Chapter 281: Nine Nether Jade Map, Sun City

Chen An looked at the woman in front of him with a serious look, and suddenly remembered what Xuanjizi had said before about the undercover agent. He immediately rolled his eyes and asked tentatively: "Your methods are extraordinary. Who are you?"

The woman smiled slightly when she heard this, her voice as sweet as a silver bell: "My name is Huo Wu."

Chen An thought to himself, this name sounds quite unfamiliar and rarely appears in the underworld.

"Fellow Daoist Huo Wu, I see that you are different from the average dark cultivator. You should not be from this place, right?"

There was something else in Chen An's words. On the surface, he was asking whether Huo Wu belonged to the Ghost Realm, but in fact he was testing whether she was really from the Immortal Cultivation World. As long as the other party was really the undercover agent that Xuanjizi mentioned, she should be able to understand what he meant.

Huo Wu's face flashed with a hint of surprise, but she quickly regained her composure and said with a smile, "Guess what!"

Seeing this, Chen An became more certain of his guess. The woman in front of him named Huo Wu was obviously not a simple cultivator. The implications of her words that she inadvertently revealed made Chen An feel that she was most likely an undercover agent of the human race, but her specific identity remained to be discussed.

Just as Chen An was thinking, Huo Wu suddenly said, "I saw that you seemed to be very interested in the inner elixir just now. How about we join forces?"

When Chen An made his move just now, he went straight for Mo Xue's inner elixir. She saw it all at that time.

Not only that, in Mo Xue's memory, the other party was even suspected of deliberately luring the Ghost King here in an attempt to take his inner elixir!
"Join forces?" Chen An looked at Huo Wu puzzledly.

"Yes."

Huo Wu nodded and said, "I see that you seem to be quite interested in the Ghost Emperor's inner elixir. If we join forces and ambush other Ghost Emperors at the exit of the passage, the inner elixir will be yours and I will take the body. As for the other gains, we can split them equally."

"This"

Chen An hesitated for a moment and said, "You know, those Ghost Kings may not be able to come back. If you really want to join forces, you can consider hunting down other Ghost Kings."

Huo Wu heard this and a hint of disbelief flashed in her eyes: "Although the human cultivators at the other end of the passage have decent cultivation, they probably can't deal with four Ghost Kings, not to mention that one of them is in the middle stage of the seventh level."

"Don't worry, we'll see the result soon."

Upon hearing this, Chen An just smiled slightly and didn't say much.

The battlefield between the dark cultivators and the human cultivators.

Chen An held the Tuji Mountain and the Soul-Binding Chain in his hands. The two magic weapons shone with dazzling light, like two divine weapons that suppressed the heaven and earth.

As he stretched out his body, Tu Ji Mountain, carrying the heavy law of earth, smashed hard at the Wuji Ghost Emperor in front of him.

At the same time, the soul-binding chains were like invisible shackles, instantly binding the Ghost King's soul tightly.

Although Wuji Ghost Emperor is the Ghost Emperor, he has already been exhausted after the previous fierce battle. Facing Chen An's attack, he can only barely resist but cannot launch an effective counterattack.

Every time Tuji Mountain fell, it would press Wuji Ghost Emperor's body deeper, and the soul-binding chains would continue to tighten, blocking all his routes of retreat.

"Who are you? Why have I never heard of a person like you in the human race before?"

The voice of Wuji Ghost Emperor was filled with fear and unwillingness. He never thought that he, the Ghost Emperor, would be defeated by an unknown human cultivator.

"It doesn't matter who I am. What matters is that you will die here today."

Chen An said coldly, and waved the magic weapon in his hand again, pushing the Tu Ji Mountain and the Soul Binding Chain to the extreme.

With a deafening sound, the body of the Wuji Ghost Emperor was completely shattered, and his soul was taken away by the soul-binding chains and crushed into dust.

After the Wuji Ghost Emperor was killed, the remaining ghost cultivators were no longer a concern and most of them were quickly eliminated.

At the end of the battle, Xuanjizi appeared beside Chen An. Looking at the messy battlefield, he couldn't help but sigh, "What a great plan, Fellow Daoist Chen, you did a great job in catching all the dark cultivators in one fell swoop."

He immediately asked: "But I'm curious, how did you know they were going to attack here?"

"Once the dark cultivator has opened the passage, he will definitely not give up easily. Just sit back and wait."

Chen An smiled faintly, and did not directly answer the other party's question, but changed the subject: "By the way, do you know that there is another cultivator in the human race who is good at fire magic? Her Dharma image is a fire whirlwind, and there is a fire spirit bead in the center."

Hearing this, Xuanjizi frowned slightly, and then a flash of realization flashed in his eyes: "You are talking about Fairy Chixia, right? I once sparred with her. This woman's skills are indeed impressive, especially the Fire Spirit Pearl in the Fire Whirlwind. It almost burned me to ashes!"

Talking about the past, Xuanjizi curled his lips and seemed to still be frightened.

After hearing this, Chen An already knew Huo Wu's true identity.

This woman failed in the initial advancement to the fusion stage, but she saved her soul with the help of Emperor Huanyin. Then, she used some unknown means to enter the underworld and practiced the path of the ghost.

Now he has used mysterious means to devour Mo Xue, using his cultivation to achieve his own goals, and successfully advanced to the Ghost King!

Based on what Xuanjizi said, Chen An felt that this was probably the truth of the matter.

Chen An and Huo Wu waited in the ghost realm for many days, but they never saw any ghost cultivators returning from the passage between the two worlds.

As time went by, Huo Wu couldn't help but feel confused. Could it be that what this guy said before was true, and those dark cultivators had gone there and never returned?
Just as she was about to order her men to investigate, she suddenly discovered that the ghost kings in the ghost realm seemed to have become unusually quiet. Upon closer observation, Huo Wu was surprised to find that these ghost kings had been quietly controlled by Yin Dao and You Chen.

"What do you mean?" Huo Wu asked with a slightly cold face.

Chen An smiled slightly and said slowly: "Since you and I are going to join forces, in order to prevent the news from leaking out, it is better not to let anyone else participate. I have controlled these ghost kings, including my people, and they will not show up for the time being."

"you"

Huo Wu frowned slightly upon hearing this, then relaxed her brows: "I do know quite a few Ghost Kings, and I can lead them here one by one. According to the previous agreement, the body will be mine, the inner elixir will be yours, and the other treasures will be divided equally."

Chen An asked: "How do you plan to lure them here?"

"Of course it's the old way!"

Huo Wu smiled slightly, took out a pink shawl from her arms and gently draped it over her shoulders. But when she saw the pink color of the shawl, she frowned slightly.

She just lightly tapped, and the pink shawl immediately turned into a ball of flaming red light, and then changed into a fiery red shawl, draped over her shoulders, further highlighting Huo Wu's temperament.

Huo Wu then turned and left, leaving behind a sentence: "Wait here for a moment, I'll be back soon."

Chen An looked at Huo Wu's receding figure with a slight smile on his face. If the two of them could continue to cooperate stably, there would be no shortage of inner elixirs in the future.

Not long after, Huo Wu returned to the Ghost Realm with a Ghost King.

The Ghost King was dressed in a black robe, with deep eyes and a cold aura. He was obviously surprised by Huo Wu's arrival, but when he saw Chen An, a hint of vigilance flashed in his eyes.

"What do you mean?" The Ghost King's voice was icy cold.

Huo Wu sneered: "Today is different from the past. If you want to suffer less, you'd better surrender obediently."

The Ghost King's face changed and he was about to escape, but was stopped by Chen An and Huo Wu.

After a fierce battle, the Ghost King ultimately died, and his body, inner elixir, and the treasures he carried were divided equally between the two.

Chen An put the treasures into the storage bag and looked at Huo Wu: "This time it went smoothly. Let's continue."

Huo Wu nodded gently: "I think your strength is pretty good, so I'll try to find two this time."

After the two of them had a good discussion, they continued to cooperate, and then lured the Ghost King again and again and killed him one by one.

Every victory meant that one or two Ghost King's inner cores fell into Chen An's hands. Together with the inner cores accumulated from the previous battles, he refined these inner cores one by one. His cultivation level was improving at a speed visible to the naked eye, as if he was riding a rocket.

Originally hovering at the middle stage of the seventh order, he is now gradually approaching the threshold of the late seventh order. Looking at this speed, as long as he can obtain a dozen more Ghost King Inner Pills, breaking through to the late seventh order will no longer be a dream. Not only has his strength improved by leaps and bounds, but after Huo Wu took away the Ghost King's soul, although he didn't know what the other party did specifically, his realm has been completely stabilized.

It seems that this woman also has an incredible secret. She can actually use this method to make up for the disadvantages of the rapid advancement of the previous Devouring Ghost Emperor.

Originally, the two of them were working together happily.

However, the Ghost King is not infinite.

After a period of hunting, the number of Ghost Kings in several areas surrounding the Ghost Domain and the Yellow Spring Domain became extremely scarce.

After sweeping through several domains, Chen An and Huo Wu discovered that the number of Ghost Kings was far lower than expected, and these Ghost Kings were either hiding very deeply or too powerful to be easily killed by the two of them alone.

For example, the Ghost Emperor Shadow of the Black Waters is good at hiding, and almost no one knows his whereabouts; and the Ghost Emperor Blood Demon of the Blood Sea is very powerful. It is said that he once fought against several strong men of the same level alone and remained undefeated, and even killed them one by one in the end.

As for the Far North Desert, it is even more dangerous. Although there are many Ghost Kings, each of them is extremely cunning. It is not easy to lure them here!
To put it bluntly, all the easy-to-kill Ghost Kings have been killed, and the remaining ones are all hard nuts to crack.

As the Ghost King became more and more difficult to lure, Chen An realized that in order to maintain his cultivation speed, he could not just rely on hunting the Ghost King.

Therefore, whenever Huo Wu was busy with other affairs or could not find a suitable Ghost King, Chen An would go to the Far North Desert alone. Although Yin Beasts were not very common there, one could still find one or two if one looked carefully.

But Huo Wu was not interested in this. Compared with Chen An's indifference to meat and vegetables, she was more inclined to hunt the Ghost King and seemed to be extremely disgusted with the flesh of the Yin Beast.

Time passed quietly in the search for the Ghost King and the Yin Beast. Fifteen years later.

Chen An and Huo Wu joined hands to hunt down the Ghost King. After fifteen years of fighting and constantly devouring the inner elixir, Chen An's cultivation level increased rapidly and he finally entered the late seventh level.

Although Huo Wu's cultivation level was well concealed, Chen An discovered a clue with his keen sense.

During this period, this woman's strength also improved by leaps and bounds. Although not as fast as Chen An, she also successfully reached the middle stage of the seventh level, which surprised Chen An very much.

You know, it is not so easy to break through from the early seventh level to the middle seventh level. Even for people with extraordinary talents, it takes a long time to make the transition. Moreover, not everyone can be like Chen An, who can devour the inner elixir of the same level after reaching the seventh level.

Huo Wu's growth rate surprised Chen An. He couldn't help but guess that this woman probably obtained some unknown great opportunity in the underworld.

After all, there is no such foundation among the human race.

Just as Chen An and Huo Wu were immersed in their cultivation, the situation on the human side also changed.

With Qin Tianxing's personal action, most of the passages connecting to the underworld were successfully sealed. The shadow that originally shrouded the human race gradually dissipated, and the crisis was alleviated a lot.

After all, the human race has Mahayana monks in charge, so as long as the Saint Ancestor of the Underworld does not take action personally, the safety of the human race will not be a big problem.

However, just as the crisis of the human race was gradually disappearing, a lot of news came from the outside world. The situation of a force called the Silver Horn Clan was completely opposite to that of the human race.

The Silver Horned Clan is located not far from the Demon Alliance and is a second-rate race. In recent years, they have also suffered invasions from the forces of the underworld, suffered heavy losses, and even showed signs of being completely defeated.

Among the many first- and second-rate forces, the Silver Horn Clan was the first one that could not withstand the attack from the Underworld.

However, the news from the Jinwu tribe was completely different.

Relying on their extremely strong and masculine bloodline and skills, the Jinwu clan not only resisted the invasion of the underworld, but even counterattacked, opened up a world in the underworld, and established a stronghold called Daytime City.

It is said that the cultivators of the Golden Crow tribe have also set up many prohibitions and formations in the city to resist the erosion of the dark energy and the attacks of the dark cultivators. The existence of the Sun City has made the Golden Crow tribe unrivaled in prestige, even overshadowing the dragon and phoenix tribes, which are also ancient races.

After Chen An learned the news, he couldn't help but respect the Jinwu clan. Such methods were too sharp. They actually established a stronghold in the underworld.

The bloodline and skills of the Golden Crow clan have a great inhibitory effect on the practice of the underworld, so it is reasonable that they can achieve such great results.

However, Chen An was somewhat hesitant about Huo Wu's idea of ​​heading to the Red Flame Golden Crow City.

After getting the news about Day City, Huo Wu immediately found Chen An: "The Jinwu tribe built a city in the underworld, which is equivalent to stabbing the underworld hard. There must be a large number of ghost cultivators gathered around, eyeing them covetously. Now there are only a few ghost emperors in the nearby domains, and the remaining ones are also hiding very deeply."

"Now why not move the battlefield and go to the area near Daylight City? The rewards will definitely far exceed those in these barren places."

Chen An refused without even thinking: "You and I are both in the state of meditation. Isn't going to Day City a way to seek death?"

He thought this woman was crazy. In order to hunt down the Ghost King, she even dared to do such a dangerous thing.

Chen An is already in the late stage of fusion and is getting closer and closer to his goal. He is not willing to take risks at this time.

"You really don't want to go?"

"Don't go!"

Seeing Chen An's firm attitude, Huo Wu seemed determined to win. She took out a piece of black jade and shook it in front of Chen An.

"This item is called the Nine Nether Jade. Legend has it that it is one of the keys to open a place where the ancient saints practiced. It is said that it has absorbed and refined countless souls over the years and gave birth to the Nine Nether Milk, which can greatly enhance the seventh-level cultivation and can even support seventh-level cultivators to break through to the eighth level!" Huo Wu introduced.

The eighth level of cultivation means entering the legendary Mahayana stage, which is the dream goal for any seventh level cultivator.

However, Chen An had been in the underworld for several years, and he had heard that the legend of the Nine Nether Jade had been circulating for tens of thousands of years. Countless powerful people had devoted their efforts to it, but no one had ever found it.

“But later, many people spent years of energy and gained nothing in the end. There was even a rumor that a few people had actually collected all the Nine Nether Jades and found the place where the ancient saint ancestor practiced, but they passed away soon after they came out.” Huo Wu continued.

After hearing this, Chen An, although he had already realized the other party's purpose, still asked: "Then why are you telling me this?"

"If you are willing to go with me, this Nine Nether Jade will belong to you." Huo Wu said solemnly.

Chen An pondered for a moment. Although he was a little shaken, he still remained alert: "It's easy for you to say that. One or two pieces of Nine Nether Jade are of no use at all. You are asking me to risk my life for just one piece. Isn't that a bit disrespectful?"

Huo Wu smiled slightly, obviously having expected that Chen An would not agree easily: "Then what do you want?"

"I heard that there are nine pieces of Nine Nether Jade, and each piece is extremely rare. In order to enter the legendary place of cultivation, one must collect a certain number of Nine Nether Jade. Since you have one piece, you should know the whereabouts of the other eight pieces, right?" Chen An asked, looking directly into Huo Wu's eyes.

Huo Wu's eyes flashed with a hint of hesitation, then she regained her composure: "I don't know everything, but I know some information about some of the Nine Nether Jade pieces. However, this information was not obtained easily. I spent countless efforts to get it."

Chen An continued, "If you give me the news and promise to inform me as soon as you find any other Nine Nether Jade, and we can search together, then I will go to Sun City with you."

Huo Wu frowned slightly. It was obvious that such conditions were not easy, but she was now isolated and helpless in the underworld, and the only person she could rely on was the person in front of her.

"I can promise you, but you also have to promise that if you and I find the Nine Nether Jade together in the future, we will also enter the ancient cultivation site together."

"make a deal."

Chen An nodded in agreement, secretly calculating in his mind that as long as he could get close to the other Nine Nether Jades, even if Huo Wu changed her mind halfway, he might be able to act alone with his own means.

"Here are some clues about other Nine Nether Jades. Take a look first. We will make a detailed plan when we get to the vicinity of Sun City."

Seeing that Chen An agreed, Huo Wu took out a yellowed map made of some unknown leather from her arms. The map was densely covered with many clues about the Jiuyou Jade.

Chen An took the map, which clearly recorded the locations of the four Nine Nether Jades, but their owners were all powerful late-stage seventh-order Ghost Kings, and most of them were powerful generals under the command of the major saint ancestors!
After some tug-of-war, Chen An finally agreed to the other party.

After all, the temptation of the Nine Nether Jade is too great, and since Huo Wu was able to obtain this thing, perhaps there really is some opportunity.

Um? wrong!

This Nine Nether Jade might belong to Huo Wu, or it might have originally belonged to Mo Xue. It is possible that Huo Wu took it for herself after swallowing it.

However, it doesn’t matter what the truth is; the Nine Netherworld Milk is the most important!
(End of this chapter)