Fire Virtue Immortal Clan

“Fellow Daoist Black Sand, there’s no need to be nervous. I’ve come here mainly to ask you about the situation in the Netherworld and Black Sun,” Lu Cheng’an said with a smile.

Upon entering the Nether River region, he used his divine sense to investigate its conditions.

Over the years, the Nether River region has not changed much.

After the Netherworld River and the Netherworld World were connected, the ever-growing Netherworld Ghost Qi in the Netherworld River stopped growing.

The ghosts, including Black Sand, who have always lived in the Netherworld River Basin, can only obtain more and more precious resources by entering the Netherworld.

Unfortunately, in their struggle for the Yin Moon Soul Mushroom, they offended the native inhabitants of the Netherworld, including the Three-Headed Vulture.

A fourth-order being was born from the flock of three-headed vultures. After fleeing back to the Netherworld River, the ghosts like Black Sand dared not set foot in the Netherworld again.

"Reporting to Senior Lu, I also do not understand the situation of the Netherworld!"

Hei Sha glanced at Lu Cheng'an somewhat nervously. He wasn't lying; he genuinely didn't know what the Netherworld was like.

“My son Hei Yang has never returned to the Nether River Region, but I have a premonition that he is definitely not dead, and his cultivation has definitely broken through to the fourth level!” Hei Sha said in a deep voice.

This wasn't just his imagination; he genuinely had this feeling.

Unfortunately, the Netherworld was far too dangerous for him, and he dared not enter it to search for his son's whereabouts.

"I believe Fellow Daoist Lu Heisha's premonition!"

Lu Cheng'an smiled slightly and said, "I'm going to enter the Netherworld next. Do you have a way to find Hei Yang?"

Lu Cheng'an's desire to find Hei Yang was not out of kindness.

It's not because he doesn't understand the Netherworld. If Hei Yang is really still alive, he must know a lot about the Netherworld since he stayed there for so long.

Then he can learn more about the Netherworld through Black Sun and find the treasures that help him condense his Nascent Soul more quickly.

“Yes, this is a Blood-Guiding Talisman that I crafted. As long as my son is within five thousand miles of the Blood-Guiding Talisman, it will react. Moreover, you can also contact my son through this talisman!” Black Sand said quickly.

The Blood-Guiding Talisman was crafted by Black Sand using his life essence. Unfortunately, after crafting the Blood-Guiding Talisman, he was unable to enter the Netherworld, so the Blood-Guiding Talisman has remained unused to this day.

The Ghostwood Demon King watched all this quietly beside Lu Cheng'an, feeling quite surprised.

Judging from the interaction between Lu Cheng'an and this ghostly creature, it is clear that this was not Lu Cheng'an's first time entering the Netherworld River Region, and he was extremely familiar with these ghostly creatures in the Netherworld River Region.

After receiving the Blood-Guiding Talisman from Heisha, Lu Cheng'an did not linger there. He led the Ghostwood Demon King directly into the bottom of the Netherworld River.

The location where the Netherworld River and the Netherworld World are connected.

This place has always been guarded by third-tier ghosts from the Netherworld, because they fear that ghosts from the Netherworld will invade the Netherworld.

However, even after all these years, the ghosts of the underworld have never entered the River of the Underworld.

This has made the ghosts of the Nether River region somewhat more relaxed in their guarding of this place, but there are still third-tier ghosts here.

All the third-tier ghosts in the Nether River knew of Lu Cheng'an's existence, so when the third-tier ghosts guarding this place saw Lu Cheng'an arrive, they hurriedly stepped forward to pay their respects.

Lu Cheng'an ignored these ghostly creatures and led the Ghost Wood Demon King directly through the barrier between the two realms and into the Netherworld.

After Lu Cheng'an and the Ghost Wood Demon King left, news of their entry into the Netherworld quickly spread throughout the Netherworld River Basin.

Luo Sheng and the other third-tier ghosts were very curious about Lu Cheng'an's purpose in entering the Netherworld, but they dared not explore too much.

After all, Lu Cheng'an's cultivation level was a whole realm higher than theirs. If they displeased Lu Cheng'an, their lives would be in danger.

In the underworld.

Lu Cheng'an silently sensed the surroundings and found that it was not much different from when he first entered.

He then turned his gaze to the Ghostwood Demon King and asked with a smile, "This is the Netherworld. Can you sense the difference between this place and the Nether River?"

After entering the Netherworld, the Ghostwood Demon King sensed the difference between this place and the Netherworld River.

He felt that the environment here was more suitable for his cultivation, and that the ghostly energy here was of a higher quality than that of the Netherworld River.

If he finds an environment rich in ghostly energy, he is confident that he can break through to the late stage of the fourth rank within a hundred years.

This was something he wouldn't have dared to imagine in the Hong'e Mountains, but he immediately felt this way after entering this world.

"The ghostly energy here is of superior quality compared to that of the Netherworld River, but I haven't sensed any other difference," Ghostwood Demon King replied immediately.

He did not tell Lu Cheng'an that this place was more suitable for his cultivation, nor did he tell Lu Cheng'an that the environment of the Netherworld would allow him to break through to the late stage of the fourth rank within a hundred years.

Lu Cheng'an smiled faintly and did not ask the Ghostwood Demon King any further questions. Instead, he took the Ghostwood Demon King directly to the Netherworld Valley where the Yin Moon Soul Fungus had grown.

The Nether Valley is the lair of the three-headed vulture, and there are now three-headed vultures at the early stage of the fourth rank among the flock.

But Lu Cheng'an was not afraid. Not to mention that his cultivation had already broken through to the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm, even the Ghostwood Demon King was able to suppress the three-headed vulture at the early stage of the fourth rank.

The Netherworld Valley was not far from the location of the barrier between the two worlds. Lu Cheng'an led the Ghost Wood Demon King at high speed and arrived at the Netherworld Valley in no time.

However, after arriving outside the Netherworld Valley, Lu Cheng'an discovered that the situation inside the valley had changed drastically.

The Netherworld Valley was once capable of nurturing fourth-tier treasures like the Yin Moon Soul Mushroom, and the Three-Headed Black Vulture also broke through to the fourth tier in the Netherworld Valley.

The ghostly energy in the Netherworld Valley was originally extremely rich, enough to support the cultivation of at least several early-stage fourth-order Netherworld ghosts.

However, the ghostly aura in the Netherworld Valley is now extremely thin, completely different from before.

The flock of three-headed vultures that originally lived in the Netherworld Valley has also disappeared. Now, only some low-intelligence first and second-tier Netherworld ghosts live in the Netherworld Valley.

"Let's leave and find out what's going on with the nearby Tier 3 ghosts!"

After Lu Cheng'an used his Nascent Soul power to understand the situation in the Netherworld Valley, he did not bring the Ghost Wood Demon King into the Netherworld Valley again.

He quickly located a ghostly creature seven hundred miles away from the Netherworld Valley; it was a deer-shaped ghost at the late stage of the third tier.

The Ghostwood Demon King had no objection to Lu Cheng'an's arrangement. Under Lu Cheng'an's guidance, he quickly appeared in front of the deer-shaped ghost that was in the late stage of the third tier.

"Junior Shi Ming greets the two seniors. May I ask what your orders are?" Shi Ming was nearly scared out of his wits after sensing the slight auras leaked by Lu Cheng'an and the Ghost Wood Demon King. There were no fourth-tier beings within thousands of miles of him, but now there were two, and these two fourth-tier beings were right in front of him.

"Why has the Netherworld Valley become like this? Where have the flock of three-headed vultures that used to live there gone?" Lu Cheng'an asked coldly.

When Shi Ming heard Lu Cheng'an mention the Netherworld Valley and the Three-Headed Black Vulture, a look of surprise immediately appeared in his eyes.

He then immediately replied, "Reporting to Senior, I heard that the ghostly aura of the Netherworld Valley dissipated because it had previously nurtured the Yin Moon Soul Fungus..."

Shi Ming quickly told Lu Cheng'an everything he knew without hiding anything.

According to Shi Ming, the ghostly aura in Youming Valley dissipated because it nurtured the Yin Moon Soul Fungus.

The three-headed vulture that lived in the Netherworld Valley left, not only because the ghostly aura of the Netherworld Valley dissipated, but mainly because Wu Ling, who had broken through to the fourth rank, received a summons from the Jade Spider Ghost King of the Tianyin Mountains.

The Jade Spider Ghost King of the Tianyin Mountains is at the late stage of the fourth rank. She is one of the two late stage fourth-rank ghosts in the Huaiyin River Basin.

If we include the three-headed black vulture that recently entered the Tianyin Mountain Range, there are now a total of six fourth-tier ghosts in the Tianyin Mountain Range.

Opposite the Tianyin Mountains in the Huaiyin River Basin is the Huaiyin Ghost King of Huaiyin City, whose cultivation level is also at the late stage of the fourth rank.

The overall strength of Huaiyin City is similar to that of Tianyin Mountain Range, with a total of seven fourth-tier ghosts.

The ghosts of Tianyin Mountain Range and the ghosts of Huaiyin City are enemies, and extremely fierce conflicts break out between them from time to time.

The Netherworld Valley and the Heavenly Yin Mountain Range are closer together, so after the Three-Headed Black Vulture broke through to the fourth level, it was taken into the Heavenly Yin Mountain Range by the Jade Spider Ghost King.

Shi Ming's cultivation level was only at the late stage of the third rank. He didn't know much about the situation in Tianyin Mountain Range and Huaiyin City. He only knew that the three-headed black vulture had entered Tianyin Mountain Range after breaking through to the fourth rank.

After learning this information from Shi Ming, Lu Cheng'an took Shi Ming's life.

The news that he and the Ghostwood Demon King had entered the Netherworld must not be leaked.

"Master, where are we going next?" Ghostwood Demon King glanced at Shi Ming's corpse, and suddenly a root spread out from under his feet, instantly enveloping Shi Ming's body.

A moment later, a look of satisfaction appeared on Shi Ming's face. After the roots covering Shi Ming's corpse disappeared, Shi Ming's corpse had lost all its power.

Lu Cheng'an glanced indifferently at the Ghostwood Demon King and said, "Let's go to Huaiyin City!"

The Tianyin Mountains are relatively close to the Netherworld Valley, but a three-headed vulture at the early stage of the fourth tier entered the Tianyin Mountains.

He also snatched a Yin Moon Soul Mushroom from the Three-Headed Vulture, thus becoming its enemy.

He felt that if Hei Yang hadn't died, Hei Yang definitely wouldn't have entered the Tianyin Mountains with the three-headed black vulture; Hei Yang should have entered Huaiyin City.

Judging from the fact that Hei Yang hasn't returned to the Nether River Region for so many years, Huaiyin City is definitely not a good place to go.

Lu Cheng'an was quite confident in his own strength. The most powerful ghost king in Huaiyin City was only at the late stage of the fourth rank. If he were to fight the ghost king, he might not necessarily be defeated.

Lu Cheng'an only learned the general direction of Huaiyin City from Shi Ming. After making his decision, he led the Ghost Wood Demon King and sped towards Huaiyin City.

Huaiyin City and Tianyin Mountain Range both belong to the Huaiyin River Basin, and this area is roughly two-thirds the size of Qingzhou.

The Huaiyin River basin is not very large, and its resources are not abundant. Only Huaiyin City and Tianyin Mountain Range have fourth-tier ghost creatures.

During their journey, Lu Cheng'an and the Ghost Wood Demon King inquired about the situation in Huaiyin City and Tianyin Mountain Range, and made some plans accordingly.

About a month later, Lu Cheng'an and the Ghost Wood Demon King entered the five thousand li range of Huaiyin City, and at this time, the Blood-Guiding Talisman refined by Black Sand finally reacted.

"Hei Yang is indeed still alive; he should be in Huaiyin City right now!"

After putting away the blood-red talisman that was flashing with blood-red light, Lu Cheng'an quickly condensed a spell as Hei Sha had instructed and began to use the talisman to send a message to Hei Yang, asking him to meet him.

Although he was quite confident in his abilities, Huaiyin City was, after all, the territory of the Ghost King of Huaiyin.

If he were to clash with the Ghost King of Huaiyin within Huaiyin City, it would certainly be detrimental to him.

Now that he's certain Hei Yang is still alive, meeting with him is definitely the best option.

In Huaiyin City, Hei Yang's eyes lit up with excitement after receiving Lu Cheng'an's message.

"Lu Cheng'an has entered the Netherworld, and he's near Huaiyin City!"

Hei Yang stood up excitedly and paced back and forth in the meditation room of his cave, wishing he could leave Huaiyin City immediately to meet Lu Cheng'an.

But he couldn't do that because his freedom was restricted.

Just as Lu Cheng'an had predicted, after Hei Yang successfully broke through to the fourth level of cultivation, he was semi-forced to enter Huaiyin City and become a member of the Huaiyin Ghost King's forces.

The Ghost King of Huaiyin was extremely tyrannical and despotic. Even though Hei Yang's cultivation was at the early stage of the fourth rank, he was still restricted in every aspect of Huaiyin City.

Including Hei Yang, Huaiyin City has a total of seven fourth-tier ghosts. With Hei Yang, there are four ghosts at the early stage of the fourth tier. Of the remaining three Netherworld ghosts, apart from the Huaiyin Ghost King at the late stage of the fourth tier, there are two others at the mid-stage of the fourth tier.

Hei Yang was the last to enter Huaiyin City, so among the fourth-tier ghosts in Huaiyin City, Hei Yang's status was the lowest.

Decades have passed since Hei Yang entered Huaiyin City, but even so, he cannot leave the city's boundaries at will.

He needed to ask the Dust River Ghost King for permission every time he went out.

Dust River Ghost King is one of the two mid-stage fourth-tier Ghost Kings in Huaiyin City, and Black Sun is under the jurisdiction of Dust River Ghost King.

Another mid-stage fourth-tier ghost in Huaiyin City is the Yinzhu Ghost King. He is stronger than the Chenhe Ghost King and has a good chance of reaching the late stage of fourth tier.

For this reason, the Ghost King of Yinzhu is now greatly feared by the Ghost King of Huaiyin.

The seven fourth-tier ghosts in Huaiyin City were not united; there was still a deep divide between them.

After calming down, Hei Yang sent a message to Lu Cheng'an, explaining the situation in Huaiyin City in detail.

He then went to find the Ghost King of the Dust River to ask permission to leave Huaiyin City and go to find Lu Cheng'an.

Hei Yang has been in Huaiyin City for decades, and he is not subject to as many restrictions as he did when he first entered Huaiyin City.

After consulting with the Ghost King of the Dust River, he was allowed to leave Huaiyin City, but he had to return within half a month. (End of Chapter)