Zi Ji looked at Yun Che's reaction and continued slowly, "It's normal that you haven't heard of this name. Even in the three holy places outside the Supreme Ocean Palace, there are only a few people who know of its existence."
“Then where is it? Senior Zi just said that it is not in the Profound Sky Continent, what does that mean?” Yun Che asked with a slight frown.
Zi Ji stretched out his finger and pointed to the south: "It is located in the south of Tianxuan Continent, above the boundless South China Sea."
“South China Sea?” Yun Che looked stunned.
"Have you ever been to the Supreme Ocean Palace?" Zi Ji asked.
“No.” Yun Che said, “But I know that the Supreme Ocean Palace is located on the southern edge of the Profound Sky Continent, more than 3,000 miles south of the South China Sea. The name ‘Ocean Palace’ comes from this. Could it be that the Moon-Slaying Devil Cave that Senior Zi mentioned is related to the Supreme Ocean Palace?”
"That's right." Zi Ji nodded slightly: "Everyone in the world knows that the four holy places have their own mission of protection. For thousands of years, they have protected the safety of Tianxuan Continent from generation to generation, and thus they are given the sacred name of 'holy places'. However, to this day, among the four holy places, only the Supreme Sea Palace is still truly committed to its mission of protection."
“That place called ‘Moon-Slaying Devil Cave’ is the place that the Supreme Ocean Palace has guarded for generations?” Yun Che asked.
Zi Ji nodded again: "The Supreme Ocean Palace is 3,000 miles away from the edge of the continent. Not only does it have to be prepared for sea disasters all year round, but it also has many inconveniences on weekdays. But the Supreme Ocean Palace has existed for ten thousand years, but has never moved to the continent. The Moon-Slaying Demon Cave is the only reason."
“What kind of existence is the Moon-Slaying Devil Cave? Why would the Supreme Ocean Palace stay in the South China Sea to guard it? And its name…” Zi Ji’s narration caused more and more questions to arise in Yun Che’s mind.
Zi Ji closed his eyes slightly, sorted out his thoughts, and continued, "Regarding the Moon-Slaying Devil Cave, I can only give you the simplest description. It was probably more than 10,000 years ago, when the ancestors of the seven Supreme Ocean Palaces were swimming in the South China Sea, they suddenly discovered a large area of sea water that was dyed pitch black. This dark sea area was very vast, and countless black sea beast corpses were floating on it. Later, he found the center of this dark sea area... It was an island that was completely dyed black."
"That island released extremely dense Yin Qi, which was the culprit that turned a large area of the sea into a dead zone. Later, the ancestors of the Sea Palace came to that dark island and discovered a huge cave in the island. The terrifying Yin Qi came from this dark cave. The deeper they entered the cave, the heavier the Yin Qi became, and their profound strength was greatly suppressed. At the deepest part of the cave, they encountered an extremely terrifying dark profound beast."
“Dark mysterious beast?” The more Yun Che listened, the more bizarre it seemed to him.
"That dark beast called himself the Moon-Slaying Demon Lord. He hated light, and was especially afraid of moonlight. Apart from that, nothing else was known about him. The dark beast's power was not very strong, roughly at the early stage of Tyrant Profound Realm, while the seven ancestors of the Supreme Ocean Palace had all reached the pinnacle of their profound power, all at the late stage of Emperor Sovereign, standing at the top of the world. However, when they were deep in the cave, their profound power was suppressed to the King Profound Realm, and they had no power to fight back in front of the Moon-Slaying Demon Lord. Of the seven ancestors, only one escaped, and the other six all died in the Moon-Slaying Demon Cave."
The only ancestor of the Sea Palace who escaped was not chased out by the Moon Slaughter Demon Lord after he left the cave. Fearing the light during the day and the moonlight at night, the Moon Slaughter Demon Lord might never leave the devil's cave. However, the dark and yin energy released from the devil's cave is endless. Moreover, when the ancestor of the Sea Palace escaped from the devil's cave, he heard the roar of the Moon Slaughter Demon Lord with his own ears: when the darkness submerges the entire world, it will be the day when he returns to the world.
“The Moon-Slaying Devil Lord… How could such a monster still exist?” Yun Che was becoming more and more shocked. If this wasn’t what Zi Ji said himself, he would have simply regarded it as a legend made up by some idle person. “After that, could it be that the Ocean Palace ancestor used some method to seal the demon cave to prevent the dark yin energy from leaking out?”
“Haha, that’s true.” Zi Ji looked at Yun Che with admiration. “I don’t know whether that dark yin energy came from the Moon Slaughter Devil Sovereign’s body or from some unknown terrifying existence deep in the Demon Cave. But if it continues to flow like this, it will eventually spread to the Profound Sky Continent, and the consequences will be disastrous. And the roar of the Moon Slaughter Devil Sovereign also made the Ocean Palace ancestor unable to let it go. So, he united the power of the Ocean Palace’s powerful men, and did not hesitate to sacrifice more than a dozen of the Ocean Palace’s most powerful profound instruments and a large amount of purple veined divine crystals to build a huge isolation barrier, which sealed off the Moon Slaughter Devil Cave and completely isolated the dark yin energy that was constantly overflowing from it.”
"Because the barrier consumes a lot of energy, every three years, at least a dozen emperors need to re-infuse it with profound energy to maintain it. Therefore, the ancestors of the Ocean Palace moved the entire sect to the South China Sea and renamed it the 'Supreme Ocean Palace'."
"……I see."
Due to his hatred for Mighty Heavenly Sword Region and the meanness of Sun Moon Divine Palace, Yun Che had long lost all favor towards the Four Holy Lands and even felt that they were all filthy places. However, Zi Ji’s description of the Supreme Ocean Palace made him stand in awe.
Compared to Tianwei Sword Domain and Sun Moon Divine Palace, this Supreme Sea Palace truly lives up to the name of "Holy Land".
Thinking back to Ji Qianrou of the Supreme Ocean Palace, although she was a bit evil, she was generally very decent. She spoke up for him, a person she had never met before, in the Seven Kingdoms Ranking Tournament, and harshly ridiculed Feng Ximing, the Prince of the Divine Phoenix. Because of a small favor, she attacked Ye Xinghan on the Taikoo Profound Ark, which could be said to have saved his and Feng Xue'er's lives.
“Senior Zi just said that that place can only be entered once every five hundred years. The Netherworld Udumbara Flower that was discovered 1,300 years ago was also found there… Could it be that the barrier deliberately left a place that can be entered?” Yun Che asked.
"That's exactly what I want to talk about." Zi Ji smiled faintly. Since he had already told everything, there was nothing to worry about. "The ancestors of the Ocean Palace speculated that the dark energy came from the body of the Moon Slaughter Demon Lord. No matter how powerful a profound beast is, it will eventually die. So, seal the Moon Slaughter Demon Cave, and when the Moon Slaughter Demon Lord dies, the dark energy will naturally dissipate, and the mission of guarding the cave will be completed. The Supreme Ocean Palace can also leave the South China Sea."
"In order to confirm whether the Moon Slaughter Devil Lord is dead, the ancestors of the Ocean Palace left a gap in the barrier, but limited it to five hundred years before it could be opened. In order to prevent the Yin Qi from overflowing after it was opened, the opening time was also limited to one hundred breaths! Since then, every five hundred years, the Supreme Ocean Palace will send the worst-qualified disciples in the sect to enter and confirm the life or death of the Moon Slaughter Devil Lord. Starting from six thousand five hundred years ago, all the disciples who entered came out alive, which means that at that time, the Moon Slaughter Devil Lord was already dead."
“Even though the Moon Slaughter Demon Lord is dead, the Supreme Ocean Palace is still guarding it… In other words, even though the Moon Slaughter Demon Lord is dead, the dark yin energy is still spreading… The dark yin energy is not coming from the Moon Slaughter Demon Lord?” Yun Che said with a frown.
“That’s right.” Zi Ji nodded heavily. “If the Moon Slaughter Devil Lord escapes from the Moon Slaughter Devil Cave, he will only be a Tyrant Profound Realm profound beast, not scary at all. What’s really scary is the endless Yin Qi that comes from nowhere. The Supreme Ocean Palace has no choice but to continue guarding there, and still maintains the barrier every three years. Today, it has been a full ten thousand years.”
"Thousands of years after confirming that the Moon Slaughter Devil Lord was dead, the Supreme Ocean Palace would still allow a disciple with the worst qualifications to enter every five hundred years to prevent accidents. In the end, all of these disciples came out alive, and it was completely confirmed that the Moon Slaughter Devil Lord was indeed dead. After that, the number of times they entered became less and less, and the ones who entered were no longer the disciples with the worst qualifications. Some elders and even the Sea Emperor would go in together to explore the true realm, but the yin energy was too heavy. Even if they were peerless masters, they could only stay for a few dozen breaths at most and would come out immediately and seal the barrier."
"As for the Netherworld Udumbara Flower you're concerned about... it was 1,300 years ago, when the barrier had reached the age of 500 and could be opened, several newly promoted elders who had never been inside entered it together out of curiosity. When they quickly reached the end, they suddenly heard the eerie sound of ghosts crying."
“Ghosts crying… That’s right!” Yun Che was shocked. Although he had never seen the Netherworld Udumbara Flower, his master had told him that the Netherworld Udumbara Flower would make sounds like the crying and laughing of evil ghosts.
"Haha, following the sound of ghosts crying, they saw a demonic flower about ten feet tall. Its stems and leaves were purple-black, but the flowers in full bloom were extremely bright purple. A lavender mist that seemed to come from the underworld lingered above the petals, dancing without wind, making a terrifying sound like a devil crying and laughing."
"According to the stories told by the elders of the Ocean Palace, when they saw the purple demon flower, they instantly felt as if their souls were being pulled out of their bodies... They were alert and fled away immediately, resealing the barrier. But afterwards, they all fell seriously ill with the power of the Emperor, and it took them several months to fully recover. After some research, they found out that it was the legendary extremely evil demon flower... the Netherworld Udumbara Flower."
"Since then, 1,300 years have passed, and no one has entered the Moon-Slaying Devil Cave again."
Yun Che’s expression became slightly excited, because Zi Ji’s description of the Netherworld Udumbara Flower was exactly the same as what his master had told him back then in Cang Yun Continent!
“Yes, that must be the Netherworld Udumbara Flower!” Yun Che nodded and said, “The Netherworld Udumbara Flower grows in places with extremely heavy Yin energy. The Yin energy there is extremely heavy, which is of course extremely suitable for the growth of the Netherworld Udumbara Flower. Moreover, because it is isolated by the barrier, the Yin energy there will not dissipate, but will only become more and more dense. Therefore, the Netherworld Udumbara Flower that existed 1,300 years ago should still exist, and perhaps there is more than one.”
Zi Ji shook his head and smiled bitterly, "That being said, I just said that the Netherworld Udumbara Flower blooms once every twenty-four years and withers in three days, and you can only enter the Moon Slaughter Demon Cave once every five hundred years, and you can only stay there for a maximum of a hundred breaths. The possibility of you encountering a blooming flower within a hundred breaths... is like looking for a needle in a haystack."
“Then I must give it a try. After all, this is the only information I have gotten about the Netherworld Udumbara Flower so far.” Yun Che said without hesitation: “Besides… my luck has always been good! What if it happens to bloom!”
Zi Ji shook his head again: "Several emperors and elders of the Supreme Ocean Palace almost had their souls taken away just by seeing the Netherworld Udumbara Flower. The consequences of getting close to and touching it are even more disastrous. Even if it happens to bloom when you enter, how can you pick it?"
“Well… I have my own way.” Yun Che said confidently. The reason for his confidence was naturally the Sky Poison Pearl.
Yun Che took out ten Overlord Pills from the Sky Poison Pearl and placed them in front of Zi Ji. He said sincerely, “Thank you, Senior Zi, for telling me in detail. This matter is extremely important to me. According to the agreement, these ten pills will be sold to your Chamber of Commerce at the price of twenty kilograms of Purple Vein Divine Crystals. At that time, the number of pills entrusted to your Chamber of Commerce for auction will also be reduced to twenty, and there will not be one more.”
Zi Ji put away the ten Overlord Pills and looked at Yun Che deeply. He knew that with this young man’s wisdom and cunning, he must have noticed something from what he just said. He did not say it out loud. He flipped his palm and a profound formation suddenly appeared. A dark purple space ring was pushed in front of Yun Che: “Inside this is twenty kilograms of Purple Vein Divine Crystal.”
Yun Che picked up the purple crystal ring, quickly scanned it, and put it into the Sky Poison Pearl. Then he and Zi Ji looked at each other and smiled.
Twenty kilograms of Purple Veined Divine Crystal... It's a Divine Crystal! I got it just like that... It seems too damn easy!!
“Yun Che, after you resolve the matter with the Phoenix Divine Sect, are you going to visit the Supreme Ocean Palace?” Zi Ji asked, his eyes full of meaning.
“Indeed.” Yun Che nodded: “I also know roughly where the Supreme Ocean Palace is.”
"Actually, you don't need to be in such a hurry." Zi Ji smiled faintly and said, "Five months later, the Supreme Ocean Palace will hold a 'Demon Sword Conference', and you happen to be among the invited. The relevant invitation letter will be delivered to you within two months."
“Oh? The Devil Sword Conference? What is that?” Yun Che asked in surprise: “And why did you invite me?”
"Haha, I can't reveal this matter without your permission. But when the time comes, you can ask the person who sent you the invitation letter, and he may be able to help you out."
“Oh…” Yun Che nodded slightly, full of doubts, but did not ask any further questions: “In that case, I will not take the initiative to visit, and wait for the news from the Supreme Ocean Palace.”
Up to now, although he still hadn't gotten any news about Chu Yuechan, his other purposes had all been achieved, and he had also gained the surprise of the "Netherworld Udumbara Flower" and the confusion of the "Devil Sword Conference". Yun Che stood up, bowed to Zi Ji and said, "I have been bothering Senior Zi for a long time, it's time to say goodbye... May I ask if my father-in-law Xia Hongyi... is in the Chamber of Commerce now."
"Hehe..." Zi Ji seemed to have expected that he would ask about Xia Hongyi. He smiled faintly and flicked his finger. A yellow teleportation array appeared silently two feet away from him. "He is on the first floor of the Chamber of Commerce and has been waiting for you for a while. You can see him after you go in."
“Thank you, Senior Zi.” Yun Che nodded with a hint of gratitude, then smiled at the three girls beside him, turned around and walked into the mysterious formation.
With a flash of yellow light, Xuan Zhen and Yun Che disappeared from there.
Zi Ji was stunned for a moment before he slowly sat down, with a very complicated expression on his face. After a while, he stretched out his arm and carefully picked up a Overlord Pill, his eyes once again filled with deep amazement. After carefully observing it for a long time, he muttered to himself: "Such a stunning pill was obtained so easily, it's really shocking... and it seems to have no name yet."
"This elixir has six medicinal energies, each with a different aura and strength. It can make a tyrant, help the emperor, and has no drawbacks. It can be called the elixir of the emperor of the world. Why not call it..."
"Six Flavor Emperor Pills."
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