"Dragon Palace! There are gods inside, the dead can live, and the living can live forever!"...
Amidst the shouts of madness, Xu Dao and Su Jiu buried their heads, stepped on the long stairs, and walked down step by step.
Other people kept running past them, and many people were pushed and fell down the stairs. They were stepped on several times by people who came after them, and were trampled into pulp.
Fortunately, both of them are Taoist disciples who practice physical training. Even if they don't use martial arts and magic, their bodies are still stable and they will not lose their feet or fall down easily.
Every time you go down a foot, the surrounding light will dim by a little, until you penetrate deep into the darkness at the bottom of the lake. There are only the sound of footsteps all around, and you can't see your fingers.
This situation made Su Jiu couldn't help but tighten Xu Dao's palms, and her whole body became tense.
Xu Dao was also nervous, but after the two of them walked through the darkness for more than ten breaths, he saw the scene around him and exhaled suddenly.
Xu Dao shook Su Jiu's hand and whispered: "Don't panic."
At this time, there was another burst of exclamations from all around.
"We're underwater!"
"Down here is the Dragon Palace! Where the gods live!"
It turned out that there was light entering people's eyes again. They looked up and looked to the side, and found that they were already in the lake. The water light was rippling around the stairs, and there were scattered fish and shrimp swimming by.
While everyone was exclaiming, Xu Dao lowered his head and looked down, and found that at the end of the iron chain stairs, it was indeed the Dragon Palace and Iron Palace that he had seen in the lake.
In a daze, the iron palace below was magnificent, but as he circulated his energy and blood to suppress the spiritual platform, the scenery in his eyes immediately changed again, turning into a dilapidated and abandoned palace.
"The chain bridge serves as a ladder, connecting the ground and underground, allowing mortals to come to this place."
Xu Dao pondered in his mind as he looked at the lake separated by invisible objects on both sides, as well as the somewhat familiar scene in the lake.
For a moment, his gaze was deep, and he already had in his mind a way to avoid the Taoist priest and escape from here.
However, whether the method can be implemented depends on what happens next, whether he can slip away directly from the Dragon Palace and enter the lake...
Continue walking down, the closer you get to the bottom, the brighter the light becomes.
In the eyes of others, the surroundings were golden and jewel-like, but in the eyes of Xu Dao and Su Jiu, pale white light was emitted from the iron palace below, shining on people's faces, making them look lifeless.
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At the same time, the mirage below also became more intense. In the end, the mirage accumulated into clouds, and Xu Dao and others seemed to be stepping down on a ladder, creating a fairy scene.
However, the shouting and shouting all around slowly disappeared, and everyone's head was squeezed on the top of the stairs, stepping down slowly.
Because there is a pressure coming from below. The closer you get, the more pressure you feel. It makes your chest feel tight and you dare not breathe.
Tens of thousands of people had pale faces and fanatical eyes. There were gray lead clouds under their feet. They all lowered their heads and stepped on the ground one by one, as if they were ghosts running towards the underworld.
Finally, a copper and iron gate appeared in the eyes of Xu Dao and others.
This gate is more than ten feet high. Compared with the pedestrians approaching the iron gate in the distance, they are no more than the size of snakes and rats. They are crowded and extremely small.
Suppressing their minds, Xu Dao and Su Jiu also kept walking and approached the iron door at the bottom.
In their eyes, the iron door was broken and rusty. Even the plaque on the door was missing a large piece, with only the words "Cage Palace" hanging on it.
Xu Dao stared at the plaque. He looked at the word "cage" in "Cage Palace", raised his eyebrows, and thought to himself: "Is it a fake character?"
The form of characters in this world has changed several times. The characters used in the Xian Qin, Shen Han, and Sheng Tang years were all different. The characters in the early and late Sheng Tang years also changed slightly.
The current writing system is the regular script revised by the Immortal Dynasty five hundred years before the end of the Tang Dynasty. Therefore, like Xu Dao's previous life, there is also a saying of "tongjia characters" in this life.
It is said that for Taoists to cultivate immortality and learn Taoism, in addition to being able to read Taoist books written in the Shengtang Dynasty, it is also best to master all the texts written before the Tang Dynasty. Otherwise, if you accidentally get an ancient Danfang Taoist book in the mountains and forests, you will be able to recognize the words.
Incomplete.
Thinking in his mind, without waiting for Xu Dao to think, the crowd crowded around him and pushed him and Su Jiu over the threshold, truly entering the Dragon Palace.
All of a sudden.
Thick water vapor hit my face, and at the same time, there was a fishy smell like rust.
Palaces of various sizes appeared in Xu Dao's eyes, with pale flames burning in the gaps between the palaces, and white light was released from these white flames.
Xu Dao glanced over and saw in a daze that these white flames were ignited on clusters of corals, releasing a soft light.
The corals have different shapes, each section is extremely delicate.
But the Qingxin Talisman in his mind shook slightly, and the scene in his eyes changed again. The corals just turned into pale skeletons, large and small, scattered throughout the palace complex, stretching out into
The only light at the bottom of the lake.
The white flames are just will-o'-the-wisps released by skeletons.
Gloomy and pale palaces appeared in Xu Dao's eyes, with dark red rust everywhere, missing railings, fallen door walls, and an extremely dead silence.
But tens of thousands of people staggered towards the depths of the palace with their eyes widened, muttering to each other.
What ordinary people say is "get rich", "ask the gods to give me magic!", etc., while what the Taoist people say is "Shuifu Dragon Palace!", "Dragon Lord gives me treasures!" and other words. There is basically no difference, and they are all dazzled.
She is obsessed with the gods, thinking that she has entered a fairy's mansion and is about to get a great opportunity.
Xu Daozheng looked around with solemn eyes, suddenly his body was also moved, and he was about to walk deeper into the palace.
It turned out that after Su Jiu beside him entered the Dragon Palace, due to the strong mirage, he accidentally fell into the hallucination again. He was confused by the scene in the Dragon Palace and wanted to run inside.
"Wake up!" Xu Dao pulled Su Jiu hard and cast several heart-clearing spells on the opponent. However, because the spells were not practiced by Su Jiu himself, the effect was low, making Su Jiu confused every time he woke up.
"Master..." Su Jiu herself realized something was wrong. She managed to cheer up and talk to Xu Dao, "This place is very strange. It seems like a ghost and a fairy mansion. It's hard for me to tell the difference."
There was both a thick mirage and a terrifying sense of oppression in the Dragon Palace. Not to mention Su Jiu, even Xu Dao himself had all the pure heart charms in his mind vibrating, and it was difficult to stay awake.
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After Xu Dao thought for a while, he simply said to Su Jiu: "Close your eyes, hold your breath, stick to the mourning platform, don't worry about anything else, just follow me."
"Yes," Su Jiu closed her eyes obediently, half-lying in Xu Dao's arms, and walked forward in his arms.
Carrying one person with him, Xu Dao took another look at the scene around him. After thinking about it, he simply walked deeper into the palace complex, trying to find the scaly body he had seen outside the palace.
The doors of every palace in the Dragon Palace are open. There are no shrimps, crabs, or clams inside. There are just stacks of white bones, humanoid, fish and insect-shaped, piled up randomly. There are far more corpses than there are outside the palace.
"There is a wine table here! There really is a banquet hosted by gods!"
"Go, go, go! Hurry up and get your seat!"
The people who walked to the palace shouted loudly. They could not see the real scene in the palace. Everyone rushed into the palace, as if they were sitting on tables and chairs among the bones, waiting for the banquet to begin.
When one palace is crowded, others will rush to the next palace, just like fish and shrimps that are confused by the bait and fall into the trap.
Xu Dao listened to the discussion among everyone, looked on with cold eyes, hugged Su Jiu and continued to move forward.
As crowds of people flowed into the palaces, there were fewer and fewer pedestrians around Xu Dao. He also surpassed the mortals and mixed in with the group of Taoists.
At this time, the discussion in his ears changed.
Several people were companions, and they enthusiastically explained: "This is a banquet hosted by Lord Long. The outside is just vulgar things, but the inside is the treasure of the immortal family!"
"The further you go inside, the greater the benefits will be!"
Indeed, as the Taoists say, the deeper you go, the more "benefits" you get.
Because the effect of the mirage is getting stronger and stronger, the sense of oppression is also increasing, and it is probably close to the source.
At the same time, there were also Taoists who couldn't resist the hallucinations in their minds and were filled with desire. As if they had seen the treasure they dreamed of, they threw themselves into the palace next to them.
Although the number of skeletons in these temples is small, the equipment is more complete than before, and the bones of animals and fish are also larger.
Xu Dao continued to walk inside in fear, and the number of people walking with him gradually became less than a hundred.
Except for their group, everyone else had already entered the various halls and been caught in a trap.
Finally, a piece of white land appeared in his eyes. In front of him was a square altar-like building with stairs, railings, bridges and other things, but they were all completely white, as if covered with a layer of snow powder.
Just as soon as he set foot here, Xu Dao realized that the white powder under his feet was not snow powder, but bone powder, and there were still bone stubbles that had not been completely crushed.
He looked around and saw that there were actually ninety-nine tables and chairs placed in the altar. The tables and chairs were all made of stone, with simple styles and a sense of vicissitudes of life. They were all several feet in size and evenly spaced throughout the venue.
There is nothing else.
Further ahead, there is a huge object with billowing mist entrenched, nearly ten feet high, blocking the way like a city wall. The billowing mirage falls from the giant object, fills the altar, and continues to flow to the outside world.
Xu Dao looked carefully. Although he couldn't see the shape of the giant thing, a putrid smell came from it, and there were fleshy sprouts squirming faintly in the mirage.
Without thinking too much, he realized that this object must be the scaly body in the Dragon Palace, the dragon!
Seeing that the giant object was still motionless, and there was a rotten smell coming from it, Xu Dao was pleasantly surprised: "Even if this object is not dead, it is probably seriously injured and unable to survive!"
At present, the Taoist priests of Shezhao have not entered the Dragon Palace, and everyone else is confused by the mirage breathed out by the dragon. In this way, it is really possible for him to get great benefits from it!
But as soon as this thought came to his mind, voices suddenly sounded from all around him: "Stop! The place in front of you is where the dragon corpse is. Don't move forward, otherwise you will be swallowed by the evil spirit."
Hearing this, Xu Dao was surprised. He raised his eyes and looked around, and found eight people gathered together. They had stopped and acted as usual.
The remaining Taoists all staggered and sat on the stone table, looking enthusiastically waiting for the banquet to begin.
The eight people ignored the Taoists around them, gathered together, and discussed the matter in a low voice.
Xu Dao's heart moved. He supported Su Jiu and staggered towards the stone table and stone chairs. Pretending to be distracted, he jumped onto the stone table that was relatively close to the eight people and sat cross-legged with Su Jiu.
Being at such a close distance made it easier for him to eavesdrop on the conversations of the eight people.
"Thanks to the elders for activating the formation and letting us in."
"Everyone should be more alert later. After the dragon corpse appears, if you can take the opportunity to take out the dragon blood and dragon meat, and take it with the Immortal Ascension Fruit, you can increase the success rate of foundation building!"
Someone agreed and said: "Exactly, I heard it can also improve the level of spiritual roots in the body..."
After some eavesdropping, Xu Dao discovered that these eight people were all She Zhao Taoist disciples who had successfully obtained the fruit in the Black Mountain.
His cultivation is in the late stage of Qi or Body training, and he is able to stay awake here because of the teachings given by the elders of Shezhao.
However, Xu Dao looked at their faces and found that they were all red-eyed and blushing, with faint expressions of fanaticism. It was obvious that they were not completely awake and were also affected by mirage.
After an exciting discussion, the eight Taoist disciples dispersed, either together or sitting alone on a stone table, waiting anxiously.
They each took out a green object from their sleeves and bags, in the shape of a baby, it was the Immortal Fruit!
Xu Dao hugged Su Jiu and looked at several people, but no one noticed anything strange about him.
Just when he was thinking whether he just needed to continue waiting, the eight Shezhao Taoist disciples made a move.
They held the Immortal Fruit in their hands and illuminated it for several feet, acting as lamps.
There was a whisper, and the Immortal Fruit in the hands of the eight people swelled with green light, and green smoke rose steeply from it, penetrating through the lake on the top of the Dragon Palace.
Eight streaks of green smoke formed a formation shape, and the spiritual light rolled, turning everything around into light blue.
Not long after.
"Jie Jie!" Suddenly there was laughter sinking into the Dragon Palace: "The sacrifice has begun! Lead the dragon out of the cave!"
There were also jokes:
"Children, have fun and enjoy the bliss! Don't miss this opportunity to improve your cultivation."
This dull sound came from the top of the lake.
As soon as he finished speaking, the eight green smoke suddenly dispersed and immediately turned into a huge stream of pure spiritual energy. Starting from the eight Taoist disciples, it set off a mirage and rolled away in all directions.
Wrapped in mirage and fueled by spiritual energy, a nameless desire arose in Xu Dao's heart, making him restless and unbearable.
"Their Immortality Fruit is a fishing bait hook?" Xu Dao's heart skipped a beat.
I saw eight Shezhao Taoist disciples with crazy expressions on their faces. They were holding the Immortal Fruit, and the fruit was squirming in their hands, and they actually came to life.
Eight green-skinned tusked babies appeared on the scene, sprouting fangs and sharp claws. They screamed one after another and rushed towards the eight Shezhao Taoist disciples and hugged their faces.
"Ahhh!" A cry of pain echoed throughout the venue.
Xu Dao watched with his own eyes the strange babies biting the heads of the Taoist disciples and frantically burrowing inside. The strange thing was that they absorbed the spiritual energy around them, and their mana was also increasing steadily.
A Taoist disciple cried out fervently and painfully: "The dragon has come out to help me build the foundation!"
Such a form of foundation building made Xu Dao feel terrified.
But he no longer has much thought to pay attention to other people, because there is a beautiful body beside him entangled with him.
Xu Dao's own desire also increased greatly, and the Qingxin Talisman vibrated suddenly, but he could barely control it.
He found that there were many Taoist disciples' bodies overlapping each other around him, squirming like flesh worms, men and women unknown, and spiritual energy condensed with their movements and filled their bodies.
Seeing this scene, Xu Dao's head was shocked, and he remembered the scene he had seen in this lake.
Thousands of people rejoiced that day, and all beasts mingled with each other, and many mortal Taoist boys were promoted to Taoist disciples.
I just didn't expect that he was no longer a bystander, but became one of them.
The heat was unbearable, Xu Dao hugged the child in his arms, and suddenly realized that this was indeed a good opportunity to improve his Taoism. If his cultivation level was higher, he would be more certain to benefit from the dragon when he came out of the cave later.
Xu Dao couldn't help but grab the person next to him and shouted in his heart: