When Shi Jiu passed through the restriction, he came to an empty hall.
"It's a little strange that there's nothing here."
Originally, Shi Jiu estimated that there would be a lot of skeletons here, and the enemies from the five gates should also have invaded here. But he thought wrong. It was empty here, and there was almost nothing to see, except for a winding path at the end, which should be the passage leading to the core area of the Five-Fans Hall.
"No, there is something else. Look up." The voice of the Great Red Sword Emperor sounded again.
Shi Jiu didn't hesitate and looked up directly.
"That's... a skeleton?" Shi Jiu couldn't believe that there was actually a human skeleton hanging here.
This human skeleton hangs directly above the entire hall. Its head, spine and pelvis are firmly fixed by four black irons. Its legs are bent and its hands are trapped behind it. The whole person looks like kneeling in worship, as if waiting. Beheaded death row prisoner.
"Is this the enemy of the Five Doors? After death, he was hung here by the people of the Five Doors to show his anger? That's probably the case. But why do I still feel a little weird?" Shi Jiu frowned. , began to think about something.
"Little guy, what's wrong with you?"
The Da Chi Sword Emperor noticed that Shi Jiu frowned on the side, as if he was thinking about something.
"It's nothing, it just feels a little strange." Shi Jiu said immediately.
After hearing this, the Great Red Sword Emperor became a little curious. The little guy actually felt weird, but he didn't feel this way himself. "Did I miss something?"
"Little guy, what's weird?" the Great Red Sword Emperor asked again.
"This is the skeleton." Shi Jiu pointed to the skeleton hanging above the hall, "You should have also noticed that the skeletons in the hall outside have basically been petrified, and some have been broken into slag, but this remains is still the same. The texture is white, even crystal clear, with no traces of petrification at all. In addition, there is nothing in the entire hall, there is only such a skeleton. Although it may be placed here specifically to vent my anger, I still feel weird. I always feel like there’s something wrong with this.”
"What you said seems to make sense, but let's forget about it for now. Let's move forward. I guess we're not far from the core area." After saying that, the Great Red Sword Emperor disappeared.
Shi Jiu wanted to figure out the reason for this weirdness, but since the Great Red Sword Emperor said to continue moving forward, he had no choice but to give up and wait until he returned to consider these things. So Shi Jiu glanced at the hanging skeleton again, then continued to move forward without stopping.
At the end of the hall is a two-meter-wide path that winds and extends into the distance.
Shi Jiu did not dare to be careless, and opened his spiritual consciousness throughout the process to expand the scope of exploration to the maximum, because trails like this were the easiest to set up traps.
The trail was not long, only about a hundred meters. After passing three bends, Shi Jiu came to a fork in the road.
There is still a winding path on the left side ahead, and on the right side is a fire pit with a raging fire burning in it.
Huh? There's actually a fire pit? Shi Jiu was a little surprised. No one had been to this place for at least a thousand years, and the fire in the fire pit was still burning.
"Little guy, how do you plan to go? The road on the left?" The Great Red Sword Emperor appeared.
"The road is on the left and the fire pit is on the right. Naturally, we should take the road on the left." After saying this, Shi Jiu was about to walk to the left.
At this time, he was stopped by the Great Red Sword Emperor.
"Wait a minute, take a closer look at the fire pit on the right first." Da Chi Sword Emperor reminded.
After hearing what the Da Chi Sword Emperor said, Shi Jiu had doubts but still followed the instructions. After all, the senior Sword Emperor would never make a mistake and must have discovered something.
Shi Jiu used his spiritual consciousness to slowly explore the fire pit on the right.
As soon as his consciousness came into contact with the blazing fire emerging from the fire pit, Shi Jiu felt the scorching temperature inside. There seemed to be nothing wrong with it. It was just a pure burning fire pit. Is there anything special about it?
"Expand your consciousness into the fire pit." The Great Red Sword Emperor added.
Shi Jiu still complied and stretched his consciousness into the fire pit.
"Huh? The temperature here is not high, it's almost the same as the outside world. What's going on? There is clearly a scorching fire all around, but it's as warm as usual inside." At this time, Shi Jiu discovered something strange, and then continued to use his consciousness Explore underneath the fire pit.
"Bah", just as Shi Jiu's consciousness continued to explore downwards, he suddenly hit something and was bounced back.
"Senior Knife Emperor, there is indeed something wrong with this fire pit. When my consciousness explored the bottom of the fire pit, something bounced back." After Shi Jiu's consciousness was rebounded, he did not continue to explore, but took it back.
"Well, it's pretty much what I thought." The Great Red Sword Emperor nodded, and then continued: "This fire pit should be the passage to the next level area. You should be able to get there by jumping down. As for what you said about rebounding your consciousness The thing may also be a restriction, specially used to isolate others from exploration."
"So, the path on the left is the door of death. It seems that these five doors have predicted in advance that someone will break in, and set up this method to confuse others." Shi Jiu was also frightened for a while, but fortunately there was the Great Red Sword Emperor. Reminder, otherwise you will go to a dead end.
"That's not necessarily the case. It's impossible to say that there is a way to survive even in a dead end. Okay, little guy, feel free to jump down boldly." The Great Red Sword King urged.
"Um."
Now that he knew the way, Shi Jiu no longer hesitated, walked forward directly, and then jumped into the fire pit.
A raging fire burned outside the fire pit, and the fiery temperature twisted the nearby air. However, the temperature inside the fire pit was as normal, and the outside heat was not felt at all, as if there was a barrier separating the two sides.
The next moment, Shi Jiu escaped from the fire pit and fell into a deep pool. The cold water instantly made Shi Jiu tremble.
"Is this the so-called two worlds of ice and fire?" Shi Jiu quickly swam to the shore, shook his wet hair, and then immediately took out a torch and started drying his clothes.
Half an hour later, most of the clothes on Shi Jiu were finally dry, and then he held up the torch and looked at the surrounding situation.
It is still a small path, leading into the distance, with no end in sight.
Shi Jiu stopped staying and continued to move forward.
This trail was also not long. After turning a few turns, Shi Jiu saw the field ahead.
This is still not the main hall, but more like a living area, because there are almost rows of two-story attics along the perimeter of the site. Shi Jiu then walked towards an attic. As soon as he entered the small door, he saw a petrified skeleton. After a little inspection, no obvious scars were found on the skeleton. This should be a disciple of the Five Sects. He had not had any conflicts with hostile forces during his lifetime. Fighting, but cause of death unknown.
Shi Jiu passed the bones and walked into the attic. Everything inside had already decayed, leaving nothing behind. Shi Jiu was a little disappointed. Originally, he hoped to find some good things.
"Little guy, what are you looking for here? This is obviously the area where the disciples of the Five Sects usually live. There can't be any good things. Let's go directly to the main hall in front." Seeing Shi Jiu looking for something, the Great Red Sword Emperor was also very interested. He was speechless, but finally reminded him.
"Yeah, there's nothing good here. Let's go to the main hall." The words of the Great Red Sword Emperor woke up Shi Jiu, and after a silly smile, he left here and walked towards the main hall.
Passing through the living area is the main hall of the five-door underground hall. After walking along hundreds of stone steps to the top, Shi Jiu came to a square.
There is a plaque hanging in front of the square, with four characters engraved on it: Five-Fans Ditang.
"We're finally here." Shi Jiu whispered softly.
At this time, he became excited. After several searches, he finally came to the core area of the Five-Fans Underground Hall. After passing the square, in front of the main hall, Shi Jiu could even see the leader's chair at the front of the main hall.
Although Shi Jiu was excited, he was always paying attention to the movements around him. His consciousness was scanning the surroundings all the time, and then he walked towards the main hall step by step.
"Senior Sword Emperor, is there any mechanism here?" Shi Jiu asked as he walked.
"I don't know, just move forward. If there is a mechanism, just destroy it." The Great Red Sword Emperor said domineeringly, not caring whether this was a dangerous situation.
The Da Chi Sword King was domineering, but Shi Jiu was not. He still moved forward slowly and cautiously. If he felt something was wrong, he would stop and observe. If there was no problem, he would continue to move forward.
This section of the road was not long, a few hundred meters in total. When Shi Jiu reached the middle of the hall, it took him half an hour. Only then did he dare to look at everything in the hall carefully.
The entire hall is still relatively empty. Except for the ten giant pillars on each side that highlight the majesty of the hall, the rest is the leader's position at the front, and on the stone wall above it, there are three big red characters engraved on it - The five doors seem to remind the world that there once was a powerful sect here.
Looking at the empty hall in front of him, Shi Jiu could imagine how glorious and majestic it was in the past, but in the long river of time, everything about it has passed away, leaving only nothing.
As expected, time is the best weapon, and no one or sect can escape its sanctions.
