Chapter 291: Underwater Dynasty
It is strange that there is such a well here, and there is a lot of dark blue ice growing in the well.
The reason why Ji Que used the word "long" to describe the ice in the well was because there were a lot of fine hairs on their surface, which looked like hairs on human skin.
These ices are staggered in the well and look somewhat sharp.
At this time, Ning Hongyu suddenly pointed somewhere.
There was a small glow of fireflies, which was the usual mark of the officials of the Qingqi Division.
The two had observed before, and there were no other entrances and exits to the waters around them, and this well seemed to be the only entrance.
So the two prepared to go down the well.
Ji Que jumped down and stepped on an ice pick, as light as a feather.
The lower the well, the greater the space, and the criss-crossing ice picks in the well forced Ji Que and Ning Hongyu to slow down.
Because this ice really gives people the feeling of being covered with ominous hair.
In this way, after about a cup of tea, the well was finished.
What appeared in front of you was a series of large holes.
Looking at these big holes, Ji Que could already think of the picture of how the dragon walked through them.
He was inevitably a little nervous about facing this legendary species.
Ning Hongyu quickly discovered the mark left by the Qingqi Division official.
The algae in this cave were badly damaged, the walls of the cave were broken, and there was a faint disgusting yellow slime.
They couldn't help but remember the dream that the emperor had told before, in which the old dragon only said that he was very itchy, and then the emperor saw that its scales were full of eyes.
This hole is badly damaged, and it may have been left by the old dragon when he stopped itching.
"Huh?"
Ji Que stared intently at a certain place, and then suddenly spit out a string of bubbles, and scurried back, directly breaking the two ice hammers.
This ice hammer is unusually strong, and the tiny ones on the surface are like sharp needles, and in the blink of an eye, Ji Que's clothes will be punctured, if it weren't for the True Yuan Protector, it is estimated that it would be pricked and bleeding.
But Ji Que doesn't care about whether it hurts or not, because a hideous grimace suddenly came out of the surface of his head just now, and he wanted to bite him.
This grimace looks old, the surface is covered with deep wrinkles, and the skin is pitch black and metallic, and it looks like an old woman's face has been poured with molten iron, which is very terrifying.
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It grinned, its teeth were small and sharp, and it was still biting, and it looked like a knife.
The reason why it scared Ji Que was because it appeared too abruptly.
The grimace surfaced half a foot from the surface of the pier and stopped, as if it was stuck and could not go any further.
But the visual impact of this thing on Ji Que has not stopped.
When watching horror movies in the past, Ji Que was most annoyed by this kind of inadvertent scary scenes, and with the sudden and terrifying sound effects, it always made people startled.
And the eerie underwater imperial tomb in front of me, the long-haired ice cubes, and the grimace that suddenly came out are no longer comparable to ordinary 3D movies.
Ning Hongyu had a blank look, took out the demon knife and knocked on the teeth of the grimace, and then with a snort, the ghost mouth bit reluctantly, biting lonely.
"Alas, it's quite fierce." Ning Hongyu Ji Que withdrew the knife in time, and then poked the other party's nostrils with the tip of the knife.
For some reason, the grimace had its eyes closed all the time.
After poking the other party's nostrils for a while, and finding that this grimace didn't sneeze, Ning Hongyu couldn't help but be a little disappointed.
At this moment, I saw that the grimace suddenly raised again, and a piece of it appeared, but the head still did not come out completely.
It can be seen that this ghost's head is very long, and the edge of the head is flat, but it does not look like a ghost, and it smells like a machine.
How can I say that the organ is alive?
Ji Que was taken aback by this thing again, and couldn't help but be a little annoyed, and at this time, this grimace actually opened his eyes directly.
These eyes were blood-red, like blood-stained glass balls, and under its embellishment, this grimace couldn't help but become more calm.
Seeing this, Ji Que reluctantly used a whip leg and kicked the grimace with a bang.
The grimace suddenly sank two feet, and it was just about to open its big mouth to bite Ji Que, but Ji Que's hands suddenly fell like lightning and clasped its eyeballs.
The qi flowed through Ji Que's fingertips, and Kacha sank into the grimace's eyeballs.
In just an instant, the eyeballs of the eyes that the grimace had just opened were pinched and exploded!
Grimace shrank back with a scream, never wanting to come out again, and the water was filled with blood.
"It seems to be a bit cowardly."
After that, the two continued on their way.
The deeper you go into the cave, the stronger the fishy smell becomes, and all the aquatic plants in it have died.
It can be seen that there is indeed a problem here.
The cave grew wider and wider at the back, lined with statues on both sides.
Ji Que and the two walked forward and found that there were two rows of statues on both sides, both of which were kneeling.
Such a picture is easy to remind people of the picture of the emperor's last dynasty, but what makes Ji Que feel uncomfortable is that these statues not only have human appearances, but also strange shapes.
"If this is a mausoleum made by three generations of emperors, does that mean that under his command, this kind of thing can be an official?"
Ji Que looked at a pig-headed man with three pairs of bat wings and pondered.
These strange things kneel together with people, and their posture looks no different from people, and Ji Que found that these portraits also have a similar face, and their facial features are combined, but they don't look like people anymore, and these aliens seem to be a group.
After a while, only Kacha was heard, and Ji Que looked down and found that there was a thin layer of ice on the ground.
Like the ice picks in the well, the surface of the ice also has a thin layer that looks like a human hair.
With it came a chill, which seemed to be able to easily penetrate their body protection essence and make them feel cold.
The next moment, the cave came to an end, and a temple based on a water cave appeared in sight.
The temple was half in the water and half in the cave, and the stone gate of the temple was so high and large that even the palace above it was of this size.
There is a painting carved on the stone gate, which is simple in comparison, but vividly outlines the picture of the emperor's dynasty.
The picture of the court on the left door is normal, and there is nothing unusual about the courtiers worshipping.
The picture of the court on the door on the right is a little weird, and the statue they saw at the entrance of the cave just now, there are not only humans in the court, but also some strange species.
What surprised Ji Que even more was that in the pictures that intersected on the left, there was an extra curtain in front of the throne directly above the hall in this painting, and the emperor behind the curtain couldn't see his appearance or even his body shape at all.
Ji Que noticed that there were a lot of hairs under the bead curtain, no, it should be said that it was meat whiskers?
The emperor is not human?
These two pictures are one on the left and one on the right, the brushstrokes are simple, but they are very expressive, and Ji Que even has the illusion that he is a member of the main hall.
But why is there such a distinction in the picture of the last dynasty?
Could it be that the emperor still worked the day and night, it was normal during the day, but it was weird at night.
Or is the emperor a human during the day and not a human at night?
Ji Que felt that he was very close and far away from some secrets, and it was like a veil in the middle, the veil was very thin, but it was difficult to pierce it.
As long as the veil is not pierced, he will not be able to see the truth.
Ji Que and Ning Hongyu could only continue to enter.
The topography of the waters of this dragon pond is far more complicated than imagined, and the emperors of the past dynasties raised dragons, but rarely entered here, which is also the reason why Emperor Sheng Yu also knew very little about the following.
As soon as I entered the door, there was a sound of ice crystals shattering from the soles of my feet, which showed that these ice crystals were overflowing from the door.
When they walked through the stone gate, Ji Que and Ning Hongyu stood there, not moving for a while, because they saw a somewhat shocking scene.
As far as the two could see, there was not only water, but also ice.
The turquoise water, the blue ice, emits a faint glow.
There are several icebergs on the surface of the water, and there are also a lot of ice edges under the water, and the cold air and ice crystals from here should have overflowed from here.
The underwater part of the palace is wider, and even if a creature like a dragon lives in it, it won't feel narrow.
Ji Que and Ning Hongyu looked at this underground water basin that seemed to have no end in sight, and felt that this place should be quite close to Longju.
According to the emperor, dragons like to live in places where dragon qi is strongest, and the most intense place is near the main burial chamber.
The palace in the water is as magnificent as the palace on the ground, not as rough as before, and the sculptures here are much more exquisite.
The dragon pillar was silent in the water, as if waiting for the king to wake up.
Ji Que even saw some white bones in the water, human, and even some alien beasts?
The first thing Ji Que thought of was those strange-shaped sculptures, and he couldn't help but be amazed.
It turns out that those sculptures and the murals on the doors are not made out of thin air, but come from reality?
Looking at the strange skeletons scattered in front of the palace in the water, as well as some chains next to the skeletons, Ji Que only felt that the water was very unclean.
The bones are placed here, and there are locks on them, which proves that they were buried alive at that time.
Whether it's a human being or these strange things, they are all used to accompany the funeral.
Looking at this scene, Ji Que even thought of the picture of them drowning, their flesh rotting in the water.
The emperor's tomb is always so cruel, even after so many years, Ji Que can still feel its thrilling.
For a moment, he felt that the water was a little dirty, as if the rotting flesh was still floating in it.
As a result, the true qi in his body slowly overflowed, and the surrounding air and the stagnant water under his feet suddenly turned like flowing water, forming a large bubble around him.
Ning Hongyu also used a similar technique.
The two of them jumped straight into the water, their bodies in this bubble, which was isolated from the water.
Ji Que was like on land, and took the lead on the steps buried deep in the water.
The stairs slowly ascended, and at the end was the magnificent palace in the water, and the white skeletons on both sides were those "subjects" who were trapped here alive.
The subjects are here, but what about the emperor?
As a result, at this time, Ning Hongyu suddenly swam somewhere.
Ji Que hurriedly followed, and then found a few people.
They were wearing the clothes of the Qingqi Division, their faces were clear, and their clothes were still very new, as if they were the officials of the Qingqi Division who had no trace since they came down before.
Without exception, they floated strangely in the water, all in a kneeling position.
Are they worshipping the dragon inside, or the emperor?
Could it be that the three generations of emperors are still alive? Living in your own mausoleum?
Or is he really not human, as painted on that door?
The corpse of one of the Qingqi Division officials was only half cut off, and the fracture was jagged, as if it had been bitten off by something.
After confirming that these officials were hopeless, Ji Que and Ning Hongyu continued on the road, their expressions becoming more and more solemn and cautious.
They don't want to repeat the mistakes of these officials.
All the way to the present, the more Ji Que looked at this underwater palace, the more unpleasant it became, even if it was very finely carved.
He only thought it was a little weird, but he couldn't tell what was weird.
After a while, Ji Que reacted, the blame was that it was too fine, or it was too well preserved.
The palace has been in the water for thousands of years, and the pattern does not resemble a lake at all, but rather looks like new.
Why hasn't the palace been soaked in water even a little algae?
Could it be that someone is still cleaning it in this water?
Or rather, not people.
Yes, a man cannot live in this water for so long, not even a man who can swim faster than a fish.
The more they thought about it, the more strange they felt, and in such waters, it was easy to be afraid.
Living on land, people are naturally afraid of water.
Not only because water can drown people, but also because deep water always represents the unknown and fear.
Ji Que and Ning Hongyu made a careful gesture, took a deep breath, and floated towards the palace on the bubble.
The water in the palace was terrifyingly deep, and the light of the sword bracelet on Ji Que's wrist became the only light here.
As soon as he and Ning Hongyu stepped into the palace, they suddenly heard a woman's cry coming from the depths.
For a moment, the two of them only felt creepy.
This cry can't be that of the three generations of emperors, right?
No, the three generations of emperors are not empresses, is that a palace maid or a concubine who was buried for him?
Who would have thought that under the magnificent palace, there would be such a dark and treacherous place.
Almost at the same time, both Ji Que and Ning Hongyu noticed some fluctuations in the bubbles that wrapped their bodies.
There's something in the water!
The water fluctuated at this time, and it was pitch black all around, even Ning Hongyu couldn't see far.
The blisters that wrapped around their bodies tugged at the water, and although they didn't deform much, they could see that something was swimming around them.
Although the withered dragon pillars in the main hall are magnificent, they look eerie and terrifying in the water.
The water doesn't know how deep or shallow it is, so these dragon pillars naturally don't know how long they are, as if they can lead to the Netherworld.
The cry of the woman in the distance was not loud, a little ethereal, between being and not being, but it invisibly added to the terrifying atmosphere here.
Ji Que and Ning Hongyu continued to swim inward, and the fluctuations of the surrounding water did not stop for a moment.
There is something near them.
At this moment, Ji Que suddenly felt movement below, and couldn't help but look down and find a hideous face flashing under his feet.
Even if it was only for a moment, he could see it clearly.
It's hard to describe what this face is, it's covered with wrinkles, and its blood-red eyes and short nose are buried in the folds, so that the features are very ambiguous.
Ji Que even saw gills in the part of its jaw?
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