Soul Emperor Martial God

Chapter 2262: Chapter 2258: Accidentally Killed You

”Come out with me.”

The Ice Venerable’s Spiritual Consciousness looked Xiao Yi over with satisfaction, then drifted out, heading toward the main gate.

Pushing open the gate, it was still the endless Land of Wind and Snow outside.

Xiao Yi followed him out.

The Ice Venerable’s Spiritual Consciousness pointed toward the distant front.

”The Hell Netherworld, the Netherworld Purgatory, do indeed exist.”

”The most evil place in this world, the most terrifying place, truly exists.”

”It’s just that no one has ever been able to discover it, nor has anyone been able to find it.”

Xiao Yi froze for a moment, then said, ”In other words, Senior, you found it?”

The Ice Venerable’s Spiritual Consciousness shook his head. ”It can’t be said that I found it, but that it truly exists, and there truly is a way to go there.”

”And this old man obtained that method.”

Before Xiao Yi could ask, the Ice Venerable’s Spiritual Consciousness had already pointed off into the distance.

”Step through endless wind and snow, personally endure infinite ice frost—at the end of it lies the Netherworld.”

The lightness on Xiao Yi’s face turned into solemnity; he narrowed his eyes.

”Senior, you’re speaking rather mystically.”

”In my perception, this wind-and-snow world here is endless, incomparably vast.”

”The scenery here is exactly the same as the Endless Snow Mountain outside.”

”But if I’m not mistaken, this place isn’t within normal space at all, not in the ordinary heavens and earth outside.”

The Ice Venerable’s Spiritual Consciousness nodded. ”Did I not just tell you? This is inside a folded space.”

”By normal means, it is simply impossible to arrive at the Netherworld.”

”As for the method, this old man found one among them, which is to go through the Ice Venerate Hall behind you.”

”Hmm?” Xiao Yi stared into the distance, and suddenly that familiar feeling surged in his heart again, even carrying a strange sense of intimacy.

”It’s the flavor of Sword Dao.” This time, Xiao Yi remembered more quickly.

Wasn’t this scene precisely the Martial Arts Illusion formed when the Senior Swordswoman cleaved out that sword a year and a half ago?

”The Ice Nether Sword Dao?”

”You know of it?” This time, the Ice Venerable’s Spiritual Consciousness was actually shocked.

”Though we stand amidst endless wind and snow, what truly links the icy world and the Netherworld Netherworld is only the Ice Nether Sword Dao.”

”Look more carefully—here, tell this old man what you see.”

Xiao Yi closed his eyes and carefully sensed.

After a while, Xiao Yi’s expression changed. ”It’s more like an incomparably gigantic Sword Dao passage.”

”Starting from the Ice Venerate Hall, it’s as if there’s a vast Sword Qi Road. This road is filled with terrifying cold and endless gloom.”

The Ice Venerable’s Spiritual Consciousness nodded. ”This is the Ice Netherworld Road.”

”Look farther.”

Xiao Yi nodded, stepped forward, and gazed into the distance.

If one viewed this wind-and-snow world as a vast, icy-cold road—

Up ahead, roughly a hundred li away, there was a cluster of illusion, and from that illusion emanated precisely the Ice Venerate’s aura.

Looking farther, a thousand li away, there was a Snow White Sword.

And looking even farther, this immense road was endlessly long, its end completely unseen.

”Hmm? That sword?” Xiao Yi’s brows knitted tight; the next second, he remembered.

”Isn’t that the Ice Saint’s Sword, Ice White Ghost Slayer?”

”Oh?” The Ice Venerable’s Spiritual Consciousness was shocked yet again. ”You know the Ice Saint, and you recognize Ice White Ghost Slayer?”

”Not simple, not simple.”

Xiao Yi shook his head. ”I know of them, but not in detail.”

The Ice Venerable’s Spiritual Consciousness replied, ”Senior Ice Saint was a figure far more ancient than this old man, and far more powerful.”

”This old man must rely on the Ice Venerate Hall to reach beneath this Netherworld.”

”This old man has only walked a hundred li on this icy Netherworld Road.”

”But that terrifying Sword Cultivator, the Ice Saint, with his own strength and his own Sword Dao alone, could reach beneath the Netherworld.”

”And he walked farther—far, far beyond this old man.”

”However, even he could not walk this icy Netherworld Road to its end.”

”That sword represents him, and also represents his level in the Ice Netherworld Dao.”

”It’s just a pity that that sword has not advanced for countless years, and that Senior Ice Saint has long since fallen.”

”Moreover, that sword is only a Sword Dao marker; the true Ice White Ghost Slayer is not here.”

Xiao Yi nodded. He certainly knew that the true Ice Saint’s Sword was currently in the Senior Swordswoman’s hand.

”Enough.” The Ice Venerable’s Spiritual Consciousness said softly. ”Now, it’s your turn.”

”Only a scant few have walked this Netherworld Road, but none have ever reached the end.”

”Naturally, this old man also knows that you cannot possibly walk it to the end.”

”But this old man wants to see just how far you can go.”

”Me?” Xiao Yi frowned. ”This is my opportunity?”

The Ice Venerable’s Spiritual Consciousness nodded and opened his mouth. ”One of them.”

”The farther you walk on this Netherworld Road, the greater your gains. This is one of the opportunities for which you came here.”

”And the greatest opportunity, naturally, is the Ice Venerate Hall itself.”

”This old man will not make things hard for you. As long as you can walk fifty li—that is, reach half the distance this old man did—I will count you as having passed.”

”Passed?” Xiao Yi was somewhat puzzled.

The Ice Venerable’s Spiritual Consciousness nodded. ”You are now at Saint Sovereign Realm Cultivation. As long as you have sufficient talent and sufficient Sword Dao aptitude, fifty li, though difficult, should not be impossible.”

”This is this old man’s minimum requirement.”

”If you meet it, from then on, the Ice Venerate Hall will be handed over to you.”

”All of this old man’s Inheritance, innumerable Martial Arts, and all forty-eight hundred thousand Cultivation Technique Secret Techniques and all Martial Arts Knowledge within the Ice Venerate Hall will all belong to you.”

”Once you gain control of the Ice Venerate Hall, with a single thought, you can take in everything.”

Xiao Yi reacted. ”The Ice Venerate Hall is a Holy Artifact?”

”Yes.” The Ice Venerable’s Spiritual Consciousness nodded. ”This old man can sense, outside the fourth floor of the Ice Palace, the aura of a Thunder Attribute sword.”

”This old man can tell you, the Ice Venerate Hall is a thousand times stronger than that sword of yours.”

”Can we begin?” the Ice Venerable’s Spiritual Consciousness asked.

Xiao Yi shook his head.

The Ice Venerable’s Spiritual Consciousness furrowed his brows. ”What, you’re scared? No confidence?”

”This old man has waited here for over ten million years, only to end up with such a coward?”

”The secret of the Ice Emperor Palace that could not be unraveled for countless years—is its solver truly this worthless?”

”Heh.” Xiao Yi let out a bitter laugh and still shook his head.

”Then why?” the Ice Venerable’s Spiritual Consciousness asked.

From beginning to end, this Ice Venerable’s Spiritual Consciousness had not shown a trace of malice. He seemed more like a kindly old man, a sincere senior.

There was a slight complexity in Xiao Yi’s heart.

”I’d better speak frankly with you, Senior.” Xiao Yi gave a bitter smile. ”If I don’t make things clear, my Sword Heart will be somewhat tainted, and I fear I won’t be able to walk this so-called Netherworld Road with my full strength.”

”What?” the Ice Venerable’s Spiritual Consciousness asked.

Xiao Yi hesitantly glanced at the Ice Venerable’s Spiritual Consciousness. ”Uh... about nine years ago, I... I...”

”Speak directly.” The Ice Venerable’s Spiritual Consciousness said impatiently.

”Hehe.” Xiao Yi laughed awkwardly. ”This kid accidentally killed you—strictly speaking, I annihilated your Spiritual Consciousness.”

After speaking, Xiao Yi nervously watched the Spiritual Consciousness.

Unexpectedly, the Ice Venerable’s Spiritual Consciousness’s lips curled into a smile. ”This old man knows.”

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