Shen Luo looked at Shen Yu beside him and couldn't help but think of Ying Luo, who he met in the Village of Longevity. She was also a woman in the apocalypse and became the last pillar of support for a village and a clan.
"With me here, you can relax a little." Shen Luo smiled and said.
Shen Yu heard this and her face showed some warmth, but her tense nerves didn't really relax much. Like she said, it had become a habit and it was difficult to change.
"Didn't the bottleneck loosen a little when you cultivated last time? Why haven't you broken through yet?" Shen Luo saw this and didn't force her.
"I don't know why, but I always feel that I'm still a little lacking. But I can't tell where I'm lacking." Shen Yu sighed and said.
"Tell me about your feelings during your recent cultivation." Shen Luo said.
Shen Yu listened and didn't hesitate. She immediately began to narrate slowly.
Shen Luo looked serious and listened patiently. Combining his two cultivation experiences in the dream and reality, he carefully analyzed the various feelings that Shen Yu said and quickly found the crux of the problem.
After he explained again, Shen Yu was enlightened and was overjoyed.
"I see. I understand. Thank you, senior!" Shen Yu clasped her fists and thanked him sincerely.
"It's nothing. You don't have to …" Shen Luo raised his hand and waved it, then froze in place. His nose wrinkled and his expression became dignified.
At the same time, a halo lit up in front of his chest.
Shen Luo reached into his bosom and took out the Mountain Crossing Talisman. He saw that it was flickering with light.
"There's a Demon Aura …" He immediately stopped the convoy.
Soon, Shen Huayuan rushed over from the back of the convoy with Shen Quan and asked what had happened.
"There seems to be a demon in front. But looking at the situation of the talisman, the Demon Aura isn't strong. It's not a powerful character." Shen Luo looked at the faint halo on the talisman and frowned.
"Then we …" Shen Huayuan looked at Shen Luo and asked.
"You guys stay here. I'll go take a look and make a decision." Shen Luo thought for a moment and said.
"Senior, I'll go with you," Shen Yu immediately said.
"Alright," Shen Luo said after a slight hesitation.
Thus, the two of them, one in front and one behind, left the carriage and headed towards the front of the peach forest.
After walking for about three to four thousand feet, the smell of blood in the air became thicker and thicker. But strangely, the light of the Mountain-Crossing Talisman in Shen Luo's hand did not change significantly.
"That's …" Shen Yu suddenly stopped and pointed at a peach tree not far away, exclaiming in surprise.
Shen Luo had also noticed that there was a pile of wretched corpses scattered on the ground. The corpses were stained with blood, and their organs had also been emptied. What was different was that these corpses were covered in hair. Some had scales and claws, and some had horns. They were all monsters.
"Is it the doing of that demonic creature?" Shen Yu asked.
"Not bad. Most demonic creatures are crazy. They lose all reason when they go crazy. Whether they are humans or monsters, they will be slaughtered. "Shen Luo nodded and said.
"Wasn't it in Green Rock Town? How could it appear here?" Shen Yu couldn't help but ask.
"It should be chasing after these monsters." Shen Luo glanced at the thick darkness in front of them and said.
"In that case, we can't continue to walk through this peach forest. We have to take a longer detour." Shen Yu sighed and said.
"I'm afraid it's too late …" Shen Luo frowned and said slowly.
His voice had just fallen when a bell suddenly rang in the void in front of them. The sound was unusually ethereal. It echoed throughout the peach forest and gave birth to a sense of uneasiness.
Shen Yu followed the sound of the bell and saw that in the thick darkness, a lamp suddenly lit up. The light swayed and slowly floated in their direction.
Shen Luo secretly held the Seven Star Brush in his sleeve and quickly took out the Half Moon Ring. In his other hand, he also replaced the Thunder Talisman.
The frequency of the bell's ringing was not high, and it only rang once every ten breaths. When it rang for the third time, the flame of the lantern had already floated to a position about ten feet in front of Shen Luo and the young man.
Only now did Shen Luo see clearly that the person who appeared before him was surprisingly a scholar who wore a green robe, wore a scholar's crown on his head, and carried a bamboo bookcase on his back. He held a candle in one hand and an ancient book in the other as he immersed himself in reading.
Shen Yu and Shen Yu couldn't see the scholar's face. They only felt that the scene in front of them was very similar to a scholar who carried a book and traveled far away.
However, if they looked carefully, they would find that there were large black stains on his green robe. It was the product of a large amount of blood coagulation. The ancient book in his hand was also full of bloody handprints. At a glance, it was obvious that something was wrong.
Shen Luo listened carefully. He seemed to be able to hear the scholar reciting in a low voice, "The sun sits on the moon and shines on the earth. It is so, so, so, so, so, so …"
The scene in front of them was too strange, so neither Shen Luo nor Shen Yu dared to act rashly. Shen Yu even felt a chill run down her spine. She stared fixedly at the scholar, not daring to shift her gaze even a little bit.
When the scholar recited the words "so, so, so, so," for the third time, the sound of recitation suddenly stopped. The small bell hanging on the bookcase suddenly rang with a "dang" sound.
Immediately after, the scholar slowly put down the book in his hand, revealing a young face with a pale complexion.
The scholar's appearance wasn't ugly. In fact, it was even a little delicate. However, there was no white in his eyes. They were even darker than the surrounding night. His entire body exuded an aura of death and decay. He looked as if he had walked out from the netherworld.
"You two, if you walk too much at night, you will encounter ghosts. May I know where you want to go?" The Netherworld Scholar stared at the two with his pitch-black eyes. Suddenly, he smiled wickedly and asked.
Shen Luo and Shen Yu looked at each other. Neither of them answered. They just took a step back.
"Since you've come, don't leave …" The Netherworld Scholar glanced at the two's movements. His expression suddenly became ferocious as he spoke faintly.
As he spoke, his clothes suddenly fluttered without any wind. Billowing black smoke surged out from his clothes. In an instant, it submerged an area of several meters around him.
The Netherworld Scholar's figure also slowly rose into the air with the support of the black smoke. He lowered his head and looked down at Shen Luo and Shen Yu.
"Both of you must die, haha, both of you must die …" His voice became extremely hoarse as if it was squeezed out from the depths of his throat.
At this time, the bookcase on his back also jumped with a "dang dang" sound. The door of the bookcase suddenly opened with a "pa" sound. A thicker black smoke gushed out from it and turned into a dozen Yin Evil Ghosts. They were hanging behind the scholar with their fangs and claws bared.
Shen Luo took a closer look and found that there were men and women, old and young among these malicious ghosts. Their faces were all covered in black gas and their faces were ferocious. They were all twisting their necks and making cracking sounds.
"The banquet has begun!" The Netherworld Scholar laughed loudly.
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