An Ecosystem Beyond the Domain, a Hidden Yin Demon (Part Two)

A year of meditation, and men and women besides.

Fa Xin.

Su Che repeated the monk's religious name to himself. He really was a ruthless one.

"Senior Brother, should we go take a look?"

"Whoa, no, no. Your senior brother still wants to attain the Longevity Realm. It's not that I'm afraid of those rats from the Joyous Union Sect. Would our Mystic Gate's orthodox arts fear a few demonesses? It's just that the sect rules are strict. You wouldn't want to see me guarding the gate for ten years like Old Jiang, would you?"

"But Senior Brother Jiang only ended up there because he went to the Red Sleeve House..."

"He'd never have the nerve. Your Senior Brother Jiang simply lost a bet."

Li Shouchang steered the Abyssal Divine Vessel around the cloud of alluring rosy light, then pressed deeper into the Outer Void.

Su Che watched the crimson glow swirl back and forth.

The Joyous Union Sect. Out here in the Outer Void, the divide between righteous and wicked did not seem all that important.

The Abyssal Divine Vessel continued forward. Li Shouchang called out excitedly to Su Che.

"Junior Brother Su, do you see that?"

Su Che looked where Li Shouchang pointed. Countless points of light had gathered in the void, like schools of fish in the deep sea. They formed a graceful spiral, sending ripples through the void. Each point of light was a winding little snake with eight pupils and no visible mouth or nose, its whole body seemingly cast from radiance. Innumerable snakes traced mysterious paths together in a ceaseless whirl.

Even watching them for a short while left Su Che faintly dizzy and entranced. He had not expected the little snakes' glow to hold the power to turn a soul upside down.

"Those