The corpses of these dead villagers at the foot of Tianshan Mountain have not yet decayed.
This shows that they died not too long ago.
Ni Li judged: "As expected, someone should have arrived here before us, and it is very likely that they are from outside the territory of Daliang."
Chengshuo thought for a while, then analyzed: "There are monks walking in front of us, which is actually both a good thing and a bad thing!"
"The good thing is that they will help us eliminate any dangers we may encounter along the way."
"The bad thing is that if there are some opportunities along the way, then this opportunity will be taken away by the monks who are ahead of us."
Chengshuo concluded: "In short, if someone is leading the way, our safety will be more guaranteed, but the benefits will be reduced."
Hearing this, both Ni Li and Po Yazhi showed subtle disappointment in their eyes.
However, Lei Lei and Zhong Ran, who received Dagon's blessing in the Fish-Man Village, paid no attention to the opportunities that might exist in the future.
Before Chengshuo and his party entered the secret realm of Tianshan Mountain, Li Zhuo once explained to several people:
There is a large platform carved out by ancient immortals on the top of Tianshan Mountain.
There are two gaps on the large platform. One of them can lead to the heaven thousands of years ago, and the other can allow outsiders to return to their original location.
However, Tianshan Mountain is majestic and steep, with a height of thousands of feet.
In addition, flying is prohibited in the secret realm, so even blood elixir stage monks can rarely climb directly to the top of the mountain.
Therefore, in order to lead to the Tianshan Grand Platform, the ancient immortals dug a passage inside the Tianshan Mountains.
After the curse broke out in the secret area of Tianshan Mountain, the Heavenly Court was destroyed, and some of the surviving ancient immortals took refuge in the passages inside Tianshan Mountain.
After thousands of years of this, a small and unique world gradually formed inside the Tianshan Mountains.
Following Li Zhuo's guidance, Cheng Huo and his party passed through the village at the foot of Tianshan Mountain and came to the entrance of a huge cave.
This cave is about five people tall and four to five feet wide, and the roads leading to the inside of the cave are paved with marble.
At the entrance, there is a formation engraved with unknown talismans, but it has lost its function because it has not been maintained for a long time.
Ni Li was unsure: "If I guessed correctly, this should be a defensive formation used to protect the entrance of the cave, right?"
He guessed: "So, the ancient immortals who lived in the Tianshan Mountains ten thousand years ago have a certain group of enemies that need to be dealt with and guarded against? For example, those deep divers in the Fishman Village?"
Among the five people in the group including Cheng Sheng, Zhong Ran has the weakest actual combat ability.
But she had always been interested in Qimen Bagua, formations and spells, so she could see the strangeness of that formation at just one glance.
She judged: "The arrangement at the entrance of the cave is indeed a defensive formation. But this formation is not used to defend against external enemies, but to trap the people living in the cave."
"Ah this." Ni Li looked confused.
But Zhong Ran explained: "Look at the grooves on the ground. These grooves should be used to place energy and charge the entire formation."
It is not clear whether there are spirit stones on Xuanwu Star, but at least there are no spirit stones in Daliang Kingdom.
There is even no concept of 'spiritual stone' at all.
——Except for the unknown energy supply method of the 'Ten Thousand Miles of Spiritual Light Array', more than 90% of the arrays in Daliang Kingdom are powered by living people.
Zhong Ran continued: "Although I don't know how the ancient immortals from thousands of years ago provided energy for the formation, one thing I can be sure of is that the charging slot of this formation was placed in the cave. It’s on the outside side, not the inside, so this is actually a large formation set up by people outside the cave to seal off the cave!”
Ni Li thought thoughtfully: "Then according to what Fellow Daoist Zhong said, isn't there some extremely terrifying existence locked up in this cave?"
"It must have been ten thousand years ago, but now."
Zhong Ran replied: "Look at this formation, it has been abandoned for who knows how long. So even if there is really a terrifying existence in the cave, I think I have already escaped."
"That's true." Ni Li nodded in agreement: "Ten thousand years is enough time to erase all existence."
"After all, apart from the deep divers who cannot leave the fish-man village, who else can live for ten thousand years without dying?"
Let’s talk about it.
Although everyone thinks that there is a high probability that there will be no monsters in the cave.
But out of caution, everyone was extremely cautious when entering the cave and tried to slow down their progress.
Not long after walking like this, the front suddenly became clear.
What caught everyone's eyes was a huge city with a distorted and weird shape, yet still majestic.
Just like the temple at the bottom of the lake in Yinsijian.
To sum it up in one sentence, it has a very 'woo-whie' flavor.
There are still more than ten dead bodies hanging in front of this city.
Among the dead, except for one who had short hair, the rest were all bald and dressed in gorgeous brocade cassocks.
These people are all monks.
Among the crowd, Boyazhi recognized the identity of one of them at a glance: "That person actually understands suffering?!"
She said with a look of disbelief: "Wu Ku, after all, has the blood elixir stage cultivation, how could he die just because he said he was going to die?"
"And why is his body hung at the city gate? Is it to warn outsiders?"
"Moreover, why is he wearing a brocade cassock worn only by young Buddhist monks?"
Great Buddhist monks emphasize the salvation of all people and the practice of asceticism.
In their eyes, the suffering in the entire world is limited. If they suffer more, other people in the world will suffer less.
It is precisely because of this that great Buddhist monks adhere to fasting and most of them are dressed in rags.
Young Buddhist monks, on the other hand, insist on saving others first. Only when they have developed profound cultivation and gained strength can they save all sentient beings better.
Therefore, small Buddhist monks are often dressed in gorgeous clothes, which are two extremes from big Buddhist monks.
Wu Ku, who was now a great disciple of Buddhism, was wearing the gorgeous monastic robes worn by young Buddhist monks when he died, so Po Yazhi felt that there must be something strange in this.
And it’s not just Boya Zhi.
Cheng Sheng and the other four people also felt incredible about Wu Ku's death.
Everyone looked at each other, and for a moment they were so shocked that they didn't know what to say.
Ni Li was even more unbelievable and said: "Among those monks, there is actually the little Buddhist abbot Xuan Yi! Although abbot Xuan Yi is only at the blood elixir stage, his strength is very few rivals in the entire Daliang Kingdom. Unexpectedly, even he died in Inside the Tianshan Mountains!"
As he said that, he looked towards Chenghuo and asked for his opinion: "Friend Cheng, should we continue to move forward? People in that city can kill even the little Buddhist abbot. I think they should be stronger than .It shouldn’t be too weak.”
Ni Li originally wanted to say the words 'better than me'.
But only halfway through his words, he suddenly remembered Cheng Sheng’s performance in the fish-man village before.
In addition, he had the title of 'the first person to dive deep in Bianjing City', so Ni Li swallowed back what he was about to say.
He remained silent.
But I saw Cheng Huo analyzing on the side: "Lord Li Zhuoli and Lord Yunru Songyun have both entered the secret realm of Tianshan Mountain before."
"Moreover, both of them got a great opportunity in the secret realm of Tianshan Mountain, and with this, they broke through to the deep diving stage."
"In addition, when we entered the interior of Tianshan Mountain, we were guided by those two adults."
"Then it is not difficult to infer from this point alone that the city ahead should not pose much of a threat to us."
Chenghuo guessed: "Perhaps, the city in front is only for monks, or it is only for Buddhist cultivators, but it will not deliberately make things difficult for ordinary monks."
"But this is just your guess, isn't it?" Ni Li said: "As the saying goes, don't be afraid of ten thousand, just be afraid of the worst. What if the people in that city will target all outside monks? Since they can kill Wu Ku and his group are equally likely to kill us."
"But we have no other choice, right?"
Cheng Sheng analyzed calmly: "After all, as far as we know now, the only way to leave the secret realm of Tianshan Mountain is to go to the big platform on the top of Tianshan Mountain."
"And now, the city ahead is blocking our way, so we can only bite the bullet and cross it."
"Besides."
Chengshuo added: "I remember Mr. Li once said before that the secret realm of Tianshan Mountain is the territory of the indescribable creature 'Wu Si'."
"Whether it is Dagon, the father of the deep divers, or other gods hidden in the secret realm of the Tianshan Mountains, they are almost all descendants of 'Wu Si'."
"Perhaps because of this, all monks who believe in the indescribable creature 'Buddha', that is, Buddhist cultivators, are not welcome here."
"It sounds quite reasonable." Ni Li thought for a while, and then said: "But the question is, if this is really the case, if the secret realm of Tianshan Mountain really does not welcome Buddhist cultivation, then why does Mr. Li Zhuoli still bring the great Buddhist enlightenment to suffering? Why come to this secret realm? Could it be that he has the intention to harm the enlightenment of suffering?"
"It's really possible!"
Chenghuo looked up at the corpses of the little Buddhist monks hanging above the city gate and said, "Actually, it's not difficult to guess from the monk's robe that Wu Ku wears."
"This Wu Ku is probably a spy planted by Little Buddhism in Big Buddhism."
"Perhaps Xuansi, Li Zhuo and Yun Rusong have already known about this matter."
"So, after Wu Ku accidentally passed the test of the floating island illusion array, the three of them just followed the trend and tricked Wu Ku into the secret realm of Tianshan Mountain."
As Chenghuo said, he suddenly thought: "No, Mr. Li's move is not just a conspiracy to realize the suffering."
"Perhaps, even Xiao Buddhism's Xuansi and others are also in Mr. Li's calculations."
"Perhaps Mr. Li has known for a long time that the ancient immortal queens in the secret realm of Tianshan Mountain do not welcome Buddhist cultivators. But he just didn't say it."
"Moreover, he even told the young Buddhist abbot Xuan Si some of the secrets in the secret realm of Tianshan through the realization of suffering, and led him into the secret realm."
"In this way, we can use the hands of the monks in the secret realm of Tianshan Mountain to get rid of all the little Buddhist monks."
"This" After listening to the complete analysis, Ni Li clicked his tongue and sighed: "It's reasonable and convincing."
He added from the side: "Even Mr. Li will get rid of minor Buddhist monks, and there are traces to follow."
"Little Buddhist monks have caused big troubles in various cities in the two countries, such as Cloud City. The imperial court has long wanted to get rid of them."
"So Taoist Cheng's speculation that Wu Ku and the young Buddhist monk would die in the secret realm of Tianshan Mountain because of Li Zhuo's plan is really not groundless!"
Although Ni Li has believed in the survival analysis.
But out of concern for his life, he still didn't want to enter the city directly in front, so he rushed to Chenghuo and said: "Fellow Taoist, you seem to have the ability to separate special clones, right? Why don't you control a clone first and enter How about the inquiring in the city?"
"Okay." Chenghuo nodded and emphasized: "But that's not my clone, but my friend."
Ah this
Nili and Poyazhi were both speechless.
Zhong Ran had a strange expression.
Lei Lei was confused.
Under the gaze of the four people, Chengshuo said to the air next to him: "Brother Tieniu, please go to the city in front and have a look."
"..." I don't know what Tieniu said to Chengshuo.
But Cheng Huo nodded and said, "Okay, then you go and come back quickly."
After saying that, he found a hidden place and sat cross-legged beside the road passing through the city ahead.
Ni Li, Boya Zhi, Zhong Ran and Lei Ting also sat cross-legged next to Cheng Huo and waited.
…
Just like the villagers at the foot of Tianshan Mountain, the monks living inside Tianshan Mountain also have extremely weird appearances.
Most of these monks who look different from ordinary people are not very intelligent.
In the city, most of them are engaged in some labor-intensive and highly repetitive tasks.
In addition to the mutated monks, through the perspective of the 'Iron Bull', Chengshuo also saw a group of mysterious people wearing black cloaks in the city.
The light inside Tianshan is dim, and these mysterious people are covered by cloaks, so it is difficult to see their appearance clearly.
But one thing is certain: these mysterious people all look the same as normal monks, and they are not suspected to be infected by the curse.
The mysterious people in black robes are mainly engaged in the management of the city, enslaving the mutant monks and urging them to work.
After surviving, Tieniu found a remote place, knocked out two mysterious men in black robes who were alone, and then tore off their storage bags and quickly fled the scene.
He didn't let Tieniu kill these two people.
After all, the city is full of mutant monks and men in black robes. If there are two more corpses for no reason, it will soon cause an uproar in the city.
As for destroying the corpse to eliminate traces, or hiding the corpse.
It's still the same problem as before: there are many people in the city, and even if Tieniu itself can become 'invisible', the corpse cannot become invisible along with it.
So it's also easy to expose.
So knocking those two men unconscious and then taking away their storage bags and black robes was the best choice at the moment.
After grabbing the clothes, Chengsheng ordered Tieniu to observe at the city gate for a long time.
After discovering that a mysterious man in black robe would always say the slogan "Praise to Master Wuwei" when he entered the city, Chengshuo secretly wrote down the slogan, and then Tieniu returned to him.
"Okay." In the dense forest, Cheng Huo suddenly stood up and took six sets of black cloaks from the void.
Seeing his actions, Zhong Ran's expression became increasingly weird.
She asked, "Was it Taoist Brother Tieniu who gave you the clothes just now? Did he put the clothes in the storage bag?"
"Um."
Chengshuo only responded, but did not want to continue talking about this matter.
First, he didn't want to reveal too many of his cards to others.
Secondly, this ability is indeed too weird, and it can easily be regarded as a lunatic.
After Chengshuo took the black robe, he looked at it carefully.
After confirming that there were no hidden special marks on the black robes and that almost every black robe was exactly the same, they were distributed to others.
He warned: "Put on all these black robes, then follow me, and try not to talk along the way."
"Oh, yes, there's more"
Chengshuo thought for a moment and then added: "Later, as long as I say these six words 'Praise Master Wuwei', you must all read it out too."
"And the tone when you pronounce this sentence should be demented, and there should be some piety in the dementedness."
All the monks looked at each other, and all of them remembered the 'Wumu Cult' that caused a lot of commotion in Bianjing City some time ago.
So, Ni Li couldn't help but ask: "Are the monks in the city in front all Wuwei believers who believe in 'Wuwei'?"
"So be it."
Chenghuo said: "I guess it is precisely for this reason that they hate Buddhist cultivators so much that they will even attack them if they encounter them."
"Anyway, all in all, we aim to find the way to the top of Tianshan Mountain as soon as possible, and then leave the secret realm of Tianshan Mountain from the big platform on the top of Tianshan Mountain."
"As for everything else, it doesn't matter!"
(End of chapter)
