After taking a long breath to calm myself down, I slowly walked down the stairs in the whirlpool.
As I was walking, there was a sudden roar above my head. I looked up and saw a huge water curtain appearing in the sky, completely blocking the entrance to the whirlpool.
In this way, the few of us were as if we were in an inverted funnel, completely covered by water flow from all directions.
Through the barrier formed by the whirlpool, I could even see that there were many monsters of different shapes outside that looked like fish but not fish. They swam over from time to time and opened their mouths at us, with greedy light shining in their eyes.
Too lazy to look at those monsters, I just kept my head down and walked all the way down. After walking for an unknown amount of time, I finally reached the deepest part of the whirlpool, which is also the bottom of the funnel.
It is very narrow here, with an area of less than two or three square meters. There is only a huge rock in the middle and nothing else.
I stood on the steps to the upper level and looked at the boulder carefully. As I looked, I found that there seemed to be a slight crack on the boulder, and a faint light was emanating from the crack, illuminating the surrounding area. .
Could this be the real entrance to the dragon vein?
I thought about it for a while, and soon came up with an idea.
"Brother Bai, do me a favor."
I called Bai Ze over, and the two of them came to both sides of the boulder, centered on the crack, and dragged it hard to both sides.
As we continued to exert force, the boulder made a clicking sound, and the crack continued to expand. After a while, it actually cracked to half a meter wide, forming a hole.
Dazzling light shone from the cave, illuminating the entire underwater area as if it were daytime.
"Walk!"
I waved to everyone, took the first step, got into the hole, and crawled towards the source of the light.
As we continued to move forward, the passage inside the cave became wider and wider. After about half an hour, we finally reached the exit and emerged from the cave.
The vision suddenly opened up, and ahead was a stretch of rolling Gobi desert, with a magnificent palace standing among them.
The ray of light we saw before was emanating from the palace!
"Li Xia, do you think this is a ghost road?"
I turned to Li Xia and asked.
"I, I'm not sure either."
Li Xia also looked puzzled: "Mr. Cheng, why don't we go in first and take a look."
"good."
I nodded, and then walked into the palace with everyone.
The palace door was ajar, we pushed it open and walked into the hall smoothly.
The main hall occupies a very large area, with carved beams and paintings on the surrounding walls. Six stone statues are arranged on both sides of the main hall.
Each of these stone statues is five or six meters tall, wearing armor and holding a giant sword. They are powerful and domineering and look like the guardians of this palace.
The most surprising thing is that the heads of these stone statues are not human, but are all carved into animal images.
Looking forward from the left, they are rat, ox, rabbit, dragon, snake...
Wait, these stone statues seem to be the twelve zodiac animals!
Who built this palace, and why are there carved stone statues of the twelve zodiac animals in the palace?
All this is a mystery to us and unknown.
Passing through the middle of the stone statue, the stone steps in front gradually rise. At the highest point, there is a throne placed in it.
The throne is made of pure gold. Although there is no one on it, I can still feel how majestic and domineering the owner who sat on this throne was, and how proud he was of the world!
After taking a few steps forward, when I raised my head again, I discovered that a figure appeared on the throne.
The figure was wearing a golden robe, with a majestic expression, and was staring at me motionlessly.
I was shocked and quickly rubbed my eyes. When I looked up again, I found that the figure on the throne had disappeared.
What happened just now? Could it be that I was dazzled?
"Did you just see a figure on the throne?"
I quickly turned around and asked Bai Ze and the others.
"No, I didn't feel the breath of any living thing from here, not even a ghost. Brother Cheng, you must be wrong."
Bai Ze said nonchalantly.
"Maybe……"
I didn't explain too much, I just stepped up and looked at the throne carefully.
I don’t know when this throne was made. It looks complicated in craftsmanship. A dragon starts from where it rests and extends to the top of the throne.
The dragon's head was located right in the middle of the throne, glaring at all outsiders who broke into the palace.
I was looking down at the dragon tattooed on the throne. Suddenly, I noticed a drop of blood spilling from the dragon's open mouth.
Tick tock, tick tock...
Blood kept dripping from the dragon's mouth, and the throne was instantly smeared with blood and turned into a bright red color.
"Mr. Cheng, quickly find a bottle to collect the dragon essence and blood!"
I was looking puzzled when Li Xia appeared next to me at some point and said with a hint of anxiety.
"Why, do you know the use of this blood essence?"
I turned to Li Xia and asked.
"No, I don't know."
Li Xia quickly said: "I just feel that the essence and blood in the dragon's mouth should not be ordinary things. If collected, it will definitely be of great use in the future."
I thought about it and thought what Li Xia said made sense, so I asked Lonnie if she had a bottle with her.
Lonnie shook her head and said she didn't bring it, but An Jingjing volunteered to come over and took out a transparent bottle.
"This is what our great elder used to refine Gu. You can take it and use it."
I thanked him, took the bottle, put it under the dragon's mouth, and put all the dripping essence and blood into the bottle.
Oddly enough, this bottle looks quite big, but just after receiving a few drops, the essence and blood are already overflowing from the mouth of the bottle.
And the dragon seemed to be cooperating with me. When the bottle was full, there was no more blood dripping from the dragon's mouth.
I screwed the cap on, raised the bottle, and looked at the blood essence inside. I found that the blood inside shone with light and kept swimming on its own.
What Li Xia said just now is correct. It seems that this dragon essence and blood is indeed not a mortal thing. When he returns, he will give it to Mr. Hu San. He is well-informed and should know the use of this thing.
I was about to put the bottle away when suddenly, a black shadow flashed past me and snatched the bottle away.
When I reacted, I saw Li Xia standing not far away, holding the bottle tightly with both hands, and a look of crazy joy in his eyes.
"Hahaha, after all the hard work, this dragon essence and blood is finally in my hands!"
It happened suddenly, and I had already regarded Li Xia as one of my own, so I was not on guard against him, so he easily snatched the bottle away.
Not just me, Lonnie, Bai Ze, and An Jingjing were all stunned. No one could react as to why Li Xia did this.
