Chương 172: Resonance

One of the Yin monarchs, who was surprisingly a female with an extremely suggestive figure stood still with a complicated look on her face.

"The ancestor's coffin hasn't moved since he was sealed within it by that man. Now, thousands of years later, it finally moved. What does this means?" She sighed softly and put that thought aside.

"How is big sister Li Yue'er doing?" Hua Liuli worriedly asked Long Feng who was seated cross legged in front of Li Yue'er. Long Feng opened his eyes and slowly shook his head.

"It has grown too strong. I am unable to absorb it any longer." It had been a few hours since they left the city and found a relatively hidden cave to wait. In the meantime, Long Feng tried every means he could to help Li Yue'er, but till now, nothing worked. He tried to put her into the origin spirit palace so as to prevent the demon entity from absorbing more ghost energy, but it was useless. The ghost energy simply penetrated all the defenses of the palace and flowed into her body.

Now, the demon entity had grown so strong that he wasn't even able to use the demon dragon in his dantian to absorb it. Of course, that was due to him being too weak, otherwise, the demon entity wasn't even worth a fart before the demon dragon. The seal placed by Lord yi ming was covered in cracks. It hadn't shattered only because the demon entity had completely ignored it, otherwise it could easily destroy the seal.

Even at that, the demon entity's rate of absorbing both Li Yue'er's life source and the ghost energy had long since surpassed before. It was now clearly visible to see innumerable streams of ghost energy flowing into Li Yue'er's body while her life source was also vanishing at a frightening rate. Normally, with her increase in cultivation, her lifespan should have increased by about two years, but right now, a month worth of her life source was absorbed every two hours!

In these few hours, her lifespan had reduced by an entire year!

"The demon entity used to awaken often in the past, but none of them lasted for so long, nor did her life source vanish at such pace!" Yan jian said. Long Feng nodded.

"This change should be due to the Yin ghosts forest, or something in this forest which has some connection to the demon entity." This was the most accurate reason he could think of currently, and it also made sense, because the changes with the demon entity occurred only after they reached a certain depth of the yin ghosts forest, at least that was when they noticed it. It was natural to assume that there was something in the forest which the demon entity was particularly connected to.

"Then doesn't that means that we it will get stronger and stronger unless we can leave this forest?" Hua Liuli asked gravely. Long Feng didn't reply to that, but in his mind, this was exactly what he was also thinking about. Not to mention that they didn't have the ability to leave the forest in their own, would Li Yue'er be able to hold on until they left? At the current rate which her life source was vanishing, it was likely that she would not survive for that long.

"We have to do something! She's in pain" Hua Liuli bit her lip as she spoke. Due to her identity within the Yihua clan, she had little to no freedom at all as she was always locked up in the clan. It was only after a lot of effort that she finally managed to sneak out of the clan quietly, which was when she met Long Feng outside in an inheritance land. Therefore, when she met Li Yue'er together with Long Feng and Yan jian, she felt a close affinity to her.

It wasn't an exaggeration to say that the three of them were her only friends, and Li Yue'er wasn't normally as uncommunicative to her as she was to the other two. Naturally, no one would want to see their friends in danger, and she was not an exception. From the looks of it, the pain Li Yue'er was facing definitely wasn't just a little.

"If we can seek the help of any powerful person, even a deity realm senior, we can probably deal with this situation. The thing is that we cannot find any such masters, nor can we trust them" Long Feng slowly said and they understood what he meant. The heart of men wasn't easy to understand.

"It also isn't possible for us to leave the forest. We wouldn't even have been able to come here if it wasn't for the ghost energy storm of the forest, so it isn't realistic for us to wish to return" he added. This content has been unlawfully taken from Royal Road; report any instances of this story if found elsewhere. Li Yue'er opened her eyes and smiled faintly. Of course, the smile looked melancholic on her pale face.

"I'm alright. I've managed for many years now. One more time wouldn't hurt." None of them replied to her. They had nothing to say.

"You should go. I am holding you back. Your only chance to leave safely is to return to the city." Her smile receded as she said this.

"We're not leaving you behind. We'll definitely think of something" Yan jian immediately refuted. Hua Liuli nodded hurriedly.

"You're only wasting more time, idiot. I know myself well and I cannot withstand this. If those seniors leave, then all your efforts to escape will be for naught" she paused and glanced at Yan jian before she smiled.

"These few months with you all were already the best since I can remember. It's just a pity that I won't get to beat you up again" Yan jian immediately beamed.

"I'm not much weaker than you anymore. It might not be so easy for you to hit me next time" the smile on his face immediately faded. He turned his gaze to Long Feng. Hua Liuli also did the same, their expression clearly hinting that he should speak. After all this while, they were already beginning to rely on him for most things.

"We're not leaving anyone behind. Not in this forest" Long Feng breathed out and said calmly. Yan jian sighed and Hua Liuli smiled slightly.

"You're wasting your time. I will only burden you all. This isn't time to…" Li Yue'er sighed and began to speak when Long Feng calmly interrupted her.

"I'm not being anything. I'm just following my principles. At least, deserting a friend in danger isn't something I can bring myself to do""If you insist, then so be it."Li Yue'er sighed again and hesitated slightly before speaking again.

"I can feel something, like a summon from somewhere ahead." Long Feng paused, startled.

"A summon?" Li Yue'er nodded.

"It's not for me. It seems to be meant for the demon entity. Something is resonating with it and I can feel it."

"What does that means? Could it be the source of the demon entity?" Yan jian immediately asked. If that was the case, then going there definitely wasn't a good idea.

"Where does this resonance come from?" Long Feng asked with furrowed brows. Li Yue'er weakly pointed in a direction. Looking at where she was pointing, it was where the city they left was located.

"Could it be the city?" Hua Liuli asked.

"Very unlikely. The seniors of the four regions cleared out a city in order to gather the scattered humans and face off against the Yin ghosts. The city could be said to be directly facing the center of the forest, where the yin ghosts should be stationed. Besides, if there was anything in the city, I don't believe that the powerful masters of the four regions won't be able to find it" Long Feng shook his head and explained.

"Are you implying that the resonance is coming from the very center of the forest?" Yan jian asked.

"I might be wrong, but if it really is the center of the forest, then I can think of one thing which could fit""What is it?" The trio asked, though they could already guess what.

"The Yin ghosts have a secret in the forest center which only the four dynasties know of. It is said that the secret is the very source of the yin ghosts and they would all perish if it is destroyed" Long Feng slowly said. He had learned all of these from both Hua Liuli and old Gu. No matter how unbelievable this sounded, it was actually the most reasonable and acceptable guess they could think of. The demon entity could absorb the ghost energy which came from this same source. That was already suspicious.

Now, something was summoning the demon entity from the center of the forest. These two incidents couldn't be a coincidence. It was very likely that the demon entity had some connection to this secret of the Yin ghosts.

"Since it could be the source of the demon entity, then we have to stay away from the place to prevent something unpredictable from happening." Yan jian immediately advised after remaining silent for a moment. Long Feng also knew that Yan jian's idea was the best thing to do, but that way, they would be unable to do anything to help Li Yue'er. That also wasn't acceptable. Seeing Long Feng not replying, Yan jian had a bad premonition.

"You can't be thinking about…"

"This is our only option to help Li Yue'er out of the current situation. Otherwise, we will remain clueless about what to do until it is too late." Long Feng explained.

"But we don't know what we're up against, or what we are going to meet. That is considering if we even manage to make it there alive" Yan jian frowned. This was simply reckless.

"It is dangerous, yes. But it could also be our only chance to end this. We might even get rid of the demon entity for good. It is better than staying here and doing nothing. At least, we can know what exactly we should do if we go" Long Feng said. Although it sounded reckless, it was actually their only hope, otherwise they would be unable to save Li Yue'er at all. Yan jian understood this, and he definitely didn't want Li Yue'er to remain in this state. He could therefore only relent with a sigh.

"But how are we going to go past the city ahead, or the yin ghosts who will definitely be guarding their secret?" Hua Liuli asked.

"We need a distraction. Otherwise we will never make it" Yan jian added. Long Feng was silent. He was really clueless about what to do now. Moreover, he was in an injured state. It wouldn't end up well if he faced any enemy in this state, as he might not be able to fend off even a rank five yin level cultivator. As he was wracking his head over what to do, a powerful energy shockwave suddenly spread at an incredible speed. It had already faded away by the time they sensed it.

The shockwave brought with it an irresistible suppressive force that made them feel like ants. It was like before this energy, it didn't matter whether one was at the spirit, imperial or even the deity realm. They were all ants. Luckily, it didn't have any killing intent, nor was it directed at them otherwise they would undoubtedly be dust by now.

"What is that?" All four of them were startled. Li Yue'er directly spat out a mouthful of blackish blood as her inner energy which she was using to slightly suppress the demon entity was disrupted. This caused the demon entity to almost completely shatter the seal laid down by Lord yi ming. Long Feng and the others also suffered slightly. Yan jian and Hua Liuli we're still fine as they were in their best condition, but Long Feng was already in a bad state.

This shockwave directly shook his dantian and dispersed the inner energy he managed to barely recover! He had the urge to curse at whoever released this shockwave when he suddenly froze.

"That's it!" He exclaimed excitedly.

"What's it?" Yan jian asked while he stabilized his own inner energy.

"The battle between the two sides! As long as the humans and the yin ghosts fight, we will have a chance to sneak into the center unnoticed!"

"You make it sound so easy!" Hua Liuli directly rolled her eyes.

"She's right. We don't know when they are going to begin the battle, if they ever will at all. Besides, those masters are far stronger than we can ever imagine. They might easily sense us even if they are in the middle of a fight! Besides, how do we know that the Yin ghosts wouldn't leave a few Yin soldiers to guard the area? Even a low grade Yin soldier will easily wipe us out with little effort. If we run into a mid grade or even high grade yin soldier, then we are doomed.

Considering the importance of the secret to them, they might even leave a yin general behind. Those generals are even stronger than dao realm masters!" Yan jian's words made a lot of sense.

"I know that, but we must at least get close enough. Besides, if they leave such powerful Yin ghosts behind, the human masters will definitely notice. The yin ghosts are trying to protect their secret from the humans and they definitely wouldn't do something so thankless. As for the battl e, I have a feeling that things are not as simple as we can see in the surface. The earlier shockwave might be due to the battle already beginning!"