Chapter 271 The Underworld
"Where?"
As he spoke, Xu Fu had already rushed in front of Li Hongshui and asked in a trembling voice.
"It's on Jiuxia Mountain." Li Hongshui's tone remained calm.
"Jiuxia Mountain?"
Xu Fu frowned slightly when he heard this. He had been there twice, but he never thought that there was a place that could lead him to the underworld.
"You took someone else's ninth-grade spiritual herb, and you forgot about it so quickly?" Li Hongshui finally moved his gaze away from Jiao Gongxing, looked at Xu Fu, and asked jokingly.
"Altar?" Xu Fu suddenly remembered the cracked stone platform and asked in surprise.
Li Hongshui nodded slightly.
"No wonder!"
Only then did Xu Fu understand why Yan Heng had such a strong aura of death when he went to Jiuxia Mountain for the second time.
Without further ado, Xu Fu thanked him and stood up to leave.
"You'd better wait until daybreak," Li Hongshui reminded.
"Why?" Xu Fu was puzzled. Logically speaking, it would be more convenient to do things at night and it could save a lot of trouble.
"You are going to the underworld, where the day and night are reversed compared to the human world. If you go there during the day, you will not be easily noticed." Li Hongshui explained.
"So that's how it is." Xu Fu sighed in his heart. This was indeed the first time he had heard of this. "How did you know?"
"Not long ago, I went to the underworld to check the Book of Life and Death, so I know a little bit."
Xu Fu took a deep breath when he heard this. He felt that the sloppy man sitting cross-legged on the ground in front of him suddenly became unfathomable and had even been to the underworld.
"I'll go with you." Heiyujian had been silent, but suddenly spoke at this moment.
"You can't go." Li Hongshui glanced at the black feather arrow and shook his head slightly.
"why?"
"Your cultivation is not enough."
Heiyujian remained silent. She was already a top-grade cultivator. Although she could not accurately sense how high the cultivation level of the sloppy man in front of her was, just by this man sitting there, Heiyujian felt a sense of oppression like a mountain.
"Sister Yu, you'd better stay here! The seniors also need someone to take care of them." Xu Fu said comfortingly.
Hei Yujian nodded slightly, without saying anything, but his hands were clenched into fists.
"The entrance is above the Evil Dog Ridge. All you have to do is..."
Li Hongshui generously told Xu Fu what he saw and heard in the underworld.
Xu Fu took note of it carefully, and after listening to Li Hongshui's instructions, he began to regulate his breathing until daybreak.
When Xu Fu arrived at Jiuxia Mountain, the sun had just risen.
Looking at the misty mountains, Xu Fu felt a little emotional. This was his third time here.
This time the purpose was very clear, Xu Fu did not delay and flew straight to the top of the highest mountain.
Just in case, Xu Fu had left his baggage to Heiyujian for safekeeping before coming here, and he only brought a Red Lotus robe with him.
As for Yuehua, it was even more impossible for Xu Fu to take it with him into danger, so he left it in Chuncai Lingyuan.
At this time, under the guidance of Jiao Gongxing, Xu Fu's Qianli Yi's speed increased further. In just a moment of breathing, he had already entered the altar.
As soon as he entered the altar, Xu Fu sensed a strong smell of death.
The original cracked Demon-Suppressing Stone had now been completely broken into two pieces, and a faint black aura of death was slowly oozing out of it.
However, the deathly aura did not spread out, as if it was covered by an invisible layer, and it just kept rolling right above the Demon-Suppressing Stone.
Only then did Xu Fu discover that there were many jade spikes nailed to the ground around the broken demon-suppressing stone.
Those jade cones were as thick as thumbs, with faint runes flashing on them. They must be the ones that sealed the death energy and prevented it from completely spreading out.
"How dare you! Who dares to trespass into the forbidden area of our Fengling Sect!"
Just as Xu Fu was about to step forward, he heard an angry shout from behind him.
Xu Fu turned around and saw four familiar faces. They were the four brothers who had been guarding the altar.
When the four saw Xu Fu, their faces changed drastically and they began to make magical gestures with their hands.
Xu Fu only felt that the spiritual power in the altar suddenly became violent, which made him, a ninth-rank official, feel a little nervous.
Xu Fu was too lazy to get entangled with these people. He rushed to the Demon-Suppressing Stone and jumped down without looking back.
There was a dark hole in the middle of the Demon-Suppressing Stone, like a well, with no bottom to be seen.
Xu Fu felt as if he had entered Hu Wangshuo's "Heaven and Earth Connection" magic circle, but the void was filled with cold and deathly air, which kept drilling into Xu Fu.
The endless darkness makes people feel terrified.
Xu Fu simply closed his eyes and counted his breaths carefully.
"One... two... three... four... five..."
After five breaths, Xu Fu felt that his feet had stepped on a solid surface. The ground was uneven, and Xu Fu was not prepared, so he sat down on the ground.
Xu Fu opened his eyes suddenly, and all he saw was a dark red.
"Is this the underworld?" Xu Fu looked around curiously. Apart from being a little hotter, a little stuffier and a little darker, it seemed no different from the human world.
"Ouch..."
A wailing sound came from not far away.
Xu Fu looked sideways and saw countless wild dogs biting a group of people passing by.
Some of these people were holding short wooden sticks in their hands. When the wild dogs saw them, they dared not approach them and just stared at a few people and tried to bite them.
"Evil Dog Ridge!"
Xu Fu had heard of this place. It was said to be a stop in the underworld. It was said that as long as one had never killed a dog or eaten dog meat, one could pass through safely.
Xu Fu paid special attention and found that, as expected, even if some people did not have "dog-beating sticks" in their hands, the wild dogs did not approach them.
Since this is Evil Dog Ridge, then aren’t that group of people the souls of the dead?
Xu Fu swallowed hard, gritted his teeth and followed.
It was the first time that Xu Fu was so close to a ghost, and he felt cold sweat on his back. However, he didn't know where Fengdu City was. According to the book, all ghosts would go to Fengdu City for trial. In this case, he should be able to find it by following them.
There were quite a few ghosts in this group. There were two people in the front holding a white flag to lead the way. When they passed the Evil Dog Ridge, many people were bitten and lost their limbs. The two people did not even look back, as if it had nothing to do with them.
After walking for a while, Xu Fu found that these ghosts didn't seem that scary, and his heart finally settled down.
When climbing over a mountain, Xu Fu began to look at the surrounding scenery with great interest.
Suddenly, a burst of rooster crowing was heard, and countless large brown roosters flapped their wings and rushed over from the other side of the mountain.
None of the ghosts in the team said a word, but many of them raised their hands at the same time, and a lot of rice flew out.
The roosters that were originally rushing over saw the rice, stopped immediately and started pecking at the rice.
Some people who had no rice suffered at this time.
Then a rooster jumped directly onto the shoulder of a ghost and pecked at the ghost's eyes fiercely.
Xu Fu felt sorry for it and was hesitating whether to take action, but he saw a rooster half a man's height pouncing towards him.