Chapter 28: A Calamity from the Underworld, He Was Not Spectacular at All

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If I hadn't actually known about this nasty thing when I was a child...

You have to believe his nonsense about all the tricks.

With the fall of the Magpie Yang Immortal and the attack of the Underworld Clan, Jade Void Immortal Mountain is shaking incessantly, and Zero Heaven is on the verge of collapse. We must leave as soon as possible.

Miao Jue, of course, didn't care about the two chosen ones behind her. Anyway, the system had already determined that she had passed the torture test. But every time she took two steps, someone followed her every step. She couldn't help but stop and look back at him.

The villain also stopped, his long, narrow, beautiful peach blossom eyes sparkling with a hint of anticipation as he looked at her.

Yes, when I was a child.

Do you recognize me?

Will you recognize me?

The girl's clear gaze fell on Chen Jinshi, as if she were scrutinizing him.

He remained silent for a long while.

Chen Jinshi's expression gradually tensed up; his jaw and the muscles in the back of his neck tightened slightly, as if the feathers of a bird were standing on end, craning its neck in judgment.

…He won’t let them touch a single branch of her tree now, but the Heavenly Destiny Pearl can only be obtained after going through countless trials of love, which is the secret that Langhuan has always protected.

Miaojue looked at him while slowly thinking to herself.

If you ignore those ten years and the hundreds of cuts he made to cut down trees... then she can indeed recall things from their childhood.

Back then, she followed him closely, just like he does now, and as long as he had something to eat, she wouldn't go hungry.

But how do you ignore it? The trick is to clench your fist.

Those were hundreds of cuts, repeatedly, from various angles, striking my body!

And just now, this damned villain casually added a powerful twist to the tragic romance between the male and female leads. If it weren't for her miraculous healing that brought Dongfang Yaotian back to his childhood, this perfect couple would already be stepping onto the teleportation array to cut her kidney.

Miao Jue stared intently at the villain in front of him.

It must be said that directly corrupting one of them with Netherworld blood in the main storyline of the Chosen Ones was a brilliantly underhanded and permanent solution. Chen Jinshi's relentless pursuit of the Heavenly Tribulation must be for some other purpose.

But where did he get so many Nether Bones and Nether Blood?

The villain's face remained pale; it was unclear how someone with such formidable strength could have caused himself to feel so broken.

But the lighter the base color, the more it highlights these excessively beautiful features. The slight darkening of the thin lips and the corners of the eyes is like lingering embers, making them look as beautiful as a peacock spreading its tail.

Damn it, why is the screen on?

Chen Jinshi had been waiting for Miaojue to say something, but he only felt the air around him move slightly—like the rings of time turning back, waiting for an opportunity to strike him and see where he could be easily transformed.

Considering Dongfang Yaotian's fate.

Dust settled silently and tucked away the feathers that had been spread out on the screen: "

Miao Jue pondered silently for a long time, and considering that this person had the terrifying strength to pursue her for ten years, she reluctantly withdrew.

She couldn't help but ask, "Do you still have a lot of Netherblood?"

If he were to use underhanded tactics, she could be injected with the blood of the underworld at any time.

Chen Jinshi blinked, then nodded enthusiastically: "Yes, I have plenty more, always available. Do you need any? They're very fresh—"

Miao Jue raised his hand expressionlessly: "That's enough."

Are you selling meat? It's so fresh!

She turned to leave, but secretly clenched her fist. She didn't know where Chen Jinshi kept the Nether Bone and Nether Blood, but Miao Jue had already quietly come up with an idea.

She can save "them" and leave the evil villains with nothing!

When Queyang underwent bone replacement, he mentioned that the stripped-off Netherworld bones still emitted the howls of a soul, indicating that the flesh and blood of the Netherworld race were very special, almost immortal.

After this growth of her spiritual bones, she discovered an extraordinary evolution.

The resolution of this ordeal allowed her spiritual bones to reach the fifth rank of the Earth level. The pale blue sapling above her dantian was slowly taking on the shape of branches, and not only could it withstand more than an hour of rewind time, but also—

She began to be able to perceive time.

Although it was still quite vague, she was beginning to be able to roughly perceive the time when all things existed.

For example, as she held the bone sword in her sleeve, she could sense that it had only been a separate entity for about half a month, meaning that the vicious villain Chen Jinshi had only just extracted the bone a dozen days ago.

Over a longer period of time, it would be difficult for her to perceive accurately with her current spiritual bone aptitude, but this is already a very surprising evolution.

The change seemed to happen in an instant, which made Miaojue feel incredibly magical.

The entrance to Zero Heaven was right above him. Miao Jue pondered as he drew his bone sword.

Having reached the mid-level Earth Rank, she planned to try flying away on her sword.

Chen Jinshi swayed in front of her, lowered his head, and extended his hand invitingly, "I'll take you out."

Miaojue glanced at him, and between the possibility of falling down herself and being thrown down by the villain, she chose the former.

Chen Jinshi was heartbroken: "Why don't you believe me?"

A clever, objective answer: "You look unbelievable."

The dust settled, and he was greatly alarmed.

Beneath the girl's swaying, floating figure, he anxiously touched his face repeatedly.

While anxious, she secretly wove dark clouds from ashes, letting the bone fly on its own, supporting her as she steadily flew upwards.

Miao Jue couldn't help but glance back at it again.

Books kept falling from the niches around the room. The Jade Void disciples were unable to save Queyang, who was now a mortal, from the power of the Netherworld Clan's palm strike. In the end, they could only help the dazed Gong Yuqiu and the broken-body Mei Zichen retreat. The crushed green-clothed flesh and blood was eventually buried little by little in the Zero Heaven.

Miao Jue couldn't help but hear the mournful cries of the Magpie Yang Immortal in his final moments of life. How could she have seen that she had the power of rewinding and discovered the special nature of her spiritual bones?

Queyang said she would tell herself "her" purpose, but who is she talking about?

Miao Jue focused her mind and felt her spiritual power flowing smoothly. She touched the light green leaves of the wood spirit in her inner palace, puzzled—but wasn't she a wood-type spirit bone?

Could it be that she has a special kind of wood spirit bone?

Miao Jue wanted to ask the system, but it seemed to be offline, so she didn't pay much attention.

Metal, wood, water, fire, earth, ice, thunder, wind, flame... each of the five elements seems to correspond to a Netherworld race, constructing the spiritual bone system of the entire continent.

Miao Jue suddenly turned his head and saw a world-destroying villain who was anxiously trembling.

There are only a few kinds of spiritual bones in this world.

So what is he?

…

"boom!"

The person landed steadily on the ground. Before Miao Jue could even marvel at how stable the sword flight was, he discovered that the outside world had exploded into fireworks.

The ethereal Jade Void Sect was subjected to a full-scale bombardment by the Underworld Clan.

The silver fox's velvety mist permeated the area above the fifth level of Wenxian Mountain. Looking up, it seemed as if the throat that led to the heavens was beginning to malfunction from the top.

The Netherworld Snakefish swelled several times its original size, its dark blue body emerging from the mountains, a stark contrast to its miniature form that had been wrapped around the wrist of the Dust-Sweeping Fish; it resembled a dragon.

The panda moved slowly, its movements accompanied by occasional loud, explosive sounds.

After a moment's thought, I understood the secret.

Disciples of the Jade Void Sect below the fifth level of Heaven have virtually no access to that core—only disciples at the mid-level of the fifth level of Heaven and Earth have the possibility of consuming the flesh and blood of the Netherworld Clan.

Therefore, every wrong has its perpetrator and every debt its debtor.

An elder, perched atop the towering Seventh Heaven, shouted: "You wicked creatures, how dare you rebel and slaughter immortals like this?! Aren't you afraid of divine punishment from Langhuan—"

His answer was a sweeping attack.

A few of the dark blue fish scales fell off, but a large section of the array barrier in the seventh heaven cracked open.

A giant smelt slowly appeared, and a silver-white fox gently jumped onto its head. Behind it, a slender yet incredibly tall panda slowly crawled out.

The simultaneous appearance of three Netherworld beings signifies a major upheaval in the sects and families that imprisoned these beasts.

The elder stared in disbelief and stepped back. There were countless high-level spiritual bones in the Seventh Heaven. There were at least ten disciples with Heavenly Spiritual Bones. The elders who had benefited from this for a hundred years were even more likely to break through to the Profound level.

However, even a hundred years later, human cultivators were still powerless to resist the remnants of the Netherworld race.

That's why they had to slaughter the Underworld Clan...

They shouldn't exist on a continent ruled by humans!

Crimson smoke bombs shot out from the seventh heaven, announcing to the entire continent that the calamity of the underworld had descended.

In the distant, boundless seas, the giant clock with zero rings began to chime frequently.

A thick cloud appeared above the Celestial Court and then quickly moved towards the mainland.

The key is to be the first to sense that something is wrong.

weather.

The weather isn't right.

It wasn't that the weather was wrong here, but rather that the Marriage Tree, far away in the Tianyan Kingdom, was the first to sense the change in weather.

But she couldn't immediately tell whether this was a temporary change or some kind of catastrophe, so she could only hold the sword and carefully sense it.

The silver fox and his companions swept through the Seven Heavens, severely damaging the century-old Jade Void Sect in just a few dozen hours.

They stood atop Mount Wenxian, all gazing in a certain direction—

At the edge of the continent lies endless sea fog, and within the sea fog lies the so-called Celestial Court, which is also... the place they know best.

The eight-clawed creature scratched its chin, its gaze sweeping over the white-clad youth on the ground, and couldn't help but smile.

After coming out, I understood more and more the deeper meaning of Jin Shi's words, and I was increasingly amazed by the changes that had taken place in the little bird over the years.

Langhuan will definitely take action against them again, but the chosen ones from the Dongfang and Gongyu families are still undergoing tribulations on the continent, while Jinshi has been lying in wait for many years, arranging himself to be part of the chosen ones' tribulations.

In the celestial palace of Langhuan, one hesitates to act for fear of harming the innocent.

After all, no matter how fast they appeared, they couldn't be as fast as Jin Shi.

Therefore, they had no choice but to use other methods to bring down divine punishment.

Xianba retracted its claws, sat on Gui Liu's head, and looked at the little girl next to the white-robed youth.

She picked at Gui Liu's fish scales. "When can we let Miao Miao know?"

Gui Liu shook his fish head. "She was already very friendly to me before I recognized her! -- But let's wait for Jin Shi to tell her himself."

Zhu Jiu patted the dirt off the bear's paw. As the ninth person who had taken care of the two of them for many years, he knew his personality very well. "Right now, he definitely doesn't want Miaomiao to see his true form."

Xianba seemed to realize something and sighed softly.

She looked at the thick clouds rolling in the distance, their vapors condensing, and whispered, "They're coming soon."

The trick is that the weather changes are becoming more and more obvious.

Cracks began to appear in the earth beneath her feet, which was filled with spiritual energy. She unconsciously licked her lips and felt the area where the tree trunk was growing drier.

Turning his head, Chen Jinshi's pale face was still lost in thought.

Three Netherworld creatures gazed over from afar, as if awaiting his command.

As the sun set, this man, dressed in white, possessed a slender and elegant figure, with a thin, almost muscular build, clearly the appearance of a tall, refined scholar. Yet, he could effortlessly control ferocious beasts that both terrified and coveted the world.

A small cloud of doubt slowly rose in Miao Jue's mind.

"How exactly did you do that?"

Miao Jue looked at Chen Jinshi with her almond-shaped eyes, "...What is your relationship with them?"

Chen Jinshi snapped out of his daze, his straight back suddenly jolted, and he quickly glanced at her.

—Has she realized his true identity?

Miaojue didn't actually doubt that he wasn't human, after all, what he did was so despicable that it was hard to imagine that a species other than humans could do such a thing.

She only suspected that Chen Jinshi might have formed some kind of contract to bind these Netherworld beasts, which was why he could take their flesh and blood and control them.

But Chen Jinshi had already walked away in a panic, muttering to himself, and shifted from touching his face to examining his body.

No, that won't work.

He is not spectacular at all now.

The bone extraction left numerous bloody holes that were difficult to heal, and the frequent bloodletting also left many hideous bloodstains. And there was one more crucial thing...

Dust settled, and he looked at the magic formula with a hint of resentment.

She had doubts about his true identity, yet she seemed not to recognize him at all. Was it because everyone else had matured by childhood, while he remained a boy?

The thing he gave her...didn't she remember it?

Did she throw it away?

But the meaning of that thing was so clear.

The secret: "?"

What kind of look is that? It's like someone hurt him.

Dust settled, and he touched his empty chest, looking sadly at the sky.

To be honest, he wasn't originally a majestic beast like the Qilin, Dragon, or Tiger.

When she was a child in the mountains, Chen Jinshi asked her many times what animals she liked, and she never once said that she liked birds.

Not even once.

Chen Jinshi felt that this world was terrible.

...

A thick cloud churned and appeared in the sky above the continent, obscuring the setting sun and making it even more gloomy. In this ominous atmosphere, the Ten Great Seals of the Langhuan Immortal Court slowly emerged in the sky.

Dongfang Yaotian and Gong Yuqiu were finally managed to get out and sat on the increasingly parched land, one in a daze and the other in a daze.

But suddenly, it reminded Miao Jue of what the plot was!

The ground beneath our feet had cracked, and a severe drought had descended upon the world without warning.

This is the thing a tree fears most.

This scene also appears in the original storyline, where Langhuan sends several true immortals to the mortal realm to rightfully join the Chosen One in quelling the chaos.

At that time, Miaojue truly admired that immortal.

She raised her fingertips and caught a drop of water falling from the sky.

One of the true immortals was the Rain God.

Miaojue felt the dry air begin to rise with a refreshing dampness, and the distant tree trunks seemed to absorb a bit of moisture again. A genuine smile appeared on her lips.

Chen Jinshi silently watched her, turned his head, then turned back, and suddenly chuckled.

He knew perfectly well what was going to happen next.

Above their heads, the Langhuan Ten-Seal began to vibrate, like the distant rumble of immortals, echoing across the continent.

"The Netherworld race has appeared... an ominous entity, triggering natural disasters..."

"A severe drought struck, bringing calamity to the people. The gods, unable to bear it, sent rain upon the world..."

A slow, vibrating sound came from the sky, seemingly a distant voice from the upper realm, and no one doubted it. They only knew that the Netherworld Clan had launched successive attacks on the Crimson Cloud and Jade Void sects, causing countless disciples to perish, enraging the heavens and earth, and bringing about a drought!

It was Langhuan's benevolence that saved them from the catastrophe, and so the entire continent responded, with countless mortals bowing their heads in gratitude for Langhuan's divine mercy.

It was as if the Underworld Clan were extremely ominous beings, whose appearance would bring about the downfall of the world.

It's as if the Netherworld Clan, who had been imprisoned in various powerful families and sects for the past century, never existed.

The smile faded, and she pursed her dry lips.

On Mount Wenxian, the silver fox scratched its tail, patted the snail's head, and quietly left the mountain with the panda and the other two.

Although such a charge has become insignificant over the past century, they still...reluctant to be judged in this way in the face of such a brilliant strategy, and unsure how to explain it.

The high spirits they had displayed when they swept through Yuxu had vanished, and in the blink of an eye, they appeared on the horizon.

They headed straight towards Langhuan.

The magic trick dried the water droplets from my fingertips, and suddenly I understood.

A sudden drought struck the mortal realm, which was entirely attributed to the divine punishment brought about by the appearance of the Netherworld race. The Langhuan Celestial Court thus dispatched several True Immortals to the mortal world to join forces with the Chosen One to exterminate the Netherworld race. This was for the sake of all living beings, and there was absolutely no intention of secretly assisting the Chosen One—in this way, these immortals could avoid being entangled in karma and provoke the will of Heaven.

Chen Jinshi showed no surprise whatsoever.

He even stood with his hands behind his back, casually looking at the "true immortal" who was flying in to bring rain.

Her peach blossom eyes seemed to regain their sparkle. Turning her head, she saw that Miaojue's lips were dry and couldn't help but laugh: "Want some water? I'll knock that god down for you to play with. Do you like him?"

Should we tie the Rain God to the Heavenly Kingdom and make it rain?

Miao Jue suddenly seized on him: "What are you playing at? Can you control those three Netherworld Clan members?"

Chen Jinshi stared blankly down at her, seeing her fingertips gripping his chest. His arms unconsciously wrapped around her side, and he didn't know where to put them. "What are you doing...?"

Miao Jue grabbed his clothes with a bit of force, feeling the thin yet powerful muscles beneath his collar. "The Netherworld Clan is rare, you don't want anything to happen to them, do you? Quickly call them back, I have a way to deal with the immortals from Langhuan."

Chen Jinshi was genuinely stunned this time. He loosely wrapped his arm around her and whispered, "Why?"

The secret: "For no reason."

Plants and animals should help each other.

Chen Jinshi paused for a moment, then gently tapped the compass with his fingertips.

The three Netherworld beings surging across the distant horizon paused, then vanished instantly.

Miao Jue breathed a sigh of relief, loosened her grip on his collar, and tried to back away, but bumped into his arm.

He looks very thin, but his arm muscles are hard and don't move at all.

The girl's light blue skirt brushed against his spotless white robe. Chen Jingshi lowered his eyes, staring intently into her clear and calm almond-shaped eyes, and asked softly, "...And then?"

Miao Jue turned his head and pointed to Dongfang Yaotian and Gong Yuqiu beside him.

Two-year-old Dongfang Yaotian already showed early signs of an evil ailment, gazing arrogantly at the heavens and earth. Gong Yuqiu felt that she was already impure because she had been tainted by the blood of the underworld. At such a time of upheaval and suffering for all living beings, she resolved to take two-year-old Dongfang Yaotian and perish together with the underworld race.

This is the aftereffect of picking up that drop of Netherworld blood after the dust has settled.

The key, however, is: "Then, you make them reconcile."

Dust settled, and she slightly raised an eyebrow.

She knew he had been stirring up trouble, practically forcing her to join forces with him, even though he had his own plans.

But he was powerless to fight back.

How terrifying. He thought.

It felt like he would do anything she asked him to do.

Dust settled, and he turned away, muttering to himself. Making them reconcile would be simple…

Seeing that he looked relaxed, Miao Jue felt relieved. The villain could directly control the Netherworld Clan, so perhaps he could also extract the Netherworld Blood.

Chen Jinshi glanced at the dazed Dongfang Yaotian and the bewildered Gong Yuqiu, shook his head in fear and sighed, while quietly transforming into a surging blood mist.

The amount of health is quite generous.

Miao Jue had been observing the situation on the horizon. When she smelled a faint scent of blood, Chen Jinshi had already snapped his fingers and knocked Gong Yuqiu unconscious, generously transferring the blood mist onto Dongfang Yaotian's head.

Like a bucket of water, it all poured into Dongfang Yaotian's mind.

The blood of the underworld instantly merged into his limbs and bones, and the male protagonist's spiritual bones were immediately drawn out with a dazzling light.

His intelligence and memory, suppressed by the power of retrograde, instantly returned. Dongfang Yaotian let out a roar that shook the heavens and earth, and after opening his eyes, he let out a shocked cry—how could he have used a Netherworld artifact to enhance himself?!

The ingenious method was astonishing.

She stared in shock at the face before her.

Chen Jinshi's face was even paler than before, but he smiled very happily and quietly pulled her closer.

"Alright, now they're both finished."

Praise me!