Confucianism under Heaven

Chapter 324 Miraculous Spirits of Heaven and Earth

Chapter 324 Miraculous Spirits of Heaven and Earth

Within the hazy, gray space, the space itself was violently distorted, and muffled sounds, like those of a machine, echoed throughout. As time passed, these fluctuations became increasingly intense.

Meng Yun and the others also became somewhat solemn, because they sensed a bloody smell spreading in the area.

Ye Ru squinted at the constantly distorting space. When that mechanical sound rang out, he felt an extremely terrifying fluctuation of holy power. This fluctuation of holy power was obviously different from that of the outside world. It was violent and unstable, like a suppressed volcano that would erupt wildly at the slightest disturbance.

Upon landing here, Ye Ru's talent instantly surged to its peak, and he focused his gaze intently on his surroundings.

When he saw his surroundings clearly, his expression changed. The place was extremely vast, and the surroundings were shrouded in mist, with very little visible area.

"Saint Road, huh? It seems rather strange."

Ye Ru became extremely alert. He didn't see Meng Yun and the others here, so they probably left first. After all, they had no connection with Ye Ru, so why would they take a stranger like him along?

"I need to find that ancient temple ruins as soon as possible; I sense an extremely dangerous aura emanating from it."

Ye Ru murmured, then his figure flashed and he left.

After traveling for dozens of miles, a wild beast's roar suddenly rang out, causing Ye Ru to stop abruptly and look in that direction.

There, he sensed an energy fluctuation, but this energy did not belong to talent.

"What is this?"

Ye Ru turned a corner and rushed off toward that place.

Here, there was a little girl, about eight or nine years old, dressed in white, who was exceptionally lovable. However, in front of her was a young man dressed in Jin state attire, whose every move exuded an air of arrogance.

"I never expected to encounter a rare spirit of heaven and earth here. It is said that whoever possesses a rare spirit of heaven and earth can obtain the secret treasures of any ancient site. I wonder if you are that rare spirit of heaven and earth?"

The young man from Jin looked at the eight- or nine-year-old girl who had just become a spirit and said calmly.

The little girl looked terrified. She took two steps back, her eyes fixed on the Jin scholar, her hands wreathed in spiritual energy, as if preparing to attack.

"Alright, come with me, I won't hurt you."

When the Jin scholar saw the little girl's appearance, he frowned, knowing that she wouldn't listen to reason, so he prepared to use force.

The next moment, his face turned extremely cold. He stomped his foot, and a chessboard filled with spiritual energy appeared in his hand. The next moment, the chessboard expanded rapidly, eventually enveloping the little girl.

Looking at the enormous chessboard, the little girl panicked even more. She hurled streams of spiritual energy at the chessboard, but to no avail.

"follow me."

A chess piece appeared in the hand of the Jin scholar. The little girl was positioned exactly where a chess piece would fall on the chessboard, and a chess line appeared beneath her feet.

boom!

The Jin scholar flicked his finger, and the black chess piece swelled in the wind, eventually transforming into a gigantic piece, which he then slammed down upon.

A dark shadow enveloped the little girl, causing a look of despair to appear in her eyes before she gently closed them.

Her strength was not very high, so she was completely powerless against this piece.

boom!

However, just as the little girl was waiting to die, a white piece shot out from a distance. The white piece carried a sharp gust of wind and collided directly with the black piece. A powerful burst of energy quietly spread out in all directions.

"Who goes there? How dare you cause such a disturbance!"

The Jin scholar's gaze suddenly sharpened as he looked towards the dense forest in the distance and shouted sternly.

"The scholars of Jin are truly shameless."

A faint voice drifted over, tinged with sarcasm, causing the Jin scholar's expression to darken further:

"Why be so sneaky? Come out!"

As the words fell, a soft footstep sounded from the distant dense forest, followed by Ye Ru's figure appearing faintly in the shadows and then emerging into their line of sight.

"Who am I? I'm just a student who has passed the preliminary examination. But how dare you, a mere student, speak so presumptuously and obstruct me?"

The Jin scholar sneered, and seeing that Ye Ru was only dressed in the robes of a child scholar, his tense mood relaxed somewhat.

“It’s enough for a student from our Yanhuang Kingdom to beat a mere scholar from the Jin Kingdom.”

Ye Ru said indifferently.

"Just you?"

The Jin scholar's eyes grew even colder, and then another black chess piece appeared in his hand, which he shot out directly.

The sound of the chess piece cutting through the air echoed here, and it crashed directly into Ye Ru's head.

"go."

Reflected in his pupils the ever-growing black chess piece, Ye Ru's lips curled into a mocking smile. In an instant, a white chess piece was launched, piercing through the black chess piece of the Jin scholar and slamming hard into the latter's shoulder.

puff!

With just one move, he severely injured the Jin scholar. Even the former was caught off guard. How could a mere scholar be so easily and decisively injured by a mere child student?

"Who exactly are you? How could a mere student possess such formidable talent?"

The Jin scholar looked on in horror and took two steps back.

"Ye Ru, get out of here."

Ye Ru retrieved his chess piece and said calmly, "My chessboard is designed for three moves at a time, and my chess pieces are also of high quality. My opponent's shabby pieces are no match for me."

"Ye Ru?"

The Jin scholar pondered for a moment, then suddenly looked up, his expression turning somewhat strange.

"What's wrong? Do you know me? You're a scholar from Jin. Let me ask you something: how is Han Fengxian?"

Ye Ru smiled slightly, took two steps closer, and said.

"Han Fengxian... he is now a Jinshi (a successful candidate in the highest imperial examinations), and he is also on this sacred path..."

The Jin scholar pondered for a moment, then raised his head again and spoke haltingly.

"I didn't expect to find you here. A Jinshi (successful candidate in the highest imperial examination), how interesting."

Ye Ru raised his head, a chill creeping into his smile. He would never forget the humiliation inflicted upon him in that secret realm.

"Okay, you can go."

Ye Ru waved his hand, dispelling the restrictions surrounding the chessboard around the little girl, and then left with her.

"Ye Ru... wait until I tell my cousin, you will pay the price for this!"

The Jin scholar gazed at Ye Ru's retreating figure in the distance, a fierce glint appearing in his eyes.