Chapter 270

Afterward, the crowd continued to move forward for about half an incense stick's time, and the passage suddenly widened.

Below, more than a dozen octagonal altars suddenly appeared, the altar surfaces covered with spiderweb-like cracks, showing their age.

And in the grooves in the center of the altars, pools of dark green mucus remained, emitting a nauseating fishy-sweet smell.

Shen Yunzhou's eyes flashed with brilliance, and he rushed forward impatiently.

"Be careful!" Zhou Qing's expression tightened instantly, and he hurriedly shouted a reminder.

Cao Zhengyang frowned deeply, his expression solemn: "Although there is no one here, it's hard to guarantee that the other party didn't leave any mechanisms or traps."

Everyone dispersed immediately, their spiritual senses probing everywhere like spiderwebs.

After confirming safety, they dispersed, searching carefully while maintaining high vigilance.

"It's this smell!"

Shen Yunzhou lay beside the groove, greedily sniffing the smell, a look of intoxication on his face.

Beside him, a fist-sized black dung beetle was also excitedly waving its front feet, seemingly sensing something.

Zhou Qing waved his hand, and golden flames jumped from his palm, instantly turning into fireballs all over the sky, illuminating the entire cave as bright as day.

Under the firelight, everyone finally saw the structure of the entire cave.

And Zhou Qing squatted down, his fingers gently stroking the edge of the groove, pondering: "Looking at this length and outline, it seems that some coffins were placed here before, and the color of the ground on both sides has a clear distinction."

Mo Xingjian also walked over and nodded, saying: "That's right, a total of fifteen octagonal altars, each should have had eight coffins placed on it, this should be corpse liquid."

Mo Xingjian looked at the green liquid in the groove that Shen Yunzhou was greedily smelling, and couldn't help but frown.

The brother of the silver-haired Soul Severance expert who fought against Xuan Yuan Shuo and the Peng Emperor at the burial place of the Old Peng Wang, why does he feel like a pervert?

After hearing this, Shen Yunzhou was excited: "Corpse liquid, no wonder this smell is sour, smelly, but the time should be very long, ordinary corpse liquid is not like this."

Shen Yunzhou didn't say a word, quickly took out jars, and started collecting.

"Master, have you heard of the Corpse Yin Sect?" Zhou Qing asked quietly.

Mo Xingjian shook his head in confusion.

Okay, it seems that on this land, sects were numerous, history was complex and long, but there was never one person who could break through to Soul Severance, always maintaining the level of a Level 3 cultivation nation.

Speaking of which, at Canglan Mountain where the Old Peng Wang's corpse was, there was a sect long ago.

The Old Peng Wang, as a Soul Severance expert, hid in it for protection while exploring the opportunities of the Eastern Region back then.

Unfortunately, after arriving at Canglan Mountain from the Kunpeng Palace ruin, he fell.

"Why do you ask?" Mo Xingjian asked curiously at this moment.

Zhou Qing had to lie: "I seem to have vaguely seen it in some ancient book; this place should have belonged to a sect called Corpse Yin Sect long ago."

Mo Xingjian looked at the peculiar scene here again, showing realization.

Cao Zhengyang frowned and came over, saying: "A full one hundred and twenty coffins are missing, if I'm not wrong, it should be that Little Shen discovered this place, and Lei Wuji transferred them in a hurry."

Everyone agreed and nodded.

There should be corpses placed in those coffins, which made them think of the five coffins in their own cave forbidden area.

The difference is that in those five coffins, each is a small world existence, far more advanced than these.

"No," Zhou Qing suddenly looked solemn, "If they have already moved these away, why keep the two-color array at the cave entrance to continue covering it? Even if it's ordinary level, it's worth some supreme-grade spirit stones."

Everyone heard this and subconsciously frowned.

"Retreat quickly!"

But just the next moment, Cao Zhengyang's face changed drastically.

Because his Divine Transformation realm of understanding is a warning realm of understanding that can perceive life and death crises two to three breaths in advance.

Hearing Cao Zhengyang's roar, everyone didn't say a word, immediately rushing toward the passage at the fastest speed.

"Go!" Zhou Qing transformed into the second form of the Golden Winged Peng, grabbing Shen Yunzhou who was still collecting corpse liquid.

Immediately after, the cave rock wall suddenly made a harsh friction sound, and then a strange purple light appeared on the surface of the gray-blue stone wall.

When everyone just entered the passage, the rock wall exploded, and countless violent thunder patterns as thick as bowls wrapped in purple electric tides sprayed out.

Wherever it passed, the air twisted into a vortex, emitting a deafening sharp whistle!

"Too late, protect Zhou Qing!" Duanmu Shu's shout was drowned in the sound wave, and everyone immediately formed a circular array, protecting Zhou Qing and Shen Yunzhou in the center.

Cao Zhengyang's palm magic formula flipped, nine ancient runes suspended in the air, immediately turning into a light curtain.

Others hurriedly poured their spiritual power into it constantly.

Boom!

The next second, the entire cave exploded, and the powerful roar almost shattered everyone's eardrums.

Everyone groaned in unison, the blue veins on their foreheads bulging, and they accelerated the output of spiritual power again, maintaining the light curtain with all their might.

And Zhou Qing and Shen Yunzhou, who were sandwiched in the center, looked ugly.

Didn't expect that Lei Wuji would be so ruthless, leaving such a killing move.

Fortunately, a group of Divine Transformation Great Perfection experts came; if it were just him alone, he would probably have been blown to pieces without bones left.

Don't know how long it took, when Cao Zhengyang perceived that the external energy tended to calm down, he trembled and put away the runes.

The scene in front of them made everyone gasp; the original passage had turned into an abyss, the dark rock walls were scorched, and rubble was still falling.

Dust and smoke rolled, and all traces had been wiped clean.

Whoosh whoosh!

At this time, the two Peak Masters left outside hurried down, and when they saw that everyone was just pale and nothing else happened, their tense nerves finally relaxed.

"Leave first, I'm afraid the fluctuations here will soon attract others!" Cao Zhengyang frowned and ordered.

Everyone nodded and obeyed, Shen Yunzhou looked regretful.

After all, he had collected less than half of those corpse liquids, which was a pity.

But at this moment, he didn't dare to have too many requirements; after all, because of this matter, he almost harmed Brother Zhou and others.

If any of these people had an accident, he would be returning kindness with enmity.

At the same time, in a mountain range adjacent to this Gobi, there was a hunched dry corpse with dark red skin and spiderweb-like cracks on the surface, holding a huge tiger demon beast and gnawing.

Its eye sockets were deep, and two ghost-green phosphorus fires jumped rapidly in the hollow eye sockets.

The tiger demon exuded a fishy wind, and its sharp claws left traces on the dry corpse, but it didn't see the dry corpse shed a drop of blood, instead exposing the white bones inside.

And the dry corpse made a "cluck" strange sound in its mouth, and its rotten teeth bit fiercely into the tiger demon's neck, tearing off a large piece of flesh.

No matter how painfully the other party roared and struggled, the dry corpse's hands were like iron tongs, tightly clamping it.

After a long time, the tiger demon's resistance gradually weakened, and the light in its eyes slowly dimmed.

And the dry corpse chewed, and after strands of essence blood entered its body, its body became strangely plump.

When someone passed by again, only half a corpse exuding a strong stench remained in this place...

Taiqingmen!

The crowd who returned to the sect contacted Qingyu Xian Sect at the first time, asking them to investigate the specific situation inside Jin Leizong.

After all, the dark seeds they planted in Jin Leizong were quite capable, always able to dig out secret intelligence that even Taiqingmen found difficult to reach.

At the same time, the sect was not idle, also sending out dark scouts.

In the discussion hall, Cao Zhengyang frowned, analyzing solemnly: "Lei Wuji left such a ruthless backhand, and didn't hesitate to self-destruct the two-color array, clearly aimed at Young Master Shen alone."

"If it were ordinary late Divine Transformation stage practitioners, even if five or six came, I'm afraid they would be hard to escape this disaster!"

Hearing this, everyone nodded with lingering fear.

This Lei Wuji seemed to just want to kill to silence him, preventing the secret there from being spread.

Just didn't expect this Shen Yunzhou to tell these people about this matter.

"Although Jin Leizong's high-level withered, its foundation still cannot be underestimated, just that thunder pool refined by the acquired day is a life-saving killing weapon passed down for several generations, must be guarded against!"

Mo Xingjian pondered.

As soon as these words came out, everyone was silent.

And the thunder-type techniques they mainly cultivate are domineering, if it weren't for the internal strife and the Battle of Canglan Mountain that hurt their vitality, Jin Leizong's current strength would probably be on par with Taiqingmen.

"Pay more attention for a period of time recently, especially you, don't think that after breaking through to the Great Perfection, you can look down on everyone!"

Cao Zhengyang scanned the Peak Masters again.

Which of the Elders of the Five Sects is not an old monster who has experienced bloody storms?

When the other party became famous back then, they were just a group of little brats following their elders.

It was just because the threshold of Soul Severance blocked their way, and they were lucky enough to catch up.

Facing Cao Zhengyang's words, everyone stood up one after another, cupping their hands in response.

At the same time, Tianji Sect!

Since Sect Master Xuanjizi fell in the Lingku Mountain ruin, until now, they still haven't chosen a new Sect Master.

The entire sect is like losing its backbone, falling into a state of leaderlessness.

The disciples are worried every day, panicked, fearing that the sect will suddenly fall apart.

And now, only three Elders and six late Divine Transformation stage Elders are left in the sect.

And the reason for not electing a new Sect Master is actually deliberately done by the three Elders.

After all, they have to give all parties a chance.

Especially giving the other four sects a chance, making them feel that rather than consuming a lot of manpower and financial resources to annex, it is better to secretly support one person to become the new Sect Master.

Thereby achieving the purpose of subtly controlling and checking other sects.

At this moment, in front of the three Elders is an image stone exuding a faint light.

The recording on it is exactly at night, Sect Master Lei Wuji of Jin Leizong, and some others, quietly transferring the coffins dug out from the Gobi cave.

Especially Lei Wuji's face, which looks extremely gloomy and strange in the moonlight.

"It seems that this Lei Wuji should have used those corpse puppets to successfully absorb the yin evil qi."

Elder Ling Xuzi stroked his beard and sneered.

The other two Elders also clapped and laughed.

Afterward, they said: "This is thanks to you, imitating ancient books to set up bait, saying that this is the Corpse Raising Land of the Corpse Yin Sect, those corpse puppets are like fine wine, the longer the time, the more mellow."

"Once absorbed and refined, obsession and evil qi collide with each other, 'fighting poison with poison', can cut off obsession, thereby breaking through to the Soul Severance realm."

Ling Xuzi raised his eyebrows, his whisk swaying in his sleeve: "I didn't lie, when we discovered this place back then, according to the clues left inside, it was indeed the Corpse Raising Land of the Corpse Yin Sect."

"It's just that I added a little something inside, and specifically left it for those who cultivate thunder-type techniques, on the basis of restraining yin evil qi, if they absorb it, the probability of breaking through Soul Severance will be a bit greater."

Yu Hengzi laughed: "You, our two brains combined are not as good as yours, it's just a pity that Lingku Mountain was an accident."

Another Elder, Tian Tian Shu Zi, sighed and said: "Yes, during the Five Sects War, we deliberately guided Jin Leizong people to attack that mine vein, and let them successfully discover it."

"Everything went so smoothly, but Lingku Mountain made our Sect Master fall into it, fortunately, there was no big change in the big picture."

Yu Hengzi nodded slightly and said: "Yes, during the Five Sects War, internal strife broke out within Jin Leizong, falling into internal chaos, until now their Deputy Sect Master and others are still imprisoned."

"Now their Elders failed to refine Nine Nether Lotus Seeds, one seriously injured, one died, this time corpse puppet matter, Lei Wuji will definitely not let go, will not miss this opportunity."

"Sure enough, everything is as we expected, Lei Wuji didn't suppress the greed in his heart."

"Qingyu Xian Sect goes without saying, Sect Master Immortal Xuanyou doesn't have many years to live, and she is attached to Taiqingmen, existing in name only."

Tian Tian Shu Zi stroked his beard, a sinister arc curling at the corner of his mouth.

He said: "Yes, Cangyan Dao Palace, although they shared ten Nine Nether Lotus Seeds, according to the news, two are fine, four seriously injured, four died."

"Cooperating with our means of controlling Sikong Yan with heart blood, the direction of this game of chess is under control."

"Now we just need to keep showing weakness, wait for them to fight, and we will benefit as the fisherman."

Before the words fell, the three Elders smiled at each other.

And according to the divination and deduction of their ancestors, the hope of whether they can break through to Soul Severance actually lies in the cave forbidden area of Taiqingmen.

"By the way, how is the situation of that corpse puppet that escaped?" Yu Hengzi suddenly looked solemn and asked, raising his head.

Tian Tian Shu Zi waved his hand confidently: "Everything is under control. That corpse puppet's power is constantly improving, when the time is ripe, lead it directly to Taiqingmen."

"That's good, but have you noticed that when we use heart blood to divine Sikong Yan's position recently, it shows two positions from time to time, what's going on?"

Yu Hengzi said worriedly.

As soon as these words came out, the other two Elders also frowned.

This matter is indeed a bit problematic, those who don't know would think there are two Sikong Yans.

"Can't take it lightly, and until now, we want to know how those black-clothed puppets are controlled, but we have never grasped the essence."

"Even wanting to influence some of Sikong Yan's decisions and ideas seems a bit powerless." Ling Xuzi's tone was solemn.

Yu Hengzi let out a long breath and said: "I have this feeling too, if it really doesn't work, gather the heart blood brought by the others, I don't believe that with the strength of the three of us, we can't find the reason?"

"Agree!"

"Agree!"

Taiqingmen!

Zhou Qing covered his nose and mouth, rushing out of Shen Yunzhou's residence in a mess.

The stench of the two jars of corpse liquid in the room was simply nauseating.

He stayed for a while, and was dizzy, his stomach churning.

Instead, this guy loved it, and even excitedly wanted to introduce it to Zhou Qing.

Zhou Qing refused and ran away directly.

Just returned to his residence, Lu Yaoyao's message was sent over.

Knowing that Zhou Qing and others went out for a trip and almost encountered an accident, she was full of worry.

Zhou Qing comforted quickly: "I'm fine, don't worry!"

After sending the message through the identity token, he took out the Ancient Enlightenment Tea Tree.

Unfortunately, although ten supreme-grade wood-attribute spirit stones were hit into it, the ethereal aura contained in it was still thin, it seems he still has to wait patiently for some time.

The direction of the next cultivation became a problem, should he continue to study the way of the array master, or try to comprehend the second wisp of Phoenix Dao pattern?

Zhou Qing fell into deep thought.

While thinking, he took out the Shenxu Tiangong token, intending to see the movements of Number Seven Sikong Yan.

After all, the bloody forbidden area picture he manifested always made him suspicious, and he didn't know if the location was in the Eastern Region?

"Hey, Number Six is actually online!"

After taking out the token, Zhou Qing unexpectedly found that others were not there, but Shen Hanyi was online.

After a brief hesitation, he injected spirit stone energy, opened the passage and stepped into it.

Just manifested, he saw Number Six turn into a blue light and come out of the picture, turning back into a blue ball.

"Senior, you are here!" Seeing Zhou Qing, Shen Hanyi's attitude became much more respectful.

Zhou Qing nodded slightly and asked: "Still looking for the corpse of the divine beast?"

Shen Hanyi shook her head gently, staring at Zhou Qing, pondering, and said: "Senior, the inscription-level divine ability you performed last time, the anomaly manifested in it, the junior always feels familiar."

"After thinking about it carefully, it is very similar to the red scroll I saw in the secret room when I asked you to help restrain the burial cloth and pick the Bingli Lingque Zhi!"

Zhou Qing's heart was shocked.

Last time when he confronted the Kudi Zen Master in the temple, it was purely subconscious, and now he has long regretted it.

You said what was he pretending to be back then, anyway it was a simulation, die if he died.

But he still pretended to be calm on the surface, biting the bullet and asking back: "What's wrong with that red scroll?"

Shen Hanyi stared at Zhou Qing quietly and continued: "That secret room must be opened with blood phoenix bones. Although the junior can now use the four-color array given by the senior to control the burial cloth, I still can't get the scroll."

"As long as I get close, I will be burned, and the scroll will manifest a mini blood phoenix to attack those who approach."

Zhou Qing smiled easily after hearing this: "So, the scroll is still in the secret room, my divine ability has nothing to do with it, it's just your illusion."

Shen Hanyi fell into silence.

In fact, after today's simulation deduction, she also felt that the two might not be related.

But she always felt something was wrong, but couldn't say it.

Say Number One is the Kuer Master of Jiyuan Temple now, he couldn't have not been to the forbidden area where she is now.

But the manifested forbidden area doesn't repeat with her, according to common sense, two forbidden area pictures should appear at the same time...

And that inscription-level divine ability, it is so similar to that blood phoenix.

But say it's not, he is so clear about her identity, his knowledge is profound, and more importantly, "Fumo Jin Gu" has been cultivated to Great Completion.

This technique, except for Kuer Master, only Kudi Master who died in the forbidden area succeeded in cultivating.

Number One, who on earth are you?

Now she is also confused, and really wants to go to Jiyuan Temple to ask.

But she hasn't heard from Kuer Master for many years, and it is rumored that he passed away many years ago.

"Is there any news about the divine beast's corpse now?" Seeing Shen Hanyi silent, Zhou Qing changed the subject.

His last chance for 【Touch Corpse Post】 has been exhausted, and he has no interest in the divine beast's corpse.

Just curious about what idea Second Uncle had in mind by deliberately spreading the image of the divine beast falling.

Shen Hanyi came back to her senses and shook her head: "No news yet. Many people have given up looking, and even the Emperor ordered that the image picture is fake, forbidding everyone to continue exploring deep."

"Oh, why is this?" Zhou Qing looked confused.

Shen Hanyi explained: "So far, more than a dozen Soul Severance experts have fallen because of this matter, which is extremely damaging to the foundation for a Level 5 cultivation nation."

Zhou Qing realized.

"Senior, why not come in and look around?" Shen Hanyi suddenly issued an invitation with anticipation.

After all, every time Number One comes in, he can always bring her different surprises and gains.

Zhou Qing was also a bit hesitant.

A 【Copy Post】 got the inscription-level divine ability that countless Soul Severance experts envied—"Baijie Xuemu".

A 【Touch Corpse Post】 directly picked up the Jiyuan Temple 【Fumo Jin Gu】, and from then on, he basically wasn't afraid of broken bones.

This was in a simulated environment, and in reality, several contacts also had rich gains.

In her view, I am her destined person.

But in fact, maybe you are also my destined person.

Maybe there will be some unexpected joy this time.

"Okay, anyway, I have nothing to do right now, so I'll go to your forbidden area and take a look." Zhou Qing pondered for a moment and replied.

【Today's post is refreshing...】

【The new post already exists in the Strange Qi Qi Tie Lu, please check it in time.】

The next moment, a familiar notification sound suddenly came to his mind.

This made Zhou Qing stunned.

No, is it such a coincidence?

Promised her in the front foot, and the 【Random Post】 came so lively in the back foot?

"Senior, please!" Seeing Zhou Qing agree, Shen Hanyi's face was happy.

As long as she can have more contact with Number One, sooner or later she can piece together his true identity from the clues.

Zhou Qing had to nod and followed in.

As the two appeared again behind the crooked jujube tree, Zhou Qing hurriedly looked at the Strange Qi Qi Tie Lu.

At this moment, a pure white post appeared inside, and it was depicted with eight circles nested in layers.

【Eight-Fold Post: After activation, it can expand eight times according to the limit explored by the user's strongest spiritual power, seeing places that the naked eye cannot reach, valid for one incense stick's time.】

Looking at the introduction, Zhou Qing was stunned.

Can there be such a post?

Truly opened his eyes!

(End of chapter)