After Gu Qing Shan's group had entered the God of Life's ruin.
Calming Soul Country.
Night had fallen.
A faint shadow silently appeared from the back gate of the royal palace and quickly flew towards a certain direction.
On the way, no one noticed the shadow's existence.
The shadow walked through the streets and alleys, quickly arriving at a secluded part of the city and stood in front of Xuan Ya's small house.
The shadow paused briefly before heading towards the small house.
Zi zi zi zi — —
A transparent formation abruptly appeared and repelled the shadow.
「 Who would've thought, placing a Cultivation-type formation in the place you're staying 」
「 But, do you really think something like that can stop me? 」
The shadow muttered, then suddenly sped up and rushed forward.
Bam!
Using some sort of unknown method, the formation was destroyed.
If Gu Qing Shan was still in Calming Soul Country, he would've noticed the destruction of the formation very quickly.
He would've immediately rushed over.
But now that he was inside the ruin, he had no idea what was happening outside.
The shadow walked forward step by step, flashed in front of the door, and entered the house.
「 The layout of the house hasn't changed at all … Xuan Ya, are you still waiting for me to return?
」 The shadow sighed and casually asked.
He walked in front of the baby's cradle, dispelled the concealment technique, and revealed himself.
It was the tall and handsome prince!
The prince stared closely at the sleeping child and spoke with a gentle and calm voice: 「 Xuan Ya, look at how well our child has grown, his eyebrows and facial features are very similar to yours 」
Unbeknownst to the prince, Xuan Ya's ghost was hopelessly standing in front of him, separated from him by the cradle.
The ghost's eyes were filled with sorrow and pain, as if she had already seen through something.
The prince continued: 「 Xuan Ya, this child is very good, I like him very much, I even wanted to remove your guardian status, unfortunately, I later found out that this was a bloodline shackle, I couldn't do anything 」
「 Hah, that's right, I couldn't do anything 」
Saying so, the prince took out a luxurious dagger embedded with colorful gems from his sleeve.
「 A child born from the combination of royal bloodline and guardian bloodline, if he lives past the age of 3, he will absorb the power of two members of the royal family 」
「 Only father and I remain in the royal family 」
「 Xuan Ya, in this era, what does it mean to lose your power? 」
"You should understand that I don't want to be a cripple."
Hearing that, Xuan Ya's soul couldn't hold it in anymore and uttered a long string of words.
But how could the words of ghosts be heard by the living?
Ye Fei Li was not here.
Of course, the prince couldn't hear him.
However, he seemed to have thought of something.
— — -perhaps this had always been a knot between him and Xuan Ya.
The prince looked at the child and whispered, "Yes, I shouldn't have provoked you, and I shouldn't have had this child with you."
"But, who told me to like you?"
His voice became sentimental. "Even my father feels a little pressured by such an excellent guardian like you. He allowed me to get along with you."
"I have no regrets. After all, I already had you. Even if you died and your child died, it wouldn't change that."
"Forgive me."
After saying that, the prince exuded a murderous aura.
He raised the dagger and fiercely stabbed the sleeping child!
Clang!
The long dagger stabbed into a layer of light.
The light shielded the child.
"This is — –"
Before the prince could understand what was going on, the covenant had been fully activated.
The covenant between the royal family and the Blade Edge Pledge!
"Aaaargh!"
The prince screamed in fear and pain.
"No! Why are you a member of the Blade Edge Pledge? You're only 3 years old, you couldn't have signed a covenant on your own! "
The prince screamed in despair.
He had violated the covenant and tried to kill a member of the Blade Edge Pledge.
At the time, both Lola and Boss had seen this covenant and felt that it was very strict without any issues.
Because if someone violated this covenant, they would immediately die!
The prince fell to the ground, as if someone was choking him, his mouth was wide open, but he couldn't say a single word.
The light that protected the boy gradually expanded and enveloped him.
The prince turned into a pile of bones inside the light.
The light didn't fade.
The bones slowly disappeared without a trace.
The prince was dead.
The boy was unharmed.
From now on, the boy was the only royal descendant of Calming Soul Country.
Next to the boy, Xuan Ya's gaze remained fixed on the prince until he died.
She turned away and wiped the corner of her eyes.
…
At another location.
Looking at the golden ring on Gu Qing Shan's hand, Jang Young-ho doubtfully asked: "Just the ring alone isn't enough, we don't have the king's memories, so we wouldn't be able to sense it at all"
Gu Qing Shan smiled.
"Do you really think there's a technique that would allow every member of the royal family to hold a certain memory at birth?"
Hearing him ask that, Jang Young-ho hesitated again.
After countless years, the weapons, treasures, and servants that the God of Life had buried here had all been destroyed.
If that's the case, why would a single technique of the Deity be able to last for over 100 million years and place a sealed memory in the minds of every member of the royal family?
That's a bit ridiculous.
Gu Qing Shan continued: "This ring is the key to restraining the Occultism spirit, as long as I wear it, the Occultism spirit wouldn't be able to attack me — — can you guess what it's used for?"
"You mean to say …"
"That's right, it's actually this ring"
Gu Qing Shan replied.
In his line of sight, a line of glowing text had already stopped there.
[The God of Life's Ring of Memories]
[This ring contains the information that the God of Life had set up, only by arriving at the correct location would it activate and transmit the corresponding information]
After reading through it, Gu Qing Shan turned to everyone else.
Only to see that everyone had an indifferent expression on their faces.
Gu Qing Shan was surprised: "What kind of expression is that? Don't tell me you're not interested in the Deity's ruin?"
Ye Fei Li replied: "Treasures and whatnot, are we really not interested?"
"Hm? Why do you say that? "Gu Qing Shan asked.
"We have her majesty Lola with us"
"… That's true" Gu Qing Shan nodded and continued: "In truth, we already had a contract with the king. We'll help him investigate the ruin, and he'll help us fight against the four Deities and obtain the four Card fragments"
"That's why it's not easy for us to take anything from here. What we need to do next is to follow the information on the ring to the deepest part of the ruin and warp back"
Everyone nodded.
Lola appeared to be very excited:
"That's great, this is a treasure trove left behind from over 100 million years ago, even if we don't take it, it's still very interesting to take a look"
Boss asked: "But first, what do we do with this ring after we leave?"
"Give it back to the descendant of the God of Life" Gu Qing Shan replied.
At this point, Jang Young-ho seemed to have thought of something and appeared hesitant.
"What's the matter?" Gu Qing Shan asked.
"Not only can my Black Cat find the way to the deepest part of the ruin, it can also find other directions" Jang Young-ho replied.
"For example?"
"Other ways to return"
"… Why do you want to take other ways?" Gu Qing Shan asked.
Jang Young-ho cleared his throat and explained: "We ran into a Void Deity in the forest of corpse pillars, then an Occultism spirit in this garden, who knows what we'll run into later? If we risk our lives like this, we'll really die "
Everyone nodded.
Gu Qing Shan went silent for a while, then asked: "Boss, what do you think?"
Boss replied: "I'll only say one thing, it's very rare for an Abyssal body to wander outside. Just now, I only offered this garden to the Abyss and obtained the Star Firefly, so if we can obtain more Abyssal bodies, we'll obtain even greater benefits"
"What is a Star Firefly?" Gu Qing Shan asked.
Boss explained it to her.
Gu Qing Shan reacted the same way as Ye Fei Li and the others, also surprised.
He suddenly recalled something and said: "Right, Boss, I've always had a question that I couldn't find an answer to, and since you're here, I want to ask you"
"Go ahead"
"I've always thought that the Eternal Abyss was a place, but after my recent understanding, I feel like it's a particularly advanced lifeform, so what exactly is it?"
Boss considered his words a bit, then replied: "I can't tell you that, because an entity outside the Abyss cannot know the true nature of the Abyss, unless — —"
"Unless what?"
"Unless you attract the attention of the Abyss, then pass the trial, join the Abyss and obtain a unique Abyssal body"
"Only at that point would you be qualified to know the truth of the Abyss"
Boss then explained: "Don't think that it's going to be easy. The Magic Dragon has spent over 10,000 years, but it still hasn't obtained its own Abyssal body — — - it can only maintain its original appearance"
Hearing this, Gu Qing Shan suddenly recalled something that Lin once told her in the past.
"Right, Lin once told me that the Abyss is observing me"
Gu Qing Shan explained.
The faint smile on Boss's face disappeared, replaced by a surprised expression.
"Did she really say that?"
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