Chapter 863
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Chapter 863 Road to Heaven
Gathered in front of the clear spring were quite a few people.
These people wore long robes of different colors, each representing different families and sects.
Their only common trait was that they were all very young, not over thirty years old.
Among them, the most eye-catching were two teams wearing cyan robes and blue robes.
The Ma family and the Guan family.
These two families ranked among the top positions in power among the eight great families of North Capital.
Only the Wang family could firmly surpass them.
The two teams had four people each.
The blue-robed Ma family had three men and one woman, while the cyan-robed Guan family had two men and two women.
All eight of these young people had their names on the Heaven Ranking.
The highest-ranked person was from the Guan family, Guan Ming, who ranked thirteenth.
The lowest-ranked was still within the top sixty!
Clearly, both the Ma family and the Guan family attached great importance to this opening of the ancient ruins!
“Brother Guan, it’s been a long time.” Ma Tianxiang, the leader of the Ma family team and ranked seventeenth on the Heaven Ranking, walked up to Guan Ming and cupped his hands in greeting.
Guan Ming returned the gesture with a slight smile and said, “Indeed, it has been some time.”
“Hehe, we should be seeing quite a few old friends today. Some may have already gone in,” said Ma Tianxiang.
“Time is of the essence. We should go in as well,” Guan Ming said as he turned around.
At this moment, people were continuously jumping into the clear spring.
The entrance to the ancient ruins was beneath the spring.
Guan Ming signaled to the three talents behind him and walked toward the spring ahead, leaping into the water.
“What does this Guan Ming mean? When we weren’t approaching him, he just stood there, but as soon as we came over, he immediately led his team into the ancient ruins!?” A good-looking woman behind Ma Tianxiang said with an unpleasant expression.
She was Ma Tianxiang’s younger sister, Ma Xiaohong.
Hearing her words, the other two also looked displeased.
The relationship between the Ma family and the Guan family had never been good.
But on the surface, they at least maintained a relationship of mutual respect.
However, Guan Ming’s current behavior was quite obvious—he was deliberately not giving face to Ma Tianxiang.
This naturally made them unhappy.
“Don’t be angry. We just need to maintain our courtesy. As for how they behave, we cannot control that,” Ma Tianxiang said with a smile.
Afterward, he led the three people behind him toward the spring and jumped in.
Teams from various families continuously jumped into the clear spring, entering the ancient ruins.
The people sent by these families might not all be famous on the Heaven Ranking, but they were certainly the most talented young people in their families.
After seeing what happened with Long Si, many small and medium-sized martial arts families and sects harbored hopes of overnight wealth, sending their best young people into the ancient ruins to try their luck.
If they were lucky enough to obtain some inheritance, their entire family would rise overnight.
Compared to these small and medium-sized families, the larger families were more cautious.
They did indeed send many talented individuals, but not their very best.
After all, the danger level given by the Sky Observation Bureau was as high as five stars… the risk was substantial.
One shouldn’t put all their eggs in one basket, and the future hope of a family needed to be protected.
Of course, those talents entering the ancient ruins were all volunteers.
Most of them wanted to use this opportunity to gain experience and make breakthroughs. If they were fortunate enough to obtain an ancient inheritance, that would be even better.
…
Fang Yu arrived at the clear spring and was surprised to see so many people jumping in.
Had all the talented young people in North Capital’s martial arts world been attracted here?
Compared to last time, this was much more lively!
“Can you swim?” Fang Yu looked at the Void Beast on his shoulder and asked, “We’ll be going underwater soon.”
“Woof!” The Void Beast gave an affirmative answer.
Fang Yu said no more and walked to the front, queuing behind a team from one of the families.
In recent days, Fang Yu’s name had been extremely popular in North Capital.
Many of the young people present had discussed Fang Yu.
However, discussion aside, none of them had seen Fang Yu in person.
Therefore, even though Fang Yu was standing right in front of them, no one noticed him.
“By the way, that Long Si… should also be coming. Has he already gone in?” While queuing, Fang Yu looked around but didn’t see any familiar figures.
Soon, all the family disciples ahead had jumped into the spring.
Fang Yu walked to the edge of the spring and leaped down.
“Splash!”
Fang Yu and the Void Beast both plunged into the spring.
The cold spring water rushed against his face, feeling refreshing.
At the same time, a sudden light appeared before his eyes, filling his vision.
His body became lighter, as if floating in mid-air.
After nearly ten seconds, the light before his eyes disappeared, and his feet landed back on solid ground.
This time, what appeared before him was a path paved with cobblestones.
The road was about ten meters wide, extending forward. On both sides of the road was empty space, and looking outward, one could see endless white clouds and blue sky.
A suspended road?
Fang Yu didn’t walk forward but went directly to the edge of the road and looked down.
Below was also an endless blue sky, with no other visible objects.
Was this ancient ruin that had just opened simply a stone path?
“Woof!”
The Void Beast on his shoulder barked softly, wagged its tail, and gestured for Fang Yu to look behind.
Fang Yu turned around and looked back.
Indeed, behind the starting point was a hundred-meter-tall stone tablet.
Stepping back several paces, Fang Yu could finally see three large characters written in an ancient font on it.
Sky-Reaching Path.
This font… Fang Yu had learned it from an ancient book years ago. It was said to be the common script used by humans fifteen thousand years ago.
“So… this ancient ruin should date back to more than fifteen thousand years ago…” Fang Yu turned to look at the stone path extending forward without end, his eyes flickering slightly.
The previous Abyss Dungeon, the Prison Demon Coffin, and even the Fate-Ending Flower and the Void Beast… were all things that existed thousands of years ago.
Then… the remaining thirty-five unopened ancient ruins outside might also be similar.
By now, the family disciples who had entered earlier were already walking continuously forward along the stone path.
Fang Yu thought for a moment, then lifted his feet and walked forward.
After Fang Yu left, young disciples from various families and sects continued to appear at the starting point behind him.
After entering this place, they first felt amazed, then quickly walked forward.
If this ancient ruin only had one path… those walking at the front would undoubtedly be the first to get the best items.
Therefore, speed became particularly important.
Since Fang Yu was walking leisurely, he was soon overtaken by group after group of people.
After a while, no more people came from behind.
Fang Yu seemed to have become the last person walking on the entire Sky-Reaching Path.
“Does this road really have no end? That’s impossible.”
Fang Yu activated his Eye of Insight and looked ahead.
In his vision, the path below suddenly turned into a strip of black mist, winding forward.
Even pulling his vision to the extreme, he could only see the black mist extending forward continuously, with no end in sight.
However, he could see many family disciples directly flying with their qi, rushing forward, wanting to be the first to find the treasures or inheritances in this ancient ruin.
“If the journey is so long, I’ll have to take a ride.”
Fang Yu closed his Eye of Insight and prepared to summon the Xuanran Qi.
But at this moment, he felt heat in his dantian.
A familiar aura came from behind, even causing his heartstrings to tighten slightly.
This feeling was unprecedented.
Fang Yu turned his head to look back.
The first thing that caught his eye was a pair of huge wings burning with crimson flames.
Red Lotus?
Fang Yu frowned slightly, standing in place.
“Whoosh…”
Red Lotus flew rapidly toward Fang Yu’s position, stirring up a howling gust of wind.
Seconds later, Red Lotus stopped in the air in front of Fang Yu and slowly descended.
A scorching aura rushed toward him.
“Why are you here?” Fang Yu and Red Lotus asked simultaneously.
“I suggest you fold your wings first. They’re too conspicuous,” Fang Yu said.
Red Lotus looked at Fang Yu, her beautiful eyes with red pupils flashing with complex emotions.
Then, she folded her huge wings, withdrawing them into her body, returning to her normal form.
“Why did you come here? Did you also sense the summons?” Red Lotus landed in front of Fang Yu, her eyebrows tightly knit, asking again.
“What summons? I didn’t sense anything,” Fang Yu said in confusion.
“You didn’t? It’s a kind of inexplicable summoning force.” Red Lotus frowned even deeper.
This feeling had appeared a day ago.
A mysterious force had guided Red Lotus to this place.
Back then, Red Lotus and Fang Yu had absorbed the Phoenix Essence and the Vermilion Bird Essence respectively, creating a connection between them since then.
Red Lotus had thought that Fang Yu would have the same feeling, but he didn’t.
So what was that summons?
“You…” Fang Yu was about to inquire.
“Boom!”
At this moment, a huge rumbling sound came from ahead!
Fang Yu and Red Lotus immediately turned their heads to look forward.
Several kilometers ahead of them, on both sides of the Sky-Reaching Path, two rhinoceros-like creatures appeared.
But from what they could see, the size of these two creatures… was at least twenty times larger than ordinary rhinoceroses!
They were flying in the air, with sharp and huge single horns, charging fiercely toward the group of young cultivators on the Sky-Reaching Path!
