Chapter 9 Chapter 187 - The Bestowal of Titles (Part II)
"This blood demon was able to communicate with the consciousness of the prison for a full eight hours, and there must be something different from ordinary people in its body. I heard that there was once a blood invasion in the Middle East, and it was led by Mo Qing at that time, and it seems to be related to this person. Master, the old man, must have been hungry for this person, and she was eager to take it back as a hearty meal. β
Yu Ming couldn't help but lick her lips as she watched Gu Chen walk out of the temple.
"Yu Ming, let's go in." Concubine Ghost Grass commanded coldly.
"Okay."
Yu Ming smiled secretly and entered it, and Zhang Chen was in a state of concentration at this time, so many prison captains were present and in the place closest to the consciousness of the prison, the evil old man only dared to stay quietly inside the main soul stone.
It was already the second day, and Yu Ming had also entered for eight hours, and when she came out, the iconic print on her face changed to a dark purple.
The wooden plaque is engraved with two words - 'Mu Li'
"Master, it's really good." Yu Ming greeted the Ghost Grass Concubine with a sinister smile.
However, the ghost grass concubine in green did not express any attitude, and then looked at Zhang Chen, who was about to enter the interior.
Zhang Chen waited for a moment and let the twins enter the interior first. Suddenly, Elder Wu made a decision to disrupt the order, but his position was high and powerful, and the people present did not have any criticism.
From the time they arrived here until now, the twins did not say a word for a whole day, and after hearing about Wu Lao's decision, they quickly entered the temple and walked out after an hour and a half, without any change in their facial expressions, and handed the wooden plaque engraved with 'Twins' to Wu Lao, and left quickly.
"Is it my turn?"
For a day, Zhang Chen had been in a state of concentration and had a perception of nothingness, and only a few minutes had passed in his own senses.
"Zhang Chen, it is the first time you have participated in the title sealing ceremony. There are a few important things to tell you before entering the temple. There is nothing special about the interior of the temple, and it is much the same as the temples in the world. In the central hall there is a golden bowl, in which are inserted three bundles of incense, which are ignited by your body, soul and consciousness, and the consciousness of the prison will come down and complete the title for you. β
"Thank you, Mr. Wu."
"You only get one chance. Remember to cherish it. β
Zhang Chen stepped into the temple and was isolated from everything in the outside world, and the internal structure was really exactly the same as an ordinary temple, but there were no statues or sculptures of gods or statues inside, only a square mahogany table in the center of the hall, on which was placed the golden bowl in Wu Lao's mouth.
"Huh? Why is there only one stick of incense? β
Zhang Chen naturally didn't think that Wu Lao was deceiving himself, but it was possible that his physical condition caused the change.
In fact, Wu Lao's words were originally a bit suspenseful, using the body, soul and consciousness to burn incense, I am afraid that the prison used this method to test the body of the prison envoy...... If only a bouquet of incense. I don't know what prison consciousness means. β
Zhang Chen sat cross-legged on the cushion in front of the golden bowl, examining the incense about half a meter high.
"Actually, as early as three years ago, I had already met with the prison consciousness in the prison spirit Tan, and as a reward for the main soul stone of the drunken boy, the other party gave me three rewards, and the last reward directly pointed out the essence of the ghost in my body and pointed out to me that there were questions about my past life on the Gansi Continent."
"The consciousness of the prison has already penetrated everything, my past life, the only thing made by Azathoth...... So here comes this. A bouquet of incense should mean ......"
Zhang Chen embraces all the breath and turns himself into an ordinary ordinary person. There is no prison envoy breath, and there is no ghost part.
His hands touched the red incense in front of him, and a white flame ignited at the top. Suddenly, Zhang Chen felt a feeling of peeping, and the surrounding temples had disappeared, and he came to a place where he had been.
"Here it is...... Underneath the Hell Spirit Tan? Where is the prison consciousness? β
Zhang Chen examines the damp surroundings made of white rocks. And above his head was filled with a special liquid wellmouth similar to water, but he didn't feel the appearance of the consciousness in the prison for a long time.
The last time I entered the Hell Spirit Mountain Range accompanied by Senior Sister Lian Yuxin, I fell here for some reason, and then I went deep in a certain direction under an invisible traction and came to a door with a strange pattern imprint.
'It's too early'
Zhang Chen deeply remembered that when he arrived at the gate and touched the door, the four words echoed in his body. Then he snapped his consciousness back into his body.
"This time it's clearer than ever!"
Zhang Chen maintained his human body form and walked in a certain direction of the white cave, and a white stone door of nearly ten meters appeared in front of him, and the two doors and the pattern in the center were clear to Zhang Chen this time.
The one depicted on the left is a hairless, shriveled, thin, toothy humanoid creature that shares flesh and flesh together and performs inhumane rituals, apparently referring to ghosts that have survived because of their grudges.
On the door on the right side are carved a number of creatures with six-pointed stars on their chests, each with different morphological characteristics, including humanoids, cows, pigs, and in the upper right corner there is a creature with a face and a mouth. It is already clear that these represent Prison Envoys with different Main Soul Stones.
The human carving in the center of the two doors represents the human being.
"I'm afraid I'm the only one who will come to this place, what's behind the door of 'people, ghosts, prison messengers'?" Zhang Chen used ordinary hands to push the seemingly huge and unshakable white gate.
"Boom!"
No sound came from the white stone door this time, but it automatically opened inward with Zhang Chen's push.
In front of Zhang Chen was a hall similar to the ancient imperial palace, the white palace was empty, and in Zhang Chen's opinion, it was sealed for at least a thousand years, or even ten thousand years.
And on the throne a thousand meters in front of the red carpet, a white skeleton sat upright, and the traction came from this white skeleton.
At the moment when Zhang Chen stepped into the palace, thousands of gray souls suddenly appeared in the main hall, kneeling on their knees at this time, just like the scene of the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military officials meeting the emperor.
Zhang Chen was shocked by the picture in front of him and hesitated for a while, Zhang Chen took a deep breath and walked towards the throne step by step through the gap between these souls.
Every ten steps, Zhang Chen would stop and examine the situation around him, so as not to alarm these ancient ghosts.
A distance of one thousand meters usually seems to take Zhang Chen only a second to reach, but at this time, it took him half an hour. When he came to the throne, the traction in the white skeleton's body was still undiminished, and it seemed that Zhang Chen's body needed to come into contact with the skeleton.
"What's your name?"
When Zhang Chen's hands touched the white bones, a majestic voice came from the depths of Zhang Chen's heart. This feeling far exceeds the sense of oppression brought to Zhang Chen by the three prison captains Wu Lao, Tianjing and the woman in green.
"Zhang Chen......" Zhang Chen forcibly suppressed the breath fluctuations in his body, making his voice steady and answering.
"Do you know who I am?" This time, the coercion increased again, and Zhang Chen almost got down on one knee because he maintained the body of an ordinary person.
"I don't know." Zhang Chen replied truthfully.
"I like honest people, and if I remember correctly, it has been thirteen thousand and sixty-eight years from now. I am very happy that there is finally a prison envoy who is enough to inherit my name, and who is still from my Chinese country! β
"Haha!"
With a hearty laugh, all the ghosts in the palace disappeared completely, and the white bones in front of them disappeared.
"From three years ago to now, I have escaped the test of you in prison, and you have done it completely. You are indeed qualified to be my heir, but for now, I am only giving you my name, and my knowledge, secret texts, and thoughts will be sealed into your main soul stone, and the key will need to be found by yourself. β
The sound echoed inside the palace and there was no longer a sense of oppression for Zhang Chen, and when the sound ended, a beam of light descended from the sky, and a token made of jade slowly fell and was taken by Zhang Chen in his hand.
ββEmperorββ
The two wild grass-style fonts on the token were displayed in front of Zhang Chen, and the font alone was enough to make Zhang Chen feel very imposing.
"Thank you, senior, I wonder if you're still here?" Zhang Chen asked immediately after taking the token in his hand.
"What?"
"This title doesn't seem to suit me very well, in my opinion, the palace here and the ghosts of the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty, the predecessors must be kings in front of them, so the title does match your predecessors. However, I am just an ordinary person, and I consider myself to have neither nor the heart of a king. β
When Zhang Chen's words were spoken, what he got was a palpitating silence.
But about the time of a stick of incense passed, "Hahaha! A sound that made the entire palace shake resounded in his ears, and even two streams of blood spilled out of Zhang Chen's eardrums.
"My name is a luxury for everyone in the world. I didn't expect you to be a little disgusted by a junior, huh! Interesting, 10,000 years have passed, I didn't expect to meet someone as interesting as you. But I am the emperor, and what I say is the rule! You have committed a great crime, and I will behead you all over the house, and it is not enough to punish your nine clans to apologize. β
The words with the emperor's anger made Zhang Chen's seven tricks bleed, but Zhang Chen clenched his fists and did not kneel down from beginning to end. At the same time, layers of cold sweat are aroused in the back ears, neck and back.
"However, I'll give you a chance to apologize......"
"Crunch!" A wooden door on the right side of the White Palace opened on its own, and a feeling came out of it that made Zhang Chen uneasy. (To be continued......)