Ti continues to pass.
Ten breaths.
A hundred breaths.
A thousand breaths.
Su Chen’s breath gradually stabilized, the scorching heat and redness on his body also slowly dissipated.
He closed his eyes, his whole person like an old pine tree, motionless in the inner space of the Sun Column.
His connection with the Ancient City grew ever closer, as if they were intertwined, very mystical indeed.
At this mont.
Outside the Ancient City.
Elder Yon and Ling Tuanzhi were already getting anxious, their expressions not looking good.
Because, Su Chen had entered the Ancient City for quite so ti, almost reaching the ti it takes for an incense stick to burn.
Why hasn’t he co out yet?
What exactly has he encountered?
"There shouldn’t be any problem," Elder Yon reassured. "Maybe he’ll co out soon. He created a record of 10 ters, surely he’s different from the others."
Although he said so, Elder Yon himself was actually very, very worried.
Historically, every talent who left their na and entered the Ancient City ca out within the ti it takes for an incense stick to burn, whether they found treasures or not.
For the martial cultivators of the Great Luo Heaven, the Ancient City has always been a mystery.
Though the Ancient City has existed for forty million years, no one can reveal its hidden, profound secrets. No one can confirm if there are dangers within the Ancient City.
Elder Yon and Ling Tuanzhi even felt that they should have stopped Su Chen from entering the Ancient City, having already made history by leaving his na. There was no need to risk entering for treasures.
Now, with Su Chen not coming out, both were very anxious.
Behind them.
The high-ranking mbers of the Xuanshi Divine Pavilion and the disciples on the Xuan list had changing expressions, so confused, so puzzled, so anxious, and so sighing, unlike the previous quietness, anticipation, and waiting.
Even Zhao Lingxi bit her lip.
"Hehe... maybe he is experiencing the joys that turn to sorrow?" Sui Yiren’s eyes grew brighter and brighter in the distance, a piercing brightness. He licked his lips, imagining that if Su Chen couldn’t make it out of the Ancient City, if he really died inside, it would be the happiest event.
"Yiren, is there danger inside the Ancient City?" Shen Qinglin asked, his voice filled with an inexplicable tone.
"Danger? I didn’t encounter any. But it’s truly strange. Inside, it’s like a dead city. After I entered, I felt chilled all over, as if a pair of eyes were watching ." Sui Yiren thought and said.
"Could it be that Su Chen’s impressive record disturbed so strange and mysterious presence inside, keeping him trapped within the Ancient City?" Shen Qinglin mumbled. "If that’s true, it would be a case of laughing at disaster for Xuanshi Divine Pavilion."
Shen Qinglin watched Elder Yon, Ling Tuanzhi, and others with a bit of schadenfreude.
A mont ago, it was Paradise.
This mont, it might be Hell.
Blessings and misfortunes accompany us, no one can guarantee perpetual joy.
Ti continues to pass.
Quickly!!!
"Pavilion Master, the incense stick ti is up," Yon Liqiu’s face was already pale, his voice trembling slightly, damn it, did sothing really happen to young boy Su in the Ancient City?
Ling Tuanzhi was silent, holding his breath, his face equally pale.
And the countless martial cultivators gathered at the city gate began to stir noisily.
"What’s going on?"
"Why hasn’t Su Chen made a sound since he went in?"
"The ti for an incense stick has passed!"
"Could it be, Su Chen can’t co out?"
"Once, a super strong person who entered the Ancient City said, although it seed dead silent inside, in fact, soone was secretly watching everything. At the ti, no one believed him. Now it seems..."
"If Su Chen died inside the Ancient City, Xuanshi Divine Pavilion will be utterly devastated."
...
"Hehe... Brother Ling, don’t worry, maybe a miracle will happen?" Shen Qinglin spoke, smiling playfully.
Though his words seed comforting, it was in fact schadenfreude and sarcasm.
"Peace is a blessing; no matter how monstrous, if one perishes young, it becos nothing." Shen Qinglin continued.
Ling Tuanzhi nearly wanted to challenge Shen Qinglin to a life-and-death battle!
He was imnsely furious.
But Elder Yon stopped him.
"Brother Ling, accept the inevitable." Dugu Nantian’s voice ca from ten thousand miles away, also soaked with schadenfreude, and not the least bit concealed.
"Hehe..." Gu Tianmiao directly laughed, a proud laugh.
"Damn it!!! Young boy Su must be okay!" Ling Tuanzhi gritted his teeth, gnashing loudly.
Su Chen clearly brought people endless hope and shock. If it were extinguished in an instant, it would have been better not to have brought those honors and supre shocks at all...
Ling Tuanzhi could hardly imagine if Su Chen really died inside the Ancient City, what kind of blow it would be to the Xuanshi Divine Pavilion, himself, Zhao Funí, Zhao Lingxi, and others?
Maybe, the entire Xuanshi Divine Pavilion would collapse, right?!
"Young boy Su will co out!" Ling Tuanzhi shouted, taking a deep breath. This was to encourage himself and also to encourage everyone in the Xuanshi Divine Pavilion.
However.
Just as his voice fell.
Suddenly!
A strange change occurred.
The gate of the Ancient City, actually... actually... actually began to slowly close.
In front of everyone’s eyes, it closed.
Normally, when soone is inside the city looking for a fated treasure, the gate is open until that person cos out, then it closes.
Like when Sui Yiren was inside the city searching for treasures earlier, the gate was always open.
Now... now Su Chen hasn’t co out yet, and the gate is closing?!!!
What’s going on?
"The gate has closed." Sui Yiren shouted excitedly, unable to contain the excitent in his voice: "The closed gate ans there’s no one inside the city, and having no one inside ans what?"
Suddenly.
Amidst the crowd in front of the gate, there was an uproar.
The closed gate ant there was no one inside, and if there was no one inside, it signified what? It ant Su Chen, who hasn’t co out, died inside!
At this mont, almost everyone was convinced, Su Chen truly died inside the city!!!
Oh heavens!
How could this happen?
He had just created unparalleled miracles, created eternal legends. And now... now he must die inside the city?
Could it really be that he was such a genius that even heaven couldn’t tolerate him, so it took him away?
"How... how... how could this be?" Ling Tuanzhi’s body trembled, nearly falling to the ground, his breaths erratic, even soone as strong as him felt his mind violently shaking, showing signs of collapse.
Elder Yon remained silent, standing there like a statue, frigidity chilling to the bone.
Zhao Lingxi’s face was covered in tears, her hands tightly covering her mouth, stopping herself from crying out loud.
Although they believed in Su Chen! Believed he was still alive!
But the gate closing by itself was... truly despairing!
In the past, those geniuses who entered the city for treasure hunting never experienced a gate closure!
"Heh heh... it seems he really died inside the city." Shen Qinglin chuckled faintly.
If before, he was only gloating and mocking, without absolute certainty.
Now that the gate was closed, it was indeed absolutely certain.
Shen Qinglin shook his head and said indifferently: "That’s why. Until the end, who knows the outco? Living, that’s what’s most important. Talent, strength, and so on, compared to living, what do they count for? So, in life, one shouldn’t be too arrogant."
"Winning first doesn’t count as winning." Sui Yiren echoed, standing upright with a smile on his face that couldn’t be restrained, a huge delight!!! A heavenly delight!
Among the crowd, that already crippled Yuan Zeling lay paralyzed on the ground, like a dead dog, barely hanging on.
At this mont, his face twisted in a wicked laugh.
Isn’t it great vengeance?
The heavens wanted him dead.
Su Chen, no matter how monstrous you are, aren’t you still facing life and death?!
Su Chen, show yourself if you can walk out of the Ancient City now? If you can still be arrogant, domineering, and suppress everything now? Hahaha...
[Begging for votes, the votes are truly too few, it’s a new week, please cast all sorts of votes! Nanjihai thanks everyone!]
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Also, regarding updates, three to four Chapters a day! Just right, not more, not less, haha...
Chasing novels, sotis it does get anxious, but that’s another kind of fun, isn’t it?
Think about it, chasing a book daily for a year or even several years, ten minutes a day, it becos a habit, following the protagonist and plots, it’s quite interesting!
Web novels are like this, a few Chapters a day, patiently following, it becos a part of life.
In fact, I, Nanjihai, am also a devoted novel fan, I also follow novels every day. Among the three I follow, one updates once a day, while the other two update three Chapters a day. After reading the new Chapters each day, I get super anxious, especially when it nears the climax, I want to curse yet hold back, haha, being anxious ans the author writes well, right?
Sustained and gradual, Nanjihai hopes this book will always accompany you, witnessing Su Chen’s journey against the odds.
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