Soul Trigger

Chapter 562 Forbidden Forest
"That's good. But it's best not to let the child see it."

"Shu?"

Ji Li noticed Fei Lin's address: "You call me 'Zongzi Niu'er' (Zongzi Girl), so how old are you?"
He figured the three of them could now form a group of immortals.

Film is the biggest, in every sense of the word.

Shu is the most fragrant one. Just look at the way he's been chugging alcohol in the living room. I don't know if it's pine resin mummies soaked in alcohol or alcohol soaking mummies.

As for Ji Li, he doesn't know where the end of his memory ends, but judging from the reactions of various powerful figures, he seems quite appealing.

Referring to the taste, everyone is eager to bring out its essence.

"Yes, I also want to remind you that Menes's divine intervention system is an inhumane and evil system. That girl suffered unimaginable torment and pain during her lifetime."

Without the restraint of a coffin, if those pains were to erupt completely, even in my prime, I would find it very difficult to bear.

If possible, I still suggest you stay away from her.

"Don't worry."

Ji Li tossed his pocket watch aside and casually joked:
Even if she is ten times more powerful than you in your prime, I will not forget our promise and abandon you.

He heard Felin's laughter in his ear:
"Now I understand why Jin Misha is so infatuated with you, but we are the same kind of people, so such a statement is a bit too formal."

"?"

Ji Li didn't know what Fei Lin had interpreted it as. He had simply been spending more and more time with Da Lei, and the polite atmosphere between them had declined sharply. On the contrary, the taste in Da Lei's mouth was becoming more and more palatable, so he had simply developed a habit of talking to him.

What? You don't think that Da Lei's quick recovery wasn't due to Ji Li's occasional kisses?
At this moment, Ji Li suddenly remembered something:
"Miss Felin, how much of your strength have you recovered?"

Felin saw through his thoughts:
"No, I only chose this approach for this operation. If I were to continue retrieving the otherworldly crystals for you, it would be like draining the pond to catch all the fish."

Ji Li had no choice but to temporarily abandon his plan to have Da Lei help him repair a few more pieces of the otherworldly crystal.

He hasn't revealed his past memories for a while now, and his recent divergence in thinking about age has made him somewhat consider his unknown years and memories.

Let's take it slow and see what this local tyrant really wants to do.

……

Deep within the Forbidden City lies a large garden surrounded by black and gold buildings.

The stone pillars here stand tall and angular, uneven in height, yet arranged in a pleasing and orderly fashion.

This is the Forbidden Forest.

This was the first time Ji Li had ventured so deep into the Forbidden City. The last few times he had come here, the deepest place he had ever been was the Ninth Prince's palace, where he had slept for a few days.

From the moment he entered this place, Ji Li sensed familiar spiritual fluctuations emanating from all around him.

"That's the breath of a vengeful dragon."

The young guard in dragon armor who led him in spoke in a deep, muffled voice.

This is an Echo-level Immortal, whose spiritual network is one level higher than Ji Li's, and the chest of the dragon armor features outstretched eagle limbs.

This is a Feathered Dragon Guard, a royal guard composed of normal human spirits, apart from the Imperial Guard. Afu, who serves the Ninth Prince, is one of them.

"If you want to hear it more clearly, you have to go to the woods to the west. That's the real core. Would you like to go and take a look together?"

"Then won't our Emperor Tengjun have to wait a long time?"

The Feathered Dragon Guard was stunned for a moment before he realized what was happening:

“The heir of Yuanling is right, this way please.”

"However, please do not call me Your Majesty. Tengjun is not an emperor. Your Highness is sufficient."

He didn't realize that Ji Li was being sarcastic. His unusually warm attitude towards Ji Li was undoubtedly because Ji Li had channeled a large part of his energy into being friendly.

During his previous development of the dual-dimensional distortion, he realized the terrifying power of high affinity. Therefore, he used the dual-dimensional distortion before setting off to greatly enhance his affinity and return to his "succubus" form.

After all, this is a meeting with the person who stands at the highest position in this country. If he were bold enough to bewitch Tengjun directly, it would save Ji Li a lot of trouble.

At the same time, he was careful and only allowed the affinity value to reach 700 before stopping, as he had already fully understood the consequences of having too low willpower.

Along the way, Ji Li could see some Imperial Guards standing blankly facing the stone pillars. According to the Feather Dragon Guards, these Imperial Guards were "Earthbound Ones" whose power had been taken back by the Vengeful Dragon.

They can only exist in this stone forest for the rest of their lives, barely surviving in the forbidden forest thanks to the "breath of the vengeful dragon".

But don't be fooled by their half-dead, living-dead appearance; the spiritual energy emanating from them is by no means weak.

To be honest, Ji Li felt that this forbidden forest was somewhat eerie. It was just not right for such a place to appear in the royal territory.

Considering that the essence of the Vengeful Dragon is the underworld, it is somewhat reasonable.

As they ventured deeper, the surrounding stone forest gradually thinned out, revealing a massive pool of blood before Ji Li's eyes.

The noisy waterfall cascades down from above, creating a cloud of dusty white starlight.

But the huge pool was filled with blood, as if something had affected the entire pool.

Soon, Ji Li's gaze focused on the stone sculpture in the center of the pool.

It was a stone sculpture in the shape of a dragon, with sharp spikes on its head, which looked like a crown.

Compared to the dragon totem of the Shulong itself, it looks less slender and is much thicker. Its length is perhaps because the stone carving is to be placed in the center of the blood pool, and it is not winding.

But what really drew Ji Li's attention was the faint aura emanating from the dragon-shaped stone sculpture, which seemed to be related to the dragon and the inner world, yet also carried something else entirely.

What next caught Ji Li's attention was a body soaking in a pool of blood.

It was a beautiful woman with skin as white as snow, soaking in the water with her eyes slightly closed.

According to the Feathered Dragon Guards, that was "Teng Hou," the companion of Teng Jun. They gestured for Ji Li to stay where he was, then quickly approached the blood pool, asking the woman to leave as soon as possible.

"The Blood Pool is said to have been created by Dr. Li Jiangxing through an extremely complex special spiritual circuit and the power of the vengeful dragon."

It can enhance the flow and sensitivity of spiritual energy, and at the same time nourish the body that unites the spirit and flesh.

In other words, this blood pool possesses effects similar to the 'immortality' described in ancient texts.

So that's why Tengjun's wife is taking a bath here?

Ji Li watched thoughtfully as the woman got up, dragging her soaked white veil. When she turned to look at Ji Li, she paused for a moment as expected, and then tried to walk over.

However, he was stopped by the Feathered Dragon Guards and could only look at Ji Li with reluctance before letting the Feathered Dragon Guards take him away.

“Heir of Yuanling, I have led the way. Lord Teng will appear soon. Please wait a moment until then.”

After the two left, Ji Li was left alone in the vast, empty stone forest.

The area covered by this stone forest was so vast that Ji Li found it hard to believe that the Forbidden City could provide such a large area.

However, he also noticed something amiss along the way.

This so-called Forbidden Forest is not a completely real space, but a special dimension similar to a semi-spiritual prison.

It borders the real world, yet expands the space that covers the real world, which can be considered a forced expansion.

Just then, a strange, crackling sound came from somewhere—

The stone sculpture in the center of the blood pool stood up, its blood-red eyes staring directly at Ji Li:
"You came."

(End of this chapter)