Demon Tower
Because of Snake Immortal Granny's overly enthusiastic attitude, Su Yu, who had never interacted with his elders before, was a little at a loss. He stood there scratching the back of his head, which made Isolde and Ka-jie, who were watching from the side, both amused and exasperated.
"By the way, Grandma Changxian, what exactly is going on here?"
Su Yu finally asked the question he wanted to ask.
"Grandma doesn't know either, you'll have to ask the little ones."
Snake Immortal Granny raised an eyebrow and looked at Meng You and the other two.
Is this discrimination? Your distinction is far too obvious! You treat Su Yu like a precious grandson, but treat us like little brats?
But what could Meng You do? The other party was of an absurdly high seniority and had unfathomable cultivation. It was not unusual for them to look down on a few oddballs.
After Meng You's explanation, Su Yu understood. It turned out that this was the bottom of Dongting Lake. They came down to investigate because they sensed that the Blood Fiendish Aura here had suddenly become denser. They didn't expect to encounter so many Shui Xiao and almost lost their lives here.
The Blood Fiendish Aura is thickening? Is it related to the Yinling Sect? Interesting.
Su Yu pondered in his mind, resting his chin on his hand.
"Forget it, let's give up thinking about it," Su Yu turned around. Snake Immortal Granny Xian had already left Yue Li's body, transforming into a small snake coiled around her wrist, sternly scolding her for not paying attention to her training, and so on. Sure enough, there's always the nagging of elders everywhere...
Yue Li nodded repeatedly, nodding like a chick nodding at rice, constantly promising to intensify her training when she got back.
"I plan to explore further inside. What are your plans, fellow cultivators?"
Su Yu couldn't figure it out, so he decided to continue walking inside to see if he could find any useful clues.
"Can we go together? We promise we won't hold you back."
Meng You cupped his hands in greeting, indicating that he and his companions were also willing to go along, since they had come here to investigate the reason for the thickening of the Blood Fiendish Aura, and they would not be willing to go back like this.
Su Yu didn't mind; they could go together. So, the group headed deeper into the town together.
Kurama jumped on Yue Li's shoulder and chatted with Snake Immortal Granny. Grandma Chang Xian was overjoyed, calling him "Snake Immortal Granny. This was a celestial fox with the bloodline of Heavenly Nine-Tailed Fox. If we're talking about bloodline, even Grandmother Hu San would have to kowtow to him first.
Ka-jie and the others listened to Meng You's introduction of the town's architectural style, they tried to deduce which dynasty it belonged to and how many years it had existed.
The deeper they went, the stronger the Blood Fiendish Aura became, and the air was filled with the stench of blood, making them feel nauseous. Strangely, however, not a single Shui Xiao appeared along the way, and the quiet surroundings were somewhat unsettling.
Su Yu stopped. They were now almost at the center of the town. Blood was flowing out of the stone slabs under their feet, and with each step, they could feel the stickiness beneath their feet.
Kurama didn't want to get down and walk another step. It was disgusting. She didn't want these things sticking to her feet, even if they were covered in Chakra. She stepped on the heads of several people and landed on Su Yu's shoulder.
"Wow, it's huge..." Kurama looked up at the tower in front of him. From a distance, it only seemed a little big, but up close, he realized that the tower was frighteningly tall.
Blood dripped continuously down the tower, and the tower emitted a red glow as if it were breathing, making the entire Demon Tower look exceptionally eerie.
"Should we go in?" Malfoy swallowed hard, his brain seemingly protesting vehemently, "Chief, can't we just destroy it already?"
"What are you saying... Aren't you afraid it's full of bombs? Where would we escape to then?"
"But there really is a bomb inside. Wouldn't we just die even faster if we went in?"
Malfoy's thought process was indeed quick, leaving Pansy speechless for a moment as she tried to refute him.
"We're here to investigate... not to cause destruction... what's the point of investigating if everything's already blown up?"
Su Yu looked at the two of them with some helplessness, then went inside first.
The entire tower was devoid of any light source; the only exception was the dark red glow rising from the depths of the enormous blood pool that greeted visitors upon entering, which stained everything in its surroundings with a rotting, bloody hue.
The dark beams crisscrossed, and countless corpses hung from them.
The corpses were in various shapes and sizes, including men, women, and children. Their clothes were rotten and blackened by years of dripping blood, and the tattered pieces of cloth hung limply, revealing the pale, swollen, and even slightly eroded flesh underneath.
Thick, dark, blood-soaked bronze chains pierced through the shoulder bones, collarbones, or jaws of each corpse, digging deep into the muscles and suspending them vertically in mid-air.
Countless corpses lay piled up, some heads drooping limply, long hair clinging wetly to their pale cheeks; others had stiff, limp limbs, thick drops of blood dripping from their fingertips; still others had long since withered and shriveled, flesh clinging tightly to bone, their grim skeletal outlines reflected in the faint glow of blood.
The wind whistled through the gaps in the tower, moving silently. Patches of hanging corpses swayed gently with the airflow, slowly colliding and emitting extremely faint, chilling friction sounds, the rustling of rotting clothes, the soft crackling of bones colliding, and the slightly hoarse sound of sticky scabs peeling off flesh, all these sounds, thread by thread, entwined the entire tower.
Thick, dark red blood spread heavily throughout the blood pool, its surface viscous and heavy, resembling semi-solidified rotten flesh rather than flowing water.
The blood was dark and inky, with tiny bubbles constantly churning within it, making a soft, bubbling sound.
The dull, heavy bubbling sound echoed endlessly in the deathly silent tower, slow and rhythmic, like the heartbeat of some giant monster in its slumber, eerily suffocating.
Bubbles struggled to rise from the darkness deep within the blood pool, expanding larger and larger as they approached the surface, finally bursting with a soft "pop."
Each explosion sent up tiny sprays of blood foam, carrying with it a strong, pungent, nauseating, and rotten stench that made one's stomach churn and almost vomit.
Occasionally, a larger bubble bursts open with a roar, bringing with it a wisp of blood mist that drifts leisurely in the dim red light, landing on the stone edge of the ground, where it condenses into viscous blood beads, slowly sliding down and rolling back into the blood pool, in an endless cycle.
vomit--
As soon as young Master Malfoy came in, he took Pansy out again and went outside to vomit.
"What's wrong? Is it really that disgusting?"
Theodore, not knowing what was wrong with Malfoy, took Olivia's hand and went inside. Then the four of them squatted in the corner outside and started vomiting together.
"I think Voldemort was pretty kind, really."
Malfoy spoke while vomiting.
"Indeed... I feel like Voldemort looks quite handsome now..."
Theodore helped Olivia up and took out a tissue from his Storage Ring to wipe her mouth.
"Those people from the Ministry of Magic should see who's really cruel! Draco... I won't be able to eat a meal for at least a week!"
Pansy almost vomited up all the stomach acid in her stomach.
Only Meng You and a few others seemed relatively normal. What a joke! They've seen plenty of heretical cultivators at East University; this is nothing compared to what's to come...