Volume 1, Chapter 53: The Quietly Turning Wheel of Fate
Almost at the same time that He Zichuan and the girl were sucked into the gate of the afterlife, a huge mountain gate suddenly appeared out of thin air above the Lonely Bird City, one of the entrances to the secret realm of the Heavenly Dome, and the two doors of the mountain gate were about dozens of zhang high and more than three zhang thick, and they were greatly open, shooting out a terrifying ghost light from it, like a portal to another world. If He Zichuan was here, he would definitely be surprised that this mountain gate was so similar to the Gate of the Dead, there was only a very slight difference between the two, if it wasn't for the fact that he was too impressed by that strange gate, I'm afraid it would be difficult to see the difference.
In any case, this astonishing spectacle immediately caused a sensation throughout the Far North, and countless self-sustaining monks rushed to the Lonely Bird City. For a while, many rumors about this strange gate were noisy, some said that this was the real secret of the Heavenly Dome Secret Realm, some said that this was a huge treasure house passage in the extreme north, some said that this was the Gate of Ascension, and some said that this was the Yellow Spring Road that connected this realm and hell.
Each of these theories has its own cluster, not only interlocking with the many legends of the Far North, spreading the nose and eyes, but also doing the most bizarre things, constantly arousing the curiosity and greed of the monks.
At first, under the horror of the ghostly light, no one dared to act rashly, but the world was always invincible to the temptation of greed and curiosity. On the night of the gate's appearance, someone tried to go into it to find out, and as soon as someone took the lead, the fear immediately vanished, and in its place there was a rush of madness, and even the most cautious monks or sects became excited and eager to try.
However, whoever tried to enter the gate would be stopped by a mysterious barrier that could not be seen or touched, and it would not be possible to get close to the gate at all. However, this did not diminish the monks' desire for treasures and adventures, but rather ignited the enthusiasm of the people, for all those who tried to break through the gate were unharmed. Since there is no cost to pay, but there is a huge benefit to be gained, no one will refuse to give it a try.
The news suddenly seemed to have grown wings, spreading at a speed ten times faster than before, and every monk who received the news, regardless of their identity and cultivation, would immediately set off and go to the Lonely Eagle City to try their immortal fate. The teleportation arrays in the far north were boiling in an instant, except for those ultra-long-range teleportation arrays specially prepared for the legendary bigwigs (lowly cultivators could hardly bear the side effects of ultra-long-range teleportation arrays), the other teleportation arrays were all crowded, and some people even did not hesitate to fight in order to compete for a teleportation place, causing many grievances.
In just three days, tens of thousands of monks gathered in Lonely Bird City, and I heard that there were as many as fifty or sixty monks in the Holy Realm alone, and there were close to six or seven hundred masters in the Immortal Realm, and the other monks could only be described as countless. And there are countless monks who are coming.
On the fifth day after the appearance of the mountain gate, news came from Lonely Crane City that one of the only two non-Jinchuan Transformation Realm masters in the extreme north, the Meishan Lord of Tianbang Peak, came to Lonely Crane City. In their opinion, there is no problem in this world that cannot be solved by the master of the transformation realm, even in the face of this strange mountain gate, as long as there is the Lord of Meishan, I am afraid that it will be difficult for them to have a chance to get a piece of the pie.
However, on the sixth day, the latest news from the Lonely Bird City once again ignited the entire Far North. It is reported that on the night when the Lord of Meishan came to the Lonely Bird City, he hurriedly launched an attack on the mountain gate, and the first one or two were just temptations, but later it was obvious that he had done it with all his might, even so, the results of eight consecutive impacts were still the same as those of other monks, and they were all blocked back by the invisible barrier. Lord Meishan lost face in front of countless monks, and was unwilling to leave, preparing to recuperate and try again the next day.
As soon as the news came out, almost all the monks thought that this strange mountain gate was prepared for people who were destined, and it was not something that could be broken through by cultivating to a high level. The monks, who had a great immortal fate, began to rush to the Lonely Eagle City more eagerly. However, in the face of such a big event that everyone is crazy about, Jin Chuan, the real master of the extreme north, not only did not send a single soldier, but even the patrol envoys near the Lonely Bird City quietly withdrew. Greed will blind the eyes of the world and blind their hearts. Not only did no one doubt Jin Chuan's abnormal behavior, but even most people felt a sense of happiness.
On the seventh day, the news of Lonely Eagle City came out very late, but it was even more shocking. Just when the fifteenth attack of the Meishan Lord failed to attack the mountain gate, countless Yin soldiers suddenly rushed out from the strange gate of hell, they were not only outrageously strong, but also ferocious and bloodthirsty, killing people when they saw them, greedily sucking the flesh and blood of the monks and the original gods, but in half an hour, they were like wolves rushing into the flock, slaughtering tens of thousands of monks in the Lonely Bird City. When the Lonely Crane City became a ghost city, the terrifying Yin soldiers rode out in all directions, turning the hundreds of miles around the center of the Lonely Crane City into a dead place, only two or three hundred monks were lucky enough to escape, and even the powerful Meishan Lord was seriously injured by the Yin soldiers in a short period of time.
This astonishing news is like throwing a huge amount of ice into boiling water, quickly cooling down the boiling Far North. Some of the bold monks doubted the truth of the news, and even ventured to approach the place of death, but without exception, they never returned. It wasn't until this moment that the "unlucky guys" who hadn't had time to arrive in Lonely Eagle City were really happy.
On the top of the golden roof, the green-shirted young man leisurely picked up a cup of fairy tea, gently blew off the tea stalk in the cup, and then the jade cup turned to his lips, and drank the fairy tea that exuded a rich aura, and then exhaled with satisfaction, the aura in that breath was very rich, and it condensed into fine particles like snowflakes in mid-air, and the particles fell on the tea table in a ping pong, and slowly became gaseous after three or five breaths, and were scattered in the heaven and earth.
The green-shirted young man put down the teacup with satisfaction and exclaimed: "The snowy fairy tea in Jinchuan in the extreme north really lives up to its reputation, and just drinking such a cup is worth half a month of meditation. It's a pity that this thing outside the body, it's okay to sip a little, if you don't know that moderation will one day turn cultivation into a castle in the air, it will be in vain, but it will collapse at the touch of a button. ”
Jin Zun on the other side of the tea table didn't seem to have the leisure and elegance of the green-shirted youth, but said lightly: "How precious is the snowy immortal tea, even if I Jinchuan carefully cultivates it, I can only get so many taels in ten thousand years, even if you want to know no restraint, there is no more immortal tea to squander." ”
The green-shirted young man looked overjoyed, and immediately poured himself another cup of fairy tea, and said with a smile: "Since this is the case, then I can't waste this God-given opportunity to taste delicious food." With that, he drank the immortal tea in his hand again.
Jin Zun on the other side did not speak, but looked at the sky with a serious expression, not knowing what he was thinking.
The green-shirted young man frowned and asked Jin Zun, "What, are you worried about the future of the Far North?"
Jin Zun shook his head and said abruptly: "Everything has a fixed number, even if you become a god and ascend, you can't escape, not to mention that the deity is just a scattered immortal, and what he is planning now is just doing his best." ”
The green-shirted young man laughed and said, "I didn't expect Lord Jin Zun to be so sad?"
Jin Zun was stunned for a moment, and then said: "Afraid? Of course I'm afraid, I'm afraid every day and every night, but what's the use of being afraid? ”
The green-shirted young man said: "Although the door of hell has been opened, it's still too late to quit, don't let yourself regret it for life." ”
Jin Zun smiled and said indifferently: "Now Jinchuan has become a difficult situation to ride a tiger, and the deity himself is also ready to send it, but those two old guys are making trouble everywhere in the extreme north, adding a lot of variables to the big event." ”
The green-shirted young man nodded slightly, and then asked, "You really don't worry about that group of mysterious people at all?"
Jin Zun said helplessly: "What's the use of worrying? Since it's a big gamble, naturally we can't be afraid of losing, and when we achieve great things, we can free up our hands to solve a few jumping clowns, it's just a matter of turning over hands, but if we can't make a big deal, even without them, Jin Chuan may no longer exist." ”
The green-shirted young man smiled bitterly: "Why do you bother?"
Jin Zun swept away the worry on his face, and said heartily: "There are some things in this world that no matter how afraid you are, no matter what price you have to pay, you always have to do it, otherwise how could you come all the way to Jinchuan?"
The green-shirted young man nodded thoughtfully, and sighed: "Maybe it's ......" As soon as the words fell, the snowflakes on the golden roof suddenly became a little chaotic, and the green-shirted young man sighed lightly and said to Jin Zun: "Our two old friends, I'm afraid it's almost there." ”
Jin Zun's eyes narrowed, and he looked at the sky again.
In the Heavenly Hades Temple, in a dark circular secret room, twenty-two crow-headed human statues wearing armor and holding halberds form a large circle around the circular wall, jointly guarding the waterhole at the bottom of the stairs under their feet. The pool was no more than two feet square, filled with a quiet black liquid, from which a chain as thick as a beam stretched out and was attached to the great roulette wheel at the top of the chamber. Everything in the chamber seemed to fall into a dead silence, like an old well that was undisturbed, and like a frozen picture, and nothing had moved in the slightest for countless years.
Suddenly, the whole chamber trembled slightly, and then all the statues began to appear shallow cracks from the center of their eyebrows, and the cracks expanded rapidly like cobwebs, and in a short time all the statues were covered with cracks. The huge roulette wheel at the top of the chamber began to spin slowly, the thick chains snapping straight as if something heavy was being linked to the other end. The chain made a "bang, bang, bang" sound, and was slowly rolled up by the roulette wheel, slowly pulling a huge statue out of the water in the pool, the statue was covered with countless mysterious charms, and several important tricks were also deeply inserted with iron nails the thickness of ordinary people's arms, which were twice as large as the statues around the secret room, but they also looked like a crow-headed human body, but the armor on the body was more luxurious, and there were strange bat wings on the back, which looked much more vicious than the statues around the secret room.
When the statue was completely pulled out of the water, all the charms on its body suddenly lit up, and obscure runes came and went, and after three or five breaths, the charms began to spontaneously combust, and a terrifying sealing power slowly dissipated. The nine huge iron nails inserted in its key holes slowly turned red as if they had been scorched by flames, and finally dissolved into the pool below, but the black water was like a beast devouring all things, and the molten iron disappeared in an instant, not even causing a splash.
A crack cracked at the center of the statue's eyebrows, and the crack expanded rapidly, and when the last iron nail was completely melted, the statue suddenly shattered along the crack, revealing a monster about three feet tall and a crow-headed human body, and the strong spiritual pressure instantly filled the entire secret room, and the heavy walls of the secret room were overwhelmed by the pressure, and cracks broke out one after another. The monster suddenly opened its eyes and let out a sharp chirp, which immediately shattered all the statues, revealing twenty-two smaller raven-headed human monsters. As soon as the monsters awakened, they threw themselves to the ground and worshiped the huge monster above the pool.
"Hahahaha, how many thousands of years have passed, and the deity finally has to see the light of day again! Who fulfilled that damn fate and released the deity? The deity gratefully wished to eat him immediately!" The monster broke free from the last restraint of the chains, stretched out the bat wings behind it, and looked at his hands, his expression distorted with excitement, and howled like catharsis.
Just as he was getting carried away, the black water in the waterhole suddenly shot out a water arrow, like a shower watering flowers, and gently sprinkled it on the monster's body, and the monster immediately let out a terrible scream, and the armor and skin and flesh that came into contact with the black water quickly emitted white smoke, festering and rotting.
"Ahh......h That guy is still ghosted!" The monster rolled in the air in pain, and large cold sweats flowed down the thick feathers on his crow's head, and he screamed and begged for mercy: "Dead ghost, are you still there?" I know you're here, come out and save me, save me, save me, hurry!"
A cold female voice came from mid-air: "Idiot, haven't you learned to be obedient after so many years?" Challenging him in the Heavenly Hades Temple is only for you and me to suffer and suffer, if you dare to be stupid again, don't blame me for not remembering the old love and seeing death and not saving you, watching you fall into reincarnation." ”
How dare the crow-headed monster be reckless, and immediately said obediently: "I don't dare, I don't dare anymore, I will definitely do my best to complete the things he explained." ”
There was another cold snort in mid-air, and then a green light shot out, enveloping the crow-headed monster's entire body, and his terrible howl suddenly disappeared, and the rotting wound healed quickly.
The crow-headed monster gasped and said, "Hey, that guy promised that as long as he finishes this, he will let you and me go, but at least more than ninety percent of the mana on my body is still in a sealed state, what can I do with just a little bit of cultivation? That guy didn't deliberately want us to die, right?"
The female voice sneered: "If he wants to kill you, I still need to go to such trouble?" Since our mana is still sealed, it is likely that we can complete the things he explained with only one percent of our mana. ”
The raven-headed monster was pleasantly surprised, "Really, it's so easy this time, and he's so kind?"
The female voice said coldly: "How do I know? Since you and I have broken free from the seal, it means that the door to the past life has been opened, and the wheel of fate has begun to turn, you and I had better do our best to finish what he explained, otherwise you know what the consequences will be." ”
The raven-headed monster shuddered and said with concern, "I know, I won't do anything bad this time." ”
The girl snorted again and said coldly: "It's good that you know, if you dare to do bad things this time, see if I don't ...... A few rats actually sneaked into the Heavenly Hades Temple, and they mixed in before the fateful people opened the door to the dead!"
The crow-headed monster exclaimed, "What? There are such idiots, no, such bold people, waiting for the deity to swallow them." ”
The female voice hurriedly stopped: "Don't move, first find out who they are, if they are that person's subordinates, won't we ruin his other arrangements?"
The crow-headed monster swallowed a mouthful of saliva, nodded in agreement, and yelled at the little monsters who threw themselves at him, "Little ones, go and find out who those rats are!" Twenty-two human-sized crow-headed monsters immediately rolled over and poured out of the secret room.
The secret room was strangely quiet, but the female voice suddenly sighed, and said quietly: "I suddenly feel that none of the things he arranged will be so simple, this time we are afraid it is better to be careful." ”
The crow-headed monster was excited, and suddenly became uneasy again, nodding like pounding garlic.