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Opposite Han Changlin and others, close to the inside of the main hall, are four stone gates, three of which are engraved with three ancient seal characters: [Dan], [Qi], and [Jue].
Seeing these three words, Ruan Biqin and others were all surprised. Needless to say, what was preserved behind these three stone gates should be the remains of the Dragon Sect.
But on the stone door on the far left, there is a word "Sutra" engraved on it.
Seeing this word, Han Changlin couldn't help but murmured in his heart. The three words Dan, Qi, and Jue were not difficult to understand. They should be the places where the Dragon Sect stored spiritual elixirs, magical weapons, and spiritual secrets respectively.
But the word "Scripture" puzzled him a little. After all, in the world of cultivating immortals, most of the techniques practiced by monks were called "Ling Jue".
After thinking about it, Han Changlin couldn't think of a reason.
At this time, Han Changlin unexpectedly noticed that Zhou Li's eyes showed joy after seeing the stone door with the word "Sutra" again. Even her hands on both sides were held tightly, trembling slightly. .
This increased Han Changlin's speculation. It seemed that behind the door with the word "Jing", there must be something that Zhou Li was extremely anxious for. It was most likely the ancient book that Feng Yixiao had mentioned before.
Ruan Biqin and Gu Chen looked at each other and suddenly flew towards the [Qi] gate.
Seeing this scene, a trace of gloom flashed across Zhou Li's face, and she stretched out her right hand, as if she wanted to block it, but Ruan Biqin and Gu Chen had already flown to the door with the word [Qi], and Gu Chen even activated his magic power, just like that. To open that stone door.
Suddenly, a rich blue light appeared above the stone door, and a thick thunder and lightning flashed above the green light, hitting Gu Chen directly.
Seeing this scene, Ruan Biqin couldn't help but turn pale, and almost instinctively moved horizontally a few feet away, while Gu Chen's old face was full of horror, and he instinctively expelled his own magic power from his body and formed a spiritual shield. , protect the whole body.
"boom."
There was a loud noise, accompanied by a muffled groan, and Gu Chen was directly struck by lightning and flew more than ten feet away, and fell hard to the hard ground.
"puff!"
Gu Chen was hit by the lightning and his whole body was scorched black. There was a faint smell coming from him. After he landed on the ground, he spit out a mouthful of blood, and then he fainted directly.
"Be careful, this place is full of restrictions, and every stone gate is covered by restrictions."
At this time, Zhou Li pointed her finger at the void in front of her, and a light yellow mana emitted from her fingertips, condensing a string of handwriting in mid-air.
"You didn't tell me earlier."
Seeing Zhou Li's belated words and looking at Gu Chen, who had a blackened face and fainted, Ruan Biqin couldn't help but said angrily.
"Fellow Daoist Ruan, you are too anxious, and I haven't had time to warn you."
Zhou Li's pretty face showed a look of helplessness, and she used her magic power to condense the words and said.
"Now what?"
Although Ruan Biqin was dissatisfied, she was helpless. Among them, Zhou Li was the only one who was proficient in formation restrictions, and she knew nothing about these restrictions except forcibly opening them.
She also knew that the restrictions in this kind of place could not be broken by her advanced stage of foundation establishment.
After Zhou Li heard this, she did not reply. Instead, she looked around, and finally came to the central stone pier and observed it carefully.
Han Changlin and others naturally knew that Zhou Li was studying how to break the ban here, so they all endured their patience and waited quietly.
Han Changlin also searched around and found that there was nothing else in this hall except the four stone doors and the stone pier in the center. Even the surrounding walls were as smooth as a mirror.
Ye Changtian and Hua Feiyang simply sat down cross-legged and stared blankly at the four stone gates.
This feeling is indeed uncomfortable. Seeing the treasure right in front of them, but being blocked by a restriction, this unbearable feeling makes them suffer.
Ruan Biqin finally remembered her companions and walked over gently. After confirming that Gu Chen was not dead, but had only been injured by the lightning and his internal organs were shaken, and his spiritual consciousness was dispersed, he kicked him angrily. .
After thinking for a while, he took out a magic pill for treating internal injuries from the storage bag and stuffed it into Gu Chen's mouth.
After drinking some tea, Gu Chen slowly opened his eyes, opened his mouth and let out a stream of black air.
He didn't say anything, and obviously knew what happened. After sitting down cross-legged, he took out a magic pill from his storage bag, threw it into his mouth, and began to treat the injury.
The restrictions on the stone gate obviously had no intention of hurting anyone, and seemed to be just to stop intruders. Otherwise, with the restrictions placed by the high-level monks of the Dragon Sect, Gu Chen would definitely have no way to survive.
"Fellow Daoist Han, the restriction will be opened later. Which stone gate will you choose to enter?"
Ruan Biqin saw Han Changlin looking at several stone gates in a daze, so he came up, sat down next to Han Changlin, and spoke.
A strong aroma penetrated into his nose. Han Changlin came back to his senses, glanced at Ruan Biqin beside him, and answered the question:
"Which stone gate will Brother Ruan choose to enter?"
"Of course it's the [Qi] door."
Ruan Biqin answered without hesitation.
"oh?"
Hearing this, Han Changlin showed a surprised expression on his face:
"Isn't the purpose of Fellow Daoist Ruan entering Tianyan Valley for Yanqingcao?"
In Han Changlin's opinion, the foundation-building monks who choose to enter Tianyan Valley should all do it for the Yanqingcao.
After all, only with the Yanqing Grass can he have the opportunity to exchange for or refine the Yanqing Pill that increases the chance of forming a pill, and then have the opportunity to enter the Golden Pill realm. Ruan Biqin's answer in front of him surprised him.
"Of course it's also for the Yanqing Grass. But even if you get the Yanqing Grass, whether you can exchange it for a Yanqing Pill is a matter of two people. But if you can get a spiritual treasure in this secret palace, that's it. It’s a great opportunity, even if I don’t use it, if I exchange it for Yan Qing Dan, I think those old monsters of Jin Dan will shamelessly exchange it for Yan Qing Dan.”
Upon hearing this, Han Changlin suddenly realized that it made sense. He looked at Ye Changtian aside, who also cast his gaze at the [Qiu] door from time to time. Apparently he had the same idea as Ruan Biqin.
"Boom."
Suddenly, the entire hall began to shake violently, and Zhou Li, who was sitting cross-legged in meditation, couldn't help but change her face.
Han Changlin and others also changed their expressions and looked at Zhou Li. It was obvious that they did not understand what happened.
And the violent vibrations did not stop, but became more intense, which made Han Changlin and others start to feel uneasy, thinking that the restriction in the secret palace was activated.
After Zhou Li's face changed drastically, she quickly regained her composure and said in a condensation:
"The Thousand Illusion Square Evil Formation has been broken. Many Jindan monks have arrived outside the secret palace and are working together to break the restriction."
"What?"
Seeing this, Han Changlin and others' expressions changed dramatically. They could never have imagined that just how long had passed before the formation set up by Zhou Li was broken.
Moreover, the Jindan cultivators have already arrived outside the secret palace and have begun to attack the restrictions of the secret palace. I am afraid that Feng Yixiao and the others outside are already in serious danger.
Once the secret palace restrictions are broken again, they will be exposed to the Golden Core monks. Facing these four stone gates that are likely to contain treasures, those Golden Core monks will probably eliminate them without hesitation.
"Fellow Daoist Zhou, when will you find a way to open the restriction? If you don't open it, once those old Jindan monsters come in, we will be in danger."
Ruan Biqin's pretty face turned pale, and her eyes showed fear.
"Looking at the movement outside, I'm afraid there are quite a few Golden Core cultivators who have come in here. Even if we enter the stone gate and find the rare treasure, it would probably be delusional to leave here."
Ye Changtian took a deep breath and said.
Han Changlin and Hua Feiyang did not speak, but they all looked at Zhou Li. They knew that now they could only hope that Zhou Li could open the restriction. After all, there were four stone gates here. If they and others entered one of them, even those Jindan monks When you come in, you will inevitably enter the stone gate.
In this way, there is still a slight chance that they could miss out on those Golden Core cultivators and leave the secret palace safely.
"There are at least five Golden Core cultivators outside. They are relying on brute force to break the restrictions outside the secret palace. However, the restrictions on the secret palace were placed by Yuanying cultivators after all. As long as no one is proficient in formations, If you want to break through the restrictions outside, you can't do it within a month or two."
Zhou Lining said.
After reading the rows of writing on the void, the expressions of Han Changlin and others softened slightly.
However, Han Changlin did not relax his vigilance. Among the old Jindan monsters outside, none of them had lived for hundreds of years, and their attainments in formations were not necessarily inferior to Zhou Li's.
If one of them is proficient in formation restrictions, and like Zhou Li, uses some kind of spiritual technique to open a small gap and enter the secret palace, then they will really become turtles in the urn, and they will run away even if they want to. No.
"Fellow Daoist Zhou, if the people outside are making so much noise to break the formation, there is no guarantee that more old Jindan monsters will not be attracted into the secret palace. If the number of Jindan monks increases, the restriction outside the secret palace may not be able to withstand it. Now every moment we wait, it becomes more dangerous for us."
Hua Feiyang said with a frown.
Zhou Li's pretty face showed a hesitant expression, and then she said in a condensation:
"What Taoist Hua said is true. If more than ten Jindan monks work together to attack the restriction outside the secret palace, I believe it will not be long before the restriction is broken. Once the restriction is broken, we will still be unable to open this place. If it is prohibited, it will be very bad."
"Fellow Daoist Zhou, are you confident that you can open the restrictions here?"
Ruan Biqin said with an anxious look on his face.
After thinking for a moment, Zhou Licai condensed her words and said:
"With my ability, I'm afraid I can only open one of these four stone gates."
"Then what are you waiting for? Fellow Daoist Zhou, please take action quickly?"
Ye Changtian said with joy on his face.
Zhou Li shook her head slightly and continued to condense her words:
"Even if I open one of the stone doors and I get the treasure when I go in, if I want to leave here again, I'm afraid I'll run into the Jindan monks who come in. Then we still have no way to survive."
"Since Fellow Daoist Zhou said this, I'm afraid he's already confident, so let's tell him your countermeasures."
Hua Feiyang, who was silent next to him, touched his chin and said with a bit of solemnity on his face.
"Fellow Daoist Hua is indeed a smart man. For now, I can only open the restriction on the stone pillar in front of me. If I read the restriction on the stone pillar correctly, it should be the Water Suppressing Spirit Sealing Formation."
Before Han Changlin and others could ask, Zhou Li continued to condense her words and said: "This water-suppressing and sealing spirit formation is also an intermediate formation. It can seal the spirit energy and solidify the spirit energy in it by suppressing a body of water, so that the spirit energy will not escape. Xie, through this formation, I guess that this may be the portal to the next level of the secret palace."
"The next level of the secret palace? Could it be that there is more than one level of this secret palace?"
Seeing what Zhou Li said, everyone showed surprised expressions on their faces. When Feng Yixiao invited them to form a team to explore the secret palace, he did not say that there was another level in the secret palace.
To them, this was a clear deception, and since the first level was already heavily restricted, wouldn't the second level be even more dangerous?
Seeing the unkind expressions on everyone's faces, Zhou Li hurriedly condensed her words and said:
"Fellow Taoists, please don't get me wrong. My husband and I really don't know that there is a second level in this secret palace. The little girl only associates it with the formation in front of her. Of course, it is up to all the Taoists to decide whether to go or not. "
Hua Feiyang stared at Zhou Li intently, as if he wanted to judge the truth or falsehood of her words from the expression on her face, but Zhou Li's face was calm, and her handsome face looked even more pitiful.
Moreover, in the opinion of Han Changlin and others, if Zhou Li and his wife really had some agenda or conspiracy, Feng Yixiao would not choose to stay outside the secret palace. At this moment, several golden elixir monks had appeared outside the secret palace.
The three of them were already in serious danger, and after seeing the three of them, it was not difficult for the Jindan Ancestors to figure out that it was them who broke the palace formation and thus opened the entrance to the secret palace. .
If those golden elixir ancestors chose to use the soul-searching technique on the three of them in order to get the truth of the matter, then the three of them would really be worse off than dead.
Thinking of this, the expressions of Han Changlin and others softened slightly.
After all, no matter how precious the treasure is, it wouldn't be worth the lives of two monks, right?
"In that case, Miss Zhou, please take action as soon as possible, right?"
Hua Feiyang said.
Zhou Li nodded, came to the stone pier, took out some formation flags and formation disks from the storage bag, and began to arrange the formation.
Han Changlin came to the stone door with the word "Dan" and observed it carefully. The stone door looked very ordinary, but above the stone door, there was a layer of cyan aura as thin as a cicada's wings, wrapping the entire stone door. in.
When Han Changlin saw this, he couldn't help but feel moved. He got closer to the stone gate again and observed it carefully.
Half an hour later, Han Changlin left the stone gate and came to the central stone pier again. Zhou Li had already arranged the formation, and the attack through the formation began to break the water-suppressing spirit sealing formation on the stone pier.
Ruan Biqin, Ye Changtian and Hua Feiyang were sitting cross-legged in the corner, waiting quietly. The noise outside was getting louder and louder, and it was obvious that the number of Jindan monks joining the formation was also increasing.
Ruan Biqin and others couldn't help but feel excited.
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