The reddish bone claw left a long scratch, cutting into the stone man's head.
Buzz!!
It sounded like it struck a stone tool, making a muffled noise.
The stone man's dazed eyes suddenly snapped out of it, emitting a burst of killing intent from his body. His dry yellow hair flew up, and his tattered clothes rustled. He glared at the seductive skull, the murderous intent in his eyes was exposed, and a deep gray aura appeared on his right arm. The previously revived arm seemed to turn back into stone in that instant.
He reached out his right hand, fingers clawing at the skull's head.
Crack!
The powerful seductive skull was like paper in front of the stone man, and its head was directly crushed. The gray aura shook, crushing the remaining body of the skull into pieces, scattering countless bone fragments, even leaving a huge pit at the spot where the skull was standing.
Although the ground in the doomed city did not contain as many protective restrictions as the city wall, Ding Yan had tried it before and could only leave a mark on it with all his strength. The stone man had caused such terrible consequences with just a casual strike, revealing his strength.
After killing the skull, the gray aura surrounding the stone man gradually faded, and his arm returned to normal. After a while, the dazed look returned, and he muttered to himself as he walked toward the depths of the doomed city, eventually disappearing.
After the stone man left, Ding Yan walked out of the alley and looked at the black city wall, where a huge hole remained, and the Ghost Gate was long gone. The area around the cracks was constantly flickering with black runes, seemingly trying to restore themselves.
"Why did the stone man come to the doomed city?" Ding Yan pondered.
There was an unnamed force surging at the broken part of the city wall, confronting the runes. Regardless of how the runes twisted, they could not repair the broken area.
"Now that the city wall is broken, many people should take the opportunity to enter the inner city. In this way, the inner city will not be peaceful." After glancing at the broken part of the city wall, Ding Yan waved his sleeve and walked back in the direction he had come from.
The outer city cultivators had come for the relics of the Yellow Spring Elder. Previously, they could not enter because of the seductive skull guarding the city. However, now that the seductive skull had been killed by the stone man and the city wall had been breached, those people would definitely rush in.
Before that happened, Ding Yan had to find the tomb of the Yellow Spring Elder, eliminate the inner demons, and leave this place.
When he returned to the original place, Ding Yan found that the cycle observatory had disappeared, leaving behind an ordinary house in its place.
After observing for a while, he pushed the door open and walked in.
The house was empty, with black stone bricks on the ground. Next to the window, the paper had long crumbled, and a cold wind blew in through the broken window, making it feel cold.
"The displacement of Yin and Yang, the transformation of the five elements, it seems that the residual map left by the ancestor of the Mo family records the method of leaving this place. However, where exactly is the tomb of the old immortal of the Yellow Springs?" Ding Yan squatted down, his right hand touching the ground, a hint of coolness returned to his mind.
Ding Yan naturally would not believe that the ancestor of the Mo family would leave behind a completely useless residual map.
On his journey, he followed the record on the residual map, not encountering any danger and not seeing any relics of the ancients, which forced him to contemplate the true function of the residual map.
Sitting cross-legged, Ding Yan took out the residual map from his sleeve and placed it in the palm of his right hand, then closed his eyes.
The elemental force within his body silently started to circulate, and a wheel of Yin and Yang gradually appeared behind him. With the Book of the Universe in his possession, Ding Yan's deduction technique could unleash the power of the most advanced technique, coming close to the existence of the Tao. After reaching this level, he could deduce many things that were previously unseen.
Of course, deduction was not Taoism after all, with many constraints still present, such as the need for the residual map and the place where Ding Yan was seated at that moment.
Complicated handprints continued to be struck without a pause from Ding Yan's right hand, and the wheel of Yin and Yang behind him began to rotate as well. Gradually, a hazy Qi enveloped Ding Yan. The residual map in the palm of his right hand also silently floated up, suspended in front of his chest.
Suddenly, Ding Yan abruptly opened his eyes.
The rotation of Yin and Yang in his eyes suddenly stopped, and a series of images kept flashing in front of Ding Yan's eyes.
Crack…
A crisp sound, followed by a trace of blood overflowing from the corner of Ding Yan's mouth, and the residual map that was originally suspended in front of his chest burst with a rumble, turning into dust and dispersing.
"Backlash…" Wiping away the blood from the corner of his mouth, Ding Yan slowly got up and walked out of the house.
Outside, the cold wind continued blowing.
In his line of sight, Ding Yan saw two Qi-refining cultivators fighting. During this period of time, many people had discovered the broken city wall and took the opportunity to enter the inner city. Upon seeing Ding Yan, the two Qi-refining cultivators' expressions changed slightly, and they directly fought, gradually moving away.
One Immortal could kill the two of them.
Ignoring the two people, Ding Yan stood at a distance, took a deep breath, and his gaze fell in the direction where the stone man had disappeared.
"What exactly exists there…" In the previous deduction, Ding Yan saw many things, including the location of the tomb of the old immortal of the Yellow Springs.
At the same time, Ding Yan also saw many unexpected images, but just as he was about to continue with further deduction, a force forcibly interrupted his deduction, even causing backlash. The source of that force was the direction where the stone man had disappeared.
"Forget it, find the relic of the old immortal of the Yellow Springs, and leave this place as soon as possible." It's not that there was no curiosity, but compared to curiosity, Ding Yan understood the importance of making choices.
With a thousand years of cultivation experience, Ding Yan was no longer the naïve and curious young man he used to be.
Before having absolute power, curiosity could be fatal.
If not for severing the fear demon caused by his previous hesitation and the unsoiled pill recorded on the residual map, Ding Yan would never have entered the realm of the dead.
Following the images seen in the deduction, Ding Yan finally found the whereabouts of the Wheel of Reincarnation after two hours of searching.
"Who could have thought that the hidden tomb would be within this moving Wheel of Reincarnation?" Looking at the broken Black Door at the entrance, Ding Yan brushed his sleeve and stepped inside.
Inside the Wheel of Reincarnation, everything remained the same.
A wisp of green smoke wafted above the cauldron.
"Huh? Who are you? How did you come to the Wheel of Reincarnation?" a voice sounded behind Ding Yan.
"As expected…" a hint of understanding flashed in Ding Yan's eyes.
Turning around, he still saw the green-clothed girl.
Refreshingly pleasant, her clear eyes contained no impurities.
"Why aren't you talking?" the girl looked at Ding Yan curiously, as if she had never seen him before.