Chu Qi's thoughts suddenly became slow. He hadn't yet figured out how to explain all this to Yan Jiuge.
While he was in a daze, the person hugging him in front of him spoke again.
"I am pleased with you, too."
"I didn't say it before because I was worried about our fate."
Yan Jiuge expressed his thoughts aloud and also explained everything he had hidden from Chu Qi before.
If there was a chance to do it again, Yan Jiuge would not hide anything from Chu Qi before returning to Yunyin Realm. The incident in Heiyuan made Yan Jiuge understand that cherished things should be decided as soon as possible to avoid regrets.
Even though Chu Qi already knew Yan Jiuge's identity from the Tracing World Scroll, after hearing about his past in more detail and the role of the Yan family in the Hidden Cloud Realm, all his previous doubts were resolved and turned into heartache.
"So, the reason why you were invaded by the evil spirit is because the evil spirit was sealed in your body."
"Yes, the Yan family is in charge of the commandments, and it is their duty to guard the Black Abyss."
Yan Jiuge stroked Chu Qi's hair from the top of his head to the back of his head. He sighed, "I used to think that if I were an ordinary cultivator, I could stay with you without any worries and accompany you."
"Later, the barrier between the two worlds was broken, and the evil spirit tried to break the seal and make a comeback. I was glad that I could use my body to suppress the evil spirit and protect this world so that you would have no worries."
"You don't have to use your body to suppress the devil anymore." Chu Qi's eyes lit up and he said seriously, "I have found a way to completely eliminate the evil spirit."
Yan Jiuge's eyebrows softened and he responded, "Okay."
The two talked about what was on their minds, no longer worried about the unknown fate, and confessed their feelings to each other.
After a while, after their bodies had recovered in the medicine pool, they both got dressed and stood up.
Yan Jiuge's spiritual power fell on Chu Qi's body and dried his hair.
This made Chu Qi put down his raised hand. He glanced at Yan Jiuge, who raised the corner of his lips to him. His usually flamboyant eyebrows were particularly gentle at this moment.
The two of them have been together for a long time, and some habits have long been developed into tacit understanding, so their current intimate behavior is natural.
After straightening his clothes, Chu Qi walked out with Yan Jiuge while talking to him about the Yunyin Realm.
"The outside world is in chaos. When you entered the Medicine King Valley, many cultivators were chasing you." Yan Jiuge was in critical condition at that time. In order to get rid of the evil spirit from him as soon as possible, Chu Qi didn't care about anything else.
Now that I think about it, the situation of the Yan family was also very bad at that time.
"I still remember that when Black Abyss was lost, the demons gathered the human race and fought against the monsters together outside the main residence of the Yan family."
"… "
It's self-evident who "monster" refers to.
Yan Jiuge carefully recalled his memories of that time. After the fall of Heiyuan, he closed his consciousness and only the scenes that came into his eyes could be remembered.
At that time, after he came out of the Black Abyss, Yan Mingchao stood in front of him holding the commandment spell, probably intending to seal him who had lost control.
But that didn't happen later. Yan Mingchao gave up on forming a formation and pushed him away, as if he was trying his best to avoid something.
[Go quickly.]
This is how Yan Mingchao spoke.
Yan Jiuge frowned. In the limited memory he had, he had never seen Yan Mingchao look so hurried and nervous.
Something must have happened very seriously.
"I have to go back to the Yan family as soon as possible."
"I'm with you."
Chu Qi plans to go with Yan Jiuge.
But Xuan Yi and Xuan Er, who were guarding the gate of the courtyard, heard Chu Qi's plan, stepped forward to stop Chu Qi, and persuaded him, "My Lord, your current strength is not enough to compete with the evil spirit. Right now, the Yunyin Realm is in chaos, and the evil spirit has reappeared with demonic energy. Nine Provinces will be full of corpses. Although the Medicine King Valley has appeared in the world, the disciples in the valley are all silent, and the sacred tree has withered, and it cannot save the Yunyin Realm from the water and fire."
"At this moment, only if you inherit Medicine King Valley and awaken the great formation and sacred tree of Medicine King Valley can this crisis be resolved."
Chu Qi and Yan Jiuge looked at each other and understood the meaning from each other's eyes.
Without wasting time discussing with Yan Jiuge, Chu Qi followed Xuan Yi's words and asked, "How can I inherit Yaowang Valley?"
"A ceremony is required." Having said that, Xuan Yi lowered his head respectfully, then transformed back into the form of a green phoenix, leaning over and landing in front of Chu Qi.
"I will take you to the altar."
Xuan Er also followed Xuan Yi in transformation, but it did not carry anyone. It looked at Yan Jiuge and whispered, "Outsiders are not allowed to enter the altar. It is better for this lord to wait here."
Yan Jiuge raised his eyebrows slightly when he heard this. He and Aqi were not outsiders.
On second thought, the two of them had just expressed their feelings, and although they had already practiced dual cultivation, they had not yet signed a Taoist couple ceremony, so naturally they could not be recognized by those old-fashioned spell formations.
Suppressing the urge to go together, Yan Jiuge nodded, "I'll stay here and wait for Aqi to come out."
"Does the ceremony take a long time?" Chu Qi rode on Qingfeng's back.
"Not long. The spirits in the valley have been waiting for your return for a long time. The spiritual energy in the altar has already accumulated enough."
As soon as Xuan Yi finished speaking, he spread his wings and circled up, flying towards the center of Yaowang Valley.
"!"
The green phoenix let out a loud cry.
Afterwards, Chu Qi could clearly sense that the entire Medicine King Valley was waking up from its silent slumber. Some creatures were awakening and responding to the phoenix's calls with their spiritual power.
Wisps of spiritual energy visible to the naked eye gathered towards the center. That was the direction Xuan Yi took Chu Qi to.
In the center of Yaowang Valley, there is an ancient isolation barrier that protects the core area from outsiders.
Flying in front of the barrier, the huge green phoenix did not stop at all, and directly crashed into the barrier. In an instant, the runes of the barrier surged, and the scarlet spell flowed around Chu Qi's body, and suddenly dissipated like spring breeze melting snow.
"Buzz!"
The barrier spell creates nothingness, revealing the scene hidden within.
At that moment, a ray of light descended from the pale blue sky of Yaowang Valley, immediately illuminating the entire altar. When the complex formation patterns bloomed, the Green Phoenix just happened to carry Chu Qi to the center of the altar.
Rich spiritual energy surges in from all directions, and a mysterious aura vibrates between heaven and earth, all of which will gather here.
Chu Qi stood in the center of the altar.
Having completed his mission, Qing Feng lowered his head and retreated respectfully to the altar.
Soon, Chu Qi's whole body was surrounded by green ancient spells. Those words represented some kind of vitality between heaven and earth and connected with the laws.
After Chu Qi became familiar with their breath, they transformed from tangible objects into intangible objects, like the veins of leaves, transmitting the breath gathered from the surroundings into Chu Qi's body.
Faster and faster.
The spiritual energy even formed a vortex around Chu Qi, and finally transformed into a huge green tree, with its overlapping branches and leaves covering Chu Qi's figure.
—That is the spiritual state of the sacred tree.
Its body is dormant in the void and will not appear in the world until it is revived.
When Chu Qi was enveloped by the spirit of the sacred tree, the silent Medicine King Valley also changed. The light blue sky gradually faded away and turned into a hazy and chaotic night.
This means that the space that was originally independent of the Yunyin Realm is gradually getting in touch with the Yunyin Realm.
For Medicine King Valley to fully emerge into the world, it is not enough to simply open the Qingmu Gate. A new valley master must inherit the entire Medicine King Valley and then descend to the Yunyin Realm.
During this process, the spiritual energy in Yaowang Valley will also flow to Yunyin Realm to resist the erosion of evil spirits.
If the sacred tree had not withered, the new Valley Master would have been able to bring the sacred tree's spiritual energy to the Yunyin Realm and completely eliminate the evil spirit.
"… "
An unknown amount of time passed before the young man in the center of the altar finally opened his eyes again.
At that glance, there was a rich dark green color flowing in it, as deep as the abyss, as if it had been deposited for tens of thousands of years.
But soon, Chu Qi came out of this state and returned to normal.
He breathed a sigh of relief and relaxed his tightened mind a little.
After inheriting the position of the master of Medicine King Valley, Chu Qi established a connection with the sacred tree and possessed the ability to mobilize some of the laws between heaven and earth. This is similar to the Yan family's control of precepts, but Medicine King Valley's ability is vitality and healing.
Even if the laws of heaven and earth in the Yunyin Realm collapsed, he could mobilize these laws to revive them.
No wonder the instinct of Su Shi Juan was to keep his ending.
According to common sense, his cultivation has now increased to the Nascent Soul stage and even a higher level. The heaven and earth should respond by sending down a thunderstorm.
But the Yunyin Realm was now being eroded by evil spirits, and most of the laws of heaven and earth had collapsed, so Chu Qi's corresponding thunder tribulation naturally could not descend.
Perhaps the Yunyin Realm itself transcends the normal laws of heaven and earth.
Chu Qi remembered that the previous Valley Master had sent him to the Yunhua Realm, and he vaguely realized something.
After the ancient war, a barrier was added between the Yunhua Realm and the Yunyin Realm. The two realms did not communicate with each other. Except for the Yan family who was in charge of the commandments and the Yaowang Valley who was in charge of vitality, other cultivators could not teleport.
Yunhua Realm is a world of its own, with sects teaching and imparting knowledge. The laws of heaven are orderly, and all beings are equal.
The Yunyin Realm is different. Yaowang Valley and the Yan family are not ordinary cultivators. They have special bloodlines and can interfere with the laws of heaven. This has affected the power of the laws of heaven itself to a certain extent.
“…” Could this also be caused by the Tracing World Scroll
Chu Qi fell into deep thought.
In his opinion, the fact that the Traceable World Scroll had been opened more than once was problematic in itself.
The protagonist of the previous volume of the past was the founder of the Tianxuan Sect. He combined the dual cultivation of medicine and swordsmanship in order to save the cultivation world from danger and stop the evil spirits from emerging from the cracks of chaos.
At that time, the Yunhua Realm and the Yunyin Realm were not separated, and were called the Yun Realm in ancient times.
The Tracing World Scroll should have forced an ending at that time. Such an ending caused the founder to lose important people, so he was willing to be bound in the Tracing World Scroll and reincarnate.
The final outcome is not known for now, unless there is a chance to return to the Tianxuan Sect Sword Tomb to ask the founder's spiritual consciousness.
But the problem of evil spirits was not solved and remains today, ten thousand years later.
Therefore, the Tracing World Scroll did not ask the ancestors to eliminate evil spirits.
As for Chu Qi himself, the forced ending set for him by the Tracing World Scroll was to survive.
(End of this chapter)