Chapter 14: The Palace
On the silent cliff, there was only the whistling sound of the breeze blowing, Qi Yue moved his body in again, his brows furrowed slightly, and stared at the giant python cautiously.
After the big guy had dealt with the enemy, no one expected it to suddenly swallow the beast soul fruit on the cliff and the surrounding rock walls in one gulp, so as to prevent others from stealing it.
Its actions angered the hidden masters around it, and out of nowhere, a voice came out, "Evil beast!"
A knife about three zhang long slashed up from the side of the giant python, cutting a deep hole in the head of the giant python that was caught off guard, and the snake's blood was sprinkled in the wind, and the poison in the blood corroded the grass and trees on the edge of the cliff.
The place where Qi Yue was buried was also affected, but fortunately, he had been paying attention to the battle situation, and when he saw the snake's blood floating over, he hurriedly dodged sideways, causing the blood to drip on the rock beside him.
The squeaky creak of the moss-covered hard rock corroded by the poison of the snake's blood shows how poisonous it is.
The giant python was not seriously injured by this knife, and the severe pain stretched out his originally coiled body, the python's tail slapped around, and the debris splashed up and forced out the martial arts people who were hiding around.
Since they couldn't hide, these people simply stopped hiding, but showed their figures one after another and stood not far from the giant python, opposing each other and besieging the crazy giant python at the same time.
"Brother Li is a good knife skill! He can actually seriously injure this giant python with a knife, and I admire and admire it!" The person who spoke was a young man in green clothes and a crown, and listening to his tone, he seemed to be very familiar with the person who had just made the move.
"Hmph! It's not that you want to reap the benefits of the fisherman!" After slashing the giant python with a knife, the knife-wielding man in linen no longer took advantage of the victory to pursue, but withdrew his knife and retreated to the distant rock wall, watching from the wall and waiting for others to make the first move.
The man in Tsing Yi saw that he was not fooled, so he looked at the opposite side. Three people standing on the cliff in front of them. Two mid-stage True Martial Realm men, one early ********.
Although they were a certain distance from each other, they were faintly horns with each other, attacking and defending, and he could see at a glance that the other party was a gang based on his experience.
With a roll of his eyes, he had some scheming in his heart, so he shouted to the three of them: "It turned out to be the Qin brothers and sisters of Hailin City! When I saw it today, it was really extraordinary!" As he spoke, he glanced at the man in sackcloth.
Sure enough, when the man in Mai heard that the three of them were in a group, his face suddenly changed slightly, although he had the cultivation of the late stage of the True Martial Realm, but if he joined forces with three like-minded brothers and sisters at the same time, the outcome was unknown.
Seeing that their plan was exposed, the three brothers and sisters of the Qin family simply stopped pretending and chose to get together, preparing to take the troubled young man out first, and then compete with the man in sackcloth.
The battle broke out. Taking advantage of the fact that the giant python had not yet eased up, the three of them took the lead in besieging the man in Tsing Yi, thinking that they could easily take it, but they didn't want the other party to be a master in the late stage of the True Martial Arts Realm at a young age, and at the same time, a seemingly extraordinary swordsmanship was impenetrable and water could not be splashed.
Just when the four of them were at a stalemate, the Mai man who was watching the battle made a move, and it was still the knife that pierced Changhong. From behind, he slashed the weakest ******** of the three and seriously injured him.
The other two saw him make a move and knew that they couldn't do anything. So he quickly withdrew with his seriously injured sister, and said a cruel word before leaving: "Li Yuan, you wait for me, this sword revenge, my Qin brothers and sisters will be avenged in the future!"
But Li Yuan didn't pay attention to their clamor at all, but pointed at the man in Tsing Yi with the long knife in his hand and said, "Now there are only two of us left, let's shoot!"
The man in Tsing Yi smiled and waved his hand again and again: "Brother Li said that he laughed." How can I catch your Eight Desolation Blade, so this Beast Soul Fruit is Brother Li's."
Li Yuan was a little surprised, put down the long knife and said puzzledly: "Aren't you here to grab the Beast Soul Fruit?"
The man in Tsing Yi shook his head and said, "Although the Beast Soul Fruit is precious, it is useless to me. What I want is the snake gall of this giant python, so I also ask Brother Li to cede it."
Li Yuan looked up to the sky and laughed: "Okay! I'll take the beast soul fruit! You and I don't owe each other!"
Before the words fell, Li Yuan jumped up with force under his feet, and the long knife in his hand burst out, this time it actually reached an astonishing five zhang, and the giant python was so frightened that he wanted to turn around and flee before the knife arrived.
It's a pity that the giant python's body is too big, and it is difficult to turn on this mountain wall for a while, and it was directly cut from the head to the tail by a five-zhang long knife gang, and was divided into two.
Qi Yue, who was hiding behind the boulder in the distance, saw this scene, and couldn't help but gasp, not to mention taking the beast soul fruit at this moment, even if he showed his head, he was afraid that he would be split into two pieces by that Li Yuan's knife.
In the end, they could only watch as the two took out the Beast Soul Fruit and snake gall from the snake's belly and went down the mountain together.
After a long time, Qi Yue showed his head, looked at the backs of the two of them, and said in his heart: "Alas~ Come for nothing, what can I do?"
Just as he was about to go to other mountains to see if there was still a beastless soul fruit, he accidentally saw a glimmer of light in the place where the giant python died, which was particularly dazzling in the dark night.
When I walked over, it turned out to be a bottomless cave, because it was surrounded by various vines, but there was a flickering light inside.
"Is there a treasure?" Since you haven't gotten the Beast Soul Fruit, you can't go home empty-handed. So he took out the fire for lighting and lit it, and walked in with a faint light.
The cave was gloomy and damp, and from time to time there was the sound of water dripping on the ground, and the most important thing was that Qi Yue found that the cave seemed to be artificially excavated, and there were obvious traces of axe chisels on the surrounding stone walls.
With a nervous mood, I walked a little more inside, and the surroundings were getting darker and darker, and I could still see some wild grass when I was at the entrance of the cave, but now I could only see the fire in my hand.
suddenly
Qi Yue stopped, and a faint sound of sighing sounded in the silent cave, which was gradually approaching him.
In the dark, Qi Yue guarded the fire fold with his left hand, and held the sword with his right hand, his face was calm, carefully distinguishing the source of the sound.
The voice stopped in front of Qi Yue's right, but he didn't hesitate to stab out with a sword, and the flesh and blood texture came from the body of the sword, which made him feel a little calm.
The light of the fire folded over, and it turned out to be a small green green snake, whose head was pierced by Qi Yue's sword, struggled slightly on the ground, fell from the stone wall, and then never moved again.
Species: Secluded forest green snake
Strength evaluation: A first-grade inferior spirit animal
Talent: Poisonous
A seemingly ordinary green snake is actually a spirit animal, which makes Qi Yue faintly feel that this place is extraordinary, you must know that although there are many animals in the world, spirit animals are very rare.
The appearance of the green snake made Qi Yue's heart that originally wanted to return a little shaken, and after thinking about it, he chose to continue walking inside, but now he didn't dare to be as careless as just now, the poison of snake spirit beasts was not easy to solve.
I don't know how far he went, the cave was dark and cold, all Qi Yue could see was the faint light of fire in front of him, and the long-term mental tension made him a little tired, and he secretly decided in his heart that if he walked a little further, if it was still like this, he turned around and returned to Ziyang Courtyard.
But God didn't fulfill people's wishes, and things suddenly took a turn for the better.
I don't know when it started in the cave, and gradually there was a slight breeze, although it was weak, but it proved that there was an exit ahead.
In the dark, Qi Yue relied on his own perception and walked towards the windy place little by little. Strange to say, the cave got bigger and bigger the further he went, and even he was a little skeptical that he would be able to walk back.
The light, as it had been seen outside the cave before, flickered and flickered, but it did flicker ahead, and it shone like a bright light in the darkness.
Qi Yue stepped up his pace, seeing that the light was getting bigger and bigger, and it was becoming more and more obvious, and the surroundings were gradually no longer as dark as before, and the scene in the entire cave slowly appeared in front of him.
There were no dirt or rocks, no grass or moss, and the road under his feet had all been paved with bluestone slabs, and the surrounding walls were carved with patterns that Qi Yue had never seen before.
There are humans, gods, and some strange spirit animals. There seemed to be some things written on it, but strangely enough, he seemed to have seen them somewhere.
Attracted by the mural, Qi Yue temporarily gave up the light in front of him and instead went to study what was recorded above.
From right to left, the murals depict different things, some of them seem to be war scenes, others are mountains and rivers, and the only connection between them is the annotated text in the upper left corner.
Both strange and familiar, this is Qi Yue's only impression of this kind of writing.
With a wrinkled brow, he stood in front of the mural with his hands folded and stared at the words, racking his brains to recall.
"No, this word ......" he remembered very clearly, when he took two books from the hands of Zen Master Huizhi, one was a secret letter, and the other was an exercise called "The Golden Body is Indestructible", he was still excited for a long time at that time, but after opening it, he couldn't read the text on it, so he had to give up.
Looking back now, isn't it exactly the same as the words on the mural, and even the style of writing is very similar.
Since he couldn't recognize the words on it, Qi Yue could only give up first, and continued to walk towards the light ahead.
The further I went, the more buildings I found in front of me were getting more and more, and it seemed that this place was not a spirit beast cave at all, but a palace built by humans.
Because in addition to some murals, even a lot of huge dragon stone pillars gradually appeared next to it, and they supported the main hall in the cave.
The bluestone slabs on the ground have gradually become white jade slabs, shining the entire hall as bright as day, sweeping away the previous gloom and haze.
......
Finally, Qi Yue saw clearly what was holding up the light of the entire palace.
At the end of the hall is a throne inlaid with countless precious stones, the most dazzling of which hangs high above the stone wall above the throne, looking down like a king, and all the light is emitted from it.
The blazing light attracted everyone who looked at him, the greed of human nature had been fully revealed, and his body seemed to be manipulated, so that Qi Yue walked towards the gem step by step, and there was no room for anything in his eyes.
(To be continued.) )