The Path to Immortality: Starting with an Analysis of Basic Concepts

Chapter 465 The Frozen Domain: One Valley and Eighteen Mountains in the Inner Sea (Please Subscribe)

"City of Covering the Moon".

Zhu Yu intended to enter the city, but after only glancing at it from afar, he turned and left without looking back.

For no other reason than...

It was all because of that "sunlight" that hung high in the sky, like the sun.

This was the first time he had ever seen such terrifying "sunlight"; getting even slightly closer gave him the feeling of being melted.

The "Eye of True Sight" issues an even more frantic warning.

This shows how terrifying it is.

"How do those monsters enter and leave Moonlit City—"

After moving a certain distance away, Zhu Yu watched from afar as some strange creatures freely entered and exited the terrifying "Yang Flame" area, his brows furrowing.

He pondered for a few moments.

He suddenly remembered the mark inside the white crystal.

"Could it be that only those containing the imprint of a martial artist's blood and qi can enter and exit 'Moon-Covering City'? ——"

The more he thought about it, the more he felt that this might be the case.

This completely dashed Zhu Yu's hopes of entering "Covering the Moon City".

"If we can't enter 'Moon-Covering City,' then let's go to the Inner Sea. We can set up a backup 'altar' there."

Zhu Yu's thoughts flashed through his mind. He took a deep look at the bright place, turned around, and his figure flickered, disappearing into the darkness.

Black Sea.

A wisp of light black smoke sped across the sea surface, diving into the depths of the ocean whenever orange-yellow lights appeared.

Only after a massive ship, a kilometer long, had passed by did it rise from the water and continue its journey into the deep sea.

They hid like this countless times.

While Zhu Yu was traveling by his escape light, he suddenly noticed that the number of patrols by the patrol guards around him had decreased significantly, but the number of patrol boats had changed from one to three boats traveling together.

Moreover, he keenly sensed that each patrol boat was staffed by martial artists whose aura far exceeded that of a second-tier warrior.

"Have we reached the border where humans and monsters confront each other—?"

The thought flashed through Zhu Yu's mind, but he didn't linger and continued deeper into the sea.

Thanks to the fact that the more you go into the inland sea, the denser the eerie atmosphere becomes, so there's no need to worry about getting lost in the vast ocean.

As we delve deeper...

Zhu Yu gradually noticed something was amiss.

The surrounding temperature suddenly dropped significantly, and this chill was not an ordinary chill, but a chill that penetrated directly into one's soul.

"The Land of Eternal Freeze-Free ...

It continued to flee into the depths of the sea.

moment.

The dim world was like a curtain being drawn back.

It revealed a wavy glacier that stretched endlessly.

It can be seen that countless orange-red rays of light are suspended throughout the glacier.

"The permafrost region is actually a glacier—"

Zhu Yu looked around in surprise, and soon his gaze fell on the place where the orange-red light clusters were converging.

The glaciers corresponding to the orange-red light clusters all have a black line running vertically through them.

A thought popped into my head.

"That's the passage to and from the deep sea—"

After a brief hesitation, he dived into the seabed, going a full thousand meters deep. He then used the "Ten Thousand Souls Banner" and his divine sense to conceal his aura, and followed the current towards the passage.

As we approached the glacier, the bone-chilling cold intensified.

Fortunately, the "Dao Foundation" has extremely high resistance to attacks on the soul, so the slight chill could not affect his actions.

However, this made him understand why the "Eternal Frozen Domain" would block the "Moon-Covering City" from entering.

Leaving aside the "Frosty Nest," the sheer chill that can freeze one's very soul is something that ordinary martial artists cannot withstand.

I don't know how long it has been.

Zhu Yu arrived silently at the foot of the glacier.

Before him lay a dark rift, less than ten feet wide and of unknown depth, which resembled a colossal beast lying across the sea, exhaling a chilling aura capable of freezing one's very soul.

"To go in or not—"

Zhu Yu glanced back at the dim orange-red on the water's surface, then his figure flashed, transforming into a wisp of black smoke and disappearing into the dark rift.

It is unknown how long they have been hiding.

The darkness ahead remained, devoid of any light.

"How big is this glacier?!"

Zhu Yu found it hard to understand. Although he hadn't been recklessly fleeing, he had still traveled at least a thousand miles, yet he looked ahead at the darkness and showed no intention of leaving.

Suppressing his distracting thoughts, he continued to venture deeper into the crevice.

They hadn't been gone for long.

Something's fishy—

Zhu Yu suddenly sensed a subtle, eerie fluctuation ahead. Overjoyed, he concealed his aura and hid in a corner of the crack.

Wait a moment.

A voice with a somewhat strange tone rang out.

"Red Shrimp, how much longer do we have to walk before we get out of here?"

"I've never been there, so I don't know."

"Red Shrimp, if you ask me, we shouldn't have taken this arduous task. We said we'd just take a quick look and go back, but what if the humans from 'Moonlit City' are waiting for us outside? We'd never be able to get back."

"However, I've heard that 'Moonlit City' prefers to use ghostly slaves—"

"Fat Fish, do you want to be a ghost slave?"

"Um."

"You—have some ambition! What's the point of being a demon slave? Once the 'Sea Devouring King' conquers 'Moon-Covering City,' we can raise a few human slaves and just cut them up and eat them whenever we have time—"

"Voices came from all directions."

"Sea Devourer King, it seems getting there won't be so easy—"

Zhu Yu thought for a moment, then glanced at the depths of the crack out of the corner of his eye.

Then came a bizarre creature, entirely crimson, resembling both a lobster and a mantis, and another bizarre creature resembling a fat fish, which came one after the other riding the water.

"One is the 'Blood Wanderer' Realm, the other is the 'Blood Fiend' Realm—"

He frowned, raised his hand and lightly touched his brow, and a jade piece imprinted with azure thunder patterns appeared in his hand.

Once the two monsters entered the ten-zhang range, without hesitation, he instantly activated the "Mysterious Water Thunder" divine power talisman in his hand and threw it out.

click-

The jade pendant shattered.

A bolt of azure lightning, as thick as a bucket, surged forth and instantly reached the heads of the two monsters. Caught off guard, the two monsters had no time to react before being struck head-on by the "Mysterious Water Lightning".

Under its effect of breaking the law.

Whether it was a black fat fish in the "Blood Swimming" realm or a crimson lobster in the "Blood Fiend" realm, in an instant, their skin was torn open and their flesh was ripped apart, and before the blood could even flow out, they were turned into charcoal.

The former screamed twice and then rolled over and fainted.

The latter had a hard shell and withstood the lightning, but when the lightning subsided, its body was in a terrible state, with not a single intact piece of shell, and its aura plummeted.

Zhu Yu stepped out from the corner, not giving the Crimson Lobster a chance to speak, and lightly shook the "Ten Thousand Souls Banner". Rolling black energy surged out, swirling up the two monsters and shrinking back into the banner.

In just a few breaths.

Two bizarre memories flooded into his mind like water.

The two monsters belong to a subordinate of a monster called "Sea Devourer King". They are ordered to enter the rift along with many other monsters to investigate whether the rift leads directly to the sea area of ​​"Moon Covering City".

The "Sea-Swallowing King" is originally a toad as big as a mountain, good at stirring up and swallowing water, and wherever it goes, there are towering waves and it spews out rivers.

It is a "Netherworld Rank" monster.

Besides that, there are memories of the inland sea.

According to the two strange creatures.

The area where they live has one gully and eighteen mountains.

The first trench is a huge trench of unknown depth, from which countless monsters have been born. It is home to countless monsters without any intelligence, including many "Netherworld Rank" monsters.

The Eighteen Mountains are eighteen enormous icebergs.

Each iceberg is the lair of a powerful "Netherworld Rank" monster, and countless other monsters depend on it for survival.

"The Sea Devourer" is one of them.

Zhu Yu once heard of "Zhenhai Jun," which was one of them.

Moreover, according to the two ghosts' understanding.

The destruction of the "Cold Ghost Nest" and the opening of the passage were accomplished by the combined efforts of several powerful "Nether Rank" monsters.

"hiss--"

After learning about it, Zhu Yu took a deep breath, feeling more pleased than surprised.

To others, the Inner Sea is a deadly den of demons, but to him, it is a treasure land containing the terrifying "Origin of the Spirit Ruins".

Whether the "essence" can achieve perfect enlightenment depends on the gains from this journey.

With a thought flashing through his mind, Zhu Yu arranged for Qiao Heyong to occupy the body of the "Knife Shrimp" monster. Its strange domain could unleash indestructible blade energy, which was perfect for his Dao foundation.

As for "big mouth".

Its ghostly domain is like a giant stomach that can swallow people and ghosts whole and digest them quickly, giving the gluttonous Xiaoqing a body to occupy.

Information has been obtained.

This time, Zhu Yu made no attempt to conceal his presence and rushed towards the inner sea with all his might.

The journey was smooth.

He easily reached the end of the crevice. There were no monsters guarding the exit, and due to the cold of the glacier, no monsters lingered.

Zhu Yu did not linger.

Riding the beam of light, they headed straight for the trench a thousand miles away.

As we ventured deeper into the inland sea.

Strange figures gradually began to appear in the water.

Zhu Yu initially ignored the first few monsters, but as he ventured deeper and encountered groups of ordinary strange creatures, his gaze suddenly became intense.

This is not a ghost story.

It is clearly a walking "Origin of the Spirit Realm".

Forget about trenches, Zhu Yu instantly dismissed the idea. He lightly shook the "Ten Thousand Souls Banner," and billowing smoke surged out, transforming into a giant net under his control. This net enveloped a group of hundreds of ordinary Black-level monsters with colorful stripes and spewing poisonous mist.

The grid quickly closed, trapping it in a ball and dragging it into the banner.

A few breaths later.

The "Ten Thousand Souls Banner" spat out nearly eighty tiny black crystals.

"As expected, wild monsters have a higher drop rate—"

Zhu Yu secretly praised it, and the strange domain breathed out, putting away the black crystal. Then, with a slight thought, the banner surface surged, and several streams of light escaped from it.

First came the Blood Arrow Frog, the Ghost Baby, and the Ghost Lady, followed by Qiao Heyong and Xiao Qing, who occupied the "Knife Shrimp" and "Big Mouth" positions.

"Owner."

"Lord of the Manor."

Xiaoqing, Qiao and Yong had already adapted to the strange body within the banner and knew that they had taken over the monster's memories. They stepped forward, called out, and excitedly looked around at the dim sea.

"A sinister aura, such sinister energy—"

"How weird! How weird!"

Both the human and the beast were extremely curious, but their curiosity stemmed from different directions.

Zhu Yu nodded slightly and said directly, "Try to capture any strange creatures in the nearby waters. If you find anything amiss, contact me immediately."

"Yes, Master."

The impatient little green whipped its tail like an arrow and chased after a turtle-like monster.

Qiao Heyong cupped his hands in a gesture of respect with his sword arm, then rode away on the water.

The Blood Arrow Frog, the Ghost Baby, and the Ghost Bride also went in all directions.

Zhu Yu waved his hand and threw out the "Ten Thousand Souls Banner," which instantly transformed into billowing black mist that quickly spread out, covering an area of ​​about a thousand meters in radius.

Without stopping, they headed towards the trench.

The masters and servants plundered the land as they went, leaving nothing but monsters and spirits behind.

When they arrived at the edge of the trench.

Zhu Yu had billowing black smoke above his head, and behind him stood a dozen strange creatures of various shapes, each of which was at least at the "Blood" realm.

Because the inland sea is full of strange things and has few oddities.

Therefore, everyone occupies the strange things.

Apart from Xiaoqing and Qiao Heyong.

Xiao Bai occupies a Blood Vengeance Realm "Parrotfish" that glows with seven-colored light. This ghostly realm can spit out seven-colored bubbles that can envelop people, protecting them or corrupting them.

Hong Youfu possesses a Blood Fiend Realm monster that resembles a shark, and the monster's domain enhances the body.

Yao Ye occupies a Bloodswimming Realm "Swordfish" with a mouth like a sharp sword. The strange domain is similar to the "Knife Shrimp" occupied by Qiao Heyong, and can control sword energy.

Whale, Dream, Blood Slave, Liang Kuan, Xiang Sui, and Ji Feng all occupy the "Blood Realm" monsters that perfectly match their own characteristics.

To be honest, the Inland Sea is full of strange and mysterious things.

Otherwise, finding a suitable monster for Hong Youfu and the others wouldn't be so easy.

And this journey of a thousand miles.

We can't just say they've made a fortune, they've become incredibly wealthy!

The Zhuyu Ghost Domain, together with the Myriad Soul Banner, contains no less than 500,000 ghost crystals of various levels, including even "Blood" level ghost crystals.

He made a rough estimate.

If all the strange crystals are refined.

You can obtain approximately seven thousand "Spiritual Ruins Origins".

And this was only what he and his subordinates had achieved in a short period of time.

He felt that if he fought in the Inner Sea for ten or eight years, he would directly open the path to becoming a Great Master who had perfected the Dharma.

"What a treasure trove!"

Zhu Yu didn't know how many times he had felt this way.

But he couldn't be blamed for this; it was the first time he had ever realized that the "Origin of the Spirit Ruins" could be obtained so easily.

Just then.

"Hmm, is this the trench? It's so dark—"

A mumbled, incoherent sentence interrupted his thoughts. Turning his head, he saw a large, fat fish chewing on something, staring at the dark trench and muttering to itself.

He looked at it.

Xiaoqing thoughtfully took a still-lively, jumping monster out of her mouth and handed it to him.

"You eat it yourself—"

Zhu Yu politely declined.

Beside Xiaoqing was a beautiful parrotfish shimmering with iridescent colors. It exhaled a colorful bubble, engulfing its large mouth, and with a flick of its tail, slapped her towards the trench.

"Ugh—waaaah—"

Xiaoqing wasn't scared at all; instead, she happily swayed from side to side.

Zhu Yu smiled and waved his hand, saying, "Let's go, be careful, the monsters in the trench are not the ordinary monsters outside—"

After saying this, he raised his hand to retrieve the "Ten Thousand Souls Banner," and his body transformed into a wisp of smoke as he disappeared into the trench.

Xiao Bai, Hong Youfu, and others followed suit.

The "Ghost Realm" has no sun, but it has light and darkness.

When it is bright, it is white; when it is dark, it is night.

Day and night alternate.

three days later.

A streak of dark gray light shot out from the trench, seemingly fleeing for its life, and sped off into the distance.

But only a few breaths after the escape light left.

The water suddenly surged, swirling up mud, sand, and stones, instantly darkening the area. A fierce hiss, like that of a snake or insect, emanated from it, echoing in all directions. The dark, yellowish-brown water quickly turned a rusty green.

Wherever the green water flows, the rocks turn into mud and the vegetation into ashes.

The enormous creature in the green water writhed and twisted, as if trying to leave the trench, but for some reason, it dared not cross it, and could only let out fierce hisses, churning up seawater and smashing it in all directions.

It raged for a long time.

The enormous figure had just submerged into the trench and returned to calm when the flowing seawater quickly diluted the green water, leaving behind only a desolate place riddled with holes and devoid of vegetation, corroded by the green water.

the other side.

"call--"

Having fled a hundred miles away, the sense of crisis in his heart disappeared, and Zhu Yu finally stopped his escape and breathed a sigh of relief.

As you can see, his lower body has disappeared for some unknown reason, while his upper body is pitted and uneven, as if it had been splashed with sulfuric acid.

But there was no anger in his eyes; instead, his eyes revealed an uncontrollable joy.

"What trench—"