He couldn’t draw it completely, only replicate the trajectory he rembered, but even that was just form without spirit.
Spirit is sothing that cos at the mont of enlightennt, and seeing the spirit allows one to comprehend the Life Atlas.
But capturing the spirit on paper is exceptionally difficult.
Zhao Xiantong’s cultivation in this line was called the "Nine Blood Red Lotus Scripture," taught to him by the Crown Prince Red Lotus, yet even the crown prince only taught up to the sixth grade, after which there was nothing more.
Li Yuan seized the opportunity to ask about the Ghost Realm.
However, Zhao Xiantong didn’t know much, only that the Ghost Realm was extrely terrifying.
Nonetheless, he had heard so information in the Central Plains, saying, "In the past, there weren’t as many ghost realms, nor were there so many at fields.
In recent years, ghost realms and at fields seem to have appeared simultaneously... and the better the at field, the more terrifying the nearby ghost realm.
Each ghost realm is different.
There may only be one ghost in the ghost realm, and the rest are ghost servants.
The ghost realm has so kind of core."
Li Yuan continued to interrogate, but Zhao Xiantong’s knowledge was limited.
After confirming he couldn’t extract any more information, Li Yuan knocked Zhao Xiantong unconscious, then used a gun to return him to the mass grave.
But upon arriving at the mass grave, he saw that the scenery had changed unexpectedly.
By the trickling stream, a pitiful woman sat, seemingly with a sprained foot, weeping silently.
Upon hearing a sound, the woman turned her head and looked at Li Yuan.
Li Yuan was stunned at this look; the woman bore so resemblance to Yan Yu, which made him instinctively want to step forward and help.
But he suppressed this thought and directly woke Zhao Xiantong.
While Zhao Xiantong was still in a daze, Li Yuan swung him forward, tossing him towards the weeping woman by the stream.
As Zhao Xiantong entered, the scenery suddenly changed again, transforming into a huge pit, with flies buzzing and the air reeking.
Beside the stream, the woman abruptly turned into a strange figure covered in blood and filth.
The figure grabbed the fleeing Zhao Xiantong.
Zhao Xiantong hurriedly painted a blood sigil on his left palm, then slapped it onto the strange figure.
The strange figure recoiled as if electrocuted, shrinking back.
Simultaneously, the blood sigil on Zhao Xiantong’s left palm vanished without a trace.
Zhao Xiantong seized the mont to flee.
But he was caught by the skeletons in the pit before he could escape.
Zhao Xiantong continued drawing blood sigils, continued to slap them out.
But Li Yuan had thrown him too far, and more skeletons were grabbing at his body.
Zhao Xiantong could only repel one skeleton at a ti, but more kept grasping him.
He glared at Li Yuan with hatred in his eyes, but couldn’t utter a word...
Slowly, he was dragged deep into the pit by nurous skeletons, no longer moving.
At this ti, the scene changed again, by the trickling stream, the woman resembling Yan Yu changed back into the likeness of Miss Ming Shu.
This lady looked blankly at Li Yuan, then without further transformation, turned and entered a small house, the door closing, returning everything to its original appearance.
...
Li Yuan turned and departed quickly.
"Indeed different, whether it’s the Ghost Realm in the deep mountains of Xiao Mo Mountain, or the Black Market Ghost Realm in Shanbao County, and even this Mass Grave Ghost Realm in Qiutang County, they are all different."
That night, he didn’t return because... having co this far, might as well send the Ancient Elephant away too.
Only he didn’t know where the Ancient Elephant was.
So he went to an inn in Qiutang County, threw a few large coins, and checked in, buying a few buns along the way.
This inn had a tavern downstairs and guestrooms above.
While resting in his room, he could hear the noisy sounds from the tavern, where soldiers following General Gu Xiang were drinking and making a ruckus.
Li Yuan stood by the window, looking at the night view of this unfamiliar Mountain County after the rain.
Two white sparrows landed by the window, and as he tore the bun, he threw out white crumbs.
The sparrows nibbled on the crumbs, and once satiated, flew into the night, becoming Li Yuan’s eyes.
One sparrow hid at the previous eting place of Zhao Xiantong and Ming Shu, watching the surrounding roads;
Another sparrow waited silently on an old tree outside the mass grave.
Li Yuan himself cald his mind, silently pondering the matter of the "Life Atlas," sensing the flow of Shadow Blood, trying to form a cycle around his heart.
But this process was quite difficult, and after many attempts, he only managed to stir a wisp of blood silk, only to fail again on another attempt.
Ti passed by little by little, as it approached midnight, a few soldiers downstairs in the tavern continued drinking and boasting, and no one dared to tell them it was closing ti.
But at this mont, an elegant figure suddenly appeared from outside the half-open door.
As soon as that figure entered, it caught the eyes of several soldiers.
These soldiers, accustod to lording around the county, one of them, fuelled by drink, said, "What a pretty lady, why do you look a bit sad?"
The graceful figure sobbed, "My husband hit ... and drove out..."
One soldier laughed, "Young lady, if you’re willing to keep us company for the night, we’ll avenge you and teach your husband a harsh lesson, how about it?"
Contrary to expecting shyness or anger from the figure, after hesitating a bit, she said, "Lords, if you first avenge , I’ll serve you well."
The soldiers imdiately perked up, shouting "Let’s go, let’s go," as they followed the figure out the door.
Li Yuan had also heard this, feeling sowhat speechless.
Much later...
The white sparrow stationed on the old tree outside the mass grave suddenly witnessed a bizarre scene: the soldiers, drunk, being led away by the graceful figure into the distance.
In the distance, where the mass grave once was, so small alleys suddenly appeared.
The soldiers, oblivious, were led into the "little alleys" by the figure, still shouting about teaching the lady’s husband a lesson.
Blood-red question marks erged above the little alley, as soon as the soldiers entered, they disappeared without a trace.
After a mont...
A man, looking hurried and resembling a lost hunter, erged from the little alley, rushing towards Qiutang County.
Much later...
Li Yuan saw that the man had brought more soldiers heading towards the "mass grave that had transford into a pavilion," saying, "Lords, it’s this way, it’s this way, yes, right here, I discovered treasure just up ahead."
A dreadful emotion arose in Li Yuan’s heart.
...
In the blink of an eye, two or three days passed.
The small county by the mountain saw almost constant rain every day.
During these two or three days, Li Yuan witnessed the nurous "comings and goings" in the mass grave, each ti only one person erged, then returning with either one or a group...
And on the third night, he was sowhat terrified, seeing two people erge from the mass grave, then diverge left and right, before each led two groups back into the mass grave.
...
On the fourth day...
Dusk, a rain shower, slightly paused.
Two people erged from the mass grave again.
One was a girl dressed as a wealthy young lady with shapely features, and the other was... Zhao Xiantong!
The girl headed towards the outskirts of the county.
Zhao Xiantong walked briskly, but not in the direction of Li Yuan’s inn, instead, he went to a place with complex terrain and entered a pavilion.
When Zhao Xiantong erged again, he was followed by a cloaked figure.
On that cloaked figure floated the numbers "439~554."
Such numbers only occurred on one person, and that was General Gu Xiang!
But Zhao Xiantong didn’t bring General Gu Xiang back to the mass grave, but instead turned towards the center of Qiutang County, the direction of Li Yuan’s inn!
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