Chapter 845: Unknown Life or Death

"Cough, cough, cough..."

After everyone had left the underground cave, Long Teng suddenly coughed violently.

Heifeng's expression changed as he said, "Your Majesty, you..."

Long Teng waved his hand and gasped, "Forcibly activating the Haotian Tower has severely drained my vitality. If the demon god Garuda hadn't left, I really would have had no way to deal with him."

It turned out that Long Teng's thunderous suppression of the two saints was merely a bluff to scare off Garuda.

And he himself only had the strength for one strike. His previous composure was all feigned.

Heifeng had been wondering earlier why Long Teng, with such formidable power, hadn't come out sooner.

It seemed that activating the Haotian Tower was also a tremendous burden for Long Teng.

"Your Majesty, is my master... alright?" Heifeng asked worriedly, looking at the unconscious Ye Yuan.

Long Teng frowned and shook his head, "I can't say for sure. He might wake up, or he might... never wake up again. Alas, Garuda moved too fast just now; even I didn't react in time. Garuda's demonic consciousness is too powerful; it almost instantly shattered Ye Yuan's divine soul into pieces."

Heifeng's face changed, "What? His divine soul shattered into pieces? Doesn't that mean my master is already dead?"

Long Teng hesitated for a moment before saying, "According to common sense, yes! But for some reason, Ye Yuan's shattered divine soul hasn't dissipated; it has retained a sliver of life force. Garuda mentioned earlier that Ye Yuan had obtained some Soul-Calming Pearl, which seems to be a remarkable treasure. Perhaps that Soul-Calming Pearl might truly bring Ye Yuan back from the dead."

Even as he said this, he was secretly shocked.

From the Boundless Border to the Divine Realm, Long Teng had followed Ye Yuan for a long time, observing him in secret.

He thought he knew Ye Yuan inside out, but now it seemed Ye Yuan still harbored many secrets unknown to him.

Long Teng prided himself on his extensive knowledge, yet he had never heard of this Soul-Calming Pearl.

Something that even the demon god Garuda feared greatly must be no ordinary object.

"Then... when will my master wake up?" Heifeng felt a bit reassured but still worried.

"That's hard to say. Maybe three days, maybe a month, or maybe... never. But Ye Yuan is a man of great fortune; he shouldn't die young. There should be no danger here now. You stay and watch over him." Long Teng sighed.

With that, Long Teng leaped into the Haotian Tower. The tower shrank again and entered Ye Yuan's body.

...

Two months passed in the blink of an eye. In the Baiwu Domain, six young masters from the seven holy lands had fallen in the Burial Ground, causing a huge uproar.

Amplified by the Flying Rainbow Holy Land and the Red Cloud Holy Land, the Burial Ground had become a forbidden zone in the Baiwu Domain, with no one daring to set foot there.

Speaking of losses, the Red Cloud Holy Land probably suffered the most.

The heir Tu You had finally found was now missing, alive or dead—a huge blow to him.

With no news for two months, the hope of Ye Yuan's survival seemed slim.

Tu You had only a few years left to live, and this period felt like years to him, each day spent in torment.

One day, unable to sit still any longer, he finally summoned Shen Qin.

"Shen Qin, I plan to go to the Burial Ground to investigate! Although Wu Siyuan repeatedly said we shouldn't go down, I can't rest easy without checking on Ye Yuan's fate." Tu You said.

A complex expression appeared on Shen Qin's face. He had seen Tu You's condition but was helpless.

Over these two months, Tu You had aged considerably. At this rate, Shen Qin estimated that Tu You might not even make it through next year.

Shen Qin was anxious but had no solution.

"Holy Lord, Wu Siyuan said that a senior of unfathomable power is protecting Ye Yuan. He should be fine, right? He repeatedly warned that the senior forbids anyone from going to the Burial Ground. If you go and offend him, what then?" Shen Qin said.

"I can't care about that anymore. At worst, he can kill me! My body won't last much longer. I finally found a good prospect in Ye Yuan; I can't accept this!" Tu You said.

Helpless, Shen Qin said, "Holy Lord, let me go! The Red Cloud Holy Land still needs you to lead."

But Tu You resolutely said, "No, I'll go myself! In my current state, I won't last long anyway. Dying is no big deal. After I leave, the Red Cloud Holy Land will be temporarily under your charge! Understood?"

"Holy Lord!" Shen Qin urged.

Tu You waved his hand, "I've made up my mind. Say no more!"

With that, Tu You prepared to leave.

Just then, a voice resounded throughout the entire Red Cloud Holy Land.

"People of the Red Cloud Holy Land, listen! I give you ten breaths to hand over Ye Yuan! Otherwise, no one will be spared!"

Tu You and Shen Qin looked at each other, both seeing gravity in the other's eyes.

"The person outside is clearly intimidating us, not hiding his strength at all! He's very powerful... probably at the Dao Profound Third Layer!" Tu You said solemnly.

Shen Qin frowned, "When did Ye Yuan provoke such a powerful enemy? The Red Cloud Holy Land is no match for such an opponent! Holy Lord, what should we do?"

"Ten!" The powerful expert outside had begun the countdown.

Tu You looked up to the heavens and sighed, "Is heaven destroying my Red Cloud?"

"Holy Lord, let's go out and see first. Maybe... there's still room for negotiation." Shen Qin said.

Tu You nodded slightly, "We'll have to do that."

Facing such a powerful enemy, the two dared not be negligent. This time, Tu You went personally.

Tu You flew into the air and saw only two enemies, which slightly relieved him.

One was a middle-aged man of unfathomable strength, the Dao Profound Third Layer expert; the other was a young man at the Ninth Layer of the Formless Realm!

"I wonder how Ye Yuan has offended you two lords. Let me apologize on his behalf, how about that?"

Tu You, a Dao Profound realm expert, had already lowered his stance considerably.

By now, a large crowd of martial artists had gathered outside, all looking as if they were facing a great enemy.

But when they saw Tu You, they were all stunned.

"Isn't that the Holy Lord? He... how did he become like this?"

"No way? That withered old man is really Holy Lord Tu You? How... how is that possible?"

"So the rumors are true. Holy Lord Tu You is still alive, but... he's close to passing away."

The martial artists of the Red Cloud Holy Land couldn't believe their eyes when they saw Tu You.

However, the young man didn't care about any of that and simply said, "Not good!"