C85 dilapidated city

As Lei Yang and the other two were hurrying along, at the deepest part of the desert, there was a crack in the ground that was thirty meters wide. There was a ball of light that was faintly yellow in color, quietly floating three feet above the ground.

The ball of light was about the size of a washbasin. In the center of the ball was an oval-shaped egg that was the size of an adult's palm. It was emitting a faint yellow glow. Because there was a layer of eggshell separating them, all of the halos appeared very hazy.

The eggshell was extremely thick, and one could not clearly see what was inside. However, the light shone through, causing the entire egg to appear as a faint golden color. It looked sparkling and divine, as if it was a dragon egg.

If one looked closely, the dragon egg in the middle of the ball of light was not completely still. It was as if it could breathe, and it was shrinking and expanding, causing the ball of light outside to shrink as well.

However, there was a very small part on the tail of the dragon egg. It was dark gray and it did not match the entire dragon egg. It was obvious that the thing inside the egg was not complete.

However, as the dragon egg continued to breathe, countless indescribably majestic life force continued to be sucked into the walls of the fissure. As that life force was absorbed, the dark, gray area began to glow.

However, the change in the grey area was still extremely slow. It was as if it wanted to completely become a light golden color that was one with the other regions. Even with the nourishment of the vast and boundless life force, it still needed a few more days before it would be completely complete.

However, this dragon egg was truly extraordinary. As it continued to infuse life force into it, it gradually gained a great deal of vitality. On the surface of the egg, some golden symbols even flashed.

These golden magical symbols emanated an ancient, archaic aura. Their appearance seemed to be able to expand the range of the dragon egg's breath, and gradually, the entire tomb Secret Realm seemed to follow their rhythm, and began to contract their breathing.

In that moment, all the dead cultivators of Secret Realm, as well as all the beasts and even the trees and flowers, had turned into invisible life force. They were constantly being sucked in by its breath, causing it to seem like the heart of the Secret Realm, while the formless life force that had gathered seemed to return to the blood of the heart.

However, all of the cultivators in the great tomb's Secret Realm did not feel any of this, nor could they sense it. Even the formless life force was not able to detect it at all.

However, the only thing that they could feel was the cold and gloomy aura being emitted from the desert. As they continued to advance, they became weaker and weaker.

According to common sense, this kind of cold aura would only grow thicker as they drew closer to the Dragon Abyss. But now, as they drew closer to the Dragon Abyss, not only did the cold aura become weaker, it had even disappeared in the end. They also gradually felt a trace of warmth that they had never felt before.

This abnormal phenomenon caused the three of them to feel astonished. At the same time, it also made the five great forces, who had already arrived in Dragon Abyss and divided their area of influence, a little confused.

Although no one had seen through this phenomenon, everyone guessed that it had something to do with that Heavenly Dragon Qi.

... ....

And at this time, at the entrance of the great tomb Secret Realm, on the wasteland in the middle of the nine dragon-like mountains, Wang Hua Tian ... The other Elders of the four Sects were all sitting cross-legged and guarding their respective spots. They didn't say anything to each other, and in fact, hidden vigilance could be seen deep within their eyes.

It was unknown what kind of secret arts they had used, but all of the major events that had occurred in the Secret Realm were known to them.

With the start of the second ring beast tide in the Secret Realm, the Sky Dragon Plan was completely implemented, which caused the Heavenly Dragon Qi to slowly awaken and begin to absorb its life force, becoming more and more complete, causing the few of them to simultaneously laugh out loud into the sky.

However, after the laughter, the few of them looked at each other and did not speak, but because of the awakening of the Heavenly Dragon Qi, it seemed like the wariness in the eyes of the few of them had become even stronger.

However, none of them noticed that at this moment, within the mountain range far away from this wasteland, there was a huge mountain peak with a Guru Qingming in green robes sitting cross-legged. At the same time that a few people were laughing, he slowly raised his head.

After a long while, he sighed, "Dragon Slayer, Raksha, I hope you can complete my mission!"

... ....

Within the Secret Realm, Lei Yang and the other two slowly sped on amidst the yellow sand. Ten days later, there was still no end of yellow sand in front of them.

"Could the map be wrong?" Looking in front of him, at the desert which didn't have any other color, Xie Jun found it difficult to look at Lei Yang.

Lei Yang knew that even though the current Xie Jun did not display the kind of respect he had for others, he dared to determine that Xie Jun did not dare to have any other thoughts.

Therefore, for many times, he would be able to completely use the Forbidden Soul Technique to find out if the other party was lying, but he didn't. On the contrary, he chose to unconditionally trust Xie Jun, which caused the feeling of disgust in Xie Jun's heart to decrease more and more.

This was precisely Lei Yang's goal. Although this goal did not have any malicious intent, it could very well improve the relationship between them, and allow Xie Jun to truly form a team with them from the bottom of his heart.

And they were not after the Heavenly Dragon Qi, but only for their own lives!

At this time, Lei Yang seemed to have noticed Xie Jun's dilemma, so he quickly said: "Secret Realm here, maybe the terrain has already changed, and this desert doesn't have any special marks, even if there is an error, it is still reasonable. We are only here to borrow the teleportation circle to leave, we still have plenty of time right now, let's look around!"

"That's right, I don't want to meet with those brutal disciples of the sect. Meeting with these guys is definitely not a good thing, I think we should slowly go!" Before Xie Jun could say anything, Zhang Qing spoke up from the side.

Seeing the two of them trust him so much, Xie Jun's nose turned sour, and in his heart, he felt a hint of gratitude that he had never felt before.

The cultivators of Azure Snow Sect all cultivated in the way of the sword and had tough natures. Although the entire sect looked harmonious, they were all deceitful and did not have any real friends. At this moment, these two strange youths who were originally strangers to each other actually displayed a sense of innocence and kindness. He actually had the urge to become brothers with them.

"Alright, let me take a closer look at the map!" Xie Jun was not a foolish person, squatting down, he began to study the map once again.

"Oh, yes! You all should have sensed it already, the cold aura in this desert is gradually weakening, right? " Just then, Zhang Qing suddenly said.

"Yes, why?" Lei Yang asked.

"That's right, I thought of something. When I was in the sect, I heard that once that Heavenly Dragon Qi awakened, its powerful aura would even affect some things in the Secret Realm." Zhang Qing said quickly.

"Oh, yes, I've heard of that too, but what does it have to do with us finding the right route?" Xie Jun agreed, and at the same time, voiced out the doubt in his heart.

"Yes, of course. Recently, I have secretly observed a pattern, and it seems that the more we go in a direction, the higher the temperature is in front. Does that mean that we are closer to the Heavenly Dragon Qi?" Zhang Qing said.

"You mean ..." Xie Jun suddenly realized.

But before he finished speaking, Zhang Qing said quickly: "That's right, I predicted that the temperature must be related to the Heavenly Dragon Qi, and that legendary Heavenly Dragon Qi is actually the one located in the center of Secret Realm. As long as we follow in this direction, we can't be wrong."

"Brother Zhang, it's a good idea. We can't delay this any longer, so let's set off!" Lei Yang said. The three of them decided on a single direction and quickly left.

Time flew by, and in the blink of an eye, another twenty days passed. Even the three of them were bored to the extreme in this desert that was forever full of yellow sand.

However, Zhang Qing's method seemed to be really effective, as they continued to move deeper into the desert, the temperature felt by their bodies also became higher and higher.

It was only on this day that a dilapidated wall appeared on the flat ground in front of them as the three of them continued to advance at high speed. Only then did their originally dull hearts suddenly become excited.

As the three of them got closer, the dilapidated city wall became increasingly majestic in their eyes. As the three of them approached the city wall, an indescribably shocking feeling filled their hearts.

This city wall was over a hundred zhang tall, and was so tall that one couldn't see the end of it. It was made from blocks of incomparably huge bluestone, like a huge broken rock that had been uprooted from the ground.

The city walls were covered with the marks of time. Due to the passage of time, many places had huge cracks in them, and some parts had even collapsed, causing the entire city wall to look dilapidated. However, even now, one could still feel his once vigorous and majestic aura.

The three of them walked around the city wall for a distance. Suddenly, a huge city gate appeared in front of them. The city gate was dozens of feet tall.

However, the moment the three of them saw the city gate, their pupils constricted at the same time. Shock arose within their eyes, not because of the city gate, but because of a huge clear fist imprint on the city gate.

The fist imprint actually managed to penetrate through the thick city gate, leaving behind a clear fist shadow that penetrated through. The edge of the fist imprint seemed to be cut through, the cross section was neat and smooth, but there were no cracks around the fist imprint.

It was not uncommon for there to be such a large force that could break a city gate. Even if it was the power of the Core Formation, to be able to hit it without leaking any of it at the same time was truly astonishing.

Amongst the three of them, Lei Yang had the deepest understanding of this method of gathering energy without dispersing. Hence, the shock in his heart was even stronger than the two of them. Not only that, he could even feel an overbearing fist intent that had yet to completely dissipate from the fist imprint.

Not long after, the three of them passed through the city gates and stepped into the city. An unimaginably huge and majestic city appeared before their eyes.

However, even though the city was huge and boundless, most of the buildings in the city had collapsed and were destroyed. It was as if the city had experienced a world-shaking catastrophe and was riddled with holes.

In addition, the sand and wind had been eroding the area for thousands of years. Now, this place had completely turned into a place that was gradually being buried by the endless yellow sand ...

What was shocking was ...

... .... A dilapidated city!