Crossing the Heavenly Martial Continent
"Inner disciple Su Fang has behaved improperly, actually colluding with the Demon Cult saintess and harming his fellow disciples. In light of his past contributions, his cultivation is crippled and he is sent to the Gods and Devils Cemetery to sweep the graves, never to leave for the rest of his life."
Above Violet Star Palace, the enforcement elder coldly read out the punishment for Su Fang, acting just like the judgment of the heavenly dao and casting Su Fang completely into a deep abyss.
The surrounding disciples all watched this scene with cold indifference, for no one would plead for a disciple who had colluded with the Demon Cult and harmed his peers.
Ah!
The memories in his mind began to merge, leaving Su Fang, who had collapsed onto the ground, utterly shocked.
Never in his dreams had he expected that, right after dying in an earthquake and just waking up, he would discover that he had transmigrated into a high-martial world called the Heavenly Martial Continent.
The predecessor of this body was an inner disciple of Violet Star Palace, yet now he was merely a crippled former disciple of the sect.
A few days ago, his predecessor and several other disciples escorted a treasure toward Horizon Pavilion, but in a certain city, the predecessor met a very beautiful woman whose name was Ning Weiwei.
The predecessor hit it off wonderfully with Ning Weiwei and quickly became friends with her, yet he never expected that she was actually the Demon Cult saintess.
The predecessor had no idea that during the time he was acquainted with Ning Weiwei, the disciples escorting the treasure alongside him were being slaughtered by the demon faction, leaving only a single survivor to flee.
Because of this, the treasure they escorted was taken away by the people of the Demon Cult.
The surviving disciple saw Su Fang together with the Demon Cult saintess and assumed that Su Fang had colluded with her for the sole purpose of seizing the treasure.
Because of this incident, the predecessor had his cultivation crippled and was sent to the Gods Gods and Devils Cemetery, completely unable to leave ever again.
Gods and Devils Cemetery!
Damn it! That is no place for living people; once I go there, what possible path of survival will I have left?
According to the memories of his predecessor, the Gods and Devils Cemetery was far from a good place—it was an absolute realm of no return.
The Gods and Devils Cemetery was a forbidden zone for the living and a graveyard for the dead.
Countless human skeletons were buried there, yet not just anyone could be laid to rest in such a place.
It was a primordial cemetery, and as for how long it had existed, no one knew; people only knew that the place was deeply ominous.
Rumors had it that nights in the Gods and Devils Cemetery were just like hell, with evil spirits emerging from the tombs to drain the vital essence and spirit of living people.
This was precisely why those who went there never survived past three years before their blood and vital energy withered away and they died.
Buried within the Gods and Devils Cemetery were numerous legendary figures, such as the God of Flying Knives Li Yihuan, the peerless Dugu Bubai, Wei Xianzhong the eunuch acknowledged as the number-one expert of the Heavenly Martial Continent, Tang Sanzang the Buddha of the Buddhist Sect, Sun Wu Kong the premier demon monkey of the Demon Race, Caesar the western angel...
Precisely because the Gods and Devils Cemetery buried so many ancient deities, coupled with its highly peculiar nature, absolutely no one had ever dared to grave-rob there.
From ancient times down to the present day, countless powerful experts had chosen to be laid to rest within it.
No one knew when the role of tomb keeper had begun; people only knew that many sects and dynasties would send criminals guilty of heinous crimes there to guard the cemetery.
Such people were known as tomb keepers.
In truth, it was nothing more than a prison.
No matter how powerful a martial artist entered, not a single person had ever survived past three years, let alone an ordinary person like Su Fang whose cultivation was now completely crippled.
Su Fang was led out of Violet Star Hall by two men from the Enforcement Hall of Violet Star Palace, and as he looked at this unfamiliar world, he was filled with bitter self-mockery.
"So this is Su Fang. What a dreadful pity—he was originally the most outstanding inner disciple, yet he actually colluded with the demon enchantress, harmed his peers, schemed for treasure, and ruined his own future. Truly utterly foolish."
"Senior Brother Su Fang was actually always quite good to us, and he doesn't seem like the kind of person who would harm his fellow disciples either. How could he possibly do something like this?"
"What do you know? The demon enchantress Ning Weiwei is not only the premier beauty of the demon faction, but her appearance is also extremely alluring and she excels at charm techniques; moreover, she ranks first on the peerless beauty roll. Ordinary people lose their souls just looking at her, so Su Fang's actions of harming his fellow disciples and scheming for treasure on account of Ning Weiwei are entirely understandable."
"I heard Su Fang is going to be escorted to the Gods and Devils Cemetery.
That's no place for a living person to stay! No matter how strong their strength is, anyone who goes in there to guard the tombs never survives past three years before their blood and vital energy wither away and they die." Su Fang felt extremely gloomy; he needed to figure out how he was going to survive next.
Right now, he was heavily injured and still wearing handcuffs and leg irons, dragged along almost the entire way when walking. Escaping... well, he had better forget about it.
Outside the [Gods and Devils Cemetery].
The sky above the [Gods and Devils Cemetery] was forever sunless and devoid of day, wreathed in gloomy clouds, and gloomy thunder frequently crackled through it. For countless years, it had always been thus.
This was a place of ill omen, and no one had ever managed to live inside it for very long.
The two enforcement disciples who had escorted Su Fang here looked extremely displeased upon seeing this sight. "I really didn't want to come to this ghost place. The last time we escorted an at-fault deacon here, the fellow only lasted two and a half years before dying."
"That elder's strength was even at the Martial Spirit realm, yet he only lasted two and a half years. This place really is bizarre enough," the other enforcement disciple sighed.
According to his memories, Su Fang also understood that a year ago, a true disciple had suffered a cultivation deviation, killed a fellow sect member, and been sent into the [Gods and Devils Cemetery]; he went mad within a month and died two months later.
Half a year ago, an inner disciple whom Su Fang knew had stolen sect medicinal herbs and was likewise sent to the [Gods and Devils Cemetery], lasting only seven days before losing his life.
Looking at the hell-like place before his eyes, Su Fang felt utterly unreconciled!
He had just arrived in the Heavenly Martial Continent only to encounter a catastrophic opening hand, and he refused to accept this.
Old grandpa?
System?
[Maxed-Out Comprehension System is loading...]
Su Fang was startled for a moment, and then a wave of pleasant surprise washed over him.
There is a very true saying: a golden finger may arrive late, but it will never be absent.
His golden finger had activated!
Su Fang hurriedly looked toward his sole straw of salvation!
[Maxed-Out Comprehension System: touching anything allows comprehension to take place. The duration of comprehension is related to one's own willpower. Only one item can be comprehended per day, and they can be accumulated. A newcomer bonus is granted once. Current available comprehension attempts: 2.]
The Maxed-Out Comprehension System? And it's a system with limited attempts at that. Since my cultivation is currently crippled, I should be able to find a way to repair my dantian, right?
Su Fang looked at this system; as long as he touched anything, he would be able to conduct comprehension.
This system is almost too simple. Aside from granting one comprehension capability per day, there is actually nothing else—not even a basic attribute panel.
Su Fang looked at the system. It felt much more like an auxiliary type, meaning that if he wanted to shake off his predicament, he still had to rely on his own hard work.
Although the [Gods and Devils Cemetery] was an extremely dangerous place, it was simultaneously the location with the most treasures in the entire Heavenly Martial Continent.
For countless years, who knew how many powerful experts had been buried within it, and how many burial accompaniments of strong figures had been interred there? As long as he found a few items to comprehend, would he still fear being unable to return to his peak and walk out of this ghost of a place?
Thinking of this, Su Fang took the initiative to walk toward the gates of the Gods and Devils Cemetery, causing the two enforcement disciples escorting him to wear strange expressions.
They had been dragging the fellow along previously, but now the person was actually taking the initiative to walk forward on his own.
"They're all dead men anyway; he probably knows he can't escape and has simply resigned himself to it," an enforcement hall disciple escorting Su Fang remarked.
"That's true," the other didn't pay it much mind either.
The [Gods and Devils Cemetery] was a prison in disguise, and naturally imprisoned prisoners from countless sects.
Outside the [Gods and Devils Cemetery], countless powerful experts stood guard; they were people dispatched by various sects to watch over the prisoners here.
Quite a few of them were also individuals who had suffered setbacks and failed to achieve their ambitions, or people demoted here by their sects to guard criminals.
Although they stayed very far away from the true [Gods and Devils Cemetery], they still suffered the erosion of the Yin Qi emanating from within the [Gods and Devils Cemetery].
Over a long period of time, the lifespans of these people would not be very long either.
Consequently, most of these people were cold and indifferent.
A group of disciples guarding the [Gods and Devils Cemetery] spotted the attire worn by Su Fang and his companions. One Violet Star Palace disciple stepped out, ignoring the two enforcement hall disciples entirely to look straight at Su Fang instead. "Follow me," he said.
This man led Su Fang toward the gates of the [Gods and Devils Cemetery] and spoke coldly, "Once you enter this cemetery, you're pretty much no different from a dead man. If you want to live a few more—forget it, someone like you whose cultivation has been crippled will die in seven days at most."
"Seven days!" Su Fang looked at the other person, feeling a faint sense of familiarity, and asked, "Are you Senior Brother Luo Changqing?"
Hearing this, Luo Changqing looked slightly surprised. Only then did he examine Su Fang closely, discovering that the person did indeed look somewhat familiar. "Who... are you?"
"Senior Brother Changqing, I am Su Fang. Three years ago, we met in the Monster Beast Forest and joined forces to kill monster beasts, and you even guided me. I only heard later that you had advanced to become a true disciple, but I never expected that you would end up here."
Luo Changqing had already recalled Su Fang and asked, "What crime did you commit to have even your cultivation crippled?"
Su Fang briefly recounted his experiences to Luo Changqing.
Luo Changqing pondered for a moment and said, "Our encounters are identical; we are both discarded pawns of the sect. It's just that I'm a bit luckier than you—I was only dispatched here to guard the gates of the [Gods and Devils Cemetery], whereas you were dispatched to sweep the Gods and Devils Cemetery."
Luo Changqing told Su Fang many things, letting Su Fang know what actions were permissible here and which ones were strictly forbidden.
Although he did not fully grasp many of those matters, he still committed them firmly to memory.
"Thank you, Senior Brother Changqing." Su Fang was truly grateful. Bearing in mind their past acquaintance and sharing the exact same experiences, the other man had told him everything that needed to be said, which could be considered going above and beyond the call of duty.
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