Chapter 42

The ground broke into pieces, and the world turned dark in that instant. Even the sounds in my ears became mute.

Such a sudden change was enough to make people panic, but with Nan Xi's shout in the emergency, most of the Tianyun Sword Sect's swords, even if they couldn't tell the direction, felt less panic caused by the feeling of weightlessness.

Most people felt it and moved downward in the direction of the air flow.

And in this silence and darkness, a voice suddenly appeared, a voice they had never heard before, a mechanical, unfamiliar voice, but it sounded like Nan Xi's inner voice and fell into their ears.

[Host, you shouldn't have yelled that just now. It doesn't fit your character.]

The mechanical voice was serious. [Also, the plot was leaked in advance.]

Nan Xi's voice rang out, "No, it doesn't count. The most you can do is punish me for not being in line with my character. I just mentioned the sword of protection, how can that be considered a plot leak?"

【According to the system, it is a fourth-level violation. The penalty is electric shock.】

The fourth level is the punishment for destroying one's character. Nan Xi could accept this result, so she said nothing more.

Even if her words just now did not reveal the plot, her reaction in the critical moment, speaking loudly, and giving orders are elements that the heroine in the plot has never had, not to mention that the main character Qi Qian is beside her while the plot is progressing.

So it is only natural that his character was judged to be ruined.

After a while, perhaps just a few breaths, everyone touched the ground again and there was light around them again. After the Tianyun Sword Sect disciples stood firm, they immediately cast their eyes on Nan Xi.

She was sitting aside holding a sword, her face calm, looking no different from before.

But no one could forget the moment she heard the sound. The female disciple who was closest to her approached her hesitantly and asked, "Grandma Sister, are you okay?"

Nan Xi just came over, smiled at her, and shook her head, "It's okay."

She felt that she had not revealed any flaws, but the extremely sensitive disciples still heard something unusual.

The tone of the senior sister's voice was much lower than usual, and she sounded somewhat weak.

If they hadn't heard the sound just now, they might not have taken this subtle abnormality to heart, but now they were all heartbroken.

Senior Sister was punished for them!

If Nan Xi hadn't shouted just now, given the height of the fall, most people would have been unable to react in time and would have fallen straight to the ground, and would have definitely been injured.

But because of Nan Xi's reminder, even those who reacted a little slowly could avoid the sword and then land steadily on the ground.

Nan Xi had already stood up and looked at the Tianyun Sword Sect disciples around him, "Is everyone okay?"

Just like that, she completely returned to normal, her tone was steady, and there was no sign of anything unusual.

[This punishment is reduced by one level, which is different - I don't feel it at all.] Nan Xi was proud in her heart, [Fortunately, I was smart last time and bargained with the system to reduce the punishment a bit.]

First, the female disciple who asked Nan Xi a question silently hugged her friend beside her, buried her face in her shoulder, and said nothing.

Most of the disciples were silent. They wanted to comfort Nan Xi, but found that they had no way to comfort her. She didn't seem to need anyone's comfort, but they just felt uncomfortable.

Before Nan Xi noticed the strange silence, Luo Tingyun came out and said, "It's okay. Where's Senior Sister? Is she okay?"

Nan Xi subconsciously looked at Luo Tingyun, then nodded, "I'm fine, how is Junior Sister?"

"We are fine." Qi Zhao said, "Thank you, Senior Sister, but what is the situation now?"

Apart from Nan Xi, the calmest person present should be Qi Zhao. Not only because he is more rational, but also because he just sensed something is wrong. Nan Xi suddenly said this regardless of his personality, perhaps not only for the sake of preventing the disciples from getting hurt at this time.

It is very likely that the injuries incurred now will have a greater impact later.

Qi Zhao raised his head and looked at the sky.

The sky could not be seen from here; it was dark red with only a faint light shining through, making the place where they were extremely dim and difficult to see the surrounding environment.

I can vaguely feel some pressure.

Everything told him that the environment here was unusual and might even be dangerous.

Nan Xi looked around and said cautiously, "I don't know."

[There doesn’t seem to be any name here, but under the sword tomb is another space where the owners of those swords are buried.]

Nan Xi couldn't help but think, [The sword is called Zhuyuan Sword, and it is the sword of the master of this inheritance space.]

The name sounds nice, but the director of this inheritance space is not a good person. He loves collecting famous swords all his life. The way he collects them is to defeat the owner of the sword and kill him. In order to put the swords away, he deliberately built a sword tomb.

The owners of those swords were turned into living dead and placed in this underground space.

After his death, he created such a space for inheritance. The inheritance was fake, and the real purpose was to devour the person who could draw the sword into this space.

But it's not that there is no way out, and the things he placed in this inheritance space can indeed benefit many people, but he probably didn't expect that the person who got his sword would climb out of the inheritance space by stepping on the corpses of hundreds of people.

Nan Xi's eyes turned colder.

In fact, the plot is more about showing the entanglement between Qi Qian and the heroine, and the heroine's help to Qi Qian in this plot.

As for the fact that so many disciples died later, it was only mentioned briefly in the plot. As a consequence, the heroine was punished by the sect, but this was not a sad point. When the heroine was punished, Qi Qian came over to comfort her.

The rapid development of their relationship is one of the few sweet spots in the plot.

【It makes people sick. 】

Nan Xi's inner voice came out again, and everyone looked at them in confusion.

By now, everyone has actually gotten used to it. Although the inner voice is the inner voice, not all thoughts can be revealed. Some thoughts cannot be expressed in words, so naturally they are not the inner voice, and they cannot be heard.

But now, they were still quite curious about what on earth could make Nan Xi curse like that.

However, since they came here and have reached the present moment, and after roughly knowing what the situation is from Nan Xi's thoughts, the disciples couldn't help but become alert.

The owners of those swords are buried here? How strange.

The person who just got the new sword involuntarily tightened his grip on the sword and became more and more nervous.

Nan Xi also thought of the business, and her eyes flickered over the people present. [Not bad, many people still got new swords. The original owners of those swords will not attack people who hold swords with their auras. This is good news.]

While Nan Xi was assessing the situation in her mind, the situation in the Zuxu Sect was gradually becoming chaotic.

It became noisy.

"Where is this?"

"Did you hear any noise?"

"Ah! It hurts! I just fell down. Don't touch me!"

Because of these noises, the silent and quiet disciples of Tianyun Sword Sect gradually made some noises. They held their swords silently, knowing that they would be in danger soon, so they began to check the pills, talismans, and other life-saving items they brought with them.

But there wasn't much movement, after all, everyone was just busy doing their own thing.

On the Yuxu Sect side, Qi Qian stood alone, holding the sword he had just obtained in his hand.

He could see more clearly than the others. He could vaguely see the living dead on the stone slabs not far away, who had already started to move, opened their eyes, and were looking over here.

There was water on the ground that glowed red, and there was medicine in it that could keep the body from rotting.

While everyone was making a lot of noise, a living dead person turned over and fell from the stone slab into the water with a splash.

Qi Qian still said nothing.

From the moment he drew the sword, he realized a lot, such as the origin of this inheritance space, the secrets under the sword tomb... and above this space, the true inheritance in the mysterious hall that made people salivate.

As long as he can get out of here, his cultivation will soar, and he will become the most dazzling genius in the world of cultivation.

If only I could get out of here...

Almost no one noticed Qi Yi's abnormality. After all, he was always cold and rarely spoke. He just existed as the chief, like a benchmark.

However, a few people from the Tianyun Sword Sect noticed him.

Nan Xi, Luo Tingyun, Qi Zhao, Shen Xinxi and others were all observing Qi Qian in secret.

[From this expression, Qi Qian really knows something. 】

Nan Xi said this in her heart.

But before she could observe more, Nan Xi had already heard unusual footsteps. Not only her, but others also heard them. Qi Zhao's eyes became sharp and he gave an order: "Form a formation!"

The disciples reacted extremely quickly, it was almost a matter of seconds, everyone lined up in groups of seven, then formed a large group out of the small groups, and at that moment everyone became an airtight whole.

After a brief awakening, the living dead followed the first person to stand firmly on the ground. Their bodies were nourished by spiritual energy and potions and gained the same strength as when they were alive.

They held something in their hands like swords.

A disciple of the Yuxu Sect was still shouting: "Where exactly is this place? Doesn't anyone have an idea? At least let us see clearly what is here..."

“Shua——”

There was a sound of wind, and the disciple's eyes became blank for a moment. A second later, his head fell to the ground.

Starting with him, everyone finally saw the zombies who appeared on the edge of the crowd at some point in time. The one who had just attacked was holding an invisible object in his hand, but his blood now drew the shape of a sword.

He raised his hand, and everyone could faintly hear the humming of the sword.

The disciples of the Yuxu Sect finally reacted and shouted, "Defeat the enemy!"

Suddenly, footsteps were heard one after another. The faces of the zombies were pale, their pupils were dull and lifeless, and there was no expression on their faces, but they moved very quickly.

They swung the invisible objects in their hands towards the disciples.

The person being attacked is subconscious.

"bite!"

There was a crisp sound of swords colliding with each other.

At this moment, both the Tianyun Sword Sect and the Yuxu Sect were instantly caught in a tough battle under the attacks of the living dead.

The Tianyun Sword Sect can still cope with it because they have the sword formation, but even though the number of the living dead is much smaller than theirs, even if they are dead and do not need spiritual energy, they were all masters when they were alive, relying on their physical strength and understanding of swordsmanship.

The disciples were still overwhelmed.

【One, two, three... eighty, eighty-one.】

Nan Xi's inner voice slowly echoed, [There are exactly eighty-one people. They haven't formed a formation yet, so we can still deal with it. We need to send everyone out before they form a formation.]

"bite--"

A loud crash was heard, and Qi Zhao jumped up to fight with the zombies attacking Nan Xi.