Qing Shan hurriedly shouted, "Qing Qing, Big Brother Ye, the darkness is coming, quickly sit over here …"
The rest of the people got up one after another and gathered around the fire. They huddled closely together, almost shoulder to shoulder. Immediately, they created a lot of space in the narrow and broken temple.
Even Qing Qing was no exception.
The little girl panicked when she saw the confusion on Ye Chen's face, "Brother Ye, come and sit here …"
The next moment!
The cries and roars outside the dilapidated temple grew more and more intense. Following which, countless savage beasts swarmed in.
Among them, there were gigantic tentacled monsters that looked like snails, one-legged frog-like monsters, and white apes that were as strong as bulls …
These existences seemed to be hiding from something as they rushed into the dilapidated temple. They huddled together as if they did not see Ye Chen and the rest. Then, they looked outside in fear.
Ye Chen followed their gaze and saw endless darkness coming from outside the dilapidated temple. Countless beasts were running madly as if they were trying to avoid it.
However, the speed of the darkness was very fast. When a single savage beast fell into the darkness, the sound of chewing flesh and bones could be heard in the darkness. It was a horrifying sound.
"Soul Quicksand?"
Ye Chen's eyes squinted.
He couldn't be more familiar with this scene. He had once experienced it on the ghost ship. There was a terrifying existence hidden in the black fog that specialized in devouring flesh and blood.
To think that he would see it here once more. It was no wonder why so many savage beasts would flee in panic.
Just when Ye Chen thought the darkness would surge into the dilapidated temple …
However, the darkness suddenly stopped at the entrance of the dilapidated temple and did not move an inch forward. It was as if there was an invisible door blocking them outside.
"Buzz buzz buzz …"
Spots of light appeared on the stone walls around the dilapidated temple, and the strange patterns began to wriggle as if the words had come to life.
The stone statue behind them also glowed with light.
The stone statue was that of a man with a long beard. He held a halberd in his hand, and his eyebrows were furrowed in anger. His body was covered in dust, and he exuded an aura of age and decay.
Following that, be it Qing Shan, Zhang Xuan, or the savage beasts in the dilapidated temple, they all knelt down before the stone statue, seemingly worshipping and praying.
"Emperor's aura, this is Emperor's aura …"
Ye Chen looked at the stone statue before him quietly. He could not help but be moved when he sensed the aura on its body.
The stone statue could actually emit the majesty of the Emperor's Throne Realm!
It was this imperial aura that blocked the darkness from the outside world outside the dilapidated temple, thus saving all living beings.
He sucked in a breath of cold air, 'This is an Emperor's Throne powerhouse that has turned into a stone statue?'
Thinking of this, he slowly stood up and walked towards the stone statue, trying to reach out and touch it.
"ROAR!!!"
At that moment, all the wild beasts that were kneeling on the ground roared at Ye Chen as if they were warning him.
"Big Brother Ye, you can't do that!"
The expressions of Qing Shan and the others changed greatly, "This is our guardian god, we cannot blaspheme him!"
Ye Chen could only give up. He returned to where he was and sat down, but his mind could not stop thinking.
This stone statue must have been a strong practitioner of the Emperor's Throne Realm when he was alive, but why did he turn into a stone statue?!
Why would it appear in the Taboo Ocean? Could it be that he's being suppressed here just like me?
Time passed bit by bit. The dilapidated temple was extremely quiet. Whether it was Qing Shan's group or the many beasts gathered on the other side, they all maintained a delicate situation. No one made a move.
When dawn broke and the first ray of sunlight shone on the dilapidated temple, the darkness outside the dilapidated temple dissipated.
The beasts retreated.
Qing Shan and the rest cheered as they walked out of the dilapidated temple to fetch water. However, they seemed to be used to all of this.
Ye Chen followed behind them. As soon as he left the dilapidated temple, he saw all sorts of bones piled up on the grass outside.
They seemed to have been left behind last night. From time to time, a vulture would land with a piece in its mouth and fly away.
Ye Chen walked side by side with Qing Shan and probed, "Did what happened last night happen often?"
"Yes, Brother Ye!"
Qing Shan nodded and said with a serious expression, "As long as it's night time, no one is allowed to go out. We have to stay at home. This has been our village's ancestral teachings since ancient times …"
At this point, he could not help but exhort, "Brother Ye, you saw the danger last night. The elders said that there's a terrifying existence in the darkness that can eat people …"
"Then, how does your village protect itself in the darkness?" Ye Chen asked again.
Qing Shan smiled and said, "Because our village has stone statues like the dilapidated temple, and there are quite a few of them. Every time it turns dark, these stone statues protect us …"
Ye Chen secretly nodded. The doubt in his heart was immediately resolved. He said, "Do you know the origin of these stone statues?"
"I don't know."
Qing Shan scratched his head and said in confusion, "These stone statues have existed for a long time. They can be traced back to before our village was established …"
Ye Chen could not help but be disappointed.
"Right!"
Qing Shan seemed to have thought of something and added, "I think I heard the elders say that these stone statues are our ancestors."
"Ancestors?"
Ye Chen could not help but glance at him when he heard that. He thought to himself, 'So, this brat is the descendant of an Emperor's Throne powerhouse?'
This world could devour the True Origin Energy and True Qi of cultivators, so martial artists and cultivators could not live at all. They could only rely on brute force to survive. Logically speaking, there should not be an Emperor's Throne powerhouse.
Then, the only explanation was that these Emperor's Throne powerhouses came from the outside world.
After connecting it to his own experience, he could not help but make a bold guess, "It seems like these Emperor's Throne powerhouses were also suppressed here by the Immortal Palace …"
As for how long, he did not know.
The only thing he knew was that even if an Emperor's Throne powerhouse fell here, he would become a cripple and could only rely on brute force to survive.
"It seems like this Immortal Palace is not simple …"
Ye Chen narrowed his eyes, "Judging from the method that person used to beat me into the Forbidden Sea, he must be at the advanced-stage God Transformation Stage, or even higher …"
Higher?
That would be the Void Refinement Stage!
Even with Ye Chen's temperament, he could not help but tense up as he thought to this point. There was actually a Void Refinement Stage cultivator in a mere Ancient Desolate Realm that was parallel to Earth.
Anyone would be surprised.
Of course, this was only his guess. As for whether it was true or not, he did not know yet.
"The current plan is to understand the Forbidden Sea first and then find a way to find out where Wushuang is. When the time comes, I'll bring him out of this place."
Thinking to this point, his gaze could not help but pause on Qing Shan, "Perhaps the elder he mentioned should know something …"
At this moment, several figures rushed over from afar. The leader was a middle-aged man wearing beast skin with strong arms, "Qing Shan, are you guys alright?"
"Father!"
Qing Shan was overjoyed when he saw them. Then, he brought a few people to welcome them and said excitedly, "Father, we're all fine. Why are you guys here?"
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