Chu River Han Boundary
"An old man sweeping the floor?" For some reason, when Ma Feifei heard these words, he immediately thought of the Sweeper Monk from "Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils." That was a true BOSS-level figure. Qiao Feng and Murong were no match for him. He never expected that there would be an old man sweeping the floor in the Vast Academy.
However, Ma Feifei quickly dismissed the idea. There are so many old men sweeping the streets in the world; surely not every one of them is the ultimate boss, right?
No, that old sweeper who couldn't even withstand a single blow from Lian Yi is definitely not the big boss.
"Then how did you escape to Dubian Town?" Ma Feifei continued to ask. The Vast Academy is located in the Two Realms Mountain, where Qin and Zhao meet. It is at least 65,000 miles away from the Chu Kingdom, if not 108,000 miles away. With Lian Yi's cultivation level, it would take at least several days to reach Dubian Town without the help of a flying spirit beast. Even with a flying spirit beast, it would still take two or three days. And that would be with a relatively high-grade flying spirit beast. If it were a low-grade flying spirit beast like the Golden-Winged Great Peng, it would take a full six days to travel 60,000 miles.
At such a great distance, it's simply illogical that Lian Yi would have to evade the pursuit of a powerful figure at the Peak of the Ninth Stage of Spirit Saint realm.
Upon hearing this, Lian Yi smiled. Of course, she understood what Ma Feifei meant, and immediately said playfully, "We have to thank the shop owner for all of this."
"Thank me?" Ma Feifei looked blank; what did this have to do with him?
Lian Yi continued, "Of course, the Lian Yi I've been able to hold on until now is because I learned a Divine Abilities and Spells called the Clone Technique that the shopkeeper sells; and let me tell you, that Clone Technique is quite powerful, it even managed to deceive a powerful figure at the Peak of the Ninth Stage of Spirit Saint. He captured my clone and took it back to the Vast Academy, and if it weren't for the Clone Technique being Foresight after its Dharma Power dissipated, I wouldn't have been caught by him."
After hearing Lian Yi's explanation, Ma Feifei suddenly realized that Lian Yi had used Clone Technique to deceive the other party, giving her true self a chance to escape. This allowed Lian Yi to travel thousands of miles back to the Chu Kingdom. However, she was later discovered and caught up with by the other party, which led to the scene just now.
However, Ma Feifei seemed to recall that the Clone Technique was only sold once. After all, the initial auction price was too high, so when Ma Feifei later sold a large number of Divine Abilities and Spells, he removed the three Divine Abilities and Spells that were initially auctioned. In other words, currently only one person can learn each of those three Divine Abilities and Spells on the market.
In other words, the Clone Technique that Lian Yi learned must have come from the previous auction. Ma Feifei remembered that the person who auctioned this Divine Abilities and Spells was the president of the Yunteng Chamber of Commerce, which was ranked second among the Great Shang in the Great Chu Yunteng Chamber of Commerce.
Such a valuable Divine Abilities and Spells was ultimately given to Lian Yi to cultivate, which suggests that Lian Yi and the president of the Yunteng Chamber of Commerce must have some connection, perhaps even a special one.
Thinking of this, Ma Feifei glanced at Lian Yi with a strange look.
Lian Yi a little flustered under Ma Feifei's gaze and subconsciously took a small step back.
"It's confirmed!" Ma Feifei felt a chill in his heart. This girl must have something to hide to scare herself like this! Sigh... Damn it, unspoken rules really do exist everywhere.
"I feel terrible!" Ma Feifei shook his head. He, the owner of the Mysterious Bookstore, was actually living worse than the president of a chamber of commerce. Thinking of this, Ma Feifei felt extremely depressed and went to lie down on the rocking chair.
"Shopkeeper, what's wrong with you?" Lian Yi followed him curiously, standing beside Ma Feifei and asking in confusion. She didn't know why Ma Feifei had suddenly become like this.
"Eh..." Ma Feifei suddenly remembered something important. The task requirement for the Book-holding woman was that she must be pure and innocent, that is, a virgin. If Lian Yi was really as Ma Feifei thought, the system would not have been able to determine that she met the standard back in the Qin State.
Hmm... the topic seems to have gone a bit off track.
"But why did you come to Dubian Town?" This was what puzzled Ma Feifei. Because the Qin State branch had been exposed, it wasn't surprising that Lian Yi knew he was the owner of the Mysterious Bookstore Ma Feifei. However, the two had no connection. Logically speaking, Lian Yi shouldn't have run to Dubian Town under these circumstances. At least she should have escaped the pursuit of the Vast Academy and ensured her own safety.
"Because only you, shopkeeper, can save Lian Yi! And Lian Yi has come with something good for you this time," Lian Yi said mysteriously.
"What is it?" Ma Feifei asked curiously. Is there anything in this world better than the books in the Mysterious Bookstore? Nothing.
Lian Yi did not answer. The spatial ring on her right hand Illuminate slightly, followed by six white beams of light. Six white tokens appeared in front of Lian Yi and were held aloft by Spiritual Power.
"This is the Great Desolation Relic Token; I'm sure you've seen it before, shopkeeper."
"And then?" Ma Feifei became interested, wanting to see what Lian Yi was going to do.
"Lian Yi would like to ask the shopkeeper to accompany Lian Yi into the Great Desolation Relic," Lian Yi said seriously.
"Enter the Great Desolation Relic?" Ma Feifei was a little confused. What was so interesting about going to the ruins? It was much more comfortable than staying in the Bookstore every day.
"Yes, the Great Desolation Relic will open in two months. The ruins open once every five hundred years, and only thirty-two people can enter at a time. According to the predecessors who have entered the Great Desolation Relic before, you must enter in a group. If you are alone, you are destined to be eliminated. After thinking it over, Lian Yi thinks that the only person in the entire Azure Dragon Continent who is worthy of being Lian Yi teammate is the shopkeeper." Lian Yi said as if it were a matter of course.
"Only me? You've got quite the nerve." Ma Feifei was both amused and exasperated by Lian Yi's words. A cultivator at the Spirit Venerable realm, who had just been chased and beaten half to death, was now bragging. She wondered where Lianyi got her confidence.
"Shopkeeper, don't underestimate Lian Yi." Lian Yi noticed the sarcasm in Ma Feifei's words and immediately objected, saying seriously, "Shopkeeper, there are nine ancient ruins, but do you know why only the Great Desolation Relic need to be opened, and why they are only opened every five hundred years?"
"Why?" Ma Feifei didn't understand these things, because apart from the capital of the Chu Kingdom and the Luo River, the other nine ruins were rarely mentioned, and due to a lack of information, Ma Feifei naturally didn't know anything about them.
"Because within the Great Desolation Relic lies a canyon called Han Boundary, and within that canyon flows a river called the Chu River!"
"The Chu River, the Han Boundary?" Ma Feifei muttered to himself, wondering why the phrase sounded so familiar.
Lian Yi nodded and continued, "Every time the Great Desolation Relic open, the Chu River within the Han Boundary will dry up and will take a long time to recover. The Great Desolation Relic will open whenever the Chu River is parallel to the Han Boundary, and this time is exactly five hundred years."
"Go on," Ma Feifei said, the more she listened, the more familiar it seemed.
"Whenever the Chu River overflows the Han Boundary, strange phenomena will occur from the sky, and the entire Great Desolation Relic will transform into a giant chessboard. Cultivators who possess the Great Desolation Relic Token can step onto this chessboard, becoming chess pieces to gamble. The ultimate winner will obtain the immense opportunity left behind by the Great Desolation Relic Ruins." Lian Yi became more and more excited as she spoke, and finally grabbed Ma Feifei's arm and couldn't help but pinch it.
"Slap!" Ma Feifei slapped Lian Yi's hand away, completely shocked.
"The Chu River, the Han Boundary, the chessboard, the chess pieces..."