A clear, melodious voice, like that of a nightingale, rang in my ears.
The delicate, wispy strands, like a secluded spring in a deep valley, are soothing and refreshing.
Chen Tai'a was startled, then looked up and saw the beautiful woman standing in front of him, looking at him with a worried expression.
"Miss……"
He stood up abruptly, looked around for a long time, and only when he was sure that he wasn't dreaming and that the person in front of him was really there did he smile.
"It's alright, it's alright."
Chen Tai'a kept muttering to himself.
At this moment, he had none of the air of a hermit master. He was like a kind old man seeing his granddaughter, his lips almost curling up to the sky and his eyebrows beaming with uncontrollable joy.
As always, Ye Mujiu had a faint smile on her lips. The noble temperament she exuded with every smile and frown was like that of a fairy who had never been touched by worldly food, who had entered the mortal world for the first time, and was so beautiful that she was beyond compare.
She has changed, yet it seems she hasn't changed at all.
Or to put it another way, her temperament has undergone a dramatic change. If before she had a youthful beauty, like a flower bud waiting to bloom, now that youthfulness has faded, leaving only an intoxicating fragrance.
whoosh whoosh
Outside the altar, the howls and wails of the demons and monsters grew even fiercer, while inside the lantern, the light from the burning sandalwood began to fade, seemingly reaching its limit and about to succumb to the onslaught.
At this moment, Ye Mujiu noticed the changes in the outside world. She raised her head slightly, chuckled softly, and her gaze immediately fell on the demons and monsters that had turned into ethereal spirits.
At this moment, Chen Tai'a stepped forward, blocking Ye Mujiu's way, and said, "Miss, leave these matters to this old man."
Ye Mujiu gently shook her head, then took light steps past Chen Tai'a and arrived at the edge in a few steps.
The howling wind was so strong it could practically devour a person alive.
One step further, and you'll reach a place beyond the reach of light.
She turned to look at Chen Tai'a and said, "Grandpa Chen..."
As she spoke, she quietly swept her hand down.
Instantly, a strange light emanated from his palm, rippling violently like a stone falling into calm water.
boom
With a loud bang, holy light rippled out from in front of Ye Mujiu. In an instant, the light intensified and spread outwards from her center.
The demons and monsters roared sharply, and any spirits that touched the holy light were instantly reduced to dust and vanished.
Soon, in the blink of an eye, the wailing and howling demons and monsters disappeared, and the land was restored to light. However, the ground still bore the large and small, hideous scars.
"Miss."
Chen Tai'a looked surprised, stepped forward, and chuckled, "You've made great progress! Not bad, not bad at all, congratulations!"
Ye Mujiu smiled and said, "Fortunately, the trip to the Gate of Life and Death was not in vain."
As she spoke, her clear gaze turned to the air, where the space seemed slightly distorted.
Is anyone there?
Only then did Chen Tai'a notice the anomaly. After releasing his senses, he sneered and said, "Distinguished guests who have come from afar from the Eastern Divine Continent, since you are here, why don't you dare to show yourselves and have a chat?"
As soon as the words fell, a violent thunderclap resounded throughout the world. Above, pale blue lightning, like a silver river, descended from the sky.
Apart from the altar, the rest of the land was not spared and was enveloped by powerful lightning. The ground was scorched immediately. Then, an extremely powerful force tore through the void, and among the many lightning figures, one person slowly appeared.
"Hehehe... You old codger, I truly didn't expect you to be guarding this place so closely, but..."
The man's face was covered in wrinkles, which piled up like ravines, making him look extremely old.
He held a scepter in his hand, inside which was a transparent crystal ball. Within the crystal ball, a black tortoise was faintly visible, and coiled around the tortoise was a large, emerald-green snake. The snake flicked its tongue, and its eyes shone like emeralds.
"The Black Tortoise Scepter... You are the Black Tortoise Venerable Luo Xiao..."
Even Chen Tai'a could hardly contain his shock at this moment.
Xuanwu Venerable Luo Xiao is a powerful figure who has already stepped into the Quasi-Emperor level. As a martial artist with a strategic presence in the Eastern Divine Continent, he will not easily appear unless a major war breaks out between various forces.
Chen Tai'a took a deep breath and said with a gloomy expression, "The Eastern Divine Continent is really willing to spend money, even using you. I'm telling you, this is within the territory of the Great Qin Domain. You should think carefully about the consequences of attacking the Holy Maiden of the Great Qin Domain."
"Hahahaha..."
These threatening words only elicited Luo Xiao's loud laughter. After he had laughed to his heart's content, he suddenly said, "The Great Qin Domain... tsk tsk tsk, what a big face you have."
After speaking, he pointed the scepter at Chen Tai'a, and an almost terrifying spiritual energy surged out instantly, enveloping the entire world in a short moment.
As the flickering lightning swept in, the slightly hunched body revealed a lean frame beneath the cloth robes, and an indescribable aura of terror immediately emanated from it.
Finally, everything converged on the Xuanwu Scepter. Inside the scepter, the black tortoise and the green snake on its body burst forth with dazzling light, like a sleeping, angry dragon now displaying its violent power.
A vast, overwhelming thunderbolt descended from afar, as if the sky itself had been torn open by such immense power. Countless terrifying pressures instantly enveloped this space, and above the dazzling lightning, the slightly hunched figure appeared like a god.
"Miss, I'll cover you, and we'll run when we get the chance." Chen Tai'a had already prepared for the worst, but he still glanced at Ye Mujiu with some unease.
Even after experiencing the baptism of the Gate of Life and Death, he was still somewhat at a disadvantage when facing a quasi-emperor level expert.
Ye Mujiu asked worriedly, "What about you, Grandpa Chen? What will you do?"
Chen Tai'a comforted him, saying, "Their target is you. As long as you can escape, I will be safe."
He was referring to "them," meaning that more than just Venerable Xuanwu had come from the Eastern Divine Continent.
Facing a battle of this level, Ye Mujiu's presence here would only add to the burden. Helpless, she could only nod and say, "Okay, I'll listen to you."
Chen Tai'a smiled with satisfaction.
He immediately took a step forward.
Instantly, dazzling waves of light rippled across the garment, then shattered with a bang, revealing a lean, perfectly toned upper body.
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