Chapter 800 The Bloodline Mystery
This pit was the deepest Ye Xuanyue had ever seen. The further down they went, the fainter the light became.
Ye Xuanyue could sense the darkness below.
Hei Yao’s gaze held a hint of wariness.
The further down they went, the more the Pegasus trembled with fear. When its hooves finally touched the ground, the creature’s legs even felt a little weak.
Ye Xuanyue’s eyes scanned the surroundings.
Because it was so deep here, it was very dark. Only a faint light came from above, most of it blocked by the plants overhead.
…
Ye Xuanyue lightly snapped her fingers.
A small, pinkish flame floated from her fingertip, barely lighting the path ahead. She carefully took a few steps forward.
The feeling of stepping on the thick layer of leaves underfoot gave her a sense of steadiness.
Ye Xuanyue thought for a moment, then took something else out of her pocket.
It was the Spirit Treasure Compass she had not used in a long time.
She had once wanted to destroy this compass but failed. Now, Ye Xuanyue’s gaze fixed on it. After she took it out, the needle suddenly began to shake wildly, as if it had gone mad.
Ye Xuanyue waited patiently for a moment.
In the faint light, she saw the needle point straight back, directly behind her—though its tip trembled slightly.
She studied it carefully for a few seconds, then said in a low voice,
“Let’s go check over there.”
If she was not mistaken, that should be the right direction.
Ye Xuanyue had not walked forward more than a few steps when she suddenly heard a voice.
“Master… There seems to be something over there. Do you want to take a look?”
Ye Xuanyue turned her head.
It was Little White who had spoken. It leapt gracefully from Ye Xuanyue’s shoulder, hovered in mid-air for a moment, then suddenly darted into the nearby jungle.
After a few seconds, Ye Xuanyue heard Little White’s voice, which now held a trace of faint surprise.
“Master, what is that?”
Ye Xuanyue followed Little White into the jungle.
And when she saw that thing, she also paused for a moment.
It was actually a stone statue.
And it was a statue that looked incredibly exquisite at first glance.
Ye Xuanyue moved closer to look. The statue seemed to be carved into some… Ye Xuanyue did not know how to describe it. It clearly had a human-like form, but its cheeks bore strange patterns.
The statue was finely crafted, clearly the work of a master.
It must have stood here for a very long time, yet it showed no signs of damage. Made from high-quality stone, it testified to the skill of the craftsman who carved it.
Ye Xuanyue tried to make a mark on it.
She could hardly leave a scratch unless she used her Purple Light Sword.
While Ye Xuanyue was still examining the statue, she heard Little White speak from beside her.
"Master, there seem to be more statues ahead."
Ye Xuanyue walked in the direction Little White indicated. Sure enough, a few steps away, there was another statue.
But this one was completely different from the previous.
It was carved into a Spirit Beast Ye Xuanyue did not recognize.
As she looked at it, she suddenly realized... the stone statues scattered around here were far more numerous than she had imagined.
Ye Xuanyue kept walking forward. Statues stood all around, discarded here for some unknown reason.
She looked around, then heard Leng Moran say,
"There seems to be some place to enter up ahead."
Ye Xuanyue looked up. The statue before her was the largest they had encountered so far. The others were only about the height of a person, but this one was several times taller. She had to tilt her head back to see its eyes. She gazed at them for a few moments and unexpectedly noticed...
The statue’s eyes seemed special.
The eyes of the other statues were simply carved, but in this one, something seemed to be embedded!
A glint flashed in Ye Xuanyue’s eyes. She gathered a breath of Spiritual Energy and swiftly ascended to eye level with the statue. Then, she looked into its eyes.
Was it her imagination, or did the statue’s eyes... actually flicker?
The next second, a low rumbling sound reached Ye Xuanyue’s ears.
Along with the rumbling, she felt, in that instant, as if something within her own body was stirring.
It seemed to be...
That mysterious liquid that had entered her body back in the Cloud-Supporting Tower.
That liquid had lain dormant within her for far too long.
So long that Ye Xuanyue had almost forgotten its existence. But now, it seemed to have been activated. She could feel the golden liquid flowing nimbly through her Spiritual Veins.
She bit her lip.
Then...
With the rumbling sound, the statue began to sink slowly downward.
Beside it, a dark opening appeared, like a staircase leading down into the unknown.
Little White nimbly hopped back onto Ye Xuanyue’s shoulder.
Its dark eyes looked at her for a moment, then it said in a low voice,
"Master, do you want to go in and take a look?"
Ye Xuanyue hesitated almost not at all.
She nodded.
Leng Moran, meanwhile, felt that the aura emanating from the girl beside him had become more ancient. That feeling... He turned to look at her radiant face.
Her aura at that moment felt awe-inspiring and untouchable.
A bright light flashed in Leng Moran’s eyes.
If he was not mistaken...
Was the mysterious power hidden within this girl’s Spiritual Veins about to undergo an Awakening?
Could this place hold the secret of her Bloodline?
Ye Xuanyue felt a sudden, inexplicable impulse. The feeling was strangely strong, as if something inside was calling out to her intensely.
She could not help but lift her foot and start walking inside.
Leng Moran followed behind her, not stopping her.
Somewhere in the Dark Abyss Canyon.
As the rain fell, the man wearing the purple mask reached out his hand to gently catch the raindrops falling from the Celestial Vault.
His movements were casual.
The rain slid right off him naturally, not wetting his long, trailing purple robe at all.
Beneath that mask, his expression was one of loneliness.
He watched quietly as the rain pattered down.
He lowered his head, his voice almost a whisper.
"In the unseen... there is destiny."
"Is it really true that no matter how hard one tries, it cannot change the inevitable?"
"I don’t believe it."
He walked forward calmly. The rain itself seemed to avoid him. This most powerful man of the Dark Abyss Canyon lifted his head to look at the Celestial Vault above, where something seemed to be hidden.
Then he spoke.
"I know why you have come."
"I do owe your Phoenix Clan a great debt."
"I did promise I could help you."
"But I cannot tell you where that Phoenix is."
"I can only say, when the time is right, it will naturally appear."
His gaze turned toward a certain direction. On the Celestial Vault, a brilliant light—crimson shot through with gold—suddenly appeared!
Within the rain, that light violently erupted, illuminating half the sky!