Although the term Jiuyou is unfamiliar, it is not unheard of. Even in this world, it is recorded in books.
In Qin Hao's memory, the first time he came into contact with this term was also the only time he saw it before this incident happened. He had to start from the book "Huainanzi" in Lao Ballu's collection, but the records in it are relatively vague. , other ancient books such as "Shangshu·Yao Dian", "Shan Hai Jing·Hai Nei Jing", "Chu Ci·Zhaohun", etc. all have a few words of elaboration.
However, these records cannot be taken to be true, and are more like illusory products derived from myths and stories.
It is said that the sky has nine levels of heaven and the earth has nine levels of earth. "Nine Nether" is a quantifier. The word "you" means quietness and darkness. The word "nine" in "jiuyou" is just because it is the largest number among singular numbers and the most noble among numbers. , so it means "limit". Jiuyou refers to the deepest and deepest part of the earth, describing the extremely high and extremely low places.
Specifically speaking, this is a world opposite to the fairy world. To be more direct, it can be understood as the so-called underworld. Of course, it is also called the country of the immortal, opposite to Kunlun, the land of ruins.
Qin Hao couldn't tell whether the underworld existed or not. In the past, he had always thought it was a myth, but as the path of cultivation went further and further, he could not be as sure as before.
But the only thing that is certain is that the Ten Palaces of Hell and the black and white impermanence that take people's souls to the underworld are definitely myths and fabrications. At least Qin Hao has observed after reaching a certain level of cultivation. In the era of lack of spiritual energy, the soul of a person after death Without the support of energy, unless you have a very strong obsession, it will dissipate soon.
Moreover, even if it exists in the world through strong obsession, the soul separated from the body cannot maintain reason and thoughts. It is impossible for Merlin to have self-awareness like Merlin.
Of course, it does not rule out that there is a world entirely composed of spiritual bodies in the world of heavens, but it is by no means equivalent to the underworld, and there is no such thing as the idea that people's souls return to the underworld after death.
The Nine Nether World does indeed exist. Qin Hao saw it with his own eyes thousands of years ago, so it cannot be false. However, the Nine Nether World is completely different from the fabricated version in myths. Speaking of it, Qin Hao felt that the burial ground he had accidentally entered before was somewhat similar to the theory of the Kingdom of the Immortal. Moreover, it was the entrance to the ruins of the Eye of the South China Sea. In this way, these The myth is not entirely fabricated.
After all, it has been many years since there was a gap in the spiritual practice world. Those so-called myths and stories are all artistically processed stories of the spiritual practice world that happened in the past. Half-truths and half-falsehoods are inevitable.
Turning back to the situation, after many powerful human beings were trapped and killed by the space between the two worlds, Qin Hao and his group were the only ones left. They all knew the truth. The Nine Nether Demon that Merlin was referring to could not be him. Then, there is only one person who meets this condition.
Without answering Merlin's question, Qin Hao pulled the flat-headed brother out of the soil, looked at the latter warily, and a murderous intent flashed in his eyes: "Are you the Nine Nether Demon?"
Brother Pingtou actually didn't want to talk to Qin Hao. It had just recovered from the dizzy state of continuous blows to the brain, but when it saw the golden bricks that Qin Hao had already held in his hand, ready to take them down at any time, it I woke up a lot in an instant, my attitude was very gentle, and I cooperated actively. I answered every question: "Actually, I don't know this very well myself. I don't have any previous memories. But since I woke up in this world, I know I don’t belong here, I do come from the Nine Nether World.”
"Hiss..."
Qin Hao took a breath of cold air. He asked himself that he had clearly realized the danger of the Nine Nether Demon from the tragedy that happened thousands of years ago. It was purposeless, cruel, brutal, and bloody massacre of human beings, just like a higher-level existence in the biological chain. , just like humans eat animals and plants, they treat humans as food and slaves. At the beginning, an unknown number of people died, and it is not an exaggeration to describe that the corpses were everywhere.
However, what he never expected was that there was such a monster right next to him, and he was completely unaware of it. If Merlin hadn't reminded him in time, he probably wouldn't have thought of this situation at all.
No wonder when the black light above Brother Flathead's head appeared for the first time, Qin Hao felt that the energy aura was very evil, terrifying and violent. However, it was difficult for him to imagine that a species like Brother Flathead existed in the Jiuyou World. The natural connection I didn’t expect to go up to Jiuyou Demon.
It's not surprising that Merlin found out. After all, it was him who caused the Nine Nether Demon to enter the world in the first place. It's only normal to do some research and understand it.
It seemed that he felt Qin Hao's strong murderous aura, and the flat-headed brother was a little nervous. He was fucked by the former several times in a row. At this time, his temper and personality had calmed down a lot, and he was probably convinced. He quickly explained: "I Although I come from the Jiuyou World, I really have no memory. I have no ill intentions towards this world. I even have a feeling that I can feel the familiarity in my blood here, just like my ancestors. It’s like migrating from here to the Nine Nether World.”
"Furthermore, you should also be able to see that I am different from the so-called Nine Nether Demons. I am not bloodthirsty, and I have intact sanity. I am not dangerous..."
Qin Hao still agreed with Brother Pingtou's insistence that he was not bloodthirsty, but he just listened to what was rational and not dangerous. Even though this guy seems to be very sensible now, what did he do before that didn't make him look like a sensible person? That bad temper that stalks you is extremely dangerous, okay? Where do you get the confidence to say that
"Then why do you appear here? What is your purpose? What are your intentions for the Holy Grail? Why do you want to get it? Just pretend you have no memory to justify it. This will make me extremely distrustful of you!"
cut! Make it seem like you trust me!
Hearing Qin Hao's repeated questioning, Brother Pingtou couldn't help complaining in his heart, but he still cooperated on the surface: "I really don't have the memory, but when I came to this world and woke up, there seemed to be an instruction in my mind. I brought him to the Jiuyou World. As for the specific reason, I really don’t know. However, what I can roughly determine is that I want to give this thing to a certain big shot, and that big shot also gave it to me. Something that can save your life.”
After what happened before, everyone knows what the life-saving thing is. If it weren't for the black light on Brother Flathead's head, I'm afraid they would have rested in the broken and collapsed space.
Seeing that Qin Hao didn't speak, Brother Pingtou said with a very sincere attitude: "Boss Qin, I know you don't want me to stay in this world too long, so let's make a deal. If you give this guy to me, I will immediately Just leave here and go back to the Jiuyou World. You are worried about how to deal with him anyway, right? My proposal just kills two birds with one stone. All the things we are worried about can be solved at once. How great... "
This proposal does seem feasible on the surface, but before all the questions are clarified, how dare Qin Hao hand over Merlin to people from the Nine Netherworld? If something goes wrong in this period of cause and effect, then the retribution will fall on him, and the heavenly calamity will not kill him? In the final analysis, Merlin's cause and effect was of great importance to Qin Hao, and it would be more reassuring to leave it to anyone else than to handle it himself.
In fact, thinking about it, Qin Hao thought that Jinguang Man was very generous before. He paid a lot of money and made a lot of money. Now it seems that making a chicken is a big loss. Mainly because of this. It's too difficult to deal with, and if you're not careful, you'll suffer. How can a castrated version of the body tempering technique and four heaven-suppressing pillars be able to make up for it
However, before Qin Hao could speak, Merlin sneered instead: "The space between the two worlds has completely collapsed due to the turbulence of time and space caused by me, and the gap has been completely sealed. Unless someone can open up a space between the two worlds, Create a passage, otherwise there is no possibility of mutual communication. Even if I agree to go with you, can you go? When you came to this world, you probably relied on the evil energy of the Nine Nethers that allowed you to travel through space. , the space was intact at that time, and the pressure when you traveled through it was not as high as it is today. Even so, you have lost your memory and your brain is not normal. In this situation, do you dare to travel through space and travel between the two worlds? I'm afraid you don't know how to write the word "death"! " (To be continued)