The smoke immediately appeared in view.

Compared with what the left and right eyes saw, the smoke was not seen under normal vision.

The smoke that dispersed was yellowish and hazy, unfurling and spreading towards all directions, visibly approaching, Shi Chun instinctively waved his hand to fan it away.

Unexpectedly, the yellowish smoke was not affected by the wind at all, maintaining its unfurling posture as it spread.

He still harbored some suspicion towards Granny Qi, wondering if a seemingly selfless act of gratitude maintained over countless years could truly be genuine.

His mind always remained cautious, and naturally, his behavior couldn't entirely relax.

As for now, what if it's not the Death Refusing Incense, what if there's some hidden trick...

In any case, he subconsciously performed the Bath Demon Skill for protection, and a blue aura immediately enveloped him.

The hazy yellow smoke collided with the protective blue aura, unable to further invade, allowing Shi Chun to breathe a little sigh of relief. The strange fragrance before his nostrils gradually faded away, and he suddenly turned to look at Wu Jinliang, discovering that the smoke had already invaded Wu Jinliang's body.

Wu Jinliang, who was glancing around, noticed the Master staring intently at him, making him feel a bit on edge. He quickly examined himself and even glanced behind him, finding nothing unusual, and he hadn't sensed anything amiss inside either; nevertheless, he couldn't help but ask, "Chun Tian, why are you looking at me like that?"

Shi Chun asked, "Does your body feel any discomfort?"

Wu Jinliang quickly used his powers to inspect himself internally and confirmed, "No, what's the matter?"

Shi Chun: "Good, as long as there is none. If you feel anything wrong, speak up promptly."

"Oh." Wu Jinliang breathed a sigh of relief, thinking there was something wrong, startling himself.

Seeing the smoke spread towards the Earth Wolf on the ground, Shi Chun immediately shifted his focus and stared intently to see if it truly was the Death Refusing Incense, as the changes in the Earth Wolf would be the key.

With some attention, his eyes suddenly squinted.

In his right eye's vision, the Earth Wolf's gradually fading figure trembled at the moment the hazy yellow mist invaded.

Not just him, but Wu Jinliang's gaze also quickly honed in on it, wide-eyed with questions, seemingly asking, "Is the effect really so quick?"

But in Shi Chun's right eye, there was another scene Wu Jinliang couldn't see. The body of the already fading Earth Wolf began to show a grayish-white appearance, and the liquid inside, which had stopped circulating, seemed to become activated again.

However, this did not bring the Earth Wolf back to life.

On the body, gradually deepening in gray-white, suddenly golden threads sprouted, twisting and growing rapidly like bean sprouts, one, two, three, four threads.

With his past experience of observing the binding force of the immobilization charm, he vaguely realized the growth quantity of those golden threads was related to the amount of hazy yellow mist penetrating the Earth Wolf's body.

Suddenly, at the top of the golden threads, which extended to a height of over one and a half meters, it seemed to blossom like a flower, reaching a blooming stage.

In reality, it wasn't a flower, but the tips of the golden threads emitted ripples of void.

Once the void ripples dissipated, it could be seen the golden threads did not cease growing, their twisting and growing momentum seemed to merge into the void, where clearly seen around the twisting tips were accommodating black void spots, sesame-sized black holes, into which the golden threads plunged.

Several strands were like this.

An eerie energy seeped out from those tiny black holes.

Wu Jinliang also sensed it, as if the Yin energy originated from the spot Shi Chun stared at, thus he asked aloud, "Chun Tian, what are you looking at?"

He discovered Shi Chun seemed odd, foolishly staring at some part of the void.

Shi Chun motioned with his hand, signaling for him not to make noise.

Curiosity driven by observation, he drew his dagger to touch the golden threads, finding no resistance and no impact on the golden threads.

Immediately, he used the Bath Demon Skill, coating the dagger with blue aura, then stirred the golden threads, and indeed, they responded.

Thus, he withdrew the dagger, released the blue aura into the air, compressing several strands of golden threads together, instantly witnessing the result he wanted to confirm, several sesame-sized black holes had expanded to the size of small yellow beans.

The eerie energy seeping from the black holes seemed denser.

After observing and waiting for a while, he suddenly saw the golden threads glowing intensely, Shi Chun could feel them rapidly vibrating, seemingly contracting.

Soon, several shrinking golden thread tips returned, entwined with tiny bits of white light, shooting back like flower buds.

Shi Chun wanted to know what it was, swiftly performed a spell to gather and pin the white light with blue aura, unable to catch the contracting threads but caught the bulging flower buds.

The golden threads struggled, unwilling to relinquish the entwined white light, getting into a competition of strength with Shi Chun, but their strength was not as potent as Shi Chun's control.

In Wu Jinliang's eyes, Shi Chun was reaching into the void with a grasping motion, observing something up close.

Actually, he was observing the entwined points of light.

After watching for a while, finding no conclusion, casting a spell to explore bore no results, to determine if it had the miraculous effect of the Death Refusing Incense, Shi Chun released his grip on the flower buds.

Immediately, the golden threads carried the white points of light into the Earth Wolf's corpse, disappearing without a trace in an instant.

Above, the small black hole permeated with yin energy also disappeared.

Just as Shi Chun was suspicious about what the black hole permeated with yin energy was, suddenly a "huff" came from underfoot. As he looked down, he saw the recently dead coyote unexpectedly flopped up again, standing shakily as if not yet adjusted.

"Hey, it's alive, Chun Tian, looks like I'm right, it really is Death Refusing Incense." Wu Jinliang laughed heartily while quickly extinguishing the flames he was holding. Since Death Refusing Incense was scarce, it was natural to save it once confirmed.

No one expected the coyote, seeing him gesticulating, to howl and bite at his calf.

Yet how could it possibly harm someone like Wu Jinliang, a monk?

Having confirmed the effect, Wu Jinliang was unyielding to it, and with a bang, he kicked it directly, sending it crashing into the wall. Though not shattered, it was like a mosquito smashed dead, its blood and flesh smeared on the cave wall.

Shi Chun raised his hand speechlessly, too late to stop it. Some things he hadn't figured out yet, and the experimental subject was already dead, so what was there to stop?

Wu Jinliang noticed and questioned, "Is it still useful?"

Not wanting to argue, Shi Chun took out a Mother-child Talisman and said, "Let's have Lao Changtai catch another one. Let's go up."

Wu Jinliang chuckled, once again performing the Earth Escape Technique, taking Shi Chun along as they surged upward through the rolling waves of earth.

At first, the scent of Death Refusing Incense could still be smelled all the way. After ascending nearly a hundred feet, the scent gradually faded. By the time the two emerged from the ground, there was no need to ask Chu Jingtang and the others to verify as the scent hadn't permeated through.

Nevertheless, the penetration power of the scent was astonishing enough, able to seep through a hundred feet of solid soil.

Lao Changtai proved efficient, probably aided by his previous experience in capturing, knowing the direction of the coyote pack, and quickly caught another one.

As usual, it met its end at Shi Chun's hands.

Instead of returning to the original spot, Shi Chun pointed to a nearby area, signaling Wu Jinliang to change locations, taking the coyote carcass along.

After watching the two submerge into the ground, Lao Changtai swiftly returned to his post to remain on guard.

After descending to a similar depth underground and halting, under Shi Chun's signal, Wu Jinliang scraped some more Death Refusing Incense and ignited it again.

Soon, the scent reappeared.

With the Right Eye Superpower reactivated, Shi Chun was the first to employ the Bath Demon Skill, expanding a large swath of blue energy to contain the smoke from the burning Death Refusing Incense within a range, preventing its diffusion and forcing it to the coyote carcass on the ground to enjoy.

This was also considered a capability of his cultivation reaching the High Martial Great Success Realm. Previously, the Bath Demon Skill's blue energy couldn't be released from the body, and applying it indirectly to a blade was the limit.

It was also to verify a suspicion.

As he expected, after the yellowish smoke from the burning Death Refusing Incense flowed to the coyote carcass, numerous golden threads sprouted from the trembling coyote, growing rapidly like bamboo shoots after a rain.

Seeing the count and scale sufficient, Shi Chun promptly removed the blue energy covering the smoke and shouted, "Enough, extinguish the fire."

Wu Jinliang was momentarily stunned but complied, extinguishing the flames, conserving the Death Refusing Incense on hand.

Shi Chun then retracted the blue energy and encircled all the emerging golden threads, forcing them to converge in one direction.

Soon, ripples like dense raindrops on a lake appeared in the void, and when calm, a large tabletop-sized black hole appeared above.

"..." Looking up, eyes wide and mouth agape, Wu Jinliang was dumbfounded.

He wasn't blind; a hole of that size appearing out of nowhere was impossible to miss.

Then, he shivered as the surging yin energy from the hole forced him to cast a spell to resist.

Quickly, he approached Shi Chun, both gazing upward at the hollow.

From the side, it appeared to be a black hole. Standing under it, though, revealed a brilliant, dazzling starry sky interspersed with what seemed like a fleeting passage.

Shi Chun's focus was on how far the golden threads extended from there, and discovering the other side of the hole's opening wasn't too far sparked his eagerness, flipping his hand to launch a Sandalwood Gold Flame Gas Bomb as a probe.

Uneasily, Wu Jinliang asked, "Chun Tian, where does this hole lead?"

Focused on the black hole's interior, Shi Chun countered, "I want to know too. Jinliang, where do you think souls go after death?"

Wu Jinliang: "Is there even a question? Naturally, they go to the Netherworld, uh..."

His expression suddenly shifted, disbelief written across his face, "Could this be leading to the Netherworld's underworld?"

Then quickly self-denied, "No, right? The Netherworld has been sealed for over eight hundred years, even those at the pinnacle of the current era can't access it..."

Yet recalling the sinister yin energy, he began to doubt himself.

Shi Chun said, "Whether it is or isn't, we'll know by going in."

Wu Jinliang jumped, "Chun Tian, don't be reckless. This isn't something to mess around with. Who knows what place that is? If you go in and can't return, it's troublesome."

"Don't worry, I've tested it before. I have a way to come back. Just guard here, and I'll take a look." With these words, Shi Chun moved, suddenly rising and charging directly into the sinister black hole above.

"Chun Tian…" Wu Jinliang's arm stretched out in alarm but couldn't halt him. After a moment of being stunned speechless, he sighed, unable to comprehend, "Why take such a risk? If you're leaving, at least leave behind your valuable items, right?"

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