Nobilis of War novel Chapter 1260

"What else could be more important than my own life? I can't protect anyone aside from myself. That's why I can't make any promises to you." The child adamantly refused. He apparently didn't think very highly of the divine weapon or the cultivation methods.

Now that the child really couldn't agree, Jenifer decided to just give up on the idea completely.

"I respect your decision." She then went on, "But I do have some questions for you. Could you answer them for me?"

"No problem. You can ask me anything. I'll tell you everything I know."

"Okay." Jenifer nodded and cleared her throat before asking, "What is this place? I can't say I believe in the underworld. Moreover, why did these people come here?"

"Ha-ha! You have sharp eyes." The boy chuckled and said, "The Primitive Wilderness is full of gods. It's true that there is no such thing as an underworld.

Plus, we're all living creatures here. Have you ever heard of the nine regions and the ten prefectures?"

"Of course I have. Who hasn't?"

"Well, this place is called the Yama's Prefecture, and its ruler is called Yama. In fact, Yama is actually also a human being. Rumor has it, he firmly believes in the existence of the netherworld, so he built this place to recreate it," the child explained.

Hearing this, Jenifer furrowed her brows in confusion and said, "As far as I know, there isn't a Yama's Prefecture within the nine regions and ten prefectures."

She had lived in the abyss for so many years already. Jenifer knew the names of the nine regions and the ten prefectures like the back of her hand, but she'd never heard of Yama's Prefecture. Moreover, the nine regions and ten prefectures were on the land of the Primitive Wilderness. How could they appear in the abyss?

"One thing you don't know is that the nine regions and ten prefectures have never been fixed since ancient times. They are constantly changing. This Yama's Prefecture was a powerful force in the ancient times, but it was later replaced by a new and more powerful force. They were then expelled from the land of the Primitive Wilderness to the abyss, so most people had no knowledge of the Yama's Prefecture.

They were once a force to be reckoned with," the boy said.

After hearing this, Jenifer nodded in understanding. She could feel this explanation was legitimate.

"Wow, you're such a smart boy. You sure know a lot." Impressed with his knowledge, she began to look at the boy with high regard.

"Of course. When my grandfather was alive, he was called 'omniscience.' He shared many secret tales with me," the boy announced proudly.

"But you haven't told me why you and these people were caught and sent here," Jenifer continued.

"You see, I don't really know why either. I just passed by the seaside and I was suddenly captured by a group of spooky looking guys. But based on my experience in the past few years, they probably want to collect everyone's soul power, but I have no idea what they plan to use it for," he answered solemnly.

Jenifer nodded her head as she pondered on what the boy told her. As it turned out, the so-called underworld was a force from the Primitive Wilderness. The reason why they captured these people was that they wanted to gather their power in order to rise again and escape the abyss.

After a moment of silence, she asked, "What's your name?"

"Briggs Zhou."

"My name is Jenifer Liu. This is my friend, Darren Chu." She pointed towards the Rule Soul Avatar.

After talking with Jenifer for a while, the boy was washed over with relief.

"Jenifer, why did you bring this living corpse with you? How did he get hurt?" Detecting the weak aura from the Rule Soul Avatar, Briggs Zhou asked with puzzlement.

"Don't talk nonsense, now. I'm sure he'll recover soon. He's very much alive and far from a living corpse." The boy's question riled Jenifer up.

"Even if he is blind right now, he shouldn't have been hurt that badly." Since Jenifer didn't answer the reason why the avatar was injured, Briggs Zhou checked it out on his own and found that there was nothing unusual save for the avatar's bleeding eyes.

"You don't get it. His eyes are a rare pair of silvery eyes. They were very badly injured and he passed out," explained Jenifer.

"Silvery eyes!"

Briggs Zhou exclaimed in surprise.

"Really? Could it be that silvery eyes really exist in this world?" He spoke in pure shock and excitement.

"What? You know about that too?" Jenifer glanced questioningly at Briggs Zhou.

"Of course. My grandpa once told me about a supreme god. His greatest advantage was his pair of dazzling silvery eyes. I was still quite young at that time. After I heard the tale, I went to the mirror every day, hoping that my eyes would become silvery as well.