First Immortal of the Sword

Chapter 779: The Divine Cave of the River of Forgetfulness

Su Yi glanced at the old man in Daoist robes. “Unless I’m mistaken, you must have told Lu Changming that my origins are extraordinary, and that offending me would lead to unpredictable consequences. Am I right?”

The old man nodded. “I didn’t want to see Meng Po Palace commit a grave error.”

“But your warning gave Lu Changming ideas," said Su Yi. "He wanted me to owe him a favor, and furthermore, he wanted to borrow my hands to teach the Grand and Third Libationers a lesson.?After all, if even you think I’m not one to offend, he could naturally guess that the two of them would suffer if they became my enemies. That’s what led to the situation just now.”

It was only after hearing Su Yi’s analysis that the old blind man realized that so many secrets were hidden in that earlier confrontation!

For a moment, he couldn’t help but break out in cold sweats.

The young man in white, Wang Ting, was rooted to the spot and visibly overcome with astonishment. It seemed he wouldn’t have imagined that Su Yi could discern so much at a glance.

After all, nothing was more unfathomable than the human heart, yet Su Yi had seen through Lu Changming’s intentions completely; he couldn’t hide a thing!

But it was then that Cui Jingyan couldn’t help but interject, “No way! Why would the Third High Elder believe that you of all people could teach the Third and Grand Libationers a lesson?”

Su Yi glanced at the old man in Daoist robes and said calmly, “Because of him, of course. Lu Changming referred to him as his ‘Daoist Brother’, activated Meng Po Palace’s transmission formation on his account, and welcomed him in person. In Lu Changming’s eyes, his words are weighty indeed.”

The old man in Daoist robes couldn’t help but grimace. He could hear a trace of mockery in Su Yi’s words.

Cui Jingyan still looked confused. “But it’s still too ridiculous. You’re just a Spiritual Incarnation cultivator. How could you teach?Emperors?a lesson?” action

The old man in?Daoist?robes said gently, “Miss Cui, you’re still inexperienced. You’ll gradually come to realize just how extraordinary our Fellow Daoist Su is.”

An expert stood before her, but she didn’t realize it.

This was a common malady amongst cultivators.

Alas, most cultivators would live and die without ever encountering such an expert…

Cui Jingyan fell silent. Numerous thoughts arose in her mind.

When she first met Su Yi, Su Yi discerned her origins at a glance and saw through the jade pendant’s secrets. He'd even guessed her grandfather’s intentions…

Furthermore, Su Yi’s cultivation was overly heaven-defying. He was only in the Spiritual Incarnation Realm, but he could kill Spiritual Revolution cultivators with ease. Even in the Netherworld, it would be difficult to find anyone who could stand shoulder-to-shoulder with him.

Then, before their departure, he’d used the transmission altar’s power to refine a jade talisman that marked the Azure Continent’s location.

Now, even this mysterious master and apprentice treated him with the utmost respect and dared not provoke him lightly!

The old man in particular was an Emperor, one even the Third High Elder treated with respect!

All of this left Cui Jingyan increasingly bewildered. Su Yi had so many secrets that he seemed shrouded in layers of mist; she couldn’t see through him, much less fathom him.

“Fellow Daoist Su, my apprentice and I shall set off tomorrow. If we’re fated to meet again, let’s drink to heart’s content,” said the old man in?Daoist?robes, smiling and clasping his fist.

Su Yi subtly inclined his head. “Take care of yourself.”

It was just four words, but it left the elderly man in?Daoist?robes looking a bit bewildered.

He’d long since guessed that Su Yi had seen through both their origins and what they were attempting to do.

He seemed to realize what Su Yi was indirectly warning him about, and he nodded and smiled. “Fellow Daoist, please take care of yourself as well.”

With that, he turned and led the white-robed Wang Ting away.

After watching master and apprentice fade into the distance, Su Yi looked at Cui Jingyan. “I plan to set off for your family estate tomorrow. Want to come with me?”

“Ah? Err….” Cui Jingyan had obviously been caught off guard. After a momentary daze, she said, “What are you going there for?”

Su Yi thought for a moment, then said, “Your grandfather’s run into a bit of trouble. I have to go have a look.”

Cui Jingyan was flabbergasted, and she couldn’t help but blurt, “How did you know that?”

Su Yi sighed. “Stupid. Don’t tell me you’ve forgotten the pendant he gave you?”

Cui Jingyan’s?matchlessly?beautiful, fair features filled with vexation. “Then tell me, just what kind of problem is he facing?”

“Come with me to your family estate, and you’ll know, now won’t you?” said Su Yi. He was already walking back into the pavilion. “If you agree, meet us at Misty Autumn Peak at dawn tomorrow.”

“It’s always so mysterious?with?you! You're like a bunch of mist shrouded in haze!” Cui Jingyan’s beautiful eyes bulged as she glared viciously at Su Yi’s back.

A moment later, she bit her red lips and sighed to herself.?Forget it. There’s no reason I can’t go with him, and if the Third Libationer really does go after him, she’ll likely at least spare him on my account…

Right, when I get back, I can ask Dad just where Su Yi came from.

As she thought, the young woman turned and left.

……

Within the pavilion.

Su Yi sprawled out in a wicker chair and rubbed his forehead.

Today’s incident?had been?truly disappointing.

Those old-timers were all scheming something.

Third Libationer Yuan Linning’s goal was the most direct: she wanted to seize the Seed of the Azure.

When she took action, Grand Libationer Gu Zhongxun oversaw it from the shadows, and he stepped out to smooth out the situation as soon as trouble arose.

Third High Elder Lu Changming had hoped to kill two birds with one stone; he wanted Su Yi to owe him a favor, and he wanted to borrow his hands to take the two libationers down a peg.

Even the old man in Daoist robes was obviously hoping to use today’s incident to establish positive karma with him.

Only Cui Jingyan foolishly yet earnestly believed she was helping him by calling for reinforcements…

Her na?veté was adorable.

“Your Excellency Su, do we need to prepare anything before we leave tomorrow?” the old blind man approached and asked.

“No need,” Su Yi said with a wave.

A moment later, he rose from his wicker chair. “I’m going to take a trip to the Divine Cave of the River of Forgetfulness, but I’ll be back before sunrise.”

With that, he got up and left the building.

It was already dark out, and beneath the curtain of night, the nine peaks of Naihe Divine Mountain were bathed in faint purple moonlight. This lent the area a mysterious, tranquil quality.

In the Netherworld, numerous strange and mysterious occurrences took place at night.

For instance, the moonlight was sometimes purple, sometimes red, and sometimes pale silver.

On nights without moonlight, one had to be careful.

Throughout the Netherworld’s vast territories, numerous unbelievable scenes unfolded: parades of ghosts, green-flamed Netherworld lanterns illuminating the skies, flowing rivers of wandering souls…

In danger zones like the Ghost’s Gate, the Blood River of Sin, and the Sea of Bitterness, these bizarre occurrences could be fatal even to cultivators.

In the Netherworld, they had a saying: “When the moon has no light, heaven and earth are in fright.”

Throughout the Netherworld’s history, no one had determined just why so many bizarre occurrences took place when the moon didn’t shine.

In his past life, Su YI had once investigated this problem.

In the end, he reached the vague conclusion that the “moon” of the Netherworld was, in fact, a manifestation of the Netherworld’s source power.

When it disappeared, it meant that some other strange and mysterious power was blotting out the power of the Netherworld’s source.

This was what led to so many bizarre occurrences.

But of course, that was still mere conjecture.

The Netherworld was so enormous that it seemed limitless. Despite the peak Imperial Apex cultivation of his past life, not even Su Yi knew just how vast it was, nor how many secrets it hid.

Tonight, the moon shone purple, covering Naihe Divine Mountain like gauze.

Su Yi stood with his hands behind his back, and he confidently walked over to the edge of a cliff, then proceeded into the valley below.

The valley between the mountain’s nine peaks was perpetually shrouded in mist and covered in numerous formations.

Quite a few presented a lethal threat to even Emperors!

However, Su Yi had visited Naihe Divine Mountain as a guest in his past life, and the formations might as well not have been there.

He stepped into the air, proceeding into the valley. His robes swayed around him, and every time he faced the power of a formation, he evaded it as if he had precognition.

In a flash, he passed through the fog and formations, arriving at the bottom of the valley.

This was Meng Po Palace’s forbidden ground!

Only libationers and higher were qualified to enter.

The valley was enormous but shrouded in dense darkness and permeated with mist. Two bronze lamps were dimly discernible through the fog, casting dim yellow light.

A path paved with black flagstones stretched out before Su Yi.

Every flagstone was covered in the strange and mysterious totems of a formation, and the path stretched into the valley’s depths.

When he arrived, Su Yi finally stopped in his tracks.

This was the path to the Divine Cave of the River of Forgetfulness.

However, the path was covered in an extremely terrifying killing formation. Even Emperors would face a lethal onslaught should they attempt to barge in.

Su Yi naturally had his ways, but it would waste energy unnecessarily.

Instead, he let out a strange and inscrutable noise, like the calls of an ancient whale. His voice reverberated throughout the dim tranquility of the valley.

Moments later, an enormous, lake-sized golden eye shone deep within the mists!

Whoosh!

A surging energy fluctuation spread outward, forming a golden arc and pathing a path atop the black flagstones.

Only then did Su Yi proceed, but there was no need for him to continue walking. The arc of golden light shot into the valley, carrying his tall upright figure.

The journey was entirely uneventful, without the slightest surprise or danger. Before long, he’d bypassed the killing formation atop the black flagstones completely.

Before long, an enormous cave entered Su Yi’s field of view.

The entrance was fully one hundred feet tall, and the interior was enveloped in darkness; the scenery inside was entirely unidentifiable.

The mountain-sized head of a massive beast poked out of the fog on one side of the entryway. The rest of its body was enveloped in mist; there was no way to tell just how enormous it was.

When it saw Su Yi, the beast’s lake-sized golden eyes lit up with excitement and delight.