Undying Life

Chapter 735: Chapter 735: Nineteenth on the Divine Beast Rankings

"Xu Xian, why do you not leave at once?" Ye Qingcheng, in the guise of Fahai, shouted.

"My love, you must go!" the voice of Bai Suzhen, as portrayed by Nian Youyou, echoed from within Leifeng Pagoda.

Now understanding the situation, Zhong Shan would no longer be deceived by this dream.

Zhong Shan raised a hand, pointing a finger from which a beam of white light shot forth.

"Xu Xian? You've actually learned demonic arts?" Fahai's voice boomed with a mix of shock and anger.

With a sweep of his hand, Zhong Shan tore a rift in the space around him. The world quaked violently, as if on the verge of collapsing.

"Boom!"

Leifeng Pagoda crumbled into ruins, and fear flashed across Fahai's face.

"Pop!"

The dream shattered.

In reality, Zhong Shan woke up, lifting himself slowly from his desk.

Upon opening his eyes, he saw a small blue fuzzball lying on the table, clutching a ball of golden light, enjoying it immensely.

"The Ancestor Divine Beast? Oh, Xiao Qing? Where is Nian Youyou?" Zhong Shan asked with a smile.

Xiao Qing, the Ancestor Divine Beast, had just stolen some luck from Zhong Shan and was blissfully savoring it, completely unaware that Zhong Shan had awakened from the dream it had woven.

"Eh?" Xiao Qing was momentarily startled, loosening its grip.

"Thud!" The luck returned to Zhong Shan.

"Eh eh eh..." Xiao Qing chirped in dismay.

Now that Zhong Shan was awake, Xiao Qing could no longer steal his luck.

Zhong Shan looked around, frowning slightly. "I know you've entered the underworld, but where is Nian Youyou?"

Upon hearing Zhong Shan's question again, Xiao Qing steadied itself, then started wiggling its plump body, shaking its rear toward Zhong Shan.

"Eh eh eh eh..."

Xiao Qing jumped up and down, doing handstands and shaking its bottom, as if narrating an earth-shattering event.

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Zhong Shan was speechless.

"I can't understand you like this. Don't weave another dream; show me through a dream instead!" Zhong Shan shook his head.

Xiao Qing tilted its head, realizing the truth in Zhong Shan's words. It quickly extended its small paws, waving them shakily at Zhong Shan as if performing a hypnotic spell.

"Eh eh eh eh..."

A wave of drowsiness washed over Zhong Shan, and he did not resist.

In a palace, two figures stood: Ye Qingcheng and Nian Youyou. On Nian Youyou's shoulder lay the lazy Ancestor Divine Beast, Xiao Qing.

Zhong Shan suddenly appeared in the hall, but the two figures didn't notice him, as if he were invisible.

Zhong Shan knew this was a dream, a replay of past events by the Ancestor Divine Beast.

"Nian Youyou, six thousand years ago, you were the world's number one, the creator of the Infinite Transformations Art. You are her descendant. I respect you, the Eternal Realm respects you, but this time it cannot be helped! You must know who the Grand Elder is? He needs your Ancestor Divine Beast," Ye Qingcheng said solemnly.

"Xiao Qing is mine. No one can take it away. If he needs one, he can find one himself!" Nian Youyou shook her head, firmly refusing.

"The Ancestor Divine Beast ranks nineteenth on the Great Thousand World's Divine Beast Rankings. The top eighteen are shrouded in mystery, even to the saints who may not have seen them all. The Ancestor Divine Beast is just at the nineteenth position, known as the 'Ancestor Position.' The top hundred divine beasts have no parents and are birthed by the heavens and earth themselves. The closer they are to the top, the rarer they are. Finding another Ancestor Divine Beast is absolutely impossible," Ye Qingcheng shook his head as he spoke.

"So, you decided to target me? Am I that easy to bully?" Nian Youyou said sternly.

"I never wanted to play the 'bad guy,' but I've already made a promise to the Mirror Demon Master. Today, you have no choice but to hand it over," Ye Qingcheng shouted.

Suddenly, the cute Xiao Qing sat up from Nian Youyou's shoulder, glaring at Ye Qingcheng as if it understood that he intended to harm it.

Nian Youyou glanced at Ye Qingcheng, realizing that there would be no peaceful resolution. She moved swiftly, causing a cloud of golden sand to materialize around her. The sandstorm obscured everything, and with the Ancestor Divine Beast, she flew out of the hall. Nian Youyou sped off in a distant direction.

In the sky, Ye Qingcheng's shout echoed, "It's useless! The Mirror Demon Master lent me the Vientiane Mirror Tower. Today, the Ancestor Divine Beast must stay!"

As Ye Qingcheng's voice faded, a crystalline tower, reflecting like a mirror, descended from the sky.

"Whoosh!"

A fierce wind locked onto Nian Youyou. Although she managed to escape the Vientiane Mirror Tower's range, the Ancestor Divine Beast on her shoulder suddenly vanished.

Without looking back, Nian Youyou flew away at high speed and disappeared in the distance.

The enormous Vientiane Mirror Tower trapped the Ancestor Divine Beast and crashed to the ground.

"Boom!"

Ye Qingcheng watched Nian Youyou's retreating figure but did not pursue. Instead, he turned his attention to the Ancestor Divine Beast within the tower, satisfied.

"Your master abandoned you and ran away!" Ye Qingcheng taunted.

"Bang!"

Inside the tower, the golden powder around the Ancestor Divine Beast suddenly glowed, and it transformed into Nian Youyou's shape.

The Ancestor Divine Beast had become Nian Youyou?

Ye Qingcheng's eyes widened, then shifted to the direction where Nian Youyou had fled.

"The Infinite Transformations Art? You've mastered a second form? And you can transform other things into your shape?" Ye Qingcheng exclaimed.

The first form, infinite sand, was something Zhong Shan had witnessed before when Nian Youyou escaped as a pile of golden sand. Now, she had a second form, transforming into the Ancestor Divine Beast.

"It's me. You will never get Xiao Qing!" Nian Youyou declared defiantly.

Ye Qingcheng, having miscalculated for the first time, showed a flash of anger in his eyes.

"Guards!" Ye Qingcheng shouted.

Quickly, two figures flew over from a distance.

Ye Qingcheng waved his hand, retracting the Vientiane Mirror Tower, and touched Nian Youyou's forehead with his finger. She instantly fell unconscious.

"Lock Nian Youyou in the Eternal Sacred Prison. No one is to release her!" Ye Qingcheng commanded furiously.

"Yes, Realm Lord!" the two men immediately responded, lifting Nian Youyou and flying away swiftly.

The scene shifted, and Zhong Shan suddenly found himself near the escaping "Nian Youyou." After flying for some distance, the figure trembled, and a burst of golden flames transformed it back into the form of the Ancestor Divine Beast.

The Ancestor Divine Beast stood atop a mountain peak, looking back in the direction it had just escaped from, a trace of sadness in its eyes.

"Eh eh eh..." The Ancestor Divine Beast seemed to resolve itself, making a firm decision.

"Pop!" The dream abruptly ended.

Zhong Shan woke up, seeing the pitiful Ancestor Divine Beast on the table. He frowned deeply.

"Nian Youyou has been captured by Ye Qingcheng?" Zhong Shan asked.

"Eh eh eh!" The Ancestor Divine Beast nodded.

"You created the dream of Leifeng Pagoda to tell me this? To ask me to rescue Nian Youyou?" Zhong Shan questioned.

"Eh eh eh!" The Ancestor Divine Beast nodded again.

"Did you come here as soon as she was captured?" Zhong Shan asked again.

"Eh eh eh eh!" The Ancestor Divine Beast shook its head.

"You went to the wrong place first and came here after wandering around?" Zhong Shan asked.

"Eh eh eh!" The Ancestor Divine Beast nodded.

Zhong Shan nodded, releasing some 'luck' for the Ancestor Divine Beast to consume. He pondered silently, realizing that some time had passed since the incident. The exact timeline was unclear, but the speed of the Ancestor Divine Beast was notable.

As for the Ancestor Divine Beast getting lost, that was not Zhong Shan's immediate concern.

Three months later.

In the realm of the Yellow Springs, within the territory of the Tian family.

Ye Qingcheng and Tian Xiaozi stood atop a mountain peak.

"Realm Lord Ye, I believe you also wish to know the whereabouts of the Ancestor Divine Beast?" Tian Xiaozi said with a faint smile.

"Indeed, it's said that not long ago, the Ancestor Divine Beast caused quite a stir in your Tian family, and it managed to escape?" Ye Qingcheng replied.

"And you haven't captured it either, have you?" Tian Xiaozi retorted with a smile.

"Do you know where it is?" Ye Qingcheng frowned.

"Yes, the Ancestor Divine Beast escaped from our Tian family, but we also sent people to follow it. Although we didn't capture it, we know where it is, which is more than your Eternal Realm can claim," Tian Xiaozi said.

"Oh?" Ye Qingcheng's eyes narrowed.

"Would you like to come with me to check it out?" Tian Xiaozi said with a faint smile.

Ye Qingcheng's eyes narrowed further, and he asked, "Why are you helping me?"

"Helping? Heh, Realm Lord Ye, you overthink. Let's put it this way: I'm going to see the Ancestor Divine Beast. You can come if you wish. If not, so be it," Tian Xiaozi replied with a smile.

"What do I have to fear?" Ye Qingcheng said disdainfully.

Changjing, in Zhong Shan's study, a group of advisors stood before him.

"Your Majesty, why have you summoned us here?" Yi Yan asked with a frown.

"In two months, Qianyou will return!" Zhong Shan said solemnly.

Hearing this, Yi Yan raised an eyebrow. "Your Majesty, has the Empress succeeded?"

"Yes, since the news has already arrived, it's certain. Prepare accordingly," Zhong Shan instructed.

"Yes!" the advisors responded immediately.

"Buzz!"

As the group discussed, a powerful divine sense swept over them.

"Eh eh eh eh..." The Ancestor Divine Beast suddenly appeared, darting into Zhong Shan's arms.

Everyone was startled by the sudden change, becoming cautious.

"Ye Qingcheng?" Zhong Shan snorted coldly, stepping out of the study with his ministers.