"Internal strife, they died of internal strife."
Zixue pointed to a body that was burned by fire, leaving only a pile of ashes at her feet, with a solemn look on her face: "There are many different ways of death. It is obvious that there is more than one perpetrator."
Yang Zhen nodded, looked at the bodies scattered everywhere, and said, "This is a melee."
"There were several suicides, and one was from Zifu. It looked more like he didn't want to kill anyone, nor did he want to be killed, so he committed suicide out of despair." Zhao Yuer added.
"Why are they fighting among themselves?"
The three of them looked at each other, and no one could answer.
However, Zixue knew the reason for Zhao Yue'er's other problem.
"Why are they here?"
…
According to rumors from the outside world, Panxi Mountain was a garden left by the old man Huang Ji to his concubines. However, after several explorations by the Yunxiao Sect, no trace of human habitation was found, so that for a long time, it was considered an unknown place. A solid guess.
Now it seems that these women are not absent from Panxi Mountain, but are just hiding in this underground palace.
This underground palace is not only built with thousands of stone stairs, but the ground is also paved with extremely hard bluestone slabs, which are expensive. There are also various murals carved on the surrounding stone walls, which are extremely gorgeous.
These murals are rich in content and in different forms. There are descriptions of sect life and folk customs, as well as many legends originating from the early years of the Eastern and Western Regions. There is even a picture of Patriarch Yunxiao traveling to the west to learn skills and conquer demons. This is a story that Yang Zhen heard when she first came to this world, and it left a deep impression on her.
Perhaps some of Huang Ji's concubines were from the Yunxiao Sect, which is unknown.
However, the three people's eyes were attracted by the many sunken potholes around the mural.
These pits are arranged in a certain order and are neatly arranged. Each one is about three feet deep and one foot wide, and can accommodate one person lying comfortably inside.
Some are like a honeycomb, or the train sleeper in Yang Zhen's previous life.
Zixue quickly walked over, jumped up to one of the caves, looked around, and even lay down inside. When she came out, she knocked on a black stone embedded in the stone wall, showing a thoughtful look.
She jumped down from the cave and said with a smile: "This is..."
The sound stopped suddenly.
A woman with a bloodless face and long hair half covering her face suddenly appeared behind her.
A pair of apricot eyes have no whites, only terrifying black!
The woman's naked body was revealed with an evil smile on her face. She opened her big empty mouth and screamed silently into Zixue's ears!
"Be careful-" Yang Zhen shouted hurriedly.
It was too late and then it was too late, but Zixue was seen moving very fast, her graceful figure suddenly turned around, stabbing the woman with a mahogany sword in one hand, and took out the Soul-Calling Bell with the other hand, shaking it at her!
The woman let out a scream, then turned into a wisp of smoke and disappeared.
Zhao Yue'er looked at all this with a pale face, her mouth slightly opened, and she was speechless for a moment.
This is no ordinary ghost, this is a cultivated ghost!
…
Zixue returned to the two of them, with some regret on her face:
"This ghost is not weak, let her escape."
"What kind of cultivation was she during her lifetime?" Yang Zhen asked.
"It should be named Zifu," Zixue replied: "It's very possible that the cave I just went to is her residence, so she ignored the peach wood sword and Yanyang Magic Pearl in my hand and attacked me."
After a monk dies, if a trace of the remaining soul cannot be freed and becomes a ghost, its strength will usually drop by one level. In other words, the cultivation level of Zifu during life and the ghost after death will probably be at the foundation level.
This strength, with the equipment of the three of them, is not difficult to deal with.
"What is that cave for? Why is she there?" Zhao Yue'er had calmed down and asked in a low voice.
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"That's a formation," Zixue said, "its function is to slow down the space shock. The core of the formation is a high-grade void stone."
Top-grade Kongming Stone! That black stone!
"Many of Huang Ji's concubines have low cultivation levels. Even if they hide in the small world and ascend with Huang Ji, it will be difficult for them to withstand the violent space shocks in the immortal and mortal worlds."
"With this formation set up by Old Man Huang Ji, these concubines can hide in the cave when they ascend. With the help of the spatial properties of the high-grade Kongming Stone, they can resist the spatial collision when they enter the immortal world from the world of cultivation."
"It's just..." She mused: "Despite this, there will still be many people who can't bear the power of this space and will become irritable, depressed, and crazy, so..."
"So they went crazy and killed each other?" Yang Zhen asked.
"No," Zixue shook her head: "Huang Ji's ascension has not been completed at all. Where did the power of space come from to make them crazy?"
Yang Zhen was even more confused.
Zixue ignored him and said to herself: "Huang Ji wanted to prevent them from acting irrationally in panic and escaping from this underground palace, thus causing a big disaster. Therefore, after they entered, he The underground palace is imprisoned from the outside with a formation and cannot come out."
"If he does this, what will happen to these women if his ascension fails?" Zhao Yuer'er's face turned pale and she asked in a trembling voice.
Yang Zhen finally understood what Zixue just said. After this underground palace is opened, there is indeed no need to continue to close it. I thought that at that time, Huang Ji's ascension had been successful, and the underground palace was opened, and it was time to reunite with his concubine. Why was it closed?
However, if the ascension failed, would he not care about the hundreds of lives?
"He has considered it." Unexpectedly, Zixue denied their speculation:
"Huang Ji is very cruel to outsiders, but he is extremely caring towards his own women."
"He gave the method to open the underground palace, as well as the tokens needed to open it, to one of his most trusted subordinates, and asked him to let these women go after the ascension failed."
His most trusted subordinate...
Yang Zhen had a strange look on her face and asked, "Isn't his subordinate Yang Youdao?"
"That's the ancestor of your Yang family. How can you call him by his first name?" Zi Xue rolled her eyes at him and said solemnly: "That's the senior."
It's really him! Yang Zhen became increasingly curious about this so-called ancestor.
"Why didn't Patriarch Youdao come to open the underground palace later? Was he killed in that great catastrophe? Or, Panxi Mountain disappeared and he couldn't find it, so it was delayed until today?" Yang Zhen asked.
Zixue stared at him for a while, then shook her head: "I won't tell you this question. You and Yue'er, don't ask around."
Yang Zhen's face became solemn and she hurriedly responded.
Zixue stopped talking, closed her eyes slightly, and opened her eyes after a moment and said: "There are eighty-five caves here, including one at the Golden Core level, four at the Zifu level, sixteen at the Foundation level, and sixty-four at the Qi level. indivual."
"If my guess is correct, there are eight such large formations in this underground palace. In other words, there are a total of 680 concubines and concubines left by Huang Ji in this underground palace. Among them, eight Jin Dan!”
"This underground palace, because it is in a small world, and Huang Ji has ascended extremely, must have cut off the cause and effect with this world. Therefore, after the death of these women, it is difficult for the souls to reincarnate, and it is very likely that they have become ghosts !”
All turned into ghosts! Six hundred and eighty ghosts!
Apart from anything else, just eight golden elixirs are eight Zifu level ghosts. Can they deal with them?
Zhao Yue'er's lips turned white. She looked at Yang Zhen and then Zixue, silently.
Do you want to continue to explore this underground palace?
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After staying up all night, I finally finished two chapters.
I won’t set up a flag anymore. I’ll finish the two chapters every day first and then think about making up for it.
