Before heading to the teleportation array, Mu Fusheng deliberately concealed himself and returned to his cave abode. Inside the cave abode, he removed the black robe with talismans that concealed his presence and casually inscribed some talismans before taking them away.
After all, Mu Fusheng always kept the talismans he carved in his spatial ring; he would never leave them out in the open!
At this moment, the spatial teleportation array inside the Sacred Hall.
When everyone saw Mu Fusheng arrive, Yang Shao said with a wry smile, " Brother Mu, why did you take so long? The mission over there is extremely urgent!"
Mu Fusheng smiled, took out the talismans he had just engraved from his spatial ring, and said with a smile, "Because the mission over there is important, I only engraved a few talismans temporarily to ensure its completion. I didn't expect it to take two hours."
Yang Shao was startled upon hearing this, and looking at the talismans in Mu Fusheng's hand, he said, "These talismans have all reached the Creation Grade! Brother Mu, you managed to carve them in just two hours?"
Mu Fusheng was taken aback.
broken.
The timing wasn't right! The grade and quantity of the seal carvings should be reduced further!
Now that things have come to this, Mu Fusheng nodded without batting an eye and said, "These talismans are ones I carve frequently; I'm quite skilled at them."
Yang Shao then nodded.
Only Jiu Bailu, Ye Qiubai, and the others standing to the side chuckled inwardly.
I don't believe you!
"Alright, let's hurry on our way. Even if we use the spatial teleportation array, we won't be able to reach the outer edge of the Nether River Abyss until tomorrow morning." Yang Shao said, while showing the Heaven-Supervising Token to the guard next to the teleportation array.
The guard nodded upon seeing this and activated the teleportation array.
Several people stepped inside.
After four spatial teleportations.
The group then arrived at a city.
Yang Shao explained, "The place we are in is the city closest to the Nether River Abyss, Nether River City, which is also a branch of the Sacred Hall located here."
As he explained, a woman approached him.
"Brother Yang, over here!"
She was tall and slender, with red makeup adorning her eyebrows and eyes as clear as autumn water, captivating all who looked into them.
Yang Shao stepped forward and asked, "What's the situation now?"
The woman shook her head, her eyebrows furrowing slightly. "Although the elders of the branch hall have already stepped forward, things are already in chaos behind the scenes. Every day, people are trying to sneak in and seize resources, and many factions are even fighting each other over a single resource."
Now that the seal has loosened, the aura of the evil creatures in the abyss has begun to leak out. And the heavenly materials and earthly treasures in the Nether River Abyss, which were originally formed by being tainted by this evil aura, are now flourishing even more!
This also led to the surrounding forces and Rogue Cultivator going berserk in their killing.
As the woman spoke, her gaze occasionally drifted towards Ye Qiubai and his group.
Yang Shao realized what was happening and introduced them, "These are the newly recruited disciples of the Sacred Hall." Then, pointing to the woman, he said, "This is Luo Ke, the daughter of the branch temple master."
Before Ye Qiubai and the others could speak, Luo Ke's eyes lit up and he said, "They're the newcomers who are even more talented than you?"
Yang Shao's eye twitched. "If you can talk, then talk more..."
Luo Ke shoved Yang Shao aside, then sidled up to Mu Fusheng, grabbed his hand, and said, "I've heard about you guys. You're really amazing! You completed such a difficult task so soon after joining the Sacred Hall. Brother Yang and Qin Zhao can't compare to you!"
Mu Fusheng glanced at Yang Shao, who was trembling with anger, and then smiled and said, "It was just a lucky coincidence. Besides, I didn't participate; it was them."
Suddenly, he felt a cold gaze piercing through him from the side.
Mu Fusheng felt his hand being held by the soft jade and immediately pulled it away.
Luo Ke smiled and said, "Alright, let's go straight there. There's been another conflict over there."
After saying that, Luo Ke took the lead and walked to the front.
Yang Shao patted Mu Fusheng on the shoulder, gestured with his mouth towards Jiu Bailu, and then followed.
Mu Fusheng then looked at Jiu Bailu.
Jiu Bailu still wore a gentle smile, and to others, there was nothing strange about her.
Mu Fusheng felt a shiver run down his spine after reading it.
broken...
"What's wrong?" Jiu Bailu tilted her head and smiled slightly.
Xu Yeming laughed, "Senior brother, I didn't expect you to be so afraid of your wife." Then he followed.
Ye Qiubai patted Mu Fusheng on the shoulder and said as he followed, "Good luck."
Hong Ying said the same thing, "Take care."
Mu Fusheng's lips twitched, then he coughed lightly, reached for Jiu Bailu's hand, and said, "Well... let's go too."
Jiu Bailu glanced at it, then subtly dodged away and walked forward.
"My hands are too rough. I think Luo Ke's hands are nice; they look quite soft. I'd like to hold her hand."
Mu Fusheng gave a bitter laugh.
What a terrible thing to do...
As expected, Master's realm is higher and his understanding is clearer.
Although Nether River City is located on the edge of the Soaring Realm, its area is extremely large, probably comparable to the capital of the Banan Divine Kingdom. Moreover, the forces here are complex and intertwined, but there is no top-tier power to govern it.
All of this is because the Nether River Abyss heavenly materials and earthly treasures.
However, the top powers felt that this place was too dangerous... and that absorbing too much of the Evil Qi emanating from the abyss might affect their own physical constitution, which is why they were unwilling to share in this pie.
This has resulted in the local forces being primarily composed of individuals who lack resources and are willing to risk their lives for them.
Three of these forces are the most powerful.
The Styx Sect, the Yin Spirit Sect, and the Three Treasures Sect.
"And the people fighting this time are from the Styx Sect and the Yin Spirit Sect." Luo Ke explained the situation here along the way.
"They all found a valley that had been mutated by the leakage of Evil Qi, and the heavenly materials and earthly treasures within it had increased in value beyond their original size."
Xu Yeming asked, puzzled, "But although these rare and heavenly materials and earthly treasures nourished by Evil Qi have become higher in grade, won't absorbing them also contaminate them with Evil Qi? Wouldn't that have side effects?"
Luo Ke shook his head helplessly. "There are so many cultivators in the Soaring Realm, and ninety percent of the resources are controlled by the top forces. The remaining ten percent is simply not enough to go around, so they don't care whether it's Evil Qi or not, as long as it's useful."
This is why countless people are desperate to join top-tier organizations.
How can one cultivate without resources?
Where do all these chosen ones come from, cultivating alone and always encountering great fortuitous opportunity...?
At the edge of Nether River City, led by Luo Ke, Ye Qiubai and the others quickly arrived at the outer perimeter of the Nether River Abyss.
Before us stretched an endless rift valley, its entrance shrouded in black mist, through which jagged rocks and twisted, dead trees could be vaguely seen.
The air was filled with a mixture of blood and decay. Even standing at the entrance of the valley, one could feel a chilling, malevolent Evil Qi emanating from the depths, causing a slight tingling sensation on the skin.
The ground at the valley entrance was an eerie dark red, as if it had been stained with blood for countless years, and not a blade of grass grew there.
Looking into the valley, a faint, dark red light flickered deep within the black mist, like the eyes of a ghost, appearing and disappearing intermittently.
Deeper inside, one can hear faint, mournful wind howls, mixed with indistinct roars and wails, which unsettle the mind.
Inside the valley entrance, two groups of cultivators were facing off.
They must be from the Styx Sect and the Yin Spirit Sect...