Chapter 166: The Hall of the Dead
The voice was crisp, sweet, and with a hint of ignorance, like a three- or four-year-old girl, revealing a cute feeling.
But in the ears of Jiang Han and the black dragon, it was a completely different feeling.
Especially Jiang Han, he almost didn't throw the long knife in his hand.
But what surprised the two of them even more was still behind, just when Jiang Han was stunned for a moment, the long knife twisted and changed its form again.
It turned out to be a claw extending from the body of the knife, and it grabbed the fragment of the secondary artifact on the side.
Without waiting for Jiang Han to stretch out his hand to stop it, a fist-sized fragment had been completely pulled into the long knife and disappeared without a trace.
"What's going on here!" The black dragon was also confused, and asked hesitantly: "Master, the one who spoke just now is the machine spirit?"
The black dragon had no confidence in asking this question, because the long knife in Jiang Han's hand was not a real spiritual weapon.
Rather, it evolved from something that resembled fire but not fire, and seemed to be gas but not gas.
At best, this kind of thing can only be called energy, and how can it give birth to machine spirits.
"I don't know!" Jiang Han also gradually sobered up from the shock at the beginning, and turned to ponder: "But I seem to be able to communicate with it, and let me try!"
As he spoke, Jiang Han's mind sank, and he sank into the long knife without hindrance.
Immediately, Jiang Han discovered that inside this long knife, there was actually a huge space.
The space is very desolate, there is no scenery to speak of, only an endless stream of black, white and gray sand.
In front of Jiang Han, a three-colored aura seeping out of the sand was wrapping around the fragments of the secondary artifact and slowly squirming.
The debris melted like ice, dripping into the sand.
Seeing this, Jiang Han couldn't help but gasp, this situation was simply too weird, it was beyond his cognition.
Jiang Han searched through his memories, but still couldn't find a scene that could correspond to it.
"Can you hear me?" Jiang Han tried to make a sound: "Who are you?"
It's a pity that the only thing that responded to Jiang Han was the endless emptiness in front of him.
Jiang Han naturally didn't give up, and asked a few more questions, but unfortunately he still couldn't get any response.
Immediately, a thought appeared in Jiang Han's heart, he would be actively communicated by this aura before, most likely because he was hungry with this aura.
Now that he had been devoured by the fragments of the secondary artifact he had caught, he didn't bother to talk to Jiang Han more.
This personality is somewhat similar to that of a cat.
Jiang Han waited for a while, and after making sure that the other party would not respond, he had to leave here.
"How is it!" Jiang Han's divine thoughts returned to the sea knowledge space again, and the black dragon immediately asked impatiently.
Jiang Han shook his head: "Although he didn't refuse my communication, he didn't respond, of course, it was also possible that he was devouring that sub-artifact fragment, and he had no time to care!"
"It's really a big game now!" the black dragon opened his mouth and muttered: "The loss of a secondary artifact that can be completely repaired is not counted, but also the complete activation of this disaster star, the loss is big, it's really a big loss!"
The black dragon's words were not untargeted, because when Jiang Han realized that this little black flag had nothing to do with the Buddha and Demon, but could come from another inheritance.
I have already consciously abandoned the plan to activate the little black flag for the time being.
Unexpectedly, Jiang Han didn't activate him, but he took the initiative to swallow the fragments of the secondary artifact that Jiang Han put in the storage bag.
Before he completely woke up, Jiang Han, who had already been harmed, had lost a secondary artifact, and it was very appropriate for the black dragon to describe him as a disaster star.
Jiang Han's heart was also dripping blood, and the lack of two sub-artifact fragments meant that he had completely lost the possibility of repairing this sub-artifact.
This loss is not insignificant, and now Jiang Han is still facing a very embarrassing problem.
That's the next breath, what if you continue to shout hunger, is it possible to feed him with the fragments of the secondary artifact?
But if you don't feed it, wouldn't it mean that all the previous efforts were in vain.
Having said that, even if Jiang Han wanted to continue breeding, the fragments of the secondary artifact were only a dozen pieces in total, and they would soon be consumed, so what would happen next.
"Jiang Han!" Just as Jiang Han was entangled, a call suddenly came from the distance, which seemed to be Fu Pei's voice: "Over there is news from the New Forces Alliance, come over for a meeting!"
Jiang Han responded, rolled up his big hand, and retracted these things into the storage bag.
As for the unknown thing that he had just gotten, Jiang Han was also put into another empty storage bag alone, lest it make any more moths.
In case he rises up again and swallows Jiang Han's Yin Yang Xuanlong Pill, then Jiang Han really wants to cry without tears.
By the time Jiang Han came to the center of the stone cave, almost all the people had already gathered here.
Although Jiang Han had only been in retreat for seven days, he found that there were already a lot of people in the cave, and a rough calculation showed that there were more than thirty, not including those who were on a mission outside.
"Master!" As soon as Jiang Han appeared, Zhao Feng and Little Rabbit immediately greeted him.
"Hmm!" Jiang Han nodded and looked at Zhao Feng: "Have you recovered?"
In the previous attack on Yan Wu, Zhao Feng was the most serious one in their group, but now his face looks a lot ruddy.
"Master Xie cares!" Zhao Feng hurriedly said: "The physical injuries have basically recovered!"
"That's good!" As he spoke, Jiang Han glanced at everyone.
Zhao Feng knew what Jiang Han meant, so he explained: "These people are all loose cultivators that we have gathered recently, and they have also accepted the task issued by Tang Yin, but they are weak, so they move closer to us!"
"Jiang Han, come here!" At this time, Luo Lianxue suddenly spoke, beckoned at Jiang Han, and motioned for Jiang Han to sit beside her.
The cave has been completely developed to resemble a circular conference room.
There was a big stone table in the middle, and on both sides of the table were many stone benches, and after Jiang Han took his seat, those who were originally standing also took their seats.
Luo Lianxue naturally sat on the main seat, Jiang Han and Fu Pei sat on the left and right, Zhao Feng sat next to Jiang Han, and Fluttershy sat next to Fu Pei.
The other positions are sorted according to the level of cultivation, reflecting good discipline.
Those who could not sit down consciously gathered at one end of the conference room, holding their breath and preparing to listen to the meeting.
Jiang Han secretly praised in his heart, Luo Lianxue really had some means.
However, in seven or eight days, she summoned so many casual cultivators above the Enlightenment Period, not counting, and she also formulated rules, which is really rare.
"Jiang Han, it's your first time participating in the meeting!" After everyone was completely seated, Luo Lianxue opened her mouth and said to Jiang Han: "I know that you are at a critical time in the Jindan period, but today's meeting has something to do with you, I think you should participate!"
Luo Lianxue said again: "In order to facilitate our actions, we have formed an alliance with these casual cultivators. I'll be the head of the regiment, and you, Zhao Feng, Fu Pei, and Fluttershy will be the deputy leaders!"
When Jiang Han heard this, he had to sigh again that Luo Lianxue was rigorous in her work and did not leak.
This kind of arrangement, even if Jiang Han participated in the previous alliance, he couldn't find fault with it at all.
"I've seen the deputy head of the regiment!" As soon as Luo Lianxue's words fell, the rest of the people saluted Jiang Han in unison.
"I've seen all the brothers!" Jiang Han stopped inking, got up and arched his hand at everyone, which was regarded as a return gift.
Luo Lianxue nodded slightly, and raised her hand: "Fu Pei, you come to explain the news you got to everyone!"
When Jiang Han heard this, he understood the meaning of Luo Lianxue's words just now.
The news that needs to be explained by Fu Pei must be related to Zhang Liangcai, after all, Jiang Han made a demon oath with Zhang Liangcai and Fu Pei.
And Zhang Liangcai's line was discovered by Jiang Han, and Jiang Han is following up.
Now that Zhang Liangcai has passed on the news, Jiang Han must not be excluded.
Fu Pei immediately spoke, but Zhang Liangcai's name was hidden, just saying that a message from someone told it.
This first news is actually not news, but a message delivered by Zhang Liangcai.
Zhang Liangcai said that he had recently been monitored by the Jindan period of the two Wang families, and his actions were very passive, so there was not much information that could be transmitted, so Jiang Han should not be surprised.
Hearing this, everyone was shocked, this person was obviously monitored by the two Jindan periods, I am afraid that it has reached the point where it is difficult to move an inch.
But he still wants to pass on this news, which shows that this news must be very important.
Sure enough, I heard Fu Pei relay the second news.
It turned out that the negotiations between the high-level of the New Forces Alliance and the Righteous Path Alliance had reached a stalemate, so that now the New Forces Alliance has been idle for too long, and people are panicking.
Originally, the alliance of new forces was just a temporary and idle alliance, but if it was done in one go, coupled with strong discipline and suppression, it could indeed burst out with corresponding combat power.
But once idle, the problems will arise one after another.
For example, the Zhang family and the Wang family, hundreds of years of feud, it is okay to get along for a short time, but once they get along for a long time, their minds become complicated, and there is often friction.
There are many more examples of this, not just as simple as two families, but as the more forces join the alliance of new forces, the more frequent and obvious the contradictions will occur.
If it continues, it won't be long before I don't have to wait for the Wood Ghost City to fight back, and the New Forces Alliance itself will fall apart.
Under this pressure, the core leaders of the New Forces Alliance held a meeting, and finally decided that the Corpse Hall would take the lead in opening the Thousand Corpse Caves in their mountain gates for the Alliance to explore and hunt for treasures, and in this way, the members of the Alliance had nowhere to vent their energy.
But all those who are below the primordial infant and above the foundation can enter it and experience it.
When Fu Pei said this, Luo Lianxue glanced at Fluttershy, who nodded slightly, and then took out a jade talisman from the storage bag and crushed it.
This is a jade talisman of light and shadow, which is sealed with an image, and after it is opened, the figure of a maid inside is matched with various images, and everyone has not introduced the situation about the Hades Temple.
Among them, there is a description of the Thousand Corpses Cave, which is quite detailed.
Jiang Han was a little surprised, he didn't expect that there would be a Demon Dao Sect involved in this new force alliance.
Now in the Heavenly Fortune Continent, the Demon Dao is a small path, and there are not many cultivators, and there are only sixteen sects in total that have really opened sects.
Among them, the Long Hate Palace, where Jiang Han's mother is located, is a well-deserved first sect of the Demon Dao, but it is a pity that with the departure of Jiang Han's mother and the loss of the Void King's Eye, the entire sect has been stagnant for decades.
Moreover, ten years ago, the palace master of the Long Hate Palace was still in a daze, and in order to find the whereabouts of the Void King Eye and Jiang Han's mother, he almost swept half of the cultivation realm with the power of one sect.
Even with this approach, it has played the prestige of the Long Hate Palace.
But it also consumed too much of the accumulation of the Long Hate Palace.
So much so that several other demon sects took this opportunity to develop vigorously, and they already had the strength to compete with the Changhate Palace, but they just didn't find the right time.
One of these rapidly developing demon gates is the Hades Corpse Palace, and among the others, the White Bone Gate that is felt because of the return of the White Bone Ancestor is undoubtedly very eye-catching.
This time, the Corpse Temple participated in the alliance to seize the Wooden Ghost City, and undoubtedly had the idea of starting to stretch out its hand to the light, wanting to completely establish the Wooden Ghost City into a city that could be mixed and make the "business" of the Corpse Temple visible.
The opening of the Thousand Corpses Cave this time also means to show goodwill to other forces.
The Thousand Corpse Cave is a wonder, which was originally discovered by the founder of the Hades Corpse Temple, the Corpse Ancestor, so he chose that location and established the Hades Corpse Hall to open the door to accept disciples.
At this point, the disciples of the Hades Hall began to study the Thousand Corpse Cave unremittingly.
From the known information, it can be seen that the Thousand Corpses Cave is a huge cave, but it is not as simple as a cave.
In the depths of the Thousand Corpse Cave, there are countless branches, and at the end of each branch, there is a spatial portal.
Once inside, you will be transported to different dimensions, each of which is very large and mysterious, and there are countless evil creatures sealed in them.
The so-called treasure hunting experience of the Hades Temple is to fight with these creatures.
After death, these creatures will drop a kind of orb containing magical power, even if this kind of orb is the most inferior in the Demon Dao, it is ten times more valuable than the human-level superb spirit stone, and it is a high-grade currency unique to the Demon Dao.
This time, there are seven main caves opened by the Corpse Temple, and each of them is a cave that the Corpse Temple has explored and marked.
The caves are also sorted according to the level of the creatures in them, from the Spiritual Period to the peak of the Golden Pill.
If you want to participate in the trial, you only need to weigh your cultivation and then enter the appropriate cave.
Of course, this is not the main thing.
The main thing is that the Temple of the Dead will also open some unexplored caverns.
If you want to enter it, except for the need to pay a large number of spirit stones as tickets, no one will know what exactly you will encounter inside the cave.
You may find a rare treasure that has not been discovered, or maybe it will be empty and empty.
What's even more unfortunate is that there are a group of extremely high-level and murderous monsters inside, and even getting out alive after entering has become a luxury.
But having said that, it is precisely because of this "unknown" that it can stir people's nerves even more.
Although those caves that have been developed and graded are safe, the good things inside have already been looted by the Hades Temple, and they can only kill monsters and pick up orbs.
"Everyone!" As the image of the jade talisman that Fluttershy had crushed disappeared, Luo Lianxue spoke, "The information on the Hall of the Dead Corpse and the Thousand Corpse Cave was bought by me from the Thousand Jue Hall, and it is extremely credible. Then the next question is, whoever wants to participate in this trip to the Corpse Temple can sign up now!"
"May I ask the head of the group, how to participate!" a spiritual pinnacle sitting at the end of the stone table asked, "Could it be that we have a way to blend in?"
"That's right!" Fu Pei nodded: "The person who provided us with the news has promised that he can take the lead and provide us with thirty places to enter it in the form of his private soldiers!"
"I don't know if you have any requirements on your side, Commander!" another casual cultivator asked, his position was only below Zhao Feng, and it turned out to be a golden pill period.
He was tempting, after all, this opportunity was very rare, and he could reap the benefits if he went.
It is reasonable for Luo Lianxue to provide this opportunity for everyone to receive a little benefit from it.
"There are no requirements!" Luo Lianxue shook her head.
"Except for the 10 places I need, the remaining 20 places are all released for free, and if the number is less than the quota, everyone will be happy, just go together. But if the number of places is less than the number of people, you can negotiate privately and find a way to solve it, my only requirement is that the competition must be fair, and no one should be killed, everyone should rely on their own means, and they should not be resentful!"
As soon as Luo Lianxue's words came out, those scattered cultivators showed happy expressions one after another, and they were all gearing up and eager to try.
Zhao Feng suddenly snorted coldly: "Don't think things are so simple, it's not just those creatures in the caves that will hurt you." There are only seven open caves in total, and as far as I know, there are more than seven participants in the New Forces Alliance alone, and I'm afraid they will all have to fight for their positions, not to mention us private soldiers!"
"That's right!" Fluttershy's voice is sweet, but her eyes reveal the shrewdness to see through everything, "I'm afraid that in every open cave, there is a force in charge." It's very difficult for us to enter it just to find a chance to live, let alone hunt the creatures inside and find the orb!"
The words of the two of them went one after the other, analyzing the pros and cons for the group of scattered cultivators, and immediately the excited looks on the faces of some people dissipated, and they were replaced by pale.
That's right, just now they fell into a kind of habitual thinking.
I just feel that when you enter the cave, everyone seeks their own adventures, and no matter how bad your luck is, you can always earn some benefits.
After all, if you don't need money to enter it, it is equivalent to buying and selling without capital.
But they have forgotten the virtues of those sects and families.
It's like discovering an ancient ruin, and some sects will lock it off and kill all cultivators who come close.
In this cave of a thousand corpses, this kind of bridge will inevitably be staged.
Even if the people of the New Forces Alliance enter, they must be based on the sect or family.
As casual cultivators, even if they succeed in blending in, they will be excluded, suppressed, or even encircled and killed.
After all, there are only thirty places in total for these people in front of them, and because everyone's cultivation is uneven, the caves they will definitely enter will not be the same.
In this way, they are weak and weak, not to mention whether they can get benefits or not, and they can survive completely, it is all wishful thinking!