When Shi Jiu passed through the prohibition, he came to an empty hall.

"It's strange that there's nothing here."

Originally, Shi Jiu also estimated that there would be a lot of bones here, and the opponents of the five doors should also attack here. But he was wrong, it was empty, and there was barely anything to be seen, except for a winding path at the end, which was supposed to lead to the core area of the five underground halls.

"No, there's one more thing, you look up." The voice of the Great Red Sword Emperor sounded again.

Shi Jiu didn't hesitate and looked up directly.

"That's ...... A skeleton? Shi Jiu couldn't believe that there was a human skeleton hanging here.

The skeleton hung directly above the hall, its head, spine, and pelvis firmly held in place by four black irons, its legs bent, its hands trapped behind its back, and the whole person looked like a prisoner waiting to be beheaded.

"Is this the enemy of the five doors? After his death, he was hung here by the people of the five doors to vent his anger? Most likely. But why do I still find it weird? Shi Jiu frowned and began to think about something.

"What's wrong with you, little one?"

The Great Red Sword Emperor noticed that Shi Jiu's brows furrowed on the side, as if he was thinking about something.

"It's nothing, it just feels a little weird." Shi Jiu then said.

Hearing this, the Great Red Sword Emperor became a little curious, this little guy actually felt weird, but he didn't feel this way himself, "Could it be that I missed something?" ”

"What's so strange about the little one?" The Great Red Sword Emperor asked again.

"It's this skeleton." Shi Jiu pointed to the skeleton hanging above the hall, "You should also notice that the bones in the main hall outside are basically petrified, and some of them are broken into slag, but this body is still white and even crystal clear, without any traces of petrification at all. Besides, there was nothing in the whole hall, only this skeleton, which I may have put here to vent my anger, but I still felt weird, and I always felt that something was wrong. ”

"What you said seems to make some sense, but let's move on for now, I guess it's not far from the core area." After speaking, the Great Red Sword Emperor disappeared.

Shi Jiu wanted to figure out the reason for this weirdness in his heart, but since the Great Red Sword Emperor said to continue moving forward, he could only give up, and could only wait for the return trip to consider this. So Shi Jiu glanced at the bones hanging in the air again, and then continued to walk forward without stopping.

At the end of the hall is a two-meter-wide path that winds into the distance.

Shi Jiu didn't dare to be careless, and opened his divine sense throughout the whole process, expanding the scope of exploration to the maximum, because a trail like this is the easiest to set up a mechanism.

The trail is not long, only about 100 meters, and after three bends, Shi Jiu came to a fork in the road.

Ahead is still a winding path on the left, while on the right is a fire pit with a raging fire.

Hey? There is actually a fire pit? Shi Jiu was a little surprised, no one had been to this place for at least a thousand years, and the fire in the fire pit was still burning.

"Little one, how are you going to go? The road on the left? "The Great Red Sword Emperor has appeared.

"On the left is the road, on the right is the fire pit, so naturally take the road on the left." After speaking, Shi Jiu was about to walk to the left.

At this time, he was stopped by the Great Red Sword Emperor.

"Wait, take a closer look at the fire pit on the right." The Great Red Sword Emperor reminded.

Hearing what the Great Red Sword Emperor said, Shi Jiu had doubts but still complied, after all, the predecessors of the Sword Emperor would never be untargeted, and they must have discovered something.

Shi Jiu used his divine sense to slowly probe towards the fire pit on the right.

As soon as his divine consciousness came into contact with the raging fire coming out of the fire pit, Shi Jiu felt the scorching temperature in it, and there seemed to be nothing wrong with it, it was a pure burning fire pit, could it be that there was anything else in it?

"Expand your consciousness into the fire pit." The Great Red Sword Emperor added.

Shi Jiu still did the same, and stretched his divine sense into the fire pit.

"Huh? It's not very hot, it's about the same as the outside world, what's going on? It was a scorching fire all around, but it was as warm as ever. At this time, Shi Jiu noticed something strange, and then continued to explore his divine sense towards the bottom of the fire pit.

"Phew", just as Shi Jiu's divine sense continued to explore downward, he suddenly bumped into something, and then it was bounced back.

"Sword Emperor senior, there is indeed something wrong with this fire pit, when my divine sense explored the bottom of the fire pit, something bounced back." After Shi Jiu's divine sense was rebounded, he did not continue to explore, but took it back.

"Well, that's pretty much what I thought." The Great Red Sword Emperor nodded, and then continued: "This fire pit should be the passage to the next layer of the area, you should be able to pass it by jumping down, as for the thing you said that reflects your divine sense, it may also be a prohibition, specially used to isolate others from probing." ”

"In this way, the path on the left is the Death Gate. These five doors also seem to have predicted in advance that someone would break in, and set up this method to confuse others. Shi Jiu was also afraid for a while, but fortunately he was reminded by the Great Red Sword Emperor, otherwise he would go to a dead end.

"This is not necessarily true, and there is no way to live in a dead end. Alright, little one, don't worry, jump down. The Great Red Sword Emperor urged.

"Hmm."

Now that he knew the way, Shi Jiu no longer hesitated, stepped forward directly, and then jumped into the fire pit with one leap.

The fire was burning around the fire pit, and the hot temperature scorched the nearby air to distort it, but inside the fire pit, the temperature was as usual, and there was no scorching heat from the outside world at all, as if there was a barrier separating the two sides.

The next moment, Shi Jiu broke away from the fire pit and fell into a deep pool, and the icy pool water instantly froze Shi Jiu and shivered.

"Is this the so-called Ice and Fire Heavens?" Shi Jiu quickly swam to the shore, shook his wet hair, and then immediately took out a torch and began to dry the clothes on his body.

Half an hour later, Shi Jiu's clothes on the ground were finally half dry, and then he held the torch to look at the surrounding situation.

It's still a trail that leads into the distance, and there's no end in sight.

Shi Jiu didn't stop and continued to walk forward.

This trail is also not long, and after turning a few corners, Shi Jiu saw the field in front of him.

It's still not the main hall, it's more like a living area, as there are almost all rows of two-story attics along the perimeter of the site. Shi Jiu then walked to an attic, and as soon as he entered the small door, he saw a petrified skeleton, and after a little observation, he did not find obvious scars on the bones, this should be a disciple of the five gates, and he did not fight with hostile forces before his death, but the cause of death is unknown.

Shi Jiu skipped the bones and walked into the attic, the contents inside had long since decayed, and nothing was left. Shi Jiu was a little disappointed, originally he was hoping to find some good things.

"Little one, what are you rummaging around here? This is obviously the area where the disciples of the Five Doors usually live, and there can't be anything good, so go directly to the main hall in front. Seeing that Shi Jiu was looking for something, the Great Red Sword Emperor was also quite speechless, and finally reminded.

"Yes, there's nothing good here, let's go, go to the main hall." The Great Red Sword Emperor's words woke up Shi Jiu, and after smirking, he left here and walked in the direction of the main hall.

Passing through the living quarters is the main hall of the five underground halls, and after walking up hundreds of stone steps to the top, Shi Jiu came to a square.

In front of the square hangs a plaque engraved with four large characters: Five Underground Halls.

"It's finally here." Shi Jiu spat out softly.

At this time, he became excited, and after several searches, he finally came to the core area of the five underground halls, and in front of the square was the main hall, and Shi Jiu could even see the head seat at the front of the main hall.

Although Shi Jiu was excited, he always paid attention to the movements around him, and his divine sense also kept scanning the surroundings, and then walked towards the main hall step by step.

"Senior Sword Emperor, will there be any mechanism here?" Shi Jiu asked as he walked.

"I don't know, just go forward, if there's a mechanism, just break it." The Great Red Sword Emperor said domineeringly, not caring at all whether this was a dangerous situation or not.

The Great Red Sword Emperor was domineering, but Shi Jiu was not, he was still cautious and slowly moving forward, feeling that he would stop and observe when he encountered something wrong, and if there was no problem, he would continue to walk forward.

This road was not long, a total of hundreds of meters, and when Shi Jiu walked to the middle of the main hall, it took half an hour, and only then did he dare to carefully look at everything in the main hall.

The whole hall is still relatively empty, except for the ten huge pillars on each side that can show the majesty of the hall, the rest is the position of the head of the front door, and on the stone wall above it, there are three fiery red characters engraved - five doors, as if reminding the world that there was once a powerful sect here.

Looking at the empty hall in front of him, Shi Jiu could imagine how brilliant and majestic it was at the beginning, but in the long river of years, everything in it had passed, and only it was empty.

Sure enough, time is the best weapon, and no one or sect can escape its sanctions.