anovelconsole Chapter 12833 Gray Fog
Chapter 12833 Gray Fog
Chapter 12833 Gray Fog
Ye Chen seemed to have captured the unique gray mist Daoist charm of the Black Queen Mother!
When the great battle on the other side of the starry sky ended, the Black Queen Mother was taken away by the Lord of Gray Mist and has been missing ever since.
Ye Chen had always believed that the Black Queen Mother had long been devoured by the Lord of Gray Mist and had completely perished, and that she no longer existed in the world.
But the gray mist that flashed by at this moment, with its aura, characteristics, and Daoist fluctuations, was extremely similar to that of the Black Queen Mother!
"Could it be that the Black Queen Mother is actually here?"
Ye Chen felt a surge of endless doubt and shock.
"Lord of Reincarnation, what's wrong?"
Seeing that his expression was strange, Ling Yuan asked.
Ye Chen pondered for a moment, a thousand thoughts flashing through his mind, and said to Ling Yuan, "Elder Ling, please wait here for a while. I have some business to attend to and will be back soon."
Ling Yuan was taken aback and asked, "What is it?"
Ye Chen said, "There's something strange that I need to investigate. You can wait here."
Having said that, Ye Chen said no more, his figure transforming into a streak of light, and sped off in the direction where the gray mist had dissipated.
He had to find out whether that gray mist was actually the Black Queen Mother!
When Ling Yuan and the others saw Ye Chen leave, they were all stunned, but they had no choice but to obey and wait in place.
Ye Chen flew across the sea, chasing after the enemy until he reached a deserted island.
The island was small and not covered in ice or snow. Instead, it was warm and cozy, with wisps of white steam rising and drifting, accompanied by the sound of splashing water.
Ye Chen suddenly felt a warmth in his body, thinking that there was a volcanic hot spring on the island, which was why the ice and snow melted.
He released his divine sense and vaguely detected the aura of gray mist deep within the island.
"Could the Black Queen Mother be here?"
Ye Chen's heart pounded. He slowed his steps, concealed his breathing, and cautiously walked forward.
Soon, deep within the isolated island, he saw a natural hot spring gushing forth, its water clear and warm, steam rising from it.
Shockingly, a woman with a graceful figure was soaking in the spring water, her skin as white as jade, her long hair wet and hanging down her shoulders.
That face was none other than the Black Queen Mother!
Compared to the alluring, cunning, and ruthless Black Queen Mother of my memory, the person before me looked younger and more innocent, with clear eyes and less of the worldly and effeminate air, but more of the lively and charming spirit of a young girl.
However, whether it is her appearance or the faint gray mist aura emanating from her body, it is exactly the same as the Black Queen Mother, there is no mistake!
"The Black Queen Mother has become younger? But there's no mistake, she is the Black Queen Mother!"
Ye Chen was deeply shaken, and a thousand thoughts surged into his mind.
He had always thought that the Black Queen Mother had perished long ago, but he never expected that she was hiding deep in this chaotic and cold land!
"Black Queen Mother!"
Ye Chen jumped out on the spot and shouted like thunder:
"I never expected you to be here. Prepare to die!"
With that, Ye Chen drew the Heavenly Emperor Intercepting Sword with a clang.
Hearing the sound, the woman in the hot spring looked up and saw the sword in Ye Chen's hand. She was immediately startled and terrified.
The Heavenly Emperor's Intercepting Sword is terrifyingly sharp. Anyone with eyes can see its ferocity and terror. Even a Heavenly Dao Realm expert would be unable to withstand a single strike from it.
"Wait! What are you doing?"
The woman's eyebrows furrowed in surprise; startled, she abruptly stood up and said:
"I am not some Black Queen Mother!"
As she stood up, her crystal-clear, snow-white body was completely exposed to Ye Chen's eyes.
Realizing her rudeness, the woman blushed and hurriedly soaked back into the hot spring, using the steam and mist to conceal her body.
Ye Chen said, "If you're not the Black Queen Mother, then who are you?"
The woman's gaze shifted, her eyes filled with confusion and anger, and she said:
"I've heard of the Black Queen Mother. She's said to be the daughter of the abyss and the supreme demon from the other side of the starry sky, but how could I be that female demon?"
"I am Shuang Qianxue, the princess of the Ancient Kingdom of Yuyin!"
"Who are you, cultivator? How dare you trespass into the territory of my Ancient Yin-Controlling Kingdom and even dare to spy on this princess bathing! You are truly presumptuous and deserve to die!"
Shuang Qianxue's expression was icy, her tone sharp. She didn't recognize Ye Chen at all, and her face showed only anger and embarrassment at being offended.
Before she finished speaking, she waved her hand and summoned a long sword. The sword light was cold and sharp. The flying sword pierced through the air and stabbed towards Ye Chen. The sword was swift and fierce, and it was aimed directly at Ye Chen's throat.
This sword strike was incredibly fast, its chilling aura freezing the surrounding air, its killing intent fierce, displaying an overbearing arrogance.
But in Ye Chen's eyes, such an attack was full of flaws and not worth mentioning.
Ye Chen remained calm, casually shifting his body to the side to easily dodge the flying sword, then extending two fingers to firmly clamp the blade.
hum-
The longsword trembled violently, but could no longer advance even an inch.
Shuang Qianxue was taken aback and tried her best to control her sword with her spiritual energy, but the sword was held by Ye Chen and she could not break free.
"Break!"
Ye Chen exerted a little force, and with a snap, he broke Shuang Qianxue's longsword.
The longsword was connected to Shuang Qianxue's aura. When the sword broke, she suffered a backlash and immediately let out a muffled groan.
"Such a powerful Dao intent!"
Shuang Qianxue was shocked. She immediately realized that Ye Chen had not used brute force to break her sword, but rather a special Taoist technique.
That was the true meaning of the Intercepting Dao from the Heavenly Emperor's Intercepting Dao Sword, which cut off all paths. Ye Chen had already become one with the sword and mastered the true essence of the Intercepting Dao. In reality, it was not the sword that cut off Shuang Qianxue, but the sword that cut off.
"You're not the Black Queen Mother?"
Ye Chen frowned as he looked at Shuang Qianxue.
As soon as Shuang Qianxue made her move, he realized that although her Dao aura was cold and sharp, it was not the path of the Black Queen Mother's abyssal demonization.
However, her appearance and the gray mist aura deep within her Daoist essence were exactly the same as those of the Black Queen Mother.
This put Ye Chen in a dilemma: was this woman really the Black Queen Mother?
"Of course not! I told you, I am the princess of the Ancient Kingdom of Yuyin!"
Shuang Qianxue was so angry that she wanted to get up and argue, but then she held back and continued to soak in the hot spring, glaring at Ye Chen and secretly calculating the secrets of heaven.
She had already sensed the aura of heaven when Ye Chen made his move, and with this calculation, she quickly figured out Ye Chen's identity.
"Ah, you are..."
Shuang Qianxue was immediately stunned, staring blankly at Ye Chen, her red lips trembling slightly:
"Lord of Reincarnation, you are the Lord of Reincarnation!"
Shuang Qianxue's chest heaved violently, her eyes filled with shock as she looked at Ye Chen.
She was well aware of her own cultivation level. Among the younger generation of the entire Ancient Yin Kingdom, she was enough to be firmly at the top, but compared to the legendary Lord of Reincarnation, she was far inferior.
Shocked and terrified, Shuang Qianxue never expected that the one who had broken into this place was Ye Chen, the renowned Lord of Reincarnation.
"The legendary Lord of Reincarnation has actually trespassed into the territory of my Ancient Yin Kingdom. Could it be that you intend to overthrow the order of my ancient kingdom? You...you intend to kill me today?"
Shuang Qianxue's delicate body trembled. She had long heard that wherever the Lord of Reincarnation went, he would bring disaster.
Now that the Lord of Reincarnation has arrived in the Ancient Kingdom of Yin, she dares not imagine what kind of turmoil might arise.
Ye Chen frowned, staring intently at Shuang Qianxue, wanting to uncover the truth behind it all.
It can't be wrong, absolutely not wrong.
He had fought with the Black Queen Mother many times, and their entanglement was extremely deep. He was very familiar with her aura and Daoist charm.
Before her eyes, Shuang Qianxue was clearly surrounded by the same aura, a unique quality belonging to the Black Queen Mother, with no one else being the same.
But Shuang Qianxue's demeanor and tone were completely unfamiliar, pure and innocent, yet with a hint of arrogance, but without a trace of the Black Queen Mother's sinister cunning and deep scheming.
It looks like an innocent woman who has been implanted with the seeds of the Black Queen Mother's lineage.
Ye Chen's heart trembled at this thought, and he stared at Shuang Qianxue, asking, "I won't kill you, but there's the aura of gray mist in your body. What's going on?"
"Gray mist?" Shuang Qianxue was slightly taken aback upon hearing this, then said frankly, "So that's what you mean."
"This is nothing more than a fog of confusion in the cultivation of the Dao heart; it's nothing unusual."
"I have been trying to break through to the middle level of the Taiyi Realm recently, but my Dao Heart is not strong enough, so I can't figure out the mysteries of the realm and I'm stuck at the bottleneck."
"When the path of cultivation is unclear, gray fog will appear. This is a natural phenomenon of the law, indicating that cultivation has fallen into a predicament."
"You just saw some gray mist on me and assumed I was the Black Queen Mother?"
In the end, Shuang Qianxue was quite annoyed, realizing that she had been misunderstood.
Ye Chen frowned, thinking to himself, "Could it be that I've really mistaken someone for someone else?"
The Gray Mist Law represents obscuration, confusion, and bewilderment. When cultivation falls into confusion, it is easy for gray mist to arise, which is not surprising.
However, looking at Shuang Qianxue's face, which was exactly the same as the Black Queen Mother's, only younger, Ye Chen could not ignore it.
“Girl, I think you have been parasitized by the Black Queen Mother. You are innocent, but the Black Queen Mother has parasitized your body like a seed.”
After pondering for a while, Ye Chen gradually formed a guess in his mind.
After mastering the Word-Out Technique, his ability to deduce the secrets of the heavens greatly improved, enabling him to uncover the truth of all things. The truth he saw at this moment was that the Black Queen Mother had parasitized Shuang Qianxue.
The truth is still shrouded in a layer of fog, making it impossible to see it completely, but it is probably very close to the truth.
If left unchecked, once the seeds of the Black Queen Mother's lineage take root and sprout, she will completely possess Shuang Qianxue.
"parasitic?"
Upon hearing this, Shuang Qianxue was immediately horrified.
Ye Chen said, "Okay, get up. I'll examine your body to see if the Black Queen Mother is parasitizing inside you."
Seeing Shuang Qianxue soaking naked in the hot spring, Ye Chen immediately turned around and said, "Get up and put on some clothes before we talk."
Shuang Qianxue pondered a thousand thoughts, but found Ye Chen's words to be utterly absurd. How could she, a princess of the ancient Yuyin Kingdom, be possessed by some Black Queen Mother?
Seeing that Ye Chen had his back to her, she quickly thought of a plan. She immediately leaped out of the hot spring, retrieved her clothes from the shore, put them on, and then turned and fled, not wanting to get entangled with Ye Chen.
Hearing a strange noise behind him, Ye Chen turned around and saw that Shuang Qianxue had already run far away. He was shocked and exclaimed, "Miss, you!"
Shuang Qianxue snorted, glared fiercely at Ye Chen, and said:
"Damn Lord of Reincarnation, you're talking nonsense! This princess is pure and innocent, how could I be possessed by some Black Queen Mother?"
"Furthermore, you trespassed into the Ancient Kingdom of Yuyin today and spied on me. I will remember this grudge! Once I inform my father, your death will be imminent!"
After saying that, Shuang Qianxue fled far away and soon disappeared from sight.
Ye Chen stood silently in place, his mind filled with surging doubts that he could not calm down for a long time.
His mastery of the "Word of Derivation" technique has greatly enhanced his ability to deduce celestial secrets, making his close-up investigation absolutely flawless.
The woman's facial features, skin and bone structure, and even the gray mist Daoist aura lingering deep within her soul were exactly the same as those of the Black Queen Mother. They were the same aura etched into their very origins, and could not be explained by mere coincidence in the world.
However, the other party's soul was pure and clean, and his mind was innocent and proud, completely lacking the sinister and deep qualities of the Black Queen Mother.
What's even stranger is that she herself had a shallow understanding of the gray mist phenomenon within her body, only regarding it as a common confusion of the Dao heart caused by a bottleneck in cultivation, completely unaware of the terrifying origin of this aura.
The only answer is parasitism and possession.
The Black Queen Mother did not perish completely. Instead, through some unknown means, she transformed her original lineage into a seed and quietly parasitized the body of the princess of the Ancient Kingdom of Yin Control.
What made Ye Chen's heart sink even more was that this parasitic seed was too well hidden. Even the secrets of heaven deduced by the Word-Out Technique were shrouded in a thin mist, making it impossible to see the complete truth.
It is clear that the Black Queen Mother's current lurking is far more meticulous and dangerous than he imagined.
"Phew... let's go back first."
Ye Chen exhaled a breath of turbid air, suppressed his thoughts, and without lingering, turned into a stream of light, retraced his steps, and quickly returned to the Frosty Sky Ship in the Windless Snow Sea.
Upon seeing his return, Ling Yuan immediately stepped forward and asked, "Lord of Reincarnation, you left in such a hurry just now. Did you discover something unusual? I vaguely sensed the aura of the princess of the Ancient Kingdom of Yuyin just now, which is quite strange."
Ye Chen looked at Ling Yuan, thought for a moment, and then said, "I did see Princess Shuang Qianxue on a deserted island just now."
"There is one thing that I can't figure out: the appearance of that Yin-Controlling Princess is exactly the same as that of the Black Queen Mother."
"What?! Exactly the same as the Black Queen Mother?"
Ling Yuan was shocked, and his expression changed drastically.
The Second Elder of the Seven Cold Clan beside him and the rest of his clansmen also looked on in horror, turning their heads to look.
The Black Queen Mother is the supreme demon of the abyss on the other side of the starry sky. She is ruthless, vicious, and cunning. They had heard of her long ago.
Shuang Qianxue is a noble princess of the Ancient Kingdom of Yuyin, and has no connection with the Black Queen Mother. How could the two possibly look alike?
Ling Yuan gasped and said, "Lord of Reincarnation, this is absolutely impossible! You must have seen wrong. I have seen Empress Shuang Qianxue several times. She is of noble character and pure heart. She is a clever, clear-headed girl. She is definitely not a sinister demon like the Black Queen Mother."
"Since childhood, the princess has longed for the outside world and was unwilling to be confined to the desolate and closed ancient kingdom of Yuyin. She once wanted to go out and gain experience, but was stopped by the high-ranking officials of the ancient kingdom."
"In my opinion, Her Highness the Princess is the only clean person in the Ancient Kingdom of Yuyin. How could she possibly be related to the Black Queen Mother?"
Ye Chen asked in confusion, "The only clean one?"
Ling Yuan said, "That's right! The ancient kingdom of Yuyin has cultivated the Great Dao of Yuyin for generations, relying on the Dao lineage of the Nine Nether Death Qi, the Abyss Yin Sha, and the Chaotic Vicious Qi. The entire country, from the royal family to the common people, is tainted by darkness and filth."
"Its first ruler was a servant of the primordial chaos ancestor! Throughout the entire country, only Her Highness the Princess is clean."