Chapter 269

As the scene was too disgusting, the two decided to move.

Although it is a bit troublesome, it is much better than having a pile of insect corpses blocking the door.

After moving to a clean place, Cheng Hui prepared to take a shower. When he came out, he saw Lin Qingyang sitting on the sofa with a look of despair on his face.

Cheng Hui:?

"What's wrong?"

"It's okay..." Lin Qingyang's face twitched.

Cheng Hui thought, you don’t look like everything is alright.

He looked around and saw several insect corpses on the coffee table.

Cheng Hui: ...

Grass! (a plant)

He looked at Lin Qingyang in disbelief. What the hell was going on? Why did he bring this damn thing back?

Lin Qingyang's mouth twitched. He didn't want to do that, but he had no choice...

[I asked him to take it back.] The fine sand on the table formed a line of words.

Cheng Hui took a look and thought, oh, it turned out to be this big boss, then everything is fine.

The fine sand changed, transforming into a line of words: [Please extract the aura from these insects.]

The tone was quite polite, but it left no room for refusal.

Lin Qingyang had a wooden face as he refined the insect corpses.

Because the insects were relatively small and had been dead for half a day, there was not much breath left. Lin Qingyang spent a lot of energy to barely extract that little bit of it.

"Um?"

When this breath appeared, not only Lin Qingyang was surprised, but even Cheng Hui who was watching felt the familiar breath.

"It's the smell produced by that special item!" Cheng Hui blurted out.

The two looked at each other and were both shocked.

Why do these insect corpses have such a unique aura? Could it be that...

Cheng Hui looked at the insect corpses with a very strange look. He put on gloves, picked up an insect corpse, and put it into the spirit gathering array he had just set up.

A large amount of spiritual energy continued to wash over the insect corpse, but the insect corpse never changed at all.

Cheng Hui didn't know whether he should be disappointed or relieved. Anyway, knowing that these bugs were not transformed from anything, he felt much better.

He wasn't actually afraid of bugs. It was mainly because what happened today was so sudden. A large group of bugs suddenly appeared. In his mind, he immediately imagined that after the insect tide, only a pile of dry bones would be left on the ground..._(:з」∠)_

Maybe it's because I've watched too many movies and it left some kind of psychological trauma.

[Look again.] The fine sand changed again, and then Cheng Hui felt a strange pressure.

It was the big boss who took action.

The breath that was originally hovering around Lin Qingyang's fingertips stopped and changed slightly. Under the shocked gazes of the two people, that special breath actually turned into the breath of void air.

Cheng Hui/Lin Qingyang:!!!

"How could this happen?" Cheng Hui was very surprised.

[These bugs... were created by humans.]

Cheng Hui knew this. While there might be one or two naturally-occurring Gu worms, most were artificially cultivated. A Gu worm like the one he had mentioned earlier, with such a strong targeting ability, must have been bred for a specific purpose.

[There are traces of divine artifacts on their bodies. I suspect they were made at the site of some ancient god's ruins.]

Ancient God Relics? ?

Cheng Hui immediately imagined a scene of tentacles flying in the deep sea...

Cheng Hui: ...Pah! He traveled through the world of cultivation, not Cthulhu. The style is off!

But... no one said that there can't be Cthulhu in the world of cultivation, right?

"Ah Hui? What are you thinking about?"

"Ah? Nothing." Cheng Hui came back to his senses, met Lin Qingyang's puzzled eyes, and laughed awkwardly. "That... what is the ancient god?"

Lin Qingyang gave him a strange look and said, "Ancient gods are ancient gods, similar to ascended cultivators, but gods all follow the way of the gods. There is no inheritance of the way of the gods in the Xuanheng Realm, so it's not surprising that you don't know."

Oh, I hope it’s not Cthulhu. The settings of those Outer Gods are too anti-human. Cheng Hui even wonders if he would shoot himself just for the sake of pleasure if he traveled to that kind of world - if there were guns there.

"So those gods are from other worlds?" he asked.

"It should be..." Lin Qingyang was not quite sure. After all, the spiritual energy in the Forbidden Demon Battlefield was extremely inert. People who practiced here couldn't even build a foundation.

But the world is always changing, and no one knows whether the world was what it is now tens of thousands of years ago.

Just like the Xuanheng Realm, it is said that the Xuanheng Realm used to be a big realm, but later it experienced a war, the sky collapsed and the earth broke apart, not only the ground membrane was torn apart, but the earth also broke into several pieces.

The current Xuanheng Realm is just the largest remaining piece of debris, and many inheritances have disappeared without a trace, including the Shinto inheritance.

Lin Qingyang only learned about the gods after he left the Xuanheng Realm in his previous life.

He even visited some relics of gods and got some opportunities there.

However, the remains of gods are often particularly dangerous, because you have no idea whether the god who left behind these relics was a natural god, or became a god through incense, or was simply an evil god.

He still remembered that when he was in the Spirit Transformation Stage, he had explored an ancient relic. There were more than 20 masters with the same level of cultivation as him who went in with him. However, in the end, only he and another cultivator walked out alive. The rest almost all died, and two of them were seriously injured and reincarnated with the help of treasures.

After coming out, he searched in several small worlds and finally found some records.

It turned out that the ancient ruins they were exploring were the remains of an ancient evil god. That ancient evil god was famous for his insidiousness and cunningness. How could the ruins he left behind be a good place? He was lucky to be able to come out alive.

Since then, Lin Qingyang has been extremely wary of all kinds of gods, for fear that he would be unlucky enough to encounter an evil god, and he might end up being delivered to the evil god.

He could sense that this big guy was very interested in the ancient god's ruins, and that was why he was worried.

In terms of strength, this big guy completely crushed the two of them, which meant that they had no right to refuse his request. If this guy insisted on going to the ancient ruins, how would he dissuade him?

"Ancient God, sounds quite powerful." Cheng Hui didn't think that far. He just felt that this ancient god was indeed powerful. The insects made from the ruins he left behind could actually condense the breath of the void.

"Oh, by the way, if these insects have that kind of aura because they were made in the ancient ruins, then what about those items?" Cheng Hui took out the things that the big boss called "divine objects".

The fine sand slowly flowed, and soon formed a line of words on the coffee table: [These items may have been lost from the ruins.]

What does it mean to be stranded?

Cheng Hui was a little confused. He thought these things might have been brought out from the ruins by someone, but judging from what the boss said, it seemed that was not the case.

Lin Qingyang knew something about this.

He didn't know these things were 'divine objects' before, so he didn't think about it that way. Now it seems that only things that have drifted out of the ancient ruins can have such unique properties.

He briefly introduced the so-called ancient god ruins to Cheng Hui.

After all, this thing was once the residence of the gods. An ordinary small world cannot accommodate such a thing with the aura of gods.

Therefore, most of the ancient gods' relics are floating in the endless void. After losing their former masters, they can only wander in the void.

Continuously washed by the void storm, the outer protective shield will gradually lose energy. When the energy is consumed to a certain level, these ruins will actively attach themselves to the outside of a small world to avoid the erosion of the void storm.

The friction between the ground membrane and the protective shield will cause some tiny space cracks, and these things are very likely to have entered this world through the cracks.

The biggest difficulty in exploring the ancient gods' ruins is actually finding these ruins in the void, so when the ruins are attached to the outside of the small world, it is the best time to explore.

During this period, the outer defense has not completely disappeared, but the energy supply between the various magic arrays in the inner layer will definitely be insufficient. For cultivators, this is the best opportunity. Once the outer defense is completely broken, the ruins will disappear in a very short time. If you are still in the ruins at that time, you will most likely be swept away by the void storm.

"That is to say... there may be an ancient god's relic outside this world waiting for us to explore?" Cheng Hui summarized Lin Qingyang's words and came to this conclusion.

Lin Qingyang choked. He was actually emphasizing the danger of exploring the ancient ruins. From what Cheng Hui said, he seemed quite eager to try.

Lin Qingyang just felt a headache: "Ah Hui, did you listen to me carefully? The ancient ruins are very dangerous."

"I know." Cheng Hui nodded. "But... we cultivators are supposed to go against the will of heaven. We can't just not go because exploring ruins is dangerous, right? You also said that ancient ruins are rare, and most of them disappear into thin air. We should cherish such opportunities when we encounter them."

Seeing that Lin Qingyang was hesitant to speak, he knew that he was just worried about his safety. He couldn't help but smile: "Don't worry, we will go together. I believe you will protect me, right?"

"Of course I will protect you, I'm just worried that I can't protect you well!" Lin Qingyang said with a look of regret.

"Well, there's no such thing as 100% safe in this world. You could even choke to death while eating. I don't see anyone refusing to eat for fear of death." Cheng Hui smiled and shrugged. "I think this is a rare opportunity. There are certainly risks, but as long as we're careful and don't be greedy, it shouldn't be a big problem."

He patted Lin Qingyang on the shoulder and said, "I have a hunch that your chance to advance to the Nascent Soul stage is right there."

Lin Qingyang still frowned. All cultivators have the so-called divine connection. Since Cheng Hui said so, he believed that as long as he went, he would definitely be able to advance to the Nascent Soul stage.

But he has the memories of his previous life. As long as he practices diligently, he will be able to form a baby sooner or later. There is no need to let Cheng Hui take risks.

Seeing that Lin Qingyang still had that worried look on his face, Cheng Hui rolled his eyes and said, "Actually, I think if I'm lucky, maybe I can also advance to the Nascent Soul stage."

But after hearing what he said, Lin Qingyang was not happy but worried.

"Ah Hui... you're only in the middle stage of the Golden Core, lacking sufficient accumulation. Breaking through like this... won't leave any negative consequences for you? Besides... it's a huge opportunity for us to break through to the Nascent Soul stage together. Opportunity and danger are always relative. I still don't want you to take any risks."

Cheng Hui: ...

Oops, seems to have had the opposite effect...

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