409: The Great Elder of the Jinwu Clan, Jin Yan

Purple Moonlight pierced through the great hall like a sharp blade. Ye Xuan swung his sword to block, and Sword Qi crisscrossed, as Xuanyuan Sword collided with the Moonlight, erupting in dazzling sparks.

Under the glow of the Moonlight, a faint wisp of black Qi floated up, vanishing into the Void Realm in the blink of an eye.

“Hmph,” a tender and naive sound came from the Void Realm, and Ye Xuan frowned.

“Senior!” Ye Xuan looked down to check, only to find that the Sloppy Daoist’s body was undergoing a terrifying transformation; his skin began to be covered in black Qi, spreading outwards from his pierced chest.

Even more terrifying, the black Qi parts showed a crescent moon pattern identical to the one on Purple Moon’s glabella!

“Ye Xuan, remember, Kunlun.” The Daoist used his last strength to grasp Ye Xuan’s hand, then drew three blood characters on Ye Xuan’s palm, before being completely swallowed by the black mist.

“Boom! Boom! Boom!”

“No, Senior.” Ye Xuan looked at the Sloppy Daoist, and the next moment, the endless golden light of Xuanyuan Sword instantly poured into the Sloppy Daoist’s body.

Slowly, it actually expelled the mist.

“Hmph,” a sharp reprimand sounded.

The next moment, the black mist instantly swallowed the Sloppy Daoist; even the golden radiance of Xuanyuan Sword could not expel the darkness.

The entire Celestial Mystery Deduction Hall shook violently, and the purple Moonlight condensed into Purple Moon’s phantom.

The phantom looked down at Ye Xuan from above, with a playful look in her eyes: “Tai Hao Gege, you are always like this, insisting on investigating things you shouldn’t know. It was because of this that Yue Xuan died before, and now you have harmed others.”

“It seems that Yue Xuan’s death back then still couldn’t make you change.”

“But then again, if you were to change because of this, I wouldn’t like you anymore.”

Ye Xuan frowned upon hearing this. He tightened his grip on Xuanyuan Sword, and the Human Race Luck power on the sword body boiled: “You killed the Celestial Mystery Old Man, aren’t you afraid of Celestial Mystery’s wrath and backlash?”

“No, he brought it upon himself,” Purple Moon chuckled.

“Those who pry into celestial mysteries will ultimately suffer Celestial Mystery’s backlash. I merely followed the will of heaven to kill him; this is his destiny, Tai Hao Gege, you also have a destiny, so I don’t want you to bear your destiny.”

She suddenly pointed to the Sloppy Daoist who had been swallowed by the black mist.

“But you can rest assured, I will find a good place for his Soul, in Eternal Day Valley, waiting for you to retrieve it.”

Before her voice faded, the phantom instantly vanished without a trace.

Ye Xuan frowned; he didn’t know what Purple Moon truly wanted to do, but the Sloppy Old Man’s words made him realize that this was not a Reincarnation of Nv Xi, but merely a corrupted Soul.

“That was an Earth Soul that should have dissipated, which would disappear after the Life Soul’s Reincarnation, but it was corrupted and remained, tainted with Nv Xi’s aura.”

Just as Ye Xuan was about to pursue, the Bagua plate beneath his feet suddenly glowed with dazzling blood-red light.

That was the blood left behind after the Sloppy Daoist’s chest was pierced.

The Daoist’s residual blood on the plate condensed into a line of small characters.

【Kunlun Mirror reveals truth and falsehood, Golden Crow Fire refines Origin】

After Ye Xuan saw these characters, they were immediately wiped away by an invisible force, but Ye Xuan had already memorized them.

Then the Bagua plate completely shattered, turning into dust and disappearing.

He looked up at the hole in the hall ceiling; Purple Moon’s phantom was dissipating, leaving only her final words.

“Don’t forget our agreement, three days later, see you in Eternal Day Valley.”

As he stepped out of the hall door, he suddenly sensed something and took out the Golden Crow token from his embrace.

The originally golden feather token was now scorching hot, with a map appearing on its surface.

A golden path led directly into the depths of the cloud sea, ending at a mountain peak surrounded by nine blazing suns.

“Golden Crow Ancestral Land?” Ye Xuan frowned deeply.

“Could it be that the Golden Crow Flame the Daoist spoke of is not the Golden Crow Origin Fire?”

Suddenly, an ancient voice came from the token: “Holder of the token, come quickly to the Ancestral Land! Chaos is awakening, and a great calamity is approaching!”

The voice stopped abruptly, and the map on the token disappeared with it.

Ye Xuan felt the Kongtong Seal in his embrace vibrate slightly; Yue Xuan’s remnant Soul seemed to react to this voice.

“Things are getting more and more complicated.”

The light on the Golden Crow token grew increasingly hot, and Ye Xuan could feel the ancient summons contained within it.

The Shennong Cauldron was in Eternal Day Valley, and there might be some connection between the Golden Crow and the Shennong Cauldron.

Perhaps he truly needed to contact the Golden Crow Clan.

He took a deep breath.

His figure transformed into a golden light, speeding along the direction indicated by the token.

With the help of the Golden Crow token, entering Eternal Day Valley was effortless.

Ye Xuan didn't even feel the scorching power.

Passing through layers of cloud sea, the scene before Ye Xuan’s eyes caused his pupils to constrict: nine blazing suns floated in the sky, with a completely crimson mountain peak at their center.

Even more astonishing was that each blazing sun housed a Three-legged Golden Crow, and the aura they emitted was no weaker than that of an Immortal.

The Golden Crow Clan actually had so many Immortals.

They could even rival the Human Race’s aristocratic families.

With such power, if the Golden Crow Clan wanted to contend for supremacy, indeed few Human Race aristocratic families could stop them.

“Halt!” A sharp shout rang out, and two golden-armored guards blocked Ye Xuan’s path.

They both had flame patterns on their glabella, held crimson long spears, and were surrounded by solar essence fire.

These were clearly Golden Crow warriors.

Ye Xuan displayed the Golden Crow token: “I have come at the summons of the Golden Crow Clan.”

Upon seeing the token, the two guards’ expressions changed dramatically.

It was the Ancestral Token!

This Ancestral Token had not appeared for tens of thousands of years.

After all, the Golden Crow Clan had a rule that seeing the Ancestral Token was equivalent to seeing the Golden Crow Sect Ancestor’s command.

Those who could be given the Golden Crow Ancestral Token were individuals with significant ties to the Golden Crow Clan.

They immediately knelt on one knee.

“Sir, please follow me.”

Passing through layers of Restrictions, Ye Xuan was led to a crimson-gold palace at the mountain peak.

The palace doors opened automatically, revealing a red-robed old man seated inside. His eyes were like two great suns, emitting terrifying heat.

Moreover, even with Ye Xuan’s current strength, he couldn’t discern the old man’s power.

Furthermore, Ye Xuan actually felt an extremely powerful force from this old man, which made him very wary.

“You’ve finally arrived,” the old man’s voice was hoarse.

“This old man is the Golden Crow Clan’s Grand Elder, Jin Yan.”

Just as Ye Xuan was about to speak, the Kongtong Seal in his embrace suddenly flew out, and Yue Xuan’s phantom flickered in and out of existence.

“Jin Yan… you’re still alive…”

Upon seeing Yue Xuan’s remnant Soul, Jin Yan actually burst into tears.

“Lady Nv Xi! This old servant has failed your trust…”

Ye Xuan’s heart trembled: “You know each other?”

“Ten thousand years ago, it was Lady Nv Xi who sealed the Chaos Demon God’s heart in the Shennong Cauldron and entrusted it to our clan for safekeeping,” Jin Yan said tremblingly.

“But three days ago, the Demon God’s heart in the cauldron suddenly stirred, and all the younger generation of our clan… were demonized!”

He waved his hand, displaying a scene.

In the depths of Eternal Day Valley, hundreds of Golden Crows struggled in black flames, their feathers gradually turning purplish-black!