Chapter 510: Immortal Zixuan Upper Clear Lamp

Hearing the transmission from the Jin Gang Sect Ancestor, Xu Qing raised his head to look at the palace in the distance, lost in thought, then looked at the Captain again, discovering that the excitement on the Captain's face and in his eyes seemed about to overflow.

This was not quite the same as the madness he usually faced when encountering treasures.

"Last time at You Jing's place, Senior Brother was also like this. He seems to have a strong obsession with taking away the items of female cultivators."

Xu Qing was surprised and couldn't help but ask.

The Captain smiled proudly upon hearing this.

"You don't understand. Let me tell you, Little A-Qing, this is my experience. Treasures around female cultivators are the most numerous. The more excellent and beautiful the female cultivator, the more this is the case. Countless people scramble to give gifts. I have seen many similar scenes in my previous lives."

"Recall You Jing's place. Isn't it like this? Countless treasures."

Xu Qing's mind conjured up the countless treasures in You Jing's cave dwelling and agreed deeply.

"I despise the behavior of giving gifts to please those female cultivators, so I secretly swore in the past that I must help these female cultivators share the pressure of their gifts."

"Little A-Qing, what is the most important thing in being a person? It is kindness, helping others is a pleasure! So our behavior is kindness!"

The Captain spoke earnestly.

Xu Qing was stunned for a moment. Although he felt it was a bit strange, the Captain's tone and expression were very firm, and it seemed to make a lot of sense.

"You, you are still too young. Listen to me, you won't go wrong. I am your Senior Brother; would I trick you?"

The Captain patted Xu Qing's shoulder.

"Let's go. We still have at least three days. After the third batch descends, it will probably be the time when the Red Moon wakes up. Let's strive to get more good things in these three days. Now, let's go see what treasures are in this palace."

The Captain licked his lips, greeted Xu Qing to get up, and the two of them, shielding themselves with the severed hand, approached the phoenix-bird-shaped palace in front.

Because the Red Moon could wake up at any time, Xu Qing didn't continue to ask and moved forward at full speed.

Just like that, this severed hand moved rapidly on the flesh ground, getting closer and closer to the phoenix palace in front, until a moment later, the severed hand stopped suddenly.

Xu Qing and the Captain simultaneously felt a sense of danger coming from the front.

And observing through the gaps in the fingers of the severed hand, one could see a flesh city wall in front, circling in a ring, separating the inside and outside.

Inside the flesh city wall, the range was not small, and there were nine phoenix palaces inside.

There were no guardian statues, and even the roars of exotic beasts were weaker than in other places.

"Too quiet." Xu Qing spoke in a low voice.

"Something is not right." The Captain nodded.

The two looked at each other. Xu Qing immediately ordered the shadow, and in an instant, the shadow beneath him spread forward to probe, while the Captain raised his hand and bit off a finger directly.

After spitting it out, the finger turned into a crystal worm and rushed forward rapidly.

Regarding this, Xu Qing was not surprised; he had already seen the Captain do this many times along the way.

This was their respective probing techniques, cooperating with each other, which could find the source of the crisis from multiple angles and avoid danger.

Just like that, time passed bit by bit. When Xu Qing's shadow got closer and closer to the city wall outside the phoenix palace, the worm transformed from the Captain's finger had already drilled into the flesh city wall from another direction.

It flew over, but instantly, a flash of purple light shone.

The crystal worm's body paused in mid-air, as if an invisible sharp blade appeared, splitting it directly into several parts.

This worm had strong vitality; even if torn apart, it rapidly turned into individual entities and continued to rush forward, but the layout here was not just one layer. Soon, bursts of restriction power erupted, and in an instant, the worms that had turned into several parts were directly destroyed, turning into fly ash.

It was also driven out by an exclusion force.

These were not all. After the Captain's worm turned to dust, there was actually a sealing force that erupted from within, directly shrouding the place where the worm dissipated.

The void there twisted, and an eye was revealed from a transparent state, being suppressed and crushed in an instant.

The Captain groaned, spat out a mouthful of blood, and frowned.

"How is it that there is still a restraint on the Sealing Decree here? Little A-Qing, this palace is not simple!"

And at this moment, Xu Qing's probing also encountered obstacles. As soon as his shadow spread into the flesh city wall, a scream came from the shadow; its body was actually cut off.

But the shadow was also ferocious. Even if cut off, the part remaining inside the flesh city wall self-detonated rapidly, turning into countless parts, using all its strength to spread in all directions, wanting to probe the area on a large scale.

But this behavior seemed to trigger a deeper level of restrictions here. The next instant, within the flesh city wall, the eight directions became blurred, and a terrifying fluctuation swept from within, erupting toward the surroundings with a rumble.

There was even purple light shining within. Wherever it passed, the shadow that had been cut off and turned into countless parts all let out shrill screams, shattered together, and were directly wiped out.

It was even spreading outward, wanting to trace the source.

Looking at it, the purple light was brilliant in an instant, shooting outward, and there was even a cold intent, invading the eight directions faster than the purple light.

Descending.

Xu Qing and the Captain's expressions changed. They felt this coldness, and the purple light before their eyes covered everything in their sight, becoming so thick it turned black, making their eyes go dark.

The two were just about to dodge, but at that moment, the purple light paused for some reason and actually rolled back, causing the world in Xu Qing and the Captain's eyes to reappear in light.

Outside the flesh city wall, the remaining part of the shadow

escaped a disaster, rolled back rapidly, and when it returned to Xu Qing's side, it shivered, transmitting feelings of grievance and terror to Xu Qing.

"Scared... can't enter..."

And Xu Qing's expression at this moment was strange, staring fixedly at the courtyard shrouded by the flesh city wall in front, a huge wave rising in his heart, his eyes carrying some incredulity.

Beside him, the Captain's breathing was heavy.

"Little Junior Brother, it's a bit troublesome. I don't know who lived here back then, but it really counters me, especially that purple light just now..."

Before the Captain could finish, Xu Qing suddenly spoke to interrupt.

"Senior Brother, I feel it looks a bit familiar. And did you hear it just now?"

The Captain was stunned and looked at Xu Qing.

"Familiar? Hear what?"

"In that purple light, there was a sigh just now." Xu Qing said softly.

The Captain's expression changed, he grabbed Xu Qing's arm, and spoke solemnly.

"Little Junior Brother, in this world, what each race understands is not comprehensive. After the God's Remnant Face arrived, too many unknown strange and terrifying things appeared. Gods are one part, and there are other indescribable existences. Don't look at me as crazy, but actually, every big event I took you to do before was information and clues I had prepared for a long time, but this Forbidden Immortal Land is different."

"I don't understand this, so generally speaking, encountering things that only you can hear and others can't hear usually represents extreme danger, especially since I am quite special and I didn't hear it. There is a big problem here."

The Captain's expression was solemn.

"We won't enter here first. We will wait outside, wait for the god to die, and then decide whether to explore based on the situation."

This sentence, coming from the Captain's mouth, was extremely rare.

And being able to make the Captain choose to temporarily give up fat meat also showed from the side how extraordinary this place was.

Xu Qing nodded and was just about to leave with the Captain, but his peripheral vision swept across that area, and his body suddenly shook. What he saw in his eyes was that within the courtyard shrouded by flesh, a figure appeared vaguely in the purple light.

That was a woman.

She wore a purple long dress, like a blooming violet in the faint light. While possessing peerless elegance, she stood there all alone, silently looking at Xu Qing.

The familiar gaze caused a heaven-shaking wave in Xu Qing's heart.

"Little Junior Brother!"

The Captain noticed Xu Qing was stunned, his expression changed, and he pulled Xu Qing hard.

Xu Qing's body shook, he looked at the Captain, and then turned his head to look at the place where the familiar figure was. There was nothing there now, the purple figure had

disappeared.

Even the entire area shrouded by the flesh city wall began to blur. Vaguely, it seemed to be decaying, about to cease to exist.

This scene was not an exception. Actually, it wasn't just here that was like this. Xu Qing and the Captain had seen similar things more than once along the way.

It was as if after the ancient seal was opened, the aura of the outside world poured in, causing the environment here to be affected. Everything that shouldn't have existed for so long began to return to its origin, about to turn into nothingness.

Xu Qing's expression was a bit dazed, murmuring in a low voice.

"Senior Brother, did you see her?"

Seeing Xu Qing like this, the Captain became anxious. He hadn't seen anything.

"Little Junior Brother, we won't explore anymore. Let's go back, let's go back now. You are not right!"

"Senior Brother, I am fine."

Xu Qing said softly.

He looked at the decaying, gradually blurring place, recalled everything he had felt, heard, and seen before, and sensed his own Heavenly Dao, which had not issued a crisis warning about this place, so he suddenly spoke.

"Senior Brother, do me a favor."

"What are you going to do!" The Captain had a premonition, his expression changed.

"That place is decaying and dissipating. After the god falls, it should be completely decayed. So, I want to go in and take a look now, and you wait for me outside."

"I refuse!" The Captain shook his head.

"If I don't go in and take a look, my doubts are extremely deep, and my Heavenly Dao has no warning about what's inside, so it should be safe."

Xu Qing stared at the Captain.

After a long while, the Captain sighed.

"We go together!"

"Senior Brother, the power there counters you. Although it is dissipating now, it still has a significant influence on you. Besides, if we go together, I won't be able to get in."

After Xu Qing persuaded him a few times, the Captain reluctantly agreed, so Xu Qing took a deep breath, and his body shook, merging into the severed hand.

There were restrictions there, and normally one couldn't enter, so the method Xu Qing thought of was to merge himself into the severed hand, let the Captain be outside, and throw the severed hand in.

In this way, Xu Qing was in the severed hand, which was equivalent to entering.

If that area wouldn't dissipate and decay, Xu Qing would wait for a safer time to enter, but now it was too late, and his doubts were extremely deep.

Because that figure was the Immortal Zixuan Upper Immortal, who absolutely shouldn't have appeared here.

Seeing Xu Qing merge into the severed hand, the Captain gritted his teeth hard, raised his hands to grab it, swung with all his might, and threw it directly toward the area of the dissipating flesh city wall.

In an instant, the severed hand whistled, drawing an arc, heading straight for the front.

The moment it entered the flesh city wall area, the restrictions here erupted again, sweeping several times, but the severed hand itself was incomparably sturdy. Although it was also torn and tattered, with bones exposed in some places, it was still relatively complete, falling into the courtyard and healing rapidly.

Soon, the large mouth of the hand palm opened, and Xu Qing walked out from within.

Staring at the surroundings.

At this moment, in this area that was dissipating and decaying, among the nine phoenix palaces, the one in the center suddenly emitted purple light.

At the same time, similar light actually radiated from Xu Qing's storage bag, and immediately after, a jade slip flew out on its own, floating before Xu Qing.

This jade slip was given to Xu Qing by Immortal Zixuan before she left, containing her protective power.

At this moment, after appearing, the light was brilliant, echoing with the light of the central palace.

At the same time, a blurred figure materialized in the purple light spreading from the palace, floating in mid-air, staring into the distance.

A wave rose in Xu Qing's heart.

That figure was exactly Immortal Zixuan!

But at this moment, being in this area and looking at close range, there were still some differences between her and the Immortal Zixuan in Xu Qing's memory. It wasn't the appearance, but the temperament.

It seemed the figure before him was colder, as if it didn't contain much emotion.

Xu Qing was silent. After a long time, he stepped forward.

As he approached, all the restrictions here seemed to give way to him, allowing Xu Qing to walk smoothly to the front of the central phoenix palace. Standing there, he took a deep breath and raised his hand to push open the palace gate that had never been opened for endless years.

The gate opened silently, and a pitch-black hall was reflected in Xu Qing's eyes.

There were no lamps in the hall, everything he saw was dim, and even the faint light from outside reflecting through the open gate couldn't dispel the darkness in the hall.

Xu Qing stood there for a long while, adapted to the darkness here, and saw the environment of the hall.

The entire hall was empty, without any seats, only a statue standing in the center, the surroundings empty, revealing endless cold silence.

One could imagine that when the hall gate was closed, this place was no different from a prison.

Only that statue stood eternally.

This statue was a woman. She was not Immortal Zixuan.

But her appearance was also beautiful, revealing grace. She seemed to have aged a bit, and she didn't deliberately try to change the aging, so one could see some fish-tail-like wrinkles at the corners of her eyes.

Her expression was smiling, containing gentleness, as if the eyes made of gemstones revealed compassion, making one feel comfortable instinctively after looking at them.

In her hands, she held a lamp, placed in her bosom, as if it were the most precious treasure.

This lamp was very special. It was made of purple stone and looked like a blooming purple thorn flower, with a purple phoenix bird perched on it, wings spread, lifelike.

The moment he saw this lamp sculpture, Xu Qing's breathing became slightly rapid.

This was a life lamp, or to be precise, this was a lamp sculpture crafted based on a life lamp.

Xu Qing had never seen it, but he had a sense of familiarity in his heart. The source of that familiarity came from the dream that Immortal Zixuan Upper Immortal had once told him about.

"I often have a dream. For many years, in the dream, it is a pitch-black world, and there is a lamp."

"It is extinguished, without firelight, untouchable, unreachable. It seems very far away yet also feels very close."

"But I imagine it should look like a blooming purple thorn flower, with a purple phoenix bird perched on it, wings spread, as if blooming."

"This lamp has always appeared in my dream. Every time it is extinguished, and every time there is no light in that world."

Xu Qing's expression was a bit dazed.

He had once thought this was just a dream mentioned by Immortal Zixuan Upper Immortal, until he saw Immortal Zixuan's figure outside before, and until this moment, he saw this lamp sculpture.

Where the real life lamp was, Xu Qing did not know. Perhaps it was in the Holy Land, or perhaps it had already dissipated in the years.

"Immortal Zixuan, why would you dream of this lamp, and why would her... shadow appear in the purple light outside?"

"What kind of karma exists between her and this lamp?"

While Xu Qing murmured in his heart, in the dark hall, Immortal Zixuan's figure appeared silently beside the statue. She stared at the statue, her eyes revealing longing and bitterness.

Then she turned her head and looked at Xu Qing. Some waves appeared in her cold eyes, and she opened her mouth as if saying something.

Xu Qing couldn't hear. He only saw that after Immortal Zixuan finished speaking, her expression changed, revealing some sorrow, and she kept retreating, while a blurred figure walked from behind Xu Qing, entered the hall, and passed through his body.

This scene made Xu Qing shake. He turned his head abruptly and turned his head rapidly to look at the figure that had passed through him to the front.

That was a tall young man, wearing an imperial robe with a four-clawed golden dragon, wearing a nine-bead imperial crown, without any aura emitted, but looking at him was like seeing thick heavenly might.

He stood with his back to Xu Qing, in front of Immortal Zixuan, not knowing what he said.

Immortal Zixuan cried, looking up into the distance, her eyes containing thick attachment and sorrow. And through the pupils of her eyes, Xu Qing vaguely saw that what was reflected inside was actually the collapsing sky, and a huge remnant face was descending at the end of the sky.

This scene made Xu Qing immediately realize that what he was seeing now was not real.

It was more like a recording of a past scene!

Just like Immortal Zixuan seemed to be looking at him before, but actually, she was looking at the direction where he was.

At this moment, in Xu Qing's eyes, Immortal Zixuan kept shaking her head, opening her mouth as if reprimanding, and from beginning to end, the figure wearing the imperial robe was silent, only extending his hand, as if asking Immortal Zixuan to leave here with him.

Immortal Zixuan's eyes revealed determination, and she shook her head again.

The young man wearing the imperial robe was silent for a long time, took out a small purple bottle from his bosom, and walked gently to the statue.

He poured a few drops of liquid from the bottle onto the purple lamp.

This liquid was transparent, like lamp oil.

After doing this, he placed the small bottle with little lamp oil left on the side, then turned around silently, his expression filled with sorrow and a touch of pain.

And his appearance was also reflected in Xu Qing's eyes at this moment, seven parts similar to Immortal Zixuan; the two seemed like brother and sister.

He stepped toward the hall gate, passed through Xu Qing, and walked further and further away.

As he disappeared, the hall gate closed slowly.

Immortal Zixuan beside the statue raised her head, her expression sorrowful, and she squatted there leaning against the statue. Gradually, the entire hall fell into pitch darkness.

And the light from the lamp sculpture on the statue, even with lamp oil, eventually dimmed slowly in this darkness, until it disappeared completely.

Coldness descended.

Darkness replaced everything, only a sigh echoed, lingering for a long time.

Until the next instant, this piece of blackness suddenly disappeared, turning into purple light. After pausing in mid-air, it rolled back rapidly toward the flesh city wall courtyard in the distance.

And as the purple light left, the coldness dissipated quickly, and everything before Xu Qing's eyes returned to normal.

The Captain was beside Xu Qing, breathing rapidly, exclaiming.

"Little Junior Brother, it's a bit troublesome. I don't know who lived here back then, but it really counters me, especially that purple light just now..."

At the same time, outside the flesh city wall in the distance, the shadow rolled back rapidly. After returning, it shivered at Xu Qing's feet, transmitting feelings of grievance and terror.

"Scared... can't enter..."

Xu Qing frowned, staring at the flesh city wall courtyard in the distance, and suddenly spoke.

"Senior Brother, I feel it looks a bit familiar. And did you hear it just now?"

"Familiar? Hear what?" The Captain was stunned.

"In that purple light, there seemed to be a sigh." Xu Qing said solemnly.

The Captain's expression changed and he was just about to speak, but at that moment, five hundred miles away, in the safe area opened up by the human army, a rumbling sound suddenly came.

The distance was a bit far, and he couldn't see clearly, only vaguely feeling the vibration of the earth. At the same time, their command swords also received announcements.

"The third batch of arrivals has already arrived. Furthermore, by the order of the Seventh Prince, we inform the first batch of people who arrived here that you have already paid a lot for the Forbidden Immortal plan in these seven days, and there may be changes here next. The first batch of arrivals can voluntarily leave within the next three hours. As for the second batch of arrivals, they need to stay for seven full days before they can leave, and so on."

Xu Qing and the Captain, after checking their command swords, looked at each other. Naturally, they wouldn't leave like this, so they put away their command swords, squatted in the severed hand, and continued to look at the flesh city wall.

The Captain was just about to ask Xu Qing about the sigh he mentioned earlier, but before he could speak, he was stunned and looked at Xu Qing abruptly.

Xu Qing also reacted and looked at the Captain in an instant.

"The third batch came so fast?"

"I remember the second batch just arrived..."

Both of their pupils contracted, and they quickly took out their command swords to check the content just now carefully. Finally, a huge wave rose in their hearts at the words "seven days".

"Seven days?" The Captain narrowed his eyes.

"When we approached here before, it was the fourth day, the day the second batch of arrivals came." Xu Qing was incomparably solemn.

"And in our perception, it was only about an incense stick of time, but looking at the command sword, three days had passed!"

The Captain's eyes revealed a dark light.

"What did we do in these three days?"

Xu Qing's expression was ugly. Looking at the flesh city wall in front and the nine phoenix palaces inside, he vaguely felt that he seemed to have forgotten something, and the familiarity of that area was as always.

He had had a similar experience in Ding Yisaner, but it seemed to be different from here.

But no matter what, he immediately operated the power of the Ding Yisaner Heavenly Palace, permeating his whole body.

The Captain's expression was also gloomy, faces appearing in his eyes, a cold aura emitting from his body. Together with Xu Qing, they looked at the flesh city wall.

The two were silent for a long while, but still didn't continue to approach, choosing to retreat instead.

But as they retreated, the nine phoenix palaces within the flesh city wall began to decay and dissipate. This scene caused Xu Qing and the Captain to pause their steps.

Decay and dissipation, also paused.

Their eyes revealed dark light. They walked forward a few steps, the palace decay reversed, but as they continued to retreat, the palace continued to decay.

Until they retreated a thousand zhang away, the nine phoenix palaces within the flesh city wall had already decayed and dissipated in the years, and only at the position of the central palace was there a broken statue.

The flow was severe, and one couldn't see the appearance, couldn't tell male or female, couldn't see the arms, only a broken statue.

Beside it, a small purple bottle was very conspicuous in the ruins.

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Er Gen ===== CHAPTER 511 =====

After the Captain got up, he looked at the peach floating in mid-air, his expression excited to the extreme. After an exclamation, he rushed forward and bit down on the peach.

As for the palaces they guarded, the shape was also the same, not the appearance of an ordinary palace, but square.

The Captain thought for a moment and nodded.