Chapter 40: The Mysterious Palace
As the seventh son of Emperor Xia, Xia Mu was actually not favored much, his mother was not good at competing for favor, and Xia Mu was not outstanding among the princes.
If it weren't for the fact that when the old man of Tianji observed the princes with Emperor Xia outside the secret realm, he pointed to Xia Mu and praised: "This son can be of great use." "Xia Mu may continue according to the previous life trajectory, get a knighthood, and live an ordinary life, not to mention the Xia Dynasty tilting resources to cultivate later.
But Xia Mu knew that Emperor Xia's favorite was always the eldest prince, that is, the crown prince, who was the son of Emperor Xia when he was not yet on the throne, no matter how hard he tried, he just became the right-hand man trusted by the eldest prince. However, for the benevolent and loyal eldest brother, Xia Mu and many princes are also convinced, whether it is from the trust of Emperor Xia or the support of the eldest prince in the imperial court, most of the brothers below have no idea of replacing him, except for the third prince whose mother is extremely noble.
As long as the eldest prince reigns for one day, Xia Mu is always willing to assist this eldest brother who loves his brothers.
But the absence of the battle for the throne does not mean that the princes are calm and calm, on the contrary. The other princes are not mediocre and happy people, and they are still leading troops and defending the territory for the Xia Dynasty. The vast majority of princes will choose the latter, and Xia Mu is one of them, and the more capable he is, the more hope he has of being entrusted with important tasks.
And today's secret realm is the opportunity that Xia Mu is fighting for, once it is successful, Xia Mu will have a slight possibility to advance to the Holy Realm. What followed was Emperor Xia's favor and more resources of the imperial court, as well as a trace of ambition hidden deep in Xia Mu's heart. But what Xia Mu wants most in her heart is to hope that Emperor Xia will come to see her mother more because of this.
Looking at the panicked girl not far away and the strange giant tree under her seat that used the roots as feet to run wildly, the same sentence kept echoing in Xia Mu's heart at this time: "Don't come here!"
When the Taoist priests, monks, and handsome young men in a triangular situation saw this scene, they tacitly moved the place where the Dao Law was sealed to the side, so that they could use the power of the strange giant tree to break the balance of the three of them, so that the three of them could escape.
"Get out of my way!" Xia Mu hurriedly condensed a series of spiritual flames and attacked the strange giant tree, but the giant tree was moving too fast, and the flame flew in front of the giant tree and was hit by the branches it swung.
With a "boom", Xia Mu watched as the giant tree collided with the Dao Law Land of the three of them, and the huge shock wave generated by the instant balance destruction bounced everyone away, and the place was also razed.
The aftermath dissipated, and the original mountain stream was now flattened, and the branches and crumbling rocks were scattered, and the beautiful scenery became a mess.
"Ahem", Xia Mu quickly dodged to the side when he saw that he couldn't stop the strange giant tree from colliding with the Dao Law Land, but the three people who formed the Dao Law Land were known for their spiritual power, and the power produced was not trivial.
Although Xia Mu escaped very far, he was also swept away by the aftermath, and even if he changed his strongest form in an instant, half of his body was destroyed. "I hate!" the golden light flowed, and half of the summer curtain's body gradually recovered under the repair of the golden light.
He jumped up to the nearby mountain peak and looked down, only to see that in the place where it had been razed, a ball formed by entwining tree branches appeared, and a relic jumped out of the gap in the ball made of branches, and turned into a monk.
Then two fish, one black and one white, jumped out and landed on the ground and turned into a Taoist. Immediately after a roar, the ball shook for a while, and a bone emitting black gas flew out of the ball as if it had been spit out, turning into a handsome young man in mid-air.
"Damn!" Xia Mu clenched his fists, stared for a long time, sighed, and then released his fists and brushed his sleeves away.
"Ermao, that bone is blackened, you can't eat it, you'll have diarrhea. The ball formed by the entwining branches of the tree spread out and turned into a giant tree with a human face, and a young girl sat on the branch of the giant tree, jumped down lightly, patted the tree and said.
The human-faced giant tree urn responded angrily, quite aggrieved. When the handsome young man heard this, his face darkened, and he snorted coldly and then turned into black smoke and dispersed.
Chen An, who was dizzy, came to his senses and saw Uncle Fei, and his heart was overjoyed, but he never thought that Uncle Fei would walk so fast, but in a blink of an eye, he saw the Taoist again, and shouted excitedly: "Senior Brother Baili, Senior Brother Baili." The sound was changed to a "whoop".
The Taoist is handsome and extraordinary, it is Bai Lixi, he heard Chen An's voice, and vaguely felt that he was calling himself. When he turned his head, he was surprised, only to see a Pixiu yelling at him.
Chen An saw Bai Lixi turn his head to look at him, and tried to open his eyes to look at him, hoping that Bai Lixi would be able to recognize himself as Pixiu. And Bai Lixi also vaguely felt that this Pixiu had a familiar feeling, but he didn't know where he had seen it, so a man and a beast looked at each other with big eyes.
When the monk saw this scene, he had to recite the Buddha's name silently on the side, even though he was usually cautious in his words and deeds. The girl looked up at Bai Lixi and said in her heart, "Well, it's so beautiful." He looked down at Chen An hanging on his waist again, and made an evaluation, "It's so stupid." ”
After a while, the girl finally couldn't bear the silence anymore and said, "That... Do you know each other?"
Chen An nodded hurriedly, but Bai Lixi looked up and smiled at the girl and said, "I don't know." ”
Chen An was dumbfounded, and suddenly lowered his four feet in frustration. The girl stretched out her hand to ask, but saw Bai Lixi turn her head and say to the monk: "Senior Brother Wuchen, this secret realm is not as simple as devouring spiritual power, there are also many great opportunities. On the way, I met Yan Xuan, the witch of the Enma Sect, and swept straight to the southeast, I should have found an opportunity. ”
Chen Anxin was overjoyed and knew the meaning of Bai Lixi's words. The monk who was called dustless had the same face, and replied: "In this case, the little monk is also going to find his own opportunity, Daozi, the female benefactor, the little monk will say goodbye first." With that, Wuchen turned around and left.
Bai Lixi saw Wuchen leave, turned his head and smiled at the girl, "In this way, Poor Dao is also leaving." After saying that, he brushed his sleeves and walked in the opposite direction of the dust-free. When he walked to the girl's side, he paused slightly, looked at the Pixiu that Chen An had turned into, thoughtfully, and then left directly.
"Do men nowadays be so disdainful of beautiful girls? "The girl is very hurt, whether it is blooming or dustless Bailixi, from appearance to temperament, it is one in ten thousand. As a woman who is in a beautiful yearning for love, the girl naturally wants to talk to the three, but the falling flowers are intentional, the flowing water is ruthless, and the three are not interested in the girl who is quite favored in the teacher on weekdays. This made the girl frustrate with her charm for the first time.
"Da Mao, do you think I'm cute. The girl picked Chen An up and asked. Chen An was now depressed, and nodded perfunctorily in the face of the girl's inquiry.
The girl put Chen An down with some joy, and then turned to look at the human-faced giant tree, which did not wait for the girl to speak. The branches of the tree shook so much that the leaves of the tree rustled. The girl rubbed a few essence cyclones with a happy face and threw them into the mouth of the human-faced giant tree.
And the only one who was not very happy was Chen An, who was now thinking about how to lure the girl to take him to the southeast to find Yan Shen. Suddenly, a golden glow appeared in the southeastern sky, illuminating the entire horizon, but there was a faint red glow mixed with it.
"The golden light is like a saint, and the red light hides the demon slaughter" The girl looked up at the glow of the sky and muttered, this is a widely spread saying in the supernatural world, chance and treasures appear, and there must be Xia Rui above. According to the color of the glow, red, purple and gold, the further back, the greater the value of chance and treasures. Legend has it that several powerful people who are famous in the supernatural world were not brilliant when they were young, but it was because of the opportunity to encounter the golden glow that they soared into the sky and became the powerful figures in the supernatural world.
"The opportunity is big, and the danger is not small. The girl lowered her head and struggled for a long time, and then suddenly said, "I am a spiritual body, what am I afraid of, it is a big deal to go back to retreat for decades." Chen An was overjoyed when he heard this, and said in his heart: "God really helps me, go and go." ”
The girl didn't know what Chen Anxin was thinking, she jumped lightly and returned to the branch where she had been standing. The two branches then moved in front of the girl. She raised her hand and pointed forward, full of pride, and said, "Rush!"
At this time, on a mountain peak in the southeast, Qin Shaoyan and Tie Chu looked at the palace that emerged from the spatial crack in front of them in a daze. The palace is about dozens of zhang high, and the palace is wrapped with billowing black gas, which is extremely evil and disgusting, and on the outer wall of the palace, there are several very thick chains, which are engraved with dense and obscure runes.
But the chain seems to have been corroded by black gas for a long time, the surface of the chain is pitted, and some of the runes have been worn out, anyone who looks at it will feel that this palace is locked with some evil ancient existence.
"I said Lao Tie, what did you dig up, why did I look so panicked. Qin Shaoyan looked at the dark palace in front of him, couldn't help but swallow his saliva, and said to Tie Chu.
"I don't know, my intuition tells me that there must be something great down here, but I didn't expect that I cracked the layers of magic circles, but it was this thing that was dug up. Xiao Yan, let's run away, I always feel like I'm in a big disaster. Tie Chu looked at the palace and the magic circle on the ground that had been cracked by himself with trepidation, and regretted it in his heart.
Qin Shaoyan also had timidity in his heart, and just as he was about to leave, the glow above attracted his attention. He poked Tie Chu with his elbow and grinned, "Lao Tie, look at it." ”
Tie Chu looked at Qin Shaoyan's hand, only to see an incomparably divine golden glow appear above his head, "My Heavenly Master!
But then Tie Chu's tone withered again: "A good thing is a good thing, but we may not be able to take it, don't you see the red glow in the gold." Qin Shaoyan was stunned, raised his head to look up at the sky, and then lowered his head in frustration.
At this moment, there was a strange noise, and the gate of the palace opened a crack, and then a treasure glowing with blue light flew out of the door leisurely, and after a few feet out of the door, it swept towards one side at a rapid speed.
"Hmph, want to run?" Tie Chu's eyes were quick, and he turned a spiritual power into a big hand to grab back the treasure that had been swept away for several miles, and when he took it back, it was a pair of daggers, and the daggers were wailing in his hands, and there were bursts of prayer.
Qin Shaoyan and Tie Chu glanced at each other, and saw the color of ecstasy in each other's eyes: "This treasure has a spirit!"
"After all, our spiritual incarnation was only cast with the help of the secret realm, and this treasure is too spiritual, I'm afraid that I won't be able to restrain it for a long time, so I have to quickly summon my true body here. Tie Chu said to Qin Shaoyan.
Qin Shaoyan nodded, but he was not carried away by the treasure, he replied: "Well, it seems that this mysterious palace does have a great opportunity, but we must not relax our vigilance because of this, just wait for the treasure to come out outside the palace gate, and we must not go in." ”
Tie Chu nodded yes, then handed the treasure to Qin Shaoyan, closed his eyes and sat down, summoning the real body to come. And Qin Shaoyan was on the side to protect the iron reserve.
"Oh, you're there too. At this time, a familiar voice sounded, Qin Shaoyan looked up, and saw that it was Yan Shen holding Wang Yanxi and flying over.
"Senior Brother Shaoyan, how can there be a palace here?" Wang Yanxi looked at this incomparably conspicuous black palace and asked Qin Shaoyan.
Qin Shaoyan stretched out one finger and pointed at Tie Chu, who was sitting cross-legged on the ground, and quietly carried his other hand behind him, and said, "Old Tiefei said that there is a treasure here that needs to be dug up, and this thing is dug up." ”
Yan Shen didn't care about Qin Shaoyan's small movements, but looked at the black palace curiously, while Wang Yanxi pointed to Tiechu and asked, "Senior Brother Tiechu, what's wrong." Qin Shaoyan said with a smile: "He said that he was too tired to dig treasures, and he had to rest for a while." ”
Wang Yanxi heard the "oh" and looked up at the black palace. Yan Shen muttered to himself, "It's very similar to the breath of our sect, but it's much more evil. It should be from the same source, strange, it is not recorded in the classics of the church. ”
Wang Yanxi leaned in and whispered, "Senior sister, don't you even know?" Yan Shen shook his head and said, "No, but just go back and ask Shizun, his old man may know." ”
Wang Yanxi nodded, and he had a yearning for the master he had never met.
"By the way, Xiao Yan, what is in your hand behind your back, show me. Yan Shen lowered his head, showed a kind smile, and said to Qin Shaoyan.
Qin Shaoyan saw Yan Shen's expression at this time, and remembered that when Yan Shen deceived himself when he was a child, he also had these words and actions. He became extremely wary of Yan Shen and said, "This is a treasure that Lao Tie and I finally obtained, if you want it, go and get it yourself." With that, he pointed to the black palace.
Yan Shen turned his head to look at the black palace and said in surprise: "This palace looks in tatters, where did the treasure come from." ”
As soon as the words fell, a strange sound came, and from the crack in the temple door, an object emitted purple light appeared, and there was a faint arc flickering around the object. However, the object did not seem to fly out as easily as the previous treasure, but remained motionless like a crack stuck in the open door of the door.
"Lei Yu! it's still such a big piece!" Yan Shen exclaimed, and after a moment of entanglement, he flew to the gate of the palace to get Lei Yu, not far from Lei Yu. But Qin Shaoyan stopped his body with a broken drink: "Sister Yan stops!"
Yan Shen was awakened by this shout, turned his head to look at Qin Shaoyan, and asked, "What's wrong?"
Qin Shaoyan's face was anxious, and he hurriedly said, "Come back quickly!" Yan Shen turned his head to look and saw that his hand was only a few feet away from the palace gate, and the black qi had already wrapped around his body, corroding his spiritual body.
Yan Shen was shocked, and hurriedly turned around and returned to the ground, using his divine power to expel the black qi on his body. This black qi seems to have a certain similarity with the exercises of the Enma Sect, after Yan Shen used his divine powers, the black qi did not dissipate, but instead merged with the smoke formed by Yan Shen's divine powers.
"What's going on!" Yan Shen began to get nervous, and at the same time secretly said that he was too reckless. Seeing this, Qin Shaoyan said, "Sister Yan, you quickly force the black qi to one place, and then give up that part of the spiritual body." ”
Hearing this, Yan Shen used his divine power to channel the black qi to his left arm, and then pointed to his left shoulder with his right hand. The black qi then left, and the arm was also corroded by the black qi when it left the body, turning into a trace of black qi.
The two streams of black qi fused together and floated back into the black qi surrounding the palace.
Yan Shen suddenly became weak, and the light on his body dimmed a lot, Wang Yanxi saw this and hurriedly stepped forward to transfer part of his spiritual power, which made the light on Yan Shen's body brighter a little, so that it would not look like it was about to disperse.
"This black gas is particularly peculiar, the spirit body cannot be touched, it will be corroded, and it has a hallucinogenic effect on the spirit body. Only if you go there in real person can you get the treasure. Qin Shaoyan saw that Yan Shen had recovered and said.
Yan Shen experienced the scene just now, and he had already avoided the black qi, and he also sat down at this time. Qin Shaoyan breathed a sigh of relief and didn't sit down, he looked at Tie Chu, the hand behind his back was trembling slightly, and said in his heart: "Lao Tie is coming, I can't hold on!"
At this time, a voice swept over the heads of the four people, and then there was laughter: "Hahahaha, I've been looking at it for so long, you don't want this treasure, I'll take it." ”
The three of them looked up and saw a man in Tsing Yi holding Lei Yu at the gate of the hall. When he was about to return, he saw the temple door slowly open, and more black gas came out from the temple gate, and the man in Tsing Yi didn't have time to scream, so he was dragged into the hall by the black gas.
A moment later, there was a "creaking" chewing sound in the hall, and the piece of thunder jade at the entrance of the hall was still stuck on the door and exuding a strange light.
The three of them were extremely frightened, Qin Shaoyan threw away the dagger, and then grabbed the spiritual body incarnation of Tie Chu with one hand, grabbed Wang Yanxi with the other, and said to Yan Shen: "Run!", and then swept towards one side quickly, and although Yan Shen's breath was not as good as before, because of the lack of Wang Yanxi's burden, the speed was not slow, and he followed Qin Shaoyan's escape.
The sound of "clucking" sounded from behind, and Qin Shaoyan looked back, only to see the black qi in the hall gate gushing out wildly, chasing after the four of them.