At this moment, Fang Yu's mind roared violently, setting off monstrous waves within his heart.
The scenes unfolding before him were recording the Totem history of a distant era.
The Vermilion Bird lineage of the Sacred Totems from ancient times was fighting against terrifying enemies.
And their enemies were undead creatures.
Not long afterward, the scroll changed once again.
"This is…"
Fang Yu could hardly conceal his shock.
Both heaven and earth had become completely crimson.
Red mist filled the skies while bloody rain poured endlessly.
The Nine Heavens Cloud Crane and the phoenix-like creature fell from the sky.
The two powerful beings lay motionless, radiating an endless sense of desolation.
The phoenix-like creature stretched over dozens of meters long, possessing an overwhelmingly imposing sense of power.
Its entire body was scarlet red, gleaming brilliantly, while its feathers shimmered with mysterious light within the darkness.
Upon the barren earth, the cold corpses of the phoenix-like creature and the Nine Heavens Cloud Crane resembled indestructible steel walls.
One could still faintly sense the terrifying power contained within their remains.
Yet they had already lost all life.
Forever resting upon the cold and desolate land.
This scene deeply shook Fang Yu.
Then, the images began rotating faster and faster.
In the end, the mottled years, the ancient past, and the former glory all spun rapidly before his eyes.
At that moment, it seemed as though a wind was blowing through the world, carrying the mournful sound of a Qiang flute as it echoed with endless sorrow.
It was as though time and space themselves had been separated.
The former brilliance gradually faded into decline, leaving only the gaze of later generations behind.
In the end, all the Totem creatures perished.
Only an empty land remained within the scene.
Fang Yu stood there quietly, staring in silence for a long time.
From the very beginning, the scroll had been showing every visitor the process of the Sacred Totem Vermilion Bird lineage falling in ancient times.
Then, the scroll shattered apart.
In an instant, Fang Yu returned to the outside world.
"The Totems have fallen…"
Fang Yu shook his head and sighed softly.
Standing atop the flattened peak, he looked at the carvings before him, now illuminated with golden radiance, and fell into deep thought.
At that moment, a glowing sphere buried deep underground emitted scorching brilliance and shot upward from beneath the earth.
At this instant, Fang Yu finally saw the true appearance of the light sphere clearly.
It was made up of scarlet feathers.
According to the records, they had been left behind by the phoenix-like creature.
One could vaguely discern the beauty of those feathers, along with an innate nobility that seemed born into them.
That beauty and nobility possessed a flawless quality, giving people an almost unreal feeling.
Countless scarlet markings were engraved across the feathers.
At this moment, the feathers appeared before Fang Yu and instantly erupted with dazzling crimson light.
The radiance spread across all directions in an instant.
Immediately afterward, the feathers merged into Fang Yu's body and entered the Second Contract Space he had constructed.
The entire Contract Space was dyed in brilliant scarlet radiance.
"A Totem's blessing?"
Fang Yu pondered deeply.
He had never expected to once again receive the favor of another Totem.
And furthermore, what secrets exactly were hidden within these ruins?
Those four creatures, the first was the Nine Heavens Cloud Crane.
The second, the eagle-like creature, based on comparisons with the original story, symbolized the Sea East Green Divine Eagle.
The third was the moth-like creature, representing the Moon Moth Phoenix.
The fourth was the phoenix-like creature, whose identity still remained unknown. Fang Yu lacked sufficient information to identify it.
"The buried past the distant history, just how many secrets are hidden within all this?"
Fang Yu sighed emotionally.
In his eyes, this world was gradually becoming more and more mysterious.
However he knew that both the Moon Moth Phoenix and the Sea East Green Divine Eagle still existed in the present world.
After undergoing transformation, they had awakened once more.
He absolutely had to visit those two places someday.
And that day would not be too far away, because they could uncover hidden truths.
In the original story, after Mo Fan received the blessing left behind by the fallen Chongming Divine Bird, he later awakened part of the Sacred Totem Vermilion Bird's power.
Now that Fang Yu had successively gained the favor of both the Nine Heavens Cloud Crane and the phoenix-like creature, there was no reason he could not achieve the same.
Boom!!
Suddenly, terrifying fluctuations erupted simultaneously from beneath the mountain peak and from deep within the great lake burial pit of the ancient ruins.
Rumble!!
In an instant, the mountain split apart while lake water burst violently upward, filled with black radiance and dense deathly aura that surged outward like ghostly flames.
Most horrifying of all, black mist churned within it and pierced straight into the clouds.
Fang Yu instantly snapped back to reality.
Within this place, and even hundreds of kilometers away, towering black mist surged into the heavens and spread in all directions.
Most of the ancient ruins instantly became pitch-black.
"Because the scarlet feathers buried deep within this place were taken away, did it trigger the restrictions within the ruins and awaken certain existences beneath the mountain and the burial pit?"
"These ruins are seriously cursed…"
A chill of horror rose within Fang Yu's heart.
Whether friend or foe, the black mist spreading throughout the forbidden land was not something he could possibly contend with.
The only reassuring thing was that no unknown creatures had appeared within the black mist.
Even so, Fang Yu remained deeply wary.
Without hesitation, he turned and sprinted toward the exit at full speed.
His speed was astonishing.
Before long, he reached the dried-up lake through which he had originally entered.
Fang Yu turned back to look.
The black mist within the ruins was still spreading, and it seemed likely that something unknown was about to occur.
Fang Yu immediately rushed toward the outside world.
Following the underground river, he smoothly returned to the ancient well.
Ice condensed into magnificent wings behind him as he soared upward with a flap of his wings.
After reaching the exit, he once again used the Nine Heavens Cloud Crane Spirit-Seed to tear open the restored barrier.
Not long afterward, Fang Yu finally returned to the surface.
Outside, sunlight shone across the vast land. Only then did he finally let out a long breath of relief.
Everything he had experienced on this trip felt unreal.
There were simply too many unknown secrets hidden within the ancient ruins.
Fang Yu felt certain that even more mysteries remained hidden there.
The Totems and the unknown awakening beneath the mountain and the great lake burial pit, this place held far too many secrets.
He would definitely return someday.
Afterward, Fang Yu stopped dwelling on his thoughts.
Within that deserted land, he changed out of his bloodstained clothes before setting off toward the Bashu region, distancing himself from those terrifying ancient ruins.
Fang Yu sped forward like a bolt of lightning.
Before long, night descended, and clouds covered the starry sky.
From time to time, demon roars echoed through the wilderness, while feathered demons spread their wings high above, streaking through the darkness like sharp flashes of light.
There were many mountains along the way.
If an ordinary person walked alone through such a place, they would inevitably feel an oppressive sense of fear.
But Fang Yu was not afraid.
He remained calm and composed as he moved through the desolate wilderness at incredible speed.
As time passed, the clouds gradually dispersed.
Soft moonlight poured down from the heavens, driving away the darkness and making the atmosphere feel far less oppressive.
By this point, Fang Yu had already returned to the Bashu region.
Without delaying any further, he contacted Lingling and headed straight for the high-speed railway station.
After a long wait, the train finally departed from the Bashu region.
Once back at the Clear Sky Hunter Agency, Fang Yu told Lingling everything he had encountered and asked her to continue investigating.
He also contacted Old Man Bao and had him notify personnel in the Bashu region to closely monitor the situation within the ruins.
During the following days, Fang Yu kept paying attention to developments in the Bashu ruins.
Truthfully, he felt somewhat uneasy, worried that unknown creatures might escape.
Only half a month later, after receiving reports from the Bashu region stating that the deserted land merely experienced occasional tremors and that nothing else had occurred, did he finally let out a sigh of relief.
As for the method of entering the ruins,
Fang Yu had already revealed it.
However, that barrier still blocked everyone from entering.
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