sbdcsierra Chapter 1888 A Heavy Journey Home
Chapter 1888 A Heavy Journey Home
"Someone's there!" the team member exclaimed.
Ji Zhou's eyes narrowed, and he immediately steered the camel boat around, while simultaneously unleashing a gentle burst of spiritual energy in an attempt to catch the falling person.
However, the person who fell seemed to carry some kind of unstable spatial disturbance field, and Jizhou's spiritual energy was repelled as soon as it came into contact with him.
boom!
The figures crashed heavily onto the sandy ground, kicking up a cloud of dust.
"Let's go take a look!" Ji Zhou led two team members and quickly approached.
In the sandpit lay a middle-aged man, his clothes tattered, his wounds open in many places, and his breath extremely weak. It was Ye Yan!
His face was ashen, his eyes were closed, and his brows were furrowed, as if he were enduring immense pain. His body would occasionally twitch.
In his hand, however, he tightly gripped an ancient-looking token and several other items.
"It's Elder Ye Yan!" one of the team members recognized him.
Jizhou was startled and hurriedly stepped forward to investigate.
Ye Yan was severely injured, and there seemed to be an extremely cold and evil power within his body that was eroding his soul, causing his aura to become chaotic.
"Quick! Protect his heart and soul! Use the Soul-Stabilizing Pill!" Ji Zhou ordered urgently, while taking out the best healing pills for Ye Yan to take.
The team members immediately set to work, carefully lifting Ye Yan onto the camel boat and using their pure spiritual energy to calm his disordered aura and suppress the eerie, cold power.
"Why did Elder Ye Yan suddenly appear here? And why is he so injured? Where are Master Lingxu and the others?" a team member asked in confusion.
Ji Zhou looked at the token that Ye Yan was holding tightly in his hand, which emitted a faint starlight, and then at the corner of the book that was neither silk nor leather and the strange compass that was peeking out from Ye Yan's arms. His eyes were extremely solemn.
Ye Yan's appearance, his injuries, and these unfamiliar items all foreshadow... something new and more troublesome has happened.
"Never mind that for now, treat Elder Ye's injuries immediately, and at the same time speed up our journey to reunite with True Person Lingxu and the others. Then, return to the sect as quickly as possible!"
"Yes!"
The camel boat accelerated again, cutting through the sandstorm and speeding towards the designated coordinates.
Meanwhile, deep within the distant Chaotic Sea, inside the crystal pyramid observation station that had just unleashed a terrifying will.
In the central hall, the chaotic light mist was several times more active than before, slowly writhing and expanding, as if countless eyes were opening simultaneously inside, looking in the direction where Ye Yan had disappeared.
Cold, greedy, and insane thoughts echoed silently in the deathly still hall:
"The Star Pivot Order, the successor to the Gatekeeper..."
"Find him..."
"Open the door!"
"..."
Ye Yan was placed on a soft animal skin mat by Ji Zhou and the others. Ji Zhou also used several precious pills to help him regulate his nearly collapsed internal energy and suppress the cold, evil, gray thought that lingered on the edge of his sea of consciousness.
The thought was extremely stubborn and carried a kind of mind-eroding, frenzied whisper.
Even though Ji Zhou was already in the late stage of Core Formation and had the aid of elixirs, it was still extremely difficult to expel him. They could only temporarily seal him in a corner of Ye Yan's sea of consciousness to prevent him from spreading further.
"What the hell is this thing?" Ji Zhou's forehead was covered in sweat, and his face turned pale.
Simply confronting that thought made him feel extremely uncomfortable, as if he were facing some kind of indescribable filth.
Ye Yan was unconscious and breathing weakly, but the ancient Star Pivot Token in his hand always emitted a faint, gentle silver light, as if it was spontaneously protecting his last bit of clarity.
The other team members stood guard around the camel boat, their spiritual senses fully activated, ready for any potential danger.
The camel boat continued its rapid journey, heading towards the coordinates provided by Master Lingxu.
About half an hour later, a maze-like area composed of huge wind-eroded rocks appeared on the horizon ahead.
The coordinates are located deep within that rocky mountain.
"Slow down, be on alert, send a contact signal," Ji Zhou ordered, while simultaneously maintaining treatment for Ye Yan.
The subordinates carried out the orders as instructed.
A specific burst of spiritual energy, representing the Wanchuan Sect, shot into the sky, blooming into a blue lotus pattern in the dim Gobi sky.
A moment later, a faint ray of moonlight rose from the depths of the rocky mountain in response.
"It's Master Lingxu!" Everyone's spirits lifted.
Upon seeing this, Jizhou finally felt a little relieved.
"Hurry up and get there."
Following the directions, the camel boat carefully sailed into the rocky mountain. In a secluded hollow, they saw the Spirit Void Immortal meditating cross-legged, along with the Green-Faced Fox and the Crimson Flame Fox.
At this moment, the Crimson Flame Fox's condition was almost the same as Ye Yan's, while the Green-Faced Fox was diligently treating the Crimson Flame Fox, with fine beads of sweat on its forehead.
"Jizhou!"
When the blue-faced fox saw the camel boat, a hint of joy appeared on its pale face.
Master Lingxu also opened his eyes, his gaze sweeping across the camel boat. When he saw Ye Yan, who was being carried off the boat and was unconscious, his eyes suddenly narrowed.
"Ye Yan? How could he... be injured like this?"
Master Lingxu struggled to get up, aggravating his injuries, and let out a muffled groan.
"Senior, don't move!" Ji Zhou hurriedly said.
He quickly recounted how he discovered Ye Yan, causing Lingxu Zhenren and Qingmianhu's expressions to change drastically.
Master Lingxu took the token and book that Ye Yan had been holding from Jizhou.
"The Star Pivot Order? The Star Mark Record? The Guardians of the Seventh Observatory?"
He ran his fingertips over the star-shaped engravings, feeling the ancient and righteous stellar Dao contained within them. He then quickly scanned the small amount of information at the beginning of the "Star Mark Record" with his divine sense, his eyes filled with a mixture of shock and realization.
"So that's how it is... all the clues match up!" His voice was hoarse, filled with excitement and deeper worry. "Ye Yan must have had an extraordinary experience! The intelligence he brought back is of utmost importance!"
He glanced at the barely breathing Crimson Flame Fox, then at the unconscious Ye Yan, and decisively said, "We can't stay here any longer! The intelligence we're carrying is too important; we must return to the Wan Chuan Sect immediately! The injuries of Crimson Flame Fox and Ye Yan cannot be delayed!"
"Jizhou, have your team help carry the Crimson Fox onto the camel boat! We're setting off immediately, returning at full speed!"
"Yes!"
Everyone immediately sprang into action, carefully placing the Crimson Fox onto the camel boat.
The once spacious camel boat suddenly felt crowded, but no one cared at that moment.
The Blue-Faced Fox stayed by the Crimson Flame Fox's side, continuing to protect his heart meridian with golden needles and the spiritual power of green wood.
Lingxu Zhenren then took over from Jizhou and personally used the power of moonlight to stabilize Ye Yan's soul and fight against the gray will.
The power of the moonlight is neutral and cool, and it is more effective in suppressing evil intentions, but it can only barely maintain a stalemate.
The camel boat changed direction, pushed its speed to the limit, and transformed into a streak of light, speeding towards the Wanchuan Sect.
The journey home seemed even more arduous than the journey there.