Jiang Zhiwei was confused at first, then her expression relaxed, and her face seemed to be covered with a layer of light, which was extremely beautiful:
"Young masters came to Maoling for various reasons to become chess pieces? But I didn't receive an 'invitation'. Well, I happened to be in Dizhou and was about to open the Nine Apertures. I could reach Maoling in five days along the Baiyi River. How could it be possible?
Can we not participate in this grand event together?"
Like "Five Directions Imperial Sword" Qing Yu, she was very interested in competing with the masters of the Renbang. She also knew Meng Qi's purpose in telling this matter, so she expressed her intention directly without him opening his mouth.
"That's great!" Meng Qi felt warm in his heart and said happily.
"It's a pity that I happen to be away from Jiangdong and can't go to Maoling to help you!"
Ruan Yushu said coldly.
Meng Qi and others knew that Ruan Yushu and Shang Yi were traveling together, so they didn't think anything of it.
"There is no need for this, Miss Jiang is enough to help!"
Meng Qi sincerely bowed his hand.
Qi Zhengyan pondered for a moment:
"I have passed through the Shendu area, and I should arrive at Maoling in seven days. I hope to meet the masters of the list."
Meng Qi felt that this matter was quite dangerous. Jiang Zhiwei had superior strength, so there was no need to worry about it. Qi Zhengyan said that the "Huntian Baojian" was strong, but it was still not as strong as it was. However, his "cousin" had good intentions, and it would be too hurt if he refused.
People's hearts, thinking that Qi Zhengyan also had a killing move with one strike in an outdoor scene, he finally nodded:
"good!"
It's time for Senior Brother Qi to compete with real masters and strengthen his accumulation.
"I opened my mouth a month ago, and the inner world was first formed." Qi Zhengyan could sense Meng Qi's worry and added.
Only then did Meng Qi put aside some of his worries and sighed in his heart, it would be a worthwhile life to have a few companions who care about each other and share life and death together!
"By the way, Zhiwei, I also want to ask about the preliminary adjustment of the inner world." Meng Qi mentioned by the way, the Eight-Nine Mysterious Skills and the Golden Bell Cover have related content, but they are all outlines. After all, everyone
There are certain differences between the inner world and the earth, and each has its own way. It is impossible for secret books to elaborate on this aspect.
The big families of the great sects will have many notes and annotations, which are the personal experiences of different seniors and can be used as a reference for those who come after them. This is something that is not found in secret books.
Jiang Zhiwei chuckled and said, "You are almost stable. It's time to consider this aspect."
The few of them chatted for a while, learned about each other's recent situation, and then started the mission.
"Enter the world of 'Jiuxiang' and open the 'Zhenwu Suspicious Tomb'. You can return after one month, or you can interrupt at any time."
The green light flourished, wrapping the four people in one fell swoop and disappearing into the darkness.
A stretch of rolling mountains, like real dragons entrenching themselves on the earth.
"Master, the terrain here is really good." A young Taoist priest stood at the door of the ruined temple and looked into the distance.
He and his master rushed here and stayed overnight in a mountain temple. After a chance visit, they discovered that the Feng Shui terrain here was excellent.
His master was a white-haired old Taoist priest, holding a Universe Plate and a Plum Blossom Lot, looking like a master from this world.
"It is said that the terrain here was not like this originally." The old Taoist priest looked leisurely from a distance.
The little Taoist priest was shocked when he heard this: "Isn't it naturally formed?"
Can the mountain topography be changed artificially?
Even if the lords of Jiuxiang in the past dynasties were given the title of "Tian Yuan" or the powerful men who dominated the world, they could only attract strange phenomena and change the landscape. How could they affect the landscape of the entire mountain range?
The old Taoist priest sighed: "It is said that in ancient times, a great man buried himself here, seeking a way to live forever after death. Since then, the mountains have interacted with each other, as if they were alive, and moved every year, finally forming the current pattern.
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"Master, master, is this a myth and legend?" The little Taoist priest was dumbfounded. Just a breath of death can cause the mountains to shift. What kind of big man must he be?
The old Taoist priest's face turned gloomy: "It is indeed a myth and legend, but there is indeed a mysterious mausoleum in the mountains. It is said that the ancestors of Jiuxiang benefited from it, so that they could each establish a fairyland and become the actual masters of the world. And
Over the past dynasties, several 'Tian Yuan Emperors' also encountered the tomb by chance, gained something, and then climbed to the top step by step."
"Really?" The little Taoist priest was shocked at first, and then looked forward to it, "If I can meet the tomb..."
The old Taoist priest's face became increasingly gloomy: "This is not a good thing."
"Ah?" The little Taoist priest was puzzled. He got an unexpected encounter, reached the top, and was named "Tian Yuan". Isn't this a good thing?
"The ancestors of Jiuxiang and these 'Tian Yuan Emperors' have almost reached the realm of gods, but in their old age, without exception, they went crazy and ran into this mountain range. Some people saw them entering the mausoleum." The old Taoist priest.
With deep eyes, he looked at the rolling mountains.
The little Taoist priest felt chills all over his body when he heard this: "Teacher, Master, how do you know?"
"My friend Huangfu Tao is one of them." The old Taoist priest took a deep breath.
The little Taoist priest subconsciously took two steps back. He knew that Huangfu Tao, whom he often saw when he was a child, was the "Emperor Tianyuan" of the previous generation. He was able to carry out punishments on behalf of heaven and was the strongest in history!
The old Taoist priest's voice was heavy: "This is something that I know. There may be many people who have benefited from the tomb but have not told others..."
Before he finished speaking, four streaks of light flashed across the sky, like stars falling, straight into the depths of the mountains.
They dragged their bright light tails and fell into the mountain. There was no loud bang, only a layer of hazy light spread out, and the appearance of a mausoleum was reflected in it, but it disappeared immediately.
"The mausoleum has been opened..." the old Taoist priest said to himself in shock.
The two of them were unaware from the beginning to the end that there was also a young Taoist priest beside them looking at the mausoleum in the distance.
This person is none other than Shang Yi's alter ego in this world.
Although he said that he had prepared a lot of things for Ruan Yushu, Shang Yi was still worried, so he arranged for him and me to come.
After the Yuan Shen Black Lotus became the Divine Weapon of the Other Side, Shang Yi used the power of the Yuan Shen Black Lotus and the Money Tree to throw his alter ego into the heavens and the worlds.
It can be said that the path he took is very similar to that of Su Wuming. Both of them successfully transcended the Dharmakaya realm and reached the legend directly in the exterior realm.
It's just that Shang Yi knew very well that the great powers of the heavens would not allow him to achieve the legend early, so he did not set his goal too high. It was enough to reach the perfect state of Dharmakaya.
As for breaking through the Dharmakaya, it is covered by the money tree and the black lotus of the soul, but his other incarnation is not allowed to quietly achieve legend or even creation in the abyss of destruction?
Shang Yi's other incarnation watched the situation in the mausoleum from a distance, and at the same time watched Ruan Yushu and others with the help of the connection between Xuandiao.
As for going to the mausoleum, it is not necessary for him. His understanding of the way of space is not weak. Whether it is divine foot power or distanceless supernatural power, he can appear by Ruan Yushu's side at critical moments. He does not have to worry about her being in danger.
when I wasn't there.
On the other side, when Ruan Yushu, Meng Qi, Jiang Zhiwei and Qi Zhengyan recovered their senses, they found themselves in a dark cave with a smooth arc at the top, showing that it was unnatural.
In front of them, there was a wide and deep river. There was no water in it, and the bottom was directly exposed. The bottom was as red as blood, which was shocking.
On the river bed, there is an iron cable bridge, and at the head of the bridge is a monument that reads:
"The realm of life and death."
Seeing the "Boundary of Life and Death", Meng Qi quickly took out the black fur. The strange symbols and patterns on it had been connected into an incomplete map under the annotations of the Lord of Six Paths of Reincarnation. Many places and routes were incomplete, with only two
All roads are relatively complete and lead to the core of the mausoleum.
The very beginning of the map, written in ancient characters, is:
"The realm of life and death."
Neither Jiang Zhiwei nor Ruan Yushu recognized the strange symbols and patterns before, but the ancient characters that had been transformed into annotations by the Lord of Six Paths of Reincarnation were barely recognized by the two of them. As for Meng Qi and Qi Zhengyan, their eyes were completely blank.
It feels like being illiterate - Meng Qi had no place to learn ancient writing before, but after joining Six Sects, he had no time to learn.
Next to the four seal characters of "The Boundary of Life and Death", there is a sentence written in small characters: "Those who pass by die, and those who escape live."
"Will you die if you cross the bridge?" After listening to Jiang Zhiwei's explanation, Meng Qi was a little confused. How can he enter the mausoleum without crossing the bridge? How can he find the secret of Zhenwu's tomb and start the next step of the mission?
Moreover, the routes indicated on the map are all behind the realm of life and death.
"It must be something else." Ruan Yushu hugged Qing Yuliu and said calmly.
She could feel that the two strings on the sapphire stream, which represented the way of death and the way of creation and vitality, were trembling slightly, as if they were affected by this area.
Thinking of the realm of life and death on the map, Ruan Yushu was thoughtful, and at the same time, he also took this opportunity to understand the way of life and death with the help of Qingyu Liu.
Jiang Zhi smiled:
"Now that we are all here, we can't stop in front of the door. Anyway, you are always ready to use the 'green lantern in front of the Buddha'. If something goes wrong, we will just stop and go back. We want to see what 'the one who goes wrong will die' is."
This is really a typical Jiang Zhiwei character... Meng Qi sneered, feeling that this was the only way to go.
Qi Zhengyan remained silent, looking in front and behind the iron lock. It was hazy and dim there, and even if everyone had their eyes open, they couldn't see clearly. It seemed like it was blocked by fog, or there was a permanent separation between yin and yang.
Half of Meng Qi's energy was focused on the green lantern on his chest. He held the treasured sword forged by Shang Yi and was the first to cross the boundary monument and step onto the iron cable bridge.
The long sword's lightning danced around him, making Meng Qizhen look a bit like the God of Thunder.
Jiang Zhiwei walked side by side with him, Ruan Yushu was half a step behind, and Qi Zhengyan was responsible for breaking up. Although the four people in the group did not speak, they had a tacit understanding and a clear division of labor.
The cable bridge creaked and swayed, but other than that, there was nothing special about it. No ghosts appeared, nor did it collapse directly.
Meng Qi felt strange. Could it be that the saying "Those who pass through die and those who escape live" are false?
Suddenly, he found that his body temperature was slowly but surely dropping, his heartbeat was involuntarily slowing down, his blood seemed to be flowing thickly, and his Yang energy was shrinking inward, as if it was about to condense into "seeds."
Even with this wonderful change, Meng Qi's true energy movement, physical strength and flexibility have not declined at all, his mind is still clear, his spirit is clear, his spiritual sense has not sensed any danger, and the green lamp in front of the Buddha is burning slowly, without any abnormality.
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He spread his energy and immediately found that Jiang Zhiwei, Ruan Yushu and Qi Zhengyan all had their heartbeats slowing down, and there was a gloomy look on their bodies, as if the dead were better than the living!
"Do you feel it?" Meng Qi asked. As soon as the words came out of his mouth, he was startled. His voice was full of sinister energy, as if it was floating from the Nine Netherworld.
Jiang Zhiwei nodded habitually, looked at Ruan Yushu and Qi Zhengyan and said, "Same, but I didn't feel any damage to my body. Could it be that the 'death' of the past person's death refers to the suspended animation of the physical body?"
"Many important people seek a way to live forever after death." Ruan Yushu suddenly spoke, her voice, which was already cold, became even more sinister.
At the same time, this state of transition between life and death allowed Ruan Yushu to gain a deeper understanding of the way of life and death, as well as a deeper understanding of the ancestral song "Splitting the Sky and Changing the Earth", which greatly improved his realm and combat power.
"Through this transition between life and death, are you hiding the secret?" Jiang Zhiwei also read similar information.
Meng Qi said thoughtfully: "It seems that Emperor Zhenwu once prepared it for himself..."
The chain bridge was not long, and the four of them walked across it quickly. As soon as they stepped onto the opposite side of the soil, Meng Qi felt that his last weak heartbeat had completely stopped, his blood stopped flowing, and his body temperature disappeared. He was no different from a dead person, but the movement of his true energy was no different.
In some strange way that Meng Qi couldn't understand, it was connected to the external Qi mechanism, supporting the body in place of blood.
After carefully sensing it, Meng Qi discovered that the vitality of his Yang Qi had not really disappeared, but had completely shrunk to the center of his eyebrows, condensing into a "seed" as small as a mustard seed. It expanded and contracted rhythmically to keep his body from decaying.
Meng Qi's heart moved, trying to understand the mystery of this change. It must have endless magical effects.
"If we are seen by others, I'm afraid they will think that we are the products of corpse transformation." He relied on the Eight-nine Mysterious Techniques to note down the changes in the details of the body, and then moved his limbs without noticing that his strength had declined.
As he spoke, he turned to look at Jiang Zhiwei, Ruan Yushu and Qi Zhengyan, and smiled inexplicably.
"Why are you laughing?" Jiang Zhiwei asked in confusion.
After looking at her gloomy and pale face, and then at Ruan Yushu, who had long hair hanging down and was wearing cool white clothes, Meng Qi couldn't help laughing: "Nothing, nothing."
This is like playing a Chinese ghost story!
To prevent them from questioning, Meng Qi took out the black fur again and considered which way to choose. One was the far left, the other was the far right, both winding and winding, passing through various tombs.
"Choose the left side. There are more places marked with 'dangerous areas and need to be detoured' on the right side." Meng Qi decided on the route based on simple principles.
Jiang Zhiwei and others have no objections. Anyway, if something goes wrong, they will interrupt and return.
Stepping into a land filled with mist, a sinister wind blew up, as if it penetrated into the body and wiped out any vitality. Meng Qi's true energy circulated, blocking them and heading to the far left.
After walking for a while, he saw a door with various tomb-suppressing beasts painted on it, but it was not closed, but ajar!
"Did someone come in before?" Meng Qi frowned in confusion.
Qi Zhengyan pointed to the secret place by the door: "There are footprints."
Looking closely, there are pairs of shallow footprints on the edge covered by the gloomy fog. It seems that more than one person has come!
Meng Qi's right hand holding the long knife tightened: "Perhaps the variables inside are greater than we imagined, so we must be careful."
When Jiang Zhiwei and Ruan Yushu nodded, he opened the door first. In front of him was a long corridor with green bricks on the ground and lifelike murals on the walls, all of which described a strong man suppressing various evil spirits and heretics.
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This strong man sometimes wears a black robe, a Pingtian emperor's crown, and holds a turtle-snake sword. Sometimes he wears water-resistant clothes, a silk ribbon, and hemp shoes. He has a pale face, seems to be middle-aged, and looks majestic.
"Emperor Zhenwu." Ruan Yu wrote in a concise and comprehensive way.
In today's world, the image of Emperor Zhenwu is attached to various myths and legends, which is quite different from this.
Meng Qi looked at the mural and sighed: "As expected of the founder of Jiutiandang Demon."
The four of them slowed down and tried to find clues from the murals. They found that most of the contents were related to suppressing the Nine Nether Demons and ghosts, while the rest were about subduing demons and eliminating evil.
"In ancient times, Jiuyou was really a nuisance to the world." Jiang Zhi sighed slightly.
At the end of the corridor is a tomb chamber, which is very spacious, as big as a yard, but it is empty, with only a dark coffin placed in the center.
The lid of this coffin tipped over on its side, as if the dead man inside had crawled out!
Meng Qi's scalp was slightly numb, and the silver-white electric snake on the long knife jumped more intensely.
"There is Ganoderma lucidum there." Qi Zhengyan was the first to find a fist-sized Ganoderma lucidum growing stubbornly between the gap between the coffin and the ground. It was different from others, with a layer of grayish-white color on the outside.
There is a hint of gloom, and the clouds and mountains are surrounded by fog.
Jiang Zhiwei pondered for a while and said: "It is suspected to be Diquan Ganoderma, but it is a little different. It may be highly poisonous, and it is at least a hundred years old."
"No matter if it is highly poisonous or not, it is all in exchange for good deeds anyway, so what are you afraid of?" Meng Qi thought very broadly and carefully approached the coffin. Ziwu unsheathed it and picked it gently, and Diquan Ganoderma fell into Ruan Yushu's hands.
At this time, he saw six ancient seal characters engraved on the bottom of the coffin.
Jiang Zhiwei walked side by side with him and immediately said: