I Killed Gods and Demons in Song Dynasty

Chapter 139 Ancient battlefield ruins

At the moment Xu Fu's figure fell into darkness, the strange necklace on his neck emitted a faint black light, guiding him into the spiritual world full of strange colors and weird creatures.

There is no distinction between up and down, left and right, and there is no past, present and future. All directions and times are mixed together, forming a chaotic collection that overlaps in the real world.

The next moment, he took a step forward, left the spiritual world, and appeared in a quiet and remote courtyard in the Grand Tutor's Mansion.

"Spirit World Travel"!
With the help of the strange characteristics of the spiritual world, the sixth-level spiritual "world walker" can use his special abilities to travel through the spiritual world and instantly reach any location in the human world.

And a few wealthy practitioners from other paths can also use magic weapons to achieve the same effect.

However, in order to refine such magical weapons, a portion of the soul of the "World Walker" must be extracted, so they are extremely rare. Moreover, since they contain powerful spiritual thoughts, their negative effects are often very terrible.

The necklace on Xu Fu's chest, made of strange stones and animal bones, is such a rare treasure.

Inside it, the residual soul of a sixth-level spiritual practitioner is imprisoned. In addition to being able to travel through the spiritual world, it also has other magical uses that affect the mind.

The only negative effect is that the residual soul of the spiritual practitioner will escape from the magic weapon from time to time and hunt down the master who drives it.

As a sorcerer with the ability to discern the secrets of heaven, Xu Fu could accurately predict the time when the remnant soul would appear, and then set up a formation in advance to imprison it in the magic weapon again.

Therefore, this negative impact is nothing more than a little more effort for him. Compared with the huge benefits brought by the magic weapon, it is nothing at all.

At this time, Xu Fu was sitting in the empty courtyard. Suddenly, his eyes flickered, his expression was as cold as ice, and he said grimly:
"Why don't you kill that kid Li Qingyun? Is it necessary to offend Zhao Dezhao because of him?"

Then, a strange smile appeared on his lips, and he said in a frivolous tone:

"It's certainly not difficult to kill him, but it would be more interesting to keep him alive. I just tried to guess his fate, but it was all chaos and I couldn't see anything clearly. Do you know what this means? This means that he is the person we are looking for, the chosen one with no past, no future, and a chaotic fate.

"Only he can truly complete my plan and bring a glimmer of hope to our destined fate!"

The sun was scorching overhead, but the chill in the air was growing stronger. Xu Fu's body was shaking violently, and his eyes were constantly switching between two emotions.

In an instant, he became cold again, his tone gloomy and grim:

"We should catch him! Sacrifice him and change our fate!"

The cruel words were like a cold blade, stirring up an invisible force in the courtyard, and the shadows around seemed to be constantly twisting.

Xu Fu's other personality laughed in a low voice, like a whisper in the dark night:
“No, we just observe and don’t intervene.

"Anyone who tries to change his fate will eventually become a part of it..."

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As Li Qingyun stepped into the stone wall, he seemed to have traveled through infinite time and space. He was dizzy and came to another world.

This place is only a few dozen feet in radius and seems to be part of the ruins of an ancient battlefield. It is full of deathly silence and desolation. The air is filled with traces of time, which makes people feel indescribably heavy.

The sky in the distance was gray, shrouded in the eternal haze. The never-ending strong wind blew up the dust on the ground, making a low whimpering sound, like the whispers of the heroic souls who had passed away on the battlefield.

Huge rocks and broken totems were scattered on the ground, with mottled cracks everywhere. Some places were deeply sunken, as if they were the traces of some huge force; another place was burned black, as if it had been burned by a raging fire, and it also emitted a faint smell of sulfur mixed with a bloody scent.

The entire little world is lifeless. It is impossible to tell whether it is day or night. Time seems to have lost its meaning here. I wonder what kind of glorious and tragic history is buried here.

The deformed monster looked at Li Qingyun, pointed forward, and said:

"That's my secret..."

Li Qingyun looked in the direction of his finger and saw a dilapidated altar in the center of the ruins. Some blurry runes could be vaguely seen on it, but the content was no longer recognizable.

Just a quick glance and his heart started beating wildly, with an inexplicable throbbing, as if some kind of catastrophe and great terror were about to befall him.
Despite this, Li Qingyun felt that there was a mysterious power on the altar calling him, and that subtle sensation aroused an irresistible impulse in his heart.

The next moment, a faint light rose from the altar. The golden light was particularly eye-catching in the gloomy environment, like the rising sun, breaking the dead silence here.

Li Qingyun walked towards the altar step by step, and every step seemed to be stepping on the long river of history, resonating with the echoes of ancient times.

There was a strange atmosphere in the air, mixed with ancient power and heavy majesty.

As he approached the altar, the feeling of mutual calling grew stronger, as if an invisible hand was guiding him.

Li Qingyun reached out and touched the golden light, and immediately felt a warm current flowing through his body, filling his entire body. The golden light also began to flicker and sway, as if responding to the arrival of his long-lost old friend.

A golden tablet was suspended in the golden light, with fine lines engraved all over it and mysterious runes faintly flashing on the surface, together forming a strange and terrifying pattern.

Li Qingyun's eyes made contact with it for a moment, and an image of a huge ferocious beast suddenly appeared in his mind.

His body is covered with iron-like scales, his nostrils are turned upside down, and he has a pair of huge bat wings on his back. The wing membranes are covered with strange patterns, each of which is like the most vicious curse.

A legendary alien species in heaven and earth, an extremely ferocious beast born with divinity - "Qiongqi"!
A large amount of knowledge and information poured into Li Qingyun's mind like flowing mercury. Even with the powerful spiritual power brought by his Nine Revolutions Yuan Gong, he couldn't help feeling a little dizzy.

Li Qingyun took a deep breath, put the golden tablet in his arms, turned around and said to the deformed monster:
"Is this your secret?" The deformed monster blinked his eyes and said:
"Yes, I have been inspired by the gods to guard this underground world for countless years, waiting for the arrival of the destined person. When I saw you today, I suddenly recovered a lot of memories and finally received a clear revelation to deliver the token of the gods here to you."

Li Qingyun nodded:
"Thank you. This golden tablet has a fateful connection with me and is indeed very important to me. In return, I can heal your body, restore you to your normal appearance, and relieve the pain in your soul. However, this may be a little risky and the process may be a little painful. Are you willing?"

The deformed monster's body trembled slightly, and his eyes revealed an uncontrollable excitement:
"I am willing! I have been tortured by depression and confusion for these years, and I have been suffering indescribable pain every moment. I have been inspired by the gods and I can't even commit suicide. Whether you cure me or kill me, it will be a relief for me. I am willing to work like a cow or a horse to repay your kindness!"

Li Qingyun nodded. According to the knowledge he got from the golden tablet, the divine beast "Qiongqi" was a demigod and possessed a part of the authority of "chaos". All low-level life forms influenced by it would become chaotic and disordered because of this authority.

The physical distortion is secondary; the endless and perpetual chaos deep within the soul is the real torture.

Perhaps Li Shantang was tempted by the "Qiongqi" golden tablet, or perhaps by chance while exploring the Wuyou Cave, he came to this special little world and was infected by the mysterious authority on the golden tablet.

Although he obtained a powerful technique to quickly break through the realm and helped the Changle Gang to rise rapidly, but as his strength increased, his connection with the golden tablet became stronger and stronger, and he was bound more and more deeply. In the end, he could not escape the arrangement of fate, gradually lost himself, and became the guardian of this ancient world.

In fact, the "Qiongqi" golden tablet has existed for a long time. During this process, more than one person has been affected by the "chaos" authority. Their souls have been passed down from generation to generation, constantly blending, and have long been inseparable from each other.

Li Qingyun understood that the real Li Shantang had actually been wiped out, and the deformed monster in front of him was actually made up of fragments of countless different souls, and had long since changed beyond all recognition.

He sighed, took out the golden tablet from his arms again, muttered something, raised it a little higher, and pointed it at the deformed monster.

Along with mysterious and obscure spells, bright and pure golden light burst out, dispelling the surrounding silence and shining on the monster.

The warm light is peaceful and sacred, carrying the power to eliminate all chaos. Wherever it goes, all disorder is dispelled.

When the golden light enveloped the monster, his body trembled slightly and twisted and struggled. An illusory black mist that seemed to have its own life force rose from him and quickly dissipated in the golden light.

Not long after, after the pollution accumulated in the opponent's body for many years was purified by the divine light, Li Qingyun's magic formula suddenly changed. He shook his wrist and lightly touched the monster with the golden tablet.

The deformed monster suddenly let out a heart-wrenching scream, and the various organs in his body began to disintegrate into tiny "true qi", and then continued to dissociate, reorganize, shrink, and condense. This lasted for almost an incense stick of time. In the end, under the influence of the authority of "chaos", it turned from disorder to order and combined into a normal human body.

Not only that, the chaotic fragments of his soul that had been pieced together were also restored to wholeness.

Finally, Li Qingyun let out a long sigh, and his raised hand fell down limply.

Just manipulating the golden tablet and briefly borrowing the "chaos" power of "Qiongqi" was enough to overwhelm him. Even though he possessed the Nine Revolutions Yuan Gong and his Qi foundation was far superior to that of other practitioners at the same level, he still felt physically and mentally exhausted.

In just this quarter of an hour, he felt ten times more tired than when he fought the four demon kings alone.

After experiencing the pain of being torn into pieces, the monster, who had regained its normal body, suddenly felt a sense of relaxation, and the depression and confusion that had been buried deep in its soul for who knows how many years also disappeared.

Hesitantly and slowly, he lowered his head, looked at his new body, and touched his face in disbelief, from top to bottom, from left to right, over and over again to confirm.

During the whole process, he was pleasantly surprised to find that not only had his body returned to normal, but his true energy had also become purer, and his strength and cultivation were even stronger than before, more powerful than ever before.

He was stunned for a long while, and suddenly couldn't help shedding tears. He prostrated himself on the ground, kowtowed to Li Qingyun, and said sincerely:
"Thank you for helping me escape my fate and giving me a new life! I cannot repay your kindness. From now on, you are my master. I will serve you forever without any second thoughts, even if I have to go through fire and water, I will not complain."

Li Qingyun knew in his heart that although he had expelled the pollution from the monster's body, the other party's soul, which had been in a state of chaos and disorder for a long time, had already been continuously eroded and could not be fully restored.

This resulted in the monster retaining a large part of its memory and even martial arts, but it could no longer remember many small things.

With his body and mind completely purified, the other party is now like a newborn baby, as clean as a blank sheet of paper, only knowing to be loyal to himself, and his sincere tone is by no means false.

So he nodded, acquiesced to the master's identity, smiled and said:

"Although you are not my grandfather Li Shantang, you have a great relationship with him, so saving you is only natural. But since you have nowhere else to go and are willing to follow me, then you can temporarily stay at the Changle Gang in Bianliang City and make a long-term plan later."

The monster still knelt on the ground and said:

"I'll go wherever my master tells me to go!"

Li Qingyun thought for a while and said:

"Since you are no longer Li Shantang, it is not appropriate to use this name in the Changle Gang, otherwise it will easily cause misunderstandings. Since you have a connection with the divine beast, and your life's destiny should be in the hands of 'Qiongqi', then I will change your name to 'Li Yingqi' from now on."

The monster kowtowed again and said loudly:
"Thank you for the name, Master! From now on, I will be called Li Yingqi!"

Li Qingyun was very satisfied with accepting a servant of the fifth realm. He looked around and said:
"You have been guarding the Worry-Free Cave for so long. Do you know the origin of this relic?"

Li Yingqi shook his head:
"I have been here since I can remember. Later, the world changed dramatically. City states were established and destroyed here one after another. Until now, it has become the Worry-free Cave under the city of Bianliang.

"But I guess this is part of an ancient battlefield. Maybe someone used great magical power to move it here, but I don't know why."

Li Qingyun nodded. Although he was a little curious, he knew that his own strength was far from enough to explore these ancient secrets, so he changed the subject and said:

"You have been in Wuyou Cave for so long, do you know where those people in Xiaoyao Tower are?"

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(End of this chapter)