Chapter 516: Life Gate
Meng Qi and Suoming Yaksha, who had their own hidden agendas, looked at each other and smiled sincerely. It was just that one understood the other's plan, while the other did not understand the collaborator's "undermining tactics."
Meng Qi looked around, sizing up Yang Zhenchan and the middle-aged scribe. His eyes stayed on the two of them for a long time, sensing their aura.
This is the way to be cautious. Suo Ming Yaksha did not say anything, but introduced: "This is Brother Yang Zhenchan, the Eight Desolate Demon-Conquering Sword you mentioned, Fellow Taoist Shen Bao. This is my good friend, who defected from destruction." Jia Zhen, the ‘devil in the world’ of Tianmen.”
Never heard of it... Meng Qi is only slightly familiar with the middle-aged scribe Jia Zhen, but both his aura and appearance are unfamiliar. Because he has deliberately concealed it, it is difficult to accurately grasp his strength. He can only know that he must not have passed through it. The first level of the ladder is inferior to the life-killing Yaksha and the poison-hand demon.
As for Yang Zhenchan, the "Bahuang Demon-Conquering Sword", his breath is unstable and his flying state feels frivolous. It seems that the hidden dangers caused by his almost going crazy have not been remedied. He suffered a lot in Bomi, and his strength has declined significantly. It is obvious that in Zeluoju had many subordinates, but as the direct successor of Dharmakaya, Meng Qi did not dare to be careless. From the data, the words "outstanding swordsmanship and unparalleled sharpness" were definitely not lies.
Yang Zhenchan has gray hair and crow's feet at the corners of his eyes. He looks honest and honest, but his behavior is timid. He looks around from time to time, with a vague feeling of being frightened.
For a moment, Meng Qi felt that he was pitiful and vicissitudes of life, and could hardly bear to kill. However, he thought that in order to break through, he sought the magic secret method to make up for his foundation, killed countless pregnant women, and dug out fetuses with specific horoscopes to refine Zihe tonic. Tiandan, that bit of pity completely faded away, his heart became strong again, and his murderous intention was restrained.
If his performance was not a disguise, but his state of mind had regressed and there were huge flaws... Meng Qi calmly made a judgment. If a swordsman on location who is famous for his outstanding swordsmanship is timid, then his swordsmanship will no longer be the same. Sharp.
"Now we can exchange the information we have with each other and find the entrance to the Valley of Worry." Meng Qi withdrew his gaze, calmly.
The life-killing Yaksha took a deep look at him, and was extremely curious about the escape treasure he mentioned. What kind of object could make him so calm in the dangerous Bomi and surrounded by powerful enemies?
If he could get it... Suo Ming Yaksha felt a little warm.
He mused: "This matter started two years ago. At that time, a major earthquake occurred in the nearby area. The caves collapsed, the rivers changed their courses, some canyons collapsed, and some cracks deepened. Because it did not affect the existence of the red mist, we waited for the first time. I didn’t take it seriously, but since then, the dark and moist feeling has become stronger and stronger, and Yin spirits other than the patrolling Yin soldiers have appeared. They appear mysteriously and sometimes attack us.”
"During the battle with these Yin spirits, we successively discovered some cracks, caves, and even formed entrances that lead to deeper places. Some of them will spit out Gengjin wind, some will burn underground Yin fire, and some will be silent. Breathless, dark and deep, no matter what we throw in, there is no movement. We tried to explore these places, but they were too dangerous and almost killed us. "
Suoming Yaksha deliberately concealed the specific exploration process. Without the Hades Emperor, he and others would probably have been killed or injured more than half: "Of course, during this process, we also found some clues. We believe that there is a Worry-free Valley hidden under Bomi. The location of a great sect in ancient times.”
Meng Qi listened very attentively. There was a lot of useful information in Yasha's words, which corroborated with the clues found by the owner of the ancient book. The layers of fog seemed to become thinner.
After the life-killing Yaksha finished speaking, Meng Qi introduced the owner of the ancient book and highlighted the key points: "The owner of the ancient book explored Bomi many years ago and found some traces of the mountain formation."
"Combined with his research on Wuyou Valley, this should be Wuyou Valley's valley-protecting formation, the 'Five Elements Entrapment Formation', but for some reason it changed from external to internal."
When he said this, Meng Qi deliberately looked at the Poison Hand Demon Lord. His eyes were lowered and there was no wave in the ancient well.
"The positive and negative Five Elements Trap Divine Formation..." Suoming Yaksha frowned, "What should we do then?"
"The caves that spew Gengjin's wind, and the cracks that burn underground fires are all symbols of the formation nodes. Combined with the external traces recorded at the time and the owner of the ancient book's understanding of the 'positive and negative five elements trapped god formation', we can Trying to determine the location of the entrance..." Meng Qi pointed his hand and fired his zhenqi, carving the Bomi landform he had mastered on the rock.
Life-killing Yaksha, Poison Hand Demon Lord, Yang Zhenchan and others helped him make up for it based on their own explorations, focusing on marking the locations of nodes, including the one in the temple just now.
Time passed by minute by second, and the simple Bomi map appeared in front of everyone's eyes. The formation nodes were clear, and the connected trajectory was extremely mysterious.
Meng Qi looked at the map and recalled the contents of the ancient book in his mind, which contained a rough description of the positive and negative Five Elements Formation.
The eyes of the life-killing Yaksha, the Poison-Hand Demon Lord and others were full of hope.
After a while, Meng Qi muttered: "The entrance to the positive and negative five elements array is Yin and Yang, and there is a gate of death and a gate of life. They are adjacent to each other... Judging from the trend of the formation, it should be here."
He pointed his hand, and the pupils of Death-Sorrowing Yaksha shrank immediately, because this was the temple that the Poison-Hand Demon King had just explored, no, it was another temple that was like a twin to it, and he helped open the entrance to the temple!
It's actually there?
"If it were normal, this place should be the Door of Death, and the real entrance is here..." Meng Qi pointed to the location on the map, which was the temple he had hurriedly exited from before, "But now the front and back are reversed, from the outside to the inside. The gate of life and the gate of death must have been exchanged.”
He can only make a rough judgment.
"Death Gate... No wonder you said it was dangerous..." Life-killing Yaksha looked at the Poison Hand Demon Lord.
After what happened to the Poisonous Hand Demon Lord, he had more confidence in Meng Qi's judgment.
The Poisonous Hand Demon Lord nodded silently without saying much.
And Meng Qi was also full of doubts, what on earth did he encounter at the Death Gate!
"Then let's go over and see if there is an entrance." "The Devil of Chaos" Jia Zhen spoke for the first time.
Meng Qi and others had no objection.
The temple was not far below, and it was gloomy, covered with moss, and condensed with water, which formed a sharp contrast with the clean and refreshing Yang Temple.
"Yin and Yang are opposite, and the rest is not bad. The entrance here must be the same as the location of the other temple." Meng Qi walked behind the statue.
When passing by the statue, Meng Qi subconsciously took a look and found that it was a statue full of Western flavor, with a female appearance, soft features, holding a bottle in both hands, and many patterns carved on the mouth of the bottle, which seemed to absorb souls.
"This is the bottle god worshipped by the Bo Mi country, which means the destination after death. In the Yang Temple, it is the water god that symbolizes vitality. It is said that they respect another ancient god the most, but we have never found the temple of this god." Seeing Meng Qi paused, Soul-seeking Yaksha introduced.
Meng Qi pondered and said, "The temple of Bo Mi country is divided into yin and yang, which is just at the gate of life and death of the 'positive and negative five elements trapped god array'. They should have a good understanding of the Worry-free Valley."
The dry voice of the Poisonous Hand Demon Lord sounded: "The corridor and the night-shining pearl in front of the death gate are obviously the work of later generations."
The implication is that the people of Bo Mi country dug it out!
Passing the statue, Meng Qi carefully checked the corresponding position, but he could not find any trace of the entrance. He knocked hard and made a dull sound. Obviously, there was no hole.
"Since the entrance mechanism of the Yang Temple is here, the Yin Temple is obviously on the opposite side." Soul-seeking Yaksha suddenly woke up, stepped out of the temple, and ran to the opposite side. He had been focusing on exploring the entrance of the Yang Temple before, and did not think of similar things!
After a while, the place where the rock wall and the ground met cracked silently, as if it appeared out of thin air, and there was a staircase leading down inside.
It was obviously empty, but there was no corresponding sound... Meng Qi suspected that simple and crude lightning and fire might not be able to open the entrance. Maybe the wall and the ground could be destroyed, but the entrance would not appear!
The few people waited for the soul-seeking Yaksha to come back before stepping down the stairs. Both sides were also inlaid with night pearls, shedding a faint glow.
This corridor was longer than the Yang Temple. Meng Qi and others walked for a long time but could not see the end. The surroundings were so quiet that they were frozen.
If it was the life gate, then they would have to enter the illusion array outside it... Meng Qi concealed some of the contents of the ancient books. He planned to find an opportunity to raid Yang Zhenchan after entering the illusion array with his understanding of the formation, and complete the assessment task first. Then it would be natural for the examiner to take action!
Meng Qi looked at both sides and found that there were more murals on the wall, all of which were carved with crawling people, and there were countless people going forward.
He did not look at Yang Zhenchan again, so as not to arouse his vigilance.
Thinking of this, Meng Qi felt inexplicably funny. In the novels he had read in the past, the protagonists were attacked by villains while searching for treasures in a team. The team was panicked, not knowing whether it was an external enemy or a traitor. How come it happened to him, and he had to play the role of an internal ghost and a villain...
Unconsciously, a mist emerged around him, and Meng Qi instantly lost the trace of the soul-demanding Yaksha and others!
Meng Qi's thoughts turned, recalling their respective positions just now, and then combined with the nature of the illusion array, he roughly determined where Yang Zhenchan was at the moment.
Just as he was about to shuttle through the illusion array and attack Yang Zhenchan, he suddenly had a premonition of danger in his heart, and a pale palm silently slapped him in his mind!
It was extremely fast, and he could not dodge it when he noticed it!
In a flash, Meng Qi retreated instead of advancing, and hit the palm with his back, interrupting its subsequent changes to prevent it from attacking his neck.
As long as he didn't get caught, his own body was equal to a treasure weapon!
True Qi was infused, pale gold was prominent, and the pale palm seemed to have hit Gengjin.
Meng Qi's soul was shaken, and the pale gold was slightly dim, but the flowing fire in his hand had already stabbed backwards.
The flame was restrained, and the burning heat was hidden. After the "flowing fire" stabbed back the arm, it suddenly exploded, and it seemed that a small sun was lit up at the original place, and the high temperature was gushing out.
The attacker snorted and disappeared before Meng Qi counterattacked.
Meng Qi exhaled and inhaled vital energy through the pores all over his body, pretending to be a little injured.
At this time, due to the change in the terrain, the power of the illusion array weakened, and everyone came out and found themselves in a hall.
"Fellow Daoist Shen Bao, what's wrong with you?" The soul-seeking Yaksha was slightly surprised when he saw Meng Qi's mouth bleeding and his back was torn.
Meng Qi looked around at everyone and said slowly: "I was attacked."
He looked at the arms of several people carefully, but didn't find anyone injured.
Could it be the magic skill of the flesh becoming holy? But the feeling of being stabbed just now is not like that... Meng Qi was full of doubts. The one he suspected the most was of course the Poisonous Hand Demon Lord who was suspected of being possessed, but his black robe was intact and he didn't look like he was stabbed.
Soul-seeking Yaksha said: "Could it be that fellow Daoist Shen Bao suspected us?"
"I didn't find the sneak attacker." Meng Qi said frankly.
Soul-seeking Yaksha frowned: "Could it be the elusive Yin spirit?"
This may not be ruled out... Meng Qi looked around the hall while thinking, and saw that the murals finally changed here.
The crawling crowd became more and more gorgeous as they moved forward. They worshiped the god on the opposite wall, a god with a snake head and a human body. Just from the description, you can feel its antiquity, vicissitudes, coldness and dead silence. On both sides of this ancient god, the bottle god and the water god stood respectively.
"It's him!" Soul-seeking Yaksha blurted out, looking extremely surprised.
Meng Qi looked over and asked, "Which ancient god is it?"
"There are very few people who worship him. I didn't expect that Bo Mi actually believed in him secretly..." Soul-seeking Yaksha muttered a few words, "In our Western Regions, we call him 'Underworld Emperor', and you in the Central Plains seem to call him 'Huangquan'."
Huangquan, an ancient great power, one of the natural gods of the Nine Netherworlds! Meng Qi pursed his lips subconsciously.