"Hehe … Another unfamiliar face!"
A cold laughter sounded in Ning Qi's ears.
This place was like a temple. Yan Zhibei was standing in front of Ning Qi, while Xiao Wuchang was long gone.
The speaker's face was extremely pale. When he laughed, his tongue was bright red, as if it was stained with blood!
Most importantly, his aura was the same as the beast souls controlled by Yan Zhibei and Xiao Wuchang. This was the aura of a soul.
"Kid, this is your first time in the underworld, right? Haven't seen ghosts before? "
Seeing Ning Qi constantly looking at him, the speaker laughed again.
"Underworld?"
Ning Qi's eyes moved slightly.
The place where he appeared was like a temple. There were many statues, and the one who spoke was a soul without a physical body!
In addition, in the short time he appeared, many confused souls appeared out of thin air. As soon as they appeared, they floated out of the temple.
"You are?"
Ning Qi looked at the speaker and asked calmly.
"I'm the guide here, responsible for guiding living souls. When you die in the future, you may also come to me, hehe …"
The speaker laughed strangely.
"Guide?"
Ning Qi's eyes were slightly strange.
"You living people shouldn't stay here for too long, lest you anger those who have just died. Since you're here, go and do your own things. Go!"
The speaker waved his sleeve and said. Ning Qi and Yan Zhibei looked at each other and then strode out of the temple. Outside the temple was a barren mountain. Many confused souls gradually regained their clarity and left in all directions with fear or ecstasy! Only a few souls looked at Ning Qi and Yan Zhibei with their glowing green eyes.
But they seemed to be able to feel that Yan Zhibei and Ning Qi were very powerful, so they didn't really pounce on them.
"You're not afraid at all?"
Yan Zhibei looked at Ning Qi, and his eyes flickered.
"Why should I be afraid?"
Ning Qi asked with a smile.
Yan Zhibei smiled, "This is the underworld, the place where the soul goes after death. You've never heard of this place before, and this is your first time here. Are you really not afraid? Don't tell me you've never thought that perhaps you're also dead for being able to come here? "
"There are many people in this world who want me dead. Unfortunately, I still can't die. Naturally, I won't die here. I guess you must have wet your pants when you first entered this place, right?"
Ning Qi said with a faint smile.
Yan Zhibei's expression changed slightly, as if Ning Qi had seen through his thoughts.
Back when he followed Emperor Yan to battle, he accidentally fell into this valley. He was lucky enough to not die. Then, he accidentally touched the statue and was sucked into the underworld. At that time, he was so scared that he peed his pants! He thought he was dead.
"Humph."
Yan Zhibei snorted coldly and no longer spoke.
"No wonder it's said that Nirvana can only be achieved in this place. This is the Underworld. There must be more powerful souls here than in the human world. However, I'm very curious. If the living can freely enter and exit this place through the statues, then what about these people who are really dead? Can't they leave Hell? "
Ning Qi laughed. "This is the rule. It's impossible for people who are really dead to leave Hell because there are four Venerables here. No matter how powerful the soul is, as long as it has the thought of leaving, it will be suppressed! Don't ask me how I know this. This is what a senior in Hell told me.
It's up to you whether you believe it or not. Only people like us who are not really dead can go back and forth through the statues. However, we can't leave at any time. You've seen the guide just now. If you don't have anything to move him, he won't let you touch the statues. "
Yan Zhibei let out a strange laugh.
Four Venerables? Ning Qi's expression changed. There really are stronger existences here. However, he didn't know how strong the Venerables Yan Zhibei mentioned were. His cultivation was still suppressed by some mysterious force. Even after coming to this so-called Hell, he couldn't recover. Then, the Venerables here should also be under the same restriction.
That's right.
Perhaps, this place was the reason why Mysterious Sword Old Man wanted him to come here?
Ning Qi thought for a while and said lightly, "What's the background of the four Venerables you mentioned? How are they compared to the experts of Nirvana?"
"You want to know about the Venerables? Hehe. " Yan Zhibei chuckled. "It's not a secret. You'll know after staying in Hell for a few more days. Rumor has it that Hell has already existed since the beginning of the world. The four Venerables are terrifying existences that appeared at the same time as Hell. As for whether they are humans or ghosts, no one knows.
The four Venerables are the supreme beings of Hell. All souls and living beings that enter Hell are under the jurisdiction of the four Venerables. "
"However, as far as I know, no one has seen the four Venerables. The ones who govern Hell on their behalf are the Patriarchs of Samsara Temple."
"Samsara Temple …"
Ning Qi's eyes moved. Qi Yao once said that Mysterious Sword Old Man had also seen a Samsara Temple Master. However, that place was definitely different from this place. Was it just the same name? Or was there something else?
Perhaps, only by going there and seeing the structure of Hell and the background of the four Venerables, everything would become clear.
"Let's go. We'll talk as we walk."
Ning Qi smiled.
"Walk? To where? "
Yan Zhibei was slightly startled.
"Naturally, to take a look at Samsara Temple. You said that they are in charge of this place. Since we're here, how can we not pay our respects?"
Ning Qi smiled.
Yan Zhibei's expression suddenly changed. He then smiled and said, "Alright, I happen to know the way. Let's help each other to the end."
Along the way, Ning Qi asked Yan Zhibei about the Underworld again. He wanted to verify if there was any connection between this place and the Underworld in his memory. He remembered the guy who called himself Xie Bi 'an. That was the name of the Underworld's White Impermanence! However, Yan Zhibei's answer was different from what Ning Qi had imagined. He seemed to have no concept of the Hell that Ning Qi knew about. The Hell that he mentioned was a place where living beings and souls could coexist. As long as the living beings had the opportunity to come here, they could also survive.
Alright, he would be able to obtain the Soul Devourer technique, and there were countless souls in the Netherworld. To a Soul Devourer expert, it was practically a holy land! However, there was a price to pay. The souls that came to Hell were not as pure as those in the human world. They were all contaminated with the unique aura of Hell. If they swallowed too much of it, they would easily be possessed and eventually lose their sanity. In addition, the powerful souls in Hell would also hunt living beings for their blood essence.
This was extremely beneficial to them!
Therefore, some powerful experts would make a deal with the powerful souls in the Underworld. They would use living people to exchange for some of the powerful, clean, and pure souls in their hands! "For us Spirit Realm experts, ordinary souls are useless even if we devour them. They can't help us achieve Nirvana! Therefore, we either choose to trade or hunt those powerful souls. However, only some big sects have the means to remove the impurities from their bodies.
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