Mortal's Purple Sky Cave Heaven

Chapter 145 The Land of Darkness
The sturdy man asked in a hoarse voice: "Are you a new guy from outside?"

Seeing that Nie Zhaonan was dressed completely differently from them, the sturdy man was very certain in his words. After all, people were often sucked in here, but few could walk out of the mountain alive.

"My name is Nie Zhaonan, and I just arrived here." Nie Zhaonan had no intention of arguing with the person in front of him, and gave his name and background.

Seeing that Nie Zhaonan's face was calm and he didn't show any panic in coming to this strange place, and his body was unusually upright. Not only did he not have any injuries, but he seemed to hide unspeakable strength. The strong man knew that the person in front of him was not an ordinary person.

So he asked, "Brother Nie, do you have any martial arts skills?"

For those who fall into the underworld, no matter how prominent your status was or how powerful your magical powers were, they will not be of any use here. Only with sufficient military force can you gain a certain status.

This was also the reason why the big man asked this question, to see whether Nie Zhaonan had martial arts skills, and then make arrangements for him.

"I did learn some when I was young." Nie Zhaonan glanced at the thirty or so people behind the big man and said in a flat tone.

"Oh. Brother Nie, can you go with us to collect some food and then return to the village?" The big man said with a gleam in his eyes.

The food that the big man was talking about was naturally the seafood such as fish, shrimp and crabs that were sucked here by the ghost fog.

"Our village is the largest village in the entire Yinming Land, and our strength is also the strongest." The big man added, without disguising his intention to win over others in his words.

Nie Zhaonan was slightly tempted. He had just arrived here and was unfamiliar with the place, so he decided to follow these people to familiarize himself with the environment first.

"Thank you very much." Nie Zhaonan said with a little gratitude.

The big man was delighted when he heard this, and his face showed joy. If this person joined their village, their strength would be even stronger.

"Let's go." The big man waved his hand to the team behind him, raised a torch, and led the way into the mountain.

These young men and women all have vigorous steps and light movements, and are much stronger than ordinary people.

Although not everyone has internal strength, everyone has learned some basic external skills without exception.

Nie Zhaonan took a few glances and followed confidently, entering the mountain again.

It didn't take much effort for Nie Zhaonan and his group to arrive at a small hill piled with various fish and seafood. These fish were constantly turning over their bodies, looking full of energy.

Several tall men who were at the end of the team immediately stepped forward, took out a huge leather bag, and put all the fish and seafood into it.

Other young men and women holding various blades were holding torches and guarding the surroundings, as if they were on guard against something.

Nie Zhaonan was not surprised. In addition to humans, there was also a kind of monster called "Yin Beast" here.

It went unexpectedly smoothly, with no evil beasts attacking. After a while, several tall men filled the leather bags bulging with goods and carried them on their backs.

"Return to the village." The sturdy man called out in a low voice.

Hearing this, everyone's faces showed joy, and they all returned in silence along the way they came.

After exiting the cave, the sturdy man explained to Nie Zhaonan: "There are still evil beasts rampaging in this dark place, and we humans are just caught in the cracks."

They were moving very fast along the way, and everyone was hurrying to get on their way, but Nie Zhaonan seemed to be taking a stroll, without showing any sign of tiredness. It was obvious at first glance that he was a man of extremely high martial arts skills, even the big man himself could not compare to him.

This made the big man more determined to bring Nie Zhaonan into the village. He believed that with Nie Zhaonan's joining, it would be much easier for them to find food in the future.

The big man kept talking incessantly about how dangerous the underworld was and how difficult it was to survive there. It was obvious that he wanted to pull Nie Zhaonan into the village.

Nie Zhaonan's expression remained unchanged, he just listened quietly without saying a word. He was just a passer-by here, so it was impossible for him to join any village.

After walking for more than an hour, they finally walked out of the desert and saw a pile of dark rocks in front of them.

Like the desert, these piles of rocks are extremely vast, with no visible boundaries at a glance.

However, the stones in the pile were all of strange shapes and black in color, giving people an eerie feeling and making them very uncomfortable.

This may be because it has been eroded by the dark energy of this place for too long.

When the group of people saw this place, they all breathed a sigh of relief, with a look of relief on their faces.

"Everyone, hurry up, the village is about to be closed, don't get trapped outside." The sturdy man glanced at the dark clouds rolling in the sky and called out.

Under the guidance of the sturdy man, Nie Zhaonan turned east and west among the pile of rocks. Suddenly, the view in front of him became clear and a tall stone wall built with huge black stones appeared in front of him.

On both sides of the wooden door, there were a dozen men holding white spears, standing there vigilantly.

When the guards saw the group of strong men coming back, they immediately greeted them loudly with excitement on their faces and welcomed them in.

Nie Zhaonan glanced around the entire village.

The entire village is protected by a tall stone wall that looks exactly the same. The buildings in the village are all made of dark stones, most of them are simple and crude, and most of them are square.

In the center of the village, there was a stone platform. The top of the stone platform released a lavender mist, covering the sky above the entire village.

Suddenly, with a "crack", a blue lightning fell over the village, and was immediately absorbed by the purple mist.

It is obviously a special restriction used for defense.

"Brother Nie, the elder invites you." Just as Nie Zhaonan was observing his surroundings, a sturdy man walked over and said to him.

Under his leadership, Nie Zhaonan came to a hall.

"Please take a seat, Brother Nie. Wu Tie has already told you some information about the underworld along the way, so I won't introduce it in detail here." In the hall, sitting in the middle seat, a slightly fat old man said to Nie Zhaonan with a kind look.

Wu Tie was the sturdy man in his thirties. On both sides of the hall, there were several other people sitting.

"Brother Nie is a cultivator, right?" After saying this, the old man's eyes fell on the storage bag on Nie Zhaonan's waist.

Nie Zhaonan nodded slightly and acknowledged it.

"I wonder if you have ever thought about joining our village. You should also know that in this dark place, without the protection of the village, it is very dangerous to act alone."

"To be honest with you, I am also an immortal cultivator. Before I inhaled the ghost fog, I had already successfully established the foundation. And there are five or six other immortal cultivators in our village, but all of them rely on the village and unite together to survive in this dark place." The fat old man raised the corners of his mouth and said with a smile. He talked freely and did not look embarrassed at all.

After all, in this dark place, no matter whether you are a cultivator or not, you are in the same danger as an ordinary person. The only advantage of a cultivator is that his body has been through Yijinxisui, which makes him much stronger than an ordinary person, and he is good at everything.

"I still want to try to see if I can leave this place." Nie Zhaonan's voice was not loud, but his tone was extremely firm.

"Leave here?" A white-faced man with narrow eyes and a hint of cruelty glanced at Nie Zhaonan indifferently.

He chuckled and said in a cold tone: "Ha! It seems that Fellow Daoist Nie has not yet understood what this place is. Even the seniors in the Nascent Soul stage were trapped and died here, let alone you." The man glanced at the spear behind Nie Zhaonan. It was just a magic weapon. Obviously, he regarded Nie Zhaonan as a foundation-building cultivator.

"As to where exactly this place is, there are two speculations circulating here. One is that this place is a space crack where the underworld and the human world meet, so there is such a strong underworld aura, but it cannot form a very powerful underworld beast."

"Another view is that this is the belly of the legendary demon beast - Rahu."

"But no matter which one it is, we are just mortals now. How can we get out?" The white-faced man explained indifferently, and no one knew what he was planning.

"But isn't the way out right there? Although I'm not very sure, I still want to give it a try." Nie Zhaonan shook his head and was not moved by what the two said.

Although he had full confidence that he could get out, he couldn't show it too much in front of these people.

Everyone in the hall looked at each other with pessimistic looks in their eyes, and some even smiled meaningfully.

"Brother Nie must have seen the Storm Mountain that reaches into the sky when you came here." When the fat old man heard what Nie Zhaonan said, his eyes narrowed slightly and he said meaningfully.

"Is it impossible to leave this dark place by passing through this mountain?" Nie Zhaonan asked knowingly, with a look of doubt on his face. This was his first time in the dark place, so naturally he couldn't act like he knew everything.

The fat old man also smiled, as if he was laughing at Nie Zhaonan's naive idea. After a while, he said, "It is true that you can leave this place by climbing Storm Mountain, but it is not something that mortals can accomplish. Not only will the temperature of the body drop as you climb higher and higher, but it will become extremely cold and your breath will turn into ice. There will also be powerful blizzards and even cold winds. Without magic power to protect you, a mortal body cannot survive it."

"There are countless Yin beasts gathered on the top of Storm Mountain. Even if all the humans in the Yin and Ming Land were gathered together, they would still be like a mantis trying to stop a chariot and would only bring about their own destruction."

"Brother Nie, you'd better not throw your life away in vain!" the fat old man finally advised.

"Don't worry. Although I, Nie, look young, I am a cultivator who has practiced for many years. I will never act rashly. If things are really impossible, I will never risk my life." Nie Zhaonan said half-truthfully.

"Brother Nie is a newcomer. You can stay in the village for free for three days, but you will have to go on missions after that." The fat old man waved at Nie Zhaonan.

He also realized that the person in front of him was the kind of person who would not turn back until he hit the wall. He did not want to persuade him any more and only hoped that he would give up when he saw the difficulty and return to their village.

"Thank you." Nie Zhaonan thanked him.

Then he followed Wu Tie and left the place and walked outside.

An old man with a ruddy face sitting on the side looked at Nie Zhaonan's departing back with a thoughtful look on his face. When Nie Zhaonan's figure disappeared from his sight, the old man sighed inaudibly: "Forget it, there must be some hope, right? The inheritance of Tianfu Sect may see the light of day again."

Led by Wu Tie, Nie Zhaonan walked towards a corner of the village.

After a while, Wu Tie brought Nie Zhaonan to a fairly tidy stone house, talked with Nie Zhaonan for a few more words, and then said goodbye and left.

Nie Zhaonan closed the door, put the spear behind him back into the animal skin and placed it in the corner of the stone house, then sat cross-legged on the stone bed, not knowing what he was doing.

Suddenly, the corners of Nie Zhaonan's mouth curled up slightly, revealing a smile.

Then a flying needle-shaped magic weapon appeared between the palms of his hands covering his knees. It was the one he had just taken out from the Zixiao Cave.

"It seems that this dark place cannot restrict me from taking out items from the Zixiao Cave Heaven. Maybe the two are not on the same level at all. In this way, it is convenient for me to do a lot of things. However, I need to be careful about everything. After all, this is in the belly of the True Spirit Luohou. I must not let him see any clues." Nie Zhaonan thought silently in his heart.

Looking at the flying needle magic weapon in his hand, Nie Zhaonan did not hesitate. He picked up a piece of animal skin and began to sew it up. Now that he had nothing to do, it was a good opportunity for him to make some preparations for climbing Storm Mountain.

The animal skins in his hands were all high-level animal skins with fire attributes. They could be made into leather jackets to wear on the body. They should be more than enough to resist the severe cold of Storm Mountain. After all, those Yin beasts could withstand it.

Just when Nie Zhaonan had finished making one leather jacket and was about to make the second one, footsteps were heard outside the door, followed by an old voice.

"I wonder if Fellow Daoist Nie is here?"

"Who?" Nie Zhaonan was slightly stunned and asked in a strange voice. He couldn't think of anyone who would come to visit him on purpose.

"I am Yun Yifei from the Tianfu Sect of the Dajin Dynasty." A voice came from outside the door again.

The four characters "Master of Tianfu" immediately popped up in Nie Zhaonan's mind. The 'Spirit-Climbing Talisman' on his body was actually a more powerful method of refining a talisman.

Moreover, since the other party came to visit, Nie Zhaonan couldn't avoid him. He stood up, walked to the door and opened it.

The old man named Yun who was standing outside the house immediately smiled when he saw Nie Zhaonan.

"Fellow Daoist Yun, please come in." Nie Zhaonan did not ask the other party's purpose first, and invited him into the house generously. With his body training, he did not need to worry about anything.

The old man surnamed Yun glanced at the leather jacket on the stone bed without leaving any trace, then sat down on a chair casually.

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