Chapter 543

The cold fog of the Netherworld Mountains seems to never be able to completely soak through the heavy city walls of Black Nether City constructed of black rocks, but the atmosphere in the city is colder and more oppressive than the fog.

Chen Mu followed behind the Nine Nether Sect outer disciple who completed the transaction at the "Ghost Shadow Residence" inn, passing through several dark and winding alleys.

This person’s cultivation is about the seventh level of the innate stage, his aura is cold and condensed, and he carries the coldness unique to the Nine Nether Sect’s techniques when walking.

He is obviously quite cautious, looking back from time to time, circling a few circles, and finally enters a dilapidated courtyard located in the west of the city, relatively remote, with a "Kui Wind Courtyard" plaque hanging on it.

The courtyard is not large, only two entrances, the buildings are low, revealing the decay of long-term disrepair.

But Chen Mu’s spiritual sense keenly sensed that several simple warning and sound-insulation restrictions were set up around the courtyard, although not brilliant, they were enough to guard against ordinary petty thieves.

Chen Mu did not break in by force.

Like an invisible ghost, he quietly clung to the shadows of the courtyard’s outer wall, his method of converging breath and hiding his form operated to the extreme, perfectly merging with the surrounding darkness and cold aura.

The Heavenly Palace Realm’s spiritual sense penetrated the simple restrictions and "saw" the situation in the courtyard clearly.

The outer disciple entered the main room, where two people were waiting.

One was an old man with a hunched figure and a sinister aura, at the Earth Altar Realm "Passing the Divine Bridge" cultivation, who seemed to be his master’s elder.

The other was a middle-aged man with an ordinary face but eyes revealing shrewdness and ruthlessness, also at the innate peak, looking at his dress and appearance, he seemed to be a broker or small leader in the city’s black market.

"Master, the stuff is in hand." The outer disciple respectfully presented a black leather bag.

The hunched old man took it, opened it to check, nodded slightly, and his voice was hoarse, "Hmm, the quality is acceptable. The Black Evil Cave assessment is imminent, with these 'Rotten Heart Pills' and 'Yin Thunder Seeds', your confidence in passing the first level can be a few points higher. As for the 'Nether Soil' and 'Soul-Attracting Incense'..."

He glanced at the middle-aged man beside him.

The middle-aged man hurriedly smiled: "Rest assured, Li Lao, the goods are absolutely no problem, they are all high-quality Nether Soil dug from the depths of the 'Old Pit', and the Soul-Attracting Incense is also refined with the core of a hundred-year-old 'Yin Soul Wood', the effect is guaranteed. It’s just the price..."

The hunched old man snorted coldly and threw a cloth bag over: "Count it."

The middle-aged man took it, opened the bag and took out the silver notes inside, counted them quickly, and his smile became even brighter, "The number is exactly right! Li Lao is refreshing! Then I won't disturb you, wish your high disciple success, and enter the inner sect in one fell swoop!"

After saying that, he bowed and exited the room, leaving the courtyard quickly.

Only the hunched old man and the outer disciple remained in the room.

"Disciple, this Black Evil Cave assessment is no small matter."

The old man said in a deep voice, "My lineage has been weak in recent years. If you can successfully enter the inner sect, and even have the opportunity to be selected into the 'Nether Abyss Guard', that is the hope of revitalizing the sect! For this, some means, using them is fine."

"But remember, the Nine Nether Sect’s techniques, although walking the yin-cold path, pay attention to using yin to control yang, and using stillness to control movement, but they are not those inferior evil ways of sucking blood and seizing souls."

"Acting can be extreme, can be unscrupulous, but cannot lose the foundation, cannot fall into the state of mind, and cannot become a puppet who only knows how to kill and has no self."

"The 'Rotten Heart Pill', although it can stimulate true qi in a short time, making people fearless of death, but it causes no small damage to the meridians, so it cannot be used much."

"The 'Yin Thunder Seed' power is acceptable, and it may save your life at a critical moment. As for the 'Nether Soil' and 'Soul-Attracting Incense', they are used to deal with the 'Yin-Evil Illusions' and 'Earth Vein Maze' that may appear in the Black Evil Cave, and they need to be used in conjunction with the sect’s mental method, don't mess around."

"Disciple remembers Master’s teachings!" The outer disciple responded solemnly.

"Hmm, you go down and prepare well. Three days later, it will be the assessment period."

"Yes!"

The outer disciple exited the main room and returned to his more simple side room, starting to sit cross-legged and adjust his breath, familiarizing himself with the newly obtained "Rotten Heart Pill" and "Yin Thunder Seed."

Chen Mu outside the wall heard all this, and his understanding of the Nine Nether Sect became clearer.

The Nine Nether Sect’s techniques are cold and strange, the sect members act stubbornly and ruthlessly, and they are vengeful, but they are not the traditional demonic sects that practice evil methods such as blood sucking, soul seizing, and corpse control.

They have strict boundaries and persistence for their own orthodoxy, which may also be the reason why they can rank among the seven major martial sects and be inherited for thousands of years.

"Black Evil Cave assessment... enter the inner sect... Nether Abyss Guard..." Chen Mu pondered.

Controlling or replacing this outer disciple and mixing into the assessment might be a way.

But the risk is not small, the Nine Nether Sect’s verification of inner disciples must be strict, especially involving the "Nether Abyss Guard," an elite force guarding the core forbidden area.

He preferred another more direct and hidden method!

The night grew deeper, and Black Nether City became quieter and quieter, with only the short sounds of fighting or trading coming from afar, making this area even more dead and silent.

In the side room, Lu Lu Zhangyao had just finished a round of breath adjustment and was about to take a "Rotten Heart Pill" to adapt to the medicinal power in advance.

Suddenly, he only felt a flower in front of his eyes, the flame of the oil lamp in the room jumped, elongated, and twisted, as if it had turned into pairs of cold, deep, emotionless eyes, staring at him.

Immediately after, an indescribable, invisible pressure, as if coming from the depths of the soul, descended with a boom.

He wanted to scream, but found that even his voice could not be emitted.

He wanted to resist, but the cold true Li Yuan in his body was as if frozen, unable to mobilize at all.

He wanted to activate the "Yin Thunder Seed" in his arms, but the thought had just risen, and it was forcibly pinched out and crushed by a more powerful and arrogant soul power.

Lu Lu Zhangyao widened his eyes, and what was reflected in his pupils was only a deep and boundless dark void that seemed to be able to swallow all consciousness.

In the void, a point of light, bright as a star, yet cold as ten thousand years of black ice, was rapidly approaching him, enlarging, and finally, completely occupying all his perception...

Chen Mu’s figure appeared in the side room like a ghost, silently.

Stretching out his right index finger, a point of light condensed to the extreme, as if it could pierce through virtual and real, touched the center of the eyebrows of the outer disciple whose eyes were already dull and whose soul was completely suppressed.

"Soul Searching Technique!"

In an instant, the memory images of Lu Lu Zhangyao’s life rushed into Chen Mu’s sea of consciousness like a bursting dam.

The powerful mind, like the most precise sieve, quickly filtered, classified, and extracted the required information.

Name: Lu Lu Zhangyao.

Identity: Nine Nether Sect outer disciple, belonging to the "Earth Evil Peak" lineage.

Apprentice to Deacon Li Cairang, practicing the technique "Nine Nether Cold Jade Technique" (first three layers). Cultivation innate seventh level. Desires to get ahead, and will not stop until the goal is achieved.

The identity of this Nine Nether Sect outer disciple was something he murdered others to replace!