Longevity: Start by practicing the ruthless way

The underworld is also a very ancient Taoist tradition that can be traced back to ancient times, but it is little known.

Of course, this so-called underworld does not have the Ten Kings of Hell, the Five Ghost Emperors, and the King of Darkness. It is not the underworld that Gu Chi had imagined. It is just that the names happen to be the same, and there is no connection between the two.

According to Tuoba Cang, the underworld can be traced back to the ancient times. At that time, there were endless wars, the earth was covered in blood, and the murderous aura, bloody aura and other extremely evil and filthy auras filled the entire world and could not be purified.

The ancestor of the underworld took a different approach at that time and created an alternative cultivation system.

Others use the pure and spiritual energy between heaven and earth as the basis for cultivation, but the system created by the ancestor of the underworld, on the contrary, uses all kinds of extremely yin and evil filthy energy between heaven and earth as the basis for cultivation.

The ancestor of the underworld had a unique vision and knew that no matter how much time had passed, the conquest and killing in this world would never stop, and would continuously generate evil energy for them to practice. The more chaotic the world was, the stronger they would be. This was the foundation of their underworld.

Tuoba Cang stared at Mo Yuan and asked, "Why did you want to form an alliance with us?"

"It's better to have someone to look after you than to fight alone, right?"

After a pause, Mo Yuan continued, "The Martial God Palace, the Xuanyuan Immortal Palace, and the Jiuhua Immortal Mansion—each of these three sects is a formidable force. As far as I know, their strongest members have already formed an alliance."

He revealed a piece of news, saying that the three Taoist sects that had a great feud with Gu Chi and his group, namely the Martial God Temple, the Xuanyuan Immortal Temple and the Jiuhua Immortal Mansion, had formed an alliance.

Gu Chi said, "Since the three parties are now tied together, why do you still want to form an alliance with us? Aren't you afraid of getting into trouble and becoming hostile to them?"

Mo Yuan told the truth, saying that the Hades and the three of them had always been at odds. Although it had not reached the point of being irreconcilable, it would be difficult for them to get along.

Zuo Shiji asked, "Can we fight them together?"

Mo Yuan smiled and said, "To be honest, our team is not inferior to theirs at all, and we are more than capable of competing with them."

Murong Zhixiu raised an eyebrow. "Don't ancient freaks like your Underworld Young Master always keep to themselves? Why would they bother to form an alliance with others?"

"We're forced to do this. They've already formed an alliance, disrupting the balance. If we don't change our ways, they'll surely unite and attack us." Mo Yuan's gaze swept over Gu Chi and the others, saying, "When you're all together, ordinary people won't be able to do anything to you. But what if you're left alone one day? Could you protect yourself against a combined attack from two or even three people?"

In response, Gu Chi just smiled and didn't say anything.

"I know that Fellow Daoist Qianhe is extremely powerful. He can single-handedly defeat a large group of heroes at the same level, or even those who are only one major realm apart. But which of the supreme heroes hidden from ancient times and the monstrous geniuses in the world today is not the same?"

"Except for the unpredictable existence of the Ninth Generation Lord, if we don't take that step, who can be much weaker than who? If two or three people come together to attack one person, the latter will basically die."

After hearing these words, Gu Chi just nodded slightly and still did not respond.

Murong Zhixiu and several other descendants of the thieves were also sitting nearby, and also did not express any opinions.

"Everyone, please think about this. This is the general trend. Only by uniting together can we survive to the end and fight for the greatest fortune in Kunlun Ruins." Mo Yuan further persuaded.

"Let's put the alliance aside for now. Don't you need to give me an explanation for why you attacked me just now?" Gu Chi stared into his eyes and said, "In the moment you attacked just now, your murderous intent was extremely pure."

Mo Yuan pondered for a moment and said, "There are two reasons why I want to kill you, fellow Taoist."

First, he wanted to test whether Gu Chi's strength was as strong as the rumors said. If he couldn't even pass this level, then he was not worthy of forming an alliance with their young master, so he could be killed.

As for the second point, he really wanted to kill Gu Chi because Gu Chi had things from their underworld on him.

Upon hearing this, Murong Zhixiu immediately became angry and slapped the table with his hand, cursing, "Bullshit! Sister Qianhe has never met anyone from your Netherworld before. How could she have anything from your Netherworld on her?"

Li Wangcen also glanced at him sideways, his expression unfriendly, and said, "Don't talk about your Netherworld's things. I'm referring to the golden silk of the autumn silkworm on Sister Qianhe's body. This kind of rhetoric is too old-fashioned."

Mo Yuan smiled, shook his head, and said, "Please be patient, everyone. Fellow Daoist Qianhe does have something from our Netherworld on him, and it's extremely important to us."

Gu Chi also became interested and said, "Then tell me, what do I have on me from your underworld?"

Mo Yuan said: "To be honest, I don't know either."

Upon hearing this, Murong Zhixiu immediately slammed the table and stood up.

"I asked you to explain, but you can't make any sense. You just keep talking here. Do you think we are all good-tempered?!"

"Don't get excited, let him continue." Tuoba Cang reached out and held him.

Murong Zhixiu put one foot on the stool and pointed at Mo Yuan, saying, "Keep talking! If you can't come up with something good or bad today, I'll tear you apart!"

Mo Yuan's expression remained unchanged, and he said calmly, "Although I don't know what kind of thing from our Netherworld is on Daoist Fellow Qianhe, I can sense that familiar aura."

Seeing his confident look, Gu Chi narrowed his eyes slightly. Could it be that there really was something from the underworld on him?

She went over the whole thing in her mind, and finally took out the tattered cloth banner and said, "Is this the banner you are talking about?"

This tattered banner was something she had accidentally found in the secret realm of Beiyin Mountain. It was rotten and torn, with black smoke billowing out of it, and it exuded a very oppressive aura. There was nothing magical about it, but it could exert terrifying power. She had always regarded it as one of her strongest trump cards and rarely used it.

The first time Mo Yuan saw the tattered banner, his eyes widened, his whole body trembling with excitement, and he said in a trembling voice, "This is the Ten Thousand Souls Banner that I lost long ago in the underworld!"

"You say it's yours, so it's yours? But do you have any evidence?" Tuoba Cang said.

Mo Yuan spread out his palm, and with a flash of black light, a pitch-black token appeared on his palm, with a bright red word "Ming" engraved on it.

"This token contains a trace of the energy of our Netherworld ancestral land. You will know whether it is something from our Netherworld after you take a look at it."

Before he finished speaking, the token in his hand resonated with the rag banner in Gu Chi's hand, and the energy between the two entangled and intertwined.