"There's no one guarding Prison Pool, you can go in whenever you want."

The shopkeeper, seeing her acting so mysteriously, thought she was going to ask about something mysterious, but it turned out to be just this. Prisoner's Pool isn't exactly a desirable place; who would guard it day and night?

"What brings you gentlemen all the way there?"

"I didn't do anything, I was just curious."

Jia Xitong said with a somewhat cynical tone, "Isn't it said that the water in that pool can make people lose all their cultivation? I just don't believe it, I'm going to try it out."

Upon hearing Jia Xitong's words, the shopkeeper's first reaction was, "Is this person out of his mind? Aren't these living examples right in front of us enough to prove whether the power of the pool is real or not?"

"Go north, and you'll see a path that's been trodden out. Follow the path straight, and you'll arrive in about 15 minutes."

If you don't believe me, go and try it yourself.

Everyone here is a serious criminal exiled here; they have no interest in giving kind advice.

If you're looking for death, he'd be happy to show you the way. Then, watching the group of people leave, he let out a mocking laugh.

##

On the other side

Niu Chuanchuan, slightly worried as she entered the dense forest, asked, "Xitong, are they making these things because they're going to blow things up?"

"Could it be that they... just want us to go and die sooner?"

Jia Xitong guessed somewhat uncertainly.

After all, it's normal for a group of demonic cultivators to become slightly abnormal, both physically and mentally, after being exiled here.

But this is exactly what she wanted.

"Let's go. What can a bunch of ordinary people with no cultivation do to us?"

Just as the shopkeeper said, they had already finished their business in the time it takes for two incense sticks to burn.

The pool was surrounded by something, with only one entrance. It wasn't deserted; demonic cultivators, escorting prisoners from who-knows-where, were herding them into the icy pool.

Jia Xitong and the others stood by, watching these people go down. After they entered the pool, the water gradually turned blood red. Those soaking in the water were in extreme pain; even the most stubborn among them were groaning in agony.

The eerie sound swirled above the pool, sending chills down one's spine.

They soaked in it for fifteen minutes and wailed for fifteen minutes.

It was truly terrifying. Chu Yi'an felt his scalp tingle and his hair stand on end as he listened, while the cultivators who came to see him off were already used to it.

The pool water changed from colorless to deep red, and this deep red color was like pigment that is insoluble in water and has settled in the water.

Seeing this, the demonic cultivators guarding the shore pulled on the ropes in their hands, dragging these people ashore one by one. Then, they left them there and left without looking back.

Seeing them walk away, Jia Xitong jogged over to check on their bodies. Strangely, their magical energy was depleted, and their consciousness was crumbling.

These demonic cultivators have been cultivating for decades, some even for centuries. How could the waters of the Prison Shore Pool be so powerful that they could instantly obliterate a century's worth of cultivation?

"Senior, I feel this pool of water is very strange. Perhaps we can think of another way?"

Jia Xitong looked at Bai Yuzhenjun and said, "We're just here to disperse our cultivation, but it would be too much of a loss if we ruined our health."

"right"

Li Tuo nodded as well.

Judging from his professional medical skills, these people's loss of cultivation was not simply due to being soaked in water.

Niu Chuanchuan glanced at him secretly.

What is right?

Let the Son of Annihilation descend, so that he may lose all his cultivation.

The saying "physically in Cao's camp but mentally in Han's" is perfectly embodied in Niu Niu, a once honest and simple man.

"I'm not going down."

Bai Yu Zhenjun nodded, but he still climbed over the wooden fence next to him and went inside. "Don't come in. This place gives me a strange feeling. Let me look around."

How does it feel?

Jia Xitong stopped checking on the several demonic cultivators who were being submerged and also walked to the pool. However, she valued her life more than Bai Yuzhenjun and stayed outside the fence.

As you walk in, you can feel the chill emanating from the water.

Just as she was observing carefully, she suddenly heard Li Tuo exclaim in surprise. Jia Xitong looked to the side and saw that Bai Yu Zhenjun had somehow already waded into the pool.

The once clear lake surface turned blood red again...

"Senior Bai Yu!"

Jia Xitong untied the ropes from the demonic cultivators who had been thrown aside and threw them at Bai Yu Zhenjun, securing him and preventing him from moving any further.

However, it seemed that True Lord Baiyu was bewitched.

Forward, ever forward.

Then he fell straight down.

Bai Yu Zhenjun's strength was bizarre. She originally wanted to pull the person back, but when the person fell, she herself plunged into the water. Neither Niu Chuanchuan nor Li Tuo could stop the person.

The moment Jia Xitong fell into the water, huge splashes of water erupted all around her. She nervously stood up, trying to climb ashore, but suddenly realized she couldn't feel anything in the water.

"Quickly bring the bucket up!"

"Hurry up and get on!"

The two people anxiously handed her the rope, while Jia Xitong had already confirmed several times, "This doesn't seem to have any impact on me."

Is it because of her special physical condition?

No.

"It must be because we cultivate spiritual power that this pool doesn't affect me much. Why don't you come down and try it too?"

As she spoke, she hurriedly went to help Bai Yu Zhenjun, who had fallen into the water. She pulled him up, and the blood-red color on the water faded prematurely.

Jia Xitong stood in the water, carefully observing the water flow.

Her legs were icy cold as she stood in the pool. Just as she was about to pull herself out, she suddenly noticed that the bottom of the pool was dark red and covered with something. If her eyes hadn't been almost touching the surface of the water, she wouldn't have been able to see such a blurry thing.

She glanced at the two people on the shore who were treating Senior Bai Yu, then reached down and gently peeled off a small red object from the surface of the pool.

You can remove it.

But the texture was a bit disgusting, like picking at a lump of mud with her fingertips. She looked around and took out a piece of iron about the size of her palm, then carefully scraped away the sediment bit by bit.

Jia Xitong worked with extremely high efficiency. Before Senior Bai Yu had even woken up, she had already cleaned the pool spotlessly.

The area that had been covered in red stains was finally revealed in its entirety; the bottom of the huge pool seemed to be made of a single piece of stone.

There was a strange pattern carved on it. Jia Xitong stared at it for a long time, then suddenly asked the two people behind her, "Look, doesn't this thing on the stone look like something?"

"Formation?"

Both of them agreed that this was the case. Upon hearing this, Jia Xitong even doubted whether she was wrong, because the first thing that came to her mind when she saw this was talismans.

---Aside---

Surprised?

Goodnight everyone

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