Free Web NovelChapter 543: Chapter 325: Netherworld, Nether God Rebirth Technique
The Zhong Family has been rooted here for over five thousand years.
Five thousand years ago, the ancestor of the Zhong Family led a group of clansmen from the distant Moon Gaze Continent to migrate here and established the Zhong Family.
At that time, Ghost Mountain City did not even exist. The Zhong Family lived here for over a thousand years before Ghost Mountain City slowly started to emerge.
The Zhong Clan Ancestral Hall is established in the mountain belly behind the Zhong Family. It not only enshrines the ancestors of the Zhong Family, but all the deceased clansmen also rest here in peace.
Martial Artists practice cultivation, their bodies are strong, and their Blood Qi is vigorous; even after thousands of years, the body of a Martial Venerable powerhouse can remain uncorrupted.
Therefore, in the Five Great Domains, when people from powerful forces die, they are not casually buried in any place, because doing so easily turns the body into food for a Demon Fiend or Demon Path Martial Artist, and if left unattended for long, it could also breed Evil Spirits.
Those with capabilities establish an ancestral hall, bury the deceased clansmen in one place, and appoint someone to guard it daily, ensuring the bodies remain intact.
At this moment within the Zhong Clan Ancestral Hall, a large group of Zhong family members is busy in the massive mountain belly, throwing corpses into the Netherworld.
The Netherworld seems like a terrifying giant beast, quickly swallowing and making the bodies disappear without a trace once they are tossed in.
At the very center of the Netherworld, a massive coffin engraved with mysterious patterns emits a faint black light.
Four huge chains anchor at the four corners of the coffin, with light flowing on them, as if something within the Netherworld is being transmitted into the coffin through the chains.
"Hurry up, it’s getting dark. After finishing this, we still need to find food for the ancestor," Zhong Jian’an shouted, "The grand plan of our Zhong Family, which has been in the making for thousands of years, is about to be completed. My Zhong Family will become a Holy Sect, and you will all be credited with merit."
He looked towards the pitch-black coffin with excitement.
As the Patriarch of the Zhong Family, he knew what was inside the coffin—it was the very ancestor who had led the Zhong Family to migrate here.
Once the ancestor completes the reincarnation and returns to life, the Zhong Family will become a glorious Saint Family, and with the fertile Netherworld cultivated over thousands of years, there’s hope he might become a Martial Saint in the future.
"Patriarch, we’ve already abducted over ten thousand people. Should we lay low for a while so as not to attract the attention of the Demon Hunter Organization?" a member of the Zhong Family suggested.
The missing people from Ghost Mountain City were abducted by Zhong Family members to cultivate the Netherworld. Although they annihilated the Li Family Manor and intimidated busybodies in Ghost Mountain City, there was still fear that the matter might reach the ears of the Demon Hunter Organization.
"No need to worry, the ancestor will complete reincarnation within a day or two. By then, the ancestor will lead us to relocate, and who will know of the deeds we committed?
The ancestor originally chose this remote and uninhabited place, and those who decided to build a city here deserve to die!"
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"I sense an evil presence here; it seems there might be Evil Spirits!"
Feng Hua gazed at the peak where the Zhong Family mansion was located, his expression heavy. Judging from the current scene, if there were Evil Spirits here, they might already have become formidable.
Although it wasn’t dark yet, the Zhong Family mansion in the distance was already silent, with no figure in sight.
"No wonder the Zhong Family is so low-key; this Evil Spirit might be something they raised!"
During their inquiries at the inn, some people spoke of certain issues with the Zhong Family. Although the Zhong Family was one of the three strongest forces in Ghost Mountain City, its members were very low-key, seldom appearing outside, and rarely getting into conflicts with others.
It now seems that the Zhong Family’s problems have been brewing for more than just a day or two, but only recently have they become uncontrollable or reached a critical point where there’s no need to hide anymore.
"What are they nurturing Evil Spirits for?" Wei Fan wondered.
The harm caused by something like this is even more significant than Demon Fiends. Be it humans or demons, encountering Evil Spirits would lead to immediate extermination.
Therefore, despite the vastness of the Five Great Domains, it’s rare for Evil Spirits to cause chaos.
Nevertheless, Feng Hua and Zhi Hua apparently could not provide Wei Fan with an answer.
Drawing closer, the yard of the Zhong Family was devoid of people, though that wasn’t the target of the three. Their target was the place where dense black smoke rose.
After searching for a while, they found a tunnel leading into the mountain belly at the rear of the Zhong Family compound, though it was blocked by heavy iron doors.
A plaque above the iron door bore the flamboyant inscription: "Zhong Clan Ancestral Hall"!
"Looks like the corpses in the ancestral hall have turned into Evil Spirits. What should we do?" Zhi Hua looked towards Wei Fan.
Although Wei Fan had the weakest cultivation among the three, Feng Hua and Zhi Hua seemed to subtly regard him as the leader.
"Regardless of whether this place is related to the matter or not, since Evil Spirits have been birthed, we can’t just ignore it. Let’s break in directly!"
With those words, Wei Fan stepped forward and punched the iron door.
Boom!
The thick iron door shattered on the spot, the impact blasting fragments inward, causing the entire mountain to tremble, dust swirling amidst countless boulders rolling down.
In the next moment, screams emanated from the passage, with a denser lifeless aura surging out from within.
"Be careful; what lies here is likely phenomenal!"
Feng Hua’s body emitted a glow, and as the one with the strongest cultivation, she transformed into a stream of light and flew into the tunnel, with Wei Fan and Zhi Hua following closely behind.
The next instant, the true visage of the Zhong Clan Ancestral Hall unveiled itself before their eyes.
But what ancestral hall is this? There were no tablets, no ancestral halls, no coffins—just a massive space carved out of the mountain belly.
An almost entire space-covering pool brimming with evil-emanating sludge lay in the middle, with a massive coffin placed at its center.
On the open ground beside the pool, a heap of corpses lay piled high.
Even with the three having barged in, there were still people continuously throwing corpses into the pool.
"You beasts have actually practiced the Nether God Rebirth Technique, creating a Netherworld for reincarnation," Feng Hua’s eyes glowed with cold light, fixated on the massive coffin and the expanse of the Netherworld.
Zhi Hua gasped. If this place is an artificially created Netherworld, it’s far more than just a pit of ten thousand souls.
"Since you know the Nether God Rebirth Technique, you cannot be spared!"
Zhong Jian’an emerged from nowhere, reaching out a large hand to strike at Wei Fan and the two others.
The matter of creating the Netherworld and cultivating the Nether God Rebirth Technique must not be leaked, otherwise the entire Zhong Family will be annihilated, and thousands of years of effort will be destroyed in an instant.
"Just the cultivation of the Martial King of the Fifth Layer!"
Wei Fan looked up at Zhong Jian’an without haste. Judging by the Martial King’s lifespan, he was definitely over five hundred years old despite his middle-aged appearance.
To still be at the Martial King Fifth Layer after five hundred years, his aptitude could be said to be very poor.
Even a Demon Race like the Dragon-Horned Deer, with its powerful bloodline, had been killed by him. To say Zhong Jian’an, a Martial King, could be crushed with a flip of a hand is not an exaggeration.
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Wei Fan raised his hand and struck, causing the void to ripple. Even though there was an array set up here, the entire cave trembled.
This was still the result of him restraining his power; otherwise, the entire mountain might have collapsed directly.
"Don’t kill him!" Feng Hua shouted, "I still have some questions for him!"
Hearing this, Wei Fan restrained thirty percent of his power, changing from a strike to a press, pinning Zhong Jian’an to the ground in an instant.
"Who are you?"
Zhong Jian’an’s face was full of shock. A young man with just the aura of the Martial King Fourth Layer was able to subdue him with a single move.
If it weren’t for the woman’s quick words, that strike just now could have blown him up on the spot.
The invisible power weighed on him like a mountain, causing unbearable pain throughout his body.
Zhong Jian’an tried to stand, but no matter how much he stimulated his power, he couldn’t manage it.
"Move again, and I’ll kill you!"
Wei Fan snorted coldly, applying a bit of force with his hand, and the sound of bones cracking came from Zhong Jian’an’s body.
"Still not stopping?"
Seeing those people still throwing corpses into the Netherworld, Feng Hua unleashed her power.
Boom!
With a loud noise, all the people of the Zhong Family, whether they were from the Divine Realm Martial Sect or Martial Venerables, were knocked to the ground by the terrifying power, with bones broken and tendons snapped. freewēbnoveℓ.com
In an instant, the Zhong Clan Ancestral Hall was filled with screams. Some were unlucky enough to be killed directly by Feng Hua’s power.
"Martial King Eighth Level!"
Zhong Jian’an’s pupils involuntarily contracted. "This matter has finally alarmed the outside world!"
The strongest in Ghost Mountain City was the City Lord, but with just the cultivation of the Martial King Seventh Layer, the appearance of three such young Martial Kings was undoubtedly an indication that they came from outside.
"It was only a few days away, just a few more days and... Heaven does not bless my Zhong Family!" he couldn’t help but shout.
If they had just waited a few more days, their ancestor would have successfully been reborn.
By then, the entire Zhong family would have moved away from Beiding Continent to another place, and no one would ever know that they had done these things here.
"Tell me, who built this place, and how long has it existed?"
Feng Hua lifted Zhong Jian’an from the ground, her eyes cold.
To create a Netherworld for the cultivation of the Nether God Rebirth Technique, at least hundreds of thousands of people were required.
Meaning these beasts over the years had killed tens of thousands of people.
"It was created by my Zhong Family, building it started five thousand years ago, haha... You have disturbed the ancestor’s rebirth, you will die."
"Originally, it only required a few thousand more deaths, now the people of Ghost Mountain City will all be buried with you." Zhong Jian’an sneered tragically.
They had failed, but those who ruined Zhong Family’s plans would not survive either.
Not only these people will not survive, but Ghost Mountain City will also be slaughtered by the ancestor.
"It started being built five thousand years ago..."
Zhi Hua’s expression changed. "Hurry, inform the experts, this is something beyond what we can handle."
The first rule of the Demon Hunter: preserve your life.
Even if they retreated, causing tens of thousands of the citizens in Ghost Mountain City to die, they must leave without hesitation.
Because if they didn’t leave, staying would just result in three more deaths. That thing sleeping in the Netherworld for thousands of years wasn’t something they could contend with.
"It’s okay, have you forgotten we still have the Holy Soldier!"
Feng Hua remained calm because she knew Wei Fan had a trump card, and unless it was absolutely necessary, tens of thousands of lives could not be abandoned.
"Give me the Holy Soldier!" She looked at Wei Fan.
She had the highest cultivation level, and by activating the Holy Soldier, she might be able to destroy the thing in the Netherworld practicing the Nether God Rebirth Technique.
Wei Fan took out the Dragon Embossed Gilded Bottle and handed it to Feng Hua, saying, "What is the Nether God Rebirth Technique?"
