Chapter 920: Exploring the Ruins
The Heavenly Master's Mansion was trapped in the depths of a mountain col.
According to the exploration of geologists and ancient scholars, thousands of years ago, this should be a peak thousands of meters above sea level, but after thousands of years of geological changes, wind and frost encroached, the peaks disappeared, and the grandeur was no more.
The col as you see it today is actually the protruding belly of the mountain where the peaks are split.
In other words, this Heavenly Master's Relic Mansion was actually built in the belly of the mountain. And it is not known how deep, it is even possible to go deep into the ground.
Such a scenery is a spectacle even for Mo Lao and other transcendent beings, lamenting the wonder of creation and the powerful means of the sages.
It's just that Chen An treats this as if it were ordinary, this kind of ability, not to mention his ontology, even an ordinary Dharma Sect Master can't do it if he spends some time.
With such an analogy, he felt that he probably knew the level that the Jingyang Heavenly Master was in.
The crowd had been traveling with the car for more than 6 hours before they had to stop.
Halfway up the mountain, neither the mountain bus nor the infantry vehicle can continue to move forward, so they can only walk up the mountain, then over the cliff and into the col.
So a team of nearly 100 people turned into a mountaineering team and climbed the rugged mountain road.
In this regard, those soldiers are okay, mountain training is their regular training program, and they are all in the strength of the rank, and they are all physical, and walking on mountain roads is also like walking on flat ground.
Not to mention Mo Lao and the others, they are supernatural, and they are idle when they go up the mountains and down to the sea.
The only thing that suffered was the composite team of archaeological exploration, who carried instruments and trekked through the mountains and forests, and almost lost their lives. They could only walk for four or five hours a day, which greatly slowed down the progress of the entire team.
It was not until the morning of the third day that the group climbed the cliff and faced the bottomless pit and crack.
After a period of deliberation, it was decided to select a team of explorers to explore further, while the large army stayed where they were, setting up tents and building a makeshift research facility.
For the selected members of the exploration team, Mo Lao, Wei Laotou and Qin Huzi must be the best, and Chen An and the three of them are here to gain knowledge, so naturally they can't be left behind.
Of the 30-member special forces team, 10 were selected to follow, and the other 20 were stationed at the headquarters to prevent accidents and have the task of transmitting the situation back to the military at any time.
Originally, he wanted to take one or two more experts down, but when the future was unknown, Mo Lao, as the commander-in-chief, still dispelled this idea, and even under the premise of the other party's strong request, he did not let go, and was ready to wait until the specific danger level was determined before making plans.
Therefore, in the early expedition, there were only 16 of them.
Qi Qian was most curious about the possible dangers, and after the team set off, she couldn't help but ask, "Master, what danger will there be in the Heavenly Master's Mansion?"
Qin Huzi didn't stop and said, "It depends on what kind of legacy it is." Ancient Heavenly Masters, under normal circumstances, are a cultivation cave mansion and a Dan Weapon Refining Room. But when it comes to the level of the Four Great Heavenly Masters, it's hard to say, in addition to their own cultivation caves, they also have Dharma propagation dojos, inheritance Beppu, and even hidden forbidden places. The dangers vary and cannot be generalized. β
"Not only the four great heavenly masters, but also some well-known heavenly masters recorded in history have more than one cave, and the functions of these caves are not the same. β
Old Man Wei took over the topic at the right time and said: "It's okay that the Dharma Propagation Dojo and the Inheritance Beppu are just to pass on their own inheritance paths, and there won't be too much danger except for some regular prohibitions; β
"Hehe, you don't have to worry too much," at this time, Mo Lao said: "Even if it is the cultivation cave mansion, after so many years, and it has undergone geological changes, it is really unknown how much power can be left of the prohibition, we are so cautious, the main thing is to prevent it from being a hidden forbidden place for the Jingyang Heavenly Master." The secret forbidden place of the Heavenly Master is generally where the demon spirit is sealed, the stronger the Heavenly Master, the stronger the sealed demon spirit must be, after all, even the Heavenly Master himself can't solve it, only the existence of the seal, the strength is unimaginable. β
Wei Wuyang frowned and said, "Then if it is really a secret forbidden place of the Heavenly Master......
"Maybe it's not big," Old Man Wei took a sip of the wine in the gourd on his waist and interrupted him, "That kind of place is generally managed by sects and is rarely attributed to individuals, and at the level of the Four Great Heavenly Masters, there are very few demon spirits that even they can't solve." β
Qin Huzi also added: "If it is a forbidden place to seal demon spirits, it will generally set up an indelible mark to warn future generations that there is nothing like this mark on the way we came just now. β
At this time, Old Man Wei said again: "Even if it is not a secret forbidden place to seal demon spirits, we can't be careless, you must know that demon spirits are mortal enemies to Heavenly Master, and they are also the object of study, who can guarantee that there are not one or two left in their cultivation caves." β
Listening to their conversation, Chen An, who walked at the end, had a general understanding of the current situation.
To put it simply, the limited power of the Heavenly Master does not involve the level of the Heavenly Immortals, so there is no such thing as a true meaning and eternity.
A thousand years is enough time to wipe out the prohibitions and secret methods they left behind.
But this kind of place is not without danger, and the existence of demons makes no one dare to ignore it.
According to the records of the classics, that thing is almost immortal and indestructible, and it is very difficult, even if there is a double weakening of prohibition and time, it is difficult to guarantee whether it still retains the power of its peak.
Although there are clear research records now, showing that the current environment of the laws of heaven and earth restricts the powerful demon spirits from haunting, no one knows the situation in the Heavenly Master's Mansion, and if it is another cave sky, then even if it encounters a demon spirit that retains the peak strength to wander.
Of course, there is not necessarily a danger, and it is likely that it is a pure inheritance of Beppu, a region dedicated to the welfare of future generations.
In this teaching atmosphere, the group soon reached the bottom of the depression, where there was a crack five meters wide and thirty meters long, and the cold air inside was erratic, dark and unusual, and they did not know where to lead.
"Zhang Yang", Mo Lao turned his head and looked around, then greeted the captain of the soldiers who followed him.
The latter immediately stepped forward and asked, "What does the chief command?"
"This place is quite flat, I think it should be able to be used, you send two people back, tell the people of the archaeological team to come down slowly, and establish an exploration base here, in addition, you stay here to pick them up, let's go down and have a look first." β
"Yes!" Although Zhang Yang is also a powerhouse in the early stage of the D-level of energy, he has no objection to Mo Lao's orders, and obeying orders is the duty of a soldier.
Old Man Wei and Qin Huzi didn't say anything about Mo Lao's arrangement, and when Zhang Yang turned around to make arrangements, they had already taken the lead in entering the crack and investigating deeply.
Mo Lao didn't waste any time, and took Chen An and the three of them to follow.
The cracks and the outside world are completely two worlds, and once you enter, not only the temperature plummets, but the light also disappears without a trace.
Chen An looked back behind him and found that there was only a bright gap left, and all the scenes outside were no longer visible, just like standing outside and looking at the cracks, there was only darkness and nothing to see.
Faced with this situation, Chen An's eyes flickered, and he covertly guided the spiritual power in the void spirit space out, urging the candlelight and shadow technique with all his might.
It's just that his candlelight and shadow technique is only in its infancy, even if he has the support of huge spiritual power, he can only "see" the situation within a kilometer, and now there is a barrier from the surrounding mountain walls, this distance is greatly shortened, and it will not be much stronger than a sage who is good at this way.
He is like this, Wei Wuyang and Qi Qian are even worse, they can only cling to their own parents.
The faces of the three Mo Lao were also a lot more serious, and they were no longer as relaxed as before.
Qin Huzi spoke first: "This is not like a dojo, nor is it a inheritance Beppu, but it is like the last cultivation cave. β
The last cultivation cave is the place where the heavenly master sits, and the heavenly master also has a life limit, once he feels that he has reached the limit, he will basically live in isolation, enter an unknown cave, wait for death or fight again, but no matter what the result is, it will not be known to outsiders. It's the equivalent of a tomb they have prepared for themselves.
Old Man Wei immediately questioned: "According to the records, the Jingyang Heavenly Master finally ascended to the Immortal Realm, how could he sit in this cave mansion?"
Hearing this, Qin Huzi retorted in a timely manner, and said: "The information I received only said that the original fragment of the Seven Signatures of Yun Ji was found in the nearby antique market, and according to the research of relevant scholars, this is the hometown of Jingyang Heavenly Master, so it is guessed that it is the relics of Jingyang Heavenly Master, but I didn't say that it must be, and the specific situation depends on us to investigate." β
Mo Lao didn't say anything, just watched the road intently, and there was a faint flash of blazing white lightning in his eyes.
In his eyes, although the road in front of him was rugged, it was quite orderly, and it seemed to be a road leading directly to the ground, and artificial traces that were different from nature could be seen.
Following this trace, he led everyone all the way down, and soon saw a vast empty flying platform, on which a lonely stone house stood.
It should be the place where the Jingyang Heavenly Master cultivates.
Thinking so in his heart, Mo Lao couldn't help but speed up his pace, and there were broken forbidden mechanisms and withered trees along the way.
The species of dead wood are peculiar, and they are indeed some rare varieties in ancient times, and it is difficult to find clues in the existing vegetation, but the wide variety of forbidden mechanisms under their feet are really like what Qin Huzi saidβthis is the tomb of a Heavenly Master who is about to sit down.
With doubts in his heart, he crossed a distance of hundreds of meters in a few steps and appeared in front of the stone house.
The stone house has no door, and you can see the interior at a glance.
The layout of the room is extremely simple, except for a Dan furnace made of pure bronze, there is only a stone bed, on which sits a dry skeleton and wears a yellow robe, which is really a seated Heavenly Master.
Mo Lao did not rush in, his eyes cautiously swept every corner of the room, until he saw a wooden box in front of the dry bones, his eyes lit up, and he walked over cautiously.
It's just that just when he wanted to open the wooden box to see what was inside, his face suddenly changed, as if he remembered something, and a ball of light with blazing white electric light suddenly condensed in his hand, and smashed it into the dry bones on the opposite side.
A burst of light and shadow changed, the dry bones disappeared, the stone bed disappeared, and even the stone house and flying platform disappeared, and in front of Mo Lao's eyes, there was only a stone mottled staircase that stretched all the way down, and he didn't know where it led.
Behind him, Old Man Wei and Qin Huzi had long since disappeared, and only Chen An did not disappear because he was close.
For a while, even with his city government, his face became very ugly, and he spit out two words with anger and a hint of jealousy: "Dream Demon".