Chapter 275

What was shocking was.

Facing his palm.

The originally incomparably ferocious Fire Qilin actually showed no overly intense reaction.

It simply stood there fixedly, neither dodging nor avoiding.

And the flames on its body.

When Ximen Wudi's palm reached over, they were as if they had seen their nemesis, all fleeing in panic.

"Decent aptitude, it's just that baleful qi invaded the body for too long, causing the mind to become chaotic, turning it ferocious and bloodthirsty."

"Consider yourself lucky."

He stroked it twice lightly.

Watching the Fire Qilin slightly reveal an expression of enjoyment.

Ximen Wudi couldn't help but laugh.

With a casual flip of his hand.

A pill appeared in his palm.

And the instant the pill appeared.

Wisps of faint fragrance rose all around.

Its nostrils twitched twice.

The Fire Qilin's spirit gave a jolt.

Its big eyes blinked and blinked as it stared at him.

A trace of longing flickered in its gaze.

"You rascal."

Ximen Wudi's face was a picture of helpless amusement.

With a flick of his finger, he sent the pill flying toward it.

Seeing this, the Fire Qilin.

Did not hesitate in the slightest.

Opened its bloody great maw and caught the pill.

In an instant.

Streams of clear current burst open in its mouth, flowing toward the four limbs and hundred meridians.

The originally chaotic and ferocious lingtai followed with a wave of clarity.

"Be good and wait for me here."

Ximen Wudi patted its head.

Stepping past it, he walked into the cave.

What met his eyes were passages stretching in all directions.

Under normal circumstances, it was completely impossible to tell which one was the correct path.

But because the Fire Qilin had just run out from there.

One of the passages still retained wisps of residual heat.

A faint smile played at the corner of his mouth.

Ximen Wudi stood with his hands clasped behind his back.

Slowly walked in.

The passage was very long.

Coupled with the lack of light.

It looked pitch-black.

Completely impossible to tell just how far it went.

But Ximen Wudi did not delay.

In just the time of two breaths.

The originally pitch-black cave mouth suddenly opened up into a broad vista.

Looking out.

All around was a sunken underground palace.

The contents of the underground palace were divided into two layers.

One layer was about the labyrinth within the Yunku Secret Realm and the correct passage.

The other layer was different.

It was divided into nine large sections.

Each section was carved with mountains, rivers, lands, water birds, fish, and insects.

If one looked closely, one would surely discover.

The shape of each section resembled a certain province among the Nine Provinces!

Put together.

It was exactly the entire Nine Provinces!!

And at the center of this shrunken Nine Provinces stood a high platform.

On the high platform, a tombstone and a Wang Zuo were erected.

At first glance.

That tombstone looked just like the backrest of the Wang Zuo!

On the throne, there lay something that looked like a bone.

And at the lower side of the throne,

lay the massive corpse of a Fire Qilin.

Its size was staggering.

The Fire Qilin they had just encountered was like a baby that had just learned to walk before it!

"So this is the Fire Qilin that followed Emperor Xuanyuan on his campaigns back then?"

Sensing the Fire Qilin's corpse, which though dead for many years still radiated a heavy, oppressive might,

Ximen Wudi's heart stirred slightly.

He then shifted his gaze to the throne.

If nothing unexpected had happened,

this thing should be the dragon vein.

Just as he was thinking,

suddenly—

the dragon vein, which had been quietly resting on the throne, violently erupted with a dazzling white radiance.

Immediately after,

as if possessed of its own intelligence, it flew into midair.

Under the illumination of the light,

the miniature Nine Provinces trembled slightly, simultaneously radiating light in response.

In the blink of an eye,

as waves of mysterious power of heaven and earth surged forth,

a curtain of water slowly appeared in midair.

It enveloped the entire underground palace.

"A formation?"

Seeing this, Ximen Wudi raised an eyebrow.

After a brief moment of thought, he understood Emperor Xuanyuan's intention.

The dragon vein concerned the fortune of the Nine Provinces.

Though it possessed supreme might, it could not be lightly employed.

Otherwise, it would affect the Nine Provinces.

Therefore,

to ensure the normal operation of the Nine Provinces' land—