Liu Ming was planning to disguise himself as this Fiend named Yin Han, sneak into the local Fiend forces, and try to find the whereabouts of the Dark Bone Incantation and the Nether River. After that, he would find a way to return to the Evil Ghost Realm.
Now that such a great opportunity had been delivered to him, he naturally wouldn't let it go.
The reason why he had pretended to be Yin Han was that he couldn't travel in this world as an ordinary human being. Secondly, Yin Han's strength wasn't very high, and he wasn't very eye-catching among the Fiends. Therefore, it wouldn't be easy for him to disguise himself as Yin Han. Furthermore, Yin Han's stay in this world was coming to an end, and he would soon be sent back to Cold Moon City.
After disguising himself as Yin Han, he would naturally be able to sneak into the local Fiend forces and obtain the information he needed.
Of course, Liu Ming still needed a large number of low-tier Specters to replace the malicious Specters that Fei 'er and the Scorpion had killed.
In fact, the Fiends didn't capture malicious Specters solely to kill their opponents. Their main purpose was to enslave them, which had long since become a habit of the Fiends.
According to Yin Han's memories, there were several places where Specters gathered in this area.
After pondering for a moment, Liu Ming turned into a streak of black light and sped off into the distance.
A month later, two pale-skinned men were slowly walking side by side on a gloomy, tree-shaded path.
The man on the left was about seven feet tall, and his face was completely pale. Apart from a black token hanging from his waist, there were two bulging gray bags.
This man was none other than Liu Ming, who had been rushing to Cold Moon City all this time.
The man beside him was a blue-robed Fiend.
His sleeves were fluttering in the wind, and he looked very elegant as he chatted with Liu Ming.
The Fiend's name was Tu Kun, and he was at the late stage of the Crystal Level. He was also a Fiend from Cold Moon City. Liu Ming had met him when he was subduing Specters, and he happened to be on his way back to Cold Moon City, so he traveled with Liu Ming.
The process of summoning ghosts was much easier than he had imagined.
Other than a few wild Specters, most of the less intelligent Specters had already formed simple tribes, and were now engaged in so-called mercenary trades with the Fiends who were traveling with them.
Liu Ming went through many twists and turns, and after using both carrot and stick, he spent almost half of his savings to successfully recruit a batch of low-level ghosts.
This caused Liu Ming, who was strapped for Nether Stones, to feel great heartache, but there was nothing he could do.
Moreover, he had just stepped into this place, so he didn't want to cause a commotion over such a small matter and attract the attention of the forces here.
Speaking of which, he had traveled with Tu Kun and had more or less obtained some other interesting information.
"Brother Yin Han, to tell you the truth, the battles between the factions within a five million mile radius are becoming increasingly frequent. Even those low rank ghosts are no longer willing to be recruited as cannon fodder. This time, it's all thanks to Brother Yin Han's shapeshifting technique that we were able to easily subdue those Specters. Now, we can finally report back to the higher-ups. "Tu Kun laughed heartily.
"You're too kind, Brother Tu. With your strength, how could you not be able to recruit these low rank ghosts? It's just that Brother Tu is too magnanimous and doesn't want to take action, "Liu Ming replied with a casual smile.
A thought suddenly occurred to Tu Kun, and he sighed as he shook his hand. "Hehe, these Specter leaders aren't as simple as they seem. Don't be fooled by their subservience to us. If we really injure them, the consequences will be hard to say."
"What do you mean?" Liu Ming's expression changed slightly, as if he was somewhat puzzled.
"Hehe, since these low rank ghost tribes are able to exist without being devoured by other powerful beings, they naturally have their own ways of survival. They most likely have some powerful backers, some of whom might even be some big shots in the city that you and I know," Tu Kun replied casually.
Only then did Liu Ming nod with a thoughtful look on his face.
As the two conversed, they passed through the forest. Suddenly, Liu Ming's eyes lit up.
A few thousand feet away, there was a huge city that looked like a towering mountain. The words "Cold Moon City" were clearly visible on the city gate.
Although he had a rough understanding of the situation in Cold Moon City, he still couldn't help but be startled when he saw the city.
It was quite different from what he had imagined. The entire city didn't appear gloomy and gloomy. Instead, from the outside, it appeared to be extremely grand and majestic.
The city was surrounded by mountains on three sides and occupied an area of more than a thousand acres. The surrounding walls were made of gray, unknown boulders piled up, and a large green flag that fluttered in the wind was inserted into the ground at regular intervals.
The surrounding towers were nearly a thousand feet tall. On top of each tower, there were several Fiend Race cultivators in grey armor patrolling back and forth with vigilant expressions.
Just as the two of them walked to the city gate, two city guards dressed in greenish-gray armor stopped the two of them.
"You two, state your names and identities!"
One of the soldiers, who was exceptionally burly, said to Liu Ming and Tu Kun in a stern voice.
"I'm Tu Kun, and this is Yin Han. The two of us received a mission from Cold Moon City and left the city. We've come back to hand in our mission," Tu Kun said politely as he cupped his fist towards the two soldiers.
"Yin Han, how come I've never heard of you? What kind of mission did you go on? " The other soldier, who was a bit short, suddenly took a step forward and looked Liu Ming up and down.
A thought flashed across Liu Ming's mind, but he didn't let it show on his face as he replied calmly, "I've only become Lord Bi You's subordinate in recent years. Since then, I've been out on missions, so I'm afraid you haven't seen me before."
Then, he flipped his hand and presented the identity medallion he had obtained from the burly Fiend to the soldier. At the same time, he intentionally revealed the bulging gray cloth pouch hanging from his waist.
"Oh, no wonder. Since that's the case, you may enter. " The short soldier took a few glances at the identity medallion, and then at the two low-tier ghost-repelling pouches hanging from Liu Ming's waist. Only then did his expression soften a bit, and he handed the identity medallion back to the two soldiers and let them through.
Only after leaving the vicinity of the city gate did Liu Ming let out a sigh of relief.
If he hadn't been a human, it wouldn't have been so easy for him to enter the city.
After Liu Ming entered the city, he immediately found that the spacious streets in the city were somewhat deserted. Buildings of different heights were scattered on both sides. In the center of the city in front of him, he could vaguely see a square castle. There was a flag on the castle with the words "Leng Yue" printed on it.
Liu Ming didn't find it strange. After all, he had already asked Tu Kun about the situation in the city on his way here, and learned that most of the Fiends in this city were out on missions, while the rest of the Fiends were gathered in a market-like place in the northeast corner of the city.
Instead of going to the market directly, Nie Tian found an excuse to bid farewell to Tu Kun, and chose to stay in a relatively remote inn on the edge of Cold Moon City.
At noon the next day, Liu Ming was sitting cross-legged in a secret room in the inn, looking at a yellow paper map in his hand with a joyful expression.
It was a map of Cold Moon City and its surroundings, which he had traded for with a low-grade Netherstone in the market earlier this morning.
According to the map, the Leng Yue City was only a medium-sized power in this place called the "Secluded Water Domain". There were hundreds of powers like the Leng Yue City in this Dark Place.
However, hundreds of forces in this area had submitted to Bi You City, which was the main city of the Fiends in this area.
Bi You, the City Lord of Bi You City, was one of the nine Profound Enlightenment experts of the Fiends, and his power was unfathomable.
The Dark Waters was the region with the most Nether Rivers in the Nine Nether Realms.
This made Liu Ming let out a sigh of relief.
After all, the Nine Nether Realms were so vast that any one of the nine Nether Realms was boundlessly vast. Besides the cities, there were also many incomparably dangerous places in the Nine Nether Realms. Some of the places marked on the map were so dangerous that even some Celestial Phenomenon experts didn't dare to enter.
However, after carefully reading the map, his eyebrows furrowed.
Based on the map, even the closest location to the Netherworld River was still extremely far away from Cold Moon City. With his current strength, it would take him more than half a year to reach there just by flying.
Furthermore, according to the map, he would have to pass through several well-known dangerous places in the Dark Water Realm to reach that place. Only some powerful Fiends would be able to pass through those dangerous places. Given his current strength, it would be almost impossible for him to pass through them all by himself.
Therefore, after thinking for a long time, Liu Ming finally decided to stay in Cold Moon City for the time being. He would find an opportunity to leave after thoroughly understanding the Nine Nether Realms and the Fiends. At the same time, he would also prepare some things that he would need to survive in this world.
About a hundred kilometers away from Cold Moon City, there was a small valley that looked very peaceful.
This mountain covered an area of about an acre, and the Nether Qi was a little thin compared to other places. The whole mountain was covered with rugged rocks, except for a few bare grayish-white tree trunks. It really looked like an ordinary barren mountain.
At this moment, two streaks of light, one black and one blue, were speeding over from afar.
In the black streak of light was a burly man with a pale face. It was Yin Han, the Fiend cultivator that Liu Ming had disguised himself as.
In the blue streak of light beside him was a purple-haired woman with heavy makeup. Her face was also pale. It was Youlan, the Fiend woman that Liu Ming had recently befriended.
During the past month in Cold Moon City, Liu Ming had visited almost every shop in the city, but he hadn't gained much. He had only learned a little about some Fiend materials and Nether artifacts that were powered by Nether Qi. However, he hadn't learned anything about the Nether Bone Method at all.
Therefore, he had started to make friends with powerful Fiends with his identity as Yin Han, hoping to get the information he needed from them.
However, to Liu Ming's disappointment, although he had befriended several fiends whose cultivation levels ranged from the Late-Stage of the Crystallization Period to the Early-Stage of the Real Pellet State in just a dozen days, the information he could get from them was very little.
Fortunately, the woman named Youlan happened to know about a secret trading place near Cold Moon City. A few days ago, she had heard that the Heavy Water Incantation that Liu Ming wanted would appear at the trading place. Therefore, the two of them had agreed to go to the trading place, hoping to gain something.
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