Twelve years had passed, and when he looked back, things remained the same, but the people had changed. The pine forest was deep, and all that remained was a lonely grave. He would never see that woman again, forever separated from the heavens.
The wind blew the pure white flowers Ku Zhu and the others brought, scattering them messily on the grave. There was a trace of desolation and a few wisps of fragrance. This was Qin Yao's life.
Who was a passerby in whose life? The scattered flowers, the ice-cold stele, the lonely grave, there was no need for an answer, no need for further words.
A fine rain began to pour down from the sky. It wetted the pure white flowers, diluting the delicate fragrance, adding a trace of coolness.
"Last time you came, you left right after meeting senior crimson dragon, not even stopping for a moment. Have you never thought that there would be an old friend here, a woman you interacted with in the past?"
Jin Yan's voice became very loud, as if she was extremely emotional. She clenched her fists and glared at Ye Fan.
"Are you in such a hurry? Is there some world-shaking matter waiting for you to do? Are you going to mend the heavens?! There is a woman here, lying in an ice-cold coffin. Is she really that insignificant? You've long forgotten, even if it was just for a moment. "Jin Yan pointed at him, her body trembling in anger.
A pine forest, a grave, a single person. The world was cold and bleak. Rain poured down. Ye Fan stood there for a long time. What could he say right now?
Qin Yao had already withered like a flower, her life reaching its end. She blossomed brilliantly like fireworks, and then returned to eternal darkness and silence.
Jin Yan, Ku Zhu, and the others had already left. There was only Ye Fan on the mountain. Under the rustling of the rain, he faced the new grave alone.
The rain became heavier and heavier, finally pouring down in torrents, drenching him from head to toe. Water droplets continuously fell down, even on his face. His lips moved, his voice hoarse. It was impossible to hear clearly in the wind and rain.
He had already cultivated the Heavenly Eye, so he could see through the muddy water, through the grave. He could see the crystal coffin underground. That woman was ice-cold and silent, not moving at all.
Her beauty was gone, but her appearance hadn't changed. She lay quietly and bleakly in the coffin. She was close, yet he couldn't touch her, as far as the horizon.
One step to life, one step to death. Even if there was only a layer of earth between them, it was still difficult to touch. Separated by a netherworld, it was difficult to pull back.
Ye Fan sat in front of the grave and placed his hand on the soil, allowing the rain to pour down on his body. He spoke softly until daybreak.
On the second day, the rain did not stop, but it was much lighter. The pine forest was shrouded in mist. Ye Fan took one last look at the grave and descended the mountain step by step. He walked very slowly, leaving behind footprints.
At the foot of the mountain, Jin Yan, Ku Zhu, and the others stood, watching through the misty rain.
Finally, Jin Yan couldn't hold it in any longer. She pointed at him and said many things, as if she were venting her anger.
Some of the words were harsh, unpleasant, and hurtful, but Ye Fan couldn't refute them. Some of the words might not be the truth, and they stabbed into his heart.
"I say, Sister, when it is possible to let someone off, one should forgive them. Would Ye Fan be willing to see such a scene? Who would be willing to see an old friend die? Who would be willing to see life and death part? If he didn't have urgent matters to attend to, why wouldn't he stop?" Li Tian asked.
"Let's go." Ye Fan stopped Li Tian, not letting him say anything else. He walked into the distance step by step, leaving this place that made him so sad that he couldn't say a single word.
"That little girl really wasn't bad. How could she die just like that? What a pity," the Black Emperor mumbled.
It was unknown just how many cultivators had fallen on the long path of cultivation. In reality, there were large numbers of people who couldn't make it through and perished at every stage. Those who could succeed were all heroes.
This was a ruthless path to begin with. Those who set foot on it would experience many cruelties. What they heard were the legends of the heroes whose names shook the world. Who would pay attention to the decline of a small cultivator?
In reality, there were many sad songs on the path of cultivators. However, apart from those famous heroes, who would pay attention to the joys and sorrows of others?
Yan Yixi patted Ye Fan's shoulder and didn't say anything else. They left this place, traveling 90,000 li in one go.
"Where are we going? What are we going to do?" Li Tian asked.
"I'm going to undergo tribulation," Ye Fan said.
"Where do you want to choose?" The Black Emperor laughed dryly.
"Use your brain and think carefully. Find an important place between Hell and the human world. I want to resist the heavenly tribulation in such a place," Ye Fan said seriously.
He sealed a part of his Nascent Soul in Yan Yixi's Goddess Furnace. He didn't place it on his Celestial Platform, forcefully delaying the arrival of the tribulation.
"Let me think carefully. It's been too long. That place is just a remote corner of the world. I wasn't too clear about it in the past, and now, I've almost completely forgotten about it." The large black dog scratched his head and began to ponder.
They began to wander around the north region like a group of ghosts, and also like a group of death gods. They all knew that Ye Fan was full of depression and needed to find someone to kill.
In these few days, they tried to find some light topics to avoid the heavy atmosphere. Of course, they didn't avoid the topic of Qin Yao's death.
"I've always been surrounded by flowers. If I leave for 12 years, there will most likely be many women who will clap their hands in joy. F * ck!" Li Tian cursed.
"None of you can do this. You have to learn from me. Use great willpower, great wisdom, and great fearlessness to sever everything. Bury them in the grave in your heart, and they will never have to worry. " At this point, the Black Emperor poked Ye Fan, and said, "For you, there will be an additional experience. The opportunity for the Three Slashes of Dao might come early."
"Severing Dao …" Ye Fan looked into the distance, and said, "Let's go. We'll find Hell and the human world first."
"Brat, have you thought about it? What kind of dao do you want to sever in the future?" the Black Emperor asked seriously.
Ye Fan thought for a moment, and said, "I can't sever whatever I want. If I think about it seriously, perhaps severing my entire dao is the most suitable. There are too many fetters and shackles."
"…" The Black Emperor, Li Tian, and Yan Yixi all wore awkward expressions.
"You can't be serious, right? Cut yourself off? What kind of joke is this? Since ancient times, who has done this? Even if you want to commit suicide, you can't do this." The Black Emperor scolded.
Ye Fan said: "Severing the Dao, that is a very long time ago. In history, the strongest few monsters were comparable to the young Great Emperor, but in the end, they all fell. My Dao seems to be very difficult to sever, let's finish the tribulation first."
According to the Black Emperor's ancient memories, he searched many places, but to no avail. After hundreds of thousands of years of ups and downs, the world had changed greatly, and many of the old places had changed greatly.
Furthermore, in the past, it wasn't very clear about these two great killer divine dynasties. It didn't know where the important places were, and had only vaguely heard of them.
On this day, they arrived at a desolate mountain outside of Kaiyuan City in the Northern Region. They immediately stopped and walked towards the mountain.
Because, they had heard from Li Heishui that his grandfather, Li Heng, had died in battle to save them. The few of them decided to pay their respects.
"It should be that stone cliff."
A broken spear was stabbed into the cliff. The blood had long since dried up, forming a human shape. It was dark red, a ghastly sight. One could imagine the miserable state at that time.
Li Heishui had once said with tears in his eyes that his grandfather had been nailed to the cliff by an old assassin from the Hell God Imperial Court with a spear.
One could imagine that a white-haired old man had died in battle to save his descendants. Looking at the broken spear and the dried blood, the few of them gritted their teeth.
Half a month later, the Black Emperor brought them to the western part of the Northern Region. It remembered that some things had happened here in the past, and it was related to the Hell God Imperial Court.
After walking into an ancient mountain range, there was no sign of life. Not even a blade of grass grew, and they still didn't discover anything. They were almost completely disappointed. They couldn't even find a living fossil like the big black dog, so who else knew?
"Found it!" Suddenly, the Black Emperor shouted excitedly, pointing at a mark that was almost worn away by time, saying that this was a dark mark of hell.
"They must be in this mountain range. Be careful, don't be discovered by them, and search slowly." Finally finding some clues, they were naturally extremely cautious.
After spending several days, they hid in the dark, and only rushed out when they saw a black-clothed man disappear on a cliff, pouncing over there.
"Yes, I understand now. There is a small world here that was opened by an ancient sage. It is an extremely important secret place in hell!" the Black Emperor said.
In hell, apart from a supreme ancient palace, that was where their foundation was. There were also 18 layers of hell, which were the 18 main branches that extended from the roots.
The 18 layers of hell were extremely important. They were all small worlds in ancient times, independent of the great world, and almost impossible to find. They were incomparably mysterious, and were all important places.
"A small world opened by a sage. Their foundation is really deep. You all wait outside, I will go and cross the tribulation!" Ye Fan said.
Thinking of Pang Bo's life and death still unknown, Liu Kou being blasted into a bloody pulp, Dongfang Ye's blood staining the Falling Eagle Cliff, Li Heishui's grandfather being nailed to death, and so on and so forth, the blood in his heart was boiling!
"From today forth, there will be one less layer in hell. This is the first debt I will collect!" Ye Fan's voice was deep and cold, ringing through the entire mountain range. He already found the entrance, retracting his primordial spirit from the goddess furnace, and then walked in with a single step.
At first, the Black Emperor, Li Tian, and Yan Yixi were still a bit worried, following him inside. In the end, black smoke immediately rose from their bodies, hurriedly withdrawing.
"There is no justice in the heavens! The lightning tribulation is so great, how can there be human lightning and some Celestial Court's ancient watchtowers?!" Li Tian had never seen such a terrifying heavenly tribulation before.
"We should still back up, this place isn't safe either. This small world will definitely collapse, and those who are stuck inside are all finished!" The Black Emperor bared his teeth, smoke coming out of his mouth, all of the hair on his body standing on end.
They decisively backed up, only stopping after moving far enough. Everything was as they expected. This small world had existed since the ancient times, and after more than a hundred thousand years, it had long become unstable. The heavenly tribulation descended, and in the end, it collapsed.
"Ah …"
Miserable cries sounded. This small world was hacked through, and now it was adjacent to the great world outside. Everything could be seen. The lightning turned into a sea, and the thunderstorm connected to form a blazing purple light.
This was a human tragedy. After this collapsed small world appeared, all types of miserable scenes could be seen. Large amounts of human figures turned into scorched corpses, and countless palaces became ruins.
This was an important place for assassins. Experts were as common as clouds, and everyone was passively facing tribulation, unable to escape. Even though they were trying to break out of the encirclement, the tribulation clouds continued to surround their heads, and heavenly lightning struck down continuously. There was nowhere to escape to.
This was especially the case when Ye Fan turned into a streak of humanoid lightning, chasing after experts everywhere. Wherever he passed, everyone would definitely be turned into ashes.
"There is a king!"
"There is actually a powerful king here!"
The Black Emperor, Li Tian, and the others quickly discovered an extremely powerful existence with world shocking strength. His heavenly punishment was boundless, forming a vast ocean.
"It's an assassin king who tried to assassinate Ye Fan last time. It's his aura, who would have thought that his true body would be here!"
"Ah …"
Miserable cries sounded everywhere, and people continuously turned into ashes. This place became a living hell, but this time, it was someone else who came to take their lives.
There was no suspense in this battle. After Ye Fan rushed over, he locked onto the assassin king. An even more vast sea of lightning descended, and he was blasted into ashes.
The battle flattened this place, leaving behind only a vast expanse of ruins and human-shaped ashes.
That day, the Eastern Wasteland was shaken. A secret area of the Infernal Realm was picked by someone, and from then on, there was one less layer of the Infernal Realm!
Ye Fan said that since the human world and the Infernal Realm wanted to play, he would accompany them to the end. Next, he was going to hunt down their divine sons and goddesses.
At the same time, he offered bounties to everyone in the world, offering generous rewards. Regardless of whether it was providing information on the assassin divine dynasty or killing them, there would be sky-high rewards.
The world was in an uproar. Was a single person going to start a war against two great ancient assassin divine dynasties? Everyone was moved.
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