Chapter 1950: Chapter 1948: I Need an Explanation

A few days later, three figures gathered in Lu Ye’s cave residence. Besides him, the other two were Arbuluo and Gu Sheng, who had arrived after receiving his message.

"Are we all set?" Gu Sheng asked.

Arbuluo clenched his fists and clapped them in front of his chest, "Let’s go! After this, we’ll live in luxury."

Gu Sheng looked at Lu Ye, who slightly nodded.

"Then let’s move." With that, he took the lead and soared into the sky, with Lu Ye and Arbuluo flanking him.

Moments later, he suddenly produced an item in his hand, a square piece resembling a crystal shard. It was the item Gu Sheng had obtained from that special training scenario. It didn’t have any other purpose except one - it allowed Gu Sheng to re-enter that training scenario.

According to him, using this item, he still had two opportunities to enter that scenario again.

As the mana was activated, the crystal shard suddenly erupted with blinding light, enveloping all three of them, and then their figures vanished without a trace.

Boundless darkness engulfed the surroundings, and in that instant, Lu Ye lost his sense of Gu Sheng and Arbuluo’s presence.

One breath, two breaths, three breaths...

He frowned, annoyed by the familiar sensation.

Ever since arriving in this Asura Field, the first time he entered the training scenario was normal, but every time after that, it’s been peculiar like this.

Originally, he thought there would be no problem this time. After all, he wasn’t alone this time; he had teamed up with Gu Sheng and Arbuluo, led by that special item, to enter a specific training scenario.

But given the current situation, it was evidently similar to the previous incidents, leaving him feeling quite helpless.

"Brother Luo?" Lu Ye attempted to call out.

"Brother Gu?"

There was no response at all, and even when he extended his Mental Consciousness, he couldn’t detect a hint of any presence or vitality. In this boundless darkness, it was as if he was the only one.

During his last training, he waited in this darkness for two full days before breaking free. How long would it take this time?

Were Gu Sheng and Arbuluo facing the same situation?

Having experienced this before, Lu Ye wasn’t panicked and decided to simply wait in place.

Moments later, he was struck by a sensation and turned his head in a certain direction, feeling like he’d heard something akin to a wind sound.

But upon listening closer, it wasn’t like the wind at all. Instead, it seemed like a subtle, ethereal call... 𝐟𝗿𝐞𝚎𝚠𝐞𝚋𝕟𝐨𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝕔𝕠𝚖

And it was calling his name!

Lu Ye frowned, secretly mobilizing his mana to shield himself and placed a hand on the hilt of the Boulder Mountain Saber. After a moment of thought, he walked towards the direction the voice was coming from.

This encounter felt somewhat different from the previous ones.

After a short distance, the voice suddenly became much clearer, and a surreal gate of light mysteriously appeared ahead, with a fluid-like, constantly shifting shadow standing behind it.

With some effort, he could discern that the shadow was a female figure, seemingly waving at him, and the call was indeed coming from that direction.

Lu Ye grew even more cautious. In such an eerie place and encountering such a bizarre event, no one would dare to be careless.

Stopping ten meters from the gate of light, the female figure outside the gate became more distinct, and the voice considerably clearer.

"This way, Senior Brother Lu, come over, don’t be afraid, it’s me."

Lu Ye carefully identified the voice, finding it vaguely familiar, though he couldn’t immediately place where he’d heard it before.

He looked back at the way he came, seeing nothing but endless darkness.

Steeling himself, he confidently strode forward, convinced that the Asura Field’s training posed no lethal dangers, eager to see what on earth was ahead!

Apparently sensing his approach, the female figure took several steps back from the gate of light.

At the final meter, Lu Ye dashed forward, crossing the gate of light in an instant. As a metallic ringing echoed, the Boulder Mountain Saber leapt out of its sheath, aiming a vicious slash forward.

The next moment, Lu Ye’s movement halted, with the Boulder Mountain Saber, reinforced by the Divine Sharp Edge, positioned right at the neck of a slender, white-skinned woman. Her expression of eagerness and anticipation turned into shock; after a brief hesitation, a sense of relief emerged from the brink of death, forcing a frail smile toward Lu Ye, "Senior Brother..."

Lu Ye gazed at her in bewilderment, unsure whether he was experiencing some illusion, "Junior Sister Duoduo?"

The woman who had been calling him from the other side of the gate of light turned out to be Aqiduo, whom he had encountered during his training in Zhongyou World!

It was precisely because he timely saw her face clearly that Lu Ye abruptly stopped his hand. Otherwise, if this saber truly chopped down, Aqiduo might have perished.

No way! Lu Ye suddenly realized something.

"What did you call me?" He asked.

Aqiduo was just a shadow, a trace left by a cultivator who came to practice countless years ago, condensed under the operation of the Asura Field’s rules. She could appear in the Zhongyou World, transform into a person from Yunluo Sacred Land, and appear in other training scenarios with other identities.

Having left the scenario in the Zhongyou World and entered this strange place, even if he did meet Aqiduo again, she shouldn’t recognize him!

"Senior Brother... I am Duoduo!" Aqiduo looked at Lu Ye sincerely, "Earlier I was injured, and you helped to heal me, as well as regarding my bloodline."

Is she really that Aqiduo?

Lu Ye’s thoughts stirred: "Is this the Zhongyou World?"

Has he returned?

"This is not the Zhongyou World." Aqiduo replied, glancing at the Boulder Mountain Saber at her neck: "Senior Brother, can you please remove the saber first?"

"Apologies!" Lu Ye hastily withdrew the Boulder Mountain Saber.

Only then did Aqiduo shrink her neck and touched the place that was previously cold, seeing no trace of injury. Even though she knew Lu Ye was very strong, such strength was hard to truly understand without direct confrontation.

She was also Moon Jade, yet when Lu Ye’s saber chopped down, she had no time to react.

Lu Ye was currently surveying his surroundings, here was a valley full of birds and flowers, not far away stood a small wooden house. The entire valley was adorned with colorful flowers, forming a sea of flowers. Looking back, the previous gate of light had no trace at all.

All the experiences just now were not an illusion. On the opposite side of the gate of light, the one calling him and guiding him here was undoubtedly Aqiduo.

Combining what he saw and heard, Lu Ye gradually realized one thing: Aqiduo... shouldn’t be a shadow but like him, a cultivator of this era!

He turned his head and looked at Aqiduo: "I need an explanation!"

Even if Aqiduo truly is a cultivator of this era, why is she able to guide him to such a place? At this moment, he should be in that special scenario with Gu Sheng and Arbuluo.

Aqiduo nodded: "Of course, I will explain everything to Senior Brother."

A moment later, outside the small wooden house, at a round table, the two sat opposite each other. Aqiduo was brewing fragrant tea, the rich tea aroma wafting everywhere, her movements elegant.

Soon, the tea was ready, Aqiduo poured a cup for Lu Ye, then looked at him and began: "Senior Brother, let me tell you a story first."

Lu Ye was silent.

Aqiduo began to speak: "Long, long ago, there was a very powerful race that controlled a stellar space supreme treasure. With it as the foundation, they were able to continuously develop and expand, as time passed, their power spread outward, conquering one star system after another. According to the records, at their peak, hundreds of star systems around them were their territories."

"If no accident had occurred, they might have conquered more star systems, continuously expanding their territory this way. But suddenly, a world-shaking war broke out, this race encountered an extremely powerful enemy, and the two sides fought for countless years; the final outcome was that this race repelled the external enemies. Though they paid a huge price, they ultimately won the final victory!"

"They thought they had won..." Aqiduo’s expression suddenly turned somewhat strange, as if filled with sorrow or regret, "but actually, those powerful enemies had planted an unsolvable hidden danger within this race. All the tribe members were afflicted with a kind of Curse Poison, a strange thing inherited through bloodline. This Curse Poison typically posed no danger and didn’t affect cultivation life. The only impact it had was on the members’ lifespan! From then on, the new generation of tribe members had a maximum lifespan of only two hundred years. As the older generation of strong men gradually died out, and the new generation couldn’t succeed them, the decline and weakening of the race became inevitable."

"Many years ago, on the eve of the last strong person’s death in the tribe, he foresaw the race’s final fate, so he made some arrangements. He made the external world think that the race was completely extinct, after all, during their outward conquests, they had made quite a few enemies. Thus, they relied on the stellar space supreme treasure’s power, always hiding in a secret place, continuing to multiply generation after generation, merely surviving."

"Until today!"

The story concluded, not complex.

Lu Ye was shocked at heart. Before setting out from the Nine Provinces, he had learned some information about the Asura Field and its related matters from Su Yuqing. At this moment, what Aqiduo told him matched with various things, and in the Zhongyou World, he helped Aqiduo burn away the Bloodline Curse Poison inside her...

Things are obvious now.

"You are from the Heavenly Shura Clan?"

Aqiduo stood up, her black hair suddenly turned silver, even her eyes flashed with silver light, her entire temperament instantly transformed from gentle to boundlessly cold and beautiful. She solemnly clasped her fists: "Sky Asura Aqiduo, pays respects to Senior Brother Lu!"

Even though he had speculated and Aqiduo upon admitting herself, Lu Ye still examined her in surprise.

He had asked Su Yuqing about what the Heavenly Shura Clan looked like, but Su Yuqing didn’t know, as the time of the Heavenly Shura Clan’s extinction was too distant, leaving no information verifiable.

Only now did he realize that outwardly, the Heavenly Shura Clan appeared not very different from the human race, and moreover, this race was not extinct, always hiding in a secret place.

As for Aqiduo’s silver hair and silver eyes, Lu Ye didn’t know if this was a singular case or a common trait.

No wonder... in the Zhongyou World, Lu Ye noticed Aqiduo’s outstanding talent. He thought she was a shadow left by some extraordinary person from a certain era in the Asura Field, yet he didn’t expect her to actually be from the Heavenly Shura Clan.