In the center of the forbidden area, there is a towering palace.
Surrounding the palace are scattered thatched cottages.
In fact, under the palace is a shaft that has been sealed for many years. Even though it has been sealed, the spiritual power full of flames in the space near the palace is still much stronger.
Therefore, on Zhuque Mountain, a dozen or so monks who had reached the stage of becoming gods built huts for cultivation nearby.
One of the thatched cottages was built closest to the palace. It looked like it had been recently repaired.
The monk in the thatched cottage looked to be in his thirties, and when he saw Wen Zhiming and others coming in, a look of confusion appeared on his face.
In the center of the hall is a towering statue of the Suzaku.
Wen Zhiming's knees weakened and he prostrated himself directly under the statue.
"The believer knows his destiny and pays homage to the heavenly spirit!"
Suzaku, one of the four spirits in the sky, exists in ancient mythology, so Wen Zhiming naturally dare not call him by his name.
However, the statue showed no response at all.
"The believer knows his destiny and pays homage to the heavenly spirit!"
Wen Zhiming bowed again, but the statue still showed no response.
"Sect Master?" Jiang Xiaoyu looked back at the unconscious Lu Yi, and then looked at Wen Zhiming anxiously.
Wen Zhiming took a deep breath and bowed again: "Please ask the heavenly spirit to atone for your sins!"
After saying that, he walked directly forward, holding the three-foot-tall statue with both hands, and circles of breathtaking spiritual power surged around him.
Then, he exerted force on his waist, and the huge statue was slowly moved away.
As the statue moved, fire seemed to appear under the statue.
Jiang Xiaoyu hurriedly ran to Wen Zhiming. It turned out that under the statue was the mouth of the shaft.
The bottomless well is a fiery red color.
At the mouth of the well, there is a sealing barrier set up by the ancestors of the sect to prevent ordinary people from trespassing.
As the leader of the sect, Wen Zhiming naturally knew how to open the seal. After using hundreds of mysterious techniques in his hand, the seal was opened in an instant.
As the seal was opened, hot power spurted out instantly.
This isn't a well, it's clearly a burning fire pit.
Wen Zhiming waved his sleeves and a hazy barrier instantly covered them.
"The temperature down here is too high. Even if you have the cultivation level of the God Transformation Stage, being exposed to the heat for a long time will inevitably have an impact on your body."
"Tian Ling, I'm offended!" Wen Zhiming bowed towards the mouth of the well, and then Jiang Xiaoyu felt that the barrier seemed to move like bubbles.
However, just as they were about to enter the well, suddenly, a breathtaking force came from the well.
With great strength, Wen Zhiming held Jiang Xiaoyu's hand and took several steps back.
"What's going on?" Jiang Xiaoyu looked at Wen Zhiming doubtfully.
Wen Zhiming lowered his eyebrows and hissed: "I'm afraid Tianling Zhuque doesn't want me to disturb him." As he said that, he glanced at the unconscious Lu Yi again, "It seems that everything is fate.
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"Can..."
Just as Jiang Xiaoyu finished speaking, a distant and simple voice suddenly came directly to his mind.
"Little clay figurine, come down."
"Who is speaking?"
Wen Zhiming turned to look at Jiang Xiaoyu, "Did you hear someone talking?"
"It seems so." Jiang Xiaoyu frowned. The voice just now was very short. After a while, he really suspected that he was hallucinating.
"What did you say?"
Jiang Xiaoyu looked at Wen Zhiming and said, "Tell me to come down?"
"Go down?" Wen Zhiming stroked his beard and said, "Could it be Suzaku, but it's impossible. How could he ask you to go down? Firstly, you are not a disciple of Zhuque Mountain and have not practiced fire spiritual power. Secondly, your
How could he take a fancy to your cultivation level?"
At this moment, the same voice sounded in Wen Zhiming's mind: "Boy, why are you making such noise? I didn't call you, so why don't you go and cool down!"
The voice struck Wen Zhiming's mind like a hammer. As tyrannical as he was, he couldn't help but break out in cold sweat.
"Yes! Yes!" He bowed to the mouth of the well, and then said to Jiang Xiaoyu: "Go, I'll wait for you up there. Since Suzaku has specified that you go down, he must have a reason."
After the barrier was removed, Jiang Xiaoyu walked to the mouth of the well suspiciously and looked down. The well was completely bottomless.
He tried to shout down the well: "Senior, there is someone on my back, can you come down together?"
Jiang Xiaoyu was still waiting for a reply, when suddenly, a flame burst out of the well.
The flames were like claws, pulling him down.
"Sect Master! Sect Master, save me!"
When he shouted, Jiang Xiaoyu's body had already fallen more than a hundred feet.
Strangely, although the claws holding him looked like they were made of flames, his whole body felt extremely cool.
The surrounding well walls were still bubbling under the influence of high temperature, but Jiang Xiaoyu couldn't feel any heat at all.
Jiang Xiaoyu looked back at Lu Yi on his back. After entering the well, the pain on his face was obviously much better.
However, the redness under the skin still did not ease at all.
After falling for half an hour, Jiang Xiaoyu felt that his body had slowed down a little.
Suddenly, a huge space appeared in front of us.
He fell from the hole at the top of the space, and was gently placed on the edge of the space by the claws formed by the flames.
Jiang Xiaoyu looked around curiously.
This place is simply a sea of fire!
At the bottom of the space was a still boiling fire pool, and the place where he stood was an extremely small open space.
The ground was like red-hot iron.
According to common sense, if the clothes and shoes come into contact with such a ground, they are likely to catch fire. However, Jiang Xiaoyu's whole body was safe and sound.
Even so, Jiang Xiaoyu still didn't dare to put Lu Yi down. After all, for him now, even the slightest touch could kill him.
"Little clay figurine, are you here?" The voice echoed in the space. Jiang Xiaoyu hurriedly looked around, but he didn't see anything.
"No need to look for it, I'm in the lava."
Jiang Xiaoyu couldn't help but look towards the boiling magma in the underground fire pool. The sound just now seemed to really come from there.
"Senior!" Jiang Xiaoyu knelt down without caring about the scary-looking ground.
"Senior, please save my senior brother!"
"Save?" Suzaku's voice came from the lava, "Why should I save?"
"Because..." Jiang Xiaoyu scratched his head and said hurriedly: "He is one of the most outstanding disciples of the Four Symbols Sect. As long as he can survive this test, his future development will be limitless!"
"Oh? What does that have to do with me?"
"You, you are a god-like existence that protects this world!"
"Humph!" After a slight hum, Suzaku's voice softened a lot, "Qinglong told me that you have met him."
Jiang Xiaoyu didn't understand why Suzaku suddenly said this, but now that he was asking for something from him, he naturally had to be more respectful.
"Yes."
"That old guy took advantage of you, and I'm afraid that he will be able to regain more than half of his former strength in just one round."
"Little clay figurine, little clay figurine, I never thought that the Four Spirits would be so weak that they need help from a little clay figurine like you. It's really ironic to say the least."
Zhuque sighed for a moment before talking about Jiang Xiaoyu's concerns.
"The little guy you brought here was invaded by an external force and cannot be controlled by himself. If he wants to recover, he must temper his body so that his body can withstand that force."
Hearing Zhuque's words, Jiang Xiaoyu's face suddenly showed joy, "Senior, please give me some advice!"
"I can't tell you what to do. He just needs to refine his body behind the lava for a few days, and then there will be no problem."
"Lava?" Jiang Xiaoyu looked at the boiling magma below in confusion. If a normal person went down to that place, it would be dissolved to the point where no residue would be left in a matter of seconds.
Even if they are cultivators, they will not be much better than ordinary people after going down.
"Senior, how dare we enter this world with mortal bodies!"
Suzaku replied: "On his own, it is definitely impossible, but don't think about it, who is here now?"
"Senior, do you mean you can help?" Jiang Xiaoyu was immediately overjoyed. Suzaku could say it himself, which proved that it was possible to help Lu Yi temper his body.