Chapter 236 That Place is Called Blood Moon Valley
"Speak slowly, don't be impatient."
Chu Xuanyi supported the exhausted Ah Jiu and let her sit down against a relatively clean wall. He then took out a pill to restore her mind from his arms and fed it to her.
As the drug took effect, Jiu's head, which was about to explode, felt a little better.
She leaned against the cold wall, panting as she described the scene she had just seen in her mind in as much detail as possible.
"A mountain, very high, alone, with nothing around it."
"The mountain was covered in red fog, very thick, like blood."
"There's a big rock on the top of the mountain. It looks like... like the moon in the sky, the crescent kind."
"Under that stone, I saw the ambergris fruit. It was glowing golden, very similar to... the color of the dragon energy on Xiong Xiong's body."
Ajiu's description was a bit confusing, but Chu Xuanyi listened very carefully and remembered every detail firmly in his mind.
Bloody mist.
A strange crescent-shaped rock.
A spiritual fruit that emits golden light.
These three characteristics are too obvious.
"I understand." Chu Xuanyi slowly stood up, a flash of understanding in his eyes, "Ajiu, let's get out of this damn place right now."
Soon, the two left the gloomy and depressing prison and returned to the ground.
The long-lost sunshine shone on her body, but Jiu could not feel any warmth at all. Her heart was still shrouded in the blood-colored fog.
"Sir, where are we going now?" She looked up at Chu Xuanyi and asked softly.
"The Imperial Library, the Observatory," Chu Xuanyi replied succinctly. "If there's a place in the world where you can find the location you described, it's that place."
The Imperial Library and Observatory were the core locations for the Great Chu Dynasty's collection of maps and secret records, personally managed by successive imperial masters. They contained not only maps of the Great Chu Dynasty's territory, but also countless ancient records of mysterious lands beyond its borders, long lost in history.
After an incense stick of time, the two arrived at the top floor of the observatory.
This place was completely different from any other library. Instead of rows of bookshelves, there were only sealed, specially constructed metal cabinets. The air wafted with the dry, strange scent of spices, specially formulated to protect the ancient scrolls from corrosion.
Chu Xuanyi walked straight to the innermost black iron cabinet, took out a peculiarly shaped key from his arms and opened the cabinet door.
“Squeak—”
With a dull sound, the cabinet door opened to both sides, revealing neatly stacked rolls of ancient scrolls made of special materials.
"These are secret records of maps outside the territory that ordinary people will never be able to access." Chu Xuanyi said as he took out a dark red scroll.
He slowly unfolded the scroll on the jade table in the center.
It was an extremely vast and ancient map. The mountains, rivers and streams depicted on it were very different from the geographical features of the world today. It was obviously from a very distant era.
"Think carefully about what other features that mountain has." Chu Xuanyi's eyes swept across the scroll quickly.
Ajiu tried hard to recall the stunning scene he had just caught a glimpse of.
"Fog... yes, although the fog is thick, it doesn't seem to be static. It seems to be... slowly rotating around the mountain." she added.
"Swirling blood mist..." Chu Xuanyi frowned, and his fingers moved back and forth on several specially marked places on the scroll.
"There's also a stone," Ah Jiu recalled. "That stone looks like the moon, but it's not a thin crescent. It's... it's almost round. One side is fat, the other is pointed, a bit like... a sickle."
"Sickle-shaped moonstone."
Chu Xuanyi's eyes suddenly lit up, and his finger stopped at the northernmost end of the scroll, a vast area marked as "The Far North Wilderness".
In the center of that area, there was a special symbol marked with cinnabar, shaped like a blood-red sickle.
"Found it."
There was a hint of uncontrollable excitement in Chu Xuanyi's voice.
He pointed at the symbol and said to Jiu, "Look here."
Ajiu hurried over.
Next to the blood-red sickle symbol, there were three words written in an extremely ancient script.
She doesn't know a single word.
"What is this place?" she asked, looking up.
Chu Xuanyi's gaze became extremely solemn.
"Blood Moon Valley."
"According to the secret records, Blood Moon Valley is located three thousand miles outside the northern border. It is a forbidden area left over from ancient times."
"Legend has it that this place was once a battlefield during a war between gods and demons. Countless powerful beings perished here, their resentment and blood rage rising to the sky, forming the blood-red fog that lingers year-round. Within this fog, time and space are distorted, dangers lurk everywhere, and countless terrifying evil creatures feed on resentment. Since ancient times, no one who trespasses has escaped."
"Forbidden area..." Ajiu murmured these two words, his little face turned a little pale, but there was no sign of retreat in his eyes.
"So what if it's a forbidden area?" She raised her head and looked at Chu Xuanyi with burning eyes. "As long as I can save Brother Xiongxiong, I will go there even if it's a dangerous place."
Chu Xuanyi looked at her determined eyes, feeling both relieved and worried.
He was silent for a moment before he slowly said, "I can't leave the capital right now. The prince is unconscious, and there are undercurrents in the court. Although the Yun family has fallen, their followers are everywhere, and I don't know if there are other people behind them. I must come up with a foolproof plan."
"Then I'll go alone." Jiu said without hesitation.
"No." Chu Xuanyi flatly refused. "The dangers of Blood Moon Valley are far beyond your imagination. Going there alone is no different from committing suicide."
"What should we do then?" Ajiu said anxiously, "We only have seven days."
Chu Xuanyi paced back and forth in the observatory with his hands behind his back, his brows furrowed.
The situation in the capital is complicated now. The Xuanjia Guard is responsible for clearing out the remaining rebels and imposing martial law in the imperial city, and cannot be deployed lightly. The Imperial Guard is also responsible for protecting the palace and stabilizing people's hearts.
Moreover, if he and the prince left the capital at the same time...
As the commander of the Xuanjia Army, Xuan Er must stay in the capital to prevent any accidents.
Suddenly, Chu Xuanyi stopped.
An image emerged in his mind of a cynical figure who was always extremely reliable at critical moments.
"There is someone who may be trustworthy," he said slowly.
"who."
"The young marquis of Zhenbei Marquisate." A gleam of light flashed in Chu Xuanyi's eyes, "Xiao Yu."
…
After all, the truth cannot be hidden.
Although Chu Xuanyi immediately, in the name of the Regent, teamed up with the Xuanjia Guards and the Commander of the Imperial Guards to seal off the imperial city, and strictly ordered everyone to keep silent about the ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven.
But there is no wall that is impenetrable.
In order to save the emperor, Regent Xiao Yu was seriously injured and fell into a coma.
The emperor had been imprisoned by the traitor Yun Wende, and his vitality had been severely damaged. Now he was extremely frail and could only rest in his palace.
These two pieces of news spread like wildfire, quietly spreading to the backyards of all the major families and powerful families in the capital within just one day.
For a time, people were in panic and undercurrents were surging.
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