"Oh, it seems that you do know the guy on the upper floor, and you also know that this place is layered."
"..."
The fish swimming in the mural was slightly startled, then pursed his lips and began to smile bitterly.
A casual conversation revealed a lot of things.
"If you want me to know that you have no ill intentions, then be honest and tell me what you are and what do you want to do?
As for the fact that you didn't do the screening, and you don't believe that I came in just by accident, it's better not to say it, and don't waste each other's time.
If you are not sincere this time, then next time, I won’t listen to a word you say.”
Yu Ziqing stared at the fish painting on the wall and spoke extremely seriously.
Youyu opened his mouth and didn't know what to say for a long time.
"It's okay. I'm not in a hurry. You can think about it and make it up slowly."
Hearing this, Yuyu let out a long sigh.
"Well, actually I don't know much. I do know that there is another level above, but I am just a trace of his spirituality. If you want to know other things, the best way is to go to the upper level and ask that person.
layer of people.
It was the only place without danger.
My spirituality is too weak, and I can only turn into a fish in the mural when I am scattered.
In order to prevent danger, we can only turn ourselves into murals and hide in them.
I dare not say anything about other people, but on this floor, all of us muralists absolutely don’t want anything to happen to you, and we all hope that you can reach the next floor safely and smoothly.”
"How do I get back to the previous level?"
"If you practice the secret technique you have mastered in reverse, you will be able to return to the previous level."
Yu Ziqing thought for a moment, that natural maze didn't actually correspond to footwork?
But a secret method?
Uh, why didn't he notice it at all? It seemed like a secret method.
"What I have mastered is a footwork. Should I practice it by walking backwards?"
"..." Youyu was a little surprised and opened his mouth wide: "You actually mastered the footwork?! Isn't the secret method just a key?"
After saying that, one person and one mural fell silent together.
Youyu was shocked, that was a natural formation, even if it was copied, it was still a natural formation.
They just used the natural formation as a key and made a matching door lock. It shouldn't be too difficult just to understand the key and turn it into a secret method. Anyone who meets the conditions can do it.
But this guy didn't understand the key at all. What he understood was the natural formation itself.
People just observe and then make a copy of the key to see if it can be opened. If you just brought the original here, how could it not be possible to open it?
Not only can it be opened, but every time you enter it, it will be the best and most suitable place.
While they were talking, another fish swam from the mural above the sky.
"They are coming soon, hurry up and hide."
The two swimming fish quickly swam along the wall and into the murals in the sky, quietly blending into the murals.
Yu Ziqing was not in a hurry to believe what You Yu said. He Yu Yu himself said that at least there was no malice here.
In other words, Youyu himself doesn't know what the purpose of everything here is, and whether the scenes on the next level will be detrimental to him.
Yu Ziqing felt the aura of the sea monster approaching from a distance, and made some calculations silently. He could save his life if he did not become possessed or explode, but it would be difficult to kill the opponent.
Considering that the scope of each scene here is limited, if it continues to be consumed, it will definitely be you who will die.
After thinking about it, Yu Ziqing took a precious magic pill and became possessed directly.
The skin turned gray-black and was covered with strange magic lines. The flesh and blood were directly transformed into demons, and the physical body was strengthened even more than before.
The two-headed black snake entrenched in both kidneys cheered and hissed, and the silver flying eagle entrenched in both kidneys also became more active.
Between Yu Ziqing's breaths, traces of golden energy spurted out, as if he was blowing a breath, just like the blade of a knife.
The secret method of the devil naturally makes me like the devil more, and the compatibility will become very high.
In this case, the cycle between the Golden Water Yin Escape, the Black Sky Demonic Qi, and the Daytime Demonic Divine Qi will become much faster, and the overall power exerted will naturally be higher.
There were not many people in this scene, and not many were hostile to him. After Yu Ziqing walked around for a few times, he decided to deal with some of them first.
After a while, a group of sea monsters led by the shark monster rushed over.
Yu Ziqing cut in from the side, inserted into the middle of the team silently, and appeared behind the shark demon.
On his hands, the demonic energy mixed with gold and water energy directly broke open the back of the shark demon and crushed its heart forcefully.
The moment the other party turned around, Yu Ziqing's chest suddenly swelled, and a scream mixed with the golden wind blew on the other party's face.
In an instant, he saw that the opponent's chest was slowly drying up, the lung energy was forcibly taken away, and the kidney energy turned into water droplets and dripped.
Without kidney qi, the energy will be exhausted; without lung qi, the strength will be reduced.
Yu Ziqing gritted his teeth and ignored the sea monster behind him. He resisted all the attacks and blew the leading shark monster into half a withered skeleton before turning to look at the person behind him.
Stomping the shark demon's bones into pieces with one kick, a black two-headed snake appeared on Yu Ziqing's waist, and a flying eagle also appeared on his shoulders.
He used the footwork he learned from the natural maze, and with a strange and natural figure, he shuttled among a group of sea monsters with a sense of natural harmony.
He passed by the sea monsters one after another, and after just one or two breaths, his flickering body suddenly stopped.
He took a breath, and a wisp of golden wind flew out, and the bodies of the sea monsters all turned into powder in the golden wind.
Wisps of black energy flew out from the powder and turned into nothingness in an instant.
Yu Ziqing frowned slightly. He didn't know what the black energy was. It wasn't evil energy or evil thoughts, but something that made him feel uncomfortable.
Even the evil thoughts would not give him this feeling.
Yu Ziqing did not stop and continued to wander around the Dragon Palace, killing everything that could find him and be malicious to him.
When he crushed the last sea monster to death and its body shattered into powder and dissipated, he saw a ray of skylight above the Crystal Palace, shining onto this palace filled with solemnity and gloom.
Those dim corridors and black corals slowly took on color under the sunlight.
The murals covered the palace sky, and all kinds of creatures flew out and landed in the palace.
Fish began to appear around the palace one after another, swimming among the corals.
Surrounded by a group of sea tribesmen, a little boy who looked ten years old and had two horns on his head came out and saluted Yu Ziqing solemnly.
"Thank you."
Yu Ziqing stared at the other person's eyes and recognized them at a glance. They were exactly the same as the eyes of the young dragon he saw on the first floor.
"Where is this place? Who are you? What is going on?"
"plz follow me."
The child had a sullen face, pretending to be serious, and extended his hand politely.
He took Yu Ziqing to the center of the palace, which was the center of the sky. The mottled light fell from the top of his head, making the place shine as if it were made of crystal.
When the two of them sat down, someone else brought some fresh spiritual fruits.
The child's face was sullen and serious.
"My name is Ao Qing. Since you can come in, you should have heard of it."
"It's true dragon blood."
"Yes, for a long time, there were no real dragons in the Dragon Clan. Strictly speaking, the real dragons and the Dragon Clan are two different races.
I am the only true dragon bloodline in the Dragon Clan in the past ten thousand years.
It's a pity that they are all wrong. There are no real dragons in this world anymore. There were no real dragons before ancient times. All the descendants of real dragons do not have the blood of real dragons."
Yu Ziqing picked up a spiritual fruit and took a bite. It was quite fresh, which proved that this place indeed existed and spiritual fruits could be grown.
"Speak slowly. I will only give you one chance. If you don't explain clearly, I will turn around and leave."
"Then let me start from the beginning.
Before ancient times, all true dragons had fallen, and all true dragon bloodlines had also fallen.
Since ancient times, there has never been any dragon clan with true dragon bloodline.
The Dragon Clan has worked so hard, and if one of them appears occasionally, it is always a disaster.
Twenty thousand years ago, the Dragon Clan once had a bloodline. Unfortunately, that true dragon bloodline only existed for three years and died young.
Because he went to Longzhong to steal the inner elixirs of his ancestors, and was strangled to death by one of them.
Behind me is me. They thought it was because they didn't teach the true dragon bloodline well before. In fact, from the moment I opened my eyes and received the inheritance, I knew what my destiny was."
The child spoke very calmly, and he picked up a spiritual fruit and ate it.
"All true dragon bloodlines are cursed, and the curse is integrated into the true dragon bloodline.
And as I get stronger, the power of the curse will become stronger, and it will eventually destroy me.
Therefore, since I was born, I started to make preparations. Like other dragons, I prepared a mausoleum for myself.
This is one of the tombs I prepared for myself.
The last time you saw me was within a year of my birth. I buried my one-year-old self there. It was my birthplace.
The me you see now, according to your human age, is ten years old. I buried myself here, the palace where I was ten years old.
I can only rely on this to prevent my spirituality from being tainted by the curse and the blood of the true dragon.
In order to achieve it, there will be a glimmer of hope.
Unfortunately, I still underestimated the power of the true dragon's bloodline, and also underestimated the curse integrated into the true dragon's bloodline.
The power of the curse is very strong and terrifying. I buried my ten-year-old self here, but I still can't escape it.
The existences you killed that turned into sea monsters were all transformed by a trace of curse power, mixed with a trace of the power of true dragon blood.
Actually, I'm curious about how you did it, because I couldn't kill them at all.
They are like poison attached to my bones, turning into my flesh and blood. I can't kill them at all, I can only hide and maintain my spirituality.
Of course, it's okay if you don't want to say it, I'm just happy that you can kill them.
At least it gives me some hope."
Yu Ziqing sat with his legs crossed and listened to Ao Qing's story. He ate and listened carefully.
"Has anyone been here before?"
Ao Qing nodded decisively.
"Yes, all people who have perfected their cultivation, no matter what their level of cultivation, can feel the rhythm of the natural formation, can feel the key I hide inside, can cultivate a secret key method, can open the mausoleum, and enter here.
But you are the first to bypass the key and practice footwork directly on the natural formation."
"Are they all dead?" Yu Ziqing asked a key question.
"I'm not sure, but I'm still here, which proves that they didn't die here, but also died behind."
"You want people to help you, have you thought that they will all die here?"
Ao Qing was silent for a moment, nodded, and then shook his head.
"I know, so that key can be entered and exited at will, and you can retreat at any time if you want.
If I just withdraw, they won't remember me, and if they see me, they will be buried here just like me.
Some of them did retreat, but there were still some who were willing to help me, but failed.
Whatever I promise them, I will give it to them in advance, and I will never force it or cannot force it."
"Can I know why screening is required?" Yu Ziqing was very curious about this.
Ao Qing was a little surprised by Yu Ziqing's question, but he still answered it.
"If you are a person who has perfected your own cultivation, you will not covet the blood of the true dragon. Absorbing and refining the blood of the true dragon will only make you unsatisfactory, the gain outweighs the loss, and you will ruin your future.
And similarly, if you are a person who has perfected your own practice, you will not be afraid of me taking away your life.
If I try to seize the body by force, it is basically impossible to succeed. Even if I succeed, I will be forced to give up my own way.
I can only continue to move forward along the path that he has already practiced to perfection. For me, this is also cutting off my future. There seems to be no foundation for subsequent practice. Even if I am alive, it is better to bury myself here like this.
It is very difficult for both parties to reach trust, so I can only prepare in advance and eliminate the concerns of both parties in advance."
"..."
Yu Ziqing fell silent and worked for a long time. It was because he was uneducated...
After experiencing the incident of Our Lady of the White Sun, he is now particularly sensitive to matters such as body snatching.
"Can you tell me what's going on outside now?" Ao Qing looked at Yu Ziqing with a hint of pleading in his eyes.
"How far do you know?"
"I know that I am already dead and have entered the tomb. Time may be running out."
"Do you want to hear the truth or a lie?" Yu Ziqing thought about the situation outside and didn't know what to say.
"To be honest, I'm already like this. The worst-case scenario is just annihilation."
Yu Ziqing sighed.
He told him about the evil dragon that devoured living creatures and turned them into blood food, thus creating a glimmer of life and that all the living creatures within tens of thousands of miles around could escape.
He also mentioned that the appearance of the evil dragon would cause thunder and calamity, and that he had the audacity to break through the clouds of calamity and act recklessly and extremely wildly.
Ao Qing's face looked a little ugly, but after hearing this, he still said politely.
"Thanks."
"You are welcome."
"I feel that my time is running out, his consciousness is about to collapse, and he has no spirituality at all.
The day he truly dies and is completely annihilated will be the day I bury myself here forever without any trace of life left."
Ao Qing spoke very calmly. He had expected such a day from a very early time.
He just wasn't willing to accept it, why was he burdened with a curse from the moment he opened his eyes?
He doesn't want the so-called true dragon bloodline at all.
He doesn't even want to be a dragon at all.
From the moment you open your eyes, you know your future destiny.
I even understand what a hopeless ending it was.
If he were a human being, he might still be able to live in ignorance for a few years. At least he might still be happy in his childhood and feel the kindness of the world.
But he is not. He was born with complete spiritual intelligence, and he knows more and is more mature than most human monks.
One month after he was born, he began to think about how to bury himself and how to find a chance of survival.
"I don't have much to give, only my inheritance and some treasures I prepared in advance. Apart from my current appearance, everything else can be used as reward.
But I have to tell you first, the curse in your bloodline is very strong.
When I was one year old, the curse was very weak and I could resolve it myself.
But when I was ten years old, I could no longer kill them with the power of those curses.
The next level is when I was twenty years old, where my spirituality has been suppressed by the curse. The twenty-year-old me will help you and guide you, but I cannot kill the things transformed by the curse.
To be honest, although I don't know why you can kill those things transformed by the curse, with your current strength, if you go to the next level, you will die.
My physical body is dead, and his consciousness is about to be annihilated.
I feel that I have no chance to wait any longer. If possible, I would like to ask you to take the one-year-old me out.
You can just inject his spirituality into any living being except dragons, at least let him live without any worries for a lifetime, it can be a few years or decades."
Ao Qing's expression became calmer and calmer, but the words he spoke became more and more desperate.
Yu Ziqing smacked his lips. He didn't respond in a hurry. It wasn't that he was greedy for inheritance and treasures. What he was thinking about now was another thing.
What on earth is Lao Yang doing here?
Because the old sheep was here, he felt that the evil dragon might not live long.
"Just wait a moment."
Yu Ziqing rummaged through it, took out a jade slip, crushed it casually, and gave the old sheep a message.
"Is it easy to contact me?"
On the other side, an hour later, inside the evil dragon's body, the old sheep was struggling to move forward. The death energy here was too strong. Even with the suppression of the formation, the death energy was still extremely huge.
He vaguely felt a jade slip being broken. The feeling was fleeting, and he didn't even feel clearly what the jade slip's number was.
After waiting for a while, there was no second one, so it shouldn't be a big problem.
Lao Yang thought for a while, closed his eyes, and lost a trace of consciousness into the seventh-floor ring in his body, and began to contact Yu Ziqing.
Yu Ziqing sensed the call, glanced at Ao Qing, and closed his eyes.
The boss who refined the Seventh Floor Ring back then was really awesome.
In this case, we can always contact you.
Ao Qing said that if he goes out, everything that happened here will be buried here, and he will not remember it when he goes out.
Obviously, he is still not strong enough, and his restrictions are not enough.
There are stronger bosses who can break through this restriction.
Seeing Lao Yang, Yu Ziqing immediately said.
"Old Yang, let me tell you something first. You should write it all down first, because I may forget it later."