"What are you thinking about?" Shroud asked.
"The past"
Gu Qing Shan replied.
He recalled the things that Fei Ying silently told him through voice transmission, then recalled Xiao Lou's identity.
At first, Xiao Lou didn't want to reveal his identity.
But the power of the Era's awakening wasn't something that he could control even as an Apostle.
It seems the other 'me' is constantly strengthening the power of the Saint Flame Pillar.
And the Saint Flame Pillar caused a miracle.
A miracle …
It was the news that Shroud mentioned — — -
Xie Gu Hong was still alive.
He was currently in a world of Huang Quan, drinking a cup of water from the Forgetting River every two hours.
… perhaps he wasn't actually alive.
After all, that was the world of Huang Quan.
Gu Qing Shan's thoughts were flashing through her mind.
Shroud's voice resounded in her ears: "Remembering the past … do you want a drink?"
Jang Young-ho immediately replied: "I've prepared some good liquor here"
He took out three large glasses from somewhere, poured a bottle of liquor into each of them, and gave them to the two of them.
"Here's to the past"
"Cheers"
Shroud and Jang Young-ho had been drinking together every day, so this wasn't anything out of the ordinary, so he received the glass and drank it all in one gulp.
He put the glass down and asked Gu Qing Shan: "Then, what do I do with these things?"
On his hand, there were balls of colorful lights flying back and forth.
— — the Elemental Roots.
The Elemental Roots of my homeworld.
Gu Qing Shan also finished her drink and replied: "With my Foundation Establishment realm cultivation, it won't be easy for me to travel to Huang Quan, but my sword is still waiting for me in the corresponding Huang Quan of this world"
"That's easy" Shroud casually replied.
He turned his hand and put the Elemental Roots away, then formed a blade with his fingers and lightly sliced the void of space.
The void of space silently parted, revealing endless darkness.
Shroud thought briefly and said: "Ying Hao, you're currently too weak to travel through space, stay in the human realm for now"
Jang Young-ho looked at the endless darkness of the void and muttered: "I have no objections … not at all …"
"Let's go" Gu Qing Shan said.
"Let's go."
Shroud grabbed his arm, then leapt forward and disappeared into the void of space, instantly going far away.
…
They continued to fly downward through the void.
Shroud's speed was so fast that the worlds filled with various types of energy along the way were nothing more than blurry lines.
Finally, the wind started to change.
All the wind was blowing downward vertically.
"I can sense the scent of death" Shroud said.
"Then we'll be there soon" Gu Qing Shan said.
The two flew for another ten minutes.
Finally, a dark cave thousands of meters wide appeared below.
The two of them hovered above the cave and looked down.
The dark cave was surrounded by gray water. Looking up, one could see caves of various sizes in the distance.
Some of those caves were emitting black smoke, while others were screaming and laughing.
There was even a cave that emitted colorful clouds and beautiful singing.
Shroud watched for a while, then said:
"Did you know? In the void, this place is called the Death Stopover Grounds."
"Oh? This is the first time I've heard of this term "Gu Qing Shan was intrigued.
Shroud pointed at the caves of various sizes and said: "After a living being dies, they would head to the corresponding Death Stopover according to the world system. For example, the Huang Quan within the Samsara, the Dead River within the River of Life and Death, or something like this"
Gu Qing Shan was surprised: "If that's the case, each cave represents a corresponding world of death?"
"Correct" Shroud replied.
His expression suddenly froze, then waved his hand to unleash a spell to conceal himself and Gu Qing Shan.
A few moments later.
Two figures floated down from the void above.
One was a handsome man with a black halo above his head, a pair of blood-red wings on his back, and a woman in his arms.
The woman was the Pope!
The man landed at the entrance of the caves, looked around, and immediately found his target.
"How much longer?" the Pope asked.
"Soon, we've just finished the most dangerous part of the journey" the man seemed to sigh in relief and patiently replied.
"Asmodeus, aren't I already dead? Why do you still feel like it's dangerous? "the Pope asked.
The man called Asmodeus replied: "Isa, you've just left the 'living' state and haven't reached the true Kingdom of Death yet, so this is a very dangerous time for a soul. However, we've already finished this path, so we can soon head towards the Eternal Night of Purgatory"
"Then what are we waiting for?" the Pope asked.
The man smiled: "That's right, with your participation, we can begin to construct a new Order — —"
His voice abruptly stopped.
— — -both he and the Pope had fallen into a state of stillness.
Shroud waved his hand to dispel the invisibility spell that enveloped his body, then said: "How interesting, the little insect that I just killed seems to have quite a deep connection with Purgatory"
He flew up and lightly plucked the man's head.
The black halo was plucked off.
Shroud glanced at it, then tossed it back to Gu Qing Shan: "How disappointing, so it's just a replica"
As soon as the halo came into her hand, a line of glowing text appeared in front of Gu Qing Shan's eyes:
[Hovering circular light bulb: Crown of the Lord of Evil (replica)]
[Special warning:]
[This is a counterfeit product that has not been authorized by the original, it has no value as a collector's item]
Gu Qing Shan put the halo back on the handsome man's head and said:
"Shroud, you only acted because you saw this halo, didn't you?"
"Ahahaha, black is very rare — — and I thought I would finally be able to get my hands on one, but this guy was wearing a fake" Shroud replied.
He flew around the man and woman a few times, then casually tapped the man's body.
The man's body instantly erupted in flames filled with the smell of sulfur, but they were quickly extinguished.
"So weak … tsk, should we capture them and ask them about it?" Shroud said.
"What kind of place is Eternal Night?" Gu Qing Shan asked.
"Once they enter the cave that leads to Eternal Night, it would be the same as entering the system of Purgatory itself. That is the land of death of Purgatory, vast and deep, containing too many secrets, but it has nothing to do with us" Shroud replied.
Gu Qing Shan looked at the two of them.
Only to see that the Pope was being held tightly by the man, unable to escape at all.
Shroud casually poked the two of them.
An invisible barrier silently manifested, then slowly faded away after a few moments.
"They have a tracking technique on them, so if anything happens to them, Purgatory would be notified" Shroud said.
Gu Qing Shan fell into thought for a few moments.
— — -now that I think about it, in the normal timeline, Purgatory almost never sent anyone out, nor did it cause any sort of commotion.
This time, instead of starting all over again, it would be better for Purgatory to remain silent.
"It's better to avoid unnecessary trouble, after all, we don't need to care about everything" he said.
"As you wish"
Shroud once again unleashed his invisibility technique, then lightly tapped the void of space — —
The two of them instantly regained their senses.
Unfortunately, the difference in strength between them and Shroud was too great, so they didn't notice anything that happened just now.
They leapt into the cave, fell into it, and slowly disappeared from sight.
Gu Qing Shan turned around, took a brief moment to discern, then pointed at another cave: "This one leads to Huang Quan"
Shroud replied: "We're going to Huang Quan to find your sword, right?"
"Not only that, ever since you met my Grandmaster, I've been thinking about Huang Quan, and now I've finally found a clue …" Gu Qing Shan replied.
"Xie Gu Hong? He didn't say anything "Shroud was confused.
"There's no need for him to say anything — — the fact that he's in a Huang Quan fragment world is a secret in itself. This secret has already been revealed to us, so we need to find the reason" Gu Qing Shan replied.
"Where do we start?" Shroud asked.
"After the Samsara collapsed, there were countless Huang Quan fragments, so why is it that only my homeworld's Huang Quan contained the Six Paths Great Mountain sword and the Devil King Warden Rod?" Gu Qing Shan asked.
"Is that really important?" Shroud shrugged.
"The Six Paths Great Mountain sword is the Grand Tie Wei Mountain's Divine Armament, while the Devil King Warden Rod is capable of ruling over the entirety of hell. I don't think it's a coincidence that these two most powerful Samsara Divine Armaments are in the same fragment world" Gu Qing Shan replied.
Shroud was a bit surprised.
That's right.
For such two powerful Divine Armaments to be hiding in the same fragment world, isn't that too much of a coincidence?
Could it be, someone had already arranged this countless years ago?
"The most suspicious one is the Devil King Warden Rod. Its Artifact Spirit is no longer here, so I've never found out what it actually went through in the past. We need to get to the bottom of this" Gu Qing Shan said.
"You think so much every day, aren't you tired?" Shroud sighed.
"Once the matter with the demons is dealt with, I won't think about anything else. I'll just find a place to open a hotel and cook for everyone every day" Gu Qing Shan replied.
"That's great, then I'll stay at your hotel" Shroud replied.
While talking, the two of them flew into the dark tunnel leading to Huang Quan.
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