yasinovel Chapter 1066 Do you know what you're doing?
Chapter 1066 Do you know what you're doing?
Lei Potian remained silent for a moment.
Then, he knelt on one knee, clasped his hands in a fist and growled:
"This humble general is ready to go through fire and water, even unto death!"
Zhang Yuan helped him up.
"To save lives, you can't have too many people. Six hundred is enough."
"You go and choose the people."
"The conditions are: it must be voluntary; it must be fearless of death; it must be someone who can go in alive and is likely to come out alive."
Lei Potian accepted the order and turned to walk out of the tent.
On the training ground, six thousand elite troops stood in formation.
Lei Potian's gaze swept across everyone's face.
He didn't speak.
He simply drew the ancient black sword from his waist, its tip pointing towards the sky.
A bolt of lightning shot out silently from the tip of the knife, exploding into a ball of silvery-white lightning in the air.
"This journey is fraught with peril, with only a slim chance of survival."
His voice wasn't loud, but it reached everyone's ears clearly.
"The probability of them coming back alive is less than 10%."
"Those who are willing to go, step forward."
silence.
Only the night wind howled.
Then, the first person stepped forward.
He was the deputy captain of the Breaking Formation Team, a taciturn middle-aged man with seventeen battle scars on his body.
The second person was a centurion in the Ironblood Rock Battalion. His younger brother died in the Battle of Burial Dragon Pass, and he said he would avenge his brother.
Third, fourth, fifth...
Crowds surged.
In less than ten breaths, the number of people who stepped forward exceeded eight hundred.
Lei Potian raised his hand.
"enough."
He ordered 600 people.
The team of 100 members specializes in stealth, demolition, and formations.
Five hundred iron-blooded, rock-solid elite soldiers, fearless and unparalleled in close combat.
He didn't choose the one with the highest cultivation level; he chose the one with the brightest eyes.
That kind of brightness—knowing it's death, yet not hesitating at all.
"Change gear. Each person will receive one Yuan Magnetic Inner Armor, one Fire-Breaking Demon Heavy Crossbow, three Barrier-Breaking Talismans, and ten Healing Pills."
"After an incense stick has burned, we will set off."
Six hundred men roared in unison, "Yes!"
……
After an incense stick has burned, at the side gate of the main camp.
Six hundred people lined up, wearing light magnetic inner armor, with demon-piercing crossbows hanging from their waists and carrying packs on their backs.
There was no fear on anyone's face, only a calm, focused concentration before death.
Lei Potian stood at the very front of the group.
Behind him was Zhang Yuan.
Zhang Yuan remained silent.
He walked up to each soldier and patted them on the shoulder.
There were no grand pronouncements, just two words.
"Take care of yourself."
Six hundred people, six hundred "take care" messages.
The last one is Lei Potian.
Zhang Yuan looked at him and placed a specially made Zhenyue Token ring into his hand.
"This 'pseudo-Suppressing Mountain Token' can mobilize the earth's magnetic field to break through some of the restrictions. It has a limited number of uses and should only be used at the most critical moments."
"besides--"
Zhang Yuan lowered his voice.
“I asked someone to go in through another route.”
"If you break through the outer defenses and reach the entrance of the Netherworld Prison, and find that the restrictions have been broken by half, don't be surprised; they are allies."
"If you encounter a person in prison wearing a gray cloak with an aura as deep as the abyss, do not attack him; he is one of our own."
Lei Potian was taken aback: "General, who did you invite?"
Zhang Yuan did not answer.
Just patted him on the shoulder.
"Go."
"Bring Fairy Yunyao back."
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The abyss is a fortified barrier, a thousand miles away.
Deep in the sea of clouds, a solitary peak stands.
On the solitary peak, there is a stone house.
In front of the stone house, a person wearing a gray cloak sat cross-legged.
His cloak was tattered and covered with dust and withered leaves, as if he hadn't moved for a century. His aura was like an abyss.
Not a venerable one.
It's... the peak of the Venerable realm!
This person's Taoist name is "Xuanqing". He is the third disciple under the Heavenly Venerable and the grandmaster of Fairy Yunyao.
A hundred years ago, when Yun Yao was framed and imprisoned, Xuan Qing was in seclusion trying to break through to the Heavenly Venerable Realm.
By the time he emerged from seclusion, everything was already set in stone.
He went to the Heavenly Palace to reason with them, but Venerable Tianyan refused to retry the case on the grounds that the evidence was "conclusive".
He went to find Xuanwu, but Xuanwu avoided him.
He knew, because he was human.
He also knew that Yun Yao had special feelings for him.
For this reason, Tianyan and the others did not want him to get too entangled with Yun Yao.
Enraged, he secluded himself here and remained aloof from worldly affairs for a century.
Tonight, he is waiting for someone.
The mountain wind howled.
A figure arrived, riding on clouds.
Zhang Yuan.
The Myriad Beasts Divine Armor was as dark as ink, its left eye revealing a slowly rotating chaotic star vortex, while its right eye glowed with a faint, eerie divine fire.
He landed in front of the stone house and clasped his hands in a fist salute.
"Junior Zhang Yuan greets Senior Xuanqing."
The man in the gray robe opened his eyes.
What kind of eyes were those?
It was murky and aged, as if it had flowed through millions of years.
But beneath the murky surface, a glimmer of light, sharp as a knife, is hidden.
"So it was you who delivered the jade slip forged from the chaotic star energy?"
"Yes."
"You've come here so I'll take action?"
"Yes."
Xuanqing remained silent for a moment.
"Yun Yao, do you know why I didn't save her?"
“I know,” Zhang Yuan said calmly. “Because you can’t enter the Abyss Barrier by yourself.”
“There are ancient restrictions there. Although you have profound cultivation, you can’t fight against four hands with two fists.”
"Then why did you come?"
“Because now, there is an opportunity.” Zhang Yuan took out a jade slip from his pocket, probed it with his divine sense, and a complex map of the earth veins appeared in the void.
"This is the underground restriction map of the Abyss Barrier."
Millions of years ago, this place was a closely guarded secret.
But the Abyss Barrier, millions of years later, still has another name.
The Abyss of Demonic Depths!
That's the Abyss Demon Realm that Zhang Yuan has already sent to the Great Qin Tongtian Continent!
Zhang Yuan was fully aware of the ancient restrictions that remained in this place.
Xuanqing's gaze fell on the picture, and his pupils contracted slightly.
"This is... the complete distribution of forbidden nodes? Even the weakness of 'Kan-Li Confluence' has been marked?"
“Yes. Not only that.” Zhang Yuan traced a line on the map, “I’ve already dispatched six hundred elite soldiers to infiltrate from the eastern mine tunnels, feigning an attack on the outer perimeter of the Netherworld Prison to draw the defenders’ attention. Meanwhile—”
He pointed to a more hidden node.
“Here, there is a secret passage concealed by ancient geological changes, leading directly to the back of the Netherworld Prison. With your cultivation level, and with the Chaos Breaking Talisman I provided, you can enter silently.”
"When Fairy Yunyao was rescued, the six hundred people on the east side were responsible for covering the retreat."
"And you only need to do one thing—"
Zhang Yuan raised his head and looked at Xuan Qing.
"At the critical moment, block the Heavenly Palace's defenders and any reinforcements that may arrive."
"Give my men three breaths."
Xuanqing looked at him, remaining silent for a long time.
After a while, he stood up.
The gray robe fluttered in the mountain wind.
"What right do you, a mere Saint Realm cultivator, have to command me?"
Zhang Yuan did not back down.
His gaze was calm yet resolute.
"This is Mo Wenshu's confession. He is a spy planted by Xuanwu in Xuntian Continent, and he personally confessed to Xuanwu's crimes of colluding with the Demon Realm and framing loyal officials. The case of Fairy Yunyao was handled by Xuanwu."
He then took out a jade slip.
"This is a joint blood edict from the three Venerables of Tianyuan City. They are willing to testify for Fairy Yunyao, proving that the 'evidence of treason' she discovered a hundred years ago points to Xuanwu."
Three jade slips floated in front of Xuan Qing.
Xuanqing didn't look.
He just stared into Zhang Yuan's eyes.
"Do you know what you're doing?" (End of Chapter)