Prime Devil Sect.
Liu Shanzi tidied up his luggage and checked the items in the bag he was carrying.
"Little Sheng said he's in seclusion. I don't know where he is, and he didn't say when he'll be back. When he's back and out of seclusion, tell him to come to the meeting and see if he can make it in time for the performance."
He Xiangzi and the other two disciples hurriedly agreed.
He Xiangzi now had a high reputation in the sect. Although she wasn't the strongest, umbrella girl Yingying and the new disciples who joined later were all stronger than her.
However, He Xiangzi was a kind and patient person. No matter what happened, if someone found her, she would do her best. She would not hesitate to lend a helping hand.
After a while, everyone believed that she was the Eldest Senior Sister.
Compared to the elusive First Disciple Brother Lu, who was rarely seen recently, He Xiangzi's popularity and prestige were much higher.
"Also, the number of people in the sect is increasing, and the Devil Qi in the Devil's Pool seems to be fading. I've already asked Yin Face and your Senior Brothers and Sisters to try to expand the Devil's Pool, so don't worry …" Liu Shanzi began to remind He Xiangzi about the management of the sect. Lu Sheng couldn't be relied on.
But they didn't notice that the bottom of the stone pillar next to them was covered in cracks. Thick grayish-white clouds filled the cracks.
A strange and wondrous sound was slowly reverberating in the clouds. It seemed to be corroding more cracks.
"Crack …"
The cracks on the stone pillar grew larger.
…
Cave of Ten Thousand Caves.
The huge cave was dyed pale yellow by the dancing flames.
The ceiling of the cave was covered with densely packed light yellow stalactites. These stalactites looked like spikes, like a stone forest, and more like hanging icicles.
The surrounding stone walls were covered in rough protrusions, as if they were casually kneaded mud mixed with gravel.
Blood Infant Huang Fu walked slowly on the drawbridge at the bottom of the cave. Below the drawbridge was a bottomless abyss. Cold air constantly gushed out of the abyss.
"Squeak … squeak …"
The drawbridge was made of metal chains. It was old and unmaintained, and constantly made ear-piercing scraping sounds. Accompanied by the whistling of the wind, the echoes reverberated throughout the cave.
Huang Fu advanced slowly with an expressionless face. His eyes scanned the surroundings vigilantly, guarding against any possible danger.
After crossing the suspension bridge, he walked onto a flat platform. In front of him were three black holes that looked like big mouths.
Huang Fu did not hesitate and decisively chose the third one from left to right.
Walking into the cave, there was a huge white jade scallop that was as tall as two people. The shell of the scallop was open, revealing the white flesh inside.
A hollow metal lantern the size of a wheel was lying quietly on the shell. A ball of blue flame was burning inside the lantern, which looked particularly eye-catching.
Huang Fu slowly approached the lantern and began to feel around, checking the traces around him.
"There's nothing wrong with the Silver Soul Lamp. This means that everything is normal with the underground seal. "Huang Fu frowned. He reached out his right hand towards the lantern.
When his palm was half a meter away from the lantern, it suddenly stopped as if it had hit an invisible barrier.
"The sealing formation is normal as well … It shouldn't be here." He shook his head and retracted his hand. Then, he turned around and walked back the way he came.
Crack.
Suddenly, a crisp sound came from the ground below the shell.
Huang Fu stopped in his tracks.
"What's that sound?" He looked down at his feet, but the corner where the sound came from was in the blind spot of the lantern's light. He could not see clearly in the darkness.
Huang Fu paused and brought the torch in his hand closer, trying to get a closer look.
All he could see was a thin crack on the ground. The wind was constantly pouring in, making whistling and cracking sounds.
"There's nothing." He frowned and turned around, preparing to go back the way he came.
"Pchht!"
Suddenly, a black thread flew out from the crack and penetrated the back of Huang Fu's neck, but he did not feel it at all.
…
"Crash."
The gravel under Lu Sheng's feet fell into the valley floor in large chunks. The tunnel finally came to an end.
He stood at the entrance of the tunnel and covered his eyes with his hands. He could not get used to the blinding light.
At the end of the tunnel was a huge golden plaza.
The plaza was boundless, with no end in sight. All he could see was golden and gray fog.
In the distance, there was something that looked like a Ferris wheel. It was spinning slowly in a corner of the plaza, emitting a golden glow.
The entire plaza was built in an extremely wide cave. At a glance, he could not see the end of the cave. All he could see was the gray stone wall that extended all the way to the end of the horizon.
Lu Sheng slowly walked out of the tunnel and stepped on the golden ground.
"Hiss …"
A wave of black smoke rose. It was the smoke of the filth under his feet being scorched by the high temperature.
"What a high temperature." Lu Sheng's expression froze. He looked away from the Ferris wheel and began to look in other directions.
Soon, a golden giant entered his field of vision.
It was a giant that had been hidden by the triangular building. It was seven or eight meters tall, and its entire body seemed to be made of gold.
It was currently carrying a large golden chest on its back and circling the triangular building.
"Bam, bam, bam, bam …"
The footsteps were not light, but they were not ear-piercing either. It was just a little stuffy, giving off a strange feeling of drowsiness.
Lu Sheng frowned. He tapped his feet lightly and rushed toward the golden giant.
He quickly covered the distance of several dozen kilometers. He came to the side of the golden giant and watched it walk in circles with heavy footsteps while carrying the large chest on its back.
The loud and heavy footsteps became clearer and louder as it got closer.
"Hello."
Lu Sheng greeted it loudly.
The golden giant was expressionless. Its movements were stiff as it continued to circle without any response.
"Hello?" Lu Sheng greeted it again.
But there was no response. The huge golden giant seemed to be a statue that only knew how to walk in a fixed path.
Lu Sheng frowned. He could not feel any vitality in the golden giant's body. He had come here to find the source of the River of Poisoned Fog, but he did not expect to come to another place.
The golden plaza stretched as far as the eye could see. It was like a complete underground world.
The ground was covered with smooth golden stone slabs with rough patterns. Other than the giant Ferris wheel, there was also the golden giant and the triangular building on the surrounding flat ground. These buildings and huge objects were all emitting a golden glow, so dazzling that one could not open their eyes.
The temperature of the air was also shockingly hot. It was dry, stuffy, and devoid of any moisture, reaching at least two to three hundred degrees.
"Is this really the source of the River of Poisoned Fog?" Lu Sheng returned to the entrance of the tunnel and carefully observed the river water flowing underground.
The river water flowed from an empty space on the golden plaza to the left of the tunnel.
Large amounts of black river water seeped out from the cracks of the golden stone slabs. Amidst the pure gold, it was like an inexplicable dot of ink on a large golden drawing board, extremely eye-catching.
Lu Sheng tapped his feet and landed lightly beside the golden stone slabs. The blood web vibrated and immediately peeled off a piece of the golden stone slabs along the cracks.
The slab that was as wide as a person was slowly lifted off, revealing a dark underground tunnel shrouded in gray fog.
Without a second thought, Lu Sheng stepped into the fog.
The blood web vibrated on its own, blowing away the fog and revealing yet another dark tunnel.
"This is …?"
Lu Sheng suddenly stretched out his hand and gently touched the walls of the tunnel. The rough walls were carved with countless pained faces. Tens of thousands of faces were all facing him, standing in the middle of the tunnel.
"This face … could it be?" He vaguely recalled a mythical creature he had read in the books.
A flash of interest and anticipation appeared on his face. Lu Sheng quickened his pace, ignoring the twisting force fields that filled the tunnel.
All the force fields that touched his body were nullified by his extremely strong physical body.
The tunnel was very long. Even with Lu Sheng's full speed, it took him more than an hour to reach the end.
At the end was a huge door made of tree roots with a giant eye carved on it. Countless black tree roots crawled all over the door, piercing into the giant eyeball.
The door had been pushed open by someone, revealing a crack. The endless stream of River of Poisoned Fog flowed out from the crack.
"It's here …" Lu Sheng waved his hand and released a Yin Demon. It was the most disobedient Lion of Wrath.
"Go, open the door!" He pointed at the door not far away.
"Roar!"
The Lion of Wrath wanted to get angry, but looking at Lu Sheng's expression, it finally gave up struggling. It obediently walked to the door and started using its head to push open the crack.
"Rumble …"
The door moved slightly, and then grew a little larger, and then there was no more movement.
No matter how hard the Lion of Wrath tried, it didn't budge.
Lu Sheng narrowed his eyes, feeling that this place was a little strange. From the beginning until now, he had not seen any living things. Other than himself, there was the golden giant that was like a trap. And the tree roots in front of him were just withered, dead things.
'Rumor has it that the Prime Devil Sect only discovered this place and built their sect headquarters here. But in reality, many things here have existed for a long time.' Information that he had once recorded flashed through Lu Sheng's mind. 'From the passage I came from, the founder of the Prime Devil Sect couldn't have endured the corrosion of Devil Qi for so long and found this place. In other words, this place should have existed before the Prime Devil Sect was founded. '
He raised his hand, and the Lion of Wrath instantly turned into a puff of black smoke, flew back behind him, and disappeared into his shadow.
Approaching the door, Lu Sheng looked in through the dark crack.
It was only the size of a palm, and he could see most of the view inside.
In a dark hall, a transparent glass bottle more than ten meters tall stood upright. The bottle was soaked with a gray liquid, and countless pale worm-like things were densely packed together.
Lu Sheng squinted, trying to see more clearly. He shifted his position, trying to move towards the bottle.
"Chi!"
Suddenly, an eye blocked his line of sight.
A pale, ferocious, bloodshot eyeball seemed to be looking at him through the crack.
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