Chapter 1342: Don’t Go Out When It’s Dark

For example, the Rakshasa Ghost King of Reverse Market was a place where ugly was viewed as beautiful, and evil was viewed as good. To put it simply, the uglier and more evil a person was, the more popular they became. As a result, not a single soul living in Reverse Market was normal. They all looked unusual and ugly, and their hearts were all as black as tar.

Those who weren’t were all killed.

Reverse Market did not just possess the power to reverse beauty and morals, however. It possessed the power to reverse strength as well. The greater someone’s strength and cultivation level was, the weaker they would become after they entered the Reverse Market. The opposite was equally true for the weak and low level.

Not even Ye Qing could resist its anomalous effects in a short time.

Ye Qing nearly fucked up because of this. The Rakshasa Ghost King and his men had attacked him almost as soon as he entered the Reverse Market, giving him no time to adapt. In the end, he was forced to use the Earthly Sovereign Bell to suppress and cow the Rakshasa Ghost King to submission.

There was also the Infant Spirit King of Infant Spirit Mountain. The Infant Spirit Mountain was an unbelievably evil place where everyone who entered its range became pregnant. It did not matter if they were male, female, old, young, strong or weak. Everyone became pregnant as soon as they set foot in the mountain.

Of course, the infant wasn’t a real infant. It was an extension of the Infant Spirit King’s power. It allowed him to take control of those who were pregnant.

Ye Qing thought himself strong and immune to all evils. Naturally, his arrogance almost became his downfall.

He felt nothing when he first set foot in the Infant Spirit Mountain, but over time, he realized that something was amiss. First, he felt nauseous and weak. Then, his stomach began growing bigger and bigger. He could clearly feel someone kicking in his stomach as well.

It was only then the horrifying realization finally hit him: he, a guy, was pregnant.

Naturally, Ye Qing raced to leave Infant Spirit Mountain. Of course, the Infant Spirit King tried to control him through the infant in his stomach during this time, but Ye Qing was able to suppress it using the Profound Yellow Mother Qi long enough for him to escape Infant Spirit Mountain using Flowing In The Six Places.

By the time he left the area, his belly had become as large and swollen as that of a ten-month pregnant lady. He had no doubt that the infant would burst out of his stomach if he was slow by even a few breaths.

Right after Ye QIng left the Infant Spirit Mountain, the infant in his body began rapidly losing vitality. His swollen belly had also returned to normal.

The more you endure, the more you lose. The more you compromise, the angrier you become. So, Ye Qing did not wait or compromise. He immediately activated the Earthly Sovereign Bell, smashed the Infant Spirit Mountain to pieces, and annihilated the Infant Spirit King.

His obvious anger aside, Ye Qing was worried that this asshole would try and disrupt his plans to search for Fang Xiaoman and Gu Suitang. So, he decided that he might as well kill him.

Speaking of which, how was Papersmith doing? Well, Papersmith was doing just fine. He was a Sage after all. As soon as he revealed the aura of a Sage, everyone just trembled on their feet and pressed their heads to the floor. It was that simple.

In just half a day, Ye Qing and Papersmith; Taoist Tiger, Mountain Water Old Man and more had enlisted over twenty elite warriors to their cause. Now, he had thousands of people doing all they could to search for the Pacification Bureau group.

There was bad news though. Despite the massively improved search efficiency, Ye Qing received no news for the entire day. He could not help but feel disappointed by it.

Then, the sky turned dark, and everyone stopped searching. Instead, they found a place to hide.

They weren’t being lazy. They were hiding simply because night was approaching. No, they weren’t resting or sleeping either. It was because the nighttime of Void Stomach City was several times, even a dozen of times more dangerous than its daytime.

“Don’t leave your home when it’s night. Don’t speak when it’s dark.”

This might be a harmless warning in the outside world, but it was all too real in Void Stomach City. Those who ignored it perished. It was that simple.

To be more specific, one must not leave their dwellings and walk the streets after nighttime had arrived. Not only that, one must not speak or make any noise during this period. They must control their breathing and even their heartbeat. Otherwise, they would die a horrible death and leave no body behind.

No one knew why the nighttime of Void Stomach City was so dangerous. More accurately, those who knew were all dead.

Ye Qing did not believe in the myth of course, but he did not venture willingly into danger either. He wasn’t planning on starting trouble until he had found his friends at least. That was why he found a random house and stayed the night.

The house was a stone house. It looked perfectly ordinary from the outside, but was absolutely frigid on the inside. It was so cold that one’s breath turned white as soon as they left their nostrils, or ice if a large breath was exhaled.

The stone house was already occupied when Ye Qing stepped inside. They were huddled up in the corners and covered in bits of ice from head to toe. Their faces were deathly pale, and they were all shivering.

Although these people looked as cold as a quail, no one dared to leave the house or say a word. Even their breathing had become so faint that it was impossible to hear.

Ye Qing’s entrance earned him a look, but that was all. They ignored him and continued to roleplay a quail.

The sky of Void Stomach City darkened really quickly. Just a moment ago, some light was still shining from the sky. A few breaths later, they were all gone.

It was no gentle, hazy darkness either. It was a slimy, inkish black that felt as thick and heavy as a curtain. The complete absence of light made it impossible to see anything even if said object was right in front of their eyes.

Even their spiritual senses could not stretch too far.

𝓯𝙧𝓮𝓮𝒘𝓮𝙗𝙣𝒐𝒗𝒆𝓵.𝓬𝓸𝒎

Strangely, their hearing was completely unaffected. Combined with the fact that the entire Void Stomach City became so quiet that one could hear a pin drop from miles away, everyone’s hearing became sharper than ever before.

A sharp hearing did not bring comfort and safety in this situation though. No, it only brought them fear and anxiety.

After all, they could neither see nor feel anything. They could only listen. Because of this, even the tiniest noise sounded like the stalking of an invisible monster. It was both worrying and terrifying.

In an instant, the only noises that could be heard in the stone house was everyone’s near indiscernible breathing and heartbeat.

“Ahh—”

An unknown amount of time passed, and a bloodcurdling scream suddenly broke out from somewhere. The scream was cut short, but it was impossibly clear in the silent night. It was also filled with despair and terror.

As soon as the scream appeared, everyone’s breathing and heartbeat abruptly accelerated. Their nervousness and fear were as clear as day.

Afraid that their accelerated heartbeat and breathing would draw out whatever creature was lurking in the darkness, everyone hurriedly controlled their bodily responses.

Nothing else happened after the short-lived scream. Void Stomach City had returned to its previous silence.

“Interesting...”

A black fish and a white fish were swimming in Ye Qing’s pupils. They looked very profound.

The instant the scream began, Ye Qing had activated the Yin Yang Spell Eyes in hopes of identifying the culprit behind it. However, he only managed to catch the glimpse of an arm before it vanished into the darkness.

The arm was black like ink and intangible like an illusion. After grabbing its victim and pulling them into the sky, it disappeared in an instant.

He found nothing when he looked upward. All he felt was an inexplicable sense of danger.