The Domineering King of the Netherworld and His Sweetheart

99. Making a Vow and the Weapon Palace

Translator: Ning LL

“There was only a skeleton left. All of his flesh and blood have been swallowed.” Carendra said that with a abnormally serious look.

When looking into the Black Crystal, he had seen the sky being darkened by the thick black fog which was like the black sea. The surging black fog was strangely depressing, which gave him negative feelings even though he had only seen that through the Black Crystal.

He could tell that the cultivator who had committed the crime was not an ordinary expert and perhaps had cultivated a certain kind of evil art. The cultivators of the same kind had already been recorded in the history books, who were collectively called the Evil Race in the God and Demon Kingdom.

Therefore, Carendra doubted whether the expert in the God Sovereign realm only wanted to dominate the northern area.

“Huh?” Feng Xi couldn’t help but ask, “Is that the Black Spirit who has escaped from the Ghost World?”

Because Feng Xi had received all of the information on the purple Jade Slip, he knew that those Black Spirits had all cultivated evil arts in their previous life. The biggest feature of their art was that they would swallow the blood and flesh of other cultivators. Then they would take in those cultivators’ energy and turn it into their own energy in order to improve their cultivation base. Hearing the description Carendra gave about the dead, Feng Xi remembered that right away.

“Black Spirit?” Clearly this was the first time Carendra had heard of that name, so he froze for a moment.

“Those who have done all kinds of evil and killed a great many people would turn into spirits in black, and are called the Black Spirit.” Feng Xi had already climbed onto the crystal desk. Then he sat on the edge of the desk while saying that complacently with his legs swinging back and forth.

“You mean that expert is a Black Spirit?”

Carendra connected the two at once. Actually, he had never seen the face of that expert since the latter had been enveloped by black fog the whole time. What was more, the black fog seemed to be able to prevent others’ spiritual conscience from getting in, so no one had seen that expert’s figure clearly by now.

“I don’t know that, but I do know that ten Black Spirits have escaped to the God and Demon Kingdom from the Ghost World, and they seem to be in the northern area right now!” Feng Xi tried to think of the useful information, but he was not good at deduction. The most important thing was that he was too lazy to think.

Carendra hadn’t wanted to ask about the affairs of the Black Spirit. After all, Black Spirits escaping from the Ghost World was something serious which should not be leaked to the outsiders. Carendra didn’t expect that the boy would speak it out loud. However, as Carendra realized that the King hadn’t stopped the boy from doing that, he couldn’t help but wonder if the King had another plan by asking the affair in the Sura family just now.

‘This is a great chance!’

Carendra realized that right away. What kind of person was King of the Netherworld? He was the expert whom even the lords of the Heaven World and the Demon World were afraid of. If the Sura family could have the King’s protection, no one would dare to provoke this family anymore even if the Sura family still couldn’t swagger around every day. Moreover, it would also bring back the glorious time of the Sura family!

Carendra had a hunch that this was a rare chance for his family. The King seemed to want the Sura family to deal with something for him. As long as Carendra could seize this chance, he would definitely bring revival to the Sura family!

“I, Carendra, on behalf of all the people of the Sura family, declare that I am at your service, Your Majesty!” Carendra got down on one knee again and swore that while trying to repress the excitement in his heart.

“Get up!” The King raised his hand and said that.

‘This man Carendra is thoughtful, clever, and knows how to seize opportunities. He truly is an outstanding person.’ The King changed his opinion about Carendra, ‘Feng Xi could learn a lot from this man if they stay together.’

‘The Black Spirits have to be caught back. Since you two have already passed the two assessments, you would both become the members of the Green Nether Hunting Group in the future. Catching the Black Spirits in the northern area will be your first mission. I’ll tell Nangong Li to send a few experts to go to the God and Demon Kingdom with you. Now, follow me.” Saying this, the King stood up right away.

Feng Xi then jumped off the crystal desk and followed the King, bouncing briskly.

When the King and Carendra saw Uncle White after the three of them walked out of the Quiet Stage Palace, they were not so surprised. However, Feng Xi shuddered right away as if he was the rat which ran into a cat. Then he hid behind the King immediately and used the latter’s sleeve to cover his face, assuming that Uncle White wouldn’t notice him in this way.

However, the boy didn’t know that Uncle White could sense his presence without needing to see him. The old man who had been looking ahead suddenly glanced at the boy who was hiding behind the King when they passed him. When no one was noticing him, the old man showed the glimmer of a smile in his cold eyes.

Only when Feng Xi couldn’t see Uncle White’s figure did he poke out his head and let out a sigh of relief. As he glimpsed at the look on Carendra’s face, he found the latter seemed to be laughing at him. Then Feng Xi, face bulging and chest up, seemed to be saying, ‘I’m not afraid of Uncle White. You got the wrong idea about me!”

If Carendra wasn’t a man who was born indifferent and didn’t laugh so often, he would definitely burst into laughter.

After they had walked for a while, the King stopped in front of a black gate carved on which were the Mythical Beast patterns. The gruesome look in the beast’s eyes deterred anyone who came close. With the dragon veins partly hidden and partly visible, it seemed as if the beast was about to come alive and rush over at any time.

Perhaps the gate had sensed the King’s arrival. Then it opened slowly with a squeak. There were two Puppet Guards standing beside the two towering pillars upright. They had no sign of life but still sent out scary aura which Carendra hadn’t even sensed from the experts in the God Sovereign realm.

“Carendra, let me tell you this, they are Puppet Guards who are very awesome. If you touch anything in this place, even very slightly, they would rush over and beat you fiercely!” Feng Xi suddenly approached Carendra and told him that with a mysterious look.

Carendra couldn’t help but raise his eyebrows, “Feng Xi, how do you know about that?”

“Because I have been beaten before!” Feng Xi blurt it out without any hesitation.

Before, Feng Xi simply touched the object in this palace and not even held it or took it up, but the two guards lunged at him right away with a bloodthirst. If his leader hadn’t come in time, there would have been more than one bump on his head. That memory had been too vivid for him, so every time he saw the two Puppet Guards, he would recall the feeling of getting beaten on the head.

Feng Xi never dared to go to the Weapon Palace ever since then and had to say goodbye to this place with tears in his eyes.

Although he never stopped coveting the profound weapons inside the Weapon Palace, he had to make sure that he was alive first.

Carendra wanted to laugh but still restrained himself because the King was there. Also, judging from the look on the boy’s face, Carendra found the boy only felt pity instead of feeling embarrassed about that experience. As for what Feng Xi felt pity for, Carendra had already guessed it out.

The two Puppet Guards only guarded the front door. There was a two-zhang-high (T/N: zhang is a unit of length, = 3 1/3 metres) door inside. Between the two doors, there were lots of traps. If someone wanted to break in, he would definitely startle the people in the Heaven Peak Palace, unless he had known how to avoid those traps.

Feng Xi had already figured out how those traps worked, otherwise he would have been kicked out before those two guards beat him.

Of course, that was mostly because the King and Uncle White had turned a blind eye to his action.

The heavy gate rose up with a rumbling noise. As what was behind the gate came into view, Feng Xi and Carendra showed different looks on their faces. The former almost drooled since he had been coveting the weapons for a long time and already started to think how great it would be if all those weapons could belong to him. The latter wasn’t that dramatic and only showed an astonished look on his face with his pupils dilating.

This was the first time that Carendra saw so many profound weapons. It was said that there were eighteen kinds of weapons in the world. However, he felt that there were definitely more than eighteen kinds in this palace. All kinds of profound weapons were placed in order. According to the aura which was sent out from those weapons, Carendra found that none of these was inferior to the weapons in the low stage of the high grade. He even felt a mysterious and terrifying air from those weapons, which was clearly from the profound weapon in the mythical level.

There were five grades of the profound weapons, which were low, medium, high, supreme and the mythical grade. Each grade could be divided into low, medium and high stage. The profound weapons of the high grade were commonly seen but the number was not so big. There would be auctions in all the sections of the God and Demon Kingdom. The profound weapons of the high grade which showed up occasionally would attract all the forces to compete for them. If the profound weapons of the supreme grade showed up, the auction would be a hard-fought battle for everyone for sure. As for the profound weapons of the mythical grade, they were even more hardly seen than the profound weapons of the supreme grade.

Therefore, the profound weapons of the high grade or the grades above were very rare. Even the Sura family only had one profound weapon in the low stage of the high grade.

Carendra hadn’t inherited that weapon because that was a Chopping Ground Axe which wasn’t suitable for him. So, he had been fighting with his bare hands just like Feng Xi all along. However, all the cultivators were eager to have a profound weapon, including Carendra!

The King turned around, ignoring the excited look on their faces, and said straightly, “Go pick a profound weapon which suits you best. Remember, choose according to your own abilities!”

Feng Xi who had been too impatient to wait rushed out right away and didn’t notice that Carendra stood still with his fists clenched.

The King seemed to have seen through Carendra and added, “Go!”

“Thanks, Your Majesty!” Carendra finally showed a really joyful look. Although that look was still not very obvious, it was enough to express how he felt right now. Then he followed Feng Xi and walked into the sea of the profound weapons.

Since the King had already accepted Carendra, he would definitely be generous to the latter.

Now, the King’s black eyes were fixed on the boy who was touching every weapon not afar while thinking, ‘It’s time for him to explore the world outside the Netherworld!”