In the cultivation world, storage rings are not extremely rare treasures, but for Song Zhou, a cultivator who can only use storage bags, they are still very precious.
The value of a storage ring, only a few square meters in size, would be enough to sustain their entire sect for quite some time. Song Zhou finally picked up the storage ring and bowed to Lu Fuyue, saying, "Then thank you very much, Senior Sister Lu."
Later, when Song Zhou opened the storage ring, he discovered that the contents inside were enough to save the lives of their entire sect.
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After parting ways with Song Zhou, Lu Fuyue headed towards the central city in the direction indicated by the map of the underworld.
The map of the underworld's power distribution mentions that there are five ghost kings in the underworld. Among the five ghost kings, Jiang Xun, the ghost king of the central city, is the leader of the five ghost kings. His cultivation is unfathomable, and no one has ever known just how strong he is.
The only thing known is that he rarely appears in front of people. Usually, when something happens, his ghost servants will handle it. Even the other four ghost kings rarely get to see him.
Some say that the reason why Jiang Xun, the Ghost King of Zhongcheng, rarely appears despite his immense power is probably because he lacks a true form and cannot manifest in a physical body. Others say that he doesn't show himself because he has cultivated the Reincarnation Technique, spending most of his time in reincarnation, and the one in the capital city of Zhongcheng is merely a shell he left behind.
In short, there are many different opinions, and no one knows the specifics.
The other four Ghost Kings are Wan Yusheng, the Ghost King of the East City; Ming Jue, the Ghost King of the South City; Mo Ru, the Ghost King of the West City; and Luo Fei, the Ghost King of the North City. Each Ghost King has his own territory, and the five forces exist independently, without interfering with each other. However, recently, with Jiang Xun, the Ghost King of the Central City, rarely appearing, the other forces have begun to stir.
Lu Fuyue's eyes darkened slightly, and she immediately headed towards the River of Oblivion. To fully enter the central area of the Underworld, one must first enter through the River of Oblivion.
The waters of the River of Oblivion cannot be crossed by light or heavy objects; only by finding a small boat from the underworld can one cross. However, such a boat is rare and hard to find; whether one encounters it or not depends entirely on luck.
At the same time, that place is also where the spider lilies bloom, and the twin spider lilies that the old woman wanted are also there. Song Zhou's destination is also there.
Soon Lu Fuyue arrived at that place. Looking up, she saw a misty expanse ahead, with vast fields of red flowers faintly visible. The boundless river surface shimmered with a deep blue light, and a chilling aura lingered in the air. Countless ghosts floated above the River of Oblivion.
The ground was covered with vibrant red spider lilies, their swaying branches creating a strange and dangerous beauty. A faint fragrance wafted through the sea of red flowers.
Lu Fuyue's expression suddenly changed, and she quickly covered her mouth and nose. Oh no, the fragrance of this flower is strange!
However, what she didn't notice was that deep within the sea of spider lilies, on a vine, two incredibly beautiful flowers, one red and one white, unfurled their petals, emitting a colorless and odorless fragrance.
The next second, Lu Fuyue felt dizzy and suddenly fell into the sea of flowers, pressing down on the overlapping flower branches. Countless large red spider lilies grew vines that slowly climbed up Lu Fuyue's body, then used the flowers as a prison to completely cover her.
On the banks of the River of Oblivion, a small boat suddenly appeared from afar, with a large red lantern hanging on it. Beneath a black cloak, a face covered in wrinkles suddenly appeared.
A soft, melodious song began, "Do not entrust your devoted heart to nothing, for the most fickle person in the world is a lover, and those who are devoted to love all end up with their souls scattered..."
In a daze, amidst a sea of red spider lilies, a woman in white moved gracefully, her eyes filled with affection, her temples slightly flushed, and she shyly looked up at the man beside her, "Young master, why have you come?"
The woman was puzzled. Ordinary living people could not enter the River of Oblivion and the other shore of the underworld unless this person was a highly skilled master, but he did not seem to be.
The tall, upright man, as straight as a pine or bamboo, fixed his gaze on the woman's slightly flushed cheeks. He paused, then bowed slightly, with a hint of apology, "Miss, I have come here to find my beloved. I did not mean to disturb your peace. Please forgive me."
The woman paused, then murmured, "A sweetheart? You have someone you love..."
The man's eyes crinkled with a smile as he spoke of his beloved, and he nodded. "My beloved is the most beautiful woman in the world, and the one and only wife in my heart."
But as he spoke, the man's tone gradually lowered, "She's dead, she died for me... I haven't seen her for years, and she's never appeared in my dreams..."
"Do you think she's resentful towards me?"
Seeing the man's overwhelming sorrow, the woman's heart ached for some reason. She looked up at him and said, word by word, "Young master, why don't I help you search? Perhaps that girl's soul hasn't dissipated, but is being covered by these thousands of spider lilies."
In truth, the woman knew that this possibility was extremely small. Most mortal souls that entered the River of Oblivion in the underworld would immediately be reincarnated, unless they were vengeful ghosts who died unjustly, in which case they would remain in the underworld.
He said that his beloved had been dead for so many years, and probably had already been reincarnated.
The man was taken aback, then his expression softened. "Thank you, young lady."
And so, the man and woman searched the entire River of Oblivion, but could not find the soul of the man's beloved. Later, the woman could not bear to see the man so disappointed, so for his sake, she even risked secretly going to the territory of the Five Great Ghost Kings to search for the soul of his beloved. However, even after she crossed the River of Oblivion and searched the Meng Po Sea, she still could not find it.
As they spent more time together, the woman gradually developed feelings for the man. However, she knew that the man only loved the woman he cherished, so she had to keep everything hidden deep in her heart and carefully observe her words and actions so that the man would not notice.
Later, the man decided to leave. The woman was heartbroken but also happy for him; she thought he had finally let go.
Before leaving, the man deliberately looked up at the woman in the field of spider lilies where the two had first met, and softly asked, "Miss Bai, would you like to go and see the human world?"
The woman looked into those exceptionally affectionate eyes and ultimately couldn't refuse him, so she went with him to the mortal realm.
But she forgot that she was a spirit created from a spider lily on the banks of the River of Oblivion. She could not step out of the River of Oblivion until her cultivation reached a certain level. Otherwise, once she left the River of Oblivion, she would be like a mortal without any cultivation.
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However, the scene suddenly changed. The woman was lying weakly on the bed, and the man was walking towards her with a bowl of dark, medicinal soup in his hand. "Qiqi, drink it. Everything will be alright after you drink it."
The woman's eyes, which had held a hint of barely perceptible anticipation, suddenly vanished as the man spoke softly.
She looked up at him with a gentle smile, just as she had when they first met, but her voice was filled with uncontrollable sorrow: "If everything is as you wish, then I'll do anything."
After saying that, she found strength from who-knows-where, threw off the covers, got up, snatched the medicine bowl, and drank it all in one gulp.
The bitter medicine poured down her throat and into her stomach, instantly causing a burning, stinging pain that made her writhe on the floor, tears streaming down her face. Yet, she still smiled and looked at the man, "Will this... make her come back...?"
"Would that... make you happy?"
The man stood there, stunned, seemingly lost in thought. It turned out she knew everything.
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