Immortality Cultivation: I can use my clansmen’s energy and blood to add points.

It recognized Luo Qingchen! In other words, it recognized his understanding of the cycle of life and death and his obsession! It was willing to "lend" some of its power!

Luo Qingchen slowly opened his eyes and looked at the transparent leaf in front of him that contained endless mysteries. His heart was filled with indescribable excitement and gratitude.

Become!

The crystal clear leaf, which seemed to contain the secret of the entire reincarnation, quietly floated in front of Luo Qingchen's brow, emitting soft and majestic energy fluctuations. This energy was extremely pure, with both vast vitality and the power of reincarnation that could turn the world upside down. Just by approaching it, Luo Qingchen felt that the injury of his soul was healing quickly, and the chaotic power in his body also resonated with it, becoming more active and condensed.

"That's great! Senior Brother Luo!" Su Xiaowan jumped up excitedly and almost rushed over, but was quickly grabbed by Lin Wan'er.

"Don't disturb Senior Brother Luo!" Lin Wan'er warned in a low voice, her eyes also filled with joy and shock. She could feel that the power contained in the leaf was much stronger and more mysterious than the mark on her wrist.

Luo Qingchen stretched out his hand and carefully wrapped the transparent leaf with the power of chaos. The leaf did not resist, but fell into his palm obediently, and it was warm to the touch, as if it had life. A mysterious flow of information also flowed into his mind along with the power of chaos.

This information is not in words, but a kind of artistic conception and perception, which explains some of the effects and methods of use of this leaf. It does contain powerful healing and resurrection power, especially for the soul level, the effect is amazing. But at the same time, it also emphasizes balance. Every time you use it, you need to pay a corresponding price or follow certain rules, otherwise the power will get out of control.

More importantly, the information also implicitly mentioned that the existence of the Nine-Turn Resurrection Grass itself was the key to maintaining the energy balance of the Nine Nether Azure Lake. Now that it had actively separated a leaf containing its core power, the energy balance of the lake and the entire cave had been broken, and this place would soon become unstable.

"We must leave immediately!" Luo Qingchen put away the leaves, his expression solemn. He could feel that the yin energy in the air around him began to become restless, and the water in the pond also had abnormal ripples, as if something was about to get out of control.

He walked quickly to Bai Ling'er who was embedded in the rock wall in the distance. At this moment, Bai Ling'er had regained her human form, but her face was as pale as paper, and her breath was extremely weak. It was obvious that she had resisted the full force of the black water python before, which had damaged her essence. If it weren't for the strong vitality of the dragon race, she would have died long ago.

"Miss Bailing'er, I'm sorry." Without giving it time to think, Luo Qingchen gently placed the transparent leaf on Bailing'er's forehead.

"Buzz!" The leaves glowed brightly, and a pure power of reincarnation and great vitality instantly poured into Bai Ling'er's body. Her tightly furrowed brows slowly relaxed, and a faint blush appeared on her pale cheeks. The originally chaotic and decaying aura also stabilized at a speed visible to the naked eye, and began to slowly recover.

The effect was immediate! Luo Qingchen felt relieved. Although he couldn't make her recover immediately, at least her life was saved. He could just slowly recuperate afterwards.

"Let's go!" Luo Qingchen picked up the still unconscious Bai Ling'er, whispered to Lin Wan'er and Su Xiaowan, then turned around and rushed towards the tunnel entrance that had been blocked by a huge rock.

Lin Wan'er and Su Xiaowan hurriedly followed.

Arriving at the blocked entrance, Luo Qingchen handed Bai Ling'er to Lin Wan'er's temporary care while he stared at the huge black stone that blocked the way.

This piece of black stone was no ordinary rock. There were faint blue runes flowing on the surface, emitting a cold and chilly aura. It was obviously sealed by the Nine Nether Mysterious Water Python using its original power before its death. It was extremely solid and closely connected to the rock formation of the entire cave. It was not easy to break it by force.

"Senior Brother Luo, this stone looks so hard, can it be opened?" Su Xiaowan poked it worriedly, but the cold touch made her retract her hand.

"Even if we can't open it, we have to fight!" Luo Qingchen's eyes condensed, and the chaotic power in his body surged again. After being nourished by the leaves of the Nine-Turn Resurrection Grass, his strength was not only fully restored, but even slightly improved. The trace of Nine Netherworld vitality fused into the chaotic power made his power more agile and more penetrating.

"Chaos Sword Technique, Open the Mountain!"

Luo Qingchen let out a low shout, and the Black Dragon Sword was unsheathed. The gray sword light surged, and with an indomitable momentum, it fiercely chopped towards the huge black stone!
"clang--!"

A deafening sound of metal clashing was heard, and sparks flew everywhere!
The black stone shook violently, leaving a sword mark several inches deep on its surface, but it did not break. A powerful recoil force came along the sword, causing Luo Qingchen's arm to go numb.

What a strong defense! This seal is stronger than he thought!

"Brother Luo, let me try!" Lin Wan'er leaned Bai Ling'er against the rock wall and walked over. She took a deep breath and injected the spiritual power in her body into the blue mark on her wrist.

The mark lit up again, and a force that originated from the Nine Nether Azure Pond spread out. Lin Wan'er closed her eyes and carefully sensed the energy flow on the black stone. After a moment, she opened her eyes and pointed to a position on the lower left side of the black stone: "Brother Luo, the energy fluctuations here are the weakest, it seems to be the sealed node!"

Luo Qingchen looked in the direction she pointed, and indeed found that the blue rune light there was the dimmest.

"Okay! Let's attack this point together!"

Luo Qingchen raised the Black Dragon Sword again, and the power of chaos condensed at the tip of the sword. Lin Wan'er also drew her sword at the same time, and the Tianyuan Sword Technique was activated, and the tip of the sword also flashed with a dark blue light that was integrated with the power of Linglong Grass.

"break!"

The two men shouted at the same time, and the two long swords were like two dragons of different colors, piercing towards the energy node with incredible precision!
"boom--!"

This time, it was no longer the dull sound of metal clashing, but a shattering sound like hitting glass!

With the nodes pierced by the two swords as the center, countless fine cracks spread rapidly like a spider web, covering the entire huge black stone! The blue runes on the surface of the black stone flickered violently for a few times, and finally dimmed completely.

"Crack...boom!"

With a teeth-grinding friction sound, the huge black stone finally couldn't hold on and shattered into countless pieces, revealing the familiar, deep tunnel behind it that spiraled downward!

The exit is finally opened!
"Success!" Su Xiaowan cheered excitedly. However, before they could be happy, the entire cave suddenly shook violently!
"Boom--!"

The black stalactites on the dome fell like rain, and the ground cracked into even more hideous cracks, as if the entire space was about to collapse!

At the same time, the dark blue Nine Nether Biluo Pond also completely lost control! The water in the pond seemed to be boiling, surging and roaring wildly, and waves of chaotic and violent cold energy spread around like a tsunami! Some vague, resentful snake-shaped phantoms even condensed on the water surface, emitting silent roars. That was the product of the resentment left by the Nine Nether Mysterious Water Python and the out-of-control energy of the water!
"Oh no! This place is going to collapse! Let's go!" Luo Qingchen's face changed drastically. He picked up Bailing'er and rushed into the tunnel first.

Lin Wan'er and Su Xiaowan didn't care about anything else and rushed in immediately after him.

Just as they entered the tunnel, a thunderous noise was heard behind them! The entire underground cave, along with the mysterious Jiuyou Biluotan, completely collapsed and disappeared, swallowed by endless darkness and chaos!

The three of them looked back at the entrance swallowed by darkness, and they were all terrified. If they hadn't acted decisively just now, they would have been buried forever.

"I'm so scared, so scared!" Su Xiaowan patted her chest, her face pale, "This damn place, taking something is like destroying the house!"

"Stop talking nonsense and go up quickly!" Luo Qingchen said in a low voice.

Although they escaped from the collapsed cave, the crisis was not completely resolved. This spiral tunnel was also affected by the uncontrolled energy below and became extremely unstable. The rock wall was constantly shaking, and gravel fell from time to time. The evil spirit in the air was even more dense and violent than when they came, and even condensed into some vague ghosts, trying to attack them.

"Get out of here!" Luo Qingchen held Bai Ling'er in one hand and wielded the Black Dragon Sword with the other. The Chaos Sword Qi moved in all directions, destroying all the approaching evil ghosts. After integrating the Nine Netherworld Vital Energy, his Chaos Power had a more obvious effect in restraining these evil spirits.

Lin Wan'er also wielded her sword, performing the Tianyuan Sword Technique that combined the power of Linglong Grass. The dark blue sword light rippled like water waves. As soon as those evil things came into contact with this power, they screamed miserably and disappeared without a trace. She found that she seemed to be born with the ability to restrain these evil things, especially those related to water.

Although Su Xiaowan couldn't help much, she gripped her sword tightly, followed behind vigilantly, and screamed once or twice from time to time, adding a bit of "different" atmosphere to this tense escape.

The three of them rushed upwards at a very fast speed. After an unknown amount of time, they finally saw a faint light coming from above.

"We're almost there!" Luo Qingchen was cheered up and quickened his pace.

"puff!"

The three of them rushed out of the deep pit like an arrow and landed on the huge black altar platform again!

The platform was still dead silent, the runes on the nine stone pillars had dimmed, and the hole in the center of the altar no longer spewed out black air, as if the previous mountain-guarding spirit and everything below were just a nightmare.

However, before they could breathe a sigh of relief, a strong sense of crisis, like a cold poisonous snake, instantly wrapped around Luo Qingchen's heart!
He suddenly raised his head and looked at the nine huge stone pillars standing at the edge of the altar!
At some point, a blurry black figure appeared standing on top of one of the originally dull stone pillars!

The figure was shrouded in distorted light and shadow, and his face could not be seen clearly. All he could feel was a cold, dead, yet suffocating aura that enveloped the entire platform like an abyss!

This aura was different from the previous mountain-guarding spirit and the Nine Nether Mysterious Water Python. It was more restrained, purer, and more... evil! It was as if it was the original evil of the Nine Netherworld, condensed into it!

"Hehehe...Interesting, really interesting..."

A hoarse, dry sound, as if countless dead bones were rubbing against each other, slowly sounded, carrying a hint of amusement and condescending indifference.

"Someone actually managed to come out of 'there' alive, and took away things that shouldn't have been taken away... It seems that a lot of interesting things happened outside during the time I was asleep."

The black shadow slowly turned its head, and two scarlet lights lit up in the distorted light and shadow, like two stars from hell, locking onto the leaf of the Nine-Turn Resurrection Grass in Luo Qingchen's hand, and the blue mark on Lin Wan'er's wrist.

"Hand it over, little guys." The shadow's voice carried an unquestionable command, "Then, tell me, outside... what year is it now?"

Luo Qingchen's heart sank to the bottom in an instant!
Just out of the dragon's den, into the tiger's den! This mysterious black shadow that suddenly appeared, its strength is probably much more terrifying than that of the Nine Nether Mysterious Water Python!
Dead silence.

On the platform, there was only the whistling cold wind and the soul-freezing terrifying pressure brought by the mysterious black shadow.

Luo Qingchen protected Bailing'er and the extremely precious Nine-Turn Resurrection Grass leaf behind him, stood side by side with Lin Wan'er and Su Xiaowan, and stared vigilantly at the vague black shadow on the top of the stone pillar.

The other party's aura was unfathomable. Just standing there, it was as if he had merged with the darkness of the entire Nine Netherworld. It made Luo Qingchen feel even more dangerous than when he faced Mo Tian! This was definitely an old monster who had lived for who knows how many years!

"Who are you, senior? Why are you blocking our way?" Luo Qingchen suppressed the turmoil in his heart and asked in a deep voice. He knew that facing such a being, fighting head-on would be like hitting a rock with an egg, so he could only delay time as much as possible and look for an opportunity.

"I?" The black shadow chuckled in an incomprehensible way, as if he had heard some interesting question. "I am the guardian of the Soul Palace... Well, perhaps in your era, the name Soul Palace no longer exists. You can call me... the 'gravekeeper'."

Soul Palace? Gravekeeper?

Luo Qingchen's heart shuddered. Both words carried an ancient and strange aura. Could it be that this black mountain, as well as the altar and cave below, were not formed naturally, but were built by some ancient power? And this black figure who called himself the gravekeeper was the guardian of this place?
"Senior Gravekeeper." Luo Qingchen continued to test, "We have no intention of offending you. We just came here by mistake in order to obtain the elixir to save people. Now that we have obtained the elixir, please be kind and let us go. If we have the chance in the future, we will definitely repay you for your kindness today."

“Ask for the elixir? Hehehe…” The gravekeeper laughed even more strangely, “What you took away is not just the elixir. It is one of the core elements that maintain the balance of the seal here. If you take it away, it is equivalent to destroying my protection for countless years.” (End of this chapter)