Chương 176: Inside the coffin

Long Feng was semi concious of his surroundings at this moment. The last memory he had was of him and Li Yue'er being pulled into a black portal without any resistance to speak of. He had been semi concious since then, until he felt his body fall heavily on what seemed to be the floor, shaking his innards and further worsening his injuries. Spitting out some blood, Long Feng endured his injuries and stood up slowly.

With his cautiousness, he naturally wouldn't allow himself to be in an unknown environment in such a vulnerable state. With this thought in his mind, he looked around, only to gasp in shock the next moment. He had never seen nor heard of anything like this in his whole life. He rubbed his eyes to make sure he wasn't imagining things. He was standing on a piece of land as large as a city. The only sights on this land were the grasses.

Around this land though was a scene similar to when the ghost energy in an area in the yin ghosts forest was forcefully dispersed. Surrounding this land was pitch black energy which Long Feng had never seen before, yet it sent chills down his spine. This energy had some similarities to demon energy, yet it was also vastly different. It was like the very source of all evil and darkness from the depths of an endless abyss. Not even the brightest light was able to penetrate this energy.

One could faintly hear roars which seemed to originate from the depths of hell. The dark energy churned like a living being, slowly encroaching on this final pure land which he was standing on.

"What the hell is this place?" He murmured silently.

"Li Yue'er…" His blurry memories slowly recovered as he looked around for Li Yue'er, spotting her seating with her eyes closed some distance away from him. He took a step forward, only for his knees to soften and he fell to the floor.

"I can't even move…" he laughed bitterly. Long Feng had never had such severe injuries all his life. This was a first time for him. He weakly waved his hand in front of him. Yan jian and Hua Liuli suddenly appeared out of thin air. He had released them both from the origin spirit palace.

"Brother Long Feng!" Yan jian rushed over to his side and helped him to sit down.

"Why are you always so impulsive? You promised not to lock us up again!" Long Feng didn't reply, knowing that he was in the wrong this time, even though he simply didn't want to endanger their lives.

"Big brother Long Feng!" Hua Liuli's alarmed voice rang out. Hearing her voice, Yan jian sighed.

"And there we go again!"

"What happened?" He asked loudly.

"The demon entity- it's devouring her soul!"

"What?" Yan jian jumped to his feet and even Long Feng shook.

"It is devouring her soul. I think it's trying to take over her body!" Hua Liuli exclaimed in a shaky voice. Yan jian rushed over to Li Yue'er's side and confirmed that Hua Liuli wasn't lying. Long Feng closed his eyes feeling helpless. He was currently unable to even protect himself, not to mention trying to save someone else. Not to mention being trapped in this weird world. It was at this moment when he felt helpless and dejected, that the land suddenly shook.

A case of literary theft: this tale is not rightfully on Amazon; if you see it, report the violation. A deep sound echoed, like the world itself was moaning as a mysterious aura hidden in the depth of this world slowly awakened.

"Hm? This aura…" An ancient voice sounded in the depths of their souls as the world stopped shaking. A powerful aura erupted in all directions and gathered right in front of Li Yue'er, condensing into a bright translucent figure. The figure was that of an old man who gave off a sagely yet transcendent aura, like he was a being from another world. A mere glance at him made one to feel a soul deep pressure.

"Who are you!" Yan jian and Hua Liuli immediately retreated while circulating their inner energies, even though they knew that it was a future effort. The old man glanced at them for a moment. Yan jian and Hua Liuli suddenly felt as though all their secrets and even their memories had been seen by this man. The man then glanced at Li Yue'er as a faint surprise appeared in his eyes. Finally, he looked at Long Feng. A frown appeared on his face as the surprise in his eyes intensified.

"So that's how it is?" The old man nodded gently. He turned back to Li Yue'er and waved his hand. This simply wave seemed to contain a profound law as specks of light gathered before him. Each speck of light contained profound mysteries and vast power that could instantly reduce a Deity realm master to dust! These specks gathered and poured into Li Yue'er's dantian. The demon entity began to struggle fiercely, as though it was facing a great enemy. Unfortunately, it's struggles were insignificant before this power.

The specks of light condensed around the demon entity and turned into an extremely profound seal on it. The demon entity was immediately isolated from Li Yue'er's dantian, as though it was in a separate world. Li Yue'er began to recover at a pace visible to the eyes. The veins in her skin slowly vanished and even her life source began to recover itself.

"Just as I thought. I didn't expect this body to appear in this tiny realm" the old man muttered. Yan jian, Hua Liuli and Long Feng watched in shock as this god-like old man easily dealt with the demon entity.

"Who are you" Yan jian repeated his earlier question, only that his voice was clearly shaking this time.

"Don't worry kid. I won't bite you! Hahaha!" The old man replied and laughed.

"It has been a long time since I've seen other people. And all four of you is special in one way or the other!" He added, giving all of them a meaningful look.

"Thank You for saving our friend senior. I apologise if we offended you in anyway" Hua Liuli recovered her senses and immediately cupped her fists respectfully.

"It was nothing, really. This old man was in a slumber, but my divine sense has been paying attention to the happenings outside the Demon sealing coffin. I must say, I am impressed. I haven't seen anyone bold enough to go against someone at the True spirit realm!" The old man laughed again, giving Long Feng a meaningful glance.

"True spirit realm…" Long Feng muttered and engraved this into his mind. This was probably the realm of those yin monarchs…

"Alright, enough talks." He glanced at Li Yue'er.

"This lady's case was quite special. I would be lying if I said I wasn't surprised, as I didn't expect anything of the sort. But I have dealt with the problem already. As you can all see, I do not have a physical body, so I am unable to destroy it. Nevertheless, I placed a seal on it. As Long as she can reach the Dao realm, she should be able to purge the entity by herself." Hearing that, Yan jian, Hua Liuli and Long Feng all breathed out in relief.

"Thank you, senior!" They all cupped their fists at the old man.

"It's alright. I also wanted to satisfy my curiosity. You on the other hand…" the old man's profound gaze paused on Long Feng.

"You are covered in an air of mystery. Not even I can see through you. I wonder what you are hiding?" Long Feng immediately tensed up as his heart clenched. His secret… Was the existence of the three Divine Dragons within his dantian. According to Wu Kong, if anyone got to learn of their existence, it would lead to rivers of blood flowing and possibly, the destruction of this entire world.

"Hahaha! Don't worry, this old man isn't so despicable as to go after your secrets. Besides, I am merely a soul entity without a physical body. I have nothing to do with your opportunity!" Seeing Long Feng looking so tense, the old man laughed out. Long Feng immediately sigh in relief as he really wouldn't be able to resist if this old man wanted to peer into his secrets, especially not when he was in his current state.

"If senior doesn't mind, where is this place?" Long Feng asked. The old man fell silent for a moment with a contemplating look on his face.

"As I said, I have been in slumber for a Long time, and most of my memories are also blurry. You may not believe it, but I myself don't know where I am."

"How is that possible?" Long Feng asked in shock.

"All I can remember is that I was given a mission to protect this seal and choose an inheritor for master's inheritance." The old man added. His words ignited Long Feng's interest.

"Inheritance?"

"That's right. Although my memories are damaged and I can't remember much, I do know that I am suppressing a powerful existence which can lead to the destruction of this realm if unleashed. Unfortunately, master wasn't able to destroy this existence and he left me to seal it for thousands of years. My energy isn't inexhaustible though, and I am not able to suppress it for much longer" Hearing this old man's words, Long Feng took in a deep breath as he glanced at the dark energy surrounding this land.

"A few hundred years ago, this world was bright an beautiful, but now, this sight… and soon, the existence will be able to break the seal and escape""Originally, this inheritor should have appeared hundreds of years ago and after all this while, he should be able to take control of this seal. Unfortunately, the energy of this existence leaked out of the coffin and turned a ten thousand miles radius around into a dead land and also gave birth to a special race.

After hundreds of years, this race have drastically increased in both population and strength. No human has been able to get past them and arrive here after many years."

"So that's how the yin ghosts came to existence! From the mere energy of another being! How powerful is this existence then?" Long Feng was reeling in shock from all the information he was receiving.

"You guys are the first humans I have seen in thousands of years. Unfortunately, you are too weak to get master's inheritance""Oh?" The old man's words saddened Long Feng. That's right, he was far too weak. If he was stronger, then they wouldn't have to suffer so much and they wouldn't have ended up here.

"But you can use this opportunity to heal your injuries. You will probably be in dire trouble when you go back outside, so I advise you to heal your injuries before leaving. Though that wouldn't change your fate" the old man added. Long Feng nodded quietly. He didn't blame the old man for not helping, nor was he feeling aggrieved. After all, they didn't even know each other prior to this. Long Feng sat down and closed his eyes, allowing his injuries to heal slowly as he slowly fell into a deep sleep.

He had been forcing himself to stay awake all this while and now that he could finally relax a little, all the fatigue came crashing into him, making him lose conciousness. The old man stood still for a while, before he suddenly waved his hand. Yan jian and Hua Liuli who were standing nearby were suddenly forced into a deep sleep quietly. Then the old man walked over to Long Feng's side and looked down at him with a profound gaze.

"This kid… he is cloaked in mysteries that even I cannot fathom. What is it that you are hiding?" He spoke stroked his beard with a thoughtful look.

"Well, I wouldn't know if I don't check for myself, right?" With that, his profound soul power silently infiltrated the defenseless Long Feng's body.