Checking in for 100,000 Years Chapter 288: The Gatekeeper on the Ancient Road to Heaven

Listening to the mournful voice of the Void Divine Dragon, Ye Yun’s mood also turned somewhat heavy.

The declining Dragon Clan was slowly disappearing from this continent.

This fate, with the disappearance of the Ancestor Dragon, seemed to have been predetermined long ago.

The six Void Divine Dragons before him, if they continued to guard here, would all die in tens of thousands of years.

None of these Void Divine Dragons were females; they had lost the ability to reproduce.

Ye Yun sighed, saying, "According to the memories in your inheritance, do you know how many battles the Dragon Clan and the Divine Land Spirits have had?"

"Lord Ancestor Dragon, we can’t remember clearly..." the Void Divine Dragon replied honestly.

"In the past hundred thousand years, you have been stationed here. Have any human True God Realm Cultivators successfully left from here?" Ye Yun turned serious and asked a question he had been wondering for a long time.

"None. Not one," the Void Divine Dragon gave a firm answer.

"Apart from the past few days, have any spiritual cultivators from the Divine Land entered again in these hundred thousand years?" Ye Yun asked again.

"None."

After getting two affirmative answers from the Void Divine Dragon, Ye Yun fell into contemplation.

His mind filled with various thoughts, Ye Yun shook his head, casting out the miscellaneous thoughts, his mood returning to calm.

"Now I command you, your duty of guarding the Ancient Road to Heaven is over. Come with me now," Ye Yun looked at the Void Divine Dragons, his expression suddenly serious as he delivered an order.

The six Void Divine Dragons looked at each other, their faces filled with joyous surprise. After guarding for millions of years, they, the Void Divine Dragons, were finally free! And this time, the order had come personally from Lord Ancestor Dragon.

"We are willing to follow Lord Ancestor Dragon!" The six Void Divine Dragons transformed into human forms one after another, their expressions extremely moved as they knelt on the ground.

"You go cultivate in this world for now. When the right time comes, I will summon you," Ye Yun said, taking out a small green ball that emitted a green glow.

The green light enveloped the six Void Divine Dragons, and they disappeared in an instant.

After settling the Void Divine Dragons, Ye Yun heaved a sigh of relief. The more he interacted with these Divine Dragons, the heavier the burden he felt on his shoulders. This feeling emanated from deep within his bloodline.

Ye Yun looked towards a certain direction with a faint smile on his face, then vanished in a flash.

Soon, he left the territory inhabited by the Void Beasts, completely entering a dim void. In this void, there was only an Ancient Road to Heaven, stretching towards the distance. Not far off, on the ancient road, was a desolate little wood house. There was also a small yard in front of the house, with a row of fences enclosing it.

The next moment, Ye Yun appeared next to the small yard.

"What a rare guest!" The door of the wooden house opened, and out walked an old man wearing a black cotton-padded jacket. The old man was not tall, with a small and thin figure. He held a Bronze Pipe between his large yellow teeth, from which a thin wisp of blue smoke drifted out. With his hands behind his back, he slowly walked out, displaying a nonchalant demeanor.

"Where’s Jiang Hengyue?" Ye Yun cast a meaningful glance in the direction of the wood house. At that moment, Jiang Hengyue was locked up in the wood house by the old man. The house might look small from the outside, but it was a whole different world inside.

"Your companion, the Spirit who escaped from the Divine Land to the Dragon Hidden Continent, has been captured by me." The small old man held his Bronze Pipe, gently tapped out the ash, and said with a soft chuckle.

"Should the Spirits of the Divine Land be captured once they enter the Dragon Hidden Continent? And why didn’t you capture him when he first entered?" Ye Yun raised his eyebrows, asking nonchalantly.

The short old man, though seemingly unimpressive in appearance, was a spiritual cultivator in the Divine Monarch Realm. His cultivation base had reached the Eighth layer of God Monarch, one minor realm above Ye Yun. Because he was one minor realm higher, the small old man displayed an utterly fearless demeanor in front of Ye Yun.

"This old man here is the Gatekeeper of the Ancient Road to Heaven. This gate allows entry but forbids exit. However, rules are dead while people are alive. So, you can leave if you want. Just pay a little toll to this old man here..." He let out a chuckle, took a few puffs from his pipe, and lightly blew out a few smoke rings, appearing leisurely and comfortable.

"A toll? I guess common treasures or magical pills probably don’t catch your eye, do they?" Ye Yun smiled faintly, his eyes glinting like a flame that flickered a couple of times.

"You, sir, are a perceptive man. If you want to get past me, the Gatekeeper, you’ll have to offer something truly moving to pass this old man’s trial," the small old man giggled, revealing a mouthful of yellow, smoke-stained teeth.