Lingxu, Sword Coffin, Blind Swordsman

The Land of Eternal Silence.

In this separate world, which resembled the Seventh Domain, everyone except Li Guanqi and Meng Wanshu were doing much better.

However, they didn't dare to rashly enter areas where people gathered.

They were all cautiously gathering information.

Li Guanqi quickly obtained a relatively detailed map of the Land of Eternal Silence.

In reality, these three locations were the three major blocks.

And according to Fan Ming's annotations, these three major blocks were actually occupied by the Tu family's main lineage and two branch lineages.

The Tu family's main lineage occupied the Night Nether Plains, which was where Tu Jin, whom he had seen before, was located.

The Phaseless Water Pavilion was also located in the Night Nether Plains, where the Tu family resided.

The other two major branch lineages were led by Tu Tianque's, the Tu family head, own younger brother and younger sister…

Tu Xiao and Tu Qingyu.

The second generation was led by Tu Jin and the other children.

Li Guanqi gradually sorted out this jumbled information.

As he closed his eyes and focused, a vast family organizational relationship gradually emerged and connected in Li Guanqi's mind.

Li Guanqi frowned and took a deep breath.

It seemed… the situation in the Land of Eternal Silence was more complicated than he had imagined.

A family that controlled an entire realm had actually split into two branch lineages.

Moreover, these branch lineages were led by the family head Tu Tianque's own younger brother and younger sister…

It seemed that the Tu family was not united internally.

Based on past experience, Li Guanqi speculated…

This situation would only occur if there were differing stances on a certain goal!

Of course, it also depended on whether this division was real.

Or… was this just a smokescreen put up by the Tu family?

As for the saying about the Land of Eternal Silence being silent, Fan Ming also provided an explanation.

This was only relatively true for lower-level cultivators.

For the Tu family's own cultivators, there were not many restrictions. Even for some Celestial Immortals and True Immortals, whether they remained silent or not was not very restrictive.

But… according to Fan Ming's annotations.

The Sky Vault Stone Pillars were absolutely not allowed to be touched easily!!

Li Guanqi took out a jade slip and said in a deep voice.

"Why are there 'ferrymen' in the Land of Eternal Silence, but so few people from the Land of Eternal Silence leave?"

Fan Ming was silent for a long time before slowly saying.

"After we 'natives' are tainted with the aura of the Sky Vault Stone Pillars, we have no way to go to the real 'Immortal Realm'…"

"But… 'outsiders' obviously have the ability to suppress this power and can leave through the 'ferrymen'."

Li Guanqi frowned, obviously disagreeing.

"Is this absolute?"

The reason he asked this was because he knew there were Tu family members outside!!

For example… Tu Mengyao!

The other party's cultivation realm was extremely high, and it was obvious that she was not sent outside as an infant.

Clearly, the Tu family already had some means to send people outside.

It was just that this method could not be used on a large scale, or the cost was extremely high.

Hearing Li Guanqi's question, Fan Ming hesitated for a moment and said in a deep voice.

"Master, I definitely didn't lie to you."

"At least in my understanding, this is an iron law!"

Li Guanqi was silent for a moment. The master-servant contract naturally allowed him to feel that Fan Ming was not lying.

But Li Guanqi had indeed seen Tu family members outside, and their cultivation realm was not low.

In that case, there was only one possibility.

That was, the method of sending people out was either extremely costly.

Or… the affairs of that level were not something that Fan Ming's status and position could come into contact with!

Thinking of this, Li Guanqi no longer intended to waste time.

However, he still asked Fan Ming to bring him the Sound-Corroding Vine.

Fan Ming stood respectfully beside Li Guanqi and offered the wooden box with both hands.

"Can this thing directly replace the vocal cords and flesh?"

Fan Ming transmitted his voice.

"That's right, just replace the flesh and blood vocal cords directly."

"The Sound-Corroding Vine is also a symbol of status in the Land of Eternal Silence."

Li Guanqi hesitated for a moment while holding the Sound-Corroding Vine, and his eyes flickered as he looked at Fan Ming.

"Say a word. I want to see what it will attract."

Fan Ming suddenly stood up. Seeing Li Guanqi's calm gaze, he didn't know what to say to refute him.

Fan Ming's face was pale, and his body trembled uncontrollably, his hands and feet ice-cold.

Li Guanqi's gaze did not change at all.

"Don't worry, I won't let you die."

Fan Ming knew that this was an order, not a question…

He slightly opened his mouth and took several deep breaths before speaking.

"Ah!!"

The sound was not loud, and the "ah" was extremely hoarse and unclear.

But this sound did not cause any abnormalities. Everything was as before.

"Continue."

Fan Ming clenched his fists tightly, extremely nervous.

"I… I'll tell you!!"

Fan Ming closed his eyes tightly and roared with all his strength.

Suddenly!!

The originally calm sky suddenly shook violently, and the Sky Vault Stone Pillars trembled non-stop.

The chains wrapped around the Sky Vault Stone Pillars made a clattering sound.

After Fan Ming sensed the terrifying aura, he instantly hid behind Li Guanqi.

Boom!!!!

More than a dozen thick chains instantly shot towards Fan Ming!

Blood-colored inscriptions flowed on the stone patterns at the bottom of the Sky Vault Stone Pillars.

Li Guanqi narrowed his eyes and his heart trembled when he sensed it with his divine sense.

"Inscriptions? Formation? Or… some kind of rule?"

Li Guanqi didn't know what it was.

He took out Red Lotus and swung dozens of swords in succession!

Clang clang clang! Clang clang!!!!

Dense sounds of metal clashing rang out. The chains that were shaken back seemed to lock onto Fan Ming.

The chains that flew out shot towards the man again!

Li Guanqi frowned slightly. After repeatedly shaking back the chains several times, he raised his hand and used his power to conceal Fan Ming's aura.

At this moment, the chains swayed and quickly retreated into the clouds.

The churning dark clouds in the sky gradually returned to calm.

Li Guanqi withdrew the power of thunder and flames and looked at Fan Ming, who was sitting on the ground panting heavily, with a thoughtful expression.

He formed a sword with his fingers and cut open the skin of his throat, then tore out his vocal cords.

He placed the Sound-Corroding Vine on his throat. The Sound-Corroding Vine instantly stopped the bleeding from the wound, and then wriggled and twisted to replace the previous flesh and blood.

Li Guanqi ignited flames in his palm to burn the flesh and blood, and murmured.

"Will using the Sound-Corroding Vine prevent the Sky Vault Stone Pillars from being triggered?"

As he spoke, Li Guanqi also observed the changes in the Sky Vault Stone Pillars.

He found that speaking with the Sound-Corroding Vine did not cause the stone pillars to riot, and he was slightly relieved.

He curled his lips and muttered.

"This voice sounds like a male duck, it's really unpleasant…"

Fan Ming smiled wryly and transmitted his voice.

"It will slowly get better over time."

Li Guanqi nodded slightly, then handed Fan Ming portraits of Meng Wanshu and the others.

"Help me pay close attention to the movements of these people and do your best to help them."

Whoosh.

A storage ring was thrown to Fan Ming.

"There are a million immortal crystals inside, which is enough to do a lot of things in the Land of Eternal Silence."

"There are also two medicinal pills for you. Try to improve your cultivation realm to the True Immortal realm."

"I'm leaving. Contact me again if there's something very important."

Fan Ming was so shocked by the generous gift of a million immortal crystals that he couldn't speak.

Suddenly, he felt… that being Li Guanqi's dog wasn't so bad after all.

"Master, don't worry, I will carry out this matter carefully."

"You… are you planning to leave here?"

Li Guanqi put on a black robe and said in a low voice.

"Yes, you also said that the Cloud Hidden Mountain Range is the only place with Undying Grass."