"No, it's not that simple here..." Chen Zhou gradually stopped in his tracks, looking around in horror. His true energy immediately surged, and his pupil technique was quietly activated.
A glimpse of starlight quickly filled Chen Zhou's eyes, and he could clearly feel his vision instantly entering a magical state.
Chen Zhou then looked around.
However, nothing changed around them.
Chen Zhou was confident that his pupil technique had improved significantly, so he should be able to easily see through such a simple illusion. However, Chen Zhou saw nothing, which meant that there was no illusion at all, and that Chen Zhou had indeed been traveling the whole time.
"If I've been walking all this time, why do I still feel so far from that place of light ahead?" Chen Zhou asked with some doubt.
In the quiet corridor, only Chen Zhou's voice could be heard, and it even echoed. Chen Zhou heard his own voice four or five times before it finally disappeared.
"No, you've actually been on the move the whole time, but you just haven't truly adapted to the principles here..."
Just as Chen Zhou was standing there angrily, a warm voice suddenly came from all directions. Chen Zhou immediately became alert and looked around, but he couldn't find the person who spoke no matter how many times he looked around.
"Who?" Chen Zhou asked immediately, on high alert.
"If I don't tell you, you won't be able to find out about me..."
The voice continued, and for some reason, Chen Zhou felt a warmth in his heart upon hearing it. This voice was a stark contrast to the previous cold one. It wasn't that the tone was very different, but rather the intonation. This voice was very gentle, one of the few gentle voices Chen Zhou had ever heard.
"Then what exactly are you?" When Chen Zhou heard the voice again, he lowered his guard considerably, because the voice was indeed very gentle.
Chen Zhou hadn't heard such a gentle voice in a long time. Although it wasn't a woman's voice, Chen Zhou found it very comforting, and his tense muscles slowly relaxed.
Who I am is not important; what's important is that you can't get out of this situation now, and you have to find a different approach...
That warm voice continued to come.
"What principles did you just mention? What's the best way to get out of here?" Chen Zhou had completely let his guard down around the voice and spoke slowly, as if he were talking to an old friend.
"This is the only demonic path to enter the Demon City. To pass through here, you must truly fall into the demonic path and deeply comprehend its essence in order to escape it..."
This was the first time Chen Zhou had heard the words "Demon City". It turned out that the place he and Wo Wan had entered was not the so-called Ghost City, but a place called Demon City. And the place Chen Zhou was in now was the Demon Path leading into Demon City. Chen Zhou was trapped in the Demon Path and could not get out.
"Falling into the demonic path?" Chen Zhou carefully pondered the four words spoken by the voice; these four words were profound in meaning.
"Your bone age is eighteen. It's truly remarkable that you possess such profound internal energy cultivation at such a young age. However, once you enter the Demon City, there's no such thing as true internal energy cultivation. Your first task is to completely block your meridians until you can no longer sense or use any true internal energy. Only then can you begin to truly comprehend the Demonic Path..."
This gentle voice spoke so much for the first time, and Chen Zhou's face was filled with surprise. Was this voice guiding him to improve his cultivation?
"You mean you want me to spend my own money on cultivation, willingly degenerate, and enter the demonic path?" Chen Zhou said slowly.
Not long after Chen Zhou spoke, that gentle voice came again.
"Absolutely not. Only after completing these steps and entering the Demon City will you have a real chance to survive. Only when you become the Demon Lord can you regain your true qi cultivation and even obtain the Demon City's supreme rewards!"
As the gentle voice uttered those words, it seemed to grow increasingly alluring, as if it were trying to entice Chen Zhou. Chen Zhou still resisted the demonic path and had no intention of falling into it.
"Only by entering the Demon City and becoming the so-called Demon Lord can one leave this place?" Chen Zhou asked, puzzled.
"Indeed, this has always been the rule in the Demon City. After entering the Demon City at one's own expense, one must survive entirely on one's own strength. Only by fulfilling the corresponding conditions and becoming a Demon Lord can one regain their strength and leave the Demon City. If you want to leave this place, this is your only way..."
"Who are you? Why are you telling me all this?" Chen Zhou asked curiously. The gate hadn't revealed a single word before, but here it was telling him everything? Could it be that the person speaking here wasn't in cahoots with the gate?
"Hahaha, who I am is not important. I'm not like that idiot guarding the gate. I never obey the orders here. They want me to set traps and ambush passersby, but I won't do it. They don't want me to reveal anything about this place, but I won't do it. I'll only do the opposite of what this magical city does."
At this moment, the gentle voice seemed to carry a hint of sadness, and Chen Zhou nodded immediately upon hearing it.
"So you mean, if I don't pay for my own cultivation, I can't leave here?" Chen Zhou continued, still very hesitant. He had cultivated his true qi for so long, and now he was suddenly asked to pay for his own cultivation, which naturally made him very resistant.
"Indeed. Everyone who enters here is chosen by the Demon City; you are all lucky ones. To be able to come here and receive the Demon Lord's inheritance, one must naturally pay a price." The voice continued.
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