When 'God' Decides To Start Over

Chapter 615 - 256 Demon Refining Furnace_2

"A Fire attribute Parasitic Contract, this is more suitable. I was really afraid you’d throw something like a kettle in and make me toss it inside." Old Dao said, lifting the lid of the Demon Refining Furnace. Inside, there seemed to be a golden light trying to burst out, but was slapped down by Old Dao before he threw the Fire Lotus Sword in as well.

Inside the Demon Refining Furnace, there was an immediate chaotic crackling noise. Old Dao pressed a few times on the furnace, specifically on the four beast heads protruding from its sides.

Each time Old Dao pressed, the golden Light Flame inside the furnace grew stronger by a third. After four presses, the golden Light Flame was as fierce as the sun, making it impossible to look at directly.

The crackling collision sounds inside gradually diminished and soon it was completely quiet.

"Let’s wait. Spiritual Infusion takes some time, at least two or three days." Old Dao pointed inside the city and said, "There’s no place to hide people within Weng City. Later, I’ll take you inside to find a place to hide. Once the Li Family leaves, you all can come out."

"Alright." Li Xiu nodded. He didn’t want Old Dao to get implicated because of him.

"By the way, Old Dao, on the way here, I encountered some strange things. Can you help me figure them out?" Li Xiu recounted the odd events he encountered on his way.

Jiuxiao Yun, Jing Li, and Sha Chu also knew that Li Xiu must have encountered something on his way, but since he didn’t mention it, they hadn’t asked. Listening now, they mostly understood why Li Xiu hadn’t spoken at the time.

If Li Xiu had mentioned it at the time, they might also have become paranoid, potentially leading to unexpected incidents.

"While swimming across Yanbo Pool, only he felt the water was hot. Didn’t you all feel anything?" Old Dao, after a moment of contemplation, looked gravely at Jiuxiao Yun and the others and asked.

"No, the water was cool, no warmth at all." Jiuxiao Yun replied.

Sha Chu and Jing Li also shook their heads, indicating they noticed nothing unusual.

Old Dao then looked at Li Xiu and asked, "After cutting down that Black Lotus, did that sensation of heat still not disappear?"

"No, I still felt the water was hot." Seeing the odd expression on Old Dao’s face, Li Xiu asked, "Is there a problem?"

"There is a big problem, you might really be in major trouble." Old Dao examined Li Xiu with a grave expression.

"How big of a trouble?" Li Xiu didn’t ask what trouble he had gotten into; he just wanted to know if it could be resolved.

"Compared to this trouble, the Li Family’s issue is nothing at all." Old Dao chuckled, "Do you know what Yanbo Pool is?"

"Is it where the Emperor’s Concubine lies dormant?" Ever since seeing the skeletons at the bottom of the pool, Li Xiu felt the story Jiuxiao Yun told was quite credible.

"Nonsense about the Emperor’s Concubine, that’s just a fabricated story by the Demon Kingdom people. There was never any such concubine by the Emperor’s side." After a pause, Old Dao continued, "But that story is not completely baseless. Though there was no concubine, and the Emperor was not a debauched tyrant, a lot of people did indeed die in Yanbo Pool."

"Elder Dao, stop keeping us in suspense." Jiuxiao Yun, full of curiosity, wanted to know what was really going on.

"I also heard this from the Great Elder in the past. He knew the Demon Text and once read some records in a Divine Hall." Old Dao retold the story.

It differed somewhat from the stories Jiuxiao Yun and Jing Li told, but there were similarities.

Back when the Demon Kingdom was powerful, it waged war everywhere, conquering countless Demon Spirit Races, even capturing some royal members of the Demon Spirit Races and holding them hostage in Celestial City.

Among the Demon Spirit Races fighting the Demon Kingdom, one of the most threatening groups was known as the "Evil Ghost" race.

Even at the height of its power, the Demon Kingdom could not completely subdue the Evil Ghost race. It was by trickery that they captured the king of the Evil Ghost race and suppressed him beneath Yanbo Lake. Many powerful Demon Kingdom warriors died during the suppression of the Evil Ghost King, nearly filling Yanbo Pool with corpses.

Utilizing the suppressed Evil Ghost King, the Demon Kingdom lured the Evil Ghost race to recklessly charge into the Celestial Gate, using a well-laid trap to slaughter countless Evil Ghost demon spirits. Even so, a portion of the Evil Ghosts survived and used their special Talent Skill to parasitize some people of the Demon Kingdom.

Among those parasitized by the Evil Ghosts, many were relatives of high-ranking officials of the time. To kill the Evil Ghosts parasitizing them would require also killing their relatives.

This was something even the Emperor couldn’t bear to do, so those parasitized by Evil Ghosts were imprisoned.

"If I’m not mistaken, the place sealing and suppressing the Evil Ghost King is where the Black Lotus was. By cutting down the Black Lotus, it’s estimated that the Evil Ghost King has likely escaped. You felt something on your back while on the Single-log Bridge because the Evil Ghost King was using you to cross it."

"That bridge’s real name is Immortal Crossing Bridge. Only people of the Demon Kingdom can cross it; Demon Spirits can’t. As people of Earth, we are somewhat connected to the Demon Kingdom, thereby able to cross Immortal Crossing Bridge. The Evil Ghost King couldn’t cross by itself and used you to get across. It’s likely now gone to free the other Evil Ghosts previously inhabiting Demon Kingdom people."

"So, we’ve created a huge disaster." Sha Chu said with a grim expression.