Chapter 226 Unrepentant Appeal (10)
Chapter 226 Unrepentant Appeal (10)
No one bothered to see what they were taking out of the cave; they quickly ran out of the cave.
After they came out, the two handed the swords they had drawn to Wangyou, saying, "Be careful, I feel this sword can bewitch the mind."
"Just as I thought, it was actually nurtured with Yin energy. How long will it take me to purify it!" Wangyou took the sword, glanced at it, and said helplessly.
"Wangyou, the other sects are attacking!" Wei Wuxian ran over and said.
"Everything is resolved. They're here, but what good are they?" Wangyou took out the fragments, a total of six pieces, four at the bottom and two in the center. When pieced together, they form a complete Ghost Seal.
"Second sister, is it okay now?"
"No, these things can't be integrated at all for now. The Yin energy and resentment on them are too heavy. They can only be used after purification. Only the Chang family's piece and the piece in Cloud Recesses have very little resentment and have already been purified."
"Then how can we purify the resentment and evil energy?"
“One way is to grind it down slowly, but obviously there isn’t enough time. The second way is to deplete my merits, and I don’t have many merits left.”
"Wangyou, do you see if I have any? Can I use mine?" Wei Wuxian said with a smile.
Wangyou glanced at the people present. As expected of the people with great fortune whom she had carefully selected, each of them had accumulated a great deal of merit.
"Second sister, I can too," Xue Yang and Meng Yao said in unison.
"Xue Yang, when did you get back?"
"I just got back. I had heard about a place that had Yin Iron, but I was a step too late, and Wen Ruohan had already taken it, so I rushed back," Xue Yang said with a smile.
"Wait a minute, let me ask you what you're looking for this thing for?" Jiang Cheng asked, puzzled. He only knew that this thing could control puppets and wasn't a good thing, but from what Wangyou and the others said, he realized that there was a lot more to it than met the eye.
"Now that everyone is here, I'll only say it once." The team from the Immortal Sect that was going to attack the Wen Clan also came up at this moment.
"These fragments in my hand are fragments of the Ghost Seal. The Ghost Seal is an object of the underworld. When the Ghost Seal of the underworld was lost, the Six Paths of Reincarnation could not be opened, causing demons and monsters to run rampant in the human world, evil spirits to increase day by day, and spiritual energy to become increasingly scarce. Now the fragments of the Ghost Seal have been found, but the evil energy and resentment on them need to be purified. Otherwise, the Ghost Seal cannot be reassembled into one piece. If the underworld is not opened, one day, there will be no place for humans to stand in this human world."
“How do we know if what you’re saying is true?” a bearded man shouted, his words seemingly echoing the sentiments of everyone present.
"Whether what I said is true or false, I believe you all have your own judgment. If you really don't believe me, you can find out by dying yourself." Wangyou was too lazy to prove anything to these people.
She came here for the sake of merit in this world; how many people die in this world is none of her business.
Feeling humiliated by Wangyou's rebuke, the man wanted to speak again, but was silenced by the three pairs of murderous eyes around her.
"Alright, that's enough people. A little merit from each person will be enough." Wangyou said this without trying to hide it from anyone.
"Why are you taking our merits? I don't agree!"
"I'm not discussing this with you, I'm informing you." As soon as she finished speaking, countless spiritual runes flew out from Wangyou's hand, and in the blink of an eye, she had completed the construction of a massive array.
"Absurd! This is practically forced buying and selling!"
"A-Xian, tell them all to shut up, they're so noisy!"
"Alright!" Wei Wuxian used the Lan Clan's silencing spell to shut up the chattering people. As for why he was able to do this, it was thanks to the books that Wangyou had dragged them to read.
Without the constant chatter, Wangyou began to extract merit from everyone. She didn't extract much from each person, but the quantitative change led to a qualitative change.
After purification, Wangyou retrieved the spirit from the 2.0 version of the Soul-Binding Lamp. The spirit had recovered considerably in recent days, and with its help, the six fragments were synthesized at an increasingly faster pace. Finally, it transformed into a black seal and fell into Wangyou's hands.
In an instant, lightning flashed and thunder roared, and the sky darkened instantly, as if some terrifying being had awakened.
A silver dragon appeared behind Wangyou and flew directly into the clouds, its roar and thunderous sound resounding throughout the heavens and earth.
Wangyou didn't bother to pay attention to what was happening in the sky. She immediately took the Ghost Seal and began to summon the Ghost Gate. This time, the Ghost Gate appeared smoothly.
Just as Wangyou was about to go in, someone grabbed her wrist.
"Forget-Worry, what is this?"
"This is the Gate of Hell. Something has happened in the Underworld, so I have to go in and see what's wrong."
“I want to go too. I promised I’d protect you,” Wei Wuxian said earnestly.
"Second sister, we want to go too, maybe we can help." Meng Yao and Xue Yang insisted on going as well.
“Let’s go too!” Lan Xichen, Lan Wangji, Jiang Cheng, and Jin Zixuan stepped forward and said.
"This world belongs to all of us. There's no reason for you to risk your life alone," Lan Xichen said seriously.
A glint of silver light flashed in Wangyou's eyes, and after a moment she said, "Okay, once we're inside, stick close to me and don't wander off."
As soon as she finished speaking, Wangyou took the lead and stepped into the vortex, and the others quickly followed.
The underworld was desolate, and not a single spider lily, which symbolized the underworld, could be seen. Coupled with the darkness and silence, it felt like it could drive a person crazy.
"This place is so desolate!"
"Be careful, don't touch anything here."
Everyone nodded solemnly.
I don't know how long I walked in this desolate place, but finally, I saw a bridge.
"Could this be the Bridge of Helplessness?!"
"This is the Bridge of Helplessness. You all wait here and don't follow me."
"why?"
"Because once you cross the Bridge of Helplessness, you will truly die."
"how about you?"
"I'm different from you, I'll be fine!"
"So we're just going to sit here and wait?"
"Of course not. I've checked, there's no trace of the dead here. I'll draw a life-saving talisman on each of you, and then you can search along both sides of the Yellow Springs River to see if you can find any clues."
"Okay, then be careful." Wei Wuxian didn't necessarily have to follow. He knew Wangyou well enough that he could only avoid causing her trouble.
Wangyou drew life-saving talismans for them, then crossed the Naihe Bridge and headed to the other side. She never expected that the situation in the underworld was even more serious than she had imagined, so serious that even the Yellow Springs River had dried up.
After Wangyou crossed the Naihe Bridge, she began to see some buildings intermittently, including the Judge's Hall, Meng Po's Mansion, Yama's Hall, and Wuchang Hall, etc. All the buildings were well preserved, but without exception, there were no souls inside.
"Spirit of the artifact, can you sense the presence of the Ten Kings of Hell?"
"There's a very dangerous feeling coming from the northwest," the artifact spirit said after sensing for a long time.
"Northwest!" Wangyou looked in that direction. It seemed no different, yet it gave her a chilling feeling.
novelhk