Chapter 1357 The Mortal Underworld Path
"What else do you want? Are you going back on your word?"
The Climbing Rat thought Chen Xuan wasn't letting them go and couldn't help but ask.
"You want to use the Fuxi Bagua Plate to save someone?"
Chen Xuan asked.
"Yes!"
The Climbing Rat nodded sincerely.
"Our master is seriously ill and on the verge of death. We've consulted many renowned doctors, but none could find a cure. However, my third brother is a feng shui master, and he feels that our master might have been afflicted by malevolent energies, though he isn't particularly skilled in that area."
"Coincidentally, a Heavenly Master from Longhu Mountain visited our Xuankong Island that day. We asked this master from Longhu Mountain to examine our master. The Heavenly Master from Longhu Mountain said our master was afflicted by one of the ten great malevolent energies, the Ten Thousand Evils Poisonous Aura!"
"To break this poisonous aura, merely using feng shui techniques to drive away the malevolent energy is only a superficial solution. It's necessary to consume a fruit that grows deep within the location of the Ten Thousand Evils Poisonous Aura."
"We don't know where our master planted the Ten Thousand Evils Poisonous Aura, so we need the Fuxi Bagua Plate to find the locations our master has visited..."
This Fuxi Bagua Plate is also called the Time Reversal Device. It doesn't actually reverse time, but rather, a feng shui grandmaster can use it to calculate a person's past locations within a month based on their birth date and time. It's quite miraculous.
Chen Xuan had only seen it in ancient texts and had never actually encountered such a divine ability in reality. He wasn't sure if it was true.
"I can lend you the Fuxi Bagua Plate, but you'll need to pay a certain price," Chen Xuan said calmly.
Upon hearing this, everyone was overjoyed and agreed to any conditions Chen Xuan might propose.
So Chen Xuan said, "I don't require much."
"First, the Thousand-Year Nine-Leaf Red!"
Hearing this, the faces of those who were just happy instantly fell.
The Thousand-Year Nine-Leaf Red is an extremely precious sacred medicine, said to contain immense power. Once refined, one's cultivation can advance by leaps and bounds. It's something highly valued by martial artists.
"Do you agree?"
"We agree!"
Although the Thousand-Year Nine-Leaf Red is hard to find, they could still find it.
"Second, the Python-Patterned Intestine-Breaking Grass!"
This one, they agreed without hesitation.
Although the Python-Patterned Intestine-Breaking Grass is an extremely rare poisonous item, its rarity is far less than that of the Thousand-Year Nine-Leaf Red.
Following that, Chen Xuan asked them to find more, and they all agreed without hesitation.
He couldn't help but look at them more closely.
"Within seven days, bring me all the things I need, and I will immediately lend you the Fuxi Bagua Plate."
"It's a deal!"
With that, the Climbing Rat and the others turned and left.
"Young Master, although these things are rare, our treasury has everything. Why are you asking for them from outsiders?"
Li Er, who was incredibly wealthy, said indignantly upon hearing Chen Xuan asking outsiders for things.
Chen Xuan smiled and said, "Li Er, you don't understand what I mean."
"What do you mean by that?"
"Where does the Thousand-Year Nine-Leaf Grass grow?"
"In places of extreme yin and malevolence."
"And the Python-Patterned Intestine-Breaking Grass?"
"Ordinary Intestine-Breaking Grass grows on cliff edges, in places of supreme yang energy. But the Python-Patterned Intestine-Breaking Grass also grows in places of extreme yin and malevolence."
"What about the Nine Yin Grass?"
"This medicinal herb is quite potent. It's said to grow in the ten great yin and malevolent places, and it prefers to grow in the Ten Thousand Evils Poisonous Aura..."
Upon saying this, Li Er suddenly froze and looked at Chen Xuan sharply. "Young Master, were you testing whether these guys were telling the truth just now?"
"Precisely!"
Chen Xuan nodded calmly.
In fact, Chen Xuan asked for these medicinal ingredients to see if the Five Rats of Fushan were deceiving him.
The Nine Yin Grass exists in the Ten Thousand Evils Poisonous Aura. They likely already found the location of the Ten Thousand Evils Poisonous Aura and are probably using the Fuxi Bagua Plate within it to search for something. As for whether their master was poisoned and if the master even exists, it's hard to say.
"But what exactly are they looking for?"
Chen Xuan frowned, pondering in his mind.
"It is rumored that deep within the Ten Thousand Evils Poisonous Aura lies a mortal underworld path leading to the Hall of Yama. I wonder if it's true,"
Li Er said suddenly, blinking his eyes.
"Mortal Underworld Path... also called the Path of Longevity... perhaps it's possible..."
Chen Xuan muttered.
The reason the Mortal Underworld Path is called the Path of Longevity is because if one traverses the path and, by a stratagem of deceiving the heavens, avoids yin and yang, all illnesses and lifespan will be restored as if one had died and been reborn.
Chen Xuan had seen such accounts in several books. Especially in the years before his father's disappearance, several books his father kept by his pillow contained this information, and his father, Chen Jianhua, had even made special marks on them.
"Never mind whether it's true or not, I'll know when I go to see it."
"Young Master, are you going to go with those Five Rats of Fushan?"
"Yes! This matter seems very important."
Chen Xuan had a very strong feeling.
If the Underworld Path truly exists, and traversing it could reset all illnesses and lifespan, like pressing a restart button for life, could it then mean that his father, Chen Jianhua, who was deeply tormented by a curse, could also have the curse removed and start anew?
Therefore, whether it was true or not, he had to go and see.
After all, his father Chen Jianhua and his future father-in-law, Su Qian, were still desperately seeking a way to resolve the curse!
"Since there's nothing else, I'll be going now."
Su Yunxi was waiting at home, and Chen Xuan naturally wouldn't stay here overnight.
"Young Master, it's late, you should stay here tonight. Otherwise, you'll have to come here tomorrow, and tomorrow is the day we've agreed to meet the Hun family," Li Er said.
"Hmph, I won't stay with a single dog."
Chen Xuan scoffed. With a beautiful woman waiting at home, who would want to stay with a man?
Li Er: "......"
What's wrong with being a single dog?
Then, Chen Xuan drove back to the Sheng Palace Villa. He parked the car downstairs and, instead of going in directly, he circled the villa. He saw that a dim bedside lamp was lit in Su Yunxi's room.
A smirk played on his lips as he leaped up!
The room was filled with the unique scent of a young girl's boudoir, refreshing and pleasant.
Su Yunxi lay on the bed.
She was wearing a thin nightgown, her graceful curves faintly visible. She wasn't wearing a bra, and the cleavage of her chest was very prominent. Her fair arms were crossed over her chest, and she held a copy of "Das Kapital" in her hands, reading it absentmindedly.
Judging from Chen Xuan's mood tonight, he must have encountered big trouble.
Su Yunxi occasionally glanced at the clock on the wall and listened for sounds outside. Still no movement, she couldn't help but frown, her expression filled with worry.
He hadn't returned yet.
Suddenly, there was a noise from the window outside. She frowned, feeling uneasy, and cautiously jumped off the bed. She instinctively reached for a miniature firearm from beside the bed.
After experiencing many things, she had prepared a firearm for self-defense.
She quietly pulled aside the curtains. Outside, there were sparse lights, a large grove of cypress trees downstairs, and the shimmering, starlit blue water lake in the distance.
But there was no one.
She instinctively pushed open the window sash, leaned sideways, and peered around, but still, there was no one.
Su Yunxi breathed a sigh of relief and was about to go back when, suddenly, a dark figure rushed over...