Volume 1, Chapter 54: The Strange and Strange Temple of the Heavenly Hades
He Zichuan only felt that a faint green light flashed in front of him, followed by a whirling discomfort, and then with a "snap", he fell heavily to the ground, and then a huge force came, as if he was punched in the stomach, he looked down and saw that it was a girl who fell from a height and fell on his stomach.
He Zichuan picked up the girl, looked at her with his thoughts, and found that she was only unconscious but not injured, so he was relieved. He injected a stream of pure mana into her brain, and then called softly, "Mo'er, Mo'er, wake up." ”
The girl opened her eyes quietly, and the two pupils and the straight bridge of her nose were squeezed together, becoming a cross-eyed. He Zichuan couldn't help but laugh out loud. The girl gradually recovered somewhat, but she was still dizzy. Although she didn't have any mana in her body, when she passed through the Gate of Death, her resistance was much stronger than that of ordinary monks, even the immortal realm monk who had just condensed the immortal body was far inferior to her.
He Zichuan guessed that her physical strength should not be too far worse than herself, and she was still slowly recovering, maybe at some point in the future, she would be able to completely recover to the peerless Moyan she used to be.
Thinking of this, He Zichuan was in a good mood, gently helped the girl up, and asked softly, "How do you feel?"
The girl grabbed his arm with one hand, rubbed her forehead with the other, and said softly, "I'm so dizzy, I feel like the heavens and the earth are spinning and turning." ”
The girl's innocent appearance made He Zichuan couldn't help laughing, he flicked his fingers and played a simple magic decision, the girl's mind was immediately clear, and the feeling of the world spinning dissipated most of it, revealing a sweet smile, and said: "It's much better now, it's amazing." ”
He Zichuan smiled at her and said, "Okay, when you recover your memory, these are just pieces of cake for you." When she heard that she had recovered her memory, the girl's face froze, but she quickly regained her composure. He Zichuan only thought that she was unhappy in her heart, and did not delve into it. Instead, he looked at this strange place.
It is also strange to say that since they met the Holy Emperor of Southern Xinjiang, they have entered such a strange environment several times in a short period of time, and often before they can fully see one place, they are teleported to the next place, which makes He Zichuan quite helpless.
It was so dark that they could only make out the outlines of their surroundings dimly, and the place where they were supposed to be a fan-shaped hall was a hall, which would be inaccurate, for they had a wide front of nine embossed stone doors and a narrow wall behind them, which looked more like a porch, but much larger than a normal portico.
He Zichuan snapped his fingers, and a ball of blue light instantly brightened, illuminating the entire hall as if it were day, but before he could see his surroundings clearly in the light, the light flickered a few times and disappeared. He was slightly stunned and tried a few more times, and each time the result was the same.
"It seems that there is a special magic circle that absorbs the light source," he thought as he walked towards the nine relief stone doors. As soon as he took two steps, he suddenly frowned, his right sleeve robe shook, and the Qingfeng Sword swept out, "click", and pulled out a spark more than a foot in front of him.
He Zichuan was taken aback, although he had just made a hasty move, but in fact, he had already used fifty percent of his strength, even an ordinary magic weapon could not escape the fate of being halved by everything, and the thing that suddenly appeared in front of him just now was only sparked, how could this not shock him.
Just as he was about to attack with all his might, a black shadow in front of him suddenly said angrily: "Please stop!"
He Zichuan was stunned for a moment, although he hesitated in his heart, he still subconsciously stopped the long sword in his hand and stared at the black shadow vigilantly.
A green glow flashed from the shadow's body, illuminating its original appearance.
"Ahh
The monster was two feet tall, with knotted muscles, sparse red hair knotted into strands, a huge dark green eye in the middle of the ugly face, a large cracked mouth full of fangs, and a foul saliva dripping incessantly, looking extremely ugly and vicious.
"This is a living Rakshasa ghost!" He Zichuan blurted out subconsciously.
"It's the Blood-Eyed Rakshasa, the highest-level Rakshasa ghost," the evil ghost grinned, and the girl was horrified at the sight. He Zichuan looked at it standing in place, his tone was very relaxed, and he felt in his heart that this guy seemed to be trying his best to be polite, but the evil ghost was actually polite? This idea made him feel very ridiculous.
Seeing that the two were dumbfounded, the blood-eyed rakshasa continued: "Don't be surprised, Zai Xia is indeed one of the ten legendary evil ghosts, but he is also the gatekeeper here, so if you two have any questions, you can ask me directly." ”
Seeing that this vicious guy didn't seem to have the intention of harming anyone, the girl's fear suddenly decreased, she gently broke free from He Zichuan's embrace, and looked curiously at this big guy she had never seen before. And He Zichuan's heart moved, and he asked the blood-eyed rakshasa "What kind of place is this?"
The Blood-Eyed Rakshasa was stunned for a moment, and asked rhetorically, "You don't know what the place is, so you dare to break in?"
He Zichuan's old face turned red, and he hugged his fists and said: "I'm ashamed to say that the two of us also strayed into this place by chance, if there is any offense, please forgive me." ”
Seeing that He Zichuan was respectful, the Blood-Eyed Rakshasa actually returned the salute and explained: "This place is a corner of the underworld......
"What?!" As soon as the Blood-Eyed Rakshasa said a word, He Zichuan was shocked in his heart and blurted out urgently.
The Blood-Eyed Rakshasa seemed to have been prepared, and turned a blind eye to He Zichuan's extremely shocked reaction, and continued to talk eloquently: "Venerable, please listen to the next words, this place is a corner of the underworld, but it is not the real underworld, the reasons are very complicated, I am afraid that the explanation of three days and three nights may not be able to explain clearly, and many of the reasons are not very clear below." Therefore, the Venerable only needs to know that this place is called the Heavenly Hades Temple. ”
He Zichuan remembered the three big characters of "Heavenly Hades Palace" on the gate of the past life, and said in his heart that he had entered the huge palace that had been abandoned for a long time? It turned out that this place was inextricably linked with the legendary underworld, no wonder it was so weird. He nodded silently and continued to ask, "It seems that the Heavenly Hades Temple has been abandoned for a long time?"
The Blood-Eyed Rakshasa nodded, shook his head again, and said, "Most of the masters and servants here have left, so they can be regarded as abandoned. However, since the Heavenly Hades Temple still exists in the world, it has its own fixed number, but our cultivation is lowly and cannot be seen through, and it cannot be said to be completely abandoned. ”
He Zichuan nodded slightly, feeling that although this rakshasa was an evil ghost, the words he said implied a bit of heavenly dao, he never thought that one day he would discuss the way of heaven with an evil ghost, isn't this a stupid thing to discuss with a cow? Thinking of this, he smiled dumbly, the world is full of wonders, and his vision is still too narrow.
As soon as the mustard in his heart was gone, He Zichuan suddenly felt a lot more refreshed, although he still had the necessary vigilance against the evil ghost in front of him, but he put aside his prejudices and asked sincerely: "This Heavenly Hades Temple is so magical, what kind of existence is it before its owner leaves?"
The Blood-Eyed Rakshasa sighed and said regretfully: "Although Zai Xia is the gatekeeper of this place, he cannot be said to be a part of the Heavenly Hades Temple, and I really don't know the original style of this place. ”
He Zichuan was surprised in his heart, but there was not much surprise, although Rakshasa was an extremely powerful demon, his status in the underworld was not too high, and it was not surprising that he could not enter the core. He continued, "So how are we supposed to get out?"
"Go out?" Blood-eyed Rakshasa showed a stunned look and said, "It is a great opportunity to enter this place, since you have entered the treasure mountain, how can you return empty-handed?"
He Zichuan said with a smile: "I am not a greedy person, since I entered this place by mistake, I didn't think about taking away a single grass and tree here, I just wanted to leave safely." ”
The blood-eyed rakshasa shook his head and said: "No, every grass and tree here has its own number of days, and those who have no fate want to take it but can't take it, and those who are destined don't want to take it can't do it, the so-called heaven must take it." ”
He Zichuan spread his hands, wondering: "Do you look like that destined person?"
The Blood-Eyed Rakshasa still shook his head and said, "Everyone has a fate, and they can't be identified by the naked eye, but the Heavenly Hades Temple itself will make a choice." Saying that, it pointed to the nine stone gates behind him, and continued: "That is the six roads and nine gates, what is the opportunity for the Venerable Driver, and where is it going, free it to comment." ”
"Oh, are these six realms and nine gates the choice of the Heavenly Hades Temple?" He Zichuan's eyes narrowed slightly, and he asked suspiciously, "How do you choose it?"
The Blood-Eyed Rakshasa pointed to a hideous demon head carved on a half-high stone pillar three feet away, and said, "You two join hands to touch the evil eye ghost head, and it will tell you which path to take, and choosing a path is often choosing a fate, a life, and a future. ”
Hearing this, He Zichuan was very hesitant, afraid that this evil ghost would deceive others and deceive himself into touching the mechanism by mistake, but at the moment he had no other choice, so he had to be embarrassed and silent. The blood-eyed rakshasa seemed to be accustomed to seeing such a scene, and he didn't urge, like a housekeeper of a large family, standing silently aside, quietly waiting for He Zichuan to make a decision.
All of He Zichuan's information about this place came from that blood-eyed rakshasa, if he was really as harmless as he said, it would be fine, if he really had bad intentions, who could He Zichuan ask to confirm the truth of his words? In this case, it is expected that He Zichuan would not be able to make any other choice?
"There's no way, I can only take one step at a time. He turned his heart sideways, and took the girl's hand and walked towards the palm-sized evil eye ghost's head. The ghost head closed his eyes tightly, his face was fierce and hideous, He Zichuan hesitated slightly, and finally pulled the girl's tender palm and gently pressed it on the ghost's head.
The two of them gently touched the ghost head, and the two of them felt a cold in their hands, and then the hard stone began to wriggle restlessly, as if there were small insects crawling in the palms of their hands. The girl was startled in her heart, and quickly retracted her hand, He Zichuan also slowly withdrew her palm, and her eyes and divine thoughts kept staring at the blood-eyed rakshasa vigilantly. The Blood-Eyed Rakshasa didn't make the slightest extra move, still standing quietly aside, as if everything that was happening in front of him had nothing to do with him. However, the evil eye ghost head suddenly opened his eyes, his expression was vivid and abnormal, as if he came to life, it smiled evilly, the two halves of his lips turned up and down, and he said: "The third door of the word A", as soon as the words fell, the third relief stone door from the left opened, and the ghost head was hooked again with his eyes and restored the appearance of the stone carving.
Hearing the sound of "The Third Gate of A", a look of shock that could not be concealed appeared on the face of the Blood-Eyed Rakshasa but quickly calmed down, but this detail did not escape He Zichuan's eyes, he hugged his fist to the Blood-Eyed Rakshasa and said: "In this way, let's say goodbye and meet again in the future." ”
The blood-eyed Rakshasa bowed slightly, and returned the salute to He Zichuan.
He Zichuan pulled up the girl who was still ignorant and curious, and dodged into the stone door, as soon as the two entered, the stone door was closed again, and the number on the door plaque changed from the third number of the first word A to the first number of the third word of the C word, and strangely moved from the third door from the left to the position of the third door from the right.
Seeing the two disappear from view, the calm color on the face of the Blood-Eyed Rakshasa faded in an instant, and was replaced by a fierce face, he slammed his palms together, and said to himself viciously: "Damn, how can it be this gate, why is it this door! This cunning guy is still running fast, and he doesn't leave me a chance at all." Damn! The deity has been waiting for 100,000 years, a full 100,000 years to wait for a living person!"
His roar echoed through the hall, a loud sound that shook the stone walls slightly.
Suddenly, a stone door burst open without warning, and the blood-eyed Rakshasa's dark green eyes instantly turned blood-red, and he turned his head viciously to stare at the stone door that had never been opened. Out of the stone gate came a crow-headed monster dressed in armor and holding a halberd. As soon as the Blood-Eyed Rakshasa saw the monster, his face was full of shock again, and he stood in place.
The raven-headed monster rushed into the blood-eyed Rakshasa and squeaked sharply, as if talking to him. The Blood-Eyed Rakshasa blurted out, "Seventeen! You're seventeen!
The crive-headed monster nodded desperately, and continued to squeak in its mouth, as if it was afraid that the blood-eyed rakshasa would not understand, and danced and gestured to something.
The blood-eyed Rakshasa's hideous face was so excited that he burst into tears, and he roared as if he was venting, and said in ecstasy: "Lord Raven is still alive?!!hahaha!" Loud laughter filled every corner of the hall again.
The crow-headed monster nodded, leaned into the ear of the Blood-Eyed Rakshasa and continued to squeak and speak, but the Blood-Eyed Rakshasa changed his fierce color, listened respectfully, and nodded his head incessantly: "Yes, I know." Yes, I will do it, seventeen, you go back to Lord Crow, and the bloody eye will definitely live up to your mission!"
In the corridor, He Zichuan and Mo Yan walked straight forward in the darkness, every step forward between the two of them, the back road would disappear a step, and He Zichuan vaguely felt that the corridor under their feet was changing direction every moment, as if one of the corridors they were in was lifted by an invisible big hand as a whole, reconnecting with other corridors, they seemed to have been moving forward, but in fact, it was possible that they were just going in circles in place.
He Zichuan tried the wall of Yongdao, but he was shocked, with the toughness of the wall, let alone him, even Jin Zun may not be able to leave even a shallow mark in front of him.
As the two walked, the girl suddenly sneered, and He Zichuan asked unexpectedly, "What are you laughing at?"
The girl said innocently: "I laughed at that guy just now, obviously he looks fierce and vicious, ugly and hideous, but I didn't expect that he is actually polite and can speak well, what an interesting evil ghost." ”
He Zichuan remembered the blood-eyed Rakshasa just now, sneered in his heart, but said calmly on his face: "It's not as simple as you think, if my guess is right, he was trapped there for some reason, and the reason why he wants to tell us so much is probably because he wants to use our hands to escape." ”
The girl was surprised, "Ah, then why do we still obey him?"
He Zichuan said with a smile: "I also want to see what kind of medicine he sells in his gourd, but there seems to be some accidents in the middle, if it weren't for the fact that he was too shocked in his heart and showed a little flaw, I really wouldn't dare to walk into this stone gate so surely." You see there's light, we're here. ”
The two of them followed the light source to a large hall, and as soon as they stepped out of the corridor, the corridor immediately became a part of the wall, and disappeared out of thin air, without even a trace of existence. The two looked at the place in front of them, shocked again. This is a large hall about 30 zhang wide and about hundreds of zhang long, there is not a single lamp and candle in the hall, but it is brightly lit, bright as day. The whole hall was empty, but it was extremely luxurious. It is said to be empty because there is no furnishing in the main hall, not even a single pillar, and it is said to be luxurious because the decoration of the main hall is carved with dragons and phoenixes, which is very dazzling, like the palace of an emperor. The walls around the main hall are densely painted with various murals, the characters are lifelike, and the scenery is vivid and natural, like a flowing picture scroll. When the two of them entered the main hall, these scrolls seemed to suddenly come to life, turning into changing pictures, as if countless worlds were changing endlessly on these walls.
In a secret room in the Heavenly Hades Temple, two monks were sitting upright on two futons and meditating, when suddenly a white candle in the middle of them flickered violently. One of the middle-aged monks, Huo Ran, opened his eyes and stared at the candle flame, and the other white-haired old man also stood up unconsciously.
After a long time, the candle flame calmed down again, and the middle-aged monk exhaled a long breath and said excitedly, "Here they are, the most important step in the plan can finally begin." ”
The white-haired old man's eyes were also full of eagerness that could not be concealed, and he nodded heavily and said, "I'll go find those two now." ”
The middle-aged monk nodded and said, "I'll go with you." With that, he flipped his hand and took out a crystal bead the size of a wine glass, and in the bead there were two unnoticed figures, it was He Zichuan and the girl. The middle-aged monk frowned and said in surprise, "Why are they there?"