Mingye reached out, intending to take the blue-and-white porcelain vase from the skeleton's hand.
When her fingers touched the bottle, a surge of intense emotion overwhelmed her, and in a daze, she saw fragments of a woman's life.
" Yan Xue, you are a Holy Maiden of the Heavenly Court, yet you have developed feelings for a mere mortal. Do you know your crime?"
Above the altar, a golden beam of light descended from the sky, imprisoning a beautiful woman with flowing robes in mid-air. Her resounding voice echoed throughout the heavens and earth.
"Your Majesty, I am guilty and beg for punishment!"
The woman kept her head down, as if she had known this would be the outcome.
"Fine, considering this is your first offense, I will banish you to the Tomb of the Gods for a thousand years. Are you willing to accept your punishment?"
"Your subordinate is willing to accept the punishment!"
The golden beam of light gradually disappeared, and the dark clouds in the sky, like a black curtain, vanished without a trace in the blink of an eye.
Among the tens of thousands of people kneeling before the altar, a man crouched on the ground, his eyes red-rimmed, staring intently at the golden pillar of light in the sky, and roared with all his might, " The Heavenly Court is wicked, why should we serve Heaven?"
The Tomb of the Gods, the place where the Heavenly Court banishes criminals, is a harsh environment with no sun and no rain.
There is nothing but endless poisonous miasma. All living things here can only survive by constantly killing each other and sucking each other's flesh and blood.
Therefore, the creatures that can survive here are all extremely powerful. Even the naturally strong Celestial Person Race could easily perish at the hands of these venomous creatures.
In mid-air, a black hole opened up, and Yan Xue, dressed in green, fell onto this desolate land.
The next moment, she witnessed a scene she would never forget.
A man, a human man, a man with tattered clothes and bloody scars all over his body, was looking at her with a grin.
On his shoulder, a creature with two horns on its head, resembling a horse but not quite, was being carried, its blood staining half of his shoulder.
"Perfect timing, would you like some grilled meat?"
In her presence, his smile was always innocent and naive, like that of a naive young boy.
"You..."
Her tears flowed down like glistening pearls.
She rushed over and hugged him tightly.
Why are you so stupid?
"I made this mess myself, I can't let you take the blame!"
"But you will die if you do that. No human has ever survived the Tomb of the Gods!"
"With you here, I don't care!"
He smiled.
"A thousand years! We've fought here for a thousand years, and now it's finally time to leave!"
A thick aura of blood enveloped the man's entire body, and his voice was as cold as that of a vengeful ghost that had been trapped for countless years.
Yan Xue looked at him, whose strength had changed dramatically, but her eyes were filled with endless worry.
" Wentian, what do you plan to do after we get back?"
Yang Wentian turned to look at Yan Xue, seemingly understanding what she was thinking. He sighed and reached out to pat her head.
"Don't worry! I plan to build an academy called Heaven-Questioning Pavilion, to pass on all my knowledge."
As long as the Heavenly Court doesn't cause me trouble, I can't be bothered with them!
"Yes, I'm relieved that you think that way!"
"Heavenly Emperor! Get out here!"
Before the magnificent, mist-shrouded Heavenly Court Palace, Yang Wentian held a long spear, pointing it straight at the sky. No one in the entire Nine Heavens dared to stand in his way.
A man in a golden robe slowly emerged from the palace, golden light emanating from him, exuding boundless majesty.
" Yang Wentian, what business do you have running rampant in my Heavenly Court?"
"What is it?" Yang Wentian laughed loudly, as if he had heard the most ridiculous joke in the world.
"I'm too lazy to even mention the despicable things your Heavenly Court has done! But today, you must release Yan Xue for me!"
Otherwise, I will destroy your Nine Heavens and leave your Celestial Person Race to live in ruins forever!
"Arrogant!"
A disagreement sparked a cataclysmic war between the two.
Heaven-Questioning Pavilion, Treasure Arrival Peak.
" Wentian, are you doing well in the other world?"
We first met here, back when you...
Yan Xue waved her hands, and the stones on this rocky mountain kept changing, until a stone chamber gradually took shape.
For the next few decades, she stayed in the stone chamber every day, longing for her lover. Celestial Person Race are naturally long-lived, but there is no cure for heartbreak, and in the end, she passed away there.
"Thinking of someone is like a rainbow; it begins with bitterness, then a touch of sorrow, followed by joy, affection, anger, happiness, sadness, and reluctance... This cultivation method is called [ Seven-Colored Heavenly Art ], which uses emotion to enter the path of enlightenment. May those with the right affinity obtain it."
" Mingye, Mingye, are you alright?"
When Mingye awoke from her daze, her face was already covered in tears.
I'm fine!
She shook her head, picked up the celadon bottle from the skeleton's hand, and hugged it to her chest.
"Thinking of someone is like a rainbow..."
She was still immersed in her longing for Yan Xue, unable to pull herself out of it for a long time.
This celadon vase was a gift from Yang Wentian to Yan Xue when they first met; it wasn't some rare or precious material.
But Yan Xue wore it with her every day and poured endless emotions into it. Its material is now no less than any peerless magic weapon.
Chen Mu stood silently by Mingye's side, not daring to speak.
This was the first time he had ever seen Mingye shed tears; in his mind, it was even more astonishing than discovering a new continent.
She could remain unmoved by something as painful as having her collarbone pinned down, yet now she's clutching a small bottle and crying. Is she possessed?
After a long while, Mingye calmed down and pointed to the skeleton lying next to him.
"When this skeleton was alive, it was called Yan Xue, the Heaven-Questioning Pavilion and the wife of Yang Wentian."
This bottle contains a martial arts technique called the Seven-Colored Heavenly Art.
"Oh... this is all what the bottle told you?"
Chen Mu suddenly realized and pointed to the bottle in Mingye's hand.
Mingye nodded and briefly recounted the story he had just witnessed to Chen Mu.
"So that's how it is! The Heaven-Questioning Pavilion is truly formidable! He even dared to venture into the Nine Heavens; he is indeed a role model for us all!"
Chen Mu was lost in thought, unaware of the slight displeasure on Mingye's face.
"Let's go outside! It's probably already daylight outside; that person shouldn't dare to stay here any longer."
"Alright! But do you think we should bury Senior Yan Xue's remains?"
Mingye remained silent for a moment, then shook his head.
"No need. This stone chamber is her tomb. It's best if we don't disturb her."
Chen Mu nodded, said no more, pushed open the stone door, and walked out with Mingye.
After leaving the stone chamber, Chen Mu and Mingye went to A Huo's courtyard first.
Chen Mu was relieved to see that A Huo and Chen Duo were both safe and sound.
Chen Duo said that when the two of them rushed to the Mingye Courtyard last night, they found that no one was there, so they went to find Elder Mo instead.
Elder Mo led the people of the Law Enforcement Hall to search Treasure Arrival Peak all night and did find a suspicious person, but the person escaped very quickly, and in the end they returned empty-handed.
Elder Mo has sent several people to guard the top of Treasure Arrival Peak. If anything happens, you can go up and find them.