Beneath the Gu Yu lies a thousand miles of frozen soil.
A gust of cold wind swept in from the front, blowing straight into his calves, making his legs tremble and almost causing him to lose his footing.
His heart was pounding, and he kept his eyes tightly shut, unable to look!
He knew he had left Eastern Dawn Valley!
But he didn't want to accept it!
As long as his eyes are closed, he can't see, so the world in front of him doesn't exist!
Although Eastern Dawn Valley was within the territory of the Xuanji Sect, Gu Xinglan did not use force or show any killing intent, so he would not be identified as an enemy.
Moreover, she was aware of the strangeness of the Xuanji Sect, so she deliberately stood at the entrance of the valley and did not fully enter the territory of Eastern Dawn Valley.
Gu Xinglan shoved him with her elbow and said coldly, "What are you doing with your eyes closed? Open them and take a look!"
Send me back the way I came, and I'll open my eyes!
Are you going to open your eyes or not?
"I don't!"
I'll count to three: one, two...
brush!
Gu Yu opened his eyes instantly.
Having grown up in such an oppressive environment, he admits he is genuinely afraid of Gu Xinglan counting down threes, as if it were a terrifying Curse.
Before the Gu Yu lies a green island in the sky, with a dark road leading into the distance, at the end of which stands a powerful city-state.
The architecture here is magnificent, yet the atmosphere is eerie and chilling.
Gu Yu frowned. "Why did you bring me to the Devil Subduing Realm?"
"Come with me."
Where to?
Stop talking nonsense!
Gu Xinglan walked straight ahead, and Gu Yu had no choice but to follow behind, completely bewildered.
Although he was somewhat uneasy, he was not at ease about his own safety.
Gu Xinglan will not kill him.
After traversing long, frozen roads and passing through deserted, majestic cities, the two arrived at a desolate mountain area.
Gu Xinglan parted the sky, revealing a rectangular white jade archway. Inside the archway, it was pitch black, with eerie howling sounds occasionally emanating from within.
Gu Xinglan extended his hand, which was covered in sharp golden armor, grabbed Gu Yu, and they entered the archway together.
This time, they came to a forest.
Looking around, all the plants and trees appeared blood red, their leaves crystal clear, hanging down, filled with a blood-like liquid.
The forest was filled with the strong stench of blood.
Gu Yu's eyes widened. "Why does it smell of blood? You didn't kill someone, did you?"
"No one was killed."
"Oh."
Gu Yu nodded, looking much more relaxed.
Gu Xinglan added casually, "We killed Earthborn Devil Creature, the previous three million Yin-type Purple-Feathered Azure Luan."
"Holy crap!"
Gu Yu immediately jumped up, "No wonder this place is so gloomy and scary! You're really something, aren't you afraid you won't be able to sleep at night?"
Gu Xinglan gracefully covered her mouth and smiled.
A mocking laugh.
She turned her head and said calmly, "When have my hands ever been clean? And Lu Yinjian, Imperial Evil Lord, and even your master Xie Feng —every powerful person who has reached this point—have never had clean hands."
Gu Yu couldn't refute this statement and could only sigh.
The words may be rough, but the principle is sound!
The saying "One general's success is built on the bones of ten thousand" applies here as well!
"Come here." Gu Xinglan said, continuing to walk forward. Gu Yu looked at her cold and straight back and followed her involuntarily.
The two arrived deep within the Blood Forest.
Before them stood an ancient banyan tree, its branches reaching for the sky, its leaves and trunk like glass, flowing with a piercing blood-like substance.
At the base of the ancient banyan tree, a golden coffin lay quietly!
Blood flowed continuously into the golden coffin through the vines that entwined the banyan tree.
Gu Xinglan said, "Go on, go up and take a look."
Gu Yu suddenly felt uneasy. He hesitated to step forward. Just as Gu Xinglan raised his arm, about to make a move, Gu Yu rushed to the golden coffin as if his backside was on fire!
The coffin was uncovered.
Gu Yu craned his neck to look, and although the blood transported by the vines looked plentiful from a distance, it was actually only a thin layer at the bottom of the coffin.
To Gu Yu's astonishment, a skeleton lay flat inside the golden coffin!
Because of the soaking and seeping of blood, the skulls have taken on a pale red color, and the bones are white, not a glossy white, but a withered white, and they are very fragile, as if they would fall into pieces at the slightest touch.
Gu Yu's pupils trembled slightly.
Gu Xinglan stood quietly behind him, her expression calm.
"Is this... him?"
"Um."
Gu Xinglan nodded, her face remaining expressionless.
"This blood..."
"It's the blood essence forged from those three million Yin-type Purple-Feathered Azure Luan! He was originally a demon, with an extremely Yin-cold constitution; I need to provide him with energy and a suitable environment!"
"How long has this been going on?"
"It's been over a hundred years!"
"I only knew you wanted to resurrect him, I never imagined you'd been preparing for this for so long."
"Sharpening one's spear at the last minute, even if it's slow and ineffective, is not my style."
Gu Xinglan unusually calm.
Gu Yu couldn't help but glance down at the skeleton in the coffin again, because he was young and had never seen how heroic Gu Xinglan and the Demon Lord were back then, or how they were a loving couple.
He only learned about this a few years ago.
Gu Yu reached out, his fingers tracing the cold golden coffin, and said in a deep voice, "What was his name? All these years, I didn't even know my own brother-in-law's name..."
Xuan Li.
"That doesn't sound like Devil Race's name at all."
What should Devil Race's name be?
"It has to include some evil, like Chi or Yuan, right?"
Gu Yu joked.
Gu Xinglan's lips twitched, as if he had been amused.
She didn't say who she was thinking of.
"I looked closely and realized that he had been pulverized. I brought his remains to this forest and placed them in a golden coffin. As time passed, first his skin and flesh rotted and disappeared little by little, and finally his bones. His bones became fewer and fewer, and I panicked."
"I exhausted all my energy searching for a way to preserve him, and finally found it in a secret manual, which even contained the art of resurrection! I was overjoyed and immediately did as instructed. Heaven rewards those who persevere, and his bones grew back little by little! This was the most difficult part; once the skeleton was complete, the rest of the flesh and blood was much easier to grow!"
"If we get more people with Yin constitutions, we might be able to revive him within three or ten years!"
Gu Xinglan, whose face was half covered by a golden mask, was somewhat excited. Her red lips trembled slightly, and she instinctively clenched her hands!
Gu Yu shook his head. "What's the point of resurrecting something that shouldn't exist? Even if you can resurrect the body, what about the soul? What about the mind? Without these, how are you different from a puppet?!"
These words enraged Gu Xinglan. She raised her hand, and an unparalleled palm wind swirled out, slamming into Gu Yu and sending him flying dozens of meters away.
Gu Yu clutched his chest, spitting out two mouthfuls of blood. His eyes widened. "Holy crap, you're serious! I'm internally injured, I'm going to die!"
Gu Xinglan sneered, "You should be grateful I didn't kill you!"