The monsters were whispering to each other.
Listening to their conversation, Gu Qing Shan suddenly realized something.
— — the monsters didn't think that he could understand their conversation.
After all, in the Age of Old, no cultivator could communicate with these monsters, and no one could understand their language.
But when Gu Qing Shan was fighting for the three Desolate Divine Armaments, Little Xi gave him a Lapis Language Card that recorded the Desolate language.
According to Little Xi, this was the common language used by the Divinities and monsters in the Age of Old. It had already been abandoned by the Divinities, but because she was a powerful weapon of the Divinities and had to fight against the Desolate monsters as a main force, the Divinities gave her this language.
— — -no human had ever understood this language.
Gu Qing Shan's mind moved quickly.
He simply maintained his cross-legged posture and quietly floated in the air without moving.
Unfortunately, the monsters only said a few words before going silent.
The 13th floor of the underground prison quickly returned to silence.
Only the blood that covered the entire floor, almost up to his knees, continued to flow down.
Splash.
Splash.
Splash.
Like a tidal wave, the blood flowed rhythmically.
Gu Qing Shan waited for a while longer.
The three powerful Desolate monsters still didn't seem to want to say anything.
Gu Qing Shan felt like he was being scratched by a cat — —
Why aren't the three monsters talking?
Can't they just casually chat about something?
Even the most insignificant of conversations can help Gu Qing Shan understand them a bit better.
Time slowly passed.
The monsters still didn't say anything.
Gu Qing Shan's thoughts slowly came to a halt.
He suddenly opened his eyes and curiously looked at the ground.
"Strange, where did all this blood come from? Even the formation leading to the next floor is covered in it, how troublesome "
While talking, Gu Qing Shan formed a hand seal to draw the blood from the void of space into the air, slowly forming a giant ball of blood.
All the blood on the ground was absorbed by the spell, revealing the formation leading to the next floor.
Countless runes covered the entire formation, the spirit stones were also embedded in the grooves.
As long as he went down and activated the formation, Gu Qing Shan would be able to enter the next floor.
He looked at the formation, then at the giant ball of blood in the air, as if he was considering whether he should go down.
Suddenly, a low scream came from underground.
The sound was clearly coming from deep underground.
Following that, new blood started to seep out of the ground.
The blood quietly covered the ground, then began to rise, finally forming a knee-deep pool of blood.
Gu Qing Shan muttered to herself, "How strange, should I collect it again?"
Suddenly, the three monsters on the wall began to move.
They moved their bodies restlessly.
The conversation finally started again.
"This fool, we can't let him provoke that existence below again" one of the monsters muttered.
Its tone was filled with panic and urgency.
The other monster hurriedly said: "Why don't we tell him that he absolutely cannot provoke the existence down there?"
The third monster seemed to be the leader. It roared, "You two idiots, no matter how simple their language is, we can't talk to them. This is an agreement!"
The first monster said: "If we can't violate the agreement, why don't we roar and struggle to distract him?"
"Got it!" the third monster immediately replied.
A second later, they roared in unison as they struggled against the wall, as if wanting to take Gu Qing Shan's life.
Gu Qing Shan was clearly shocked, so much so that he even loosened his spell in panic.
As his hand tilted, the giant ball of blood in the air suddenly tilted and flew away.
Coincidentally, the giant ball of blood flew straight into a Desolate monster's body.
The Desolate monster was stunned for a split second, then abruptly roared in agony.
This time, its roar shook the entire realm, bringing with it an unprecedented despair.
It struggled with everything it had.
The entire wall was shaking from its struggle.
All the defensive runes of the 13th floor's prison were activated, giving off blinding light.
The monster was pinned against the wall by an invisible force.
It suddenly spoke in Desolate language: "No, sir, you cannot eat me, I am your loyal servant!"
Another hoarse voice resounded from deep underground: "Use your flesh and soul to kill time for me"
A split second later, the blood on the monster's body all seeped into its body.
The monster immediately stopped struggling.
It was dead.
The 7-8 Demon Restraining Chains on its body were loosened.
The monster's body fell into the pool of blood, quickly turned into a black lump of blood, and slowly disappeared.
A faint whirlpool slowly formed on the surface of the pool of blood, as if something was being transported into the depths of the earth through the pool of blood.
A faint murmur of satisfaction resounded from the depths of the earth.
Then everything returned to silence.
The two monsters on the wall also stopped struggling.
They simply climbed as high as they could to distance themselves from the pool of blood, then stopped moving like statues, not making a single sound.
Gu Qing Shan looked at the pool of blood with a cautious gaze.
When he first arrived on this floor, out of caution, he didn't touch the pool of blood.
But from the looks of it, as soon as he came into contact with this pool of blood, the only outcome would be death.
— — -even the monsters on the 13th floor that he couldn't even injure with his full strength would suffer the same fate.
Gu Qing Shan silently hovered in the air, seemingly stunned by what happened just now.
He quickly thought about it.
— — -they think human language is very simple.
— — because they can't break the agreement, they don't talk to me.
This can easily lead to a conclusion: the Desolate monsters understand human language, but they've been pretending not to understand it.
Then …
What's the agreement?
Who made the agreement with whom?
As Gu Qing Shan followed this train of thought, he couldn't help but feel an unprecedented chill in his heart.
…
On another side.
Two enforcer cultivators brought Gu Qing Shan into the underground prison, closed the door, and followed manager Li's orders to make arrangements for everyone else.
About half an hour later, the two of them went to report to manager Li.
"Sir, today's work has been arranged according to your orders" one of the enforcer cultivators reported.
"Report to me" manager Li ordered.
The other cultivator took out a jade slip, held it in his hand, and reported it one by one.
Manager Li couldn't help but nod as he listened.
After a while, he suddenly cut him off: "The 9th reserve camp's cook didn't bring enough spirit stones today, have him kill a few more monsters today"
"Understood, this subordinate will do so shortly" the enforcer cultivator replied.
The report continued.
A while later.
Everything was finally reported.
Steward Li was about to wave his hand to dismiss everyone when he suddenly recalled something.
"Right, where's the brat from the 23rd reserve camp?"
"We've followed your orders and threw him into the underground prison" one of the enforcer cultivators replied.
Manager Li sat behind the table, lightly stroking an ornament made from spirit jade and lazily asked: "Did he show any signs of regret?"
"He did not, sir. He was just a hothead, he didn't say a single word along the way and went straight into the underground prison as we ordered" the enforcer cultivator replied.
Manager Li thought for a bit, then asked the other cultivator next to him: "Did you find out? What's that brat's background? "
The cultivator replied: "Sir, Zhang Xiao Yun is a loose cultivator, his family has been in charge of spirit cooking for generations. During the last monster invasion, his entire family died, leaving him as the only survivor, so he came to join the army"
Manager Li's frown loosened a bit: "Hm, if that's the case, I'll send him to meet his family, that way he can be reunited with them"
"Ahaha, you're right, sir"
"That's how it should be"
While they were talking, the door to the barracks opened by itself as a fully-armored cultivator flew in.
Manager Li immediately stood up, his expression changing: "General Wang, why did you come here yourself?"
Boom!
The ground suddenly shook.
Then, a roar filled with fear rang out from the depths of the earth.
Everyone's expressions changed again.
From the direction the sound came from, it was the slaughterhouse's underground prison!
Because there were some extremely powerful monsters that could only be captured, but not killed, this underground prison was built.
Ever since the slaughterhouse was established, it had always followed the orders of the higher-ups to lock up certain vicious monsters in this prison.
Nothing had ever happened in this prison before!
General Wang expressionlessly looked at everyone and asked: "Who's in the sealed prison?"
Steward Li stammered, "A, a cook who just arrived."
"Name, cultivation, where did he come from?" General Wang continued.
"Zhang Xiao Yun, Golden Core realm, 23rd reserve camp"
"A Golden Core realm cultivator can go to that kind of place? Doesn't that place forbid anyone from going in? Why exactly did you let him in? "General Wang's tone became stern.
Manager Li's forehead was covered in sweat, unable to say a single word.
"Sir …"
He picked up an Inventory Bag, smiled, and was about to shove it into General Wang's hand.
Poof poof poof poof poof!
A series of holy light erupted from the cultivators' bodies.
In just a few moments, all of them were turned to ash.
"This is — — –" Manager Li was shocked.
Regardless of what kind of person they are, to be sent to manage a place like this, they must have the most basic level of knowledge.
Manager Li suddenly screamed: "General Wang! No, Divinity above — — - "
Poof!
Holy flames surged out of his body and burned him to ashes in an instant.
All the cultivators in the barracks were burned to ashes.
Not a single person was left alive.
General Wang stood still without moving.
There was a gray flame burning and throbbing between his eyebrows.
"Hmph, greed, no wonder they let people in"
General Wang turned around and looked at a certain direction outside the door.
"The underground prison … has quite a few dead … seems like I'll have to take a look myself"
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