Chapter 3448: Heavy Prison
"Who are you calling a fool?"
Divine Lord Ling Quan was furious. With his divine thought, he untied the strands of divine silk piercing Luo Sha's body, deactivated the God-Slaying Sand Formation, and walked over.
"Slap!"
A slap lashed out.
Luo Sha fell onto the stone platform, blood continuously flowing from her mouth.
But she knew her scheme had succeeded. She had tricked Divine Lord Ling Quan, driving a wedge between him and High Priestess Xin He.
Otherwise, with that slap from Divine Lord Ling Quan, how could she have survived?
High Priestess Xin He saw that Divine Lord Ling Quan's anger was directed at her, not Luo Sha, and immediately said, "Don't fall for her trick. If you don't believe me, you can conduct a soul search yourself."
Luo Sha, with disheveled hair and a face covered in blood, laughed.
Divine Lord Ling Quan, who had been about to perform the soul search, was jolted awake by her laughter, silently cursing how close he had come to a misstep.
If the gods loyal to Luo Yan learned that he had searched Luo Sha's soul, it would certainly affect his father god's succession to the Great Emperor and Clan Leader positions.
It would be equivalent to handing a handle to High Priestess Xin He.
What Divine Lord Ling Quan feared even more was that while he was conducting the soul search, High Priestess Xin He might ambush him.
To monopolize the "Gui Cang" and the secrets within Luo Sha, High Priestess Xin He would very likely do such a thing. Afterwards, she could simply blame it all on Snow Sea Divine Lord.
While remaining vigilant, Divine Lord Ling Quan calmed down and said, "If I take you to see your imperial brother, will you recite the 'Gui Cang'?"
Luo Sha propped herself up with her hands, but her cultivation was sealed, leaving her utterly powerless to fight back. She deliberately put on a desolate and pitiful demeanor, saying, "At this point, what other choice do I have? I only ask that after Ancestor Ding succeeds to the Great Emperor and Clan Leader positions, he gives us siblings a quick end. Before that, I only seek to suffer less pain and torment."
Divine Lord Ling Quan could understand Luo Sha's mindset.
Two hundred years had already passed; everything was settled. Even if Luo Sha had any illusions initially, she should have accepted her fate by now.
Lord Feng had likely fallen.
The Divine Temple had also made its stance clear.
All her hopes had turned into despair.
Divine Lord Ling Quan sighed, "Rest assured, we are of the same bloodline. As long as you support Father God's succession, how could he possibly kill you? He wouldn't be so cruel; after all, we are family!"
How could Luo Sha believe him?
Ancestor Ding would not act personally, but the gods under Ancestor Ding would certainly do it for him, leaving no root of trouble.
High Priestess Xin He was deeply puzzled. With her eighty-fourth-level spiritual power, how could she fail to search the soul of an upper-level god?
Could it be because she had cultivated the "Gui Cang"?
The Primordial Chapter of the "Gui Cang" was obtained by Luo Sha on the Heaven-Hunting Battlefield. Legend said it was the source of all cultivation methods of the Rakshasa Clan, holding the key to unlocking the potential of Rakshasa Clan members.
Over the long years, the "Gui Cang" had been lost, with remaining fragments amounting to less than a tenth of the Primordial Chapter.
A Rakshasa Clan God Venerable once said that the complete "Gui Cang" would usher in a new pattern for the Rakshasa Clan's cultivation system.
Without exaggeration, the value of the "Gui Cang" equaled the eight volumes of the Underworld Clan's "Underworld Scripture."
This was the fundamental reason High Priestess Xin He and Divine Lord Ling Quan both wanted to obtain the "Gui Cang."
High Priestess Xin He guessed correctly. The reason her soul search failed to find the important information Luo Sha held was precisely because of the "Gui Cang."
Gui Cang hides the soul within heaven and earth.
Only if her spiritual power reached the eighty-fifth level could she use Luo Sha's divine soul within her body as a medium to find the missing memory fragments and divine soul thoughts.
High Priestess Xin He followed Divine Lord Ling Quan, bringing Luo Sha toward the heavy prison where Luo Shengtian was held.
Although Divine Lord Ling Quan suspected High Priestess Xin He, he did not fully trust Luo Sha either. After all, he knew Luo Sha was full of tricks and might very well be using a divisive strategy.
Moreover, before Ancestor Ding ascended to the throne, he had to maintain a friendly relationship with the Rakshasa Divine Temple.
This was the deepest level of the divine prison, holding gods and divine generals loyal to Great Emperor Luo Yan. There were quite a few, some of whom had already undergone soul searches.
As Luo Sha walked past, she struggled to control her emotions, saying, "What 'Quantity Organization' members? It's just a means for you to seize the interests of the Tian Luo Divine Kingdom! You haven't found anything, have you?"
Divine Lord Ling Quan sneered but remained silent.
Soon, they arrived outside the heavy prison holding Luo Shengtian.
Seeing Luo Shengtian suspended in midair by eighteen divine ropes, Luo Sha gritted her teeth and slammed her hand heavily on the iron pillar, her fingers clenching tightly. "You've gone too far!"
Luo Shengtian, hanging in the air, was covered in blood and had shrunk significantly.
Where his eyes should have been were two fist-sized scabs of blood.
Clearly, his innate divine eyes had been gouged out!
Luo Shengtian's ears twitched, and he lifted his head, trembling as he asked, "Luo Sha, Luo Sha... is that you?"
The once-glorious Divine Prince had lost his former bearing, unable to see what was happening. He only vaguely heard Luo Sha's voice and roared, "Let my sister go! Take it out on me! Ling Quan... Ling Quan... speak up! Ah... ah..."
Luo Shengtian struggled, roaring like a wild beast.
The divine ropes binding him glowed with runic patterns, emitting blinding electric light, charring his flesh and causing pus and blood to flow.
Luo Sha stared at Divine Lord Ling Quan, saying, "Open the door. Let him down."
Divine Lord Ling Quan opened the heavy prison holding Luo Shengtian and walked in unhurriedly. With a thought, the electric light on the eighteen divine ropes gradually dissipated.
"Stop roaring. I've brought Luo Sha to see you! See, I told you not to move, but you insisted. The calamity lightning on these ropes will refine you to death!"
The divine ropes, like eighteen spiritual snakes, retracted automatically.
"Bang!" Luo Shengtian fell heavily from above.
Luo Sha quickly walked over, embracing Luo Shengtian. Her fingers trembled as they touched his eye sockets, and she asked coldly, "Who? Who did this?"
Luo Shengtian grabbed Luo Sha's hand, squeezing it tightly, and said, "Luo Sha, Luo Sha, is it really you? Or is this another trick they've arranged to deceive me?"
Luo Sha used the utmost rationality to restrain herself, keeping calm, and said, "I want to be alone with my imperial brother for a while. You can leave now!"
"That's impossible!" Divine Lord Ling Quan said.
Luo Sha said, "What are you worried about? What is there to fear? I simply don't want to see you and that High Priestess. I want to calm my imperial brother's emotions. If you want the 'Gui Xu,' you'd better do as I say."
High Priestess Xin He said coldly, "Qing Che, stay and watch them."
"I'll give you just a quarter of an hour."
With that, Divine Lord Ling Quan and High Priestess Xin He walked out of the heavy prison.
Luo Sha breathed a silent sigh of relief and said, "Activate the formation!"
The black-robed High Priestess named Qing Che thought for a moment, walked to the prison entrance, and activated the divine formation, enveloping the entire prison space.
Divine Lord Ling Quan had a bad feeling and said, "Our Princess Luo Sha is exceptionally clever. Sending us away must have a purpose."
"Her cultivation, including her physical strength, is all sealed. Even with some cleverness, what waves can she stir? Besides, Qing Che is still guarding inside!"
High Priestess Xin He thought for a moment and added, "I need to step out for a while!"
Seeing High Priestess Xin He walking outward, Divine Lord Ling Quan grew suspicious but ultimately stayed to guard, fearing something might happen to the heavy prison.
Luo Sha knew very well how powerful the divine formation of the heavy prison was. Even a spiritual power like High Priestess Xin He's could not penetrate the formation's light barrier.
She looked at Qing Che and said, "Who exactly are you? You can tell me now, can't you?"
Luo Sha had long sensed that Qing Che was suspicious but had kept it hidden. So, she had racked her brains to send Divine Lord Ling Quan and High Priestess Xin He away.
Qing Che removed the black veil from her face and immediately rushed to Luo Shengtian, her eyes reddening as she held his face, saying, "Divine Prince, Your Highness, it's me, I am Shang Xia!"
Hearing Shang Xia's voice, Luo Shengtian, who had been on guard, trembled slightly.
From Qing Che's fingertips, strands of water vapor flowed out, condensing into Shang Xia's form.
The black-robed Qing Che's body stiffened, as if turned to stone.
Shang Xia was originally a natural water spirit. She had trained under Zhang Ruochen for a time, reaching the peak of the Half-God realm. Later, Zhang Ruochen sent her and Shang Yue to Moon God, becoming worldly powerhouses of the Guanghan Realm.
Years passed, and Shang Xia had crossed the divine tribulation, becoming a lower-level god.
After two hundred years of planning, Shang Xia finally found an opportunity to infiltrate the body of the Rakshasa Divine Temple's black-robed priest Qing Che, successfully meeting Luo Shengtian.
As a natural water spirit, her body was liquid water, allowing her to perfectly merge with the blood of Qing Che, whose spiritual power was at the seventieth level. Thus, she had deceived High Priestess Xin He.
But clearly, this still carried immense risk, as she could be discovered at any moment and lose her life!
Luo Sha said, "This is not the time for your reunion. Shang Xia, you must go to the Sword Realm and find Zhang Ruochen."
"Find him for what? Two hundred years have passed. If he still remembered you, he would have come long ago!" Luo Shengtian said emotionally, indignantly.
Luo Sha said, "The Luozu Cloud Mountain Realm is under attack by ancient demon gods and cannot manage its own affairs. Ancestor Ding is ambitious, coveting the throne and the Clan Leader position. Now, even the Rakshasa Divine Temple has made its stance clear!"
"In such a situation, only by inviting Heavenly Mother can everything be suppressed and internal strife be quelled. You must go to Zhang Ruochen, no matter what method you use, and persuade him to go to the Abyss of Darkness."
"Our time is running out! Divine Lord Ling Quan is suspicious by nature, hesitant in action, and greedy—easy to deal with. With the 'Gui Cang,' I can still stall him for a while. But when Ancestor Ding returns, he will directly search my soul. This time, there is no Lord Feng to protect us!"
"Even, time may be tighter than I imagine. If I am not mistaken, High Priestess Xin He has already gone to contact the Infinite Realm experts of the Rakshasa Divine Temple."
With the "Gui Cang," Luo Sha was confident she could block High Priestess Xin He's soul search, but against an Infinite Realm expert, she had no confidence at all.
Shang Xia said, "These two hundred years, there has been no news of Zhang Ruochen. However, I recently heard that he broke through in Lihentian and was attacked by the Hell Realm, the Quantity Organization, and ancient demon gods, with some Heavenly Venerables making a move."
Luo Sha's heart ached. She knew Zhang Ruochen's struggles were immense, so she was both afraid he would come and afraid he wouldn't.
But two hundred years...
Two hundred years of no contact—how heartless. How could she not harbor resentment?
Luo Sha said, "We have a second path! If you can't find Zhang Ruochen, or... can't persuade him, go to the Snow Sea Divine Dynasty and find Snow Sea Divine Lord. Recite the first volume of the 'Gui Cang' to him. Tell him that if he can save our lives, I will tell him the complete chapters of the 'Gui Cang' and support him as the Rakshasa Clan Leader. This man is a grand strategist with great ambition; he will surely make a decisive move."