Chapter 753: 753
Chapter 753: A Divinity’s Visit
Translator: La0o9 Editor: La0o9
The monsters were speaking to each other .
Hearing their conversation, Gu Qing Shan realized something .
The monsters didn’t think that he could understand what they were saying .
After all, for the entire Age of Old, no cultivator had been able to converse with the monsters, and no one had been able to understand their language .
Gu Qing Shan, on the other hand, received a lapis card from Little Dusk during the struggle for the 3 Divine Armaments that allowed him to understand Desolate Tongue .
According to Little Dusk, this was the common language for both the Divinities and the monsters during the Age of Desolation . The language was made to fall out of use by the Divinities, but because Little Dusk was a powerful weapon that was part of the main battle force against the Desolate monsters, the Divinities made her study this language .
Even now, not a single human understood this language besides himself .
Gu Qing Shan’s mind quickly moved .
He decided to maintain his meditative pose and hovered in the sky .
Unfortunately, the monsters only spoke a few words before going silent again .
The 13th floor of the underground prison quickly regained its silence .
Only the river of blood on the floor that reached up to one’s knee continued to flow .
Sha .
Sha .
Sha .
Like tidal waves, the fresh blood was moving periodically .
Gu Qing Shan continued to wait .
The three powerful Desolate monsters don’t seem to want to open their mouths .
Gu Qing Shan was feeling impatient .
Why aren’t these three monsters talking?
It would be ok even if they only make small talk .
Even the most mundane conversation between them would allow Gu Qing Shan to understand them a bit better .
Time continued to pass .
The monsters still haven’t said a single word .
Gu Qing Shan was about to give up .
He suddenly opened his eyes and curiously looked at the floor .
“Strange, where is this blood coming from? Even the formation leading to the next floor is being obscured, how annoying”
While he said that, Gu Qing Shan formed a hand seal to manipulate items from afar and gathered the blood on the ground to form a large sphere of blood in the air .
When all the blood was gathered, the formation that led to the next floor was revealed .
Innumerable runes filled the formation like they were supposed to, even the spirit stones were perfectly engraved where they were supposed to be .
All Gu Qing Shan needed to do now was land and activate the formation to move to the next floor .
He looked at the formation, then again at the huge sphere of blood in the air, apparently thinking about whether or not to continue downwards .
All of a sudden, a short screech came from the ground below .
This sound was clearly coming from deep underground .
Almost immediately, new liquid blood slowly leaked out from the floor .
The blood silently filled the ground and rose up until it once again reached knee-height .
Gu Qing Shan told himself: “How strange, should I gather them up again?”
It was now that the three monsters on the walls showed some movement .
They were moving in an uneasy manner .
And began to speak again:
「 This moron, we can’t let him continue to anger the existence below 」one of the monsters said .
Its tone was filled with urgency and fear .
Another monster quickly suggested: 「 Should we tell him that the existence below absolutely cannot be offended? 」
The third monster seemed to be the leader of them as it angrily roared: 「 Fools! No matter how simple their language is, we can’t converse with him, this is part of the treaty! 」
The first monster suggested: 「 If we can’t go against the treaty, maybe we should roar loudly to distract him 」
「 Good 」the third monster immediately replied .
Right away, they angrily roared and struggled, rattling the chains on the wall like they wanted to take Gu Qing Shan’s life .
Gu Qing Shan was clearly caught off guard and lost control of his spell in the confusion .
His hand tilted and caused the sphere of blood to wiggle, then flew away .
Very coincidentally, the huge sphere of blood directly splashed on one of the three Desolate monsters when it lost control .
That Desolate monster trembled, froze, then began to roar even louder .
This time, its roar caused the entire area to rumble, carrying a sense of unprecedented desperation .
It was doing everything it could to struggle free .
The walls of the prison were shaking from its struggle .
All the defensive runes on the 13th floor were activated at once, giving off intense light .
The monster was pinned against the wall by a vast and invisible force .
It suddenly spoke in Desolate Tongue: 「 No, great one! You can’t eat me, I am your loyal servant! 」
Another hoarse voice came from the ground below: 「 Your flesh and soul will serve to kill me some time 」
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Almost immediately, the blood splattered on the monster’s body was completely absorbed inside .
The monster stopped struggling .
It was dead .
The 7-8 Demon Restraining Chains on its body loosened .
The monster’s body fell into the blood, quickly turned into a thick block blob of blood and slowly disappeared .
A faint whirlpool slowly manifested on the surface of the blood, apparently something was being transported deeper underground through it .
An unintelligible muttering came from underground, carrying a hint of satisfaction .
Then everything returned to silence .
The other two monsters on the wall no longer struggled .
They were only trying to do everything they could to move a bit higher and get away from the blood, then became as still as statues, no longer letting out any sound .
Glancing at the blood below, Gu Qing Shan had a concerned look in his eyes .
When I got to this floor, out of consideration for safety, I instinctively avoided the flowing blood .
From the looks of it, once this blood touches you, the only outcome is death .
Even the monster on the 13th floor that I couldn’t even scratch with my full power was the same .
Gu Qing Shan silently floated in the air, apparently scared stiff by what he just saw .
But in fact, he was thinking rapidly .
They felt humanity’s language to be very simple .
They didn’t talk to me because they were afraid of breaking some sort of treaty .
An easy conclusion could be drawn from this: the Desolate monsters can understand human language, but they pretend that they don’t .
Then .
What is the treaty about?
And who was the treaty made with?
As Gu Qing Shan followed this vein of thought, he was subconsciously feeling an unprecedented shiver .
On another side .
After the two enforcer cultivators led Gu Qing Shan into the underground prison, they closed the gates and followed director Li’s orders to arrange the other personnel as well .
Half an hour later, they returned to director Li to report their work .
“Sir, all personnel who came in today have been arranged appropriately according to your instructions” one enforcer cultivator reported .
“Give me a detailed report” director Li said .
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The other cultivator took out a jade tag and reported the arrangements one by one .
Director Li only nodded as he listened .
At a certain point, he suddenly cut the other person off: “The 9th reserve corps’ cook didn’t contribute enough spirit stones, give him a few more monsters to butcher”
“Understood, I’ll see to it immediately” the enforcer cultivator replied .
And the reports continued .
After a while more .
The report was finally done .
When director Li was about to dismiss everyone, he suddenly recalled something .
“Right, what about the brat from the 23rd reserve corps?”
“We’ve done as you instructed and threw that brat into the underground prison” one enforcer cultivator replied .
Sitting behind a tall stack of documents, director Li lightly patted the head of a decorative item made from spirit jade and lazily asked: “Did he seem regretful?”
“He didn’t sir, that brat was a real naive one . He just did as we ordered and entered the underground prison without saying a single word on the way” the enforcer cultivator reported .
Director Li thought for few moments before asking another cultivator standing next to him: “Get me that brat’s background profile”
The cultivator reported: “Yes sir, Zhang Xiao Yun was a loose cultivator with a long family career of making spirit cooking to live . During the last invasion, his family was all killed, he was the only one alive, that’s why he joined the army”
Director Li’s eyebrows loosened a bit and commented: “Hm, if that’s the case, I just sent him to meet his family, reuniting them all together”
“Hahaha, wonderfully said, sir”
“Of course”
While they were talking, the door to the camp automatically opened as a fully-armored cultivator flew in .
Director Li immediately stood up with a panicked expression: “General Wang, why did you come here yourself?”
Boom .
The ground suddenly trembled .
Immediately after that, a fearful scream came from deep underground .
Everyone’s expressions changed .
That scream came from the direction of the underground prison .
This prison was created because some monsters were too powerful to be killed, only captured .
Ever since the slaughterhouse was formed, it had periodically received a few terrifying monsters to be sent inside and imprisoned by their superiors .
And no trouble had ever come from it before .
General glanced at everyone here with a cold expression and asked: “Who is currently inside the sealed underground prison?”
Director Li stuttered: “A— a cook, that just came today”
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“Name, cultivation, origin?” General Wang continued .
“Zhang Xiao Yun, Golden Core realm, the 23rd reserve corps”
“Someone that just reached Golden Core realm was able to enter a place that was ordered to forbid all entry without permission from above? What exactly did you tell him to do in there?” General Wang’s tone became sharp .
Director Li began to sweat bullets, unable to say a single word .
“Sir…”
He held an Inventory Bag in his hand and smiled, wanting to push it into General Wang’s hands .
Poof poof poof poof poof .
Divine light suddenly erupted from the bodies of cultivators here one after the other .
In mere seconds, everyone was turned to ash .
“This is!?” director Li was shocked .
Regardless of how terrible his morals were, he had to have the most basic discerning eyes to be placed in charge of such a place .
Director Li shouted in terror: “General Wang, no a Divinity…”
Poof .
Divine light erupted from his body and burned him to ash in mere seconds .
Every cultivator inside the room was burnt to ash .
Not a single person was left alive .
General Wang stood still .
A grey flame was constantly burning in between his eyebrows .
“Hmph, full of greed . No wonder he sent someone inside that place”
General Wang turned around and looked in a certain direction outside the door .
“Quite a few died in the underground prison… seems like I’ll have to take a look myself”
In the blink of an eye, he vanished .
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