Chapter 4976

Seeing the old man reel in the net, Zi Chen asked, "Did you get anything?"

"I don't know."

Zi Chen subconsciously stood up and wanted to look down, but he quickly reacted and sat back down.

He could only wait for the old man to slowly reel in the net and see if he could salvage anything.

But this time, the net was empty. There was nothing.

The old man's expression was calm as he continued to cast the net. It was said that this kind of thing often happened.

Zi Chen sat behind the old man, thinking about what the old man said earlier. "Can I really go back by jumping in here?"

"Maybe."

It was rare for someone to talk, so the old man said, "No one knows where the Milky Way leads to. Since you saw someone with Extremity power from outside, perhaps you left through the Milky Way."

"Is this the only way?"

"I don't know if this counts as a way, but there's no other way."

The two of them fell silent for a long time.

"If this place doesn't consume power, why did you go back to the wooden house?" Zi Chen broke the silence. "Wouldn't it be better to stay here?"

The old man said without turning his head, "Not consuming power here is only relative. In fact, power will disappear after a long time. If you continue to stay here, you'll only be waiting for death."

"What happens if you die?" Zi Chen asked.

"You'll disappear."

The two of them chatted like this. During this time, the old man reeled in the net several times, but it was to no avail.

When he reeled in the seventh net, he finally found something.

It was a large piece of crystal that emitted intense light. It looked like a large piece of law fragment.

"Is there someone in here?" Zi Chen looked at the crystal.

"I'm not sure."

The old man carried the net down, Zi Chen followed behind. After walking down the stairs, the old man's body lit up.

Zi Chen also used Extremity power.

Extremity power was the power of the void. The current Zi Chen already had power comparable to Brady's, but he could no longer return.

He hadn't seen Brady's memories, so he didn't know how he could return.

But since Theseus dared to let him come here, he was obviously confident that he couldn't return.

Returning to the wooden house, the old blind man took a wooden stick, put it on the net, and left with the crystal.

Zi Chen followed behind him.

"We're going to the Soul Refining Grounds, we can exchange for Extreme Energy there"

As Old Blind walked, he talked about the situation in the Land of Soul Refinement. There wasn't much of a fluctuation in his emotions.

The heavens and earth here were extremely oppressive. It was as if there was a great gravitational force on his body, causing Zi Chen to lose the ability to fly.

Moreover, as he moved forward, his Extreme Force began to be consumed. Although the consumption was not great, the old man had said that once his Extreme Force was exhausted, it would mean death. That was still a terrifying thing.

Therefore, after walking for an hour, Zi Chen asked, "How long will it take?"

"Four hours," the old man said.

Zi Chen's expression changed when he heard this. "Doesn't that mean that going back and forth will consume a strand of energy?"

"Save it. Half of it is enough."

The old man's answer left Zi Chen speechless. This was equivalent to consuming his own life force. How could he save it?

Fortunately, the old man had given him a strand of Extreme Force. Right now, he could clearly feel how precious this strand of energy was.

The old man didn't know how many times he had walked this path, so after four hours, they finally arrived at their destination.

In front of them was an enormous whirlpool. It was spinning like a long river, releasing bright light.

Seeing this, Zi Chen immediately closed his eyes.

"This is the Land of Soul Refinement, also known as the Extreme Whirlpool. However, it is not dangerous."

The old man's voice rang in his ears.

Zi Chen opened his eyes and saw the old man walking in front of the Extreme Whirlpool. Then, he took out the fishing net from behind him, took out the crystal, and threw it into the whirlpool.

"Will there be a person inside?" Zi Chen asked again.

"No," the old man replied.

"Why are you so sure?"

"If it's a person, throw it into the Extreme Whirlpool and it will wake up on its own."

"Then what if it's a person who won't wake up?" Zi Chen asked again.

"Then it's not a person, it's a Law Crystal." the old man answered: "If it's a person, it will wake up. If it's not, it's a Law Crystal."

Zi Chen understood. There might be people who can't wake up, but they've already become part of the Laws.

Or rather, they've become Law Crystals.

From the whirlpool in front of them, streaks of light suddenly flew out. This was pure Extreme Force. There were a total of four streaks that flew out from the whirlpool. The old man reached out his hand to catch them.

The old man retracted his power, turned around, picked up the fishing net, and began to return.

Zi Chen followed behind. "You can only produce so many streaks of power each time?"

"Four streaks of power is already quite a lot. Sometimes, there's only one."

On the way back, the old man clearly sped up.

Zi Chen looked around along the way. "Can this Extreme Force grow?"

"It can!"

The old man answered: "Once you enter the Extreme Whirlpool, you might be able to obtain even more Extreme Force."

As if guessing what Zi Chen wanted to ask, the old man continued: "However, after entering the whirlpool, the consumption of Extreme Force will be great."

Zi Chen went silent.

Following behind the old man, he began to think about the direction of his future.

I'm already having trouble surviving, do I have to destroy my own eyes as well?

"Other than this, how else can I obtain power?" Zi Chen asked. Obviously, he couldn't destroy his own eyes.

"Further out, it's said that there's a kind of strange beast living here that has existed for as long as this place. Once caught, you can also put it into the Extreme Whirlpool in exchange for a portion of Extreme Force." the old man spoke at a steady pace.

"Have you seen it before?" Zi Chen asked.

"No." the old man slowly shook his head. "Leaving this place means death, no one can leave."

"No one?" Zi Chen asked: "You mean, there are other people here?"

"There are a few existences like me, but I didn't meet them this time."

The old man returned. Zi Chen followed him back to his room. Here, the rate at which Extreme Force was disappearing was much slower, but Zi Chen could still feel the loss of power.

Zi Chen stood up and walked outside.

"Where are you going?"

"To the stairs, there's no consumption there." It wasn't easy for the old man to obtain power, so he couldn't keep giving it to him for free.

"It's not safe there, there'll occasionally be riots, you'll get lost" the old man said.

"I'll close my eyes."

Zi Chen memorized the path and returned to the stone stairs he came from. There were a total of 444 steps, but he didn't reach the top, only stopping after 8 steps.

Right now, he was feeling a bit weak, because his Extreme Force had already been consumed by a lot.

"Do I really have to destroy my own eyes and become a corpse fisherman?"

Zi Chen was a bit worried.

Boundless light bloomed from the galaxy, almost like a gust of wind. Zi Chen closed his eyes and fell asleep.