Chapter 252: Zhantian Palace
After the Xuantian competition, the Shangguan family arranged for the people of the Eighteen Villages of the Four Kingdoms to rest for three days, and in the early morning of the fourth day, the city gate was opened, and the five elders personally led them into the legendary divine domain - Zhantian Palace. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
Zhantian Palace occupies five major peaks - Jinse Peak in the East, Canglan Peak in the West, Mochen Peak in the North, Guiming Peak in the South, and Lingxiao Peak in the Center. The five peaks are connected by a suspension bridge, and the people of Zhantian Palace live under the mountain, and the five most important palaces of Zhantian Palace live on the mountain. Facing the gate of Xuantian City is the North Peak Mochen Peak, where the four halls, the fifth department and the Council of Elders of Zhantian Palace are among them, and it is the administrative organ of the entire Zhantian Palace. The south peak opposite the north peak is the location of the Youmyeongdong Mansion. There is not only one Youming Cave Mansion, there are many large and small caves hidden on Guiming Peak, all of which are called Youming Cave Mansion. And the cave house that the Eighteen Villages of the Four Kingdoms is about to enter is the largest of them, and it will only be opened once in 30 years. Youming Cave Mansion is not a simple cave, each cave house hides a small world, there are mountains, rivers, sun and moon, heaven, earth and stars, and even strange small animals live in it, but they can't come out of the cave. And humans, who are alien creatures to the cave, cannot live in the cave for long.
These two peaks are actually more external, and the remaining three peaks are the real center of Zhantian Palace. The two halls of Zhantian Palace, Jinfeng Hall and Cangling Hall are located in the east peak Jinse Peak and the west peak Canglan Peak respectively. The highest of the five peaks is the middle peak of the sky. The height of the platform is not high, and you can only see the part under the clouds and mist, and no one can see it if you go further up. Legend has it that the real Zhantian Palace is located on the top of the Lingxiao Terrace, and no one has really reached the Lingxiao Terrace, so the people of the Eighteen Villages of the Four Kingdoms will doubt whether the Zhantian Palace really exists.
Zhantian Palace, a name that has always existed in mythology, has traces of it at the beginning of the existence of the Zhantian Continent, some people say that it is the palace of the gods, and some people say that it is above the sky, overlooking the entire continent.
The owner of this palace, the palace master of Zhantian Palace, is even more unreachable. The only thing people know about him is that his name is Helan.
This time, the people from the Eighteen Villages of the Four Kingdoms entered the area of the Zhantian Palace, and as usual, they still failed to meet the Lord of the Zhantian Palace. They were only allowed to pass through the towns below the mountain to Guiming Peak.
However, this time, before heading to Guiming Peak, the Council of Elders still had one more thing to complete.
Except for a very small number of people who were lucky enough to visit the Zhantian Palace thirty years ago, most of the 2,000 people in the eighteen villages of the four countries saw this fairyland-like place for the first time.
The five peaks of Zhantian Palace are very peculiar, one peak has four seasons, look at the mountain peaks in some places where the spring flowers bloom, some places are still snow-capped; some places are verdant in summer, and some places have been red maple to welcome autumn.
The sky of Zhantian Palace is very high, but the perennial clouds and mist are shrouded, sometimes there will be fog drifting by at the foot of the mountain, the beautiful mountains are covered by the clouds and mist, sometimes clear, sometimes hazy, suddenly far and near looming, the mountains and rivers are beautiful, and even the breathing is smooth. Everyone was thinking that if they could live here forever, they would be willing to die.
But at this moment of peace, the presbytery suddenly became troubled.
The fourth elder, Shangguan Ke, and the fifth elder, Shangguan Yue, stood up, and behind them, ten young men carried a half-human tall bucket with a diameter of five meters, and the bucket contained a transparent liquid. The young man placed the bucket in front of the two elders and withdrew.
The four elders stood on the high platform and gave orders, "Now, please come to the front of the person who has obtained the qualification card. β
For a while, the figures were staggered, and more than a thousand people walked out of the line and stood in front.
The fourth elder looked at the more than 1,000 people in front of him, and spoke again, "I think everyone already knows that this Xuantian Competition, my Zhantian Palace, is extraordinarily gracious and has placed three hundred qualification cards in Molin Mountain, not the one hundred mentioned before. That is to say, the number of places that can enter the Youming Cave Mansion this time has been twice as high as before, but you are still insatiable and not satisfied, and you have come up with a way to get a tattoo, intending to fool up and get by! Now give you one last chance, the cheaters will return to the team, and Zhantian Palace will not be guilty of the past, if you still insist on your deception, then Zhantian Palace will give a severe punishment - you will be thrown out of Zhantian Palace immediately, thrown out of the Nine Cities, and leave a mark in your body, and you will not be able to enter the Nine Cities again within three generations! Let's start deciding!"
After the serious four elders said something, many people blushed, some looked at each other and retreated into the team, while some felt that this was just a bluff on the part of the Shangguan family, they thought that the image of their tattoos was realistic and would not be recognized at all, so they wanted to gamble and stayed in front. In the end, there were probably more than 500 people left.
The Fifth Elder nodded, he looked much kinder than the unsmiling Fourth Elder, "Then now please line up in a group of thirty people, step forward at a time, soak your arms in the bucket, and make sure that the water in the bucket is completely covered by the tattoo on the inside of your wrist." β
The crowd didn't understand what they were going to do, but they obediently lined up and went to the bucket to submerge their arms at one time, and when the first group took their arms out of the water, everything was revealed. A few people looked at their wrists, "Hey, where's my qualification card?"
"Mine is gone!"
"Elder, mine is real! I did find the qualification card! I didn't cheat!" they defended themselves urgently.
The Fifth Elder smiled, "Please come over here." β
Forty-three of the thirty had their wrist tattoos gone, but seven others still had their wrist tattoos on them, no change at all, and their faces didn't look very good.
The four elders looked at them coldly, "Since you like this tattoo so much, then they will always be engraved on your arms, and your children and grandchildren will also have this tattoo, it will always remind you of what you have done!" You will never again be able to set foot in the Cham Tian Palace and the Nine Cities, and your descendants will forever lose the opportunity to get close to the gods because of your greed and deceit. β
Seeing these seven people being ruthlessly taken away, those who had tattooed fake qualification cards began to be timid, they wanted to retreat to the team, but unfortunately the Elders only gave them one chance, since they had made a choice just now, then they had to bear no matter what the outcome was, this is their responsibility, will the elders give them another chance! Hundreds of soldiers in armor ran to them with small wooden barrels and forcibly pressed their arms into the water of the wooden barrels- Those whose imprints disappeared were respectfully invited to the front, and those whose tattoos could not be washed were ruthlessly dragged out of Zhantian Palace.
However, in the time of a stick of incense, there were only 278 people left from more than 500 people, and those who wanted to make up for it with fake tattoos were mercilessly pulled out by the Presbyterian Council.
Some people were not convinced, "Some of them didn't find their own cards, but bought them from other people! Why don't you catch them too?"
The four elders didn't bother to talk to them at all, and waved their hands for the five elders to explain. "Zhantian Palace has never stipulated that a person can only take one qualification card, if you have the ability, it is okay to take the qualification card of the entire Morin Mountain. As for whether you give it away, sell it, or simply destroy it after you take it, Zhantian Palace will not interfere. It is also his ability that others can use money to buy qualification cards, and it is his due luck, which is different from the fraudulent behavior of tattooing fake tattoos on his wrists!"
While they were sorting out the qualification cards, the Great Elder and the Second Elder were not idle. The two of them personally unfolded a huge drape and spread it on the ground, carefully smoothing out every wrinkle. When the curtain was fully unfolded, everyone could see that this curtain was actually a huge magic array.
The Great Elder asked those who really had the qualification card to stand on the magic array, and when Yun Mo passed by him, Shangguan Huo grabbed him, and Yun Mo stopped in confusion. The Great Elder smiled at him, "Holy Lord, please wait for a while, and then go up the last one?"
"Why, is there anything wrong with my lord?" Without waiting for Yun Mo to raise an objection, Di Ting and a few people frowned first, and they simply didn't go up and stayed by Yun Mo's side.
Shangguan Huo stroked his beard and explained to them, "A few people don't be impatient, it's not that the old man doesn't mean that there is anything wrong with the Holy Prince, it's just that the activation of this formation still needs a small favor from the Holy Prince." β
This statement can be accepted by them for the time being, and their faces are finally better. On the contrary, Yun Mo looked pampered and unfazed from beginning to end, and he asked kindly, "I don't know what the Great Elder needs this king to do?"
Shangguan Huo shook his head, "Holy Lord, you don't have to do anything, because the key to activate the formation is on your body. As he said this, the Great Elder's eyes unconsciously glanced at the white jade kitten hanging from Yun Mo's waist, "As soon as you step on the formation diagram, it will automatically activate." Therefore, the old man hoped that the Holy Lord would be the last to enter the formation. β
Yun Mo was relieved, it seemed that most of this formation was related to the little boy. He nodded, and asked Di Ting to go up first, while he stood beside the Great Elder and waited quietly.
The Great Elder took the opportunity to take a closer look at Yun Mo. This person's facial features are Zhouzheng, and the righteousness between his eyebrows is awe-inspiring, but he is not like the kind of green forest righteous man with thick eyebrows and big eyes, his eyebrows and eyes are much gentler, and at first glance, most people would not have thought that he would be an undefeated god of war who kills the world, but it is very in line with his noble status as a prince, but if you look at it a few more times, you will surrender to his feet from the bottom of your heart. With such a person, it's no wonder that the little boy will miss him.
Yun Mo turned around and smiled at the Great Elder, "Elder, are you satisfied with it?"
Shangguan Huo stroked his beard and nodded, "Satisfied, the old man finally knows where my stupid grandson lost!" "If someone falls in love with you, it is not for you to cater to her preferences, then you will always be just an illusion, and she will never fall in love with you." Only when she can look up to you can this feeling turn into admiration and love.
Yun Mo didn't understand the Great Elder's words too well, "Elder, what are you talking about?"
The Great Elder shook his head slightly, "Holy Lord, you still have a long way to go in the future! I don't know how many rivals in love are waiting for you along the way! However, you have one of the most important magic weapons, but you must hold it firmly in your hands, don't let people take advantage of the loophole and take it away, then you will regret it and you will not regret selling the medicine." β
Yun Mo felt that the Great Elder's words were becoming more and more incomprehensible, and he was about to ask in detail, but he saw the Great Elder pat him on the shoulder, "Okay, Holy Lord, now it's up to you." β
Yun Mo walked up to the formation map, and suddenly felt a strong wind sweeping in, blowing so that everyone couldn't break their eyes. When the wind stopped, everyone opened their eyes and saw that all the people on the formation map were gone, leaving only a piece of drape still flat on the ground. Someone in the crowd exclaimed, "Where are they?"
Several elders quieted everyone down, "They have already arrived at the Youming Cave Mansion, and we are the only ones on the next road!"
Let's say that Yun Mo and the others were almost unstable under the attack of the strong wind, and they all lay on the ground trying to avoid the storm. After a few moments, the storm finally passed. They got up from the ground, but found that they were no longer in Mochen Peak, everything was different, except for the huge curtain under their feet, the surrounding scene was completely different.
"Where is this?" people looked around.
At this moment, a voice sounded from behind them, "This is the Youmyeongdong Mansion." β
Everyone subconsciously turned their heads, only to see Shangguan Dianyu standing in front of a huge cave entrance looking at them with a smile, "You are the ones who have really obtained the qualification card." And this is where the Nether Trials begin. β
Everyone couldn't believe it, didn't they say that there were still ten days left to reach Guiming Peak from Mochen Peak? Why did they arrive so quickly? They didn't prepare anything! "Didn't you tell us to go in now and let us die?"
"You can also choose not to go in!" If he could, he really didn't want to come here to deal with these mortals who didn't know anything!" Zhantian Palace doesn't ask you to go in!"
"Hua Xi, don't be like this!" Shangguan Dianyu scolded him, but he didn't hear much dissatisfaction in his tone, he and Ye Huaxi never thought too differently, "Everyone, in this Youming Cave Mansion, the scenery is beautiful and the fruits are abundant, if you want everything, you won't be hungry." And it's so dangerous that even if you think you're prepared, it's useless. When you enter the Youming Cave Mansion, you can only rely on your life. β
Shangguan Dianyu raised his arm and pointed to his wrist and said, "Your qualification tattoo has been removed, but a number has appeared in the place where the qualification tattoo has appearedβthirty. β
Everyone turned their wrists and took a look, and it was really a little. "This is your countdown. This means that you can only stay in the Youming Cave Mansion for thirty days, and if you do more, you will already reach the limit of the Youming Cave Mansion, and it will see you as a foreign invader and strangle you, so remember, you must leave the cave within thirty days!"