Ye City was a city in the Tianchong Nation located south of the White Bone Plain in the Netherworld Continent.
The sun was setting in the west, and the dim yellow sunlight coated the ancient city with a layer of golden light. Although it was late, there was still a lot of noise in the city. Pedestrians came and went on the streets, all heading to the same place--
The low-key yet luxurious Psychic Shrine was like a sleeping giant beast lying on the south side of Dark Night City. The Psychic Test in the main hall was still in full swing. Six-year-old children lined up one by one to be tested by the hall elders.
In the side hall, there was also a large group of people gathered. The difference was that this group of people were all dressed luxuriously and had extraordinary auras. Their gazes were all focused on an old man and a child in front of them.
The old man was wearing a long black robe that covered almost his entire body. On his shriveled face, his turbid eyes occasionally revealed a cold light. He stretched out his bony palm from his long sleeve and placed it on the pitch-black Nine Nether Spirit Stone in front of him.
"Young master Xiao Chen, please place your hand on the Nine Spirit Stone and close your eyes. Try to relax your entire body, including your soul.”
One of the palms on the Nine Spirit Stone was round and cute, while the other was withered and old. In an instant, a sharp contrast was formed.
However, at this moment, no one paid any attention to this. They all held their breaths and quietly looked at the Nine Spirit Stone that was so black that it seemed to be able to absorb all the light.
"Nine Underworld Flames, use me as the guide, burn!”
A voice that was completely incompatible with his body suddenly erupted from the old man's chest. After this powerful and heavy voice burst out from his mouth, it filled the entire magnificent hall. A wisp of pale white flame with a hint of light green appeared from his palm along with the voice, and a cold aura immediately spread in all directions. Even the attendant standing in the corner could not help but shrink his neck, as if he was frightened by this bone-piercing coldness.
However, this Nine Spirit Stone, which was the size of an ordinary person's fist, did not change at all under the burning of the pale white flame. Xiao Chen's palm, which was placed on the spirit stone, did not feel any change in temperature. It was only that his heart suddenly throbbed inexplicably.
Xiao Chen's soul began to throb like a heart, as if something was about to be extracted from it. Just as Xiao Chen was about to lose his patience and cry out, a pure black flame suddenly appeared in his hand that was tightly pressing on the spirit stone. An exceptionally strange feeling surged into his heart. The spirit stone under his hand was like an extension of his soul. The thing that was about to jump out of his soul just now immediately drilled into it.
"City lord, young master Xiao Chen's soul fire should have reached the purest level.”
There was a trace of joy that could not be erased in his words. The old man praised sincerely after seeing the pure black flame that had appeared on Xiao Chen's palm.
Even though he was the Temple Master of the Psychic Temple in Dark Night City and had been in charge of the Psychic Trials for nearly ten years, he had only seen a few extremely rare cases of the black Soul Fire that was burning quietly without any impurities. As for the children with extremely pure souls, they were taken away by the special deacons of the Dark Congress the moment they were discovered. In the future, they would all be nurtured by the Dark Congress. However, the child who was being tested... Since he was a direct descendant of the Lin family, the Dark Council would not directly come over to snatch him away.
A middle-aged man wearing a purple gold crown with an intimidating aura nodded his head lightly after hearing the Palace Master's words. His face still maintained an extremely calm expression, but his pupils flickered for a moment, revealing a slight excitement. For the soul fire to reach such a pure level, the spirit in the soul must not be too bad. It seems that another genius has appeared in our Lin family, Lin Potian, the City Lord of Dark Night City thought.
At this time, although the Temple Master of the Psychic Temple was a little excited, the final test results of the Psychic Spirit weren't out yet. Only when the soul fire and spirit reached a relatively perfect level could one be considered a true genius, and now it was only halfway through.
"The soul of the Netherworld, with the spirit as the medium, appears!”
The Palace Master's withered palm pressed on the spirit stone seemed to have been summoned by the voice. He suddenly tightened his grip, and a spider with a pale green body and a dark color on the back of its abdomen that formed the outline of a human face appeared in the pale white flames above his palm. Under the backdrop of the constantly swaying flames, it looked particularly ferocious and terrifying.
Even the six-year-old Xiao Chen was frightened by the appearance of the spider. Although the spider did not look very real, as if it was just an image formed by flames, the slightly opened venomous fangs, the eight eyes on the front of its back that revealed bloodlust, and even the faint green fur on its body made Xiao Chen feel that this spider was no different from a truly venomous spider.
Fortunately, Xiao Chen's mental endurance was much stronger than that of ordinary children. After seeing this terrifying human-faced spider, he was only shocked. After a while, he recovered, and his eyes even revealed a trace of curiosity.
As expected of the son of the Dark Night City's City Lord. His ability to remain unfazed was not something an ordinary child could possess. The old man could not help but feel a sense of admiration when he saw Xiao Chen's performance. If it was an ordinary child who saw the human-faced spider on his palm, even if they knew that it was only a virtual image formed by a soul, they would probably be terrified even if they did not cry immediately. They would not be as calm as the child in front of them.
After the phantom of the man-faced spider appeared above the Nine Spirit Stone, this pitch-black spirit stone that did not emit a trace of light seemed to be instantly charged with energy. The unbreakable pitch-black color gradually formed wisps of black smoke that floated in the air and was swallowed by the phantom of the man-faced spider into the mouth.
Although there was a lot of black smoke formed by the spirit stone, it could not withstand the increasing devouring speed of the man-faced spider phantom. In a short while, the originally pitch-black Nine Spirit Stone actually began to become transparent. After the last wisp of black smoke was devoured, the spirit stone looked as pure and transparent as crystal, forming a sharp contrast with its previous appearance.
At this moment, the phantom of the human-faced spider that had absorbed the entire Nine Spirit Stone seemed to have become much bigger and darker. The old man in charge of this test also began to reveal a trace of anticipation on his face.
"Young master Xiao Chen, please extend your hand a little more above the spirit stone.”
Following the instructions of the hall master of the Psychic Temple, Xiao Chen obediently extended his small hand towards the top of the spirit stone. However, at the moment he extended his hand, he was suddenly pulled by a hand and suddenly cut across the surface of the spirit stone. Although the entire Nine Nether Spirit Stone was almost the same shape as a human head, there were still many sharp corners on it. The cut just now had coincidentally caused the front part of Xiao Chen's index finger to be cut by the corner of the spirit stone, and bright red blood flowed out from the wound.
This Nine Nether Spirit Stone was truly magical. After Little Xiao Chen's blood came into contact with the spirit stone, it did not flow down the spirit stone. Instead, it was absorbed by the spirit stone, dyeing the entire spirit stone bright red again.
The bright red light was like a blood-red flame, illuminating the entire hall. Everyone in the hall focused their eyes on the spirit stone that had turned bright red.
The light gradually dissipated, and the spirit stone returned to its crystalline appearance. However, a shadow appeared inside the transparent spirit stone. Upon closer inspection, it was an ordinary skeleton without any special characteristics.
Suddenly, the hall was in an uproar, and the Temple Master of the Psychic Temple in Dark Night City, who was in charge of the test, sighed and felt inexplicably glad...
Little Xiao Chen's eyes were also a little dull at this moment, and the depths of his heart were in chaos. However, he was not panicking because his spirit was the most ordinary skeleton soldier, which could not be considered a high-grade spirit at all. Instead, it was because a large piece of memory that was about twenty years old had appeared in his mind out of thin air.
This was a world that made him terrified and uneasy, but also filled with curiosity. Countless unclear thoughts entered Little Xiao Chen's memories along with his understanding of this world. However, he should not be called Little Xiao Chen now. In this snap of a finger, he recognized himself again and found himself in the depths of his soul.
Or rather, this dream that lasted for six years had finally come to a realization.
He looked out of the window unconsciously. The sky was a little dark, and there was a bird on the roof in the distance. The wind blew in through the window, giving people a hint of coolness. Dark clouds gradually gathered, and drop by drop rain fell from the sky. The whole world suddenly became as clear as water, like a dream.
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