Underworld

Upon entering the Wind Cave, the raging winds intensified, and the invisible gales became even more devastating. If Nascent Soul Realm cultivator were in this place, they would likely be blown away, their flesh and blood disintegrating and their souls flying away.

"Fellow Daoists, I shall take my leave now."

One by one, the figures disappeared. The City Lord Xue nodded and looked at Zhu Xiu and the other man, smiling, "Young Master Zhu, you've come for the Underworld, haven't you? I'm going in too, why don't we go together?"

Zhu Xiu immediately replied humbly, "Then thank you very much for your care City Lord Xue."

She was in the Late Spirit Severing Realm, and traveling with Shen Ge and Zhu Tianyu, she could indeed be said to have taken care of them.

However, this City Lord Xue was far inferior to City Lord Luo, whom Shen Ge had met once before. He still vividly remembered the shocking scene of City Lord Luo annihilating a Spirit Severing Realm Evil Demon with a wave of his hand.

Delivered from the horizon, tearing through space, and annihilating everything with a wave of his hand, his aura of power was truly awe-inspiring.

"By the way, City Lord Xue, this is a good friend of mine, Brother Shen, Shen Linfeng. We met during the trials at the Azure Origin Palace." Zhu Xiu introduced them, "Brother Shen, this is City Lord Xue of Desert Wind City. She is a powerful senior, and she's probably close to breaking through to the Body Integration Realm."

Shen Ge bowed and said, "Greetings, City Lord Xue."

The City Lord Xue smiled, indicating that there was no need for formalities. Then she glared at Zhu Xiu, thinking that the term "senior" was really awful. She was only two thousand years older than them at most, a difference that was negligible.

"This Wind -Wind-Calming Pearl in the Wind Cave is quite a valuable treasure. Would you two like to consider it?"

"No, this thing is useless to us. We need to focus on our business." Zhu Xiu chuckled and then shook her head.

The three figures then swayed, and about ten breaths later they appeared in a place emanating black yin Yin Qi. In front of them, a palm-sized black energy ball was constantly shifting.

This place is probably the entrance to the Underworld.

"Let's go in first." After saying that, City Lord Xue immediately stepped into the palm-sized black cloud of energy, with Zhu Xiu and Shen Ge following closely behind.

A few breaths later, the three of them appeared in a dark and gloomy world. The Yin Qi here was pervasive and extremely strong. If Golden Core Stage cultivator were to appear in this world, he would probably be corrupted by the Yin Qi and become a walking corpse that was neither alive nor dead within a day.

"This place is haunted by ghosts, teeming with fierce spirits, and there are even several ghost kings. You two should be careful."

At this moment, a faint layer of Gang Qi appeared around Zhu Xiu, and the ghostly Gang Qi was shattered and sent away before it even got close.

As for Shen Ge, these ghostly energies not only couldn't harm him, but actually gave him a comfortable feeling.

"Huh, why is it so strange to come in this time?" The City Lord Xue couldn't help but glance around in surprise, and his Divine Sense probed out without restraint.

"City Lord Xue, have you noticed something amiss?" Zhu Xiu had never been inside before and couldn't see anything unusual, so she asked in a low voice.

"In the past, those vengeful spirits weren't so docile when they came in. Every time, they would swarm in and only dare to move after being repelled."

"But now, it's become docile, how strange."

Zhu Xiu glanced at the ghostly figures, her lips twitching slightly. This wasn't docility; it was more likely fear.

He gave Shen Ge a meaningful look, then said, "Isn't this good? We're not interested in dealing with these ghosts anyway."

"Indeed." City Lord Xue chuckled, then added, "However, there's a rather unusual spirit here; you'd better be careful."

Having said that, the three of them set off separately. In any case, this area wasn't very vast for them, so it was better to go their separate ways and leave their gains to luck.

As Shen Ge flew slowly, he surveyed his surroundings. None of the ghosts and spirits he encountered dared to stop him; they all trembled and looked at him in fear.

Previously, beneath the Yellow Wind Sands, Shen Ge couldn't instill such fear in these creatures, but it seems that after capturing the vengeful spirits below, a certain aura emanating from him has become increasingly intense.

A moment later, Shen Ge appeared next to a bright red flower, his brows furrowed as he gazed at it thoughtfully.

The flower stem is bare, with only a single red flower at the top.

"Flowers bloom without leaves, leaves grow without flowers—could this be the legendary Other Shore Flower?"

Shen Ge became somewhat doubtful. In his memory, the Other Shore Flower only grew on the Yellow Springs Road Underworld was a flower that guided the souls of the dead.

How could this kind of flower possibly appear here?

Does this mean this area has been taken over by the Underworld?

But that shouldn't be the case; he didn't sense any aura of the Underworld or Samsara at all. That shouldn't be the case, right?

Shen Ge's mind was in turmoil for a moment. He thought of many things, but in the end, he rejected them all.

In fact, the Other Shore Flower lily doesn't seem to be unique to the Yellow Springs Road Underworld even to a single world.

After temporarily setting aside those chaotic thoughts, Shen Ge waved his hand and moved the flowers into the Ghost Gate Pass.

On the other side, after collecting several pieces of Nether Stones, the City Lord Xue also found some relatively gentle Yin spirits, which she planned to use as artifact spirits.

It would probably take thousands of years for an ordinary Spirit Treasure to develop a spirit, but if a yin spirit were to act as the spirit, it would only take a few hundred years.

(Here's an additional point: Shen Ge previously misunderstood Spirit Treasure due to his limited perspective. Spirit Treasure are divided into Xiantian and acquired types. Only Postnatal Spirit Treasure gradually decline with the death of their master and can only unleash ten attacks without a master.)

(For example, Xuanguang's previous Qiankun Realm Heaven and Earth Realm was such that he couldn't refine that Spirit Treasure, so he could only forcefully unleash a Spirit Severing Realm attack, and he could only do it ten times.)

(If it has an owner, it will return to Spirit Treasure peak after a period of nurturing, provided it is not damaged.)

After collecting a few more agreeable spirits, the City Lord Xue gazed in the direction of Shen Ge. Her eyes narrowed slightly, and her expression was thoughtful, as if she were pondering something.

On the other side, Zhu Xiu stopped collecting after gathering about ten Three Lives Flower (also known as Other Shore Flower). He stood with his hands behind his back, looking in Shen Ge's direction, and murmured softly, "Brother Shen, you seem to have changed."

"Your aura is deep and eerie; you wouldn't have turned to the Ghost Dao, would you?"

Actually, the Ghost Dao isn't weak; there are Ghost Cultivators as well. It's just that Ghost Dao Tribulation Transcendence, since Heavenly Tribulations are the most effective against Ghost Dao.

Moreover, the Ghost Dao is the easiest to be restrained, so not many people choose it.