Chapter 1 The Black Lotus of Sin is Extremely Important

For Yao Yao, the Black Lotus of Sin was an extremely important item, related to whether she could obtain a Sacred Hall magic.

The Niu Ren Tribe was severely lacking in high-level magic. Although Nie Yan had instructed them to find more high-level magic spells during this period, there were still very few who had learned them. High-level magic spells were not something that could be obtained in a short period of time; the guild's foundation needed to be accumulated slowly.

Every high-level magic spell was especially precious!

They were of vital importance to the guild!

Nie Yan helping Yao Yao get Sacred Hall magic was also helping himself!

The Niu Ren Tribe needed high-level magic!

Nie Yan and Yao Yao approached the Black Lotus of Sin ahead. The black lotus bloomed quietly, each petal like a black crystal, sparkling and translucent, with a hint of pinkish hue, like strands of blood, covering the entire Black Lotus of Sin.

Nie Yan swam towards the Black Lotus of Sin not far away. He would get the item first!

Yao Yao was about two or three yards away from Nie Yan. She didn't dare to go far. As a mage, it would be dangerous if she was targeted by a monster. Her fragile cloth armor couldn't withstand the monster's attacks at all.

The fragrance of the black lotus drifted quietly.

It invigorated Nie Yan.

When he arrived next to the Black Lotus of Sin, a cold current surged from the depths of the lake, and the rotating vortex almost swept him away.

He was shocked in his heart, and a sense of crisis quietly approached.

Something seemed to be swimming under his feet in the dark lake bottom. The Black Lotus of Sin might be guarded by some kind of monster!

Never mind! Nie Yan reached out and touched the stem of the Black Lotus of Sin, and plucked it off.

After putting the Black Lotus of Sin into his bag, Nie Yan turned to Yao Yao and said, "Let's get out of here quickly!"

If they returned to the shore and read a City Return Scroll, they could leave this place!

As soon as Nie Yan finished speaking, the entire lake changed drastically, with torrents surging, and a huge wave hit Nie Yan and Yao Yao.

"Hold on tight to me!" Nie Yan said in a deep voice, putting his left arm around Yao Yao's waist and struggling to swim towards the shore.

With a boom, the huge wave fell heavily, smashing the two into the water, and they struggled non-stop.

"Nie Yan, you go first. You have higher agility, so you can swim out!" Yao Yao said. As a mage, her agility was very low, and her swimming speed was extremely slow. If she swam five or six yards, Nie Yan could probably swim dozens of yards.

Nie Yan remained silent. Leaving a woman behind to save his own life would be a disgrace to men.

The turbulent undercurrent in the lake swept Nie Yan and Yao Yao in. They could only hold on to each other, drifting with the current. They no longer had the ability to control their direction.

The turbulent current completely controlled Nie Yan and Yao Yao. The two of them could only ensure that they were not separated by the undercurrent. In a hurry, Nie Yan almost touched Yao Yao all over. It was unavoidable. He couldn't hold Yao Yao, and almost lost his grip several times. Under the violent impact of the undercurrent, he couldn't feel what it was like at all.

Yao Yao felt a strong sense of suffocation, which made her a little dizzy. She could feel a large hand tightly holding her, which made her feel a little more secure.

A surge of water heavily struck Nie Yan's chest, and Nie Yan and Yao Yao sank to the bottom of the lake together.

Yao Yao didn't have much time left to breathe underwater. If she couldn't get to the surface to breathe, she would drown!

Thinking of this, Nie Yan became nervous. The strong pressure at the bottom of the lake prevented him from speaking. He could feel something swimming past quickly around him. They were staring at Nie Yan and Yao Yao, regarding them as their prey.

Nie Yan struggled to open his eyes and found that there seemed to be some light at the bottom of the lake. He gritted his teeth, pulled Yao Yao, and swam towards it.

He didn't know where the light ahead came from. The closer they got, the brighter the light became. Finally, all that was left in front of them was a white light.

It was as if they had traveled through time and space.

Nie Yan passed out. In the last moment, he was still holding Yao Yao tightly.

He didn't know how long it had been, but Nie Yan finally woke up from his slumber. This was a desolate, cold plain. A gust of wind blew, stirring up a sky full of sand.

Where was this place?

When he looked up at the sky, it was full of yellow sand.

System: You have discovered the Domain of Zephyrnard.

Zephyrnard? That was the legendary Dragon King!

Nie Yan's thoughts suddenly turned. Zephyrnard created the Dragon Clan's Hiberus Empire by his own power and ruled the human empire for more than 2,900 years, which was the former Dark Age. Could it be that the previously obtained information, the Sword of the Dragon King Zephyrnard, was here?

If many NPCs who left their names in history were considered legendary figures, then Zephyrnard was definitely a myth-like existence. Compared with him, other NPCs were like fireflies competing with the bright moon. The tyrannical Dragon King, in that era, he was the undisputed king.

Of course, Nie Yan didn't think he could get the Sword of the Dragon King Zephyrnard. This item was definitely a God-tier item. Zephyrnard was definitely a god!

Having unintentionally arrived in the Domain of Zephyrnard, Nie Yan was a little uneasy. He didn't know what would happen here.

Nie Yan struggled a little, but found that he couldn't move at all. Yao Yao was pressing on him.

"Yao Yao." Nie Yan pushed Yao Yao, and she finally woke up from her daze.

Yao Yao was groggy, with a sleepy look on her face.

"Nie Yan, where are we? Is this a graveyard?" Yao Yao looked around and asked suspiciously. She remembered that she had clearly been swept away by the torrent just now. How could she have suddenly come here?

"We've entered a quest map!" Nie Yan said. This quest map was hidden quite mysteriously. It was in such a deep lake. In his previous life, he didn't know which player had broken into this place before the news about the Sword of Zephyrnard being here was revealed.

However, no one knew what the Sword of Zephyrnard was like. In any case, that weapon had never appeared in people's sight.

It was said that only a paladin with the Heart of the Holy Spirit could control this powerful divine sword, otherwise they would be devoured by the Sword of Zephyrnard.

These materials were re-searched from Nie Yan's memory. Nie Yan searched all the information related to Zephyrnard. The official website only said that Zephyrnard was the Dragon King, his achievements in previous battles, etc. As for what secrets Zephyrnard had, the official website didn't mention it at all.

All of this made Nie Yan feel even more mysterious.

This was an unknown area, waiting for Nie Yan to explore.

Yao Yao got up and recalled all the things that had happened in the torrent just now. She felt ashamed for a while.

Seeing Yao Yao's helpless look, Nie Yan didn't know how to explain it either. A strange atmosphere spread between the two of them.

"The Teleport Scroll can't be used. Let's go ahead and take a look. If we really can't get out, anyway, we've already obtained the Black Lotus of Sin. We can just die and go back." Nie Yan broke the awkward atmosphere and said. In order to avoid Yao Yao feeling guilty, he didn't mention the Chapter of Order. If the Chapter of Peace was lost, then so be it.

"Yeah." Yao Yao nodded.

The two tried to avoid facing each other and chatted about some irrelevant topics. Nie Yan thought of Xie Yao, and his heart was at peace.

Nie Yan summoned the Golden Earth Dragon, and the two of them and the dragon set off towards the north of the Domain of Zephyrnard, not knowing when they would find the exit. At this moment, a large group of wandering monsters in the distance attracted Nie Yan's attention.

"I'll go take a look." Nie Yan said, entering Stealth and slowly approaching the monsters by taking advantage of the nearby earth mounds.

He discovered that they were Undead Bone Boars. Their bodies were a bit like leopards, with sharp spikes growing on their bodies. They moved very fast, running occasionally, then slowing down, in a wandering state.

Nie Yan threw an Investigation at one of the Undead Bone Boars.

Undead Bone Boar: Level 40, HP 3000/3000.

They were just some level 40 ordinary monsters, and Nie Yan breathed a sigh of relief.

Walking up a high slope, Nie Yan gasped. He saw Bone Boars all over the mountains and plains in the distance, stretching as far as the eye could see. If they wanted to walk out of here, how long would it take?

Was this like the secret realm of the Headless Horseman Doron, where they could only get out after finding quest clues?

"Let's grind monsters for a while first," Nie Yan said. It wasn't bad to level up here for a while. At least they had to make up for the lost experience.

It would be a pity if the Chapter of Peace was lost. Although there was only one chapter, if he could get the remaining five chapters in the future, it would be a legendary item no less than the Shadow of Darkness!

There were a total of six volumes of the Chapter of Order, each volume with different additional attributes, and each volume could trigger an expansion pack. If he collected all six volumes of the Chapter of Order, he would become the pope of the Sacred Hall! Becoming the pope was unrealistic, but if he could get a few more volumes of the Chapter of Order, Nie Yan could basically walk sideways.

Nie Yan raised the Headless Horseman Doron's Horsebow and shot at the many Bone Boars in the distance. A series of damage values floated above one of the Bone Boars' heads, and immediately fifty or sixty Bone Boars came towards Nie Yan.

Yao Yao cast a Holy Radiance, and beams of light bombarded down, and patches of damage values popped up, at least five or six hundred damage each.

It was a range attack magic!

Sacred Word mages were famous for their single-target magic attacks. They didn't have many group attack magic spells, which were relatively rare, but each group attack magic spell had a very considerable attack power.

At this time, the Golden Earth Dragon spewed out a breath of dragon, causing another patch of eight or nine hundred damage. Against ordinary monsters, the Golden Earth Dragon's breath of dragon damage was even more terrifying.

The Golden Earth Dragon charged forward, Yao Yao cast her magic spells one after another, and Nie Yan also began to clear monsters. One Bone Boar after another fell to the ground, and soon the ground was littered with bones.

Nie Yan looked at his own status. Regarding the Demon Hunter title, the quest progress was 6, killing level 30 or above undead creatures, with a quantity of 625/0000. Nie Yan's heart moved. It wouldn't be bad to improve his title here.

In addition, some of the skills on the Shadow of Darkness also needed to kill a certain number of evil creatures to unlock.

Thinking of this, Nie Yan didn't feel that being trapped here was a depressing thing. He could look for clues here, and maybe there would be some special discoveries.