Seeking the Dao in the Mortal World
Chapter 467

First Entering the Netherworld Realm

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In the end, Qing Cha was completely encased in the earth, lying motionless on the Cold Jade Bed...

The leaves covered in soil reminded Qin Yi of beggar's chicken... only it was too small, not even enough to fill a tooth gap.

Ju Yunxiu had already left the world of painting, and Qin Yi couldn't help but ask her, "Qing Cha's cultivation hasn't reached the inner circulation stage yet. Won't she suffocate from being stuck in the soil like this?"

Ju Yunxiu glanced at him sideways for a while before slowly saying, "Please understand correctly, this is a tea leaf. What you should worry about is whether it will sprout in the soil, not whether it will suffocate."

It sprouted... and grew a stalk...

Qin Yi stared blankly for a long time, then shuddered.

Ju Yunxiu couldn't even imagine what strange scenes her man was thinking about; their thought processes were completely different...

She took the box containing the Netherworld Soil and carefully put Qing Cha inside. "Jade True Person said it should be left to soak for three or four days, so let Qing Cha stay here. Anyway, it's not very safe for her to come with us in human form when we go to the Netherworld Realm. Once we get to a safe place, we can let her out and see what she looks like."

Before he finished speaking, Li Qingjun also emerged from the art world.

Five layers of bone forging.

Qin Yi Ju Yunxiu didn't break through again so quickly during this training, but his cultivation improved somewhat. Li Qingjun's cultivation was still low, but she finally broke through.

The fragments of the door were quite large, far more powerful than the small fragment Qin Yi had used initially. This kind of cheat code that directly aids the body in perfect evolution is ridiculously powerful for Martial Cultivation. I wonder if Chu Jiantian would bang his head against a wall if he saw it, since he's currently only at the fifth level at most...

Li Qingjun cried out in Xianglin's Wife, "Qin Yi, these fragments are terrifying..."

"You've said that many times already."

"It's really terrifying. I never imagined that Martial Cultivation could forge their bones so quickly. What are other people doing, working so hard to cultivate...?"

"You're only at this stage because you've recently started using fragments, so the effects are particularly good. As time goes on, the results won't be as immediate. I was the same way; I made rapid breakthroughs at first, but then things gradually stabilized, and it wasn't this dramatic."

"Hmm..." Hearing that things would stabilize, Li Qingjun breathed a sigh of relief.

This feeling of unease arising from such a rapid increase can indeed cause some panic. Qin Yi experienced the same panic back then; it's only human nature.

In fact, this fragment can make people crave larger fragments, creating a dependency, much like drug addiction. Since obtaining this large fragment from Saint Dragon Peak, Qin Yi has only been testing it and hasn't put it into use. This is partly due to the lack of stable time and environment, and partly because he doesn't want to become too dependent on it. Letting it cool down shows that he's not in such a hurry.

Otherwise, once this addiction takes hold, it may not be a good thing.

Qin Yi sometimes felt that he was quite strange. Before transmigrating, he had almost no self-control. He would say that he would definitely not play on his phone and would go to sleep right away, then he would say, "I'll play for a little while longer," and then it would be dawn...

They'd say in a forum argument that this was their last post and they wouldn't reply anymore, but then they'd turn around and start replying non-stop. It's heartbreaking to think about.

After cultivating immortality, one's self-control becomes stronger and stronger. This may be due to the gradual change in personality caused by cultivation and experience, or it may be due to growing up.

It is the dead of winter. When spring comes, I will be twenty-two years old.

When I first transmigrated, I was almost seventeen and sixteen years old. Five years have passed since then.

Based on my age in my previous life, I would have been approaching thirty, married, and had children. These five years were actually far more arduous than five years of routine work in modern times. The experiences of life and death, emotions, all sorts of people, power struggles, and the inexplicable understanding of the "Tao" led to rapid personal growth.

But Qin Yi also had a feeling that the pace of life would slow down in the future.

This is determined by the difficulty of cultivation. It has increased rapidly in the past five years, and next, a single meditation session may last for five years. Gradually, one will become like many cultivators, doing things slowly and not caring about anything, just like Ju Yunxiu when we first met.

Qin Yi felt that he was better off not evolving in this direction, because he still had many things to do.

Since the entire Black Coffin was taken away by Jade True Person, a dark opening was revealed in the center of the tomb, leading directly to the underworld.

This passage was originally located at the bottom of the deep sea. The passage existed first, and then the tomb chamber was built around it, which is why the tomb chamber is in such a strange place.

It was not, as originally speculated, that some ancient sect was destroyed and sunk to the bottom of the sea.

But this ancient sect must have existed; the inscriptions on the walls outside the tomb prove this. It's just that my relationship with Jade True Person is not close enough to ask him about these secrets.

Now is not the time to ask; let's ask when we have a chance to meet.

Qin Yi, along with Ju Yunxiu and Li Qingjun, leaped into the Black Hole once more. Ju Yunxiu picked up her brush and drew a few strokes in the air at the entrance of the hole, instantly disguising the outside as ordinary ground, making it undetectable to the average person.

The tomb was completely silent, except for the eternally circulating spiritual spring; there was nothing left there...

In the darkness, there was an invisible force pulling them down, as if they were "falling into an abyss." None of the three resisted; they held hands and let themselves fall.

The deeper you go, the darker it gets.

According to Liusu's theory, the Netherworld Realm is actually a part of the Blood Nether Realm, just like the distinction between land and sea in the Main Plane. They share certain commonalities, such as this darkness.

When Qin Yi first arrived in the Blood Nether Realm, he found that the visibility was extremely low, and even the expansion of his Divine Sense was hindered. It was like a mortal becoming nearsighted. If he wanted to see what was happening in the distance, Cheng Cheng had to use the Spirit Manipulation Technique instead of directly using her Divine Sense to explore.

The Netherworld Realm was even worse, utterly dark, so dark you couldn't see your hand in front of your face. The three of them were holding hands tightly beside each other, but when they turned their heads, they couldn't see each other anymore.

Having cultivated to this point, the so-called night vision ability has seemingly disappeared and is now completely ineffective.

Unlike the Blood Nether Realm, there is not such a strong sense of bloodlust here. Instead, there is a kind of coldness, not a direct freezing of the skin, but a sinister feeling, like a mortal arriving at a mass grave. A gentle breeze blows, white banners flutter, and the faint sound of ghosts wailing can be heard. A falling leaf makes a soft sound that can make your scalp tingle.

Even though I'm not cold, all I want to do is hug my arms and curl up into a ball.

It was a chilling, bone-deep, and visceral coldness.

But in reality, there are no ghosts here, and the cultivators are not afraid of ghosts.

The real eeriness comes from nothing more than the fear of the unknown.

Of course, there wasn't nothing here; he was just scaring himself. Even during the descent, Qin Yi had already sensed two problems.

A feeling of soul being ripped away, as if your soul is being pulled away, your body and spirit separated, then your consciousness washed away, your body broken down, and each part returning to the netherworld.

Why do I have such a specific feeling? Because the Other Shore Flower in my arms is faintly emitting a faint glow, as if ripples are spreading outwards, canceling out this dimensional characteristic.

It is nothing more than the essence of energy and restraint. In the process of energy clash, Qin Yi analyzed the specific meaning.

Ordinary people can't come here; if they do, their souls will be cleansed.

This is likely a characteristic related to reincarnation...

Compared to Earth, the two worlds have different settings, but this place is still called the Underworld!

The second realization is that there is something here.

In the darkness, something even darker drifted and swayed, like eerie ghosts, each taking its own form.

It could be some kind of substance from the Netherworld Realm, like the stones in the Main Plane. Of course, it could also be a creature from the Yin Realm.

"Hiss..." Several ghostly figures approached menacingly.

In the darkness, black eyes opened, but it was as if they were not open at all; nothing could be seen.

They can't see it, but the other side can.

Qin Yi took out his Buddhist prayer beads.

A faint Buddhist Light appeared, far less bright than it had been in the Main Plane, but even this faint Buddhist Light caused the surrounding ghosts to flee instantly and without a sound.

"This won't do," Ju Yunxiu said in a low voice. "If even our divine sense can't penetrate this darkness, something's definitely wrong. There must be a way to see. Otherwise, if we blindly fall, we might not even know what's below, and we could foolishly fall into the mouths of monsters."

Qin Yi cast a Radiance Art.

With a "poof," it disappeared like a fart, serving no purpose whatsoever.

Qin Yi hovered in the air, no longer falling, and frowned.

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