Inside the Demonic Abyss.
The dark blue sky, like a curtain, replaced the original sky, making people feel depressed.
Looking up at the sky, Pang Jian could no longer see the scorching sun hanging in the sky. He had a strange feeling as if he had suddenly fallen into another time and space.
Standing at the edge of the Demon Abyss below, he felt the vague spiritual power, released his spiritual sense to observe the surroundings, and suddenly found that the range of his spiritual sense became extremely limited.
There was an invisible magical power that rippled outward from the center of the Demonic Abyss, limiting the coverage of his spiritual sense.
That kind of magic also has the power to arouse the evil in people's hearts and amplify all kinds of evil thoughts and evil ideas in their hearts.
Wu Yuan stopped and asked, "How do you feel?"
"My perception is limited, and I have the power to deceive people and seem to want to persuade them to do evil." Pang Jian answered truthfully.
"Well, this is still the land farthest from the magic stone. The deeper you go, the closer you get to it, the greater the pressure you will bear. Don't worry, let's go slowly, and I will take you to familiarize yourself with the Demon Abyss."
Wu Yuan's usually expressionless face revealed an expression of relief.
Pang Jian followed slowly and asked, "Where does your sudden ease come from?"
Wu Yuan deliberately slowed down his pace and said as he walked, "I was worried that when you entered the bottom of the Demon Abyss, you would have some evil thoughts towards me."
"This evil thought may just be because the Demon Sect and the Sword Tower are in opposition, which makes you wary of me."
"It is also possible that after being instigated by the Source Demon, you believed that I would eventually be conquered by the divine image of Hemotian in the Purple Demon Eye, and you had the idea of killing me to eliminate future troubles."
"As long as there is even a little bit of evil thought from you towards me, no matter how tiny it is, it will continue to grow as you get closer to the magic stone."
"Yes, it exists, and it will grow little by little. It cannot be changed by human power."
"If there is none, then there is none. That magic stone will not allow you to create something out of nothing, nor will it allow you to have evil thoughts out of thin air."
"… "
Wu Yuan, with his back to Pang Jian, had a slight smile on his face.
He is a lucky man who is recognized by the Magic Stone and allowed to practice the Magic Stone Technique. In the mysterious Magic Abyss, he can sense the evil thoughts in the hearts of people around him.
He is particularly sensitive to his evil thoughts.
He had a detailed understanding of Pang Jian and was sure that Pang Jian did not have even a trace of evil thoughts towards him.
This fully demonstrates that Pang Jian's attitude towards him is the same as his attitude towards Pang Jian.
Half an hour later.
Pang Jian, who was heading deep into the magic stone in the center from the border of the Demon Abyss, felt that the breath of the source demon in the small world in the sword was becoming more and more active.
As he went deeper, he became more and more aware that the pressure released from the alien magic stone was gradually increasing.
Not long after, a ruined city palace full of traces of time came into the eyes of him and Wu Yuan.
The palace complex, whose shape was obviously different from those built by humans, had collapsed and broken into pieces. At first glance, there was not a single intact stone palace.
But Pang Jian felt a sense of familiarity.
Among the six secret realms of caves and heavens that were once condensed by the devil's lamp, there is a secret realm with suspended palaces, and the devil inside seems to be worshipped by demons from all realms.
The collapsed palace in front of him had the same architectural style as the palace in the secret realm.
"They belong to the Demon Scale Clan."
Wu Yuan saw him stop and look at the collapsed and shattered ancient city, so he said: "Thirty thousand years ago, the members of the Demon Scale Clan and some other branches of the Demon Clan built the city around that magic stone. The most noble members of the Demon Scale Clan all lived in the city inside the Demon Abyss."
"After the human race won, the human race's true god and the demon race's demon god worked together to destroy everything here. Because the magic stone is always releasing magic power and is always testing people's hearts, we human cultivators will not stay in the Demon Abyss for a long time."
"Only those who want to sharpen themselves and temper their inner selves will go down to the Demon Abyss and try to get close to the Demon Stone."
Wu Yuan continued to move forward, and his pace suddenly quickened, as if he had discovered something.
Pang Jian didn't look at it any more and hurriedly followed.
On the blue-gray ground, a group of rich and noble family kids dressed in luxurious attire were cut into pieces and laid out on the ground.
The pungent smell of blood filled the air, and broken limbs and flesh were scattered everywhere. The scene was extremely cruel.
"These are the Zhao family members who are attached to our Demon Sect."
Wu Yuan looked normal, not surprised at all, and calmly explained: "The Demon Abyss covers a very large area. Although our Demon Sect has built many arrays of defenses, it is difficult to cover everything. There is no way to prevent everyone from getting involved."
"There are families that are attached to us, and after getting our permission, they allow the Demonic Abyss to try to approach the Demonic Stone. There are also independent cultivators who come here because of the reputation, and disciples from other sects, who sneak in quietly despite our advice."
"This is the path of spiritual cultivation they chose themselves. We can't control that much. They should also be aware of death."
"As for those who died..."
Wu Yuan frowned and continued, "If a team is full of mixed people and someone has evil intentions and is difficult to suppress, and as they get closer to the magic stone, they will grow stronger and stronger, and this will lead to consequences."
Pang Jianqi asked, "You mean, this massacre was caused by their own internal killings?"
“Mostly.”
Wu Yuan crossed the cruel bloody land and led Pang Jian deeper, saying, "There are also powerful lone travelers who suddenly burst out with evil thoughts in their hearts and will kill everyone they meet."
Next, Pang Jian passed through more broken cities and saw more horrific death scenes.
He also found that some people could not bear the evil thoughts in their hearts and turned around and left in time for fear that they would become possessed and lose control.
Wu Yuan watched a man fleeing with tears in his eyes, and said, "Walking from the edge to the magic stone in the center, not many people can actually reach the magic stone and stand under it to admire it."
"Many people will die along the way, some will leave wisely, and some will stay put."
"The one who is lucky enough to see the magic stone has nothing to do with the level of his realm, but everything to do with his heart."
"Back then, there were several hundred of us in our group, advancing towards the magic stone from different edges. In the end, there were only five people standing under the magic stone."
“I am one of them.”
"The other four people sat under the magic stone like me. Three of them died silently. The other one knew that he couldn't hold on to the end, so he wisely left."
Wu Yuan spoke of the cruel past with an expressionless face.
After a few more hours, the two saw more and more dead bodies, many of which were chopped in half by sharp blades.
At this time, Wu Yuan frowned slightly and said, "Something is wrong. They don't seem to have killed each other. It seems more like they were hunted to death by the same person."
"clang!"
The sound of heavy weapons being hit came from the ruins of the city in the distance.
The two of them ignored it.
With their spiritual awareness restricted, they immediately flew into the air and headed towards the broken ancient demon city.
A huge blue-gray bell was placed upside down on the ground in the city, emitting a bright and divine light.
On the wall of the bell, there are unicorns swimming vividly, forming many defensive arrays in coordination with the bell patterns.
"Qilin Bell!"
Pang Jian screamed in shock.
"You recognize him?" Wu Yuan asked in surprise.
Pang Jian shouted, "Li Jie, are you in there?"
A familiar voice came from the familiar Qilin Bell: "Who are you?"
"Pang Jian, Pang Jian from Bagua City!"
"Wow! It's you who came to the Demon Abyss, hahaha!"
The person who struck the bell had already gone far away. When the man inside heard Pang Jian introduce himself, he quickly cast a spell to make the Qilin Bell hang in the air.
The person hiding under the bell was Li Jie from the Tianbao Li family, and also Li Yuqing’s younger brother.
Unlike the extravagant and luxurious him in the past, Li Jie, who entered the Demon Abyss to temper his mind, only wore a storage ring.
Although he is tall, he still looks a little bloated, but his eyes are bright and clear.
His face was filled with a smile of extreme surprise. He waved vigorously and said hello, "Pang Jian, I've heard of you a long time ago! I saw the battle between you and the female warrior of the Demon Scale Clan in the Xuantian Divine Mirror. I didn't expect that you would become Li Zhaotian's apprentice!"
"Back then, when we were undergoing the trial in Bagua City, you were only at the Marrow Cleansing Stage."
"By the way, I also gave you a lot of body-hardening juice. Oh, by the way, I almost forgot about my sister. The person in that dark alley is my sister, right?"
Li Jie, who had been reunited after a long separation, jumped up and landed on the recast Qilin Bell.
He stamped his feet and waved his arms, recounting the past events between the two of them, and said, "I knew you must be extraordinary, but I still didn't expect you to be so outstanding. Your current realm is higher than mine."
"Hey, I'm only at the Soul Wandering Stage, and you're already at the Silent Extinction Stage."
He took out a bottle of green juice, inserted the reed into his mouth as usual and sucked it, then took a big sip and seemed to finally come to his senses.
“You are Wu Yuan, right?” His face darkened, and he glared at Wu Yuan in dissatisfaction, saying, “I entered the Demon Abyss to cultivate my mind with the permission of your Demon Sect. Why would a disciple of the Demon Sect want to kill me?”
Wu Yuan said: "Anyone who enters the Demonic Abyss will have their many evil thoughts and desires magnified. Approaching that magic stone is like approaching the worst side of one's own heart."
"The person who attacked you might just dislike you and simply want to kill you."
"It's also possible that there is something he wants in you, and he can't control his greed."
He is telling the truth.
"No! It's not what you said! The person who wanted to kill me was definitely not affected by the magic stone! I can see that she is very sober and rational, and there is no sign of being possessed and out of control." Li Jie felt a chill in his heart and said, "She just wants to kill me and all people like me!"
When talking about that person, the genius of the Tianbao Li family who was good at refining weapons seemed to tremble in his voice: "If I didn't have a lot of rare treasures, was particularly proficient in defense, and had unrivaled life-saving skills, I would have died long ago."
"call!"
As he spoke, he threw a bottle of green juice to Pang Jian: "Long time no see, I'm treating you."
Pang Jian took a sip and asked, "What does the person who wants to kill you look like? What weapon does he use? How do you know he is a disciple of the Demon Sect?"
"That was a very beautiful woman, wielding a long saw-toothed sword. Her body seemed to be able to respond to the magic power when she moved. She must be a disciple of the Demon Sect."
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(End of this chapter)