Book of Destiny (Urgent Recommendation Support!!)

Nie Li and Ye Ziyun fled together, dodging the ordinary Green Arm Giant Apes along the way.

Night deepened.

If they continued forward, they would easily encounter danger.

"Let's set up camp here!" Nie Li said, looking at Ye Ziyun.

Despite being in the pitch-black night, Ye Ziyun displayed far greater courage than an ordinary girl. Her clear eyes gazed into the depths of the dense forest, and a shadow fell within her sight in the distance.

"What is that?" Ye Ziyun asked, puzzled.

"It looks like a cluster of buildings!" Nie Li frowned slightly. It seemed to be a ruined structure.

"Let's go take a look!" Ye Ziyun strode towards it. Being alone with Nie Li still made her a little nervous. After all, it was her first time being with a boy in the dark of night. Although she believed Nie Li wouldn't do anything to her, her heart couldn't help but pound erratically. She tried to shift their attention.

Nie Li followed behind Ye Ziyun and walked towards it.

"This might have been a statue once!" Nie Li said. He didn't know what it was carved as; it had already shattered and collapsed.

Traces of civilization from before the Dark Era could still be faintly discerned here.

"What are these characters?" Ye Ziyun asked Nie Li.

There was a stone tablet at the base of the statue. Nie Li brushed off the dust and, by the faint moonlight, clearly read the inscription: "Those who obey me shall receive nobility, those who defy me shall perish. What arrogance!"

This sentence must have been left by some tyrant. That tyrant's power and influence must have reached their peak, but what of it? He and his empire were eventually swallowed by the surging tide of Demon Beasts. A hero of his era ultimately turned to dust, leaving only these broken statues behind.

"Nie Li, how did you learn the language of the Divine Empire?" Ye Ziyun was full of curiosity about this matter, as only a handful of people in the City of Brilliance had even a slight knowledge of the Divine Empire's script.

"How did I learn it?" Nie Li gave a wry smile. He couldn't possibly say that he had spent over a hundred years in the Book of the Temporal Demonic Spirit in his previous life, studying the languages and cultivation techniques of various eras and empires on the Sacred Spirit Continent.

"If you don't want to say, then forget it!" Ye Ziyun pouted.

Nie Li shrugged. It wasn't that he was unwilling to say, but rather that Ye Ziyun wouldn't understand even if he did.

Ye Ziyun walked around the statue and was about to examine another ruin when she suddenly let out a startled cry.

Nie Li noticed that the spot where Ye Ziyun was standing was rapidly collapsing. His expression changed, and he immediately thought, This is bad! He lunged towards Ye Ziyun, but the ground collapsed even further, and a powerful suction from below pulled them down.

It was like a bottomless abyss below.

How could there be such a place in Ancient Orchid City? Nie Li hugged Ye Ziyun tightly, drew his sword, and stabbed it towards the stone wall beside them.

The sword pierced the stone wall and then snapped with a crack. The stone wall here was too hard!

What kind of place was this? Nie Li wanted to get a clear look at what was below, but it was pitch black, and he couldn't see anything.

At this moment, Ye Ziyun, taking advantage of the slowing descent, quickly took out a rope from her Spatial Ring and looped it around a protruding rock on the wall. With a thump, they stopped, supported by the rope against the rock face.

Ice Spider Demon Silk, no wonder it had such great resilience!

Nie Li breathed a sigh of relief. Although he felt the suction from below, they had managed to stop themselves.

"Nie Li, where is this?" Ye Ziyun said nervously. She and Nie Li were hanging in mid-air. The rock wall was too smooth to climb, and they couldn't see the bottom.

"I don't know either!" Nie Li said with a wry smile. He had no idea there was such a place within the Ancient Orchid City Ruins, nor had he heard Ye Ziyun mention it in his previous life.

They had accidentally stumbled into a secret realm of Ancient Orchid City!

Nie Li recalled the events just now and suddenly understood. The sentence he had just read was the "key" to entering this place!

"We can only go down!" Nie Li said. Going up was impossible because the rock wall was too slippery to climb.

Nie Li looked up and saw Ye Ziyun's bright eyes under the moonlight, her slightly curled eyelashes, her flawless skin, possessing an indescribable charm. Her rosy lips looked as if they were coated with a thin layer of rouge. Now, with the two of them pressed close together, he could faintly feel the softness of Ye Ziyun's chest, and a maiden's fragrance wafted towards him.

Ye Ziyun also felt their intimate proximity, and her cheeks instantly flushed crimson.

"Don't move around, I'll go down first!" Ye Ziyun said quickly.

Seeing Ye Ziyun's flustered and reserved demeanor, Nie Li couldn't help but think of how they had first become close in his previous life. He felt a heartfelt tenderness towards Ye Ziyun. Without hesitation, he put an arm around her waist and smiled slightly, "Hold on to me, and we'll go down together!"

"Nie Li, you're going too far!"

Ye Ziyun felt Nie Li's right hand resting unceremoniously on her buttocks, filled with shame and anger. But if she struggled, they would both likely fall.

Nie Li, you scoundrel, you pervert! Ye Ziyun cursed him inwardly, but she was helpless.

Seeing Ye Ziyun's embarrassed fury, Nie Li smiled faintly. The soft touch in his hand made his heart flutter. He couldn't help but squeeze twice. Ye Ziyun's hips were already quite shapely; in a few more years, they would surely be even more voluptuous.

"Nie Li, if you dare to move around again, I'll fight you to the death, and we'll fall together!" Even the noble and elegant Ye Ziyun couldn't take it anymore. Her eyebrows furrowed as she glared at Nie Li.

"Alright, I won't move!" Nie Li chuckled. He remembered Ye Ziyun when she lost her temper in his previous life; she was exactly the same. He slowly, bit by bit, loosened his grip on the rope, and the two of them descended together.

After about ten minutes, Nie Li finally set foot on the ground and reluctantly let go of Ye Ziyun, feeling a sense of loss.

Ye Ziyun gritted her teeth in annoyance and began to explore the surroundings in silence. Growing up, she had never been taken advantage of like this. What was hateful was that Nie Li beside her acted as if nothing had happened, pretending to look around.

The more she thought about it, the angrier she became. Ye Ziyun lifted her foot and stomped hard on Nie Li's instep.

"Aowuu!" Nie Li gasped, hopping around, clutching his foot.

Seeing Nie Li's exaggerated reaction, Ye Ziyun couldn't help but let out a chuckle. "If you dare to be dishonest again, be careful, I won't let you off!"

The way Ye Ziyun smiled made her look even more radiant and captivating. Nie Li stared blankly, Ye Ziyun's smile was truly breathtaking!

Sensing Nie Li's unusual gaze, Ye Ziyun quickly averted her eyes, her cheeks flushing slightly. For some reason, her heart also began to race.

"Quickly find a way out, or we won't be able to leave!" Ye Ziyun said urgently.

"Okay!" Nie Li composed himself, took out a torch from his Spatial Ring, and lit it. With the torchlight, he began to investigate carefully. It seemed they had fallen into some kind of underground palace. There were five or six passages, and they didn't know where they led, like a deep labyrinth.

One could imagine that the interior of this labyrinth was vast.

Nie Li found some text on the nearby rock wall.

"Resting place of Kong Ming's heroic spirits!" Nie Li muttered, exclaiming in shock, "This is the tomb of Emperor Kong Ming of the Divine Empire!"

"Emperor Kong Ming?" Ye Ziyun asked, full of confusion.

"Yes." Nie Li nodded slightly. "He was the most mysterious emperor in the history of the Divine Empire. As emperor, he actually used 'Kong Ming' as his title, which is very strange. This emperor left the Divine Empire in his middle age and passed the throne to his son. Legend has it that he had already cultivated to an astonishing realm at that time, possessing an immortal body. Later generations could not find the location of his tomb. I never expected him to be buried here."

"Can someone really cultivate to an immortal body?" Ye Ziyun asked Nie Li.

"No, that's just a legend. Even if one cultivates to a realm beyond Legendary, they can only live for two to three hundred years. In the end, they cannot escape the cycle of reincarnation under the Heavenly Dao!" Nie Li chuckled.

"A realm beyond Legendary? What kind of realm is that?" Ye Ziyun was even more confused. In her mind, Legendary was already the most powerful existence.

"You'll know in the future!" Nie Li smiled and shook his head, not continuing.

Ye Ziyun was puzzled. Did Nie Li see beings more powerful than Legendary? Nie Li should be like her, having never left the City of Brilliance. Could he have only read about it in books? Despite her confusion, Ye Ziyun didn't press further.

"This should be a labyrinth, there might be traps and mechanisms, so be careful. You can only step where I step!" Nie Li said to Ye Ziyun.

Although she was annoyed by Nie Li's commanding tone, as if he were much older than her, Ye Ziyun still obediently nodded, "Mm!"

Even Nie Li didn't realize that because Ye Ziyun was still very young, he had a protective instinct towards her, which made his tone slightly different from how they interacted in their past life.

"There are five or six passages here, which way should we go?" Ye Ziyun looked at the dark, deep passages around them.

"It's simple, we should go north, because Emperor Kong Ming's fate dictates that his tomb must be built facing south!"

"Why?" Ye Ziyun asked, confused. "Why must Emperor Kong Ming's tomb be built facing south?"

"It's written in the Book of Destiny from the Divine Empire era. Every fate has something that generates and overcomes it, including tombs and residences! People of the Divine Empire believed in this very strongly!" Nie Li said with a smile.

The Book of Destiny from the Divine Empire era, Ye Ziyun muttered to herself. How many books has Nie Li read?

"Then which way is north? We're underground now, how can we tell direction?" Ye Ziyun asked.

Nie Li smiled slightly and said, "It's very easy to tell. The Sacred Ancestor Mountain Range runs north-south. You can easily tell the direction from the rock textures. This way!" Nie Li strode towards one of the passages.