111: Chapter 111 By Order of Master

"Elder, this disciple's name is Ye Xuan. I am a disciple of Master Shen Xi, and Holy Lord Xu Yan is my Senior Sister. I wonder if you could make an exception?"

Ye Xuan did not want to delay; if he were too late and that brat Long En snatched the Demon Suppressing Art away, he would have nowhere to cry.

Sure enough, after hearing this, the decadent look in Law Enforcement Elder Wan Jianyi's eyes sharpened. He looked at Ye Xuan with some surprise: "I heard a few days ago that Master Shen Xi had taken on a genius disciple. I didn't expect it to be you."

"Ah, Holy Lord Xu Yan. I haven't seen that child for a long time. Since that is the case, you may enter."

Law Enforcement Elder Wan Jianyi looked at Ye Xuan deeply and sighed softly: "I haven't seen Holy Lord Xu Yan for many years; has she really become a Holy Lord? It's just that I failed her great-grandfather. Since you, kid, have come, I naturally cannot let you go down and take risks alone. I will personally accompany you on this trip."

The prestige of Master Shen Xi—who in the entire Cangqiong Holy Land did not know it?

Moreover, in just twenty short years, Master Shen Xi had actually reached the Saint Realm. How terrifying a feat was that?

"This disciple thanks the Law Enforcement Elder here." Ye Xuan bowed and offered a salute.

"Which level of the Endless Purgatory are you going to?" Law Enforcement Elder Wan Jianyi asked.

Just after stepping into the Endless Purgatory, Law Enforcement Elder Wan Jianyi turned his head to look at Ye Xuan, flipped his hand to take out an ice-blue jade stone, and circulated his Mystic Power. An ice-blue protective shield instantly rose around the two of them.

"Elder, what is this?" Ye Xuan was stunned for a moment, not understanding the reason for what Law Enforcement Elder Wan Jianyi was doing.

"This is the Endless Purgatory. You need to use Ice Spirit Stones; otherwise, even a powerhouse at the Heaven Profound Realm would suffer severe aftereffects if they came here."

Law Enforcement Elder Wan Jianyi smiled and explained: "This is a forbidden area of the Cangqiong Holy Land; how could it be a place of leisure? Whether it is disciples coming here to be punished or heinous demonic cultivators, everyone will be harmed by the domain's Flame Ashes in the Endless Purgatory."

"If you, kid, didn't have me and came in by yourself, your fate afterward wouldn't be any better. Do you think you can sit back and relax just because you have a puppet at the half-step King Profound Realm?"

"Hehe, to survive here without Ice Spirit Stones—even a powerhouse at the Huangxuan Realm could be burned to dust by the Flame Ashes if they were the least bit careless!"

Law Enforcement Elder Wan Jianyi chuckled twice and slowly explained the situation.

"Ice Spirit Stones, Flame Ashes? There is actually a domain here."

Hearing these two words, Ye Xuan was stunned for a moment. Ice Spirit Stones were a type of spirit stone that grew in the Beixuan Continent. They were a thousand times more precious than regular spirit stones, and their typical yield was extremely low. Even the annual production of the Beixuan Continent was only ten thousand jin, and it was even less when distributed to the various major regions.

They also had many uses.

The first was for cultivation, and furthermore, they were used in forging some ice-attribute Mystic Artifacts.

Ye Xuan felt the protective shield supported by the Ice Spirit Stone. The coldness upon it, under the influence of the external Flame Ashes, actually transformed into the normal temperature of the outside world.

One had to know that the normal temperature of an Ice Spirit Stone was negative ninety degrees, almost approaching absolute zero.

"Elder, this disciple needs to go to the third level. The domain's Flame Ashes there shouldn't be too exaggerated, right?" Ye Xuan asked.

"Rest assured, the normal temperature there will only be thirty percent higher than it is here."

Hearing this, the tense expression on Law Enforcement Elder Wan Jianyi's face relaxed quite a bit. If Ye Xuan had said he wanted to go below the tenth level, that would have been real trouble. If he went down there, his Ice Spirit Stones would be completely consumed, and it would be very difficult to continue guarding the Endless Purgatory afterward.

"However, why are you going to the third level? Could it be to find someone?"

"No."

Ye Xuan shook his head. "My Master, Master Shen Xi, once told me that there is a Mystic Technique she left behind on the third level, and she asked me to come to the Endless Purgatory to find it."

Sorry, Master. For the sake of that supreme Mystic Technique, I have to use you as a scapegoat for now.

"So that's how it is."

Hearing this explanation, Law Enforcement Elder Wan Jianyi understood and began to consider the structure of the third level: "The environment of the third level of the Endless Purgatory is already heaven compared to the fourth level and beyond."

"Most of those imprisoned on the third level are disciples who have committed crimes. There are about a thousand dungeons, all forged from special spiritual treasures. The disciples living inside need to circulate Ice Spirit Stones every day to resist the terrifying high temperature of the domain's Flame Ashes from the outside. This is the time when they are all locked in the dungeons. Usually, they fight each other for Ice Spirit Stones to protect themselves from the threat of the Flame Ashes."

"Which cell are you going to?"

"This, let this disciple think about it carefully."

Ye Xuan felt a bit awkward; he had to make it up on the spot. A few days ago, both Long En and Yun Zhe were locked in. The most likely room was the one where Long En was being held.

"A few days ago, I remember that a few disciples were locked into the third level. I wonder if the Elder has a deep impression of a disciple named Long En?"

"Oh? Let me check the register." Law Enforcement Elder Wan Jianyi did not ask further; he just took out the imprisonment register of the Endless Purgatory and looked through the list of those who had recently entered the third level.

"Hmm... Long En... Found it. This disciple is locked in Cave Dwelling Number Thirty."

"Let's go to Cave Dwelling Number Thirty! Have Long En moved to a different cave dwelling."

"Very well."

Knowing they were going to Cave Dwelling Number Thirty, Law Enforcement Elder Wan Jianyi put away the imprisonment register and looked at Ye Xuan teasingly: "The space on the third level is about a thousand li. If it weren't for me, you kid would go in, and I'm afraid you wouldn't necessarily be able to complete the task Master Shen Xi gave you even in a year."

This could also be considered taking a shortcut. With an elder who was familiar with the Endless Purgatory leading the way, he didn't know how much worry it would save him.

Under Law Enforcement Elder Wan Jianyi's voice transmission, a law enforcement elder guarding the third level immediately drove Long En from Cave Dwelling Number Thirty to the ninety-ninth cave dwelling.

Subsequently, Law Enforcement Elder Wan Jianyi took Ye Xuan to rummage around inside Cave Dwelling Number Thirty, searching everywhere for the Mystic Technique left behind by Master Shen Xi.

"Eh, my divine sense actually cannot probe this place."

"Hahaha, if divine sense could be used, I'm afraid this Endless Purgatory would have long since been breached by the devil from the thirteenth level."

Law Enforcement Elder Wan Jianyi smiled, stopped the movements in his hands, and explained: "You must know, this is one of the top three forbidden areas in the Cangqiong Holy Land."

Ye Xuan nodded to show his agreement, and then began searching again. By this time, the cave dwelling had been searched from top to bottom, but they still hadn't been able to find the Mystic Technique. Instead, they found the skeletons of several previous disciples who had died here because they couldn't endure it.

"It wouldn't really require me to dig three feet into the ground, would it?" Ye Xuan jokingly complained a few times, a look of dismay on his face.

"Dig three feet into the ground?" Law Enforcement Elder Wan Jianyi, on the other hand, taught Ye Xuan with a very calm expression: "You kid, you really don't know how lucky you are to be able to gain the recognition of Master Shen Xi and become her disciple."

"It's just digging three feet into the ground; dig it. With me helping you, what are you afraid of, kid?"

After saying this, Law Enforcement Elder Wan Jianyi actually took out two shovel-like Mystic Artifacts from his spirit ring and threw them to the bewildered Ye Xuan, then began digging into the ground on his own.