Chapter 885 Crossing the Forgotten River
Li Yuan looked at Wudao Immortal King deeply and said: "For you now, the real freedom is not to do whatever you want, but to advance and retreat in moderation."
The Immortal King Wudao bowed respectfully, thought carefully for a while, and nodded in agreement.
A group of stranded people looked at each other sideways, their eyes seemed to be full of hints and expectations towards the Immortal King Wudao.
However, the Immortal King Wudao just lowered his eyes and followed Li Yuan silently. Without saying a word, he stood in an opposite direction to the many stranded people.
All of a sudden, the stranded people understood the choice of the Immortal King Wudao, and could not help but grit their teeth and denounce him as a "traitor".
However, Li Yuan's eyes also swept over them secretly, and he sighed softly in his heart.
These guys have really been stranded in the underworld for too long. Their thinking is outdated and corrupt, extremely rigid. They cling to their fame and fortune in their lifetime and cannot see that this is the last chance given to them by the Emperor of Heaven and the Emperor of Hell.
The Immortal King Wudao is not the strongest among them, but he is the one with the fastest reaction, the most agile thinking and maturity. If he is determined, he can be a useful talent.
Of course, once the mark of the Daozun Emperor is left, no matter how firm the Daoless Immortal King's mind is, he will have to obey orders, otherwise Li Yuan can control his life and death and any action in a single thought.
Li Yuan is not a mean person, but the matter of hundreds of millions of residual souls cannot be lost. As long as the Immortal King Wudao does his job honestly, he will naturally not suffer any harm.
Without delaying for too long, after agreeing on the process with Old Ming, Li Yuan separated out a ray of soul light and imprinted the mark of Yuan Zun in the soul of the Immortal King Wudao.
The Immortal King Wudao trembled slightly, said nothing more, bowed silently, and began to take on the role of a follower.
Li Yuan found it funny in his heart, but in front of so many stranded people, he would not deliberately say anything to comfort them. He just seriously arranged the tasks for everyone and then urged them to go and prepare.
Shortly after.
The first branch of the Yellow Springs Road, the upper reaches of the Wangchuan River, is the place where the power of soul light is most turbulent.
Only broken bridge piers were left on both sides of the river. Looking at the Naihe Bridge collapsed in the river with only a corner of the wreckage showing traces, Li Yuan took a deep breath and then reached out to touch the turbid river water.
Elder Ming created an avatar, and together with Immortal King Wudao, they supervised all the stranded people in the rear. At the same time, they gathered all the remaining souls on the Yellow Springs Road, and waited for Li Yuan to withstand the power of the Wangchuan River, so as to draw soul power from the river, replenish the souls of those remaining souls, and salvage the broken Naihe Bridge by the way.
The moment you come into contact with the Forgotten River, a biting coldness penetrates your body, as if it could freeze time and space for eternity.
Li Yuan's expression remained unchanged, and he instead stretched his entire arm into the river.
"Roar--"
"Save me, take me up!"
"Someone is waiting for me. How long has it been? Ten thousand years, or an era?! Who can help me? Even if she has turned into dust, I will go back!"
"Wrong, all wrong! Reincarnation with memories is simply a lie. It is a shore that cannot be crossed! Even if you go back, the times have already changed and the entire era has been destroyed!"
"Who am I, and who are you? Why have we merged into one, why have we turned into muddy river water!"
"Come down, come down and keep me company! No one should think about the afterlife, no one should think about reincarnation!"
“The afterlife is all false, and the past is full of sorrow and pain! Hahahaha, join me in being the immortal water of the Forgotten River and forget everything!”
White mist suddenly rose from the wide river surface, and sad and painful voices came from the river, chaotic, hysterical, and painful. The muddy water of the Forgotten River, which was like yellow mud, suddenly boiled. The endless resentful traces sensed the opportunity to "go ashore" and rushed over frantically!
Li Yuan's expression remained unchanged. Instead, he turned around and looked at the many stranded people. His eyes were cold and serious, and the warning was self-evident.
He was about to cross the Forgotten River and had no energy to focus on other things. He could not afford to make any mistakes at this moment.
Those stranded souls all froze, feeling a tremendous pressure like the sea rushing towards them, as if it was going to engulf the entire world.
In the face of this aura, they were as insignificant as grass and ants. They had no desire to resist or struggle. Whether they were willing or not, they all lowered their heads in obedience.
The resentment in the river began to pull Li Yuan's arm frantically, it was extremely cold, but he still intimidated many stranded people before gradually flowing into the Forgetful River step by step.
boom--!
Like the roaring of huge waves and the crashing of waves against the shore, the turbid Forgetful River completely boiled over. This ancient river of souls had a vague will and sensed that an extremely terrifying existence was walking into the river step by step, trying to usurp its energy!
Over the ages, countless souls have thrown themselves into the Forgotten River and suffered pain and torture.
Some of them have long since disappeared and turned into pure soul power; some are in a daze, having lost their spiritual light, but are unwilling to completely dissipate; some have become the remnants of resentment in the Forgetful River, and because they could not endure the extreme pain, they began to look at everything with resentment, and even hated those souls who were still qualified to go to the afterlife. Once anyone is tempted on the Naihe Bridge and sticks his head out in confusion, they will be forcibly dragged into the river and accompany them forever!
Even on the Naihe Bridge there was a risk of being forcibly pulled off, let alone Li Yuan wading into the river himself.
But he was different from ordinary souls, he did not turn into the water of the Forgetful River and drift with the flow, but was like a pillar, striding forcefully in the turbid river water, regardless of the waves and the grievances, he was not shaken at all!
After feeling the ultimate and magnificent power from Li Yuan, those resentful emotions that came over them began to scream in pain and cry and run away.
"You shouldn't be here!"
"Dao Zun, this is the Dao Zun Emperor?! You can't eat it. This river can't eat Dao Zun. Get out! You can't be buried in the river. You can obviously reach the other side directly. Why do you still go into the river and laugh at our powerlessness!"
"As powerful as you are, why bother seeking an afterlife... Dao Zun... the extremely powerful Dao Zun Emperor! Please join us, we will destroy the cycle of reincarnation, so that no one will suffer anymore!"
"Why bother distinguishing between the past and the future, why bother thinking about the separation of life and death, it's meaningless, just forget it all!"
Endless resentment seemed to explode, and he quickly dodged around Li Yuan, but the remaining negative emotions were extremely resentful and expressed the desire to expel him.
Li Yuan ignored the resentment of those who were buried in the Wangchuan River. He only exposed the part above his shoulders, and the rest of his body was submerged in the turbid river water.
"I am here to borrow strength from the millions of souls that have no place to return to."
"All causes and effects are imposed upon me."
Li Yuan whispered softly, his hands soaked in the yellow mud-like river water, a soft glow began to bloom on his body, and wisps of seemingly endless pure soul power began to overflow from the river water.
The Forgetful River roared loudly, and the majestic force of cause and effect slammed into Li Yuan's body, but it could not shake him at all!
On the bank of the Wangchuan River, Ming Lao felt the huge soul power emerging from the Wangchuan River and shouted: "Each stranded soul, bring 10,000 residual souls forward. Yuan Zun is in a bad state and can't hold on for too long. We must hurry up!"
The Immortal King Wudao looked at those stranded people, and coincidentally, those stranded people also looked at him secretly.
If the best time to escape is this moment, it must be now! Wudao Immortal King is standing next to Ming Lao. As long as they take the initiative to stop Ming Lao's clone, they will definitely be able to deal with those ghost officials...
"Don't look at me, just do your job."
The Immortal King Wudao had an indifferent expression on his face. He took the lead in leading ten thousand residual souls forward, but his eyes were fixed on those who were stranded.
If anyone dares to escape secretly, he will definitely join forces with the ghost officials to suppress them instantly!