LDP S3: The Jewel of the Underworld
Ch. 28 — Underworld.
The demon soldier then told Zhao Lijian about Heilong's identity according to what he knew during his time in the Devil Nation military camp. Indeed the information this demon warrior gave about Heilong's identity was not very detailed but it was enough for Zhao Lijian to confirm that Heilong was part of the Devil Nation.
Zhao Lijian then observed Heilong from top to bottom as if seeing something strange. “Did you hide your cultivation level?”
All the demon warriors present in this place also directly stared intently at Heilong after hearing Zhao Lijian's remark.
Initially none of them paid attention to Heilong's cultivation because Heilong's body was completely invisible to severe injuries. However, the warning from Zhao Lijian had attracted their interest.
“No! A few months ago I had an ambush on the battlefield and was being held captive to a god realm warrior. The commander of the god realm army then destroyed my cultivation because I always kept my mouth shut while I was in custody. Fortunately I was able to escape from that prison and escape all the way into these ancient ruins.”
Heilong had to rack his brain to make up a story that could explain his current state. Fortunately Li Ting had a brief moment of information about Zhao Heilong before he went to this place. Of course he also added a bit of a lie in the story to make the reasoning more fluid and acceptable.
One by one the faces of these demon soldiers began to change and looked at Heilong with pity. They all became pityful towards Heilong because after this his fate in the Underworld would become worse before.
Not a few of them thought that Heilong should just die on the battlefield instead of having to return in this condition.
Those who have lived in the Underworld must know that life in the Underworld is very hard. Those who are useless will always be banished to a remote place and will receive unworthy treatment. Because, the Demon Race only looked at strength.
Zhao Lijian then patted Heilong on the shoulder. “Do not worry! I'll take you back to the underworld safely.”
“Thanks, senior,” reply Heilong.
Zhao Lijian nodded then continued asking. “Do you know where Zhao Chen is currently? If I'm not mistaken, you must have met Zhao Chen on this devastated battlefield.”
Zhao Lijian was not a stupid demon. Before he accepted this task, he had time to ask Demon King Zhao about the information concerning the mysterious world and Demon King Zhao told him that other than Demon King Zhao, he had not, only Zhao Chen in this generation knew how to enter the Mysterious World.
All the things concerning the Mysterious World were a huge secret that the Zhao Clan had always guarded tightly. Therefore, Demon King Zhao only told him how to enter the Mysterious World of the demon he had chosen.
Heilong then took out a storage ring and gave it to Zhao Lijian.
“In addition to the medicinal herbs I have prepared for Demon King Zhao, inside the storage ring was also Zhao Chen's corpse which I had stored inside a special coffin. Zhao Chen also had time to tell me that he also had time to store a token that contained his entire fight with a god named Xiao Hong.”
Zhao Lijian immediately received the storage ring and examined it carefully and found that the contents inside this storage ring were exactly the same as what Heilong said. He kept the ring because he felt that the power Heilong currently possessed would not be able to protect this ring if an ambush suddenly occurred from a god realm warrior.
Their journey all left behind ancient ruins this time was quite smooth. Because, they had not encountered any line of divine realm warriors since from the devastated battlefield.
Until finally they all made it through the gate of the ancient ruins and joined all the groups of demons that went to explore the ancient ruins.
After reaching beyond the ancient ruins, Zhao Lijian finally learned from the Demon warriors guarding the entrance that their entourage was the last group to leave the ancient ruins.
This huge line of hundreds of thousands of demon soldiers then rushed out of the small world where the ancient ruins were located and returned to the Underworld.
With the existence of a demon warrior line this big, they were all completely unafraid if there was an ambush from the God Realm.
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Lower Realm.
After a very long journey and taking an entire three years, Heilong and all of this group of demon troops finally reached the Underworld.
There was no beautiful scenery in this place other than boundless darkness. Because, the starlight in the sky is not able to penetrate the barrier on the surface of the underworld.
The demonic Eve and the extremely dense Qi of darkness instantly greeted Heilong as soon as he entered the underworld. It was fortunate that his current body had been protected by a defense artifact specially crafted by Li Ting from the Eternal Dragon War Shirt.
After arriving at a certain island that seemed to be their last stop, all these groups of demons began to part ways and return to their respective residences.
Zhao Lijian did the same. He immediately led his group back to the Zhao Clan's residence deep in the interior of the Underworld.
During the trip, Heilong did not make much noise because he was afraid that the questions he would ask during the conversation would cause a gap that could damage his disguise.
After all, this was the first time Heilong had entered the Underworld. While the identity he currently possessed should be very familiar with the Underworld. Just from here alone could bring up a huge gap if Heilong misspoke for example if he wanted to ask where the Zhao Clan's residence was. Because, it is impossible if someone does not know the location of his own house.
Instead, Heilong recalled his travel route this time around. He also began to draw maps of the Underworld within his world of mind and marked some of the important locations he had passed through.
The further this group walked into the depths of the Underworld, the Demon Eve that was around Heilong became increasingly concentrated and made him feel uneasy.
