Beaten to It

"I'll take the risks, but you get all the benefits first—that's so unfair!"

Zhang Xuezhou stepped into the Yellow Springs, relying on the Liang King's control ring to avoid the invasion of the Yellow Springs water, and also relying on the water-avoidance technique to keep the cold and dampness from sticking to his body.

He possessed abundant Law Power and didn't care about wandering in the Yellow Springs.

But Zhang Xuezhou didn't know how long he would have to wander around like this.

After fussing around for a while, he went to check on Li Shaojun, but he didn't see any colorful poisonous miasma.

This left Zhang Xuezhou disappointed. After muttering about Li Shaojun for a while, he had no choice but to start going back and forth in the Yellow Springs again.

It seems that Zhang Xuezhou can enter the Yellow Springs whenever he wants, but the location for entering the Yellow Springs is not fixed. He also tried by reciting the new emperor's sacrificial text and by using feng shui to determine the burial site.

Zhang Xuezhou used all the methods at once, but he couldn't be sure which one worked or whether the combination had an effect. In any case, he was able to enter and exit again, and even returned to the terrain sketch where Hongku was.

He was handed over by Bai and had no intention of looking for Bai again.

"Why don't we try following Master Hongku's path?"

Zhang Xuezhou had previously found Bai by relying on Hongku's diagrams, but when he got bored wandering around aimlessly this time, he felt he could travel anywhere.

As long as he doesn't lose his way and can return, Zhang Xuezhou felt there wouldn't be any problems. After all, he had the token, so the Yellow Springs Water had little effect on him and wouldn't consume as much of his Law Power as others did after entering.

Zhang Xuezhou had little energy expenditure, and he felt he could easily stay up all night without any problems.

Since Li Shaojun wanted him to wander in the Yellow Springs, he would completely satisfy him and see what kind of secret place Li Shaojun could create.

"The underworld, a secret place, sounds ominous, but I have indeed dealt with quite a few dead people!"

Zhang Xuezhou thought about the deceased Prince Liang, then about sneaking into Emperor Jing's Yangling Mausoleum, and then about Bai in Fengxize. In reality, Huang, Ren Yisheng, Luo Zhong, and others were all hovering between life and death, and they were also closely related to him.

When dealing with these half-dead people, Zhang Xuezhou was quite passive, and most of the time he could only endure it.

But these once-dominant top experts have all faded like withered flowers, while he has managed to survive until now.

However, Zhang Xuezhou didn't gain much benefit from these people either.

"Aside from exchanging a Sui Hou pearl with Brother Kong, I gained almost nothing!"

Zhang Xuezhou shook his sleeve pocket.

In all his back and forth, he only obtained a Suihou Pearl, which was said to be a great treasure.

But it wouldn't be of much use to Zhang Xuezhou; it was just a safer option than the Sage Kong, which would drain his family's wealth.

As Zhang Xuezhou strolled around, he couldn't help but glance at his sleeve pocket while holding the Golden Crow Great Emperor's feather.

So it was you who was stirring up trouble in the Underworld!

Upon closer inspection, he realized that the one who had disturbed the Yellow Springs was not himself, who was wandering aimlessly, but the Suihou Pearl hidden in his celestial robes.

Whenever his body swayed as he moved, the Suihou Pearl caused the Yellow Springs to vibrate back and forth.

Zhang Xuezhou could even sense a certain attraction between the Suihou Pearl and the Yellow Springs, but it was isolated by his Water-Avoiding Technique.

"We need to give Lao Li a push!"

Having understood the factors that were disturbing the Yellow Springs, Zhang Xuezhou couldn't help but take out the Suihou Pearl.

He threw the Suihou Pearl into the Yellow Springs water, and it was as if a sponge had been added to the water, constantly absorbing water.

"The Suihou Pearl is indeed suited to the dark and gloomy waters of the Yellow Springs!"

The Yellow Springs water flowed very slowly; without the pull of the Liang King's Grand Formation, Zhang Xuezhou felt that the Yellow Springs should be still.

Even when Zhang Xuezhou entered, it only caused ripples in the trampled passageway.

When the Suihou Pearl was thrown into it, Zhang Xuezhou felt the Yellow Springs water begin to flow, and even the Suihou Pearl seemed to float and drift.

Zhang Xuezhou was amazed by this situation.

As he wandered aimlessly in the Yellow Springs, he inevitably followed the pearl wherever it went; wherever the Suihou Pearl drifted, Zhang Xuezhou followed.

Stepping over the dragon's feet and passing through its spine, Zhang Xuezhou glided down.

When he drifted to the Dragon Tail area with the Suihou Pearl, he felt as if the Yellow Spring Water had disappeared at the end of a cliff.

Seeing the Suihou Pearl flash and disappear at the end of the Yellow Springs, Zhang Xuezhou couldn't help but reach out and grab it. He felt a suction force entering his body through the Suihou Pearl he grasped with his right hand.

As he stumbled, Zhang Xuezhou felt a blur before his eyes.

At this moment, the Yellow Springs that flowed like a river in front of him were no longer there. It was as if there was a ditch here, and the Yellow Springs water was diverted here and eventually poured into the vicinity of a pitch-black boulder, and then mysteriously disappeared.

"A glimmer of hope appears after a long period of darkness; could this be the secret underworld that Li Shaojun mentioned?"

Zhang Xuezhou couldn't understand what Li Shaojun was digging for; it turned out he was the one who had crawled in.

Zhang Xuezhou didn't immediately search the secret place. He reached out and touched the path he had come from, feeling that he should still be able to travel back through the Yellow Springs Water, which put Zhang Xuezhou mind at ease.

As long as the Yellow Springs water continues, he will have the ability to safely return to the outside world.

Once he was sure he could go back, Zhang Xuezhou made a mark on the ground before walking along the empty area.

Zhang Xuezhou had visited several secret locations, such as the Venerable One's Xieluosi River Secret Location, the Emperor's Kunlun Sacred Land, the Immortal Court, the Eastern Heavenly Gate Secret Location, and the Western Sect's lair.

However, he was either confined and unable to move freely in these secret places, or he passed through them in a hurry, rarely exploring every single one.

Only then was Zhang Xuezhou able to walk normally.

He reached out and grabbed the Suihou Pearl, which was about to drift towards the black boulder. Once it was safely in place, Zhang Xuezhou slowly walked over.

"King Liang must have been in and out of this place!"

After observing the black boulder for a while and pondering the aura of the underworld in the Liang King's tomb, Zhang Xuezhou felt that the Liang King had most likely entered and exited this secret place.

If someone else gets there first, it will be difficult to find any rare and precious heavenly materials and earthly treasures in the secret place.

After thinking it through, Zhang Xuezhou felt that his and Li Shaojun's little scheme to explore unknown places and obtain treasures had gone down the drain.

"I do have some luck, but not all of it!"

Zhang Xuezhou initially learned the art of movement and took advantage of the Yellow Springs' waters, but that was all he did.

He had barely set foot on this secret land when, lacking the aquatic blessing, Zhang Xuezhou felt that his luck had almost run out.

Good luck is discovering a secret place; once you've used up your luck, you find that the secret place has already been used by someone else.

Although the King of Liang was dead and this secret place was likely unclaimed, Zhang Xuezhou felt that he wasn't of much use here.

He could get in, Rong Tianding couldn't get in through the Yellow Springs Water, not even by using this secret place to protect his family and friends.

As for Zhang Xuezhou, his cultivation had already reached the Body Transformation Realm, so he had no need for the Spiritual Qi of this secret place.

He looked around at the gray ground and gray sky, and felt that his mood was very similar to that of this secret place, also belonging to the gray realm.

"Wait, where's the Spiritual Qi?"

Although Zhang Xuezhou felt it would be difficult to utilize the Spiritual Qi of this secret underworld, he also felt that it was indispensable.

After looking around, Zhang Xuezhou couldn't find a single trace of Spiritual Qi.