“The Underworld God’s treasure?”
As soon as the Mystic Maiden of the Nine Heavens heard that, her empty sockets glowed red from the jealousy and excitement she felt.
Although this woman came from a fine background, she might have been destitute for a while. Thus, she had developed the character of a superb miser and paid special attention to spiritual herbs and magical treasures. When she obtained that much for the treatment from the other trialists, she looked ecstatic and almost bowed to thank them and call them masters. When she heard about that Underworld God’s treasure now, she was simply on cloud nine.
“Where is it? Where is it?”
“Tell me quickly about the Underworld God’s treasure! He was here for so many years, so the amount of collected treasure must be terrifying. I can no longer wait.”
In fact, it wasn’t only the Mystic Maiden of the Nine Heavens, but the others looked forward to them as well. Who hated possessing too much treasure?
Alex said, “Head to the south. Corpse King City.”
As soon as Daya, Shirley, and the few others heard that, they knew what Alex was talking about.
It was the ancient city where they had almost met their demise. Never did they expect that the Underworld God’s treasure would be there.
Xerxes drove the bamboo boat as fast as lightning.
Meanwhile, Alex sat cross-legged as his mind immersed in his mind palace. He felt a sign of life in the Soul Collection Coffin.
That was right. It was what Shelly had told him. The Soul Collection Coffin could borrow the Underworld to resurrect Anna, who had been placed inside. Previously, Alex used the Shelly to absorb the bizarre energy the Grand Bodhisattva had exerted to his heart’s content. Although he was unsure what kind of energy he used to control the trialists, the energy was indeed repairing Anna’s soul after being absorbed by the Soul Collection Coffin.
She had been lying in the Soul Collection Coffin before that. However, she did not move a muscle nor show a sign of life.
It was different now, though. Alex felt a faint vitality sprouting, proving that a sign of life had reappeared in her physical body…
However, the premise for that situation was that her soul had to be recovering.
“What do you mean there’s little time? Didn’t the Underworld God die a long time ago?”
Alex was astonished.
“That’s right! Grand killed the Underworld God through suppression in the end, but Grand himself walked the wrong path as well…” Shelly said. “In fact, that guy’s pathetic. He was the Buddha’s direct disciple and had a strong perception. The Buddha had high hopes for him back then, hoping to bring Buddhism to new heights. Unfortunately, the Buddhist realm of the Western Paradise was destroyed and razed by the Undying Clan. That guy, Grand, began to stray into the demonic path…
“If he hadn’t walked the demonic path, he would’ve taken over the Buddha’s throne by now. However, everything happened because of karma. For whatsoever Grand soweth, he shall also reap. After that, when he suppressed the Underworld God, the Underworld affected his mind and replaced him before he strayed onto the demonic path. As a result, one wrong move led to subsequent wrong moves!”
Alex sighed inwardly and asked, “Were you guys used to being in a good relationship?”
Shelly said, “Just so-so!”
“Then, what did you mean when you said there’s not much time left?”
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