Chapter 127
After a while, Xiao Zhan was surrounded by everyone and came to a deep pool.
Strange to say.
The originally dark night sky suddenly appeared with hazy moonlight.
Under the moonlight, the pool is quiet and quiet, but you can't see the bottom at a glance.
Li Mo inserted a two-meter-long iron rod heavily into the ground.
A half-meter-long wire was attached to the iron rod, which was connected to a handheld device.
The green light on the device starts flashing.
Li Mo said solemnly: "Although the signal is not very stable, we can be sure that there are True Essence Stones underneath. I don't know how many there are."
"In addition, the depth of this pool is at least 100 meters, and the water surface area is almost half an acre. Strangely, the water temperature is only minus 50 degrees."
Xiao Zhan frowned: "What is the depth of the True Essence Stone vein?"
Li Mo glanced at the value displayed on the device and replied: "One hundred meters."
Xiao Zhan frowned again, "I'll go down and take a look."
After finishing speaking, Xiao Zhan jumped into the pool before Li Mo could say anything.
The next moment, a bone-chilling chill hit him. Xiao Zhan only felt the icy cold air pushing into his body.
Feeling that his body was about to freeze, Xiao Zhan quickly circulated the true energy in his body, and then he felt better.
It was pitch black under the water and nothing could be seen. Not only was there no buoyancy, but there was a strange pulling force that kept Xiao Zhan sinking.
Xiao Zhan could only hold the Red Dragon Sword tightly, preparing to deal with all possible dangers.
Suddenly, the soles of Xiao Zhan's feet touched the hard ground.
He poked around with the Red Dragon Sword, but didn't touch anything.
It seems that the space down here is quite small.
Suddenly, a bright light appeared above the head.
Xiao Zhan looked up and saw a dazzling light falling rapidly.
Then Xiao Zhan discovered that it was actually a waterproof light bulb with a rope attached to it.
Xiao Zhan was speechless. Li Mo was also unreliable and would not put down the lamp as soon as possible.
But the bulb was covered with a thick layer of ice and it looked like it wouldn't last long.
With the help of the light, Xiao Zhan finally saw the surrounding scene clearly.
There was thick ice all around, and there was a deep cave entrance about ten meters to his left.
Xiao Zhan swung his knife to cut off the rope holding the electric light, and then got into the hole with the electric light.
The entrance of this cave is almost two meters high and about one meter wide. Although the surrounding stone walls are also covered with thick ice, traces of manual excavation can be vaguely seen.
Xiao Zhan suddenly became more vigilant.
The passage is about a hundred meters long.
Suddenly, Xiao Zhan stabilized his figure and approached the stone wall with the electric light.
There was actually a corpse frozen in the ice!
This corpse belonged to an old man. His face was frightened, his eyes were wide open, and he looked very penetrating.
Xiao Zhan frowned, turned around and continued forward.
Gradually, the water level became shallower and shallower, and steps appeared in front of Xiao Zhan.
After stepping on the steps to leave the water, Xiao Zhan raised the light in his hand. The next moment, the light flickered and went out.
The battery is probably frozen.
Xiao Zhan put the light on the ground and walked slowly to the side.
He had just glanced at it, and there seemed to be an oil lamp here.
Suddenly, the Red Dragon Sword touched something and knocked lightly, making a crisp impact sound.
Xiao Zhan mobilized his whole body's true energy, and the Red Dragon Sword flashed red, and the next moment it seemed to be burned red, releasing intense heat.
With a "boom", a stone pillar half a meter high and as thick as a thigh burst into flames.
There was a fist-sized pit on the stone pillar, and there was something like grease inside, and it was this thing that was ignited.
By the light of the fire, Xiao Zhan went forward again, repeated a dozen times, and lit another dozen candlesticks.
Suddenly, the entire underground space was illuminated.
Under the dim light, Xiao Zhan gradually saw the surrounding scene clearly.
This is indeed an underground space excavated by humans. The overall shape is a regular square, with a length of 20 meters and a width of 20 meters, and a height of about five meters.
The ground was covered with a thick layer of ice, and it was freezing cold when you stepped on it.
Xiao Zhan only felt that the true energy in his body seemed to be frozen, and he looked at the middle position.
There was a simple and heavy stone seat with a skeleton sitting on it.
Not only that, there was a sword stuck on the ground in front of the skeleton that was constantly emitting cold air.
Xiao Zhan approached step by step, and the chill he felt became stronger and stronger.
At the same time, Xiao Zhan was full of doubts.
Who is on the seat? Why does it appear here? How did he die?
When he came closer, Xiao Zhan glanced at the sword stuck on the ground, his body suddenly trembled, and he felt as if his soul was about to be frozen.
This sword is about one meter and a half long, with a blade wider than five fingers. It is silver-gray in color, with a layer of frost condensing on it, exuding a bone-chilling chill. If you look closely, you can see that the sword is also engraved with ancient golden characters.
As for the skeleton on the throne, he was wearing a gorgeous robe.
Xiao Zhan stood silently, even though his feet were frozen to the ground.
He wants this sword.
But he didn't dare to mess around.
Just when Xiao Zhan hesitated, cracks suddenly appeared on the skeleton, which showed that the skeleton had been here for a long time.
It seems that Xiao Zhan's entry has caused changes in the environment here.
There were more and more cracks on the bones. At a certain moment, the bones shattered with a "click" and turned into fragments scattered on the throne and the ground.
Xiao Zhan's eyes widened because he discovered that there was actually an ancient book on the throne.
The ancient book should be made of some kind of animal skin. It is extremely tough and still well preserved.
Xiao Zhan clasped his fists at the scattered bones, said "offended", and then reached out to pick up the ancient book.
There is no wording on the cover.
But on the first page, the identity of the skeleton was recorded.
The Lord of the Arakawa Territory of the Thirteen Territories of the Barren State—Leng Wuya!
In addition to this, the basic situation of Huangzhou is also recorded on the first page.
The Barren State is divided into thirteen regions, each managed by thirteen Territory Lords. Eighty thousand years ago, twelve of the Territory Lords led their elite troops to launch a campaign against the other four states.
The last one, Leng Wuya, the domain lord of the Arakawa Domain and a powerful person in the Divine Emperor Realm, returned here when he was about to die and never left even half a step until his death.
Xiao Zhan was a little surprised. The content on the first page seemed to be written deliberately for him to read.
It's just that Xiao Zhan didn't expect that the person in front of him had such an incredible identity and strength.
The next moment, when Xiao Zhan's eyes fell on the second page, his body trembled with shock and he almost threw out the ancient book in his hand.
Because the first line of the second page clearly says:
"I've been waiting for you for 80,000 years."
A skeleton with handwriting left 80,000 years ago seems to be talking to you. Who could not be afraid?
But Xiao Zhan was not an ordinary person after all, so he continued to look down.
After reading it, Xiao Zhan froze in place and couldn't calm down for a long time.
After a long time, Xiao Zhan slowly backed away, bent down and said:
"Junior Xiao Zhan, I would like to thank my seniors and all the martyrs of Huangzhou for their sacrifices and contributions."
It turns out that Leng Wuya is not only a master of the Divine Emperor Realm, but also a master of divination.
He had known for a long time that there was no way to escape the disaster in Huangzhou!
Even if Huangzhou didn't take the initiative to declare war, the other four states were also preparing to attack Huangzhou!
He also knew what the other four major states would do to Huangzhou after its defeat.
Therefore, Leng Wuya and the other twelve domain masters made a shocking plan.
They secretly arranged for millions of people to enter the Wild Blue Secret Realm, and then summoned all the masters in the entire Desert State to proactively declare war on the other four states, using countless sacrifices in exchange for hope.
This hope is the person sent to the Huanglan Secret Realm, the last bloodline of Huangzhou.
Leng Wuya even calculated that someone would find this place and come to him in 80,000 years.
Xiao Zhan looked solemn and bowed again, then stepped forward and grabbed the stone throne with both hands.
As Xiao Zhan continued to exert force with his hands, the throne was suddenly pulled up.
The next moment, a deep hole appeared on the ground.
The extremely dense fog's true vitality rushed out instantly.
In just a moment, Xiao Zhan felt that his realm was loosening again, and the pure true energy continued to penetrate into his body.
Standing at the edge of the cave entrance, Xiao Zhan looked down.
Below is a cave of unknown size and depth, but Xiao Zhan can see at a glance that there are hills piled up with true essence stones below.
Here is a huge treasure house.
According to Leng Wuya, he had already calculated that he would dig up all the True Essence Stone veins in the other four states. Therefore, in the first twenty years before the declaration of war, the entire Thirteen Regions of the Waste State were vigorously searching for the True Essence Stone veins. All the true essence stones mined in the past twenty years were secretly transported here.
As for why it is here, Leng Wuya also divined it.
Back then, after divination, he discovered that in the vast desert state, there were only a few places that would not be visited by people from the other four states.
After checking, only this place now meets the conditions.
So when he was defeated, Leng Wuya, who was seriously injured, returned here and guarded it personally.
Because he calculated that about 30,000 years after the defeat, a powerful man from the Heavenly God realm in Zhongzhou would discover this place.
The frozen corpse that Xiao Zhan saw in the passage just now was the powerful Celestial Mirror from Zhongzhou.
However, at that time, the true essence sealed in the sword by Leng Wuya was still very powerful, and it instantly froze the powerful Heavenly Mirror expert in the passage.
Now that 80,000 years have passed, the true energy sealed in Leng Wuya's sword has been exhausted. Otherwise, Xiao Zhan would not be able to get down here at all. He might have died the moment he touched the pool.
Xiao Zhan was filled with emotions.
Senior Leng Wuya and the others paved the way for future generations as early as 80,000 years ago. What a great deed this is.
Xiao Zhan pressed the throne down, and the hole in the ground was instantly closed, and no more true energy flowed out.
Then Xiao Zhan squatted down and began to pick up the bone fragments on the ground. After finding them all, he took off his cloak and wrapped all the bone fragments.
Then Xiao Zhan put the package on his back, stood up and walked to the sword.
This sword was Leng Wuya's former sword, and its name was Aohan.
In Leng Wuya's hands, it had killed hundreds of God-Kings and five God-Emperors.
Xiao Zhan slowly stretched out his right hand and grasped the hilt of the sword.
The next moment, a bone-chilling chill rushed into Xiao Zhan's body.
Xiao Zhan's body froze instantly, and his body was covered with a thick layer of ice.
Even the mind is frozen!
At the same time, at the edge of the deep pool.
Li Mo and other members of the Temple of War are waiting anxiously.
"The palace master hasn't come up for so long. Could something have happened?"
Before Li Mo could make a decision, a member of the Temple of War drew his sword and jumped into the pool.
Li Mo's expression changed, and he quickly reached out to grab his cloak and pulled him back.
But in just this moment, this holy member of the Temple of War was covered with a thick layer of ice, his whole body was shivering from the cold, and his body's energy was in chaos.
"I don't want to kill you! You think you are the master of the palace!"
Li Mo scolded, "If you die, the palace master won't be able to beat me to death when he comes up!"
This member of the Temple of War spoke tremblingly:
"It's worth using my death to find out the situation of the palace master!"
"Are you stupid?" Li Mo slapped the member on the head: "You will die before you get down, and your death will be in vain!"
While talking, Li Mo was horrified to find that the pool water began to freeze.
Li Mo quickly shouted:
"Break the ice!"
The members of the War Temple waved their sabers one after another, and the sword light blasted into the water pool.
The ice splashed, but the next moment it condensed again.
Li Mo's face looked ugly:
"I'm afraid it's all frozen. The ice is at least a hundred meters thick and we can't break through it at all!"
Instantly, everyone became anxious.
Li Mo made a quick decision and shouted:
"Chop down the trees and light them on fire!"
Ten thousand members of the Temple of War immediately rushed out in all directions.
After a while, they ran back dragging the big trees and piled them all on the frozen pool.
A fire was ignited, and with the blessing of ten thousand people's energy, the trees piled up like a hill immediately burst into flames.
Suddenly, the ice began to melt.
As time passed, the members of the Temple of War kept throwing trees into the fire.
But the ice surface still only melted to a depth of less than ten meters, and there was still a steady stream of cold air coming out from below.
For a moment, everyone's eyes were red, and they could only move more trees to make the flames burn more intensely.
