Chapter 697: Chapter 209: Third Grade Meat Field, Cultivating Burial Grounds Together
Bang!
The copper mirror shattered.
All the copper mirrors in the Ghost Prison shattered as well.
The people in the cages let out piercing screams, clutching their heads, screaming in agonizing pain.
Li Yuan also felt a sharp, stabbing pain in his mind, but... he endured it. His eyes shifted, looking at the shattered copper mirror, then hurriedly looked toward Lady Yan, and asked, "Sister Yan, are you okay?"
Lady Yan slowly shook her head and said, "Ghosts don’t get hurt; the copper mirror is gone, but it won’t be long before it can reform. It’s just... what exactly was that scene? Why would my husband have such memories?"
Li Yuan sighed inwardly, ’As expected, the otherworldly powers can’t reveal scenes from my traversal...’
Then he said, "That day, I was chased by a wild pig, and after getting injured, I had a dream. In the dream, I felt like I was in the ocean, with the sound of water rumbling in my ears, and then, Sister Yan, you were calling me, telling me we were out of rice at home, and urging me to go hunting quickly."
"Out of rice at home? I... I don’t remember..." Lady Yan shook her head; she had already forgotten such trivial matters.
Li Yuan continued, "Looking at it like this, if one scene in that image could really be related to me, then I might be the silhouette emerging from the sea.
And the beautiful figure above, could it be you, Sister Yan?"
Lady Yan hesitated, then shook her head again, frowned, and said, "I saw it clearly, it wasn’t me."
Both were somewhat uncertain, then agreed to wait until the copper mirror reformed, to take another look.
Li Yuan was especially curious.
If his traversal was not an accident, but artificial; if the transparent figure in the deep sea was indeed him, then... who was the mysterious presence above the sea?
Why did that person summon him?
And do those three beams of light represent his three talents: immortality, Shadow Blood data, and Lady Yan’s Add Points?
Li Yuan sighed internally: ’It seems the depths of this world are truly vast; I must strengthen myself quickly.’
This chance investigation unexpectedly revealed an extraordinary scene to him, stimulating Li Yuan.
Before long, Lady Yan called for Zhong Kui.
And Li Yuan had already transformed into the appearance of a common man.
After Lady Yan gave instructions, Zhong Kui respectfully led Li Yuan to the underground prison of Wendao Palace.
This prison had been recently expanded significantly, containing only the maddened Sixth Grades.
Nearly three years had passed since the "Ghost Riders stirred the world."
Under the special cultivation by the Lotus Sect, many Sixth Grades had emerged from Wendao Palace, marking a significant boom period.
Those imprisoned here were the would-be "future Ghost Riders."
Unfortunately, the Miracle Beast Garden was torn into three parts, disrupting the original plan.
Originally, if the Miracle Beast Garden and Lianyi House fully merged, the gates of Ghost Street would be connected.
This new Ghost Realm would break free from Ghost Street’s control and roam freely, devouring more Ghost Realms... On that day, the new Ghost Realm could naturally easily leave the Jade Capital, arriving at the Southern Land.
At that time, these "maddened Sixth Grade prisoners" would immediately "manifest," becoming brand new Ghost Riders, aiding the Lotus Sect in consolidating their achievements and accumulating more and more advantages, making them unshakeable.
But now, these "maddened Sixth Grade prisoners" were all to Li Yuan’s advantage.
Li Yuan looked at the prisoners, imprisoned with special shackles, densely packed, numbering over three hundred.
Suddenly, Zhong Kui spoke: "Sir, this is just one of the holding areas; besides here, there are nine more prisons of the same scale.
Each prison holds three hundred Sixth Grades."
Li Yuan nodded.
It seemed the Lotus Sect was fully prepared for a second wave of Ghost Riders, but... their plan was overly complicated, and with one link broken, it became unsustainable.
He remained silent, only saying, "Keep everything you’ve seen to yourself; keep it secret from everyone."
Zhong Kui looked at this mysterious man with great affliction, naturally not thinking this mysterious man was as he appeared.
And for some reason, a name flashed in his mind...
Li Yuan.
All the secrets converged into this name.
This incredibly mysterious man seemed to always drift on the edges of worldly affairs, hidden behind the scenes unbeknownst to all, yet often inadvertently revealing an inscrutable silhouette...
And most crucially, this man had once been the husband of Yama.
Thinking of this, Zhong Kui became even more respectful, solemnly saying, "Yes!"
Li Yuan said, "You leave first, come back tomorrow, and then take me to the next place."
"Yes!"
Zhong Kui left.
Li Yuan then looked at the maddened Sixth Grades and approached them.
At his heart, a lotus flower was blooming, its light making the chest cavity transparent; it was a lotus composed of eight hundred fifty-six talisman seeds.
Each lotus leaf was a blade.
These blades were condensed by every Seventh Grade upon entering Sixth Grade, but Li Yuan harvested them, nurtured, cultivated, and enhanced them, transforming them into stronger talisman seeds.
As he approached, the maddened Sixth Grades seemed to suddenly quiet down, their chests also revealing patches of "blood-red lotus petals."
Li Yuan walked by.
Raised his hand.
Picked.
The blood-red lotus petals disappeared, replaced by peaceful lotus petals.
The maddened Sixth Grades fell softly, as if the nightmare had ended. Though their eyes remained closed, the struggle was minimal.
A day passed...
Li Yuan observed an increase of "three hundred sixteen" talisman seeds, feeling a sense of fulfillment in his heart.
Over the next few days, he accompanied Zhong Kui to the other nine places where Sixth Grade powerhouses were held, extracting each powerhouse’s talisman seeds in turn.
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