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Chapter 325: The Two Realms of the Yellow Springs, the Great Yin Transformation
Chapter 325: The Two Realms of the Yellow Springs, the Great Yin Transformation
"Strange, why has the Netherworld been so peaceful these days?" Nanny Snake led her disciples down the Yellow Springs in a boat.
The Liu family had been destroyed, so she naturally turned to another prestigious family. With her unique skill of navigating the Netherworld, she wasn't worried about finding a place to eat. After all, it wasn't considered betrayal; the family that supported her was simply gone.
Fortunately, the Liu family's estate generally did not allow outsiders to live there, so she and her disciples managed to escape the disaster. Otherwise, they might have become part of the Yellow Springs themselves. The thought of this made Nanny Snake shudder.
She wasn't clear about the specifics, but she knew it had to do with the Dragon Pearl she had retrieved. It was said that the head of the Liu family had refined the Dragon Pearl and transformed into a dragon, massacring the Xuanying Academy and the Special Forces. When Nanny Snake heard this news, she was indeed extremely surprised.
"Grandma, isn't it better to be peaceful?" one of the disciples said.
Nanny Snake shook her head: "Peace doesn't necessarily mean it's a good thing. The Netherworld has been restless for a long time, and now it's suddenly quiet. Do you think that's a good thing?"
"Unusual events must have a cause!"
She had been navigating the Netherworld for many years and, with the experience and ancestral traditions passed down to her, she knew how dangerous the Yellow Springs were. Otherwise, how could they produce so many resources? Something like a Dragon Pearl, if it appeared in the Yang world, would likely cause a storm of blood and rain.
Therefore, the sudden quiet made her uneasy, and she even considered returning.
"Then why don't we leave first?" another disciple suggested.
This was exactly what Nanny Snake was thinking, but she had just joined a new prestigious family and hadn't yet established any merit. Returning now would not be a good idea.
Although her reputation was well-known, the first impression was crucial. Unlike her time with the Liu family, where they had worked together for ten years and she had a different status, she now had no autonomy. To regain her former status, she needed to earn enough merit. In the Liu family, she had earned enough merit to rest on her laurels and even ignore the Liu family's direct descendants.
In the end, she could only shake her head: "This time, it's probably not possible. We need to earn enough merit, otherwise, we won't be able to return peacefully."
"Who knows how long this unusual peace will last? It's best to secure some resources and have something to show for it."
Nanny Snake was very clear about how pragmatic the prestigious families were. After all, she was a seasoned veteran. From the beginning, her relationship with the prestigious families was one of mutual exploitation. She navigated the Netherworld to gather resources for them, and they provided her with cultivation resources.
As for her gathering resources while navigating the Netherworld, it wasn't entirely reliable. If it were for resources, it was more for high-end resources like Dragon Pearls, not ordinary resources. To risk her life for ordinary resources in the Netherworld would be too foolish.
The other disciples exchanged glances but ultimately said nothing. Nanny Snake was the one in charge, not them. They were merely her assistants.
So, these disciples had no decision-making power. Whether to leave or continue forward, it was up to Nanny Snake. Unless they killed Nanny Snake or found another way to leave.
The small boat, with its Yin lamp lit, continued forward. The surface of the Yellow Springs was calm, as if it were an ordinary river and not the Netherworld.
"Something's wrong. Our Yin boat doesn't seem to be moving forward?" Nanny Snake's face suddenly changed. Normally, the flow of the Yellow Springs would carry the boat forward, but now the boat had stopped moving.
It was as if the flowing water had turned into a stagnant pool, an unusual occurrence that left Nanny Snake incredulous.
"Propel the Yin boat forward. We need to investigate ahead. Perhaps something is blocking the flow of the Yellow Springs, or there might be a great opportunity." Nanny Snake said immediately.
Danger naturally came with opportunity. As a Netherworld navigator, the job was more dangerous than hanging one's head on a belt. They could die at any moment, and caution sometimes couldn't save their lives. In such situations, they had to dare to fight and not retreat.
If they had gained nothing, they could indeed retreat. But with the opportunity right in front of them, retreating would be a huge loss.
"Yes, Grandma."
The disciples were somewhat excited and quickly infused the Yin boat with spiritual energy. The speed of the Yin boat immediately increased, changing from drifting with the current to a steady forward motion.
The speed naturally couldn't be too fast. The disciples' spiritual energy was limited, and the Yin boat wasn't a top-tier magical treasure. The rate of spiritual energy input was also limited, unable to handle too much energy.
So, this speed was actually quite good.
As the Yin boat moved forward, they soon discovered what was blocking the flow of the Yellow Springs.
A massive wall was being built from the bottom up, stretching endlessly and dividing the Yellow Springs into two realms.
Everyone was shocked and terrified, unable to speak.
"What... what is this?" one of Nanny Snake's disciples swallowed hard, his voice filled with fear.
If the wall were made of soil and stones, they would have been shocked but not terrified.
What truly terrified them was that the endless wall was constructed from corpses and ghostly spirits, densely packed and occasionally writhing as if they were seamlessly embedded together.
"The Yellow Springs... something terrible has happened," Nanny Snake muttered to herself.
The Yellow Springs were so calm because everything that could move had been turned into the wall.
"Go, quickly!" Nanny Snake urged.
She hadn't been navigating the Netherworld for a while, and such a major event had occurred.
But a question flashed through her mind: If she hadn't been navigating the Netherworld, surely other Netherworld navigators would have come, right?
Why hadn't this news spread? After all, this was such a significant event, with all the corpses and spirits in the Yellow Springs turned into a wall, and no one had leaked the information.
'Unless... they couldn't return to the Yang world!!!'
This answer flashed through Nanny Snake's mind instantly.
Hiding such news? That was even less likely. Although Netherworld navigators rarely socialized, if there were any major disturbances, her network would have known.
She quickly gathered her thoughts and hurriedly urged the Yin boat and the Yin lamp to return.
The thought of joining a prestigious family, earning merit, and finding great opportunities had long been forgotten. Leaving the Netherworld and returning to the Yang world was now their only thought.
"An upper-level cultivator ascends to the void, called a Celestial Immortal; a mid-level cultivator wanders among famous mountains, called an Earthly Immortal; a lower-level cultivator dies and transforms, called a Corpse-Transformation Immortal."
As the Yin boat opened the path between the two realms, a faint voice whispered these words into their minds. Then, a cultivation method called the "Great Yin Corpse-Transformation Scripture" was implanted in their minds.
In an instant, they felt the Yellow Springs' water flowing, and the pervasive aura of the Netherworld seeping into their bodies.
Their bodies began to lose vitality, and the original life force was gradually replaced by the pervasive death aura.
If their souls were too heavy with death aura, they wouldn't be able to leave the Netherworld. In the eyes of the world, they would no longer be the souls of the living but the spirits of the Yellow Springs, and the world's defense mechanisms would not allow them to return to the Yang world.
Although the will of heaven had been almost entirely eroded by the Yellow Springs, it didn't mean the world lacked corresponding defense mechanisms. The Netherworld, though eroded and hollow, served as a line of defense.
Otherwise, if the spirits and corpses in the Yellow Springs could leave the Netherworld, the Yang world would be unable to withstand them.
"Quickly!!!" Nanny Snake also noticed the changes in her body. Her cultivation technique involuntarily activated the "Great Yin Corpse-Transformation Scripture," causing her to undergo corpse transformation.
She didn't know if she could become an immortal, but she knew that after corpse transformation, she would suffer.
Unfortunately, they were just a step away from the Yang world. Before they could leave, their souls were already filled with death and stillness. Suddenly, a six-petaled lotus flower appeared in their minds.
Despair and fear erupted.
The Yin boat left the Netherworld, but their souls remained behind. They knew they were going to be used to plaster the wall.
A massive suction force erupted behind them, pulling them silently into the vast wall, leaving them with no resistance, not even the will to resist.
(End of Chapter)
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