Without the obstacle of a clear outcome, it was easy for them to get up there.
Once we got up there, we discovered a natural cave with a chair carved from ice in front of it.
Jiang Si followed the direction of the chair and realized that it was facing the desert where her senior sister was trapped.
Jiang Si desperately suppressed her breathing; she was determined to reduce that person to ashes.
There were also some cooking utensils from an unknown period of time inside.
On a bed made of ice, lay a human-shaped skeleton dressed in a blue robe.
It must be that perverted person.
However, Jiang Si felt that the blue dress looked strangely familiar.
The two dared not move forward rashly.
"Strange, this place is covered in snow all year round, so why would that person turn into skeletons?" No one comes here, and at this altitude, there isn't even a living creature. How could he have turned into this?
"It might be a backlash," Jiang Si said, her voice filled with hatred.
This backlash is the least of their worries!
Jiang Si cast a spell from a distance, but there was no response.
It seems there are no mechanisms inside the barrier.
Even so, the two still followed closely behind.
Until they entered the cave.
The skeleton on the ice bed had its hands folded over its abdomen, in a relaxed posture. If you ignored the fact that it was a skull, it would look like it was asleep.
Jiang Si lowered her eyes; she wouldn't mistake it.
This is precisely the attire of her sect.
Could this person be someone from within the sect?
She lifted a corner of her clothes and sure enough, there was a waist tag.
The words "Ling Xingchen of Qingyun Temple" were clearly written on it.
Her junior brother.
Han Yunluo also saw it and exclaimed in surprise, "How could this be? Isn't this someone from your sect?"
Jiang Si smiled wryly: "I'd like to know too."
She couldn't believe that the person who harmed her senior sister was that beloved junior brother.
Jiang Si pulled up the waist token, and in that instant, the skull turned into powder and dissipated in the air. Among the scattered specks, a figure emerged.
It was none other than her genius junior brother, Ling Xingchen.
His cultivation level was almost on par with Jiang Si's.
He stood in the air, his gaze not fixed on them; clearly, this was an illusion spell cast by Ling Xingchen before his death.
"Senior Sister Jiang Si, I knew you would come."
"The moment you released the seal on me, my soul and that of Senior Sister Qingtong were already gone. Perhaps we can still meet under the Bridge of Helplessness."
"When you died fighting the Asura King, your sect used its last strength to send you to a certain place. This angered the Asura King, who slaughtered his entire sect. My senior sister and I were sealed here by him, enduring ten thousand years of loneliness and pain."
"The Asura King will return sooner or later, so you must be fully prepared."
After saying this, Ling Xingchen disappeared.
Jiang Si clenched her fists, unable to believe what she was seeing.
She thought that with her death, the Asura King would also vanish, but she never expected that he would not die and would slaughter her entire sect.
Han Yunluo was also shocked by this grudge from ten thousand years ago.
I never imagined that it would be so tragic back then.
For a moment, she didn't know how to comfort Jiang Si.
Jiang Si suppressed her emotions, "It's good, at least they won't have to suffer like this anymore. I'm going down to find them."
"Okay, I'll go with you."
Since this was her junior brother's final resting place, Jiang Si didn't want it to be disturbed. She set up a new barrier before leaving, and then with a turn, the two disappeared into the snowstorm.
When they went down, they happened to encounter Yama, the King of Hell, patrolling the streets.
He was flanked by the Black and White Impermanence, and the Judge was also there; he looked quite imposing.
Recently, King Yama may be trying to keep up with the times and take a more approachable route to the higher-ups, checking who had a difficult reincarnation, who was cut in line for reincarnation, and who became a corrupt official.
Upon seeing Jiang Si, he chuckled and went up to greet her.
"Master Jiang, Master Han, it's been a long time."
"I was unaware of your presence and what brings you here?"
Jiang Si: "..."
“I want to ask King Yama about someone,” Jiang Si said.
King Yan waved his hand, "It was nothing, Master Jiang, you don't need to be so polite."
The judge stepped forward and asked, "Who are you two looking for?" The Book of Life and Death appeared in his hand with a flick of his wrist.
It records the fates of thousands upon thousands of people.
Legend has it that only the judges of each generation could see it; even if others found it, it would be a blank book.
"Fu Qingtong, Ling Xingchen."
The judge stroked his beard, opened the Book of Life and Death, and read aloud: "Fu Qingtong, Ling Xingchen."
Perhaps it was the longing for home that made Jiang Si a little nervous.
The judge's brow furrowed more deeply as he flipped through the pages. "The two people you mentioned are not listed in the Book of Life and Death."
"Impossible." Jiang Si didn't believe it. "Look it up again. If they died, where would their souls go if not to the underworld?"
"Have you investigated thoroughly?" King Yama asked.
Clearly, he remembered those two names.
The judge has only been in office for a thousand years and is not aware of events from the past.
“Indeed, he is not here.” The judge shook his head. “If he is not in the Book of Life and Death, perhaps he has already escaped the cycle of reincarnation.”
Having transcended reincarnation and been outside the Three Realms and Five Elements, one is naturally no longer subject to the control of the Book of Life and Death.
Seeing the solemn expressions on everyone's faces, the judge suggested another possibility: "There is another possibility, perhaps they went to another small world."
Not being in this world, one is naturally not in this Book of Life and Death.
But this possibility is extremely slim.
To reach another small world, one must traverse the void.
From ancient times to the present, it seems that only one person has this ability, and that is the Kaiyuan True Ancestor. However, the Kaiyuan True Ancestor has long since gone to some other world to enjoy himself, so he certainly wouldn't be so idle.
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