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After some confusion, the right to speak returned to Lin Ziqing's hands, and he immediately began to recall——

In the majestic underground palace, apart from thousands of stone figures of unknown origin, nothing more was found.However, they found a door opening on the side of the stone platform, and they didn't know where it led.

Of course, at this moment they have no choice.

After leaving the underground palace, the cave returned to its original and rough state.The winding and rugged corridors, the intricate caves—it was obvious that they were walking in the belly of a certain mountain around Liuquan City.

Li Tianquan, who is more familiar with Liuquan City, reported the names of several possible mountain ranges.And Yanying pointed out that such a huge and stretching cave is called "spiritual vein" in Fengshui, and it is a treasure place for accumulating the essence of heaven and earth. Even if there is no sect established, there will definitely be mountain spirits and water monsters who come here to practice.

In fact, they soon discovered that there was indeed a sect that had taken the lead.

"Look, this is the mark of Fazong."

Li Tianquan pointed out some palm-sized sigils on the cave walls, showing an eye surrounded by a string of tiny runes.He explained that this is a unique spell of Fazong. Once it takes effect, this eye can identify people passing by it.If the visitor is not a member of the illegal sect, the alarm will be triggered.

Therefore, this cave seems to be empty, but it is actually full of eyeliners.And the reason why these three people came here by mistake is entirely because there is a genuine Fazong member among them - Li Tianquan.

"So the underground palace was indeed built by Fazong." Xuantong felt that he was the closest to the standard answer among the three, "Then what are they doing underground?"

Lin Ziqing replied: "We have found many more caves, some are empty, while others are filled with the same stone figures as in the main hall."

"It looks like a frozen underground army." Yanying added.

Although the emperors in the world also have the custom of burying human figurines, the situation in front of them seems to be more than just sacrifices.

Lin Ziqing continued, they walked through the cave for about a stick of incense, and saw more than a dozen caves full of stone figures.Thousands of stone figures are arranged in an order that is not so neat, which can not help but remind people of the legend of the ancient times, the ancient gods made people out of clay.

Then, at last, they heard some peculiar noises.

"That's definitely the sound of human activity."

Lin Ziqing said that the three of them made the same judgment unanimously because the voice was very complicated although it was a little distant.If you distinguish carefully, there are not only footsteps, noise, but also the sound of metal impacts.

Understand that even if there is danger there, it is probably the only way for them to escape.So the three of them walked in the direction of the sound with extra caution.

After walking a hundred or so steps in the depths of the twisted and twisted cave, a faint light began to light up ahead.Lin Ziqing immediately extinguished the phosphorous fire in her hands, and the three of them held their breath and walked towards the light in the dark.

The scene that appeared in front of them quickly left them dumbfounded.

The place where the light came from was the entrance of a cave less than half a person's height, but the outside of the cave was not the ground.

It was a huge cave hall dozens of times more spacious than a large stone cave full of stone figures, and even more imposing and magnificent than any fairy mountain palace in the world.In fact, in this huge cave hall, there are still "mountains" scattered high and low—they are dozens of towering and isolated rock pillars, and each rock pillar is topped with simple and simple buildings.From a distance, it is almost difficult to tell whether it was built or carved out of the rock mass.

"And I think those buildings look familiar." Lin Ziqing specially emphasized, "They are really similar to the Shuiyue Palace in Xixianyuan."

The eyes of the three people quickly looked at the top of the tallest rock pillar in unison.Although the distance was too far, and the angle was a bit tricky, they could probably see that there was a stone pavilion standing on the top of the rock pillar.There are extremely light veils hanging around the pavilion, and they are flying gracefully under the tumult of rising air cyclones at this moment, shining with a blurred brilliance like stars.

As for why there is wind in the cave, the answer needs to be explored downwards.

"There are people in the cave, lots and lots of 'people'!"

When this was mentioned, both Lin Ziqing and Yan Ying and Li Tianquan behind him all suddenly became serious.

Because what they saw was exactly the stone man they saw repeatedly in various caves along the way.

It's just that at this moment, these stone men are alive.Hundreds of them gathered together, moving slowly and orderly around those huge rock pillars.

Looking in the direction where the stone man was heading, Lin Ziqing found that there seemed to be another hole in the darkness in the distance, surrounded by layers of spells and magic circles, obviously it was not a good place to go.

The three of them lay down at the entrance of the cave and watched quietly for a while, then discussed in low voices, and decided not to investigate the suspicious entrance of the cave, but to see where the stone men came from.

The answer came quickly, and Yanying pointed out the blind spot that happened to be blocked by a rock pillar.Judging from the trajectory of the stone man's actions, there should be an entrance and exit on the cave wall at that place.

Li Tianquan noticed that besides a large number of stone figures, there were also a few figures in black robes on the ground.It's just that it's extremely difficult to detect because of the dim light inside the cave.

"These are Fazong people." He whispered, "Look at what they are holding in their hands?"

"That's an improved small soul-inducing banner." The person who answered him was Yan Ying. It is to guide those stone men on the route they set."

"But it's not right." Lian Zhu Xian interrupted: "Even if the stone man becomes a spirit, he will not obey the order of the soul-inducing banner that enslaves ghosts. Therefore, the real reason for making the stone man active is..."

"It's a possession." Ah Qing nodded, "Brother Ah Ting, don't worry, we'll be talking about it soon."

The three of them unanimously agreed that the immediate escape opportunity was to go against the direction of the group of stone men and explore where they came from.But this is by no means an easy task.

Fortunately, they still have Li Tianquan.

Seeing that everyone's eyes were focused on him, Li Tianquan showed a slightly smug expression: "You must have heard that the hierarchy within the Fazong is strict. Generally speaking, the lowest-level officials are not free, but The criminals in the fairy gate. Fazong took them out of the prison and controlled their minds with spells for dispatch. This also means that for the high-level of Fazong, this group of people is more important than slaves. Much tamer."

Coincidentally, Li Tianquan is just such a "high-ranking Fazong".

He immediately briefed his two companions on his plan, and then, regardless of Yanying's objections, he began to take risks.

It is not difficult for a cultivator like Li Tianquan to descend from the steep entrance of the cave to the ground of the cave hall.Although he found many more Fazong's eye symbols on the cave wall, none of them responded to him.

Under the nervous gaze of Yan Ying and Lin Ziqing, Li Tianquan quickly reached the ground safely.As expected, neither the stone men nor the Fazong disciples standing along the road holding soul-inducing banners showed no reaction to him.

Because he didn't know what these people were doing, Li Tianquan didn't give orders to change their actions without authorization.But he had an extra thought, he took off the robes and masks of several members of Fazong, took them back and put them on for Yanying and Ziqing.

Fazong's clothes were pitch black from the inside to the outside, and even if a robe was taken off, nothing could be seen for a while.So the two people who stayed at the entrance of the cave quickly got dressed and followed Li Tianquan down the cliff to the bottom of the cave hall.

As expected, they didn't attract anyone's attention.

Without further ado, the three of them immediately moved in the direction they had already decided.Sure enough, there was a hole there, surrounded by magic circles and spells.But after careful analysis, apart from a part of the talisman formations aimed at ghosts, there are actually many legendary "curses", which are specially used by evil demons and heretics to deal with and imprison righteous immortals.

Fortunately, these "bad curses" were not activated at the moment, and Li Tianquan and his party were able to pass through this cave by luck.

However, the outside of this cave is not a free world.

Here is another new cave with a slightly smaller scale, presenting a basin topography with high surrounding area and low central area.The ground had been leveled beforehand, and at this moment, nearly half of the space was filled with stone men.And in the center of these stone figures, there is a magic weapon that should not appear in this place.

"...Isn't that the Seven Treasure Soul Inducing Banner in Weiyang City?!"

Li Tianquan narrowed his eyes, as if he wanted to confirm that it was not a hallucination.It is really similar to the Qibao soul-inducing banner on the top of Weiyang Pagoda. It is the same size, the same precious material, and even the runes depicted on the umbrella are almost exactly the same.

But this can't be the soul-inviting banner of Weiyang City, at least when they left for Liuquan City, the soul-inviting banner was stored in the Weiyang Tower.What's more, the owner of Qibao Yinhun Banner is the former city lord Shang Wuyong, and Shang Wuyong should be repenting and practicing in Dongxianyuan's prison at this moment.

At this moment, the soul-inducing banner in front of him is also being controlled by someone.

"Ah?! Then... isn't it little uncle?"

Although she was a little uncertain, Yanying was sure that she could never be wrong.The person who manipulated the soul-inducing banner was clearly Gu Yanlan, who had just experienced the punishment of the heavenly demon and the fire in front of everyone not long ago, and his body was turned into ashes!

At this moment, Gu Yanlan had already put on Fazong's black robe, her black hair was draped, her complexion was pale, her lips were blue and purple. She still looked sickly, but she was even more charming.

I saw him sitting under the soul-inducing banner, with his eyes closed and his hands in mudra.Surrounding him are several spell masters of Fazong.They are obviously urging some kind of magic circle, and various light bodies are continuously escaping from the gorgeous soul-inducing banners, floating into the bodies of the surrounding stone figures.

Immediately afterwards, an incredible scene happened—those stone men who were motionless "came alive" and began to walk in the same direction in a daze.

"There are human souls inside the soul-leading banner!" Yanying has already seen the trick: "Fazong let the souls enter the body of these stone men, summon and control them to do things."

"But where do so many souls come from?" Lin Ziqing asked a more in-depth question.

At that time, it was impossible for them to know the answer.And the most important thing is by no means to get to the bottom of it.

After a brief discussion, the three began to act cautiously.Although all the conjurers including Gu Yanlan closed their eyes tightly, and the guardians were all low-level disciples of the Fazong, they still didn't want to alarm anyone.

There is an exit on the opposite side of the cave, which appears to be a narrow ascending passage.The three of them walked silently, almost clinging to the cave wall, keeping the furthest distance from Gu Yanlan and the others at all times.

Everything seemed to be going very smoothly—the soul-guiding pennant kept pouring out souls, and the stone people were still coming to life. No matter Gu Yanlan, the conjurer or the low-level guardian, they didn't open their eyes to notice whether there was something not belonging to the law around them. Zong's intruder.

In a blink of an eye, the three of them had already approached the entrance of the opposite cave.

But at this most critical juncture, a voice that was extremely familiar to Yan Ying rang behind him.

"The three over there, what are you doing here?"

The three of them turned their heads in horror and found that Gu Yanlan in the center of the circle had opened his eyes.It was different from before, it was a pair of blue eyes that glowed with purple light, and one could tell at a glance that its owner was no longer an ordinary human being.

And this pair of blue-purple eyes was looking suspiciously at the three suspicious-looking people at the moment.

Fortunately, the three of Yanying at the moment were all wearing black robes and masks. At first glance, they were just the most ordinary members of Fazong.

Yan Ying was about to react, but Li Tianquan was already two steps ahead, stood up, and said loudly: "I brought two men over to inspect, why, I need to report this to you?"

He intentionally emphasized the word "you" to show his disdain for Gu Yanlan.

The suspicion on Gu Yanlan's face suddenly turned into consternation: "Then who is Your Excellency?"

Li Tianquan snorted coldly, took off his mask, and threw it towards Gu Yanlan.

Gu Yanlan reached out to take it, her blue-purple eyes swept over the mask, but she didn't respond obviously.However, the sorcerers sitting around Gu Yanlan immediately bowed their heads in salute.

Realizing that Gu Yanlan had lost his memory before the execution, Li Tianquan continued to put on a condescending posture: "I really didn't expect that there are idiots in Fazong who can't even read masks."

Despite being reprimanded, Gu Yanlan's wariness still hasn't completely disappeared.He raised his head and looked at Li Tianquan, although he didn't say a word, he seemed to be full of doubts.

"To be honest, at that time I was really afraid that the little uncle would suddenly say that he actually remembered everything." Yanying suddenly interjected: "However, I also feel that if the little uncle really remembers us... ...Maybe they'll let us go too."

Whether the latter half of the sentence will happen or not has no way of proving.But the result of the matter was that Gu Yanlan did let them go.

After that, the three of them walked up the corridor, passed through several empty caves, and walked through a passage that was obviously dug by man. Only then did they see the real sunlight.

It wasn't until this moment that Li Tianquan realized that they had come to the ancestral court of the Fazong on the outskirts of Liuquan City after wandering around underground.

"After that, there is nothing to talk about." Li Tianquan briefly concluded, "We left Fazong and returned directly to East Immortal Origin, rested there for two days, and then came to Five Immortals Valley."

Feng Zhangjun asked: "Then you told the people in Dongxianyuan all the underground things?"

"Part of it, I told Master Yu." Yan Ying, a disciple of Dong Xianyuan, nodded of course, "Of course, some things are too outrageous, and no one will believe them, such as those about Yuhu."

"What did Master Yu say?"

"She didn't have a good impression of Miaoxuanzi and Fazong, and this time she is more determined that Fazong is brewing a huge conspiracy." Yanying replied, "Also, many sect representatives from the Xianmen Conference have been staying at the Dong Xianyuan, many people feel the same."

"I heard that many strange things have happened in the Central Plains during this period." Li Tianquan also added his own knowledge, "Many sects were attacked by monsters, and many important people of the sect were killed or injured. A fire broke out in Huajiantang in the south of the Yangtze River, and half of the city was burned..."

Lin Ziqing continued: "And we also heard that Fazong has set up soul-inducing banners in various places in the Central Plains to gather the souls of the dead from all directions. It seems that the souls that revived those stone men underground, That's how it came about."

"Why did they do this?" Lian Zhu Xian pondered, "If that underground palace is really the mausoleum of King Yuqingzhen..."

Hearing that he hesitated to speak, he was obviously very conflicted in his heart, so Feng Zhangjun took up the topic tacitly.

"I don't know if you have heard that the site of the emperor's mausoleum in the Central Plains is often the underground spiritual vein of the so-called dragon vein, and a golden well will be dug at the longan, and various treasures will be placed in the well. It is said that this well is the bridge between the world and the earth." The passage of qi, after a hundred years of the emperor, the soul will pass through this well and return to the heaven."

"That is to say, there may be a door leading to the upper realm hidden inside the underground spirit veins?"

Lian Zhuxian had understood what he meant, but he still didn't forget to tease him: "Why, didn't you keep arguing with me just now, saying that it couldn't be the tomb of King Yuqingzhen?"

"I'm just saying that those stone figures shouldn't be funeral objects."

Feng Zhangjun resisted the idea of ​​twisting Zhu Xian's lips, and said with a straight face: "Since ancient times, the passages between the world and the heavens have mostly existed in places with strong spiritual power - such as the ones on the snow mountain outside the gods of the Five Immortals Sect." Peach Blossom Barrier. If the remains of King Yuqingzhen are really buried in the underground spiritual veins of Liuquan City, the spiritual energy is strong enough to build a secret passage."

"So, Fazong is indeed suspicious."

Xuantong synthesized everyone's speeches and came to a conclusion: "On the surface, all channels that can communicate with the upper world are blocked. But secretly, Miaoxuanzi opened a spiritual vein near the ancestral court of Fazong. It seems that he wants to To open up a secret path to the upper realm. At the same time, he also created so many moving stone men, and he wants to do something..."

Just as he was speaking, he heard a report from someone outside, saying that the composition of the cauldron powder brought back from practicing Dharma protection the day before yesterday had already been obtained.

In front of everyone, Xuan Tong unfolded a thin page of paper, and frowned after scanning just two lines.

"I've never seen such a weird recipe. Although the Five Immortals have a tradition of collecting poisonous recipes, this recipe should be destroyed as soon as possible."

Xuan Tong is not a person who is used to alarmists, when he said this, everyone immediately became nervous.

Lian Zhu Xian also rushed over, and just lowered his eyes, he was immediately taken aback: "...how is this possible?!"

On that piece of paper, the first row said "Life-protecting Gu".

He still couldn't believe it: "...is this really the life-protecting Gu of our Five Immortals Sect?"

Other people present were as shocked as he was, but the black and white words cannot be mistaken after all.So Xuantong simply sent someone to invite several poison doctors who made up this formula, and asked each of them the reasons in person.

Those poison doctors also couldn't figure out why the life-protecting Gu appeared in the cauldron.But they are all very sure that no matter what kind of elixir is being refined in the cauldron, its most important ingredient is the life-protecting Gu of the Five Immortals Sect.This mysterious refining process even ensured the activity of the Gu, and added no less than [-] kinds of rare drugs that could be identified, and at least a dozen kinds of strange drugs that even the poison masters of the Five Immortals Sect could not identify. herbs.

What's even more incredible is that this carefully formulated poison will not kill anyone.

Life-protecting Gu can make the poisoned person enter a state of trance that is close to the entrance ceremony of the Five Immortals Sect, and then mutate from the inside out, losing humanity and even turning into a hideous monster on the outside.And other medicinal materials are either used to protect the heart vessels and stabilize the physical condition of the poisoned person; or used to numb the senses and relieve pain-after all, they only play an auxiliary role.

"It also says that once the poison is taken, the flesh and blood of the person taking the poison will also become a new poison. Although the toxicity will decay from generation to generation, how many generations will it be completely useless?" Harm, there is no practice in this area yet." Xuan Tong finished reading all the contents of the report.

"Ah." Feng Zhangjun suddenly asked Lian Zhu Xian, "Do you remember that we saw Ye Hao's body in the underground secret room of Xixianyuan?"

"I remember." Lian Zhuxian was very sure, "So, that corpse is indeed very similar to the remains of people who have not passed the entrance test of my teaching. Could it be that Wuyouzi secretly refined this elixir to make Out of a monster like Ye Hao? But this corpse mysteriously disappeared later. Wait...what do you mean?"

"Who took Ye Hao's body away?"

Feng Zhangjun hit the nail on the head: "Is it my master, Fazong, or someone else? What is the purpose of taking away the corpse? To hide Ye Hao's identity, recover the corpse to avoid poison exposure, or something else?"

Everyone fell into silence in unison.Only Xuantong sighed lightly.

"I do have a question here that may have been answered."

The author has something to say: the setting of the spiritual pulse and the portal leading to the upper world comes from the custom of "golden well and jade burial" in the emperor's tomb in reality.Legend has it that Jinjing can communicate the spirit of heaven and earth~