304: Chapter 304 Gu Han's Words Lead to Xuan Yi's Sudden Enlightenment! The Ancient Wilderness Domain

"What information?"

Xuan Yi looked elegant and graceful, her long black and silver hair fluttering in the wind. Her beautiful eyes shone like stars as she stepped toward Fairy Qing.

"About Han Shanshan." Fairy Qing's breath was like an orchid as she softly spoke those four words.

The name caused Xuan Yi to lose focus for a moment. Immediately, she reached out with some excitement and grabbed Fairy Qing's arm. "You know where Shanshan is?"

She had known Han Shanshan longer than Yao Chen had, and her relationship with Han Shanshan predated his as well.

If it weren't for Yao Chen's interference as a third party, she and Han Shanshan would have remained close friends, sharing mutual respect and affection.

"On Yao Chen's body." Fairy Qing's lips curled slightly, her tone of voice carrying a hint of Gu Han's style.

"What?" Xuan Yi's stunning face froze.

She recognized the words, but she didn't understand the meaning.

What did it mean that Han Shanshan was on Yao Chen's body?

Then who was Yao Chen looking for all those years while running across the entire continent?

"Han Shanshan now only has a single soul imprint left." Fairy Qing's expression softened as she relayed the situation she had learned from Gu Han, her tone filled with sighs.

Upon learning what had happened between Han Shanshan and Yao Chen, Xuan Yi's expression remained extremely calm, as if she had long expected it.

Now it was Fairy Qing's turn to be confused. She asked, "You're not surprised?"

"I didn't know the specifics, but I had a vague guess." Xuan Yi's eyes were filled with complex emotions. "Shanshan wasn't the type of person to leave without saying goodbye or play missing. Besides, I was the one who told Han Shanshan about Yao Chen and Wind Idle going to the Falling God Ice Field to find the Bone Chilling Flame back then."

"It was hard for me not to suspect that Shanshan's disappearance was related to that. But when Yao Chen and Wind Idle returned, they hadn't subdued the Bone Chilling Flame and claimed they hadn't seen Han Shanshan at all, so I didn't say much more."

"Years later, when Yao Chen finally subdued the Bone Chilling Flame and never stopped searching for Shanshan, I guessed that something had happened to her while she was looking for the flame herself."

"Who could have imagined that she actually sacrificed herself, at the cost of being exiled into the river of time and being forgotten?"

At this moment, Xuan Yi felt a sense of shock.

The spirit of sacrifice Yao Chen and Han Shanshan showed for each other moved her.

"I was also shocked when I first heard it." Fairy Qing folded her arms, her lips curling slightly. "If you're still interested in Yao Chen, you can go ask Gu Han about Hu Jiujiu."

"Gu Han even knows about Hu Jiujiu?" Intense curiosity rose in Xuan Yi's heart. "Is this Enshrined Elder of your Flower Sect truly omniscient?"

"So far, no question has stumped her." Fairy Qing shrugged and said bluntly, "She could even improve the core Cultivation Technique passed down through generations in my Flower Sect, allowing me and my Junior Sister to make a Breakthrough."

"Then I must go see him." Xuan Yi broke into a smile. "I want to find something; I wonder if he knows about it."

"You don't plan to ask about Hu Jiujiu's whereabouts?" Fairy Qing was somewhat surprised.

"That's Yao Chen's business. What does it have to do with me?" Xuan Yi covered her mouth and chuckled. "I am curious, though—between Hu Jiujiu and Shanshan, which one would he choose?"

Fairy Qing understood. After learning about Han Shanshan and Yao Chen's history, Xuan Yi had completely let go of her past longings.

"It seems I don't need to give you that message anymore." Fairy Qing sighed softly. "Gu Han was right again."

"What message?" Xuan Yi blinked in confusion. "And what was he right about?"

"I asked Gu Han if there was a single sentence that could make you let go of the past." Fairy Qing looked at Xuan Yi, her tone full of emotion. "He said that as long as I told you what happened between Han Shanshan and Yao Chen, you would no longer be obsessed."

"If I had to give you one sentence, it would be this: Longing is the distance furthest from understanding."

"Longing is the distance furthest from understanding!?"

Muttering this sentence to herself, Xuan Yi felt as if a bucket of cold water had been poured over her head, bringing instant clarity.

Back then, the person she longed for and admired most was Han Shanshan, but Han Shanshan later ended up with Yao Chen...

Later, the person she admired and longed for became the increasingly powerful Yao Chen.

Thinking back now, she had never truly understood either of them.

She had always been moving only herself.

Boom!

A terrifying aura suddenly erupted from within Xuan Yi's body.

Fairy Qing's expression was one of shock. "You've broken through to the Eighth Change?"

"In terms of Fighting Qi accumulation and Soul Realm, I could have broken through long ago." Xuan Yi smiled beautifully and restrained her aura. "It was just that there were some things I couldn't figure out, so my comprehension of the Saint Realm was flawed."

For a Peak Dou Zun, each Change is a different world, but the gap between the Seventh and Eighth Change is several worlds apart.

Because by reaching the Eighth Change, one can possess the energy fluctuations unique to the Saint Realm.

When attacking now, her strikes would carry a trace of the Saint Realm's aura; its power went without saying.

"Gu Han's guidance has been a boon to me; I owe him a favor." Curiosity flickered in Xuan Yi's beautiful eyes. "He's at the Starfall Pavilion, right?"

Xuan Yi prepared to go to the Starfall Pavilion to meet this interesting young person.

"No." Fairy Qing turned to look toward the northeast. "Right now, he is on the outskirts of the Desolate Ancient Domain. If you want to find him, you can go there."

"The Desolate Ancient Domain?" Xuan Yi's face showed confusion. "The Hall of Souls is planning to assassinate him, right? Why would he run off to a remote place like the Desolate Ancient Domain at a time like this?"

The Desolate Ancient Domain was located to the northeast of the Central Plains and was known as a human Forbidden Ground.

Within the Desolate Ancient Domain, there were many Demonic Beasts with ancient Bloodlines. They had plenty of ferocity but lacked intelligence; even Rank 8 Vicious Beasts comparable to a Dou Zun had very limited wisdom. Furthermore, their Bloodlines were filled with violent factors, giving them an extreme desire for destruction.

There were many natural treasures in the Desolate Ancient Domain, but they were all guarded by various ancient Vicious Beasts. Obtaining them required paying a great price.

Most importantly, on the outskirts of the Desolate Ancient Domain, there was a natural poison barrier famous throughout the Fighting Qi Continent.

It was formed by the convergence of extreme poisonous gas and various venomous insects. If a Dou Zun Expert entered, they could perish if they were even slightly careless.

Therefore, few people risked going to the Desolate Ancient Domain to seek Opportunity.

"I asked that question too," Fairy Qing chuckled.

"But he didn't answer you." Xuan Yi blinked.

"Wrong guess." Fairy Qing shook her head. "He said that there is a Netherworld Poison Flame on the outskirts of the Desolate Ancient Domain. One of his Dao Companions has a Calamity Poison Body and needs to use the Netherworld Poison Flame to complete a certain Poison Pill Method. This will help that Calamity Poison Body completely resolve the calamity and even enhance her talent."

"Calamity Poison Body?" A flash of surprise crossed Xuan Yi's eyes, then she nodded slightly. "In that case, I shall go to the outskirts of the Desolate Ancient Domain to find him."

Time passed like a white horse galloping across a gap; seven days went by in the blink of an eye.

Desolate Town, the human city closest to the Desolate Ancient Domain, was sparsely populated.

Traveling here from the southern region of the Central Plains took several days, even with Gu Han constructing wormholes multiple times.

[The Black Tortoise guards the Northern Abyss, the tortoise shell bears the stellar script.]

[Scorched patterns reveal fortune and woe, the heavenly secret is split by a single line.]

[Recklessly peering at the three stars brings chaos, carefully guard the truth of the five organs.]

[Secretly leaking the inconstant affairs, longevity is traded for the marks of the Dao!]

Gu Han took out the skin of the Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast and used it as a medium to perform the Mysterious Armor Heaven-Peering Technique.

The Netherworld Poison Flame had transformed into the shape of a butterfly and was wandering within the poison barrier of the Desolate Ancient Domain, its tracks uncertain.

But before him, it had nowhere to hide!

"Found it!"