The Eternal World

The sky was dark, and the world before his eyes was almost dull, with a black and grey tint to it.

A faint smell of decay permeated the air. It was mixed with the fragrance of the flowers, causing the combination of these two smells to feel extremely strange.

"Resurrection Lily... "Manju Sha Hua!" Zhang Chao could not help but laugh bitterly.

Previously, he didn't recognize this flower, but after he became an alchemist, he had viciously nourished various herbaceous plants. Only now did he know that this flower that was both familiar and foreign to him was the legendary Resurrection Lily.

Resurrection Lily, born on the road to the Yellow Springs, the only scenery. A flower blossoms for a thousand years, a flower falls for a thousand years, a flower leaves will never meet.

And if this was the Road to River Styx, then … That river, was most likely the legendary Sante River!

Sante River, also known as the Grave River, Crossing Rivers, Sansi River, Sanshuchuan. Legend has it that the "Sante River" is the dividing line between the living and the dead.

Because the water flow will be divided into slow, ordinary, and fast, according to the behavior of the deceased, it is called the Three Way.

When passing through the Sante River, one would be confused by the fragrance emitted by the slowly turning black Manju Flower, which had been pestering them for three hundred years. They would have a beautiful dream about "another" and "shore", a dream with "another" and "shore" buried deep within the heart, "desolation", anger, helplessness, despair, and many other emotions. Thus, this dream also determined the person's life in this world.

This was the land of the dead!

nether earth!

Nether Continent!

Zhang Chao's entire body shivered, and she, Qiao Ruixue and the rest all fell. He did not know how long they fell for, but he never thought that they would actually fall into a nether earth!

He quickly checked himself and heaved a sigh of relief.

The yang energy within his body was still present, which meant that he was still alive.

Even though the air here had caused the yang energy to escape from his body, he was a cultivator and his body was brimming with elemental energy. Not only could he minimize his elemental energy's escape, he could also use it to recreate the yang energy within his body.

"The world ruled by the 89th Heaven … Nether Continent! " Zhang Chao looked left and right, but didn't see any signs of Qiao Ruixue and the others.

"Strange. We clearly fell down at the same time, but why can't we see their shadows? Could it be that we lost consciousness while falling, and also received some sort of effect?"

"I hope that they will be safe as well …"

Zhang Chao walked to the side of the blood swing, and subconsciously placed his hand on it.

Here.

It was as if this was not his first time here.

But this was the Kingdom of Death. Why had he come here?

Was it in a dream?

No, that familiar feeling was definitely not a dream.

It was incomparably real, just like when he was undergoing the test of national concealment.

"Could it be the same method?" He was unable to judge, and for a moment, confusion appeared in his eyes.

"You … It's finally here! " However, at this moment, a little girl's voice sounded from behind him.

Zhang Chao immediately turned around, and his pupils slightly contracted.

Behind him, an eight to nine year old little girl with a ponytail and hands behind her back walked over to him. She was smiling at him with her head tilted.

"Stupid …" Stunned? " Zhang Chao would of course be able to recognize that little girl.

"Idiot! I'm so happy! Big brother even knows Idiot!" Stunned, he went forward and pulled Zhang Chao's hand, "I never thought that I'd be able to see you again so soon!"

"Wait …" Wait a minute, I'm a bit confused! " Zhang Chao immediately took a few steps back, and continuously waved his hands: "What exactly happened? Is this really Nether Continent? "

"Yeah, it's not like this is your first time here!" Ye Zichen nodded blankly.

"Isn't this your first time here? What a joke, wasn't it just the corpses that came here? Although I do not know why I was able to come here alive, this is still my first time here! " Zhang Chao's face was full of doubt.

"Hehe, big brother, that's not important. There are some things that just can't be remembered by anyone!" He covered his mouth and laughed blankly. "It's true. Sometimes, it's impossible to tell who it is. It's enough as long as you know who you are!"

"Damn, you even told me about philosophy?" Zhang Chao was even more confused when he heard her.

"Hehe, that's not it. Anyway, I knew you would come, so I've been waiting for you!" He was laughing so hard that his eyes were like crescent moons.

"... Knowing that I will come? " Zhang Chao raised his eyebrows, "In other words, all of this was planned long ago?"

"I don't know the specifics, but since I have already come, I might as well take care of it. Welcome back to Nether Continent!" With a foolish smile, he said, "At least here, I can be your guide!"

"Alright, it's much better for headquarters to wander around aimlessly with a ghost as my guide!" Zhang Chao helplessly shook his head. He could feel that this person was not normal and knew many things, but he really wanted her to not say anything, so there was no use in asking further questions.

"That's not right, big brother said it wrong. Stunning isn't a ghost!" Ye Zichen twitched his mouth blankly.

"You're not a ghost? Do you think I can believe you? If I don't have enough experience, don't lie to me! " Zhang Chao shook his head. This was a dazed state where the entire body was shrouded in miasma and he did not have a body. This was just a soul body, how could he not be a ghost?

Moreover, it was clear that this was a dumb home ground. Someone who could take the Nether Continent as her home, if not a ghost, then what was it?

"Of course not, a dumb ghost is much stronger than an ordinary ghost!" Stunned, he unhappily curled his lips. "Hmm, that is to say, you're still a human. However, the cultivation technique you train in is different from the environment you've been in since you were young. It looks like you're a ghost, but in reality, I'm still alive!"

"Or alive? I... I can't tell! " Zhang Chao was embarrassed, although her words sounded reasonable, but no matter how he looked at it, he could not tell that the person in front of him was alive and not a ghost.

"That was caused by your assumption first!" He waved his hand in a nonchalant manner, "It's fine. There's no room for discussion on this issue. You can take me for whatever you want. As long as you remember, I won't harm you!"

"How can I be sure that you won't harm me?" Zhang Chao's interest was immediately piqued.

"Right now, there's no way to be sure, but one day, after you remember some things, you will know!" As he spoke, he looked at the blood swing in a daze.

"Something to do with this?" Zhang Chao pointed to the blood swing.

"Yeah, there are some things that, even though they will be forgotten for some reason, will be deeply engraved in the soul and cannot be erased!" He walked towards the swing in a daze, saying as he walked, "One day, whether it's shackles or seals, they will gradually fade with time and for various reasons, to the point of dissipating. Perhaps by then, everything will be clear again …"

From her words, Zhang Chao felt a strong sense of sadness, as if the sadness was related to him.

"Big brother, I want to sit on this swing again. Can you push me?" Ye Zichen asked while stroking the swing blankly.

"Ugh …" Of course you can! " Zhang Chao nodded.

Seated on the swing blankly, Zhang Chao moved forward to push it.

Watching the swing rise up, the silly little feet rise up, swaying up and down, Zhang Chao suddenly became absent-minded, as if the familiar scene once again appeared in his mind.

He had really come to the nether earth.

This was definitely not a dream.

After a moment, he jumped down from the swing blankly and stretched his back in satisfaction.

"Alright, I'm satisfied now. Big brother, let's go!" He blankly stared at Zhang Chao and smiled.

"Go?" "Where to?" Zhang Chao was a little confused.

"Aren't you here with your friends? Because of this swing, only you fell here, and the others all went to the other side of the Sante River! " He pointed at the Sante River blankly.

"On the other side?" Zhang Chao scratched his head.

"In theory, we are now at the end of the Road to River Styx. It is also a place that connects the Yin and Yang worlds, so it can't be said to be a pure netherworld!" He explained in a daze: "Only by surpassing Sante River can you be considered to be the true Nether Continent!"

"If ordinary people were to step into the true Nether Continent, they would definitely be affected by the invasion of Yin Qi, and they would also be restricted by the laws of the Nether Continent. It is very likely that they would gradually decline and perish, turning into corpses!"

"If you are not prepared, even the most powerful cultivator would be affected by the laws when they barge into the nether earth. That is to say, if you do not help them, I don't need to explain the consequences, right?"

"What?" To become the real dead … " When Zhang Chao heard that, his pupils violently contracted and he immediately became flustered: "How can that be? We need to hurry up and save them! "

"En, don't worry, you can wear this bracelet. Even if you reach the other side of the river, you won't be troubled by Yin Qi like ordinary people!" He took out a small bracelet from his sleeve and passed it to Zhang Chao. "Also, the Yin Qi will greatly restrict the circulation of the Yuan Li inside a living person's body. With this bracelet, you can solve all these problems!"

"Restrict the circulation of elemental energy?" Zhang Chao accepted the bracelet in confusion and put it on his wrist, then immediately felt his entire body shake, as though the energy in his body had become active, and flowed smoothly through his veins, no longer feeling obstructed.

"Yin energy and the human body are in direct conflict, so if you mix it with the air and absorb it into your body, it will greatly affect the yang energy concentrated in the body, causing a series of abnormal phenomena!" He continued in a daze, "For example, for a cultivator at your level, the first abnormal reaction after absorbing Yin Qi is that you cannot rely on Yuan Li to fly in the sky!"

"Oh, I see!" Zhang Chao suddenly remembered something. When they were at Chaotic Continent, the world had changed, and Qiao Ruixue and herself could no longer fly.

Was it because the Yin Qi leaked to the ground?

In other words …

At that time, a series of changes had occurred because the link between Chaotic Continent s had been made!

Blood pool!

Zhang Chao felt a chill down his spine.

Could it be … Was it because of the blood pool?