Under the black water pool.
Pang Jian rode on the giant python and swooped down, thinking about leaving this place as soon as possible.
When he was near the bottom of the pool, he saw a silver light, like broken crystals scattered on the ground.
After taking a closer look, he discovered that it was actually the silver net spread on the ground.
In addition, the bamboo flute in the hand of the man whose golden mask was pierced also had a faint glow.
Pang Jian looked up and did not see Hong Tai, so he used his mind to control the python.
Knowing his intention, the Dark Anaconda took him to search the bottom of the pool for something that might catch his eye.
He first arrived at the giant silver net and pulled it up, and found that the silver net was very light underwater. The silver threads had been struggled by the humanoid monster for a long time, but not a single thread was broken.
After wrapping up the net and putting it away, he picked up the arm-length bamboo flute and then searched around the bodies of the three Tongmai realm masters.
He got some small change and a few impure spirit stones, which he put into the leather bag beside Jinyang's corpse.
The jade pendant carved with a Chilong had obvious cracks, so he tore it off and prepared to take it away.
Perhaps because he used too much force, the severely damaged Chilong jade pendant shattered on the spot.
So Pang Jian threw it away.
He glanced at the "Cicada Wing Swords" scattered at the bottom of the pool and found that most of them were deformed and did not seem to be of high value.
With a sigh, he thought that if he had known he could collect the spoils, he should have held back.
Determined to leave the Black Water Pond, he wandered around the bottom of the pond again but found nothing else of value.
Feeling a little regretful, he had to ride the python back to the stone door with a gap. Seeing that Hong Tai still didn't show up, he opened the stone door with confidence.
After entering.
He put the bag of spirit stones he got from Ning Yao, as well as all his previous gains, into the bamboo basket.
He put the heavy bamboo basket on his back again and carefully closed the lid to make sure everything was fine. Then he stood in front of the stone gate and looked at the python that had accompanied him in battle.
When he looked at the python, the "dark anaconda" inside the python also looked at him with its pitch-black snake eyes.
After hesitating for a moment, Pang Jian suddenly stretched out his hand and touched the python's head in front of the stone gate in a friendly manner, asking in his heart: "Do you want to leave the Black Water Pond with me?"
The python stared at him blankly, as if it didn't know how to respond.
He smiled and said in his heart: "Although the stone road is narrow, as long as you separate the beast soul from the body, you should be able to pass smoothly."
He knew that the person living inside the body of the python being held captive by Hong Tai was the real owner of the Black Water Pond, the creator of the numerous animal bones and hunter skeletons at the bottom of the pond.
The giant python that was killed by the phoenix bone was definitely not a good creature. Over the years, it had corroded countless lives with its poison.
However, Pang Jian was able to kill so many dark ghost monks this time because of this giant python.
—Although he still doesn't know why the python is willing to help him.
Thinking that the giant python's real body had been killed by Feng Gu and now only its residual soul was left, he felt that the giant python had received the punishment it deserved.
Therefore, he wanted to take this python that had lost its true body away and escape from the suffering of the Black Water Pond.
But his good intention was not accepted by the "Dark Anaconda".
After sensing his intention, the Dark Anaconda's obsidian snake pupils finally fell on the bronze door pendant on his chest.
The "Dark Anaconda", which had been following his thoughts at the bottom of the pool and retrieving the fragmented souls one by one, recalled many things at this moment.
Its snake eyes revealed complex emotions.
Through the boy's warm palm, it could sense what he was thinking and knew that the invitation he issued was extremely sincere.
The boy forgave it for the evil things it had done in the Black Water Pond. He sincerely wanted to take it away and even developed a strange... sense of dependence on it.
But it is not acceptable for the time being.
Its gaze fell on the boy's face again. It shook its head gently at him and then swam away from the stone gate.
Pang Jian sighed in his heart and watched blankly as it moved away from the stone gate and swam to its own corpse.
It kept swimming around its dead, huge snake bones that were scattered in a circle next to the phoenix bones.
It was obsessed with its real snake body, as if it couldn't leave itself and didn't understand its current situation.
Pang Jian was suddenly touched and thought to himself, "You are already dead."
The "Dark Anaconda" that had left no longer had any physical contact with him, and the two were too far apart to hear his thoughts.
"That's all."
Pang Jian sighed secretly.
He understood that when the giant python shook its head, it formally rejected his kindness and would never come back after swimming away.
The young man, filled with regret, did not wait any longer. He closed the stone door tightly and turned to walk towards the deep stone path.
The stone gate was completely closed.
After Pang Jian completely disappeared.
The "Dark Anaconda" that had just coiled over the head of his real body swam back quietly.
It stared at the stone gate, which was indistinguishable from the other stones, with its pair of dark and mysterious snake eyes.
For a very long time, neither the python body it took over nor its pitch-black snake eyes moved at all.
Regardless of its past grudges and not knowing what the young man had experienced, he disappeared in the passage inside the stone gate and might never be seen again.
But the young man's kindness and the invitation from his heart left an indelible mark deep in its soul.
…
In the dark stone road.
When Pang Jian passed through the stone chamber, he could no longer see the stone table, stone chairs and stone bed inside because the stone door was completely closed.
Holding the dragon-patterned spear, he pointed forward with the spear to identify the way forward.
—In this way he traveled through a stone passage of unknown depth.
At this moment, he couldn't help but recall the time when he rode a horse with Shangguan Qin, and the sudden burning feeling in his chest.
Combining the experience of this trip to the Black Water Pond, he was certain that when Ning Yao went to the "Wuding Ferry" to search for the remains of the Blood Moon, he was attacked by a drop of Phoenix marrow in front of the Phoenix bone.
The reason he was able to remain safe and sound was that the bronze plate left to him by his father absorbed the drop of phoenix marrow that should have turned him into a monster!
Just like before!
Not long after the incident, he developed a high fever and eventually passed out on his horse.
"This time, the phoenix marrow and the blood-red phoenix that rushed out of the monster's body will only be more ferocious. I hope this attack will be slower and I hope I can hold on."
Father, where did you get this bronze medal
His mind was full of thoughts, but he still pointed his spear forward and continued to move forward on the narrow and deep stone path.
Time flies.
He felt like he had been in the stone path for a very long time, but he still didn't see any light. The long and dark stone path seemed to have no end.
I don’t know how long it took, but finally, Pang Jian felt the itching and burning in his chest again!
Pang Jian, who had been mentally prepared, felt it clearly this time. A stream of strange energy was gushing out from the bronze pendant that was close to his skin!
These waves of supernatural power instantly penetrated into his sternum, and flowed towards his waist and abdomen with his sternum as the center!
The tingling and numbness like thousands of ants gnawing at his bones reappeared, his body temperature continued to rise, and his head felt swollen and about to burst!
He knew immediately that he probably wouldn't be able to endure this time for long and would pass out like last time.
However, he had no idea whether he could wake up this time.
He was anxious and comforted himself by thinking that since the skin on his chest and arms could breathe on its own, he would not drown if he fainted, and that no living creature should be able to enter the hidden stone passage deep at the bottom of the mountain.
Then after falling into a coma, he should be safe.
“Hmm!”
The young man, who had prepared for the worst, suddenly felt a coolness in his heart. He reached out his hand and touched the jade-like lotus leaf.
The lotus leaves were very cool, quietly emitting an icy green light that illuminated the dark stone path while also lowering the temperature in his body by a few degrees.
His eyes lit up with delight.
Unexpectedly, the lotus leaf, which was regarded as a treasure by Jinyang, actually played a role at the critical moment. It prevented him from fainting immediately and allowed him to feel the various changes in himself.
He gradually became aware that the magical power emanating from the bronze plate was flowing through all the bones in his body.
It was as if there were many burning flaming phoenixes soaring inside his bones, hammering his bones madly, causing sparks to fly inside his bones.
Despite the stinging pain from all the bones being hammered, he did not faint. It was all thanks to the lotus leaf.
He suddenly felt grateful to Jinyang, thinking that although this guy was dead, he left a treasure for him.
Before he had time to be happy for long, he saw the icy green light emitted by the lotus leaf covering his heart was becoming dimmer and dimmer.
The mysterious lotus leaves could not resist the changes in his body and could not keep him awake for long.
Soon, the strange power in the lotus leaf was exhausted. When the lotus leaf no longer emitted any light, it suddenly broke into many pieces underwater.
When the lotus leaf shattered, Pang Jian knew that Jinyang's original idea was not feasible.
This somewhat mysterious lotus leaf cannot withstand the power of a drop of phoenix marrow. If Jinyang really absorbs a drop of phoenix marrow, he will sooner or later become another monster.
Soon, the high temperature emanating from his body became more and more fierce.
Pang Jian fainted again.
…
The second realm.
Exhausted, Sun Bin teleported with Pang Lin again, and then fell on an isolated island with his limbs facing the sky.
The sky is blue and cloudless.
Four huge pieces of land are suspended in the southeast, northwest, northeast and southwest corners of the sky, so dazzling and prominent.
Looking at the familiar sky, Sun Bin sighed helplessly and said, "Girl, I really tried my best."
On this sunny day, the desperate Sun Bin was ready to die, so he looked at the blue sky reluctantly.
“I used all the spiritual tools and spells I could use to escape, including my essence, blood, and soul. I used them all, including those that should be used and those that shouldn’t be used. There’s really no other way. I can’t contact anyone else, and I don’t have any strength left.”
Sun Bin looked up at the sky and explained, as if he was speaking to someone in the upper realm to prove that he had not failed in his duty.
"Senior Sun, I don't blame you. I just can't bear to leave my brother. When I'm gone, he will have no relatives in this world."
Pang Lin's pretty little face was filled with deep reluctance at the moment. All she could think about was what she would do in the future since her brother was alone in the lower world.
"My brother didn't even have a chance to come up and look at this blue sky."
"I was thinking that I must practice hard and go back to bring him up..."
Pang Lin murmured to himself, tears welling up in the corners of his eyes, and he felt as desperate as Sun Bin.
It turns out that in the world above, you can occasionally see the sun, there is a bright moon always in the night sky, and there are countless stars dotting the sky.
Everything is so beautiful.
The days and nights above are so magnificent and colorful, it’s a pity that my brother never had the chance to come and see them.
She felt sorry that Pang Jian couldn't come.
"call out!"
The bone that had been chasing her and Sun Bin for a long time suddenly appeared again like a bolt of lightning.
This time, Sun Bin no longer had the strength to take her with him and use those magical methods to escape.
The phoenix bone released a crystal light, and the countless tiny runes inside were as dazzling as diamonds, and they stopped quietly in front of her.
The symbols were like stars and broken diamonds, flying away from the phoenix bones and whizzing away in front of her eyes, as if showing her endless magic and mystery.
Feng Gu not only did not show any intention to attack or assassinate her, but also slowly moved towards her chest, releasing a thought that begged her to touch him.
Pang Lin was stunned for a while.
Under Sun Bin's dazed gaze, she curiously touched the phoenix bone lightly with the tip of her right finger.
Suddenly, knowledge as vast as the ocean flowed into her body through her fingertips.
Inside the bones, countless tiny light symbols as big as diamonds and stars were disappearing rapidly one by one.
Sun Bin was stunned. After a long while, he finally reacted and muttered to himself, "So, He didn't want to kill us. He was after this girl."
…
Today's readers are really smart. When Lao Ni was writing the second chapter, many people guessed that Qing Jiu was just an innocent victim and Pang Lin was the lucky one.
Well, there is no fairness in the world. While the brother is working hard, the sister is waiting for grace to pursue him.
Just like the purgatory world in the book, with layer upon layer, people in the upper and lower classes are born different. It is also like the "classes" in our world, there has never been fairness.
(End of this chapter)