Although he was warned by Shang Guan, Ye Dongtian had already got the answer. After giving Ding Lingxi a somewhat surprised look, he stopped talking.
Ding Lingxi wiped away her tears and didn't hear what they were saying at all. She walked straight to the lounge chair under the tree, sat on it, and murmured: "You bastard, you must not die. People say the worse it gets, the worse it gets." The harder it is for people to die, how can someone like you be beaten to death so easily?"
Hearing her murmur, Ye Dongtian and Shang Guan looked at each other, both dumbfounded.
This little saint is still a bit childish after all.
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Lu Li felt like he was in chaos, unable to control his body or even feel its existence.
Looking forward, the surroundings were gray and the road was completely unclear.
However, Lu Li felt that his consciousness was extremely clear. This strange feeling made him a little confused for a while. After being at a loss for a long time, he remembered the existence of 'self' and tried to make a sound.
"Is anyone here."
His voice came out clearly and echoed in this strange 'space'. The gray mist seemed to be spread by the sound waves and began to twist.
Lu Li's consciousness paused and waited for a moment, and finally realized that his current state was not good, "Isn't my soul out of body?"
Looking around again, Lu Li lowered his head and found that the twisted gray mist was gathering to build his 'body'.
After a complete body was formed, Lu Li shook his hands and looked at his clothes. Everything was no different from before.
The only difference is probably that there is no color in this world, including his skin, which is gray-white.
After a moment of silence, Lu Li stepped forward.
As if taking the initiative to guide him, the gray mist moved aside, revealing a stone path floating in the dark void.
On the other side of the stone path, something seemed to be calling him.
Lu Li tentatively stepped on the stone path, and it felt very real, so he continued walking along the stone path.
Along the way, the gray fog continued to disperse, and the stone path underfoot became longer and longer, as if it would never end. Lu Li looked down the stone path. There seemed to be a slowly flowing river, but through the gray fog, he couldn't see it clearly.
"Is this the Netherworld? Underworld? Huangquan Road?"
Lu Li walked forward while analyzing his current situation, "Am I really dead?"
Thinking of this, Lu Li quickly tried calling the modifier in his mind.
However, the interface of the modifier still appears, as if no matter what state it is in, it will never affect its operation.
"The soul-binding thing is really the biggest black technology." Lu Li turned off the modifier and calmed his mind a little. Since the modifier can be called out, it means that there is nothing wrong with its nature.
Regardless of his original physical body, at least his consciousness, or soul, and a series of strange things in his soul still exist. In this world, as long as the consciousness is not lost and the self is still there, it is not considered a complete death.
This was why Lu Li was very curious about the Netherworld in the first place.
Finally, after walking for an unknown amount of time, Lu Li came to the end of the stone path and saw a gray-white stone tablet. He didn't know whether it was because he was in this mysterious realm or the original color of the stone tablet. Lu Li stepped forward. After some observation, he found that he could not understand the words carved on the stone tablet.
"Ancient text? Alien text?"
Lu Li thought for a moment and was about to open his exploratory eyes when a slow coughing sound attracted his attention.
Following the sound, Lu Li realized that he was on the river bank. There was a figure sitting not far from the stone monument, wearing a bamboo hat and carrying a fishing rod. It was he who made the coughing sound.
"Excuse me, sir, where is this place?" Lu Li didn't get too close, and held his hand towards the man from a distance.
The figure sitting on the river bank ignored him. After coughing a few times, he threw the fishing line into the river, humming an unknown and strange tune, as if no one was watching.
Seeing this, Lu Li was not in a hurry to explore the stone tablet, and kept a distance from the man. He also sat on the river bank and observed the river.
The water of the big river is all black. If you don't look carefully, you can't tell that there is a big river hidden here. After observing for a while, Lu Li noticed that something seemed to be swimming deep in the river. Before he could take a closer look, the mysterious man who was fishing suddenly raised his rod and fished out a gray-white man from the river.
Yes, it’s people.
The man's expression was dull and his eyes were full of confusion. He was thrown to the shore motionless. After a while, he turned into a cloud of gray mist and got into the fisherman's fishing basket.
Lu Li's expression changed slightly, and when he was about to speak, the fisherman took the initiative and said, "This is not the place you should be."
Lu Li was startled and said quickly: "Senior, what exactly is this place?"
The fisherman grabbed a gray mist ball from the fish basket, stuffed it into his mouth, made a numb chewing sound, and said vaguely: "The living refuse to come, the dead only want to go."
"Netherworld?"
Lu Li murmured, "Does the Netherworld really exist?"
"Netherworld? Haha." The fisherman smiled and ate up the entire gray mist. His voice was a little ethereal: "This place is still far away from the Netherworld."
After saying that, he put down the fishing rod in his hand and turned to face Lu Li.
Only then did Lu Li realize that this man's face was completely a distorted black mist, with only a weird mouth.
"This is the River of Two Realms. Dead warriors will sneak into the Netherworld from here and try to rebuild their martial arts."
"Unfortunately, for countless years, there have been countless warriors who have wanted to cross the River of Two Realms, but only one in ten thousand has been able to do so."
After the fisherman said this, he turned his head and continued fishing for the gray 'people' in the river.
Lu Li stood there and thought for a while, then asked, "Then why did senior say this is not the place I should come to?"
This time, the angler did not pretend to be silent and said calmly: "You are still alive. Although I don't know how you got here, you must be very unlucky."
He pointed at the stone tablet and said: "If you continue to move forward, the soul-suppressing tablet will capture your soul and throw it into the River of Two Realms to wash away your consciousness."
"Soul-Calming Monument?" Lu Li turned to look at the stone tablet and said thoughtfully, "So the meaning on the stone tablet is Soul-Calming Monument?"
"Maybe." The fisherman laughed strangely and stopped talking.
Lu Li turned around and asked, "Then how should I go back?"
"The way back is right there. If you want to go back, just go." The fisherman said strangely: "You kid, you must be a fool."
“…”
Lu Li sighed and said, "Senior is really good at joking. If the way back is so easy, then why doesn't Senior leave?"
"Why should I leave? I have food and drink here, and no one bothers me. No one can ask for this kind of life."
The fisherman said disdainfully: "You little kid, don't call me like a senior. I'm not the kind of fool who has been trapped for many years and begs someone to learn my inheritance when I see him."
"It seems that senior understands it very well." Lu Li nodded, "But I have no interest in senior's inheritance. If senior really doesn't know how to go back, then I will leave first."
After saying that, Lu Li cupped his hands and crossed the stone monument to continue walking forward.
But before he had even taken two steps, a fishing line flew from behind and entangled him, unable to move.
"You kid are really stupid. Didn't I tell you that if you cross the stone monument, you will be suppressed?"
The fisherman's voice was sinister: "If you want to die so much, why bother taking advantage of Liangjie River? Why don't you take advantage of me?"
"Senior, let's not talk secretly. If the stone tablet can really suppress the souls of those who come and go, then why wasn't senior suppressed into the Two Realms River?"
Lu Li chuckled and said, "And senior said I have bad luck. I'm afraid it's not that I met the Two Realms River, but that I met you, senior, right?"
The fisherman was silent for a moment, and finally said: "You are not stupid, baby. It seems that it has been too long since a soul has entered this place. My deception skills are a bit rusty."
He loosened the fishing line and said calmly: "Well, since you have seen through it, I won't eat you today."