When Xuan Xiao left, Ye Ling did not plant a mark on him to avoid alerting the enemy, and now Ye Ling was unsure where Xuan Xiao had gone.
However, since Xuan Xiao was going to be active on Earth, Ye Ling was not worried about not encountering him later.
Moreover, Ye Ling was not yet psychologically prepared to confront Xuan Xiao.
Shortly after Xuan Xiao left, Ye Ling calmed his mind, regained his composure, and brought Feng Ke to the altar. After inspecting the altar's structure and confirming that there was nothing unusual about it, he leaped into the abyss.
At the bottom of the abyss, there were corpses of demonic beasts everywhere, and many were only half-rotted. The stench filled the air, making people nauseous.
As soon as Feng Ke smelled the stench at the bottom of the abyss, he felt nauseous and immediately vomited!
Seeing this, Ye Ling directly used his spiritual power to erase all the demonic beast corpses at the bottom of the abyss, making the air fresh again.
"Cough, cough!" Feng Ke coughed violently, his face still a little pale. He thanked Ye Ling, "Th-thank you... It's all my fault for being useless, unable to even withstand a little corpse stench."
"The corpse poison down here is extremely potent. With your cultivation, you can't withstand it yet. Don't blame yourself."
Ye Ling comforted Feng Ke and then instructed, "The scriptures carved on the mountain wall should be the complete version of the 'Zhou Tian Tai Xuan Jing.' Please help me memorize all of them."
"Leave it to me." Feng Ke recovered and, without asking further questions, focused his attention on the scriptures on the mountain wall and began reciting them.
After assigning this task to Feng Ke, Ye Ling no longer paid attention to the cultivation technique on the mountain wall and walked directly towards the suppressed Xiao Yao.
At this moment, Xiao Yao had fainted. His limbs were bound by strong chains, and numerous small and complex runes were carved on the chains, completely sealing Xiao Yao's cultivation.
With Xiao Yao's own strength, it would be impossible to break these chains even after a million years.
As Ye Ling approached Xiao Yao, he noticed that beneath the hideous wounds on Xiao Yao's upper body, there were hidden tattoos.
However, those tattoos were obscured by Xiao Yao's wounds, making them extremely blurry.
Ye Ling could not discern the content of the tattoos from Xiao Yao's body at the moment.
"Xiao Yao... a dignified Saint, a figure at the pinnacle of the pyramid in the three realms of Earth, with few opponents in the three realms. How could he have fallen to this state?"
Ye Ling muttered to himself, trying to extract Xiao Yao's soul to search his memories. However, he found that Xiao Yao's soul was much more fragile than he had imagined.
Let alone searching his memories, Xiao Yao's soul only had one soul and one spirit. His memories were not even complete, and his consciousness could only exist by relying on his powerful physical body.
If Xiao Yao's soul were to leave his body, it would likely dissipate instantly.
Unable to search Xiao Yao's soul, Ye Ling had to settle for the next best thing. He drew some of the Earth's Heavenly Dao power from the Heavenly Mystery Map to heal some of Xiao Yao's injuries and stabilize his soul, in order to awaken him.
As the Heavenly Dao power entered Xiao Yao's body, his aura began to rise, and the tattoos beneath his wounds started to emit a faint glow!
"Ye Ling, the scriptures on the mountain wall are glowing!"
At this moment, Feng Ke's shout came. Ye Ling looked over and saw that the scriptures on the mountain wall were beginning to glow with the same light as Xiao Yao's tattoos.
"What is that?"
Seeing the changes on the mountain wall, Ye Ling's eyes flashed with curiosity. He drew more Heavenly Dao power and injected it into Xiao Yao's body.
Xiao Yao's wounds faded, and the tattoos became more and more distinct.
"This tattoo also seems to be a cultivation technique..."
Ye Ling looked at the glowing tattoos on Xiao Yao's body, but they were too blurry. Ye Ling could only guess, unable to read the specific content of the tattoos.
"However, one thing is certain: the tattoos on Xiao Yao are not the 'Zhou Tian Tai Xuan Jing' on the mountain wall, but another cultivation technique. However, this technique should have some connection with the 'Zhou Tian Tai Xuan Jing'."
Ye Ling then looked at the glowing text on the mountain wall and murmured, "The Heavenly Dao must know something, but it's probably hiding from me now, so I can't ask it about this matter."
After a certain amount of Heavenly Dao power was injected, healing all of Xiao Yao's wounds, the tattoos on Xiao Yao's body remained at the level of blurry text and could not become clearer.
Ye Ling could see that the tattoos on Xiao Yao's body were some kind of text, but he could not discern the specific content.
"I can only repair it to this extent. Injecting more Heavenly Dao power would be a waste."
Seeing that the tattoos on Xiao Yao's body would not become clearer, Ye Ling did not continue to waste Heavenly Dao power and began to awaken Xiao Yao.
The bottom of the dark abyss became extremely bright due to the glowing scriptures on the mountain wall.
Under the stimulation of Ye Ling's spiritual power, Xiao Yao slowly opened his eyes. A trace of confusion flashed in his eyes, which then turned into ferocity.
"Roar!!!"
Xiao Yao roared fiercely and began to struggle violently, constantly tugging at the chains that bound him, trying to break free.
"Calm down."
Ye Ling placed his fingers together on Xiao Yao's forehead, forcing Xiao Yao to kneel and silencing his roar, clearing his confused mind.
Feng Ke looked over curiously, "He's awake?"
Ye Ling said, "This is none of your business. Keep memorizing the scriptures."
"Oh..."
After being told by Ye Ling, Feng Ke dared not ask more and could only respond and continue memorizing the 'Zhou Tian Tai Xuan Jing.'
Whether it was an illusion or not, after the scriptures on the mountain wall lit up, Feng Ke felt that memorizing the 'Zhou Tian Tai Xuan Jing' had become much easier. As soon as he read the text on the mountain wall, he would automatically understand the content.
Unknowingly, Feng Ke's cultivation began to soar.
Ye Ling glanced at Feng Ke, then looked at Xiao Yao and asked indifferently, "Are you awake now?"
Xiao Yao looked up at Ye Ling and asked hoarsely, "Who... are you?"
Ye Ling said, "Someone who can decide your fate from now on."
"Whether I save you, kill you, or let you be trapped here forever is all within my thoughts."
"The one who decides my fate..."
"Hehehe... Hahahaha!"
Xiao Yao murmured, first stunned, then he burst into laughter, his laughter growing louder, with a hint of desolation!
"My fate in this life has always been manipulated by others. Now, after being imprisoned here for a million years, someone actually comes to decide my fate!"
"Ridiculous! Pathetic! Lamentable!"
Xiao Yao's hoarse voice carried a hint of sorrow. Even Feng Ke, who was memorizing the 'Zhou Tian Tai Xuan Jing' not far away, could feel that Xiao Yao had experienced many stories in his life just by hearing his voice.
Ye Ling, however, remained calm. He looked at Xiao Yao and said indifferently, "I have no interest in what kind of life you lived in the past. Now, I am giving you a choice."
"Do you want to live, or do you want to be trapped and die here?"
"Kid! Don't threaten me!"
Xiao Yao stared at Ye Ling and said, "When I was conquering the eight directions, your ancestors were probably still monkeys!"
"Moreover, you, a mere young brat, cannot even break the Tai Xuan Iron Chain. What can you do..."
*Crack!*
Xiao Yao's words were cut short as the chain binding one of his hands snapped without warning. Xiao Yao froze on the spot.
This?
Ye Ling looked at the stunned Xiao Yao and chuckled, "Now, what do you think I can do?"