Chapter 63 : Chapter 63
Chapter 63: Five Years Outside, Fifty Years in the Desolate Deathlands!
【The Integration Realm expert of the Purple Firmament Holy Land watched as your figure disappeared into the black mist. His expression became extremely ugly.】
【He had never expected that you would truly dare to enter the Desolate Deathlands.】
【As one of the most dangerous forbidden lands in the Canglan Realm, even their Bizarre Insect race—with their extremely strong vitality—would face certain death upon entering.】
【At this moment, one of the Void Refinement Great Perfection cultivators asked.】
“Commander, should we chase them in?”
【The commander of the Purple Firmament Holy Land was instantly covered with black lines across his forehead.】
“Chase? You want to chase them?”
“Has anyone ever entered the Desolate Deathlands and come out alive?”
【The commander arranged for two people to guard the entrance of the Desolate Deathlands for three months. After three months, they could leave.】
【Within the black mist of the Desolate Deathlands, you carried Zhou Lingxi and moved forward.】
【Inside the mist, you could not determine direction or sense the passage of time.】
【After an unknown period, you suddenly realized the surrounding black mist had disappeared.】
【You opened your eyes and saw the familiar black earth before you, along with the black Dead Mountain in the distance.】
【Fear immediately rose in your heart.】
【You remembered the last time you had wandered here and eventually lost your way, only regaining brief clarity when you reached a gigantic bronze coffin.】
【Thinking of this, your hands unconsciously clenched.】
【At this moment, Zhou Lingxi let out a shy cry.】
“Su… Su Ming, your hand…”
【Hearing her voice, you finally snapped out of your memories.】
【You looked down at Zhou Lingxi in your arms with an awkward expression.】
【You quickly set her down and changed the topic.】
“Do not use any Spiritual Energy in the Desolate Deathlands.”
“From now on, treat yourself as an ordinary mortal.”
【Zhou Lingxi was stunned.】
She quickly asked why.
【You explained that the laws within the Desolate Deathlands were different from those of the outside world.】
【Using Spiritual Energy here would accelerate the loss of lifespan by a thousand times.】
【Even without using Spiritual Energy, lifespan would still pass one hundred times faster than outside.】
【You recalled your previous experience.】
【Even without using Spiritual Energy, you had remained here for one hundred years before your lifespan finally ran out.】
【Zhou Lingxi trembled in fear after hearing this.】
【She had always known the Desolate Deathlands was extremely dangerous—one of the most terrifying forbidden lands in the Central Continent.】
【But she had never imagined it would be this horrifying.】
【Faced with the rapid loss of lifespan, no one had a solution. Using Spiritual Energy would only accelerate death.】
【Zhou Lingxi asked what you should do next.】
【Remaining here forever would also lead to death.】
【You fell silent for a long time.】
【Then you glanced back at the black mist behind you and sighed.】
“We will stay here and go nowhere.”
“After one year, we will return along the same path.”
“They probably will not guard the entrance for that long.”
【Zhou Lingxi frowned.】
【She remembered what you said about lifespan draining rapidly when using Spiritual Energy.】
【But to cross the black mist and return outside, Spiritual Energy must be used.】
“But… your lifespan…”
【She stopped mid-sentence, looking at you with a complicated expression.】
【You knew exactly what she wanted to say.】
【But there was no other choice.】
【This was the only way to survive.】
【Fortunately, you had cultivated the Azure Emperor Longevity Art, giving you far more lifespan than ordinary Void Refinement cultivators.】
【You believed there was a good chance you could make it back.】
【Moreover, you had now mastered the complete Great Void Technique, which greatly increased your confidence.】
【Afterward, you warned Zhou Lingxi not to venture deeper into the Deathlands or she would lose herself.】
【You then found a place near the edge of the black mist and sat down with your eyes closed.】
【Zhou Lingxi imitated you and sat beside you.】
【You both waited silently within the Desolate Deathlands for the arrival of one year.】
【Because you could not sense time passing here, you used an hourglass to keep track of time and remain conscious.】
【Time passed quickly.】
【In the blink of an eye, one year passed.】
【The hourglass you set up finally emptied, transforming into a beam of spiritual light that struck your body.】
【Yet you completely ignored the attack.】
【You seemed utterly immersed in your meditation.】
【The spiritual light merely caused your brows to twitch slightly.】
【Ten years passed.】
【Your face became covered in beard, and your hair grew messy. Yet you still did not awaken.】
【Twenty years passed.】
【Your hair slowly began turning from black to white.】
【Thirty years passed.】
【Half of your hair had already turned white.】
【Forty years passed.】
【Your brows were tightly furrowed as though experiencing something terrifying.】
【You struggled to awaken, but you could not.】
【Fifty years passed.】
【You, who had been sitting like a statue, suddenly opened your eyes and began breathing heavily.】
【After awakening, you immediately looked at your hands.】
【Seeing that nothing had changed, you sighed in relief.】
【But when you stood up and saw the white hair hanging before your chest, your pupils shrank.】
【You had thought that only a short time had passed.】
【Now you realized that most of your hair had turned white.】
【Your heart sank.】
【Without speaking, you woke Zhou Lingxi beside you.】
【Her condition was no better.】
【Her once jet-black hair had also turned completely white.】
【After awakening, Zhou Lingxi immediately sensed her remaining lifespan.】
【She discovered that most of it had already been consumed.】
【She asked how much time had passed.】
【Your expression was grim.】
“You have to be prepared.”
“About fifty years.”
“Fifty years?!”
【Zhou Lingxi stared at her hands in shock.】
【She could not believe that merely closing her eyes for a short time had cost fifty years.】
【You also felt lingering fear.】
【During meditation, it had felt as if only a brief moment had passed.】
【But when you tried to awaken, you discovered that doing so required tremendous effort.】
“We should leave.”
【Zhou Lingxi remained silent.】
【With so much lifespan lost, she did not know whether the two of you could survive the escape.】
【You carried Zhou Lingxi and used the Great Void Technique to charge into the black mist.】
【Inside the mist, you felt your life rapidly draining away.】
【Soon, you sensed that your lifespan was nearly exhausted.】
【Fortunately, at that moment you finally escaped the black mist and returned to the outside world.】
【Zhou Lingxi’s eyes filled with tears of excitement.】
【After spending fifty years in the Desolate Deathlands, you had no idea what the situation in the Central Continent was like.】
【You brought Zhou Lingxi to the nearest city.】
【After entering the city, you learned a shocking piece of news.】
【Only five years had passed in the Central Continent since you entered the Desolate Deathlands.】
“Five years outside… fifty years in the Desolate Deathlands???”
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