The moment when the spell is cast successfully:
"boom……"
The hourglass in the corner stopped flowing, and on the other side of the hall, two portals emerged amidst a roar.
The double doors on the left are in the shape of a round arch, with a faint light coming from behind;
On the right is the ancient stone gate, square and square, with what seems to be a passage behind it.
"The designer who has been hiding this secret all day is really considerate..."
Zhang Yao couldn't help but smile when he saw these two doors.
Selecting the door on the left will directly end this trial and teleport you to the deepest part of the secret to receive the prize.
Choosing the door on the right means continuing to advance through the array and pass the levels, but if you fail in the middle, all the accumulated results will be invalidated, and there will be no prizes.
"gone."
Zhang Yao's sleeves were rolled up, Shi Shiran stepped forward and pushed open the stone door on the right.
After the stone door is opened, there is a deep stone passage. There is an ancient bronze lamp every three feet on both sides of the wall, burning with blue flames.
"This looks a bit like an underground tomb."
Zhang Yao walked along the passage for half a quarter of an hour, and there was a faint light in front of him.
He left from the passage, and suddenly a new palace hall suddenly opened up in front of him. The hall was filled with puppets of various shapes.
On the left side of the hall wall, there is also a light curtain:
First in progress - code name 'Qing' (third level);
Second progress - code name 'Purple' (second level);
Progress third - code name 'Red' (second level);
Progress 4th - code name 'Yellow' (first level);
Progress fifth - code name 'Orange' (first level);
Zhang Yao glanced at it and his expression changed slightly:
"I didn't expect that some of the disciples of the Dongge Sect have passed the third level. They moved really fast."
"Either you have great strength, or you have great luck..."
The seven heavenly capital talismans are codenamed with seven colors.
The Tiandu Order Talisman in his hand is code-named 'Orange', and he is currently the last one.
Only after passing the first level can the runner be qualified to be on the list and see the specific rankings of himself and the others.
"The first level is a test of understanding, and it takes too much time."
In Zhang Yao's heart, thoughts surged:
"We need to speed up down there."
Each runner will receive corresponding prizes based on his or her performance in breaking through the formation.
But the final reward is still a fixed choice of three foundation-building pills, spiritual weapons, and treasures. If he is a step late and someone else chooses the foundation-building pill, it will be a setback.
"Kakaka..."
While Zhang Yao was thinking, there were bursts of sounds of machines rotating and colliding in the hall.
The densely packed puppets all over the hall began to move, with red light emitting from their eye sockets, staring straight at Zhang Yao.
"The art of mechanism puppet is also one of the twelve techniques of Pingdu."
Seeing this scene, Zhang Yao smiled slightly:
"This kind of test is exactly what I want."
The next moment:
"Boom!" "Boom!"
The long blue cone and the purple flying sword flew out with a bang, shaking the air and roaring, and rushed into the group of puppets.
Before many puppets could react, they were violently blasted away and cut off. Their bodies were scattered into pieces, and they lost their combat effectiveness.
"Kakaka..."
Some of the puppets worked hard to fight against the thunder cone and flying sword, while the other part tried to get around and kill Zhang Yao.
Zhang Yao stood with his hands behind his back, without moving. Before those puppets could get close to him, they were killed by blue electric light and purple sword light.
After just seven or eight breaths, the hall was filled with debris, and there was not a single puppet machine left standing.
This group of puppets is actually not weak in combat power, and they are also proficient in the method of combined attack in the battle formation. If other formation intruders bump into it, they will inevitably have a headache - unless they are very lucky and happen to be practicing the puppet spell among the twelve methods of Pingdu. .
However, they met Zhang Yao. Due to the huge gap in strength, they could not even touch the corners of Zhang Yao's clothes before they were crushed to pieces.
"Boom!"
On the opposite side of the hall, two familiar doors appeared.
Zhang Yao flicked his sleeves and robe, walked forward quickly, and opened the second stone door.
…………
The third level, the fourth level, the fifth level...
One level after another, Zhang Yao broke through easily, with extremely rapid momentum.
After the most troublesome test of comprehension, Zhang Yao will have a huge advantage in all aspects such as mana, soul, sensor control, combat effectiveness, etc. that will be tested in the following levels.
The road was going smoothly, and after just half an hour, he broke through seven formations in a row and reached the eighth level.
And at the same time:
"How can this be……"
Zhuge Xing, who came to the fifth level, looked at the light curtain on the side of the wall and was stunned.
The Tiandu Order Talisman in his hand is codenamed 'Qing'.
Half an hour ago, he was at the top of the list, rushing the fastest and with the most momentum among all the runners.
But in the next half hour, he watched helplessly as someone broke through seven formations in a row, with unbelievable speed, leaving him far behind with a single stroke.
"Codenamed 'Cheng', he is a disciple of the Xige Sect. There is definitely something wrong with him!"
Zhuge Xing's expression was quite solemn.
When he passed the fourth level, the opponent's name had just appeared on the list, and he had obviously just passed the first level.
But when he broke through the fourth level and reached the fifth level, the opponent had actually broken through the seventh level and reached the eighth level.
Everyone has reached perfection in qi refining, how could there be such a huge gap?
"Could it be that... this person is in the foundation building stage and deliberately suppressed his cultivation to come in?"
Zhuge Xing had such a guess in his mind, but he thought it was impossible.
What maintains the operation of the Tiandu Secret Palace is the formation arranged by the Jindan Patriarch, which cannot be fooled by the Foundation Establishment Stage.
But other than that, he really couldn't figure out why the other party could break through seven formations and trample them all in such a short period of time.
"...It seems that the plan needs to be changed."
Zhuge Xing's brows were furrowed, and his heart was full of alertness and vigilance.
Although he and the other three disciples of the Dongge sect had only known each other for a few days, they already had a tacit understanding and were ready to get rid of this single seedling of the West Pavilion sect at the last moment.
But the current situation clearly shows that there is something wrong with the disciples of the Xige Sect. If they act rashly again, the end may be unpredictable.
"There is no way to contact them now, so we can only take one step at a time."
Zhuge Xing sighed:
"I just hope they can be smarter..."
…………
On the other side, in the eighth level.
Zhang Yao stood with his hands behind his back and looked at the hall in front of him.
Above the dome of the hall, there are densely packed metal instruments such as cymbals, gongs, chimes, cymbals, cymbals, bells, bells, etc.
"How to break the formation?"
He turned around and glanced around, and saw that on the wall on one side of the hall, in addition to the familiar hourglass, there were also many words carved on it.
After Zhang Yao checked it over, he suddenly understood:
"I see……"
These words record the conditions for breaking through this level - one hundred and eight metal instruments are required to vibrate and make sounds at the same time.
It is also specifically marked on it that these metal instruments are not very sensitive to mana, but are very sensitive to changes in sound and rhythm.
Zhang Yao couldn't help but smile after reading the conditions:
"It's a piece of cake."
According to the characteristics of these one hundred and eight metal musical instruments, there are roughly two ways to break the formation:
First, forcefully bombard it with powerful magic power, causing hundreds of metal instruments to vibrate together, and it will naturally pass the test;
However, to use force to overcome skill in this way, even the magical power of a Qi Perfection monk is far from enough.
The second is to use different sounds to test little by little and find out the rules. Then you can use less magic power to stir different instruments, causing all the instruments to resonate and achieve the conditions.
At this level, the monks who have practiced the 'Baolian Song Jue', one of the twelve techniques of Pingdu, will undoubtedly take advantage of it.
"It's just that the second method is too cumbersome for me."
Zhang Yao shook his head.
He has only been involved in the art of temperament for just two years. Although Qingliange has practiced well, his overall temperament level is still limited.
Even if he could do the second method, it would still take a lot of time, and he didn't have the spare time to engage in music.
"call……"
Zhang Yao took a deep breath, exhaled suddenly, and pushed out with both palms.
"Boom!"
For a moment, it was like thunder on the ground, or like the sound of huge waves hitting the coast.
The mighty magic power, like the Yangtze River, surged out of Zhang Yao's body and washed through the entire hall in an instant.
"Ding Ding", "Dang", "Zheng", "Qiang Qiang", "Dong"...
In an instant, thousands of sounds merged together, and different notes jumped to each other, forming a wonderful music score.
"Um?"
Zhang Yao's expression moved slightly, and he instantly realized the mystery:
"This seems to be a set of rhythmic spells... It has many similarities with the rhythm of Qinglian Song."
Before he had time to think about it:
On the wall on the side of the hall facing him, along with a roar, another arch and a stone door appeared.
"Write down this set of music scores first, and think about it later when you have the opportunity."
Zhang Yao suppressed the matter, stepped forward quickly, pushed open the stone door, and continued deeper along the passage.
Break through the formations and pass levels along the way.
The ninth level, the tenth level, and the eleventh level all failed to stop Zhang Yao for long.
When Zhuge Xing, who was nicknamed 'Qing', reached the seventh formation, Zhang Yao had already reached the last formation of the trip - the twelfth level of the Tiandu Secret Hidden.
In the twelfth level.
"...Could this be the so-called Yellow Talisman's way?"
Zhang Yao touched his chin, showing a hint of interest.
In the hall in front of you, there is a bright yellow talisman floating in the air. The material is very similar to the yellow paper in the world, but it has a trace of spiritual light.
Not only that:
On top of this talisman is not the common spiritual pattern inscription or spell seal, but a portrait of a soldier in full armor and armor.
The Way of Yellow Talisman can be regarded as a branch of the normal talisman school. It is mainly used to refine and summon some talisman soldiers, Taoist warriors, Buddhist protectors and the like.
The famous methods such as "Throwing beans to form an army" and "Incarnation into Thousands of Incarnations" are the divine channel techniques of Huang Fu's way, which can only be used if you have to be at the Golden Core stage at least.
Zhang Yao has only heard of it, but has never seen it. However, there is a inheritance of the Yellow Talisman Technique in the 'Pingdu Twelve Techniques'.
"This is quite interesting..."
Zhang Yao was keenly aware of a detail:
The portrait of the 'divine general' on this yellow talisman seems to be composed of irregular lines, but it is actually made of spiritual patterns.
It's just that compared to ordinary talismans, these spiritual patterns are more subtle and dense. They are very different from ordinary talismans, but are somewhat similar to the spiritual patterns on the miniature formation in his body.
"Buzz!"
The yellow symbol trembled, and a golden brilliance suddenly erupted.
The brilliance dissipated instantly, and a majestic figure over one foot tall appeared in the center of the hall, wearing golden armor and holding a large sword.
His image is exactly the same as the one on the yellow talisman. He is as majestic and majestic as a gatekeeper in the mortal world.
"Uh-huh!"
Without saying a word, the golden-armored god general raised his sword and struck it down angrily. The blade went straight to Zhang Yao's head.
"clang!"
The rotating light shield flew out and turned into a huge translucent scale, blocking Zhang Yao's body.
The golden-armored god staggered his steps and immediately changed his moves, trying to strike Zhang Yao from another direction, but it was still in vain.
"Dang Dang Dang..."
The golden broadsword's slashes were all easily blocked by the light shield.
Zhang Yao was not in a hurry to take action. He glanced at the light curtain on the wall next to him, then withdrew his gaze and carefully observed the golden armored general in front of him:
"The way of Huangfu is really magical, it opened my eyes..."
He found that the golden armored general in front of him had simple intelligence, probably similar to some intelligent animals.
The golden lines that make up his body are not only the power of the talismans, but also some refining techniques that give it substantial abilities.
In terms of combat effectiveness, he is not bad either. His lethality is powerful and his body is invulnerable. He is comparable to an ordinary Qi Refining Perfection cultivator.
"Lie down!"
After Zhang Yao observed for a while, he finally took action.
"Boom, boom!"
In conjunction with the attack of the Thunder Cone, after only two or three punches, the golden-armored god general's sword was knocked away by him, and he was firmly suppressed beneath him.
The golden-armored god general struggled desperately, but under the dual suppression of Zhang Yao's divine power and magic power, he couldn't make any waves at all.
"let me see……"
Zhang Yao forcibly suppressed the golden armored general, preparing to tear it open and take a good look at the internal structure.
There is nothing to observe outside. The real secrets of these magical weapons and generals created by the Yellow Talisman must be hidden within their bodies.
Unexpectedly, he had just started to tear open the golden armored general's chest, and the latter suddenly collapsed and turned into a ball of golden mist.
After the golden mist dissipated, a broken yellow talisman drifted down from the air.
"...Well, it seems that it can't be dissected."
Zhang Yao was a little depressed and helpless, so he could only get up from the ground and put away the broken yellow talisman.
"Boom!"
The entire hall shook violently.
Zhang Yao looked up and saw a huge light door emerging in the middle of the opposite wall.
"Ji Establishment Pill, here I come!"
Zhang Yao's mood lifted, he stepped forward with his head held high, and passed through the light gate.
Behind the light door, in a more simple and elegant hall, three jade pillars stand, shining with different lustres.
On the jade pillar on the left is a ball of five-color soil, which seems to be some kind of unknown second-level spiritual object, a precious material used for refining elixirs and refining weapons.
On the jade pillar on the right is a light cyan jade Ruyi, with a faint cyan airflow swirling inside. It is a powerful spiritual weapon.
And on the jade pillar in the center:
An exquisite small white porcelain bottle was placed quietly, looking so inconspicuous.
"Foundation Pill!"
Zhang Yao's eyes directly skipped the spiritual objects and spiritual weapons, and instantly locked on the Foundation Establishment Pill.
Without hesitation, he stretched out his hand and touched the small porcelain bottle through a layer of faint white luster.
"Got it!"
(End of chapter)
