The Feng Zun Journey
The Netherworld Ming Emperor

Feng Zun calmed down from his shock, then checked back on the tattered old Daoist.

He was thin like a bamboo rod, with dirty hair, disheveled, gray, untidy beard, and his face was full of wrinkles. 

His gaze was cloudy, yet excited.

It was hard for others to guess how long he had been traveling, without washing his worn-out Daoist robes, and everything seemed completely dirty.

Yet someone like this said, that he was similar to his brother-in-law …

The corner of Feng Zun's lips twitched without feeling, and something suddenly flashed through his mind.

His expression instantly changed unexpectedly, and he asked hesitantly, "Could it be that you are Yuan Xu?"

It was only a few syllables, but the tattered old Daoist reacted as if he had been struck by lightning. 

She was so excited that she couldn't help but scream, “Sister-in-law! I know it's you!”

Although it was seen remaining still in place, but the entire body of the old Daoist trembled as if he wanted to jump in excitement, and his aged face was engulfed in deep happiness.

"....." Feng Zun watched him. 

Was this old man really the younger brother of Little Leaf? The little Demon King who was once able to command rain and storms? One who never hesitated to create chaos, in almost the entire Netherworld.

Feng Zun still remembered this man from the memory fragments his teacher had left behind, he remembered that the man was an arrogant person, he was also quite handsome, an example of masculine good looks.

But this ragged old daoist in front of me…?

Doesn't his appearance look a little too bad?

"Are you really Yuan Xu?" asked Feng Zun.

The tattered old daoist shouted in excitement, “Sister-in-law, who else under the sky is brave enough, to disguise as your sister-in-law? They must be really sick of living!”

“.....”

Feng Zun was finally convinced that this was really Yuan Xu.

His shameless attitude and relentless urge to use the call of 'Sister-in-law' for his teacher were exactly the same as he remembered. 

This man whose real name was Yuan Xu had not changed in the slightest.

He guessed that most likely this old man, recognized the aura Long Shangdi had on his body.

Despite this, Feng Zun would temporarily not use his true identity, he would still let this old man think of himself as Long Shangdi, and call him brother-in-law.

"What happened to you?" Feng Zun frowned. 

He thought back to Melody City, and his meeting with the Holy Girl of Nirwana, Yuan Zhi.

At that moment, Yuan Zhi told him that the founder of the Wisdom Hall, Emperor Ming of the Netherworld, was Little Leaf's younger brother, Yuan Xu!

According to the ancient records that the Wisdom Hall had, fifty-eight thousand years ago, Yuan Xu arrived at the Luo Mainland, he led the thirteen experts of the Ghost Serpent Clan.

After proving his Dao and becoming an Immortal God Ascension, he established the Wisdom Hall Faction. 

Furthermore, the thirteen subordinates of the mighty Ghost Serpent Clan, were known as the Thirteen God Envoys. 

Yuan Zhi was the descendant of one of the thirteen divine envoys, the Divine Envoy Ming He.

According to Yuan Zhi, fifty thousand years ago, when the Ancient Dividing Energy first struck the Luo Mainland, Yuan Xu led the thirteen envoys to locate the Ancient Chaos Well. 

Their goal was to find a way, to block the power of the Darkness Restriction Energy that would pollute the Netherworld.

There were also rumors that said that Yuan Xu had led his subordinates back to the Netherworld World.

However, no one could confirm the truth.

In the years that followed, the Hall of Wisdom fell under the corrosive effects of the Darkness Ancient Guard Energy...

Now, however, Yuan Xu had appeared before Feng Zun, looking like an unkempt ragged old man. 

Of course Feng Zun was surprised.

How could he possibly have guessed this?

"Sister-in-law, the story is long, allow me to explain it in detail."

The old man said with a sigh. 

The previous excitement had turned into bitterness, as he was thinking about his next words.

However, just as he was about to speak, Feng Zun said without further ado, "Tell me briefly and directly to the point."

"...."

Yuan Xu had originally planned to vent his frustration, but now, he could only swallow back his grievances.

The tattered old daoist smiled awkwardly, “Sister-in-law, even after so many years, you have not changed at all. All right, this is actually rather simple.”

He then explained the situation from beginning to end.

As Yuan Zhi had told him, that Yuan Xu arrived in the Luo Land fifty-eight thousand years ago. 

Then, nearly a thousand years later, he proved his Dao and entered the Immortal God Ascension Realm. He also established the Wisdom Hall shortly after.

Before the Dark Ancient Guard Energy had struck Luo Mainland, the Wisdom Hall was the largest faction of ghost and spirit cultivators in the world, and its name had once shaken the heavens.

When the calamity of the Darkness Ancient Guard Energy began, Yuan Xu led the thirteen envoys in search of the Well of Ancient Chaos.

Unfortunately, in the end, they failed to find him. Having no other choice, Yuan Xu finally planned to return to the Netherworld World.

At that time, the only way back to the Netherworld was in one of the three forbidden zones in the Long Dynasty, the Devil Domain Gorge.

It was a dangerous territory, but there was a corridor of space, to the Netherworld World which also led to a place deep within the Sea of Tribulation, the 'Fire of Purification'.

Through the corridor of the room Yuan Xu first managed to cross into the Luo Mainland.

Who would have thought, that they would face an unexpected calamity while they were in the Abyss of Demon Domain?

When he reached this part of the story, Yuan Xu's face seemed to show a prolonged fear and trauma. 

He said with a gloomy expression, “We met someone very scary in the Abyss of Demon Domain. He asked for information about Luo Mainland Core Source, and when he did not get the answer he wanted, he tried to catch me and all my subordinates.”.

"Are you too arrogant before him?" asked Feng Zun.

He had been trying to understand Yuan Xu's character from the memory fragments of his teacher.

In the Netherworld World, he was a famous great character, the little demon king of the Ghost Serpent Clan. 

Moreover, he was often arrogant using Long Shangdi's name for his personal gain.

Yuan Xu instantly felt awkward, and he hurriedly denied the accusation, “Sister-in-law, at that moment, I was already a world-famous Immortal God Ascension. How could I still be as implicit as I did in the Netherworld World?"

"Oh?" said Feng Zun. "Is that true? Then, who is that scary person?”

Yuan Xu shook his head, "All I know is that he calls himself a warden, and he regards us as escaped prisoners."

Feng Zun suddenly frowned.

A warden!