The pitch-black dome was dark, and everything around it smelled of death.

As the former "Asgard of the Gods", this was once the most majestic and magnificent place in Norse mythology, the prestigious "Valhalla" is located here, the samurai in the temple are trained hard under the leadership of the god of thunder during the day, sweating like rain, and at night in the temple laughing and singing and dancing, the heroic Valkyrie with their soft singing and graceful dancing for the warriors to brush away the day's fatigue......

But now, none of that exists.

After dusk, the gods are silent, and all that remains here and here is death.

Cold, dead, endless and creepy, this is Yang Jian's first impression of this place.

At the same time, Yang Jian also felt that although this place had been abandoned for many years, some of the prohibitions here had not only not been weakened, but had become more and more powerful under the operation of some people with "ulterior motives". Not to mention anything else, Yang Jian himself had already clearly felt that after stepping into this divine domain, his strength was just the genuine "Da Luo Golden Immortal Peak", and the surging immortal power that could be suppressed at any time and could break through to the saint realm at any time before had disappeared.

But that's fine, in this way, Yang Jian can let go of his hands and feet, and he doesn't have to worry about the threat of another breakthrough at any time. Anyway, this place was originally a divine domain, and even if it experienced the "Dusk Tribulation", it would definitely not be as fragile as the mortal realm, and it would not be able to withstand the toss of the power above the Golden Immortal (god) level.

To become a saint is to be "one with the Tao", that is to say, the saint will be assimilated by the Tao and consciously become the guardian of the "Tao". To a certain extent, when a living being becomes a saint, a living being with independent self-consciousness disappears and is replaced by an embodiment of the Tao.

Although in the eyes of many people, returning to the road is the right way to return to the roots and returning to the basics, and regard it as the destination of their monastic career and their lifelong wish. But in Yang Jian's view, Yang Jian is Yang Jian, an independent body with flesh and blood, flaws but personality, giving up his "flaws" to become one of the many incarnations of the "perfect Tao", which Yang Jian, a person who hates "constraints", cannot understand and never wants to understand.

In this regard, he is very similar to Sun Wukong.

"Oh, what kind of smell is this, it's so bad, it's suffocating!"

Hearing this familiar male duck voice, Yang Jian couldn't help laughing, it was really Cao Cao Cao who arrived.

Behind Yang Jian, in the flash of brilliance, Sun Wukong, Qin Yingwu, and Li Juntian appeared almost at the same time. However, just after Li Jun fell to the ground, there was a noticeable stagnation in the teleportation brilliance at the entrance of the barrier, and Athena was late when Apollo stepped on the cracked floor and instinctively bent his bow and arrows to quickly sweep through several possible ambush points.

In this regard, Yang Jian and the three of them all kept silent - Sun Wukong, who represents Buddhism and has the most out-of-the-box personality, did not make any noise at this time.

"Ladies and gentlemen......"

Yang Jian's voice was not loud, but it clearly spread to every corner of the Divine Domain.

"Although this place has been closed for many years, it is not the first time that you have come here, not to mention that you have visited Asgard several times as a special envoy......

Speaking of this, Yang Jian suddenly felt in a trance, because he suddenly thought that every time he visited a certain force as an envoy, it must be the time when the contradiction between Heavenly Court and this force reached its peak...... It seems that this uncle of mine is still trying his best to kill himself.

The trance didn't last long, after all, now is not the time to sigh about this, at the moment, Yang Jian coughed lightly to hide his gaffe, and continued: "I think everyone should know that in the era when the Nordic gods were not destroyed, there were three gates in front, a black iron gate, a golden golden door, and between the two gates, there was a wooden door carved from the branches of the world tree. ”

"Apparently so, Your Highness. Athena nodded in agreement.

"If I'm not mistaken, the thing that haunts His Majesty Zeus, the revered god-king, is it stored behind that golden gate?"

"Yes. Athena continued to echo, but thinking of the greed and ugliness that her father was the god of the gods at the imperial meeting that day, but in front of Yang Jian and other outsiders, Athena was really ...... I can't help but want to roll my eyes.

Fortunately, Athena still has to maintain her image after all, but in this way, her tone is more or less unfriendly.

However, Yang Jian obviously saw through Athena's careful thinking, so he didn't care about anything.

"Smack!"

At this time, a loud snap of fingers attracted everyone's attention.

"What's inside," Sun Wukong said, "The things in the iron gate, the old men have a little need." ”

"Rest assured. Facing Sun Wukong, Yang Jian's attitude was much more casual, "Although you didn't come before, we arranged it for you when we had a meeting before, so we don't need you to come here to emphasize." ”

"Don't worry," Athena smiled, "we're only interested in the Golden Gate, and we don't take anything else!"

"Oh, that's a good feeling. Sun Wukong smiled "hehe", his honest laughter was matched with his immature face, that is really, in Yang Jian's words, it is really condescending not to do sales......

"Ahem!" Yang Jian cleared his throat again, "Since there is no problem, then everyone will split up and ......"

"Go!" A golden light appeared, but it was Sun Wukong who took the lead and rushed towards the iron gate.

"This guy. This time, Yang Jian was finally speechless.

At this side, Athena also said goodbye to Yang Jian with a smile, and embarked on the road to Kinmen with Apollo.

Yang Jian sighed, turned his head to Li Juntian and said, "You better go and watch him, don't stab Lou Zi again when the time comes." ”

Although she didn't say it explicitly, how could she not guess with Li Jun's intelligence, and at that moment she also drove a ray of light towards the iron gate.

After arranging everything, Yang Jian turned his head to look at his apprentice.

"Dry ...... What are you doing?" Qin Yingwu was startled, I don't know if it was an illusion, Qin Yingwu actually saw a trace of murderous aura in the eyes of his master.

Hey, I'll go, it can't be that you just ate a deflated and want to abuse me to get back to the field, right?

Qin Yingwu was beating the drum in his heart at this moment, and sure enough, after hearing Yang Jian's arrangement clearly, Qin Yingwu couldn't help but grab the ground with his head and look up to the sky and cry out:

"Isn't it, ahh

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Exegesis:

Note (1): Valhalla: Valhalla, also known as Valhalla. Legend has it that Asgard was divided into twelve or more realms, and Odin had three palaces in Asgard, one of which was located in the woods of Glasir, called Valhalla, with five hundred and forty gates, each wide enough for eight hundred warriors to enter and exit side by side. Above the main entrance there is a boar's head and an eagle. The eagle's sharp eyes can see all sides of the world. The walls of the palace are lined with polished spears, so that they shine brightly, and the roof of the palace is paved with golden shields. The seats in the palace were covered with fine armor, a gift from Odin to his guests.

Valhalla is not only Odin's palace, but also the residence of heroes who have died on earth. All the warriors who died in battle, the so-called Einheriar, who were valued by Odin, were allowed to enter this palace as guests.

The Valkyrie warrior (Enheria), who was brought to Valhalla by the Valkyries, was first welcomed in the palace by Odin's two sons, and then brought to Odin's throne to receive his rewards. If the warriors of the gods usually arrived, Odin would also stand up to greet him as a special courtesy.

Note (2): Valkyrie: Valkyrie, the Grim Reaper who guides the Heroic Spirits. The handmaidens of the mythical Odin are also known as the "Heroic Soul Seekers". They rode horses and toured with the "wild hunt" ghosts, or flew into swans to collect fallen warriors for the halls of Valhalla. Literally translated as "the woman who chooses the dead", aka "Valkyrie".

Valkyrie is the goddess of fertility and fate in the general sense of Norse mythology. Images such as midwives and deified women, as well as men's female patrons, appear in their dreams the images of those who are protected.

In the myths and legends of the Germanic peoples, who also believed in Odin, the Valkyries were the girl warriors who wore shining armor and rode horses through the sky.