Chapter 927 - 438: Hua Jingxin Alone (Part 2)

She has always been kept in the depths of the Budu River, and this is the first time she has seen such a heavenly phenomenon.

Gu Tangyin shook her head: "Perhaps the Emotion Crossing Sect has its own intentions, such as the abundance of resources within the Celestial Abyss, which cultivators can easily harvest."

She vaguely knows some of the truth.

It’s said that the Duqing Divine Son is actually sealed by the Celestial Abyss nearby, forced to endlessly reincarnate in its vicinity.

As such, the Emotion Crossing Sect had to establish its sect in the western region, near the Celestial Abyss.

"Qingxuan."

Gu Tangyin turned around, her gaze landing on Chen Ye,

"The road ahead is yours to lead."

"We’re going into the Celestial Abyss to look for traces left by Lord Luoxiao. Since you are the survivor, you shall lead the way. If you dare to play any tricks or lead us into dead ends..."

"I wouldn’t dare! I wouldn’t dare at all!"

Chen Ye shivered all over, quickly hunching his back and jogged forward, waving his hands repeatedly,

"I’m still hoping for the esteemed guests to grant me a chance to extend my life, why would I gamble with my own fate! Esteemed guests, please observe..."

Chen Ye squinted his cloudy old eyes, surveying for a moment amidst the pitch-dark wilderness and fierce winds, his withered finger pointing to the left.

"After the great explosion in the Celestial Abyss, the original path has completely collapsed and is impassable. We must detour to the left through Broken Soul Gorge."

Although Chen Ye had some understanding of the Celestial Abyss,

he had only traversed the path through Broken Soul Gorge, so he could only lead the group towards it.

"Less nonsense, lead the way!" Hua Wuyin impatiently rebuked.

"Yes, yes..."

...

Upon entering Broken Soul Gorge, the surrounding light suddenly dimmed.

The wind wailed in the ears, and the ground was riddled with muddy dark red clots of blood, squelching underfoot.

Hua Jingxin was hardly one to endure such grievances; if not for Gu Tangyin’s presence, she would have long screamed and flown away using Sword Control.

At the moment, she could only bite her lip tightly, lifting her pale dress for fear of staining it with filth.

Chen Ye walked in the front, but his steps were peculiar.

At times he would suddenly stop to detour, and sometimes he would retrace his steps by a few paces.

Following behind, Hua Wuyin grew increasingly irritable with the erratic path,

"Old fool, do you know the way or not? This zigzagging like a headless fly!"

Chen Ye halted, forced a laugh and said,

"Oh dear, Flower Young Master, please calm your anger! Look at the flat ground I just avoided..."

Saying so, Chen Ye casually picked up a hard bone from the ground and threw it over.

"Chiii—"

As soon as the thigh bone crossed that patch of space, a hairline crack suddenly opened, slicing it into two.

Hua Wuyin’s voice was cut off abruptly, his Adam’s apple twitching, cold sweat beading his forehead.

How chaotic is the space here!

If he mistakenly stepped wrong, he would likely be harmed too.

"Void Split Blade..."

He Qinyuan muttered,

"Fellow Daoist Qingxuan truly has keen eyes, thank you for the warning."

Among the four, He Qinyuan was actually the most polite to Chen Ye.

The Hua siblings didn’t need mentioning, their disdain as palpable as ever;

while in Gu Tangyin’s eyes, Chen Ye seemed merely a lifeless guide, utterly disregarded. Back in Hunyuan City, she had treated him with the same indifference.

"Hehe, taking others’ money to do their bidding. Esteemed guests, please keep close, these outer cracks are few, the deeper we move, the denser they are."

Chen Ye chuckled dryly, humbly lowering his head as he turned to lead, casually warning,

"And esteemed guests must be cautious, within the Celestial Abyss, storms arise periodically, if caught and scattered apart, remember to head deeper into the Celestial Abyss."

Back then, Bai Liuyue was swept into such spatial turbulence.

Therefore, Chen Ye had some experience with this.

Everyone nodded; along the way, Chen Ye had already shown his seasoned expertise, even the Hua siblings now took his words seriously.

After about the time of an incense, the group smoothly passed through Broken Soul Gorge, almost reaching the first-layer barrier of the Celestial Abyss.

Perhaps speak of the devil.

Upon reaching the end of the gorge, a deep rumbling sound suddenly echoed from the depths of the sky.

Spiritual Power around surged and rampaged, morphing into tides washing over.

"Something’s wrong, it’s a space storm caused by a void tide!"

Gu Tangyin’s color changed, she drew the long sword from her back, its blade emitting brilliant light, trying to resist the violently twisting space around.

But the might of heaven and earth was far too overwhelming.

Within the depths of the gorge, another surge of Spiritual Power tide rushed over, instantly engulfing them all!

"Ah—Brother!"

Hua Jingxin let out a terrified scream, her delicate form swept up by the fierce winds.

"Jingxin!"

Hua Wuyin turned pale in alarm, trying to reach for his sister but was forced to retreat by a void rift cleaving toward him, losing sight of each other.

"Everyone stay calm! Hold your ground and drop with the wind’s eye!"

Gu Tangyin’s voice was shredded by the storm, and the next moment, her and He Qinyuan’s figures were swallowed by the twisting space.

Meanwhile, Chen Ye.

He floated like a dead leaf in the storm, drifting lightly into the depths of the gorge along the storm’s push.

In fact, this Spiritual Power tide wasn’t too powerful, as long as one isn’t swept into any dangerous Secret Realm, there shouldn’t be unexpected occurrences.

"Bang!"

Uncertain how long had passed, the storm abruptly ceased.

Chen Ye rolled twice on the ground, ended up lying beneath a leeward black rock wall, coughing violently as he spat out a mouthful of blood.

"Cough cough... My old bones are falling apart..."

Feigning lamentation as he grumbled, he patted dust off himself, raising his eyes to survey his surroundings.