Chapter 168: Reaching the Highest City in the Netherworld!
However, although it did not attract the attention of the outside world at first, it was a heart-to-throat increase to the people who participated in the festival who knew the meaning of this vision.
In the venue, there are dozens of black lotus pedestals made of rare treasures, each pedestal is equivalent to a port to the netherworld, standing on the pedestal, the chosen person can receive the empowerment of the vast power of the netherworld, comprehend the true meaning between life and death, and find the slightest opportunity to explore the path to ascension.
Such an opportunity is very dangerous for most people, and if they are not careful, they will go mad at least, or they will be empowered into other people's bodies by cultivating their whole body as a divine soul, and become a part of sacrifice and nourishment.
This is also the reason why the number of places is limited every year, firstly, because the lotus pedestal is expensive, it is a turnip and a pit, and secondly, if the vetting elders are not favored by people who have also undergone the initiation, most of them will not be able to survive safely after the initiation, and they will only be wasting precious opportunities.
The combination of the two creates a demanding threshold.
At this time, the lotus pedestal was already full of people, and everyone cheered up one after another, silently recalling in their minds the words of their respective masters, to ensure that there was not a trace of error.
"The big one is coming."
Tam Lie swallowed his saliva and looked at Jiang Lu beside him: "Don't be nervous. ”
Jiang Lu, who was casual, looked at the tamping that his legs were trembling uncontrollably, and his face was calm: "I'm not nervous. ”
After speaking, he looked at Ling Ling and Zizhu in the women's area on the other side.
Judging by the expressions on their faces, they must have been very nervous as well.
But fortunately, Jiang Lu took the time to tell them everything he knew about the festival, including various previous failures and their reasons.
So compared to other people who have begun to show some confusion, they are relatively calm.
This is a kind of self-confidence of related users!
"What's that?" Tam Lie raised his head, looking at the stargazing building master who was about to end the ceremony and began the initiation, cold sweat flowed non-stop, and he began to have nothing to say: "How do you feel now?" ”
Jiang Lu stomped his feet lightly and swept the lotus platform with his residual light: "It feels like driving a mecha in the Pacific Rim." ”
"What?"
Before he could spit out these two words, he heard the Lord of the Stargazing Tower, who was sitting high in the air, shouting in a slightly strange tone and syllable: "Start the empowerment!" ”
As he summoned a heavenly thunderbolt and slammed it on the large array in the center of the venue, the sacrifices on the eyes of the array immediately began to burn, which meant that the formation had been established, and a steady stream of huge spiritual power was extracted from various sacrifices and poured into the lotus platform.
The next moment, Jiang Lu only felt that the soles of his feet were firmly sucked on the lotus platform.
And this feeling seemed to him to be familiar.
How do you feel like you touch the electric door when you were a child?
Thinking of this, Jiang Lu turned his head to look at Tam Lie suddenly, only to see that he was already trembling like chaff, and his eyes began to drift.
He finally understood.
"To get to the realm between life and death is to fucking be electrocuted???"
Then, Jiang Lu also began to swing uncontrollably.
"They should have successfully entered the spiritual world."
Although the current progress is very smooth, the face of the Dharma Protector is not a little relaxed, but full of gloom:
"And then. It's an immortal."
On the other side, the Sect Master who was high in the clouds had spread his perception like a spider web, spreading to the entire Qingyou Mountain.
Although he was wearing an eye patch now, in his divine sense, everything on the Quiet Mountain could not be hidden!
But what made him strange was that he didn't feel the slightest movement from beginning to end.
Not to mention immortals, there is not even an idler.
"What about people?" The side effects of the exercises practiced by the sect master with excessive self-consciousness began to appear: "Could it be that you are intimidated by my overlord qi and dare not make a mistake?" ”
The more he thought about it, the more he felt that it was possible, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth as he intensified his search.
"I am invincible under the immortals! Above the immortals. One for one! ”
"He's scared, Truly!"
But at this moment, the owner of the stargazing building suddenly transmitted a voice to him, and scolded in a hurried tone: "What are you doing? There were people at the festival, and you didn't fucking notice it?! ”
"Huh?" The sect master was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously replied, "Then you let him out." ”
"Are you sick?" The owner of the stargazing building was a little nervous: "The immortal doesn't know when he has come in!" ”
"Huh?"
During the festival, the Stargazing Mansion Master, who was presiding over the entire sacrifice, couldn't move at all, and could only watch the white-robed young man below pacing among the disciples of the Bailiu Sect who had fallen into suspended animation.
The man raised his head, blocked the sunlight with his hand, and squinted past the stargazing master, as if he could see the sect master who had hidden his figure in the clouds with a secret method.
"I don't even know who you're fighting."
He said this sentence with a full face of banter, and then saluted the lord of the stargazing building with mockery:
"Thank you for your hard work, hard work to send them to death."
With that, he walked straight towards the center of the formation.
With each step, a pitch-black flame ignited on his body, and as he reached the center, he had become a burning man, only the blazing eyes still loomed in the firelight.
The disciples who participated in the festival may not know it, but the master of the stargazing tower knows that this is the most deadly and essential karmic fire in the heavenly tribulation, and a single spark may burn a Mahayana monk to death.
But he was just walking around in the midst of his karma, and he was not affected in the slightest.
At this time, the sect master, the Dharma Protector Elder and the others had all rushed to the periphery of the festival as soon as they received the news from the Stargazing Mansion Master, and when they saw the figure full of karmic fire at close range, they were immediately shocked to the point of crashing.
"Immortals, this is definitely an immortal!"
And the sect masters of the small group of rulers who have already achieved Mahayana, stood at the top of Kyushu, and became the top group of rulers, were even more frightened to the point that their scalps tingled.
"Immortals. You can't ravage the karmic fire like this."
Everyone was so shocked by this scene that no one even thought to stop it.
Just kidding, don't say if it's a moth to the fire, but if you are contaminated with a little bit of karmic fire, your cultivation and even the luck of the previous life and the next life will be burned clean.
Seeing that everyone was stagnant, the young man who was wrapped in karmic fire finally chuckled: "Next time you think about blowing yourself up and delaying others, remember not to oppress the Lingtai so much, if others can't see it, right?" ”
The sect master's expression changed, and he laughed awkwardly: "Is it so obvious?" ”
The rest of the crowd looked at the sect master and glared angrily.
"You can still laugh at such a time?" The Dharma Protector was angry.
"But don't blame him." The burning man shrugged: "It's just Mahayana, I can only delay it for about a moment, at best, I was startled by the barking of a dog chained to the side of the road." ”
These words were obviously a huge blow to the sect master with strong self-esteem, and it pierced his heart deeply.
"I don't believe it!" The sect master gritted his teeth and was about to explode.
"If you don't believe me, you'll try, but for now."
The Burning Man looked around: "Detonating yourself is equivalent to killing them all." ”
"You!"
The sect master hesitated for a moment, but at this moment, the fire man seemed to have completed some kind of layout, and his figure gradually began to blur.
"Don't talk about it, I'm going to seal the rift." The fire man laughed again: "I just don't know which good seedling is true love, but it doesn't matter, I will have the opportunity to go below to catch people in the future." ”
After saying that, the burning man completely disappeared in the middle of the formation.
"Damn! Underestimated! The sect master was so angry that he stomped his feet, but there was nothing he could do.
The Dharma Protector took a deep breath and asked the owner of the Stargazing Tower, "Can you interrupt the ceremony?" ”
"Nope." The Lord of the Stargazing Mansion shook his head and looked at the unconscious disciples with sorrow: "Once it starts, it can't be interrupted, I'm afraid he wants to use this divine soul that they can communicate with the Netherworld as a material to seal the crack." ”
The Dharma Protector was stunned for a moment: "In other words, if we don't open the festival, he won't be able to seal the crack?" ”
"Not really."
The Stargazing Mansion Lord glanced vaguely at the Sect Master, who was clenching his fists super hard and moistening his eyes, and sighed:
"After all, he is an immortal, and there are always means that we can't think of, maybe he just thinks that such a choice is the most convenient.
Ten thousand steps back, even if there is only one way, but if we take precautions to this point, he can still enter the realm of no one, which means that he can ingest the souls of these children at any time without our knowledge. ”
The Dharma protector wanted to speak again and again, and in the end he could only sigh helplessly.
In the face of the immortals, it seems. No solution.
The female elders, on the other hand, looked at the young figure in the crowd with desperate faces.
[The camera zooms in, and Jiang Lu's face gradually becomes clear]
[Jiang Lu suddenly opened his eyes, the camera gradually zoomed out, and a gloomy background appeared in the picture]
Jiang Lu, who was in a plain, looked at everything around him, and his gaze finally fixed on an ancient city shrouded in a faint blue light.
The huge three words "vain dead city" are particularly eye-catching.
He applauded: "Great, I feel like I've been electrocuted." ”
Suddenly, someone poked Jiang Lu.
Jiang Lu turned his head, and Tam Lie was trembling: "We are. Where? ”
Jiang Lu thought about it for a while, turned sideways, and let Tam Lie see the vain death city in front of him.
"Reach the highest city of Hades - death in vain! Let's take a look at the old mother of Baiyi in the distance. ”
"Huh? Are we dead? Tam Lie's face was full of disbelief.
At the same time, a pillar of light appeared, and a figure with a confused face appeared beside the two.
"Division" Tam Lie had a relationship with the other party, and just as he was about to say hello, he was pulled aside by Jiang Lu.
"What's wrong? Does he have any problems? Tam Lie asked, puzzled.
"It's not." Jiang Lu smiled: "Let's make a small group to isolate him!" ”
“?”
Tam Lie wanted to ask him if he was sick, but when the words came to his lips, they became: "No, Brother Jiang, you."
"Just kidding." Jiang Lu saw that Tam Lie seemed to have a sense of justice, and immediately pretended to be joking, explaining: "The situation is unclear now, neither the master nor the seniors of the Stargazing Tower have ever told me about this situation, which means that they have never encountered such a thing, and I think it is not bad to be careful." ”
This is the truth, according to the information obtained before, the space of life and death should be an independent space between the yang and the underworld, where they will pass all kinds of tests, if they can successfully win the favor of all kinds of ghosts and gods, they can enjoy endless benefits, if they can attract the old mother of Baiyi, they can fly to the netherworld.
It's just that now they have come directly to the City of Vain Death, which Jiang Lu didn't expect.
"Huh?" Hearing this, Tam Lie was stunned again: "No, did they tell you the inside story?" ”
"You know how to send it, this is called a closed beta player."
"Huh?"
As he spoke, pillars of light began to appear more and more densely, and all the people who participated in the festival appeared on the plain one after another.
Ling Ling and Zizhu found Jiang Lu for the first time, like a frightened little white rabbit, one of them grabbed one of Jiang Lu's hands, and cowered: "Senior brother, what's going on?" ”
Jiang Lu shook his head and comforted: "I don't know, they haven't told me either, but it doesn't matter, there will always be a way, don't worry too much." ”
Don't look at it with interest, but it's very sad in your heart.
What, so are you all the same closed beta players?
Even the two of them were terrified by the unknown, not to mention the rest, and the unstable people had already begun to sweat when they looked at the three words of the Vain Death City.
And the sudden appearance of so many strange people in front of the city of vain naturally attracted the attention of the ghosts in front of the city gate.
The green-faced, fanged, and yin-covered ghost cha came over and asked, "Who are you?" How did he die? ”
Looking at his terrifying appearance, none of these proud sons of heaven who had been wandering around Kyushu for at least a year dared to talk.
However, Jiang Lu felt very kind when he saw this kind of looking face.
Folks, isn't it?
But just when Jiang Lu was about to open his mouth, his brows tightened: "What's the matter with your clothes?" ”
"What?" The ghost cha looked down at the onicha robe on his body, and asked suspiciously, "What's wrong with my clothes?" ”
"Where's your security suit?"
"Eh, how do you know we used to wear security uniforms?"
Jiang Lu smiled slightly, and shouted the slogan that he popularized back then: "I am a security guard!" Defend the peace! Love bear biscuits! I like to stay up late and work overtime! ”
"It's not you"
The ghost was taken aback, turned his head and summoned his companions: "Go and ask Meng Po if she is drunk again and uses horse urine as Meng Po soup?" ”
After a pause, he glanced at Jiang Lu and added, "Check the records from about twenty to thirty years ago!" ”
The disciples of the Bailiu Sect also showed different colors.
They were all disciples who didn't know about the high-level plan, and some of them were even called back when they were traveling in the outside world.
So they didn't know that they wouldn't normally be sent to the city of vain, and they didn't know the gold content of Jiang Lu's question, but they just wondered how this senior disciple knew so many things, and naturally began to guess whether he was the illegitimate son of the sect master, how could he know everything.
However, Ling Ling and Zizhu completely trusted Jiang Lu and did not suspect him of hiding secrets, so it was even more strange.
Jiang Lu obviously didn't notice this, and asked curiously, "Why did Meng Po get infected with wine now?" ”
The ghost subconsciously replied: "She didn't drink before, but since the change above, she has been."
"Oh no!" The ghost cha reacted: "Do you ask me or do I ask you?" Less nonsense, who are you, how did you die, why didn't we receive the message above? ”
But at this time, Jiang Lu had already fallen into memory.
Meng Po.
The time when you were boiling soup in front of the stove and I was boiling you behind you was unforgettable
Is it because I contracted the vice of alcoholism, and even affected my work?
The next time I see you, I'll have to punish you
"Hey! Talk to you! ”
"Huh?" Jiang Lu came back to his senses: "Oh, we, are we dead?" ”
"You ask me?" The ghost cha rolled his eyes, and was about to contain these people first, but as soon as he took out the shackles and was about to put them on Jiang Lu, a strange light suddenly flashed on the latter's body.
"It's." Onicha has a sense of déjà vu.
"It's." Jiang Lu was also silent for a long time: "What is this?" ”
Onicha finally remembered something: "You are interns from the sun, right?" ”
He recognized the breath of the ritual.
In the eyes of the people of the Bailiu Sect, this is called the sacrificial ceremony, but in the eyes of the people of the underworld, this is actually just a pass, or rather, a seal on it.
"Intern?" Everyone was full of doubts.
The ghost scratched his head and said with some embarrassment: "But now that one has long been dismissed, and those departments are gone, how can the yang world still send interns down?"
"What's the situation?" Jiang Lu asked.
The ghost is secretive, his attitude has become a little bad, and his tone is also very irritable: "What does it have to do with you?" ”
He was very distressed, if it was an intern from above, he would definitely not be in the book of life and death, and there would naturally be no news from it.
But although they are not in the book of life and death, it does not mean that they are still alive now, so how should so many people be settled?
"Forget it, let's just lock it up first." The ghost said to himself: "Spread the news layer by layer, there is always someone who can make a decision." ”
As he spoke, he looked at everyone meaningfully: "But how long you will be imprisoned depends on your creation." ”
At this moment, a figure dressed in white appeared between everyone and the ghost at some point.
Everyone could only see him say lightly to the ghost: "Go where you have to go." ”
The next moment, the ghost seemed to be confused, and Mu Ne nodded: "Yes." ”
Then he turned and walked away.
Immediately afterwards, the man in white faced the unknown crowd again, opened his arms, and smiled: "Go, follow me, I'll take you away." ”
"Where are you taking us?" Someone asked.
"Take you home." The man said gently: "It's a long way to go, we need to go from the city of vain death to northern Myanmar, rest for a night at Crouching Tiger Villa, and then go back to Kyushu." ”
Hearing the other party mention Kyushu, out of the cordiality to the fellow and the sense of security brought by the familiar terms, everyone instantly believed that the other party was their own.
"Can you go back?" Everyone exclaimed: "But what about our assessment?" ”
"It's okay, we'll complete the assessment on the way back, and I'll be your chief examiner."
"Ah, what, is that so?" Everyone's tense nerves relaxed in an instant.
Only Jiang Lu stared at each other with a wary face.
"Give you another chance, what is the purpose of what you say is this? Who instructed you?! ”
(End of chapter)