Chapter 2269: Black Gold Canyon Opens!

Chapter 2269: Chapter 2269: Black Gold Canyon Opens!

After completing all of this, Zhou Yu contentedly put away the Jade Fire Essence and the Divine Soul Firebird.

Then, he began to plan for the matters ahead.

Currently, the issue of going to the Ancient Realm was beyond his control.

He had to go.

However, based on what he now knew about the Ancient Realm, Zhou Yu instead felt that going there might not be a bad thing for him.

He was currently at the Void Refinement Realm Early Stage, approaching the peak of the Early Stage.

If he could reach the Void Refinement Realm Middle Stage before heading to the Ancient Realm, and then, once inside, with the residual Immortal Spiritual Power, he might be able to quickly break through to the Void Refinement Realm Late Stage or even the peak.

If that’s the case, then this journey to the Ancient Realm would definitely be a huge opportunity for him.

Of course, all of this was just a plan for now. The most important thing at the moment was to quickly break through to the Void Refinement Realm Middle Stage.

Thinking of this, Zhou Yu immediately took out a Spirit Roaring Pill and swallowed it in one gulp, then began cultivating.

Time flew by during cultivation.

In the blink of an eye, three days passed.

On the day after those three days, Zhou Yu was meditating with his eyes closed when suddenly, he opened them.

Immediately, a talismanic light flashed before him.

Zhou Yu scanned it with his Divine Sense and then muttered to himself:

"Finally, it’s time to go to the Black Gold Canyon."

Zhou Yu promptly got up and went outside.

The talismanic light just now was a Sound Transmission Talisman sent to him by the woman who claimed to be Yu Ruo.

Earlier, they had agreed to go to Black Gold Canyon together to seek a High Rank Demon Beast’s inner core.

The original plan was to leave in three days, but now, calculating the time, more than ten days had passed.

Zhou Yu thought Yu Ruo had changed her mind and decided not to go.

Unexpectedly, he suddenly received a message from Yu Ruo at this moment.

Without a doubt, Zhou Yu needed to make the trip.

After all, repairing that cloak was also very important to him.

Very soon, Zhou Yu arrived at the shop where Yu Ruo was.

Seeing Zhou Yu’s arrival, Yu Ruo quickly came out, smiling brightly.

"Senior, you’ve arrived so quickly."

Zhou Yu said flatly:

"Why was there such a delay?"

Yu Ruo hurriedly explained:

"Senior, the spatial fluctuations in Black Gold Canyon were somewhat abnormal, causing a half-month delay compared to the usual opening time."

"Just this morning, I received news that Black Gold Canyon has opened normally."

"That’s why little me promptly informed you, Senior."

Hearing this, Zhou Yu nodded.

"In that case, let’s set off."

Yu Ruo quickly said:

"Senior, please come upstairs to rest for a while. Coincidentally, little me wishes to introduce you to another fellow cultivator."

Hearing this, Zhou Yu raised an eyebrow, but he didn’t say much.

Instead, he followed Yu Ruo upstairs.

Upon reaching upstairs, Zhou Yu saw a robust man.

Using his Divine Sense, Zhou Yu found that this man’s cultivation was at the Divinity Transformation Realm Early Stage.

Upon seeing Zhou Yu, the man immediately greeted respectfully:

"Junior Yue Shan greets Senior Zhou."

Yu Ruo quickly explained on the side:

"Senior Zhou, this fellow cultivator Yue Shan is very familiar with Black Gold Canyon. Little me specifically invited him to assist on this trip."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Yu looked thoughtfully at Yue Shan and then asked:

"How many times have you been to Black Gold Canyon?"

Yue Shan respectfully replied immediately:

"To be honest with you, Senior, I’ve been there no less than a hundred times."

"As for entering the core area, I’ve been there eighteen times!"

Hearing this, Zhou Yu showed signs of surprise.

From people like Wan Sheng, Zhou Yu had gained a deeper understanding of Black Gold Canyon and was well aware that its core area was indeed fraught with dangers.

Even Wan Sheng said that even he couldn’t run amok inside it.

Common cultivators of the Void Refinement Realm could easily be seriously injured or even perish if they were careless.

Yet the man before him, only at the Divinity Transformation Realm Early Stage, had gone in and out eighteen times.

He indeed seemed to have some skills.

Zhou Yu further asked:

"Since you’ve been in and out of the core area eighteen times, what are your thoughts on it?"

Upon hearing this, Yue Shan understood that Zhou Yu was testing the truth of his words.

Yue Shan immediately and composedly stated:

"Senior Zhou."

"In my opinion, the most dangerous thing in the core area of Black Gold Canyon is not the terrifying High Rank Demon Beasts."

"It’s the Demonic Qi that leaks from the Space Rift."

"That Demonic Qi is extremely powerful and has a very destructive property."

"Once a cultivator comes into contact with this Demonic Qi, it can subtly invade their body, causing them to lose their sanity."

"However, I have a considerable understanding of some gathering places of Demonic Qi within the core area."

"As long as the general environment hasn’t changed much, I’m confident that I can avoid most of the Demonic Qi gathering places."

"However..."

At this point, Yue Shan took a deep breath, looked at Zhou Yu, and said:

"Senior Zhou, I dare say one more thing."

"On this journey, I’m only responsible for leading the way. If we encounter a dangerous place, I will not force my way through. I hope, at that time, Senior won’t make things difficult for me."

Hearing this, Zhou Yu nodded.

"Alright."

"No problem."

Hearing Zhou Yu’s approval, Yue Shan breathed a slight sigh of relief.

Then, Yu Ruo smiled and said:

"Senior, since there are no problems, let’s agree to meet at the west city gate tomorrow morning and then set off for Black Gold Canyon."

Zhou Yu nodded.

"Okay."

Yue Shan also responded:

"No problem. I’ll leave now; I still need to go back and prepare some things."

After speaking, Yue Shan respectfully clasped his fists towards Zhou Yu and then left.

And Zhou Yu, too, quickly followed and left the shop.

After Zhou Yu and Yue Shan left, a peculiar glint flashed in Yu Ruo’s eyes, and then she rose and went to a secret chamber on the second floor.

Then, she cast a magical incantation.

A silver vortex appeared in the secret chamber.

Yu Ruo stepped into the silver vortex in one step.

The next moment, she was in a distinctive space.

Once in this space, Yu Ruo quickly cast a spell with both hands, and shortly thereafter, a mass of purple light appeared before her.

Soon, this mass of purple light morphed into the shape of a purple mythical beast.

The purple beast looked extremely weak, as if a gust of wind could blow it away.

Yu Ruo gazed at the purple mythical beast with deep eyes and spoke:

"Are you sure that place will soon open?"

"If anything goes wrong, my century’s efforts will all be wasted."

The purple mythical beast replied calmly:

"It won’t go wrong, of course."

"You and I are symbiotically linked; if anything goes wrong and something happens to you, I can’t escape either."

"What do you have to worry about?"

Hearing this, Yu Ruo looked intently at the purple mythical beast.

"The so-called symbiosis is your claim; I don’t know whether what you say is true or false."

"As far as I know, the symbiosis divine skill seems to be exclusively possessed by the Divine Beast Qilin clan."

"Are you really from the Divine Beast Qilin clan?"