The sky was like ink, the stars and moon disappearing, as if this place entered eternal darkness. Origin Ancient Mine's surroundings were deathly still.
An indescribable pressure, endless fear, and a terrifying sense of suffocation. It was as if many black mountains were descending, sinking into one's heart.
"What is going on?" The four of them were shocked. Their hearts were heavy, not understanding what was going on at all.
"What happened to Origin Ancient Mine? We won't die, right?!" Chen Huaiyuan asked with a trembling voice.
Li Desheng was also trembling. His left eye released dark light, the Underworld Eye widened, gazing in Origin Ancient Mine's direction.
"What did you see?" Ye Fan asked.
"How is the Origin Ancient Mine?" Old Sabre Honcho also hurriedly asked.
"I can't see anything. It's so dark that it's terrifying. It's swallowing everything. My eyes …" Li Desheng suddenly screamed and fell to the ground. Blood flowed out from the corner of his eyes.
This sudden turn of events caused the other three to feel a chill run down their spines. They quickly helped him up.
"What's wrong with you?" Ye Fan asked.
The corner of Li Desheng's left eye cracked and a trickle of blood flowed out. The Underworld Eye was empty and extremely swollen. Fortunately, the pupil was not injured and only the white of the eye was injured.
"It hurts so much!" Tears and mucus flowed down his face. He continuously used his spirit power to attack the Underworld Eye. It took him a long time to recover.
"What happened?" Old Sabre Honcho asked.
"Black hole, a huge black hole, it seems like it can swallow the heavens …" Li Desheng was terrified, his Underworld Yin Eye almost cracked.
"Whoosh!"
After a while, the starlight and moonlight in the sky appeared again. It was so sudden.
The gentle radiance was like smoke and mist, exceptionally pure and holy. It gave people a feeling of light and warmth, sweeping away the loneliness from before.
The blood-red land was plain and simple. The gravel, rocks, and hills were covered with a thin layer of gauze, like a shallow landscape painting.
"That scared me to death. What happened just now?" Chen Huaiyuan patted his chest.
Light reappeared, and it was as if nothing had happened. The starlight in the sky converged into water and flowed towards the Primordial Ancient Mine.
However, the huge black hole that could devour everything had disappeared. It was no different from before.
"It really feels like an illusion." Ye Fan sighed.
However, not long after, there was another buzzing sound, and all the holy radiance was sucked dry.
The surroundings were boundless, pitch-black, no one to be seen on the other side. This was especially the case with Origin Ancient Mine, that place seemed to have become an abyss, even darker than other places.
"Why is it dark again?"
"Right, it's almost midnight now, the legends are just like this, Origin Ancient Mine swallows the essence of heaven and earth, absorbing everything!" Old Sabre Honcho was alarmed, saying, "We have to leave quickly, or else we might not be able to leave."
"Let's go!" Ye Fan shouted in a low voice. He had already roughly understood the situation here, so he led the three of them to retreat.
Of course, the so-called retreat referred to turning left and right, constantly changing directions, and not advancing in a straight line.
Ye Fan constantly calculated according to what was recorded in the Book of Origin. He even paid attention to every step he took. The three people behind him followed his footprints as they advanced.
This was a circuitous route. Even if it wasn't three steps forward and two steps back, it was more or less the same. It was very erratic, sometimes to the left, sometimes to the right.
From time to time, Ye Fan would even stop and make some calculations on the ground. He carefully evaluated and compared the surrounding terrain, and then he would choose a direction to advance in.
"I say, Grandpa Digger, you have to bring us out!" Chen Huaiyuan dawdled while walking, saying, "I've always admired people like you, I've always wanted to enter this line of work. Unfortunately, I only learned a bit of superficial knowledge."
"Stay on the side, don't add to the chaos." Old Sabre Honcho pulled him to the side, afraid that he would disturb Ye Fan.
Half a quarter of an hour later, Ye Fan brought them back to their starting point, about eighty to ninety li from Origin Ancient Mine.
During this process, muffled sounds could be heard from behind them from time to time. An enormous black hole swallowed the essence of heaven and earth like a whale, as if an archaic vicious beast had opened its mouth to devour the heavens.
Ye Fan was affected several times. Every time heaven and earth lost all light, completely sinking into darkness, he had no choice but to stop and calmly deduce.
Just like this, they walked and stopped, feeling as if they had made a detour for over a thousand li. They finally left this strange region, appearing a hundred and fifty li away.
"We're finally out!"
The four of them heaved a sigh of relief, especially Ye Fan, as if he had collapsed, he sat on the ground on his butt. Unceasingly deducing made him a little exhausted.
He took out the Pristine Jade Bottle and poured the dried up divine spring into his mouth, finally recovering quickly.
If he hadn't comprehended the Book of Source Heavenly Scripture, Ye Fan felt that he would have definitely been sealed inside, and it would have been almost impossible for him to escape.
"Grandpa Digger, when we get back, I'll erect a long life memorial arch for you. I'm a man of my word." Chen Huaiyuan looked deeply grateful.
"Stop dreaming, we're only a little away from the divine mine, we're still in the Absolute Beginning Forbidden Area, there's also a terrain similar to 'True Dragon Coughing Blood', we could lose our lives at any time." Old Sabre Honcho poured cold water on him.
Ye Fan also heaved a sigh. The Absolute Beginning Forbidden Area was extremely dangerous, there was definitely more than one terrain like 'Fire Dragon Mark' and 'True Dragon Coughing Blood'. If they were careless, they might fall into a dangerous zone.
Under the auspicious moonlight, the few of them walked very slowly and carefully, for fear of accidentally falling into a dangerous zone.
"What did the corpses you saw in the Absolute Beginning Ancient Mine look like?" Ye Fan asked Li Desheng.
"Were they humans?" Old Sabre Honcho also asked.
"They were all humanoid, but it's hard to say whether they were human corpses or not. After all, they were too far away, even my Netherworld Eyes could only see their silhouettes. There were males and females, their clothes were very ancient." Li Desheng still had lingering fears.
"Perhaps, there are corpses of ancient divine masters and emperors. Of course, it's also possible that they originally existed in the Absolute Beginning Ancient Mine …" Old Sabre Honcho said to himself.
"Fortunately, I didn't see any living existences." Ye Fan rejoiced. There were too many legends regarding the Absolute Beginning Ancient Mine, each more terrifying than the last.
"Living existences, how many people have seen them since ancient times …" Old Sabre Honcho said to himself.
"I wonder if those three deity-like existences are still nearby …" Li Desheng said in a low voice.
Strictly speaking, it was precisely because of the appearance of those three creatures surrounded by halos that they were forced to flee, almost being trapped in Absolute Beginning Ancient Mine.
"We definitely can't meet them again." Chen Huaiyuan muttered.
"I say, can you two shut your crow mouths?!" Old Sabre Honcho's eyes widened, speaking these words extremely taboo.
"Not good!" Ye Fan gazed towards the distant horizon, his mind immediately sinking.
These two crow mouths really hit the nail on the head!
Even though it was midnight, it wasn't dark. The bright moon hung high in the sky, the boundless blood-colored great earth hazy and indistinct.
On the horizon, three figures appeared, currently looking in this direction. There were halos surrounding them, as if three deities were standing there.
The one at the center was plain and illusory, giving off an unreal feeling.
The one on the left had divine radiance covering his body, blazing and dazzling like a blazing sun, as if a sun god descended into this world.
The one on the right had white clothes and fine black hair fluttering about, as if a lunar fairy descended into this world, sparkling and translucent.
"Three taboos …"
"They really want to force us into Absolute Beginning Ancient Mine!"
Chen Huaiyuan and Li Desheng had just calmed down not too long ago, but now, they began to tremble again. The two really wanted to run, but right now, their legs were extremely weak, trembling, unable to budge an inch.
Ye Fan and Old Sabre Honcho wanted to run, but Absolute Beginning Ancient Mine was right behind them, so it really wasn't easy to turn around.
However, something shocking and incomprehensible happened. The three deities on the horizon suddenly turned around and ran, as if they were avoiding snakes and scorpions, as if they encountered malicious spirits, quickly fleeing, inconceivably fast.
Old Sabre Honcho was stupefied, extremely confused.
Li Desheng and Chen Huaiyuan were also stupefied, stammering as they spoke.
"Taboo existences … are scared of us, this … what is going on?"
"Deities … are running, I … am not seeing things, right?!"
Even though the distance was far, only a blurry silhouette visible, Ye Fan still felt that it was a bit familiar. In that instant, a streak of light flashed past his mind.
"Fuck you!"
He ran as if he was flying, running in pursuit.
"He dares to curse the living existences of Absolute Beginning Forbidden Area?!" Chen Huaiyuan was shocked.
"Crazy, he's really crazy, this grandpa is possessed, actually chasing after three deities!" Li Desheng also cried out in alarm.
Old Sabre Honcho was stunned at first, then he suddenly jumped up and said, "Chase, those aren't Absolute Beginning Ancient Mine's deities, they're people like us!"
"What, they're people?" Chen Huaiyuan's courage was immediately boosted, cursing loudly, "Fuck, it's the three of them who caused us to run all over the place, almost dying in Absolute Beginning Ancient Mine, they're actually also humans!"
Li Desheng also cursed, saying, "Fuck your grandpa, they're also humans, yet they almost caused us to die, I @ # ¥¥…"
They quickly recalled that when they first met, the four of them stood on high ground, only retreating to a low-lying area, only when they couldn't see those three did they start to run.
Thinking about it this way, the other party most likely also chose to run at that time, just that they didn't see them because of the high ground.
Ye Fan rushed at the very front, Old Sabre Honcho was second, Chen Huaiyuan and Li Desheng were at the bottom, chasing relentlessly.
The four of them were extremely calm, not a single one shouting, all of them chasing in silence.
Even though the three in front were extremely fast, extremely swift, they couldn't completely let go, not daring to use all of their strength out of fear of accidentally entering a dangerous area. As a result, they didn't shake off the four behind them.
Even though they could only see blurry silhouettes, Ye Fan could almost confirm that they were the Jade Lake Saintess, Yao Xi, and Yao Guang Saint.
He already knew that these three holy lands' inheritors came to the edge of Absolute Beginning Ancient Mine to transport stone materials, but he never expected that they would also lose their way here.
"These three almost caused us to lose our lives in Absolute Beginning Ancient Mine, if we don't scare them half to death, we'll really be letting us down!" Li Desheng and Chen Huaiyuan both clenched their teeth.
Ye Fan even more so took action, chasing after the three holy lands' inheritors, not daring to stop for even a moment.
The glorious saint and saintess were always calm and composed, but now they were in a sorry state, treating the people behind them as taboo existences in Absolute Beginning Ancient Mine.
"Why do I feel like they are humans, not some unknown creature?"
"Indeed, their sleeves are fluttering, the one at the very front seems like a daoist priest, and he looks a bit familiar."
"They are most likely humans, if they were terrifying creatures, they should have already caught up to us."
The Jade Lake Saintess, Yao Xi, and Yao Guang Saint weren't ordinary people after all, even though they were trapped in the Absolute Beginning Forbidden Area, they didn't panic too much. They quickly came to a conclusion, and then all of them stopped, stopping.
"Boundless Celestial Being, are there some old friends in front?" When Ye Fan saw them stop, he quickly rushed forward, saying, "Not good, not good".
Not long after, the two sides met up.
The silver moon hung high in the sky, the moonlight bright and clear, the rays gentle. When they arrived before their eyes, they could clearly see each other.
Yao Guang Saint's hair was shining with golden light, and his whole body was shining brilliantly. Although he wasn't angry, he didn't have his usual peaceful smile, either, and his brows were slightly furrowed.
Yao Xi's clothes were whiter than snow, and she looked like an otherworldly fairy. She frowned and said, "Daoist priest, I didn't expect to meet you here. You really are worthy of being Daoist priest Duan's senior uncle."
Duan De was called an immoral daoist, or a wicked daoist priest. Yao Xi was very tactful, and her words had a hidden meaning. Being chased like this in the Absolute Beginning Forbidden Area, no one would be happy. However, she had good self-control, so she didn't explode.
"Boundless Celestial Being," Ye Fan recited the daoist name and explained, "This is all a misunderstanding."
The Jade Lake Saintess didn't say anything. After a while, she said, "Daoist priest, why are you here?"
"It's a long story …"
At this time, Chen Huaiyuan and Li Desheng arrived, saying, "Who are you? You almost made us die in the Absolute Beginning Ancient Mine!"
The two of them didn't care about the consequences, and they started a series of complaints. Yao Guang's Saint Son, Yao Xi, and the Jade Lake Saintess immediately lost their temper.
After hearing what the two of them said, the three of them realized that it was indeed a "misunderstanding" for both sides to scare each other.
After the grudge disappeared, Yao Xi complained, "Daoist priest, you are really comparable to that immoral daoist priest. You clearly recognized us, but you still chased after us without saying a word."
Yao Guang's Saint Son also said, "Daoist brother, this joke is a bit too much."
The Jade Lake Saintess let out a melodious voice and said, "Daoist priest, we were almost chased into a dead end by you."
"Everything is a misunderstanding." Ye Fan changed the topic and asked, "How did you also get lost in the Absolute Beginning Forbidden Area?"
"We were originally at the edge of the Absolute Beginning Forbidden Area …"
According to the three of them, their experience was almost the same as Ye Fan's. A strange black wind blew outside the Life Forbidden Area, and many people were killed or injured. The three of them were swept into the Absolute Beginning Forbidden Area.
After learning that the three of them were holy land inheritors, Li Desheng and Chen Huaiyuan didn't dare make a fuss. Old Sabre Honcho, on the other hand, was quite calm from start to finish.
When they understood each other's reasons for entering, the seven of them all sighed with emotion. It was actually all because of that strange black wind.
"Daoist priest, you really … For the sake of seeing Origin Ancient Mine, you actually ran all the way here." Yao Guang's Saint Son shook his head.
Both sides gathered together. After learning about each other's experiences in the forbidden area, the Jade Lake Saintess and the other two were quite shocked. They didn't expect Ye Fan to be so outstanding, breaking through the perilous situation.
"I feel that as long as we walk through the bloody plains in front of us, we will be able to leave the forbidden area." Old Sabre Honcho said.
Ye Fan and the three holy land inheritors all nodded. They also felt the same way.
The seven of them walked for sixty li, and then they unexpectedly saw a pine forest in front of them.
The bright moon shone on the pine trees, clear spring flowed over rocks, this was the true portrayal of the scene before their eyes.
The pine forest swayed, clear spring gurgled, the moon reflected on the stream, quiet and beautiful.
Origin Ancient Mine was a life forbidden area, not even a blade of grass grew here. How could there be such a place?
Everyone was confused, feeling greatly surprised and shocked.
"There is something shining …" Yao Guang's eyes were deep, as if he could see the entire pine forest.
The stream murmured, flowing over the bluestone, pure and clean like silk. The seven of them walked into the forest. Sure enough, they saw light flickering, an object shining.
"This is … a skeleton!"
Everyone was shocked. Below an ancient pine tree was a pure white skeleton, its entire body sparkling and sparkling, releasing brilliance under the moonlight.
"This person definitely had world shocking cultivation when he was alive, for his bones to still be this smooth even after so many years, unimaginable."
"There is a jade pendant here." Yao Xi found a warm jade in the stream, carved into the shape of a dragon, flickering with precious splendor.
"This is an emperor from Great Xia!" The Jade Lake Saintess was shocked.
This type of jade pendant was something only Great Xia's emperor could possess, a type of status symbol.
There wasn't a single person who wasn't shocked. An emperor with world shocking cultivation from an undying dynasty that had existed for more than a hundred thousand years actually died here.
"As expected, Origin Ancient Mine sent a holy lord and emperor to their deaths." Yao Guang's holy child sighed. He didn't know if he would also head here in the future.
"He died before entering Origin Ancient Mine, so there is definitely some type of unfathomable danger here. We need to hurry and leave!" Yao Xi's exceptional appearance revealed great fluctuations, her beautiful eyes sweeping towards the depths of the pine forest.
Everyone shivered inwardly. An emperor of an undying dynasty whose cultivation was profound, yet he died here. This place wasn't as peaceful as it looked on the surface.
"Hurry and leave!" Ye Fan thought of something, the first to withdraw.
Right now, these people all viewed him as a 'grave robber'. When they saw this, they felt even more uneasy, all of them moving in retreat.
"Daoist, is there anything wrong with this place? Did you see anything?" The Jade Lake Saintess asked softly, waves of fragrance wafting from her jade-like body.
"There shouldn't be a pine forest or clear spring here, it should be a desolate land, things will always move in the opposite direction when they reach an extreme …" Ye Fan felt uneasy. There was a warning in the Heavenly Origin Book, 'things will move in the opposite direction when they reach an extreme, quickly withdraw upon seeing it'.
That wasn't something said to normal people, but rather a warning for the Yuan Taoist Master!
The latter half of the Heavenly Origin Book had mentioned this type of mountain and river terrain. It didn't conform to common sense, a landform that shouldn't exist. There was definitely something inconceivable underground, something even the Yuan Taoist Master had to withdraw from!
Ye Fan's heart was pounding madly. This was an earth vein that could kill the Yuan Taoist Master, a demonic earth that had to be avoided. With his current strength, it was impossible for him to speculate what was underground.
"I actually really did see a landform like 'things will move in the opposite direction when they reach an extreme'. This is recorded in the latter half of the Heavenly Origin Book …" He said to himself inwardly. He definitely couldn't break through it right now!
Even if the Zhang Family's first ancestor, that Yuan Taoist Master was reborn, he might not necessarily be able to break through!
Ye Fan broke out in cold sweat, backing up step by step. The clothes on his back were all drenched. Everyone could feel his nervousness, all of them holding their breaths, backing up as well.
Nothing bad happened all the way until they left the pine forest. The clear spring's gurgling sounds were pleasing to the ears, passing through the forest. It was extremely peaceful.
Even the World Shaking Emperor Lord died here, so how could there not be any dangers? This was definitely a demonic earth dyed in blood!
However, everyone already backed up several hundred zhang away, yet they still didn't see anything.
Sou!
Ye Fan displayed his extreme speed, leaving behind an afterimage, rushing out in the blink of an eye. Slowly retreating wasn't a solution.
"Everyone, we will rely on our luck. If we don't die, then we will meet up fifty li away!"
The 'digging grandpa' who could walk out from Origin Ancient Mine was actually like this, leaving the remaining six horrified. The sound of space shattering rang through the air. They all displayed their various methods, doing everything they could to escape.
Ye Fan fled for his life, a chill running down his back. The Absolute Beginning Forbidden Area was too terrifying, danger zones everywhere. He felt like this place wasn't much worse than that ancient mine!
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