Slaying Demons: Starting with Upgrading my Calligraphy-Chapter 716 - 590: Dragon Scale Light!

This is...

Scanning the surroundings, his eyes slightly trembling, Qi Xiu's pupils suddenly shrank, murmuring softly:

"Evernight Ancient City?"

Looking at the familiar architectural style and layout, Qi Xiu quickly found the root in his complex memory.

Back then, when he returned to the Tianyuan Main Realm from the Longevity Star Realm, he unexpectedly arrived at Qinlong Province, and through a series of serendipitous events, learned that this province housed a legacy of the Food Demon Sect.

After experiencing numerous events, he finally arrived at the Evernight Ancient City, which held the legacy of the Food Demon Sect and was once under the jurisdiction of the Sheng Tang Empire.

"I wonder if Greedy Wolf managed to completely absorb the malice of the Divine General's intent."

Unexpectedly, the portal opened by the Heaven and Earth Element-Seeking Great Formation led directly to the Immortal Ancient City, Qi Xiu blinked.

Back then, although he defeated many opponents and successfully seized the opportunity to obtain the legacy of the Food Demon Sect.

But due to the extensive implications of the Food Demon Sect legacy at the time, taking it directly would invite a myriad of consequences.

Moreover, besides the Demonic Devouring Inheritance, he also wanted to take away the Divine General's intent from this Evernight Ancient City.

His plan then was to use the Divine General's intent as a reliance to pass through the Great Tribulation of Dao Body.

But perhaps the greed of Greedy Wolf absorbed the malice too slowly, or maybe the malice on the Divine General's intent was too strong, until now, he hadn't taken the Divine General's intent.

Now visiting this Evernight Ancient City again, it's the perfect time to acquire both the Demonic Devouring Inheritance and Divine General's intent.

However, this Immortal Ancient City seems off somehow...

Looking at the bustling crowd walking past, many people casting curious glances at him, Qi Xiu knitted his brows.

If I remember correctly...

Wasn't the Immortal Ancient City devoid of living people?

Purples flashed in his eyes as Qi Xiu scanned the repeating flow of people; men, women, young and old all exuded a perfectly normal vigor.

They were evidently ordinary mortals.

This is unmistakably the Evernight Ancient City; my memory couldn't be wrong, but this was clearly a dead city before, so why have so many living people suddenly appeared?

Full of doubts, Qi Xiu began to walk along with the crowd in this ancient city.

A vast city, bustling with prosperity.

Vendors, merchants, workers.

A perfectly normal city, but the more normal it seemed, the more inexplicable a sense Qi Xiu felt.

This contrasted greatly with his memory of Evernight Ancient City.

The strangeness in his heart sprang from this surprise.

Until Qi Xiu unintentionally glanced at the wall of a street-side bookstore, on an ink painting, suddenly.

A line of small characters instantly shattered his suspicions, stirring an even greater astonishment.

[Third Year of Prosperous Tang Chang'an, July, Scribbled after a leisurely drink]

"Sheng Tang?"

Staring at the inscription on the ink painting, Qi Xiu was momentarily lost.

Coupled with the fact that the originally dead Evernight Ancient City had abruptly become bustling and prosperous, it suddenly made sense.

It's not that Evernight Ancient City suddenly had people.

Rather, he has returned to the time when the city was populated.

"To manipulate time, this is an authority only wielded by Primordial Spirit True Venerable.

Yet even for a Primordial Spirit True Venerable, it's impossible to traverse such a lengthy timeline.

Sheng Tang, that era was even older than the Middle Ancient Era.

What exactly is this Moon Sea True Venerable plotting?"

Standing dazed for a while, Qi Xiu slowly regained his composure.

Unwittingly returning to a deliberately erased period in history, it clearly exceeded his expectations.

"The urgent task is to find a way back."

With a helpless rub of his wrist, Qi Xiu turned around, looking at the surroundings he didn't fit into.

Before this visit, he never anticipated landing in such an awkward situation. 𝚏𝕣𝐞𝗲𝐰𝕖𝐛𝐧𝕠𝕧𝚎𝚕.𝐜𝚘𝗺

Gazing at Hu Tianzong, still snoozing in the mustard seed, Qi Xiu smiled and shook his head, hoping he accepts this huge blow upon awakening.

Putting aside his distractions, Qi Xiu's eyes moved, immense soul and mind power instantly spread out, intending to thoroughly grasp the various situations within this ancient city first.

...

"What, Prosperous Tang Era?!"

Quickly jumping up from the bed, Hu Tianzong's eyes widened, he abruptly leaned on the window in a rather undignified manner to look down.

When he saw the clothing style on the street below, quite different from the current Great Xuan Dynasty's style.

And the dialect that was clearly unintelligible.

Piled evidence was displayed before him, forcing Hu Tianzong to believe they had indeed traversed a long time back to that scarcely known Prosperous Tang Era.

"How strange, how could the Heaven and Earth Element-Seeking Great Formation have the effect of traversing the timeline, and yet cross so vast a distance?

Could it not be the Heaven and Earth Element-Seeking Great Formation?"

Grabbing his brow, Hu Tianzong's expression was complex, feeling compelled to grow smarter.

"The formation should be correct; it's probably the person who arranged it that's problematic." Perfectly merging a sip of rich, aromatic milk tea, Qi Xiu's brows furrowed.

Milk tea with peppercorn, whose brilliant idea was this?

"What now, traversing timelines indeed exceeds our limits, unless we become True Venerable right here.

Yet despite achieving that, it's still impossible to cross such a lengthy timeline."

With a wry smile, Hu Tianzong grabbed his disheveled hair, surprised at how what should've been a considering uneventful task had unfolded into such an intricate situation.

"The one who ties the knot must untie it; having brought us here, we need them to send us back." Putting down his teacup, Qi Xiu spoke calmly.

"You mean... Moon Sea True Venerable?"

His brows furrowed into a character '川', Hu Tianzong crossed his legs:

"You say she came as well?"

"Mhm, after entering the portal, I felt her presence; having gone to such lengths to craft the formation, she surely wouldn't abandon it at the point of success," Qi Xiu said.

"But even if we find her, what then? She's a Primordial Spirit True Venerable at the peak of her power. Can we really force her to take us back?" Hu Tianzong laughed and shrugged.

"Success depends on effort; outcomes are up to Heaven. We must try.

Moon Sea True Venerable crafted such an elaborate setup, surely having some agenda. We simply need to understand what she wants and then approach her, naturally gaining a bargaining chip to converse."

Qi Xiu's words made Hu Tianzong nod.

"But why would that old lady risk antagonizing my entire Liaodong lineage to activate that formation, coming to this era? What could be her aim?"

In the room, the sound gradually faded.

Only Qi Xiu and Hu Tianzong's eyes, faintly glistening, sparkled with brilliance.

After a while.

The two top prodigies simultaneously raised their heads, voicing the answer they anticipated.

"Prosperous Tang Legacy!"

"Such elaborate efforts, even risking offense to one of the largest contemporary forces to return to this era filled with vast secrets.

Besides the Prosperous Tang Empire legacy.

Nothing else would drive a Primordial Spirit True Venerable into such frenzy and to disregard consequences!"

"That does give a reasonable explanation."

Lightly tapping the table beside him with his fingers, Qi Xiu's gaze turned solemn:

"The current challenge is locating Moon Sea True Venerable in this era.

Given the huge realm difference, if she genuinely wishes to evade us, locating her won't be easy."

"Relax, the road leads even before the mountain, and the boat straightens naturally at the bridge, there will be a way..." Before Hu Tianzong could finish speaking, a sudden, earth-shattering roar arrived.

Changing expressions, Qi Xiu and Hu Tianzong simultaneously transformed into divine light, ascending to the sky, focusing towards the sound's origin.

Only to see at a barren desert far in the distance, layers surged as demonic light mist wildly eroded a bright moon, casting infinite silver glows.

The collision between the two powers was so substantial, resounding across hundreds of thousands of miles.

The entire Evernight Ancient City was faintly shaken, causing panic among countless dwellers.

"It's Moon Sea True Venerable and Evil Maitreya!"

Recognizing the creators of the terrifying clamor as the two Primordial Spirit True Venerables, Qi Xiu and Hu Tianzong exchanged smiles.

The way, has come.

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