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Chapter 566 Something Happened at the Demon-Suppressing Pool

The girl in black obediently took the peach blossom pastry and placed it in her palm, looking at the exquisite pastry with curiosity in her eyes.

But she didn't eat it.

"Why aren't you eating?" Xue Tong asked curiously.

The girl in black smiled sweetly at Xue Tong, who then noticed that her pupils had a hazy, misty blue hue, like the sea at nightfall.

"I dare not eat it." The girl's light and melodious voice rang in Xue Tong's ears.

"Why don't you dare eat it? Are you afraid I'll harm you?" Xue Tong asked疑惑地问道, then took the pastry from the black-clad girl's palm and broke it in half:

"How about this, I'll have half and you have half?"

As he spoke, he stuffed the other half of the peach blossom pastry directly into his mouth.

"That's not how it is!" the girl in black said telepathically, looking at the half-eaten peach blossom pastry in her hand.

"I'm not even two hundred years old yet, and I still need to consume demon souls."

"So I can't eat anything too delicious, because I'm afraid I won't be able to forget it."

Xue Tong's breath hitched, and her eyes suddenly welled up with tears:

"I'm sorry... I didn't know..."

"It's alright!" The girl in black smiled sweetly at Xue Tong.

"My name is A-Wu. What's your name?"

"My name is Xue Tong," Xue Tong said with a smile.

"How many more years do you have left until you're two hundred?"

"In another fifty years, in another fifty years I will be able to eat other things."

Fifty years...

Xue Tong looked at the lively and cheerful girl in front of her who couldn't speak.

Although she knew that fifty years might be just a blink of an eye for the long-lived alien race, she still felt somewhat uncomfortable.

The girl took a new storage bag from her sleeve and stuffed it full of pastries:

"Then take it back and eat it. Fifty years will pass quickly. It won't spoil here."

"Thank you!"

Ah Wu carefully took the storage bag, waved it a few times in front of the Soul-Devouring Beast Boat, and then put it away.

Looking at the cautious girl, Xue Tong couldn't help but send a telepathic message to Xue Lan:

"She can't eat pastries right now, and you still want me to treat her!"

Xue Lan, who was serving as a portable furnace for Zhao Yan and his companion in the weapon-refining cave, narrowed her eyes slightly upon hearing this:

"She's not an adult yet?"

Xue Tong nodded:

"I'm only 150 years old, is there a problem?"

“This is a huge problem!”

The inner demon forcefully joined their conversation, his tone tinged with a hint of smugness:

"According to the traditions of the Thousand Realms Ghost Realm, they generally don't let clansmen under two hundred years old leave, unless..."

Xue Tong had a bad feeling, but she didn't dare to say it out loud.

The girl spoke urgently, questioning her inner demons.

"Unless what?"

Xue Lan's slightly heavy voice entered her and her inner demon's minds, foreshadowing an impending storm:

"Unless something happens in the Thousand Realms of Ghosts."

As Xue Lan spoke, she added a cluster of strange fire to the smelting furnace in front of her. Inside the furnace, a high-grade Ling Shuang Stone was being refined, and a level six array was being added to it.

Zhao Chen and Yan Shi worked together seamlessly, one intently observing the situation inside the skull, and the other doing his best to maintain the formation above. They were completely different from their previous fierce rivalry, where one was determined to kill the other.

"I guessed something was wrong in the Thousand Realms Ghost Realm back during the last Northern River Incident, but now it seems the situation is much more serious than I imagined."

Xue Tong couldn't help but cautiously guess:

"Is it because of those demonic souls lost on the desolate battlefield?"

As the girl mentioned the demonic soul, Xue Lan, who was manipulating the strange fire, suddenly darkened her eyes, revealing a murderous intent, but she suppressed it after a moment.

The inner demon sensed the change in her emotions and spoke with a smile:

"more than."

"It seems that the Demon Suppression Pool is also malfunctioning."

The woman gently raised her hand, and a picture materialized in Xue Tong's mind: a huge, magnificent, dark city with a wide avenue extending from the city gate, lit by white lights on both sides.

"Xue Lan and I may take you to the Thousand Realms of Ghosts later. It will be good for you to know about it sooner rather than later."

"The Thousand Realms of Ghosts is divided into two parts: the Thousand-Mile Wasteland and the Ten-Thousand-Mile County."

"The sky above the vast wilderness is filled with souls of the undefeated who have been corrupted by demonic energy and betrayed the Yuanming Realm."

"Those who are not allowed to cross over are imprisoned for eternity and cannot be reborn."

"Within the Wanyu County is a Demon-Suppressing Pool, which suppresses the souls of demons who died in the Yuanming Realm starting ten thousand years ago."

Xue Tong looked into the inner demon's icy blue eyes and spoke:

"Is the Demon-Suppressing Pool unable to contain the demonic soul?"

"Smart!" The inner demon smiled and applauded Xue Tong.

"The demon god is making some moves."

"Can a demonic soul that has already entered the Thousand Realms of Ghosts also be affected by the Demon God?" Xue Tong had only a vague understanding of the inner demon's words, and her eyes were filled with a faint doubt.

"Of course," Xue Lan said softly.

"The demon race is such a disgusting thing. The demon god is said to be the leader of the demons, but it is more accurate to say that he is their origin."

"As long as the Demon God is alive, these demons invading the Yuanming Realm will continue to come in an endless stream."

The woman's tone was cold:

“The demonic souls of the Thousand Realms Ghost Realm are a threat as long as they haven’t been eaten by the Asura Clan.”

The inner demon raised his hand and patted Xue Tong's head:

"After ten thousand years of devouring demonic souls, even the Asura clan is starting to falter."

Xue Tong's heart skipped a beat.

"Everything in the Yuanming Realm has reached a critical point."

The inner demon slowly nodded:

"The arrangements made by the powerful beings of the human and demon races ten thousand years ago were, after all, merely expedient measures during a great war, though they were unfathomable..."

"But now it's almost completely exhausted."

Xue Tong lowered her eyes slightly, recalling Kui Shengge, who was left with only a wisp of remnant soul in the Lei Kui Formation, Tongtian Qingliu, who was helplessly eroded by evil energy on the Yandu Reincarnation... and the Thousand Realms Ghost Realm that is now in trouble.

Even a plan that takes ten thousand years to strategize is not necessarily forever.

What Xue Lan wants to do now is to plan for an eternal future for the Yuanming Realm.

Unbreakable, free from demonic chaos.

The girl glanced at A-Wu behind her, then spoke firmly:

"Then what do we do next?"

"Should we get involved in the affairs of the Thousand Realms Ghost Realm?"

"He Zhui and I have been friends for many years," Xue Lan said softly.

"Without his strong support, I would never have been able to come back to life. If he doesn't even help with that..."

Lord Wolf casually gave himself an evaluation:

"Heartless and treacherous, utterly rebellious!"

Xue Tong thought to herself, "The Wolf King really scolded me harshly!"

"So what should we do now?" the girl asked, somewhat troubled.

"Finding Gong Yuan is important, finding Fusang is important, and now there's the Thousand Realms Ghost Realm."

Xue Tong was overwhelmed, feeling that even if she had eight heads, she still wouldn't be able to finish all these tasks.

"I have a way!" Xue Lan said softly.

"Transfer all the souls of those who have not yet found their way across the vast wasteland to the complete ley lines of the Yuanming Realm!"