frightfiction Chapter 2039
Chapter 2039
The cups and goblets from the welcoming banquet still held a warm fragrance, and the tinkling of the jade pendants left by the exotic dancers seemed to still linger around the beams of the hall. At this moment, only Chen Xuan and his three companions remained in the ancestral hall's reception room, along with the flickering candlelight scattered throughout the room.
The candle flames danced in a delicate, flickering dance, casting the shadows of the three figures on the white marble pillar, sometimes long, sometimes short. The three leaders, Liu Chen, Liu Xue'er, and Liu Mingqing, stood with their hands at their sides, their knuckles unconsciously tense.
They knew better than anyone else that what followed was the true purpose of this powerful senior's trip, and whether that purpose would bring Liu Yuexingyun good fortune or misfortune remained to be seen.
Chen Xuan glanced at the three men's tense expressions, casually tapping the jade table before him with his fingertips. The candlelight flickered in his eyes, and his tone carried a hint of composure:
"Don't worry, even if I have the power to destroy Liu Yuexingyun with a flick of my hand, I will not exploit or oppress you. On the contrary, if you can help me, I might help you without reservation, just like Senior Zhang Qingxuan did countless years ago."
As soon as he finished speaking, three rapid breaths suddenly filled the silent hall.
As the chief leader, Liu Chen quietly loosened his grip on his side—he was secretly glad that he had always been respectful to Chen Xuan in the outer void and had never shown any hostility as he had towards other demons.
His dark robe swept across the ground, raising a speck of dust. He bowed respectfully, his voice still tinged with lingering relief: "Thank you, senior." Then, when he looked up, his gaze still held a hint of caution: "May I ask what treasure you seek in this realm, senior?"
"If we can help you, senior, we will do our best." Liu Xue'er quickly echoed, gently clenching the hem of her skirt with her hands hanging at her sides, her eyes full of sincerity.
Liu Mingqing nodded in agreement, his silver beard trembling slightly with the movement, his expression solemn as if facing a formidable enemy.
Chen Xuan glanced at the three people, nodded slightly, and as he raised his fingertip, a wisp of pale golden spiritual energy swirled around it, slowly recounting an ancient legend—a secret he pieced together by combining the Blood Sea alien space that his master Lanxing had once reached with the old story of the White Lotus Emperor mentioned by the little tower.
Upon hearing that Chen Xuan was looking for a pure white lotus flower born at the end of the endless sea of blood, the three frowned in unison, confusion rising in their eyes. Although Chen Xuan was only at the late stage of the Void Reversal Realm, his spiritual strength was several times higher than theirs. The bewilderment in their eyes, the slight twitch of their brows, and even the faintest hint of doubt did not escape his perception.
"Could it be that even the natives who have inherited this knowledge for countless years do not know about the Endless Sea of Blood?" A trace of disappointment flashed through his mind, and the golden light at his fingertips quietly dissipated.
The time limit for entering the secret realm this time is only three to ten years. Chen Xuan was unwilling to waste a single moment. Seeing the three of them like this, he immediately got up and left.
But just as his knees lifted off the jade stool, Liu Chen's eyes suddenly lit up, and he quickly stepped forward, his voice even brighter than before:
"Although we, the people of the Liuyue Xingyun clan, have never recorded any information about the white lotus or the endless blood sea alien space when we went out to train, one of Liu Xue'er's ancestors once gathered a large army to support the Southern Human Descendants Alliance in resisting the invasion of the strange races. In that marching log, it was mentioned backwards that a leader of the Southern Human Alliance had used a spell related to the white lotus!"
“That’s right! It really happened!” Liu Xue’er looked up suddenly, her eyes filled with shock. This old story, which she had almost forgotten, suddenly resurfaced clearly at this moment.
With a flick of her wrist, a pale blue spiritual light rose from her palm, and a palm-thick ancient book made of animal hide slowly appeared—the hide gleamed with a deep brown luster, its edges adorned with worn gold thread, and its cover printed with a nebula totem that had long since faded, clearly a treasure that had endured the passage of time.
She held the ancient book in both hands and respectfully handed it to Chen Xuan.
Chen Xuan was overjoyed. When his fingertips touched the animal hide, he could still feel the faint spiritual energy remaining between the patterns.