Chapter 146: The Underworld
This is a world that Mo Lin could never have dreamed of.
There are vast plains, rushing rivers, rolling hills, and even light underground.
Mo Lin looked at the scene that was no different from the ground in surprise, and suddenly had an illusion that he had really penetrated the entire planet and came to the other side.
But the "sky" made of thick soil above his head pulled Mo Lin back to reality.
"It's hard to imagine that there is such a world underground." Erudite and knowledgeable Zhu Pingman is also the first time to see such a spectacle, he sighed.
Mo Lin floated up and slowly rose to the soil layer above his head, and he realized that the so-called light came from a kind of bryophyte that grew densely on the soil layer.
These mosses look like dandelions, and the only thing that can be removed is that their fluff emits a faint light.
There were so many mosses that they covered the soil, and the light they emitted converged to illuminate the entire underground world as if it were day.
The Nine Demon Kings also looked at each other, and they didn't expect that tracking the Red Dragon Ball would come to such a magical world.
"What the hell is this place?" The Rhino King couldn't hold his breath.
"Looks like it's supposed to be underground." Snake Nine Secluded Dao, "When the heavens and the earth were opened, the clear qi rose into the sky to form the sky, and the turbid qi sank to form the earth. This may be a world formed by turbid and indistinguishable qi, but we never knew it. ”
"Are there humans and demons here?" The Black Water Fish King looked into the distance, they were on a barren hill, and in the distance was a large river, which flowed incessantly, and farther away, there were few traces of towns.
"Quite possibly." Snake Nine Secluded Path.
"Then what should we do now, the Red Dragon Ball has disappeared without a trace, and it must be hidden somewhere in this world." Golden-winged Dapeng Bird Road.
"Everyone will look for it separately, and if they find it, they will notify everyone. If anyone wants to take it alone, there is no forgiveness. "The Nine Snakes are in the Yin and Yin Dao.
The demon kings swore that they would not swallow it privately, and then they scattered in all directions, and soon disappeared in all directions.
"What are you going to do?" Snake Jiuyou turned around and asked Xiao Baidao.
"Let's go together." Xiaobai Dao, he was referring to Mo Lin, Zhu Pingman and Yue Yao.
"It's a bit strange here, so let's do it for ourselves." As the snake spoke, the image of the body gradually faded and disappeared into the void.
"Can you already pass through the void......" Xiao Bai snorted coldly, "No wonder he doesn't care much about the dragon bone, if he gets the Red Dragon Ball, I'm afraid that he will have to break through the limit of the demon god." ”
Zhu Pingman leaned down and grabbed a handful of soil, twisted it and said: "The soil here is very weird, it seems to be ......" He rubbed his fingers, and the sound of "boom" of soil actually burned.
"Soil burns!" Mo Lin was taken aback, he did the same, only to find that the soil here was the same as the wood chips in the ground world, as long as it was heated, it could be burned, and after it burned out, it was left with a pile of black fine powder.
Xiaobai sniffed the remaining powder suspiciously, and said suspiciously: "What the hell is going on, I'm confused." ”
Zhu Pingman said: "I don't know, it seems that we have come to a very interesting world. ”
"Whatever, let's find the Red Dragon Ball first. We'll have to hurry up so that we don't get caught by my greedy brethren. "Xiaobaidao.
"Why don't you go there and have a look." Mo Lin pointed to the end of the distant horizon, where there seemed to be a faint city, and he was eager to see what kind of inhabitants of the underworld lived.
After all, they didn't know about the situation in the underground world, and they didn't want to cause trouble, so they simply hid their whereabouts and quietly traveled into the distance.
After walking not far away, Mo Lin found that when people were underground, their bodies would become heavier, and there seemed to be some force pulling people down, and he even felt that his height was a little shorter. If you ask Zhu Pingman again, I also have this feeling, it seems that there is a big difference between here and on the ground, and there are many hidden mysteries.
"You said that if I set a fire here, would I burn the whole world?" Xiaobai said with a smile as he walked.
"Quite possibly." Mo Lin looked at the ground under his feet, imagining the scene of the entire underground world burning, and couldn't help but shudder a little.
"Don't mess around, there are too many strange things in this world that we don't know, and if you're not careful, you may get into a big disaster." Zhu commented on the road.
"Just talk...... Xiao Bai pouted and rushed to the front.
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Hu Sanmao yawned heavily, staring boredly at the potential customers who were bustling around the city gates, but unfortunately they didn't seem to be interested in his hot wax, and didn't even bother to take a look.
"Recently, hot wax has become more and more difficult to sell, and business is not easy to do......" said the eagle next to Hu Sanmao.
"You're okay, my four children are waiting for me to sell money to eat." Hu Sanmao said angrily.
"Why don't you borrow some money from your two elder brothers, I heard that your eldest brother has recently resold the Blazing Stone and made a lot of money. Your second brother is also the captain of the palace guard, so he should have a lot of money. Ying Biao's eyes were full of envy.
"They won't pay attention to me." Hu Sanmao sighed.
Hu Sanmao is the third in the family, and the eldest brother Hu Damao has been lucky recently, found a blazing stone mine, and made a lot of money. The second brother, Hu Ermao, was the captain of the guard in the palace. The three of them are one mother and one sibling, but their lives are very different, which really makes Hu Sanmao a little annoyed.
"Now hot wax is becoming less and less valuable, a little bit of ability, who in the family doesn't buy a piece of blazing stone to use. I think sooner or later, we'll either change careers or starve to death. Eagle Soar said again.
Hu Sanmao listened to Ying Biao's words, and he was also very disappointed in his heart. Three generations of his family have been in the hot wax business, and now when it comes to changing careers, he doesn't know what else he will do. Thinking of the four little tigers waiting to be fed at home, Hu Sanmao had a headache.
The streets are getting deserted, and it looks like they can't open today. Ying Biao went home early, and Hu Sanmao was still squatting at the gate of the city, hoping to sell some goods and buy some food for the children.
Just when Hu Sanmao was full of anticipation, he saw four strange-shaped guys.
Hu Sanmao felt that only one of them was a demon clan in the city, and the other three looked like monsters no matter how they looked.
Almost subconsciously, Hu Sanmao shouted.
"Do you buy hot wax? Fresh hot wax, pure handmade, guaranteed to last for a month. ”
"It turned out to be the same as our words." Walking in the front, the white guy who looked like a tanuki jumped in front of Hu Sanmao and startled him.
"What do you mean by hot wax?" A guy with white hair on some parts of his face and a smooth part of his face asked.
"Don't you even know about hot wax?" Hu Sanmao said strangely, in this huge demon world, who doesn't know hot wax?
"Hehe, I'm a foreigner, I don't know much." The guy said.
"Do you have any money?" Hu Sanmao is not stupid, if the other party doesn't buy it, he won't bother to talk nonsense anyway.
Next to the man, there was a guy with some black hair on the top of his head and a smoother face, and he took out a few shiny small round coins in his arms and said, "Is this okay?" ”
"What is this?" Hu Sanmao took it, touched it with his fingers, put it in his mouth and bit it, and his heart suddenly jumped up.
"Oh my God, it's silver." Hu Sanmao was pleasantly surprised, he lived for dozens of years, and it was rare to see a round of silver. These shiny small round silver coins in his hand were enough for his family to live carefree for a few years.
"These outsiders probably don't know the value of silver, and when I meet such a stupid person, I should get rich." Hu Sanmao secretly rejoiced.
He stuffed all the silver into his arms, coughed and said, "This hot wax is a good thing for our big city, as long as you tear off the wax paper outside, it will naturally get hot." It can be used to cook rice, boil water and heat up, which is really a must-have for home travel. ”
"I see, I don't know if you can sell us a piece." The guy pulled out a few more small silver coins.
"Of course, I can sell them to you." Hu Sanmao's eyes were straight, he greedily took the silver coin, and simply pushed the load of hot wax in front of him.
"Rich, this time!" Hu Sanmao only felt that he was in a dream, and the guys on the other side answered happily no matter what they asked.
When Hu Sanmao smiled and went home, a few guys who looked like monsters to him whispered at the city gate.
"It looks like there's no open fire in the underground." It was Zhu Pingman who was considered to be a white-haired monster, he tore open the wax paper wrapped in the hot wax in his hand, and sure enough, the layer of wax inside began to release heat, and the hot heat could really be used to cook food, and there was no open flame.
"This way there will be no fire, otherwise I am afraid that it will be burned to ashes long ago." Mo Lin also tried to tear a hot wax, thinking that this thing was very interesting.
"It seems that the inhabitants of this underground world are all demon beasts, they call themselves demon clans, and they only know that there is an underground world, and they don't know the existence of the above-ground world." Zhu commented on the road.
"I just wonder why the Red Dragon Ball keeps coming here." Xiaobai muttered.
"The top priority is to find the location of the Red Dragon Ball. But now it's easy to see through this look, so my grandfather and I have to put on makeup. Mo Lin said something in Yueyao's ear.
Yue Yao ran to the shop on the street to buy some things, and when she came back, Mo Lin pulled Zhu Ping into a no-man's corner, and reappeared after a long time, Xiaobai and Yue Yao couldn't help but smile and lean back.
Mo Lin not only glued some hair on the faces of the two, but also stuffed a tail behind the buttocks. Unless you look closely, it's really hard to tell the difference between them and the other demon clans.
"Boss, I see that you are getting more and more talented." Xiaobai laughed and could barely walk.
"Don't talk nonsense, find an inn to rest first." Zhu Pingman's old face was a little red, but there was a lot of hair sticky on his face, and he couldn't see the blush.
The underground world is similar to many places on the ground, and in addition to the dazzling array of shops, restaurants and inns are all available. Mo Lin found an inn that looked good and opened two rooms to live in.
Zhu Pingman and Xiaobai went into a room, and the two old guys discussed all kinds of strangeness in this world word by word, and began to quarrel as they spoke. Mo Lin didn't want to get involved, so he simply ran to Yueyao's room next door to talk to her.
"It turns out that the silver here is the most valuable, and I was deceived by the hot wax seller." Mo Lin only figured out how to exchange money in the underworld when he paid for the house. Silver is the most expensive here, followed by copper, and gold is completely worthless.
"There is night and day underground." Yueyao has no concept of money, but is curious about the natural scene underground. She leaned in front of the window, watching the sky outside gradually darken, muttering to herself.
Mo Lin walked to the window and looked up, and saw that the glowing moss above his head was dimming little by little, as if countless lights were extinguishing one by one, and soon the underground world became pitch black.
The darkness did not last long, however, and soon there was a faint glow in the moss, like the moonlight and stars of the earthly world.
Mo Lin guessed that these were two different mosses that could emit light, and they would glow at different times. When a large number of mosses glow, the underground world is reflected as day, and when that moss stops glowing, and the scarce one begins to glow, it is like the night and stars of the earthly world, forming a natural wonder at this moment.
"Ah......h
"Tom tom tom ......" there was a knock on the door.
"Who?" Mo Lin asked.
"Guest officer, it's getting late, I'm sending the Blazing Stone." The guy at the inn said outside.
Mo Lin opened the door, and the man had a small stove in his hand, which contained a few red stones.
"Aren't they all warmed with hot wax?" Mo Lin flaunts what he's just learned about the underworld.
"Hot wax is outdated, and that thing is unused and cumbersome, how can it be used with blazing stone." The guy laughed. He placed the stove in the center of the room, and sure enough, the temperature in the room immediately rose.
When the guy withdrew, Mo Lin looked at the blazing stone in the stove again, only to find that this was a stone that could heat on its own, the temperature was higher than that of hot wax, and it seemed that it was easy to use, and it did not evaporate by itself with heat like hot wax.
"This world is really wonderful." Mo Lin exclaimed.
"Brother Mo Lin, where do you say the Red Dragon Ball will go?" Yue Yao baked her hands by the stove and asked Mo Lin.
Mo Lin shook his head and said, "I don't know either." Since coming to the underworld, there is no breath of Red Dragon Ball anymore. However, the dragon soul power in my body is closely related to the Red Dragon Ball, and as long as the distance is close enough, I think there should be a sense. We'll look everywhere tomorrow, and we'll get clues. ”
"If we find the Red Dragon Ball, we'll be able to go back to Earth, I'm missing the sunshine a little bit now." Yue Yao said lightly, with a little sadness in her tone.
Mo Lin suddenly thought that Yue Yao had spent the first thirty years of her life in the dark underground, and she must hate going underground the most.
"Yueyao, I promise you, I will definitely find the Red Dragon Ball as soon as possible, and take you back to the ground as soon as possible to see the stars, the moon, and the sun." Mo Lin said.
"Really, great!" Yue Yao was still a child's temperament, and when she heard Mo Lin's words, she immediately became happy.
After a night of silence, early the next morning, Mo Lin saw the spectacular "sunrise" of the underground world, and large areas of moss suddenly woke up, blooming with pieces of light, re-illuminating the whole world.
The four of them were divided into two groups, Mo Lin and Yueyao in one group, and Zhu Pingman and Xiaobai in one group, and made secret visits on both sides of the city to find out the news of the Red Dragon Ball.
Mo Lin and Yue Yao walked around the market, and Yue Yao felt fresh when she saw everything. Although the underground world is much uglier than Yueyao's demon clan, there are also some special jewelry, Mo Lin has been busy for a long time, and he didn't hear the news, but he bought several pieces of jewelry for Yueyao.
"Eldest sister, let me ask, have you ever seen such a big red and round bead?" While Yueyao was trying on jewelry, Mo Lin asked the proprietress - a white-haired ape.
"I haven't seen it, if there is such a big bead, what else will I do, go home early and enjoy the blessings." The ape shook his head.
Mo Lin walked to the door and looked up at the sky. It's not for nothing that the Red Dragon Ball came here, and there must be something in the underworld that attracts it. This is the closest demon city to the place where the Red Dragon Ball disappeared, and if there are no witnesses, finding it is like looking for a needle in the sea.
Just when he felt that there was no end to such an aimless search, several demon clans dressed in black and wearing black masks on their heads walked over. Everywhere they went, the demon clans on the street all avoided saluting, and it seemed that their status was very noble.
One of them went straight to the jewelry store, and the white-haired ape immediately greeted him respectfully, and said flatteringly: "Why is my father-in-law so free today." ”
The demon clan said in a cold tone: "Buy in the palace." ”
"I don't know what the ladies of the harem want this time, please write it down in my father-in-law, and I will ask someone to prepare the goods and send them in together." The white-haired ape first invited the demon clan to sit down, and then brought tea, looking at this hospitality, he knew that it was a big customer.
Mo Lin pretended to give advice to Yue Yao on the side, but his ears were pricked up to listen, judging from the words of the white-haired ape, this demon clan seemed to be a servant in a palace in the underground world.
The demon clan took a few sips of tea and wrote down the names of some goods. As he was leaving, Mo Lin caught a glimpse of the white-haired ape stuffing several copper coins into his hand.
"Boss, what are you doing here?" Waiting for the demon clan to go away, Mo Lin asked.
"It's the purchase of the palace, the big customer." The white-haired ape was overjoyed.
"Where is the palace?" Mo Lin asked.
"Don't you even know about the palace? Right in the very center of the city. The white-haired ape pouted, obviously thinking that Mo Lin was a countryman.
"Yueyao, let's go to the palace and have a look." Mo Lin pulled Yue Yao out of the jewelry store.
"Why, there are so many beautiful pieces of jewelry that I haven't tried." Yueyao pursed her mouth, looking cute and invincible.
"I feel the power of the Red Dragon Ball." Mo Lin said in a low voice.
"Where!" Yue Yao asked with wide eyes.
"The body that the palace bought just now, but the power is only a trace, very weak. He couldn't have had direct contact with the Red Dragon Ball, but he must have been in contact with someone close to the Red Dragon Ball. If I'm guessing correctly, the Red Dragon Ball is most likely in the Imperial Palace. Mo Lin said.
As soon as Fang Cai entered the jewelry store, Mo Lin felt that something was wrong. When he went out, the joints on Mo Lin's body suddenly itched slightly, which reminded him.
Mo Lin and Yue Yao didn't need to ask, and soon saw the tallest building in the city not far from the city center, which was where the imperial palace was located.
At the level of architecture in the underworld, the palace is majestic, protected by a high vermilion wall. Mo Lin looked far away, and could see that there were pavilions and pavilions inside, but the outside was protected by guards, and he couldn't get close, although the five senses were at the limit, he couldn't see the specific situation inside.
"How's it going, is there an induction?" Yue Yao asked Mo Lin.
Mo Lin shook his head, he tried to send the subtle energy of the wind into the palace to feel if there was the existence of the power of the Red Dragon Ball. But there seems to be some impenetrable prohibition on the walls of the palace, even if the power of the wind is the most subtle, it cannot penetrate that prohibition and is firmly blocked out.
"So, the Red Dragon Ball is trapped inside?" Yue Yao exclaimed.
Mo Lin was silent, he was also pondering this possibility.
"Why don't we just rush in and grab the Red Dragon Ball." Yue Yao has been a little violent with Xiao Bai recently, and she shook the Soul Bell on her wrist.
"No, you can't." Although Mo Lin couldn't detect the power of the Red Dragon Ball, he could feel that the guards in the palace were all strong opponents, and Mo Lin might not be afraid to fight alone, but if he was surrounded by them, he was afraid that it would be difficult to get out.
"So what to do, you can't just wait here. Otherwise, find Grandpa Zhu and Uncle Xiaobai, and we will kill them together. Yueyao came up with another idea that worked in the same vein.
Mo Lin still shook his head: "The Red Dragon Ball is powerful, if it is said that it will be trapped by the prohibition here, I don't believe it." I guess there must be something here that attracts the Red Dragon Ball, I'm afraid that the demon clan in the palace doesn't know about the existence of the Red Dragon Ball. If we startle the snake, we will get into trouble. ”
"But I can't help it." Yueyao pursed her lips again.
"Who said there was no way." Mo Lin smiled.
"What can you do?" Yueyao's eyes lit up.
"......" Mo Lin pouted. Yue Yao looked in the direction he had indicated, and saw that the purchasers she had just seen on the street were swaggering towards the palace.
"You mean......" Yueyao said in surprise.
Mo Lin nodded: "You can pretend to be them and blend in." The clothes they wear are the biggest cover. ”
"It's so much fun!" Yueyao smiled like a flower.
"You can't go in though." Mo Lin waved his finger.
"Why can't I go in?" Yueyao was coquettish, "You are not allowed to leave me." ”
"You're going to let me wind outside. In case both of us go in, who will rescue if we fail, and then it will be called every day, and the earth will not be spiritual. Mo Lin said.
Yue Yao thought about it, and had no choice but to say, "Okay, you must be careful, if there is any danger, use explosive spiritual energy." Grandpa, Uncle Xiaobai and I went in to save you. ”
"Don't worry. Inform them now, and come out to meet you when I go in and find out." Mo Lin said a few more words to Yueyao, and then went straight to a small alley near the palace.
"Is it the lord of the palace purchase, do you want to have a treasure here?" A palace buyer was walking towards the palace with a gift from the shop outside, humming a song, when suddenly a demon clan dragged a colorful ore in the palm of his hand and asked.
Cai Mai had never seen such colorful and brilliant ores, so he hurriedly asked, "How do you sell this thing?" ”
"Please follow me to a secluded place." The demon clan flashed and slipped into the dark alley on the side.
Buying and seeing around, no one paid attention, and followed in.
There was a muffled grunt in the alley, followed by a pop.
After a while, Caimai, who had become a little taller, walked out of the dark alley, hung the token on his waist that could enter the palace in the most conspicuous position, and strode towards the back door of the palace.