98: Chapter 98 The Dark Ages Will Always Pass

The Old Soldier's voice was hoarse as he recounted the cruelest truth of this era, revealing it to this group of newcomers.

The surroundings were silent.

The wind stopped.

The black Qi emerging from the slash marks also ceased its movement.

On the zhou tian star boat, the atmosphere, which had just eased due to Li Yuanbao's childish words, was once again suppressed to freezing point.

Consort Xiao Yu, Yue Chan, and the other mothers held their children even tighter.

For the first time, fear appeared on their faces.

Not for themselves.

But for the treasures in their arms.

It was an instinct born of motherhood.

The picture painted by the Old Soldier was too wicked.

To refine their children alive into great medicine.

This thought was an invisible poisonous thorn, piercing into their hearts.

Old Soldier Cang knelt there.

He stopped speaking, only using those turbid, sorrow-filled eyes to gaze at that unusually calm man.

Things had been said to this extent.

He did not believe there was anyone in this world who could remain indifferent.

He had already seen it.

After struggling violently, the other party would eventually choose reason and choose to retreat.

Then, driving that magnificent divine boat, they would flee from this cursed land in a panic.

This was the only, and also the most correct, choice.

However.

A soft chuckle rang out.

Breaking the frozen scene.

"Heh."

It was Li Xuan.

He laughed.

The laughter was very light, very faint, even carrying a hint of indescribable pleasure.

A child who had listened to a horror story for a long time was not scared, but instead found something fun.

Old Soldier Cang looked up abruptly.

The pleading expression on his face froze.

The several consorts on the boat were also stunned.

They looked at their husband in unison, their eyes full of confusion.

Li Xuan scanned the dilapidated Southern Heaven Gate, his gaze sweeping over the huge slash marks, and finally falling back on the sluggish Old Soldier.

He nodded, as if summarizing.

"So that's how it is."

"I thought that the Immortal Realm was peaceful and prosperous, with Immortals walking everywhere, and that this trip would be too boring."

Li Xuan muttered to himself.

The voice was not loud, but it clearly reached everyone's ears.

Boring?

A trip?

Old Soldier Cang's mind went blank instantly.

He called this a trip?

He thought this Hell, where even an Immortal King had to struggle to survive, would be boring?

Was this guy crazy, or stupid enough not to understand what he was saying?

"Sir! You..."

Cang wanted to speak again, wanting to repeat those bloody realities.

Li Xuan waved his hand, interrupting him.

"Senior."

Li Xuan's expression became more serious.

He looked at this loyal, yet desperate guardian before him and spoke calmly.

"I have understood everything you said."

"But you only got half of it right."

"This place is indeed not a paradise; it is fraught with crises and filled with slaughter and death."

His words made the Old Soldier, who had just felt a sense of absurdity, tense up again.

Fortunately.

He understood.

Li Xuan's next sentence, however, shocked him greatly.

"But it is also not some grave."

"In my opinion..."

Li Xuan's gaze became sharp.

"This place is just a piece of paper that has been dirtied."

"There is a lot of graffiti, but there is also a lot of blank space."

"It allows me to draw the future as I please."

A blank sheet of paper?

Old Soldier Cang pondered this term, looking at Li Xuan blankly, not understanding the meaning behind his words.

He only saw that man smile confidently.

"A chaotic era is always much more interesting than an orderly one."

"Besides..."

Li Xuan turned around, back to him, looking towards the endless Death Qi and darkness in the depths of the Immortal Realm.

"I, Li Xuan, have never known what 'retreat' is."

"The more others want what I have in my hands, the more I like to put it in front of them, and then smile and ask them."

"Can you take it?"

Boom!

As the words fell.

An Aura far exceeding that of a Great Emperor, and surpassing the broken Laws of this world, radiated from Li Xuan, vanishing in an instant.

That Aura was not violent, but incomparably noble, hiding the supreme authority to command the heavens and reorganize the universe.

That was the breath of the destiny he had just obtained.

Under the washing of this Aura, Old Soldier Cang, kneeling on the ground, felt his Divine Soul tremble.

His Immortal King Origin, which had lasted for hundreds of millions of years and was exhausted, was ridiculously insignificant in front of this Aura.

He could not give birth to any thought of resistance.

At this moment, in a trance, he did not see a Lower Realm ascender.

It was a supreme Immortal Emperor who had walked out of ancient myths and dominated the ups and downs of the era.

Standing right in front of him.

This feeling was even more shocking than when he had seen the Lord of the Heavenly Court from afar back then.

Even more profound.

Old Soldier Cang was stunned.

He opened his mouth, kneeling there, lost for a moment.

That terrifying Aura came quickly and went quickly.

Li Xuan instantly restrained all his Aura and returned to his gentle appearance.

He clapped his hands and shouted to his family on the zhou tian star boat:

"Alright, the alarm is lifted, everyone relax a bit."

"Just a few rats hiding in the gutter, not strong enough to refine us into medicine."

His relaxed tone made the women feel much more at ease.

That's right.

What were they afraid of?

With their husband here.

The sky would never collapse.

"Daddy! Daddy! I want to go beat up the bad guy who wants to refine me into medicine!"

The eldest prince, Li Changsheng, was the first to react, waving his little wooden sword with righteous indignation.

"Yes! Beat him! Let him know how powerful Yue'er is!"

The second princess, Li Qingyue, also clenched her little fists, tears still hanging in the corners of her eyes, also angry and full of hostility.

"One that can extend life for an era... woo, I really want to know how much I am worth..."

The third prince, Li Yuanbao's thoughts were always different, counting his fingers, falling into new distress.

Looking at the revitalized children and the wives who were smiling again, Li Xuan nodded.

Only then did he turn his head to look at the Old Soldier who was still kneeling on the ground in a daze, revealing a smile.

"Senior, the ground is cold, get up and talk."

Cang jolted and woke up.

He climbed up from the ground using his hands and feet, and the look in his eyes when he looked at Li Xuan had completely changed.

No longer looking at a junior.

But awe, shock, and a spark he hadn't even noticed himself.

A glimmer of hope.

Perhaps... perhaps this era is really different?

Perhaps this man can really... create a miracle?

"Alright, Senior, stop talking about those useless things."

Li Xuan walked up to him and patted his shoulder.

"What you just said, about the Immortal King Family, the Immortal Ancient Sect, the remnants of darkness... mark their locations on the map for me."

"Ah?"

Cang was stunned again.

"Ah what?"

Li Xuan took out a blank Jade Slip and stuffed it into his hand.

"Hurry up, don't waste time, I have a family waiting to eat."

"Sir... you... what are you doing with this?"

Cang asked with a trembling voice.

"Of course, to pay a... friendly visit."

Li Xuan said as a matter of course.

"Since we are here, we have to pay our respects and meet our new neighbors."

A friendly visit?

Neighbors?

Cang's expression froze.

No matter how he listened, he felt that the friendly visit in Li Xuan's mouth was not quite the same as what he understood.

Seeing that the Old Soldier was still hesitating, Li Xuan coaxed him.

"Senior, think about it, the dark era will always pass, right? But it won't pass by itself, someone has to pierce this sky."

"You have guarded here for hundreds of millions of years, isn't it just waiting for such a person?"

"Now, I am here."

Li Xuan's voice was not loud, but every word made the Old Soldier's heart tremble.

"Instead of continuing to rot here, clinging to the glory of the past, until being swallowed by darkness, why not... change the way of living."

"Follow me and see how a brand new era begins."

A glimmer of light flashed in Li Xuan's eyes.

Cang looked at him, his heart greatly shaken.

Change the way of living.

A brand new era.

Yes, he had guarded for too long.

So long that he had forgotten why he was fighting.

He was just relying on an obsession, a loyalty to the past Heavenly Court, sitting here withered, waiting, and then rotting.

What he waited for was the Reincarnation of one era after another.

A deeper despair each time.

But today, what he waited for was different.

This man, arrogant, domineering, and wildly boundless.

But it was precisely this madness, this self-confidence that did not put everything in his eyes, that dispelled the long-standing despair in his heart.

Old Soldier Cang took a breath.

His hunched body slowly straightened.

His turbid eyes lit up.

The light called Battle Intent.

"Good!"

He roared hoarsely.

"Subordinate... is willing to fight another era for Sir!"

He took the Jade Slip and did not hesitate.

Divine Sense surged.

A vast and complex map of the Immortal Realm, filled with various force markers, began to take shape in the Jade Slip.

After a while, he handed the Jade Slip back to Li Xuan.

"Sir, this is the distribution map of the forces in the remaining Immortal Realm."

"The closest to us is the Ghost Soul Ancient Cult. The leader is a fallen Immortal King who survived from ancient times, specializing in the soul path, with cruel means and notorious reputation."

Li Xuan took the Jade Slip, scanned it with his Divine Sense, and nodded.

"Ghost Soul Ancient Cult, right? The name doesn't sound very decent."

He turned around, took a step, returned to the deck of the zhou tian star boat, and held up the Jade Slip in his hand.

"Girls, sons, cheer up!"

"Our Immortal Realm adventure, the first stop — Ghost Soul Ancient Cult Theme Park, officially set off!"

Hum!

The zhou tian star boat shone brightly and turned its bow.

At the bow of the ship, a huge main cannon condensed by the Zhou Tian Star Array, flickering with starlight, began to charge.

Old Soldier Cang stood on the spot, watching the divine boat that was about to set sail, suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly shouted:

"Sir! No! The Ghost Soul Ancient Cult has a deep foundation, there are many experts in the sect, and there is an Immortal King Array guarding it. If you go like this..."

His words had not finished.

The zhou tian star boat had already turned into a stream of light, without stopping, rushing straight towards the area where the Ghost Soul Ancient Cult was located, shrouded in endless black fog.

Leaving only a long, ethereal voice echoing in front of the empty Southern Heaven Gate.

"Don't worry."

"We are just going to collect a toll."