97: The Corrosive Power of the Dead Silence

Facing Li Ye's recruitment, Black Gentleman didn't even think twice, directly dispatching five hundred Clones to prepare for action and join Changye City.

Even if all five hundred of them signed a series of contracts with Li Ye, he wasn't afraid.

One must know that his five hundred Clones were already under Black Gentleman's control from the very beginning.

Moreover, the large quantity of contract papers in the market was also anonymously provided by Black Gentleman in the trading market.

If one hundred of these five hundred people could join Li Ye's forces,

then he could further obtain intelligence on Li Ye and his core members,

and even, eventually, control a certain core member.

Wouldn't that make him equivalent to Li Ye's right-hand man?

Finding an Opportunity to kill Li Ye would be more than enough…

Black Gentleman thought to himself in secret.

Soon, five hundred players, dressed differently but all with names and nicknames, walked out of Black Emperor Pavilion.

Fifty percent of them were Qi Refining powerhouses, and fifty percent were Foundation Establishment powerhouses.

Their goal was to join Li Ye's forces.

Late at night, Li Ye gathered Bai Jie, Lin Qiuyao, Liu Xiaoyu, and Liu Xiaoxue together.

Although these four were currently Foundation Establishment Stage powerhouses among all players,

they were still somewhat weaker among the core members established by Li Ye.

Therefore, Li Ye planned to give the Legacy equipment dropped by Buddha Dragon Child to one of them.

After Li Ye expressed his intention to the four of them, they exchanged glances, their eyes filled with a hint of longing.

Especially Bai Jie.

She felt like she was just a vase and Li Ye's bed-warmer.

If not for Li Ye, she would probably have starved to death or been eaten by demons on Blood Moon Day.

And now, a powerful Opportunity could allow her to contribute to Li Ye.

Bai Jie naturally yearned for it.

"Li Ye, I want to obtain it. I, I don't want to be a vase anymore. I want to contribute my strength to you! I also want to fight when Blood Moon Day arrives!"

Bai Jie looked at Li Ye seriously and spoke directly.

Lin Qiuyao looked at her sister Bai Jie. Although she yearned for it in her heart, since Sister Bai Jie was the first to follow Li Ye, she nodded and said:

"Li Ye, give this Legacy power to Sister Bai Jie. After all, she was the first to follow you."

Lin Qiuyao had no objections.

Liu Xiaoyu and Liu Xiaoxue also had no objections.

They themselves were picked up by Li Ye.

Furthermore, currently, only Xiaoyu was developing an intimate relationship with Li Ye.

Liu Xiaoxue naturally couldn't have any objections.

Moreover, Liu Xiaoxue had already lowered her guard with the passage of time.

She stared intently at Li Ye's profile.

She somewhat understood why her sister had fallen in love with Li Ye.

However, for Liu Xiaoxue to fall in love with Li Ye herself, it was still a bit difficult to achieve.

But as for sharing a room, Liu Xiaoxue was still somewhat willing to accept it.

Although Li Ye didn't say anything,

the first group of sisters who followed Li Ye more or less gave in to Li Ye. If she didn't, she would definitely be given a hard time, right?

Liu Xiaoxue sighed and thought.

"We also have no objections."

The cute twins shook their heads and said.

Li Ye nodded.

"That's fine then, Bai Jie, these are for you."

After Li Ye finished speaking, he took out Buddha Dragon Child's Legacy light sphere and the True Buddha Legacy from his Storage Pouch.

And a complete set of Earth Rank Spiritual Artifacts.

True Buddha Kasaya, True Buddha Staff.

Fortunately, this Legacy and Spiritual Artifacts were not gender-specific.

A mature woman like Bai Jie could also become a True Buddha.

...

Bai Jie received it with joy. After learning the information about these items, she looked hesitant.

"Hu-husband, these things are for those eminent monks who believe in Buddhism, those, how to say, um, anyway, they don't suit me..."

Bai Jie looked at Li Ye hesitantly and said.

Could a beautiful woman like herself, who had already broken the precepts, truly enhance her strength through such means?

Would she suffer divine retribution?

Bai Jie was very conflicted.

She bit her lip tightly.

Li Ye shook his head, recalling the lewd and morally corrupt Buddha Dragon Child.

"Bai Jie, don't be afraid. Just treat these as a means to increase your strength."

Bai Jie nodded.

"Moreover, Bai Jie, don't you think it's incredibly stimulating?"

Li Ye thought with a mischievous smile.

Seeing this smile, Bai Jie immediately felt somewhat embarrassed.

Li Ye and she often played many tricks.

With Li Ye's guidance and teaching, Bai Jie also understood many things.

Thinking of this, she couldn't help but blush.

Yes, if she were to become a Buddha in the future, she would definitely be incomparably noble, right?

But for such an incomparably noble and sacred Buddhist woman to be Li Ye's charming wife, his little darling, how stimulating would that be...?

Under this contrast, Bai Jie didn't hesitate and directly absorbed the Legacy light sphere.

Under everyone's astonished gaze, the broken kasaya and broken staff suddenly transformed.

A white light flashed, and the kasaya and staff were suddenly repaired, forming brand new equipment.

【Heaven Rank Low Grade Spiritual Artifact: Inferior True Buddha Kasaya.】

【Heaven Rank Low Grade Spiritual Artifact: Inferior True Buddha Staff.】

From "broken" to "inferior," Bai Jie was very pleasantly surprised.

How powerful would a perfect kasaya and staff be then?

However, Bai Jie quickly stopped thinking about it.

Because the large amount of information contained in this white light rushed directly into Bai Jie's brain.

She saw some shocking scenes.

The current broken and desolate Barren Ancient Star, tens of thousands of years ago, actually had an unimaginably exaggerated Cultivation civilization.

In that civilization, there were countless powerful forces.

In that civilization, Soul Transformation experts were as common as dogs,

Void Refining experts walked everywhere,

and even those in the Upper Three Realms of Dao Integration Stage, Mahayana Stage, and even Undergoing Tribulation Stage existed.

How could it compare to the current dilapidated Barren Ancient Star, where a Nascent Soul could dominate?

And, even above Undergoing Tribulation, there were true Immortals.

However, Bai Jie quickly broke out in a sweat.

Seeing Bai Jie's appearance, Li Ye quickly understood that the Legacy light sphere Bai Jie absorbed contained many memories.

Presumably, Buddha Dragon Child knew this before.

Indeed,

in Bai Jie's memories, that flourishing Cultivation civilization seemed to have encountered a huge crisis.

For some unknown reason, the Spiritual Qi energy of Barren Ancient Star became increasingly low.

First, the true Immortals left.

They opened up a brand new Small World and resided within it.

Because the Spiritual Qi content was getting lower and lower,

soon, not only the true Immortals,

but even those in the Undergoing Tribulation Stage began to experience it; their Spiritual Qi began to uncontrollably leak out.

The Undergoing Tribulation Stage Cultivators who had learned spatial techniques once again opened up brand new Small Worlds, and then fled Barren Ancient Star.

Of course, the Small Worlds opened by Immortals were more than just a little bit more powerful than the Small Worlds opened by these Undergoing Tribulation Stage Cultivators.

The course of history is similar.

Soon, the Mahayana Stage Cultivators also couldn't bear it anymore.

The Dao Integration Stage Cultivators also couldn't bear it.

Finally, Void Refining, Soul Transformation, and Nascent Soul Cultivators all fled.

Only a tiny fraction of Nascent Soul Stage Cultivators and those in the Lower Three Realms remained on Barren Ancient Star.

Later, the original resident who remained on Barren Ancient Star for tens of thousands of years, through countless generations, only thought that Cultivating to the Nascent Soul was the end point.

Except for some ancient books that recorded the Realms after Nascent Soul.

There was no description whatsoever of the previous long history.

They only knew that some places might refresh some Secret Realms.

However, these Secret Realms were actually Small Worlds.

Some small Secret Realms below Tier 4 were actually due to the increasingly weaker Legacies left behind by the powerful Cultivators who opened Secret Realms before.

In that Small World, the strong had already died, and each generation was weaker than the last.

Just like Yan Xiaoji and her group, their ancestors might have been powerful Soul Transformation or Nascent Soul demons.

And the key point is, the source of the True Buddha Legacy is actually from a Small World, a Secret Realm.

However, that Small World is extremely powerful.

The true Secret Realm of the True Buddha Legacy actually originated from an Immortal Realm that possessed Immortals.

...

Memory absorption completed, followed by abilities.

Bai Jie felt incredibly powerful at this moment, and her Spiritual Qi Realm was rising steadily.

Soon, before long, Bai Jie's soft black hair suddenly turned golden.

Then, an ancient and powerful aura emerged from Bai Jie.

However, due to the later changes in Barren Ancient Star, which is the current will setting, Bai Jie did not Breakthrough to the Golden Core Stage.

Li Ye saw the aura on Bai Jie and immediately understood that she was about to Break through her Realm.

So, he took out the remaining Golden Essence Pills, as well as Facing Yuan Pills and gathering summit pills, pried open Bai Jie's small mouth, and then stuffed these Medicinal Pills in.

Before long, Bai Jie's aura changed dramatically, and she suddenly broke through the calamity.

She instantly became a Golden Core master.

She slowly opened her eyes, looking at Li Ye with a moved and complex expression.

"How is it, Bai Jie?"

Li Ye rubbed her head and asked.

"Husband, I feel incredibly powerful now, and I've also gained a lot of memories."

Then, Bai Jie told Li Ye all the memories she had gained, one by one.

Li Ye's expression became serious upon hearing this.

"You mean, the source of this Legacy light sphere is the so-called Immortal Realm?"

"Yes, husband, I also feel very strange."

Bai Jie replied.

"Immortal Realm, without a doubt, is a Secret Realm with Immortals. If that's truly the case, which Secret Realm did Buddha Dragon Child obtain this Legacy from?"

Li Ye was at a loss.

After Bai Jie finished absorbing the light sphere Legacy, she also felt tired and went back to sleep.

After everyone left, Liu Xiaoxue looked at Li Ye timidly, then came before him.

"Xiaoxue, what's wrong?"

Li Ye, who was about to go play ranked matches, asked when he saw Liu Xiaoxue's hesitant expression.

"I, I've figured it out, Brother Li Ye."

Li Ye immediately understood when he saw her expression.

"Hehe, what did you figure out?"

Xiaoxue's face flushed,

"Oh, oh my, Brother Li Ye, it's, it's Xiaoxue..."

Liu Xiaoxue looked like she didn't dare to look at Li Ye.

However, a pair of large hands embraced Liu Xiaoxue, and Liu Xiaoxue immediately let out a startled cry, struggling slightly to show a bit of reserve, and then became docile...

...

After Liu Xiaoxue fell asleep, Li Ye went to play ranked matches again.

You know, the experience with Liu Xiaoxue and Liu Xiaoyu was completely different.

Although they were twins, there were subtle differences between them.

Soon, Li Ye easily cleared his first nine matches.

It's worth mentioning that Li Ye encountered Xiao Yan again in the ninth match.

It seemed Xiao Yan hadn't gone to sleep so late next door.

Now, everyone in Changye City had a courtyard mansion.

Anyway, Li Ye had enough resources every day and gave them plenty of gold coins.

After thoroughly dealing with the little imp Xiao Yan, Li Ye started the tenth ranked match.

Li Ye was once again refreshed and teleported to that white flat ground.

It was also the familiar light screen.

Above the light screen was a less familiar ID.

Eternal Night vs. Tian Lan.

The next moment, the white light screen disappeared.

Just as Li Ye was about to end the battle with a single strike, he found that the person in front of him had no intention of fighting.

His body seemed to be corroded by a terrifying power, his skin was festering and appeared a strange black, as if he had suffered some mysterious and malicious curse.

That evil aura permeated around him like a plague, sending shivers down one's spine.

Even more chilling was his distorted face, his muscles twitching, revealing an expression of extreme pain, yet with an indescribable hint of pleasure, as if he was enjoying the thrill brought by the intense pain.

His eyes were bloodshot, staring intently ahead, revealing madness and despair; his mouth was wide open, emitting bursts of shrill screams, the sound echoing through the sky, deafening.

Against the backdrop of this terrifying scene, he was like a fiend crawling out of the abyss of Hell, exuding an aura of death and destruction.

However, when the person in front of him saw Li Ye, his ferocious expression suddenly became calm, even somewhat joyful.

"Finally, finally, I've met a strong person. Just now, just now, who were those matched? What kind of ghosts were they... cough cough cough..."

Tian Lan exclaimed with emotion.

"What's wrong with you? You're in this state and you still plan to participate in ranked matches?"

Li Ye subtly took a step back.

"Master, this person seems to be poisoned..."

Yan Xiaoji also looked seriously at the evil and suffering man in front of her.

"Cough cough cough, Li Ye, it's you, that's great. My name is Tian Lan, I was the 15th ranked player yesterday, named Tian Lan, from region 101. I've also been matched with you before.

As you can see, I'm dying. I was poisoned in the Dead Silence World.

This poison is called Deadly Stillness...

Under the erosion of Deadly Stillness, no matter who it is, they will die. My sanity is about to drop to 0, Li Ye.

I beg you, stop the Dead Silence World! Only you can stop the Dead Silence World, stop its erosion of Barren Ancient Star..."

Li Ye looked at this scene seriously.

He had also heard about the turmoil of the Dead Silence World Secret Realm from Ning Jiuxiao.

He also knew how terrifying this matter was.

Otherwise, Zhao Ming wouldn't have migrated large troops and continuously absorbed new forces.

If the Dead Silence World isn't stopped, other areas might not be affected, but at least within the 113th region, there will be a huge impact...

"Okay, I understand. But Tian Lan, I really want to know, why are you still concerned about other players when you're about to die?"

Tian Lan gave a tragic smile,

"Because I have a daughter who also Transmigrated to Barren Ancient Star. I've always wanted to see her, to find her, but I've never had any news of her.

But in my heart, she's still alive. I don't want the Dead Silence World to spread across Barren Ancient Star..."

"I understand."

Li Ye nodded.