Fantasy: Ten Dragons Compete for the Throne, I, the Villain, Choose to Play it Off

Chapter 111 Who among us can contend for the pinnacle on the path to immortality? It turns out it's all for naught!

Li Yueyao casually picked up a fairly intact fish bone, which was entirely white, and then gently squeezed it, turning it into powder.

Beneath this yellow sand, one can still see the massive skeleton of a sea beast, but it has mostly become a pile of jumbled bones, unlike the intact dragon.

"Time really does change things, and the world changes. What was once incredibly prosperous is now so desolate."

The Snow Moon Saintess glanced around and couldn't help but sigh.

Li Yueyao smiled but didn't say anything more.

She once had a lifespan of 40,000 years. Although she suffered some damage in her early years, she still lived for more than 30,000 years and witnessed too many changes in the world, so she naturally didn't have much feeling about it.

"The temperature here is very abnormal."

Li Yueyao looked ahead and felt a scorching wave of heat coming towards her. The air was filled with heat, and the yellow sand under her feet was also burning hot.

As they ventured deeper into the desert, the intense heat intensified.

"The seawater has dried up, perhaps because a volcanic eruption occurred here in the past."

"It was Snow Moon Saintess who spoke."

"may be."

Li Yueyao nodded.

There are many reasons why the ocean dries up, but it is indeed very abnormal for an entire desert to be filled with scorching heat.

After all, the sun is nowhere to be seen in this desert, and the whole world is shrouded in darkness.

"Look over there..."

Li Yueyao suddenly stopped and pointed in a direction in surprise.

She saw a skeleton, as white as jade, sitting cross-legged in the yellow sand, its head slightly raised, as if it were looking at something before it died.

Following the direction Li Yueyao pointed, the Snow Moon Saintess looked around and then spoke:
"This person's cultivation level was not high during his lifetime, but his bones contained the meaning of immortality, and also contained a trace of sharp sword intent. He must have been an extraordinary genius in his lifetime, not simple at all!"

Li Yueyao looked ahead without speaking, her face full of doubt as she stared at the skeleton, her eyes flickering uncertainly.

Or rather, she was looking at the stone slab beneath the bones. The slab was made of an unknown material, and despite the erosion of countless years, the marks on it had not been erased.

When Li Yueyao saw the last two words of a sentence on the stone slab, she was suddenly shocked.

"Who among us can contend for the pinnacle on the path to immortality? In the end, it's all for naught!"

"Brother Li!"

Yellow sand filled the sky, and heat waves rolled in.

Despite the erosion of time, the skeleton remains immortal, a testament to the extraordinary talent and genius of its time. It must have been a prodigy of that era, otherwise how could it have left behind such a complete skeleton as that of an emperor-level dragon?

Moreover, even the spirituality of that dragon has disappeared, and a trace of sword intent still flows within this skeletal body, which has not dissipated to this day.

Seeing Li Yueyao's expression, the Snow Moon Saintess followed her gaze.

Who among us can contend for the pinnacle on the path to immortality? In the end, it's all for naught!

She didn't know what the sentence meant. As she looked down, she was stunned when she saw the words "Brother Li".

She wasn't thinking of Li Qiye, but rather suddenly remembered the surname of the Great Zhou Dynasty, which seemed to be Li.

"The Great Zhou Dynasty has existed for 100,000 years. Could it be that during these 100,000 years, a member of the Great Zhou royal family came here, and this small world was not yet so dilapidated at that time?"

The Snow Moon Saintess couldn't help but think, "But this doesn't match what Emperor Yuan said!"
According to Emperor Yuan, those ancient sects had immortals, so the earliest they existed must have been at the end of the ancient era, right?
It is over a million years old, and the inscriptions on it are indeed ancient script.

That's understandable. After all, in this small world, if living beings survive and continue to use ancient scripts, there's nothing wrong with that.

"Is Emperor Yuan lying, or is this just an accident? Is it simply because the surname is the same as that of the Great Zhou Dynasty?" Li Yueyao walked over and reached out to wipe away the yellow sand that covered the ancient characters.

Just then, the two ancient characters suddenly became blurry, twisting and changing, before transforming into a wisp of pure sword intent that appeared before the two women, slowly condensing into a phantom figure.

That was a young man!
Dressed in white, with an ancient sword on his back, his eyes slowly turned and landed on Li Yueyao, as if he were suddenly startled.

Immediately, the illusory figure of the white-robed youth sighed softly:

"It's a pity, you're not him..."

The voice was ethereal and lonely, echoing in their ears as if carrying countless feelings of helplessness and regret...

……

"Could it be that my mother is a native of this small world, and also an immortal?!"

Li Qiye was shocked by this idea.

But he felt this was very unreasonable.

My father was exceptionally talented; he reached the ninth level of the Void Realm in middle age, only one step away from the Saint Realm.

His talent was not wasted, so even if Li Qiye was said to have poor talent, it was only relatively speaking. He was not as good as those geniuses, but he was definitely not an ordinary person.

Before this, Li Qiye always felt that his talent was relatively poor, which was probably because his mother's martial arts talent was average.

But if his mother was an immortal, why was his aptitude so poor?
Let alone the disciples of immortals, even the disciples of Emperor-level experts wouldn't have descendants with such poor talent.

Putting aside the fact that he could suppress the geniuses of his time, he was at least one of the best in terms of talent, unlike someone as useless as him.

Furthermore, if the Emperor's cultivation level was low more than 20 years ago, why would his mother, who was an immortal, be interested in him?

"By the way, what does that immortal look like?"

Li Qiye also wanted to confirm it, as he felt that this was somewhat unreliable.

"How could we possibly depict the appearance of that immortal?"

"Their Daoist aura is perfectly natural, having already isolated them from the secrets of heaven. Even calling their names can be sensed, let alone their true appearances! Even if you describe them, you simply cannot remember them!"

"But that powerful being who was once unparalleled in the world and was considered the most promising candidate to become a Celestial Lord, there is absolutely no other person like him in the entire world!"

Jian Wuhen said with a helpless expression.

Upon hearing this, Li Qiye frowned.

He pondered for a moment, then said with a firm expression, "That's not how it is. If the person you're talking about is really my mother, then she can definitely describe her."

His mother passed away more than ten years ago.

Swish!
A golden light flashed.

Jin Peng Wan'er appeared before them, her eyes gleaming with golden light, staring intently at Li Qiye as she spoke:
“I once heard her preach and was greatly inspired by her. I even asked her for advice in person.”

"Later, one day I overheard my master mention that the immortal who attained enlightenment had an accident and died as a result."

"I've always felt it was a great pity until I saw you, and then I suddenly realized that you look very similar to that immortal."

Upon hearing this, Jian Wuhen asked in astonishment, "Has that immortal already passed away? Why have I never heard my master mention him? And such a significant matter couldn't possibly have gone completely unnoticed!"

"There seem to be many secrets surrounding this matter."

Jin Pengwan'er shook her head, equally unaware of the secret involved.

"My master mentioned this to me after getting drunk from drinking fine wine, but he quickly realized what was going on and didn't reveal any more details."

(End of this chapter)