Beyond Ye Beixuan's Expectations

Could it be that Senior Brother Cao has mind-reading abilities?

Ye Beixuan's body trembled almost imperceptibly as he looked at Cao Youqian with a bewildered expression.

Snap!

Xiao Chen smacked Cao Youqian on the back of the head, annoyed. "What kind of time is this in the Daqian? You're still joking about Junior Brother Beixuan?"

Upon hearing this, Ye Beixuan breathed a sigh of relief.

Cao Youqian chuckled, "Hehe, Senior Brother, I just wanted to lighten the mood since everyone's been fighting for quite a while, right?"

Xiao Chen responded to Cao Youqian with just an eye roll, then glanced at everyone present.

Let's rest for a bit and then set off.

"Good."

After everyone had taken a breath, Ye Beixuan stepped forward and opened the gates of the royal court.

What came into view was Dao Light.

Without much thought, Xiao Chen stepped into the portal first, and the others followed closely behind.

After passing through the portal, Ye Beixuan was stunned. He found that there was no one around him, and he was in the square just like in his previous life.

"Oh no! In my previous life, I came alone and didn't know the purpose of this portal. I never imagined it could also be used for teleportation."

After muttering something to himself, he could no longer care about anything else and could only follow his memories from his previous life to the palace where the Primordial Chaos Mirror was located.

Xiao Chen and the others also found that after passing through the light gate, they were no longer accompanied by their companions. However, each of them was a top-notch genius and did not panic because of this sudden change. Instead, they walked towards the palace in front of them.

"I wonder where Zhaoyi was teleported to?"

Cao Youqian looked at the abandoned building in front of him, muttered something to himself, and then walked inside without saying a word.

The moment he entered the building, he felt a chilling aura.

Cao Youqian dared not be careless and subconsciously spread his divine sense outwards.

He soon discovered that the place he was in possessed an extremely terrifying Yin energy, no less than that of the Yellow Springs Abyss.

There were still many dead souls in the yin energy, and these souls seemed to sense the presence of the living and were surrounding Cao Youqian.

He didn't even glance at the wandering souls, but walked towards the source of the yin energy, wanting to find out what was going on.

In no time, Cao Youqian was surrounded by hundreds of dead souls.

Cao Youqian showed no intention of making a move; he simply released his aura, with streaks of lightning flowing continuously around his body.

He was exceptionally bright, like a beacon in the darkness.

Thunder is an extremely yang and powerful element, and it is also the nemesis of the dead. These dead souls stopped in their tracks and surrounded him, not daring to approach.

Snort!

Cao Youqian scoffed dismissively and continued on his way. Before long, he arrived at a gloomy room.

The room was clearly uninhabited, yet it was spotless, and the furnishings inside gave it a brand-new feel, creating a stark contrast with the dilapidated state of the outside.

Tap, tap, tap...

He began to pace slowly around the room, trying to find the source of that extremely yin substance.

After walking several dozen steps, Cao Youqian stopped and looked down at the stone slabs beneath his feet.

This is it.

As he spoke, he stomped his foot, and a cracking sound immediately came from the floor.

Hmm...

Cao Youqian was surprised that his kick couldn't break the floor. He didn't bother looking for the mechanism; a punch could break any mechanism. He took a step back and then threw a punch.

Rumble!

The entire palace trembled violently, but the floorboards were not blown apart; instead, more and more cracks appeared.

That's interesting.

Cao Youqian then unleashed a set of three farmer punches, which shattered the entire palace and finally blasted open the floorboards.

A staircase leading underground finally came into view.

Without giving it much thought, Cao Youqian walked down the stairs, which seemed to lead straight to hell.

He walked for an hour without reaching the end. If it were the old Cao Youqian, he would have lost patience long ago. However, after experiencing so much, the current Cao Youqian has long since become indifferent to many things.

Two hours later, Cao Youqian found himself finally reaching the top of the steps.

He could vaguely hear the sound of flowing water.

Is there an underground river here?

Cao Youqian subconsciously walked towards the sound of water, and as he got closer to the sound, the surrounding temperature dropped.

He also saw a ghostly green light flickering in the distance.

After walking for an unknown amount of time, Cao Youqian finally arrived at the riverbank. He searched around and found a stone tablet standing on the riverbank with two strange characters written on it.

Cao Youqian scratched his head, thinking to himself: If only I had studied more back in the Miscellaneous Dao Institute, I wouldn't be able to recognize these ancient characters now.

Although he didn't know the meaning of those two words, the eerie aura emanating from the river and the ghostly green flames swirling above it confirmed that the river before him was the Nether River, a river no less terrifying than the Yellow Nether River.

After determining the composition of the river, Cao Youqian's lips curled into a slight smile.

I was just worried about not having a good place to train my body, and this Nether River was just right.

Splash!

Without a second thought, Cao Youqian jumped into the Nether River, and soon the biting cold enveloped every corner of his body.

Countless souls in the river were still trying to drag Cao Youqian to the bottom.

Cao Youqian did not resist, keeping his eyes closed as the spirits of the dead dragged him into the river.

When the ghosts realized that the living person in front of them did not resist, they tore at his body like sharks that smelled blood.

But the next second, a divine light automatically emanated from Cao Youqian's body, dispelling these dead souls.

Even without a departed soul, Cao Youqian's body still sank towards the bottom of the river.

The spirits that had suffered a great loss before attacked Cao Youqian again, but the result was the same as before. After several attempts, the spirits finally gave up.

Time passed by, minute by minute, and seven days and seven nights later.

Cao Youqian sank completely to the bottom of the river. There were no more dead souls around him, so he was happy to continue Body Tempering in peace.

Just then, an old voice came from beside his ear.

"Young man, did you lose some treasure while entering the Nether River?"

Cao Youqian completely ignored the voice and continued his cultivation.

Behind him, a dark figure, seeing that the young man was ignoring him, asked again.

The shadowy figure remained silent. After asking three times, it gave up and simply hovered beside the young man, waiting for him to open his eyes.

While Cao Youqian was Body Tempering at the bottom of the Nether River, the others also obtained their own opportunities...