Chapter 8, Tianchong Holy Palace

The gates of the Tianchong Holy Palace, if not counting the parts that are still buried in the sand, are more than four meters high, and there is no lock on the door. Hong Xiaozhong didn't want to rest, he quickly took out a bottle of water from his backpack, drank two sips and stuffed it back into his bag, and then couldn't wait to push the door. He called Huang Xiaoli, "Huang Xiaoli, come and help me push it down, I can't push it!" Huang Xiaoli hurriedly helped him push the door together, but the door didn't move at all. Lin Luxian and Lan Bingyun also stepped forward to help, and the four of them pushed together for a long time, but the gate of the Heavenly Chong Holy Palace was still silent!

Hong Xiaozhong speculated that the door must have been tied from the inside, so with the strength of the four of them, it would definitely not be able to push it!

Hong Xiaozhong looked at the window on the wall again, "It seems that we can only enter through the window!"

Lin Luxian looked at the window more than five meters high and asked Hong Xiaochong, "It's so high, how are you going to go up?" Hong Xiaozhong said proudly, "What is this height?" Huang Xiaoli, are you ready?"

Huang Xiaoli squatted under the window and said, "OK, come on!"

I saw Hong Xiaozhong run two steps, and then stepped on Huang Xiaoli's back and jumped a few meters high! Hong Xiaozhong's hand just climbed on the windowsill, and then he climbed onto the windowsill with both hands. Lin Luxian exclaimed, "Yo! You're good!" Hong Xiaozhong sat on the windowsill and said, "That's not it! Huang Xiaoli and I were both engaged in extreme sports before, what climbing, diving, parkour or something, we can do some!"

Hong Xiaozhong adjusted his posture, then turned around, hunched over, leaned against the wall with one hand, and pushed the window hard with the other hand, only to see some sand falling from the window, Hong Xiaochong said excitedly, "It seems that you can push! I'll try again!" After speaking, he pushed the window harder, and after the window made an old creak, it was pushed up a little bit inside. Hong Xiaozhong threw the flashlight up from Huang Xiaoli again, and then used the flashlight to jam the flower window that was pushed open.

Huang Xiaoli asked eagerly, "What's in here?"

"I can't see clearly, it's too dark inside!" replied Hong Xiaozhong as he took out the rope from his backpack

Hong Xiaozhong threw the rope down and asked Huang Xiaoli to hold on, he wanted to slowly slide in through the window along the rope, and then open the door for Lin Luxian and them from the inside. After seeing Huang Xiaoli grasping the rope, Lin Luxian and Lan Bingyun also ran over and tightened the rope together.

After Hong Xiaozhong landed smoothly on the ground, he took out his mobile phone, turned on the flashlight function, and then came behind the gate. I saw that the door was blocked horizontally by a thick wooden bolt, and it was inserted very firmly, no wonder the four of them couldn't push it open!

Hong Xiaozhong stood on tiptoe and stretched out his hand, barely reaching the wooden bolt. He held the mobile phone in his left hand, and pulled the wooden bolt with his right hand, trying to pull it out, but the wooden bolt was inserted so tightly that one hand couldn't pull it at all. So he put the phone in his pocket again and used his two hands to pull out the wooden bolt, and the wooden bolt was slowly being pulled out little by little. But at this moment, he felt a gust of wind passing behind him, he quickly turned around, took out his mobile phone to illuminate, but saw nothing... He thought to himself that this must be a delusion! He hurriedly shouted outside the door, "Wait a minute, everyone! The door will open soon!" In fact, he was emboldening himself! He continued to pull the bolt with both hands, but his heart became more and more anxious!

Fortunately, the wooden bolt was slowly pulled out, and Hong Xiaozhong quickly threw it on! shouted at the door, "Okay! Everyone push the door quickly!" Then, the door was pushed open from the outside little by little, and the light from the outside also shone in, and the yellow sand also poured in from his feet. Hong Xiaozhong finally breathed a sigh of relief, seeing Lin Luxian and the three of them, Hong Xiaozhong was like seeing a relative he hadn't seen for a long time, and the fear in his heart was swept away!

As the gate was completely pushed open, the dim Tianchong Holy Palace was illuminated by light, and the colorful murals on the walls were also revealed. But when he saw the situation inside, Hong Xiaozhong was disappointed again, it turned out that the Tianchong Holy Palace was empty, except for a lump of black things on the beam and a spider web in the corner of the wall, there was nothing inside! Huang Xiaoli was also disappointed and said, "Hey, there is nothing in the Chongsheng Palace this day! Hong Xiaozhong, it seems that we are late!"

Hong Xiaozhong still didn't give up, he didn't believe that there was nothing in the Tianchong Sacred Palace that he was looking for! After looking around, he walked around the wall again, and he didn't find any secret passages and secret doors.

But Lin Luxian found that a stone floor in the left corner of the wall was a little strange, it stands to reason that the stone slab in the corner of the wall should be the dirtiest, but this stone slab is different, this stone slab is much cleaner than the surrounding stone slabs, and the gap between it and the surrounding stone slabs is also relatively large. Lin Luxian knocked on the stone slab, as if it was hollow inside! So he hurriedly called everyone over.

Hong Xiaozhong carefully looked at the slate, "There must be something wrong with this slate!" Then he took out the fruit knife from his bag and prying it hard along the gap in the slate, and Huang Xiaoli also took out the fruit knife and followed.

But the two of them prying for a long time, until the two fruit knives were cryed up, and this slate was still not pried open in the slightest! Hong Xiaozhong stood up and said suspiciously, "It's strange, is it because we think too much?"

Huang Xiaoli threw down the fruit knife with the blade in his hand, put his feet together, and jumped the slate, "It seems that this slate is just ordinary... Before Huang Xiaoli could finish saying this, Huang Xiaoli only felt that his feet were sinking! The stone slab under his feet sank more than ten centimeters!

Before Huang Xiaoli could react, the entire palace began to tremble! The four of them were so frightened that they hurriedly retreated to the corner, and Huang Xiaoli also hurriedly jumped out of the stone slab.

Next, the whole palace not only shook slightly, but also began to sink rapidly! The four of them wanted to run out of the doorway, but it was too late!

When Hong Xiaozhong, who was running in the front, was still two or three meters away from the gate, a large amount of yellow sand began to pour in from outside the door! Hong Xiaozhong could only hurriedly retreat and dodge! After that, everyone could only watch the last ray of light also be buried by the yellow sand...

The sinking Tianchong Holy Palace fell into darkness, except for Lan Bingyun, the three men all took out their mobile phones to illuminate, Lin Luxian saw that the yellow sand was still pouring in from outside the door, he hurriedly pulled Lan Bingyun back, and then let Hong and Huang also retreat.

The four of them had retreated to the corner, but the yellow sand still did not stop, and the whole palace was like a power outage and an out-of-control elevator, which was sinking rapidly! Seeing the yellow sand constantly filling the entire palace, the four of them were both nervous and scared, Huang Xiaoli pinched his thighs hard, closed his eyes and muttered, "Wake up! Wake up! This is a dream!" Lin Luxian also panicked and said, "What should we do! We are about to be buried by the yellow sand!" Lan Bingyun hurriedly comforted him, "Don't panic, don't panic! Maybe this yellow sand will stop later... ”

But as the palace continued to sink, seeing that the yellow sand had already surged to the feet of the four of them, Lin Luxian hugged Lan Bingyun tightly and said, "I'm sorry, Bingyun, it seems that we can't become husband and wife!

Lan Bingyun didn't know how to speak for a while. And Hong Xiaochong and Huang Xiaoli next to him also hugged each other, Hong Xiaochong said regretfully, "Huang Xiaoli, it seems that we can only be brothers in the next life!"

After a few moments, the yellow sand had reached the waists of the four of them, and the four of them were holding each other in twos, and when they were closing their eyes and preparing to meet death, the yellow sand suddenly stopped flowing!

After about a minute, the palace slowly stopped sinking until it came to a complete stop. It seems that the Chongsheng Palace should have descended to the bottom on this day! And the gate of the palace actually revealed a faint light! The yellow sand piled up at the door was slowly leaking out of the door, and the light was becoming more and more abundant. Lin Luxian felt that the yellow sand buried in his waist had receded to his knees, he opened his eyes and saw that most of the yellow sand piled up in the palace had leaked from the door, and he shouted loudly in surprise, "Look, everyone, look!

Everyone was excited and happy, they stepped on the sand and slowly walked towards the palace gate.

When everyone came to the gate of the palace, they found that the gate of the palace was leading to a suspension bridge, which was very narrow, only about one meter wide. The drawbridge is built of iron chains and planks, and under two iron rusty chain handrails, a row of planks is laid. And under the suspension bridge, there is a foggy bottomless abyss! The other end of the suspension bridge is also shrouded in fog, and it is impossible to see the end... Lin Luxian and the four of them looked left and right and overhead, and saw that the sky above their heads was very low, and it seemed that they could touch the light blue moon at the top when they flew up to a height of several hundred meters in the sky! And under the light blue moonlight, they could see that the left and right sides of the Tianchong Holy Palace were dark, and this place was as silent as hell. And the cold air that came from all around made the four of them shiver with cold.

Lin Luxian saw the scene in front of him, and then looked at the suspension bridge in front of him, he shivered, and said, "This, this shouldn't be the legendary underworld, right? It's too cold... ”

Lan Bingyun also shivered with cold teeth, "Could it be that we, we are still... Is it dead ... ？”

Hong Xiaozhong pointed to their shadows in the moonlight and said, "We, we should still be alive, alive, right, you see, there is, there are shadows!"

Huang Xiaoli shivered while looking at the shadow on the ground and said, "Even if we are still alive, I feel like I am about to die of cold here... ”

Everyone hurriedly retreated to the Tianchong Holy Palace, stepped on the sand, huddled together and hurriedly rubbed their hands.

Lin Luxian asked Lan Bingyun, "Do you think we should stay here, or go to the other side of the suspension bridge?"

Lan Bingyun thought for a moment, and then said firmly, "Let's go to the suspension bridge, maybe there is someone we are looking for on the other side of the bridge!"

Lin Luxian asked Hong and Huang again, "What about you, do you want to stay, or do you want to move forward with us?" Hong Xiaozhong said, "We are all here, and we are friends of life and death! Of course I am willing to follow you, not to mention that you have saved us!"

Huang Xiaoli also said, "Yes, yes, this way, even if you die, it's not bad this time!"

Lu Xian suddenly remembered something, and asked Huang Xiaoli and Hong Xiaozhong, "Have you two ever had a dream? In the dream, there is a huge cylindrical tower, and the tower has thirteen floors... Huang Xiaoli and Hong Xiaozhong listened with a blank face, obviously, they hadn't had this dream...

After eating what little biscuits and bread were left, the four of them divided the last half of the bottle of water, and then prepared to set off on the suspension bridge ahead. Hong Xiaozhong volunteered to walk in the front, and every time he took a step, the suspension bridge shook and made a string of chirp~quack~ sounds, which made people's hearts hairy. But what they didn't know was that as soon as they stepped out of the Tianchong Holy Palace, the black thing lying on the beam of the Tianchong Holy Palace began to move, it first climbed down along the beam, and then along the wall, quietly following behind the four people. And at the beginning, this thing as black as carbon was lying motionless on the beam in the Tianchong Holy Palace, but it didn't attract the attention of Lin Luxian and the four of them...

Lin Luxian and the four of them were holding on to the iron chain at the moment, walking cautiously on the suspension bridge, they were afraid that they would fall into the abyss below if they took a wrong step. But not long after they walked on the suspension bridge, Lan Bingyun heard a voice behind them. In the silent environment, the ears of the Flower and Wood Spirit Clan were quite keen!Lan Bingyun turned his head and motioned for Lin Luxian behind him to slowly lower his head. Lin Luxian was stunned for a moment, and then he understood what Lan Bingyun meant, he slowly lowered his head, and turned his head to look behind him... Lan Bingyun and Lin Luxian saw at the same time that not far behind them, there was a pitch-black humanoid creature quietly following them!

This pitch-black humanoid creature was pitch black, and its body was as thin as a dried corpse!

Lan Bingyun shook off the whip on his right arm and slowly walked in front of Lin Luxian to protect Lin Luxian. And the black corpse also stopped motionless on the suspension bridge, confronting Lan Bingyun ten meters away.

Hong Xiaozhong noticed that Lin Luxian and Lan Bingyun were not following, he motioned to Huang Xiaoli behind him to get out of the way, and then slowly began to walk back softly, although Huang Xiaoli didn't understand, he still followed Hong Xiaochong back.

Hong Xiaozhong gently came behind Lan Bingyun and Lin Luxian, and then looked sideways, he was so frightened that he shouted, "Ghost!"

Huang Xiaoli, who was behind Hong Xiaozhong, also saw the black corpse on the suspension bridge, and he also screamed in fright, and the one under his feet did not stand firmly, so he grabbed the iron chain handrail and fell on the wooden board of the suspension bridge! The suspension bridge swayed violently in an instant! The black dried corpse on the suspension bridge immediately crawled under the wooden plank of the suspension bridge, crawled quickly and steadily on the back of the suspension bridge with his limbs, and quickly disappeared.

And due to the violent shaking of the suspension bridge, Lan Bingyun was so frightened that he immediately grabbed Lin Luxian, and Lin Luxian also tried his best to spread his feet and steady. Hong Xiaozhong held the chains on both sides of the suspension bridge with both hands. Huang Xiaoli, who was sitting on the ground, also lay down on his back, his hands tightly grasping the wooden board against his back. But fortunately, there was no danger, and no one fell off the suspension bridge. After the suspension bridge slowly stabilized, the hearts of the four people slowly settled down.

Huang Xiaoli sat up from the plank, slowly stood firm, and asked Lin Luxian and Lan Bingyun, "What was that just now? It's scary!" Lin Luxian and Lan Bingyun said they didn't know. Hong Xiaozhong looked at the wooden plank under his feet, and said with palpitations: "I saw that black thing just now crawling to the back of the plank!

Huang Xiaoli said to the other three, "We, do we want to keep going, what if that thing crawls out from under the bottom again... ”

Lan Bingyun was also a little hesitant, she didn't want to put others in danger together, but she couldn't stop looking for someone... After a fierce psychological struggle, she made a decision, "Let's go back first, it's too dangerous to move forward rashly like this!"

But Lin Luxian didn't think so. Coming all the way, Lin Luxian was also frightened all the way, and now he persuaded Lan Bingyun, "I think we can only move forward, if we retreat to the Tianchong Holy Palace, we have no food and water, and we can only wait for death, it is better to go forward with a fight against the water, maybe there will be a turnaround ahead?"

Lan Bingyun looked at Lin Luxian, there was something incredible in her eyes, she found that Lin Luxian in front of her had gradually changed, and he was no longer the little boy who was afraid to be protected.

Hong Xiaozhong also agreed, "Yes, what are you afraid of! We have come all the way with difficulty, can we give up on a suspension bridge?"

Subsequently, Hong Xiaozhong continued to take the lead and began to advance on the suspension bridge.

I don't know how long it took to walk, everyone walked slowly and quietly on the suspension bridge, for fear that the movement would be too loud and would attract the black corpse just now! Lin Luxian wanted to take out his mobile phone to check the time, but the mobile phone screen was flashing rapidly, and he couldn't see the time clearly, as if some strong magnetic field was interfering with the mobile phone. Lin Luxian could only roughly estimate in his heart that he might have been walking for more than an hour...

Just when Lin Luxian's heart was becoming more and more uneasy, Hong Xiaozhong, who was walking in the front, said, "I see the end ahead!"

Hearing Hong Xiaozhong say this, the other three immediately came to their senses, and their steps also accelerated.

In the mist, the other end of the suspension bridge appeared, Hong Xiaozhong took the lead in crossing the suspension bridge to the opposite bank, and he couldn't wait to pull the three people behind him one by one, because he was afraid that the black dried corpses under the suspension bridge would appear again.

Crossing the suspension bridge and walking on the ground, the feet of all four people were still shaking. There was also a thick fog ahead, with visibility of less than twenty meters, and after walking in the dense fog for less than half an hour, the four found that the dense fog in front of them had become lighter and lighter. Until the fog cleared and they saw clearly, they were now in a valley, about thirty or forty meters wide, and on the left and right sides were all undulating black mountains, these black mountains were not high, and the average height was about a hundred meters. There is not a single grass or tree on these mountains, but in the pale blue moonlight, they are more contoured.

Hong Xiaozhong, who was walking in the front, suddenly exclaimed! Everyone followed the prestige, and saw that not far in front, there was a young man in dark blue clothes sitting cross-legged, closing his eyes and recuperating, while the black dried corpse he had just seen on the suspension bridge was standing beside him.

The guy in dark blue opened his eyes, then stood up and said, "You can't go any further!"