Qingling Punishing Heart

Chapter 54 Tower Prison
Su Ji felt that he had fallen into an abyss, the roaring air was crushing him, and the howling wind was blowing him.

There is no despair in the world that can surpass what he feels at this moment.It was an indescribable pain, so oppressive, so deep, so complicated, so heavy...

After an unknown amount of time, he woke up from a strange darkness.

A pair of empty eyes lost their original alertness and dexterity, like a dead person, only the faint ups and downs of his chest emphasized again and again that he was the only living life in this darkness.

Darkness and dead silence are both the final destination of a life.However, for Su Ji, now is not the end of everything.

People are always going to die, why rush?
At least for now, Su Ji still has many reasons to live.

The sadness of Hua Rulang's departure has receded like a tide, and there is only unforgettable hatred stranded in his heart.For the first time he felt such a strong hatred.

Revenge is required!

Must survive!
Hatred gave him strength and the courage to live.

Resentful nails clawed at the ground, making a piercing rubbing sound.Supporting his body with trembling arms, he sat up slowly.Su Ji felt the hardness and coldness of the stone ground from the palm of his hand on the ground.Even though he couldn't see anything, he turned his head to look, only to have a terrible, splitting headache.

"You finally woke up! Stinky drunk! Dead drunk! Rotten drunk!"

Hu Si's complaining and excited voice came from beside her ears, with a hint of subtle joy hidden in her tone.

Su Ji bowed his head and coughed a few times, and found something glowing on the ground beside him.His eyes are used to the darkness, and even a faint light will make him feel very dazzling.He closed his eyes slightly, picked up the glowing object and saw that it was the bag containing Hongjun Ling.The bag was very light, which gave him an instant sense of foreboding. He realized that someone had taken out the bag while he was asleep.

He quickly opened the bag, but Hong Junling was not in it.He subconsciously touched his bosom again, and found that the small bottle containing the longevity Gu was gone.Now, apart from a goat horn dagger, only six lotus seeds of the Pure World Green Lotus are left on his body.

The lotus seeds are exuding a faint gleam, illuminating a small piece of darkness in front of them.Surrounded by moss-covered hard stone walls.Here is a huge and spacious octagonal enclosed stone chamber, without even a single window, only two spiral stone steps, one leading to the top and the other to the bottom.

"Where is this?" Su Ji asked Hu Si, "What happened just now?"

"I don't know. All I know is that I can't use mana here. Just making these lotus seeds light up is already my limit."

Hu Si's voice was weak, and there was unprecedented fear in her tone.

At this moment, Su Ji heard a faint voice from nearby:

"Gollum! Gollum!"

Su Ji looked around for the source of the sound, only to hear a "click".A worm the size of an orange petal fell from the ceiling, its appearance was very similar to the longevity Gu, but it was black in color and several times bigger in size.

"hiss!"

Suddenly there was a sound of insects, and the black insects rushed over!

Su Ji felt that his arm had been bitten hard, but the bug had a mouth, but a piece of flesh on his arm had been gnawed off!
If there is Hong Junling now, maybe it can resist this bug.

Who took Hongjun Bell while he was asleep?
Su Ji couldn't figure it out. Could it be that other than himself, anyone else could touch Hongjun Bell?

He just tore the worm off and threw it on the ground, when he heard another slap!Another bug fell out.

Su Ji swallowed a mouthful of saliva, raised his head slowly, and suddenly felt terrified!I saw a large black worm densely packed on the roof of the shed, falling down like rain!

Hu Si shouted: "What are you waiting for? Run away!"

The moment Su Ji stood up in a hurry, two lotus seeds spilled out.The glowing beads rolled in one direction, and a wave of black bugs that had just fallen from the roof immediately gathered there.The area around the lotus seed light source was instantly covered with large and small black insects.

Su Ji rolled his eyes, took out a small handful of lotus seeds and put them on the ground, kicked them far away, and another wave of black worms was immediately attracted.

Sure enough, the bugs were attracted by light, and they seemed to be particularly interested in light.

Opening the bag again, Su Ji found that there was only one lotus seed left in it, and he couldn't help shaking his head, knowing that he couldn't throw it away, otherwise there would be only darkness in front of his eyes.

At this moment, he heard more grunts, turned his head and looked, his face turned pale instantly, and he saw the steps below were filled with black Gu worms.A large group of black Gu insects swarmed up, attracted by the light in his hand, making a "hissing" sound.

Su Ji ran up to the upper steps, and just took two steps when suddenly a scrawny person rushed towards him.A face full of stains hit Su Ji's nose, and a sour smell hit his face.

The man was knocked to the ground by Su Ji who was gaining momentum!Just as Su Ji was about to stretch out his hand to lift him up, he suddenly felt that he was grabbed by another big hand first. Looking back, he saw that the one who was pulling him was a white-robed Taoist with a long beard, and a lingering light flickered in his long and narrow eyes.

"You can't save him."

After the white-robed Taoist finished speaking, Su Ji heard the faint sound of silkworms nibbling on mulberry leaves, and turned his head to see a large number of black Gu worms getting in through the person's eyes, ears, mouth and other seven orifices.

"Why me? Why me! Ahhhh!"

The man let out a scream, and rolled on the ground. In the process of rolling and struggling, his whole body was riddled with holes as if eaten by moths, and turned into a pile of white bones in an instant.What's even more frightening is that the bone was still trembling, and the bone made a cracking sound, and rushed towards Su Ji, as if to kill him!
The white-robed Taoist didn't even look at it, and shook his palm out.The skeleton made a crackling sound, and the white bones instantly condensed into jade bones, and scattered into glowing red broken bones.The black Gu worms swarmed up and gnawed away in an instant, not even a single bone was left.

"Follow me!" The Taoist in white robe turned around and left after saying this.

Su Ji gasped, and slowly followed his footsteps.

After the white-robed Taoist brought Su Ji to the upper floor, he sealed the way up with a barrier.Seeing his movements of casting spells, Su Ji couldn't help feeling puzzled.

Who is this white-robed Taoist?

Even Fox Si couldn't cast mana here, but he could.

Su Ji glanced around and found that the layout of this floor was similar to that of the lower floor, except that there were eighteen more people sitting cross-legged on the ground.After the white-robed Taoist sat cross-legged on the ground, his face was very ugly, and he muttered a series of incomprehensible words, as if he was reciting some spell.

Su Ji was about to go over to ask a question, when he suddenly felt someone hiss behind him, and when he looked back, he saw a middle-aged man with a disheveled face shaking his hand, and made a gesture to him not to ask.

"Young people, if you want to live more here, you have to ask less."

As soon as the middle-aged uncle opened his mouth, the pungent bad breath made Su Ji dizzy and almost passed out.

Su Ji covered his nose and nodded in greeting, only to hear him begin to report his family name:
"The poor Taoist Dharma name is Jing Ming, the window is bright and clean, clean and bright Ming, from now on you can call me Brother Jing."

"Brother Jing..."

Uncle Jingming opened his mouth, and only waited for a reply after calling.However, Su Ji couldn't utter the remaining word "Brother", so he could only smile awkwardly.He thought to himself that there is no sky and no sun here, and the people here are dirtier than the next. The word "Jingming" is too inappropriate, and it is almost the same as "Netherworld".

Su Ji asked: "What kind of place is this? Eighteen layers of hell?"

Uncle Jingming shook his head and sighed: "The ghosts in hell also have reincarnation. This is the Linglong Tower Prison, and there is no chance to support pigs and dogs. Once you enter, no one can get out, even if you are a fairy."

As he spoke, he grabbed an eight-legged worm out of his messy hair, stuffed it into his mouth and started chewing without even looking at it. The juice between his teeth overflowed, and he made a clicking sound from time to time, which made Su Ji Goosebumps all over his body instantly.

Uncle Jingming chewed relish while saying:

"Young man, you are lucky. The Linglong Tower Prison has seven floors in total. If the top floor is the first floor, then the floor you were on just now is the fourth floor of the Tower Prison, which is the middle floor. The lower you go, the more it looks like hell. Average. If you are directly sent to the lowest level by the Linglong blood formation, it will be worse than death."

After Uncle Jingming finished speaking, he gurgled and swallowed the chewed worm.

Su Ji frowned, and asked back: "How do you know? Have you ever gone down?"

"Only ghosts are willing to go down to that kind of place! I heard from him..." Uncle Jingming pointed to the white-robed Taoist, and said, "The fellow Taoist who saved you just now is named Baixiu. A cultivator, before entering the pagoda, he cultivated as high as the third realm of Xuanqing. But his luck is not as good as yours. I heard that he and eight fellow Taoists fell into the Linglong Blood Formation and were transported to the sixth floor of the tower prison, and finally escaped. , he is the only one left."

Xuanqing Three Realms?

Su Ji looked at the white-robed Taoist.It turned out that the strength of this person was above the four priests, even comparable to that of Jiang Xuan who had not yet recovered. No wonder he was still able to use mana here.

He looked at the eighteen monks who were meditating silently around him, and asked:
"Why are these people sitting still?"

"They are afraid that their cultivation base will be dissipated. The more active they are here, the faster their cultivation base will dissipate and their lifespan will be shortened."

"What's the difference between that and being dead..." Su Ji came to a conclusion in a low voice, and then asked Uncle Jingming: "Then why are you the only one who doesn't meditate? What cultivation level are you?"

"Before I entered the pagoda, I was at the second stage of Xuanqing. Now my cultivation level is almost scattered, and there is no need to meditate. Among the living people on the upper third floor, I can't find anyone with a lower cultivation level than me."

Su Ji pointed to himself and added, "You seem to have forgotten to include me."

"By the way, I wanted to ask just now! What is your cultivation level? I can't feel the mysterious aura in your body at all. Could it be that you can hide your aura, have broken through refining qi and transforming into gods, and reached the realm of refining gods to return to the void? "

Su Ji shook his head and said, "I have no cultivation base."

"Not cultivated?" Uncle Jingming widened his eyes as if seeing the river flowing backwards, and said in astonishment: "This is absolutely impossible! Only monks with profound and pure energy can be brewed into Linglong Blood Brew. Ordinary Mortals are not even qualified to be imprisoned."

When Su Ji heard "Linglong Blood Brew", Su Ji's face changed slightly, remembering that Jiang Xuan had also mentioned this name.

"What is Linglong Blood Brew?"

Uncle Jingming pointed to the stairs below and said, "Have you seen those black bugs just now? They are called Nibbling Gu, and they belong to the same kind of bug as Longevity Gu. Longevity Gu is a female bug, while Nibbling Gu is a male bug. It is the three corpses." The most ferocious of Gu, the one you saw just now is just the smallest one. Those of us imprisoned in the tower prison will turn into their food sooner or later, no matter whether we live or die. The Jiang family will use light to attract nibble Gu to climb at the bottom of the tower every year Make a small hole, and then brew them into exquisite blood brew, so that you can restore your vitality."

Before he finished listening, Su Ji's stomach started to feel sick. It turned out that the red liquid he drank before was the wine brewed by these human-eating Gu insects.He now understands that the eternal darkness mentioned in Li Hongjun's prophecy refers to this place called Linglong Tower Prison.This is equivalent to a large wine cellar, and the monks held in it are the raw materials for wine making.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help lamenting the irony of fate. Could it be that after he drank wine all his life, he would turn into a jar of wine and someone else's urine after he died?

Uncle Jingming pondered for a while, then leaned over to Su Ji and asked:

"If you are a mortal, have you offended some big man? Or do you have any other specialties?"

"Who did I offend? That's a long story, let's talk about it later. As for specialties..." Su Ji pondered for a while, then replied: "I only have two specialties: one is two legs, and the other is The third leg, I really can't find any other specialties."

"Long legs? Wow!" The uncle slapped his thigh and excitedly sighed: "It seems that my hard days are finally over! Starting tomorrow, I will entrust you with my life-threatening errands!"

After all, Uncle Jingming showed a strange smile.

Su Ji suddenly had an ominous premonition.

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