Song Zhou kept chasing after Lu Fuyue, reaching out to tug at her clothes, "Fellow Daoist, Fellow Daoist, please take me with you. I can do many things for you. Wouldn't it be better if we traveled together?"
Seeing that Lu Fuyue remained unmoved, he gradually stopped, hesitated for a moment, and then a resolute look flashed in his eyes.
Song Zhou shouted at Lu Fuyue, "Fellow Daoist, I know a lot about the Netherworld City, and I also know how to obtain the Netherworld Token!"
Lu Fuyue paused, her steps faltering. This fool really isn't afraid of death.
She quickly glanced around, and after confirming that no one was around, she immediately felt relieved.
Upon seeing Lu Fuyue's appearance, Song Zhou immediately ran up to her and smiled, "Don't worry, I've checked and there's no one around."
Lu Fuyue looked up at him, "What exactly do you want to do by following me?"
Song Zhou's expression turned anxious. "You don't think I'm a bad guy, do you?"
"Don't worry, I may be a little slow-witted, but I'm really not a bad person. I just want to go and see the legendary underworld."
Lu Fuyue instantly became wary. "You want to go to the underworld?"
Song Zhou touched the tip of his nose, a hint of unease flashing across his face. "I heard... I heard that the spider lilies on the banks of the River of Oblivion are very beautiful. I want to go and see them."
Lu Fuyue fell silent. This person was really... leisurely.
The red spider lily is no ordinary flower.
Seeing Lu Fuyue's appearance, Song Zhou's eyes flashed with a pleading look, "Fellow Daoist, please take me in with you. It's better for the two of us to travel together than for you to go alone."
"Besides, who knows what's going on in the Netherworld City? As long as you take me with you, I promise I won't hold you back. If I get captured or encounter any danger, you can just leave me behind and go. Don't worry about me."
Lu Fuyue pursed her lips and secretly sized up the man in front of her. He had the cultivation level of the early Golden Core stage, a bone age of less than two hundred, a refined and handsome appearance, and exceptionally clear and innocent eyes.
He doesn't resemble a cultivator at all; he looks more like an innocent young master raised by some family.
However, appearances can be deceiving; you can't tell anything just by looking at someone's face.
After thinking for a moment, Lu Fuyue said, "I can take you with me, but you have to prove what value you have that I can bring you along."
Song Zhou was stunned for a moment, "Ah, value? I don't seem to... have any value..."
He lowered his head and thought carefully about what his value was. But after thinking for a long time, he still couldn't figure out what his value was.
Just as Lu Fuyue's patience was wearing thin and he was about to leave, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he immediately pulled out a jade slip from his storage ring.
"I have a map of the underworld."
Lu Fuyue was startled and looked at the jade slip in Song Zhou's hand. It was indeed a map of the underworld. It seemed that this person's identity was not simple.
However, with the map of the underworld, it would be much easier for her to find the Fire String.
"Alright, I can take you with me, but I need to make a copy of this jade slip."
Upon hearing this, Song Zhou was overjoyed and immediately handed the jade slip in his hand to Lu Fuyue, saying, "Thank you, fellow Daoist."
Lu Fuyue took the jade slip, then took out an empty jade slip from her space. After imprinting the map of the underworld onto the empty jade slip, she returned it to Song Zhou.
...
So Song Zhou followed behind Lu Fuyue, saying, "Fellow Daoist, we've known each other for so long, and I still don't know your name!"
"My surname is Lu."
Lu Fuyue didn't want to reveal too much about herself.
Song Zhou was slightly taken aback upon hearing this, then laughed, "So it's Fellow Daoist Lu."
Lu Fuyue walked ahead towards the city gate, rarely paying attention to Song Zhou, who talked far too much.
However, Song Zhou didn't seem to care much about Lu Fuyue's coldness and kept talking all the way.
However, when the two reached the city gate of the Netherworld City and tried to enter, they were immediately stopped by the guards.
Two elderly men with considerable cultivation stood at the city gate, holding long swords, and stopped the two. "The time to enter the city has passed. Come back tomorrow."
Lu Fuyue subtly observed the two old men and discovered that they were both peak Golden Core cultivators.
A cultivator at the peak of the Golden Core stage can usually become the patriarch of a small sect, but when they come to the Netherworld City, they can only guard the city gate.
Song Zhou slapped his forehead and looked at Lu Fuyue embarrassedly, "Fellow Daoist Lu, I forgot that Youming City can only be entered after sunrise and before sunset, otherwise, we can only wait outside for a whole day."
Upon hearing this, Lu Fuyue raised her eyes and glanced at the sky above Youming City. She saw that the high city walls were shrouded in a faint black mist, which was mostly composed of demonic and ghostly energy.
"In that case, let's find a place to stay first and come back tomorrow."
There's a rule in the Netherworld City: once night falls, you must return to your room and not open the door no matter who calls you; you must stay inside, otherwise you'll encounter unclean things.
However, the two searched for a long time near the Netherworld City but couldn't find a place to stay. Just as Lu Fuyue was about to suggest that they find a place to meditate for the night, several cultivators appeared in front of them, heading towards a small path not far away.
Song Zhou's eyes lit up, and he subconsciously tugged at Lu Fuyue's sleeve. "Senior Brother Lu, there should be an inn over there. Let's go take a look."
Lu Fuyue followed his gaze and indeed saw several cultivators walking towards a certain place, and in the direction they were walking, there was a faint light.
Before Lu Fuyue could say anything, Song Zhou grabbed her arm and started walking in that direction. "Senior Brother Lu, if we go any later, there might not be any rooms left. It wouldn't be good if we encountered something in this desolate wilderness. Let's hurry over there."
Lu Fuyue calmly shook off his hand and looked at the cultivators. "Let's go."
Song Zhou was exceptionally outgoing. From the moment he met Lu Fuyue, within just a few hours, he had already addressed her as Fellow Daoist Lu and Senior Brother Lu.
The reason was that he suddenly realized that he couldn't see through Lu Fuyue's cultivation level, and only then did he know that her cultivation level was higher than his, so naturally he started to call her Senior Brother Lu.
The two followed the cultivators for quite a distance, and finally saw an inn at the foot of a mountain.
The inn was small and looked quite old. Two bright red lanterns hung on either side of the main entrance. In the dim light, apart from a few cultivators, there was no one else. Everything seemed quiet and strange.
However, the few cultivators who were ahead of them quickly entered the inn, completely ignoring the unusual situation around them.
Song Zhou moved a little closer to Lu Fuyue and cautiously whispered, "Senior Brother Lu, is there something in here? I have a creepy feeling about it."
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