nycdaug Chapter 72 Dungeon
Chapter 72 Dungeon
"Brother Li, you still haven't said how to destroy these fragments!!"
Ding Yi looked at Li Baozheng and asked again.
"Destroy it in the last room at the outpost, the room is made entirely of willow wood."
"There is a disc inside the room. Just put the fragment on it. The disc is connected to an array set up by the Yin-Yang Palace, which can slowly wear down the fragment."
Li Baozheng said.
"Huh? So simple?"
Ding Yi was somewhat taken aback.
"You think you're going to slowly wear me down with a talisman? You're the illegitimate son of the Yin Yang Palace Master, so go ahead and do it."
Li Baozheng chuckled.
"Fine, you're not coming in with me?"
Ding Yi pointed to the house.
"Who would go to that room for no reason? Do they have a death wish?"
Li Baozheng cursed, "What bad luck!"
Ding Yi was secretly delighted upon hearing this, suppressing the smile on his lips. He thought to himself that this meant the last two fragments were now in his hands, and that good fortune was truly unstoppable.
Last night, he refined six fragments and finally broke through the Skin Barrier Extreme Realm in one fell swoop. The Crossing the Fiend Technique also officially began the process of entering the Bone Forging Realm.
In just one night, he successfully forged three bones. Although he exhausted all the fragments, the speed was simply unbelievable.
Having tasted the benefits, Ding Yi thought to himself that his priority should be finding the statue of the god. With his strength improved, all the evil and heretical practices before him were nothing but illusions.
Thinking of this, Ding Yi asked Li Baozheng:
"Brother Li, I wonder if you encountered any sorcerers from the Blood and Flesh Temple when you visited Xiaotan Village last time?"
Upon hearing this, Li Baozheng was immediately enraged again.
"You have the nerve to say that? That white-haired old Taoist priest was at the peak of the Nascent Soul Realm. If I hadn't run away fast, your Grandpa Li would have been a dried-up corpse with all his blood and flesh drained!"
Li Baozheng cursed at Ding Yi, then turned and left, not intending to stay with Ding Yi for another minute.
Upon seeing this, Ding Yi seemed to be deep in thought.
It seems that Li Baozheng encountered Bai Yunzi in Xiaotan Village after all. However, since more than a month has passed, just in case, Ding Yi still set Bai Yunzi's cultivation level at the early stage of Xuanji Realm.
"I'll meet you again after I break through my bone barrier and enter the internal organ refining stage. Bai Yunzi, you better stay alive for me."
Ding Yi recalled the helplessness he felt at the Taoist temple that day. He suppressed his urgent desire for revenge, then turned and walked towards the wooden house at the innermost part of the outpost, carrying the wooden box.
Pushing open the wooden door and entering the room specifically used to ward off evil spirits, Ding Yi immediately smelled a peculiar woody fragrance.
The unique fragrance of willow wood, when too strong, made Ding Yi feel dizzy. He quickly shook his head and then walked to the most conspicuous stone platform in the room.
On the stone platform was a stone bowl the size of a face plate. Ding Yi looked at it and found that there were some strange patterns carved on the stone bowl.
These patterns extend from the stone bowl and cover the entire stone platform, making the surface appear eerie and mysterious.
Ding Yi looked at the stone platform, then stretched out his palm and hovered it above the stone bowl. He then activated the Exorcism Technique, hoping to find an unexpected surprise.
But after a few breaths, Ding Yi shook his head in disappointment and lowered his hand.
It was obvious that the formation here would not emit any evil energy, but Ding Yi hadn't held out much hope to begin with. He then took out the last two fragments from the food box and placed them in his hands.
This time, Ding Yi decided to reverse the fragments and use them to increase his lifespan.
After all, following last night's fierce battle, although he absorbed the evil energy while making the evil-repelling talisman, his lifespan was still significantly reduced. At this moment, he was barely maintaining a little over a year, which was the closest he had ever come to death since he transmigrated.
"Let's play it safe..."
As Ding Yi muttered to himself, the fragment of the divine statue he held in his hand trembled slightly, and streams of malevolent energy were absorbed into his body, transforming into wisps of lifespan.
[You have refined a trace of the Seven Deadly Fiends, your lifespan increases by 0.1 days]
You have refined a trace of the Seven Deadly Fiends, your lifespan increases by 0.1 days.
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Half an hour later, Ding Yi walked out of the house where the evil spirits were warded off. After asking around, he headed towards the dungeon.
The entrance to the patrol office's dungeon is located in a small courtyard directly behind the outpost.
This was the first time Ding Yi had ever seen an underground prison, so he was genuinely shocked when he walked down the stone steps.
Contrary to previous stereotypes, the passageways here are very narrow, only wide enough for one person to squeeze through sideways. Even slightly overweight people have to struggle to squeeze in, let alone two people walking side by side.
According to the prison officer who led the way, this tunnel design was specifically designed to prevent prisoners from escaping or attempting to break out of the prison.
If anyone dared to break through, the guards outside would be waiting with long guns, making it impossible to bring anyone out, especially since the prisoner was wearing heavy shackles and chains.
The narrow passage was about several tens of meters long. When Ding Yi reached the end, he felt a tightness in his chest and a sense of irritability and anxiety rose up all over his body.
This is a physiological reaction caused by being in a dark and cramped space for a long time. This also made Ding Yi realize that once a person is caught in this dungeon, it is basically the end for them.
Fortunately, after going down the steps, the dungeon space became slightly larger.
A row of isolated stone caves stood side by side, with the guards' rest area on the open ground next to them.
"head."
The guard on duty, using the dim light inside the cave, recognized the person who had entered and immediately stood at attention and called out.
"Yes, this is Ding Hai, who is here to interrogate the Black Dragon Gang about their possession of external evil spirits."
The prison officer introduced Ding Yi to the prison guards.
"Understood, boss, I will cooperate with Brother Ding."
The jailer immediately understood.
"Brother Ding, the prisoner is locked in the second to last cave. Hey, you know what, this guy is too stubborn. No matter what method we used, he just won't say."
The prison officer sighed.
"Have you tried waterboarding, disembowelment, or the tin snake swimming technique?"
Ding Yi asked.
The prison officer was taken aback by Ding Yi's question, and then his expression changed.
"May I ask where you served before, Brother Ding?"
The prison officer subtly took a half-step back, clasped his hands in greeting, and asked.
Ah, let bygones be bygones.
Ding Yi chuckled.
Seeing this, the prison officer smiled awkwardly, then gave the jailer a wink before hurriedly leaving the area.
The jailer also heard Ding Yi's words and saw Ding Yi looking at him. His heart skipped a beat, and he couldn't help but swallow hard.
"Master Ding, the person is inside. You can go by yourself. I won't accompany you."
The jailer stammered.
"also."
Seeing that his goal had been achieved, Ding Yi chuckled and then walked deeper into the dungeon.
The stone caves on both sides of the dungeon are now mostly inhabited.
These people, both men and women, were all dressed in tattered prison clothes, their hair disheveled and their faces dirty. They lay motionless on the ground, and it was unclear whether they were dead.
The strong stench assaulted Ding Yi's nostrils, and he couldn't help but cover his face with his sleeve, frowning as he continued forward.
Finally, Ding Yi arrived at the second-to-last cave and saw the person he was looking for, the scarred-face guy from the Black Dragon Gang.
Scarface looked miserable. His bare chest was covered in blood, and he was hanging in the cave with his head drooping. Both of his shoulders were pierced by iron hooks, obviously to prevent him from escaping.
The efficiency of the inspection department in handling cases is indeed very high, but that's about it.
The guard who was in charge of organ refining was not found, nor was the mastermind behind the mansion; they only managed to capture this minor leader.
It seems this person has been abandoned by the Black Dragon Gang and used as a scapegoat.