The Secret Palace
Yunti had no spiritual power, so the four gave up flying. Fang Jinghe found a Pegasus, and he and Xian Youlin sat outside to ride the horse, while An Luoyi and Yunti sat in the carriage.
An Luoyi handed Yunti a pill and said, "Take it. It will keep you moving smoothly for at least the next ten days."
"Yeah." Yunti nodded obediently.
Xian Youlin lifted the curtain and said to An Luoyi, "The Purple Stone is a sacred object of the Demon Realm. Outsiders cannot easily see it. We should think about how to enter the Purple Stone Cave this time."
Fang Jinghe rode his Pegasus with a defiant look on his face, "How else can we get in? Either we go in openly through the main gate, or we sneak in secretly."
An Luoyi thought for a moment and said, "No, Yunti's identity cannot be exposed yet. If we reveal the reason, it will definitely cause trouble."
Xian Youlin agreed: "Then we can only go in quietly."
Fang Jinghe glanced at the two of them and said, "I didn't expect that the Saint Lady would be sneaky sometimes."
An Luoyi ignored him. Yunti kept staring at her sister. She felt a little depressed. She knew that her identity could not be exposed yet, but she still felt a little sad.
The demon world was filled with dark fog, and the entire demon palace was rife with black energy. Outside the city, members of the Demon Phoenix clan were everywhere, having fallen to the ground due to the black energy entering their bodies. Some of these people were devoured by the black energy and became walking corpses, while others fell into eternal sleep and could not wake up.
Xian Youlin sighed, "Although I heard that the Demon Realm declined after the war, I never thought it would be so desolate. It is more like a ghost town than my Netherworld."
Fang Jinghe couldn't help but say, "Yes, more than 20 years ago, the Demon Palace was just as gloomy, but at least it wasn't this tragic."
An Luoyi was curious, "You were just a child back then, how did you know what the Demon Palace was like?"
Yunti and Fang Jinghe looked at each other and she said, "Sister, how do we get in?"
"This black air is not ordinary, everyone be careful." An Luoyi protected the ladder. She always felt that she had seen this black air somewhere before.
The four people came to the Demon Palace, and there was no one guarding the palace gates inside or outside, so they could move around freely without any hindrance.
Fang Jinghe jokingly said, "Now I can finally enter openly and honestly."
Xian Youlin raised his eyebrows and smiled, leading the way in front. An Luoyi held Yunti's hand, and Fang Jinghe was responsible for following behind.
They walked cautiously when suddenly a stiff body pounced towards the ladder. An Luoyi cut it in half with a sword, and the body turned into black mist and merged into the air.
"It seems that the black fog in the demon world is what those who inhaled the black air turned into after their death." Yunti put his slender hand to the tip of his nose and fanned it.
An Luoyi turned her orchid finger, and blue stars gathered at her fingertips and then turned to the ladder. The ladder seemed to be protected by a layer of protective shield. She reached out to touch it but felt nothing.
"You don't have immortal power to protect your body. This protection can ensure that the black energy cannot invade your body." An Luoyi explained.
A smile flashed in Yunti's eyes, and he held his sister's hand tighter.
"Come quickly." Xian Youlin discovered something.
The three of them walked over quickly and saw a place covered by a black mist that looked like a cave entrance.
Yunti said, "Could this be the entrance to the Purple Grotto?"
Fang Jinghe frowned and said with disdain, "With such a thick black aura, I'm afraid it would be very painful to go through it."
An Luoyi really didn't have a good solution.
Xian Youlin suggested: "It would be great if there was some magical tool that could temporarily seal this black energy."
Fang Jinghe suddenly had an idea. "Hey, I actually have it!" He conjured a copper bottle in his palm. "This is a treasure I've collected over the years. It can store objects and spirits. Maybe it'll be useful!"
He pushed the three aside and said, "Get out of the way. Let me try."
Fang Jinghe spread out his palms and raised the copper bottle into the air. Then he silently chanted a spell and pointed the bottle mouth at the black air, and actually sucked it in.
The black gas at the entrance of the cave became much lighter. An Luoyi held two swords and slashed at the remaining thin black gas sharply. The black gas dispersed around as if it was being driven away. She turned around and handed "Bai Ying" and "Qing Yan" to Yunti.
"From now on, you will be 'their' master. I don't know what dangers there will be on the road ahead. If I have no time to take care of you, they will protect you for me!" An Luoyi said solemnly.
Yunti's lips trembled: "What about you! I don't have the magic to control them, sister, you should take them back!"
An Luoyi shook her head and said sincerely, "If you lose your magic weapon, you can find another one, but I only have one sister."
Yunti's eyes were dry and she choked with sobs, unable to speak. How could there be someone as lucky as her... In this strange world, there was someone who cherished her so much.
"Don't worry, 'Bai Ying' and 'Qing Yan' have been with me since childhood. My wish is their wish." An Luoyi comforted his sister.
"I will find another suitable magic weapon for you." Xian Youlin stretched out his hand and invited An Luoyi to join him, and the two of them took the lead and stepped into the cave.
Fang Jinghe patted Yunti's shoulder and said, "Take it. An Luoyi is proficient in all kinds of magical weapons. These two swords are just the ones she is most comfortable with. Even if she doesn't have any magical weapons, it won't make any difference to her."
Yunti calmed down and wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes. She followed Fang Jinghe's steps into the cave.
Xian Youlin and An Luoyi passed through the barrier at the entrance of the cave and waited for Yunti. Yunti walked beside his sister. They looked into the cave and saw a huge purple pool with shimmering water. The stone walls were reflected with purple light everywhere, and they could not tell where the purple stone was.
"Among so many stones, which one is the purple stone?" Fang Jinghe asked.
"Let's look for it." Xian Youlin said.
The four people went to different directions to explore. Fang Jinghe touched the stone wall but didn't feel anything different.
Xian Youlin took out his bone flute and struck the stones one by one. From the sound, it could be seen that the stones in front of him were all ordinary stones.
An Luoyi observed the cave while looking at the ladder. The ladder seemed to be attracted by something and moved forward step by step. Her eyes were blurred and she kept getting closer to the pool. An Luoyi felt something was wrong and was ready to stop her.
Suddenly, there was a "bang" and Xian Youlin and Fang Jinghe fell unconscious to the ground.
An Luoyi turned around and immediately said in a stern voice, "Who is doing this?"
Before anyone could respond, I heard a "splash" and it turned out to be the ladder jumping into the pool!
"Sister!" An Luoyi ran over.
"Hehehe!" A sinister laugh rang out. "How dare someone from the Nine Heavens Upper Realm come to my demon clan! Everyone from the White Phoenix Clan must die!"
Xian Youlin and Fang Jinghe were tied to the stone wall by the black silk that suddenly appeared. The black air continued to absorb their strength, and painful expressions appeared on their sleeping faces.
An Luoyi formed seals with his hands, and a blue flash of light struck the black air. Unexpectedly, the black thread was just broken and immediately wrapped around the wrists of the two men.
A figure wrapped in black mist fell down, "They have become the nourishment of my Demon Palace!" The man was crazy, with white hair on his temples curling casually, and his face was full of fatigue.
"Who are you?" An Luoyi placed his index and middle fingers, which were flashing blue light, tightly together in front of his chest.
The tired old man stared at An Luoyi: "Yes, it's really similar. Such a disgusting face! Now that you're here, go die!"
Black energy suddenly erupted from the mysterious man's body. An Luoyi cast a spell abruptly. His attack was too fast, but fortunately An Luoyi was prepared.
The opponent's moves were fatal, as if he had a deep hatred for An Luoyi. Who is this person... He has such hatred for the immortals, An Luoyi thought while resisting.
The mysterious man sneered: "You ignorant youngster, you dare to be distracted when facing a powerful enemy."
A black gas flashed by, and An Luoyi was hit and fell to the ground. She wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth with the back of her hand.
"Ha!" An Luoyi slapped the ground and soared into the air. She tried several times to summon her twin swords, but remembered that "Bai Ying" and "Qing Yan" had already been given to her sister. In a moment of urgency, An Luoyi swept over a branch on the ground and turned it into a bow. Using her spiritual power as arrows, she continuously fired blue arrows at the mysterious man.
The mysterious man did not move, and wisps of black air automatically formed a barrier in front of him. None of An Luoyi's spiritual arrows hit the target and dissipated in the air.
"What!" An Luoyi was stunned.
The mysterious man made a claw with his hand and stretched out his five fingers to slap An Luoyi. A smell of rust rushed into An Luoyi's throat, and she couldn't help coughing, and blood spurted out.
An Luoyi knelt on one knee with blood still flowing from the corner of her mouth. She hadn't felt so embarrassed in a long time... She asked with difficulty: "Who are you?"
"Hahahaha. I haven't left this cave for years. I didn't expect that the world doesn't recognize me now. Listen carefully! I am the master of the demon world!" The Demon Lord laughed crazily. "My great cause is about to be completed. I will plunge this world into hell to bury my son!"
Then this person must be his grandfather... Thinking of this, An Luoyi's pupils constricted, his lips turned pale, and even his breathing became rapid.
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