Ye Fan came down to the underground for two purposes, one was to find the third Copper Ling Mirror Guardian Bell, the other was to find Lan Jing's mother.

Although upon reaching the underground, he felt the Copper Ling Mirror inside him reacting strongly, he still couldn't pinpoint the exact location of the third Guardian Bell.

The girl cried out, seemingly indifferent to her mother's words, but the blanket on her seemed to greatly restrain her Spiritual Energy, coupled with the presence of at least a few experts at the Golden Core Stage in the room, even though the girl had reached the initial stage of the Golden Core, she still lacked any ability to resist.

Several maidservants carried the girl out of the great hall, heading towards the back door of the palace.

Ye Fan, along with Li Zhaojun and others, followed, only to see a structure tens of meters high outside the palace, with some things resembling firewood placed on it. The temperature produced by the firewood was very high, and a mortal's body would be burned to ashes in seconds if roasted. Even those at the Golden Core Stage wouldn't last long before being burned to death.

"Woo la la..."

A large number of underground residents gathered behind the palace, seeming to already know that there would be a heavenly ritual, eager to watch the girl be burned to death.

The girl was hung by several other girls in a wooden basket, and someone began to turn a pulley to raise the girl up. The girl shouted loudly in Chinese: "Mother, you can't do this, you are sending me to die, even if there are gods, they will not allow you to do this!"

Though the woman's face was covered with cloth, her visible emotions seemed somewhat distressed, forming hand signs in front of her like praying, saying: "Your sacrifice is valuable, the gods will be moved, our people will continue to survive, and those who understand cultivation can still continue to cultivate to become immortals."

Everyone's eyes were fixed on the girl and her mother, while Ye Fan and Wu Ding examined a dark shadow in the distance.

Behind that shadow was a figure at the early Nascent Soul Stage; amongst the many underground people, this shadow had the highest cultivation. Ye Fan didn't understand why the person with the highest cultivation would always lurk in the crowd, coldly watching.

Suddenly, the woman said: "Invite our State Preceptor to preside over the heavenly ritual!"

After speaking, several people with Golden Core Stage cultivation went into the crowd to bring out that black shadow.

The shadow was not tall, wrapped in a very thick cloth, with the face also covered, making it indistinguishable between male and female, but Ye Fan sensed carefully and knew it was a woman over sixty or seventy years old. Although this woman had early Nascent Soul Stage cultivation, she was the highest cultivation among the underground kingdom's cultivators.

"Hmm na uru ya..." The elderly woman suddenly raised something like a Magic Wand in her hand, starting to shout loudly, and the flames on the structure suddenly became more radiant.

In this way, even the vast underground space gained a touch more splendor, and Ye Fan could already see the people present clearly.

"Woo la la..."

Everyone present began to kneel under the wooden structure.

After increasing the flame's temperature, the elderly woman turned to the woman and said: "Madam, we can begin."

The woman sighed and said: "Then let's begin, sacrificing her is worth it for regaining the protection of the gods!"

Just as those above were preparing to throw the girl wrapped in the blanket into the intense flames, Ye Fan suddenly rose up, light as a swallow, his body between shape and form, at extraordinary speed, nearly in the blink of an eye he appeared at the top of the structure, directly clamping the girl under his arm, standing at the top of the structure.

"Kakii..." The woman shouted, seemingly asking "who are you," but Ye Fan simply couldn't understand what she was saying, merely standing on the wooden structure, looking at everyone present.

At this time, those underground residents also stood up because of the sudden change.

Ye Fan's voice echoed: "Madam, do you really have the heart to push your daughter into the fire to burn to death like this?"

Because Ye Fan's words were not understandable to ordinary underground residents, they whispered among themselves, trying to find out what Ye Fan was saying.

The woman realized Ye Fan was an intruder, she shouted loudly: "Who are you, why have you come to our world? This is the realm of gods, trespassers must die!"

"Then let's see if you have the capability." With a wave of Ye Fan's hand, the special flames on the wooden structure suddenly brightened like daylight, shining brilliantly, all those below hurriedly covered their eyes, being unaccustomed to brightness, the sudden light even potentially damaging their optic nerves.

"Kill him!" The woman seemed crazed, pointing at Ye Fan to the people around her.

Yet Ye Fan seemed utterly indifferent to the impending danger, his gaze fixed on the girl's neck, at this moment the girl's veil had slipped to the side, revealing a clear and delicate face, clamped under Ye Fan's arm, still unused to it, tearfully gazing at Ye Fan, seemingly also wondering why he kept looking at her.

But what Ye Fan was truly observing was not the girl's face, but a small bell hanging around her neck, none other than the third Copper Ling Mirror Guardian Bell.

"Dungeon!" Three men and three women rushed towards Ye Fan, among them four had early Golden Core Stage cultivation, with the other two at late Foundation Establishment Stage, considered relatively high cultivation in the underground.

But Ye Fan merely waved his sleeve, and those six people felt as if the Spiritual Energy around them was siphoned away, even unable to maintain their body balance, dropping like kites with broken strings from high above.

More people came at Ye Fan afterwards, but they met the same fate as before; although Ye Fan now had mid Nascent Soul Stage cultivation, his Pure Yang Spiritual Energy was already very abundant, close to late Nascent Soul Stage.

These people were effectively nearly two major tiers below Ye Fan, posing no threat before him.

The underground residents sensing danger fled like their lives depended on it, leaving the palace's vicinity, running into the distant dark shadows. The woman below said to the elderly woman: "What are you waiting for, go kill him!"

The elderly woman shook her head and said: "Madam, we are no match for him, perhaps this is our underground calamity! The divine guidance has vanished, even the devil would come, taking away our lives!"

Finishing the words, the elderly woman surprisingly threw her Magic Wand, seeming resigned, waiting to be slain by Ye Fan.

Ye Fan knew those people had cultivated to the Golden Core Stage, even the Nascent Soul Stage, all depending on the boundless power of the large blue crystal, resembling Lan Jing's state.

At this moment, Ye Fan suddenly felt a small blue head poking out from within, the little blue crystal seeming just awakened from a nap, exclaiming "ah?" and then jumping out from Ye Fan's body.

Suddenly, everything underground was shrouded in a pale blue light.

"It's divine guidance!" The elderly woman suddenly cried out, already kneeling, worshiping Ye Fan and the small blue crystal, "The god has returned!"

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