Taoist students

Chapter 498 The Skeleton and the Casket

The location of the underground four-element array, now the entire cave has almost collapsed, and there are ruins everywhere.

"boom!"

After an unknown amount of time, a huge piece of rubble was bombarded by a huge force, and instantly shot up into the sky, hit the rock formation above his head, and then fell down with a bang.

"Whoa!"

Immediately, a scarred palm covered with blood and dust protruded from a gap in the place where the boulder was blown away before.

Although this palm was dripping with blood, it was so powerful that it sliced ​​open the surrounding gravel like tofu.

After a while, with a "boom", a figure with disheveled hair and Taoist robes rushed out from the ruins. The figure spun around a few times and landed on a relatively flat place. It shook a few times when it landed Finally, he barely stood still.

And this figure was naturally Dongfang Mo.

Now his breath is vain and out of breath, his Taoist robe is torn to pieces, and his body is covered with scars.

His physical strength far exceeded Fairy Netherworld's expectations, so when the formation exploded before, he was only seriously injured and buried deeply.After the formation was broken, he was finally able to use mana. Under the nourishment of mana, he quickly suppressed the injury and recovered half of it.

At this moment, he looked around for a while, and then he identified a certain position, and jumped over with a single leap.

I saw his legs swaying, and he kicked boulders into the ground like nothing.After a while, a dark passage of stone steps extending downward appeared in front of him.

But when he saw the passage in front of him, there was a trace of suspicion in his eyes.

Before, he clearly felt an inexplicable aura that throbbed him from this passage, as if there was something that strongly attracted him.But at this moment, he didn't sense anything.

Dongfang Mo is sure that the moment the stone steps were exposed before, that feeling really existed, and he couldn't be mistaken.But at this time, for some reason, that feeling disappeared.

According to his plan, now that he finally escaped from Fairy Netherworld's clutches, and he has also lifted the Heart-eating Gu on his body, he will naturally go as far as he can.Ten years is not too late for a gentleman to take revenge, and he will definitely settle accounts with this woman when he has the opportunity in the future.

But now he hesitated, and this hesitation appeared only because of the aura he felt before.

Although he didn't know exactly what was attracting him, he had an intuition in his heart that there should be something very important to him under this stone passageway, and if he didn't go there, he would definitely regret it .

Thinking of this, he gritted his teeth and made a decision in his heart.

But after making a decision, he didn't act rashly immediately, but sat down cross-legged, took out two middle-level spirit stones from his waist, and started sucking wildly.

Possessing the recovery power of the Wood Spirit Dafa, it took him an hour this time to restore the mana in his body to seven or eighty-eight. Although the injuries on his body have not healed, there is nothing serious about it.

Dongfang Mo stood up with a huff, and walked down the stone steps in front of him.

If he heard correctly before, the Tianque old dog that Fairy Youming said should refer to Tianque Sanren, one of the three overlords in the East China Sea.

The Tianque Sanren, like the Nether Fairy, are all at the Dzogchen Transformation Realm, and they are definitely the top existence in this star field.

Taking advantage of Fairy Youming's opening of the formation, this person rushed into the stone passage in an instant. Just like Fairy Youming said, he must be planning to sit back and enjoy the benefits.

It was not difficult for him to hear Fairy Youming's hostile attitude towards Tianque Sanren from Fairy Youming's tone.Then he followed the two, maybe the two fought in Bengbu, and he could get some benefits from it.Otherwise, only this woman is in the passage, and if no one has the ability to restrain her, Dongfang Mo will probably have to think twice before making a decision on whether to come in.

After all, no matter how good the thing that attracts him is, he must be killed to get it.

Of course, he is also prepared, if he sees that the situation is not good, he will definitely turn around and run away.In his map of suppressing demons, there are hundreds of demon souls in the alchemy realm.Moreover, the magic sand on his waist should also be able to pose a threat to the two of them.

After stepping into the passage, there was no light source around, but for some reason, Dongfang Mo could barely see the general outline of the passage.

It turned out that the stone steps under his feet were surrounded by shiny stone walls.The passage has been slanting downwards, and it is not known where it leads.

Fortunately, Dongfang Mo didn't go too far. He only walked about a thousand feet before he saw a faint yellow light spot in front of him, which seemed to be the exit of the passage.

At this time, he used his ear power to the extreme, and he heard a little bit of wind, so he was even more sure of his guess.

Then he slowed down and walked forward cautiously. After a short while, he finally came to the exit.The moment he stepped out of the exit vigilantly with a whisk in his hand, he was a little surprised immediately.

It turned out that in front of him was actually a dark cliff.And his position is a stone platform with a width of Zhang Xu carved out of a cliff.

Although the light was not very good, he could still see thick fog rolling under the cliff.He had a premonition that this cliff might be unfathomable, and he would definitely die if he fell off it.

But what attracted his attention was that in front of the stone platform under his feet, there was a black iron chain as thick as an arm.

The iron chain stretched straight and stretched into the thick fog ahead, and the end of the other end could not be seen.But it is not difficult to imagine that the other end of the iron lock must be connected to somewhere.

Dongfang Mo walked forward and came to the stone pier connecting the iron chain and the stone platform.He poked his head out, looked down the cliff covered in thick fog, then swallowed, and retracted his head again.

Immediately afterwards, with a leap, he jumped onto the stone pier and put one foot on the iron chain.

"Kakkaka..."

Then he saw the tight iron chain shaking, making a toothache sound.

Seeing this, he hesitated again.

But this hesitation was only for a moment, and he hummed coldly in his heart, and stepped on the other foot.

"Kakkaka..."

The iron chain shook even more violently, as if it would be snapped at any moment.

Dongfang Mo tried his best to stabilize his figure, but did not retreat.With his supernatural sense of smell, he smelled that Fairy Youming disappeared on this iron rope. He thought that this woman and the old man Tian Que must have followed this iron rope and entered the depths of the dense fog.

Thinking of this, he stretched out his hands to maintain his balance, and then stepped forward.There is no way to fly in the air here, and this is the only way.

Although Dongfang Mo's speed was not fast, he disappeared into the rolling fog in a short time.

And just as his front foot left, suddenly there was a thumping sound in the passageway of the stone steps.It didn't take long before I saw a huge figure with a huge gourd slanted on his back, dressed in some tattered short hexagrams, and came here with heavy steps.

Upon closer inspection, this person is a big red-faced man with a rough face, not a single blade of grass grows on his head, and he is nine feet tall.And his two thick eyebrows turned out to be snow white.The yellow gourd behind him was extremely huge, thicker than his figure.

It's just that from the hollow eyes of the red-faced man, it's clear that this man is a living dead.

After the big red-faced man came here, he almost didn't pause at all. He bent his legs and jumped, and stepped directly on the iron chain. After that, he moved forward and quickly disappeared into the thick fog in front of him.

Dongfang Mo at a certain section of the iron chain, at this moment his forehead was covered with sweat, soaking his tattered and blood-stained Taoist robe.

It turned out that when walking on this iron chain, a gust of wind would blow up from time to time, making it difficult for him to maintain his balance.Several times he walked in a thrilling manner, almost falling into the cliff below his feet, and then being swallowed by thick fog.

At this moment, his shaky figure suddenly staggered.

Due to this change, his figure was about to fall to the left and fall into the cliff.Dongfang Mo's expression changed drastically, he stretched out his left hand, and punched the void.

"boom!"

A repulsive force erupted, and he finally straightened his figure with the help of force, balancing on the iron chain again.

At this time, he suddenly turned his head and looked behind him. He could feel the iron chain under his feet, and there was a rhythmic swing frequency.Therefore, he immediately judged that someone must have stepped on this iron rope.

"Could it be Mo Xiang?" He guessed in his mind.

Then he turned around and quickened his pace to walk forward.No matter who came, with the current situation, it was impossible for him to meet the visitor face to face.

When he walked forward on the iron lock for another quarter of an hour, a look of joy suddenly appeared on his face.Just because in front of him, another stone platform appeared, and the iron lock under his feet was linking to a stone pier on the stone platform.Apparently he's gotten to the other end.

Dongfang Mo was not in a hurry about this, and his steps were still steady and cautious.Finally, when he finally stepped on the solid ground, he let go of his hanging heart, and he couldn't help but let out a long breath.

After he settled his mind, he looked up, and saw that in front of him was a narrow path, and he didn't know where he was going.

Dongfang Mo had no other choice, he turned his head and glanced behind him, then he withdrew his gaze, and walked forward along this path instead.

Not long after he had walked, a look of surprise appeared on his face.

It turned out that along the way, he could sometimes see some traces left after the war, and then he could feel some residual mana fluctuations.

He guessed in his heart that it was probably left by Fairy Youming fighting with Tianque Sanren.

He wasn't interested in this, and he wished that the two of them would fight to the death and lose both sides.

So he flicked his whisk and continued walking forward.

After traveling thousands of feet, there was a change in front of him, and there were three forked roads on the left, middle and right.

And here, the traces of Fairy Youming and Tianque Sanren's fighting skills disappeared without a trace.

It is worth noting that in the middle of the fork in the road, there is also a stone tablet with three big characters engraved on it.

"Life and death."

Seeing this, Dongfang Mo was slightly moved. Just from the literal meaning, he probably understood the meaning of these three roads.

But with pursuers coming after him, he naturally had no way out.Now that the arrow is on the string, it has to be launched.

Thinking of this, his nose began to twitch, constantly sniffing.He quickly judged that Fairy Nether was heading for the middle road.

As for the road on the far right, there is a strange smell, needless to say, it should be Tianque Sanren.

Dongfang Mo rubbed his chin, and without the slightest hesitation, he walked towards the left side of the fork that no one had passed, and quickly disappeared at the end of the road.

Not long after Dongfang Mo left, a red-faced man with a gourd on his back also appeared here.

I don't know if it was a coincidence, but after the big red-faced man appeared, he just glanced at the three forked roads, and then ran straight towards the leftmost road.Soon, his tall figure disappeared without a trace.

Dongfang Mo was extremely careful all the way, always on guard against unexpected events.After walking four or five miles along this road, he suddenly raised his head and looked forward, and then there was a look of surprise in his eyes.

It turned out that in front of him, there was a tall palace towering up.

The dark palace, like an ancient monster, crawled forward, creating a heavy pressure in his heart.

Seeing this, he licked his chapped lips and walked forward.

When he came close, he raised his head slightly again, and suddenly saw the three simple and somewhat old characters "Qianqing Palace" engraved on the plaque of the hall.

For just a moment, Dongfang Mo suffocated.

He instantly remembered that in Dongtian blessed land, the sleeping palace of the Sanqing Patriarch was also called Qianqing Palace.He also got a skeleton of a suspected Wentian Beast and a large piece of Wenshen Jade from it.

"Could it be a coincidence?" At this moment, he thought in his heart.

After a long time, he couldn't guess the answer, so he took a few steps forward with a flick of the whisk, and came to the huge gate of the palace.

Seeing that the door was originally vermilion, but due to years of disrepair, it had turned into a pitch-black door with a decaying smell, Dongfang Mo stretched out his hand, pressed on the door and gently pushed it.

"crunch..."

Unexpectedly, the door was easily pushed open by him.

Dongfang Mo immediately looked into it, but found that the hall was pitch-black, and he couldn't see anything.

So he stepped in.

"Puff puff……"

The moment he stepped into the hall, with a soft sound, candles around him were automatically lit, illuminating the hall brilliantly.

With the light, Dongfang Mo was ready to take a closer look at the hall.But in the next moment, the expression on his face was as if frozen.

It turned out that on a futon directly in front of this empty hall, there was a white dead bone sitting cross-legged.

Withered Bones is dressed in a simple Taoist robe, holding a whisk in his left hand, and resting his right hand on his knees, with a bun on his head and a wooden hairpin inserted horizontally.

For some reason, the moment he saw this withered bone, he felt an extremely cordial feeling in his heart, as if he was inextricably linked with this withered bone.

Presumably, it was this dead bone that had strongly attracted him before.

But soon, Dongfang Mo's attention was placed on the three trays in front of the withered bones.

On those three trays, there are three items.

In the tray on the left is an ancient book.On the tray in the middle is a jade bottle.On the tray on the right is a wooden box.

Whether it is an ancient book or a jade bottle, both of them are not ordinary things at first glance.

But Dongfang Mo's eyes were fixed on the wooden box on the last pallet, and there was an unbelievable horror on his face.

　To be continued

　　
　
(End of this chapter)