Chapter 535: The sea changes into mulberry fields!
The group was stunned again.
The truth Su Xuan revealed shocked them. Of course, it was not that no one had other thoughts.
That was, why did Su Xuan know so many things?
Admittedly, as the Sect Master of the Yin-Yang School, Su Xuan's strength was unfathomable, and he was knowledgeable, well-versed in many secret classics, but this time, didn't he come here with them?
Why did he seem so familiar with this place, knowing so many things?
Was what he said true? Or was he talking nonsense, making things up?
Su Xuan also noticed the changes in some people's expressions, but he did not offer much explanation. If asked, how could ants know the heart of a Kunpeng?
Some things, even if explained to these people, could not be explained clearly.
Therefore, it was better to prove it with action.
In the next instant, Su Xuan struck out with a palm through the air. As this palm fell, the stone platform exploded, including the text left by Gan Jiang Gan Jiang Taigong on it, all of which was annihilated. Then, the ground cracked, and thick bones were revealed.
Seeing this, the group was extremely horrified.
These bones were extremely thick, entirely black, and looking closely, they seemed to be the bones of a snake.
Those who had previously doubted Su Xuan suddenly realized they were wrong.
What Su Xuan said was actually true.
This really was the burial place of Xiangliu!
Su Xuan ignored the change in their moods and continued to circulate his magic power. The ground continued to crack, and finally, nearly a hundred meters of earth split open, revealing the pitch-black skeleton to everyone.
This skeleton was vast, possessing eight heads.
The legendary Xiangliu should have nine heads, but this Xiangliu's ninth head was broken, and no bones remained here. Perhaps before it was buried here, one head had been cut off elsewhere.
No wonder the giant snake transformed by its resentment and obsession only had eight heads.
"Truly, a terrifying creature!"
Shao Da Siming, the elder of the twin sisters, sighed with such emotion.
"It's hard to imagine that such a creature existed in the ancient era!" the younger sister added.
When they were in Many Loulan, although they had witnessed the posture of the Pixiu transforming into a divine dragon, that could be understood as a special case. Now, the appearance of Xiangliu's skeleton proved that in the distant ancient era, there indeed existed a history unknown to people. In that era, there existed many prehistoric exotic beasts, and Xiangliu was one of them.
The others looked at Xiangliu's skeleton, lost in thought for a long time.
In the following period, after the group had digested the fact that Xiangliu's skeleton existed here, they began to explore this immortal mountain again.
This immortal mountain was much larger in scale than Mount Liupo Mountain, but it was just as dead and silent as Mount Liupo Mountain. The spring water on it had dried up, and the pavilions and towers had all turned to dust. Even if there might have been clear springs in the past, and many exotic flowers and fruits growing, which could make people immortal if consumed, that was, after all, a matter of many years ago.
The current situation was that this mountain had lost all vitality, and there were no divine beings coming and going.
After clarifying the truth of this immortal mountain, the group was very disappointed.
However, they discovered some messages left by Gan Jiang Gan Jiang Taigong on this mountain.
If the message left by Gan Jiang Gan Jiang Taigong on Mount Liupo Mountain clarified the origin of the Seven Luminaries of the Azure Dragon and explained that past event, the message on this mountain showed his extreme unwillingness.
After the Zhou Dynasty was established and he was enfeoffed in the Qi State, he felt his lifespan was about to end, so he made a decision: he decided to defy heaven and seek the true immortal island.
Gan Jiang Gan Jiang Taigong was a person who did not believe in fate.
Even though he had grasped a trace of destiny through the Heavenly Book and glimpsed that the Zhou Dynasty would fall in the future, in order to change the fate of the Zhou Dynasty's fall, he still left behind many treasures, hoping that the Zhou Dynasty could be restored in the future.
He had left behind many contingencies for the Zhou Dynasty, let alone for himself.
Thus, before his lifespan was about to end, he faked his death and escaped, and then he came to this sealed world of mountains and seas. First, he went to Mount Liupo Mountain, saw the relics left by the Yellow Emperor, Shaohao, and Emperor Zhuanxu, and after paying his respects to the relics of the human ancestors, he left text for later generations, and continued forward, finally arriving at this immortal mountain.
Gan Jiang Gan Jiang Taigong also gave the name of this immortal mountain.
Its name was—"Yingzhou"!
It was not Penglai, as everyone had initially guessed.
However, Yingzhou was also one of the legendary three immortal mountains.
This proved that they had not come to the wrong place.
Unfortunately, the following words left them disappointed again.
According to Gan Jiang Gan Jiang Taigong, after Emperor Yu cast the Nine Cauldrons and sealed and banished the world of mountains and seas, the world of mountains and seas gradually withered. He came here to seek the Dao of immortals and to seek immortality, and only after he truly arrived at the world of mountains and seas did he discover this fact.
First, Mount Liupo Mountain was dead and silent, and after coming to Yingzhou, it was the same.
The exotic flowers and fruits that originally grew on the immortal mountain, and those divine birds and beasts, had long since disappeared. On this Yingzhou, there was only a Xiangliu buried here. Xiangliu's resentment did not dissipate, continuously infecting this island. Although with the passage of time, the other's resentment would sooner or later dissipate completely, Gan Jiang Gan Jiang Taigong was a righteous person, and seeing such a thing, he naturally could not sit idly by.
Thus, he laid down a seal and continued forward, heading towards the remaining two immortal mountains.
Although he did not hold much hope in his heart, he hoped that in his lifetime, he could walk through all three legendary immortal mountains.
"So, did we run for nothing after all?"
Duanmu Rong appeared very disappointed. She had chosen to follow Su Xuan to sea precisely because she believed that there were many unique medicinal herbs on the immortal mountain. If she could study these herbs thoroughly, perhaps she could surpass her master, Nian Duan, in the medical path and walk her own path.
Mount Liupo Mountain was dead and silent. Although she was disappointed, she always held some hope, and this hope was the three immortal mountains.
Mount Liupo Mountain was like that, but the three immortal mountains might not be.
When she first arrived at Yingzhou, she was once very excited, but later she realized that it was just an illusion constructed by Xiangliu's resentment that had not dissipated for years.
Now, after seeing Gan Jiang Gan Jiang Taigong's message, she gradually became somewhat desperate.
If Yingzhou was like this, the other two immortal mountains were probably no better.
Zinu had come here holding the hope of glimpsing the true face of the Seven Luminaries of the Azure Dragon, and at this moment, she also sighed, "The sea changes into mulberry fields, even the legendary immortal mountains cannot change such a fate. Is this the truth of the Seven Luminaries of the Azure Dragon?"
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