Chapter 122: A Gift from the Underworld

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Zhang Nuo had been observing the Mysterious Heaven Gold-Devouring Insect. As for the book in his hand, he hadn't paid it much attention at all. Compared to the Spirit Insect, even if this book contained heaven-shaking secrets, it wasn't the most important thing.

"This... this is a book from the Underworld!"

Upon seeing the large book in Zhang Nuo's hand, the voice of Chunyangzi inside the Sword Box became somewhat shaky! Ever since he had known Chunyangzi, he had never seen him like this.

"What do you mean?"

When Chunyangzi had first seen the Ming Jade, he had said that this jade came from the Underworld. Now, seeing the large book in Zhang Nuo's hand, he said again that this book came from the Underworld. Zhang Nuo's mind was a complete mess; he had no idea what the Remnant Soul inside the Sword Box was talking about.

"Hehe! Kid Zhang, you've picked up a treasure this time! This book looks no different from a normal book other than being a bit large, but this is a genuine book from the Underworld! The things recorded inside will also be things from the Underworld!"

Chunyangzi was so happy he couldn't close his mouth, and he said impatiently:

"Hurry up and open the book to see what's written inside!"

Zhang Nuo looked at the large book in his hand and opened the first page as instructed. However, when he flipped open the large book, Zhang Nuo's eyes went blank. On the huge page, there were only a few words written in a wild, cursive script, and he didn't recognize a single one of the characters written on the book, though he did have a feeling of having seen them somewhere before.

Upon careful recollection, they actually looked somewhat similar to the characters on the Ming Jade! He took the Ming Jade out of his Storage Bag, and upon comparing them, not a single character on the book was the same as those on the jade tablet, but the style of writing and the shapes were somewhat similar!

"Ancient Underworld Script!"

Compared to before, Chunyangzi's voice had clearly lost its luster; the previous joy and excitement had completely vanished.

"I say, Senior, can you explain it clearly so I can understand too!"

Being jerked around by Chunyangzi like this, Zhang Nuo was about to break down; he was also very curious about this large book!

"This 'Ancient Underworld Script' is a type of ancient writing from the Underworld. I'm afraid it has already been lost to time. Let alone me, I'm afraid even the great mighty cultivators of the Underworld might not recognize it! It's truly a joy for nothing; I originally thought I could obtain some news about the Underworld from this book!"

Speaking listlessly, Chunyangzi immediately lost interest in the book!

"So, this book is basically useless?"

He flipped through a few more pages, and seeing that the characters written in the book were all of the same style, Zhang Nuo helplessly closed the large book and put it into his Storage Bag.

"You don't understand Ancient Underworld Script, so even if what is recorded in the book is a peerless cultivation art, you wouldn't be able to practice it! However, keep this book; it might be useful in the future. Perhaps by some stroke of luck, you will be able to translate the 'Ancient Underworld Script' in the book!"

Chunyangzi said this with some annoyance, and then no more sound came out.

Zhang Nuo shook his head with a bitter smile. He had risked losing the Mysterious Heaven Gold-Devouring Insect to retrieve this book from the Black Light Barrier, never expecting it to be of no use at all.

Now that the problem of the book was resolved, Zhang Nuo once again turned his gaze to the Spirit Insect. He saw that the Spirit Insect seemed extremely exhausted, crawling on his palm without moving, only occasionally flashing a glimmer in its eyes to prove it was still conscious.

"Now can you tell me what happened inside the Black Light Barrier!"

With a shift of his mind, Zhang Nuo asked the Spirit Insect.

"Zhi zhi!"

The Spirit Insect made a faint sound from its mouth. Not long after, Zhang Nuo's brows furrowed again. It turned out that after the Mysterious Heaven Gold-Devouring Insect broke through the Restriction and entered the Black Light Barrier, it saw that it was pitch black inside, and the density of the Yin Qi was nearly a hundred times that of the outside world.

The Spirit Insect searched inside for a long time and finally only discovered this large book. The large book was resting quietly on a square stone table, and the entire stone table was only about three feet in size.

When the Spirit Insect approached the stone table, it was surprised to find that the stone table was made of a rare type of ore. The Spirit Insect didn't stand on ceremony and began to gnaw on it with its big mouth.

However, the hardness of the stone table far exceeded the Spirit Insect's estimation. It gnawed for a long time before it finally finished eating the huge stone table. But when the Spirit Insect wanted to carry the large book and fly out of the Black Light Barrier, it discovered that its body weight had become much heavier.

However, this did not affect its flight. After much difficulty, it carried the large book, arrived at the top of the Black Light Barrier, and after rushing out with all its might, the scene from before occurred.

"So that's how it is!"

Zhang Nuo let out a long breath as if a heavy burden had been lifted. Since it was just because of the ore that the Spirit Insect's body had become heavy, there was nothing to worry about. With the Mysterious Heaven Gold-Devouring Insect's ability to dissolve metal, this heavy ore was simply not a problem.

"What about the black giant hand?"

Recalling the black giant hand that attacked them, Zhang Nuo still had lingering fears. At this moment, the Spirit Insect was already drowsy. After weakly chirping "zhi zhi" twice, it lazily crawled onto his palm and didn't say another word.

"So it was transformed from the Restriction on the Black Light Barrier!"

Although it was only a few short sentences, Zhang Nuo understood. Since it was emitted by the Restriction, he felt relieved. Previously, Zhang Nuo had suspected that there was some terrifying existence beneath the Black Light Barrier, but now it seemed it was a false alarm.

Carefully putting the Spirit Insect into the Spirit Beast Bag, Zhang Nuo dragged his exhausted body back to the previous forest, and with a flash of his figure, he entered the tree hole. He sat down cross-legged and began to regulate his breathing and perform meditation!

The time spent in the Dark Swamp had truly tortured Zhang Nuo. With a large amount of Spirit Power output and no way to replenish it, coupled with dealing with the two black giant hands at the end, the Spirit Power contained in his Double Spirit Sea was clearly insufficient! If Zhang Nuo were an ordinary cultivator, he might have already fallen by now.

In the Trial Ground, under the current circumstances, it would probably take a month to fully recover his Spirit Power!