Taking advantage of the clouds covering the moon tonight, the stars are sparse and dim. Mu Jingyu and the other four people followed the black cat, jumped onto the squirming skin mothers, and walked cautiously towards the entrance he mentioned.
In the midst of tens of thousands of skin mother bushes, there are endless gurgling sounds. It feels soft and silky under your feet, and if you don't pay attention, you will fall off.
After all, the black cat had been staying here for several days, and there was no pause between getting up and leaping. From time to time, he turned around and looked at the four people. Seeing that they were following each other step by step, he had to slow down and wait for them to catch up.
After walking for three or four miles along the outer edge of the mountain, the black cat finally stopped. Standing firmly on the leather mother, she narrowed her eyes slightly and explored the surroundings.
Mu Jingyu knew that the entrance must be nearby, so he imitated the black cat and observed the surrounding situation. As far as the eye could see, except for the squirming skin mother and the grass and shrubs at the foot of the mountain, there was no other abnormality.
"Here!" Black Cat waved his arm gently, and in a few ups and downs, he arrived at the foot of the mountain not far away. After standing still, he bent down and lifted up a large ball of skin mother covering the grass in front of him. After looking inside, he showed a relaxed expression.
"Let's follow." After Bi Yun greeted the three of them, they followed the path that the black cat had just walked and landed next to the black cat.
The four people gathered behind Black Cat and looked under the large piece of skin he had lifted up. They saw a circular hole more than ten feet in size appeared in front of them.
Under the dim moonlight, there was a faint fluorescent light flashing inside the cave entrance. The masonry piled up around it was extremely dark. It looked neither brick nor stone, nor copper nor iron. It was unknown what material it was made of.
The skin mothers gathered at the entrance of the cave wrapped the exposed masonry under their constant squirming. I'm afraid it won't be long before it's completely covered.
Seeing this situation, the black cat said: "Miss, when Tiger King and I found this place a few days ago, there were no such skin mother coverings near the cave entrance. Unexpectedly, it only took a few days for them to seep into it. .”
Bi Yun wondered: "If you go by what you said, the skin mother covered such a large area in just a few days. This hole should have been completely blocked long ago, why is it still left?"
"Miss, you don't know something about this." Black Cat explained: "At first, when Tiger King and I searched for the auras of the two Dharma Kings and found this large leather mound, we did not immediately discover this place. The entrance of the cave.”
"On the contrary, after walking four or five large circles above the entire Pi Mu mound, I accidentally saw a very subtle spiritual energy coming out of this area, and then I tried to move away the Pi Mu that was pressing on it, exposing this place. Come to the cave. At that time, the entire cave entrance was filled with gray stone. King Tiger recognized it at once. It was made by the two Dharma Kings who found this place and crushed the mica gold crystal rock on top..."
Mu Jingyu said: "I understand what Brother Black Cat means. Although the skin mother has tenacious vitality and can penetrate every hole, it still cannot penetrate the mica gold crystal rock. After the two Dharma Kings crushed it, it spread along the gaps. Come."
Black Cat nodded: "Young Master Mu is right. After Tiger King and I sneaked inside, we found that this was an ancient crypt left over from ancient times. I think the place it leads to should be a deep burial ground. An underground palace! It’s just that this place is in a remote location and few people come here. In addition, it’s covered in leather skins, so it’s only been thousands of years that no one has discovered it.”
Mu Jingyu thought about it and thought that the Jiuyaoxuan Light Chain was a relic of the ancient Chu Li tribe, and the nine spiritual stones contained in it were also left behind by the ancients. And this palace buried underground has also existed for thousands of years.
From this point of view... one of the nine spiritual stones is very likely to be among them!
Bi Yun naturally figured this out and urged: "Then what are we waiting for? Let's go in and take a look. Otherwise, the righteous factions will discover it and come to snatch it. It will be difficult to deal with it."
After the five people entered along the entrance of the crypt, Black Cat turned around and moved the leather mother aside and covered it over the entrance again to avoid being discovered.
The bright light from the five fire rods illuminated the cave, which was not very wide, brightly. Qiuniang followed behind the four of them, looking around curiously.
I saw that the entire crypt was sloping downward, surrounded by neatly cut black stone bricks, blocking the invasion of leather mothers. After bringing Huozhezi closer, I found that the black stone bricks were densely covered with tiny cracks. If you didn't look carefully, you wouldn't be able to spot them.
"Are these cracks originally there? Or are they formed the day after tomorrow?" Qiu Niang touched it curiously, and saw a slight crackling sound coming from the tiny cracks, followed by rapid cracks like a spider web. Come on.
"What's going on?" Bi Yun stopped quickly after hearing the sound. Then he looked at the black masonry beside him, and saw countless black and white tentacles emerging from the cracks, and he screamed in fright.
Everyone stopped quickly and raised the fire folders together, observing these jet-white tentacles that suddenly emerged from the cracks.
After a long time, the black cat took a breath and said: "No, after thousands of years, this stone wall may not be able to withstand the constant squeeze of the leather mother. If it takes three to five years, The entire stone path will definitely be crushed into pieces and cease to exist."
Mu Jingyu shook his head and said: "Brother Black Cat, I think... let alone three to five years, I'm afraid these stone walls won't even last three to five days!"
Hearing this, the black cat looked at the wall carefully, then nodded in agreement: "Young Master Mu is right! This stone wall could have lasted for three to five years, but when the two Dharma Kings crushed it and pressed it against the entrance of the cave, After the mica gold crystal rock was formed, with the continuous invasion of lithium at the entrance of the cave, these stone walls were squeezed from the inside and outside, and I am afraid they only have three to five days to support them!"
Although Bi Yun was very nervous, she comforted the two of them and said, "There are still three to five days, enough for us to obtain the spirit stones and exit smoothly."
As he said this, he still secretly prayed in his heart, hoping that everything would go smoothly and nothing would happen again. If time is really wasted inside, or a scuffle breaks out, who knows whether this only crypt can survive.
No one dared to delay any longer, so they moved a little faster and walked along the stone path that was still sloping downward.
After walking for another two miles, the sloping path finally leveled off. It seems that it has already penetrated four or five miles below, reaching the depths of the Pimu Dimound.
"This is it." Black Cat pointed to the end of the stone path. There was a square stone chamber. Except for a vertical passage that was more than 20 feet high, there was nothing else.
"At the beginning, I followed the Tiger King here. The Tiger King went out from here first, observed the surroundings, and then returned. Tell me that there is a huge palace inside, and there are some powerful auras of unknown origin hidden inside. This He ordered me to stay outside while he sneaked inside alone to look for the two Dharma Kings."
"Then what are we waiting for? Let's go in and take a look at the situation." Bi Yun said eagerly.
After hesitating for a moment, the black cat said: "Miss, the Tiger King said that there are dangers there. In addition, this is a palace left over from ancient times, and we don't know anything about it. According to my subordinates... it's better to Let me go in first to explore the situation, and after finding the Tiger King, I will take you in with me."
Bi Yun flatly refused and said: "Black Cat, as you saw just now, this stone path can't last long, and there is so much time to waste. I think it is better to go deep inside early and find the two Dharma Kings and After receiving the spirit stone, exit quickly."
Magu followed closely and persuaded: "Miss, I know you are eager to find the two Dharma Kings to help Mu Shaoxia obtain the ancient spiritual stone. But Brother Black Cat said that the situation inside is unknown and our cultivation is low. If you break in rashly, I'm afraid there will be some danger!"
Qiuniang also said at the side: "Yes, Miss, you are a rich person, you must not have any accidents..."
Bi Yun ignored the two of them, turned to look at Mu Jingyu and said, "Jingyu, what do you mean? Do you want to wait here too?"
Mu Jingyu smiled bitterly. He didn't expect that after so many years, even he had become calm after going through countless things. But Bi Yun still has the same hurried character, which has not changed at all.
"Bi Yun, I think we should listen to the opinions of Brother Black Cat and the two sisters and wait here for a while..."
"Wait a minute, Jingyu, can you wait any longer? I, Bi Yun, don't have much time to wait!" Bi Yun angrily interrupted Mu Jingyu's words: "Now, all the righteous sects are gathering here, even if I'm here, Even if everyone in Yaoming Palace blocks us, it will be difficult to buy us much time. What’s more, the stone path will only be damaged in a matter of seconds. The more we delay here, the more dangerous it will be!"
Bi Yun glanced at the four of them coldly: "If you want to wait, just keep waiting. I can't wait any longer."
After saying that, Bi Yun rose up and rushed towards the vertical path above her head. Pulling open the handle embedded in it with one hand, he pushed open the closed stone door.
The four of them looked at each other and sighed at the same time. Worried about what might happen if Bi Yun rushes out hastily. He had no choice but to follow her and exit the stone path one by one.
As the four people walked out, their eyes suddenly became brighter. I saw a palace that was no less inferior to the Nine sects and Wuji Ruins, standing in front of everyone.
The square in front of us occupies a large area, and is actually almost the same as the Jade Flute Terrace in Jiuhua Mountain and the Tai Chi Square in Wuji Ruins.
The entire square is circular, and if you look around, you can see the bloody body of Pi Mu crawling at the end of the square, but it is blocked by a layer of invisible spiritual light and cannot go beyond it. Above the head, there is still the huge body of Pi Mu, with dots of bright spots like starlight on it, illuminating the entire palace.
In the palace ahead, a huge sky-reaching pillar rises from the ground, soaring hundreds of feet into the sky, with Pi Mu's body coiled around it. You don't need to think about it to know that the body of Pi Mu in this Pi Mu mound was born from here and covered the entire palace, hiding it for thousands of years.
However, the entire palace was protected by an unknown powerful formation, which prevented it from being completely crushed and annihilated by the skin mother that had been growing for thousands of years.
Behind everyone, there is also a totem stone pillar that is several feet wide and cannot be hugged by seven or eight people. Engraved on it are countless ancient beasts that have never been seen before, each with teeth and claws, lifelike, as if they were real.
Looking up again, at the top of the stone pillar, there sat a ferocious beast with its head held high and its huge mouth slightly open. It was looking out with bright eyes, guarding this mysterious palace thousands of years ago.
Everyone came out of the secret passage hidden by the stone pillar. As the stone door closed, there was no crack at all from the outside.
Thinking about it, this secret passage should be an escape route left by the owner of this palace. If a few people hadn't entered from here, they wouldn't have been able to find it.
The five people stood stunned for a moment before recovering from the shock.
The black cat said: "Miss, this palace is magnificent. It has survived for thousands of years without being destroyed. There must be some unknown ancient ferocious beasts and mechanisms in it. You wait here for a while, and let me explore the way first. Say it again."
After Black Cat finished speaking, without waiting for Bi Yun's reply, he wanted to go deep into the palace to explore.
But he heard Bi Yun shout softly: "Look, is that man the Tiger King?"
Everyone was shocked when they heard this and quickly looked in the direction of Bi Yun's finger. In front of him, at the main entrance of the palace in the distance, a figure flashed past.
Looking at his body shape, hair and clothes, who else could he be but the Tiger King?
