Huangxiu

Chapter 1221 The details
Just as I was cultivating, a voice came from outside: "Junior brother? Junior brother?"

Chu Zhiyuan opened his eyes, floated down from the bed and came outside, opening the courtyard gate.

Lu Xiaolu was standing outside the door.

Dressed in white, she resembled a fairy standing in the snow, radiating a gentle glow.

"Hehe, junior brother, what are you busy with?" She beckoned with her delicate hand.

Chu Zhiyuan reached out his hand and invited, "Senior Sister."

Lu Xiaolu leaped through the door and walked lightly forward, as if she had entered her own home.

She went into the pavilion and admired the flowers in the flowerbed across the way.

As dusk settled, the flowers in the flowerbed began to close.

She stepped forward, touched a few flowers, smelled the fragrance of her delicate hands, and sat down at the stone table with a smile.

Chu Zhiyuan sat down and poured her a cup of tea, smiling as he asked, "Senior Sister, have you found out the truth?"

"The Palace Master specifically asked me to go back and have me look through the records of Zhenxieyuan."

"Is Zhenxieyuan really that unusual?"

"This is very unusual!" She nodded vigorously, her bright eyes fixed on him. "Junior brother, don't go to the Demon-Suppressing Abyss!"

Chu Zhiyuan said, "But I have already agreed to go and help."

"Then I'll just renege and not go." Lu Xiaolu snorted, "Going there will cost you your life. Countless Ninth-Rank Venerables have died in the Zhenxie Abyss!"

Chu Zhiyuan frowned.

"You do not believe?"

"I naturally believe what Senior Sister says." Chu Zhiyuan shook his head and asked, "What exactly is being suppressed in the Demon-Suppressing Abyss?"

"Something that cannot be spoken of."

"Unspeakable?" Chu Zhiyuan asked in confusion, looking up at the sky.

"This thing is illusory yet real; every time it is mentioned, its power increases." Lu Xiaolu's beautiful face was tense, her expression serious.

Chu Zhiyuan asked curiously, "There are such strange things?"

"This is nothing!" Lu Xiaolu snorted. "These are ancient artifacts. Those ancient artifacts that have survived all have amazing abilities that are beyond imagination."

"For example?"

"There is a strange creature that can live on the wind, and there is another strange creature that will not die as long as there is light. Both are extremely troublesome and terrifyingly powerful strange creatures."

Chu Zhiyuan asked curiously, "I don't think I've seen this before?"

"If we could see them, everyone around us would probably have been killed long ago."

"Could they all be in the Abyss of Suppressing Evil?"

“It’s not just Zhenxie Abyss; some are in secret places or special locations.” Lu Xiaolu shook her head and said, “I only just realized how dangerous this world is.”

After she returned this time, she saw those secret scrolls and realized that there was a side of the world that no one else knew about.

Chu Zhiyuan nodded slowly.

Despite his extrasensory perception, which gave him a far greater understanding of the world than ordinary people.

But he was not a god after all, and could not know everything; he could only see things within a radius of a hundred miles.

There are indeed wondrous things in this world, such as a clear light in one's mind, which is beyond imagination.

“Some extraordinary things simply cannot be blocked by martial arts. No matter how strong your martial arts are, it’s useless.” Lu Xiaolu said, “Now I realize how arrogant I was, and how naive I was before!”

Chu Zhiyuan laughed and said, "Senior sister is calling me childish, isn't she?"

Lu Xiaolu rolled her eyes at him and said, "Do you think that now that you've reached the ninth level of cultivation, you can roam freely throughout the world?"

Chu Zhiyuan nodded.

Lu Xiaolu said, "If that were the case, the Palace Master and your Sect Leader wouldn't stay in the sect all day long without going out."

Chu Zhiyuan said, "That makes sense."

“The unspeakable thing in the Demon-Suppressing Abyss cannot be killed,” Lu Xiaolu said. “It’s no use you going to help.”

Chu Zhiyuan said, "Our martial arts can't kill it?"

Lu Xiaolu shook her head and said, "If we could kill him, we would have killed him long ago. The martial arts of ancient times were much stronger than those of today. It's like comparing heaven and earth."

Chu Zhiyuan said, "So we can only suppress them, we can't completely exterminate them..."

“Exactly, and every year they have to sacrifice the lives of experts to fill it up,” Lu Xiaolu said. “Those top experts who are nearing the end of their lifespan often go to the Evil Suppression Abyss.”

"I heard from the Palace Master that the imperial court will pay a huge price to have these experts in charge."

Chu Zhiyuan nodded.

This is inevitable.

I don't have much time left, and I don't want to die immediately. I must pay a heavy price to make these experts die. No wonder there are longevity pills.

His expression gradually turned serious. He recalled what he had seen in the Demon-Suppressing Abyss; there were quite a few experts, at least a dozen.

Are these people all going to their deaths?
Judging from their spirits and energy, they didn't seem like people on the verge of death; on the contrary, they were in high spirits.

"In short, Zhenxie Abyss is too dangerous, you must not go there again."

Chu Zhiyuan asked, "Are there any other secret places like Zhenxie Abyss?"

“As far as I know, there are two more places,” Lu Xiaolu said, “but I can’t tell you.”

Chu Zhiyuan chuckled.

Lu Xiaolu tightened her beautiful face with a serious expression: "I really can't say."

"Cannot speak?" Chu Zhiyuan asked.

Lu Xiaolu nodded solemnly.

"Can it be written down?"

"No."

"How did you find out?" Chu Zhiyuan asked.

"It jumped into my mind on its own," Lu Xiaolu said. "It's recorded in the secret texts of our palace."

Chu Zhiyuan smiled and said, "Then..."

“But I can’t write those words,” Lu Xiaolu said.

Chu Zhiyuan seemed to be deep in thought.

He couldn't help but think of divine script, which was not something an ordinary person could write.

It couldn't make a sound either.

He pondered for a moment and said, "Is it because my cultivation level is not high enough?"

Lu Xiaolu nodded: "That's right, if your cultivation level isn't high enough, you can't write it. Now no one can write it, so we can't show you the secret manual."

Chu Zhiyuan sighed and said, "Alright, sometimes being too curious isn't necessarily a good thing."

Lu Xiaolu asked, "Junior Brother, are you still going to Zhenxie Abyss?"

She knew Chu Zhiyuan's temperament well and knew that once he made a promise, he would never go back on it.

But I'm really worried about his life.

The Abyss of Suppressing Evil is no joke; it's far too dangerous, and going there would be tantamount to suicide.

Chu Zhiyuan said, "I will be careful."

Lu Xiaolu rolled her eyes at him and snorted, "Aren't you cautious and afraid of death? You know Zhenxie Abyss is so dangerous, yet you still want to go?"

Chu Zhiyuan laughed and said, "It's not as dangerous as I imagined."

At least for now, it seems that the strange object has been suppressed and has not been able to break free.

"If it wasn't that dangerous, why did so many ninth-level experts die?"

"Perhaps his lifespan has come to an end."

“...That makes sense.” Lu Xiaolu paused for a moment, then slowly nodded.

The Zhenxie Abyss buried many ninth-level masters, but now that I think about it, they probably died of old age.

Chu Zhiyuan laughed and said, "If Zhenxie Abyss is really that dangerous, I won't go in."

He has a precise intuition, especially an extremely accurate and keen intuition for danger.

The moment you step into the Abyss of Suppressing Evil, your intuition will tell you how dangerous it is.

If it were truly that dangerous, instinct would warn you, and you would avoid it.

But the danger of Zhenxie Abyss is not that high.

Lu Xiaolu said, "Alright then, be very careful, don't be reckless, and run away as soon as possible if anything happens."

Chu Zhiyuan nodded with a smile: "Senior Sister can rest assured about that. I'm not that tough."

Lu Xiaolu smiled.

That's true; if his life were truly in danger, he definitely wouldn't resort to force.

"Alright, I'm leaving now." Lu Xiaolu stood up and drank the tea in one gulp.

"Please wait a moment, Senior Sister." Chu Zhiyuan waved his hand and took out a thin book from his bosom, handing it to her: "This is a secret technique that I obtained from elsewhere."

Lu Xiaolu took it and flipped through it, looking at him in surprise.

Chu Zhiyuan smiled and said, "It's a secret technique for concealing one's aura, and it's quite powerful."

As the saying goes, "to repay a favor," since I learned the secret arts of the Moon Palace, I should naturally give back in some way.

There must be give and take; this is the way to long-term success.

(End of this chapter)