After listening to Nangong's words, my heart calmed down. My tense mood inexplicably loosened a little.
His meaning was clear. Perhaps there was still a chance to turn the situation around. However, I didn't understand. The Metaphysics Society had planned to capture him for a long time. To prevent him from running away, Mr. Li had even told us how to capture him. Although I didn't know the power of the ink rope and the scarlet pill, I knew they weren't ordinary.
How could Nangong be so confident in such a dangerous situation?
I couldn't help but ask. Nangong shook his head and smiled. He didn't answer my question. He raised his hand and pointed ahead. "We've arrived at the Sacrificial Hall."
I lifted my head to see. At the end of the passage, I could see a bright, open space. There were lights everywhere, and I could vaguely see the silhouettes of many people.
It was strange. From the outside, the Sacrificial Hall looked similar to the hall where the Metaphysics Society had ambushed us. However, after entering the hall, I found that the passage in front of the door was several times longer than that hall. From the dim lights, I could tell that the interior of the Sacrificial Hall was unimaginably large.
We crossed the distance of a dozen meters in just a blink of an eye. Soon, we got out of the passage. The interior of the Sacrificial Hall was as bright as I had seen it before. I couldn't get used to the darkness for more than ten hours. I couldn't help but squint.
At this moment, the little zombie, who had been following me in silence, suddenly moved a few steps forward. He came next to me and grabbed my arm tightly. It seemed he was afraid of something.
When the Metaphysics Society had captured Nangong and me, the little zombie had also been captured. President Gu recognized him at first glance. However, ghouls were rare, so President Gu didn't recognize him at first glance. He thought that he was just an ordinary raised corpse, so he didn't pay much attention to him. He let the little zombie follow me until we reached this place.
My heavenly veins and fate spirit were sealed, so I couldn't sense the shaman energy in my body. However, it didn't affect my movements.
I patted the little zombie's shoulder and comforted him. However, this time, the little zombie, who had always been obedient, looked even more frightened. He stayed close to me and didn't want to leave my side no matter what I said.
Feeling helpless, I could only let him grab my arm and follow the others to move forward.
Shortly after, a group of people came to greet me. I lifted my head and was dumbfounded.
The people who came were also from the Metaphysics Association. There was Liu Chenggan, who I had seen with Han Wennan standing guard outside the sacrificial hall. There was also Lu Zhenyang, who I had caught a glimpse of but thought I was seeing things!
He really didn't die!
When I lifted my head to stare at him, Lu Zhenyang's gaze was also on me. He wore a faint sneer and his cold gaze was filled with bone-deep hatred.
I met his eyes for a moment, then quickly looked away.
Although I couldn't use my cultivation for the time being, I could still see that there was no Dao Qi around Lu Zhenyang's body. It was the same as what I thought when I tried to kill him in the arena of the Metaphysics Association. The Lu Clan did save him, but his Heaven's Veins were completely destroyed and his cultivation was gone. He was now a cripple. There was no difference between being alive and being dead.
There were many people in the sacrificial hall. Besides the Metaphysics Association, there were at least three other forces. I could easily tell them apart from their clothes.
One of them was the people from Mount Longhu that I had seen earlier. There were only six of them. Three of them were the Heavenly Masters who had besieged us, and three of them were rank six Daoists at the later stage of Glorious Consciousness.
Besides them, there was another force with a lot of people. There were around a dozen of them. They were similar to the Metaphysics Association. They were also wearing Daoist robes. However, their clothes were different from the Daoists from Mount Longhu. They looked more like secular Daoists.
The last group was a group of monks. They had the same number of people as Mount Longhu. There were only six of them. They stayed in the corner and didn't look eye-catching.
When I had been guarding the stone path, I had only seen the people from the Metaphysics Association and Mount Longhu. As for the other Daoists and monks, I didn't know if they had come in earlier or if they had taken another path.
The members of the Metaphysics Society quickly found a place to settle down in the middle of the crowd. Chairman Gu and the others didn't bother with me and let me stay with Nangong Gong and the little zombie. The seven or eight Taoist Masters gathered together and seemed to be discussing something important. All of them had solemn expressions on their faces.
Out of boredom, I raised my eyes and looked around randomly.
I didn't know what material the walls of the sacrificial hall were made of. I couldn't see any light source, but this place was as bright as day. The light source obviously came from the walls. However, after looking around for a long time, I didn't see anything like a luminous pearl on the wall. Instead, the whole wall was shining brighter than a luminous pearl.
Besides the strange light source, the architecture of the sacrificial hall was also strange. We had entered a door and passed through a long and narrow tunnel. Now, there was another door in front of us. There was no door panel on it, only a dark hole. I tried my best to look inside, but I couldn't see anything.
In addition to this doorway, there was a round hole on the ground on both sides of the wall. The holes were not big, only about a meter in diameter. However, there was a black aura above the holes, making them look exceptionally strange.
While I was carefully observing the surroundings, I suddenly heard a voice. "Zhou Yi, long time no see."
I turned around and saw Lu Zhenyang sitting cross-legged next to me. He was looking at me with a gloomy expression.
I smiled and turned back, saying softly, "Congratulations, you managed to keep your life."
Lu Zhenyang quickly followed up, "Yeah, I'm quite lucky, unlike your parents who died just like that. There's no room for redemption at all."
I didn't even turn around. I just shook my head gently and ignored him.
His words were indeed vicious, but I didn't need to be angry at a cripple.
Lu Zhenyang saw that I didn't reply and suddenly chuckled. "What?
You've been caught and you don't even dare to be angry?
That's right, you're a remnant of the shaman race. After being caught, I'm afraid you won't be able to live for more than a few days. At this time, you're only worried, right?
It's such a pity. I was going to kill you myself … "
His behavior was strange, as though he was purposely provoking me. Although I didn't know why he was doing that, I was getting impatient. I turned to glance at him and shook my head. "I advise you not to have such wild thoughts in the future. Previously, you've thought about it a few times, but the result was worse and worse. Now that you're a cripple, it's not good for you to have such unrealistic fantasies."
Lu Zhenyang's tolerance wasn't as good as before. His eyes instantly turned red when he heard that. He raised his hand and slapped my face. He said in a sharp voice, "So what if I'm a cripple?
You're going to be a dead man soon!
Even now, your Tianmai is sealed and you can't use the power in your body. What's the difference between you and a cripple? "
I chuckled, "The difference is that my body is still at the later stages of Glorious Memory. Even if I stand here and let you hit me, the one that hurts in the end will be your hand and not my face."
"You!" Lu Zhenyang was furious. He sat there and panted. He couldn't say a word for a long time.
After a while, he spoke again, "I didn't come here to quarrel with you. I want to make a deal with you."
I turned and looked at him playfully. I shook my head, "But I don't want to make a deal with you."
That fellow's face seemed to have the word 'conspiracy' written all over it. Although I didn't know what he was planning, the current situation was extremely complicated. I didn't want to complicate things further.
Lu Zhenyang didn't get angry this time, nor did he open his mouth to speak. Instead, he smiled and lowered his head to write the words' Ye Pianpian 'on the ground in front of me.
I was stunned. Lu Zhenyang continued, "As long as you tell me one thing, I will tell you her exact location.
How about it? "
I hesitated for a moment before I lifted my head to look at Nangong. He was resting with his eyes closed. He didn't seem to have heard my conversation with Lu Zhenyang.
I turned and stared into Lu Zhenyang's eyes. After a few seconds, I nodded, "What do you want to know?"
Lu Zhenyang lifted his head to look in President Gu's direction. Then, he pointed at the corner on the right where there was no one. He said softly, "There are too many people here. Let's talk over there."
Then, he stood up and walked in that direction.
I stood up and glanced in President Gu's direction. The Metaphysics Association's Heavenly Masters were still discussing and no one was paying attention to us.
I followed behind Lu Zhenyang. Soon, we reached the side of the pitch-black hole.
Lu Zhenyang seemed to be very interested in the hole. He didn't care about the black smoke at the top of the hole. He moved to the side and looked down. I was originally wary of the black smoke, but seeing that he didn't seem to care about it, I thought that it was fine. I walked to his side and asked anxiously, "What do you want to know?"
Lu Zhenyang retracted his gaze from the hole in the ground and turned to look at me. He didn't answer my question. Suddenly, he reached out and tore open his shirt, revealing a hole on his chest. He smiled and asked me, "When you used that silver talisman to hurt me, the wound you saw should be different from the one you saw now, right?"
I looked up and saw a bowl-sized hole on his left chest. There was a layer of red skin inside the hole and two pieces of his sternum could be seen. Below the sternum, there was a piece of red skin that was pulsating. It was obvious that his heart was under that piece of skin.
I didn't say anything. Lu Zhenyang smiled again, "Actually, you had already killed me. Even with my grandfather's cultivation, he wouldn't be able to save a person with a broken heart. It's a pity that God disposes. My heart is in the middle of my chest and it just happened to miss the silver spear … Haha, God doesn't want me to die so early."
I retracted my gaze and shook my head, "Living isn't necessarily better than dying … Let's talk about the deal. What do you want to know?"
"Alright."
Lu Zhenyang nodded and covered the hole on his chest. After arranging his clothes, he moved closer to my ear and said softly, "What I want to know is … What's in this hole?"
"Mm?"
I was stunned. Before I could react, I suddenly felt a strong numbness at my waist. My body instantly went limp.
"Zhou Yi, if I don't kill you personally, how can I be satisfied?" Lu Zhenyang's cold laughter resounded in my ear.
Then, I felt someone kick my calf. I instantly lost my balance and fell forward into the hole that was emitting black smoke.
"Hahahaha …"
"Stop!"