The Lord of Void and Real
Chapter 1283

Chapter 1283: Chapter 1280: The Second Stone Stele Chapter 1283: Chapter 1280: The Second Stone Stele At the same time, Shen Luo and Yan Wushi were flying forward along a certain direction.

Suddenly, Yan Wushi called a halt to Shen Luo and led him down into a dark and gloomy ravine below.

“Such pure Yin Sha Qi!”

Before they even reached the ground, they could feel the vigorous Yin Qi from below, with gusts of Yin wind gushing up from the underworld to mid-air like a fountain.

After landing, they looked into the ravine and discovered two plants about a foot tall growing inside.

The plants bore leaves but no flowers, with broad leaves edged in a sawtooth pattern and a faint blue crystal shine on their surface, making them look as if they were carved from ice crystals.

“Ghost-cutting Grass… Who would have thought that such things would exist here?” Yan Wushi said in surprise.

Shen Luo didn't reply but carefully counted the leaves on each Ghost-cutting Grass, only to find that each side had the same pairs of ten leaves, which made him raise his eyebrows slightly, showing a hint of joy.

“It's not just Ghost-cutting Grass, but the very rare Ten-leaf Ghost-cutting Grass, a yin attribute Spirit Grass encountered only once in a thousand years. Some elixirs in the True Immortal Level that are used for nourishment require this as an essential component for the medicine to be completed,” Yan Wushi explained with delight.

“I had no idea that, Your Excellency, are not only proficient in Artifacts Refining but also in alchemy?” Shen Luo said, somewhat surprised.

“I wouldn't say proficient, more like having a rudimentary understanding. In fact, there are many similarities between Artifacts Refining and alchemy, but… this is a long story. Brother Shen, since both of these Ten-leaf Ghost-cutting Grasses are of identical quality, how about we each take one and dig it out?” Yan Wushi suggested, cutting off his speech.

Shen Luo naturally had no objections to this.

Both of them dug out the Spirit Grass right away, stored them in jade boxes, and left the place to continue on their way.

After an unknown period of time, the Yin Sha Qi ahead suddenly became dense, and there were faint sounds of thunder coming from the void.

Curious about what was happening, Shen Luo saw a palace-style building standing on the ground hundreds of feet ahead, from which the thunderous sound was emanating.

Described as a palace, it was actually already in ruins; both the front and rear halls had completely collapsed into ruins, leaving only fragmentary broken walls standing. The central dome-shaped great hall was relatively intact, but the entire dome was also lifted off, looking like a stone barrel.

As they approached a bit closer, they saw that there were even dozens of Yin Beasts surrounding the palace, roaring wildly into the great hall.

Many bat-like Yin Beasts stood atop the uneven broken walls, and one that seemed to notice Shen Luo's approach, suddenly turned its head to look their way.

Shen Luo and his companion had already concealed their breaths and had arrived at the other side of the palace.

The palace wall facing them was even more damaged, with most of it having collapsed, allowing Shen Luo to see the inside from the breach and his expression suddenly turned very solemn.

Inside the great hall, a tall figure in a black robe was seen operating a magical instrument resembling a golden bronze bell, making it spin rapidly in the void.

The bronze bell was ablaze with golden light, and its surface had dense golden patterns rippling in the void, casting hundreds and thousands of Golden Patterns like floating Sutra Banners within the palace, interconnected into a massive Golden Glyph Array.

Despite the distance, Shen Luo could hear faint chants sounding like thousands of monks murmuring, reciting scriptures from the Buddha Country.

In the center of the Golden Glyph Array stood a Teenager wearing golden armor, with a Treasure Light Golden Wheel floating behind him. His body was adorned with both gold and crimson patterns, topped with a Flying Wings Golden Helmet, and a Scarlet Crystal Stone embedded in it, looking majestic and extraordinary.

If Shen Luo hadn't already encountered such beings, he too might have mistaken it for a war general of the immortals at this moment.

“Asura Puppet Ghosts, there are actually such things here…” Brother Yan couldn't help but exclaim as he also noticed the clues.

“This isn't just any Asura Puppet Ghost; I'm afraid its cultivation level has already reached the mid-level True Immortal stage,” Shen Luo pondered.

He noticed that the Asura Puppet Ghost's brows and cheeks also had tattooed charm patterns, but they were no longer the blue-black patterns he had seen that year; instead, they were dark crimson. The fierce light was contained in its eyes without any ominous or evil aura spilling out, evidently starkly different from those Shen Luo had encountered many years ago.

“That man in the black robe doesn't seem to be kind either. Look, although the magical instrument he's using has Buddha's Scripture style Arrays shown, they are all filled with a suppressing kill aura, completely lacking compassion and mercy, and it seems his cultivation level is even higher than the Asura Puppet Ghost,” Brother Yan said.

Although Shen Luo was listening, he didn't take it to heart. His attention was entirely focused on a corner of the palace where a black Stone Stele, about half the height of a person, stood erect. Its surface was smooth as a mirror, reflecting a gloomy black gloss.

“Brother Yan, could you please distract them on this side for me? There's something I need to verify,” Shen Luo said.

“Brother Shen, both of these guys are not easy to mess with, and there are so many Yin Beasts lurking around us; it's better to do less rather than to seek out trouble and join this commotion,” Brother Yan observed a hint of greed in Shen Luo's eyes and frowned in persuasion.

The thought of the wondrous aspects of that Stone Stele made Shen Luo unwilling to listen.

“Don't worry, I will conceal all my Qi and sneak underground without disturbing them. You just need to provide a little distraction, and it won't be a problem. If we are discovered, we'll just turn and run. They won't leave each other to chase after us as they are vying with one another,” Shen Luo said cheerfully.

After hearing this, Brother Yan hesitated for a moment but still agreed since he would still need Shen Luo's cooperation on the journey ahead.

“Brother Yan, just wait here, I will be right back,” Shen Luo chuckled and had already employed the stealth technique, shrinking his body and vanishing into the ground.

Brother Yan then turned his gaze back to the palace.

The black-robed man and the Asura Puppet Ghost were fiercely battling with magic. The latter was holding a pitch-black Demon Subduing Pestle carved as if from black jade, with the head engraved with secret charms. With each swing, it generated howling winds that stirred intense ripples in the Void, breaking apart the golden Rune Patterns that kept gathering and closing in.

However, the black-robed man did not seem to be in a hurry, just controlling the Golden Bell calmly, making its golden ripples stack and continuously compress toward the Asura Puppet Ghost with the Golden Glyph Array.

On the other side, as Shen Luo burrowed underground, he had already activated the power of his Soft Smoke Luo Brocade Clothing to shield his breath, swiftly moving beneath the palace corner.

No sooner had he approached, Shen Luo immediately felt an anomaly within the Demonic Qi in his body.

He was overjoyed in his heart and quickly reached below the Black Stone Stele, extended his palm to grasp the buried base of the Stele and rapidly transferred the Demonic Qi within his body into the Stele.

Indeed, just like the first Stele he had encountered, this one quickly began to absorb the Chiyou Demonic Qi within his body like a whale swallowing its prey.

Before long, the Stele reached its peak of absorbing Demonic Qi and stopped.

Realizing the moment had come, Shen Luo immediately clasped his hands tightly around the Stele and pulled downward fiercely.

A muffled “boom” echoed.

The Black Stone Stele suddenly sank, and along with the crumbling soil and rock, it plunged into the ground.