Netherworld Messenger (II)

"Those before planted trees; those after enjoyed the shade. Thinking the wind eye was hard to cross, I had a moment of kindness and dug a tunnel, making it easier for those who came after to enter and leave. Yue Qianchou?" Green Brow was utterly baffled, unable to make sense of it.

"Nanhai Nong Zhu was here... Yue Qianchou... Hmm? Quite a few people have come, it seems." Green Brow's gaze suddenly sharpened. A line of writing had been freely inscribed upon the hard nether iron without the slightest pause, clearly completed in a single breath. Its writer's cultivation was obviously far above that of the previous two. He could not help muttering as he read, "Alone in the mortal world, no foe could be found; alas, I had no fate to ascend to the azure heavens. Long had I heard that the netherworld stood shoulder to shoulder with the immortal realm; I wished to seek out stronger hands there..." By the end, he was already letting out a sinister cackle. "What a reckless mortal cultivator. Arrogant! Truly arrogant!"

"Bi Changchun... unmatched in the mortal world... It seems you were the one who stole the Door Knocker Ring. An ordinary person's cultivation could never have reached the Netherworld Gate." Green Brow gave a burst of cold laughter. Having found the target he sought, he transformed into a green streak of light and flashed out of Nine Nether Cave...

Yet he had only flown a short distance before reappearing and stopping. He looked at the tunnel beneath his feet, then at the wind eye ahead. After his initial astonishment, he finally understood the meaning of the words he had seen earlier. So someone had dug a tunnel through the nether cave, even claiming it was to make things easier for later