Netherworld Chapter 86 The Mysterious Woman (2)
I thought of the mist I saw in the jade pendant, so I told him about it. There were too many things similar to the mist, and the old Taoist couldn't tell what it was.
If you insist on moving forward, you must not move rashly, and listen to me. My Taoist power has been consumed a lot, and I will block you for a moment at the critical moment. You can protect yourself with the Eight Ropeways Mantra. The old Taoist priest warned seriously.
Seeing him so nervous, I also felt a little uneasy and nodded repeatedly.
We continued to move forward, passing through layers of chaos. Under the illumination of the light curtain, we saw many corpses and bloodstains along the way, as well as a mess of broken magic tools.
The collapse of Mount Pearl, with tens of millions of tons of rubble, was beyond human control. Only a corpse like the Bronze Armor Corpse, which could use gold and earth to escape and had infinite strength, could escape unscathed. Even the Golden Wing Corpse and the Heavenly Corpse would have great difficulty leaving intact under such circumstances.
However, the walking corpse vein formation is peculiar, and the sky corpse can cast spells, so I think they all have tricks to save their lives. Along the way, I only saw the children who were smashed to death, but there was no trace of those high-level corpses.
The strong smell of blood could be clearly smelled even through the light curtain. I tried not to look at the broken bodies, and was only interested in finding clues related to my mother.
After walking down for nearly a hundred meters, the old Taoist priest suddenly reached out to stop me, and then I heard a "sizzling" sound coming from the front. Looking closely, the green-yellow light curtain seemed to be blocked by something and was constantly corroded.
There is something down there, extremely sinister. With my current Taoist power, we will be in danger if we go down rashly. How long do you have left in your Taoist power? The old Taoist asked.
I calculated and said: About half an hour.
The old Taoist priest hummed and said: You can take me down with your Taoist magic , but we must leave enough time to return to the ground. The yin energy here is too heavy, which makes people feel uneasy.
This is the first time I have seen the old Taoist so wary of a place. Of course, this has a lot to do with the fact that he has very little Taoist power left. If it were in his heyday, with the old Taoist's temperament, there would be no place in the world that he would not dare to go.
I chanted the Eight Ropeways Mantra and led the old Taoist into the void. The protective light curtain automatically dissipated. At the same time, in the world of nothingness, I saw layers of fog ahead.
It was so dark that even in the world of nothingness, it was still difficult to identify the road ahead.
Fortunately, the ability to see nothing helped me get through all obstacles. The old Taoist and I moved forward quickly and soon reached the core of the fog.
Because they were in a world of nothingness, they could not feel the strangeness of the fog at all. However, when they observed the surrounding terrain, they found that the mountain walls that came into contact with the fog were completely corroded.
This ball of fog was like a giant bird egg, and within the collapsed Mount Everest, it once again expanded into a huge underground space.
However, the fog only spreads to a certain range before stopping its erosion and just wandering around the interior.
The old Taoist priest and I descended from the sky, and saw an ordinary bead in mid-air.
The bead was the size of a fist, like a black pearl, and the fog around it was constantly pouring into it.
When I landed on the ground, I found that the fog was coming from underground. The old Taoist frowned and suddenly said to me: I will draw a talisman here to protect myself and go out to check.
Drawing talismans in the void world is equivalent to draining my strength. The old Taoist tried it last time and almost drained me dry. In this case, he still did it, there must be a reason.
I have respect for Lao Dao, and I also have an indescribable sense of trust. I believe that whatever he says and what he does are all right. This is why he and I have been together for so long despite our different thoughts.
Seeing that I nodded, the old Taoist began to draw the empty symbol. The empty symbol extracted power very quickly, and the empty world around me kept shaking. I felt like my whole body was about to burn.
Perhaps, my own Taoist power is insufficient, so now the power is being extracted from my blood.
After I finished drawing an empty talisman, I felt my whole body was burning and my brain was about to explode. The old Taoist priest shouted softly: The five elements of heaven and earth, command the gods of the four directions, and the spirits turn to all directions! Ban!
He pointed his hand into the air and then loosened his grip on my arm.
The empty talisman flashed a green light and forcibly avoided the fog around it. The old Taoist walked out of the world of nothingness and was immediately surrounded by heavy fog.
The green light shone, protecting the old Taoist's body, but there was too much fog and it was extremely corrosive. In the blink of an eye, the green light dimmed.
Seeing this, I quickly reached out and pulled the old Taoist into the world of nothingness.
How is it? I asked after making sure he was safe.
It's the resentment of the Nine Dragons! The old Taoist priest looked unhappy: someone is constantly drawing the resentment of the Nine Dragons and injecting it here.
As he spoke, he looked up at the bead in the air. A large amount of mist was pouring into it, as if it was supplying nutrients to it. His words made my heart sink.
The old woman from the Du Sheng Meridian once said that the reason she went to the Five Elements Meridian to steal the Wood Spirit Pill and was discovered before she even made a move was all because of my mother.
Tao Tiansong just told us that a woman who used the Eight Ropes technique descended from the sky and sealed the nine resentful dragons with great magical powers. Now the old Taoist said that someone was here to extract the resentment of the nine dragons and had some ulterior motive.
All the blame was directed at my mother, whom I had never met.
What is she going to do?
This is a secret that cannot be solved for the time being. The old Taoist priest looked up and looked at the bead.
In the world of nothingness, everything is possible, even walking in the air.
We rose into the air and came in front of the bead.
The bead was very ordinary, as black as ink, and looked like a huge pearl. The influx of Nine Dragons' resentment had no effect on it. Or rather, this effect was invisible to us.
The three veins of the Heavenly Corpse once extracted the resentment of the Nine Dragons and restored the immortal fruit sealed in stone. But now, the woman who is suspected to be my mother has hidden a black bead and extracted the resentment of the Nine Dragons and injected it into it.
The Emperor's dragon energy turned into resentment, which was against the will of heaven and earth. Therefore, it was difficult for the resentful dragon to be born, and the treasure it bred was even more difficult to be complete. This bead was only nurtured by the resentful energy of the Nine Dragons, but it was connected to the Nine Dragons in an incomprehensible way. Once it was taken away, it would be counterattacked by the Nine Dragons, and no one in the world could resist it. The old Taoist frowned.
Is this a good thing or a bad thing? I asked him.
It's neither good nor bad. The old Taoist replied: Things that nourish with resentment are mostly ghosts.
Can't you see where it comes from?
The bead is covered by the nine dragons' resentment, making it difficult to identify. If I can avoid the overwhelming resentment, I can cast a spell to break the restriction on the bead. The old Taoist said: However, it is rare to be able to extract the nine dragons' resentment silently. You are from the Eight Ropes lineage, and you have the ability to reverse the world. The method of seizing the sky and changing the earth can be used here.
The old Taoist's words made the meaning very clear. Even he believed that the woman who placed the beads here and nurtured them with resentment was my mother.
If you cast a spell here...
I'm afraid you can't hold on. The old Taoist said: The method of breaking the ban consumes a huge amount of Taoist power. With your current ability, you can't support it.
Although this statement is somewhat disparaging, it is undeniable that it is the truth. Not to mention the Taoist method that consumes more Taoist energy, even if the Taoist priest draws another empty talisman, I am afraid I can't hold on.
At this moment, I suddenly heard a clear baby laughter in my ears.
The old Taoist also heard it. He was stunned and suddenly looked thoughtful.
Let's leave, the old Taoist priest suddenly said.
I was stunned. Seeing his thoughtful expression, I thought he would say or do something, but I didn't expect him to say such a sentence.
However, my head also began to ache slightly, which was a warning sign that I was about to reach my limit.
We have already checked this area, and the woman suspected to be my mother did not leave any clues except for that black bead.
I knew that the old Taoist must have discovered something, but he didn't say anything. There must be a reason why he didn't say it, so I didn't ask too much.
We climbed up along the same path we came from. The road became wider and wider, but my heart became heavier and heavier. I finally got the news, but it was all in vain.
After passing through the seven or eight meters thick rock, there should be a wide road ahead, allowing us to return to the ground without any obstacles. But now, there are still rocks ahead, and I am inexplicably surprised. Have we not reached the destination yet?
However, the huge resistance told me that this position was the limit of the Tao's travel.
What's going on? I couldn't help asking.
The rocks from above fell and buried the passage, said the old Taoist priest.
He looked calm, as if he wasn't worried at all. But I was extremely anxious, because the limit of the Void Dao was very close, and my brain was boiling and ready to explode, and I could hardly hold on any longer.
At this time, the falling of rocks means a dead end for us.
The old Taoist priest pulled me back through seven or eight meters of rocks and then asked me to lift the spell.
What's going on? After releasing the Taoist magic, I asked anxiously. Although we can survive in the underground space, it is not a long-term solution. There is very little oxygen here. If we stay here for a long time, we may be completely trapped and die.
I don’t know, maybe the rocks shook and caused another collapse, said the old Taoist priest.
He sat cross-legged on a huge rock, closed his eyes and began to regulate his breathing: I need to rest for a while and recover my strength. I will make plans after I wake up.
The old Taoist's performance can be called calm. Maybe he thinks that as long as we recover our Taoist power, we can definitely get out. However, I can't be as optimistic as he is.
