Chapter 152: Return to Ziwei
Xiniu Hezhou.

A relic of the former Yuhua Divine Dynasty.

This was once a witness to the glorious era of the Yuhua Divine Dynasty, but now it has turned into rubble and tiles in the night, gently wrapped in a layer of hazy white mist, as if time has solidified here and everything is shrouded in an unreal haze.

"Thousands or even tens of thousands of years have passed, how come no plants have grown in these ruins? It's really weird. It can be called a barren land where even birds don't shit." A strong man complained.

"Silence!" Another man quickly signaled with his eyes. He was dressed simply, but his eyes were as bright as torches. "Don't forget, the sudden appearance of the Eight Diagrams and the boundless fairy light in the sky today are signs of frequent strange phenomena, indicating that a world-shaking secret treasure is about to appear. Look around, the demons have quietly gathered and surrounded this place. Any disturbance may lead to unnecessary fighting!"

"Thanks to my elder brother's extensive knowledge, I learned about the extraordinary nature of this place from an ancient book! You brought me here to hunt for treasures. Could it be that my elder brother is really the chosen one? This once-in-a-lifetime opportunity was created just for you?" The sturdy man's eyes flashed with awe and excitement, and his words were full of sincere compliments.

“Hush, don’t show off. You and I have both low cultivation levels, so even if we really have a chance to defy the heavens, we may not be able to accept it calmly. The most urgent task is to use our wits to muddy the waters.” As he spoke, he took out a stack of exquisite little paper birds from his sleeve, and with a light wave, the paper birds seemed to be given life, and they flew silently across the sky and scattered away.

Afterwards, the two of them moved quickly, found a hidden pile of rocks, and used the surrounding environment to cleverly hide themselves in it. They took a deep breath and used the tortoise breathing method, slowing their heartbeats and breathing to a near inaudible level, as if they had merged with the surrounding rocks, waiting for events to develop.

Within an hour, bursts of air-breaking sounds suddenly came from the north of the ruins, and more than 20 white-haired old men appeared, with steady steps and extraordinary momentum, obviously people in high positions in this area. Their appearance instantly broke the original peace, and formed a confrontation with the demons lurking in the dark and the ferocious birds and beasts. The air was filled with a tense atmosphere.

"Your Grandpa Niu, I thought some important person had come, but it turns out to be just a bunch of scum like you! What's the matter? Don't you know that the area south of the Five-Colored Pool is the territory of our demon clan? Now you come to our territory to fight for the immortal treasure, are you trying to start a dispute?" A bull spirit folded his arms and arrogantly began to moralize the group of old men who flew over.

These old men obviously didn't take these little monsters seriously. One of them stepped forward and said, "This ruin was originally left by our human race. Now that the treasure has appeared, it is reasonable for us to come here to seek opportunities. What's wrong with that? Moreover, a mere little monster from the other side dares to speak so arrogantly here. It's too arrogant!"

Before he finished speaking, there was a deafening sound from afar. A giant man with a height of more than ten feet, double horns on his head and muscular body came striding over. Every step he took seemed to make the whole ground tremble. His deep voice sounded like thunder: "Humph! If you want to get your hands on the treasure guarded by my demon clan, first ask me if you still have the life to find it under these two horns! Come on, let's see who has the last laugh!"

The two sides had no idea of ​​what was going on and started fighting right away.

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On the altar, Zixia and Ji Ziyue slowly opened their eyes, as if waking up from a deep dream. They both jumped up at the same time with amazing agility, eagerly scanning the unfamiliar environment around them.

"Sister, where are we? What happened just now?" There was a hint of panic in Ji Ziyue's voice.

Zixia also had a bewildered look on her face. The last scene of the Yuhua Ancestral Temple was still lingering in her mind, but the scene before her was completely different from anything she remembered.

"We... seem to have been teleported to an unknown place through that mysterious teleportation array." Ji Ziyue tried to analyze, with a hint of uncertainty in her voice.

"Teleportation array? But, I remember that the other side of the golden portal is an ancient forbidden land." Zixia recalled the previous information, frowned, and her heart skipped a beat. An ominous premonition arose spontaneously.

She lowered her head and stared at the simple bronze ring on her finger. Then she felt the world. There were various traces of Dao between heaven and earth. The environment of the Dao was better than that of Beidou, but the spiritual energy was very indifferent, and the accumulation of practice would be much slower!
"We... may really not be in Beidou anymore." Zixia's voice was low and heavy, and her words were like a heavy hammer, hitting Ji Ziyue's heart.

Ji Ziyue remained silent. Suddenly, the two of them simultaneously turned their attention to the distance, where there was a faint fluctuation of divine power. The two of them tacitly moved in that direction, and gradually they could hear the sound of some weapons colliding.

Even some conversations can be heard:
"Moo! You guys are so shameless!"

"Fairy! How can this be the secret treasure of your demon clan? Can you understand the Bagua diagram?"

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From these conversations, the two gradually pieced together everything that had happened here.

At this time, Ji Ziyue's eyes were like lightning, sweeping across the seemingly insignificant pile of rubble on the side, and said in a bad tone: "Come out quickly! If you don't come out, this pile of rubble will really become your fate!"

There was a rustling sound from the rubble, and then two young men with slightly ragged clothes, obviously brothers, crawled out from the rubble tremblingly, knelt on their knees with their foreheads pressed against the ground, and shouted in a trembling voice: "Greetings, the goddess!" Their cultivation was just that of small cultivators in the Divine Bridge Realm. Facing strong men like Zixia and Ji Ziyue, they had only endless awe and fear in their hearts.

The two of them lowered their heads, not even daring to breathe, as if time had frozen at this moment. Ji Ziyue's voice sounded again, cold and direct: "Where is this?"

"Reporting to the goddess, this is an ancient relic near the Five-Colored Pool." The stronger man answered first, with a slight tremor in his voice.

"Five-Colored Pool? Where exactly is it?" Ji Ziyue continued to ask.

"The Five-Colored Pool is located within the borders of the State of Song." the muscular man continued.

At this time, another man with a sharp gaze seemed to understand something and added: "Goddess, we are now in Xiniu Hezhou, an ancient relic of Song State under the jurisdiction of Tianyuan Divine Kingdom.

"Xiniu Hezhou..." Zixia heard the words, and the dusty memories in her heart seemed to be suddenly opened by an invisible force. She looked towards the north in shock and muttered to herself, "Could it be that this is Ziwei Star Region, and I am back to my hometown?"

"That's right, the goddess is right." The two brothers still remained in the kneeling posture, not even daring to raise their heads.

“How do we get to Uttarakuru?”

The two brothers exchanged glances and quickly told each other everything they knew. After they finished answering, Zixia took out a few source stones and two Dao Palace weapons that exuded a faint Daoist charm, and gently threw them to the two of them: "These are your rewards, leave quickly."

After saying that, Zixia and Ji Ziyue flashed like two streaks of light cutting through the void, and instantly disappeared into the ancient and mysterious ruins, leaving the two brothers standing there in amazement, tightly holding the Originium and weapons that could change their fate.

(End of this chapter)