"As you command!"
Everyone answered in unison.
The Iron Boat continued sailing deeper into the Nether River.
Along the way, the group slew countless Nether Beasts.
Some rivaled the Golden Core Realm, while others rivaled the Nascent Soul Realm.
Xu Changqing controlled the Iron Boat while carefully observing their surroundings.
In the depths of the Nether River, aside from the yin-cold qi, yin-baleful qi, Nether Beasts, and coffins, there were no other abnormalities.
I wonder how much time had passed when the entrance to a cave abode appeared in the distance.
They had arrived at Taiyin Hermit's seclusion site.
Everyone disembarked in turn and headed into the cave abode.
The inside was still the same as before. After searching around, they found neither anything unusual nor anything of value.
Xu Changqing shook his head. "There is nothing valuable here. Let us go."
Rather than waste time here, they might as well continue probing deeper.
Everyone nodded, then left the cave abode together and boarded the Iron Boat once more.
This time, however, the surroundings became even stranger.
The yin-cold qi and yin-baleful qi had grown unimaginably dense.
Even while circulating their spiritual power, they could still feel bone-piercing cold and the unrest of their souls.
The number of Nether Beasts in the river kept increasing, and Nether Beasts at the Nascent Soul Realm had become commonplace.
Their auras were formidable and their attacks fierce. The group had to expend considerable effort to kill them one by one.
Even stranger, large numbers of coffins began appearing upon the river's surface.
These coffins were pitch-black throughout, their material unknown.
Complex runes were carved upon them, and they radiated dense death qi.
Some coffins floated on the water's surface.
Others were half-submerged in the water.
Some drifted with the current, as though whatever