Nine Nether Heavenly Emperor
Chapter 133 Speaking of Ghosts

Chapter 133: Chapter 133 Speaking of Ghosts

Shi Feng had utilized Dark Evil’s Innate Divine Power to sneak into the ground, preparing to enter the mountain forest of the "Royal Forbidden Land" from beneath.

Soon, Long Meng only saw the dark world in front of her recede, replaced by a dim light, shrouded in thick grey fog.

"Where is this?" Long Meng exclaimed in surprise as she looked at the world before her, then turned to Shi Feng and said, "Brother Shi Feng, did you bring me to the wrong place?"

The entire mountain forest was silent, so silent there was not a whisper of sound, and the dense grey fog that filled the woods made one feel as though they were enveloped in deathly stillness.

"There’s no mistake, this is the fun place you wanted to come to," Shi Feng said solemnly, and then, with a serious look on his face, surveyed the surrounding area and told Long Meng, "This grey fog is not normal. You must not inhale it, or it will corrode your Primordial Energy."

"Right." Shi Feng suddenly remembered something. He took out two yellow and round pills from the storage ring and handed one to Long Meng, saying, "Eating this should be fine."

These two pills were the Fourth Grade Detoxification Pills that Shi Feng had once obtained from the Fourth-stage Technique Refining Master Feng Yunxiao. Swallowing the Fourth Grade Detoxification Pills should neutralize the grey fog.

"Sure enough, it’s fine now, Brother Shi Feng, you’re amazing!" After swallowing the Fourth Grade Detoxification Pill, Long Meng looked at Shi Feng with admiration and then took several deep breaths of the grey poisonous fog, forcefully "ah-hoo ah-hoo."

Shi Feng watched her with speechlessness.

"Brother Shi Feng, wasn’t it sunny outside? Why does it feel so lifeless here?" Long Meng asked Shi Feng while looking at the mountain forest filled with grey fog and reeking of death.

Shi Feng watched seriously. They hadn’t moved yet in the forest. Since this place was called Royal Forbidden Land and outsiders were not allowed in, there certainly had to be something here.

"How much do you know about this place?" Shi Feng asked Long Meng.

"I don’t know," Long Meng blinked her big eyes, pouted as if recalling something, then continued, "I only know that people aren’t allowed in. It seems from my grandfather’s time, I heard that it’s been like this since my grandfather’s grandfather’s time, but I’m not sure which grandfather it began with, it’s just not been allowed."

"It’s the Sacred Sword Fragment. So there is a Sacred Sword Fragment here. Kid, the Sacred Sword you have is indeed incomplete! A fragment has actually fallen here," suddenly Sacred Flame spoke out.

"Sacred Sword Fragment?" Shi Feng murmured, and then he pulled out the Bloodthirsty Sword from the Storage Ring. As soon as the Bloodthirsty Sword came out, it began to slightly tremble in Shi Feng’s hand.

"Seeing the Bloodthirsty Sword react like this, there truly seems to be some connection here," Shi Feng said while looking at the Bloodthirsty Sword, "Maybe just as Sacred Flame said, this sword might have been incomplete from the start. That’s why, even though its grade is Divine Artifact, it was easily subdued by the Source of All Things and had its Artifact Spirit easily annihilated."

"Eh, Brother Shi Feng, your sword seems to be moving," Long Meng noticed the peculiarity of the Bloodthirsty Sword in Shi Feng’s hand and said at that moment.

"It’s nothing," Shi Feng replied, and then communicated with Sacred Flame using soul perception, "Can you sense the location of the Sacred Sword Fragment?"

"Hmph! Why would I tell you!" Sacred Flame snorted coldly.

"You and I are one now; my matters are your concerns as well," Shi Feng said.

"Humph!" The response to Shi Feng was a heavy cold hum from Sacred Flame.

"If the Sacred Sword advances, then it won’t need to devour blood in the short term. The blood of those I kill will all be yours," Shi Feng pinpointed the crux and told Sacred Flame.

"Hmph," the Sacred Flame snorted coldly again and then reluctantly gave in, "Head southeast."

Upon hearing the Sacred Flame provide a location, Shi Feng secretly smiled and said to Long Meng, "I plan to walk around in this Forbidden Land. If you don’t want to stay here, I can send you back right away."

Long Meng looked around and then at Shi Feng, and said, "Well... I’d rather accompany Brother Shi Feng for a walk here."

"Alright then. This way!" Shi Feng pointed towards the southeast direction guided by the Sacred Flame and walked that way.

"Why do we have to go this way?" Long Meng looked towards the southeast direction, her face full of confusion.

"Don’t ask, just follow me," Shi Feng said.

"Okay!" Long Meng obediently nodded her head, then followed Shi Feng towards the southeast.

As Shi Feng and Long Meng continued in the direction indicated by the Sacred Flame, he noticed that the grey mist appearing before them became thicker, "What does this grey mist have to do with the Sacred Sword?" Shi Feng asked the Sacred Flame, communicating with his soul.

"How would I, in all my grandeur, know its relation? This mist has nothing to do with beings like me," said the Sacred Flame.

However, Shi Feng sensed that the origin of the grey mist must be in the same southeastern direction as the Sacred Sword Fragment.

"Grey mist that can corrode Primordial Energy?" Shi Feng mused as he walked.

"Brother Shi Feng... can you talk more?" said Long Meng as they walked. "This place feels dead and shrouded in fog. If you don’t talk, I get a bit... scared..." Her tender body involuntarily pressed close to Shi Feng, speaking like a little kitten seeking reassurance.

Faced with this girl, Shi Feng didn’t know how many times he silently shook his head; she was afraid, yet when he offered to send her back, she wouldn’t leave.

"Do you still think it’s fun here?" Shi Feng asked.

After hearing Shi Feng’s words, Long Meng glanced around her, then behind her, and said to Shi Feng, "Actually, it’s quite thrilling, but I always feel like there’s something following us."

"Behind us?" Shi Feng shook his head after hearing this and said, "Don’t overthink it, there’s nothing behind us." With his third-stage soul perception, if there really was something following them, Long Meng might sense it, but it certainly couldn’t escape his detection.

"Brother Shi Feng, do you think... there could be ghosts in this forest?" Long Meng whispered in Shi Feng’s ear.

This girl, clearly frightened, yet still brought up ghosts. Others might fear ghosts, but why would he? Back in the days, Emperor Nine Nether commanded countless Ghost Soldiers and Ghost Generals, and in Netherworld Purgatory, thousands of ghosts worshiped, hailing the Great Emperor.

"Are you afraid of ghosts?" Shi Feng asked.

"Yes," Long Meng nodded, "When I was younger, I heard that ghosts eat people and like to scare them, especially in the dead of night, or just like this ominous forest we’re walking through. As we walk, suddenly one might pop out in front of us, with disheveled hair and a deathly pale face, or a face covered in blood, or with flesh so torn that it’s missing eyes, or a mouth, or a nose, or with blood streaming out of all their orifices... Ah, just the thought frightens me now."

Shi Feng could feel the soft body pressed tightly against him beginning to shiver as Long Meng terrified herself with her own words.

This girl, clearly scared, yet continued to frighten herself.

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