Aaaah...
The grey-robed elder's Remnant Soul continued to wail in agony, as if suffering immense pain.
However, the crimson light rays had now vanished, and the Phoenix Bleeds Terrain had returned to calm.
"Brat, I understand now! You saw through the secrets of this terrain from the start and deliberately lured me here!
You damnable bastard!"
Seeing that Ye Yunfei was completely unscathed, the grey-robed elder finally understood. He roared furiously.
"Old thing, it's too late to realize that now.
May you rest peacefully on your final journey."
Ye Yunfei replied with a cold laugh.
"No!
I will not fall here!"
The grey-robed elder was filled with intense unwillingness.
What status did he possess! With his strength and position, wherever he traveled within the entire Canghuang Realm, all forces would treat him with reverence, welcoming him as an honored guest!
He had cultivated arduously for countless long years to finally attain his current status. How could he accept perishing here?
"Brat, just you wait! I will have my revenge! Sooner or later, I will tear you limb from limb! And once I uncover your origins, every faction and living being connected to you will be utterly destroyed!"
The grey-robed elder roared in rage.
Boom...
Surging waves of Soul Power erupted from the grey-robed elder's Remnant Soul. It soared into the air, attempting to escape.
The immense power unleashed by the elder's Remnant Soul shook the very heavens and earth around them.
"Using energy here is simply asking for death."
Ye Yunfei shook his head.
The Phoenix Spews Blood terrain was most sensitive to the use of energy; doing so would only provoke the phoenix.
The phoenix was the sovereign of all birds. Even after death, its sanctity could not be violated!
In the next moment...
Boom...
The gully shaped like a phoenix erupted again with brilliant, ghastly crimson rays, illuminating the grey-robed elder's Remnant Soul.
Aaaah...
The grey-robed elder screamed in agony.
Then his Remnant Soul directly fell back into his own withered corpse lying on the ground.
Moments later, those bloody crimson rays vanished once more, and the land returned to tranquility.
"Old thing, there's no escape for you."
Ye Yunfei sneered.
"Young man, I'll give you a chance. Carry this fragment of my Remnant Soul away from this place, and I will grant you immense benefits.
Status, position, wealth, power—whatever you desire, I can give it to you.
The enmity between you and our Jiang Clan will also end here.
From now on, the Jiang Clan of Tianfu Star Sea will be your shield. What do you say?"
The grey-robed elder's tone suddenly shifted, taking on a conciliatory manner.
The reason was that his Remnant Soul was already severely weakened. Even more terrifyingly, this Phoenix Bleeds Terrain seemed to be slowly absorbing the energy of his soul.
At this rate, the elder's Remnant Soul would be utterly extinguished before long.
"Old thing, it's too late for such talk now!
You were wounded because of me. Even if I saved you now, do you think you would ever let me off?
The moment we left the Heaven Burial Tomb, you would likely start hunting me down.
Just accept your death here peacefully."
Ye Yunfei countered coldly.
"Brat! Aren't you the least bit afraid of our Jiang Clan of Tianfu Star Sea!?
If I perish here because of you, from this day forward, the Jiang Clan will never let you go!
The Jiang Clan will hunt you across the entire Canghuang Realm!"
The grey-robed elder snarled through gritted teeth.
"Didn't I just explain? Even if I saved you now, you would assuredly come after me.
So why should I save you?"
Ye Yunfei said blandly.
Having said this, Ye Yunfei focused his will and unleashed the Heavenly Soul Sword, striking towards the grey-robed elder's Remnant Soul.
During this process, Ye Yunfei was extremely cautious, minimizing any disturbances to the lightest possible degree. The Heavenly Soul Sword hit the elder's Remnant Soul almost silently.
The grey-robed elder's Remnant Soul was already extremely weak, teetering on the brink of death. It had no means to resist the Heavenly Soul Sword's attack.
Aah! Aah...
Under Ye Yunfei's control, the Heavenly Soul Sword struck the grey-robed elder's Remnant Soul consecutively.
"Brat! Before I die, I will transmit your appearance and soul aura back to my clan! A Clone I left there will receive it!
Just you wait! I will have my revenge!"
With a final enraged roar before his death, a faint, almost imperceptible wisp of soul light flew from his Remnant Soul and vanished in a flash.
It was a highly sophisticated secret art, capable of transmitting information to one's own Clone across vast distances.
A powerhouse of the grey-robed elder's caliber would certainly have left a Clone within his clan or elsewhere.
"Another powerful enemy added to the list."
Ye Yunfei murmured to himself.
However, with his millennia of cultivation experience, Ye Yunfei regarded such occurrences as relatively commonplace.
He made a gentle pulling motion towards the elder's withered corpse, causing a spatial ring to fly into his palm, which he then stored away.
"This fellow was a powerful member of the Jiang Clan of Tianfu Star Sea. His strength was only slightly below their Patriarch, ranking among the top experts renowned across the Canghuang Realm. To think he'd fall because of you...
If the Jiang Clan learns of his demise, they'll probably go mad."
The Giant Arm couldn't help but sigh in astonishment.
"When you were at your peak, how did you compare to this old thing?"
Ye Yunfei asked with a smile.
"I was somewhat stronger than him," the Giant Arm replied.
"Not bad.
Alright, let's continue searching for your other arm."
Ye Yunfei said to the Giant Arm.
However, at that very moment...
"Young man... you have actually cultivated the Geomancy Technique."
An eerie voice, seeming to emanate from the very depths of the Nine Nether Hell, drifted out from the gully within the Phoenix Bleeds Terrain.
Swoosh!
Ye Yunfei's figure flashed as he instantly retreated from the Phoenix Bleeds Terrain, not daring to stop until he was completely outside its boundary range.
"Something spoke to you!"
The Giant Arm exclaimed in shock.
"Not necessarily 'something'. This terrain is filled with inauspicious and bizarre phenomena. Whatever we see or hear, we must not readily believe it," Ye Yunfei replied.
"Indeed.
Young man, you have attained a certain level of accomplishment in the Geomancy Technique."
That voice emanated once more from within the Phoenix Bleeds Terrain, cold and sinister, like a specter from hell speaking.
"It really does seem like something is speaking to you," the Giant Arm said.
"Who are you?"
Ye Yunfei asked warily after a moment's surprise. At the same time, he prepared himself to flee at any instant.
'The Phoenix Spews Blood is a place of great peril.' That wasn't just an idle saying. Even with his strength, the grey-robed elder had perished there directly.
"I belong to the Geomancer lineage.
In the past, I organized a few friends to assault this Heaven Burial Tomb. We ended up heavily wounded and ultimately trapped here.
Earlier, I observed you could use Compass Arts and actually recognized the Phoenix Bleeds Terrain, so I knew you must have cultivated the Geomancy Technique."
The voice explained.
"The Geomancer lineage? He was wounded and trapped here because he attacked the Heaven Burial Tomb?"
Ye Yunfei was utterly shocked.
"No need to ask. This fellow dared to organize people to attack the Heaven Burial Tomb. He must be an absolutely fearless and formidable individual!"
The Giant Arm was equally astounded.
"Young man, by reaching this location, you've already stepped to the fringes of the Heaven Burial Tomb's core area.
Do not proceed any further. Ahead lies a profusion of various terrifying and perilous mechanisms. With your current strength, you have absolutely no hope of dealing with them."
The voice advised.
"We've already entered the fringes of the Heaven Burial Tomb's core area?!"
Both Ye Yunfei and the Giant Arm were greatly alarmed.
Ye Yunfei raised his head to survey the distance. Indeed, that colossal ancient tomb lay within the region ahead!
"Young man, turn back. Leave this Heaven Burial Tomb quickly.
The waters here run deep, beyond what you can hope to explore.
I have an ancient scripture on the Geomancy Technique here. I will pass it on to you now. Study it well.
Remember, leave swiftly."
The voice urged.
As its words faded, a stream of information carried on a wisp of Soul Power flew out from the gully of the Phoenix Bleeds Terrain and directly entered Ye Yunfei's sea of consciousness.
Ye Yunfei briefly scanned the information. Indeed, it recorded various cultivation manuals and techniques related to the Geomancy Technique!
"Many thanks, senior, for passing on these arts!"
Ye Yunfei was overjoyed.
Though he had previously collected a vast number of cultivation manuals and combat techniques, most being high-level arts from the Three Thousand Worlds, he had never encountered or collected manuals specifically concerning the Geomancy Technique.
"Senior, I am searching for an arm. I must find it before I can leave here."
After a moment's thought, Ye Yunfei spoke up.
"An arm?
Is it the counterpart to the arm currently on your person?
Let me perform a calculation to see if it can be found."
The voice said.