Kamimine

Chapter 106 Searching for Paradise Lost

Wenyuanliu occupied a corner of the ancient city ruins.

Liu Chengfeng entered their designated territory as if entering a garden full of flowers.

The female disciples of Wenyuanliu were all different in appearance, with their skirts fluttering, their hair flowing, and their fragrance wafting through the air.

Some disciples smiled sweetly, some whispered softly, and some had captivating glances...

When they saw Liu Chengfeng coming to find Xie Hongyu, they chuckled and remained silent, then walked away.

"A bunch of sluts—"

Xie Hongyu was stunningly beautiful, captivating all who beheld her.

"Sister, have you found any clues?"

Liu Chengfeng asked curiously.

Xie Hongyu and her team found no clues whatsoever.

"If not, it must be deeper in the ruins, but the strange beasts have already gotten there first. Thousands upon thousands of strange beasts, led by two ferocious beasts with lifespans of 80,000 years."

Xie Hongyu told Liu Chengfeng about the situation in the ruins.

Their search for Paradise Lost was a desperate measure; deeper within, the beasts were more numerous and powerful, and they dared not provoke them lightly.

"How about we join forces, kill the strange beasts, and share the lost paradise together?"

"Would you be willing to join forces with us, sister?"

Liu Chengfeng probed.

"You must have a wonderful way of finding Paradise Lost."

Xie Hongyu's eyes sparkled, and her voice was melodious and pleasant to the ear.

Liu Chengfeng smiled but remained silent, offering no further information.

"It's better for each of us to find our own way."

Xie Hongyu declined Liu Chengfeng's invitation.

"Why?"

Liu Chengfeng was even more curious. Xie Hongyu wasn't worried about dividing up Paradise Lost; they were kindred spirits and understood each other perfectly.

"A tall tree catches the wind."

Xie Hongyu spoke softly, her beautiful eyes gazing at Liu Chengfeng, her gaze conveying unspoken words.

Liu Chengfeng gazed into her bright, beautiful eyes, and they looked at each other.

Finally, they looked at each other and smiled. Liu Chengfeng didn't press the matter further, and Xie Hongyu didn't say anything more.

“The Yellow Sheep Kingdom has sent more than just Eagle Pride.”

Finally, Xie Hongyu reminded everyone that those who yearn for Paradise are far more than just them.

As Liu Chengfeng left, a demigod-like aura descended; it was Commander Ya Feng.

"Is the commander going to disrespect my guest?"

Xie Hongyu wasn't so easy to talk to others; she was dignified and distant.

Commander Ya Feng restrained his demigod-like power and let Liu Chengfeng leave.

"Zhan Zu invites Liu Zhu to join our team."

Commander Ya Feng stared intently at Xie Hongyu, unable to look away. She was stunningly beautiful, truly a femme fatale, and countless men coveted her.

"I appreciate the War Ancestor's kindness."

Xie Hongyu politely declined.

"Isn't the Lord of Liu benevolent towards our Ancient Li Royal Court?"

Ya Feng's face darkened.

"I practice alchemy and Taoism, and I am a healer with the heart of a parent; there are no exceptions."

Xie Hongyu was neither arrogant nor humble.

"With the return of the War Ancestor, he will surely be deified and sweep across the four realms in the future. Shouldn't the Lord of the Stream seize this opportunity for the Stream of Literature..."

"If you have come here with a threat, General, please leave."

Xie Hongyu was graceful and elegant. She interrupted him without any politeness, and had a commanding presence that made people dare not take her lightly.

Commander Ya Feng's eyes flashed with a sharp light, and a chill ran through him.

Xie Hongyu stood gracefully, exuding authority without anger, showing no fear of Commander Ya Feng.

"I would like to purchase some pills from the lord of the stream."

In the end, Commander Ya Feng had no choice but to lower his stance and pragmatically seek the elixir.

Liu Chengfeng and Feng Shaohuang reunited, and the Dawn Sword God and the Mountain Battle Ancestor did not fight, as both sides had come for the Lost Paradise.

Neither side wanted to fight to the death before they saw Paradise Lost; if they did, it was uncertain who would emerge victorious.

Feng Shaohuang and his group found a vacant piece of land that had not been occupied by the Ancient Li Dynasty or the Yellow Sheep Kingdom.

"Paradise Lost is definitely not on the outskirts; let's continue deeper."

Liu Chengfeng disagreed with staying here to excavate and wanted to go deeper into the ruins.

"If we go any further, we'll probably be entering the territory of the Source of the Great Relic."

The Sword God of Dawn observed from afar, not without worry.

"Paradise Lost cannot be here; only by approaching the source of the Great Relic can it nourish the treasures of nature."

Liu Chengfeng was quite certain that all spiritual energy originated from the source of the Great Relic, and there was no reason for Paradise Lost to be outside.

Dawn Sword God and his companions agreed with Liu Chengfeng's point of view, abandoned the excavation, and continued to delve deeper into the ancient city ruins.

The ancient city ruins are vast and shrouded in mist; if you continue to venture deeper, you may lose your way within them.

Liu Chengfeng took the lead, activating Tianqiu and spreading his senses, leading everyone forward.

The deeper they went, the more strange beasts they encountered, from ordinary beasts to treasure beasts, and even ferocious beasts that had existed for tens of thousands of years.

All the strange beasts were digging, searching for the lost paradise. The beasts were powerful; one ancient beast, with a roar, charged forward, smashing through numerous ancient palaces and buildings.

There are also ancient ferocious beasts covered in scales, which, like earth drills, burrow hundreds of meters into the ground with a roaring and shaking sound.

The sight of so many strange beasts busily digging through the ruins makes one mistakenly believe they have entered a construction site for these creatures.

They could even see the two ferocious beast kings with lifespans of 80,000 years in the distance.

One of them was the Eight-Flame Elephant Emperor, as tall as a mountain, its body emitting eight-colored flames. With a roar, it lashed down with its long trunk, causing a deafening crash, shattering the ground, and collapsing countless ancient palaces.

One of them was a nine-headed lion king. With a roar, the sound waves surged out like a raging storm, destroying hundreds of miles and shaking the earth.

The ruins were left in complete disarray and shattered by hundreds of strange beasts.

"Why are strange beasts also searching for Paradise Lost?"

Feng Shaohuang found it strange to see all the strange beasts busy digging hundreds of meters into the ground, searching for the lost paradise.

"Something must have attracted them."

The Dawn Sword God was quite certain that he didn't know what treasures in the Lost Paradise could summon such a horde of strange beasts.

The divine aura of the Dawn Sword Gods is awe-inspiring, and strange beasts dare not approach them.

Even the Nine-Headed Lion King and the Eight-Flame Elephant King did not want to cause any trouble and focused on finding Paradise Lost.

Liu Chengfeng and his group did not dare to provoke the strange beast. The beast king, which was 80,000 years old, could have wiped them out at any time if the Dawn Sword God had not been there.

The ruins were shrouded in mist, making it difficult even for the Dawn Sword God to discern directions.

Liu Chengfeng rotated the celestial hill, sensing the diffusion and locking onto the direction to move forward.

Unexpectedly, they summoned an acquaintance along the way—A Yuan.

A Yuan was also sent by the Beast King to excavate and search for the lost paradise.

Summoned by Liu Chengfeng, they rushed over.

"Brother, what brings you here too?"

Upon seeing Liu Chengfeng, A Yuan was overjoyed, but intimidated by the divine power of the Dawn Sword God, she dared not approach. "My brother."

Liu Chengfeng waved to inform everyone that the Dawn Sword God had restrained his divine power, and only then did A Yuan dare to approach.

Everyone looked at Liu Chengfeng with strange expressions. They had never seen anyone have such a good relationship with a strange beast, let alone become brothers with it.

"Brother, look, I've broken 10,000."

A Yuan leaned closer and excitedly showed off his ten-thousand-year lifespan to Liu Chengfeng.

"Very plump and delicious."

Liu Chengfeng glanced at him, which startled A Yuan so much that he quickly shrank his neck. The true blood of a ferocious beast with a lifespan of ten thousand years was indeed delicious for a demigod.

"Don't say anything unlucky, I want to live another 100,000 years."

A-Yuan complained.

Why are you also searching for Paradise Lost?

Liu Chengfeng found it strange.

"Because there is a Dragon Scale Fruit in Paradise Lost, which is over 100,000 years old, the two Beast Kings have already sensed it, so they want to obtain it to break through their bottlenecks and become Emperor Beasts."

"A divine beast that is over 100,000 years old."

Liu Chengfeng felt a chill run down his spine. Even if a beast is a king or a beast less than 100,000 years old, the Dawn Sword God can still fight it.

Once it surpasses 100,000 years and becomes an Emperor Beast, even a demigod with divine status will be rendered useless and will most likely die.

"Therefore, they were determined to succeed and summoned all the strange beasts of the Taiyi Wilderness to search for the lost paradise."

A-Yuan was also among those conscripted.

"Where is that imperial beast?"

Liu Chengfeng sensed that the Emperor Beast was still there.

"The Feiyi Emperor Beast, no other beast knows where it is. Neither the Eight-Flame Elephant King nor the Nine-Headed Lion King dare to inquire about it. There are rumors that it is nearing the end of its lifespan and is about to pass away."

A-Yuan told Liu Chengfeng everything she knew.

Liu Chengfeng made A Yuan follow him to seize the Lost Paradise and give him the Dragon Scale Fruit that had been there for 100,000 years.

"Alright, brother, just give the orders."

A Yuan was completely devoted to Liu Chengfeng. Last time, Liu Chengfeng opened his original bone, allowing him to make rapid progress in his cultivation.

Liu Chengfeng turned Tianqiu around, and unexpectedly, he also summoned another old friend - Taiyihe.

"Brother, you're back."

The Taiyi River is so welcoming; it's got people talking to it again.

Liu Chengfeng never expected that he could summon the Taiyi River in the ruins, especially since it was so far from its source.

"These ruins were originally part of the Source of the Great Relics, but they were destroyed and fell down. I will have to pass through here to enter the Source of the Great Relics."

Who broke it?

Liu Chengfeng was deeply shaken. What exactly was the Source of the Great Relics? Such a large ancient city was only a part of it.

Who built it? And who destroyed it?

"It's been too long, I don't know."

Taiyihe couldn't answer; by the time he knew it, everything was already like this.

“I can help you find it. Follow me.”

Upon hearing that Liu Chengfeng wanted to find the Lost Paradise, Taiyihe immediately led the way for Liu Chengfeng.

Liu Chengfeng led the Dawn Sword God and the others to the Taiyi River, where the waters rushed and headed towards the source of Taiyi.

“If we follow the river, my brother can lead us to Paradise Lost.”

Liu Chengfeng led the group downstream.

"Your brother? He's your brother too?"

Not only did He Qingying look at Liu Chengfeng strangely, but everyone else did too.

It's one thing to be on friendly terms with strange beasts, but to be on friendly terms with even rivers is an absurd level of social interaction.

"Why not?"

Liu Chengfeng spoke with righteous indignation.

"Rivers are not sentient beings."

Even Feng Shaohuang couldn't believe it. He could understand calling a strange beast his brother, but he couldn't understand calling a river his brother.

The Taiyi River refused to stop, and suddenly the river roared, the surging water rushing towards Feng Shaohuang like a giant dragon.

Feng Shaohuang was startled and immediately slapped the river water away.

"A gentleman uses words, not fists. Don't hurt my brother."

Liu Chengfeng glared at Feng Shaohuang with annoyance.

Feng Shaohuang looked at Liu Chengfeng and the river in front of him with a strange expression, and the others felt the same way.

"The world is so big, there are all kinds of wonders, it's just that we're making a fuss over nothing."

The Dawn Sword God laughed and praised its wonder.

Despite feeling uneasy, the group continued downstream in search of the lost paradise.

The entire ruins were shrouded in mist. The deeper one went, the less one could tell which way to go. Finally, going downstream became the only direction.

The deeper they went, the more Liu Chengfeng and his companions felt that something was amiss; an aura permeated the air, growing stronger and stronger.

This aura was like a malevolent spirit, carrying a sense of decay and decay.

"We are about to enter the source of Taiyi".

The Sword God of Dawn gazed into the distance, his expression solemn.

"what is that?"

He Qingying was startled to see skeletons crawling and wandering on the shore. Some of these skeletons had crawled out of the mud, while others were of unknown origin.

These skeletons have no intelligence; they are mindless, wandering aimlessly without a fixed direction.

"Why would a dead person still be alive?"

Everyone felt a chill run down their spines; they had never seen anything so bizarre.

"Is it a resurrection from the dead?"

Feng Shaohuang looked closely and saw that none of the skeletons had come back to life, but for some reason, they could rise up, as if they had been infected by some kind of power.

"The source of Taiyi".

Liu Chengfeng sensed this malevolent energy, which resembled the skin of a person who had been suppressed, and a chill ran down his spine.

The suppressed human skin once asked, "Do you want to live forever? Is this some kind of power to live forever?"

"Yes, some kind of power from the source of the Great Relic. Legend has it that the Golden Crow God's conquest was a battle against a certain kind of undead creature."

The Dawn Sword God's expression was solemn, showing great apprehension towards the Source of the Great Relic.

"The other disciples should return the way they came; we are enough."

Even as the strongest being, the Dawn Sword God dared not be arrogant in the face of the Source of the Great Relic.

Everyone agreed to the plan. Liu Chengfeng, Feng Shaohuang, He Qingying, and A Yuan followed the Dawn Sword Detective down, while the others returned the way they came.

The four people and one strange beast traveled downstream, encountering more and more corpses along the way.

"Where did all these corpses come from?"

He Qingying didn't understand.

"Some were soldiers who died in battle back then, or cultivators who died at the source of the Great Relic, and some were the dead from ancient times."

The Dawn Sword God carefully discerned the differences.

Feng Shaohuang and the others were startled. Weren't the soldiers who died fighting alongside the Golden Crow God their descendants or ancestors?

(End of this chapter)