Chapter Ninety-Seven: Shengyang Mountain Underground Palace

The man greeted the two of them kindly and calmly, but neither of them responded for a while, and after a while, Zheng Yan finally reacted, and couldn't help but be a little confused when he saw the strange appearance of Xingwei next to him, is this an acquaintance?

"Oh, my name is Zheng Yan, my friend Xingwei, Your Excellency is from this Shengyang City?",

The man named Qingzhai shook his head with a smile, "Like the two of you, I also heard that there is a book from heaven here to join in the fun, why didn't you see the two of you go down?"

Zheng Yan also smiled, "Looking at the scenery in this city, the weather is shining today, so I walked around",

Qing Zhai nodded deeply and said, "Heaven and man are bright, and we really shouldn't give up this to see the darkness underground."

This is obviously praising Xingwei, Zheng Yan looked at Xingwei, thinking that she might go back to the house for a few words, at least thank you and be modest, but Xingwei looked a little alone at this time, and she didn't mean to say anything at all, Zheng Yan had to take the words,

"Your Excellency seems to know those two big dogs very well, and they are also very obedient to your Excellency, isn't it...",

Qing Zhai immediately understood what Zheng Yan meant, shook his head with a smile and said, "My body is not a tengu, their reactions are just because of my physique, well, I am a member of the Xu Yin clan",

"Xu Yin Clan!",

Zheng Yan and Xingwei asked in unison, Qing Zhai first smiled and nodded, and then he was a little puzzled, "Have you heard of or seen the people of the Xu Yin clan?"

Xingwei looked at Zheng Yan, Zheng Yan thought for a while and said in a deep voice, "Well, that's the case, I entered a secret realm before, and I heard a lot about the Xu Yin clan there, but it's not that the Xu Yin clan has... Is it gone?",

Qing Zhai was clear, smiled and said, "It can't be said to have disappeared, but the scale is much smaller, and some have chosen to live in seclusion and wander the mountains and rivers, I have followed my parents to walk in all directions since I was a child, eh, in fact, my mother is a human and my father is a member of the Xu Yin tribe",

In general, people are likely to give a very derogatory word, "skewers", in fact, this concept is also somewhat deep-rooted in the folk, Zheng Yan has always felt that it is those cultivators who deliberately spread lies to fool the people under their jurisdiction in order to monopolize their special physique and cultivation talents, but looking at the calm expression of the young man in front of him, it seems that he has not been despised for a long time, it stands to reason that he should have a deeper understanding of the world since he was a child, has it reached the point where the Dao heart is strong and not disturbed by external objects? This is a bit powerful, based on what Zheng Yan has seen and heard since he was a child, all those who can cultivate his state of mind to this level are all great talents.

Wait, Zheng Yan suddenly remembered something, remembering that he had agreed with Shen Ningyi Xilan not to say anything about Xilan being the Xu Yin clan for the time being, looking at Xingwei's reaction, it was obvious that she knew something, could it be that those two girls had already told others? Well, it is understandable, after all, they have lived together for so long, in fact, they are completely dependent on each other's family, and there is really no reason to hide anything.

Zheng Yan did not continue the topic of the Xu Yin tribe, in fact, after knowing the causes and consequences of the Xu Yin tribe and their special physique, this topic will naturally make people feel very sensitive, and it is rude to talk about it on someone else's territory when they first meet, so Zheng Yan pretended not to know much or was not interested in the topic elsewhere,

"Do you know much about the tengus? What happened to them just now? I heard that there are a lot of them in the city, and I'm afraid that it will be trouble again",

Qingzhai motioned for Zheng Yan to sit down and speak, so the three of them sat down on a bench.

"This is a bit long to say, the two of them are not surprised, I don't know how long ago, there was a god who almost soared in this Shengyang City to cultivate, probably idle and boring, with the magic dog found underground and the wild wolf in the Taihua Mountains to breed an extremely powerful beast, and after continuous selection and breeding, that is, the world said Taihua Tengu, that is, the two little guys who just rushed to the two bared teeth, an adult tengu can easily fight at least two lions and tigers, their sense of hearing and smell is extremely sensitive, and their skills are even more athletic, and their reaction speed is far better than that of cats, tigers and leopards that originally had more innate advantages than them in terms of reaction, and they are more cunning and ferocious,It's just that the eyesight is almost poor.,And there's almost no possibility of opening the spiritual wisdom to cultivate the demon path.,But it's enough to deal with the monks who trespass here.,Ordinary monks really can't deal with the sneaking or siege of these guys in a sudden situation;In the process of the god's selection of the tengu, there are actually two more powerful ones left.,But for some reason I was banished to the ground.,I heard that these two can be cultivated.,It's almost a monster-like existence.,I've seen one of them these days.,Demon wolf.,It's down there.,So if you want to go down, it's best not to enter those forbidden places. ”,

Zheng Yan actually didn't have much interest in the Tengu, but it felt very comfortable for such a person to talk to him gently, wait, he was from the Xuyin clan! , Is this the embodiment of their special physique? Can people naturally have a sense of closeness to them? But he is a man! To influence should also affect Xingwei, and then look at Xingwei's expression is indeed a little comfortable.

Zheng Yan quietly pinched Xingwei's plain hand, wanting to remind her to pay attention to her manners, Xingwei's eyes were as charming as spring water, and he smiled at Zheng Yan, Zheng Yan couldn't help but be a little annoyed while admiring Xingwei's moving attitude, why would he be affected by this guy even if he was a man? Although the feeling was stronger when he faced Xilan before than at this time, Xilan was at least a woman, and both her physical appearance and bearing were excellent, what is this!

It seems that the creatures of the world are really mysterious.

"As for why those two little guys were rude to the two of them just now... They say it's because of fear, but it's not clear why they're afraid."

Fear? Maybe it was really what smell was left behind by killing those few of their kind, Zheng Yan thought like this, and then remembered that Qing Zhai said that the other two belonged to the same family, and the one he killed before must be the most powerful, if it weren't for the special spear in his hand, he might not be able to kill it at that time, maybe it would be himself who died.

At this time, Zi Che came over from afar, nodded slightly to Zheng Yan when he got closer, and bowed to Qing Zhai, "Mr. Qing Zhai, my king is invited, I don't know if it is convenient now?"

Qing Zhai got up with a smile, said hello to Zheng Yan Xingwei and left with Zi Che, the endless romance and chic, the key is that there is a kind of polite brilliance that is rarely seen here.

"I'm not obsessed with this guy, I was only affected by his breath before, and few people can shield the leaking breath of the Xu Yin people."

Xingwei next to him suddenly said softly, and he also held Zheng Yan's hand, feeling the warmth in his hand Zheng Yan was very helpless, and wanted to say that he didn't have any ideas, it didn't matter, but how could he say such hurtful words, even if Xingwei joked that he couldn't say such things,

"Hey, Xingwei, do you know about the Xu Yin Clan? I don't seem to have heard anything about them all these years?",

Xingwei thought for a while and said, " About a thousand years ago, there were more than 30 people of the Xu Yin tribe who took refuge in the Ten Thousand Buddha Immortal Caves, and stayed for more than 60 years, well, how to say it, at first they got along well, but these people may have been captured and wandered, and slowly got along and found that they were very slippery, and the inner mind has always been hidden and tucked, and the vigilance is also terrible, and then we stopped interacting with them, and then they left and never saw each other again, in fact, just now I saw that Qingzhai for the first time I knew that he must be the one who often wanders in the Xu Yin tribe, but that kind of breath let me... Uh, hate, you know, in fact, your breath is stronger than his",

Zheng Yan hurriedly stopped the topic, it would be embarrassing to continue chatting like this, I remember Lu Yin said that if the Xu Yin people don't restrain their own breath, it is indeed easy for people to get close and fascinated, that is to say, that guy deliberately released it just now? Or did he and Xingwei feel keen?

The two wandered around for a while and finally came to the entrance to the underground palace, which was actually a magnificent stone hall, and happened to meet Zheng Xingye and Zheng Yuchan basking in the sun outside, and learned from Zheng Xingye's mouth that everything was normal on Xingshuang's side, and they also decided to stay here for a few more days to see if there would be any progress in everyone's comprehension of the four volumes of the Book of Heaven.

They probably regard the interpretation of the Book of Heaven as some kind of epiphany or a mysterious chance under the imagination, Zheng Yan still thinks that just like Xingwei said, there must be some way to interpret it, as if he has been listening to music and reading since childhood.

When he was chatting, Li Zhibei walked side by side with Qingzhai and Dugu Takihyun who he had seen before, and introduced it again, it turned out that Qingzhai was still the main character of this visit to the Book of Heaven, and Feng Yi specially invited him, and this Qingzhai seems to be very familiar with Zheng Yuchan, but it has been like a friend for many years for more than half a day, well, this affinity is indeed not comparable to ordinary people,

Qing Zhai solemnly said that Zheng Yuchan must be needed to interpret the Book of Heaven this time, Zheng Yuchan was also very interested, so the two of them talked and laughed first, Li Zhubei and Zheng Xingye talked about some arrangements in the past few days, hoping that Zheng Xingye could bring the clan brothers and sisters who were still outside to live in the city, Dugu Longxin stood aside and looked at the mountains in the distance with a faint expression, Zheng Yan felt that although Li Zhubei was talking to Zheng Xingye, most of his attention was on Dugu Taki, and some of the rest was on his side Zheng Yan, this guy is still not a man? Isn't it too close! What's more, did people promise you anything? Wait, the alliance doesn't involve getting married, right?!

Zheng Yan has to admit that he is indeed a little depressed now, but from time to time he can still turn out a burst of relaxation, alas, due to fate, it is easy to cut it off, and it is depression to cut it constantly.

In the morning, when accepting Lu Yin's divine thoughts, Dugu Takihyun inexplicably erupted with that powerful qi and black smoke, although the face was relaxed, Zheng Yan had always been a little concerned, it may be her own body's automatic reaction to the coming danger, but it may also be that Lu Yin's divine thoughts contain something that can improve cultivation or understanding, but I don't know how big the impact is, whether there are any bad aspects, of course, Lu Yin will definitely not harm her, but it is difficult to say that it will not bring any side effects if she suddenly accepts the divine thoughts of a strong person, and the current situation is very unclear, probably the Beifu Mountain controlled by Yuanxian may be killed at any time, Zheng Yan is indeed a little worried, but he also knows that there is no way to ask, although she also wants to know Lu Yin's possible plans, she never wants to get it through Dugu Takihun, that is her insistence.

In the end, after saying something, Dugu Takihyun and Li stopped the cup and walked down, and when they were about to walk into the main hall, Dugu Takihyun suddenly stopped, turned to look at Zheng Yan, and said softly, "Is it convenient to bring the dragon and tiger you gave me?"

Next to Li Zhubei was a little surprised, Zheng Yan naturally knew that what she said was revenge, but it was actually appropriate to say that dragon and tiger, that guy does have a lot of dragon breath in his body now, plus dragon qi has a natural ability to resist heavenly opportunities, I believe that Yuanxian can't tell that it is the one who was killed by him when he comes,

"Xingye, bring that little guy over when you come over again tomorrow",

Zheng Xingye had nothing to do, nodded and said that there was no problem, and then the two entered the main hall.

"Have you bumped into that leopard spirit we met in Lu Che Mountain before?",

Zheng Yan has been thinking about the guy who seriously injured himself since he saw Zi Che the day before yesterday, of course, he is not worried about finding the field, but the leopard spirit knows that he Zheng Yan snatched Lou Gang out, and also took away his two natal claws of sacrifice, if it makes no sense, Li Zhubei will definitely help Zi Che when the time comes, what should Dugu Takihyun do? Zheng Yan didn't want her to make a choice.

"Ha, by the way, that guy bumped into you and robbed someone's housewife",

Zheng Xingye was full of schadenfreude, and Xingwei was also smiling happily,

"Don't worry, I've inquired, that guy was sent down the mountain, probably going to kidnap people up the mountain again."

The three of them stood for a while, and many monks in and out looked sideways at the beautiful and moving Xingwei, and a few domineering ones wanted to come up and talk to or even tease, probably because they were afraid that Zheng Yan was injured, Xingwei did not pretend to be shy and gentle this time, and directly released his momentum, and the powerful power scared a few guys not to say a word, and Liu Tiandeng and Zhou Pingwu not far away were all palpitating.

Entering the main hall, the entrance of the underground palace is on a three-zhang square stone platform in the middle, you can go down to the underground palace along the steps on the stone platform, look at the layout in the main hall seems to be enshrined before, there are nine three-zhang high stone statues on both sides, you can't see the identity of the stone statues, Xingwei said that some people look like the warriors of the ancient gods and demons, Zheng Yan quickly recalled the statues he saw on the fifth floor of the seven-story pagoda of the Longmen Dungeon before, no, there is nothing about gods and demons, probably because the era of gods and demons and the era of recklessness are too long.

Walk down the steps, there will be a burning lamp on the stone wall on both sides almost a zhang apart, the lamp flame is bright and stable and there is a faint coolness, the lamp oil should be made of the oil of the North Sea dragon whale, the wick is probably the stem of the edelweiss flower is dried and kneaded into a thread, and soaked in ice sesame oil for many years, so the light emitted will be cold light, but the lamp oil should be added to something else, otherwise the lamp flame should not be so white.

Shengyang Mountain is said to be a volcano, there is indeed a place similar to a volcanic crater on the top of the mountain, the radius is about more than ten miles, the grass and trees in it are abundant, there are many rare birds and beasts, Zheng Yan went in when he was looking for warm jade before; Shengyang City is in the southeast and southeast of Shengyang Mountain, the leeward is less cold, the northwest side is snow-capped and the wind is cold, and the city includes all kinds of houses, especially those halls that are completely made of stones, but it is warm, before Zheng Yan guessed that it may be that the underground magma was dug under the city, and the heat wave became more and more obvious as the further down also confirmed the previous speculation。

The clothes that Xingwei carries with him are all used to wearing in the Ten Thousand Buddha Caves, mostly some gorgeous or elegant single clothes, these days Zheng Yan wrapped one of his cotton cloaks for her, in fact, it was only barely cold, but now Xingwei has untied the cloak, even so, the forehead sideburns are still gradually hung with fine beads of sweat, there are a lot of green silk sticking to the sideburns, and the body fragrance on the body is becoming more and more clear and audible, occasionally looking at Zheng Yan eye to eye is full of grievances, Zheng Yan is even more aggrieved, this is obviously what she did on purpose, with her cultivation to resist the cold and heat is naturally easy, all the way slightly against herself This is even more obvious, Zheng Xingye, who walked in front, sighed from time to time。

I don't know how long I walked, I just knew that it kept going down, and there would be occasional roundabouts, and finally there was a human voice in front, and soon the three of them walked to a large gate, and there was a noisy crowd in the door, and then Xingwei was already dry, and he was frowning at the situation in front of him.

Zheng Xingye has been here all day, familiar with the road in front of the road, Zheng Yan began to look at the hall he was in, and the hall above the banquet was almost exactly the same, but the two sides of the hall above were side halls in addition to the stone pillars, and the stone pillars here are all doorways, and behind each doorway there seems to be a passage, there are nine doorways on each side, which seems to have some implicit meanings with the above, and the same is true for the relief murals.

Zheng Xingye explained in front, "These relief murals are all memories, well, some people say that it is the business of the Wu clan, and some people say that it is the activity of the demon god, it is difficult to judge, but it is not much meaning, these eighteen holes each lead to a slightly smaller hall, four of which store the Book of Heaven, and the rest of them have some strange things, which are easy to get, and there are also empty ones, I heard that there is a guy who has stayed in an empty hall for more than ten days and has not come out, and I don't know whether he has realized something or is afraid of being embarrassed by nothing."

As he spoke, Zheng Xingye wanted to take the two of them to a large hall where the Book of Heaven was stored, but after entering the cave door and walking not far away, he suddenly became enlightened, and saw that it was a huge mountain belly, and a stone bridge about sixteen or seventeen zhang long connected to a cave opposite, and there was rolling magma in the mountain stream below, fortunately it was far away, and it looked like thirty or fifty zhang, but this stone bridge was reliable!

It's not to tremble, after all, there are two masters around you who can really resist the wind, but what's going on with those strange beasts that shuttle and climb on the cliff?

"Hey, it's actually a fire-eating beast", Xingwei looked at it and was a little surprised, and then said with a smile, "I'll go get one and see if there are any fire spirit beads",

Saying that, he was about to jump down, Zheng Yan hurriedly grabbed her arm, "Don't go down, who knows what else there is besides this guy, there must be more than one kind of living creature in the magma, I heard that there are such guys living in places most of the time there will be winged fire snakes, blood bats and fire demons, all of which are highly poisonous things",

Xingwei didn't insist, but said softly, "You may be able to use the Fire Spirit Bead in your cultivation."

In front, Zheng Xingye turned his back to the two of them and began to sigh again, Zheng Yan didn't bother to take care of him, pulled Xingwei and walked forward, and soon the three of them arrived at the place where the book of heaven was stored, in addition to the six or seven figures in the hall of Dugu Takihyun who came down before, Zheng Yan didn't look much, in fact, he was attracted by the visions on the four walls and the ground and roof,

For example, the seven fireflies in Xingwei last night, the walls are also full of countless fireflies, they are indeed real insects, and they emit different lights, it is difficult to say where the difference is, the color, the strength and weakness, the flickering rhythm, the flying trajectory, the mysterious combination of several insects, etc., is this the book of heaven?