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The man in black had a piercing gaze as he slowly lowered his head, looking at the weak-breathed woman in his arms, feeling a sharp pain in his chest.

No, is there no other way?

Ya told him about this place.

He must have known just how perilous and difficult it is here.

If there was another shortcut to save Lan Xi, Ya would not have let him bring Lan Xi here.

"Is there really no other way to get in?" the man in black was still kneeling upright, his expression resolute.

Immortal Venerable Changbai listened and shook his head slightly, "There are ways, but for you, it is just courting death."

Immortal Venerable Changbai raised his palm, and immediately a water-blue elixir appeared in his hand. "I have a Soul Stabilizing Pill here. It can temporarily preserve this girl’s soul from scattering. As for you, if you must save her, then follow me!"

The young man in black immediately took the elixir, carefully feeding it to the girl’s mouth. As the elixir dissolved, the girl was immediately enveloped in a layer of water-blue light.

The soul that had initially been stabilized by focused intent finally settled down.

Lan Xi’s tightly furrowed brows also gradually relaxed, and she finally fell into a deep sleep.

Only then did the man in black stand up and leave Heavenly Pond with Immortal Venerable Changbai.

The abyss behind Heavenly Pond.

Immortal Venerable Changbai sat on a crane’s back, looking at the endless white clouds below and spoke in a distant voice, "The earth’s veins have grown for millions of years and are now a thousand times larger than before.

The end of No-return Valley harbors a new and mighty Spirit Vein.

If you can reach the end, you will find the essence that can nourish the soul. "

"Thank you, Immortal Venerable!" The man in black holding the girl had his usual cold look. He did not hesitate to step forward and jump into No-return Valley.

Immortal Venerable Changbai quickly called out to him.

"Young man, please hold on, let me finish speaking."

"No-return Valley is the forbidden land of Mount Changbai. The name means ’those who enter never return.

’ The valley is filled with giant ferocious beasts and poisons.

Any immortal who descends will have all their Mana sealed, and any superpower you use will also be rendered ineffective.

Young man, you are but a mortal, think carefully.

If you do not go, you can still take her and look for other methods.

If you go, it’s very likely that both of you will die inside. "

"Do I have any other options?" the man in black slowly lifted his head, his cold gaze looking at the endless white cliff below, his eyes slowly becoming unshakably determined.

With that, he jumped down with Lan Xi in his arms.

Immortal Venerable Changbai immediately explained, "Be careful, the white clouds below are No-return Valley. There is a great distance still below, and just the fall could be fatal."

His words echoed in the ears of the man in black, only serving to strengthen his determination to move forward.

If he couldn’t save her, what was the point of living?

Hadn’t they already linked their lives and deaths together?

Diving into the white clouds was but an instant, and the man in black felt as if a great force had grabbed him, pulling his body rapidly downwards.

He couldn’t use his superpowers at all.

To prevent Lan Xi from being harmed, he held her tightly with both arms, his eyes sharp, vigilant of his surroundings.

After falling for half an hour, he buried Lan Xi’s face into his chest, the roaring wind buzzing in his ears.

"Lan Xi!" the man in black called out worriedly to the woman in his arms, but no matter how he called, she had no reaction at all.

Gradually, his vision expanded.

He finally saw the valley and a lush green forest.

Without any superpowers, he could only fall straight down.

In the jungle, he held the girl with one arm and tightly grasped a tree branch with the other, trying to stop their fall.

But the force of the plunge was too much for the branch, which snapped in two under the weight of both.

The man in black fell again, his face cut by the chaotic branches, and in his panic, he grabbed hold of a vine.

The force of his descent made him slide over ten meters down the thorny vine before he could finally steady himself.

At last, the fall stopped.

When he saw that Lan Xi, asleep in his arms, was unharmed, a gentle smile crept onto his lips.

As his smile unfolded, blood dripped slowly onto the grass from the vine, and his hands were already mangled by the thorny vine.

Having landed, the man in black looked up while holding the girl, darkness at his back and a golden path lying before him.

Scattered by the path were many immortals’ skeletons, the white bones branded with runes of cultivation that hadn’t dissipated despite the passage of time, unmistakably those of cultivators who had met their end here on an adventurous quest for the Spirit Vein.

He had only taken a few steps when he felt a chill on his back and instinctively leapt away with Lan Xi in his arms. When he turned back, he saw the spot he’d been standing on attacked by a vulture.

That vulture, ten meters in length, had a sharp beak like a sharp sword, glinting with a cold light.

The man in black had narrowly evaded the strike; the vulture’s momentum was too great to stop, and its sharp beak struck a nearby tree, splitting the thick-trunked tree in half with a thunderous crash.

The man in black was startled; he hadn’t anticipated such formidable strength from a mere vulture. Without immortal power, even the most formidable immortals would only be lambs to the slaughter here.

No wonder there were so many bones scattered on the ground.

But he was no immortal.

A cold smile played across the man in black’s lips. Over the years, he had honed his body’s strength, his reaction, and his ability to cope to an unmatched level.

Just a vulture, that was all.

Holding a Longsword in hand, he closed his eyes and stood still.

The vulture mistook his calm for a surrender and attacked him once more.

Just as the vulture was about to strike, a Longsword suddenly pierced through its body, so fast that nobody saw how he actually made his move.

If anyone had been there, they would have been stunned on the spot. Frightened by his abnormal speed, isn’t that speed monstrous?

Even without the use of immortal power, his speed reached a level formidable beyond what many immortals could achieve.

The vulture’s body thudded heavily onto the ground.

The man in black, sword in one hand and girl in the other, strode down the path before him.

Any Ferocious Beast that came at him with the intent to attack met its end on his blade.

Blood paved a broad road for him.

His dark silhouette resembled a Luosha come down to earth, wearing a Jade Crown and his black hair flying, an astonishing aura of killing intent keeping even the small beasts at bay.

As time passed, the trees in the valley grew taller and taller, blotting out the sky.

The man in black, noticing the cold sweat on the girl’s forehead, plunged his sword into the ground and sat down.

"Lan Xi, Shaoqing doesn’t know how much further we have to go, but you must hold on.

I will find you a place to cultivate. You can’t let anything happen to you, do you understand?

" His voice was urgent and worried, yet firm, despite being utterly exhausted from the journey and still bleeding from his shoulders and palms.

But nothing would stop his advance.