Purgatory Artist-Chapter 408: The Secret Teller

Liu Ping sat on a chair in front of the bar counter, holding a transparent crystal cup in his hand.

The cup was filled with amber-colored liquid, emitting mottled light and shadows under the dim sunlight outside the window.

The baby girl had just showered and put on talcum powder. After drinking milk, she smiled in satisfaction and rested her head on his lap.

Liu Ping took a sip of the wine and nodded. "The wine is not bad."

The bartender, who had been waiting with bated breath, smiled. "This is the best human wine we can find. It's good that you like it, Brother Liu."

Liu Ping smacked his lips and said, "1,700 years old, supreme-grade cultivation-type spirit fruit wine, 321 ingredients. Thank you."

Clang.

A gold coin landed on the bar counter and jumped twice. The bartender pressed it down with both hands and carefully kept it.

Two beautiful girls carried a basket and walked to Liu Ping. They bowed and shouted sweetly.

"Brother Liu, look."

Liu Ping looked into the basket and saw that it was filled with soft diapers.

"It must have been hard for you to learn needlework. Not bad, these should be enough. Go and have some tea, my treat."

Liu Ping grabbed a handful of gems and stuffed them into the hands of the two beautiful girls.

The two girls giggled. "Thank you, Brother Liu."

At this moment, the door of the bar opened.

A thin man walked in.

Everyone stared at him.

Liu Ping gestured to the two girls. After they left, he sized up the man and said, "You're finally here."

"I can't not come." The man said.

He had an unkempt beard, and he looked tired. He looked a little disheveled and unkempt.

Above his head, a line of small words floated.

"Nightmare Stopper, fifth person."

This was the last stopper.

However, he did not complete his mission because Liu Ping had already obtained milk powder and diapers.

If there was any hope for him —

Liu Ping recalled carefully and said, "Yes, my wish for the Box of Nightmares was milk powder, diapers, and milk bottles."

He had milk powder.

The diapers were replaced with better diapers.

There was still milk bottles left.

The man walked to the bar counter step by step. He was seven or eight seats away from Liu Ping and placed a milk bottle on the bar counter.

It was a rainbow-colored Milk Bottle. As soon as it was taken out, a faint rainbow-colored light appeared around the bottle.

"It's made from fifteen types of transparent ores. It has three functions: heat preservation, cooling, and automatic cleaning. It's the strongest Milk Bottle that I can make."

The man said.

"What do you want?" Liu Ping asked.

The man pushed the milk bottle forward.

The milk bottle slid down the long bar counter and landed in front of Liu Ping.

"I want you to let me live," the man said.

Liu Ping picked up the Milk Bottle and looked at it. Then, he read the description of the item that appeared in the void and said with satisfaction, "You put a lot of effort into making this Milk Bottle. Forget it, you can go."

The man sat there without moving.

"Anything else?" Liu Ping asked.

"Actually, the rules of the battle are like this: If we win, we'll obtain the identity of a living person, but if we lose, we'll turn back into a skull and become a source of nutrients for the Nightmare Underground Palace," the man explained.

"In other words, you can't leave?" Liu Ping asked.

"Yes, the only way to escape is to be taken in as your slave when you win this battle — — the Nightmare Underground Palace recognizes this method," the man said.

Liu Ping sized him up and said, "I don't take in subordinates easily."

The man hurriedly said, "I know some secrets. If you're willing to take me in as your subordinate and help me escape from the torture of the underground palace, I'm willing to tell you everything I know."

Liu Ping fell silent.

The man said, "Actually, what I'm really good at is making items and not fighting head-on. So, relying on my own strength, I can't survive in the underground palace. If you're willing to take me in, I can make a lot of things for you."

Liu Ping thought about it and knocked on the bar counter.

Everyone in the bar stood up and walked out.

The bartender wiped the table clean and served Liu Ping another glass of wine. He was the last to leave the bar and stood guard outside.

"What secrets do you have? Tell me," Liu Ping said.

"You want to hear the secrets now? That's actually very dangerous. You might not be able to bear the risks of some secrets if I tell you. "The man said.

"Tell me, it's fine." Liu Ping smiled.

The man took a deep breath and said in a low voice, "Maybe you don't know how you entered this place."

Liu Ping looked at him and waited for him to continue.

The man seemed to have thought of something, and a look of fear flashed across his face. He said nervously, "Are you like me? When the world was destroyed, you had already created the 'Noah' -class Void Divine Boat, but at the last moment, you discovered that everything was gone, and you appeared in this underground palace?"

"Go on." Liu Ping said.

The man raised his hand and showed it to Liu Ping.

His hand quickly turned into a pale white monstrous hand with over a dozen slender fingers.

"We've all been nightmarishly transformed ... because of that, we've obtained great power. But the reason for this power's existence is to allow us to fight even more fiercely."

"— — The underground palace has endless ways for us to fight!"

The man said with a face full of despair.

"You suspect that this is a place to raise venomous insects?" Liu Ping asked.

"What's a place to raise venomous insects?" The man was confused.

"It's a place similar to a deathmatch arena." Liu Ping said.

"That's right" the man nervously looked around, then lowered his voice and quickly explained: "The master of this underground palace had destroyed countless worlds, then picked out suitable living beings from those worlds and placed them here, turning them into nightmares and watching them slaughter one another."

"How many worlds are there here?" Liu Ping suddenly asked.

"Seven! Seven Nightmare Worlds! "The man said.

Liu Ping silently nodded.

This was the same as what Baina Blade said.

Seems like this person has found some truth.

Liu Ping said, "Since there are seven Nightmare Worlds, there must be some especially powerful beings that can control the entire world."

"It's completely useless. The underground palace will always find a way — — it has endless ways to force everyone to fight." The man clenched his fist and repeated.

Liu Ping waited for him to calm down a bit before speaking gently.

"Then what do you plan to do after following me?"

The man became spirited and said, "Since I'm going to be your servant, I'll tell you — —"

"Listen carefully, I've never told this secret."

"I've already found the weak point of the underground palace, it's at the center of the last underground palace. We only need to find a few more materials to create a piece of equipment that can dig through the underground palace and escape from here."

As soon as he said that.

The void of space behind the man suddenly opened.

A long, sharp tentacle reached out and pierced into the man's back with its sharp tip.

"Ah ... ah ..."

The man's eyes opened wide as he coughed up blood.

He reached out his hand, wanting to grab Liu Ping.

"Save — —"

As soon as he said that, his flesh and blood disappeared, leaving only a skeleton behind.

The sound of liquid flowing could be heard from the tentacle.

A cold voice came from mid-air:

"Discovered the destroyer of the underground palace's rules."

"Carrying out targeted elimination."

"To protect the secret of the underground palace, further erasing the listeners of this secret — —"

The tentacle pointed at Liu Ping.

At that moment, the Warden Blade at Liu Ping's waist shook.

Lines of burning text appeared in the void of space:

[The Warden Blade's ability, 'Silence', has been activated]

[With this ability to protect yourself, you can hear all secrets without fear]

The tentacle remained motionless in mid-air.

After a while.

The cold voice came again:

"No listeners of this secret have been discovered."

"Elimination operation ended."

The tentacle slowly retracted and disappeared into the void of space.

The bar fell silent.

In front of the bar.

The skeleton was still sitting on a chair not too far away from Liu Ping.

Its pale skeletal arm was still raised in mid-air, its mouth opened wide as if it was silently roaring.

Liu Ping sighed and muttered: "What kind of Sequence is this ..."

The baby girl seemed to have sensed something and turned around on his lap. She pouted and started sobbing.

Liu Ping hugged the baby girl and coaxed her.

Once the baby girl fell into a peaceful dream again, he stood up and walked out of the bar.