Chapter 1247 - 1245: Entering the Netherworld

Chapter 1247: Chapter 1245: Entering the Netherworld

The Netherworld, White Ghost Mountain Station.

Gu Xi and Tang Shuang got off the train ahead of time.

The two days on the train were enough for Gu Xi and Tang Shuang to get familiar with each other.

Tang Shuang had already resealed the Demon River Corpse Source into the Sealing Demon Box.

This resealing inside hadn’t cost Tang Shuang much effort at all; she practically raised a hand and put away the exposed Demon River Corpse Source.

This more or less made Tang Shuang feel a bit uneasy in her Heart.

Along the way she not only helped Gu Xi replenish all sorts of knowledge for an Undead Mage, she also provided Gu Xi with detailed information about taking the entrance exam for Netherworld University.

Like where to register, what level one needed to reach, that sort of thing.

The most important part was, Tang Shuang had agreed to take Gu Xi to look for another Primordial Body similar to the Demon River Corpse Source.

This was the first target Tang Shuang chose after settling on the direction of her graduation thesis.

And it was also the only target located on this side of the Netherworld.

At first, everyone who saw that the Netherworld still had a Primordial Body target here all thought they’d picked up a huge bargain, that they could finish their graduation thesis without even leaving home.

In the end, countless Player graduates who wanted to come here to take advantage of it all suffered crushing defeats at his hands.

Tang Shuang had gone to take a look once as well; when she came back, it was after just giving that Primordial Body a glance from afar before she bailed.

This one was indeed a Primordial Body, and indeed unowned.

But the problem was that his strength was just too great.

Level 46 strength, plus the fact that a large number of Player graduates came to bother him every single year, had given this Primordial Body a lot of subordinates.

This guy was practically a city unto himself by now.

Yet the teachers of Netherworld University and the other universities in Yin City, for various reasons, were not in a convenient position to make a move.

In the end, he became one of the hardest-to-gnaw Primordial Bodies in the Netherworld.

Although she had never seen how Gu Xi took action to suppress the Demon River Corpse Source.

Tang Shuang still had a feeling that Gu Xi had some method of suppressing the other party.

So Tang Shuang told Gu Xi about this at the first opportunity.

Gu Xi hadn’t heard all the detailed information; he had only heard two words.

Undead, above Level 45.

These two words made Gu Xi think of one thing.

That was that Undead could be suppressed through Ghost-Suppressing Peach Mountain, and as for existences above Level 45, Gu Xi had only ever heard of one.

The Great Monarch in the Mirror Image Underground Palace.

If he invited this one back to Yalidu City, did that mean Gu Xi could face the Great Monarch directly?

For that, Gu Xi was indeed willing to go and look for this Primordial Body to give it a try.

So here they were: this time they hadn’t even reached Yin City yet, they’d only just entered the Netherworld when they got off the train ahead of time.

After entering the Netherworld, Gu Xi immediately felt a very comfortable wave of Yin Qi rushing toward him.

This Yin Qi, after falling on the skin, would actively seep into it and alter a Player’s Constitution.

Even Players who didn’t walk the Undead Mage or Death Knight routes would, after coming here, gradually be affected and get tainted with Yin Qi.

The chance of them turning out as Undead Mages or Death Knights would increase tremendously.

At the same time, the Undead here would also be affected by this aura, awakening Spiritual Wisdom and becoming intelligent Undead.

In this way, the Netherworld had become a world belonging to the Undead.

Clearly this was the real world, the Human mortal world; the sun was still shining brightly in the sky, there was no eerie aura by the roadside, yet it gave people a gloomy feeling.

No wonder this place became a Holy Land for Undead Mages.

One look and you could tell the aura here was uniquely blessed.

Once he got used to the aura here, Gu Xi looked around.

At this moment Gu Xi noticed that although people in the Netherworld were accustomed to wearing black robes, they weren’t all dressed as Undead Mages or Death Knights.

They seemed to be using black robes to prove something.

Maybe seeing the doubt in Gu Xi’s eyes, Tang Shuang explained to him.

"Black robes are actually proof that someone is a Player.

After all, here in the Netherworld, you’ll occasionally run into some Undead.

And the Netherworld is a Star Realm open to the outside; there will always be some outsiders coming here, and in the Netherworld they can’t always tell who’s a Player and who’s an Undead.

In the end it led to all kinds of human–ghost romances.

Without changing the clothing style of the Undead, Players simply put on black robes to prove they’re Players."

Gu Xi had to lift a shoulder at this. "Why not wear white robes?"

"Because there are just too many Undead in white robes, whereas there are relatively fewer Undead in black robes.

Even among the Ghost categories, only a small part wears black robes, and Ghosts float anyway, so you can tell at a glance who’s Human and who’s a Ghost."

As Tang Shuang was saying this, she noticed that Gu Xi himself had floated up.

She was so annoyed she punched Gu Xi right in the chest.

"You’re not done, huh? Every single time you’re like this. I’m talking about serious stuff here."

Taking this punch that didn’t hurt or itch, a faint smile appeared on Gu Xi’s face.

In truth, he wasn’t the type who liked to joke around.

But the problem was that Tang Shuang’s face just made people want to tease her a little.

Plus, Gu Xi had already arrived in the real-world Netherworld and was about to enroll in Netherworld University.

The Heart he’d always been holding up finally relaxed, and from time to time he’d banter with Tang Shuang a bit.

Every time, Gu Xi would make Tang Shuang so mad she’d end up swinging at him, and then it would turn into a full-on brawl.

"Alright, knock it off. We’ve already gotten off the train; we’re just about to exit the station."

Grabbing Tang Shuang’s hand, Gu Xi wouldn’t let her keep hitting him.

At this moment Tang Shuang’s face flushed red. "Follow me, don’t get lost."

With that she shot Gu Xi a sidelong glare.

After leaving White Ghost Mountain Station, Tang Shuang started introducing things to Gu Xi.

"White Ghost Mountain is the entry station into the Netherworld.

Players who enter the Netherworld without knowing where they’re headed can all get off here.

Cross-Star Realm trains only go to three cities: Yin City, the Seventh Netherworld, and Mercury Spring.

For some of the other cities, you have to transfer here at White Ghost Mountain."

Gu Xi nodded, understanding how things worked here.

"So where are we going now?"

"Ghost Breath City. The Primordial Body we mentioned is there—eh? Why did you stop walking?"

Tang Shuang, who’d been leading the way ahead, suddenly realized Gu Xi had halted.

Gu Xi didn’t speak; he just lowered his head to look at the ground.

As soon as he stepped out of the station, Gu Xi immediately felt that something was off with the ground before him.

"What’s wrong?"

Seeing Gu Xi like this, Tang Shuang couldn’t help feeling a bit worried.

"It’s nothing." Gu Xi shook his Head, and in the end still followed Tang Shuang out.

But at this moment his Heart was greatly shaken.

Because he could feel that the people here at White Ghost Mountain had pulled off something on a truly massive scale.

They had hollowed out all of White Ghost Mountain’s Earth Vein and filled it with scalp and skulls, arranging a special Earth Vein for White Ghost Mountain.

This method far surpassed the Dragon Burial Vein of the Yellow Springs Dragon Robe.

No wonder that the moment Gu Xi stepped out, the Netherworld Dragon Robe Carrier used his line of sight to give Gu Xi a reminder.