Jin Yu Lu was still wearing that embroidered robe covered in copper coins, looking like a wealthy man. However, he was now in a rather sorry state, his body covered in mud and stone fragments. Xiao De's appearance was even worse. His clothes were covered in yellow mud, a color even deeper than the ruthless yellow in his eyes, more like some sort of filth.
Seeing Chen Changsheng standing outside the cliff, Jin Yu Lu was very shocked, but soon after, a gratified expression appeared on his face. He did not need to think to know that Chen Changsheng had appeared because of Luoluo.
Xiao De looked at Chen Changsheng with a somewhat complicated gaze. In the last few years, he had often unconsciously acted in accordance with Chen Changsheng's style.
In other words, he was learning from the opponent he had once hated the most. Now that he had suddenly met him, someone as proud as him could not help but feel somewhat awkward.
Jin Yu Lu asked, "Your Holiness the Pope has also come to see His Majesty?"
Chen Changsheng nodded and asked, "Did you see him?"
Jin Yu Lu shook his head, seeming particularly tired. "I knew it was inside, but I couldn't get in no matter what."
Chen Changsheng was quiet for a while, then asked, "Is the Sage well?"
Jin Yu Lu replied, "I haven't seen him, so I don't know."
A wary expression appeared on Xiao De's face.
Chen Changsheng said to him, "The Shi clan leader told me of this position."
Xiao De understood the hidden meaning in these words and said, "Then it's up to you now."
The Shi clan leader had always been renowned for his intelligence and caution. If he were not certain that Xiao De could not succeed, he would never have told Chen Changsheng the location of the White Emperor's seclusion.
Chen Changsheng gazed at the black cliff, sensing the power of the sealing array, and slightly arched his brows.
If he wanted to resolve all the problems at hand, he first had to determine the situation within the black cliff.
This was what Chen Changsheng thought. This was what the Shi clan leader thought.
Xiao De also thought, so he withdrew from the Heavenly Selection ceremony that he had planned for so many years, came to the black cliff, and began to dig a hole.
Jin Yu Lu also thought this way. He had come earlier than Xiao De and dug even faster.
By now, Xiao De had been digging for two days and two nights without rest, while Jin Yu Lu had been digging for four days and four nights.
Chen Changsheng had been prepared to use the method of forcefully breaking through the cliff to get past the seal. This method of relying purely on strength seemed crude, even idiotic, but it was often the correct choice.
Experts like Xiao De and Jin Yu Lu naturally understood this principle.
Unfortunately, they still failed.
There was no need for Chen Chang Sheng to try again, but he wanted to go in and take a look.
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The entrance to the cave was on the surface of the black cliff, but it wasn't straight. Instead, it slanted upwards until it reached the deepest part of the cliff.
Chen Chang Sheng followed Jin Yu Lu and Xiao De for a very long time before reaching the end.
Looking at the clear and deep claw marks on the cave walls, feeling the remaining violent aura, he seemed to see what had really happened in the past few days.
Jin Yulu and Xiao De had entered a berserk state, their mountainous bodies madly attacking the hard cliff. Occasionally, the silhouettes of massive lions and leopards would appear in the dark cave.
Soon, he noticed something strange about the cave walls. The stone wall in front of him was very smooth, like a piece of jade. There were no cracks, not even dirt.
Jin Yu Lu said, "We've tried changing directions several times, but we couldn't get around this stone wall. This means that this place is the living pivot of the formation."
Chen Chang Sheng asked, "What is this stone wall itself?"
Jin Yu Lu replied, "It should be the legendary Star Stone. It has a weight countless times greater than its volume. Even an expert of the Divine Domain would find it very difficult to move."
Hearing the name Star Stone, Chen Chang Sheng recalled the treasure of the Orthodoxy that Daoist Baishi had once held. After a moment of silence, he stepped forward and fiercely slashed at the stone wall with the Stainless Sword.
There was a clang. The Stainless Sword was as bright and sharp as ever, undamaged, but it had only left behind a very faint mark on the stone wall.
If he wanted to use the Stainless Sword to cut through this stone wall, he would have to spend many days.
Chen Chang Sheng was somewhat disappointed, but he didn't know that Jin Yu Lu and Xiao De were both shocked by this sight.
Besides its unimaginable density and weight, Star Stone was also famous for its toughness.
Jin Yu Lu and Xiao De had tried many times, but whether it was the claws of their true form in the berserk state or the high-level magical artifacts they carried with them, none of them could leave a single mark on the surface of Star Stone.
A casual swing of Chen Chang Sheng's sword had managed to cut a small hole in the stone wall. Just how sharp was this sword?
Xiao De had clashed with Chen Chang Sheng's sword in the alley of the Northern Military Department. At the time, he had not felt that Chen Chang Sheng's sword was this frightening, but he soon realized that this was probably because Chen Chang Sheng's cultivation in the path of the sword had greatly increased in the last few years.
Chen Chang Sheng asked, "Since it's a sealing array, someone should have laid it down. Who could place such a heavy stone wall in the position of the living pivot of heavenly secrets?"
Jin Yu Lu replied, "It was probably the Empress who used the power of the tides to push the Star Stone to seal this place."
Xiao De suddenly said, "Star Stones can absorb star radiance."
Chen Chang Sheng was somewhat confused as to why he had suddenly said this, but he soon understood, and his expression turned rather grave.
Star radiance was not starlight, but an invisible energy extracted from the swaying of the invisible line between the distant star and the cultivator.
The true essence in the body of a cultivator was also star radiance, and not even a Saint could escape this category.
If this stone wall could endlessly absorb star radiance, it also meant that it could absorb the White Emperor's true essence.
Even if the White Emperor had an unfathomable cultivation and did not care about the interference of the Star Stone, he was still quietly recuperating in the depths of the black cliff. Why would he add more trouble to Chen Chang Sheng's troubles?
All these clues ultimately pointed to one possibility.
"Whether it's the Heavenly Selection ceremony or the alliance with the demons, it turns out that it has nothing to do with us demi-humans, but the ambitions of the Great Western Continent. If His Majesty has already returned to the sea of stars."
In a very short time, Jin Yu Lu had aged a great deal, his voice beginning to tremble.
This was not a very likely possibility. When an expert of the Divine Domain returned to the sea of stars, the entire continent would sense it. This was a heavenly omen.
When the blue-clothed visitor had just died, Madam Mu, who was eighty thousand li away, had learned of the news. When plotting against Bie Yanghong and Wuqiong Bi, Madam Mu had first activated the seal of the Red River for this very reason.
And the White Emperor was a Saint of this generation. If he really did return to the sea of stars, no matter how powerful the seal was, it would not be able to block the news, and the world would assuredly quake.
Xiaode solemnly said, "Even if His Majesty is fine, the situation is still very dangerous. In the battle with the Demon Lord, His Majesty suffered extremely heavy injuries, and now that the Empress has used this method, not only has His Majesty's injuries not improved, they are only worsening by the day. If a few more days pass, the worst might really occur. "
When they thought of this possibility, Jin Yu Lu and Xiaode both grimaced, but Chen Changsheng was much calmer.
Just as he had thought before entering the black cliff, the White Emperor's death or survival was extremely bad news for the Human race. If it was the former, it meant that there was no one in the Demi-human race that could suppress Madam Mu's ambitions. If it was the latter, it meant that the White Emperor truly did share Madam Mu's thoughts, that he wanted to ally with the demons. With a Saint like this watching from the shadows, what else could he do?
Now, he speculated that the White Emperor was heavily injured, imprisoned and weakened by Madam Mu's methods. This situation was actually the best.
This meant that the Xiang clan leader had been pretending to have the White Emperor's decree that night. In reality, the White Emperor still supported the Human race.
In that case, as long as he was rescued, everything would be easily solved.
At this moment, an extremely bright and clear cry of a crane came from outside the cave.
Chen Changsheng emerged from the cave, took down the paper, and read it, his expression turning extremely solemn.
The White Crane had brought two pieces of news.
One was good news, one was bad news.
Xuanyuan Po had awakened while Bie Yanghong had fallen unconscious. (To be continued.)
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