manynovel Chapter 457 There are many devils, but hell is empty.
Chapter 457 There are many devils, but hell is empty.
Chapter 457 There are many devils, but hell is empty.
After obtaining a rough map, Ye Nanxiao avoided areas where many evil spirit masters gathered.
This underground base is huge, far beyond Ye Nanxiao and Ye Guyi's imagination, but there are only two ways to get out.
One of them was the path Ye Nanxiao had followed the group of evil soul masters into, and the other was on the other side of the base.
After hesitating for a moment, Ye Nanxiao chose to head towards the other exit.
The passageway is very narrow, and if you run into a returning evil spirit master when you go out, some contact will be inevitable.
If it's just an ordinary evil spirit master, it's manageable. But if the returning evil spirit master is at least a Soul Saint, then it will be very difficult.
To reach the other exit, one would have to traverse almost the entire underground base, which undoubtedly carries enormous risks.
But Ye Nanxiao had no other choice.
"There's a data room near the exit," Ye Guyi said, glancing at the map Ye Nanxiao handed her.
Upon hearing the words "data room," Ye Nanxiao instantly understood what Ye Guyi meant.
The archives are not far from their current location, making this a good opportunity to learn about the underground base.
Since they currently have no idea about the number and distribution of evil spirit masters in this underground base, and have to be extremely cautious about every step they take, they might as well go to the data room first; perhaps they will find something there.
With the help of the map, Ye Nanxiao and Ye Guyi avoided many places where evil spirit masters gathered and arrived at the data room without any major incidents.
The entrance to the archives room also uses a special soul-guided door, which requires a specially made token key to open.
Ye Nanxiao stepped forward to observe the Soul Guidance Gate, while Ye Guyi kept a close eye on the passageway behind her.
After observing for a while, Ye Nanxiao had a general idea of how to pry open the Soul Guidance Gate in front of him.
The door lock wasn't too complicated for Ye Nanxiao. The only problem was not knowing if there was anyone guarding the door or if there was some kind of librarian inside.
He made a gesture to Ye Guyi, who slowly summoned the Holy Sword, took a deep breath, and focused his attention on the door.
Ye Nanxiao silently pried open the soul-guided door to the archives, and the two of them instantly transformed into white shadows and rushed into it one after the other.
There was indeed a doorman at the entrance of the archives, but his cultivation level was not high. He was slacking off in his chair, and before he even opened his eyes, his consciousness had already disappeared.
Ye Nanxiao withdrew his fingers from the other person's neck, leaving a white dot.
The white dots emanated a chill, constantly stealing away the remaining body heat from the other party.
"As expected, places like the archives only have one administrator. However, this administrator's cultivation level isn't very high, unlike in other stories where the book guardians are all old monsters." Ye Nanxiao restored the Soul Guidance Gate to its original state and fixed the evil soul master who managed the archives to the table, making him appear to be sleeping on the table.
As if wanting to vent her anger, Ye Guyi also extended a finger and pressed it against the evil soul master's neck. A golden light flew out from the fingertip and entered the evil soul master's body.
The opponent's life force, which was being slowly eroded by the chill, was instantly destroyed by Ye Guyi's sword energy.
Ye Nanxiao wandered around the rows of huge bookshelves, noticing the date and a brief description of the major events that had been accomplished next to each thick book.
However, Ye Nanxiao couldn't understand the simplified way these evil soul masters used.
For example, this book in front of me is about three fingers thick, and the label next to it reads "July 1st, Fire, Fengzhong Place".
Aside from guessing that the first word was a date and time, Ye Nanxiao didn't understand the rest at all.
Unable to understand the titles and summaries of the books, Ye Nanxiao could only take them down one by one and quickly flip through them.
However, this would undoubtedly take too much time, and staying in this base for even a little longer would increase the danger.
Ye Guyi did not want to witness the numerous atrocities recorded above, so she consciously sat at the doorway on guard.
Ye Nanxiao put the book back on the shelf, feeling somewhat troubled. So far, he had only seen some of the evil deeds of the evil spirit masters and the annotations on the doctrines of the Holy Spirit Cult, but had not found any intelligence information about this underground base.
About fifteen minutes later, Ye Guyi suddenly opened her eyes and transmitted her voice, "Someone is approaching!"
Ye Nanxiao turned his head to look at the Soul Guidance Gate, and saw a note posted on the wall to the left of the librarian, which stated the shift change time.
The soul-guiding gate opened from the outside, and a young man who looked like he hadn't woken up yet walked in, yawning widely as he said, "Hu Quan, it's time for the shift change."
The young man walked toward the doorman's table and saw Hu Quan lying on it. He reached out to nudge his lazy companion awake.
"He's sleeping, it's best not to disturb him."
A cold, eerie voice sounded behind the young man.
Upon hearing the unfamiliar voice, the young man was instantly wide awake, his hair stood on end, and his soul power was about to burst forth.
The young man whirled around and shouted, "Who's turning around and trying to scare you, Grandpa Pig Fearer!"
The young man, nicknamed "Pig-phobic," turned around and saw a pair of fox eyes that glowed pink.
The Soul Guidance Gate closed, and the Fear Pig stuffed Hu Quan's corpse under the table. He then sat down in a chair, staring blankly ahead with lifeless eyes.
"Tell me, is your base's data here?" Ye Nanxiao asked calmly.
The porcupine nodded and said, "The base's data is also in the archives, on the third shelf of the innermost bookshelf."
Ye Nanxiao nodded slightly, then asked, "Has your base betrayed the Holy Spirit Cult?"
The pig's blank expression began to change. "No! We are the true Holy Church! The original site of the Holy Church has been occupied by useless people! The Holy Church now is nothing but a paper tiger with an empty shell! It has never regained its former glory!"
Ignoring the increasingly agitated expression on the pig's face, Ye Nanxiao grabbed a book and stuffed it into the pig's mouth.
He doesn't have time to listen to the brainwashing speeches about pig phobia.
Walking to the innermost bookshelf, Ye Nanxiao took out all five books from the third row and quickly flipped through them.
However, Ye Nanxiao was ultimately disappointed. Of the five books, four were about the doctrines of this "New Holy Church" and why it was the orthodox religion.
In Ye Nanxiao's view, it was just a pile of waste paper printed with a bunch of nonsense.
However, Ye Nanxiao did learn that the leader of this "New Holy Sect" was named Zhao Xiangli, who was also the Zhao Sect Leader mentioned by Li Ying.
"What position do you hold under Zhao Xiangli?" Ye Nanxiao walked back to the Fear Pig.
"I was originally a disciple in the church who guarded the sacred treasury. Because of my seniority and simple background, I was chosen by Master Zhao and taken away, becoming one of the first fighters to rebel. Now I am one of the two key keepers of the archives." A proud and smug expression appeared on the dreadful pig's face.
Ye Guyi scoffed disdainfully, "He's just a gatekeeper, used as cannon fodder!"
Ye Nanxiao shook his head slightly. He originally thought that the fear pig was some important person, but it turned out to be a useless logistics staff member left in the rear. Zhao Xiangli was probably just thinking about getting more people to follow him, and he was a bit indiscriminate in his pursuit of others.
The evil soul master codenamed "Fearful Pig" in front of us only has the cultivation of a Soul King. His strength is not even enough to guard the gate.
However, Zhao Xiangli wanted to establish a new Holy Spirit Cult, but he couldn't recruit powerful evil spirit masters in a short time.
"How much do you know about Zhao Xiangli?" Ye Nanxiao was quite interested in this new Holy Sect leader, as it was an organization that had never appeared in the original work.
Of course, it's also possible that the uprising failed and Ye Xishui used it as a sacrifice to "Death".
"Zhao was originally an advisor to the former Holy Master and was extremely loyal to him. After the Supreme Master took over the Holy Sect, he became the Grand Elder and repeatedly expressed his feelings to the Supreme Master, but to no avail. It wasn't until the Supreme Master brought back a man that the Holy Sect collapsed."
"Leader Zhao also went to the Supreme Leader's door to demand an explanation because of the man the Supreme Leader brought back, but he had five ribs broken and his position as Grand Elder was taken away by that mysterious man."
"Just as Leader Zhao had composed himself and was ready to do his best to help the Supreme Leader revive the Holy Sect, the Supreme Leader became entangled in matters of love and neglected the affairs of the sect. And the object of his affections was none other than that mysterious man."
"Master Zhao felt that the Supreme Master had been bewitched by love and had lost the right to lead the revival of the Holy Church. He believed that the Holy Church was destined to decline under the Supreme Master's leadership, so he founded the New Holy Church."
As expected of the guard in the archives, Kongzhu knows so much inside information.
After hearing this, Ye Nanxiao's lips twitched violently.
This is hardly a matter of re-establishing a holy religion; it's clearly a way to fight against a rival in love.
This Zhao Xiangli is still a simp.
"So what is your objective? And what is your method?" Ye Nanxiao asked. Although the fearful pig had revealed a lot of gossip, he probably didn't know the specifics of their objective.
Unexpectedly, the fearful pig not only knew about the plan, but also knew the entire scheme.
Information on every mission was sent to the data room for Zhao Xiangli to review, and the person who delivered the data was the Fear Pig.
Zhao Xiangli used his influence to secretly control many wealthy merchants, government officials, and aristocratic families. He used the secret techniques of the Holy Spirit Cult to create a secret medicine, which he then used to control them to use their identities as normal Soul Masters to collect civilians and homeless refugees. Finally, he secretly sent them to this base so that Zhao Xiangli could extract their souls for cultivation.
Upon hearing that Zhao Xiangli had followed suit and forcibly abducted a terrifying number of civilians, Ye Guyi could no longer restrain herself. She drew her holy sword and cleaved the dire boar in two, causing it to quickly turn to ashes in the holy light.
Ye Nanxiao silently manipulated dozens of silence beads and the "Fox Den" to lock in the aura of the Holy Sword.
Ye Guyi, panting heavily, plunged the Holy Sword into the ground, his eyes wide, and slumped against the Holy Sword as if all his energy had been drained.
"Devil! Evil Soul Masters are devils! Those who have no conscience are devils too! They are all devils!" Ye Guyi muttered to herself.
She was lost; how could the guardian sword in her hand protect the world?
Ye Nanxiao lowered his eyes and sighed softly, "Hell is empty, but the devils are on earth."
Even though Zhao Xiangli initially used the so-called "holy medicine" to control those people, after witnessing the terrifying benefits, they took the initiative to beg Zhao Xiangli to give them the holy medicine and desperately wanted to become followers of the "New Holy Church".
When the profit reaches 30%, some people will take risks; when the profit reaches 50%, some people will risk hanging themselves; and when the profit reaches 300%, devils will dare to trample on humanity.
Moreover, collecting civilians and refugees in exchange for "holy medicine" is almost a risk-free and highly profitable business.
There are many devils, but hell is empty.
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