CHAPTER 1214: CHAPTER 796: BROKEN SWORD FRAGMENT (PART 2)

He is now bound to the Yu Divine Stele, becoming a Heavenly Dao inscription of the Yu Divine Stele, which is a complete ancestral artifact. If Xiang Beifei is killed and the Yu Divine Stele is devoured, his fate will be dire too.

"I have a plan, you don’t need to worry about me." Xiang Beifei said.

Hai Fuyu frowned, seemingly disagreeing with Xiang Beifei’s decision.

However, after a moment of silence, he said, "If you want to go inside, I’ll go with you."

"I must go too." Luo Shanyou said solemnly.

"Senior Uncle, please take them and leave first." Xiang Beifei said.

"Protecting you is my responsibility, stop trying to send me away, I’m not that fragile." Luo Shanyou’s attitude was firm.

Xiang Beifei thought for a while and said, "Alright, the three of us will go in, Li, you and the others leave Common Valley first and wait for me outside."

"No, I have to follow too." Feng spoke up.

"You’ve already obtained the Root of the Seeking Wood, why follow me?" Xiang Beifei asked.

Feng reluctantly said, "It’s the Clan Leader’s command. He said if we encounter you, we must protect you at all costs."

"Tsk, tsk, does the Giant Spirit Race have such loyalty?" Hai Fuyu laughed.

"Though he’s a scum, his grandfather saved us. We despise all kinds of scum, but we never forget gratitude." Feng said coldly.

"Your current strength isn’t enough to deal with those Ancestral Dao Realm experts. If something unexpected happens, I’ll have to look after you, which is troublesome." Xiang Beifei said.

"What do you think of my strength?" Feng countered.

"I know you’re Ancestral Dao Realm, but you can’t fully unleash your power. This world doesn’t allow your existence." Xiang Beifei said.

Both Feng and Zhai Kong actually have Ancestral Dao Realm cultivation, but crammed into such small bodies less than 1.6 meters tall, their powers are suppressed.

"I won’t go."

Surprisingly, Li Qianluo didn’t insist on going inside.

"Given the current situation, I’ll only hold you back if I go. Xiao Bei, you must be careful if you’re going, don’t easily provoke conflicts with them." Li Qianluo was quite self-aware.

"Okay, don’t worry. Feng, Zhai Kong, you don’t need to worry about me either, just follow Li outside. The three of us will go inside." Xiang Beifei said.

"But—"

"It’s decided, just the three of us will go inside." Xiang Beifei said.

Feng and Zhai Kong exchanged a look, frowned, but in the end did not insist.

"Xiang Zhazha, don’t die, or we can’t face the Clan Leader." Zhai Kong said boisterously.

"Got it, I intend to visit your Clan Leader next time, just wait for me."

Xiang Beifei immediately covered himself with the Yin-Yang Source Qi, likewise concealing Hai Fuyu and Luo Shanyou. His Yin-Yang Source Qi can disguise his presence, so long as he doesn’t act, he’s unlikely to be detected by Dao Palace experts.

The three silently slipped past the severed mountains, disappearing up ahead.

Soon, only Feng, Zhai Kong, and Li Qianluo remained.

"Let’s leave and wait for him outside Common Valley." Feng turned and prepared to leave.

Zhai Kong took a couple of steps but noticed Li Qianluo was still standing there. He turned and asked, "Hey, stranger little scum, coming?"

Li Qianluo waved her hand and said, "I must do something first. You go on ahead; I’ll catch up."

Feng and Zhai Kong found it odd, but since they had no connection with Li Qianluo, they didn’t care what she wanted to do.

"Suit yourself."

The two Giant Spirits shrugged and turned to leave.

"Xiao Bei’s body can integrate with the Heavenly Dao inscriptions, yet it hasn’t reacted with other ancestral artifacts, that’s really strange." Li Qianluo couldn’t help murmuring.

The Heavenly Thunder Venerable, to avoid being devoured by the Heavenly Spear, essentially transferred his power to Xiang Beifei, making Xiang Beifei bear the Heavenly Dao inscriptions. In a sense, he’s like a human ancestral artifact, like the Heavenly Thunder Venerable!

An ancestral artifact should react to other ancestral artifacts.

Yet when Xiang Beifei ambushed the Dao Palace Elder, it didn’t attract the attention of other ancestral artifacts. Even to draw Dao Palace experts out, he relied on Wufeng to provoke an ancestral artifact reaction.

If Xiang Beifei doesn’t use other ancestral artifacts, he could walk right up to them without being noticed.

No one paid attention to this, not even Xiang Beifei himself, but Li Qianluo took note.

Of course, the same applies to Hai Fuyu, but since Hai Fuyu is attached to the Yu Divine Stele, which is rather gentle and doesn’t provoke other ancestral artifacts, he also avoids detection by them.

"But how does Xiao Bei manage it?"

She looked at her palm, which had a crack as if the skin had split, but the fissure revealed not flesh or bone but seemed like a small world contained within.

Blue skies, white clouds, lush mountains, and green waters, there even seemed to be small birds flying by.

She opened the fissure slightly, looking into the small world, then frowned.

"I understand now, Xiao Bei is that person, what a bother, what should I do?"

Li Qianluo looked troubled, glanced again at the direction Xiang Beifei left, and then flashed away in the opposite direction, disappearing out of sight.

——

The plain ahead was vast, and traces of the battle from forty years ago were still evident. There was no life here, because the lingering Sword Qi made it impossible for even eternal life practitioners to take a step!

Xiang Beifei carefully moved forward, not hurrying, for besides the awe-inspiring Sword Qi left by Wufeng, various powerful auras were lurking here, all Ancestral Dao Realm experts!

If accidentally discovered, he would face a barrage of attacks like a storm.

"This place has such formidable formations set up."

Xiang Beifei gazed at the ravines ahead, his expression grave. Hidden beneath these ravines are highly secretive formations which, if accidentally triggered, would sound an alarm.

"This isn’t just about formations; these are the capabilities of the Heavenly Dao inscriptions."

Hai Fuyu looked at a black stone in front and said, "For instance, this stone, once touched, it will truly transform into stone, it’s a petrification ability of the Heavenly Dao, which is unstoppable without the corresponding power."

As he moved forward, he signaled Luo Shanyou to follow behind, saying, "Don’t step there, the void there has reversed and twisted Heavenly Dao abilities."

"What do you mean by reversed and twisted?" Luo Shanyou took a step back.

Hai Fuyu said meaningfully, "You don’t want to experience it. It can forcibly turn your body inside out, your skin, blood vessels, brain, and even your soul."

Luo Shanyou froze for a moment, and then grew more serious.

Hai Fuyu, having lived for over ten thousand years, is very familiar with many Heavenly Dao techniques. When it comes to understanding the Heavenly Dao inscriptions, few compare to Hai Fuyu, even Xiang Beifei can’t match him.

But this also confirms that this area is indeed overly dangerous. To capture Wufeng, who came to search for ancestral artifact fragments, the Dao Palace employed every possible means, turning this place into a perilous zone!

Following the ravines, they continued forward and were alerted by Xiang Beifei as they reached the edge of a deep crevasse, "Be cautious, there’s an Ancestral Dao Realm expert hidden below."

That ravine was only a meter wide but very deep, seemingly bottomless, at least a thousand meters deep, a remnant of Wufeng’s sword mark. From within emanated a blazing aura, while not far below, a Dao Palace expert lay in ambush.

"Early Ancestral Dao, small fry." Hai Fuyu scoffed.

Nevertheless, they still avoided it. At this point, within the Spirit Gathering Book, Wufeng’s perception of the ancestral artifact fragments was becoming increasingly strong, hinting the destination was close by.

Before them lay a vast basin, thousands of meters deep, with a landscape appearing as if it had been upturned, the ground churned with numerous fissures.