Ch30 - River of Immortal Souls

River of Immortal Souls

The River of Immortal Souls, according to legend, was at the end of the intersection of yin and yang in the world. The sun and the moon were born from this river and govern the law of time. Donghuang God fought with the Ancestral Witch Xuanming here, his godhood eventually falling, and his artifact Chaos Bell disappeared from the world.

Kui Budu and the others traveled for more than a month before slowly approaching the River of Immortal Souls. Many sect disciples had been injured along the way. They stood not far away, looking at the calm black river water, and couldn’t make up their minds what to do next. The fragments that Azure Dragon Sect learned only recorded that there was a divine artifact in the River of Immortal Souls, and they didn’t know where it was here or what it was.

It was five days later that Zhou Yinyu got rid of the troublesome Shang Yang. He was sure that Shang Yang and Li Lingyuan must have reached some kind of agreement. If he hadn’t had the second volume of the incomplete scroll in his hand, he would have even felt that coming to River of Immortal Souls was a potential conspiracy. After all, the Azure Dragon Sect and the Black Tortoise Sect had lost several elders here.

Zhou Yinyu collected his thoughts, looked at the group of people in the distance, and then turned and left. He had once vaguely mentioned to Nan Ziqi that he should be careful of the people from White Tiger Sect, and he hoped that he was overthinking.

He followed the location in his memory and walked downstream along River of Immortal Souls. The whole sky was dark blue, with some thin purple clouds sparsely scattered. The long black river stretched into the distance. There was no grass within five miles of the river bank, and there was not even the sound of insects and birds. The silence here was strange and mysterious.

In this uninhabited area, his footsteps seemed particularly discordant. Zhou Yinyu frowned and walked slowly along the river bank. Two days later, he turned a corner in the direction of the river, bypassed a cliff, and the scene ahead suddenly changed.

There were countless flying birds, and the river bank suddenly passed through a dense forest. He could clearly see countless spiritual creatures hidden in it. These animals were all eating with their heads down, and there were also many people sitting on the ground with their heads down, as if whispering. But he didn’t hear any sound. It was obviously very lively, but there was a dead silence all over the sky.

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His cold phoenix eyes stared at the soul river beside him, as if he had made up his mind. He retracted his gaze and fell on a small flower beside him. A small black flower with many petals bloomed on the green branches, and dew was slowly accumulating on it. Zhou Yinyu guessed that it was either midnight or dawn.

The range of activities of souls in the daytime would be greatly restricted. He frowned and wondered whether it was midnight or early morning, but there was nothing else around that could be used for speculation. At this moment, a very light voice suddenly came from behind him. Who was it?

Zhou Yinyu didn’t move his feet. He turned his body halfway and was about to attack, but his wrist was lightly caught. The man was about to speak, and Zhou Yinyu was startled and immediately turned around to cover his mouth. The spirits in the forest seemed to be frightened, and immediately became agitated and began to move around. After a long time, no sound could be heard, and then they slowly calmed down.

Zhou Yinyu raised his head slightly, looked at the person who was hugging him with displeasure, and asked him why he came here? The evil spirit on this person seemed to be heavier, it would not overflow so easily before.

Duan Jiuqing hugged the person he had been thinking about for a long time with a comfortable expression and rubbed his chin on his shoulder. He sucked a piece of soft flesh on his neck for a long time before letting go with an unsatisfied look, and his heterochromatic eyes looked at the red mark and seemed very pleased.

He raised his head from Zhou Yinyu’s neck, smiled at him without saying anything, but pinched the hand on his waist. Zhou Yinyu suddenly realized that this person had tampered with the warm jade, and he didn’t even notice it. He didn’t even think of this possibility.

Duan Jiuqing saw his face change, and was afraid that he was going to get angry, so he hurried over to kiss him. Zhou Yinyu dodged him in anger, but he couldn’t move and Duan Jiuqing took advantage of him being in his arms.

It was not a good idea to stand there all this time. The dew on the flower was getting thicker and thicker, indicating that both the dead air and the yang energy were getting thicker. Zhou Yinyu dodged Duan Jiuqing’s kiss, drew a crescent moon on him, and pointed to the place where he came in. Duan Jiuqing understood but didn’t respond, but smiled evilly and pointed to his cheek, and then touched Zhou Yinyu’s red lips. He liked this game.

Zhou Yinyu was so angry that his phoenix eyes suddenly narrowed, and he looked at him with a chill for a moment, and finally touched his face quickly and unwillingly. Duan Jiuqing was in a good mood, buried in his neck and rubbed it for a while, Zhou Yinyu rolled his eyes in anger, raised his hand to twist his ear and pulled him out of his arms, looking at him seriously.

Duan Jiuqing got to take advantage, pointed to the place where Zhou Yinyu had just drawn the moon, and shook his head. The two of them seemed to be performing a pantomime.

Zhou Yinyu nodded and slightly distanced himself from him. He broke away from Duan Jiuqing’s hand, motioned for him to move forward, and told him to step back and not follow him. Zhou Yinyu turned around and looked into the woods, then raised his foot and walked into the river.

Duan Jiuqing stood behind him with a gloomy face, watching him turn around and leave him behind again. It was this back again! It was this back again! He immediately felt a nameless fire in his heart. He walked over regardless of anything, suddenly picked up Zhou Yinyu and stepped into the river. Zhou Yinyu’s eyes were full of sparks at this moment, and he felt that he might be so angered by Duan Jiuqing he would die before ascending. He just wanted to kill him with a palm.

The sound startled the things in the woods, and countless figures began to sway in the dense forest. Soon, some undead stood from where they were, and they were so anxious that they turned around in place and lost their direction. The River of Immortal Souls’ water was made of dead souls. Duan Jiuqing walked in it without making any sound. The Weeping Soul Forest absorbed all the sounds.

Zhou Yinyu wanted to look at the river water under his feet, but was led by Duan Jiuqing’s arm and buried in his embrace. Zhou Yinyu grabbed his collar, leaned against his arms with a heavy face and stopped moving. Listening to the strong heartbeat in his ears, he closed his eyes. Duan Jiuqing didn’t want him to see, but he could guess it. The fragments recorded that the water of the Soul River was extremely yin and would corrode people’s skin and flesh. The ancestors and their people also suffered countless defeats here. Thousands of cultivators died in this river. No one could bear to be eaten alive. They had no choice but to use their bodies as shields and rush through the Weeping Soul Forest like ants.

Duan Jiuqing’s breathing became heavier, his face became more and more gloomy, and his steps began to slow down. His legs that were not in the river seemed to be drilled by countless termites, which were frantically gnawing at his bones and flesh. In the river flowing behind him, two obvious red marks slowly faded away. Cold sweat began to appear on Duan Jiuqing’s face. He lifted the person in his arms upward with rapid breathing, and his hands were shaking.

Zhou Yinyu put his hand on his chest and passed spiritual power to him to help him relieve the pain, but it was useless. Death had an irresistible power, and the soul river water transformed by the undead was also the same. Even if a great man in the Tribulation stage came here, his cultivation was nothing compared to the River of Immortal Souls.

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