it drooped downwards powerlessly.
"Huh?" Yan Zhaoge did not panic, intuitively feeling that this was yet another layer of illusions.
However, before he could sort out his emotions, the bewildering fog that enveloped the great marsh before him suddenly dissipated, his surroundings instantly becoming empty.
As the heavens and the earth shook, Yan Zhaoge raised his head and saw a massive hand flying over from beyond the heavens, slapping down towards him!
Yan Zhaoge's pupils dilated slightly.
That was not an ordinary palm.
It was that massive palm that had struck towards the Divine Palace during the Great Calamity that year in Yan Zhaoge's memories!
A strange light shot out from Yan Zhaoge's eyes as he focused on this palm.
The scenes between the heavens and the earth before him shook slightly. As the palm descended, it suddenly vanished. The bewildering fog arose once more, though it was no longer as dense as before.
Gazing over, Yan Zhaoge saw two majestic rainbows, one horizontal and one vertical, piercing through the horizon.
It was precisely the Ten Character Heavenly Rainbow! (To be continued.)
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