Shi Lang opened his eyes when Lao Yuesha took away her barrier. He stood up on the ground and his body crackled. He was reining his aura, but the changes were obvious. He was getting faster in hisprehension.


    Usually people came to a conjecture and then they had trouble approaching the topic in a greater length, but Shi Lang was the opposite, and so were the people in the Asura Hall. They were not afraid of exploring their ideas, and they would usually discuss such things with others.


    This would allow them to find their own shorings and move ahead. Shi Lang would always exchange his ideas with the sliver of Hou Bing''s spiritual consciousness. This was why he was growing faster, he knew that sess was bigger than his ego and pride.


    Lao Yuesha sensed his changes and patted on his shoulder. He looked at her and thedy said, "Concealment."


    Shi Lang nodded, and let her aura cover his body tightly to avoid any spiritual aura from leaking. His Dao nt had grown two inches in two days. People took months toprehend this much. Lao Yuesha almost wanted to yell, ''Monster.''


    The man standing beside the old man said, "Everyone,e forward and ept the scrolls. There are three colored scrolls, white, the easiest, yellow, the medium difficulty, and finally the scroll that we all jokingly call nightmare color, the red color."


    Shi Lang raised his brow and talked to Lao Yuesha, ''This guy is easily a Dao Lord, that too at the peak. If he is calling the red scroll a nightmare then I think it might be serious.''


    Lao Yuesha smiled and replied, ''It is true, the red scroll holds the most dangerous scrolls that the Martial Spirit Hall has. There are not many of them, only a few, but those who get them are very unlucky.''


    Shi Lang shrugged and said, ''Treasure and trouble always travel hand in hand. There is not other way around it. Since one is fighting the heavens, then why give up?''


    Lao Yuesha nodded to him, deep down she has seen how determined Shi Lang was first hand. He did not give up the training no matter how much he suffered under her hands. She knew that he might be driven by the desire to avenge his wife, but it was notpletely true. The hatred had not yet taken over his own being.


    She could not tell what it was that he wanted to do, but it was true that he was seeking for something silently and that was why he came to the biggest force selection without hesitation.


    Shi Lang was smart and he knew where he could find the resources and the best way to get stronger. As the two of them stood lost in their thoughts, soon the queue began to move.


    Shi Lang noticed that the twenty people stood at the side, watching the people. The elders behind them were guiding the young ones about the potential of the people. Soon, it was Shi Lang''s turn.


    Xiao Tu smiled at him and said, "Put your hand in the worm hole and you will feel a few scrolls, you can take one of them out, the selection ispletely random."


    Shi Lang nodded and put his hand in, and unlike the people who took a few seconds, he took out the first scroll he pulled out. He looked at the scroll and after the initial calm, there was a smile on his face. It was not the self depreciative or bitter smile but a smile filled with excitement.


    The people who saw his scroll were shocked, but when they saw his face, they thought he was dumb. Many elders who thought highly of him shook their heads, because Shi Lang got a red scroll.


    Xiao Tu himself was shocked, Shi Lang was the weakest person he saw till now, his Dao Flower had not even reached the one foot tall level, how could this guy have such a terrible fate.


    He wanted to say something, when he saw Shi Lang walking to the side. He hurriedly called out, "This brother, once you open the scroll, you won''t be able to find any teams."


    Shi Lang looked at him with a smile and said, "Thank you senior, but I prefer to walk my path alone."


    The old man, Elder San opened his eyes and said, "Boy, do you really think you can handle the difficulty of a red scroll? Even Dao Kings think twice when they ept these tasks."


    Shi Lang turned to look at the old man and cupped his fist as he said, "Elder, the heavens could not stop me from stepping up to what I am today, do you think this task is bigger and more dangerous than the heavens? On the path of Dao, one has to walk alone. If we rely too much on others we are either left behind, or worse. I don''t want that to happen to me.


    Please forgive me for not appreciating your advice."


    He was standing in defiance to alliances and teamwork. The people were shocked, and one of the twenty lineage disciples chuckled and said, "Brother, if you manage toplete this test, I will be your follower. Hahahaha, your guts are made of steel. You are a real man."


    Shi Lang smiled at the guy and cupped his fist to him. Elder San nodded and said, "Then go ahead, and do your best."


    The Terran nodded, and waved his hand to create a barrier around him. Then the people saw him open the scroll, read the content and after a few minutes, he put the scroll back in his space ring. He saw the people still looking at him and he cupped his fists to them before leaving the ce.


    Lao Yuesha had told him that as soon as he opened the scroll, she wouldn''t be of any help to him. Now, all she could do was watching his actions and that was it.


    Shi Lang walked through the big city. Lao Yuesha asked, ''What is the task?''


    The Terran asked, ''I thought, you cannot help me.''


    Lao Yuesha sighed, ''The elder who will track you might take a few moments, so tell me quickly.''


    Shi Lang replied, ''Retrieve seven hundred fallen disciples from the crimson soul abyss.''


    Lao Yuesha froze in her steps and her face turned pale, mind you she is a Dao Empress, if an expert who is almost at the peak of the food chain was this scared, what about Shi Lang? The Terran did not wait for her, time was a luxury and he was quite short on it. He did not even know where the Crimson Soul Abyss could be located. He looked for a ce where he could find some books.


    Sure enough, after asking around he found a big public library. The concept of knowledge was limited to schrs, alchemists, and formation masters. Shi Lang was going to use it. He stepped inside the library, and asked, the old librarian.


    "Old sir, could you tell me if there are aby books or journals that document the Crimson Soul Abyss?"


    The old man thought for a bit and then he disyed the simr shocked expression as Lao Yuesha behind him. He asked in a serious voice, "Young Man it is not advised to pry too much in the abyss, that ce is a sure death center."


    Shi Lang smiled and said, "I am just researching about the top mysterious sights that are powerful enough to cause the seven big forces at loss."


    The brows of the old man rxed a bit. He said, "If that''s the case, you can look for the seventh shelf in the far end of the library. They are all there. It is just a handful of documents, after all, no one lived long enough to tell the tale."


    Shi Lang nodded, and vanished from the spot. It did not take him long to locate a seemingly ancient book that said, "Bizarre ces of the Immortal realm."


    The Terran opened the book, and skimmed through it very quickly. After five minutes he found he location in the notes, and a few things to note about the Abyss. It was said that this ce was where the experts from one of the ten thousand races, the soul Scepters resided. They invaded from this ce and the seven forces came forward to repel them.


    Although they seeded in doing this, but they suffered great lose, none of their disciples made it back.


    Even the elders were closed to death when they came back and told the people about their sacrificial victory. This ce was a wound in the souls of the seven force leaders. The wounded elders warned the people to never go there until they have found a cure to the soul poison.


    Shi Lang thought about it and then he tapped hismunicator. He did not wish to waste time, the satellite hovering on his location was programmed and it flew over to scout the ce.


    However, this world of spiritual energy was not where the technology could run wild. The satellite found nothing but spiritual noise after hovering over the ce. Finally, there was a flicker in Shi Lang''s eyes. This ce had a semi natural array, that caused a spiritual storm. This was not an easy ce to enter.


    As Shi Lang was thinking a maturedy appeared in the library. She came to stand beside him and said, "My name is Lou Shin, I will be your invigting elder."


    Shi Lang bowed to her slightly and said, "Would it be alright if I did my own thing?"


    Lou Shin nodded, and Shi Lang left the library. Lou Shin spotted Lao Yuesha and the two nodded to each other, as if they were friends. The journey to the abyss had begun. Find exclusive stories on m_v l|e-NovelBin