Am I the only one who didn't ascend?

Chapter 455 The Dead

Ever since the foundation stone of Yanwu fell, the sound of joy soaring into the sky has been endless.

The heads of several major families, as well as hundreds of thousands of survivors, were all immersed in this boiling ocean. Sounds of heart-rending laughter, roars, and cries... one after another in the continuous cluster of docks.

Finally, won.

This long suffering has finally come to an end.

Every Yanwu person who has survived to this day knows what the white stone tablet standing in front of Wubao means. With it, the wild demons can no longer invade Yanwu, and the survivors no longer have to live under the fear of being polluted by the wild poison all day long. Fenghu, which Yanwu relies on to maintain prosperity, will gradually return Clear, return to the spirit-filled appearance.

More importantly, those who have passed away will finally rest in peace.

And those who caused the tragedy with their own hands will surely pay the price.

This is the meaning of the cornerstone of the wilderness, and it is also the vision Lu Zhiyao promised to all the survivors when he first came to Yanwu. During this period of time, facing the Ming Sect on the lake, not only Lu Zhiyao and Qin Muzhou were desperately resisting, but hundreds of thousands of Yanwu people were also doing their best. Although they were mortals and had weak strength, they could win bit by bit. The combination of hard work and will is a powerful force that no one can underestimate.

It took Yanwu two days to accelerate the condensation of the cornerstone of the Desolation, not only because Qin Muzhou burned his own origin, but also because hundreds of thousands of Yanwu people burned their own efforts.

But Lu Zhiyao's actions have always been unexpected. Now that the overall situation has been decided, the Immortal Lord's few quirks are naturally harmless. It was a pity that Lu Zhiyao could not be invited to declare victory in public, but what difference would it make if it was Qin Muzhou?

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So, where is the person who should be standing at the top, leading everyone to harvest the harvest and celebrate victory?
At Yanwu Pier, an old man wearing light armor, riding against the breeze, landed gracefully behind Qin Muzhou.

She had obviously gone through a long decisive battle, her body was covered in wounds, her immortal energy was in vain, and she couldn't even perfectly cope with the bone-shattering wind after flying into the Gangfeng layer... but she didn't know why she was in such a hurry to leave.

Hundreds of miles west of Qin Muzhou, Lu Zhiyao had already arrived at Songjiabao first.

The overall situation of this battle has been decided, don't think wildly, just arrange the celebration banquet in Yanwu and wait for the return of the Immortal Lord. But now it is even more important to take advantage of the Immortal Lord's absence to actively consolidate his position of power. After all, Qin Muzhou had just said that everything was up to him.

Qi Mingxiu's heart was full of excitement when he arrived, and he seemed to have seen the beautiful future that belonged to Yanwu and Qijia on the way to Yufeng. After this battle, Desolation will be defeated, and Yanwu, as the place where the Deer Immortal Lord can conquer Desolation, may become the spiritual mountain of the new era! As the hero of the decisive battle, the Qi family has countless benefits...

The head of the first family is now more than 500 years old. His seniority is almost firmly at the top of Yanwu. His combined cultivation is enough to be called an ancestor in Jiuzhou Continent. Now he is jointly owned by the six major families of Yanwu. He was elected as the master and came to invite the immortal to return to his throne.

"I...I won't go either." Qin Muzhou shook his head, "Senior Sister is leaving in a hurry, so I'd better go and have a look. Everything about Yanwu is up to you. These days, you organize Youfang, it should have been you...Sorry, I have to take the first step."

Qi Mingxiu said quickly: "Chief Immortal, now the foundation stone of Yanwu's desolation has been completed, and the desolate demon Bai Wuhou has also been defeated and retreated... All the people of Yanwu are waiting for you and the instructions of Lu Xianzun."

Before he finished speaking, Qin Muzhou shook his head and sighed: "No need, I'm just a little tired. After that...anyway, why are you looking for me?"

The moment after the foundation stone of Dinghuang fell, everyone saw Lu Zhiyao on the front line of the dock rising into the sky like a retrograde meteor and heading west.

At the same time, among the clouds, Qin Muzhou looked back at Yanwu. The sadness in his heart finally couldn't be restrained. In an instant, the surrounding white clouds were dyed pitch black, and the clear sky was like thick ink, and dark clouds overlapped.

However, when he landed, Qi Mingxiu felt an inexplicable sad wind blowing away the heat in his heart.

Qi Mingxiu nodded, even more confused.

Qin Muzhou was silent for a while and said, "Senior Sister Lu... you should have taken a step forward. You should have seen it."

The old man's surname was Qi, and he was Qi Mingxiu, the head of the Qi family. After Bai Jingya's death, the Bai family completely lost power in Yanwu, and the Qi family was the first family in Yanwu.

Qi Mingxiu saw that the other party was obviously trying to hold on to his injuries and rush forward with all his strength, and he couldn't help but feel a little uneasy in his heart. But he quickly pushed those ridiculous thoughts out of his mind.

But now, the fruits of hard work have finally matured.

Looking at the shaky figure in front of him, the old man was both in awe and a little puzzled. He hesitated for a moment and asked first: "Chief Immortal, do you need to take some elixirs to recuperate? Although Wubao has run out of elixirs, each family should still have some..."

In the second half of the conversation, Qin Muzhou's tone was calm, but he was obviously a little anxious. Before he could finish these comforting words, he stood up, attracted a white cloud from the sky and fell to the ground to wrap himself around him, and then flew west like a dragon.

Viewed from the sky, the fortress on the south bank of the Blood River is still solid and intact. The brown shield held up by the mountain guard formation is round and clear, like tangible glass. However, when Lu Zhiyao landed, the fear and anxiety in the castle filled and boiled like reality.

The moment she landed, many people gathered around her, talking and making endless noises.

"Deer Immortal Lord, you must save us!"

"The stone tablet suddenly broke. We really didn't do anything. It just broke by itself!"

"You, didn't you say before that the foundation stone can endure the tribulations forever? Why..."

"Is this desolate thing really possible? Immortal Lord, you must not trap us. We all choose to follow you at all costs..."

Lu Zhiyao gritted her teeth and suppressed the impatience in her heart. She ignored the obstructive noise around her and locked her sights directly on a confused woman on the periphery of the crowd. That was Song Yuan's aunt. Although she had many problems, she took good care of Song Yuan on weekdays, almost like an adoptive mother.

"Song Shen! Come here!"

A command containing an immortal edict separated the crowd and grabbed the woman in front of him.

"Where's Song Yuan?!"

The woman who was named for questioning had a dull look in her eyes, as if she didn't understand Lu Zhiyao's question. She just murmured in her mouth: "It's bad now, it's completely bad. If I had known better, I shouldn't have stayed in Songjiabao." , I should have taken refuge on the north shore a long time ago, I knew it..."

"Song Shen!"

However, even if Lu Zhiyao issued the immortal edict for the second time, Song Shen still could not return to her soul. Instead, she kept mumbling to herself, her eyes gradually turned white, and dark foam overflowed from the corners of her mouth.

"Hmph..." Lu Zhiyao took a deep breath, forced to calm down her emotions and regain the necessary rationality.

Now that the cornerstone of the Song Family Fort was inexplicably shattered, the situation was basically over. Because once the cornerstone of the Desolate Desolation is broken, it cannot be rebuilt with the current methods. This kind of treasure that unites the hearts of the people of heaven is a gamble that fails or fails. The failure of the gamble meant that the key location occupied by the Song Family Fort was lost and fell into the control of desolation. The walking corpses surrounding them now have suffered the backlash from the shattering of the desolate stone, and they are already showing signs of becoming desolate. As for Yanwu... Hanging alone, a single cornerstone cannot achieve the Ning Yuan Diagram, and it is already a situation that cannot be supported by a single tree. The follow-up will be caused by the comeback of the Ming Sect.

However, for Lu Zhiyao, even if things come to this point, it is not unacceptable.

Mozhou's strategy of clearing the wasteland was important, but compared to the ownership of Mozhou, Lu Zhiyao actually valued the little guy who was born in Mozhou and enjoyed the essence of Kyushu's luck more.

It is by no means a selfish preference, but Song Yuan really possesses an extremely valuable quality, which is far better than any cultivation talent, and is even more crucial in this troubled world... And Lu Zhiyao searched all over Jiuzhou, After reading all over the world, Song Yuan is almost a unique example.

Therefore, Mozhou can lose it, but Song Yuan cannot.

However, if Song Yuan was unharmed, how could the cornerstone of the Song Family Castle suddenly break into pieces? Although the child is young, she is very mature and experienced in dealing with things. She has learned her true lesson on how to use the resources in the castle to protect the cornerstone of the desolation. Even if she encounters any unexpected situation, she should at least be able to notify Lu Zhiyao in time.

However, Lu Zhiyao only learned about the fire in the backyard through the invisible ripples when the foundation stone of Dinghuang broke. The warning from Song Yuan never came.

What's even worse is that now Lu Zhiyao is already in the Song Family Fort, but she can't sense Song Yuan's location!

As the person Lu Zhiyao values ​​the most, Song Yuan has always been covered with various immortal magic weapons that can save her life and escape, and each of these magic weapons is secretly connected with Lu Zhiyao himself. Therefore, even if Song Yuan is dead, at least Lu Zhiyao should be able to feel where her body is.

unless……

unless!
Lu Zhiyao really didn't want to think about the only possibility, so only when she completely regained her rationality could she decisively force that possibility into her mind, acknowledge it, accept it, and use it as a basis. Think about subsequent changes.

In the most pessimistic situation, when Song Yuan still cannot save herself with all her magic weapons, she will have several options as a last resort... Among them, losing all her whereabouts and leaving no traces means that based on various considerations, she took the initiative to choose Prepare your own burial place.

Located in the gap between Xumi Cave and Heaven in Songjiabao, there is a gap in the paradise that is enough for the immortals to fall into it if they miss it slightly.

It was a wonderful scene in the cave created by a catastrophe. Now only two people know of its existence, one is Song Yuan and the other is Lu Zhiyao. Once the pre-arranged cave heaven spiritual objects are activated and transmitted into the gap, all immortal magic will be cut off and traced, so Lu Zhiyao will not be able to sense its location.

But now that this possibility is confirmed, going to that gap is just a thought for Lu Zhiyao.

The next moment, Lu Zhiyao swayed her immortal essence and tore open an inch of space in front of her. Her whole body turned into rainbow light and penetrated into that inch of door.

Behind the door is the crevice Taoyuan attached to the Songjiabao Xumi Cave.

It's called Taoyuan, but it looks like just a small, bare cave. A bright colored glass lamp hangs from the top of the cave, shining a gentle light, making the space feel slightly wider. And in the soft light, a little girl in a red dress stood with her back on her back, looking pretty.

The back view was the same as before they parted, but when Lu Zhiyao saw her, her heart ached and blood flowed from her eyes.

Because that skinny little kid could no longer turn around lightly and show her an innocent smile.

I can no longer blink my curious eyes and listen to her tell the bizarre stories before the time travel.

It is no longer possible to use Lu Zhiyao's name to command the elders of the family like a young adult, and then complete complex tasks one after another in front of people's astonished eyes.

Song Yuan can no longer grow up, become mature and charming, smart and powerful, and can no longer bloom the brilliance Lu Zhiyao expected.

She is dead.

The only thing left in this crevice is a cold and motionless back.

And even this back view was the only remaining beauty that she tried her best to leave to Lu Zhiyao.

When Lu Zhiyao walked slowly around Song Yuan, what she saw was no longer the young but beautiful face.

It was like a melted candle...the flesh, flesh, bones, and all the orifices on the face were all mixed into a ball, and then dripped down.

The face belonging to that girl will no longer exist in the world.

And this is the most severe symptom of famine.

Body, mind, soul, luck... everything that belonged to her was fighting desperately against the desolate poison. Then, the ruins left behind were destroyed by the desolate poison, which was what Lu Zhiyao saw.

In addition, all the fairy treasures on Song Yuan's body are like cold corpses, maintaining their original appearance, hanging on her body... but no longer have any spirituality.

Lu Zhiyao was silent for a long time. The blood and tears on her cheeks suddenly made a hissing sound and evaporated into smoke due to the extremely high temperature.

Lu Zhiyao lit a fire in her heart, which quickly evaporated her blood and tears, blurred the scars on her body, and burned away all the hesitation in her heart.

Then, the fire spread and ignited Song Yuan's body. The little girl left only a small piece of dust in the fire.

The small dust was quickly burned away, leaving only a clear shadow in Lu Zhiyao's mind.

Song Yuan chose this place to leave such traces... Although she didn't have time to say a word to Lu Zhiyao, Lu Zhiyao heard every word she wanted to say.

In the silence, time passed bit by bit. Lu Zhiyao suddenly raised her head and whispered: "Since you are here, don't make unnecessary cover-ups. Come and meet."

"..."

Behind him, a figure suddenly appeared, seemingly hesitant in place.

Lu Zhiyao urged: "Bai Cheng."

After his name was called, the man finally made up his mind and stepped in front of Lu Zhiyao.

"Senior sister...we haven't seen each other for a long time."

(End of this chapter)