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Chapter 438 The Origin of the Underworld
When Feng Jin stood in front of a dark rift, he was somewhat shocked.

Seeing the expression on Feng Jin's face, Zhang Rushan smiled and said, "What, are you surprised to see such a Yin-Yang Rift in the Zhang family?"

Feng Jin nodded.

The appearance of the Yin-Yang Crack signifies an increase in the concentration of Yin energy. The appearance of such a crack in the Zhang family's residence means that the probability of ghosts appearing within the corresponding area has greatly increased.

Even if the Zhang family is powerful, they can't always be on guard against evil spirits, can they?
Ok?
wrong?

Feng Jin suddenly widened her eyes.

The concentration of yin energy here doesn't seem to be much stronger than in other places!
How is this going?

Feng Jin looked at Zhang Rushan, her eyes full of doubt.

"Hehe, wondering why there's no Yin energy near this Yin-Yang Rift?"

Zhang Rushan asked with a smile.

Feng Jin nodded.

"Go inside. Once inside, I can slowly explain the affairs of the six surnames of the Great Xia Dynasty to you. After you understand them, you'll be able to focus on your work with peace of mind, right?"

As he spoke, Zhang Rushan stepped into the Netherworld Rift and disappeared.

Without hesitation, Feng Jin followed closely behind and entered the crevice.

As her perspective shifted, the gloomy darkness no longer entered Feng Jin's eyes; instead, a fiery red appeared before her!
Looking around, Feng Jin saw a house that was only four or five square meters in size, and was built entirely of a fiery red jade.

Behind him was the Netherworld Rift.

Inside this Fire Jade Room, Feng Jin did not sense a single fluctuation of Yin energy.

If he didn't know that he had stepped into the Netherworld Rift and entered the Netherworld, he would have thought he was in the mortal world.

"Let's go."

Zhang Rushan's voice woke Feng Jin.

Looking ahead, the fire jade where Zhang Rushan stood had been pushed aside, revealing the passage behind it.

Filled with doubt, Feng Jin walked over and stepped into the passage behind the door.

This passage is not long, only two meters long, and there is another door directly in front of it. The entire passage is also made of fire jade.

In the passage, Feng Jin also saw a prayer mat.

"It seems he's not here."

Zhang Rushan glanced at the prayer mat and said.

"Feng Jin, close that door behind you."

Feng Jin was taken aback, then turned and pulled the door handle to put the door back in place.

After this door was completely closed, Zhang Rushan opened the door in front of him.

As soon as the door opened, a thick, eerie aura rushed out.

Feng Jin was only stunned for a moment before she understood the purpose of the two doors!

Isolate from yin energy!

Feng Jin understood the principle, but the problem was, wouldn't this kind of thing be attacked by the ghosts and spirits in the Yin and Yang region if it were placed there?

After the Yang Stone, a byproduct of the Warm Sun Project, was created, the Bureau of Investigation did something similar, covering up the Yin-Yang Crack in the Yin-Yang realm.

However, the properties of Yang Stone clash with Yin energy. Once it enters the Yin Netherworld, it is not only rapidly consumed, but it also attracts attacks from ghosts and spirits in the Yin Netherworld.

Even if the Yang Stone is placed in the Yin-Yang rift on the Yang side, the Yang Stone is consumed very quickly and cannot effectively curb the spread of Yin energy.

But now, Feng Jin saw such a thing in the underworld, and judging from its appearance, it was not built in the last two days.

After walking through the second door, Feng Jin closed it herself without Zhang Rushan having to say anything.

Only after he finished did he turn around and look at this dark and gloomy area.

They were surrounded by gray-black walls that stretched as far as the eye could see.

It's everywhere!
However, there are several other similar entrances among the surrounding walls.

After observing for a while, Feng Jin turned her attention back to the fire jade house.

He was more interested in the house than the bizarre and mysterious underworld area.

"Mr. Zhang, was this house built later?"

"Yes."

Zhang Rushan looked at Feng Jin and said with a smile, "I know what you want to ask. The thing used to build houses is called Fire Jade, which is a specialty of the Li family."

"Do you think this fire jade is used to isolate yin energy?"

Feng Jin nodded: "Isn't that right?"

"Not entirely. Essentially, this fire jade is purifying yin energy. When yin energy enters the fire jade, it is completely purified by the special substances within the fire jade."

"This purification is very slow. Normally, if the purification is slow, wouldn't the remaining yin energy that hasn't been purified pass through the fire jade and enter the room?"

"But Fire Jade is different. It's like a faucet. Water is Yin energy, and the faucet controls the speed of the water flow. When the faucet's pipes are full of water, other water can only wait in line, unless the pressure from that water is so great that it bursts the faucet's pipes."

"However, the concentration of Yin energy in this Yin-Yang region is not high enough to break the Fire Jade. Therefore, the Yin energy can only line up outside the Fire Jade, waiting to be purified."

"And that's how we came to have the room we see here."

"Of course, it's impossible for such a small amount of fire jade to purify the yin energy of an entire yin-yang region."

After listening, Feng Jin was very surprised by the effect of the Fire Jade, but he still had a question in his mind.

"Old Zhang, isn't this Fire Jade vulnerable to attacks from ghosts and spirits in the underworld?"

Zhang Rushan shook his head, his tone tinged with emotion.

"No, we still don't understand this. The fire jade clearly contains something like fire element, yang energy, and blood energy, but it is not repelled by ghosts and spirits."

"In the eyes of those ghosts, these fire stones are just like ordinary stones in the underworld."

Zhang Rushan's words made Feng Jin frown.

If that's the case, then why not promote it?
If such a fire jade existed, how could the Great Xia Dynasty have become what it is today?
Just as Feng Jin was about to ask this question, he remembered Zhang Rushan's words from the very beginning.

This is a specialty of the Li family!
With these thoughts racing through her mind, Feng Jin asked, "This kind of fire jade cannot be mass-produced?"

Zhang Rushan nodded.

"Naturally, it cannot be mass-produced. The Li family did not want to use any more fire jade than needed to build this small house."

"Moreover, this fire jade is not just a filter."

As Zhang Rushan was speaking, Feng Jin suddenly heard something and turned to look at one of the dozen or so 'entrances' around them.

Soon, a trailing afterimage of golden-green light darted out from it.

When the afterimage stopped, Feng Jin's heart skipped a beat.

This is actually a young man who is only in his early twenties!
But the speed he was at just now was not much different from his, which means that the other party's training in the strengthening exercises was at least at the peak of the seventh version!

wrong!

Feng Jin herself had also practiced lightness techniques and other skills. If this young man had not practiced these skills, it meant that his physical training was even better than hers!

Eighth edition!
"Grandpa Jiu, you've arrived."

After glancing at Feng Jin, the newcomer smiled and spoke to Zhang Rushan.

"Hey Lichen, you've been here lately?"

Zhang Rushan looked at Zhang Lichen and said with a smile.

"Yes, Grandfather Jiu, I did gain something just now. I went to find a Blood Calamity to test my skills."

"Hmm, not bad. Now that we have the opportunity to be here, let's make good use of these fire jades."

Zhang Rushan nodded.

"Understood, Ninth Grandfather."

After speaking, Zhang Lichen looked at Feng Jin.

"Ninth Grandfather, who is this?"

"Feng Jin, the director of the Bureau of Public Opinion Investigation, needs to come to my house." "The director of the bureau?"

After looking Feng Jin up and down, Zhang Lichen smiled faintly.

"Grandpa Jiu, should I take him inside?"

"No need, you go ahead with your work. I'm fine, I can go by myself."

"Okay, here's the medicine."

Zhang Lichen took out a small jade bottle from his bag, poured out two greenish-gray pills, and handed them to Zhang Rushan.

Zhang Rushan pinched one and threw it into his mouth to swallow. Then he turned to Feng Jin and said, "This is a Concealment Pill. After eating it, you will not be detected by ghosts for a certain period of time."

Feng Jin picked up the pill that Zhang Lichen handed her and examined it.

He felt something was off about the pill from a distance, and only after looking at it up close did he realize what was wrong.

The gray patch on the green pill was actually moving!
It's like a little worm trapped inside a green bead.

However, Feng Jin knew that it wasn't an insect, but just a wisp of aura.

"It's fine if you don't eat it. I don't think the Director-General is afraid of the Black Abyss."

Zhang Lichen looked at Feng Jin with a smile.

Feng Jin looked away from the pills, glanced at Zhang Lichen, and then put the pills into her mouth.

As the pill entered my mouth, a refreshing herbal fragrance filled my oral cavity.

Before Feng Jin could swallow it, the pill turned into a puddle of liquid.

A grunt.

The liquid enters the throat, transforms into a cool, flowing stream, and finally dissolves in the abdomen.

At the same time, Feng Jin felt that something had increased in the qi and blood power within her body.

"Do not use your Qi and blood, otherwise the concealment effect will be weakened."

Zhang Lichen's words made Feng Jin stop what she was doing.

"Grandpa Jiu, I'll go back inside to cultivate now."

Zhang Lichen didn't look at Feng Jin again. After greeting Zhang Rushan, he opened the outermost door of the Fire Jade Room.

I suppose that futon belongs to Zhang Lichen.

After the door closed again, Feng Jin heard Zhang Rushan say, "Let's go."

As he spoke, Zhang Rushan walked toward one of the dozen or so entrances around him.

Feng Jin followed.

Once inside, Feng Jin discovered that there were many twists and turns and many forks in the road.

But Zhang Rushan made his choice without the slightest hesitation at these crossroads.

Within five minutes, they encountered ten intersections, each with at least three forks in the road.

Moreover, it is difficult to tell the difference between the side roads.

But Zhang Rushan strolled around as if he were returning home.

After walking for a while, Feng Jin suddenly thought of something and asked, "Elder Zhang, is this... a maze?"

"Hehe, yes, it's a very big maze."

"The place we just came out of is a small part of the area in the very center of the maze."

Feng Jin thought to herself, "Just as I thought."

If he could look down from above, he would naturally find the maze very quickly, but the problem is that the walls of the maze are too high, completely disappearing into the darkness of the sky above.

He didn't believe that no one in the Zhang family had ever tried to climb the social ladder, but neither Zhang Rushan nor Zhang Lichen had done so, which meant that the path to advancement was blocked.

"Old Zhang, are we looking for an exit now?"

"That's one way to put it."

Zhang Rushan nodded.

"However, you can actually get out of this maze no matter which path you take. To this day, apart from the Xia family, no one knows how many exits this maze has."

Feng Jin was startled.

Apart from the Xia family, no one knows how many exits there are.
Thinking about the forks in the road we just encountered, if this maze were to branch out like this, it would be an enormous number.

What is the exit of this maze?

"The Netherworld Rift has a rift at each exit, and each rift corresponds to a Netherworld region. You can go to any Netherworld region from here."

Feng Jin suddenly stopped in her tracks.

Can I go to any underworld region?
"This is... the very first and most primordial Netherworld!"

Feng Jin exclaimed in shock.

Besides this, Feng Jin couldn't think of any other Yin-Yang region that possessed this ability.

But Zhang Rushan's words took him by surprise.

"What are you thinking? This is just a special Yin-Yang region. As for the initial Yin-Yang region, that is our destination this time."

Zhang Rushan said with a smile.

"Are we going to the original Netherworld region?"

"Yes, apart from this labyrinth leading to the primordial dark realm, we have never discovered any other way to enter the primordial land."

Feng Jin followed after him in a few steps.

What is in the Land of Beginnings?

"Hehe, don't worry, you'll know when you get there. You probably won't fully understand the place of origin just from my description."

As Zhang Rushan was speaking, he suddenly stopped.

Feng Jin's gaze sharpened as she watched a Blood Calamity wandering past from the side road.

Even though they were less than ten meters apart, the Blood Calamity seemed not to see them at all.

After the bloodshed subsided, Zhang Rushan continued his journey.

"Although it is difficult to describe that place, you can think of it as the ancestral home of the six clans of the Great Xia Dynasty. Most of the important members of the six clans of the Great Xia Dynasty live there."

"Hehe, although that place existed for who knows how long before the six great Xia clans, it was discovered by the ancestors of the six great Xia clans, so it's not wrong to call it the ancestral land."

Feng Jin was deeply shaken.

The ancestral home of the six surnames of the Great Xia Dynasty?
The six clans of the Great Xia Dynasty actually regarded a dark and mysterious region as their ancestral home?
How can this be?

Is there no ghost or evil spirit in there?
Why did the six surnames of the Great Xia Dynasty regard that place as their ancestral home?
A series of questions arose in Feng Jin's mind, but she could not find the answers.

He didn't press further. Since Zhang Rushan said he would know when he got there, he would ask when he arrived!

After passing through more than ten intersections, Feng Jin finally saw the Yinming Crack in the distance.

"arrive?"

"We've arrived. Let's go. I'll show you the strength of the Great Xia."

As they spoke, the two arrived at the crack.

With a smile on his face, Zhang Rushan stepped into the crevice.

Feng Jin looked at the crack in front of her.

He knew that once he crossed this rift and saw the secrets of the six surnames of the Great Xia Dynasty, he would lose some of his freedom.

But Feng Jin wanted to know what the ancestral land of the six surnames of the Great Xia Dynasty, this place of the beginning of Yin and Yang, was really like!

If I hear the Way in the morning, I can die content in the evening.
Feng Jin chuckled softly and stepped inside.

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(End of this chapter)