Gu Qing Shan stood still on the surface of the river for a while.
It wasn't until the Demon Lord's corpse floated down the river that he pulled back his gaze.
Silence, only the sound of the river breeze could be heard.
Gu Qing Shan looked up.
The Forgetting River was vast, occasionally shrouded in mist, making it impossible to see the end of the river.
The only thing he could see was Shui Yuntian.
Gu Qing Shan was silently surprised.
According to legends, this Huang Quan river was supposed to be filled with dead people.
Everyone who died used this river to travel to either hell or reincarnation.
There should be a ferryman on the Forgetting River.
— — of course, that was the cultivation world's Forgetting River, with a skeleton woman as the ferryman.
As for Reality, according to the machines of Huang Quan, it might even be a ferry.
Gu Qing Shan waited for a bit longer.
He still couldn't see anything.
Strange, all living beings come here after death, even if the passage is blocked, there should still be some sort of Divinity here.
Why was the Yellow Springs so empty?
Gu Qing Shan couldn't help but ask: "System, why can't I see a single living thing?
[Ting]!
The System replied: [Because Huang Quan is filled with dead people]
Gu Qing Shan replied: "I know, what I mean is, why can't I see the manager or guardian of Huang Quan?"
[The System doesn't know what happened in Huang Quan, please explore the world of Huang Quan by yourself]
Gu Qing Shan could only give up on asking.
If that's the case, I'll just act quickly.
Lines of glowing text started to appear on the War God UI.
[Attention please]
[You've schemed to kill a Remodeled Demon Lord, this is unprecedented in the 6 worlds' history]
"This historic moment will be known by many struggling worlds through various special methods."
[Because the Demon Lord was killed by the Forgetting River, you cannot obtain Soul Points]
[You've triggered a special War God Title Quest]
[User, please continue to work hard and kill another Demon Lord to obtain the corresponding War God Title]
Reading through it, Gu Qing Shan couldn't help but shake his head.
This is a bit similar to when I first obtained the Hitman Title.
The title of War God was a good thing, but the inconvenient thing was that the system didn't even tell him what the title was.
Gu Qing Shan tried asking, but the system didn't reply at all.
At this time, another line of glowing text appeared on the War God UI.
"Your actions have attracted the attention of certain existences within the Yellow Springs."
[Please treat this attention seriously, because it will determine your treatment in Huang Quan]
At this moment, Gu Qing Shan seemed to have sensed something and craned her neck to take a look.
A row of glowing numbers floated above his head.
“0000”
Gu Qing Shan asked curiously, "What is this?"
A voice replied: [Hello, I'm sorry to bother you, but since you've entered Huang Quan, you must be included in my statistics]
"Who are you?"
"I'm a Merit Calculator, every dead person that enters Huang Quan has to be bound to me, so that I can easily check how much Merit they have"
"When one's Merit is negative, the deceased must continue to suffer in hell."
"When their Merit reaches zero or a positive number, they will be able to leave hell and reincarnate"
Gu Qing Shan nodded and pointed above her head: "Then why am I 0000?"
"Because you're a living person, only when you're dead can I calculate your Merit, this is called sealing the coffin"
"That's a bit too obvious, can you not display it?" Gu Qing Shan asked.
[Of course I can] the Merit Calculator replied.
Immediately, the number above Gu Qing Shan's head disappeared.
"Why didn't you go to the human realm?" Gu Qing Shan asked.
The Merit Calculator answered: [My display function only works in hell, why would I go to the human realm?]
Gu Qing Shan thought that was true, so she said: "I want to ask you something"
"I'm sorry, I can't tell you anything unrelated to Merit."
"Just a small matter."
The other party didn't answer.
Gu Qing Shan asked a few more questions.
The Merit Calculator remained silent.
Gu Qing Shan begrudgingly gave up.
He glanced around.
Let's start searching first and find out the truth of Huang Quan as soon as possible.
With that in mind, Gu Qing Shan swung the Chao Yin sword to split the river.
There's nothing on the surface, so I might as well go to the bottom.
He leapt down towards the bottom of the Forgetting River.
The river avoided him and silently flowed around him.
Occasionally, some strange things would be carried away by the river.
Gu Qing Shan landed at the bottom of the river.
Underneath his feet was a thick layer of grey-white rock. Gu Qing Shan tried swinging the Earth sword and lightly slashed it.
Sparks flew.
But the rock on the ground was untouched.
The Earth sword's 86,370,000 tons of weight was enough to deal with even Divinities and Demons, but it couldn't cut through the bottom of the Forgetting River.
[Both the Forgetting River and these rocks are manifestations of the Laws of Huang Quan, so I can't cut through them] the Earth sword explained with its booming voice.
"Hm, it's fine, I'm just curious" Gu Qing Shan replied.
He sighed in relief.
I've finally arrived at the world of Huang Quan.
He looked at the Soul Points that were being drained from the War God UI — — using even a sea of bitterness requires Soul Points.
Fortunately, after the Chao Yin sword refined that drop of Forgetting River water, this consumption rate was very low, and very slow.
These 1000 Soul Points were well spent.
I only have a bit more than 1000 Soul Points left.
Gu Qing Shan randomly chose a direction and prepared to move.
He decided to try walking a bit further at the bottom of the river, wait until he's far enough from the dark tunnel before leaving the Forgetting River to check out the situation.
Suddenly, a female voice came from behind him.
"Please … wait a minute"
Gu Qing Shan froze.
This voice wasn't the Merit Accountant Machine from before.
He slowly turned around, only to find nothing.
In the river, various inexplicable things would occasionally be carried away by the undercurrent.
But Gu Qing Shan didn't see anything near him.
As soon as he fell into the river, he released his inner sight to check his surroundings.
Even now, his inner sight is still constantly covering a radius of several hundred miles.
Perhaps some powerful cultivators find it too tiring and troublesome to constantly use their inner sight to check their surroundings, but Gu Qing Shan definitely wouldn't make such a low-level mistake.
His inner sight scanned around three times.
He still couldn't find anything.
This made Gu Qing Shan serious.
Gu Qing Shan clasped his fist and bowed, asking: "Sir, can you show yourself?"
"Since you were able to take on a Demon Lord by yourself, of course I want to meet you, please wait a moment"
This female voice sounded exceptionally cold, with a hint of vigilance and killing intent.
Gu Qing Shan sharply sensed this killing intent.
He suddenly had a thought.
"What number machine are you?" he asked.
"Ah? You know about Huang Quan's machines? "the female voice was surprised.
"Of course, I've already met with the Prayers Trial Machine"
"Which means, you're their customer?"
"No, we're friends"
"Is that so … but I can't trust you so easily, after all, even the Demon Lord couldn't catch you just now, there must be something special about you" the female voice was still cautious.
Gu Qing Shan calmed down a bit.
This is probably one of the 88 machines.
It's able to hide at the bottom of the Forgetting River, what a unique ability.
A flash of inspiration appeared in Gu Qing Shan's mind.
That's right, no matter what happened in Huang Quan, if I can bring a powerful machine back, the human realm might gain a bit more power.
Thinking that, Gu Qing Shan very seriously spoke: "I really am your friend, I know that you have 88 machines, this number is because of a superstitious Divinity that thinks this number is good"
The female voice hesitantly asked: "You know that? Then, do you know what happened to that Divinity? "
Gu Qing Shan recalled the Prayers Trial Machine's words and replied: "He was the first to die"
"What else do you know?"
"The Prayers Trial Machine requires blood to operate, right, there's a machine that likes to prank people, called the Anger Calming Machine, it's the husband of the Prayers Trial Machine"
The female voice calmed down and muttered: "You even know about such a secret between machines, and you're a human soul, seems like you're not an enemy …"
That lingering murderous intent disappeared.
Rumble rumble!
The ground shook.
Gu Qing Shan anxiously waited.
The sturdy grey-white rocks began to split apart.
These rocks that even the Earth sword couldn't cut were quickly split apart.
A blue cluster of light rose up from the ground, carrying a bit of cold air.
The cluster of light slowly dissipated to reveal an ancient lady.
She wore a blue dress, her posture was light, her lips were bright red, her eyes were like a phoenix, but her expression carried a faint sense of coldness.
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