"Brother Po Guang, I'll leave my two good-for-nothing brothers in your care. If they don't follow your arrangements, feel free to beat them up."
Bai Long pushed Qing Long and Yan Long in front of Po Guang.
Po Guang knew the identities of the people in front of him and didn't dare to accept such deference. He waved his hands humbly, with a hint of awe in his voice. "Lord Bai Long, you're being too polite. Now that Lord Yan Long has regained his cultivation, it should be our Netherworld White Wolf Clan that will receive his protection."
Seeing that they seemed to be talking on and on, You Lang quickly interrupted. "Alright, stop flattering each other. Let's get going quickly."
Po Guang nodded repeatedly and led Qing Long and Yan Long away.
Qing Long and Yan Long kept looking back as they walked. Their eyes were filled with deep reluctance as they looked at Bai Long.
Since they were born, they had never been separated for such a long time. Now, facing a sudden departure and going to do something dangerous, Yan Long and Qing Long felt as if a large part of their hearts had been emptied.
Even Bai Long became sentimental at this moment of parting.
He turned his head away, trying not to look at Qing Long and Yan Long, and silently wiped his tears with his sleeve.
Seeing Bai Long shedding tears, Jin Long, who had felt a bit sad before, couldn't help but let out a snort of laughter.
Hearing Jin Long's mockery, Bai Long forced back his tears.
Shen Qing couldn't help smiling and secretly envied their relationship.
"Alright, let's go too."
You Lang waved his hand and took the lead, leading them into the forest.
With the demonic energy on You Lang's body, they quickly shuttled through the forest without being attacked by the demonic beasts. It was a smooth journey all the way.
It wasn't until they reached a familiar place that Shen Qing suddenly realized that this was the Baili Beast Forest.
The Baili Beast Forest was under the control of the Beast Taming Sect, and the Beast Taming Sect was close to the South Sea. Shen Qing hadn't thought of this at first.
"Back then, we discussed the escape route with Huan Zhong. He told us that unless it was an emergency, we must never take this path. But now that the situation is urgent, we have no other choice."
You Lang stood in front of the stone pillar and said leisurely.
This was the place where Shen Qing first met Han Ze, the forbidden area of the Beast Taming Sect in the Baili Beast Forest.
The place was still in ruins, just like before. But under the sunlight, the ruins here lacked the eerie atmosphere of that time. Hidden in the forest and bathed in the sunlight, it seemed a bit more serene and profound.
Shen Qing looked around and said to You Lang, "So, you've never taken this path before."
"Yes."
"But we have no other choice."
A solemn look appeared on You Lang's face. He still remembered clearly the look of fear and trepidation on Huan Zhong's face when he mentioned this path, and even Huan Qianyu had an expression as if she didn't want to recall it.
This path was probably not easy to take.
Moreover, Huan Zhong had also mentioned that there were the souls of the Dragon Clan on this path. He wondered what the two Dragon God lords behind him would think when they saw them.
Thinking of this, You Lang gave Bai Long and Jin Long a meaningful look.
Bai Long and Jin Long were puzzled by his look. Before they could ask, Shen Qing had already found the entrance.
Not far from the ruins of the forbidden area, there was a mark left by Huan Zhong. Behind this mark was a cave. Shen Qing didn't expect that the entrance to the Demon Realm would be so unremarkable.
You Lang entered the cave first, followed closely by Shen Qing and Li Xian. Bai Long and Jin Long were at the back.
Before entering the cave, for some reason, Bai Long and Jin Long felt a sense of uneasiness in their hearts. A chill suddenly rose in their hearts.
It seemed that there was something bad waiting for them ahead.
After becoming gods, their sixth sense was always more accurate than that of ordinary cultivators. Therefore, they had also prepared themselves in their hearts.
But even so, when they passed through the dark cave and came to the mouth of the abyss and saw those souls of the Dragon Clan, they still felt that their preparation was not enough.
You Lang's pupils dilated. He didn't expect that the souls of the Dragon Clan that Huan Zhong had mentioned would appear in front of them in such a form.
Shen Qing felt cold all over, as if she had fallen into an ice cellar. She stood there stunned.
Bai Long and Jin Long's eyes were bloodshot, and they almost lost their minds.
"What on earth happened? Why are the souls of my clansmen in this form in the world? I thought... I thought they had already entered the cycle of reincarnation..."
Bai Long's voice trembled. He staggered forward, as if he couldn't believe that these残缺的 wandering souls in front of him were his clansmen and descendants.
Jin Long gritted his teeth, and hatred and confusion appeared in his eyes. "Why is there such a scoundrel as Han Ze among our Dragon Clan's descendants!"
"Using such unscrupulous means and not even sparing his own clansmen. Isn't he afraid that one day these souls will get out of here and come after him?"
Only now did Shen Qing understand that Han Ze was naturally cruel. In order to achieve his ambition, he not only framed his own clansmen unscrupulously but also made their souls neither alive nor dead and unable to enter the cycle of reincarnation.
They had suffered physical pain and were also tortured mentally.
How much hatred and resentment could there be...
Was it because of the prophecy of Bai Li when she was born that made the clansmen more optimistic about her and took away the attention that was originally on Han Ze?
This was a means that only a despicable person could come up with. Han Ze's evil had exceeded Shen Qing's imagination and her tolerance.
If she had seen this scene first, she would never have believed that Han Ze was her own brother.
The incomplete souls of the Dragon Clan wandered in the thick fog, appearing and disappearing. Bai Long widened his eyes and unconsciously walked into the thick fog. But these souls didn't attack Bai Long. Instead, they seemed to be observing him. They all stopped their movements and slowly approached Bai Long.
Seeing this, Jin Long also stepped forward and followed Bai Long into the thick fog. Shen Qing and the others also followed.
The closer they got to these souls, the more shocked Shen Qing became.
Exposed bones...
Incomplete spines...
Pitch - black eye sockets...
All of these showed what kind of cruel treatment the Dragon Clan had suffered back then.
The souls surrounded Shen Qing and the others. They lowered their huge heads, as if staring at the little people below through their pitch - black eye sockets.
Bai Long's hands hung limply by his sides. His eyes were filled with too many emotions, sadness, anger, hatred... all intertwined in his eyes, making him not know what to do for a moment.
"Shen Qing... do you think they would blame us before they died... for not protecting them?"
"Do they all resent us, resent the Dragon Gods they always trusted for not giving them the ability to avoid the disaster..."
Bai Long's voice was full of grief and despair.
He was a Dragon God and an elder of the Dragon Clan. He should have protected his clansmen. But they had been sealed in stone statues by insidious means and had no ability to save themselves, which also led to the tragic fate of his clansmen.
Shen Qing wanted to comfort him, but facing these souls, she opened her mouth but couldn't say a word.
Bai Long knelt heavily on the ground, with hot tears in his eyes. He looked at those souls guiltily. The weight of his clansmen's tragic deaths was like a huge rock pressing heavily on his body.
His straight back bent at that moment.