Chapter 479: God Returns to the Underworld
Chapter 479: God Returns to the Underworld
hum~
There was a bright light in the ancient temple.
Rays of light burst out from the eight-armed crocodile statue enshrined in the temple and hovered in front of Li Yuan.
[Reward: A Black Whale Fighting Hammer, Black Whale Divine Mark, Black Whale Pill Recipe]
hum~
Under Li Yuan's gaze, the three rays of light trembled like living things, and then turned into a long-handled heavy hammer and a page of pill recipe.
And the last ray fell into his palm and entered the Niwan Palace, the place where soldiers were raised, in an instant.
"Black Whale Divine Mark?"
Li Yuan's heart moved slightly, and he concentrated his senses. He could vaguely see a tiny black whale swimming in the military training ground.
The troop-raising land feeds on divine patterns. This combination of divine patterns is the best food, which can nourish the troop-raising land and make it grow stronger, and then feed back to the practice of the troop-raising sutra.
[Black Whale Hammer (Level 9)]
[…The essence of all kinds of gold and iron melted into juice, and the top-grade magic weapons that were "grown" in the tenth-level weapon training ground have become spiritual and have great potential, and are expected to be mysterious weapons…]
[Conditions for control: Daozi Xuanjing]
[Control Effect: Level 10 (Purple): Hammer Talent
Ninth level (red): Killing talent]
A mouthful and a half of Xuanbing.
"nice one!"
Li Yuan's eyes lit up slightly. The two blessings of this semi-mysterious weapon-level divine hammer were extremely useful to him. What was even more rare was that all the conditions were met.
and……
"Psychic?"
Li Yuan just thought about it, and the giant hammer trembled slightly, and then it sank into his body like water waves.
Does this work too?
Li Yuan was shocked. This was the realm where man and soldier became one. Normally, it would take a long period of training and nurturing to achieve it.
More importantly, what he is walking here with is not his physical body!
"you……"
Looking at Li Yuan playing with his reward as if no one was around, Zhou Ying's suspicion did not dissipate, but grew stronger.
For a moment, he felt the boy's divine realm, which was weak, tiny, and pitifully low in rank.
Could this be the divine realm of a peerless genius?
"Thank you for letting me go, senior."
After playing with it for a while, Li Yuan bowed and thanked him. After passing the level, he had a better understanding of the three levels on the Black Whale Road.
Just like the True Teaching Trial and the Daoist Trial, there are also two ways to break through the three levels on this road.
Either they are extremely talented, or they have unparalleled fighting power.
"My friend has enough talent. It has nothing to do with me."
Zhou Ying calmed down and his attitude changed significantly. He even bowed in return and smiled:
"To be honest, I was shortsighted. I didn't know you were so talented."
A real man can bend and stretch.
Li Yuan looked at him with some admiration. He immediately put away the reward and started to be polite with him.
This time, Zhou Ying's attitude changed drastically, and he seemed willing to tell Li Yuan everything he knew.
"This Black Whale Road has only three stops. These three stops are all 'mysterious places' found by the Black Whale Sect from the 'Nether Realm', and they were formed by the sacrifices of our own sect's masters in the Divine Realm."
Zhou Ying looked at the ancient temple.
"A strange place?"
Li Yuan looked at the eight-armed crocodile statue enshrined in the temple.
“That is the divine realm.”
Zhou Ying explained: "According to the Xuanjing Sect, these strange places are the divine realms left behind by the ancestors. When invaded by the ghost realm, there are often unpredictable strange and dangerous things, so they are called strange places."
"God Realm?"
Li Yuan looked at the stone tablet under the tree: "God returns to the underworld?"
"Yes, the gods return to the netherworld. In the classics of the Mysterious Whale Sect, the netherworld is called the 'underworld'. It is said that after a person dies, the divine realm formed by his mind will gradually be absorbed by the netherworld and eventually become a strange land."
At this point, Zhou Ying paused for a moment: "And if you want to keep your mind clear, you need..."
"Incense?"
Li Yuan seemed to be thinking.
"The Xuanjing Sect calls it 'Primordial Fire'."
Zhou Ying was quite frank and answered all the questions:
“The Xuanjing Gate used a large amount of Yuanhuo to gather three strange places. They are the places of trials and also the three landmarks of the Xuanjing Road, guiding those who come later to the Bafang Temple.
But as time passed, the Yuanhuo was consumed and it was on the verge of extinction..."
As he spoke, Zhou Ying sighed. He was able to survive by relying on this trial ground, but he would inevitably perish along with the demise of this trial ground.
"Mysterious realm, strange land, primordial fire, dao sign..."
Li Yuan listened quietly and took note of everything in his mind. After Zhou Ying's explanation, he had a preliminary impression of the Netherworld and the Black Whale Road.
"Thank you, senior, for clarifying my doubts."
Li Yuan bowed and thanked him.
"Now that you have passed this old man's test, you deserve these."
Zhou Ying did not take credit for it. He waved his hand and rays of light came out from the temple and transformed into scrolls of books in his hand:
"This is the classic book left here by the Xuanjing Sect. Although it does not contain any magical skills or secrets, it can broaden your horizons."
"Thank you, senior."
Li Yuan took it, put it away, thanked him, and prepared to leave, but before leaving, he naturally asked about the remaining two stops.
In response to this, Zhou Ying shook his head. It was more than a thousand years ago that he took this Black Whale Road.
"This ancient temple has been nurtured by the incense I brought with me, so it has not yet mutated. I don't know whether the other two places have mutated."
Zhou Ying thought about it and reminded:
"If there is no light in those two places, then you must be careful. There are often many strange beasts in strange places."
"A strange beast?"
Li Yuan was stunned.
"The Divine Realm was invaded by the Netherworld and turned into a strange land. In that Divine Realm, the spirits of the predecessors would naturally change. The spirits of beasts would often turn into strange beasts, and the spirits of soldiers would often turn into strange soldiers."
Zhou Ying explained.
This is what he saw in the classics of Xuanjing Sect. In fact, he had never seen it. One thousand five hundred years ago, the two trial sites of Xuanjing Sect were not "weird".
"Thank you, senior, for the tip."
Li Yuan kept it in mind and stood up to say goodbye.
"I wish you a smooth journey and a successful ascent to the Bafang Temple."
Zhou Ying wanted to say something, but in the end he just watched Li Yuan go away. His figure returned to the tree and his soul returned to the underworld.
Neither life nor death.
Woo~
The light and shadow disappeared, and Li Yuan was dazed for a moment. The surroundings had become dark again, and faint sounds came from the darkness.
"A mysterious place, a strange land."
Li Yuan took out the Sea-Splitting Black Whale Hammer, and the stone statue's gaze immediately turned over to guide him.
But apart from that, the surroundings were still pitch black, which made people feel creepy.
"The next two stops..."
Li Yuan thought about it and didn't leave in a hurry. Instead, he flipped through the many books that Zhou Ying left for him.
Thanks to his photographic memory, he quickly read most of it and pondered and digested it for a while.
The classics left by the Xuanjing Sect here are more like "Records of the Xuanjing Sect's Development of the Nether Realm" rather than classics. Most of the contents are about the Nether Realm, whether they are experiences, rumors, or imaginations.
The description of the strange place is very detailed.
"When a person dies, his spirit returns to the netherworld. If there is no incense, he will be lost in it. The netherworld will turn into a strange place, and the spirit will turn into a strange place..."
"The strange appearances vary according to the different divine realms. Some may be beasts, some may be soldiers, some may be humans, or..."
"The strange appearance is invaded by the netherworld, and the strangeness is even more than when he was alive. If we defeat it, we may be able to obtain traces left by our predecessors..." "The netherworld contains many bizarre places. It is said that with some secret method, one can cross thousands of mountains and rivers in an instant and shuttle between the stars..."
……
After a while, Li Yuan put away the books. He shook his wrist, and the quasi-Xuanbing-level Xuanjing Fighting Hammer was in his hand.
This hammer weapon was in tune with his mind, and its size could change unpredictably. He only weighed it once and knew that it was a top-grade hammer weapon.
"It's not in vain."
Li Yuan was in a good mood, but what he wanted more was a weapon with the blessing effect of the 'Fifth Level of Military Training Sutra'.
"We have to go and see."
Li Yuan sighed in his heart. Since he couldn't pass the true trial, he could only seek help from this final trial.
Before leaving, he left a lot of incense in the incense burner to prevent the ancient temple from being destroyed by ghosts.
Of course, they are all low-level incense. The Yuanhuo must be at least seventh-level incense. He is reluctant to waste it here.
After a brief tidying up, Li Yuan followed the guidance of the stone statue, passed through the ancient temple, and continued to walk alone in the darkness.
"According to the records of the Black Whale Sect, they have completely cleared this Black Whale Road..."
Li Yuan changed his mind and became very cautious. It was dark all around and strange noises were heard from time to time, so no one could relax.
After a long time, Li Yuan paused and looked down. About three feet away stood a broken stone tablet with the words on it already blurred.
"Oops..."
Li Yuan secretly cried out inwardly that it was not good. He had come so close, but he had not yet seen the outline of the second stop of the Black Whale Road.
This means that what Zhou Ying said was right. This place is really weird.
hum~
When he changed his mind, Li Yuan stepped back, took out wisps of incense and threw them forward with all his might.
Woo~
It was like a torch streaking across the night sky. In the flash of light, Li Yuan's scalp exploded and he ran away without thinking.
In the darkness, there stood a dilapidated ancient tower. Under the tower, there were patches of black shadows and a giant snake coiled above the tower.
And on the top of the tower, there was a blurry ghost figure standing there. Just with just one glance, Li Yuan felt his heart trembling.
The ghost figure was holding a Fang Tian Hua Ji, and looked very much like the one he had met in the true teaching trial, the 141st generation Lord of the Black Whale, Ying Xuanpeng.
"Gan!"
Hearing the creepy noise coming from behind him, Li Yuan felt frightened.
These strange things must be at least things left behind by grandmaster-level giants. How could he dare to touch them?
While he was not discovered, he ran all the way back to the ancient temple where Zhou Ying was, and calmed down a little.
He picked up the hammer and returned to the direction where the statue was looking, ending his first final trial journey.
……
"What the hell, such a large group?"
In the main hall of Xuanjing Gate, thinking back to what he had just seen, Li Yuan still felt a lingering fear. If the strange appearance in that strange land was really Ying Xuanpeng's, then it would be a big problem.
According to the few words he had seen before, this former leader of the Black Whale Sect must at least be at the level of a supreme grandmaster.
"Wan Zhuliu might not be able to kill them, right?"
Li Yuan sighed and began to count his gains.
The quasi-Xuanbing-level Xuan Whale Fighting Hammer, the Xuan Whale Divine Pattern, the recipe for the Xuan Whale Pill, and a bunch of classics left behind by the Xuan Whale Sect.
The most valuable one among them is the recipe for the Black Whale Pill.
The Black Whale Pill is the king of elixirs unique to the Black Whale Sect. Its medicinal power is even better than that of the Dragon and Tiger Pill. Although it does not have the effect of healing wounds, it has the ability to nourish the spiritual state and the divine realm.
The second is the Black Whale Divine Pattern.
This divine pattern can nourish the land for raising troops, and with this divine pattern, he can collect natural treasures and grow the Black Whale Fighting Hammer in his own land for raising troops.
"It's a pity that I don't have a weapon that can be controlled and blessed to the fifth level of the 'Military Training Sutra'..."
Li Yuan sighed inwardly. He looked at the stone statue, which had already retracted its light and fell into silence.
He looked at the Black Whale Hammer Spirit. The little guy was trembling slightly, but he knew nothing about anything.
"Then there seem to be a lot of ghost soldiers under the ancient tower at the second stop? I wonder if there are any such objects?"
Li Yuan muttered to himself.
But at this time, he had consumed a lot of energy and had no intention of trying to break into the Black Whale Road again.
He sat on the ground and flipped through the classics of the Xuanjing Sect for a while before he left.
……
……
Perhaps because he had expended a lot of energy last night, Li Yuan slept until dawn and felt a little tired after waking up.
"Walking in this dark realm seems to require extremely high mental strength?"
Li Yuan relaxed his muscles and bones, took a magic pill, and stood up to stand.
The effectiveness of the elixir is far inferior to that of the Dragon-Tiger Pill, but he kept those two pills for blood transfusion, so naturally he was unwilling to use them at this time.
"call!"
After doing a few sets of standing meditation, Li Yuan regained his spirit. At this time, there was a knock on the door.
A middle-aged man wearing a mask put down the food box and whispered:
"Elder Wang wants to see you."
After saying that, he left without stopping at all.
Li Yuan opened the lunch box. The food at Zhaixing Tower was pretty good, with three dishes and a soup early in the morning.
After finishing his meal, Li Yuan went out.
Last night in the courtyard, Wang Wenyuan was standing in a posture.
Li Yuan didn't disturb them and just stood aside and watched.
Wang Wenyuan's movements were slow, but there was a lot of rhythm between his moves. They seemed soothing, but were actually intense. After finishing a set, sweat was already pouring from his body.
However, Li Yuan could keenly sense a hint of blood, and Master Wang was seriously injured.
"Could it be that he was also injured by Wan Zhuliu?"
Li Yuan was muttering to himself.
Wang Wenyuan has slowly withdrawn his strength:
"It's been a long time, let's go."
"The juniors just arrived too."
Li Yuan followed slowly.
The Star-Picking Tower was deserted, with almost no one around under the giant pagoda. Wang Wenyuan led Li Yuan to the front of the pagoda with ease.
"The Eight Directions Tower is the real headquarters of our Zhaixing Tower. Many people practice in the tower all year round."
Wang Wenyuan took out a token and handed it to Li Yuan, who took it with both hands, thanked him, and walked towards the giant tower.
hum~
Amidst a faint trembling sound, Li Yuan entered the Eight Directions Tower, which was exactly the same as his entry into the Black Whale Secret Realm, with only slight differences.
Woo~
The light and shadow changed in an instant, and Li Yuan opened his eyes.
Different from the Dragon and Tiger Tower, what we see before us is really the same layout as an ordinary wooden tower.
The wooden floor is empty and there is a staircase in the corner leading to higher floors. The biggest difference from ordinary wooden towers is that this one is bigger.
However, this is just an appearance, and the Eight-sided Pagoda is not made of wood at all.
"… and dry food."
Glancing at the dry food on the table in the corner, Li Yuan was speechless, and just as he was looking around, a glimpse of light emerged in the tower.
Li Yuan collected his thoughts, picked up the hammer on the weapon rack, walked towards the light, and began to climb the tower.
(End of this chapter)