'A secret manual of Taoism? He said that he had found it on an old Taoist's corpse in the Evil Nest. Hmm. He doesn't look like a liar,
Austin thought.
‘Since that old Taoist dared to break into the Fallen Divine Valley and made his way to the Evil Nest, he must be exceedingly
powerful.
The secret manual he practiced might be brilliant.
Cto think of it. The Introduction to Vital Energy Circulation and the Triple Avatar Skill that | have cultivated are also forbidden
secret skills of the Taoist system. If | can get my hands on another secret manual of the kind, | can study it and it might help me
enhance my knowledge on the two skills, ' Austin mused quietly for a while.
"Well, all right.
Deal!"
Austin finally agreed.
"You brat, you'll see.
One day | will leave this damned place. When | find you, | will skin you alive, cook your bones into soup, and light a lamp with your
spiritual soul as fuel. | will make you suffer for the rest of your life!" Frey said through gritted teeth.
When he heard that Austin had agreed to their negotiation, he was very much relieved. However, at the stime, he was
simmering with fury. After all, he had to hand over Austin so many treasures that he had valued a lot.
"Cut the crap, brat. Showthe safe areas in the Evil Nest this instant!"
Frey said with a gloomy face.
"Give the Divine Blood Grass, the armor, and the secret manual to the earth dragon first. Once | have it, | will tell you several low-
risk places in this Evil Nest and give you sadvice about how to survive here.
In that way, you will be much safer there,"
Austin responded.
"Humph! You wantto give them to you first? Don't takefor a fool! What if you back out?"
Frey huffed.
"You have no choice.
You know what?
Screepy thing has its eyes on you. In a few seconds, it's going to make a move against you.
It's right there behind you,"
Austin said.
Frey raised his eyebrows and wondered if Austin was lying.
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Just then, a shrill laugh echoed behind him.
A vague black shadow appeared and glared at Frey with a menacing look in its blood red eyes.
"It's this kind of beast again!"
Frey exclaimed.
"All right, brat. If you trick me, | will never let you go!"
Frey said through gritted teeth.
With a wave of his hand, three beams of light flew out and stopped in front of the earth dragon that was controlled by Austin.
They were a divine herb, a golden armor, and an old book.
The earth dragon immediately swallowed the three items, turned around, and made its way towards the entrance of the Evil Nest.
Under Austin's control, the earth dragon carefully avoided the treacherous areas inside the Evil Nest one after another. Finally, it
arrived in front of Austin.
Austin was aware that the earth dragon could get in or out of the Evil Nest freely as long as it abided by certain rules and stayed
away from the dangerous places.
Since the earth dragon is made of Earth Energy, the Evil Nest was essentially good-natured to it.
However, other living creatures there were different.
Once a living being barged into the Evil Nest, it would trigger all kinds of mysterious ruses to trap any creature there forever.
Therefore, Austin did not dare to break in there himself. Instead, he controlled earth dragons to enter the Evil Nest for him.
With a wave of his hand, Austin took out all the three treasures from the earth dragon's belly and made them suspend in front of
him. Each of them emitted a dazzling golden light.
"The Divine Blood Grass, an armor at the chaotic level, and the secret manual of the Taoism!" Austin exclaimed as he stared at the
three items ecstatically.
"A magic herb at the chaotic level, a chaotic magic treasure, and a brilliant secret manual of the Taoism!"
Austin grinned from ear to ear.
"These three treasures are indeed extraordinary!
Fine, I'll help that old man,"
Austin murmured to himself as he put a piece of information into the earth dragon.
Then, under his control, the earth dragon went back into the Evil Nest and approached Frey once again.
A piece of spiritual sense information rushed out of the earth dragon's body and hovered in front of Frey.
Frey read all the spiritual sense information in an instant.
"It really is about how to avoid places that are fraught with dangers in the Evil Nest. That brat kept his promise,"
Frey said happily.
"Well, I've already given you what you want. Our deal is over.
Enjoy the rest of your life in this Evil Nest!
Goodbye. | hope we will never meet again,"
Austin said with a teasing smile.
"Humph! Just watch me, brat. | will get out of here one day.
Maybe we will have a chance to meet again.
When that tcomes, | will definitely make you pay for what you've done to me,"
Frey said with a livid face.
As a premium-grade divine god, he was humiliated to be blackmailed by someone at the Divine Realm. There was no way that he
would ever let it go.
"Don't get your hopes up. | don't think you'll ever get out of the Evil Nest," Austin responded with a composed smile.
He then turned around and flew away.
Boom!
In the Evil Nest, the earth dragon suddenly exploded and turned into Earth Energy before disappearing to the ground.
Austin kept moving and never looked back.
"The Beheading Land!"
"The Corpse Gathering Area!"
"The Blood Pool!"
Austin ran into lands of death one after another.
Each of them frightened Austin to death.
Even premium-grade divine gods couldn't survive those places.
At the stime, Austin found a large number of divine gods that were trapped in each of those places.
Sof them were preliminary-grade divine gods, others were medium-grade divine gods, and there were even premium-grade
divine gods. They had been stuck there for a long time, and could not find a way out after so many years.
Countless of medium-grade divine gods and premium-grade divine gods even lost their lives there.
"The Fallen Divine Valley really does deserve its name.
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| didn't expect that lots of divine gods have died in this place,"
Austin said with a deep sigh.
"It seems that | will have to cross a great deal of lands of death to get around here. If | don't act with great caution, | will get
trapped.
It is really difficult to avoid all these places.
Only someone with great luck might get through all this,"
Austin murmured to himself.
"Luck... Hmm...
| got it. This test is about luck!
Only those blessed with luck can successfully avoid all the lands of death and pass the test!"
Austin shouted as soon as he figured out the test.
"Forget it. I'd better go back to the abyss and wait for Master Otis and the others.
If they manage to cross the wooden bridge and cto this area, they might be stuck in any of these lands of death. If that
happens, even | can't save them,"
Austin said to himself.
‘Fortunately, | can make my way through these dangerous places since | have studied the Earth Exploring Technique in the past, *
Austin secretly rejoiced.
At that moment, he couldn't help but feel lucky.
Then, he turned around and cback to the huge abyss.
However, there was no one there.
'It looks like Master Otis, Ingram, and the others haven't made it yet, ' Austin thought.
"Well, I'll wait for them here for a while."
He sat cross-legged beside the abyss.
"The only way for the Divine Blood Grass to grow up is to get nourished by the blood of four magic beasts—the blue dragon, the
white tiger, the vermilion bird, and the black tortoise,"
Austin said as he took out the Divine Blood Grass.
"After | eat it, the possibility of breaking through to the preliminary-grade divine god will increase up to sixty or seventy percent?
Huh!
This herb is amazing!"
Austin murmured to himself as he recalled what Frey told him.