There were several palaces in this fragment of the Jade Lake Heavenly City.
Venerable White and Su Clan's Shiliu had found several palaces earlier, and Su Clan's Shiliu had even fought against the resentful spirit of one of the palaces.
Demon Venerable Lushan Street brought Venerable White, Song Shuhang, and Shiliu Su Clan's Shiliu along the western path.
Then, when they arrived at a black wasteland, Demon Venerable Lushan Street paused and pointed underground, saying, "Next, we'll have to travel underground to enter."
"You continue to lead the way. I'll bring the others and follow behind," Venerable White said.
As soon as Song Shuhang heard the words' travel underground ', he felt somewhat full. Luckily, Venerable White's Earth Traveling Technique was very good, and he wouldn't drop the ball midway.
After traveling more than 200 meters underground, Song Shuhang and the others saw an underground palace.
From this, one could vaguely see how prosperous this place was in the past.
But now, this place was in ruins, just like the palaces on the surface. Moreover, the whole place was covered in a layer of dark-gray fog.
After Demon Venerable Lushan Street brought everyone to this place, a conflicted expression appeared on his face — he was having another mental struggle.
"This guy is a bit annoying!" Venerable White couldn't bear it anymore. If it had happened once or twice, he could have praised this Fellow Daoist Lushan Street for having a firm will. But every few minutes, this guy would have to undergo a mental appraisal with a conflicted expression on his face, which was rather annoying!
But right at this time, Demon Venerable Lushan Street's mental appraisal failed once again. He sighed, and said, "Be careful of that fog. It's not simple; it's the power of primal chaos. Filthy evil beasts will condense inside the fog, just like in the Netherworld Realm. This underground palace was once invaded and polluted by the power of the Netherworld Realm.
Song Shuhang looked at the dark-gray fog below. As expected, it was the energy of the Netherworld Realm. Moreover, it was the essence of the energy of the Netherworld Realm. He had been dealing with the Netherworld Realm for the past few days, and he was very familiar with this energy.
As expected, the Netherworld Realm was also involved in the fall of the ancient Heavenly City? Song Shuhang thought to himself.
As they spoke, a turbid energy spiraled up from the mist and condensed into the shape of a large black dragon. It pounced towards Venerable White and the others.
However, before the black dragon could get close, an item flew out from Song Shuhang's body, emitting a dazzling golden light.
This was the Scriptures of the Sage, a scripture personally written by that awesome Sage of the Confucian School when he was still alive. When Song Shuhang obtained this scripture, he had not studied it in depth and did not know its use.
However, this scripture would automatically activate whenever it was faced with 'evil' or 'filthy' objects.
At this moment, the Scripture of the Saints appeared in the air as a golden book shadow that was more than ten meters tall. It slammed toward the black dragon formed by the turbid energy.
Pa!
The turbid dragon was smashed into pieces on the spot.
After the attack succeeded, the Scriptures of the Sage leisurely returned to Song Shuhang's body. While returning, the Scriptures of the Sage extracted the chaotic energy that the dragon had turned into after it was smashed into pieces and brought it back.
It was like a cat that had caught a mouse and was happily bringing the mouse back to meet its master. It didn't even think about whether its master would get scared by the dead mouse.
"Don't bring the energy of the Netherworld Realm back! It's useless to us!" Song Shuhang called out.
But just as he finished speaking, he felt something in his Heart Aperture.
It was that familiar feeling again!
In the next moment, the nucleus in his Heart Aperture emitted another wave of golden light. The golden light transformed into a vivid and lifelike lotus flower in the air.
The roots of the lotus flower spread out and took root in the mist.
Next, Song Shuhang felt a wave of energy being absorbed by the lotus flower. Most of it entered the nucleus in Song Shuhang's Heart Aperture.
Venerable White gazed at the lotus flower, and said, "Interesting … so it doesn't just eat spirit stones … it also eats the energy of the Netherworld?"
Wasn't this the same as the Virtuous Golden Lotus of the scholarly faction?!
The speed at which the lotus flower absorbed energy was very fast. Earlier, when it was in Venerable White's treasure house, it was able to absorb the energy of 600 spirit stones of the Fifth Stage in a flash. It could absorb several thousand spirit stones in the time it took to utter a single sentence.
But now, the lotus flower was absorbing the energy of the Netherworld Realm, which was much easier to absorb, at a speed three times faster than the red lotus flower.
In the blink of an eye, a large part of the mist covering the underground palace disappeared. According to this absorption speed, Song Shuhang would need at most an hour to absorb all the energy of the mist covering the underground palace.
Demon Venerable Lushan Street deeply looked at Song Shuhang. Back then, he had to go through a lot of hardships to find this underground palace and get through this mist.
But now, this mist that made him suffer so much had turned into food for this guy of the Third Stage.
There was simply no way to compare people to each other!
But right at this time, the mist below seemed to have sensed the terrifying power of Song Shuhang's lotus flower.
The cries of frightened beasts were transmitted from within the mist. In the next moment, the fog rolled back and retreated several thousand meters.
However, the lotus flower in front of Song Shuhang's chest didn't give up. Its roots extended infinitely, chasing after the mist like flexible tentacles.
One retreated while the other advanced. Before long, the mist had already left the underground palace, and was continuously retreating toward the wilderness behind the palace, compressing and shrinking.
But the more it retreated, and the more it shrank, the more the roots of the lotus flower wanted. The compressed energy of the mist was even more powerful than before.
A conflicted expression appeared on Demon Venerable Lushan Street's face once again. This time, it wasn't because of the 'will appraisal', but because he didn't know how to express his current emotions.
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… …
Since the mist had already retreated, Demon Venerable Lushan Street brought Venerable White and the others to the entrance of the underground palace.
"There is an invisible formation here, and it involves the power of space. If you want to reach the location of the 'nucleus', you can't go the wrong way. At that time, I tried for many years to find the correct path. Follow me, "Demon Venerable Lushan Street said coldly.
Afterward, he led the way, and Song Shuhang and the others followed closely behind.
After many twists and turns, they had unknowingly entered a small Dimensional Space.
The roots of the lotus flower in front of Song Shuhang's chest penetrated the independent dimension and extended to the outside world, continuing to chase after the mist.
Song Shuhang turned his head and looked at the roots on his chest — his imagination was running wild.
Perhaps he could make use of the lotus flower's ability if he were to encounter maze-like ancient ruins in the future? This ability was tantamount to an infinite rope that could guarantee that he would be able to find the way out of the maze at any time.
Of course, the premise was that he had to grasp the 'nucleus' in his Heart Aperture first.
The small independent dimension was only a hundred square meters in size, and it was just a room …
There were three reclining chairs in the room.
Apart from them, there was nothing else in the room.
"Is the nucleus here?" Shiliu Su Clan asked.
Demon Venerable Lushan Street didn't reply, but he started to act. A Chain of Runes appeared in his soul. It looked like a series of password Runes.
This Chain of Runes was branded in the air.
After a short moment, a strange energy gathered in the air. This energy was very complicated. It contained the spiritual energy of the world, mental energy, the power of faith, and even the primal chaos energy of the Netherworld. Countless types of energy gathered together and fell on the reclining chair in the middle.
Soon after, a figure appeared on the reclining chair.
It was a black-haired woman. She was wearing a phoenix crown on her head and a golden-red phoenix robe.
Her attire should've been indescribably noble, but at this time, the black-haired woman was lazily lying on the chair, looking as if she was about to die.
After a long time, the black-haired woman raised her head. Her face was pale, and her eyes were slender. There was a conspicuous mole at the corner of her right eye, which made her look very charming.
"Oh, you've come again." The black-haired woman looked at Demon Venerable Lushan Street, who was floating in the air.
After a long time …
The black-haired woman suddenly tilted her head, and said, "Did you die? Damn it! "
Song Shuhang: "…"
He felt that this black-haired woman's reaction cycle was very long.
Moreover, for some unknown reason, when the black-haired woman raised her head, Song Shuhang felt a sense of panic welling up in his heart.
To be precise, it wasn't him who was flustered. It was Senior Sister Ye Si inside his body who was flustered. Ye Si's mood affected Song Shuhang, causing him to feel flustered for no reason.
Thereupon, Song Shuhang couldn't help but take a few steps back, hiding behind Venerable White and Shiliu Su Clan.
[Ye Si, did you owe her money?] Song Shuhang curiously asked in his mind.
Ye Si replied, [No, I've never owed anyone money. Moreover, I don't know her.]
But just as she finished speaking, the face of the black-haired woman appeared in the minds of Song Shuhang and Ye Si at the same time.
The face of the black-haired woman that appeared in their minds was somewhat vague. However, the beauty mark at the corner of her eye was very clear. Soon after, tears rolled down from the corner of the black-haired woman's eye, and she looked very sad.
Song Shuhang and Ye Si simultaneously felt their hearts tighten, as if someone had grabbed them.
[Ye Si, are you sure you don't owe her money?] Song Shuhang confirmed once again.
[I definitely don't owe her money.] Ye Si said resolutely. However, she was somewhat uncertain this time.
She had never seen this woman with the beauty mark before.
However, she couldn't be sure whether she had forgotten about this woman with the beauty mark or not. That was because Ye Si knew that her memory was somewhat incomplete.
Perhaps what she owed this woman with the beauty mark wasn't money, but something even more important?
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… …
At this time, after a long while.
The woman with the beauty mark said again, "Yao Shou, if you die, you won't be able to help me support the Jade Lake Realm. It wasn't easy for me to find a suitable Seventh Stage Venerable. "
Venerable Lushan Street had a callous expression on his face.
After another long while.
The woman with the beauty mark suddenly turned her head around and looked at Venerable White, Song Shuhang, and Shiliu Su. "Ah, there are other guests!"
'You only saw us now?!' Song Shuhang couldn't help but ridicule in his heart.
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