Treasures of the Eighth Level

Reint and Aina are Interstellar Wanderer. Their strength barely reaches the level of High-rank God. In the Universe Sea, they are considered decent, but in this Gate of Purgatory, they are extremely ordinary.

The two were imprisoned in the Gate of Purgatory because they had inadvertently offended a federal nobleman and were falsely accused and imprisoned. Moreover, the nobleman's family was extremely powerful, so they imprisoned the two in the most terrifying prison in the Universe Sea — the Gate of Purgatory.

After learning this information from his conversation with Reint, Gu Ding frowned slightly.

The so-called federal nobles are actually families that have established powerful forces in the human Universe Sea and made great contributions to humanity. These include the three families that established the Federal Government, the two families that established the Medicine God Alliance, and the family that established the Divine Armory Pavilion.

There are hundreds of such families in the Universe Sea, but the most elite families number less than twenty.

Unlike the Gates Family, to which Fa Te belongs, the Federal nobles are not only wealthy but also powerful. They not only monopolize various businesses in the Universe Sea but also have the right to establish armies and wage war against other realms. To some extent, they are allies of the Federal Government and therefore can obtain certain special privileges from Federal Government.

This is why some members of the federal nobility are born with a sense of superiority. Some younger members, influenced by this, have also developed some undesirable habits, such as bullying men and women.

The Reint siblings had injured the young patriarch of the Brave Family during a battle at the ruins, incurring his wrath ever since. Shortly after leaving the ruins, the young patriarch framed them for theft. With overwhelming evidence, the siblings were quickly convicted.

The Brave family has marital ties with the Divine Armory Pavilion. The founders of the Divine Armory Pavilion are the Jinluoke Family, and a genius young woman from the Brave family married a direct descendant of the Jinluoke Family.

Even before the marriage alliance, the Brave Family was already close to being a top-tier power in the Universe Sea. Furthermore, the Jinluoke Family needed some branch forces to support them, so the Brave Family's status rose significantly after the marriage, successfully securing a seat among the federal nobles.

The Brave Family is arguably the weakest among the Federation's noble families. Even so, they are not a behemoth that two Interstellar Wanderer can afford to provoke.

Not long after hearing Reint's story, the service robots brought out dish after dish.

Reint's eyes remained fixed on the plate the robot was offering, clearly his mind was entirely focused on the Detoxification Shell.

The Detoxification Shell were quickly served; they were palm-sized shellfish with sharp spines. They were open, revealing pale blue flesh inside. A green dipping sauce was also served alongside, and it smelled delicious.

Reint picked up the food with chopsticks and fed it to Aina, while Gu Ding picked up a beast leg in each hand and started gnawing on it without any hesitation.

Reint fed five of the Detoxification Shell to Aina. Seeing that there was only one left, he glanced somewhat sheepishly at Gu Ding.

"I can eat this anytime. You can feed her the last one too. Eating more should help with the detoxification." Gu Ding continued to slowly gnaw on the beast leg, which was even thicker than his own thigh, and waved to Reint.

"Thank you." Reint, without further ado, fed the last Detoxification Shell into Aina's mouth. Then he stared intently at his sister's face, waiting anxiously.

Gu Ding, while gnawing on a beast leg, glanced at Aina, his consciousness connected with the Sea Emperor. "It seems to be having no effect. So it must be a problem with the toxins. But the potions in the Gate of Purgatory are all of acceptable or Good Quality. If I take out Ultimate Quality antidote now, that guy Reint will probably question the source of the potion."

"Just say you traded it with someone else in the Outer Domain Battlefield." The Sea Emperor knew that if things went wrong, it might expose Gu Ding's secret of being able to bring things in from the outside world.

"That's all we can do." Gu Ding noticed the tense look on Reint's face as he looked at Aina, and decided to help. He took out two vials of the Ultimate Quality antidote from his Storage Space.

These antidotes were all concocted by Gu Ding himself as a precaution against the Dark Race. Although he gave most of them to Liliath and the others, he kept a few vials in his own Storage Space.

"Reint, the Detoxification Shell doesn't seem to be working. Why don't you try this?" Gu Ding said, handing over two vials of antidote.

"This is..." Reint was stunned for a moment, "Ultimate Quality one-star antidote?!"

"That's right, I traded it with someone in the Outer Domain Battlefield a few days ago," Gu Ding said, following the Sea Emperor's instructions.

"Thank you, I will definitely remember your kindness today." Reint didn't stand on ceremony and took the two vials of medicine directly, injecting one of them into Aina's arm.

In less than a minute, Aina's complexion began to improve rapidly. The original dark color faded, revealing fair skin.

Seeing this, Reint was overjoyed. He noticed there was still a vial of medicine in his hand and was about to return it to Gu Ding, but Gu Ding shook his head and refused. "Keep it for yourself. I have two more vials."

Reint hesitated for a moment, but still put the vial of medicine into his Storage Space.

"The toxins have subsided, she should be able to wake up after a good rest." Gu Ding said to Reint, "You should eat something too, we ordered too much food, it will be a waste if we can't finish it."

Reint knew that his sister was alright, and he was finally relieved. He picked up his chopsticks and started devouring the food on the table with Gu Ding.

As they finished their meal, Aina slowly woke up. Seeing the decorations in the private room, her expression clearly showed surprise. Then, noticing Reint sitting next to her, she asked with some astonishment, "Brother, where is this? Have we already left the Gate of Purgatory?"

It's not surprising that Aina had this question; in the Prison Cafeteria, only the fourth floor and above had private rooms. Aina and Reint had only ever been to the First Level of the cafeteria before and had never been inside a private room. Suddenly seeing the luxuriously decorated interior of a restaurant private room, they thought Reint had successfully led them on a prison break.

"This is the seventh floor of the Prison Cafeteria..." Reint then explained what had happened.

Aina finally shifted her gaze from her brother to Gu Ding, staring at Gu Ding with wide eyes for a long time before finally asking, "Are you really Gu Ding?"

"Of course it's true," Gu Ding said with a helpless smile.

Aina jumped up from the stool, moved closer to Gu Ding, and looked him over carefully, muttering under her breath, "I find you much more handsome than in the projected photos."

"Really?" Gu Ding grinned. It had been a long time since anyone had praised him like that.

"I forgot to tell you, although Aina and I are Interstellar Wanderer, Aina especially admires powerful Interstellar Pirate. Even before you entered the Universe Sea, Aina was already a die-hard fan of yours. Later, as you gradually became famous, this girl Aina also collected all sorts of information and photos about you..."

"Brother, stop talking!" Aina blushed and quickly stopped her brother from continuing.

"Alright, then I won't say anymore," Reint said, continuing to devour the food on the table.

Seeing that Aina hadn't eaten yet, Gu Ding added a few more dishes.

"Could you sign my autograph?" Aina asked shyly, her voice barely audible.

"Where should I sign?" Gu Ding nodded with a smile.

Aina was stunned when she heard the question. She looked at her prison uniform and felt that it was not very good. Then she searched her Storage Space but could not find anything suitable.

"Why don't you sign this vial of medicine? After all, you gave it to me." Seeing this, Reint took out the medicine and handed it to his sister.

"Okay, okay!" Aina nodded repeatedly, but after getting the potion, she noticed something, "There's no pen..."

"It's alright," Gu Ding took the vial of medicine, stretched out his finger, and carefully engraved the marks on the transparent fiber of the vial.

Aina and Reint were astonished, because the transparent fiber encasing the potion was extremely fragile, and carving words on it required an incredibly high level of control over force. Yet, Gu Ding had accomplished it flawlessly.

Having received Gu Ding's autograph, Aina was so delighted that she barely ate the food that was served.

"Gu Ding, are you really planning to escape from the Gate of Purgatory within three years?" Reint suddenly asked.

"That's right, I have to leave within three years." Gu Ding nodded. "I made that promise to Lily and the others."

"Three years is a bit difficult, but I don't think the Gate of Purgatory is a place where you can't get out once you enter. I heard that the senior who was imprisoned on the Eighteenth Level successfully escaped." Reint shared some gossip he had heard. After all, he had been in the Gate of Purgatory longer than Gu Ding and knew some special channels to obtain information about the other floors.

"Did that loud-voiced guy really manage to escape?" Gu Ding's eyes lit up when he heard this.

"Yes, some powerful figures below have sent word that the oppressive aura spreading throughout the entire Gate of Purgatory is completely different from before. Moreover, it is said that the senior left something in the Eighth Level of the Gate of Purgatory. There are rumors that as long as someone collects the treasure left by that senior in the Eighth Level, they can leave the Gate of Purgatory."

"The treasure on the Eighth Level..." Gu Ding grinned upon hearing this. "Reint, thanks, this information is really important to me." (To be continued~^~)