Cursed Land
Cursed Land
He had believed in Xiao Sheng, but now, all sorts of signs made him doubtful.
Most importantly, he had actually left at this moment. What did that mean?
"Qin Yu, why don't you wait here for him? He'll probably be back very soon," said the deputy sect master.
Qin Yu took a deep breath and tried his best to calm himself down.
Then, he looked at the deputy sect master and said with a smile, "Okay, I'll wait for him at the Tianyun Sect. By the way, is there any news from the North Plain recently?"
Upon hearing this topic, the deputy sect master's expression turned dark.
He said with a grim face, "Recently, there has been news that several border cities have disappeared. All the people inside have died. The way they died showed that it was done by the North Plain."
Qin Yu was not surprised. He had known that the North Plain would not give up. It was just that they would not be as high-profile as before.
"I understand. Please mobilize the surrounding sects to protect the nearby cities." Qin Yu nodded.
The deputy sect master nodded and said, "I have already done so."
"Okay." Qin Yu did not say anything more. He led Zhuo Jing towards the library.
Other than Xiao Sheng, Master Suixin probably knew something.
"Where are we going?" Zhuo Jing asked in puzzlement.
Qin Yu said, "You'll know in a while."
The two of them walked all the way to the library and found Master Suixin.
Master Freewill was still the same as before. He was cleaning and tidying up the books.
He seemed to be a little surprised to see Qin Yu.
"Master Suixin." Qin Yu bowed slightly.
Suixin asked, "Have you been to Donghuang?"
Qin Yu nodded and said, "Yes, I have been there, but I have a lot of questions."
Suixin waited for Qin Yu to continue.
Qin Yu said in a grave voice, "What is the secret in Donghuang? Is the Nanzhou history you wrote true or false? Does it have any personal feelings involved?"
Hearing the questions, Suixin did not know how to answer for a moment.
He thought for a moment and said, "The book I wrote does not have any personal feelings involved. And no one could make me hide the truth."
Qin Yu looked at him coldly, as if he wanted to see something from his face.
Unfortunately, Suixin did not seem to be lying.
"Master Suixin, do you know anything about Donghuang?" Qin Yu asked.
Suixin shook his head and said, "No, I don't. I can't go to Donghuang. All the information about it was obtained through documents."
Qin Yu sighed silently.
It seemed that it was almost impossible to learn anything from Suixin.
However, he didn't seem to be lying. With his abilities, once he stepped into Donghuang, he would never be able to walk out.
"Thank you," Qin Yu bowed and said.
He then turned around and left with Zhuo Jing.
The Tianyun sect had arranged a place for Qin Yu to live and he planned to stay here and wait for Xiao Sheng's return.
In the room, Zhuo Jing asked in a deep voice, "Did Suixin tell the truth?"
Qin Yu nodded and said, "He had no reason to lie."
Zhuo Jing forced a smile and said, "I hope so. But... Xiao Sheng's disappearance at this time is very suspicious."
Qin Yu didn't reply. He naturally didn't want to believe that Xiao Sheng was trying to harm him.
"How long are we going to wait here?" Zhuo Jing asked.
Qin Yu said in a deep voice, "We'll wait for a few days. We don't have enough time. If he doesn't come back soon, we have to leave."
Qin Yu had obtained dragon's blood and eye, which were holy items for cultivation.
Moreover, he didn't know when the North Plain would attack, so he had to go into closed-door cultivation as soon as possible.
In the next few days, Qin Yu and Zhuo Jing waited for the return of the Tianyun Sect master.
In the blink of an eye, five days had passed. During these five days, Qin Yu went to the cultivation mountain almost every day. Unfortunately, there was no sign of Saint Xiao.
"We can't wait any longer," Qin Yu said in a grave voice.
"In any case, we have already gone to Donghuang and returned safely. As for whether he lied to us or not, we don't need to worry about this for now." Qin Yu looked at Zhuo Jing.
Zhuo Jing nodded and said with a bitter smile, "It's just that... I don't know what kind of effect the curse will have."
"Yeah." Qin Yu sighed.
Then he looked at Zhuo Jing and said, "Let's go."
"Where are we going?" Zhuo Jing asked.
"Dayue Mountain," Qin Yu said.
He wouldn't keep the dragon's eye for himself. At the very least, he would give some to Zhuo Jing.
He also wanted to share it with Wen Wanchong, Qu Zhu, and the others.
It wasn't that Qin Yu was generous, but it was just that this thing couldn't be used up in a short amount of time. Just a drop of dragon blood was enough for one to cultivate for a long time.
Besides that, no one knew what would happen with the war against the North Plain, so it was better to have more manpower.
The two of them rushed all the way to the Dayue Mountain.
On the peak of the mountain, Wen Wanchong, Zhuo Jing, and Qin Yu sat cross-legged.
"Master, do you know Donghuang?" Qin Yu asked.
Hearing this, Wen Wanchong said in surprise, "Donghuang? Why do you ask that?"
Qin Yu told him about what had happened.
After hearing it, Wen Wanchong was shocked!
"You... you have been to Donghuang?" He frowned.
Qin Yu nodded and waited for him to continue.
Wen Wanchong took a deep breath and continued, "I heard that Donghuang is an extremely terrifying place. It's called the cursed land. No matter how powerful a person is, they will eventually die there.
"As far as I know, countless True Saints died in Donghuang." Wen Wanchong looked at Qin Yu.
Qin Yu said in a grave voice, "That place is indeed very scary. We were lucky to get out of there."
"Indeed you were lucky," Wen Wanchong said.
Qin Yu asked, "Master, have you ever heard of a curse in Donghuang?"
"Yes. Since it's called a cursed place, it naturally has a curse." Wen Wanchong looked at Qin Yu as if he was looking at a fool.
Qin Yu shook his head and said, "It's not about that place. It's about the curse directed at people. On our way back, we met someone who said that we were cursed by Donghuang."
"That's right." Zhuo Jing nodded and told Wen Wanchong about his father.
Wen Wanchong's expression changed. He did not speak for a long time and began pacing.
A few seconds later, he looked at Qin Yu and said coldly, "I'm afraid that the curse is the same as the one directed at Donghuang."