Chapter 22: The Heavenly Prison
The two guards grabbed my arm tightly and ran forward like a gust of wind.
I really didn't think that these two guards still had some skills, and I just had been knocked down by the rain, and I thought these two were weak.
Zhu Rong's heavenly soldiers were in a fierce confrontation with the Dragon Palace army led by Yuluo, naturally no one would notice our few small individuals, in a sea of gunpowder smoke, we unknowingly spared the battlefield and slipped into the former dynasty area. As the shouting became more and more indistinct, I slowly breathed a sigh of relief.
At this moment, I knew why the army of the Dragon Palace had already destroyed the South Heavenly Gate, and only the Heavenly Soldiers came belatedly to guard it, because the Heavenly Court was too big, and we only passed through four or five palaces, and we couldn't hear the sound of the battle at all, and it was estimated that those Heavenly Gods who were far away to the north of the Heavenly Court were still spending time and drinking, and they didn't know that the South Heavenly Gate was already in flames. In the sound of the piano, how do you know the rain of bullets.
Those two guards seem to be really demons who have been cultivating for many years, and their foot speed is amazing, which can really be described as a thousand miles a day, at this time, the cold wind in the heavenly court suddenly rose, blowing a little chill, but I was still sweating like I had just come out of the bath, this heat came more from the heart, and I was afraid that the rain would do something more out of line.
After flying like this for a short time, passing through dozens of palaces, the two guards suddenly stopped. I looked around, and the night was clear and foggy.
Although I had never been to Heavenly Court before, this place was very familiar to me, and I could get a glimpse of it even through the fog, because I had just died here this morning, and it was the center of Heavenly Court—Lingxiao Palace. I can't help but wonder. "Brother Guard, I'm going to the Heavenly Prison, why did you bring me to Lingxiao Palace."
The Sikou guard waved his hand, looking helpless. "This is the entrance to the prison, and such an important place as the prison will naturally be set in the most unimaginable place."
I took a closer look, in addition to the Lingxiao Hall and a few auxiliary halls around it, the rest is a wide square, where is there any prison?
The two guards pointed to a circular glass pattern pavement in the center of the main square, I looked down from that position, because the heavenly court is made of glass, and the underground structure is naturally unobstructed, I only saw a huge pipe starting from the circular pattern pavement, extending all the way down, and there was no end in sight, like a bottomless pit.
"Come and stand on it." The two guards beckoned to me.
Standing on top of the pavement, I found that under my feet was a disc separated from the floor of the heavenly court, but because of the mutual reflection of the glass, there was a bit of a fake effect, which was really ingenious design. The white fox guard stepped on the disc eight times with his foot, and a faint white light emitted around the disk, like the halo of a solar eclipse, and then it began to rotate slowly.
"Mortals, close your eyes." The guards reminded me that they themselves had closed their eyes.
I consciously closed my eyes and covered them with my hands to be on the safe side, leaving no gaps.
I only heard a loud bang under my feet, and my body was weightless in an instant, and I felt that my heart had almost stopped beating, or was it beating too slowly to keep up with the speed of the disc descending. Every hair on my body stood upright, every muscle was carrying a huge load, and a suffocating current of air was squeezing me from above down, and if it weren't for the two guards suddenly holding me up, I wouldn't even be able to stand.
"Don't open your eyes, or you'll faint." The words of the white fox guard were very sarcastic, but I couldn't do anything about it, so I could only honestly keep my eyes closed, and my body was also living up to expectations, and I was trembling all the time.
The guard burst out laughing. "Mortal, haven't you ever been on a rollercoaster on earth?"
I honestly shook my head, it is true that I have not tried, mainly because I have never had this courage.
"Let me tell you, you have made the ladder of heaven, and the roller coaster is as boring as a child's toy car."
"This ladder is the hub connecting the Heavenly Court and the Heavenly Prison, and the Heavenly Prison is actually in the deepest part of the Heavenly Court, like an abyss. I know that your mortal emperor also likes to call the highest-level cell the heavenly prison, but that is really just Dong Shi Xiaofeng, the heavenly prison is imprisoned by gods with status and status, and ordinary guards like us are not qualified to be locked up here even if they make mistakes, so most of the time there are not many people in the heavenly prison. ”
I don't have any interest in listening to their explanations at all, I just want to rescue Ao Long as soon as possible, otherwise Yuluo will really fight with Heavenly Court until death, and now he is the only one who can turn the tide.
"Alright, we're here." The guard patted me. I felt a damp breath and a distant wail, sounds that seemed to come from the walls around me.
I took a deep breath, removed my hand, which was still trembling slightly, and mustered up the courage to open my eyes.
The dungeon as a whole is a hemispherical structure, and the interior decoration is like a "glass kaleidoscope", with mirrors that are divided into countless pieces on all sides, and various illusions change on the mirrors. Through these mirrors, I saw the original form of the two guards, one was a cunning white fox, the other was a hideous-looking ghost, and I was naturally still what I was. It seems that all races will be exposed here. The dungeon is really big, but most of the locations are empty and look like it's just there to create an oppressive atmosphere. We slowly moved along the edge of the prison in the direction of the center of the circle, and in the center of it were several circular cages, which looked like they were made of frozen ice and snow, and the railings were wrapped in thick ice crystals.
From afar, I saw Ao Long crying anxiously in the very center of the cage.
"Brother Xian, it's great that you're here." When Ao Long saw me, he shouted desperately. "Get me out of here!"
Only then did I notice that not far from Ao Long's side a guard had fallen to the ground. There is also an overturned cage with the railings above all bent and appears to have been knocked over by brute force.
"Look for that person's body and see if there's a string of crystal keys."
I hurriedly rummaged through the man's clothes, and sure enough, I found a bunch of keys around my waist, no more than ten.
"That's right, it's those, if you find a plum blossom-shaped one, don't be mistaken, this is a key unique to Heavenly Court, once it is inserted incorrectly, it will melt in an instant." Ao Long reminded.
I fiddled with it carefully, and soon found the corresponding one, and turned it slightly, click! The cage was opened.
"Brother Ao, what's going on? Why does it look like there are traces of a fight. "I looked around and saw a lot of scratches on the mirror-like floor.
Ao Long let out a long sigh. "I didn't expect Xuan Ming to use trickery to escape."
"He fled?"
"He bribed the guards, and then begged the guards to let him come out and move his muscles, and the guards were knocked unconscious." Ao Long didn't have time to stand still, and when he got out of the cage, he walked quickly in the direction of the ladder. "This Xuan Ming told me that he was going to the Heavenly River to release water, and the Heavenly Court would once again become an ocean."
"Is this crazy? He destroyed the heavenly court, and he himself was also doomed. "Xuan Ming has such a plan, it is really a little puzzling, many people in the court trial tomorrow interceded for him, so that the Emperor of Heaven who had already given the beheading order withdrew his fate, but now he wants to let Tianhe die privately, so wouldn't he have shattered his last hope with his own hands.
"Brother Xian, I think he shouldn't have a chance to live, the evidence you came up with in the end directly made the Emperor lose face in the Lingxiao Palace, and it shook the majesty of the Emperor of Heaven ruling the Heavenly Court, and Xuan Ming knew that the Emperor of Heaven would never let him go, so he had the idea of burning the jade." In the blink of an eye, we were back on the ladder. "Although the Emperor of Heaven is supreme, he also has seven emotions and six desires, and Xuan Ming molested his palace maid, which he could not forgive no matter what."
"Is it even the Emperor of Heaven like this? I thought that this supreme Emperor would no longer have these fetters. ”
Ao Long smiled, "The Emperor of Heaven was originally your ancestor Xuanyuan, he is actually no different from you Huaxia people at all, you will be greedy for things, he will be the same, and it will be even stronger." He looked back at me seriously, "I told you, don't think of God as noble. ”