The Strongest Dandy in the City-Chapter 2052 - 2041: Bygone Days! Decline!

The night was dense like ink.

Ye Chenfeng, pushing his speed to the extreme, felt as if the blood within his body was about to ignite.

The ghost cultivators from all directions were getting closer to Ye Chenfeng, their faces filled with bloodthirsty expressions, yet their gazes remained vacant.

The momentum of Spirit God Realm, Earth God Realm, and Heavenly God Realm continuously pressured Ye Chenfeng, causing severe tightness in his chest, and blood constantly overflowed from the corner of his mouth. However, he had no time to worry about these now.

"Frenzy!"

Ye Chenfeng roared fiercely in his heart, pushing the operation of the Phoenix Profound Meaning within him to the peak, and a Fire Phoenix pattern suddenly appeared on the back of his right hand.

An incomparably scorching energy spilled out from his body, causing the temperature around him to rise rapidly.

Heat waves rolled, and white fog enveloped.

The momentum within Ye Chenfeng’s body rapidly soared, swiftly advancing from the late second level of Divinity Transformation Realm to the late third level, then the late fourth level, then the late fifth level, and finally stabilized at the late sixth level of Divinity Transformation Realm.

This frenzy enabled Ye Chenfeng to elevate four major levels in a short span.

Ye Chenfeng, bursting out from the white fog, had hair turned blood red, and his eyes also became bright red.

Pale red flames swirled around him.

Ye Chenfeng, in a frenzy state, had his speed suddenly increased, making his fiery red figure exceptionally conspicuous in the night.

When he was about to be surrounded by ghost cultivators, Ye Chenfeng precariously reached a spot with a faintly different aura on the north side just in time.

Ye Chenfeng sensed clearly that the different aura emanated from beneath the ground, and with ghost cultivators of Earth God Realm and Heavenly God Realm crazily devouring towards him, he had no time to lose. His palm suddenly pressed against the ground, rapidly injecting his Spiritual Energy into it.

"Boom!"

Upon Ye Chenfeng injecting Spiritual Energy, a shining formation suddenly appeared on the ground.

With the appearance of this formation, those frenzied ghost cultivators suddenly retreated, as the energy emanating from the formation seemed to have a restraining effect on them.

Upon seeing this, Ye Chenfeng finally relaxed a little. Meanwhile, the frenzy state, lasting ten seconds, also vanished, and Ye Chenfeng returned to his normal appearance. 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝐰𝚎𝕓𝐧𝚘𝘃𝗲𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝕞

After the frenzy disappeared, his body was taken over by exhaustion. Old Bai said, "Little fellow, it seems the Land of Imprisonment lies beneath the ground here. This formation was extremely difficult to activate in the Ancient Era, but for Old Hei and me, it’s not too challenging. Hand your body over to us temporarily, and we’ll help you activate the formation."

Already exhausted, Ye Chenfeng nodded silently. As Old Bai and Old Hei took control of his body, they quickly began to activate the formation. Controlling Ye Chenfeng’s hands, they repeatedly sealed formations above it, constantly moving the runes on the formation.

A moment later.

A beam of white light surged from the formation into the sky, and immediately, an entrance leading to the underground appeared before Ye Chenfeng. The ghost cultivators lingering not far outside the formation quickly departed upon sensing the radiating light.

After the formation was activated, Old Bai and Old Hei returned control of the body to Ye Chenfeng. They couldn’t control Ye Chenfeng’s body for too long, as it would cause him severe negative effects.

After recovering some Spiritual Energy, the somewhat exhausted Ye Chenfeng cautiously entered the entrance.

As he descended beneath the surface, surprisingly, Ye Chenfeng encountered no danger? Eventually, he reached the deepest part of the underground, where a massive space had been developed.

On the right side of this space were numerous wooden shelves, upon which a series of glass bottles were placed, displaying various runes on the bottles.

Old Hei Jiang Yuntian said, "Kid, it seems your luck is pretty good. There shouldn’t be any danger in this Land of Imprisonment. The person who set up the formation above likely thought almost no one could activate it, so they didn’t set any other traps here."

Shortly after Old Hei finished speaking.

A cacophony of noise arose within this space.

"A living cultivator has arrived here? Could it be that heaven has opened its eyes?"

"How many years have our consciousness been trapped here? We didn’t think we’d have a chance to regain freedom?"

...

Upon hearing the noise, Ye Chenfeng slightly furrowed his brows, eventually fixing his gaze on each glass bottle, noticing that within each bottle was a cluster of white gas. The discordant voices had just emanated from these glass bottles.

Old Bai Wu Fengxian said, "Little fellow, the consciousness of the ghost cultivators outside should be trapped within these glass bottles."

Ye Chenfeng approached the glass bottles on the shelves and focused his gaze on the largest bottle, where the white gas was most concentrated.

From the largest bottle came an aged voice, "Young brother, I believe you should be trapped within the City, correct? If you are willing to release our consciousness, we can ensure your safety."

Ye Chenfeng would not readily believe these words. He remained silent, not speaking; what if these consciousnesses went back to ghost cultivators’ bodies and then betrayed him? Conscious ghost cultivators are much harder to deal with than unconscious ones.

Seeing Ye Chenfeng remain silent, the largest bottle voice continued, "Young brother, I know you must be worried. Do you see the wooden card on the far right of the shelf? Part of our consciousness is etched on that card. If you smash it, our consciousness will forever dissipate between heaven and earth. As long as you possess that card, you’ll be at ease with us."

Ye Chenfeng took the wooden card in his hand, sensing it indeed contained many different strands of consciousness. Hence, the voice from the largest bottle must not be lying.

After securing the wooden card, Ye Chenfeng casually asked, "Why is your consciousness imprisoned here?"

From the largest bottle came a sigh, "Ah, by now, it must no longer be the Ancient Era, right? We were cultivators of the late Ancient Era."

"During the later period of the Ancient Era, the five major families contended, the Wus, the Jiangs, the Hes, the Kongs, and the Lins were the strongest forces then. Unfortunately, the top talents of the Wus and the Jiangs fell simultaneously, throwing the scene into chaos."

"The Hes, with their wolfish ambitions, initially rallied many powerful forces to submit to them, while the sects unwilling to submit faced the Hes’ pursuit, and we, as cultivators from the City Lord’s Mansion in Tianyuan City, faced the Hes’ pressure."

"Because our ancestors from the City Lord’s Mansion accidentally killed a pompous disciple from the Hes, we faced total revenge from them; they killed all our ancestors and even exterminated their souls, while we, slightly weaker in power, were imprisoned in consciousness, turning our souls into living corpses."

"That damned Hes wishes us to eternally live in unending pain."

The top talent of the Wus?

The top talent of the Jiangs?

This must be referring to Old Bai and Old Hei, and the Hes are evidently Old Bai and Old Hei’s enemies?

Ye Chenfeng hurriedly asked, "What happened to the Wus and the Jiangs then?"

The largest bottle’s voice answered, "The Wus? The Jiangs? I think these two families, even if not exterminated, must have inevitably declined. Initially led by the top talents of the Wus and the Jiangs, these two families were the elite among the five major families."

"By the end of the Ancient Era, this world had completely transformed, but as for how it concluded, we don’t know, as our consciousness was long imprisoned here."

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