Daoying

Chapter 561 Encounter in the Seventh Space
The entire collection hall is embedded underground and is very closed. The sea water is a turbid dark green color and is full of tiny impurities.

Fortunately, each floor is illuminated by a large number of pearls, making it appear more spacious and less depressing.

The structure of each floor is very different. There are huge bookshelves reaching the top, and various ancient scrolls are hung on the walls. Some floors have fewer bookshelves and are equipped with large tables with some jade slips, utensils and models piled on them.

On the first six floors, you can see some sea clan disciples reading here and there. Most of them have green wavy hair, blue eyes, and bronze skin. They are the same type as Hai Shan and Hai Yin.

After the three of them entered the first floor, they began to search attentively.

The books here are all made of seaweed fiber and coral powder, and can be soaked in water for tens of thousands of years without rotting. The three of them used their spiritual eyes to scan the catalogs of those books, looking for all possible clues.

Most of them are about the cultivation of techniques and mental methods, a small part is about the refining of elixirs and magic weapons, and there is very little information that purely records history and events.

Finally, on the fifth floor, I found several bookshelves containing history, events, biographies, styles, and even literature.

Xie Huan was looking at a book called "Chronicles", which had dozens of volumes. He stretched out his hand and the first volume flew down, fell into his hand, and slowly opened it.

"In the 23375th year of the Yuanyang calendar, Haisai came to the deep sea of ​​the prison and discovered strange black energy. He then settled down there and practiced hard for more than years, and finally mastered this energy."

"In the 23435th year of the Yuanyang calendar, Haisai led his enemy Lan to the Hellland, and activated the killing formation that had been set up long ago, killing Lan. Haisai was also seriously injured, and the Hellland was completely destroyed. Haisai began to rebuild the Hellland City."

"In the 23466th year of the Yuanyang calendar, the great alchemist Peng An led more than disciples to migrate here and began to refine pills using black energy."

"In the 23658th year of the Yuanyang calendar, the royal family sent an envoy..."

The following part is all about the major events at the beginning of the creation of the City of Hell, but after reading the whole book until the death of Haisai, there is no information about dark energy.

Xie Huan quickly browsed through all the "Chronicles" and learned the history of the City of Hell.

Then he took out a book called "Secrets of the Sea", which introduced the formation of the deep sea of ​​prison, the flow of energy, the distribution of mineral veins, etc.

I read all of them, but I didn't see any description of dark energy.

Afterwards, I flipped through a lot of books and jade slips, and found few references to this dark energy. However, there were quite a few books on how to use this dark energy to practice and refine.

Bozer also looked through a lot of them, but also found nothing.

Suddenly Xie Huan found Long Xiu standing in front of a bookshelf, holding a thick book and reading it carefully, and he had been doing so for quite some time.

He walked up and asked, "How is it, do you have any clues?"

After saying that, he took a look at the title of the book: "The Book of Bliss of the Lamp Grass Yuanying". The thick cover was torn apart.

Xie Huan: "..."

"Uh, no, no clues found."

Only then did Long Xiu stop, swallow his saliva, and look away from the book reluctantly.

“Have you been watching this?”

Xie Huan asked with a dark face.

"There is a literature section here, which contains many legendary stories of sea heroes. I want to see if there are any clues in it."

Long Xiu explained.

"What about the clues?"

"did not find."

"I@#￥%..."

"Hush, be quiet, don't make any noise."

Long Xiu made a gesture to silence Xie Huan and said to comfort him, "Don't worry, just look for it slowly."

"I'm looking for you @#￥%&!"

"Oh, I've searched everywhere but still can't find any definite clues. Could the information be on the seventh floor?"

Long Xiu interrupted quickly.

The two of them looked towards the stairs at the corner.

Boze said in embarrassment: "Without the city lord's order, you can't enter the seventh floor at all."

"Go and have a look first."

Xie Huan said.

The three of them walked down the stairs and soon reached the seventh floor, where they saw a dark iron door.

There are management staff on each of the six floors above, but not on this floor.

The iron gate exuded a cold luster in the sea water, with mysterious and complex patterns on it.

“This is a forbidden area in the collection hall.”

Bozer's expression changed, and he stammered, "It is said that if you don't have the handwritten token, as long as you walk forward, you will be smashed to pieces by the spell in front of the door. This door is the strongest defense, so it does not need to be guarded by anyone."

"If it breaks, it will definitely cause a shock."

A blue-silver light appeared in Xie Huan's right eye, and he began to analyze the energy structure of this restriction, and spoke slowly.

Bozer was startled and hurriedly shook his hands and said, "Don't do that. If we attack this door, we will be doomed!"

He was so nervous that he couldn't breathe, fearing that Xie Huan would not listen to his advice and really take action, so he added: "It's basically just a secret book of magic, it's unlikely to have any information, let's go to other floors to look for it."

"There's someone inside."

Xie Huan said: "I sense that there is someone inside."

Boze and Long Xiu were both stunned. The restriction before them was extremely complicated and layered with almost no flaws. Any spiritual sense would be blocked and could not penetrate at all.

"Are you pretending to be cool, fellow Daoist?"

Long Xiu asked unconvinced.

“There really is someone.”

Xie Huan said with certainty that this was exactly the induction brought by "The Immortal's Return to the Original Nature". Although the situation inside was not certain, he could still sense it if someone was there.

"That should be the core disciple of the City Lord's Mansion, who entered with the handwritten token."

Bozer said.

"Even so, let's go in and take a look."

Long Xiu's eyes flashed slightly, and he walked forward.

"Buzz!"

Boze was startled, and hurried forward to grab Long Xiu's arm, saying in shock: "No, sir, you must not do this!"

"Don't worry, I won't make any noise."

Long Xiu waved his hand and pushed Boze away, and an invisible force locked Boze to prevent him from interfering.

Xie Huan's eyelids jumped, and he said in disbelief: "Fellow Daoist, are you showing off? This restriction has at least more than 300 rings, layer upon layer. If you don't use violence, it will take ten days or half a month to remove it."

Long Xiu snorted softly, and a golden light spun at his fingertips, transforming into a dragon-shaped prop, which he held in his hand and moved forward.

Boze's eyes bulged out and his heart was in his throat.

Wherever the tool passed, a ripple was left on the water. Then layers of energy emerged from the sea water and were all cut open, just like cutting through a dozen layers of paper with a knife.

Xie Huan's eyes of insight suddenly shrank, revealing a look of horror.

Those layers of energy were exactly restrictions. After being cut open by the dragon-shaped instrument, the structure inside was broken but not collapsed. The energy above was still very stable, as if no one had touched it.

A huge hole was cut in the dozen layers of restrictions, and a dark passage appeared in front of the three people.

"Let's go in and see if there's anyone there."

Long Xiu waved his hand, and the dragon-shaped instrument disappeared from his hand. He then walked inside.

Xie Huan followed closely behind.

Bozer discovered that the invisible force controlling him had dissipated, and after a moment of hesitation, he hurried to catch up.

Just as they disappeared into the passage, cracks in a dozen layers of energy began to heal slowly, and the severed structures were connected again, causing only a slight fluctuation, and then completely disappeared into nothingness, as if nothing had happened.

As Xie Huan and the other two entered the passage, they heard a woman's screams coming from inside. The screams continued, as if she was being tortured.

Long Xiu glanced at Xie Huan, as if to say, "You're really something."

The three of them held their breath, walked through the passage, and arrived at the seventh floor.

Inside was an independent space filled with the energy of the Black Abyss, with huge formations everywhere and fewer bookshelves than on the first six floors.

Not far in front of the three people, they could vaguely see figures moving. It was a man and a woman. The man was behind and the woman was constantly being tortured. Dark red lightning struck out from the void from time to time, hitting her body like a whip, bursting her flesh and blood. The whole person was covered in blood and choking in a low voice. Her body had long since involuntarily followed the man's movements.

The three of them were speechless. Xie Huan glanced at Long Xiu, as if to say, isn't this better than the "Lamp Grass Yuanying's Extreme Bliss Treasure Mirror"?
Long Xiu held his chin and nodded, as if thinking, these two people might have read "The Lamp Grass Yuanying's Book of Bliss" and came here for internship.

The two men's movements were getting faster and faster, and the woman's screams were getting more and more continuous. The man was in the early stage of Nascent Soul, and the woman was only in the Core Formation stage. Coupled with their selfless concentration, they didn't even notice that there were three more people behind them.

"No, Brother Han, no, I will die. I will die if I continue like this, wuwuwu."

The woman trembled and begged for mercy, her whole body was shaking, and her face was full of fear and pleading.

"The end of a cauldron is to sacrifice everything for its master, including your life. You deserve to die as a stepping stone for me on my way to the top of Haihan. I just experienced the initiation of royal blood. If I don't use you high-quality cauldrons to vent my anger, I will easily go crazy."

The man said with a wild laugh, his voice full of evil charm.

Xie Huan saw that there was indeed a shadow of blood flowing on his body, which was a bit similar to when Hein performed the "sudden attack".

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"

The woman was so terrified and oppressed that she couldn't speak. She could only sob and cry with tears in her eyes.

"What a pity! It would be great if I could use Aunt Haishan's body to vent my anger. I drew her royal blood, so I should use her body to neutralize it."

The man's face was filled with madness, he was in ecstasy, and rushed forward with all his might. With the last "click", he twisted the woman's head off with force.

The entire space suddenly fell silent, leaving only the man's heavy breathing.

When Xie Huan heard the word "Hai Shan", his pupils suddenly shrank and his eyes became sharp.

The man stretched out his hand, turned the woman's body into ashes, threw it into the air, and then started practicing on the spot.

The red blood beneath the skin travels along the meridians throughout the body.

"Why, do you recognize Hai Shan?"

Long Xiu suddenly spoke.

He keenly noticed that when the man said "Hai Shan", Xie Huan's mood changed.

"Ah."

Xie Huan said calmly, his eyes became blurry and it was unclear what he was thinking.

"Who?!"

The man was so frightened that he almost went crazy. He quickly put on a robe, turned around suddenly and looked at him vigilantly.

"Who are you? How can you enter the seventh floor?"

The man calmed down instantly and asked.

You can't enter without a royal decree, unless you break the ban by force, the entire City Lord's Mansion will be alarmed.

So he thought that the three of them must have had a handwritten order.

He looked at the three people again and saw that they were all of low-level races. He immediately became furious and shouted, "How long have you been in here?"

"Hehe, it won't be long before I see you display your divine power."

Long Xiu said with a teasing smile.

"Damn it! What are you doing here?"

The man was furious, his face was ashen, his eyes were full of murderous intent, and he walked towards the three people step by step with a bad look on his face.

Because of the aura of the three, only Boze is at the early stage of Nascent Soul, while Xie Huan and Long Xiu are only at the early stage of Core Formation.

Boze's face was full of worry. He sent a voice message to the two of them, "This man is the city lord's beloved son Hai Han. He is also the most talented sea cultivator in Hell City. He has a bright future. What should we do now?"

"I want to ask, is the Hai Shan you just mentioned the royal woman who just arrived at the City of Hell?"

Xie Huan ignored Boze's message and asked Haihan calmly.

"Do you know my aunt?"

Haihan asked back with a gloomy face.

"Yes, did you draw her royal blood?"

Xie Huan asked again: "Can this blood still be drawn?"

"court death!"

Seeing that Xie Huan, who was in the early stage of Jindan, had offended him like this, Hai Han could no longer suppress his murderous intent. He shouted angrily and rushed forward, stretching out his hand to slap Xie Huan.

The sea water in the space rolled violently, making a low roar.

An invisible giant hand appeared in the sea and grabbed Xie Huan's body.

Xie Huan took a step to the side, and came to Hai Han like a ghost, grabbing him on the head with his backhand.

"?"

As soon as a question mark popped up in Hai Han's mind, he felt a sharp pain on the top of his head. Xie Huan's five fingers were completely inserted into his head, and blood spurted out.

At this moment, his soul was clamped and was struggling to surge upwards.

"Ah! You want to search my soul?!"

Hai Han was so frightened that his soul flew out of his body. He shouted in horror: "You are not a Jindan cultivator, who are you? Stop, stop immediately, do you know who I am? I am the son of the city lord!"

"That's good. The city lord's son must know the source of this black abyss energy."

Long Xiu clapped his hands and laughed.

Hai Han was even more confused. Who are these three people?

But before he could think, severe pain came from his soul, and Xie Huan had already begun searching frantically.

"Don't kill him. There must be a natal jade token in the city."

Boze hurriedly reminded.

Xie Huan had a blank expression on his face as he held Hai Han's soul tightly. Half an hour later, the magic and soul light finally stopped.

Hai Han's face was dull and his eyes were lifeless, but his skin had turned red as blood, almost overflowing.

"It seems that Hai Shan is not dead."

Long Xiu looked at Xie Huan and said with a smile: "Because your face looks a little more relaxed."

"He's not dead, but he's not far from death."

Xie Huan still said expressionlessly.

"Have you discovered anything about the Black Abyss Energy?"

Long Xiu didn't care about Hai Shan and asked again.

"Walk."

Xie Huan said: "Come with me to a place."

"where?"

Boze and Long Xiu both asked subconsciously.

"The source of the Black Abyss energy."

Xie Huan glanced at Hai Han on the ground, locked him up, threw him to Long Xiu and said, "Put your magic treasure in it, so that no one will find out and ruin our plan."

"You also have a divine treasure, why don't you let it go?"

Long Xiu's face was full of disgust.

"dirty."

“…I find it dirty too.”

"Stop talking nonsense, take this person away, and then break the restriction and get out."

Xie Huan said calmly.

There was a compelling power in his tone.

Although Long Xiu would not be intimidated, seeing that Hai Han was in a bad mood, he was too lazy to say anything. He waved his hand to collect Hai Han's body, took out the dragon-shaped instrument, and cut through the layers of restrictions.

Soon, the three of them left the collection hall.

Boze went to say goodbye to Butler Hou, took the two of them away from the City Lord's Mansion, and calmly returned to the rare goods shop.

Then Xie Huan asked Boze to stay, and he and Long Xiu turned into a beam of light and returned to the City Lord's Mansion.

(End of this chapter)