CHAPTER 1260 THE YAMA'S PREFECTURE

"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 ConTEent bel0ngs to Nôv(e)lD/rama(.)Org .

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.

My eyes were ordinary of course, so one time I sprinkled some silvery powder on them and nearly

blinded myself. I was a really childish little one." Briggs Zhou smiled as the words reminded him of a

happier time in the past.

"Alas, if only his eyes weren't blind. I really want to see how the Eyes of Law look like," he said with a

sigh.

"I hope he can recover, too." Jenifer looked at the avatar and made a heavy and sad sigh.

Clang! Clang! Clang!

Suddenly, a bell rang three times in the prison.

"Oh no, that's not good." The boy's face went pale with fright.

"What's the matter?" Jenifer's heart skipped a beat.

"Oil is going to be poured down. Hurry up and find something to cover your body, or you'll be burnt,"

advised Briggs Zhou hurriedly.

Splash!

In the distance, the sound of heavy rain came, but when it rained down, it was sizzling with white

smoke.

"Jenifer, quick, use his body to protect you. He doesn't feel any pain anyway." Briggs Zhou already had

a pot-like thing ready and covered his head.

"No way!"

Instead of using the Rule Soul Avatar to cover her body, she did the opposite and shielded his body

from the oncoming burning oil.

Clatter rung out in the space

as burning oil dropped from the sky.

A nasty hiss could be heard with every drop.

"Argh!"

"It burns!"

"Help, someone please help!"

Howls of pain rose one after another around the prison.

The oil scorched Jenifer's body, but she bore the pain bravely and didn't make a sound.

"Jenifer, you don't have to do this. You've lost your god's power. You'll die if you do this."

The scene made Briggs Zhou's heart pang with pity for her.

Without saying a word, she protected the avatar. Gradually, the pain she felt disappeared, which was

the primary sign that all her muscles had already failed her.

"Why are you so stubborn?" Seeing this, Briggs Zhou could practically feel her pain all over his body,

and he felt so sorry for her.

The avatar just lay quietly under Jennifer. At the moment, his eyes were not only bleeding, but also

shimmering with tears.

"I can't stand this anymore." Briggs Zhou thought that he had already seen enough death, and this had

turned his heart cold. But seeing Jennifer risk her life to save a dying person made his heart twist.

"Catch!"

He quickly took out a transparent stone from his arms and threw it in Jenifer's direction.

He still felt a little regretful the moment he threw it out, but desperate times called for desperate

measures. He had a very bad feeling at the thought of what would happen on the eating day one month

later.

"I'm such an idiot," Briggs Zhou couldn't help scolding himself.

The transparent stone fell directly on her hand, but she didn't move an inch. She was on the verge of

death.

Witnessing the scene, Briggs Zhou felt that he could easily take back the Divine Essence Stone he had

thrown. After all, Jenifer hadn't refined it yet, let alone allow the Divine Essence Stone recognize her as

its master.