303 One Wrong Step and the Whole Game Is Lost
Shen Changling couldn’t help but mutter to himself, “To think it’s already been a few months…” He looked at the messenger jade pendant in his hand. The message had clearly been sent out, but there was no response from Jingdu.

To be honest, this was also something Ye Xuan didn’t expect. The difference in the passage of time between the two was too great, which showed how strange things from a thousand years ago were.

Just an altar could have such a deep influence on them without them even realizing it. If they let it completely appear in the world, who knew what kind of chaos it would cause? Fortunately, Ye Xuan had destroyed most of it.

Qian Yuan was still worried. The danger in the cave had been resolved, and it didn’t affect the other demonic beasts. He sent people to search the place carefully, and after confirming that there was nothing unusual, the heaviness in his heart had completely disappeared.

The demonic beasts under his command reported that the place had already turned into ruins. Apart from a pile of soil and broken rocks, nothing else could be found.

“By the way, what happened to you on the altar?”

It was a long story, and Ye Xuan couldn’t reveal the existence of the system, so he could only keep it brief.

“My constitution is different from that of ordinary people. In addition to the existence and influence of the Hetu and Luoshu Diagram, as well as the Penglai Immortal Stone, the altar wanted to bewitch me to become its puppet, but it didn’t expect that it would trap itself in it.”

To be honest, Ye Xuan was still a little dazed. He felt that those powers were fighting in his body.

It was a pity that the altar’s power belonged to an intruder, and it couldn’t beat these two at all. It was naturally defeated, and it could only behave itself afterward. If it had a mind of its own, it would definitely regret it.

It had originally thought that it would be easy to occupy an ordinary human’s body and bewitch Ye Xuan into becoming a puppet to continue expanding its power and influence. Unfortunately, the altar could not do as it wished.

After all, the strange heart had already tried once and failed.

Although there was only a part of the Hetu and Luoshu Diagram, and Ye Xuan hadn’t completely unraveled the secret of the Penglai Immortal Stone, it would be very troublesome to deal with the altar if it had the power of its peak.

However, a thousand years had passed. In addition, the heart had been nurtured and most of its power had been consumed. Even if the altar had great abilities, it could only hide in a corner.

Qian Yuan stood up and saluted Ye Xuan respectfully. He said, “If you hadn’t saved me this time, both the high priest and the altar would’ve been quite difficult to deal with.”

The sacrificial altar required the blood of demonic beasts, and it even had a natural suppressing effect on them. Even a great demon like Qian Yuan had his cultivation suppressed by more than half, and the number of demonic beasts that had died at the sacrificial altar and at the hands of the high priest was uncountable.

Without Ye Xuan’s help, it would have been impossible for Qian Yuan to destroy the altar alone. In the worst-case scenario, he might even be swallowed by the altar.

Even though Qian Yuan was a true dragon now, the time he had spent evolving from a flood dragon to a dragon was too short. He had not fully absorbed the power of the Dragon Pearl, and he had only been born a hundred years ago. How could he fight against something that was more than a thousand years old?

Not to mention, it was a carefully laid out scheme by those people, so it was no wonder that Qian Yuan almost fell for it.

“You and I are good friends, so there’s no need to be so formal.”

Speaking of which, it wasn’t like Ye Xuan didn’t gain anything this time. He had also absorbed most of the altar’s power. It was likely that in the future, he would be able to transform it into his own. However, that heart would eventually be a disaster.

Those who were not of the same race would have different intentions. Moreover, this heart had a strong background. It belonged to the mastermind behind the scenes. Even though it didn’t seem to be able to cause any waves now, Ye Xuan was still worried.

He had a feeling that if he were to be too closely connected to this heart, the mastermind behind the scenes would also be able to sense his existence.

According to the current situation, the mastermind behind the scenes must be extremely powerful. Otherwise, he would not have planned for a thousand years to resurrect himself, one after another.

From the start with the secret realm to the altar, the mastermind had played a part in everything. Such a figure could not be underestimated. Ye Xuan did not dare to take it lightly. Who knew if that mastermind had any backup plans?

“At that time, the Penglai Immortal Beasts were bewitched and fell into someone’s trap. Most of the species sacrificed themselves, thinking that they could survive. In the end, they were deceived for a thousand years and almost completely taken advantage of by the mastermind.”

Shen Changling was also involved in this matter, and he was immediately immersed in his memories. He said belatedly, “Changping’s greed for spirit stones has caused the surrounding environment to suffer, which accidentally awakened the bone dragon. Now, it seems like it was a good thing.”

Otherwise, no one would have known that such a behemoth was sleeping underground. If the bone dragon really colluded with the high priest, it would be difficult to clean up the mess.

Even with the help of the system, it would have become extremely difficult if Ye Xuan had to deal with the bone dragon on top of everything else.

It was a pity that man proposes, god disposes. The bone dragon and the altar were supposed to be awakened at the same time.

With the help and call of the bone dragon, all the demonic beasts would fall into the hands of the high priest and be sacrificed. Not only would the heart mature, but the altar’s power would also be partially restored.

Who would have thought that the bone dragon would awaken in advance and be completely destroyed by Ye Xuan? When the altar came into reality and the high priest woke up, it was too late to save the bone dragon.

One wrong step and the whole game would be lost, and this was all because of Ye Xuan. He was the person with the most variables.

After listening to their story, Qian Yuan was also very emotional. He said, “After this incident, Changping can finally be completely peaceful. I think no one will come to disturb the peace again.”