Volume 3 Snow Mountain Ice Palace Chapter 266 Ice Palace Underground Palace

The palace was huge, more than 200 square meters.

But the strange thing is that there is not a single pillar in the palace, and the beams and straight beams at the top of the palace are all directly on the surrounding walls.

And not only did there not even a palace door on the wall, but the walls were not right angles to each other, but two acute angles and two obtuse angles.

In other words, the shape of the palace is not a regular quadrangular shape, but a diamond, or olive.

And on this olive-shaped ground, just between two acute angles, a crack in the earth felt like it had been cracked by an earthquake.

In the widest part of the crevice, it is enough to hang an adult down, but a body as large as a snowman can never enter from it.

"Not only is there no palace gate, but the shape of the whole house is too strange!" Ding Lingling said as she turned her body to look around, "If this is really Wang Jiutang's design, then why did he design such a strange-looking palace?"

No one answered her, and everyone's hearts were full of doubts.

Chen Xiaopang thought about it for a long time and said: "I estimate that when Wang Jiutang designed this palace, he had to conform to the terrain of the mountain, and second, he had to take into account the strong wind on the mountain. The narrow direction of this house should often blow the mountain wind, and the olive shape like this will be very little affected by the wind! Besides, this is the Snow God Palace after all, and the more strange and different it is, the more it will make people feel that it is really a fairy palace!"

Chen Xiaopang's explanation, the more people think about it, the more they feel that it makes sense.

However, Chu Mingyu still had doubts and said, "Even if Brother Xiaopang is reasonable, but ...... Besides, how delicate and complicated is the crystal palace I saw in Wang Jiutang's tomb before, even if the reality is a little simpler, it won't be as simple as such a palace, right?"

"There may be other palaces, but ...... There is no obvious palace gate connected, but what kind of mechanism is there?" said Senior Sister Yu.

"If there is a mechanism connected, I'm afraid it will also be frozen, right?" Chu Mingyu then questioned, "But you see, these four walls, including the beams on the roof, are all wrapped in a layer of ice, even if there is a mechanism, it can't be used......, right?" Where did the costume warrior and the snowman who captured the red apricot go?"

Chu Mingyu's question, Bai Yang has actually been thinking about it for a long time.

However, he didn't answer immediately, but took out the yin and yang compass from his backpack, held it in both hands and walked back and forth on the olive-shaped ground twice, and then said: "I think the crystal palace in Wang Jiutang's tomb corresponds not to the palace in front of you, but underground!"

As he spoke, he gestured towards the crack in the ground.

Seeing that the others were still puzzled, he continued: "According to the Yin-Yang Compass, there must be a cave down there! I estimate that the palace designed by Wang Jiutang for the Snow Goddess is not an above-ground palace, but an underground palace! The crystal palace in Wang Jiutang's tomb should be a model of an underground palace!"

Ding Lingling and others all knew the magical effect of the yin and yang compass and believed in Bai Yang's words.

Only Senior Sister Yu opened her mouth and asked, "According to Brother Bai's meaning, Wang Jiutang designed for the Snow Goddess is actually a big tomb! But didn't you say that the Snow Goddess had taken immortal medicine and was already immortal? Why did she build a big tomb for herself? And since this big tomb was built exquisitely and complicated, why didn't it directly cause an above-ground palace?"

Before Bai Yang could answer, Ding Lingling spoke: "According to the situation of several alchemists we have met before, although the so-called immortal medicine can greatly extend a person's lifespan, in the long immortal years that follow, it is necessary to enter a long sleep from time to time to recuperate. And the longer you live, the longer you will sleep. If the Snow Goddess was really an alchemist during the Qin Shi Huang period, then she had existed for more than two thousand years. But Wang Jiutang is a character from a thousand years ago, in other words, the goddess of snow has lived for a thousand years by Wang Jiutang's time, so the duration of her sleep is at least three or five years. If she builds an above-ground palace in a grand manner, I am afraid that it will be difficult to ensure that she will not be disturbed during the time she is sleeping, and it is even difficult to ensure that no one will take advantage of her sleep to destroy her body and take her life, so ...... She will build an underground palace for herself, not an above-ground palace. In fact, the few alchemists we met before, although they were immortal, they basically lived in the underground palace, or simply in the tomb!"

Senior Sister Yu and Senior Sister Liu were dumbfounded, and Senior Sister Liu blurted out: "What if...... has been living in the tomb, so what is the use of this kind of immortality?"

"Yes!" Ding Lingling nodded and sighed lightly, "Everyone hopes for immortality, but they don't know that once they really live forever, the price they have to pay is also very huge! For example, now, if someone lives forever, will he be able to enjoy the glory and wealth happily? I'm afraid not! All the countries in the world must be eager to arrest this person for research, in order to obtain the secret of eternal life, and in the end, this immortal person will probably end up in a claustrophobic tomb!"

Ding Lingling's tirade was very much like self-emotion, but Bai Yang felt that she was actually talking to Chu Mingyu.

After all, Chu Mingyu was determined to follow them to this Snow God Palace regardless of life and death, and his purpose was definitely not to try to take risks, but to get immortal medicine or immortal medicine list.

Bai Yang knows this, and Ding Lingling also knows it.

It's a pity that Chu Mingyu's face was indifferent, as if he didn't understand the meaning of Ding Lingling's words at all.

However, Tie Niu became impatient again, and said: "Since the Yin and Yang Compass shows that there must be a dungeon down here, then let's go directly into this crack and take a look, why are you still discussing so much!"

"We saw with our own eyes that the red apricot was captured by the snowman, but this crack in the ground is so narrow, it is impossible for the snowman to go down, right?" Chu Mingyu said again.

Iron Bull didn't answer her, but turned his head to look at Poplar.

Bai Yang said: "The Yin Yang Compass can't go wrong, there is a 100% underground palace hidden down here!...... There may be another entrance and exit for the size of a snowman. Or maybe the snowman couldn't go down to the dungeon in the first place, so he just kidnapped the red apricot here and handed it over to the costume warrior to take it down!"

"Then let's stop talking nonsense, let's go down quickly!" Tie Niu said, took out a flashlight, and shone it down the crack in the ground, "It's at least five or six meters deep below, I'm afraid you still have to use a rope to get down!"

The rope hanging from Tie Niu's body has been used in the ice crack above, but Bai Yang and Chen Xiaopang also have thick ropes hanging from their bodies.

As soon as he heard what Tie Niu said, Bai Yang immediately took off the rope on his body and handed it to Tie Niu, and put away the Yin and Yang Compass himself.

Ding Lingling and Chen Xiaopang stepped forward to help, and quickly nailed two ice drills into the ground, fixed the ropes, and then all found the miner's hat and put it on their heads, still Poplar went down first, followed by Tie Niu.

Sure enough, the space below is open, and it suddenly looks like an underground palace.

But when a few people turned on the lights on the miners' hats and looked around, they were all stunned.

There really is a world of crystals in front of you. As far as the eye can see, whether it is the thick walls, the thick beams and columns, or even the various furniture placed on the floor, they are all crystal clear.

The light pillars of the lighting lamps are projected on the walls or furniture, which are not only shiny and dazzling, but even reflect a circle of colorful halos.

"This, this, this...... Is it really a crystal palace? How is this possible? With just this big pillar, there can't be such a big crystal in this world, right?" Chu Mingyu exclaimed.

Everyone was shocked by the situation in front of them, until Ding Lingling approached a big pillar, took off her gloves and touched it, then she shook her head with a smile and said, "What kind of crystal, all made of big ice cubes!"

When everyone heard this, they also carefully inspected the walls or furniture around them, and sure enough, the walls and furniture were also carved with ice.

"No wonder Wang Jiutang is the first strange person in ancient times, the ice and snow on this snow-capped mountain will not melt for many years, and using ice cubes as building materials on the spot is indeed more frugal than transporting stones and wood up the mountain!" Bai Yang sighed.

"But ice cubes are fragile, and building a palace with ice cubes is probably the only one Wang Jiutang dares to think and do!" Chen Xiaopang replied.

(See Chapter 267 of "Icy to the Bone")