Chapter 75: Talisman |
“Sorry, I was working out just now and missed your call.”
Ruan Hongzhuang's message came back quickly.
“I see.”
“You're not mad?”
“Why would I be mad?”
It was followed by a confused emoji sticker.
Shen Siyuan found her quite adorable.
“I didn't contact you all day, you're not angry?”
“You must have been busy with something.”
“Is that what you thought?”
“Because I'm also very busy.
I was actually going to contact you this morning and afternoon, but I was afraid of disturbing your work. I thought about contacting you at noon too, but I was worried I'd disturb your break…”
Staring at the few short lines of text on his phone, Shen Siyuan was stunned for a long time.
He wasn't a novice when it came to relationships. He'd had a girlfriend in college, but in that relationship, he had basically been the one putting in all the effort from the very beginning.
Even in the end, after they got together, Shen Siyuan was still the one giving more. Much of the time, he would compromise his own feelings to accommodate his girlfriend.
Although he found Ruan Hongzhuang's approach a little funny, it was the first time he had so directly felt a woman's kindness toward him.
After some thought, Shen Siyuan edited another message and sent it.
“Actually, I wasn't busy today. I purely forgot.
I've been single for so long that I suddenly have a girlfriend, and I haven't quite adapted yet. That's my fault…”
“Then I'll help you adapt as soon as possible.
(smile.jpg)”
“Okay, are you free this Saturday? Let's go hiking, shopping, see a movie, get dinner… let's get to know each other.”
Since he had decided to date her, Shen Siyuan resolved to be more proactive.
But after sending the message, he suddenly remembered something.
This Saturday, he seemed to have plans with Hong Wenqing.
But the message was already sent and couldn't be retracted.
Hong Wenqing would understand, right?
Hong Wenqing: …
…
The two of them didn't chat for long. After setting a time, they ended the conversation.
Jiang Taozhi, who had been leaning over and watching Ruan Hongzhuang's phone, said, "I'm starting to think you two are actually a pretty good match."
“Oh, really? Why do you think so?” Ruan Hongzhuang was very happy to hear that.
“Because you're both equally weird,” Jiang Taozhi said.
“Heh, Jiang Taozhi, it seems I've been too good to you…”
“Nooo…”
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Shen Siyuan put away his phone, and with a thought, he summoned the【Ten Thousand Souls Banner】again.
After Lu Guanchang's wish dissipated, his soul transformed into a stream of the purest Soul Power, which flowed back into the Ten Thousand Souls Banner.
Coupled with the two previous threads of Merit, although it was still a drop in the bucket for repairing the Ten Thousand Souls Banner, it did have some effect.
Shen Siyuan's Divine Sense, like a wisp of green smoke, wrapped around the【Ten Thousand Souls Banner】in his hand. Then, in a trance, he arrived in a chaotic space.
The space wasn't very large, roughly the size of a seventy or eighty-square-meter room, and it was surrounded by a gray, murky mist.
The space was cluttered with Miscellaneous Items: swords, spears, and halberds; bottles and jars; gold, silver, and jewels; brocade clothing…
This was one of the Storage Spaces inherent to the【Ten Thousand Souls Banner】.
As the Sect Guardian Treasure of the Ancient Demon Sect, the Netherworld Sect, the【Ten Thousand Souls Banner】had an extraordinary origin. It contained a total of Nine Layers of Restrictions, with each layer composed of countless spaces, shaped like a Honeycomb.
They were stacked layer upon layer, and the higher the layer, the larger the space and the greater the number of Honeycomb Chambers that formed it.
As the master of the【Ten Thousand Souls Banner】, Shen Siyuan was able to perceive its full form.
The entire【Ten Thousand Souls Banner】was a giant Honeycomb suspended upside down in the void.
But now, this Honeycomb was in a state of disrepair.
The higher up it went, the more severe the damage.
Most of them served as residences for ghosts; they were Netherworld Ghost Domains filled with a large amount of Underworld Qi.
Ghosts that were absorbed into them could cultivate, slumber, or even drill armies within.
For example, when Doudou and Yin Xingyue were absorbed into the【Ten Thousand Souls Banner】, they were not in the same space as Du Xiuzhi and Lu Guanchang were when they were absorbed.
And after the【Ten Thousand Souls Banner】was damaged, many "Honeycomb Chambers" were destroyed, causing some originally adjacent "Honeycomb Chambers" to connect. Because different "Honeycomb Chambers" had different rules, and even opposing rules.
As a result, many "Honeycomb Chambers" lost their original "order" and became chaotic and dangerous. Some "Honeycomb Chambers" even disappeared completely, turning into a void.
Each layer of space had an entrance, and after entering, the "Honeycomb Chambers" also had a spatial sequence.
Only by entering one "Honeycomb Chamber" could you enter the next.
If a "Honeycomb Chamber" was missing or damaged, it was like a broken bridge, making it very difficult to enter the next "Honeycomb Chamber."
This was why Shen Siyuan wanted to repair the【Ten Thousand Souls Banner】.
Because without repairs, some "Honeycomb Chambers" were completely inaccessible. He had to find a way to complete them, not just make do with what was broken.
Shen Siyuan was lucky. The first layer's "Honeycomb Chamber" used for storage was not damaged.
After repairing the surrounding "Honeycomb Chambers," he was finally able to enter.
However, this first layer space stored some of the miscellaneous items from when the Nine Nether Demon Lord first began his cultivation.
Don't be fooled by those swords, spears, halberds, gold, and jewels. They might seem precious, but in the Cultivation World of The Great Wilderness, these were the most useless things—mundane items used by mortals.
For Shen Siyuan, the most useful things were, conversely, those bottles and jars.
Because Shen Siyuan had only obtained some of the Nine Nether Demon Lord's remnant memories, he didn't know what was inside these bottles and jars, so he had a good rummage through them.
Then he discovered that names can be misspoken, but nicknames are never wrong. There was a reason the Nine Nether Lord of the Underworld was called the Demon Lord.
Stored within these bottles and jars were all kinds of Yin Evil Poisons, used for dealing with enemies.
Shen Siyuan didn't dare take them out of the space.
One misstep could easily cause a disaster.
Shen Siyuan couldn't help but feel a little disappointed.
After finally repairing a portion of the "Honeycomb" to enter the first layer's Storage Space, he found not a single Spiritual Item that could help his cultivation.
But on second thought, it was easy to understand.
As the storage space from when the Nine Nether Demon Lord first started cultivating, his cultivation level was weak back then. If there had been any Heaven and Earth Spiritual Items, he would have consumed them himself long ago.
How could they possibly be left until now?
Unwilling to give up, Shen Siyuan rummaged through the Miscellaneous Items, sorting them as he went. At the same time, he couldn't stop complaining internally that the Nine Nether Demon Lord was a real piece of work, definitely a slob who didn't know how to organize his things.
After he finished sorting everything, Shen Siyuan finally discovered a spherical object flashing with red and blue light in a corner. Upon closer inspection, it was a cluster of many long insects balled together.
Seeing this, Shen Siyuan was overjoyed.
This was truly an unexpected harvest.
These were called Iron-devouring Fireflies, a type of creature that grew in Metal Veins and fed on metal. They were shaped like sharp swords, had bodies as tough as refined iron, and could emit light like fireflies.
When they gathered in swarms and encountered an enemy, they would fly into the air like a host of flying swords streaking across the sky. The sight of Ten Thousand Swords Launch Together was extremely spectacular, which was why they were also called Flying Sword Fireflies.
It was clear that these Iron-devouring Fireflies were captured by the Nine Nether Demon Lord during the early stages of his cultivation to serve as Body Protection Items.
He had absorbed these Iron-devouring Fireflies into the【Ten Thousand Souls Banner】to Refine and Cultivate them, granting them new abilities.
Originally, these Iron-devouring Fireflies could only pierce the human body and devour flesh and blood. Now, they could unleash a Netherfire Scorching the Sky and Devour Souls.
So, it was more appropriate to call them Netherfire Fireflies now.
Unfortunately, their numbers were a bit low.
Shen Siyuan's Divine Sense swept out, and the ball of Netherfire Fireflies landed in his hand.
PS: Asking for monthly tickets~