Gu Qing Shan stuck close to the wall as he flew downwards.
Cold wind filled the entire dark cave, occasionally erupting from the depths of the ground and howling towards the top of the cave.
A lingering shadow appeared in Gu Qing Shan's heart.
A line of glowing text appeared on the War God UI, reminding him of his current situation.
[Currently passing through the Huang Quan passage]
[The path ahead has been blocked by demons, please wait for confirmation before moving forward]
[Confirmation complete, the strongest demon ahead is an Ascended realm late stage, please fight as hard as you can]
Gu Qing Shan released his inner sight and moved forward with his sword in hand.
At the same realm, killing is the easiest thing for him.
Even if it's a Sainted realm cultivator, with Gu Qing Shan's Sword Saint level fighting prowess, he should be able to put up a fight.
Not too long after, the second battle ended.
Gu Qing Shan continued to go deeper.
He held the Earth sword and Chao Yin sword in hand, not letting them go.
He couldn't help but take a defensive stance as he moved forward.
Time slowly passed.
After a while, Gu Qing Shan suddenly stopped.
There was nothing within the range of his inner sight.
But Gu Qing Shan silently retreated a few feet.
It wasn't until he felt a bit more assured that he stopped.
He carefully crouched down on the wall, carefully sensing the faint existence that was drifting about in the darkness.
The darkness seemed to have become a tangible substance, deep and silent.
After a while, Gu Qing Shan finally sensed an unknown presence.
Right, this is the presence that's making me feel uneasy.
He carefully used his inner sight to wrap around the presence, carefully checking it.
Without any warning, a feeling that could cause one to fall into a trance suddenly appeared.
— — -it was the same feeling he felt when the guillotine chopped down on him.
This kind of terrifying feeling suddenly arrived, fiercely attacking his entire soul.
If it was someone who's never felt this before, they might be able to quickly escape from it.
After all, there's only a tiny bit of this presence.
But Gu Qing Shan didn't escape right away.
He was trembling madly.
Because it was too sudden.
Because he already knew what kind of existence was waiting for him at the bottom of the cave.
Gu Qing Shan looked down.
Below.
In the depths of the Dark Cave, which was extremely far away from him.
The faint aura emitted from the Demon God's body was once again blown up by the cold wind.
This aura continued to invade Gu Qing Shan's senses, causing him to recall some things that happened too long ago.
"How unexpected." Gu Qing Shan muttered in a low voice.
He took a deep breath and exhaled.
Finally, he regained his composure.
In his previous life, the moment when he perished together with the Demon God would forever remain in his heart.
He had never forgotten the aura of the Demon God. He had never forgotten the feeling that the Demon God gave off.
He would never allow himself to forget anything related to the Demon God.
Forgetting the past meant betrayal.
Gu Qing Shan woke up from the past.
He began to think about whether he should continue this exploration or not.
The Demon Lord was guarding the Yellow Springs passage.
This was almost unsolvable.
Suddenly, a voice came from the darkness not far away.
"Save … save me …"
His voice was as soft as a mosquito's, filled with extreme despair, as if he would die in the next second.
Gu Qing Shan was a bit surprised.
From where the voice came from, the person calling for help was very far away from the Demon Lord, but very close to Gu Qing Shan.
Gu Qing Shan didn't move forward, instead retreated as fast as he could, heading back the way he came.
At the same time, two new lines of notification appeared on the War God UI.
[Currently passing the last section of the Yellow Springs passage]
The notification suddenly turned blood-red.
[There is a Demon Lord ahead, if the player goes there, being killed instantly is the only outcome]
Gu Qing Shan retreated, and retreated, until he reached a place he felt was safe.
He crouched down on top of a vertical rock wall and put the Chao Yin Sword on the ground.
"Go bring that person here, be careful, don't let them find out" Gu Qing Shan whispered.
The Chao Yin Sword let out a 'wu wu' sound, stuck close to the rock wall and silently flew down.
After an unknown amount of time.
The Chao Yin Sword brought a person back.
When it was about 20 meters away from Gu Qing Shan, the Chao Yin Sword stopped.
Gu Qing Shan released his inner sight to check on the other party.
This person was like a melted candle, only able to crawl on the ground, unable to do anything like a normal human.
"Hu — — - oi — - oi!"
The other party was making hurried noises, but his condition was getting worse, he couldn't even speak properly anymore.
"You can't be saved" Gu Qing Shan whispered.
Sword phantoms continued to flash.
Countless tiny sword phantoms moved at the same time, slicing the person into a puddle of blood.
A faint figure appeared from the puddle of blood.
It was a soul.
As soon as the soul appeared, the first thing he did was look at his own body.
When he found out that he was really dead, he immediately showed a look of joy.
The soul spoke to Gu Qing Shan: "You've helped me a lot, I'll soon be transported back by a preset spell, so let's keep this short"
"No need to be so polite, why are you here? Or with your body? "Gu Qing Shan asked.
The soul replied: "For the past few months, I've been coming here every once in a while to study the demons"
Gu Qing Shan couldn't believe it: "There are countless types of demons, how could you do such a thing? Aren't you afraid of running into a demon that you can't win against?"
The soul sighed: "It wasn't until the moment of my death that I realized that I was too immersed in studying the unknown, forgetting the dangers of the unknown"
"Thank you for killing me, so that I wouldn't have to become a part of that Demon Lord, this is a great favor that I can't repay, so is there anything I can help you with?"
"How did you enter this place with your body?"
"Hm? This is a very crude method. "The soul showed a puzzled expression.
"Because I don't know how to use my soul to leave my body, I had no choice but to come here with my body"
"Actually, it's even more dangerous to come here with your body, because it's too easy to get hurt or killed"
Gu Qing Shan nodded.
The soul seemed to have sensed something and said: "I have to return to my own world, I've prepared a backup vessel for my soul there"
"To repay you, before I leave, I'll tell you a secret"
"Please tell me"
The soul briefly organized his words and spoke: "After countless years of research, I believe that there is a unique thing that is helping the demons"
"A unique thing?"
"Yes, it's an indescribable existence that can help demons grow faster."
"Fiendish demons of different levels have different things like this."
"What exactly is the thing that you're talking about?"
"I don't know either, but that thing definitely exists"
The soul's expression was filled with fear.
"That's right, that thing definitely exists, definitely"
He chanted a long incantation.
Ting …
The sound of metal hitting the ground.
Gu Qing Shan looked back, only to see a small metal seal rolling on the ground a few times.
The metal seal jumped up by itself and hovered in front of the soul.
"I have to go, this is the emblem of our Spire's guardian, unless it's a great favor, we would never reveal it to anyone"
"Take it, if you ever meet one of our people, show this to him, he will definitely help you"
"I really have to go, goodbye"
With a small sound, the soul disappeared.
The metal seal slowly flew in front of Gu Qing Shan.
Gu Qing Shan caught it.
On the emblem, there was a dark tower, towering over a red plain.
As Gu Qing Shan looked at this spire, he felt it was a bit familiar.
This seems to be the same lighthouse I saw when I went through the space vortex towards the giant black corpse's world.
Which means, they're existences that took root in the space vortex?
Gu Qing Shan put the emblem away and began to think about what the man said before he left.
"Helping the demons grow faster — — -" Gu Qing Shan mused.
With a flash of inspiration, he recalled a not-so-distant past of Bai Hua sect.
Before the semester examination, the master and disciple of Bai Hua sect once talked about demons.
Qin Xiaolou sighed: "A few Sainted realm demons would pop up from time to time, but our human race only has 3 Sainted realm cultivators after so many years"
"I really don't understand, is it really that easy for demons to reach Sainted realm?"
Qin Xiaolou was a bit annoyed.
At the time, Hundred Flowers Fairy continued: "Sainted realm demons win purely through sheer numbers, a single one of them isn't even enough for me to fight with one hand"
"Sorrow and Xuanyuan also felt the same"
"We really can't do anything about it — — we're clearly stronger than them, but there's too many of them, we can't defeat them all at once. Not to mention, we can't use our full strength, otherwise, if anything goes wrong and one of us dies, humanity's strength as a whole will greatly decrease, it's very dangerous"
"That's also why we don't act rashly"
Those were Hundred Flowers Fairy's own words.
At the time, Gu Qing Shan had only just joined the sect, so he didn't think too much of it after hearing it.
But now, deep inside the dark tunnel, he heard a different kind of doubt from a soul from another world.
Gu Qing Shan finally faced this question.
"Demons … there's something helping them …" he muttered in a low voice.
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