Chapter 820: Water Pool and Blood Curse Gate

Without Silver Moon's reminder, Han Li also saw the general outline of the map; it was indeed exactly the same as the terrain of the Falling Demon Valley.

However, the rest of the map was drawn extremely roughly, and only at the marked location did it become detailed.

Not only did it draw the section of the inner valley where the mark was located, but it also clearly marked the terrain nearby.

Han Li calculated the distance between the mark and his current location; it was very far. And he didn't know what kind of strange dangers he would encounter along the way.

Han Li pondered for a moment, then shook his head and put the map away.

Knowing that the marked location must contain some major secret, Han Li didn't intend to cause any more trouble before handling the Spirit Candle Fruit. Whether he would go to explore it later would naturally be decided after obtaining the Spirit Candle Fruit.

Silver Moon seemed to have guessed Han Li's thoughts and didn't speak again. Instead, Han Li flipped his hand again, took out the new jade box, and stuffed it into the bamboo tube on his back, saying indifferently to the Great Expansion Divine Monarch:

"Many of the materials required for this Seven Flame Fan have long since gone extinct or are fundamentally difficult to find. But with your heaven-defying talent, senior, perhaps you can find substitutes. If you can really refine a Heaven-Connecting Spirit Treasure in the current cultivation world, I will truly be impressed by you."

"Kid. Do you take me for an idiot? Although I am very interested in Heaven-Connecting Spirit Treasures, why would I study the refining method for you for no reason? Just because of your light words of admiration?" The Great Expansion Divine Monarch was silent for a while before replying coldly.

"Heaven-Connecting Spirit Treasures are not so easy to imitate. Your heaven-defying talent is the best I've ever seen. But whether you can research an imitation method, I actually don't have much confidence. However, if you can really do this, senior, I can promise you any one request within my power as a reward. What do you think, senior?" Han Li didn't show any strange expression, but said calmly.

Hearing Han Li's words, the Great Expansion Divine Monarch was silent for a while again. Then he snorted coldly and said proudly:

"Heaven-Connecting Spirit Treasures, I obtained some information from an ancient cultivator ruin in my early years, which is how I knew of the existence of such heaven-defying treasures. I have naturally been very curious about these treasures that even ancient cultivators feared. I have been paying attention to them ever since. Unfortunately, there is very little information about Heaven-Connecting Spirit Treasures, and I have never had any gains. Now that I have become this neither human nor ghost appearance, and even have only a few decades left before my soul flies away, I don't want to leave any regrets. So even though I know you are using a provocation method, I accept it. Besides, it's just finding some substitute materials, not re-developing the refining method for a Heaven-Connecting Spirit Treasure. What's difficult about that? Just don't forget to promise me a request when the time comes."

"Good. Then it's a deal," Han Li smiled and settled the matter.

With such a genius who could even create the Great Expansion Art here, Han Li naturally wouldn't waste it.

Although he already had a Heaven-Connecting Spirit Treasure, the Void Heaven Cauldron, he didn't know how many years it would be before he could open and use it. Moreover, for heaven-defying treasures like Heaven-Connecting Spirit Treasures, naturally, the more the better.

Below, the Great Expansion Divine Monarch's voice was gone. He was likely already opening the jade box and studying the refining method inside.

Han Li's spiritual light grew brighter, and his speed increased by a few points as he flew forward.

Half a day later, when Han Li approached the hilltop where the Purple-Veined Scorpion nest was located again, Marquis Lord Nanlong and the old man surnamed Lu were walking in a strange underground passage. It was pitch black, damp, and humid, and with their cultivation bases, they could only see things within a few zhang.

"Brother Lord Nanlong. I really didn't expect that in a place full of lava, there would be such a damp and humid place. I now have seven or eight points of belief in the Blood Curse Gate," Lu Lu Weiying followed Marquis Lord Nanlong at a distance of a zhang, saying slowly.

"Hehe! So Brother Lu was skeptical all along! You also know that regarding the Blood Curse Gate, even when I and that thief Yun found Master Master Cangkun's legacy, it wasn't mentioned. Otherwise, the Ghost Spirit Sect would never have let this place go. The Blood Curse Gate is a secret passed down through generations in my family," Marquis Lord Nanlong replied with a smile.

"However, if it weren't for the fact that opening the Blood Curse Gate requires the power of two Nascent Soul cultivators, Brother Lord Nanlong might not have brought Lu along," the old man surnamed Lu's eyes turned, and he suddenly smiled.

"Brother Lu is joking. I have known you for so many years. With such benefits, I naturally had to call you. Otherwise, why would I have kept this matter hidden from that kid Han?" Marquis Lord Nanlong laughed and brushed it off vaguely.

"Then Lu thanks Brother Lord Nanlong for your kindness," the old man surnamed Lu, after testing him, immediately became tactful and didn't mention this matter again.

In such a situation where only two people were exploring for treasures, a slight reminder was enough. It was to let Marquis Lord Nanlong know that he was wary of him, so he wouldn't do anything like crossing the river and tearing down the bridge halfway. He didn't want to be confused and tear his face off with the other party in such a place, then fight another great battle.

Marquis Lord Nanlong also knew the old man's intention. His expression remained calm on the surface, but he sneered in his heart.

The two walked in silence for a short distance, and faint light appeared ahead. Both were overjoyed at the same time, immediately quickening their pace and walking into a stalactite cave that was not small.

This cave was thirty or forty zhang wide, with cone-shaped stalactites several feet in size scattered on the ceiling and ground, and white light flashing on the four walls. But the most eye-catching thing was a jade-green water pool about ten zhang in size in the center of the cave.

Apart from the pool water being slightly emerald green, it didn't look like there was anything unusual.

"Is the Blood Curse Gate really here?" Lu Lu Weiying looked around and didn't find any restrictions, finally unable to help but ask.

Seeing the old man who had just claimed to have seven or eight points of belief now questioning him, Marquis Lord Nanlong glanced at him sideways, revealing a look of "as expected." "It's here, there's no mistake! But such an important place as the Blood Curse Gate was naturally covered up by Master Master Cangkun with restrictions when he left. Just tear down the restrictions," Marquis Lord Nanlong replied unhurriedly, his gaze shifting to the water pool in the middle of the cave.

The old man surnamed Lu was startled, and also looked at the water pool in a daze.

At this time, Marquis Lord Nanlong flicked his large sleeve, and a small blue flag shot out from his sleeve, then with a "pfft" sound, the flag sank directly into the water pool and vanished.

Then Marquis Lord Nanlong pinched a magic technique with both hands and began to chant low incantations.

Only to see the previously calm water pool surface suddenly ripple, the pool water swirling slowly, and faster and faster, gradually forming a giant vortex. And in the center of the vortex, faint humming sounds came.

"Water-Splitting Flag? I didn't expect Brother Lord Nanlong to have such a rare treasure," Lu Lu Weiying said, surprised upon seeing this scene.

"It's nothing. Apart from splitting the water surface, this flag doesn't have much use," Marquis Lord Nanlong shook his head and said indifferently.

Then he let out a low shout, raised both hands, and cast two more spells into the vortex.

The pool water suddenly rose several zhang and split open, and a passage appeared before their eyes.

Marquis Lord Nanlong didn't say a word, his body transforming into a golden light as he flew straight down.

Lu Lu Weiying hesitated slightly, then transformed into a white rainbow and followed closely behind.

A moment later, the old man surnamed Lu's face turned somewhat pale.

This water pool was very deep, no, it should be said it was very, very deep.

He had flown down for fully two or three hundred zhang, and it still didn't look like it had reached the bottom. This made him, in his escape light, look up at the pool entrance, which had become a small dot of light, and he couldn't help but mutter in his heart, feeling a sense of oppression.

Fortunately, after flying for another hundred zhang, he finally saw Marquis Lord Nanlong below suddenly flash his escape light and land slowly, finally reaching the bottom of the water pool.

The old man felt a sense of relief for no reason. He also retracted his escape light and landed lightly.

The bottom of the pool was fully ten or twenty zhang large and circular, seeming even larger than the pool entrance. The ground was damp and covered with giant bluestone floor tiles, appearing extremely smooth.

In the middle of the bluestone ground, the Water-Splitting Flag was inserted, half-buried in the ground. But the flag surface was emitting blue spiritual light.

All around were emerald green, towering water curtains, towering high and connecting straight to the pool entrance.

"If this Blood Curse Gate is hidden here, it's truly extremely secret. Ordinary people, no one would ever go deep into the bottom of the water pool for several hundred zhang. However, how did Master Master Cangkun know about this place back then? This is somewhat strange," Lu Lu Weiying looked around and frowned, saying.

"This... perhaps Master Master Cangkun's spiritual sense was extraordinary. He directly sent his split soul deep into the bottom of the pool to detect it," Marquis Lord Nanlong was startled, replying somewhat uncertainly. He had never thought about this matter, and his heart also felt a bit of shock.

"Perhaps so!" The old man touched his chin, his gaze flickering.

Marquis Lord Nanlong pondered for a while, then shook his head and cast this doubt aside, suddenly patting the storage bag at his waist.

A white light flew out from the bag, and the white jade pendant used at the entrance of the inner valley was sacrificed into mid-air, spinning incessantly.

Marquis Lord Nanlong pinched magic techniques with both hands, and spells of various colors flew out incessantly, shooting toward the jade pendant. In the blink of an eye, they were all absorbed by the jade pendant.

Then white light shone brightly, and the jade pendant suddenly stopped spinning, facing a water curtain and emitting a clear sound like a phoenix cry.

Marquis Lord Nanlong didn't say a word, raised his hand, and pointed forcefully at the jade pendant.

The jade pendant trembled, and a large patch of white mist sprayed out from the surface of the jade pendant, rolling toward the front.

A strange scene appeared.

Wherever the white light mist passed, the water curtain twisted and tore like a torn painting, shattering and vanishing in the light mist.

Replacing it was an arched stone gate about three zhang high, appearing with flickering blood-red light.

The surface of the stone gate was carved with a giant one-horned ghost head, occupying most of the surface of the stone gate, lifelike, ferocious, and vicious. "Is this the Blood Curse Gate?" Lu Lu Weiying's eyes twitched, and he muttered.

For some reason, as soon as he saw this gate, he suddenly felt a palpitation, feeling great unease in his heart.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 821 =====