1397: The Poison of Evil Thoughts

After a short interlude, Wang Chen received his Pass token and left Yunshan City.

The Yunshan Forbidden Area, where the Nightmare Ghost is imprisoned, is located two hundred li east of Yunshan City.

This distance took less than an hour for the flying vehicle.

As they approached the Yunshan Forbidden Area, the surrounding environment gradually became desolate.

Wang Chen stood in front of the flying vehicle's landing window and looked out; there was no sign of human habitation in his sight, no traces of life on the ground, and even the vegetation was incredibly sparse, with only a few clumps of weeds occasionally swaying in the wind.

Looking further ahead, a massive light curtain, rising from the ground like a magnificent city wall and stretching as far as the eye could see, lay across the land.

Upon closer inspection, one could see that countless black Qi seemed to constantly impact the inside of the light curtain, but when approached to a certain distance, chain-like inscriptions would appear on the surface of the light curtain, emitting a scorching and sacred Qi like the great sun, dispelling the endless black Qi.

This was the external manifestation of the super Seal array that bound the Nightmare Ghost within the Yunshan Forbidden Area.

The entire Yunshan Forbidden Area covers nearly eight hundred li in circumference, almost one-tenth of the Liuyun Sect's dominion.

And as vast as the entire Forbidden Ground is, so too is this super Seal array.

According to legend, the entire Seal array was established by the thirty-sixth Ancestral Master of the Liuyun Sect; he, with his formidable Eight Realm Peak strength, countless Heaven And Earth Treasure, and ultimately by entering the array himself, created this Yunshan Forbidden Area.

The entire Seal array draws power from the earth's ley lines as energy, and its barrier is so sturdy that even an Eight Realm expert would need to attack it relentlessly for several months to break through.

From the very beginning, the standard for establishing this Seal array was to bind Eight-Realm Nightmare Ghost or sources of pollution.

However, since the array was established and the Forbidden Ground completed, no Eight-Realm Nightmare Ghost or sources of pollution have appeared, because the Liuyun Sect generally maintains a frequency of clearing the Nightmare Ghost and sources of pollution in the Forbidden Ground once every three years, absolutely not allowing the array to operate at its limit.

Furthermore, if a Rank 7 Nightmare Ghost or source of pollution appears in the Forbidden Ground ahead of schedule, the clearing operation will also be carried out earlier.

Therefore, over the years, the Liuyun Sect has never stumbled in dealing with Nightmare Ghost, always maintaining absolute control.

When the colossal Seal array barrier, stretching across heaven and earth, became clearly visible to the naked eye, Wang Chen put away his flying vehicle and landed on the ground, beginning to travel on foot.

Flying is prohibited within thirty li of the Yunshan Forbidden Area, and Liuyun Sect personnel are constantly patrolling; flying directly over could easily lead to unnecessary misunderstandings.

The Liuyun Sect has dispatched eight Inner Elders with Six Realm strength to guard near the Yunshan Forbidden Area; anyone who alerts them will be met with merciless attacks.

However, with Wang Chen's current strength, even traveling on foot, his speed was essentially on par with when he was riding a flying vehicle.

One step covered nearly a hundred meters, so a distance of thirty li could be said to be reached in an instant.

Soon.

Wang Chen arrived at the edge of the Forbidden Ground, outside the massive Seal barrier.

The Yunshan Forbidden Area does not have distinct entrances or exits; rather, as long as one holds a Pass token, one can freely enter and exit at any point on the Seal barrier.

At this moment.

In the open space near the massive Seal barrier, a few cultivators were gathered sporadically.

Most of these cultivators casually laid out cloths on the ground to set up stalls, displaying essential supplies, Qi-restoring medicines, healing potions for injuries, and so on.

After Wang Chen stopped and looked around curiously for a few moments, someone immediately approached him to strike up a conversation.

"Little brother, it seems you're also going into the Yunshan Forbidden Area. Have you brought enough supplies? Do you need to prepare some more healing potions?"

"I have Rank 3 Detoxification Pills produced by the Liuyun Sect here, which are highly effective in alleviating the poison of evil thoughts."

"As long as the time you've been injured by a Nightmare Ghost doesn't exceed a quarter-hour, taking one Rank 3 Detoxification Pill can completely clear the poison of evil thoughts from the wound."

An old man who looked like a kind-hearted old farmer walked over and said with a smile.

"Poison of evil thoughts?"

Wang Chen raised his eyebrows slightly when he heard this term.

He had heard this term before in the Liuyun Sect Foreign Affairs Hall, but he didn't understand it.

"Elder, what is this poison of evil thoughts?"

It wasn't convenient to ask in the Liuyun Sect Foreign Affairs Hall at the time, but now there were no such concerns.

"No way..."

Hearing Wang Chen's words, the old man, who was about to promote his goods, couldn't help but widen his eyes.

"You..."

He looked Wang Chen up and down a few times, and finally said with a tone full of surprise:

"Little brother, you don't even know what the poison of evil thoughts is, and you dare to venture into the Yunshan Forbidden Area?"

"The poison of evil thoughts is a unique ability of Nightmare Ghost; it adheres to all parts of their bodies. As long as their attacks cause a wound, that wound will be corroded by this poison."

"If not treated in time, this poison will initially cause you to become weak, and eventually, you will turn into a monster like a Nightmare Ghost."

"Little brother, you don't seem very old. I advise you to go back quickly. It's truly too dangerous for you to enter the Yunshan Forbidden Area without knowing anything."

By the end of his speech, the old man stopped promoting his goods and instead advised Wang Chen to leave quickly.

"..."

Hearing this, Wang Chen smiled.

He had never been injured by a Nightmare Ghost, so he hadn't noticed this, and when he encountered Nightmare Ghost before, the only thing that gave him some trouble was the pervasive mental pollution; the poison of evil thoughts attached to their attacks seemed to have been disintegrated by his own power without having any effect.

"Thank you for the reminder, Elder. How much do your Rank 3 Detoxification Pills cost? Give me a bottle."

Thinking to himself, Wang Chen politely asked the old man for the price.

"...One hundred origin stones per bottle, with five pills in each bottle."

Seeing that Wang Chen was not persuaded by him, the old man sighed in his heart, took out a jade bottle, and handed it over.

"Until we meet again."

Wang Chen paid the origin stones, waved his hand at the old man who was still trying to persuade him, and immediately turned and walked towards the Seal barrier, giving the other party no chance to speak.

Seeing this scene, the old man shook his head helplessly, put away the origin stones, and returned to his stall.

He recalled that back then, he had also entered the Yunshan Forbidden Area full of confidence, hoping to obtain a large amount of resources by hunting Nightmare Ghost and go further on the path of cultivation.

It wasn't until one adventure, when he encountered a Rank 4 Nightmare Ghost, that his hunting team was completely wiped out, and he barely escaped with a broken leg. After that, he lost the drive to venture into the Yunshan Forbidden Area and now earns a meager living by setting up a stall outside.

"What a handsome young man, rushing into the Yunshan Forbidden Area so recklessly. The chance of him coming out alive is probably less than one-tenth!"

Returning to his stall and sitting down, the old man looked back and saw that the figure was no longer in front of the Seal barrier, and he couldn't help but sigh in his heart.