Chapter 243
Beyond the Underworld Palace lies the Ghost Abyss, stretching for three thousand miles. It is said that this is the burial place of hungry ghosts who cannot be reincarnated, and the Underworld Palace beside this abyss is there to suppress this place.
Just standing here, one can feel waves of invisible, fierce ghostly energy, which are then completely obliterated in the next instant by an even more powerful aura within the Underworld Palace.
A slender, white figure stood alone in the Ghost Abyss. Even without him making a move, the ghostly energy kept its distance from him.
The first snow had melted from the person's brows, but in their eyes lay a thousand unrequited emotions.
With fair skin and slender bones, she possessed unparalleled beauty and elegance.
As expected of the number one person in the immortal realm.
Bai Xie found the murderous aura emanating from him quite interesting, and respectfully addressed him:
"Li Xianjun".
The man turned around, and it was Li Ziqing.
"White Ghost Envoy." His voice was as cold as it had been years ago, yet tinged with a faint sense of bewilderment.
Bai Xie sized him up. Li Ziqing was a highly skilled cultivator, yet he hadn't used any techniques to cover up the injuries on his body.
I wonder if he doesn't care...
Or is it no longer possible?
"Judging from your appearance, Immortal Lord, you must have already found the Ji Liang that once escaped," Bai Xie said with a lowered gaze.
Ji Liang is a mythical beast that escaped from the realm of gods three thousand years ago. Legend has it that this beast can reverse the course of time and space and summon souls.
A hundred years ago, Li Ziqing came to the underworld to find Que Rong and happened to meet Bai Xie, from whom he learned the whereabouts of Ji Liang.
"I must thank Lord Ghost Messenger for informing me of this matter," Li Ziqing said.
"Not at all, I was merely acting on the orders of the Palace Master to lend the Immortal Lord a hand."
Bai Xie smiled broadly:
"Is there something else that brings you to the Underworld, Immortal Venerable?"
Li Ziqing glanced in the direction of the Underworld Palace, and Bai Xie immediately understood his meaning:
"The Palace Master has not yet ended this Chaos Tribulation, so the Immortal Venerable should not be able to wait for the Palace Master here."
"Immortal Venerable has something to discuss; perhaps you could tell this humble servant?"
Since Li Ziqing had rushed to the Underworld in such a hurry, he naturally did not want to wait here for Que Rong to emerge from seclusion. He lowered his eyes and concealed the dark color of his jade.
He still spoke:
"I have found Ji Liang, but why have I not seen the person I want to see?"
Upon hearing this, Bai Xie said, "That is rather strange."
"Last time, I helped Your Majesty unlock the Mirror of Life and Death. The mirror revealed that Your Majesty's beloved disciple had fallen into the Heavenly Flames, and his destiny star had gone to the Great Three Thousand Worlds."
"Could it be that the rumors about Ji Liang are not true?"
Bai Xie pretended to be surprised. Although Ji Liang, that stupid beast, was not very bright, he was actually quite capable.
The way to turn the tide was that stupid beast's method of survival, although it was unknown how Li Ziqing "borrowed" its supernatural power from Ji Liang.
But it shouldn't be like this; it's useless, isn't it?
As Bai Xie was pondering, he heard Li Ziqing say:
"If Ji Liang cannot bring the person I am looking for, it seems I will have to find another way."
"Could you please ask the Ghost Messenger to open the Mirror of Life and Death again?"
"Of course."
"Immortal Venerable, please." Bai Xie led Li Ziqing to the treasure pavilion in the outer three halls. He waved his hand and cast a spell, and the door of the treasure pavilion was opened directly.
A misty fog enveloped the treasure pavilion, seemingly stretching as far as the eye could see.
Li Ziqing frowned, but said nothing.
After the two stepped inside, the shelves of spiritual objects appeared one by one. In the center of the treasure pavilion was a black bronze mirror with countless pits and craters. A crane was faintly reflected on the mirror.
However, those who cultivate immortality can immediately recognize this as a great treasure.
Even a spiritual artifact like the Mirror of Life and Death, comparable to a divine object, is only fit to reside in the treasure pavilion of the outer three halls of the Underworld Palace.
Throughout the Three Realms, it is known that Que Rong rejoices over the treasures.
It's definitely not just a rumor.
"The Mirror of Life and Death is a treasure of the Underworld. As long as the Immortal Venerable activates it as he did last time, he can find the person he seeks."
"My skills are too lowly to activate it, so I cannot assist the Immortal Venerable."
Li Ziqing did not speak, but instead waved his long sleeves, and a surge of immortal power continuously poured into the surface of the Mirror of Life and Death Reincarnation.
Instantly, ripples appeared on the mirror's surface.
The crane spread its wings as if about to take flight, as if it had a destination in mind.
The pits and bumps on the mirror surface transformed into landmarks, and the crane continued its journey even after passing through more than a dozen pits and bumps.
The celestial tribulation has passed.
The crane continued flying and arrived in the human world.
Li Ziqing's immortal power gradually slowed down.
The crane passed through the human realm once more and arrived at the border between the human realm and the underworld.
Bai Xie stared at the Wheel of Life and Death, and as he watched the crane gradually cross the human realm, his gaze became increasingly strange and unpredictable.
The little phoenix that Li Ziqing is looking for...
In the underworld?
Li Ziqing's immortal power had visibly slowed down, and his face was gradually turning pale, but he had not given up sending spiritual energy.
Bai Xie was already starting to wonder if there were any suspicious people in the underworld recently.
And the crane was about to enter the underworld at the very moment!
A twisting force, unnoticed by either of them, directly pulled the crane down, causing it to crash onto the mirror with a thud.
Finally, it stopped at the last piece of land in the human world.
"In the human realm?" Bai Xie glanced at Li Ziqing, whose face had turned pale.
It seems that his body can no longer withstand activating the Mirror of Life and Death a second time.
However, the place where the crane landed was already quite clear.
"The Ghost Realm," Bai Xie read out the location of the crane.
This eerie realm is a place where the human world and the underworld meet. People from the underworld are forbidden from approaching it by law, but some lonely ghosts wander there.
Humans dared not go there, for they called it the "City of a Hundred Ghosts".
Over thousands of years, that place has long since become a small world.
The city of ten thousand ghosts is exceptionally dangerous.
If they are the souls summoned by Ji Liang, then they might indeed be in the Ghost Realm.
"In the Ghost Realm?" Li Ziqing murmured to himself, trying to stay conscious.
"Congratulations, Immortal Venerable..."
Before Bai Xie could finish speaking, he only saw the figure in his peripheral vision disappear in an instant, and the remaining aura of the immortal realm was gradually dissipating.
"He really is an impatient person."
......
Bai Xie made a hand seal and stopped paying attention to Li Ziqing's whereabouts. Instead, he leisurely traveled from the treasure pavilion to a forbidden place in the far south of the underworld—Lianhua Terrace.
The spiritual energy of Lianhua Terrace is thin, and no ghosts or spirits ever set foot there.
Bai Xie had just stepped onto the Lianhua Platform when a deafening roar came hurtling towards him!
Suddenly, the dark clouds changed dramatically.
The rocks on both sides of the Lianhua Terrace gradually trembled. If there were any wandering souls here, they would surely be crushed by this roar.
Bai Xie casually brushed away the oppressive aura:
"Ji Liang, what are you doing?"
No sooner had he finished speaking than the source of the earlier roar seemed to realize that he was no match for Bai Xie.
Then, a colossal black creature emerged from the Lianhua Terrace. It had a black head, two horns, a tiger's head, and a bear's body; it was an ancient mythical beast.
Its beastly eyes burned with rage.
"Bai Xie, have you forgotten our agreement?"
Ji Liang glared fiercely at the uninvited guest, wishing he could tear a piece of flesh from his body, but saw that the other party had the same smiling face as always.
It got even angrier:
"You said you wouldn't reveal my whereabouts to anyone!"
"The realm of gods has long since fallen, so why are you so terrified?" Bai Xie said lightly.
"And among the people of the Three Realms, even if you encounter an enemy, you can still escape."
Ji Liang wouldn't listen, but instead held a grudge:
"So... you told the number one person in the cultivation world about my whereabouts?"
"Did you know that he is capable of ascending to the realm of gods!"
Ji Liang cursed:
"Li Ziqing..."
"I almost beat you so badly I wanted to be reborn as your ghost!"
Even though Ji Liang hid in Lianhuatai for a thousand years, he still knew several important figures in the immortal realm.
Li Ziqing....
If he hadn't not intended to kill me, I probably wouldn't still be here talking to that smiling ghost, Bai Xie!
Ji Liang remembered this grudge.
Bai Xie then spoke:
"With the fall of the divine realm, who would even notice a rogue beast like you?"
"Besides, you'll only get beaten to a pulp by him."
"I can't be reincarnated."
"What do you know?!"
“The people of the divine realm are elusive and unpredictable; if they were discovered by someone who had been overlooked…” Ji Liang said with lingering fear.
Bai Xie's smile faded, and he interrupted it:
"The realm of gods is now deserted."
Ji Liang snorted coldly, but accidentally aggravated the wound on his body that Li Ziqing had just stabbed, causing him unbearable pain.
It was clearly just a bamboo sword from the mortal realm, yet it still managed to injure him to this extent.
Could it be that...?
Has his skill deteriorated after hiding for a thousand years?
...
Lost in his own thoughts, Ji Liang didn't attack Bai Xie again.
“Li Ziqing won’t kill you,” Bai Xie said after a moment of silence.
"He needs your help, and now you're blaming me."
As Ji Liang listened to his words, he cursed inwardly, "He's truly shameless."
The power to reverse time and space is a life-saving method that his clan uses by expending their life essence. They would never use it unless absolutely necessary.
After all, this method can only be used twice in a lifetime.
When Ji Liang escaped from the God Realm, it relied on its thick skin and tough flesh to break through, but it never expected to be tricked by Bai Xie now, and it was naturally unwilling to accept this.
"You say that so casually, why don't you give your life to that immortal sect member Li Ziqing?!"
Bai Xie clearly looked helpless:
"My life cannot bring back the person he longs for."
"Besides, I don't believe that you, a coward, would be willing to give up your life for nothing."
Ji Liang snorted coldly, but did not refute.
After all, it had obtained an opportunity from Li Ziqing that it simply couldn't refuse.
Ji Liang changed the subject again:
"By the way, a few days ago someone broke into the vicinity of Lianhuatai."
Bai Xie raised an eyebrow slightly, his curiosity no longer concealed.
"She looks like a female demon. Perhaps you ghost messengers were slacking off somewhere and let a little flower ghost escape."
"Little Flower Demon?" Bai Xie asked.
Ji Liang casually replied:
"Her body is accompanied by a unique fragrance, and red lotuses bloom with every step she takes."
"It must be a little flower demon."
Bai Xie only reacted for a moment before speaking:
"Whether it's Little Flower Demon or not, I really don't know."
"However, based on your description, there is someone in the underworld who fits the description."
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