Published: December 30, 2024
Qin Chen searched carefully here, his divine sense probing inch by inch, but he still couldn't find the corpses of himself and Ji Wuxue.
"In my last life, I fell directly from the Death Canyon. After I fell into the canyon, I lost consciousness. According to logic, there are two possibilities: one is that a mysterious ancient book brought my soul back to the present three hundred years later. In this case, my corpse must still be here, and it should be nearby; it couldn't be further away. But why can’t I find it?"
Qin Chen frowned.
Although he was only a Martial Emperor in his previous life, under normal circumstances, a Martial Emperor's corpse could be preserved for hundreds or even thousands of years without any problem. In his previous life, Qin Chen, although his realm was not high, had already reached the Golden Body realm. As for Martial God experts, it's needless to say—they could at least be preserved for over a thousand years.
However, Qin Chen sensed no trace of his previous life's corpse here.
"Could it be that the mysterious ancient book brought me back to three hundred years later, along with my physical body?"
Aside from this, Qin Chen couldn't think of any other possibilities.
But if that were the case, then what about Ji Wuxue's corpse?
Why couldn't it be found here either?
Qin Chen could sense that some corpses here did not die long ago; some were hundreds of years old, some were a hundred years old, and even some were corpses that had just died a few decades ago. As for the older ones, it was even more needless to say—some corpses were so decayed that only fragments remained, with a history of at least a thousand or several thousand years. This meant that over the years, many martial artists had fallen and died here.
Their corpses are all here; why are only my and Ji Wuxue's missing?
"Could it be that there are other beings in this Death Canyon that take away the corpses here? But why specifically take away mine and Ji Wuxue's corpses? There are many corpses that have fallen in the last few hundred years, even those of Martial God realm, which remain here."
Qin Chen furrowed his brows tightly, falling into deep thought.
Of course, there was another possibility: that Ji Wuxue was still alive and took away his previous life's corpse. However, this possibility was too low, but it couldn't be completely ruled out.
In fact, with Qin Chen's current cultivation base, the corpse from his last life didn't mean much to him at all. In this life, he was a new person; finding the corpse was just a way to understand his past and bury it, and of course, he didn't want his corpse to be exposed in such a place.
"Let's not think about it for now. At least my and Ji Wuxue's corpses are not here. Let's go deeper into this Death Canyon and have a look. Perhaps there may be some gains. Ji Wuxue may not have necessarily fallen; after all, he had entered the Ji family's secret realm and received the inheritance from the Ji family's ancestors. The ancestors of the Ji family should be powerful Saint Masters. If Ji Wuxue obtained his inheritance, he might not necessarily have fallen here."
Suddenly, Qin Chen's eyes brightened.
There really is this possibility.
Qin Chen immediately became excited.
Buzz! With a thought, Qin Chen's soul power instantly spread out, carefully sensing everything around him.
"Hmm?"
Suddenly, Qin Chen's expression changed because he felt that deep inside the Death Canyon, something seemed to be slowly absorbing his soul power.
Hiss! Qin Chen immediately gasped, realizing that this Death Canyon could actually devour his soul!
Although it was just a very faint trace, it felt like a vast ocean being slowly drained of spoonfuls of water; the amount was too negligible for an ordinary person to notice.
But Qin Chen had practiced the Heavenly Soul Forbidden Technique and had been recognized by the origin of the Tianwu Continent, making his perception of his soul extremely sharp. He keenly felt the subtle decrease in his soul.
This shocked him greatly; the Death Canyon could absorb a person's vitality and soul, which he did not find surprising. In forbidden places, anything could happen. However, he was a half-step Saint Master, and in terms of soul strength, he was even more formidable than an ordinary Saint Master. Common things could not absorb his soul.