Chapter 442: Good and Bad Reversed, Living Towards Death
“Mingxu? Is that the name of this dangerous place?”

When Shang Lu was swallowed into the blood mist, he put on a Nuo mask with a pig body, eight legs and a snake tail, chanted the Stone Armor Spell, and condensed a hard rock armor on himself.

It turned out that the blood mist only submerged them but did not cause any harm to them.

Even so, Shang Lu did not dare to take it lightly. He continued to hold up the Stone Armor Curse, tightly grasping the beast whip in his left hand and the witch knife in his right hand. The energy in his body was always ready to go.

Once there is a dangerous situation, we can take action immediately.

At the same time, Shang Lu was still thinking quickly in his mind: “I wonder if this underworld ruins has any connection with the underworld? If so, can I ask the Earth Lord to come again?”

Although he thought so, Shang Lu did not rush to take action.

It was not yet midnight, and asking for help from the gods would be very risky, especially since he had taken the risk of asking Tubo to descend before, and his body had been polluted. The strange blood tumor on his forehead was still there, beating “dong da, dong da”. If he rashly asked for help from the gods again, the pollution would worsen, and even if Tubo wanted to save him, he might not be able to.

So let’s first take a look at the situation in the underworld and wait until the time comes.

Being in the blood mist, I couldn’t see anything else but the blood mist around me that was constantly flowing, and at an extremely fast speed. In addition to the screams of thousands of wronged souls, I could also hear the sound of the wind.

It feels like traveling from one world to another.

Shang Lu had experience in entering and exiting secret realms, and knew that this was heading towards the secret realm, so he was not in a hurry. However, he still raised his vigilance to the highest level, guarding against the danger that might arise at any time in the blood mist.

“Mingxu” is an undeveloped dangerous place and must not be taken lightly.

Those who were swallowed into the underworld with Shang Lu all had some experience in entering and exiting the secret realm. Even people like Lu Dao had presided over the exploration and development of the secret realm, so even if they encountered a sudden change, they were not too panicked.

“Everyone, come closer to me! Supervisor Xu, quickly set up the magic formation and protect everyone.”

The Rat Patrol was arranged at the first opportunity.

His voice was sharp, and even with the interference of the roars of thousands of wronged souls and the whistling wind, Shang Lu and others could still hear it clearly.

At the same time, a black gas flew out from the body of the Rat Patrol and turned into a black rat, floating above the head of the Rat Patrol.

Even in the thick blood mist, the black rat was still clearly visible, allowing everyone to follow the rat’s shadow and move closer to the Rat Patrol.

Xu Shan answered “yes” loudly in the blood mist and quickly changed the formation plate.

As the witchcraft energy was infused, golden light burst out from the formation plate.

When countless golden lights intertwined together, they formed a big net that covered everyone.

As soon as the Tianluo Golden Light Formation was formed, everyone heard a series of muffled “puff” sounds coming from all directions.

There was something hidden in the blood mist, and it attempted to launch a sneak attack on them, but was stopped by the Tianluo Golden Light Array.

“Sure enough, there are bedbugs.”

Rat Patrol snorted coldly, waved his hand and released a raging witchcraft energy, which condensed into a giant claw in mid-air and rushed straight to the place where the sound came from in the blood mist.

Seeing him take action, Lu Yang had no more worries and immediately followed him, flying his sword towards other places in the blood mist where muffled sounds were coming from.

Shang Lu, Bai Lingxu and Gongshu Ling’s Wu Jia all launched the offensive at the first opportunity.

Shanglu’s beast whip was as fast as lightning and hit a target in an instant.

“boom–“

The violent lightning exploded on the beast whip, and actually dispersed a lot of the thick blood mist, allowing Shang Lu to clearly see what kind of strange thing was hiding in the blood mist and trying to launch a sneak attack on them.

Lu Yang was startled by the noise made by the Shanglu Beast Whip. He took a quick glance and saw the strange creature hidden in the blood mist. He said in astonishment, “Is this… a kite?”

“Human skin kite!” Shang Lu added. With the blessing of the liver god statue, he could see more clearly.

What were blocked outside the Tianluo Golden Light Array were strange pieces of stretched-out human skin.

The human skins seemed to have just been peeled off and were still dripping with blood.

Although they had been stripped of their bodies, they still had consciousness. After being counterattacked by Shang Lu and others, they were not only able to dodge quickly, but also screamed:
“The idea is prickly!”

“After so much effort, another group of strangers came. Why are they just as difficult to deal with as the previous ones?”

“I want to suck blood, I want a body… You damned living people, why don’t you do what we want and have to go against us?”

“Let us wrap ourselves around you and give you a quick death. Otherwise, you will be corroded by the Yin Qi and slowly decay. The pain you endure will be far more miserable than being cut into pieces!”

“We are doing this for your own good, don’t be ungrateful!”

“Erosion by Yin Qi?”

When the seven people heard this, they all activated their inner vision techniques to check the conditions inside their bodies.

As expected, I was eroded by the Yin energy without realizing it.

The seven people either activated their magic power or chanted spells to expel and purify the negative energy, but it was to no avail. Instead, they were mocked by the human skin kites in the blood mist:
“useless.”

“Hehe, as long as you living people come to the underworld, you will be corroded by the Yin energy. It won’t be long before your bodies are completely rotten and you become just like us, with only skin left!”

“If you don’t want to turn into a pool of smelly blood, let us wrap you up. Don’t resist, don’t struggle, we are helping you stay alive!”

Shang Lu and the others didn’t believe what these human skin kites said at all.

These human skin kites are not philanthropists, how could they be kind enough to help them save their lives?

Most of the time, they want to possess them, suck their blood, eat their flesh, or even use them as scapegoats so that they can get rid of their current miserable state.

If you really believe the deception of these human skin kites, just prepare to die.

But I really need to find a way to resolve the negative energy in my body.

Because the Yin Qi in the underworld is different from the outside world, it contains too much dead air and resentment. If left unchecked, not only will the Yang Qi be suppressed, but the vitality will also be eroded.

Once the yang energy and vitality are severely damaged, it may really be like what these human skin kites said, the person is still alive, but the body begins to decay and rot.

Except for Phytolacca americana.

Unlike other people, Shang Lu had the Five Internal Organs Temple in his body. After the Yin Qi from the underworld invaded his body, it was directly sent to the Five Internal Organs Temple and placed on the offering table.

The Yin energy was like a ball of black mud, churning on the altar, trying to rush out of the table and pollute all the internal organs.

It happened that at this moment, the statues of the five internal organs emitted five colored lights of green, red, yellow, white and black, covering the dark yin energy, constantly purifying its resentment and evil spirits, and purifying the yin energy to provide “food” for the Yin-Yang Qi Clock.

Shang Lu secretly breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the situation inside his body, but he did not completely relax.

Because he was not sure, as the Yin Energy invading his body gradually increased, whether his five internal organs would be able to suppress and refine the Yin Energy like they did now.

As for Zishu Xunshou and others, they were even more nervous.

Seeing that they could not expel or purify the Yin Qi that had invaded their bodies, everyone immediately changed their strategy and sacrificed their magic treasures, hoping to use the power of the treasures to stop the invasion of Yin Qi.

As long as there is not too much Yin energy in the body, the body will not decay and rot.

Needless to say, the witch treasures really worked. Especially the witch treasures offered by Zishu Xunshou and Gongshu Senior Sister Wujia, which effectively helped everyone curb the erosion of Yin Qi.

The human skin kite outside the blood mist was very sensitive to changes in Qi and immediately understood the changes in the Yin Qi in everyone’s body.

They cursed and swore, as if they were angry and regretful that they couldn’t see everyone corrupt and rot.

But soon, they started grinning again:
“Don’t think you’ll be alright if you do this.”

“As long as a living person steps into the underworld, your body and soul will be corroded by the underworld’s yin energy!”

“Even if you have treasures to delay it, it’s just drinking poison to quench thirst.”

“Once twelve hours have passed, if you still haven’t found the Well of Resurrection and left the Netherworld, then even if you have all the treasures and means, your body will turn into rotten flesh and bones, and your soul will be trapped in the Netherworld forever, becoming one of us, hahahaha…”

Lu Yang made a sword gesture with his hand and pointed in the direction where the laughter came from. The flying sword immediately shot into the blood mist.

Unfortunately, these human skin kites were obviously hiding far away, and they had enough time to dodge and react, so they were not hit by Lu Yang’s flying sword.

Lu Yang was afraid that the flying sword would be contaminated by the blood mist, so he quickly retracted it, gritted his teeth and cursed, and snorted: “If that time really comes, I will find you and tear you to pieces!”

Hearing this, the human skin kites in the blood mist were all speechless for a moment, and then burst into laughter:
“You’re threatening us, right? I’m afraid that you won’t live long enough to survive that period, and your soul will be devoured and your body will be chewed up…hahaha!”

Lu Yang was about to start a fight, but was stopped by Shang Lu: “Ignore them. These human skin kites are deliberately stirring up the anger in your hearts so that you can be eroded by pollution faster.”

Lu Dao agreed and said, “Shang Lu is right. If you can kill the strange creatures in the dangerous place, just kill them directly. If you can’t kill them, just ignore them. Don’t let them lead you astray and mess up your mentality.”

When the Rat is on patrol at this time, the witch seal is placed between the eyebrows.

Because of the witchcraft, it seemed as if there were two balls of black fire dancing in his eyes.

With this method, he can see farther even in thick blood mist.

After taking a quick look around, the Rat Patrol greeted everyone:
“It’s not a solution to stay here any longer. Regardless of whether what these human skin kites say is true or false, if we stay in this dangerous place for a long time without effective defense, we will just be waiting for death. We must take action, find our own people in this dangerous place, and find a way to leave this place.”

Everyone agreed and immediately followed the Rat on patrol, carefully exploring the dangerous area and looking for an exit.

Seeing this, the group of strange human skin kites followed and kept harassing everyone with words:

“Don’t waste your energy.”

“It’s useless. No one who has come to the underworld has been able to get out.”

“Give up, we will give you a quick death and let you experience unprecedented happiness…”

Shang Lu and his men tried to attack and drive away these human skin kites, but these human skin kites were cunning. As soon as Shang Lu and his men attacked them, they immediately scattered and fled away. Once they stopped, they would follow them again and make noises.

Shang Lu also tried to release the paper man, but the blood mist outside the Tianluo Golden Light Array was obviously strange. After the paper man went out, it would not only become difficult to control, but would also rot quickly under the erosion of the Yin Qi and would be unable to exert its effect in the outside world.

If it were a paper figure infused with divine power, it might be able to resist the erosion of negative energy, but using divine power to deal with these human skin kites is a bit of a waste.

In the end, Shang Lu simply used his eloquence and sophistry to argue against these chattering human skin kites.

Thanks to his eloquence and sophistry, Shang Lu’s words were much dirtier and more powerful than those of these human skin kites. Lu Yang, Bai Lingxu and Gongshu Ling’s Wu Jia were stunned, and Lu Dao and Xu Shan wanted to cover his mouth several times.

Only the Rat on patrol laughed out loud, saying that he had scolded well.

Shang Lu’s scolding was indeed good, and the human-skin kites were so angry that their defenses were broken. Some of the human-skin kites even rushed up screaming and wanted to tear Shang Lu’s mouth.

The result was that it failed to tear the mouth of the Chinese prickly ash, but instead got itself “torn to pieces”.

In the end, the human skin kite, unable to scold Shang Lu and unable to break into the Tianluo Golden Light Array, could only shut up, ignore Shang Lu, and just follow them.

Being in the blood mist of the underworld, it was difficult to tell the passage of time, and Shang Lu and the others didn’t know how long they had been walking.

Apart from the human skin kite that followed them all the way, they did not encounter any other strange evil creatures.

This situation not only did not make them feel relieved, but made them even more vigilant.

Suddenly, the Rat Patrol raised his hand, signaling everyone to stop. Seeing this, Lu Dao immediately pinched his fingers and chanted a spell, exhaling the witch wind to blow away the blood mist in front as much as possible.

Everyone then realized that they had been following the Rat on his patrol and had come to a fork in the road.

At this fork in the road, including the road Shang Lu and his companions just came in, there are a total of eight forks in the road.

Every fork in the road is shrouded in a thicker aura of blood than that around everyone, making it difficult to see what is on the road.

Xu Shan was proficient in formations. He took a look at the surroundings and immediately said, “These eight roads are in line with the principles of the Eight Trigrams and Eight Gates. If we choose the right road, we can successfully enter the next area. If we choose the wrong one, we may fall into an irretrievable situation!”

“So which path should we choose?”

Lu Yang asked hurriedly. Although he had learned a few skills of sword formation, he was not proficient in the art of formation, and could not find the correct path to take at this moment.

Shang Lu is not very good at the art of formation. Although there are formation classes in the military wizard program, he has only learned the basics and has not studied in depth.

However, Sanniang was quite talented in formations. But because Zishu Patrol was beside her, Shang Lu could not open his mouth to ask questions.

But Sanniang understood him. When she saw his brows move, she knew what he was thinking and whispered in his ear:
“Choose the Death Gate! This place has reversed yin and yang. For the ghosts here, life is death and death is life… So you have to go through the Death Gate and live towards death!”

Shang Lu secretly glanced at Sanniang with surprise in his eyes, because he found that Sanniang was also affected by the Yin energy in this dangerous place.

But the impact was positive. Not only was Sanniang not polluted or corroded, but her aura and even strength were greatly enhanced.

For Shang Lu, this is good news among many bad news.

Shang Lu nodded slightly, and just as he was about to speak, he heard Bai Lingxu say, “Since it is the theory of the Eight Trigrams and Eight Gates, then choose one of the three auspicious gates: Sheng, Xiu, and Kai.”

“No!”

Shang Lu, Xu Shan and Zi Shu Xunshou said almost in unison.

Afterwards, Xu Shan and Zishu Xunshou looked at each other and turned their gazes to Shanglu.

The Rat Patrolman’s eyes were filled with scrutiny, and Xu Shan was surprised, then asked in a testing tone: “You also understand the theory of formations? Come, tell me, why can’t you choose the three auspicious gates?”

Shang Lu thought to himself that my wife only told me to choose the dead door, but didn’t tell me why not choose other doors.

Glancing at Sanniang, he saw that she had no intention of helping him to answer the question, so he could only bite the bullet and say:
“I think this evil place, which calls itself the Underworld, is a den of ghosts. So here, life, rest, and opening are not necessarily auspicious gates. On the contrary, death, injury, and shock are more in line with the meaning of evil spirits. So I boldly guess that since the good and bad luck of this place are reversed, we might consider entering from the Death Gate and living towards death.”

Xu Shan nodded and praised: “Yes, what you think is consistent with my judgment.”

Patrol Rat also nodded slightly: “The verbal battle just now did not make you lose your mind. You can still make these analyses and judgments in an instant. It’s really good. Officer Lu, there are still some promising talents in your Baiyi County Witch Academy.”

“Thank you for the compliment, Your Excellency.” Shang Lu said with a bow.

If the Rat Patrol was praising him, he wouldn’t be so happy.

He can boast about his wife, so he is quite proud of it. It is a pity that he does not have a tail, otherwise it would have been up to the sky.

“So, shall we go to the Death Gate now?” Bai Lingxu asked. These eight paths all looked the same, and he couldn’t tell which was the Life Gate and which was the Death Gate, but he believed that Rat Patrol and Xu Jianjian would be able to tell them apart. Well, there’s also Shang Lu, maybe he can do it too?
(End of this chapter)