Chapter 634: Emperor Taizu's Three Doors
Chapter 634: Emperor Taizu's Triple Door
Coastal Road, Da Luo Island.
Guhuo Zhenren rowed a small boat and quietly landed at a remote wild pier.
Then he impatiently disguised himself and quickly headed towards Yutou Mountain. Along the way, he was feeling uneasy, always having a bad premonition.
"I wonder if that Zhao guy has left..." muttered Guhuo Zhenren, feeling unhappy.
After he was resurrected, he hurried all the way, but unfortunately the road was long and he was a beat late when he arrived.
On the way, he heard the news that the gangsters from Binhaidao blocked the imperial ships, and then Zuo Tang was defeated and escaped.
At that time, Guhuo Zhenren's nerves were tense, and he had a bad premonition.
Originally, for safety reasons, the old Taoist priest planned to hide away and avoid the spotlight. After all, if he died again this time, he might never be able to be resurrected.
But after learning that Zhao Duan was leading a fleet towards Daluo Island, he could no longer sit still.
The tragedy of Baihua Village came to mind, and the old Taoist gritted his teeth and took a huge risk to sneak into Daluo Island.
However, he did not risk going directly to his own treasure house, but first found a snack stand in the market to inquire for information.
"You mean the big event on the island? Oh, sir, you don't know yet? Something big has happened..."
The snack stand owner, with spit flying, explained to the old Taoist priest about the great battle between gods and immortals in Dongxuan Lake yesterday.
But he didn't notice that the old Taoist's face was becoming increasingly ugly.
Prince Jing died... Prince Chen surrendered... Wu Xiankui had one arm cut off... Guhuo Zhenren almost wanted to run away, but after learning that the Empress and Zhao Duan had left yesterday, he sat down again.
Well... since the old enemy has left, it means it is still safe...
After dinner.
Guhuo Zhenren hurriedly climbed up Yutou Mountain and stealthily arrived at the top of a mountain that looked like a tomb.
Then he silently made a gesture, and thick fog appeared in the mountains and forests, and then a secret passage leading to the interior of the mountain was revealed.
"Hey hey... babies, I'm here..."
Guhuo Zhenren rubbed his hands and walked in with an obscene smile.
After a while.
A shrill, heart-wrenching wail came from Yutou Mountain:
"Who touched the Taoist's treasure house again?!!!!"
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Western Regions.
The ancestral home of Buddhism is located on a sunny mountain and originated from a magnificent temple building.
This building is named "Jinshan Fa Temple".
The Dharma Kings of all generations practiced in the temple, and the masters of various branches, who were actually above the royal power of the Western Regions, obeyed the orders of the Dharma Kings.
At this moment, behind the Jinshan Temple is a bare mountain with no grass or trees, only bathed in sunlight.
Master Bianji, holding up his monk's robe, walked step by step along the rugged mountain path to the top of the mountain, and looked at Monk Xuanyin who was sitting cross-legged there.
"Abbot, you have been meditating here for a day and a night." Bian Ji said seriously.
The slightly hunched Master Xuanyin clasped his hands together with his eyes tightly closed. Upon hearing this, he slowly raised his eyes and sighed:
"Prince Jing is dead, Wu Xiankui was defeated, and the empress has returned to the capital."
Bian Ji was shocked, his expression changed:
"Could it be that when the abbot climbed the mountain and looked east yesterday, he sensed the turmoil in the heaven and earth?"
Xuan Hua's white eyebrows trembled in the wind: "Yes."
Bian Ji looked solemn: "Why would the empress leave the capital? Could it be that Zhang Yanyi covered it up for her?"
Xuan Yin said in an unfathomable way: "Is it important? It's not important."
Bian Ji said in confusion:
"Abbot, I don't understand. You have been planning this for so many years, and you finally got the opportunity when the Yu Kingdom was in chaos. My Buddhist sect got the chance to re-enter the Yu Kingdom and avenge the shame of Tianshou's destruction of Buddhism six hundred years ago. Now that the Yu Kingdom has stabilized first, I am afraid it will go all out to deal with us. Aren't you anxious?"
Xuan Yin suddenly turned his head and looked down at Bian Ji meaningfully, with a slight smile on his face:
"Why do you think that I have been planning for many years just to find an opportunity to invade the State of Yu? Why do you think that this is my only purpose?"
Bian Ji was startled, with confusion in his eyes:
"Abbot, if this is not what you are doing, then why have you been so busy for so many years..."
Xuan Yin did not explain, but said calmly:
"The Yu Kingdom is not my enemy, nor is the Buddhist sect in the Western Regions. Zhao Duan is even less worthy. Among those in this world who I can take seriously, only Zhang Yan counts as one of them."
These words were extremely outrageous, as if he was not a "stray dog" who escaped from the State of Yu at all, but that the world had been moving according to his expectations from the beginning to the end.
"Back off."
Xuan Yin waved his hand: "Also, remember to send a message to the front line, saying that the Liao people are about to be born, so as to stabilize the morale of the front line."
The Liao people who have been in seclusion for many years are also going to show up in the world?
Bian Ji was shocked, but he could no longer understand the old monk in front of him.
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Capital city, Imperial Ancestral Temple!
"His Majesty!"
When Zhao Duan followed the empress to the outside of the Imperial Ancestral Temple, the imperial guards stationed and patrolling nearby immediately saluted.
The Taimiao was an important place for the royal family, and there were special soldiers responsible for its defense.
"Zhao Qing and I will go to the Taimiao to worship our ancestors. No outsiders are allowed to disturb us." Xu Zhenguan ordered calmly.
"As you command!" The officer clasped his fists in response, and then watched the emperor and his ministers enter the gate of the Imperial Ancestral Temple with envy in his eyes.
"Boss, outsiders are not allowed to enter the Imperial Ancestral Temple. Why is Your Majesty doing this today..." a soldier asked in a low voice.
The officer gave him a big slap on the backhand:
"Shut up! How dare you criticize your majesty?"
After a pause, and after making sure that the empress had gone far away, he sighed in a low voice:
"What do you know? This is to meet the parents."
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The Taimiao is huge!
But the main hall where many spirit tablets were placed was deep inside. The king and his minister left all the servants behind and pushed open the door of the main hall.
"Squeak-"
The heavy door opened, the sunlight shone through the threshold, and Zhao Duan finally saw the layout of the hall clearly.
The overall atmosphere is solemn and majestic. On the high altar, emperors of various dynasties are arranged in a certain order of height.
The sword case containing the Taia sword is placed in the C position of the altar, with incense burners on both sides.
Next to the pillars on both sides of the temple, there are candlesticks standing on the ground. The room is a little dim, but fortunately it is morning and there is no need to light candles.
"Xu's descendants are descendants of Zhenguan, please refer to the ancestors of all generations."
Xu Zhenguan looked solemn and bowed respectfully.
Zhao Duan followed suit: "Xu's Emperor's Consort, see the history... uh."
He was stuck, not knowing whether to call him ancestor.
On the one hand, they haven't officially gotten married yet, and on the other hand, he is a little embarrassed to call her that... Mr. Zhao doesn't have the habit of randomly recognizing his ancestors.
"..." Xu Zhenguan glared at him speechlessly, then stood up, grabbed a few sticks of incense and handed them to him, motioning him to light them:
"It's good to have a thoughtful thought."
"Oh..." After the king and his ministers finished offering incense, Zhao Duan couldn't help but ask, "Where is the secret room?"
Xu Zhenguan flipped her hand and took out the "Taizu Notes" she had copied by hand, turned to the corresponding page, carefully compared the buildings, and said:
"According to the notes, the entrance is right under the altar, but it is sealed with magic. If you don't know the correct way to open it, even a celestial cultivator won't be able to sense it."
As she spoke, she put away her notes, clasped her hands together, and muttered something.
"Woo!"
A sudden breeze blew in the room, and the curtains hanging from the huge pillars of the entire hall began to shake.
Zhao Duan felt a chill on his back, and was then surprised to see clouds of white mist rising out of nowhere in the hall.
For a moment, the two of them seemed to be in the heavenly palace, and under the huge altar, a downward staircase appeared out of thin air on the base that was originally empty.
"Let's go." The empress said softly, her eyes shining. This was the first time she saw another space hidden in the palace.
"Your Majesty, please..."
Zhao Duan timidly followed behind, following the empress's buttocks down.
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Oddly enough, as the two of them gradually sank to the bottom, the wall lamps hanging on the walls on both sides of the stairs lit up one by one.
"The wall lamp contains the fat of a giant whale from the East China Sea. It has also been used as an eternal lamp in the tombs of emperors of all dynasties. I didn't expect there would be so much of it here." Xu Zhenguan's beautiful face showed surprise.
It sounds very expensive... Zhao Duan's Adam's apple rolled, and he continued to move forward with the empress, and found that the stairs were extremely long and deep.
As the entrance behind him gradually moved away and turned into a glowing "block", Zhao Duan felt that the surroundings had become completely quiet. He and the empress seemed to have entered a very deep underground and lost contact with the outside world.
"How deep is this? The secret room under the Yuanzu Temple is only a few feet below, this one must be almost a hundred feet deep, right?" Zhao Duan exclaimed in amazement.
The Empress said softly:
"It's hard to say. I doubt that this space may not even exist in reality. My spiritual consciousness is completely blocked and cannot be extended."
The spiritual consciousness of the celestial realm cannot spread out?
What exactly did Old Xu hide under the palace?
Zhao Duan's curiosity was aroused, and at this moment, the two finally reached the end of the stairs.
The front suddenly opened up and turned out to be a space like an underground palace, or perhaps a structure similar to a mausoleum.
Huge stone pillars support an area, and the wall lamps illuminate every detail of the place.
I saw three huge doors inlaid on the stone wall in front of me, displayed side by side.
The door in the middle was golden, and it seemed to be made of gold. There was a strange disc-like thing on the door, which reminded Zhao Duan of the combination lock of a safe. On the left and right of the disc, there were two keyholes...
On the left and right of the golden gate stand a green gate and a blue gate respectively, and it is unknown what "paint" they are painted with.
These two doors do not have "key holes" and are smooth, as if they were embedded in the wall.
The three heavy doors were all closed, as if they had not been opened for many years.
"The dust is accumulated evenly. It seems that no one has been here for a long time."
Zhao Duan stared at the ground and found only two footprints and no other traces.
The empress walked to the three big doors, stretched out her slender jade hands, and gently touched the golden doors with her fingertips. Her spiritual consciousness radiated out, but was bounced back.
"You are right. Perhaps this place has not been opened for six hundred years." The empress said solemnly.
Emperors of all dynasties knew some secrets, but it seemed that even emperors of all dynasties had never known about this secret passage.
"So, Old Xu... uh, Emperor Taizu went to so much trouble to leave three doors under the Imperial Ancestral Temple? What's behind the doors? Is it a treasure house?"
Zhao Duan was curious.
He had come here to solve the mystery of his time travel, but things turned out to be beyond his expectations.
The empress shook her head and said in a deep voice:
"I don't know, but I have a feeling that there is extremely powerful magic behind these three doors."
Zhao Duan asked curiously: "How powerful is it?"
The empress thought for a moment, her face flickering in the light:
"Maybe... God-level."
God level...
Zhao Duan's heart sank inexplicably, he knew that celestial beings were still a long way from becoming gods. If converted, the god level might be equivalent to the "human immortal" realm.
"Don't tell me, there are three gods hiding behind these three doors."
Zhao Duan took a breath and started telling a hell joke.
The empress ignored him and frowned in thought. Her premonition as a celestial being reminded her not to rashly force open the three doors. But if she didn't open them, how could she know the secrets inside?
Just when the king and his minister were at a loss, Zhao Duan suddenly cried out in pain and covered his eyes.
Then, illusory red threads extended out from his body, weaving a blurry figure in the air!
A bright red wedding dress, embroidered shoes, a golden scale... a dark golden ancient mask...
At this moment, Pei Niannu appeared suddenly and uncontrollably without Zhao Duan's active summons!
"Senior Pei?!" Zhao Duan was shocked and confused.
"Pei Niannu!" The empress's eyes turned cold, and her aura surged almost instinctively, as if this ghost hidden in the Martial God Picture would be killed by her without mercy if it made any abnormal move.
However, as soon as Pei Niannu appeared in the illusory state, she changed her usual cold attitude and just stared at the three doors in front of her. She suddenly dropped the scale and hugged her head in pain:
"So familiar... so familiar... He brought me here before... When? A long time ago... A long time ago... He said... I forgot, I can't remember clearly..."
The king and his minister looked at each other and saw each other's astonishment.
"Pei Niannu, what did you say? Who brought you here?"
The empress's eyes were fierce, and she had no respect for this number one female sorceress in the world six hundred years ago.
Pei Niannu slowly put down her hands, her eyes gradually cleared up, as if she remembered some of her lost memories. She glanced at the empress and frowned:
"Descendants of Xu Manzi?"
Come to think of it, it seems that this is the first time that the two girls have met officially?
Xu Manzi... This was one of the many nicknames of Emperor Taizu back then. The word "manzi" was used to describe Old Xu as being vulgar.
Xu Zhenguan raised his eyebrows, thinking that Pei Niannu was also a friend of his ancestor, and suppressed his displeasure, saying:
"You've been here? What do you know?"
Pei Niannu was suspended in the air, and the scale beside her slowly rose again and fell into her hands. The sorceress glanced at the empress coldly with disdain, and suddenly looked at Zhao Duan:
"Is this the empress you licked? Oh, you don't know much about etiquette, and you, as her husband, have the right to speak to her?"
Zhao Duan’s scalp was tingling!
Faced with the confrontation between his "master" and "wife", even with his wisdom, he was a little at a loss, and could only subconsciously refute:
"Senior Pei, Your Majesty and I are in love, how can you say that?"
Then, he looked at the empress again, put on airs, and "scolded":
"Madam, Senior Pei was also a friend of our ancestor. We should treat him with courtesy."
As he spoke, he winked at the empress wildly:
This Pei Niannu is an old-fashioned person, extremely feudal. You better cooperate with me!
"..." The empress was both angry and amused, but she pinched her nose and remained silent, motioning for her "husband" to speak.
Zhao Duan was very satisfied. He turned to Pei Niannu and said with a smile:
"Senior, I wonder why you suddenly came here just now?"
Pei Niannu didn't seem to have any intention of hiding anything, and shook her head when she heard this:
"I don't know how I came out, but I remembered something."
She pointed the scale bar at the three doors ahead and said calmly:
"I remember that Xu Manzi brought me here and told me where these three doors lead to."
After a pause, she pointed to the green gate on the left and said shockingly:
"This door leads to the southwest, the territory of the Great Laba God."
She pointed to the blue door on the right:
"This door leads to the Thousand Islands of the East China Sea, the territory of the Sea God."
Finally, she pointed to the golden gate in the center and said calmly:
"As for this door, it leads to the depths of the Mubei Forest."
(End of this chapter)