Inside the Qingyun Kingdom, Yan Ruyu's eyelids suddenly twitched violently.
He had a nagging feeling that something was amiss.
With a flick of his ten fingers, a mirror appeared before him. After scanning the entire Kyushu Continent, his brows furrowed even deeper.
There was nothing significant happening. So why were his eyelids still twitching?
This mirror could show any part of the Kyushu Continent. If there was any unusual movement, he would surely detect it quickly.
Of course, the Ghost Domain was an exception.
However, the Ghost Domain had been dormant for over a thousand years. In recent years, there had been no unusual movements or any major events.
That place was a desolate wasteland.
He had no authority to check it, nor was there any need to.
"Your Majesty, is something wrong?"
"Nothing. Xiaomu, you don't have to be so formal here. This is your palace."
Every time Su Mu finished taking his medicine and dealing with state affairs, he would always come here to find Yan Ruyu and ask him for advice on how to manage the court.
The Emperor was extremely talented in every aspect. He was a once - in - a - millennium genius.
"Xiaomu, what grade of pills can you refine now?"
"About Grade Six. I don't have much talent in this area."
Yan Ruyu knew that Su Mu hadn't devoted himself to cultivation. His talent in spiritual power was no less than that of Zhao Shuning.
"Have you taken your medicine today?"
"Yes, I have."
"Your Majesty, do you want to play chess?"
Chess was Su Mu's forte. However, in the Qingyun Kingdom, he couldn't find an equal opponent. Only when Yan Ruyu was around could he have the energy to play a game.
Yan Ruyu nodded and sat down at the chess table. Su Mu also sat down and began to play against him.
"Xiaomu, you're trapped."
"Yes, I can't get out."
Su Mu smiled bitterly and put down his piece. Then Yan Ruyu shook his head, picked up the white piece, which was Su Mu's, and placed it in a remote corner.
Suddenly, the entire chessboard came to life.
Su Mu looked at this scene in surprise.
In all his years of playing chess, he had never thought that a game he had judged to be a dead end could come back to life because of a remote corner.
"Your Majesty—"
"Xiaomu, you should approach things in the same way."
"Your Majesty, I—"
"Every time you think you've reached a dead end, try to hold on a little longer. Maybe the next step will lead to a vast expanse and a new lease of life."
Su Mu sat there in a daze beside the chessboard, unable to speak for a long time.
Yan Ruyu knew that Su Mu was a smart man. He made his point and then stood up on his own initiative.
"I'll go out for a walk. You think it over."
As soon as he finished speaking, Yan Ruyu's body passed directly through the door of the room and disappeared from Su Mu's sight.
Su Mu beside the chessboard stared at the game for a long, long time.
Suddenly, he seemed to understand.
He picked up the white piece and looked at it in front of his eyes.
"A new lease of life, just one move away."
"Unexpected, yet within reason."
Su Mu put down the piece in his hand and stood up.
This time, his back was much straighter, and his expression was no longer as dejected as before.
At this moment, Yan Ruyu was standing on the top of the tallest tower in the Qingyun Kingdom. It was already late at night. He stared at the starry sky above, lost in thought.
Suddenly, a meteor streaked across the sky, heading straight for the Ghost Domain.
"An unusual celestial phenomenon. Is it a blessing or a curse?"
"However, what does it matter to me?"
As long as there was no upheaval on the Kyushu Continent, his mission would be accomplished.
The Ghost Domain was outside the Kyushu Continent, separated from the mainland by thousands of rivers. It was a place where various ferocious beasts reigned supreme, a paradise for beasts.
Ordinary humans couldn't survive there for long.
Among the beasts, the supreme beings were the Bai Ze and the Phoenix. Yan Ruyu had never heard of any higher - level beings.
The Bai Ze and the Phoenix had now signed contracts. The beast world they were in had also signed a contract with humans, which stipulated that un - contracted beasts were not allowed to cross the rivers and set foot on the Kyushu Continent without permission.
The Ghost Domain was the territory of the beast world.
There were beasts there that even alchemists had difficulty controlling—ancient ferocious beasts.
Ancient ferocious beasts were different from ordinary beasts and spiritual beasts. They were cruel by nature and difficult to tame. The Bai Ze was an ancient divine beast, superior to those ferocious beasts.
However, although those ferocious beasts were not as powerful as the Bai Ze and the Phoenix, they would not submit to them. If a conflict arose, they would probably charge forward even at the cost of their lives.
"The Ghost Domain can be considered a barbaric land."
Recently, however, a mysterious organization had emerged in the Ghost Domain.
This organization was extremely strange and used extremely vicious means. They often liked to use alchemists as carriers to feed the ancient ferocious beasts, thus establishing a connection with them.
However, that place was mysterious. In his previous life, Ye Ling had just started to detect it when he was surrounded and killed by the four major families.
Since that place was not under Yan Ruyu's jurisdiction, he still hadn't found out exactly what organization it was.
A fire broke out in the south.
Yan Ruyu didn't have time to think about the meaning of the meteor just now. He rushed to the south to put out the fire.
The southern terrain was connected to the mountains. If the fire got out of control, all the living things in the mountains might be reduced to ashes overnight.
When Yan Ruyu arrived, the fire had already spread everywhere.
However, there were also countless people coming to put out the fire.
Against the backdrop of the huge fire, a black shadow was constantly flickering beside an ancient mansion.
There was a thin snake crawling on his arm.
"People from the Ghost Domain?"
Could it be that the rumor was true? Were there really a group of mysterious people living in the Ghost Domain?
Looking at the thin black snake on that person's arm, this kind of creature could only be found in the Ghost Domain.
The Ghost Domain was hundreds of thousands of miles away from here. How did they get to the Kyushu Continent?
After Yan Ruyu detected that person, the man looked dazed for a moment, and then he was transported to an unknown world. Standing in front of him was Yan Ruyu.
"Who are you?"
The black snake on the black - robed man's body kept spitting out its forked tongue, looking very aggressive.
It was indeed a creature from the Ghost Domain. Because ordinary spiritual beasts would feel the presence of the Bai Ze as soon as they got close to Yan Ruyu, and they wouldn't dare to provoke him.
Except for the creatures from the Ghost Domain, influenced by the ancient ferocious beasts, there was a violent factor in their blood.
"Are you from the Ghost Domain?"
As soon as this question was asked, the thin and black man on the opposite side clearly trembled.
"Why did you come to the Kyushu Continent?"
As soon as these words were spoken, the man on the opposite side fell straight to the ground. The one that killed him was the thin black snake on his arm.
Look, influenced by the ancient ferocious beasts, a black snake could kill its own master. One could only imagine how terrifying the ancient ferocious beasts were.
While quickly strangling the man, the thin black snake also suddenly attacked Yan Ruyu.
It was like a mantis trying to stop a chariot, overestimating its own strength.
Ten meters away from Yan Ruyu, the black snake was cut into hundreds of pieces and scattered on the ground.
Yan Ruyu looked in the direction of the Dongze Wilderness.
He hoped that there was no invasion of ancient ferocious beasts there.