Chapter 559: Chapter 237: You Can Question My Character, But You Cannot Doubt My Mind (Part 2)

Absorbed in the inherited memories, they both chose to ignore the sound of the Blood Crystal falling to the ground.

After all, understanding the memories was more important. Since no one else was around, they could just pick it up later. It wasn’t going anywhere.

Under the bright moonlight, scenes flowed by one after another.

The Moon Witch Race, the Moon Sacrifice Ceremony, the ebbing of Spiritual Qi, Wu Ling, the Witch Calamity...

History thus revealed the tip of an iceberg: the entire story of a race’s rise from weakness to prosperity, and its subsequent decline.

For Xiao Chen, however, most of the content was of no interest.

Only two things stood out as important and captured his attention.

The first was the Moon Sacrifice Ceremony, also known as the Moon Eclipse Spell.

For the Moon Witch Race, this was their most important monthly gathering and an opportunity for its members to advance.

The Blood Crystals, which were formed by the Saintess condensing Moonlight, could greatly increase the Qi Blood concentration of those who consumed them and even offered a chance to elevate their bloodline.

Normally, only the race’s strongest warriors or most promising young talents could receive Blood Crystals as a reward.

In other words, if the ceremony was performed correctly, it wasn’t a curse at all but a grand celebration.

Realizing this, Xiao Chen couldn’t help but sigh. ’Wasn’t Su Li just born at the wrong time?’

If she had been born in that era, she wouldn’t have had so many problems and would have received the best of care.

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The second matter was Wu Ling.

It was inextricably linked to lifting the curse.

The Moon Sacrifice Ceremony required a special item known as a Witchcraft Artifact.

Its function was to suppress the Curse Power in the Saintess’s body on a daily basis, allowing it to erupt all at once on the day of the Moon Sacrifice Ceremony to condense even more potent Blood Crystals.

Although the Witchcraft Artifact couldn’t remove the curse directly, its importance to Su Li was self-evident.

With the decline of the Witch Race, the Witchcraft Artifacts had, of course, long been lost to time.

Now, only one place remained where a Witchcraft Artifact might still exist: Wu Ling, the burial site of the Moon Witch Race’s High Priest.

"I never thought we’d find a clue so quickly."

Xiao Chen glanced down but didn’t see the joyful expression he had expected. "What’s wrong? You don’t seem very happy."

Dawn had broken, and the Moon Eclipse Spell was over.

The morning light fell upon Su Li’s pale cheeks but couldn’t erase the sorrow knitted between her brows.

She tilted her head up slightly. "Even though I couldn’t see the images clearly before, after experiencing so many Lunar Eclipses... I already knew about the Witchcraft Artifact."

Huh?

’Then why didn’t you say so earlier?’

Xiao Chen was a little taken aback. "Is there a problem with it?"

Su Li pressed her lips together. "Wu Ling is very far away, and obtaining the Witchcraft Artifact is very, very difficult."

She shook her head gently, clearly dejected.

Huh?

Xiao Chen blinked. ’And?’

’Go on!’

’What the hell does "very, very difficult" even mean? At least tell me *what* makes it so difficult!’

"I can help you find the Witchcraft Artifact."

Xiao Chen asked earnestly, "Just tell me what we need to prepare."

’He didn’t need to come up with some noble excuse. The fact that the Witchcraft Artifact could create more potent Blood Crystals was reason enough for him to go get it.’

’Solving the curse problem along the way was a fantastic bonus—killing two birds with one stone!’

Stared at by him, Su Li explained softly, "The old inherited memories said that to ensure no one could enter Wu Ling and offend or desecrate the High Priest..."

"...a blockade was deliberately set up in the outer areas after its construction."

"There’s Voodoo, there are traps, and the deadliest of all is the Burial Abyss Fiend."

"Wu Ling is located within an extremely remote Sea Abyss, a place where Evil Qi naturally gathers."

"After all these years, the Evil Qi inside must have become unbearably dense."

After she finished, Su Li glanced furtively at Xiao Chen and immediately saw the surprise in his eyes.

His reaction was normal; she understood it completely.

Something like Evil Qi was inherently difficult to handle. Usually, only Demon Cultivators would actively seek it out; all other Cultivators wished they could stay as far away from it as possible.

So, Su Li offered a smile. "It’s alright, really."

"Now that I have your help, we can look for another way."

However, she saw that Xiao Chen was staring at her, the surprise in his eyes having faded and been replaced by determination.

"Say no more."

"Just tell me, where is it?"

Su Li’s heart warmed at his words, but she still tried to persuade him otherwise. "You don’t have to go take such a risk for my sake."

...

Xiao Chen opened his mouth but hesitated.

’How could he explain to Su Li that he wasn’t actually afraid of Evil Qi?’

He thought for a moment before changing tack. "Do you trust me?"

The tactic worked.

Su Li stopped insisting and carefully recounted the scenes from the inherited memories she had seen before.

Although there were no specific written records, she could roughly deduce its location to be in the northwestern corner of the Compassion Sea.

There were two main landmarks.

First, to preserve the Evil Qi, Wu Ling had been deliberately built within a Sea Abyss, at the bottom of a Great Rift Valley in the ocean.

While such geographical features weren’t rare, they weren’t exactly common either.

If they really couldn’t find it, they could just search one by one through a process of elimination. It would only be a matter of spending more time.

Second, near Wu Ling, there was a Land of Fallen Stars.

The so-called Land of Fallen Stars was, to put it simply, a place where a meteorite had fallen. Construction had even been halted for a time due to its impact.

Therefore, they could deduce that Wu Ling was within that meteorite’s area of influence.

"It’s certainly not close."

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