Chapter 217 Nine Levels of Hell

Si You used half of her lifespan to resolve the karma left by the Life-Giving Pill, but she also had to bear the misfortune sent down by the Heavenly Dao.

Moreover, although Si Ming has taken the Rejuvenation Pill, she still needs to have her body nourished with her heart's blood for a period of time before she has a chance to wake up.

When he wakes up, it means that Siyou will have to jump into the River of Oblivion to enter the cycle of reincarnation and experience millions of years of tribulations in the mortal world in exchange for a chance to live.

Even so, the awakened Si Ming would only be a mentally unstable living dead.

But she missed her brother so much...

More than half of the six-month agreement with Jiang Xun had already passed, leaving only two months remaining.

The sky over the underworld is always cold and dark, without a trace of light.

Since Jiang Xun left last time, Lu Fuyue has never seen him in the palace again, and naturally she no longer needs to stay by his side.

Therefore, Lu Fuyue spent most of her time searching for the whereabouts of the Fire Zither String.

The Fire String's attribute is fire, therefore it favors fire. Since she didn't sense any other person's aura on it, the Fire String must be in a place filled with fire elements.

However, in the past few days, Lu Fuyue searched all the places related to fire in the entire city of Zhongdu based on the information she had obtained from the underworld, but she just couldn't find it.

...

Time passed slowly, and on this day, a gentle breeze blew through the courtyard, and the window was half-open.

Lu Fuyue returned from outside and took out paper and pen to continue planning her next destination.

However, just as she picked up her pen to cross out the places she had visited that day, the maidservant beside Siyou suddenly appeared and handed a letter to Lu Fuyue, saying, "Fairy Lu, this is what my Highness asked me to deliver."

She said, "Consider this a thank-you gift from her."

Lu Fuyue paused, lowered her eyes to conceal her emotions, and with a surge of spiritual energy, the envelope flew into her hand.

"Then please thank Your Highness for me."

The maid bowed slightly, then vanished in a puff of black smoke.

Lu Fuyue looked at the envelope in her hand, her fingers gently stroking the paper. A trace of seriousness flashed in her eyes. After a moment of hesitation, she opened the envelope.

Sure enough, it said that it was the city of Zhongdu, a place she had never been to before that contained fire elements.

Lu Fuyue frowned slightly, a hint of seriousness flashing in her eyes. Since Si You was fully aware of her purpose, did that mean Jiang Xun also knew her purpose in coming to the Underworld? Perhaps even earlier, the moment she left the Tianxuan Sect, Jiang Xun had already noticed.

Lu Fuyue unconsciously clenched the envelope tightly, but then suddenly let go.

For now, we can only take it one step at a time!

She lowered her eyes and looked at the places on the letter again, analyzing and thinking about them one by one to see which place was the most likely.

Suddenly, Lu Fuyue's eyes paused, instantly landing on those words—Nine Levels of Hell.

Just seeing those few words made her heart pound. Lu Fuyue abruptly closed her eyes and quickly circulated her cultivation technique to sense this place.

The next second, in a daze, she seemed to see a cluster of mysterious, eerie blue flames burning at the bottom of a vast abyss filled with resentment and sin. Upon closer inspection, she could vaguely see a red string within the flames.

That's... the Fire Harp String!

Lu Fuyue slowly opened her eyes, sighed softly, and finally found it.

But what about the nine levels of hell?

Her gaze fell again on the last few words on the envelope, lingering there.

The Nine Levels of Hell are a place to imprison the most wicked and evil ghosts. Every ghost that can enter that place had its hands stained with the blood of countless innocent people in its previous life.

The deeper you go into the nine levels of hell, the heavier the sins of the vengeful ghosts become, and the more terrifying their malevolent aura grows.

That place represents sin and resentment, and ordinary monks cannot set foot there, because once they do, they will be declared guilty of the same sins as the vengeful ghosts imprisoned there.

With her current cultivation level, reaching the lowest level would be extremely difficult, unless she used... her Phoenix True Form...

However, if she uses her true phoenix form, her identity will be exposed.

...

The next day.

Lu Fuyue then set off for the Nine Levels of Hell.

The Nine Levels of Hell are actually located in the forbidden area behind Jiang Xun's palace, heavily guarded by soldiers. Anyone who approaches without permission will be killed!

Lu Fuyue quickly arrived near that forbidden area.

Looking up, countless altars were built on a massive, round, black boulder, which emitted a foul, black stench. A sinful and terrifying pressure emanated from the bottom center of the boulder, and countless heavy chains linked the altars together. Cultivators with sharp blades at their waists stood on the altars, pacing back and forth, watching the surrounding movements.

A dark, crackling field of lightning flashed above the boulder, with bolts of lightning occasionally striking down into the deepest part of the boulder's center, where the Nine Levels of Hell were located.

In the entire underworld, apart from Jiang Xun, no one has ever been able to walk out of there unscathed.

Even the other ghost kings who were also with him probably wouldn't be able to get out.

Lu Fuyue concealed her presence and quietly observed from the shadows for a while. She realized that getting in wasn't difficult; the challenge was getting in without being discovered, then successfully obtaining the Fire String and returning safely.

After thinking for a moment, she couldn't come up with a good solution, so she turned around and left temporarily.

Little did she know that after she left, a tall and imposing figure appeared where she had just stood, and then stared intently at her back.

The shadow leader, who had just finished his patrol, knelt respectfully at the man's feet. "Your Majesty, should we strengthen control over the Nine Levels of Hell? Or perhaps..."

A deep voice rang out: "No need. Just as it was before, it will be the same now."

Jiang Xun's figure vanished from the spot in an instant.

After returning to her courtyard, Lu Fuyue set up a protective barrier around herself and then entered the space to cultivate as quickly as possible. Whenever she had time, she devoted most of it to cultivation.

In addition, due to the different flow of time and space within the space, as well as the insights she has gained during this period, Lu Fuyue's cultivation at the peak of the early stage of the Nascent Soul realm has shown signs of loosening, and she has shown signs of breaking through to the middle stage of the Nascent Soul realm.

The only thing missing is the right timing.

On the banks of the River of Oblivion

"Envoy, have we found traces of that female cultivator?"

"Really? Where is he/she?"

Strands of black souls, like wisps of ethereal black smoke, slowly rose from the banks of the deep blue River of Oblivion, surrounding two spider lilies, one red and one white, nourishing their roots.

The voice stammered, "It seems to be...it seems to be in the royal palace of Zhongdu City..."

"What?"

Are you sure?

"Your subordinate... a few days ago, I heard that when Ghost King Mingjue was killed during his wedding, there was a person who looked very similar to that female cultivator who represented Ghost King Jiang Xun at the wedding banquet."