“This is it. Every time I get here, I can feel a resistance preventing me from getting out.”
Ye Si, who was leading the way, suddenly stopped.
He turned around to look at Sheng Ning and his sister.
Upon seeing Guan Yunchuan actually using a sword to impale his own bones, he widened his eyes and ran to his side.
"What are you doing! How could you do this to my bones?!"
"Put my bones down! Put them down!!!"
Guan Yunchuan responded with an "Oh".
With a flick of his wrist, the dark skeleton leaped through the air before falling to the ground.
Ye Si looked at him in disbelief, then looked down to examine his own remains. After confirming that he was unharmed, he looked up again.
"Once I get out and restore the power of the heretical cultivators, I will definitely skin you alive and tear your tendons out!"
Guan Yunchuan frowned upon hearing this.
He took a step back, his Adam's apple bobbing before he said in a low voice, "I'm so scared."
Ye Si thought he was being mocked, "...You son of a bitch!"
Guan Yunchuan was genuinely terrified.
After all, he had lived two lives, and the only time he had ever experienced being skinned alive was in his previous life when he was killed by the Taixu Sect.
Cultivators don't die so easily.
At that time, he clearly sensed the loss of spiritual energy within his body.
He tried to call for help, but in the end, he couldn't even utter a single word.
I vividly remember the feeling of life slipping away bit by bit and hatred slowly accumulating in my heart.
No wonder so many people in the world become vengeful ghosts.
Fortunately, he didn't become a vengeful ghost, but was reborn.
Seeing that the human and the ghost were about to get into a fight, Sheng Ning immediately stepped in to smooth things over.
"Not long ago, my senior brother and I came in from here. A little further ahead is a volcanic crater."
"The volcano should not have erupted yet. If we move quickly, we should be able to leave before it erupts."
"Ye Si, try again now to see if you can get out."
Just a moment ago, Ye Si was still furious, but upon hearing Sheng Ning's words, he immediately forgot about his grudge against Guan Yunchuan.
He got up and went to Sheng Ning's side.
He took two steps forward, and the two disciples saw what appeared to be a transparent film in front of him.
It kept squeezing his facial features, and no matter what he did, he couldn't get out.
After trying several times but still being unable to leave as before, Ye Si gave up and turned to Sheng Ning with a helpless expression, saying, "See, it's always the same."
Sheng Ning had seen his situation.
First, she tried it herself to make sure she could walk out, then she reached out her hand to him, saying, "Try holding my hand."
Unexpectedly, before she could even take Ye Si's hand, another large hand grabbed Ye Si's hand.
“I can go out too. You can try holding my hand.” Guan Yunchuan looked at Ye Si with a stern face. “Male ghosts and female cultivators should not touch each other.”
"My junior sister is still a young girl, you should hold my hand instead."
Ye Si's previous incarnation was the Evil Emperor; what kind of beautiful women hadn't he seen and touched?
Sheng Ning is just a young girl who doesn't look like she's grown up yet. What could possibly be going on between them?
However, Guan Yunchuan said he could also get out, so Ye Si went with him.
Just as Guan Yunchuan stepped out of the barrier Ye Si had mentioned and was about to pull him out with him, a pig-like scream echoed from inside the cave.
"Ahhh—"
"My hands! My hands! They're burning hot!"
Let go! Let go!
The scalding burning sensation caused a ferocious expression to appear on Ye Si's face, which was wreathed in eerie blue flames.
He kept shaking his arm, struggling to pull his hand away from Guan Yunchuan's grasp.
The first thing I did after pulling my hand back was to bend down and blow air into my palm.
Sheng Ning stood aside and witnessed this scene. She walked over and saw that Ye Si's palm was burned.
"Is this why you can't get out?"
Once you step out of this barrier, your whole body will feel like it's being burned by fire.
This doesn't seem like a protective mechanism; it's more like a curse.
Seeing him look up at her pitifully and nod, Sheng Ning held out her hand to him. "Want to try it with me?"
Having learned from Guan Yunchuan's example, Ye Si refused to go out again.
He instinctively took a step back, clutching his injured hand. "Don't you have the Netherworld Fire? Try using that?"
This is also why he set his sights on Sheng Ning.
Even if she is only at the peak of the Golden Core stage.
This level, which would have been less than an ant in his prime, made him look at her with new respect because she possessed the Nine Netherworld Flame.
A ball of eerie blue flame suddenly shot out from Sheng Ning's outstretched palm.
The flame, having been summoned again, was extremely excited, and Sheng Ning brought it close to his face.
Just as Ye Si was about to bring her fingers to the Nine Netherworld Fire, she suddenly spoke.
"Let me make it clear beforehand, the Nine Netherworld Fire is no pushover."
"If you really want to use it to leave this place, and if something bad happens, it's all your own fate."
Sheng Ning's sudden words caused Ye Si's men to pause in their actions.
He had witnessed firsthand how powerful the Nine Netherworld Fire could become after it grew up.
It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that he could fight against a thousand men single-handedly.
If he didn't want to be trapped in this godforsaken place, he wouldn't have to beg a young girl in the Golden Core stage.
Ye Si gritted his teeth and said in a deep voice, "Could there be any worse consequences?"
He's been imprisoned here for millions of years, and he's had enough of this miserable life!
Seeing that he was about to reach out again, Sheng Ning spoke up once more, "What if I told you it might devour your soul?"
"However, when I obtained the Nine Netherworld Fire, it didn't come with any instructions, so it might not be as terrifying as I described."
Her words did indeed frighten Ye Si.
The latter turned around and glanced at Guan Yunchuan, who nodded with a sullen face.
His already unpleasant expression turned even more grim.
"However, this is just my guess. To date, the Nine Netherworld Fire has never devoured a soul."
"Moreover, with the evil cultivators and demonic cultivators joining forces, the evil cultivators will soon become a branch of the demon race. Between the two, it's up to you to choose."
Guan Yunchuan, standing next to him, nodded in agreement again, "Yes, you have no idea how rampant demonic cultivators are these days."
"They treat heretical cultivators and evil spirits like slaves. Without a leader, their status will only decline further..."
"Enough!"
A sharp shout suddenly rang out.
He interrupted Guan Yunchuan before he could finish speaking.
The latter looked up and met his gaze. Seeing the hostility in his eyes, she shrugged and made a shushing gesture.
Ye Si looked at the Netherworld Flame in Sheng Ning's palm with a sullen face.
After a long pause, he took a deep breath and said, "I want to go out."
As he spoke, his fingers landed on the small flame in Sheng Ning's palm.
In an instant, Ye Si, who was already glowing with eerie blue ghost flames, was enveloped by an even brighter blue flame.
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