Chapter 1 The Novel in the Hidden Compartment?

There was nothing wrong with the explanation that a cursed item of the sealed level couldn't be stored in ordinary storage space.

But Su Lun didn't think this Goshu Yoru姬 (Yoru姬 in Goshu Yoru姬) would hand over the item so easily. He originally wanted to ask a few more questions, but before he could speak, he suddenly felt a spicy sensation rising in his throat.

With a "poof," a mouthful of hot blood spurted out.

The blood was extremely hot, and when it splattered on the courtyard's paving stones, a puff of green smoke hissed out.

"My body has reached its limit..."

Su Lun knew very well that his body couldn't withstand the fifth-stage state of [Hormone Overdrive]. He was already pushing himself to the limit by lasting more than ten breaths.

While he still controlled this Goshu Yoru姬, he endured the churning blood and the stabbing pain of his muscles, and the eight spider-like spears behind him stretched out as nimbly as arms, instantly stripping Goshu Yoru姬 of all her clothes and belongings.

This woman's methods were too strange, and Su Lun didn't dare to be careless.

As he stripped her clothes off, he used his few strands of thread inscribed with [Fifth-Order Resilience Runic Inscriptions] to wrap the woman like a mummy, tightly and securely.

Su Lun had no thoughts of cherishing beauty; he even used some special binding techniques at certain joints to ensure she couldn't exert any force to break free. Then, he took out the "Magic-Sealing Talismans" that Abe Taiwa had prepared specifically for her. As soon as a few yin-yang white talismans were attached, any possibility of the woman sensing the power of Shinto was severed.

......

Before Goshu Yoru姬 could react, she was stripped naked and tied up, unable to move at all. She let out a娇喝 (jiaohe - delicate shout) of shame and anger, "What are you doing!"

Su Lun ignored her scolding and didn't intend to say a word.

After doing all this, he finally breathed a sigh of relief and released the fifth stage of Hormone Overdrive.

"Huh... huh... huh..."

Su Lun breathed rapidly, and the cold air filling his lungs made the burning sensation subside a little.

It was like a pressure cooker suddenly releasing pressure, saving his body from the brink of explosion. If he had delayed any longer, he would have likely died from his body bursting.

Su Lun didn't dare to delay. After gasping for breath and being able to act a little more normally, he held the Black Scythe over Goshu Yoru姬's neck and said in a deep voice, "If I don't get the item, or if I trigger any restrictions, your head will fall to the ground immediately."

"..."

Goshu Yoru姬 was shocked.

She could tell that this guy had come to "gamble his life" with her.

Whether it was daring to make a move in Edo Castle or the secret technique he used just now, it was all the behavior of a desperate man.

If he said it, he would definitely do it!

Goshu Yoru姬 watched Su Lun manipulate the silk threads towards the hidden compartment in the room, and she knew that even if there were restrictions, they wouldn't necessarily kill this extremely cautious guy.

If she really triggered the restrictions, her head would definitely fall first.

She quickly said, "Don't open it. First, turn the candlestick on the left stone pillar clockwise!"

She had been asleep for nearly a thousand years before waking up. Now that she finally had it, she didn't want to be killed.

Moreover... since she hadn't been charmed by him, she had a vague guess about the identity of this attacker.

"Heh."

Su Lun sneered inwardly.

He had already expected that this woman had been planning for so long in Yamagakure, she must have a grand scheme, and it was absolutely impossible for her to gamble her life with a "barefoot" man like him.

Hearing these words, he manipulated the silk thread to twist the candlestick before opening the hidden compartment.

"Kacha..."

There was a sound of a mechanism.

The floor in the room slowly opened, revealing an underground compartment.

Su Lun still didn't dare to open his eyes, but he sensed it with the silk thread.

Inside was a box with magical fluctuations.

"How do you open the box?"

"There's an alchemical key next to it. Turn the first ring three times to the left, the second ring two times to the right, and the third ring..."

"..."

Su Lun carefully opened the box with the silk thread.

There weren't many items inside, and the first thing he "touched" was a mirror-like object.

"Could it really be the [Yata no Kagami], one of the Three Sacred Treasures of Yamagakure?"

Su Lun thought to himself. He took out the mirror, didn't even look at it, and immediately covered it with talismans before sealing it directly into a storage scroll.

He was alone now, and even if he was curious, he would never give the enemy any chance to turn the tables.

Hearing the subtle sounds, Goshu Yoru姬, who was hanging in mid-air, lost her last bit of luck. The attacker's caution was impeccable.

Su Lun ignored the mirror and continued to explore with the silk thread. He avoided a few miscellaneous items and found a "book-like object" at the bottom of the box.

"Found it!"

Su Lun was overjoyed. He was all too familiar with the gloomy aura emanating from the book.

Wasn't this the aura of the Yellow Springs?

However, out of caution, he still didn't open his eyes.

And time didn't allow him to take a closer look.

Because the sounds of battle outside the "Cocoon World" were getting more and more exaggerated, sounding like thousands of troops fighting.

The vision shared by Black Crow confirmed this.

The commotion here was significant. The Black Dragon Society and the City Guard hadn't broken in yet, all thanks to Abe Taiwa and that guy desperately holding them back outside.

That guy said he could hold on for a quarter of an hour, and he would likely do it even if it cost him his life.

Don't be fooled by that guy's flamboyant attitude; he was actually pretty good to get along with.

When something really happened, even though he was always nagging, he would still step up.

A thought flashed through his mind. Su Lun threw the novel and the items in the box into the sealing scroll.

After thinking about it, he didn't just leave like that.

He had found the item, but he would naturally have to take this "Alchemical Humanoid" Goshu Yoru姬 with him.

Not to mention that she was the treasure of the Golem Master lineage, and she knew those secrets...

Furthermore, Su Lun was afraid that there were still some restrictions on the [Death Novel].

But he definitely couldn't just take her away like this.

Thinking of this, he formed a mage hand seal with both hands, raised his left hand forward, and a black vortex appeared in the center of his palm. A suction force gradually increased, and this was the power of [Void Devouring].

This spell was still useless for combat, but it was perfect for storing things.

Without too much suction, Su Lun directly threw Goshu Yoru姬 and all the items he had just obtained into it as soon as the space gap opened.

This was also to prevent the woman, or those items, from having tracking devices.

Moreover, it could also prevent divination!

Divination was rare in Old Lingdun, but it was prevalent in the outside world. It was even more so in the Shinto faith system. There were many witches and shrine maidens in Yamagakure who were good at this kind of Shinto divination. Miko Kai, Abe Taiwa could also do it...

Those strange methods were even more evil than divination in alchemy.

Especially since Goshu Yoru姬 was also involved with "Tsukuyomi-no-Mikoto".

Su Lun didn't have a good way to deal with this situation before, and he didn't have any treasures that could guarantee to avoid divination. But after merging with the fourth-order Colony Equipment [Endless Stomach of the Sky-Swimming Whale], the "Little Void Realm" that he obtained was now very useful.

There was a price to pay for divination and location, the farther the distance, the greater the price.

This Little Void Realm was not a storage space, but a "Micro-Plane."

Since they were no longer on the same plane, how could they be divined?

If someone were to force a divination, the backlash would probably kill most diviners on the spot.

......

As soon as the spell was released, the black hole in Su Lun's palm disappeared immediately.

Finally, everything was going perfectly according to plan. He had a look of joy on his face, but he couldn't help but spit out another mouthful of blood.

Su Lun quickly poured two high-level healing potions for himself, and then threw two incendiary bombs in the small courtyard to deal with the traces of the battle.

The Black Crow continued to share its vision. He sensed the soul fluctuations in the Ginza district and easily avoided the center of the human battle.

With a mage hand seal, Su Lun teleported and appeared in a room.

After another space shift, he had already left the Ginza district.

Explosions were heard everywhere in the city, and the streets were filled with a large number of warriors. It seemed that there was also fighting at the Imperial Palace at the foot of Hakuryu Mountain.

Su Lun didn't dare to stay. He secretly hurried along the way, found a section of the city wall without city defense guards, and jumped out.

Then, he tore up the Shikigami Paper Doll given by Abe Taiwa and ran wildly towards the wilderness.

......

On the other hand.

In the core battlefield of Ginza, the battle was still escalating.

At this moment, Abe Taiwa was facing pressure that made his scalp tingle. Experts from the Black Dragon Society, experts from the Ninja Sect, experts from Shinto... He took out his trump cards to barely protect himself.

But because he had to protect people from rushing into the Ichijaku-Ma Geisha House, he also had to fight a positional battle, which was deadly.

But Abe Taiwa would naturally accompany to the end those who the young lady wanted to protect, even at the cost of his life.

It wouldn't be long before the main force of Takeda surrounded them.

He thought that he would probably accompany that gambling guy to pay for their lives here this time.

But unexpectedly...

At this time,

He sensed that the Shikigami Paper Doll had been torn!

Abe Taiwa was shocked: "He's already done?"

Gu 戔 < /span> That guy actually got rid of Goshu Yoru姬?

How did he do it in such a short time?

Abe Taiwa cried out strangely, in disbelief and great surprise at the same time.

Taking another look, the whole person didn't resist hard, turned into a group of ghost shadows, and ran away.

........

Su Lun ran south all the way, intending to get as far away from Edo Castle as possible.

Because it was night, there was no one traveling on the official road. He didn't have to worry about being discovered, so he directly took out the prepared steam mechanical motorcycle and sped all the way.

After traveling for about hundreds of kilometers at night, Su Lun didn't find any signs of being chased, so he found a deserted mountain and stopped.

Then, he traveled more than ten kilometers in the mountain forest with the Spider Spear, carefully removing traces, smells, and all factors that could be chased after.

Not long after, when the night was extremely deep.

Su Lun hid in a cave where a bear lived.

He set up a barrier and dealt with the injuries on his body that had to be dealt with. He collapsed on the stone pier and couldn't get up for a full quarter of an hour.

From the initial battle until just now, his nerves had been highly tense.

Now he can finally breathe a sigh of relief.

Without checking, Su Lun knew that his current state was terrible.

Forcibly using the "fifth solution" state of hormone runaway made his body like a dam that was about to burst, with cracks everywhere.

If it weren't for the super-strong self-healing ability brought by the "x serum" modification, and the continuous treatment of [Healing Doll] regardless of cost, he would have died on the way to escape.

However... he also found that the enhancement after the body was distorted and mutated by demonic energy actually made the body's tolerance better.

After lying down and resting for a while, Su Lun let out a long breath and barely sat up.

He condensed the mage hand seal again and opened the "Little Void Realm".

Goshu Yoru姬, who was tied into a cocoon, couldn't move at all and was hanging there.

Su Lun didn't worry about her dying. The vitality of alchemical humanoids was simply beyond the imagination of ordinary people. Apart from cutting her into pieces with the Black Scythe, even Su Lun himself couldn't think of any way to kill her.

Su Lun hadn't figured out how to deal with this "most beautiful Ji in the world", so he could only hang her there for the time being.

The most urgent task was to revive Chitose and Miko, so he took out the novel.

As soon as the item was taken out, a gloomy aura instantly swept through the entire cave.

Su Lun carefully raised his eyes and opened his left eye to take a look.

[Fatal Novel: Land of the Dead]

Quality: Epic

Description: Can you believe that someone actually depicted a god with the pen of a mortal?

Cursed Characteristics: This item can be used to seal targets whose level of law perception is not higher than this item into the world of the novel, never to escape; this item must be activated with the power of faith, and the range of influence is affected by the power of faith; users below the required conditions will suffer soul damage, and too large a gap in sealed targets will lead to soul collapse;

Detailed Explanation: The great writer 'Carl Gustav Jung' wrote a novel about his experiences in the Yellow Springs, actually using the 'Divine Kingdom Technique' to create an independent world; the novel's title page reads, if the world is a prison, then love is the key to open the prison; he used the unique romance of a novelist to record the magnificent love in his life in the book, waiting for the girl he wanted to wait for. But as an advanced professional material, merging and obtaining the 'World' ability requires meeting the conditions that mental power reaches the Holy Order, and the laws of death, the laws of space, and the ability to materialize fantasy reach the corresponding ss level evaluation.

......

Su Lun looked at the novel and didn't see any traps left behind, so he breathed a sigh of relief.

"Epic level?"

He looked at the rank and his eyes narrowed slightly.

This was a top-level cursed object that was even higher than the rank of his Black Scythe, and as rare as the [Isaac Alchemy Heart].

This thing was very useful, it could directly seal the target into the novel.

It's just that ordinary people can't use it.

It needed divine power to drive it, otherwise it would directly damage the soul.

"In other words, Goshu Yoru姬 used this novel with divine power? An alchemical humanoid actually mastered the power of a god?"

Su Lun guessed that being able to suck in almost all the foreigners in Edo Castle, the curse backlash was definitely not something that normal humans could withstand, and it was probably related to the sudden arrival of "Tsukuyomi-no-Mikoto".

It can also be used as an advanced professional material...

Su Lun looked at it, and there were still some things he couldn't understand for the time being.

And it was too far away for him to meet the fusion conditions. He could probably think about it after the seventh rank.

He didn't look at the novel much, but just opened a page at random.

As soon as he opened it, a paragraph of text that he wanted to see automatically appeared on it: "The Divine Service Miko decisively gave up her life and turned into a rain of cherry blossoms and collapsed..."

And there was another paragraph: "Chitose fearlessly slashed at Izanami, the thousand-meter sword aura condensed from the Rakshasa Vajra body split down from the sky, as if cutting off the entire Yellow Springs world, this sword, gods and ghosts are afraid of... Unfortunately, Izanami's [Fire God Kagutsuchi Divine Flame] can burn all substances in the world, and the sword aura was also burned away. After a hard battle, Chitose was exhausted after all. In the thunder and lightning that filled the sky, she was buried in that sea of fire..."

Su Lun looked at the two paragraphs of text and his eyes moistened slightly.

This was the scene of Chitose and Miko before they died.

The guilt in his heart for being able to live only by bearing the lives of others also surged into his heart. Because the two women gave their lives, he was able to live to this day.

Calming his mind, Su Lun let out a long breath, "So, it really was dimensionality reduced..."

Life turned into a paragraph of text,

This trip to the Yellow Springs was a life experience that subverted cognition.

Su Lun's expression was very complicated.

He knew that his current state was not good. While he still had the energy, he calmed his mind and began to set up the demon contract formation.

.......

It was originally a "heretical" act for an alchemist to make a deal with a demon.

But Su Lun, as a transmigrator, didn't have these rigid ideas.

He used mercury and high-level magical beast blood to draw a complex eight-pointed star alchemical array on the ground, and arranged some blood food and energy crystal cores to be sacrificed to the demons.

Then, he very carefully tore off the two pages in the [Death Novel] that described the two people's deaths.

The material for writing the book was also the legendary paper [Golden Sheep's Parchment] that Fujiwara Hayato had managed to collect. The material came from the legendary gods raised a kind of god sheep that could grow golden wool. The great adventurer found such a small book in the ancient ruins and wrote it into a novel. Otherwise, even the Luying Royal Library, which is known as the world's largest collection of books, might not be able to gather such a thick volume.

And if two pages were torn off, the quality of the sealed item would also decrease.

However, Su Lun didn't mean to feel sorry for the treasure at all.

He placed the two pages in the center of the formation and began the special secret incantation: "The supreme god from the unknown abyss, the monarch who controls death, the great king of the dark land, I call upon your revered name... Please listen to my prayer, I am willing to sacrifice my soul in exchange for the fulfillment of my wish..."

As the spell was uttered, the energy crystals on the formation also began to light up.

As Fujiwara Hayato said, he received a response from that indescribable existence.

Su Lun was using this alchemical formation to communicate with high-level gods in another dimension for the first time. He felt very wonderful, and instinctively reflected a kind of fear from the unknown. It was like being glanced at by an indescribable giant, and he felt that his future and past were being seen through.

It was just in the moment of this communication that he felt that a "debt" mark had been made on his soul. Eventually, on a certain day, he would have to repay it.

It was probably like rewarding an ant with a grain of rice, and there was nothing extra happening.

Su Lun didn't even have the qualifications to exchange a word with the one he was trading with.

This made him feel for the first time that his life was so humble and small.

However.

Since he chose to use this sacrifice secret technique, Su Lun already had the awareness to pay the price.

.......

Not long after, the black light in the formation became more and more intense, and the two parchment pages disintegrated into powder in the black light.

Su Lun saw two translucent spiritual bodies appearing in the luster of the formation.

Looking at those facial features, weren't they Chitose and Miko?

The joy in his heart was indescribable when he regained his most important friends in life.

The expectant light in his eyes became more and more intense.

At this time, a large amount of energy was consumed, and the two figures slowly condensed into entities.

Finally, Su Lun sensed that they were "alive"!

Chitose and Miko both retained the memory of their deaths, and then fell into darkness, as if they had a long nightmare.

But when they woke up, they found Su Lun standing in front of them?

Su Lun's eyes trembled, and he greeted the two of them, "Sister Chitose, Miko."

Chitose seemed to understand what had happened, and frowned, "Su Lun kid, are you dead too?"

Hearing this, the originally sad atmosphere was suddenly diluted a lot.

Su Lun didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

He walked up and gave Chitose a warm and firm hug.

Chitose felt the temperature of a living person, and then realized, "I'm not dead?"

Miko, who was proficient in Shinto, seemed to have guessed something, and a look of disbelief appeared on her face.

Su Lun looked at her standing there alone, at a loss.

Thinking about it, he also stretched out a hand and opened his arms to Miko.

Seeing Su Lun's actions, a hint of hesitation appeared on Miko's pretty face. But she also opened her arms and responded to his hug.

The three hugged tightly.

"Hey, hey, hey... what the hell is going on here? Is this the Land of the Dead? Aren't we dead?"

Chitose muttered while being hugged.

At this time, she saw the alchemical formation on the ground and was full of surprise: "You resurrected us?"

Su Lun smiled palely.

Just as he was about to say something, his eyes suddenly went black and he passed out.