Chapter 1479 - 1061: Acceleration Technique!

Chapter 1479: Chapter 1061: Acceleration Technique!

Almost at the exact moment Xuanyuan Yangguang spoke, a flash of insight shot through Jiang Yuan’s mind—the Yin Messenger Official Hat missing case!

The Yin Messenger he knew, Ma Hongtu, had been beaten half to death and had his Official Hat snatched. Over in Fengdu they’d handed the case to Black Impermanence to investigate; Jiang had even seen him at the Market earlier, but so far Qu Luming hadn’t mentioned any progress.

Could it be that the missing Official Hat is tied to the Old Underworld?

That flash in his mind went straight to another major incident that had happened in the Netherworld. He couldn’t help but suck in a cold breath—hiss! The fugitive from the Eighteen Layers of Hell!

That Fierce Ghost not only broke out of the Eighteen Layers of Hell; according to Qu Luming’s gossip, it even took away a Supreme Treasure that Fengdu valued highly. Because of this they launched a massive manhunt, and even rounded up a bunch of Ghost Cultivators including Tang Qin, throwing them into the sealed Old Underworld to "assist" in the search.

Of course, this move also stomped on all the non-official Fengdu Ghost Cultivators, and the fallout still hasn’t faded to this day.

If he remembered right, not long after the fugitive broke out, several Yin Messengers were attacked and had their Official Hats stolen, and then Fengdu led a crowd into the Sealed Land to hunt it down.

So the fugitive managed to get hold of a Yin Messenger Official Hat, used the method Xuanyuan Yangguang just described to bypass the Seal, and escaped into the Old Underworld?!

"Senior, please don’t stint on your guidance!" Thinking of this, Jiang Yuan bowed, ready to listen closely to how one exploits the loophole.

Xuanyuan Yangguang waved with a smile. "Honestly, it’s simpler than it sounds. Don’t be fooled by that Yin Messenger Official Hat being just a Low Tier Magical Artifact; as long as you’re wearing it, you’re allowed to pass freely between the Netherworld and the Mortal World. In theory, in Fengdu you can even go all the way to the Eighteen Layers of Hell.

Fengdu Luoshan in the Netherworld rises two thousand six hundred li high, and beneath the mountain is another cave-heaven.

If you can get your hands on an Official Hat and put it on, you go straight down to the very bottom of Luoshan. Down there it’s so bitterly cold that even Ghost Messengers avoid it like the plague, so as long as you can bluff your way through the upper levels, once you reach that empty bottom layer where there’s not a ghost in sight, you can swagger around as you please and no one will notice.

Two thousand six hundred li beneath Luoshan, there’s a huge black stone. Walk straight into it and you’ll enter the sealed Old Underworld. Remember exactly where you enter; when you want to come back, you’ll need to wear the Official Hat and move in reverse from that same spot. Without the Official Hat, there’s no way you’re getting smoothly through that black stone."

Hearing this, Jiang Yuan couldn’t help raising an eyebrow, recalling what Ma Hongtu had said back then: his senior disciple Wan Mingchuan’s grandfather, Wan An, had been burned to death by a Flame Rat in Riverfront Village. His soul carried fire poison, and after entering the Netherworld he’d been assigned to mine ore on the Third Layer under Luoshan.

And that was only the Third Layer, yet the cold there was terrifying; even a Yin Messenger like Ma Hongtu didn’t want to stay there for a single moment.

Sure, he might have exaggerated to fish for some benefits, but from Grandpa Wan’s scattered words you could still confirm it—under Luoshan is no place to visit, let alone going two thousand six hundred li down. How intense would the chill be there? No wonder no Yin Messengers or ghosts wander around.

"Without an Official Hat, you’ll have to work a little harder and climb Luoshan." Xuanyuan Yangguang took a sip of tea and went on, "Fengdu as a whole is built on Luoshan. The further down you go, the gloomier and more terrifying it gets; past the Fourth and Fifth Layers, even the guarding Yin Messengers are gone.

But the higher you go, the more prosperous it becomes. The countless Officials of Fengdu City all live on Luoshan. At the foot of the mountain, the Wooden Tower, Copper Tower, Silver Tower, and Golden Tower are occupied by Low Tier Ghost Messengers in charge of soul-reaping; that’s the first checkpoint. Only by passing smoothly through the Golden Tower do you officially step onto Luoshan—above that, each layer houses Ghost Cultivators of higher rank and greater strength.

Flight and teleportation are forbidden on Luoshan; you have to pass one checkpoint after another, climbing step by step to the summit, then find that sheer cliff on the back side. Looking down, you’ll see nothing but a pitch-black abyss brimming with ghostly qi; you won’t be able to see anything else. At that point, shut your eyes and jump, and you’ll land in the Old Underworld.

You also need to remember exactly where you fall. When you want to return, you’ll have to climb back up along the same cliff face and go straight back to the summit."

Lu Ya was completely absorbed, cradling her hot tea and sipping slowly. Curious, she asked, "Don’t tell me you’ve tried both routes yourself, that’s why you know this so clearly?"

"Of course. If I hadn’t personally tested them and proven they work, how would I dare state it so firmly?" Xuanyuan Yangguang gave a faint smile. "Thinking back, that was a very, very long time ago. I hid among the roots of the Tree of Time to avoid the flow of time, so now I can’t even remember when exactly I went.

At first, I only needed a bit of Netherworld Water to try refining a type of soul-returning Elixir.

Once I arrived in the Netherworld and asked around, I found out the only Yellow Springs in the world that flows upstream is located in the sealed Old Underworld.

The extremely precious Netherworld Water still circulating in the world nowadays was all collected back when the Old Underworld still existed. Who knows how many times it’s been diluted since then; naturally its medicinal power is far weaker.

So I got it into my head to go to the Old Underworld myself and collect Netherworld Water. Going in through the Seal directly was absolutely impossible—after all, I have no powerful connections in Fengdu, and I’m not even a Ghost Cultivator, so I wouldn’t have any decent excuse to enter.

But I refused to give up. I secretly probed that Seal and discovered these two loopholes. I figured that when they hastily sealed the former Underworld, there wasn’t anything in all heaven and earth suitable to suppress it, so they used Luoshan as the Array Hub suppressing the Seal.

However, Luoshan isn’t a fully controlled Magical Treasure or Divine Artifact. Its own power is remarkable, but it also has flaws. I spent three full days and nights studying it before I found where the loopholes were—one at the foot of the mountain, one at the top. Which route you take is really a question of budget and appetite."

He’d pinpointed the biggest loophole of Fengdu City with just three days and nights of research?

Talk about a born genius.

Jiang Yuan was stunned listening to all this; for him, both routes sounded pretty impossible to take.

Maybe he should consider the Crystal Palace in the Demon Realm first.

The Netherworld Underworld was just a bit too hard to break into, and besides, ever since Tang Qin came back from the Old Underworld scared out of her wits, the way she described the experience was downright creepy. Right now he still had his relocation to deal with—Conch Island was only Level Four, and just pushing toward Level Five. Judging from the system’s usual temper, he’d have to level Conch Island all the way up to Level Ten before he could unlock his next new home.