The three Wuchang and the snake-faced Wuchang naturally refer to Xu Ying, Yuan Weiyang, Xiao Bo, and Yuan Qi. Yuan Qi's body is too large, so even though he transforms into a Wuchang, he feels inconvenient to move when standing up, and it is not as comfortable as crawling on the ground.

These Nuo practitioners disguised themselves as Wuchang and entered the underworld to collect Yang energy. Since they can enter, they naturally have a way to get out.

The fake Wuchang trembled and was forced to lead the way. He trembled and said, "You won't be able to leave like this. Da Zhong and the big guy behind will attract attention outside. Our sect will find out, and we will all die!"

Xu Ying also knew that what he said was true. Several people had their masks torn off earlier and were killed by their companions. It can be seen that sneaking into the underworld to collect Yang energy is definitely a secret and forbidden act.

It is difficult for Xu Ying and his group to avoid attracting attention. If they leave like this, they will definitely be discovered.

Xiao Bo proudly said, "The martial arts sects in the world shouldn't be too powerful. Having a few powerful Nuo practitioners is already the limit. After we go out, as long as we mention the name of my Yuan family, even the Supreme Being, the head of the sect, will have to kneel and welcome us."

Xu Ying asked, "Who are you guys?"

The fake Wuchang hesitated for a moment but still told the truth, saying, "We are from the Cangwu Sect in Xiangnan. We were entrusted to enter the underworld to collect Yang energy."

Xiao Bo, who was knowledgeable about the martial arts world, frowned slightly upon hearing this and said, "The Cangwu Sect is a Nuo practitioner sect located on Jiuyi Mountain. They don't have many exquisite Nuo techniques and are just a small local sect. Even if we go there, just mentioning our names should be enough."

Yuan Weiyang shook her head and said, "Xiao Bo, can a small local sect have so many Wuchang and ghost-faced practitioners?"

To craft a Wuchang mask, one needs to hunt and kill a Wuchang ghost or god in the underworld. This time, the Cangwu Sect dispatched two to three hundred Nuo practitioners, each wearing a mask. It is impossible for such a small local sect to have such abundant resources and wealth!

The fake Wuchang said with a crying voice, "These Wuchang masks were sent from the capital city. They don't belong to our Cangwu Sect! It was a big shot from the capital city who asked us to enter the underworld to collect Yang energy. If we refuse, our sect will be wiped out!"

Xu Ying and Yuan Weiyang exchanged glances, both showing surprise.

A big shot from the capital city came to Jiuyi Mountain in Yongzhou and asked a small sect like the Cangwu Sect to collect Yang energy from little ghost children in the underworld?

This matter is filled with strangeness.

Suddenly, a voice came from behind Xu Ying, "Why did the big shot from the capital city ask you to collect Yang energy?"

Xu Ying's scalp tingled, and Yuan Weiyang couldn't help but shiver. She whispered, "Is it Patriarch Zhou?"

Xu Ying turned his head and saw a white-browed young man who appeared behind them without knowing when. It was Zhou Qiyun, the ancestor of the Zhou family.

Yuan Weiyang turned her head and immediately broke out in a cold sweat.

Xiao Bo clenched his fists and thought to himself, "Zhou old ghost has found us! Even if I die, I must protect Young Master and let him escape!"

However, he also knew that even if he died, he probably wouldn't be able to protect Yuan Weiyang!

In front of Patriarch Zhou, his life was worthless!

Xu Ying was overjoyed and inexplicably moved. He said, "Patriarch Zhou, we have been waiting for you! We were swept here by the aftermath of your supernatural powers. We have been waiting for you for a long time. We thought something had happened to you! If you didn't come, we would have been lost in the underworld!"

The white-browed young man, Zhou Qiyun, said calmly, "I followed the traces left by Da Zhong and searched all the way, which took some time. It would have been easier for me to find you if you had stayed in place."

Xu Ying didn't blush or skip a beat. His face turned pale as he said, "I was also worried that you wouldn't be able to find us, so I asked Da Zhong to leave a trace on the ground."

Zhou Qiyun fell silent for a moment and asked, "Does wearing a Nuo practitioner mask make your skin thicker?"

Xu Ying laughed heartily, turned his head, and continued to ask the fake Wuchang, "Why did the big shot from the capital city come here?"

The fake Wuchang said, "I heard from my senior brothers in the sect that the big shot from the capital city came here to extend his life."

"Extend his life?"

This time, even Zhou Qiyun was stunned. He didn't care about investigating Xu Ying's escape from him and asked, "How does the big shot from the capital city extend his life in Yongzhou?"

The fake Wuchang said, "I heard from a senior sister that when she was delivering Yang energy, she saw the big shot from the capital city consume the Yang energy and his complexion improved a lot. That big shot also cultivates a technique that requires a large amount of Yang energy every day."

Zhou Qiyun murmured, "Interesting, interesting... Who is the old friend from the capital city who came to Yongzhou? I wanted to cross the tribulation here in Yongzhou. Why didn't he inform me and hurriedly come over?"

A trace of killing intent flashed in his eyes.

For the sake of crossing the tribulation, he would spare no effort. At this time, any expert who came to Yongzhou would be his enemy, his hidden danger, and must be eliminated!

"Xu Ying, do you have another Nuo practitioner mask?" Zhou Qiyun asked, "Lend me one."

Xu Ying took out a Wuchang mask, and Zhou Qiyun put it on his face. Immediately, his appearance changed, turning into a Wuchang.

He flicked his finger, and Nuo techniques flew out, landing on Yuan Qi. Yuan Qi's huge body immediately transformed and quickly shrank to the size of a normal Wuchang ghost.

Seeing that Yuan Qi was still crawling on the ground, Zhou Qiyun frowned and said, "Stand up, don't crawl."

Yuan Qi stood up, took a few steps, and then fell down again, continuing to crawl.

Zhou Qiyun took a deep breath and suppressed his anger. "If it weren't for the fact that I do have some connection with this guy's grandfather, I would kill him! He's useless even if he dies!"

He had framed Yuan Qi's grandfather back then and felt guilty. He reached out and took off Yuan Qi's mask, allowing him to return to his normal form, and said, "You can't change your body shape just because your magical power is not enough to support such a large form. I'll help you a bit and let you change your body size."

Without waiting for Yuan Qi to reply, Zhou Qiyun's soul flew out and placed his palm on Yuan Qi's head.

Yuan Qi immediately felt a torrent of power rushing into his body, causing his cultivation to soar, increasing two or three times in an instant!

Zhou Qiyun retracted his soul and said, "Now you can try to activate your techniques."

Yuan Qi activated his Bashe True Cultivation Technique, and suddenly his body expanded, turning into a hundred-zhang-long giant snake, spewing clouds and mist. Then, his body suddenly shrank, quickly reducing to a length of about a foot, becoming small and exquisite!

Yuan Qi was both shocked and delighted, and quickly expressed his gratitude.Zhou Qiyun said lightly, "You don't need to thank me for the virtues accumulated by your ancestors."

Xu Ying was extremely envious and was about to speak, but Zhou Qiyun shook his head and said, "Your ancestors did not accumulate any virtues."

Xu Ying stopped mentioning the matter of letting him transmit his skills.

Yuan Qi jumped onto Xu Ying's shoulder and hid in his collar.

Zhou Qiyun came to Da Zhong's side, and Xu Ying's heart couldn't help but tighten. He heard Zhou Qiyun say, "This bell has suffered heavy damage, but it hasn't been shattered. It's truly extraordinary."

He lightly patted the bell with his palm, and where his hand landed was exactly where the palm print of the girl in the coffin was. However, that palm print had already been filled with copper pillars from the Huaihua Palace and couldn't be seen with the naked eye.

Zhou Qiyun's palm seemed to have been attacked and suddenly bounced back, filled with suspicion. "Such a peculiar divine ability!"

The bell suddenly shrank, spun rapidly, and flew into the back of Xu Ying's head, shouting, "Ah Ying, this iron rooster Zhou Qiyun actually helped me refine a part of my injuries!"

Zhou Qiyun raised his palm, and there were strange patterns flashing in his palm. It was the residual divine ability from the palm print!

"A palm print left by an exceptional Qi Refiner!"

Zhou Qiyun was secretly shocked and glanced at Xu Ying. Xu Ying was good at deciphering the Qi Refiner's techniques, and he had such a bell by his side. The palm print on the bell was also left by an exceptional Qi Refiner. This made him suspect whether Xu Ying was really a snake catcher from Lingling, Yongzhou.

He clenched his fist and wiped away the residual divine ability in his palm, saying lightly, "Now that we enter Cangwu, we won't attract attention. Let's go."

The fake Yama quickly led the way.

He didn't take possession of the bell, which surprised Xu Ying.

After all, Zhou Qiyun had been plundering various treasures along the way, even cleaning out the land of the Shuikou Temple and the Huaihua Palace. The value of the bell was much higher than these two places, but Zhou Qiyun unexpectedly didn't have any intentions towards it!

"Xu Ying, I can tolerate you escaping twice."

Zhou Qiyun raised two fingers and said lightly, "But if there's a third time, I will kill you and take the treasure. I really like your bell."

Xu Ying smiled and said, "This is not my bell, it belongs to my friend."

"Befriending a magic treasure?"

Zhou Qiyun was surprised and shook his head, "If it were me, I would definitely erase its spiritual wisdom. A magic treasure is just a tool. Having spiritual wisdom will only cause trouble!"

They encountered some more fake Yama along the way, all of them from the Cangwu Sect, looking dejected. They were ordered to enter the underworld and plunder the yang energy of the little ghost dolls, but Xu Ying and the others disrupted their plans, so they didn't gain much. They were afraid of being punished when they returned.

Xu Ying and the others mingled in the crowd and followed everyone to a canyon. When they looked up, they could only see a line of sky, unable to see how high the canyon was.

When Xu Ying looked up, a sentence suddenly came to his mind, "The Abyss of Cangwu? Is this the Abyss of Cangwu?"

The fake Yama with the mask in front was closely attached to the inner wall of the canyon, walking along a narrow path. Under their feet was an abyss that was thousands of feet deep and unfathomable.

The cliff above them was also unscalable. Xu Ying and the others were walking here, and even though Xu Ying had learned swordsmanship, his heart was still pounding.

Suddenly, a loud rumbling sound came from below, deafening. Xu Ying looked down and saw that the walls of the abyss were scorching hot and had turned golden red. When his gaze fell into the abyss, his pupils involuntarily contracted.

On the narrow path, everyone's faces were flushed.

In the abyss, the interface between the underworld and the mortal world was still colliding, and hot air kept surging up, creating a terrifying scene.

Xu Ying's heart trembled. He had seen this scene before when he first cultivated his Heavenly Eyes. He saw the abyss formed by the collision of worlds on both sides of the Nai River!

"At that time, I also saw rocks resembling bodies moving in the abyss, but they were too far away to see clearly. Now that I'm in the Abyss of Cangwu, I should be able to see it more clearly."

When Xu Ying thought of this, he unconsciously activated his Heavenly Eyes and looked into the abyss.

Suddenly, he saw those giant bodies in the deepest part of the abyss, constantly wriggling like rocks!

This time, he looked more carefully and saw that those wriggling rocks looked like rocks, but also like the texture of muscular tissues!

Just at this moment, the layers of muscular tissues suddenly separated, revealing a huge eye.

Xu Ying's head spun, his eyes went black, and when he regained consciousness, he found himself outside the cliff, almost falling down!

His back was grabbed by Yuan Weiyang, which prevented him from falling into the abyss.

Xu Ying's forehead was covered in cold sweat as he thanked Yuan Weiyang.

He looked into the abyss again, and the rocks were still rocks, without any eyes.

"Things that cannot be seen or heard will cause disasters." Zhou Qiyun walked past him and said lightly.

Xu Ying followed him and asked, "Has Senior Zhou heard and seen it before?"

Zhou Qiyun fell silent for a moment and said, "To cultivate Qi, one needs to comprehend the phenomena of the Great Dao. To comprehend the Hidden Scenery, one also needs to comprehend the Dao. When I was comprehending the Great Dao that permeates the natural world, I went too deep and heard many strange voices calling out to me in my ears. I also felt an inexplicably powerful aura. Every time I wanted to listen carefully and feel it, I would encounter great terror."

Xu Ying's heart skipped a beat and asked, "Great terror?"

Zhou Qiyun didn't elaborate and said, "You will know when you cultivate in the future."

Yuan Weiyang walked to his side and whispered, "What Senior Zhou said is true. When you cultivate, you will hear some strange whispers."

Xu Ying asked, "Have you cultivated before?"

Yuan Weiyang said, "When I was practicing the Yuan Path and sensing the connection with the heavens, I cultivated once. How many times has Xu Yaowang cultivated?"

Xu Ying said grumpily, "I have only cultivated once too. Haha, I wonder what the weather is like outside?"

It can be hard to make great work when its stolen from "pawread dot com".

In his mind, the bell yawned lazily and said, "Last time when you broke through the First Knocking Period, if you could have focused on comprehending the profound roots of heaven and earth, you would have cultivated once."

At this moment, threads suddenly descended from above the canyon, and the Nuo practitioners grabbed onto the threads one by one, being pulled up and flying into the sky, quickly disappearing without a trace.

Zhou Qiyun looked up, his gaze flickering. "I didn't expect that there would be such a path directly to the underworld in Jiuyi Mountain. Let's go, let's go up!"Xu Ying, Yuan Weiyang, and Xiao Bo each grabbed a thread. Suddenly, a force tugged at them, and with a slight shake, they were flung up into the canyon!

The whistling wind echoed in the ears of Xu Ying, Yuan Weiyang, and the others as they flew high into the sky, not knowing how far they had gone. Suddenly, it was as if they had pierced through some invisible barrier, and then a burst of bright light flooded their vision.

With a swishing sound, Xu Ying landed, only to see green mountains and clear waters all around him.

Zhou Qi Yun also landed. Before he had a chance to look around, a majestic voice came from a distant hall, "Why haven't you collected any Yang Qi this time? Do all of you in the Cang Wu Sect want to be beheaded as a sacrifice to the heavens?"

Upon hearing this voice, Zhou Qi Yun's heart pounded wildly, his face showing disbelief.

"The...the Emperor!"

He almost let out a startled cry, "The one who came to the Cang Wu Sect for life extension is His Majesty, the Holy God Emperor Zhang Wu!"