At the same moment, in the center of the dense forest on the Bagua Stone Plate, one of the Eight Elders suddenly opened his eyes.
A light shone in his withered gaze as he looked at the illusion that floated at the center of the Bagua Stone Plate, where the Shadow Falcon flickered a few times.
In the middle of the Bagua Stone Plate, a shadow seemingly composed of Aura gently swayed. Dressed in white, her beauty was unparalleled; it was Cold Moon.
The elder took one last glance at the illusion, silently stood up, and with a flash of his figure, disappeared silently into the dense forest.
Outside the giant Gossip stone formation, Ye Tian and the others were shocked. Cold Moon had only stood on the colorful flowing stones for a while, yet she had left an afterimage behind. Although this place seemed quiet, it undoubtedly harbored many mysteries.
"What should we do now?" Cold Moon asked anxiously. Reflecting on it now, she realized she had been inexplicably drawn to step onto the Seven-Colored Stone; there was definitely something strange here.
"Don't panic; at least for now, it seems there won't be any danger," Ye Tian replied, equally confused but needing to maintain calm among everyone. In moments like this, they must not lose their composure.
"Could it be a Soul-Sucking Stone?" Duan Liubai said, his face pale as he suddenly spoke up.
"A Soul-Sucking Stone?" Cold Moon's heart sank. The name alone implied that it absorbed living beings' souls, which was truly terrifying.
The others turned to look at Duan Liu, hoping to gain some clues from him.
However, Duan Liu awkwardly smiled and waved his hands repeatedly, saying, "Don't look at me; I just made up the name Soul-Sucking Stone..."
Upon hearing this, Cold Moon wished she could slap this fool. How could he still joke around at such a critical moment?
"I didn't mean to..." Duan Liu said timidly, looking quite aggrieved.
"Forget it, for now, I need to study the function of this stone clearly," Ye Tian said as he stepped forward and crouched down to observe carefully.
The stone was surrounded by a faint rainbow glow. Through the light, one could vaguely see that it was also a stone shaped like Gossip, with various strange lines and patterns carved on its surface. The rainbow light emanated from these lines and flowed along the patterns.
Ye Tian looked up again at the "Cold Moon" standing on the stone. Her face seemed fixed in a moment, ethereal and hazy, extremely unreal.
However, as he continued to observe, he noticed that the "Cold Moon" seemed to be dimming little by little. At the same time, the rainbow light grew stronger and stronger, soon threatening to engulf her.
"Everyone, look! Sister Ningyue is about to disappear!" Ye Tian shouted excitedly because no one knew what would happen to the Cold Moon beside them after the Cold Moon on the Seven-Colored Stone vanished.
Duan Liu and Yun'er quickly stepped forward. As for Cold Moon, she felt a jolt in her heart, cold sweat trickling down her back.
She wasn't afraid of fighting with others; it was this bizarre and strange occurrence that truly made her uneasy.
"Do you think Sister Ningyue will disappear along with Sister Ningyue...?" Duan Liu began to speak without thinking again, his expression grave as if Cold Moon was already disappearing.
"You're such a jinx, pfft pfft pfft!" Yun'er angrily slapped him on the back of his head.
Duan Liu was caught off guard and stumbled forward. The three were already observing the Seven-Colored Stone from a close distance, and Yun'er's slap sent Duan Liu directly towards it.
"..." The three were taken aback. Even Cold Moon temporarily forgot her own situation, staring wide-eyed at each other in confusion.
"Ouch!" Duan Liu's voice came as he bumped his head directly against the Seven-Colored Stone with a thud.
"Why did you hit me so hard? I didn't do it on purpose!" Duan Liu turned his head, looking displeased at Yun'er.
However, the three of them were stunned, staring blankly at Duan Liu with expressions of shock.
"What happened?" Duan Liu was also bewildered, hurriedly looking around, and finally realized that half of his body was inside the Seven-Colored Stone.
"You've gotten me killed!" he shouted and quickly ran out. When he turned back to look, he was even more astonished to find that he and Cold Moon were both trapped inside. However, he only left behind half a silhouette.
At that moment, Ye Tian's expression suddenly became extremely serious, as if sensing something.
"Someone is coming, their strength is unfathomable!" Ye Tian whispered. His earlier sensing was not through Martial Origin Power but rather because the Crimson Dragon Golden Blood within him was boiling. This situation had never occurred before, indicating the formidable cultivation of the incoming person with the Blood Exchange and Marrow Transformation Technique.
"What should we do?"
"We can only hide."
The group quickly retreated and found an extremely concealed spot to hide while also suppressing their own presence, even deliberately slowing their breathing.
In a moment, a gray figure flashed in and stood still; it was an old man dressed in a coarse gray robe.
The old man looked withered, and his movements were very stiff, giving off the impression of a puppet. However, he emanated a chilling aura of death.
"Isn't this the old monster from the Mysterious Forest Eight Trigrams Disk?" Duan Liu said using the Secret Sound Technique.
Ye Tian nodded. After the old man appeared, his Crimson Dragon Golden Blood boiled even more, as if sensing a powerful enemy, filling him with excitement.
"This person's strength is unimaginable."
Duan Liu blinked and looked more intently, then said after a moment, "How do you know he is human?"
Upon hearing this, the three felt an inexplicable chill in their hearts. Although Duan Liu had been particularly talkative today, what he said was not without reason. It was almost as if he had hit the nail on the head.
"Maybe he really isn't human," Ye Tian said this time without objection, nodding gravely.
Inside him, the Crimson Dragon Golden Blood seemed to boil even more violently, a surge of intense heat rising in his heart, but it was not something tangible; it felt more like a fighting spirit.
Soon after, Ye Tian felt his head starting to buzz. At first, it was very faint, but then it grew increasingly intense. After a few moments, an image began to appear in his mind.
Initially, the image was a void of darkness, but as the Crimson Dragon Golden Blood boiled within him, the image began to change. First, two slender beams of golden light burst forth, and then they expanded continuously. It was hard to tell how long it lasted until it finally settled at a length of Hundred Zhang!
The two beams of golden light resembled two slightly opened Giant Eyes!
"Ye Tian! Ye Tian!"
Suddenly, a voice called out from outside, and the image in his mind vanished instantly. Ye Tian shook his head violently, drenched in sweat.
"What happened to you?" Yun'er asked anxiously.
"I... what happened?" Ye Tian tried to recall, but the memory from just moments ago seemed to have turned into a blank.
"Just now, there was golden light radiating from your body, almost attracting that old monster," Duan Liu said.
Cold Moon shot Duan Liu a glance and said, "It's not as serious as he says. Just now, there was indeed golden light radiating from your body and it rapidly heated up. We all felt waves of heat around you at the same time..."
"An indistinct dragon-shaped mark has actually appeared on your forehead..."
Upon hearing this, Ye Tianxin's expression changed. "Could it be that the Crimson Dragon Golden Blood is about to awaken?!"
"What?!" Yun'er was the most shocked. As a member of the Blood Sect, she understood the power of awakening phenomena better than anyone. The Crimson Dragon Golden Blood within Ye Tian had once helped her resist the Chill of the Nine Nether Ice Phoenix, demonstrating its high quality.
If the Crimson Dragon Golden Blood truly awakens, as long as Ye Tian can control it, tomorrow he could easily face not only the Qiu Family's Twin Young Masters but even Chen Qianrui without any issues!
However, with Ye Tian's current strength, he simply could not bear the full power of the Crimson Dragon Golden Blood. If it were forcibly awakened, he would likely turn to ashes in an instant.
"Don't worry, I'm fine," Ye Tian reassured the anxious and worried Yun'er.
"By the way, what about that old man?"
"That old monster stayed by the Seven-Colored Stone for a while and then left," Duan Liu replied.
"He didn't seem to have any intention of searching for us?" Ye Tian asked in confusion.
"No," Cold Moon shook her head and added, "He seemed very focused on that Seven-Colored Stone and was doing something just now."
"Let's go take a look," Ye Tian said after pondering for a moment.
"Let's wait a bit longer; what if he comes back?"
So, the four of them waited for about half an hour more. After confirming that the other party would not return, they made their way back to where the Seven-Colored Stone was located.
The Seven-Colored Stone continued to emit a soft glow of seven colors, but the figures of Cold Moon and Duan Liu were no longer inside it!
"What is going on?!" Duan Liu gasped in shock, quickly activating his Divine Consciousness to scan the surroundings, but found nothing unusual.
"How do you feel?" Ye Tian asked after observing for a while.
Duan Liu and Cold Moon shook their heads; they felt no strange sensations at all, but the more they thought about it, the more uneasy they became.
"I think this seems to be something used for monitoring and spying," Ye Tian analyzed with a frown.
"Why?" Hearing Ye Tian's words, Duan Liu was somewhat unwilling to believe it. After all, the Seven-Colored Stone was too extraordinary; if it turned out to be merely for surveillance, it would be a letdown despite not having to worry or fear.
"After your figures appeared, that old man came to check. Moreover, if I remember correctly, the position of that old man on the Bagua Plate corresponded exactly with this Seven-Colored Stone."
"In other words, it's very likely that after you came into contact with the Seven-Colored Stone, some kind of strange power from it transmitted information inside, which is why that old man came out to investigate."
After Ye Tian's analysis, Cold Moon and Yun'er slowly nodded, feeling there was some truth to it. Otherwise, if Duan Liu's analysis were correct, their images would have already dissipated, and they would definitely sense something unusual.
"What are those old monsters doing?" Duan Liu began to ask pointless questions again.
"Who knows? But I estimate they are guarding something important," Ye Tian's eyes sparkled as if he could see through the thick stone wall. He didn't voice the latter part of his thought but felt a faint voice echoing in his heart.
"That is something related to Crimson Dragon Golden Blood..."
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