Chapter 298: The Tablet from Beginning to End, The Path Home is Hard to Open, Three Gates of Life

"We have reached the depths of the demon cave, but how are we supposed to get out?"

A loose cultivator looked at the abyss leading to the Nine Heavens behind the Demon-Suppressing Halls and asked in despair.

"Just one look, and I suffered such Dao injuries!" Tao Kan noticed the indelible, eye-like mark on the Yin Spirit body of the Jin family's Zangshan Laozu and couldn't help but say: "Those eight great halls are truly too dangerous!"

"Spirit Venerable..." He turned his head to the green ox and said: "Look..."

"Don't ask me..." The green ox buried its head and said: "I'm just an innocent little ox. When you all die, I'll honestly retreat the way I came. Don't think I'll take you into these eight iron halls."

The green ox hesitated for a moment and earnestly advised: "Little Kan! The things suppressed in these iron halls are too terrifying! Why don't you pack up and find a good place to be buried! Old Ox doesn't dare to break into these eight iron halls, but I have the ability to pick a geomantic treasure land for you!"

"Instead of dying inside and being stained with some terrifying curse, it's better to return to the Bone Corpse Land, find a geomantic treasure land to be buried in, and bless your descendants!"

Xiao Yu hesitated for a moment, turned to Qian Chen and asked: "Teacher..."

Qian Chen waved his hand and said: "I know what you mean. Are you trying to ask me why, since these eight Demon-Suppressing Halls have no way back—even if a True Immortal went in, they might not be able to come out—I still pointed you to steal fortune?"

"Actually, the way out of here is very simple!"

Qian Chen said with his hands behind his back. This sentence instantly attracted everyone's attention. Lei Yu opened his mouth and asked: "What insight does the Daoist friend have?"

The Zangshan Laozu of the Jin family endured his Dao injuries and snorted: "Speak!"

Tao Kan wanted to speak but stopped. The green ox had a thoughtful expression.

"Actually, the way out is recorded where we came from!" Qian Chen pulled with his right hand, hooking the last bit of smoke from the extinguished incense in his hand.

The green ox realized: "It's the stone tablet we saw when we came in!"

That stone tablet...

Everyone was silent. The words they had said when they came in seemed to be still vivid in their minds—If it were the gate of other Dao Sects, leaving a book to suppress it, I would believe it. The Louguan Dao is just a dilapidated sect, and they also erected a broken stone tablet, wanting us to turn around and leave...

These were the words Lei Yu had said himself, but now, the tablet left by that senior of the Louguan Dao suppressed the Avici Wujian Wujian Molong and avoided the Nine Heavens demons. Even the way out was recorded on the stone tablet.

"Blocking the way, I wonder if the person who left this book has attained Core Formation."

The person who said this had now died in the Bone Corpse Land.

The crowd who had crossed the stone tablet at that time now felt complicated and difficult to speak.

The thing they regretted most was not taking a good look at the stone tablet.

The last bit of smoke drifted and condensed into the shape of a stone tablet in Qian Chen's palm. The front was engraved with—

Supreme Louguan, Demon suppressed here, those who come, retreat quickly!

These twelve ordinary characters had been ridiculed, but now, of those who ridiculed them, only one in ten remained. Others had died behind this warning due to terror and danger.

Those who survived saw these few characters, and what they wanted to do most was to return to the past, press their own heads, and let themselves understand these twelve characters clearly, seeing them clearly, and engraving them firmly in their hearts.

Qian Chen turned his palm, revealing the characters on the back of the stone tablet—

Supreme Subduing Demons, ominous to those who see it. Once you enter this path, it is hard to turn back.

Qian Chen said calmly: "Writing on the back of the stone tablet is not to pretend to be a ghost, but to leave us a last line of life after we ignored the warning and entered the demon cave."

Lei Yu smiled miserably, and the faces of the other great clan disciples were burning.

Qian Chen pointed to the eight characters behind, and the blood-red handwriting transformed into a strand of nether qi, building a stone bridge. Beneath the bridge, the demonic qi was as ferocious as a dragon, and then the stone bridge transformed into a road, suppressing the demon dragon beneath it.

"This is the arrangement for suppressing the demon dragon under the Naihe Bridge at the entrance..." The green ox whispered: "Before coming in, I also looked at the stone tablet for a long time, feeling that the tablet text had some secrets, but I only saw the danger on the road, not the source of the danger, which was the demon dragon suppressed under the road."

Then 'Supreme Subduing Demons, ominous to those who see it'

These eight characters also transformed into a group of shadows, which then divided into eight demon shadows—a skeleton as jade and gold, immortal and indestructible; a blood river spanning the netherworld, a bit of blood color expanding into a boundless sea of blood; a hollow human skin, wrapping a dead and silent world inside; the rotation of the five elements, opening a cave heaven; a pair of eyes that pierced through the netherworld, the two eyes merging into one, transforming into a divine mirror that pierced through the three realms...

These eight anomalies sometimes transformed into eight Bagua signs.

Sometimes they kneaded into a ball, the Bagua merging into one, manifesting a divine furnace.

At this moment, everyone understood. They turned their heads one after another, looking at the divine furnace between the eight Demon-Suppressing Halls.

The furnace fire of the divine furnace had long since extinguished. The three-legged red copper divine furnace, the furnace lid was like a pagoda, and the furnace body manifested the Bagua, ancient and mysterious.

At this moment, the tablet text finally manifested to the end. The eight Demon-Suppressing Halls trembled slightly, and three of them were triggered. When the smoke reached here, it was about to disperse, but after the three signs were revealed, the divine furnace opened wide, the Yin-Yang fish beneath the furnace divided, and a mysterious portal opened.

At this moment, the incense fragrance finally dispersed...

The last strand of smoke was fixed in the divine furnace.

It was hazy there, as if something was there. Although it only manifested a hazy shape through the incense fragrance, that bit of aura shocked the few people with the highest cultivation present.

A flash of strange color flashed in Lei Yu's eyes. Tao Kan remembered the fear of the green ox when the divine furnace manifested. The Zangshan Laozu of the Jin family was even trembling with excitement.

"That's it?" Ma Laohei was dumbfounded: "The way out is under the divine furnace, but what is the method to open it? Why is it so hazy behind?"

He raised his head and looked at Qian Chen, suddenly coming to his senses, and whispered: "I'm not blaming you! It's just, how come it's hazy at the most critical moment?"

Qian Chen shook his head and smiled: "It's already clear enough!"

"There must be a mysterious connection between the demon cave and the spiritual acupoint. The senior who arranged this place used this connection to open a portal from the demon cave to the spiritual acupoint. As long as you trigger the three correct signs hidden in the Demon-Suppressing Iron Halls here, you can open that portal and send us out!"

Ma Laohei asked anxiously: "So what are the three most critical signs?"

"They aren't displayed!"

He was in despair. He had collected quite a few good things following Qian Chen and had arrived here alive. The path of cultivation for later generations was promising. With this harvest, opening a cultivation family would be easy.

But if they couldn't get out, that would be a huge loss!

"These signs are inherently hazy, because the three signs that open the portal are not fixed, or rather, the senior just used this method to remind us that every time the demon cave opens, only three of the eight Demon-Suppressing Halls can be entered, and there is a line of life."

"The other five, once entered, without the cultivation to defeat that Supreme Supreme Tian Mo, you will definitely die."

"Only by entering the correct three gates of life can you open the way home!"

Lei Yu said: "Where are the three gates of life?"

Qian Chen replied: "I need to calculate. This has to do with the timing of heaven and earth, the changes of Yin and Yang, and even the astronomical phenomena at this time, the orientation of the earth aperture, and even the relative position of the demon cave and the spiritual acupoint."

"This place has eight gates: Open, Rest, Life, Injury, Delusion, View, Death, and Surprise... among which only Open, Rest, and Life are auspicious gates. Give me some time, I need to calculate the orientation of the eight gates!"

Qian Chen walked toward the divine furnace, observing the Bagua orientation on the divine furnace.

"Kan 1, Kun 2, Zhen 3, Xun 4, Center 5, Qian 6, Dui 7, Gen 8, Li 9... This is the Later Heaven Bagua, exactly corresponding to the Earlier Heaven Bagua of the eight Demon-Suppressing Halls!" Qian Chen stepped on the legs of the divine furnace, climbed onto the furnace lid, and observed the eight iron halls around him according to the pagoda-shaped lid.

Only to see his fingertips constantly pinching and calculating. Cultivators who were proficient in divination were also observing Qian Chen's finger techniques. The old Daoist saw a part related to the Four Pillars. He could still understand the Four Pillars calculating the passing years, but when he added the astronomical orientation, positioning the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches, Nine Palaces Flying Stars, Twenty-Eight Mansions, and other astronomical calculation methods, he was a bit confused.

When he added the Purple Star Dou Calculation and the Taiyi Scattered Numbers, and then turned to use the Qi Men Dun Jia to calculate.

The old Daoist didn't understand it at all.

He turned his head and saw that the fellow Daoist of the Lei family who was proficient in divination was also in a daze, even failing earlier than him, and a trace of comfort rose in his heart.

Xiao Yu asked him quietly: "Old Daoist, how is it, can you calculate it?"

The old Daoist had a wooden face, his skin twitched twice, and he looked dejected, muttering: "Sure enough, I have no talent in the Yin-Yang calculation path. No wonder... it's natural that my Dao foundation was abolished... it's normal that Senior Sister didn't choose me... there's no hope for the Great Dao in this life... I don't understand Yin-Yang calculation at all..."

Lei Yu also asked with concern: "How is it, did you see it?"

The Lei family cultivator said blankly: "Look, I can't understand... it's too difficult! It's too difficult!" His entire body exuded an aura of despair.

A disciple of the Tao family was also constantly calculating. His strength was the strongest among the three, and he had already reached the realm of the Heavenly Market Wall. There were many diviners in the world, and those who could step into the Three Walls were few and far between.

Even for a Primordial Spirit True Person in the Supreme Dao, they would only step into the Taimiao Wall.

He wanted to follow Qian Chen's train of thought, but as he calculated, his eyes rolled back, and he actually fainted. Tao Kan hurriedly stepped forward to check, and after a long time, he stood up and said: "Energy consumption is too great!"

At this moment, everyone could only look at Qian Chen.

After a long time, the signs in Qian Chen's hands flowed, and he finally set the heavenly secrets. Lei Yu, Tao Kan, the Zangshan Laozu of the Jin family, and even Elder Guo, Ma Laohei, Xiao Yu, and others all looked over.

They heard Qian Chen say: "Calculated! The gates of life are in the Dui, Gen, and Kan positions!"

The crowd turned their heads and began to look for the corresponding iron halls—Dui, Gen, and Kan positions. Xiao Yu looked at them and said in surprise: "Void Xu Xu Jian Sheng, Indestructible Bone, and Wucang Prefecture!"

The Zangshan Laozu of the Jin family turned his head in a rage: "Nonsense! The Void Xu Xu Jian Sheng hall hides terrifying danger. I exchanged a glance with it and suffered Dao injuries! How could it be the location of the gate of life?"

Qian Chen said: "I just stated what I calculated. I don't guarantee it's definitely correct. If you don't believe it, you can find it yourself. Anyway, there are only these eight halls. If you try a few more times, you'll find it!"

The Zangshan Laozu of the Jin family's eyes lit up: "That's a good idea!"

He stared at the Penetrating Law cultivators and sneered: "Using human lives to test, it won't take more than eight times!"

Unexpectedly, Qian Chen sneered: "More than eight times? Who said that if you choose the gate of life, you will definitely be able to come out alive? It's just a line of life. Maybe we all entered the gate of life, and no one could come out. Even if millions of people died, as long as no one came out alive, we wouldn't be able to determine the gates of life and death!"

The Zangshan Laozu of the Jin family looked ugly: "In that case, whether you calculated correctly or not, no one can test it?"

Qian Chen said calmly: "Believe it or not!"

Xiao Yu was also a bit hesitant. He whispered to the old Daoist: "The fortune we want to steal is in these three halls. How could it be such a coincidence?"

The old Daoist whispered back: "I think the stone tablet at the entrance will probably show the gates of life at a specific time..."

Xiao Yu's eyes lit up: "You mean!"

The old Daoist pulled Xiao Yu and whispered: "Give Teacher some face!"

"Then what was Teacher calculating just now?" Xiao Yu whispered: "It couldn't be just a random calculation!"

The old Daoist hesitated for a moment and whispered in Xiao Yu's ear with the smallest voice: "It should be the fate of everyone here. Teacher is calculating who to send to the corresponding Demon-Suppressing Hall to sacrifice to the formation, and which one has the highest probability of breaking the formation."

Just as he raised his head, Xiao Yu saw Qian Chen beckoning them over.

"Listen to my guidance, and you will all be able to survive!" Qian Chen's first sentence revealed that what the old Daoist had just said was not false. Xiao Yu and the other two hurriedly made a submissive appearance and listened to Qian Chen say:

"Your fate is too poor! If you want to defy the heavens and change your fate, and steal fortune, you must be very careful."

"The fortune of the Indestructible Bone hall is the Jin Suoyu Pass. The Jin Suoyu Pass is a kind of blood marrow bred in the immortal demon bone, like jade paste. It can change one's constitution and is a supreme treasure for body refining."

"If the big guy wants to transform his constitution, he must use this to change his blood... using the Taiyin Refining Form method to turn his bone marrow into dead ash, and then change the marrow, refine the blood, and change the bones!"

"Void Xu Xu Jian Sheng is transformed from the eyes of the Supreme Supreme Tian Mo, hiding the Heavenly Mirror Divine Light. By using this light to dissolve your eyes, you can be reborn with immortal bones and refine a pair of true-illusion immortal eyes."

"The Wucang Prefecture hides the innate Five Elements Qi. When these five qi condense into jade, it is the Dao foundation jade platform. Cut open your chest, put the jade platform between your ribs, and refine it with the Taiyin Refining Form method, and you will be able to generate a Dao foundation yourself!"

Xiao Yu and the others listened intently, remembering every word Qian Chen said.

"Teacher..." Xiao Yu really wanted to ask, Teacher, how do you know so much?

But when the words reached his lips, he didn't ask in the end. No matter what Qian Chen's calculations were, he had finally given them, these bottom-level cultivators who were like ants, a chance to change their own destiny.

In the end, Qian Chen didn't force them or demand anything from them.

All of this was their own choice.

The big guy laughed and said: "Xiao Yu, I'll go help you first!"

Xiao Yu shook his head and said: "The three of us brothers, each walking one path, haven't separated. Our fate..." He hammered his chest and said: "Are still together!"

"Big guy, Old Daoist... come back alive!"

The old Daoist laughed: "I have avoided it for too long. I believe heaven won't play such a joke on me when I am about to face it."

"Xiao Yu..."

"Old Daoist..."

"Big guy..."

"Together we live, separated we die!" ===== CHAPTER 299 =====