Seeking Immortality

"Hong" was already full of gloom, which made people afraid of him. However, the gloom on this black-robed man was countless times stronger. Although he was small, he had his own majesty. His whole body was wrapped in a faint black mist. If you looked at him for a long time, your soul would seem to escape and be absorbed by the black mist. He was like a messenger from the netherworld, bringing only terror and death to the world.

Although this black-robed man just stood there silently, except for "Hong", no one dared to approach him within a radius of ten feet. In fact, anyone who approached him had already turned into dry bones.

And "Hong" also stood behind this black-robed man tremblingly, not daring to breathe, lowering his head and hanging his hands, while his eyes kept secretly looking at the old man in front of him. Although he knew that he would not see anything, he always had to look at him a few more times to feel a little relieved.

"Hong" thought so, but in fact, seeing the thin but tall figure like a mountain, and the expression that could not be seen clearly under the hood and black fog, "Hong" became even more nervous.

Occasionally, "Hong" would secretly glance at the green cane in the black-robed man's hand, which looked like a spine, but it was always fleeting. The black-robed man regarded this cane as something more important than life. If he thought that "Hong" had a spying heart on this cane, even if "Hong" himself did not dare to think about it, the black-robed man would kill "Hong" without hesitation. In fact, for this black-robed man, killing "Hong" was not much more difficult than killing a cat or dog on the roadside.

In the "Ming" organization, over the years, because of "Huang's" moodiness, "Xuan" who was in tune with "Huang" for some reason would occasionally intervene, and the various actions of the "Ming" organization were extremely dangerous in themselves, in order to remove the suspicion of the Righteous Alliance. They would often exterminate the members of the organization to cut off the connection with the "Netherworld", so in the "Netherworld" organization, except for the four people "Heaven", "Earth", "Xuan" and "Huang", the other twelve members were often replaced.

Outsiders always think that the "Netherworld" organization has a total of 16 core members, but in fact, the real core is only the two elders "Heaven" and "Earth". The others can be sacrificed at any time. Anyway, there are many powerful evil monks or corrupted righteous monks who want to join the "Netherworld". After all, the benefits of joining the "Netherworld" far outweigh the dangers.

It's just that the strength of "Xuan" and "Huang" is too strong. So that even "Heaven" and "Earth" dare not abandon them at will. Let these two people be responsible for the task of removing members who may expose the existence of the "Netherworld". This is why the "Netherworld" has not been discovered by the righteous way of the immortal world for so many years.

However, "Hong" is an outlier among the sixteen core members. He has been in the "Ming" organization for five hundred years. The other members have been replaced more than once, but he has never been in trouble. Even if "Hong" fails to complete a certain task and may expose "Ming", "Heaven" and "Earth" will only send other members to take the blame, even if "Huang" is extremely arrogant. But they have never thought of "Hong".

This is because "Hong" himself is a cautious person. He rarely makes mistakes when completing tasks, and he will not want to get rid of "Huang" like other "Ming" members because they are afraid of "Huang". Secondly, and most importantly, it is because whether it is the two elders of "Heaven" and "Earth", or "Huang", they all know that the black-robed man is behind him. Out of concern for this black-robed man, even these three people will never easily touch him.

"Hong" himself is one of the eight great masters of the Mahayana period in the "Ming" organization. After participating in the "Underworld", he has become more knowledgeable, but in the opinion of "Hong", in the "Underworld", only "Heaven" and "Earth" can barely defeat this black-robed man, and "Xuan" is estimated to be slightly inferior. As for "Huang", before he was *cultivated, he was definitely not the opponent of this black-robed man, and now that he has found the heart. *Cultivator, it is hard to say.

And the people in the world of immortal cultivation who can compete with this black-robed man, plus those cultivators who are already ignorant of life and death in the legend, will never exceed five people.

Everyone thinks that among the corpse-driving Zhong family, the ancestor Zhong Ling is the top figure, but no one knows that Zhong Ling has a son who has never shown his talent but is more talented. The "Purgatory Underworld Staff" is his son's idea, and when Zhong Ling died, his son's cultivation had far surpassed Zhong Ling, and he was the first person in the Zhong family to reach the Mahayana period. When the major sects in the world of immortal cultivation suppressed the Zhong family, it was this man who led the Zhong family into seclusion.

This seclusion. It lasted for a full 2,300 years.

"Hong" didn't know if this black-robed man was the son of Zhong Ling. But when "Hong" was accepted by the Zhong family, this black-robed man was already a master of the Mahayana period. The time was too long, and even the Zhong family didn't know the generation of this black-robed man, and just called him "ancestor". According to "Hong's" master, a direct disciple of the Zhong family, when he was born, this black-robed man was already as unfathomable as he is now.

It is precisely because of this that "Hong" is so in awe of this black-robed man.

Originally, "Hong", as the only Mahayana master among the disciples of the Zhong family except this black-robed man and the current head of the Zhong family, and with the support of the Zhong family, should have nothing to worry about, but at this time, "Hong" was full of panic, because he knew that this time, he really made the black-robed man angry.

A moment later, the leader of the group of men in black who searched the ruins of the "Treasure Pavilion" quickly walked up to the man in black after hearing the reports from several other men in black. The man in black robe stopped a hundred steps away, as if something terrible would happen if he got closer.

"Ancestor, the holy objects are not in these ruins. They may have been taken away by people who came here to search before."

Or maybe it was the characteristics of the Zhong family. Although the man in black sounded full of awe and panic, he still sounded gloomy.

On the other side, after hearing the report of the man in black, the man in black did not say anything. Instead, "Hong" was the first to tremble in his heart. The trace of luck that was still left in his heart completely disappeared. Without saying a word, he immediately He knelt down in front of the black-robed man and buried his head deeply into the ground, without any regard for the dignity of a great master.

A sigh that sounded like an age-old sigh sounded out, the voice was hoarse and still gloomy.

Then, an extremely old voice was heard coming from beneath the black robe.

"Do you remember what I said to you when I asked you to join the Hades organization?"

There was no joy or anger in his voice, but "Hong"'s body was already trembling. After taking a deep breath, he tried to keep his voice steady. After a long time, he replied: "Remember, you said at that time, I am Zhong" The family has been hiding in the Valley of Death for too long. Although the strength is getting stronger day by day, there are no eyes and ears outside the valley. In addition, the two elders of the Ming Dynasty invite the Zhong family to join the Ming Dynasty. They cannot refuse, so you asked me to use the Zhong family as the Join Ming as a representative and use Ming’s power to find the whereabouts of our clan’s lost sacred objects.”

After hearing "Hong"'s answer, the man in black robe was still neither happy nor angry, and just asked: "How many years has it been since then?"

"Hong"'s finally stable voice trembled again under this plain question.

"Five hundred years..."

"Yes, after five hundred years, you have finally made some progress here. I know that the holy objects ended up in the Treasure Pavilion two hundred years ago. I remember that the Treasure Pavilion is also controlled by Ming, right? You are the core of Ming. Members, it took two hundred years for them to know the news, and they only informed me after the Treasure Pavilion was destroyed. They are really capable."

"Hong" was about to explain something, but the man in black robe asked again: "So two hundred years ago, what did I tell you when I asked Xiao Shisan to enter the underworld?"

"Hong"'s voice trembled even more, and he said slowly: "You said that Xiao Shisan is a rare genius in our clan. Although he is a transforming spirit* with the help of the Transforming Spirit Sect, he is also the only one besides you. People from the Zhong family who can merge with the corpse are also very intelligent and are the best candidates to lead the Zhong family in the future. However, the resources in Death Valley are scarce, so Xiao Shisan joins Ming, although he is only an alternate member under the core members. But firstly, I can gain more knowledge, and secondly, my cultivation can be improved faster. Let me take good care of Xiao Shisan and not let him have any accidents."

There was a smile in the black-robed man's voice this time, but his mood became even more tense as "Hong" had reached his limit.

"So, where is my little Thirteen now?"

"Killed by a casual cultivator named Xu Fan."

Although the man in black robe knew the question clearly, "Hong" still had to answer it again.