Chapter 869

The emperor suddenly said, "Shadow."

The motionless shadow in the corner of the study suddenly squirmed, and then a figure walked out of the shadow and knelt on one knee in front of the emperor.

This person is of medium build and ordinary face. You can't find him in the crowd.

"Where is Hua Zuo?" asked the emperor.

The shadow whispered, "He went to the outside of the Great Milky Way a hundred years ago to find the lost technology of the Yanhan Dynasty, and his whereabouts are still unknown."

"Has he lost contact with the ancient order?" The emperor frowned.

"Yes."

The emperor rubbed his temples, "What about the other six, who can be contacted?"

The shadow paused for a moment, then said, "Secret Master, Resurrectionist."

The emperor thought for a moment, "Contact the Secret Master and ask him if he knows that there is a sea-level hermit named 'Xuan' outside the Great Milky Way."

"Yes."

"Contact the Resurrectionist and ask him how much of the Jade King Court's longevity technology he has restored and whether he is willing to trade it to me."

"Yes."

The emperor waved his hand, and the shadow disappeared immediately.

The emperor then sat back in his chair, his eyes full of fatigue.

"Four hundred years..."

"The longevity technology left by the Emerald Royal Court is no longer effective. How long can I live..."

"After I die, who can suppress the many factions within the empire..."

...

Apocalypse Galaxy, above Dione.

This planet is one of the satellites of the gas planet Saturn.

Because of its rich mineral resources, it has become one of the important bases of the ancient order.

There are many bases and strongholds of the ancient order. Because of the special relationship between the ancient order and the Yanhan Empire, there are especially many bases and strongholds in the Apocalypse Galaxy.

At this moment, in the Dione base.

A short, hunchbacked old man is dissecting a corpse.

The corpse has a rat head, limbs like a rat, and the skin is covered with black and gray rat hair.

Now, the corpse has been dissected, and the organs and internal organs are all in front of the old man.

There are footsteps behind him.

Then came a calm voice, "Sir, the emperor of the Yanhan Empire sent someone to deliver the news."

The old man turned his head and looked at the person who came.

The old man also had a rat face, which was not much different from the corpse on the dissection table.

However, his hands were replaced with mechanical arms driven by psychic energy, which were integrated with various surgical instruments, making them more dexterous.

He was the secret master of one of the ancient monastic orders "The Seven Spiritual Seas Under the Abyss". He was not a human, but a rat.

The ancient monastic order set four levels for psychic energy, namely drip level, spring level, river level, and sea level.

But they all agreed that there were higher levels above the sea level, but no one had reached it.

They believed that the psychic energy at this level would be as deep and infinite as the abyss, so they named it "Abyss Level".

The title of the Seven Spiritual Seas Under the Abyss also came from this.

"What news?" The old man picked up the rag next to him to wipe the blood stains on his right hand and asked casually.

The visitor whispered, "The emperor asked if there is another sea-level hermit outside the Great Galaxy."

The old man was stunned and even stopped wiping.

"Outside the Great Galaxy, a sea-level hermit? How come I don't know?"

After saying that, he asked suspiciously, "There is an eighth sea-level in our order?"

The visitor scratched his head awkwardly, "Even you don't know, how can I know."

The secret master frowned and thought, "The emperor is a wise man, he will not shoot without a purpose, he must know something when he asks like this..."

"The outside of the Great Galaxy is mysterious and unknown, and there are a large number of ancient relics. It is not surprising that another sea-level psychic appears, but it should not be someone from my ancient order..."

"Isn't Hua Zuo outside the Great Galaxy? Ask her."

The visitor shook his head, "The upper position of Hua Zuo has not yet arrived at the psychic node and cannot establish contact with us."

The secret master sighed, "Hasn't arrived at the psychic tower yet? Could that guy have died outside?"

"Let someone contact Hua Zuo every few days, and give a definite answer whether he is dead or alive."

"Yes."

...

Donglu of Shen'an Domain

On an open space.

The mysterious and obscure formation is always in operation.

A figure in white is sitting cross-legged on the top of a mountain next to the formation, meditating quietly.

Although he is meditating, there is always a worry between his eyebrows.

He is the clone of Shang Xingchen, calling himself Liudao.

In order to maintain the operation of this formation, Liudao has invested all the big spirit stones in it.

Later, he had to borrow money from Chu Xuan.

But now, this loan of big spirit stones is almost exhausted.

"Why hasn't the original body returned yet..."

"Is my guidance still not enough?"

Liudao is always worried.

Just at this time.

Suddenly, there was a sound of rushing water around.

It was like a river rushing.

Liudao was suddenly startled and looked at the formation with a sharp gaze.

But he held the formation plate tightly in his hand.

As long as he thought about it, he could immediately close the formation.

Water vapor gradually appeared in the formation that was originally empty.

The water vapor gathered more and more, and finally formed a dark spring.

A dark and cold breath was immediately emitted.

Any cultivator who had experienced the three appearances of the Ancient Styx could feel it at the first time. This was the Ancient Styx.

But it was not the real Ancient Styx.

It could only be regarded as the appearance of the Ancient Styx reflected through the void.

Liu Dao was just an out-of-body clone, and he had no ability to summon the original body of the Ancient Underworld River.

But this was enough.

In the past few years, he had been calling the original body through this formation.

There were three responses in total.

But the first three times were not the original body.

Instead, they were some ancient and huge creatures in the void.

They cast a glance here out of curiosity.

At this time, a face appeared in the dark spring.

Liu Dao immediately felt a familiar breath.

He breathed a sigh of relief and put down the formation plate he was holding tightly.

This time, it was not those ancient and unknown creatures that responded to him.

It was really its original body.

After a while, Shang Xingchen barely climbed out of the spring, with river water flowing all over his body.

He was naked, revealing his pale and bloodless body that looked like a dead person.

In his hand, he held two strange spiritual medicines tightly.

Liu Dao took a glance and found that the original body's soul was still the same soul, but the physical body had changed.

It seemed to contain far more power than before.

"Do you have a Taoist robe?" Shang Xingchen smiled.

Liudao took out a Taoist robe and handed it to him, hesitating, "The main body, your flesh."

Shang Xingchen sighed, "My flesh can't withstand the washing of the ancient Styx River. This is the flesh after the remodeling."

Liudao nodded, thinking.

Shang Xingchen looked around and said in surprise, "Is this the East Land of the Dark Domain?"

Liudao then told him about the deal he had reached with Chu Xuan.

Shang Xingchen smiled, "It just so happens that I have returned from the void. My spiritual tools and Qiankun bag have all been annihilated into ashes. I also want to trade with Chu Daoyou."

"Let's go and find him directly."