193: The Dark Night Ink Burial in the Silent Abyss

"Roar... Ah..." You Qi was still feeling smug.

Suddenly, that familiar feeling came again.

This thing really was not something he could adapt to just by trying.

It was like two saws suddenly placed inside his head, constantly pulling, pulling, pulling...

You Qi looked like a headless fly, flying around erratically...

He even became an Incarnation of a human missile, crashing straight toward the ground, wishing he could just smash his head open and be done with it...

"Lin Chuan..." Xia Jing swallowed, saying, "This, this was not done by you too, was it?"

Finally, Xia Jing could not help but confirm.

"Yes, just a small skill, nothing worth mentioning. However, so far, I have only used it on Nether Spirits."

Lin Chuan admitted humbly, then said, "That previous Nether King only lasted two and a half minutes. This guy is truly amazing; he endured it for four or five minutes and is still bouncing around!"

"Haha..." Xia Jing laughed dryly.

Is this what you call bouncing around? In my opinion, 'wishing for death' is not enough to describe it.

Finally, it ended.

After the soul seed matured, Lin Chuan had Nether One bring You Qi back and simultaneously retrieve the Gray Snake.

The quota for three King Rank soul seeds was temporarily used up.

However, he had to use them.

He did not kill Ming Shuo, so this Mid-level Temple Nether King certainly could not be killed for the time being.

That so-called Seven Clans Alliance sounded quite intimidating.

For the safety of Xuanwu City and for Lin Chuan's plan, You Qi's value alive was much greater than a single king-rank soul pearl.

Nether One walked forward, carrying You Qi, who looked like a dead dog.

"Heh... heh..." You Qi's body was still constantly shaking, as if he were having a seizure.

He could endure it, but the damage to his Divine Soul was greater, and his soul orb was already unstable.

After thinking for a moment, Lin Chuan took out a spray bottle and sprayed it toward You Qi's nose.

"Hey, damn it, wake up... Don't tell me you have gone completely stupid?" Lin Chuan cursed.

Xia Jing: ...

Fortunately, the water of life still worked, and You Qi quickly regained consciousness.

Subsequently, he also pulled out a small bottle of liquid from his robes and drank it in one gulp.

As the water of life went down his throat, his condition instantly recovered significantly.

"Eh? What is that stuff?" Lin Chuan pointed at You Qi's bottle and asked.

"Reporting to Master, this is water of life." You Qi replied.

If yours is water of life, then what is mine?

Well, mine is fake.

"Do you have any more?"

"I still have some."

Saying this, You Qi pulled out a few more small bottles.

Lin Chuan picked up a bottle and examined it.

The color was pale green, even slightly cloudy.

This stuff can be called water of life?

Next, Lin Chuan pulled out a mineral water bottle filled with liquid, which he had prepared in his spare time.

The previous batch was used up. In the future, Nether King advancements would all require this.

At this point, only one of the first batch of life fruits remained.

"Try this." Saying this, Lin Chuan handed over a bottle cap full of liquid.

You Qi's eyes were burning with heat. Since Lin Chuan opened the bottle, his eyes had not been able to look away.

He took the bottle cap and drank it in one gulp.

He even wanted to lick the bottle cap...

"Damn it, stop being disgusting." Lin Chuan snatched it back.

"What is the difference?" Lin Chuan asked.

"Master, your water of life is much purer; the concentration is more than ten times mine...

If I were not too heavily injured, I might have directly transformed into a living being, although the time would not have been very long, I would still be satisfied."

You Qi praised, then showed a look of regret.

If only I had known you had such a good thing, I would have surrendered immediately!!!

"Concentration, huh?... Here, take this back."

Lin Chuan disdainfully handed You Qi's water of life back to him.

That's it? And he treats it like a treasure!

These subordinates of mine are poorer than the last.

"Your Excellency, where did your water of life come from?" At this moment, Xia Jing suddenly asked.

"It was the Yao Race. A fellow calling himself the Black Dragon King traded it with me. The condition was that I restrain the Nether Beasts in my region from invading the outside world."

You Qi replied.

"As expected..." Xia Jing understood and murmured.

"Heh... The Yao Race is actually so kind as to help the Human Race resist the Underworld Soil invasion?" Lin Chuan said with a chuckle.

"They are not kind. They are just worried that the Human Race will burn their bridges, directly open up the Underworld Soil entrance, and perish together with them."

Xia Jing explained.

"The Yao Race was actually able to find this place?"

Lin Chuan was puzzled. One must know that all these Underworld Soil regions, large and small, combined were countless times larger than the entire Yao Beast World outside.

"It certainly would not be easy for them to find it directly, but if someone leads the way, it is very simple."

Xia Jing said plainly.

"Dragon Venerable?" Lin Chuan hit the nail on the head immediately.

"Oh? How did you know? You should not have had any contact with Dragon Roar, right?"

Xia Jing was puzzled.

He himself had been in contact with Dragon Roar for many years and only recently started suspecting him through some clues.

"I have been in contact with his grandson. How could he, at such a young age, contract three Dragons with King Rank Potential?

I do not even have three King Rank Potentials. Why should he? Does he look more like the protagonist than I do?"

Xia Jing: ...

This reasoning is very powerful.

However, Xia Jing still explained, "The Long family has been on good terms with several Dragon lairs for generations. It is actually quite normal for them to contract Dragons..."

"Uh... forget it, it is not important. As long as they do not provoke me..."

Lin Chuan waved his hand and said.

The soul orb granted to Long Chenhao had long matured, but Lin Chuan had never really bothered with him, treating him as nonexistent.

He was just an arrogant second-generation heir who probably did not even know that his Old Ancestor was colluding with the Yao Race...

"You Qi, what exactly is this Seven Clans Alliance you mentioned?" Lin Chuan asked.

"This is an unwritten rule circulating among the Mid-level Temple Nether Kings.

Mid-level Temple Nether Kings cannot arbitrarily provoke life-and-death battles, nor can they wage war without declaration.

As for the Elementary regions, no one cares what state they fight into."

"Oh, the Underworld Soil actually has rules?" This was the first time Lin Chuan had heard of it.

After all, the information he had gathered before was only through Ming Shuo, an Elementary Temple Nether King, so it was normal that he did not know much.

"This is just a very ancient rule. Nowadays, there are actually many who do not abide by it.

The Seven Great Clans' ability to restrain those below them is getting smaller and smaller."

You Qi explained.

"Damn it, so you were just trying to scare me?" Lin Chuan cursed.

"Not entirely. At the very least, if I were to perish, the You Clan would definitely investigate thoroughly."

"I know the Ming Clan, the You Clan, and the Mo Clan. Which others are there?" Lin Chuan asked curiously.

"Life and death float in the Bone Burial Sea, the dark night Mo buries the Silent Abyss. The Seven Clans of the Underworld Soil are named after the latter half of this poem.

The Zang Clan, the Ji Clan, and the Yuan Clan—these three clans rarely emerge. Each region has thousands of King Ranks, and they are almost constantly fighting against the Nether Sea, as well as the high-level members of the Seven Clans..."

You Qi recounted the information he knew.

Lin Chuan and Xia Jing merely listened quietly.

Unbeknownst to them, Xia Yuan had also approached and listened to You Qi's account, his eyes filled with horror.

"Alright, the story is over. Now it is time to get down to business."

Lin Chuan clapped his hands, pulling the two back to reality.

When it came to shock, Lin Chuan's threshold had long since made a Breakthrough beyond the heavens; this kind of news was not worth shocking him.

After all, focusing on the present was more important.