Chapter 477: Access to the Netherworld
Chapter 477: Access to the Netherworld
Oops!
The moment the passage cracked, Li Yuan secretly thought that something was wrong and retreated quickly to avoid the surging clouds.
He looked up and saw that the stone tablet under the archway was also covered with cracks, with dim words flashing on it:
[True, true trial...closed]
No, this is bald?
Li Yuan frowned inwardly. He was now very familiar with the true teaching trial, but he had only done it a few times.
Is this all that’s left of the Xuanjing Sect’s heritage?
In a flash, Li Yuan realized something was wrong. After the mist dissipated, he saw a pair of dark eyes.
"It's the stone statue left by Cang Longzi in the main hall!"
Li Yuan's heart tightened slightly as he heard the sound of muffled footsteps. Soon, he saw the tall stone statue with a wisp of eleven-level incense on its forehead.
The stone statue looked dim and spoke in a low voice:
"Xuanjing Daozi, Li Yuan?"
"..."
Well, the loophole has been discovered.
Li Yuan reacted and realized that this trial passage might be blocked by this stone statue.
"it's me."
Li Yuan bowed his hands. He was also looking at the stone statue, feeling somewhat strange.
He was certain that this stone statue had no intelligence.
After all, he has fought this true trial dozens or even hundreds of times. If he had intelligence, he would have discovered it long ago.
Or is it some kind of mechanism?
As Li Yuan was pondering, the stone statue spoke in a low voice:
"The Daozi holding the hammer spirit can enter... the Eight Directions Temple Trial."
"..."
Li Yuan said nothing, and the stone statue just stared at him, repeating the same sentence over and over again.
With a woosh, a stone tablet rose from the ground. The Black Whale Spirit couldn't hold back:
[Go in, go in…]
Is it your turn to urge me?
Li Yuan stretched out his hand, and the hammer spirit trembled slightly, turning into a hand hammer and falling into his hand.
"Eight Directions Temple Trial..."
Li Yuan pondered in his heart.
According to his original idea, he would slowly clear the True Transmission Trial, and when he was almost done, he would clear the Daoist Trial. After entering the Dao, he would try the final trial.
After all, if even Emperor Qian, the grandmaster, couldn't pass the test, it would probably be useless for him to go now.
But now, the stone statue has found a loophole, and Daozi Trial is probably impossible to clear...
"I'm still missing a weapon with the palm-controlling effect of 'Fifth Level of the Military Training Sutra'. This is a bit troublesome."
After thinking about it, Li Yuan tried to ask the stone statue about the final trial and various information about the Bafang Temple.
But as before, the statue only repeated the same words.
The Hammer of the Black Whale did give some intermittent answers, but the hammer spirit didn't know much. It only knew that this trial was not dangerous.
"Well, let's go take a look?"
Li Yuan walked towards the hall holding a hammer, and the stone statue followed him with heavy footsteps.
Woohoo~
In the main hall, the stone statue returned to its place, and behind it, the gloomy light gate reappeared, mysterious and profound.
With a plan in mind, Li Yuan did not hesitate and walked into the light gate carrying the Black Whale Hammer Spirit.
When he was about to enter the door, he looked back and saw that the stone statue had also turned around, its eyes shining brightly, like two lanterns, lighting the way forward for him.
hum~
After a moment of flickering light, Li Yuan calmed down. Behind the light gate was a dark and gloomy place.
He concentrated extremely hard, and all around him was pitch black. No matter how hard he looked, he couldn't see anything.
Only the gaze of the stone statue behind him was cast forward, and under the dim light, he could vaguely see a black soil road under his feet.
"Why does this place look a bit like a ghost place?"
Li Yuan was keenly aware of something strange. The aura emanating from this place was exactly the same as the aura he had sensed in the 'Long Corridor' before.
and……
He looked back and saw the stone statue's eyes flickering, illuminating the way ahead for him.
Li Yuan clenched the hammer spirit in his hand, his mind was subtle.
"This gaze comes from the eleventh-level incense on its forehead, right? This place..."
This trial requires holding a hammer spirit, and the complete control of the Sea-Splitting Black Whale Hammer will include the blessing of traveling through the secluded world.
hum~
Li Yuan changed his mind and took out a wisp of incense from the space in charge of troops and threw it into the darkness beside him.
The flash of incense did bring a moment of brightness.
“Even if it’s not the Netherworld, it’s probably close.”
Li Yuan was very careful and just walked around near the gate. In the darkness, there was the sound of wind whistling from time to time, but he couldn't see it, which made people feel creepy.
"What exactly is this mysterious realm?"
Li Yuan said to himself that he had heard of the Netherworld from many places, but he still couldn't figure out what it was.
God is everywhere...
After walking around for a while, Li Yuan walked forward carefully. The visibility here was very low, and the stone statue's gaze could only illuminate a few steps under his feet.
After walking for a while, the expected danger did not appear, and Li Yuan felt relieved.
"what?"
Li Yuan suddenly stopped and following the gaze of the stone statue behind him, he saw a vague shadow not far away.
"Is this the trial ground?"
Li Yuan looked at the hammer in his hand. The Black Whale Hammer Spirit trembled slightly but did not answer. It was obvious that it knew nothing about this final trial.
Holding the hammer, Li Yuan walked forward cautiously. After a few steps, he saw the outline of the shadow.
It was an ancient temple that looked abandoned and dilapidated. The reason why he could see the shadow was because there was a faint light flickering in the ancient temple.
In the midst of the gloom, a dilapidated ancient temple suddenly appeared. Li Yuan was alert, but the road pointed by the stone statue led to this place, so he could only bite the bullet and move forward.
The ancient temple has no door, its walls are mottled, and there is only a decaying old tree in the courtyard. Inside the temple, there seems to be a statue of a god, but its appearance is unclear. The light in the temple comes from the incense burner in front of the statue.
"This place..."
Li Yuan did not enter the temple, but walked around it. He lightly touched the temple wall and felt a sense of familiarity.
It wasn't that he had seen this ancient temple before, but in his perception, this ancient temple was very similar to...
"Divine Realm?"
Li Yuan's heart trembled slightly. How could there be a divine realm in this place?
[Enter, enter]
The spirit of the black whale suddenly trembled and urged.
"What is this place?"
Of course Li Yuan is not in a hurry.
[The traces left by the Black Whale Sect... lead to the Eight Directions Temple]
This hammer was hesitant, and I don’t know whether he wanted to hide something or just knew this much.
Li Yuan asked many times before he finally came up with a general idea.
This ancient temple is indeed a divine realm. It should have been left behind by the masters of the Xuanjing Sect in the past. Originally, it was probably a group of temples, but now, only a small half is left.
"If a few years pass, this temple will probably be gone too?"
Li Yuan walked into the yard. There was a stone tablet under an old tree. It was not clear from outside the yard, and it was also blurry when he came in. He took out a wisp of incense and it was finally illuminated.
The stone tablet has words on it, which are the divine words of the Sea-Splitting Divine.
[Exhausting the sect's heritage... Is this the Netherworld? ]
[God returns to the Netherworld... Only the God Realm can live forever in the Netherworld, and only the Spirit Realm can walk in the Netherworld...]
[Then, in this secluded place, are there any secluded places left by countless predecessors? ]
[According to legend, the outer gods live in the dark realm...]
……
The words on the stone tablet were messy and blurred, as if the stone tablet had been weathered after countless years. Li Yuan could only barely recognize part of it.
He urged the Black Whale Hammer Spirit to decipher it, and only then did he half guess and half summarize a part of it.
"God returns to the underworld. Is this god both a god in the divine realm and an outer god?"
Li Yuan pondered in his heart, wrote down the information one by one, and looked around the ancient temple.
There was nothing else in the ancient temple. There were three broken walls and a temple in the front. Inside the temple, there was an equally blurry statue of a god.
Li Yuan took out a wisp of incense and barely recognized that it was an unknown statue with eight arms and many animal features.
"Was this ancient temple divine realm left behind by the people of the Black Whale Sect, or was it left behind even longer ago?"
Li Yuan was guessing in his heart, but his eyes fell on the incense burner.
The temple was filled with a strange aura, or perhaps it was simply an obstruction from the dark realm. Li Yuan walked all the way into the temple before he saw the light of weapons.
[Eight-armed Crocodile Temple Front Furnace (Level 6)]
[…The mind is focused, and the object of visualization is invaded by the aura of the netherworld due to lack of incense, and falls to the point of being destroyed.]
[Control conditions: eight arms]
[Control Effect: Level 7 (Pale Gold): Favored by the Eight-Armed Crocodile God]
[Note: This furnace cannot be moved, otherwise the temple will collapse]
[Note: Offering incense can trace the energy of the remaining temples]
"Eight-armed Crocodile God."
Li Yuan took a look at the statue on the stone platform and figured out what was going on.
No matter who left this temple, it is obvious that the Xuanjing Sect is now using it as a trial landmark.
"Offer incense."
Li Yuan looked outside the temple, it was too far away, and although the statue's gaze was still shining on his feet, he could no longer see the stone statue when he looked back.
Well, pay for it yourself...
Master Li Dao was wealthy and took out a handful of incense sticks, ranging from the lowest level to the fourth level. He tried them one by one and found that the requirements of this incense burner were extremely high. The fourth level incense sticks only made the incense burner a little brighter.
"Try filling in more?"
Li Yuan certainly didn't want to waste the fifth-level and above incense, but as for the lower-level ones, he didn't feel bad about using them.
About sixty or seventy sticks of incense were put in. Li Yuan took a step back, and the light in the incense burner suddenly became brighter.
With a buzzing sound, he was submerged.
……
Woo~
Light and shadow interweave and flow before my eyes.
Li Yuan concentrated his mind and saw the ancient temple bursting with dazzling light. The dilapidated and mottled walls were renewed at a speed visible to the naked eye.
The ancient trees in the courtyard refused to give in to their original decayed appearance. They were lush and green, glowing with emerald light, like sacred trees.
hum~
Li Yuan was distracted for a moment, and there was no trace of the ancient temple in front of him.
He looked around. Outside the ancient temple, there were clusters of buildings. Each ancient temple was shining with light, illuminating this dark place.
He concentrated his mind and could even see the mountains and even the shadows of birds and animals outside the ancient temple.
“Is this what this ancient temple looked like a long time ago?”
Li Yuan stretched out his hand and touched the surroundings. The light and shadow were just light and shadow, not a real existence. Just as the Weapon-holding Talisman saw, this was the remaining energy in the temple.
hum~
Under Li Yuan's gaze, the ancient temple gradually fell into disrepair, and one temple after another was swallowed by darkness.
In the end, there were only three or five rooms left, and the light was dim.
Li Yuan frowned and watched, his sight fell on an old tree in the courtyard of the ancient temple, where a very tall old man was sitting cross-legged.
(End of this chapter)