Chapter 136: Underground Palace
“I am Rouyi, sir.”
The bride revealed her face. She may not be considered stunningly beautiful, but she was charming and delicate. With a pair of watery eyes, she gazed at Fang Ping’an, her two jade hands resting on her legs, fingers gently rubbing.
Fang Ping’an’s eyes slightly shimmered as he met her gaze, but he didn’t notice anything unusual.
No illusion, no mental attack.
However, his heart seemed to harbor a good impression of the woman in front of him, firmly believing that she was not an evil ghost but, like Nie Xiaoqian, a kind-hearted ghost.
This is a bit strange…
The two stared at each other for a long time. As their figures swayed, the sedan chair was lifted by the sedan bearers, and the procession resumed its journey. Walking through the dim grove, surrounded by mist, the haunting sound of a suona echoed once again, but this time, the suona’s sound was exceptionally eerie…
[Mission Alert: Underground Palace]
[Mission Brief: Death is not the end. The accumulating grudges have formed a palace, where countless vengeful spirits are trapped. For hundreds of years, thousands of years, tens of thousands of years, they await the day when they can see the light again.]For survival, for life, millennia of planning, all come to fruition today. The fierce ghosts are reborn, the underworld resurfaces, and the grand ghost dynasty will descend upon the mortal world.
[Task Type: Competitive Mission]
[Task Objective: Kill the Ghost King]
[Task Rewards: Yin and Yang protection, Cultivation Points x7, Martial Arts Points x3, Reincarnation Points x700]
[Task Time: Seven days]
[Task Failure: Deduct 40 years of lifespan]
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Underground palace, main entrance.
Li Sheng, Li Chang, and two others stood here, looking at the magnificent palace built in the enormous cave ahead.
Behind them was the recently opened stone wall, but now it was surrounded and sealed by a black mist.
All four of them had the Foundation Establishment cultivation stage.
“We exhausted more than a hundred people, and we finally made it in.” Li Chang breathed a sigh of relief.
Since their secret conversation was overheard last time, and the person who heard it managed to escape, eight days had passed. The stone wall that originally required half a month of excavation was completed ahead of schedule through the non-stop labor of capturing some commoners.
As for the dead people, they naturally didn’t care and casually threw them into the mountain ditch. By now, they were probably already decomposing and smelling foul.
Because they were relatively close, they were directly teleported here, the starting point of the entire palace.
Li Sheng stood in front of the others, looking up at the sky above the palace.
Countless black mists hovered above, converging together to form a huge vortex that emitted a buzzing sound. As the vortex continued to rotate, it expanded and soon reached the zenith of the entire cave.
It began to destroy the stone wall as if it wanted to escape.
However, golden light suddenly appeared on the stone wall. When the black mist vortex touched the golden light, it was instantly annihilated and turned into ashes, drifting down above the entire palace. Then, slowly, the two merged together, making the palace seem a bit more magnificent.
And above, the vortex began to gather once again.
Li Sheng watched this scene with great interest, although all of this had nothing to do with his goal of entering this place.
He took out a wrinkled and yellowed piece of paper from the system’s space and gazed at it.
Li Chang observed his actions with curiosity and leaned forward, trying to see clearly what it was.
As the paper came into view, it turned out to be an old map with various buildings and rooms marked on it, as well as some peculiar places like forest paths, endless mazes, and graveyards… all sorts of markings.
At the same time, strangely enough, these markings were all moving on the map, their positions unpredictable.“Sir, what is this?” Li Chang couldn’t help but ask.
Li Sheng turned to look at him, seeing his face full of confusion, but he didn’t refuse.
He explained, “This is the map of the entire underground palace, left behind by my father before he passed away. When he entered this place before, although the mission failed and he lost some lifespan, he still obtained some things that could be brought out.”
“This map is what he obtained inside a room. It accurately shows the positions of various demons. Knowing their positions, we will have a safe route.”
Li Sheng looked at the map.
“In this underground palace, countless demons reside. They roam everywhere, with formidable combat strength. Each one has at least the cultivation base of the Foundation Establishment stage.”
“If we don’t have the map, it would be impossible to find the Demon King residing in the central part of the underground palace within seven days, kill it to complete the mission, and obtain that artifact that can be used in the mortal realm.”
“That artifact is related to the fate of our Li family. We must obtain it!”
“Of course, we will definitely obtain it.”
Li Sheng spoke with a firm tone, narrowed his eyes, and curled up the corners of his mouth.
“With such a treasure, it seems that the reward for this mission belongs to us. Those reincarnators who enter this place can only return in despair, and they might even die here,” Li Chang said with a smile.
“Hmph, they are just some jumping clowns. What formidable reincarnators can there be in such a remote place?” Li Sheng said disdainfully.
Li Sheng’s face was full of disdain. “Besides, they don’t have the map, so they can never find the Demon King before us. They can only wait here for the mission to fail or be killed by the demons.”
“Let’s go, we’re going in.”
After saying that, Li Sheng took the map and walked at the front. The group entered the eerie palace.
…
Inside the sedan chair, Fang Ping’an and Rouyi continued to gaze at each other. After a long time, they finally averted their eyes.
“Hmm?”Fang Ping’an suddenly frowned.
“Young Master, are you okay?”
Seeing that Fang Ping’an seemed unwell, Rouyi’s face showed concern. She reached out her hand, but quickly withdrew it and put it on her lap.
Fang Ping’an didn’t answer immediately. After a brief silence, he looked up at her and spoke:
“Did you… absorb my Yang energy?”
“…”
Upon hearing this, there was silence in the carriage, and Rouyi lowered her head.
Fang Ping’an had just felt his vital energy constantly draining from his body and converging into Rouyi’s body.
His body was also becoming weaker, his hands and feet were cold, his blood and energy circulated slower, and his body temperature dropped.
This clearly indicated a lack of Yang energy, and the spiritual power couldn’t replenish the vital energy. He could only watch his health deteriorate.
It wasn’t difficult to imagine that when all the vital energy was gone, it would be the day of his death, just like that drunken man.
However, this had no effect on Fang Ping’an. He just needed to refresh his body condition, and the vital energy would fully recover.
He gave Rouyi a strange look.
Could this be considered a perpetual motion machine…
As long as Rouyi had him, she would have an infinite source of power to enhance her strength. Perhaps they could find a place to settle down and in no time, they could dominate the whole world.
With these thoughts in his mind, Fang Ping’an’s imagination ran wild.
Rouyi secretly glanced at him and saw him standing there in a daze. She sighed and slowly said:
“Young Master, I didn’t mean to absorb your Yang energy. It was beyond my control.”
“I am also being coerced by someone.”
Once Fang Ping’an snapped out of his daze and heard her words, he became puzzled. “Coerced by whom?”
Rouyi’s face showed sadness. “My husband.”
“I see.””.”
Fang Ping’an nodded. It turned out to be a gang committing crimes…
