This scoundrel is a bit of a swordsman.

Chapter 310 The strange arrival

Something unusual must be amiss, and the Emperor Wu's unusual behavior is the biggest problem right now, which makes her hesitate. But Yun Xiyao is different. When she saw Shangguan Yun leading his men rushing over, she didn't hesitate for a moment, then left Ruoxue behind and disappeared in the direction of the ancestral temple.

Ruoxue turned around and headed towards the Prince's Mansion. Even though she chose the opposite direction, the unease still followed her like a shadow, which puzzled her greatly.

As numerous cultivation forces began to gather atop the ancestral temple, the once bustling Yong'an City suddenly fell silent. People's gazes turned to the ancestral temple, speculating about what might be happening there.

Shortly after the seal was broken, an ancient and profound aura shook the heavens and earth, followed by a tremendous tremor. The Cangshan mountain range, where the ancestral temple was located, seemed to come alive; amidst the earth-shattering tremors, the buildings that originally belonged to the ancestral temple crumbled one after another.

In their place stood ancient buildings, and atop the mountain, a nine-story demon tower had appeared out of nowhere. The inscriptions on its surface flickered in the darkness, and its chilling aura deterred anyone from approaching.

That wasn't the end of it. As if the world had undergone a cataclysmic change, black sewage continuously appeared and spread across a radius of hundreds of miles centered on the ancestral temple. In just half a day, the area where the ancestral temple was located was completely separated from Yong'an.

Beneath the Nine-Story Demon Tower lies a world filled with darkness. In this area, everything has lost its color; vegetation withers, rocks crumble, black rivers surge, and an eerie, inexplicable aura pervades, sending chills down one's spine.

Even as they approached this area, anxiety, unease, and a desire to kill began to rise in everyone's hearts. This invisible influence made it clear just how extraordinary the so-called Demon-Suppressing Prison truly was.

Finally, commotion arose within the imperial palace. Rows of soldiers, wielding strange magical artifacts, secured them one by one to the black edges, then heavily guarded the area, forbidding any Great Qian people from entering.

As the nine-story demon tower emerged, everything in this area changed. Those who had rushed in beforehand suddenly lost their ability to stay airborne and landed on the ground.

As time passed and the space changed, those who first sensed the difference rushed out. However, once living people came into contact with the black water on the ground, they began to mutate. Some began to have black bubbles rising from their bodies, as if they had been poisoned, and were eventually swallowed by the black water.

Some people went mad, laughing as they rushed into the demon tower; others screamed in terror, "I've seen a ghost!"

Various strange phenomena occurred, and the first group of people to enter the temple grounds all suffered; none survived.

Even those with profound cultivation felt as if they had fallen into an ice cave under this strange influence. The Xiao family members, in particular, hastily withdrew after leaving behind more than a dozen corpses.

In the waters, in the city ablaze, those from various nations who came to join the fray suffered heavy casualties.

When the survivors escaped, they felt as if they had just woken from a nightmare. This was no temple; it was hell. They had witnessed their companions being swallowed by something unknown, seen their comrades go mad, and watched them charge at them with swords drawn.

All this abnormality was like a bucket of cold water, waking everyone up. Only then did they have the time to stop and truly examine the area.

On the periphery, several major forces formed their own factions.

The Water Domain, Burning City, and the Xiao Family are all renowned for their involvement with the Demon Suppression Prison, leading to a three-way conflict. However, due to the Water Domain's relationship with the Shen Family, Shen Li naturally sided with the Shen Family.

Behind Burning City stood people from various kingdoms. Dali and Da Yan formed alliances with it, for they believed that this young monk, Miaowu, might indeed possess a great deal of information about the Silent Temple—a significant advantage for them.

When the other monks tried to force their way in, it was the young monk who stepped in and stopped them, telling them that the true Silent Temple had not yet been established and they should not attempt to force their way in.

This also minimized their losses, while the Shuiyu and Xiaojia suffered heavy losses; getting the first bite of the pie wasn't so easy.

The Demon-Suppressing Prison exists only in legends; apart from Xiao Xingchen and Ruoxue, probably no one knows what's inside.

Even Xiao Xingchen would show surprise here, because everything that had happened here was completely different from his first time entering the Silent Temple.

When he entered, he was essentially a fish that slipped through the net, and it didn't cause a backlash from the Demon Suppression Prison, since the seal hadn't been broken at that time.

But this time, the Xiao family came with the intention of breaking the seal. The complete emergence of the Demon Suppression Prison also allowed people to see the grandeur and antiquity of this temple for the first time.

"The Silent Temple has not yet fully emerged. This true Silent Temple is equipped with its own world rules, which are constantly evolving around it. Entering it rashly during this period will almost certainly result in certain death."

This was a warning from the young monk Miaowu, who was trying to stop people from going in to their deaths. However, greed can corrupt people's hearts. Everyone knows that this is an ancient ruin, containing not only the barely clinging remains of a great demon, but also countless treasures and legacies. Eager to gain access first, many fearless men still dare to venture in.

From the moment Xiao Xingchen fell into a coma, a day and a night passed. Within the Demon Suppression Prison, people continuously left their corpses, which were then swallowed by the black water. Everyone who saw it from a distance had the same feeling: it was as if a giant beast had opened its mouth, waiting for them to become its meal.

After witnessing the fact that going in meant certain death, they finally stopped those reckless people who only wanted the opportunity and had no intention of going to their deaths.

Ling Xue followed them into the Demon Suppression Prison immediately, but before she could even make a move, the water area had already suffered heavy losses. The inexplicable eeriness caused the others to retreat, but for her, it was like a dragon entering the sea. In this environment, her Ghost Sword actually showed signs of breakthrough.

Keep in mind that it had only been a few days since her last breakthrough; this place was practically tailor-made for Ghost Swordsman training.

But she didn't choose to stay. This rapid advancement in her cultivation level made her somewhat panicked. It was too fast. She even felt that as long as she was within the Demon Suppression Prison, she could leapfrog realms to kill people—not just by leaping one realm, but by leaping many realms.

In this place, the boundaries of existence were infinitely blurred, and her sword became even more unpredictable, exuding an air of confidence that could kill with a single strike.

Unable to explain the situation, unsure whether she was gaining something or being swallowed by something eerie, she didn't venture further and quickly returned to the palace.

There was Xizhu there, and Ruoxue who had been inside. She believed that perhaps only they could explain her situation.