Chapter 296: The Eight Directions
As the incense in the furnace of the twelve bronze fish-man statues was lit one by one, the white ribbons on the bodies of the entangled 'Nine Turning Spirit Golems' fell off one after another. They continued to struggle, and the incorruptible body of King Kong began to dissolve in the mist, and then lay limply on the ground. The empty side hall was littered with corpses, and only the Soul Demon Elder was still gasping for breath, glad that he had finally escaped the calamity.
It turned out that the white jade block inside the jade tripod was a kind of incense created in ancient times in order to restrain the 'Nine Turns Spirit Puppet', which was called 'Cartilage Chalcedony Incense'. If the mist emitted by this object is inhaled by ordinary people, it will have no effect. But this 'Nine Turns Spirit Puppet' is the incorruptible body of Vajra. When they inhale the mist, they will fall to the ground softly, losing the control of the Nine Turning Heavenly Pill in their bodies. This caused the golem to fall to the ground, and it was a test for the intruder of the ancient god.
At this time, the twelve 'Nine Turning Spirit Puppets' had just absorbed the dense mist generated by the cartilage chalcedony incense, and they all lay on the ground weakly, unable to move. And the Soul Demon Elder was covered in scars. The remaining mana has been weakened to the extreme. But he also has a backhand. But seeing his originally languishing body rolling on the ground, stepping on a stone brick on the ground, the flower, stone and blue bricks paved under the side hall suddenly opened, and the soul elder rolled into the dark underground world with a sinister laugh. Gone.
Seeing this scene, Lu Yang was really shocked. He didn't want to take advantage of the danger of others, and spared the life of the Soul Demon Elder. However, he couldn't guess what this Soul Demon Elder was going to do in this Cloud Dream Immortal Palace. Lu Yang immediately instigated the sword wings and fell straight down, but he saw a stone door opened in the underground cave and didn't know where it led, and there was only pitch black in the tortuous and deep corridor. There was no trace of the Soul Demon Elder.
At this time, seeing the hidden mechanism in this side hall, Lu Yang understood a lot, it turned out that the first floor of this immortal palace was all buried here. The Soul Demon Elder must have studied the secret art of mechanisms. Only then can he discover the secret passage hidden in the ground. I'm afraid that this side hall is close to the left, and there are mechanisms that take people's lives ambushed in all passages, but unfortunately, Lu Yang lured the most ferocious 'Nine Turns Spirit Puppet' here, and after a hard battle, he was able to get out by following the secret of the Qingluo girl.
He looked around, and the treasure seekers who had been dominated by greed had all died at the entrance to this fairy palace. But it's no wonder they're not to blame. They moved the gold and silver treasures all over the ground, and then they were corrupted by the poison that lay down in the treasures, and they became the eternal bone-buries here. I can't help but feel sorry for them. Sighing lightly, Lu Yang sat on the ground, thinking about a lot of things that might happen in this Yunmeng Immortal Palace.
He felt that the mysteries of the secret passages of the various organs here contained profound meanings and could not be guessed. The way Fang Jin was able to move forward was to prepare to go to the unknown dark secret passage to follow the trace of the Soul Demon Elder. Compared to the secrets hidden in this immortal palace, Lu Yang wanted to stop the Soul Demon Elder even more, this elder of the Blood Wolf Sect acted ruthlessly and evilly, but he could never let him find what he wanted in this immortal palace at the bottom of the lake.
Thinking of this, Lu Yang immediately jumped and searched for the secret passage. Zirong followed closely behind him, and at this time, the surrounding darkness was gone, and there was no reflection of those luminous orbs in the magnificent immortal hall above. Lu Yang held the torch in his hand and fell into the dark tunnel. Along the way, all you see are some murals that have fallen off and covered with dust. It seems that it is still silently telling the long-lost stories hidden in this Yunmeng Immortal Palace.
The light of the torch pierced the deep darkness, and Lu Yang and the immortal wind sword qi landed steadily on the ground. At this time, the surrounding strange scenes all emerged in the light of the torches. Lu Yang was shocked to see that this tunnel was winding from the top, it was a single route of travel, and at this time, there were eight gloomy and obscure gates blocking the way in all directions. But I don't know what kind of secret this place has, waiting for Lu Yang's exploration. He didn't even know where the Soul Demon Elder had gone since he rolled down.
Lu Yang used the pupil technique, and the purple intent in his eyes was burning, and he shone into the passages within the eight Xuanmen one by one. However, with his usual omnipresent pupil technique, he couldn't see through what was hidden in the darkness of the giant gate in the distance. Moreover, in Lu Yang's perception of the underworld, he felt that these eight strange gates led to different places in this huge immortal palace.
"This place is so mysterious, I can't even know the secrets of every mystery here. Lu Yang's doubts increased greatly, and he was just about to withdraw his pupil technique, but he saw a dull loud noise in the tunnel above. Immediately afterward, the glimmer of light that fell from above vanished. Only Lu Yang and Zirong looked at each other, needless to say, they also knew that the door of the mechanism that was attracted by the Soul Demon Elder was closed. At the same time, it also means that they will never be able to return to that side hall again!
In the side hall, there is a space gate that shuttles between Dongting Lake and Yunmeng Immortal Palace, but at this time, with the fall of the machine gate, the exit of Yunmeng Immortal Palace is also closed. Lu Yang and Zirong were trapped here. In the darkness, there was nothing but the light of the torches, which reflected the two pale faces staring at each other. The sound of the wind like a ghost crying from the eight giant gates blowing from each other, making the scene in the darkness at this time so terrifying and terrifying.
"Don't panic!" Seeing Zi Rong, whose face turned pale and panicked in an instant, Lu Yang let out a low cry and activated the mana in the Star Book, making Zi Rong instantly return to reality from the frightened world. He was just a painter in his lifetime, and when had he ever experienced such a scene? At this time, he was claustrophobic in the dark, and he couldn't help but feel frightened and confused, and he was stunned for a while. Thanks to Lu Yang's timely drinking of Zirong, he didn't let his emotions get out of control.
"Now that our retreat has been sealed, what should we do......" Zirong stood here in a daze, his heart full of self-blame and remorse. If he hadn't led Lu Yang to this so-called 'Cloud Dream Maze' to find the soul of the Qingluo girl, then Lu Yang would not have been trapped here with him. He could feel that there was a great danger hidden in the eight open doors. Maybe they will be lost in the world of this door and wander in endless darkness ever since.
"Look. Lu Yang didn't answer his question, although this place was deep and dark, it was not a level of existence at all compared to the 'Burning Fire Refining Demon Tower' that Lu Yang had cultivated. So he was still able to maintain his calmness and composure. With a torch in hand, he half-crouched down, carefully probing the footprints left on the dusty stone bricks under his feet.
What made Lu Yang feel strange was that these footprints were intricate, none of them went in one direction, some of the footprints went straight into the courtyard, and some of them came out of the giant gate. Immediately after that, they went around to another courtyard. I am afraid that these footprints that have not been buried with the dust and sand of time are left behind by the explorers who have entered this place before. But why did they enter one great gate and come out of another, and could it be that the disconnected spaces in these portals formed an endless circle that could never be stepped out?
Lu Yang doesn't believe in this, he believes that everything in heaven and earth has laws. There is no such thing as unbreakable or eternal. Therefore, he always firmly believed that there must be a mystery that could be discovered within these giant gates. Therefore, he wanted to break this mystery at this time, so as to take Zirong to find the soul of the Qingluo girl, get out of this Yunmeng Immortal Palace, and return to the outside world.
"There may be a mystery here, but if we don't move forward at this time, then we won't be able to find a way out. Lu Yang said to Zirong. Zirong also escaped from the panic at this time, and when he heard Lu Yang's arrangement, he could only nod his head and say yes. Following behind, Lu Yang casually walked into the giant gate in front of him. But seeing a dark black spatial power, it instantly swept through the bodies of Lu Yang and the two. Bringing them into the world of the court.
Lu Yang and the two stepped into it, and couldn't help but smack their tongues secretly, it seemed that there was still an independent space here, and when the two of them entered it, the original eight giant gates and the courtyard behind them disappeared. Looking around, there was a dull and dead darkness, and Lu Yang knew that there was no way back at this time, so he had to walk forward. His body was immediately obscured by the black mist, and he walked into the deep dark space.
There seemed to be danger coming in the ethereal space, and it was already reflected in Lu Yang's heart. This is a kind of innate intuition of cultivators. He saw the black mist in the space around him seem to change, and he kept retreating towards the deep world in the distance. Immediately afterward, the dark and silent space revealed its danger.
The surrounding space heated up suddenly, and the next moment, a large area of flames swept in from all directions like raging waves, instantly encompassing Lu Yang and Zirong. Thanks to the sleeping 'Flood Fire Talisman' in Lu Yang's left arm, he warned Lu Yang. Seeing the sea of fire coming, he immediately put on a crimson divine fire cover on top of his own and Zirong's souls. to resist the calcination of these raging seas of fire.
"Let's go!"
Lu Yang was accompanied by a fire talisman in his body, although he was covered by the burning fire at this time. But no matter how the flames burned and collided, they couldn't hurt Lu Yang's body at all. He just divided part of his strength to protect Zirong's soul, and the two braved the sea of fire that burned the space, and fled at full speed towards the smoke and fire in front of them, and finally, they saw a door open in the roar of karmic fire, Lu Yang pulled Zirong's body, jumped with his body, flew over the sea of fire, and jumped directly into this doorway.
In the middle of the courtyard, the film-like spatial power was instantly exerted, and the figures of Lu Yang and the two disappeared from the sea of fire in an instant with the spatial mana of the transfer. They gasped and stepped out of the huge gate, only to see that they were still back to where they had been, only the eight portals were still standing quietly.
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