159: Chapter 158 The Old Man in the Passage, the Book of Life and Death

Within the passage, the darkness was even more boundless, and the already atomized power of death was actually seeping into Ye Xiu's seven orifices.

In his Sea of Consciousness, the Heavenly Emperor Sutra was vibrating, and those mysterious ancient runes seemed to be turning into flames once again.

If this were at ordinary times, Ye Xiu would naturally be very excited and would immediately sit cross-legged to Cultivate.

But in this Ruins of Return, he dared not touch any aura of death, otherwise his death-immunity token would be gone.

As his immortal power surged, his seven orifices were completely sealed, and the power of death that had originally seeped into them was isolated outside his seven orifices.

Ye Xiu closed his eyes. His perception extended, and he began to explore the surrounding dark area.

Although his perception was infinitely suppressed within the Ruins of Return, he could still detect an area of one hundred meters.

As he walked forward in this pitch-black, boundless passage, he stopped after about ten minutes.

In his perception, there was an old man sitting cross-legged ahead.

This old man was covered in Death Qi, and his astonishing power of death made Ye Xiu feel terrified even from a hundred meters away.

"What is going on?"

He dared not get too close. The old man before him did not seem like a Supreme Remnant.

That terrifying power of death was something even that old ghost Fa Na did not possess. What exactly was going on with this guy?

Filled with doubt, Ye Xiu did not continue forward. After all, the place where the old man sat cross-legged was right in the center of the passage.

If he wanted to continue forward, he had to pass by him.

The mist-like power of death was surging, and the old man was like a huge vortex, crazily devouring the endless power of death.

As the old man devoured it, strands of extremely pure death intent radiated from his body and merged into the ground.

This scene made Ye Xiu slightly stunned.

Feedback? This old man was actually feeding back into the earth...

"Human?" While Ye Xiu was still deep in thought, the old man suddenly opened his eyes, which were cloudy and carried a trace of fatigue.

"You can speak the language of the Human Race?" Ye Xiu was somewhat surprised; the origin of this old man was likely not simple.

"You do have some ability, to actually arrive in the Ruins of Return with the body of a living being and still be safe and sound." The old man slowly stood up, a trace of curiosity in his cloudy eyes. Curiosity about life.

Watching the old man slowly approach, Ye Xiu frowned, feeling extremely wary.

"Old man, who are you?"

"I don't remember..."

"You don't remember?"

"Hehe... living being, do not worry, this old man has no malice toward you."

No malice? Then for f*ck's sake, don't come over here. Ye Xiu took a few steps back, not daring to let the old man get too close to him.

This old man's power of death was extremely terrifying. If he unleashed his combat power, I fear even that old ghost Fa Na would not be able to match him.

Seeing Ye Xiu so wary of him, the old man stopped his approach, signaling that he had no malice.

"Living being, I have been silent in the Ruins of Return for too long, so long that I don't even remember my own name. Can you do me a favor?"

"Speak."

"In the deepest part of this passage is a World of the Dead. Although I fought my way out, I have been trapped in this passage forever."

"You can't get out?" Ye Xiu was somewhat surprised. The power of death on this old man was boundless and terrifying; even those large Crawlers could not be compared to him.

Such an existence actually couldn't leave the passage? Really? Fake?

Just as Ye Xiu was analyzing the truth of it, the old man spoke again: "You were able to come here, so you must have encountered those monsters outside. Actually, there is no essential difference between me and them."

"What do you mean?"

"Although I did not evolve from them, the power of death that supports our existence is the same. Once we leave the passage, we will only execute tasks and lose the ability to think independently."

"Harvesting the power of death?"

"Yes, the greatest secret in the Ruins of Return is the power of death, and the most precious thing is also the power of death." As the old man spoke, he took a book from his bosom.

The three ancient characters on it carried an extremely terrifying death intent. Even from a hundred meters away, Ye Xiu felt a sense of suffocation, just like when he encountered the aura of the Human Emperor on the day of Xing Mu's coronation.

That was an absolute gap in strength. It was as if the other party could easily erase him with just a thought. Extremely terrifying.

"This is the book of life and death, one of the most precious items in the Ruins of Return. I spent countless years to obtain it. If you can bring back a person for me from the World of the Dead, I will gift this thing to you."

The book of life and death? Ye Xiu stared at the ancient book, his heart trembling violently. Really? Is it fake? Legend has it that the book of life and death governs the life and death of all living things; it is actually in the Ruins of Return.

Looking at the aura of the book of life and death, it was definitely not an ordinary book. He was already at the half-step Supreme Realm, and the moment the book of life and death appeared, he felt a sense of suffocation. This thing seemed to be outrageously strong.

Seeing that Ye Xiu had been silent for a long time, the old man thought he did not know the preciousness of the book of life and death. After smiling, he explained: "The book of life and death controls the life and death of all living beings. Anyone with an aura of life can be directly cursed to death."