CHAPTER 896: CHAPTER 890: LIFELESS VALLEY

"There are quite a few powerful figures dispatched by the Ten Thousand Treasure Heavenly Palace, but the Mirror Girl is not to be underestimated. She managed to kill many of their people during the siege and even successfully escaped from the hands of those three individuals, killing one of them along the way. However, according to reports, although the Mirror Girl escaped the siege, she is now seriously injured. Therefore, the Ten Thousand Treasure Heavenly Palace is searching everywhere, even sending more experts and offering lavish rewards. Anyone who provides useful information can receive these rewards," the scrawny man chuckled.

Ye Xuan’s dark eyes fell slightly, a chill growing more intense. He spoke slowly, "Where did the Ten Thousand Treasure Heavenly Palace besiege the Mirror Girl at that time?"

"In the northern Lifeless Valley, but now it’s pretty much surrounded by people from the Ten Thousand Treasure Heavenly Palace. They suspect the Mirror Girl hasn’t fled far, but after such a long search, there hasn’t been any news," the man replied honestly.

"Was it only the Ten Thousand Treasure Heavenly Palace capturing the Mirror Girl?"

"Initially, many forces planned to take action, but later, the Ten Thousand Treasure Heavenly Palace lost a significant number of people to the Calamity Poison Lady. Thus, they declared that they must capture the Mirror Girl, and if any other force dared to intervene, they would be an enemy of the Ten Thousand Treasure Heavenly Palace. So, other forces didn’t dare to act," he explained.

"What is the strength of the Ten Thousand Treasure Heavenly Palace like?"

Ye Xuan squinted his eyes.

"The Ten Thousand Treasure Heavenly Palace is one of the four hegemons of the Western World, controlled by the Ten Thousand Treasure Heavenly Emperor, its strength is unfathomable," the man said with a face full of reverence.

"It’s indeed somewhat troublesome."

Ye Xuan slightly furrowed his brow, and then flicked his finger. The paper in his palm turned into a cloud of ashes with a ’puff’ sound and drifted downward. He then turned abruptly and walked outside the city with Nangong Yao.

Ye Xuan retrieved the map obtained from the Divine Mechanism Pavilion from the Qiankun Ring, carefully examined it, clarified the direction, then turned his gaze to the north and murmured in a low voice, "Lifeless Valley is to the north, it seems I need to hasten my journey. According to what the previous person said, Senior Sister Ling’s situation at the moment is likely not good."

Thinking about this, a surge of killing intent rose in Ye Xuan’s heart. Ling Qianxue’s strength, even if she invoked the power of the Heaven Emperor Mirror, could at most only contend with two Seventh Grade Martial Saints. If the opponents were two Seventh Grade Martial Saints plus one Extreme Martial Saint, she would surely not be a match for them. Moreover, the Ten Thousand Treasure Heavenly Palace has dispatched more people now, making it even harder to deal with.

This Ten Thousand Treasure Heavenly Palace seems to have exhausted every means to capture Ling Qianxue.

"Ten Thousand Treasure Heavenly Palace, if anything happens to her, I swear!"

With intense killing intent surging in his dark eyes, Ye Xuan stomped the ground fiercely, his figure leaped into the air swiftly, transforming into a rainbow-like beam, darting towards the northern horizon.

"I have never seen him so angry before."

Nangong Yao shook her head, sighed, and then immediately followed along.

The distance between Lifeless Valley and Unsullied City is not extremely far. With Ye Xuan’s speed, even while carrying Nangong Yao, it only took about a day’s time to reach that seemingly boiling zone.

Ye Xuan and Nangong Yao gradually descended on a towering peak, gazing into the distance. Ahead lay an expansive rocky plain that stretched far beyond sight, filled with countless deep black cracks that looked like the grim mouths of demons emerging from the ground and extending afar, with such a gloomy blackness that caused a chill in one’s heart.

The plain was dotted with enormous boulders; some looking like entire stone mountains, emanating a dark hue. In the sky, some black mist lingered throughout the years, rising from the mountain gorge, forming toxic mists that nearly shrouded the sky over this vast plain.

Drawing his gaze from afar, Ye Xuan turned his eyes to the forefront of the plain, where numerous figures were grouped and continually advancing into the Falling God Gorge, presumably searching for the trace of the Mirror Girl.

"So this is the Lifeless Valley, indeed sinister. However, with Nangong Yao’s special constitution, she can blend well in here," Ye Xuan nodded, withdrawing his gaze.

Nangong Yao nodded as well, then said, "Ye Xuan, Lifeless Valley’s skies are enveloped in toxic mists, so we can’t directly fly over; we have to enter through the valley’s entrance below. This is the only pathway into Lifeless Valley, but there, the strong of the Ten Thousand Treasure Heavenly Palace guards it, always monitoring the movements within Lifeless Valley."

"The Ten Thousand Treasure Heavenly Palace has deployed so many people to track Senior Sister Ling. Besides the three hall masters, there are surely other experts. We need to be extremely cautious," Ye Xuan said, looking at the many figures faintly visible within the valley, his gaze solemn.

"Yes."

Nangong Yao nodded; this mission to rescue Ling Qianxue was critical and could not tolerate any mistake.

With that said, Ye Xuan extended his arm to encircle Nangong Yao’s slender waist, moved swiftly and directly descended from the peak to the outside of Lifeless Valley, landing after a few flashes.

The entrance to Lifeless Valley lies between two towering black boulders, with a wide path several feet broad. Around the entrance, numerous figures clad in white were present, clearly the people of the Ten Thousand Treasure Heavenly Palace.

"Let’s go..."

Landing, Ye Xuan released Nangong Yao and directly moved towards that entrance, while Nangong Yao hastily followed.

On the massive stones at the entrance, nearly a hundred disciples from the Ten Thousand Treasure Heavenly Palace were present, and sharp eyes like eagles constantly scanned the crowd below in the passage. Among them, a white-robed elder sat cross-legged, a cold aura continuously emanated from him, causing the temperature around to drop significantly.

This white-robed elder remained with his eyes closed throughout, yet as Ye Xuan and Nangong Yao entered, he seemingly sensed their presence, opened his eyes, and gazed down at Ye Xuan with a hint of surprise in his eyes.

Although this time, the affair concerning the Mirror Girl had attracted numerous people, true strong individuals among them were few. After all, for these mighty figures, the Heavenly Palace’s lavish rewards were not substantially appealing, and given the Heavenly Palace’s stance, they clearly were determined to obtain the Heaven Emperor Mirror’s incarnation, thus not many dared to compete with them for anything, especially as it wasn’t exactly a good affair.

And precisely because of this, when this white-robed elder saw Ye Xuan, he was somewhat surprised. Encountering many people during this period, yet among them, those with strength like Ye Xuan’s were still rare.

However, despite his surprise, he didn’t inquire, merely glanced briefly and withdrew his gaze, only a Sixth Grade Martial Saint after all. Even if he harbored ill intent, he couldn’t stir much trouble.