Chapter 250: Flowers Under the Moonlight

Chapter 250: Flowers Under the Moonlight

After entering the ruin, the cultivation realms of all cultivators were suppressed. Everyone struggled to progress inside. A significant portion of them relied on various medicinal pills just to keep going.

However, who could have imagined that the deeper one ventured into the ruin, the more the white mist that suppressed cultivation seemed to be losing its effect?

Yun Jianyue stood on the cliff, looking at the bottom of the valley, thinking about many things.

He had managed to come all the way here from the outskirts of the ruin. Could it be that the initial cultivators from the Sublime Bright Sect failed to obtain this information? One had to know, he did not encounter any danger along the way. Therefore, the disciples from the Sublime Bright Sect should have no problems arriving here as well. Since that was the case, why did no information transmit out?

After Daoist Master Ironcloud's death, the Sublime Bright Sect was in a state of panic, and they did not dare to conceal anything at all. Especially since he was from the Infatuation Daoist Temple, he should know everything.

Yet, he had not heard any information like this.

With this in mind, Yun Jianyue shook his head. There must have been some problem. If it was not related to the Sublime Bright Sect, then it was likely a problem with this ancient ruin itself. However, he leaned more towards this ruin being the issue.

Perhaps this ruin operated on a certain cycle, where at a certain time, the white mist would gradually weaken? Or maybe no cultivator had ever reached this place.

Yun Jianyue thought for a long time but ultimately could not come to a conclusion. Nevertheless, he did not dwell on it. He had already come this far, and already done so much, since there were many things that he could not find an answer to, it was better to let nature take its course.

He took a look at the bottom of the valley, not entirely sure what he was thinking. Then, he walked along the cliff edge, as if searching for a path that would lead him to the bottom of the valley.

After walking for an unknown period, he did indeed find a steep mountain path. It was so steep that an ordinary person attempting to descend here would likely fall off the cliff and meet an unfortunate end.

But Yun Jianyue was no ordinary person.

He continued to descend along the mountain path, noticing a thick layer of moss covering the ground. This made him feel rather emotional, likely because he felt that no one had been here for many years.

But, he soon became somewhat dazed.

Suddenly, his expression became very solemn.

Because he discovered something very important, which was that the moss here was green.

This was something very normal outside, no one would care. But, it was different here. In fact, it was very special.

Because along the way, the feeling that this ancient ruin gave people was gloominess and darkness. How could there be such a bright color?

Green moss could be seen everywhere outside, in this place, it represented vitality.

This was incongruent with the rest of the ancient ruin. This abnormality made Yun Jianyue fall into silence, thinking about many things.

There were too many abnormalities, it must represent something.

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Chen Chao left the cemetery and also traveled along the river. It was just that after walking more than halfway, he did not arrive at the cliff. He changed direction, heading southeast. While walking, he threw medicinal pills into his mouth one by one, chewing them carefully. He wanted to fully utilize their medicinal effects.

He had naturally finished his own bottle long ago. However, so many cultivators had died and there were still so many medicinal pills that remained, he was not going to let them go to waste. If it were not for the fact that other magic artifacts and whatnot were very troublesome to bring away, Chen Chao might have taken those magic artifacts away as well.

As Chen Chao continued forward, he was actually quite confused himself too. Initially, he had stumbled into that place within the white mist by accident. Although he had tried to memorize some things when he left, the ancient ruin was really too vast, it was difficult for him to find that place again.

But the only thing he was certain of was that this place was definitely deep within the ruin. The identity of the young girl was definitely not simple as well.

However, finding her again would be a very challenging task.

Yun Jianyue descended the mountain path before he finally reached the valley. Here, he saw lush trees, some of them so large that several people needed to surround it to embrace it. This meant that they had lived for countless years.

Unfortunately, these trees were ordinary and not spirit medicines. Otherwise, given their age, even the most common spirit medicines would have become a rare top-grade item.

Sadly, there was none.

Yun Jianyue continued forward through the woods and arrived before a lake.

The lake was extremely large, the surface shimmering beautifully with light.

Along the lake's shore, there was a patch of reed beds. The reeds swayed with the wind, making it even more picturesque.

Standing there, Yun Jianyue looked at the beautiful scene, thinking of the woman who was like a blooming flower when she smiled, and he could not help but smile himself.

He noticed a white flower by the lakeside.

It was an ordinary yet unusual white flower.

Ordinary because it grew by the lake and was not a spirit medicine, it had nothing particularly special about it.

Unusual because this white flower was growing by the lakeside, but it should not exist in the current era.

Yun Jianyue had read many records in the Infatuation Daoist Temple and had read a book about flowers. It documented every flower in the world, yet this white flower was not among them.

He did not know what this flower was called.

He knew it originated from the ancient times and had continued to live on. As long as no one did anything to it, it would continue to live.

Yun Jianyue reached out and plucked the flower.

Then, he took out a transparent glass bottle and placed the white flower inside.

Looking at this white flower, Yun Jianyue was overjoyed.

He wanted to take it back and show it to his senior sister.

Thinking of this, he was very happy. But he did not notice that the flow of qi in his body was smoother and more abundant than before.

The suppression of cultivation here had lessened significantly.

Yun Jianyue looked up at the sky and saw a bright moon.

It turned out that it was still late at night.

The white mist was too thick, which prevented him from seeing the true sky before. But now that the white mist was significantly thinner, he could see it clearly.

He loved moonlight. Perhaps it was because his name also had a moon?[1]

But that was not the case.

It was because he believed that when he gazed at the moon, the girl he liked would also be looking at the moon. No matter how far apart they were, the two would always be together.

There was only one moon.

Yun Jianyue lowered his head and muttered to himself, "My heart is like the moon."