Time flew by and in the blink of an eye, close to twenty days had passed.
Pan Xuan had stopped patrolling long ago and gave the mission to others. She stayed in the temporary camp and slacked off. When she wanted to work, she went to work. When she didn't want to work, she went to find Madam Xue and chat with her. She could also go to Soul Alliance and see how things were going.
Everything was in order. The only thing she was worried about was that Gu Zheng still hadn't returned.
It wasn't that there wasn't any good news. As she became more familiar with the construction, the formation was about ten days earlier than expected.
On this day, Pan Xuan had just returned from Soul Alliance with Madam Xue when a family member stopped her outside.
"Young Lady Pan Xuan, the elders have something important to tell you."
"You can go back by yourself." Madam Xue smiled and said to Pan Xuan. She then lowered her head and said to her child, "Quickly say goodbye to your sister!"
"Wah, me."
The child said incoherently. His small hand waved at Pan Xuan and almost hit Madam Xue's face.
"Ok, I'll come find you next time." Pan Xuan smiled as she watched Madam Xue take her child away before turning around.
"I know, I'll go now!"
In a temporary tent in the middle, the five elders and Young Master Feng were in an intense discussion. Pan Xuan entered and saw that everyone's faces were very unsightly.
"What's going on? Did something happen?"
Pan Xuan sat down and asked. She thought that nothing strange had happened in the past few days.
"You came at the right time. Something really did happen and it's very serious." Elder Jin said seriously.
Pan Xuan heard the news and her face slowly turned serious.
"Is it that serious? Is there a way to treat it? Have you found the source?" Pan Xuan asked.
In a few short hours, from the people guarding the soul river to the busy family members, they all had varying degrees of weakness, as if they had been poisoned.
"We haven't found a way to treat it. It seems to be targeted at us. Soul Alliance's people are fine. Through our analysis, it should be the black fog under the soul river. The people next to it are the most seriously affected. The weakness caused them to lose at least thirty percent of their strength." Young Master Feng interrupted.
"Isn't the black fog not affecting them? Hurry up and block that way! " Pan Xuan was a little excited. She didn't expect that everything would develop like this in such a short time when she went out.
"We can't seal it. When the problem arose, traces of water yaos appeared in the Soul River below. We noticed them while they were observing the river. The Soul River is likely to pass through our central area. If we seal it, if the water yaos sneak in and cause trouble, we'll be in big trouble. Some materials can't be duplicated," Shui Ling hurriedly said.
"Could it be that we can only watch helplessly? What if the enemy attacks us?" Pan Xuan blurted out the worry in her heart.
"That's what we're thinking as well. However, since they're here, we can only accept their challenge," Huo Yao said, clenching his fists.
"This is also our carelessness. We thought that after the other side knew of our existence, they would tactfully leave. It has to be known that even if there were only two thousand of us, it wouldn't be easy for the other side to swallow us down." Mu Xuan said.
"To deal with the yaos, each of our clansmen can fight against five of them. After laying down the Ten Thousand Mysterious Blood Array, even if the other side had twenty thousand people, they wouldn't be our match. However, our losses aren't small either. Now that the other side has used a dirty trick behind our backs, causing our strength to drop, it's hard to say." Tu Li said with emotion.
"We still have too few people. Why don't we activate the small array first and let a group of clansmen come over first?" Pan Xuan thought for a moment and said.
The core array's main purpose was to let the old ancestor come over. It required a lot of power, but it didn't need to be fully assembled. It could also open a temporary passage, just like Young Master Feng did before. They could continue to tear open the passage and let the clansmen come over.
"This is where we're debating." Young Master Feng explained from the side.
"If we let our clansmen come over, it will greatly increase our strength. However, because of the lack of power, it will cause us to be unable to activate it again for at least a hundred years. The old ancestor won't be able to come over, so we're in a dilemma."
"But if we don't activate it, our strength will drop. I'm afraid that the other side has a premeditated plan and can attack us at any time. At that time, they'll directly destroy us."
"We can prepare for both sides. If they dare to come over, we can kill a group and use the previous array to absorb power and tear open another passage. "Pan Xuan immediately said.
"That's a good idea. However, what if Wen Tianhou comes over? The other side only needs to interrupt us. The danger is too high." Young Master Feng asked back. They had already discussed this.
"Is there no good way?" Pan Xuan quickly thought in her heart.
"Of course there is. It's to get rid of the curse or poison in our clansmen and create the Ten Thousand Mysterious Blood Array. With Soul Alliance's help, we can easily defeat them. After all, we have a lot of people. Even if Soul Alliance's strength has dropped, we still have a lot of people. It's enough to deal with their puppet demon souls." Boss Jin immediately said.
"Elder, the clansmen patrolling outside have an urgent matter to report."
Just at this moment, a report came from outside.
"What's the matter!"
When the clan leader came in, Elder Jin immediately asked.
"The demon souls have already gathered an army and are coming over from the Soul River Bridge." The clan leader panted as he replied. He had been desperately rushing back the entire way.
"How many people are there?" Pan Xuan asked.
"I'm not sure exactly how many there are, but it's a black mass. I estimate there are at least fifty thousand people. However, the other side's speed of crossing the bridge isn't fast. According to the time, they'll be here in at least fifteen days." The clan member immediately said. Clearly, he had already calculated this beforehand.
"I know. Go outside and receive your people. Once you come back, don't come back first. Go to Soul Alliance." Elder Jin told him to leave before speaking to everyone.
"Clearly, this is the other side's scheme. Although the condition in our bodies hasn't appeared yet, it's because our cultivation is higher and we can't eliminate the possibility of being poisoned. After all, we're all here. However, most of the people below have already shown slight symptoms and are getting worse."
"At least, it seems that the other side has at most weakened us by thirty percent. Isn't that the only good news?" Mu Xuan suddenly said.
"This truly isn't a very funny joke. The other side is serious this time. This is probably their strongest force. Perhaps Wen Tianhou is also following. No matter when the old ancestor comes, if the other side escapes into a small world, I'm afraid the old ancestor won't be able to chase after them." Shui Ling said.
Everyone silently nodded in their hearts. This was the reason why the other side wasn't afraid. If it was the scale of the demon souls last time, there was still hope. However, there were too many this time. Even if they called for reinforcements, they probably wouldn't be able to stop the other side.
"Before the other side comes, can the old ancestor come?" Young Master Feng suddenly said.
"No, he needs at least forty more days. Even if he dies from exhaustion, he won't be able to finish it in fifteen days." Elder Jin slowly shook his head.
No one said anything for a while. Everyone had a headache thinking about how to get through this crisis.
As for escaping, they didn't even think about it.
However, disregarding the enormous number of enemies, just Wen Tianhou alone was enough to give them a headache. Moreover, there were also numerous elders and family leaders. None of them were strong, but their numbers were tens of times greater than theirs. Especially since most of Soul Alliance's strength was slowly declining. Even if they all worked together, they still wouldn't be the other side's opponent.
"Elders, Elder Gu has returned. He's currently at Soul Alliance. Should we invite him back?" Just as everyone was having a headache, someone came in and asked. This was someone Pan Xuan had arranged.
"Quickly invite him back."
Pan Xuan immediately said. After seeing the other person leave, she turned around to look at the others. Her face carried a trace of excitement, causing Young Master Feng to speak.
"Even if the other side comes alone, it's useless. Can the other side get rid of all of them?"
"You don't know, but I believe the other side has a solution. At least it's better than us being helpless." Pan Xuan had blind trust in Gu Zheng and said very confidently.
"I hope so. In any case, we don't have anything else to do right now. I'll just wait here for him and see what he has that's worth your trust." Young Master Feng said somewhat jealously.
The other side had helped Shura quite a bit, but he didn't know why the old ancestor treated him so differently, raising him to such a high position. Even now, when he saw the other side, he had to respectfully call him Elder Gu. Naturally, he wasn't too willing. One had to know that when the other side was below him, he couldn't even be bothered to look at him.
"Let's wait and see."
Pan Xuan lightly laughed. Thinking that if Gu Zheng came, he would definitely have a solution, even the worry in her heart dissipated.
As for the remaining five elders, they didn't know much about Gu Zheng. However, when they remembered the importance the old ancestor placed on Gu Zheng, they inexplicably had some expectations for him. Perhaps they could actually obtain some useful methods from him.
Just as the Shura Clan people were looking for Gu Zheng, he was currently with City Lord Liu and the others, listening to what was happening here.
"Everyone has worked hard. Let's send those people back first." quickly after listening to them speak, Gu Zheng directly said.
Even if those Soul Alliance members returned to hell, they wouldn't be the same as before. With order, those who should reincarnate would reincarnate and those who should be sent to hell to suffer.
"They're here." Ruo Chen volunteered and brought Gu Zheng to a restriction not far away.
"City Lord Ruo, we didn't know about our city lord's betrayal. Let us out, we can go fight Wen Tianhou."
"We're innocent. We're all Soul Alliance members. Spare our lives."
Ruo Chen brought Gu Zheng to the side. The sealed former Soul Alliance members yelled at Ruo Chen.
"Why do they look like they're about to die? What did you say before?" Gu Zheng saw their reactions and found it strange.
"They think they're related to those city lords or that we want to kill a chicken to scare the monkey. Of course they don't want to die." Ruo Chen didn't respond to their pleas. Instead, she controlled the restriction so that the voices inside couldn't come out. She continued to speak to Gu Zheng.
"Those who betrayed us and recovered their memories, we also put restrictions on them. We promised them that as long as they got rid of Wen Tianhou, we would let them go. We even told them that they didn't need to be afraid of death. Their souls were all recorded in the Life and Death Book and they would naturally have a chance to be reborn. However, they would be weak for a long time. Therefore, those people weren't afraid of Wen Tianhou at all. If they had any other thoughts, we could scatter their souls at any time."
"Can they believe that?" Gu Zheng said, surprised.
"Very much. Anyone who touches that paper will have basic information about hell imprinted in their minds. Adding on the upheaval a while ago, they believe without a doubt. Only those demon souls were forcefully controlled by City Lord Liu and us. At least when we fight, we can control them to block the first wave of attacks." Ruo Chen explained.
"It's a pity that no matter who they are, no matter what their cultivation was in life, all the wandering souls in the past would walk on the Bridge of Helplessness and drink a bowl of Meng Po's Soup. Only then would they have a chance to be reincarnated." Gu Zheng said regretfully.
"Is that where everyone's final destination is?" Ruo Chen was just a demon soul. The information wasn't imprinted in their minds. Therefore, they didn't understand. It was all from City Lord Niu and the others.
"Yes and no. As long as you have the strength, you can also jump out. But in the past, no matter what your cultivation was, as long as you died, you would have to go through. No one could resist. If we didn't forcefully baptize them, they would have gone in eventually."
Gu Zheng didn't mention names in detail. He didn't know the current situation of hell. He only knew that the hell was already fully operational. He estimated that it would wait until the establishment of the Heavenly Court before it would officially start. Before that, there were still many loopholes. However, he didn't plan to go there without a reason.
If he wanted to interfere with the operation of the hell, he would have to bear extraordinary karma. For now, there was no reason for him to do so. Birth, old age, sickness, and death were part of the operation of the Heavenly Dao. Apart from the Saints, no one could escape from it. Therefore, with the help of his master, he wanted to break through to the Saint Realm and completely transcend heaven and earth.
"Let's send them away first. Maybe it's a good thing for them." Gu Zheng looked at nearly a thousand people in front of him. He knew that there would be more people behind him. He didn't want to waste any more time.
"Okay!"
Gu Zheng opened his mouth. The paper that was baptizing the people outside immediately flew into his hand. Looking at the people in front of him who were constantly opening their mouths and trying to say something, with some pleading and fear, Gu Zheng raised his arm. The paper in his hand suddenly emitted a bright yellow light, enveloping all the people in front of him. No one could see what was happening inside the light.
Very quickly, when the light dissipated, the person inside had already disappeared. The layer of yellow light on the paper became even softer. After Gu Zheng placed the paper back in its original position, the baptism speed of the other party had increased by twofold.
"If there's nothing else, I'll go talk to the Shura first. They still don't know about the news I brought." After Gu Zheng was done, he prepared to go.
"Okay, then we'll start preparing. However, I'm afraid we'll just be watching the show. This is good. It'll save us a lot of trouble." Ruo Chen nodded.
"Yes. As long as it takes less than three months, we'll be able to achieve victory. However, we can't be careless. It'll be good if the other party comes to ruin things," Gu Zheng said.
"Can they come? You should know that once they leave the area, their strength will decrease. It's impossible." Ruo Chen wasn't worried at all that the other party would come.
"Elder Gu, our elder wants to see you." At this time, the Shura who came to look for Gu Zheng said.
"Oh? What's the matter? "
He had just returned and they couldn't wait to see him. Clearly, something had happened and they hurriedly came to find him.
"I'm not sure. Lady Pan Xuan and Prince Feng are both together." This member clearly didn't know what had happened over there. He had been guarding Gu Zheng the entire time.
"I'll go over there first. We'll talk later." Gu Zheng said goodbye to Ruo Chen.
.....
The group of imprisoned Soul Alliance members all felt their bodies no longer under the yellow light. They all floated up towards the center of the paper.
Their last thought was to fall into a whirlpool. When they regained consciousness, they found that everyone was in a line, walking in a familiar place. Looking closely, they found that the surroundings were the outskirts of Underworld.
Under the illumination of the yellow light, they actually arrived at the center of the place. What made them even more terrified was that although they could control their eyes, they couldn't control anything else. They were like ordinary people, being transported by a mysterious force as they slowly walked forward.
Among them, Qi Tian was in the line. He looked around out of the corner of his eyes in fear.
They didn't know where they were, nor did they know where they were going. They had even lost their sense of time. They just kept walking like this. On the way, there were people who were just as confused as them, walking beside them like zombies. The only difference was that they had completely lost their consciousness, unlike them who still had their own thoughts. This made him even more frightened. Even though he was mentally prepared, he didn't expect it to turn out like this.
After an unknown amount of time, he finally found himself in an unfamiliar place. An enormous black signboard floated in the air in front of him. On it were two eerie words.
"Ghost Gate."
At the same time, the sound of flowing water appeared in his ears. At this time, the whole line slowed down. They could only move forward bit by bit. He couldn't do anything but wait anxiously. He also knew that the others were in the same state as him. They could only be like this, as if they were trapped in a doll that couldn't move.
After an unknown amount of time, he finally came to the front. He could see that a yellow river was surging endlessly below, and there was only a green bridge above. Some people were walking on it, swaying. On the side, there was a ten stone tablet that was as tall as three people, letting him know that the bridge in front of him was the Bridge of Helplessness. An old woman was shouting with a smile.
"Drink this bowl of Meng Po Soup, cross the Bridge of Helplessness, wash away the mortal aura on your body, and welcome yourself to a new world."
After saying that, a bowl of muddy white soup was handed to him. Even if he didn't want to drink it, he couldn't control his arm. He picked it up and drank it directly. A lot of soup spilled on his body. In the end, he returned the empty bowl to the other party.
He only felt that his consciousness was beginning to blur. He stepped onto the bridge and swayed forward.
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