Chapter 1240

Chapter 1375: Past Encounters and the Method of Departure

Xu Qingyang's words made Lin Moyu's spirit stir; Xu Qingyang must know something.

Xu Qingyang seemed to fall into memory. "At that time, twenty-three of us Lesser God Venerables entered here and walked smoothly all the way to the end."

"Because we hadn't encountered any danger, some of us relaxed our vigilance, right up until we encountered those guys."

"Those guys were very sharp; they quickly noticed us and launched an attack."

The tone became a bit more solemn. Lin Moyu knew that the 'guys' Xu Qingyang spoke of were the Ape Monsters.

However, with the combat power of Lesser God Venerables, especially with twenty-three of them, there was no need to worry, even when facing thousands of Ape Monsters.

At most, it would just take a bit of effort to deal with them; the Ape Monsters shouldn't have been able to hurt them.

But listening to Xu Qingyang's words, it seemed that was not the case.

After a pause of a few seconds, Xu Qingyang's voice sounded again. "Their strength was very high, above God King Rank 9, but still a bit worse than us."

"We had twenty-three people, all Lesser God Venerables, and originally thought dealing with them would be no problem."

"So we fought our way in, going deeper and deeper."

"But those guys were like they couldn't be killed off. There were more and more of them. We kept killing and killing, but we just couldn't finish them off."

"By the time we realized what was happening, we were already deeply surrounded. At that time, our power had been consumed significantly, and some people were already starting to run out of steam."

"So we changed our strategy: half the people rested, while the other half defended and attacked."

"But…"

Speaking to this point, Xu Qingyang fell into silence again, and his tone became even more solemn.

If he still had his physical body, he would likely be frowning tightly right now.

Lin Moyu felt that having half the people defend while the other half rested was not a good idea.

The number of people defending was halved, so the consumption would inevitably increase exponentially. By the time they rested, the recovery time would also increase significantly.

As a result, it might not achieve the desired effect and could even be counterproductive.

After a few seconds of silence, Xu Qingyang reorganized his thoughts and continued, "But we discovered that this approach was not correct; instead, it caused our consumption to increase greatly, making things even worse than before."

"So we decided to break out, but for some reason, the world was suddenly covered in a layer of mist, and we lost our way."

"At the same time, more powerful monsters appeared. Over a dozen monsters at the Lesser God Venerable realm rushed over and broke our defense."

"We were scattered and fled in all directions. I couldn't distinguish the direction at the time, so I just chose a direction to break out."

"Perhaps my luck was not very good; I chose the wrong direction, and the monsters chasing me became more and more numerous."

"The mist came in clusters, not everywhere. Sometimes I would leave the mist, but I still couldn't identify the direction."

"Eventually, I fled into a swamp. Strangely, after I fled into the swamp, those monsters stopped chasing me. However, there were many rotting corpses in the swamp, and it seemed like something in the swamp wanted to suck me in."

"Because of the presence of the mist, I lost my way again in the swamp, and the suction in the swamp grew stronger and stronger, eventually reaching a point where I could no longer resist."

"I finally sank in, and my physical body was corroded by the swamp and began to rot. I tried hard to persist, hoping to hold on a little longer."

"Finally, the mist dissipated, and I saw a stone tablet. At that time, my body had completely collapsed, so I entrusted my soul into the soul bead and sent the soul bead onto the stone tablet."

Carrying the bad memories, Xu Qingyang recounted the entire process.

For anyone, recalling the process of their own death is not a pleasant thing.

Connecting this with the ancient scenes seen in the tombstone, Lin Moyu finally knew the cause and effect.

The number of Ape Monsters that entered the Nether Swamp back then was astonishing, no less than one hundred thousand.

But what he had just seen was not that many.

The arrival of Xu Qingyang and the others must have killed many Ape Monsters, causing their numbers to plummet.

Subsequently, over the long years, the rotting corpses in the swamp would come out from time to time to fight with the Ape Monsters.

But because the number of Ape Monsters had decreased, with the ebb and flow, the number of Ape Monsters had further decreased over so many years, becoming what he had just seen.

But what about the place Xu Qingyang mentioned that might allow one to leave the Nether Swamp?

Xu Qingyang's previous description did not specify that place.

Lin Moyu was not in a hurry, quietly waiting for Xu Qingyang's answer.

He had already discovered that Xu Qingyang was very talkative.

Perhaps it was because he hadn't spoken in thousands of years, so he couldn't stop talking, or perhaps it was just his nature.

Sure enough, after waiting for a while, Xu Qingyang spoke again, "During the time I was being chased, in the gaps between the mist, I saw a unique place."

"I saw a giant stone tablet. The stone tablet was at least ten thousand meters high. There was mist at the top, so I couldn't see the exact height; perhaps it was more than ten thousand meters."

"If you want to leave the Nether Swamp, perhaps you can go there and take a look."

Lin Moyu asked, "Does Senior Brother Xu remember the exact location of that giant stone tablet?"

Xu Qingyang shook his head. "I don't remember. I was panicking and lost my way at the time, and with the interference of the mist, I had actually lost my sense of direction."

Lin Moyu summarized Xu Qingyang's words. From his description, it could be seen that there were three types of dangers here.

The first was the Ape Monsters. The Ape Monsters were not only numerous, but there were also those at the Lesser God Venerable realm among them, and more than one.

The second was the swamp. The swamp contained rotting corpses, and the swamp would corrode flesh and blood. Once trapped in it, even a Lesser God Venerable would find it hard to be spared.

The third was the mist. Once the mist appeared, one's sense of direction would disappear, making it easy to get lost. If one was not careful, they might fall into the encirclement of the Ape Monsters or even enter the swamp.

Lin Moyu had not yet encountered the mist, so it was hard to say.

Because he could fly here, the first two dangers had little effect on him.

Lin Moyu knew what he had to do: find that giant stone tablet over ten thousand meters high and see if he could find a way out.

His mission in the Nether Swamp was already completed; he had found Xu Qingyang. Now, all he had to do was take Xu Qingyang out and hand the soul bead to Zhu Qiwu.

"It seems I can only find it myself, but it shouldn't be too far away."

At this moment, the map in his mind was already very complete, and more than eighty percent of the area in the Nether Swamp had been explored.

Lin Moyu didn't need to turn back to look for it; he just needed to continue searching deeper.

Just as Lin Moyu was about to set off, a faint layer of mist appeared in his line of sight.

The mist came from nowhere and soon covered a large area.

Xu Qingyang said, "It is this kind of mist. It can block the soul's sensing ability, and it is impossible to distinguish directions in the mist."

Lin Moyu gave a hum, and his body rose directly, flying towards the high sky.

Xu Qingyang in the soul bead let out an unbelievable cry, "Junior Brother Lin, how can you fly?"

Lin Moyu said, "This is my ability."

Xu Qingyang did not doubt Lin Moyu's words but sighed, "If we could have flown back then, it wouldn't have been so dangerous."

"Junior Brother Lin, how long have I been trapped here?"

Chapter 1376: Princess Rou of the Starry Merman Race

Lin Moyu flew to an altitude of tens of thousands of meters, but the mist did not dissipate.

The mist connected heaven and earth; no matter how high he flew, it was of no use.

Lin Moyu simply stopped looking and waited for the mist to dissipate. "It's been about a thousand years or so."

Xu Qingyang sighed, "It's been so long. Time passes so quickly. I didn't expect that I had slept for so long."

Is this sleeping? This is being forced to sleep, okay?

Lin Moyu felt that Xu Qingyang was quite open-minded; he seemed to take life and death a bit lightly.

Zhu Qiwu said that Xu Qingyang's background was not simple; otherwise, he wouldn't have let him take the risk to come in and save someone.

In a place where even a Lesser God Venerable could be trapped to death, coming in would inevitably be dangerous.

But even so, Zhu Qiwu still let him come.

Perhaps Zhu Qiwu didn't know the situation inside, or perhaps it was the intention of the big shots above.

Xu Qingyang was indeed talkative. "Junior Brother Lin, when our twenty-three Lesser God Venerables entered together back then, how many of them eventually got out?"

Lin Moyu said, "As far as I know, not a single person got out."

Xu Qingyang seemed to have guessed the answer long ago and couldn't help but sigh, "The chaotic rules are indeed dangerous, but in the process of cultivation, who can go smoothly?"

Lin Moyu asked, "What races did the Lesser God Venerables who came in with Senior Brother Xu belong to?"

Xu Qingyang recalled, "There were the Sand Tribe, the Starry Merman Race, the Buddhist Clan, the Ox Demon Race…"

Sure enough, there was the Starry Merman Race. Lin Moyu thought of the small box he had obtained, which contained a delicate small sword.

He had judged at the time that it was an object of the Starry Merman Race, and now it was confirmed.

However, there were no Demon Race among these Lesser God Venerables. According to Xu Qingyang, there were Demon Race who came in at that time. Besides the Demon Race, there was also a Lesser God Venerable of the Golden Eagle Race.

But they did not enter the Nether Swamp; they were killed by him in the Yellow Earth Desert.

Xu Qingyang had strong combat power and belonged to the top tier among Lesser God Venerables, only half a step away from a true God Venerable.

Lin Moyu was not surprised that he could kill the Lesser God Venerables of the Demon Race and the Golden Eagle Race.

Xu Qingyang sighed again, "I didn't expect that person from the Starry Merman Race would also be trapped to death here."

Lin Moyu was a bit strange. Why did Xu Qingyang suddenly mention the Starry Merman Race instead of other races? Was there anything special about that Lesser God Venerable of the Starry Merman Race?

"Is there anything special about that person from the Starry Merman Race?"

Anyway, the mist hadn't dissipated yet, so Lin Moyu didn't mind chatting with Xu Qingyang for a while; he might be able to get a lot of useful information from him.

Xu Qingyang said with emotion, "The Starry Merman Race who came in with us had an extraordinary status within the race and controlled the Law of Space."

Lin Moyu was slightly stunned; Princess Yu Qingrou also controlled the Law of Space.

The Starry Merman Race was actually very similar to the human race; their appearance was similar, their preferences were similar, and if one didn't distinguish carefully, it was almost impossible to tell the difference between the two.

Only in terms of cultivating laws were there differences between the two races.

The human race had a huge population and dabbled in various laws, almost all-encompassing.

But the Starry Merman Race mainly focused on the Law of Water and the laws of the starry sky.

Besides that, the Starry Merman Race had another special feature: every once in a while, a controller of the Law of Space would appear within their race.

This was the bloodline inheritance of the Starry Merman Race. Once the bloodline awakened, they didn't need to deliberately comprehend it; they could naturally master the Law of Space.

The Law of Space was a first-tier law. How difficult it was to comprehend a first-tier law was much harder than becoming a God Venerable.

The human race had a population of over trillions, yet there were not many people who controlled first-tier laws.

Especially like the Law of Space, which could rank among the top in the first-tier, it was even unheard of.

Lin Moyu had personally experienced Princess Yu Qingrou's Law of Space, and even he was a little envious.

Xu Qingyang sighed again at this time, "That Princess Rou was peerless in elegance and had unparalleled talent. Controlling the Law of Space, she came and went freely, and nothing could stop her. I originally thought that even if everyone else died, she should have been able to escape, but I didn't expect…"

Hearing the words 'Princess Rou', Lin Moyu couldn't help but ask, "Is Princess Rou her name?"

Xu Qingyang shook his head. "Princess Rou is what we called her. Her real name was Princess Yu Qingrou, and she was a princess of the Starry Merman Race."

Huge waves rose in Lin Moyu's heart, and his expression became very strange.

"Princess Yu Qingrou, she is actually also called Princess Yu Qingrou."

"Are the names just the same?"

"That Princess Rou is a Lesser God Venerable, while the Princess Yu Qingrou I met is not even a God King. The two are too far apart."

Lin Moyu guessed whether it was just the same name.

If they were destined to meet again in the future, perhaps he could ask.

"It's a pity that such a peerless woman actually fell here." Xu Qingyang seemed to be still immersed in memories and did not notice the change in Lin Moyu's expression.

A loud noise suddenly sounded in the distance, and vast laws rippled and transmitted over.

Then Lin Moyu saw red light shining from the mist. Although the mist blocked his sight, he could still distinguish that it was the light from a tombstone.