Shrouding the Heavens: Starting by joining the Holy Land of Yao Guang

Chapter 112 The curtain rises, Ye Fan arrives at Beidou

Such a person would be a top figure in the entire Eastern Wilderness. Even ordinary experts at the Sendai Realm would treat him with respect and would not dare to insult him.

Since the candidate saint represents the holy land to a certain extent, insulting her is equivalent to insulting the holy land.

This is the status of a candidate saintess, no less than that of a regular saintess of a holy land. Although they are only of equal rank and it does not mean they are candidates saintess, they can still enjoy the cultivation resources of candidates saintess.

Weiwei never imagined that the cultivation resources of a candidate saintess from the Yao Guang Holy Land for one or two months would be almost equivalent to those of the entire Lingxu Cave Heaven; otherwise, she would probably be even more shocked.

"Senior, what have I done to deserve this?" The girl, unusually flustered, couldn't maintain her composure and became somewhat uneasy.

Of course, she was somewhat skeptical. To be able to decide such a matter with just a word, one must have a very high status, and the young man in front of her was at most not even twenty years old.

Li Yao saw through the girl's thoughts and slowly said, "If it were other factions, I might not be able to guarantee it, but if it's Rising Sun Island, then I should be able to do it. Take it."

After he finished speaking, the divine jade in his hand was enveloped in divine power and flew towards the girl in blue.

This is a piece of crystal-clear and dazzling divine jade, which is carved with various ancient divine patterns. On the edge, there are dragons flying in the sky and phoenixes reborn from the ashes. In the center of the divine jade, there are also two divine patterns, full of Taoist charm.

"Holy...son!" The girl gazed at the ancient characters at the center of the divine jade, and murmured softly in awe. Her bright red lips parted slightly, like a ripe cherry, making one want to taste its exquisite beauty.

"You are Dong Yaoguang!" The girl was extremely shocked. Dong Yaoguang was now the invincible legend of the Eastern Wilderness. Even though he had been silent for a long time, the legends about him continued. Some people said that he was in seclusion to break through to a higher realm, while others said that he was traveling outside, using the alias Wolf God, to continue his invincible path.

"If you're referring to the Holy Son of Yao Guang, then that's probably me," Li Yao said with a light laugh.

"Greetings, Your Highness. I was slightly rude earlier." After receiving confirmation, the young girl clenched her fist and quickly bowed to apologize.

"Alright, no need for formalities. Status is just a symbol. In the end, what cultivators care about is only strength." Li Yao waved his hand, and a gentle force spread out, helping the girl up.

"Thank you, Your Highness." The girl nodded slightly.

Suddenly, Li Yao's eyes flickered, and his powerful divine sense instantly saw the entire Lingxu Cave Heaven. Seeing some elders gathered, he couldn't help but ask the girl beside him curiously.

"Has something happened? Why have the elders of Lingxu Cave Heaven gathered here?"

Nodding slightly, he said in a clear voice, "The elders have sensed the unusual activity in the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Land and are preparing to send people to investigate."

"You're one of the people going there too, right?" Li Yao asked.

The girl nodded and said truthfully, "The sect leader asked me to go with him, but if the Holy Son has any instructions, Weiwei can report to the sect leader."

Li Yao waved his hand and said, "No need, you go ahead. I'm just wandering around and don't have anything important to do."

"Should we ask the sect leader to greet us?"

"No need. If you hadn't seen through the Dao patterns I laid out, I wouldn't have even planned to show myself." Li Yao rejected the girl's suggestion.

The girl lowered her head slightly, biting her red lips, unsure of what to say.

“I’m also curious about what might be happening in the Forbidden Ancient Land, and I’d like to go check it out. But I’ll just stay in the shadows, so don’t worry about me,” Li Yao said after thinking for a moment.

"Weiwei will go ahead first," the girl said softly.

"Hmm." Li Yao responded, and his figure disappeared from the spot.

Lingxu Cave Heaven is one of the six major cave heavens of the Yan Kingdom. It is very close to the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Land. With Li Yao's speed, he arrived in an instant.

The people from Lingxu Cave Heaven have probably only just set off.

Li Yao stood at the edge of the desolate forbidden land, looking at the primeval forest in front of him, his expression somewhat inscrutable.

Ahead lies extreme danger. Every inch of that land has been stained with blood, and mountains of corpses once lay there, all of whom were masters.

In the past, when the Tianxuan Holy Land was at its most powerful in history, it mobilized all its strength, gathering tens of thousands of powerful cultivators to attack, hoping to open the ancient forbidden land, obtain the legendary immortal artifacts, and explore the secrets of becoming an immortal.

However, tens of thousands of people died there, and the Tianxuan Holy Land was wiped out of this world. In the end, only three or five people escaped back, and the lineage was almost cut off. Even the few top experts who had achieved great power became 'wild slaves' in the Desolate Abyss, and were enslaved for eternity.

Li Yao wanted to go in because, in his estimation, the current Forbidden Zone of the Desolate Ancient Land was definitely at its lowest level of danger in history. Even the power to take away life had probably been reduced to its lowest point. Otherwise, those mortals would not have been able to leave the Forbidden Zone at all.

With his current cultivation level, if he were to enter the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Land, he wouldn't have to worry about his lifespan at all.

But in the end, he gave up on this crazy idea. Now is the safest time in the desolate forbidden land, but also the most dangerous time.

With Ye Fan's arrival, the Empress must have awakened from her slumber and wanted to see him up close. The thought of Ye Fan barging into her field of vision at this moment sent chills down Li Yao's spine.

In truth, he knew that even if the Empress saw him, she probably wouldn't be interested at all, but Li Yao still didn't want to do something so foolish.

The opportunities in the desolate forbidden land tempted him, but compared to his own life, there was no need to even compare the two.

He would not hesitate to give up even the elixir of immortality, let alone the elixir of eternal life.

After a long time, the people from Lingxu Cave Heaven finally arrived late and descended upon the town.

Soon after, the six great grotto-heavens of the Yan Kingdom arrived in the town and began their journey toward the desolate forbidden land to explore what had happened there.

Not only them, but also some people who had been stationed on the edge of the town and often went to the edge of the desolate forbidden land to search for treasures, couldn't help but move closer to the edge of the desolate forbidden land.

Li Yao stood at the edge of the desolate ancient forbidden land, looking into it, but as the sky darkened and the bright moon rose, there was still no movement inside.

"It's been a whole day, and they still haven't come out. Normally, even if I were to enter, I probably wouldn't be able to hold on much longer." He was somewhat surprised, feeling that his earlier guess was correct: the power within the desolate forbidden land had weakened.

Even so, Li Yao remained calm and had no intention of going in; he simply stayed quietly outside.

A day passed quickly, and as the sun set on the second day, a group of elderly people and two children finally appeared outside the desolate forbidden land.

Just then, a streak of colorful light suddenly appeared in the sky, like a magnificent rainbow streaking across the heavens, standing out conspicuously against the dim sky.

"That is……"

Everyone was astonished. There was actually a human figure in that rainbow light, able to traverse the sky and fly through the air. This could not possibly be an ordinary person!
"brush"

The rainbow suddenly changed direction and flew towards them in an instant, its speed astonishing, like a rainbow stretching across the sky, arriving in the blink of an eye.

Just as described in the book, Weiwei found everyone first. At this moment, in the eyes of Ye Fan and the others, she was no different from an immortal, perfect and flawless.

Everyone was stunned. This beautiful young woman was like a fairy, untouched by the world, possessing an otherworldly beauty, like a white lotus with rolling dewdrops, or a fresh snow lotus on a snow-capped mountain, giving people a feeling of being untouched by human affairs.

The world is not lacking in extremely beautiful women, but it is hard to find a woman with such an ethereal quality, as if she has transcended the mundane world and merged into the pristine natural world.

Weiwei remained calm, gazing at the crowd below. She uttered a sentence in a melodious voice, but to the crowd, its meaning was somewhat incomprehensible.

After a moment's thought, everyone understood what it meant: it was asking about their identities. The question was similar to classical Chinese, carrying a soft, gentle quality that required careful contemplation to grasp.

"We are a group of people in distress. Are you a fairy? Can you save us?" An old woman suddenly cried out. At this moment, she was withered, her skin was wrinkled, and she looked very old. When she finally saw a girl who seemed to be a fairy, she immediately cried and begged for help.

"Have you entered the Ancient Forbidden Land?" Weiwei looked at the Ancient Forbidden Land, then at the crowd, and asked with some surprise.

“Yes, that’s where we escaped from,” a frail old woman cried, utterly helpless.

Upon hearing this, Weiwei's calm face immediately rippled, revealing a look of great surprise. "To actually come out alive, that's truly remarkable," she murmured.

When his gaze fell upon a middle-aged couple and two children, he seemed to remember something, and with a look of great surprise, he asked urgently, "Are these your actual ages?"

"No, we're not that old. We don't know why we've lost decades of youth and vitality," an elderly man replied urgently, then looked at the girl in mid-air with tension and hope.

However, Weiwei did not look at him, because she already knew that they had lost their youth and vitality; she was asking the two children a question.

One of the handsome children pondered for a moment before replying, "We were all young people in our twenties, but I don't know why some of us have aged while others have become young again."

"Really?" A slight look of shock appeared on his face as he stared intently at the two of them, and he asked urgently, "Have you ever eaten a kind of red fruit, bright red and translucent...?"

The boy, with his delicate features, looked thoughtful. He knew it was probably something extraordinary, and he wondered if admitting it would cause any unforeseen complications, but...

He couldn't deny it either, since everyone else had seen it. If he denied it, the others would expose him, and things would probably get even worse. He had no choice but to admit it now, so he nodded.

"No need to ask anymore, this is definitely Ye Hei. He's really cunning. Even after going through so many tribulations and when his mind was most unstable, he was still able to maintain a clear mind. That's remarkable." Li Yao, who had a clear view of everything below from the sky, sighed inwardly.

As for the self-aware child who centered his attention on Ye Fan, it must be Pang Bo. At this moment, he remained silent, afraid that his words might cause trouble.

She looked at Ye Fan and Pang Bo with a slightly strange expression, as if examining treasures, but at that moment, her expression changed drastically.

“There is an ancient ferocious beast nearby. Leave immediately.” A clear voice entered your ears.

"Fairy, what's wrong?" Ye Fan noticed the change in the girl's expression and asked cautiously.

“There are powerful ferocious beasts. I will take you away from this desolate ancient forest first.” The girl gently raised her hand, and a rainbow light fell, enveloping everyone in the mountains and slowly lifting them into the air, where they stood side by side with her.

"Wow!"

Suddenly, a giant bird appeared in the sky, blotting out the sun. Its wingspan was hundreds of meters long, and its entire body was dazzling and radiant, as if it were cast from gold. It was golden all over, like a golden cloud, and it rushed over quickly.

"Is that... the Golden-Winged Roc from mythology?" Ye Fan's expression changed drastically as he stared at the divine bird in the distance and exclaimed in surprise.

The rest of the people looked ashen-faced. In just a few days, they had encountered too many changes: the Martian Crocodile Ancestor, the Ancient Forbidden Land, the Fairy, the mythical Giant Bird...

One extraordinary event after another kept them on edge, and the excitement of finally meeting an immortal was dashed by the appearance of the Golden-Winged Roc.

This is truly a rollercoaster of emotions...

Ignoring the panicked crowd, the girl flew forward relentlessly, eager to escape the edge of this demonic land as quickly as possible.

"It's so fast, it's almost catching up!" an elderly man shouted in terror.

The golden-winged bird was much faster than the girl; at this rate, it would catch up in no time.

Everyone's hearts were in their throats. They probably knew that this fairy was no match for that ferocious bird, otherwise she wouldn't have left so easily.

“Oh my god, I don’t want to die…” a blond, blue-eyed old man shouted.

"Don't worry, you won't die, and that ferocious bird won't be able to catch up." The girl seemed to have seen something, and a smile bloomed on her perfect face, like a snow lotus swaying, bright and beautiful.

Ye Fan and the others followed the girl's gaze and saw a figure standing in front of them. The figure was tall and slender, with a crystal-clear and dazzling body. There were 108 divine rings around the body, and a bright sun behind the head, like a deity descending to earth.

“Ghad! It is Ghad who has come into the world to save his followers!” the blond, blue-eyed old man shouted in alarm.

“You foreign devil, that’s our country’s Heavenly Emperor, what does he have to do with your Westerners?” Pang Bo retorted angrily.

Everyone was speechless. Was this the time to argue about this?

Ye Fan turned around and looked at the golden-winged roc behind him. He saw that the originally ferocious beast now seemed to have encountered something even more ferocious and was very wary of it.

This person, with such a slender body, was actually more ferocious than that golden-winged roc!

"boom!"

The godlike being moved, slowly extending a hand. Instantly, the sky brightened as if it were daytime. Although the sun had clearly set, at this moment, a sun rose again between heaven and earth.

A giant, golden hand emerged from the clouds of the night, so enormous that its boundaries were invisible to the naked eye.

Golden light shone everywhere, and countless beams of light pierced through the void. On the giant hand, there were dense patterns that Ye Fan and the others could not understand, but they could sense that it was something very profound.

"Wow!"

A dazzling golden light shot into the sky, and the Peng bird's body burst forth with blinding light. Its golden wings slashed, cutting through the void. With a loud "clang," the golden wings struck the giant hand, and the blinding light soared into the sky.

At the same time, a golden vortex appeared in front of the roc, like a giant sea eye, about to swallow the golden hand.

The enormous golden vortex caused the mountains below to shake, as if it were about to uproot them and devour everything tangible in all directions.

Such a ferocious beast, even from a distance, makes one tremble all over, as if one's body is about to split apart.

"My goodness, can the Emperor really capture this Golden-Winged Roc?" Pang Bo asked with some worry.

She covered her mouth with her delicate hand and chuckled softly, saying, "That person is not an emperor, but the Holy Son of the Yao Guang Holy Land, the number one young person in the world today!"

"As for that ferocious bird, although it is fierce, that is only in our eyes. In front of His Highness the Holy Son, it can be suppressed with a flick of the wrist."

Ye Fan was slightly taken aback. He loved ancient books and had a deep understanding of ancient history. The name "Yaoguang" had a significant and ancient origin in Chinese mythology.

The others couldn't understand what the Holy Son of Yao Guang was saying, but they could understand that the girl was saying that the god-like figure could suppress that ferocious bird with a mere flick of his hand...

"Wow!"

Suddenly, a shrill scream rang out, a mournful wail. Ye Fan and the others, with their mortal eyes, could not see the scene within the myriad golden rays, but the young girl Weiwei could see it clearly.

The Golden-Winged Roc was incredibly fierce. Although it was wary of the Holy Son, it still fought back fiercely, severing its golden wings and unleashing its golden sea eye to devour everything.

However, under that giant hand radiating golden light, the golden wings shattered and the sea eye collapsed. Then, the giant hand, carrying immense power, slammed down on the Golden-Winged Roc, pressing it down from the sky and onto a mountain range, rendering it completely immobile.

As the golden light subsided, Ye Fan and the others were able to see the scene inside. When they saw the roc with its golden wings bursting open and its chest shattered, their pupils widened in shock.

"This, this is it!" Pang Bo pointed and said in disbelief, "How is this any different from Buddha suppressing Sun Wukong?"

"Buddha, you come from the Western Desert?!" The girl caught the key words and couldn't help but ask.

However, the distance between the Western Desert and the Eastern Wilderness is unknown. Even for cultivators, it would take countless years to fly across. How could these mortals possibly cross the Western Desert?
Ye Fan's heart tightened, but he calmly said, "We don't know much about it either. We just heard a story from a passing eccentric, about a Buddha suppressing a ferocious monkey."

"Ah, yes, yes, yes." Pang Bo knew he had made a mistake, so he quickly lowered his head and nodded repeatedly.

Weiwei was about to look away when she saw the objects in everyone's hands: vajras, wooden fish, prayer beads...

She recognized these things; they were Buddhist ritual implements. In the five regions of the Big Dipper, Buddhism was concentrated in the Western Desert, and these things were rarely seen in the other four regions.

(End of this chapter)