Mu Lingshi had rushed over when the Blood Moon Ghost King intruded into the Scroll World and stood beside Zhang Ruochen, so naturally, she had heard the conversation just now.
She furrowed her two slender eyebrows and after a long time, she said, “Zhang Ruochen, why do I feel as if someone is hiding in the shadows, deliberately pushing this matter. Could it be the Divine Primordial Ghost King?”
The Divine Primordial Ghost King was one of the most powerful few existences in the outskirts of the netherworld, able to command all the Ghost Kings and billions of Yin soldiers.
The opening of the passageway between the Netherworld and the Yangworld definitely had nothing to do with him.
Zhang Ruochen shook his head and said, ”If the Divine Primordial Ghost King was able to break the seal of the Thousand Bone Empress, he would have already succeeded, so why wait until now? Besides, there are still a lot of doubts that can’t be explained.”
“Firstly, how could the Void Sword fly out of the netherworld?”
Although, the Void Sword was handed over to Zhang Ruochen by the Yuan Long Half-Saint, Zhang Ruochen was certain that the Yuan Long Half-Saint must not have crossed the Corpse River and entered the Netherworld.
He should have obtained the Void Sword in the Perishable Tomb Forest, thinking that it was just an ordinary Sacred Artifact, and only then, brought it back to the Two Elemental Sect.
“Secondly, who, exactly, spread the news of the Rising Death Pill? What was the purpose of luring the crowd to the netherworld?”
“Third, why did the people of the Deadly Zen Sect enter the netherworld on a large scale? I think that they are by no means as simple as coming to dig up Half-Saint corpses, there must be a hidden secret that we don’t know about.”
Xiao Hei laughed, escorted Garou Lan up, pushed him forward, and directly threw him on the ground, saying, “It’s not that simple, we can interrogate him.”
“Amitabha Buddha.”
Gala Blue lay on the ground, folded his hands, and closed his eyes.
Zhang Ruochen really wasn’t an expert at interrogating people, thus, after staring at Garolan, he waved his hand and said, “You and the Divine Demon Mouse go and interrogate him, wait.”
Zhang Ruochen walked over to Garolan’s body and fumbled around in his Buddhist robe, quickly searching out a drop of divine blood.
“Sure enough, he also carries a drop of divine blood.”Zhang Ruochen’s five fingers tightly squeezed the divine blood as his eyes became even more grave.
Little Black and the Divine Demon Mouse brought Gala Blue down.
Zhang Ruochen’s gaze, once again, stared at the Blood Moon Ghost King and said, “You should know very well that even if I don’t kill you, I definitely won’t release you out of the Scroll World. Then, I will now give you two paths.”
“The first path, submit to me. As long as you work for me, I can give you enough benefits to help you break through to a higher realm.”
The Blood Moon Ghost King revealed two rows of snow-white shell teeth and smiled disdainfully, “With your current cultivation, can you help me break through to a higher realm? You’d better become a Saint first before saying such big words.”
Wanting to make a Ghost King, submit to a cultivator of the Fish Dragon Realm was indeed an unlikely thing.
If one were to use too strong of means, it was expected that in the end, one would just force her to the point of fish death. It wouldn’t do Zhang Ruochen any favours either.
Zhang Ruochen was not in a hurry and added, “In that case, you are planning to choose the second path.”
“What is the second path?”The Blood Moon Ghost King said.
“Just stay in the Scroll World.”
After saying this, Zhang Ruochen, Cold Snow, and Mu Lingshi, turned around and left, starting to discuss, what to do next. Only leaving behind the Blood Moon Ghost King who was astonished, Zhang Ruochen had let her go just like that? Didn’t even imprison her?
According to what the Blood Moon Ghost King had said, the second Corpse River, located at the end of Heaven and Earth, was quite far away from the Divine Primordial Ghost King’s territory.
Even with the Ghost King’s cultivation, it had taken over a year to reach the location where the second Corpse River was located. With Zhang Ruochen’s cultivation, I was afraid that it would take more than ten years to reach it.
If, indeed, the Thousand Bone Empress had crossed the second Corpse River and gone to the depths of the Netherworld, I was afraid that Zhang Ruochen would have to revise his original plan.
With the cultivation of just a few of them, if they continued to pursue the Thousand Bone Empress, they would probably be dead before they reached the second Corpse River.
Based on the information from various sources, Zhang Ruochen discovered a key location:
Ghost God Valley.
Thus, Zhang Ruochen spoke out his thoughts.
Mu Lingshi’s hands rested on her fragrant cheeks as she pursed her lips, revealing a rather playful expression and said, “You mean to say that we give up our original plan and instead go to the Ghost God Valley to investigate?”
Regarding this plan of Zhang Ruochen’s, Mu Lingshi naturally raised her hands in favour of it.
After all, the depths of the Netherworld were far too treacherous, and even characters like the Thousand Bones Empress had never returned. For Zhang Ruochen to continue to go after the Thousand Bone Empress, he was completely stepping into hell step by step, and there was no possibility of surviving at all.
Zhang Ruochen analysed, ”Since, the Thousand Bone Female Emperor once used the Void Sword and the Divine Corpse to seal the passage between the nether and yang worlds. Most likely, in the Ghost God Valley, some backhanders were left behind. Moreover, I’m also curious about the purpose of the Deadly Zen Sect’s cultivators, travelling to the Ghost God Valley. Therefore, no matter what, we must make a trip.”
“I’ll go with you.”Mu Lingshi said.
This time, Zhang Ruochen didn’t refuse and nodded, saying, “This time, no matter if there is any gain from travelling to the Ghost God Valley, we must at least save our lives first.”
If it was within his ability, Zhang Ruochen certainly wished that he could do his part for the living beings of the Kunlun Realm.
However, facing the vastness of the boundless netherworld, Zhang Ruochen only felt that he was incomparably small, and that there were some things that were simply beyond his current power to sway.
It was precisely because of this that he had an even more urgent desire to become even stronger, to use his own power to protect those around him, to hold up a piece of heaven and earth for them, rather than putting them in danger.
“If you can do it, then do it with all your might. If you can’t do it, you should at least protect the people around you.”Zhang Ruochen’s heart secretly said.
“Rumble!”
A deafening sound came from the distance.
Even the ground, too, shook violently.
A moment later, Little Black and the Divine Demon Mouse looked grey and rushed over from the distance.
Zhang Ruochen asked, “What happened?”
The fur on Little Black’s body, a large portion of which was scorched, shook his head and said, “A miscalculation! That bald donkey, I don’t know what secret technique he used, but he even blew up his Qi Sea. This Emperor did not expect this either, and thus, suffered a small loss.”
“Master Cat, you only suffered a small loss, but I was almost dragged to the mat by him. Honestly speaking, this bald donkey is really ruthless enough, at least he is also a half saint, a hundred years of cultivation, quite hard to come by, but he even said that he would blow himself up without any hesitation at all.”God Demon Mouse said.
The God Demon Mouse was indeed miserable, suffering from the impact of the self-detonation power, a large portion of the skin on his body fell off, and all the flesh and blood on his body exploded, he was extremely seriously injured.
One must know that the Divine Demon Mouse was an ancient relic species, with a powerful fleshly body that was able to cross the Corpse River. Garou Lan’s self-explosion of the Qi Sea was able to injure it so severely, if it was a different person, I’m afraid that it would have already gone up in smoke.
“A Half-Saint’s counterattack before dying is indeed a terrifying thought, in the future, everyone should be more careful.”Zhang Ruochen said.
Mu Lingshi shook her head and said, “Garou Lan may not have chosen to blow up his Qi Sea by himself.”
Zhang Ruochen asked, “What do you mean?”
Mu Lingshi smiled brightly and said, “As far as I know, the medieval families of the Kunlun Realm are all proficient in a secret technique that allows them to place a talisman that is imprinted on top of a cultivator’s Qi Sea wall as a means of protecting the family’s secrets.”
“If a member of the family falls into the hands of the enemy and can’t withstand the torture and reveals the family’s secrets. Then, the talisman on the Qi Sea wall will immediately burst.”
“The vast majority of the heirs of medieval families would have such a rune planted on top of the Qi Sea wall before going out.”
Xiao Hei’s eyes rolled, scratched his scalp, and said, “So that’s how it is. I told you, I’ve already suppressed his spiritual power, so how come he still has the will to resist. It turns out that it’s because, above the walls of his Qi Sea, there is a self-destructing talisman imprinted.”
Zhang Ruochen said, “In that case, this matter will end here. Little Black, you have to watch the Blood Moon Ghost King carefully, I always feel that she has an extraordinary relationship with the woman in the Sun Moon Crystal Coffin.”
Mu Lingshi’s eyes, blinked for a moment and said, “Is that why you didn’t kill her?”
Zhang Ruochen stared towards Mu Lingshi, smiled, and said, “In fact, the Sun Moon Crystal Coffin and the Moon Worshipping Demon Sect have a great affinity. The person in the coffin is, say, not necessarily, still a certain senior of the Moon Worshipping Demon Sect. As for, the origin of it, you can go and ask Little Black, it definitely knows a bit more than I do.”
Mu Lingshi and the Divine Demon Mouse, both revealed a surprised expression.
An origin with the Moon Worshipping Demon Sect?
After ordering everything, Zhang Ruochen once again went to the bottom of the Heaven Receiving Divine Wood and sat down on top of a thick tree root.
Afterwards, he took out a fist-sized bead and cupped it in his hand.
In the bead, sealed was a drop of divine blood, which had been searched out from Garland’s body.
“It’s really strange, how is it that all the cultivators of the Deadly Zen Sect have a drop of divine blood on their bodies?”
Zhang Ruochen’s finger made a point on top of the spatial ring, activating the spatial inscription, and then, he took out Galokong’s body.
Sure enough, a drop of Divine Blood was also found on Galokong’s body.
“The Deadly Zen Sect, Divine Blood, Ghost God Valley, Divine Corpse, Void Sword, Resurrection Pill, Divine Primordial Ghost King, and the passageway between the Yin and Yang Realms ……, between them, what kind of connection is there?”
Feeling clueless, Zhang Ruochen gently shook his head.
Since he couldn’t figure it out, Zhang Ruochen picked up the two drops of divine blood again and said, “Since I’ve obtained two more drops of divine blood, I’d just like to take this opportunity to rush the legendary Fish Dragon Tenth Transformation.”
“Break!”
Zhang Ruochen opened the seal on one of the drops of Divine Blood, and immediately, a huge amount of Divine Power emanated from the Divine Blood, forming a very bright light.
The divine blood was suspended just above Zhang Ruochen’s head, like a ball of fire, and every ray of light emitted was devastatingly powerful.
The sixth drop of divine blood.
Zhang Ruochen’s hands, holding it upwards, began to refine it.
