Chapter 1065: Ancient Ruins of Yudu
Liu Zixuan was silent for a moment. "Why aren’t you asking me how I’m supposed to live through these last three months?"
"If you really were a short-lived bastard, you think you can marry my daughter from the Jiang family with just a hundred-million IOU?" Jiang Yifan glanced at Liu Zixuan. "I don’t know exactly how you’re going to deal with the Netherworld Palm on your body, but I do know one thing—you definitely won’t die."
"Why?" Liu Zixuan asked with interest.
"Because your surname is Liu!" Jiang Yifan stopped for a beat there. "Alright, let’s drop this topic. It’s your turn to answer my question."
Because my surname is Liu? So I won’t die?
Where did that come from?
Liu Zixuan was just as puzzled in his heart. Clearly Jiang Yifan knew something he didn’t, but wasn’t going to say it. Zixuan simply couldn’t be bothered to keep asking.
He thought for a bit and said, "I have some ideas about what’s going to happen at the summit of Yudu, but right now I still don’t know what exactly will happen there in a hundred days."
Obviously, Liu Zixuan had tossed the question back to Jiang Yifan.
Jiang Yifan rubbed his chin, stood up with his hands clasped behind his back, and began pacing in the room. After a long while he spoke faintly, "The summit of Yudu is just a location. You can also regard it as the starting point of an event."
"Is it about the Netherworld Hall?" Liu Zixuan asked.
"Exactly."
Jiang Yifan nodded, halted his steps and smiled. "The Netherworld Hall’s ambition is enormous. They want to rule the entire Martial Realm of this world. What is the Martial Realm? It’s an existence that stands above all else—turn the hand and heaven is destroyed, lift the foot and earth is annihilated. If they rule the Martial Realm of the whole world, then they become the masters of Blue Star."
Liu Zixuan was suddenly shaken. Masters of Blue Star?
That would be the true sovereigns.
"However, great ambition demands great sacrifice. What they do will naturally be beyond ordinary imagination. If they want to rule the entire World Martial Realm, the Netherworld Hall must face every Martial Artist in the world’s Martial Realm."
Jiang Yifan turned his head and smiled. "Do you know where the path of the Martial Realm originates from?"
"Star Sea!" Liu Zixuan answered with exceptional certainty.
In fact, regarding this kind of matter, not just them—even many kids in the city know. Martial Arts originates from martial skills, and martial skills have existed since Ancient Times, when there wasn’t even a Western God yet.
Although that’s from legend, no rumor arises without a cause. Even if greatly exaggerated, there’s still a kernel of truth.
Jiang Yifan asked again, "Then do you know where in Star Sea it originates?"
"I don’t." Liu Zixuan shook his head. "Honestly, I don’t know that much about the Star Sea Martial Realm."
"It originates from Yudu!"
Jiang Yifan clasped his hands behind his back and looked toward the sky outside, as if recalling some past events.
After a few minutes passed, he walked to the table, lit a cigarette, and while smoking said, "Nowadays when people talk about Yudu, most think it’s just a mountainous land, also called the Yudou Mountain Range. Of course, many also know Yudu is filled with endless mythical hues—once inhabited by immortals, known as Dragon Vein Land, and so on."
"Is there more to it?" Liu Zixuan asked curiously.
Speaking of it, the lineage of Yudu has been controversial since ancient times, because it’s saturated with too many mythological colors. As a result, many classical texts record it, works like the Earth Book and such, writing it up to be almost divine.
Jiang Yifan smiled. "If I said that all those exaggerated tales out there still aren’t enough to fully explain Yudu, would you believe it?"
Liu Zixuan was stunned when he heard that. "Don’t tell me there are real immortals living there? Some kind of Human Immortal Realm?"
"I don’t know if there are immortals, but I’m certain there’s a power there that far exceeds human imagination. As for a Human Immortal Realm, that’s not an exaggeration. Mysterious places in the Great Thousand Worlds aren’t exactly rare."
Jiang Yifan shifted the direction of his words, speaking each phrase clearly: "And the Immortal Realm within the Yudou Mountain Range is called Yudu Void."
"Yudu Void?" Liu Zixuan raised his brows. "I remember some TV series used that name too."
"So you see, legends or rumors, they all have factual basis. Otherwise, how could a name just appear out of thin air?"
Jiang Yifan snorted. "Yudu Void is vast, and its location isn’t fixed. It floats above the Dragon Vein, receiving the Dragon Vein’s baptism every day, which makes it even more mysterious."
"So what exactly is Yudu Void?" He was of course very clear on Yudu having a Dragon Vein.
Moreover, Yudu’s Dragon Vein is currently the largest Dragon Vein in Star Sea, and now that the Hidden Dragon Vein and Bright Dragon Vein have merged into one, the Dragon Vein aura is even more intense. That’s something that hasn’t occurred in tens of millions of years.
Before Jiang Yifan could answer, Liu Zixuan asked again, "And, is there anyone in Yudu Void?"
"You can regard Yudu Void as a residence, or as ruins!" Jiang Yifan paused and deliberately stressed his tone. "And it’s the largest and most complete Ancient Ruins in recorded history!"
A gleam flashed in Liu Zixuan’s eyes. "So the Netherworld Hall setting the meeting at the summit of Yudu, their ultimate goal is Yudu Void?"
"That I can’t answer." Jiang Yifan spread his hands. "Plenty of people in the Martial Realm know about Yudu Void, but among those still alive, not a single one has actually found it!"
"If none of the living have found it, that means someone did find it before?" Liu Zixuan raised his brows.
"Of course. After all, Star Sea has several thousand years of civilized history. There must have been some super powerhouses who found it. It’s just that there’s no trace whatsoever of those people, so it’s as if no one has ever entered."
Jiang Yifan smiled faintly. "So, whether Yudu Void is the Netherworld Hall’s ultimate goal, I don’t know. But inviting everyone to the summit of Yudu, they’re clearly trying to borrow that momentum to defeat the Star Sea Martial Realm in one stroke."
The Martial Realm originates from Yudu, so if they want to conquer the Star Sea Martial Realm, choosing Yudu to settle everything naturally makes sense. If they succeed, the Netherworld Hall’s fame will soar across the world!
Liu Zixuan murmured, "Star Sea Martial Arts have deep and long roots, so the Netherworld Hall wants to gnaw through this tough bone of Star Sea first, then move on to other nations?"
Jiang Yifan nodded. "You could say that. Once they defeat the Star Sea Martial Realm, first they can intimidate other countries, and second they can occupy the largest territory. At that point, they can advance or retreat as needed—a pretty good move on the board."
"A good move, but also a risky one." Liu Zixuan smiled. "The Hidden Sect have already started appearing, and there’s a mysterious powerhouse like you around. The Netherworld Hall won’t have such an easy time. They might even end up utterly defeated at the summit of Yudu."
"That’s not so easy to say." Jiang Yifan narrowed his eyes. "Anything you can think of, the Netherworld Hall can think of too. Honestly, I don’t even know what their real intention is behind all this, so..."
"So what?" Liu Zixuan asked.