Chapter 114

Jitang looked at Lan Yanli's back and suddenly walked forward.

She quickly walked out of Su Jinzhou's spiritual power range, and Su Jinzhou condensed a spiritual shield that seemed to be real to protect her.

Huan Mang secretly sighed, this spiritual shield was many times more dense than the ones on their bodies, it was like clear water ripples on it, the waves were shimmering.

Jitang approached Lanyan and could see the person in Lanyan clearly.

The ferryman stopped her and said, "Don't come near."

Ji Tang's eyes were red, and he managed to calm down and said, "My fellow Daoist, this is an old friend. Please let me go."

The ferryman frowned, "The Netherworld Flame is filled with death energy. You, a cultivator from another realm, can't do anything to it."

Before Ji Tang could make any move, a stream of spiritual power suddenly broke through the thick and insoluble death energy and fell on the burning Netherworld flame.

In an instant, the Netherworld flames were extinguished as if by ice water. In the steaming gray mist, the deathly aura scattered and rushed into the calm and peaceful Forgotten Sea, and was no longer seen.

The ferryman looked back in surprise.

Su Jinzhou's expression remained unchanged, and his calm eyes were as calm as the Wangchuan Sea.

The ferryman was secretly startled. When he looked again, Su Jinzhou had already turned his gaze to the woman who was walking hurriedly on the surface of the water. At that moment, his calm eyes changed, so quickly that the ferryman thought he was dizzy.

When Ji Tang walks on the sea, the spiritual shield will separate her feet from the sea surface. It seems that she is walking on it, but in fact there is still some distance between her feet and the sea surface.

The person in the blue flame had her feet stuck in the Forgotten Sea. The water was as thick as a swamp. Her feet were covered by the water and her body was slowly sinking.

Gray fog and a roaring deathly aura filled the air around this person. Ji Tang got closer and could see more clearly. He immediately confirmed her identity: "Qing Yue?"

This person is a close relative of hers, Tan Qingyue.

"Why is she on the Lethe Sea?"

The ferryman's voice came from behind him, "Those with obsessions will enter the realm of the dead. Once the obsession is dispelled, they will be able to reincarnate. However, those with too strong obsessions cannot dispel them even in the realm of the dead. Over the years, many souls are confused and confused, only remembering that they have unfinished business, but forgetting what they wanted in their previous life, and are trapped in the city forever."

"There are also souls like her who remember their obsessions and want to cross the Forgotten Sea and return to its origins. They will then undergo the torment of soul refinement in the Forge there and return to the human world."

Ji Tang: "She can't hear me?"

Ferryman: "I can't hear it, and I can't see it."

Ji Tangyu was anxious. "How can she get across such a vast Forgotten Sea if she doesn't know the direction and can't hear any sound?"

The ferryman said, "It's against fate for the dead to return to the human world. Some aren't destined to die, but they come to the Oblivion River. The capable ones fight for a chance to survive, but most can't even make it across the Oblivion Sea. Some are like her, whose fate is over, yet she still insists on crossing the Oblivion River." The ferryman's cold gaze fell on Tan Qingyue's back. "Even if she did cross the sea, she couldn't endure the pain of soul refining, and ended up with her soul torn apart."

He turned and left, "I've seen this too many times."

Ji Tang caught up with her and asked, "Is there any way to make her see and hear it?"

The ferryman did not look back. "The blood of the living cleanses the eyes, and the blood of the foreigners cleanses the ears."

Before Ji Tang could say anything, Su Jinzhou and Huan Mang cut their wounds, one dripping water into Tan Qingyue's eyes and the other into her ears.

Tan Qingyue felt someone holding her gently, and she could see the dark Forgotten Sea in front of her eyes which had been dark for a long time. Although it was still a little blurry, she could finally see.

She hadn't seen anything for a long time, and when she did, her eyes were sore and she couldn't hide her excitement. Before she could really see, there was a sudden buzzing in her ears, and then she heard someone talking.

The sound seemed to be covered by a thick cover, but after just a few breaths, the sound became clear.

"Qingyue, can you hear me?"

Tan Qingyue was stunned for a moment, then turned around and saw Jitang's face.

She couldn't utter a word and couldn't stop crying.

Ji Tang hugged her tightly and noticed that her whole body was shaking, and strange tones and crying sounds came out of her mouth.

Chu Jinhuai guessed, "She must have not spoken for too long, and she will be fine after a while of recovery."

Jitang nodded gently, his eyes red.

The group split up and Chu Jinhuai took Huanmang and Jiuxiao to find Yebaidu. The black-clad forces were of great importance and could not be delayed.

Ji Tang and Su Jin Zhou were with Tan Qing Yue. After she finally calmed down, Ji Tang asked, "Qing Yue, do you want to go back to the human world?"

It was not easy for Tan Qingyue to hold on until now. She shook her head a little slowly, and spoke very slowly, pausing after each word. "No, I've been looking for Qian Chen."

"Su Qianchen?" Ji Tang looked at Su Jinzhou.

Didn't he die over 1,300 years ago? At his funeral, Jitang had gone from afar to see him off. Tan Qingyue was heartbroken at the time, and Jitang secretly sought her out, staying with her for a long time until she said she wanted to travel across the Kyushu Continent, and they finally parted ways.

Su Jinzhou's eyes dimmed slightly and he shook his head at Jitang.

Tan Qingyue suddenly grabbed Jitang's hand, "He didn't reincarnate!" The more anxious she became, the unclear her voice became. She was anxious and embarrassed, and she kept grabbing Jitang's hand tightly.

"Is that why you entered the River of Oblivion? How did you get into the River of Oblivion?"

Tan Qingyue lowered her head.

"Qingyue?"

Tan Qingyue stammered, "I'll end it myself..."

A chill kept spreading over Jitang's body.

For a long while, Ji Tang did not say a word.

Su Jinzhou patted her back gently and asked Tan Qingyue, "How did you know that he didn't reincarnate?"

Tan Qingyue: "When I was traveling, I met a powerful person in the Cave Void Stage. He promised me to go to Wangchuan to look for someone. He said he saw Qian Chen and said he was in the realm of the dead. Qian Chen asked him to tell me that he would return to the human world to find me and asked me to wait for him!"

With Tan Qingyue's ability, it would be extremely difficult for her to return to the human world, let alone Su Qianchen.

Tan Qingyue: "I waited for him for a long time, but he never showed up." She smiled sadly, but her eyes were firm. "I thought he must be as anxious as I am, so I stopped waiting for him and decided to come find him."

She shook her head. "He's not in the Realm of the Dead. When I was searching for him, I finally understood what it would take to cross the Sea of Oblivion. I knew he must have been lost at sea, so I went into the sea to look for him."

"If we can't return to the human world with him, then we'll stay in Wangchuan forever. As long as we're with him, it doesn't matter where we are."

Ji Tang: "When did you enter the Wangchuan River?"

Tan Qingyue thought for a long time before vaguely remembering something. She said uncertainly, "Qingyu five thousand one hundred... one hundred..." She slumped her shoulders and said, "I can't remember..."

Ji Tang roughly calculated that according to what she said, she must have stayed in Wangchuan for at least several hundred years.

"Come on, I'll take you to find out." Ji Tang said as he was about to take her into the realm of the dead.

Tan Qingyue was bewildered. "Ask?"

Ji Tang turned around and smiled, "We have someone!"

The so-called person is Ye Baidu in front of him.

Ye Baidu had just finished listening to the three people talk about the black-clad forces, and had finally finished asking all the questions in his mind, when he saw Jitang leading a dead person towards him.

"Brother Du, can I ask you something?" Ji Tang had been in the underworld for quite some time, so his words had a bit of a gangster vibe to them.

When you ask someone to do something for you, don't you have to get close to them?

Ye Baidu was distracted for a moment but quickly concealed it. His pale face was expressionless as he glanced at her indifferently, "What's the matter?"

Ji Tang: "This is a good friend of mine from the same clan. He wants to find someone here."

Ye Baidu was usually taciturn: "Who is it?"

Tan Qingyue hurried forward and saluted.

Ye Baidu lowered his eyes and looked at her coldly, "Ye Wangchuan doesn't like these things."

Tan Qingyue finally stood up straight. "His name is Su Qianchen. He was a native of Sujia, Chenwuzhou. He has royal blood and has cultivated to the Heart Beating Stage. He's different from ordinary people. Do you have any impression of him?"

Ye Baidu: "No impression."

Tan Qingyue asked anxiously: "Please, please think about it again and help me..."

Su Jinzhou stepped forward and said, "This is my brother. Please think about it carefully."

Ye Baidu seemed to suppress his impatience, but he didn't show it on the surface: "...What's his name?"

Tan Qingyue immediately said, "His name is Su Qianchen! Across the galaxy, his loyalty remains as strong as ever."

Ye Baidu closed his eyes and opened them after a long while. "He has already died."

"Impossible!" A sharp voice burst out from Tan Qingyue's mouth, and she said a series of "impossible".

The deceased could not shed tears, she could not find an outlet for her emotions, and her figure became increasingly ethereal.

Ji Tang frowned, "What's going on?"

Ye Baidu: "The reason why the deceased can stay in Yewangchuan for so long is entirely due to their obsession. If their obsession wavers, the deceased will naturally dissipate."

Jitang tried to hug Tan Qingyue, but was pushed away by Tan Qingyue.

She seemed not to recognize Jitang anymore. His increasingly weak figure was pulled and deformed by the death energy, and the figure looked like a monster.

Ji Tang felt a warmth behind him and was caught by Su Jinzhou.

She heard Su Jinzhou talking in the direction of Tan Qingyue, "Let's go to the entrance of Wangchuan River and the Soul Refining Ground. Maybe there will be a trace of Qianchen's soul there."

Jitang grabbed Su Jinzhou's arms tightly around him.

His long black sleeves did not touch her, but only blocked her in front.

Tan Qingyue was in great pain, and Su Jinzhou would also feel bad because that was his biological brother.

Su Jinzhou seemed to know what Ji Tang was thinking. He turned his arm, patted her forearm with his palm, and whispered, "It's okay."

The dead kept appearing at the entrance of Yewangchuan. They followed Ye Baidu to the furnace. The closer they got, the more desolate it became.

Ye Baidu raised his hand and pointed to the furnace in front of him. "All the dead need to enter there to endure the pain of soul refining. Only those who can walk out can return to the human world."

The gray sand surrounding the furnace resembled dry land, with countless cracks, some deep and some shallow, spreading through them. A suffocating dead air flowed through these cracks, like boiling water, constantly emitting bubbles and hot mist.

Huan Mang and the other two were forced back by the deathly aura. Their faces looked extremely ugly, and their condition did not improve until Su Jinzhou increased the thickness of the spiritual shield.

Jiu Xiao felt dizzy and asked, "What are these?"

Yebaidu: "The soul of the deceased who failed in soul refining."

Several people had complicated expressions.

Tan Qingyue ran towards the furnace.

Ji Tang paid attention to her and asked Ye Baidu, "What's in the furnace? How do you refine the soul?"

Ye Baidu looked at her meaningfully, and his eyes quickly returned to indifference. "It's probably like the ultimate punishment in the human world, or the thunder piercing the heart in the world of cultivation."

To sum it up in one sentence, even if you endure tremendous suffering, you may not be able to survive.

Ji Tang's expression was solemn, "That Su Qianchen..."

Ye Baidu: "In thousands of years, only one person has entered the furnace and successfully emerged."

Ji Tang shrugged: "Could it be your old friend?"

Ye Baidu stopped talking.