Chapter 962: Eliminating the Phantom Golden Body
At the highest point of the mountain, Xu Mutang stood in front of the main gate of the rear hall. At his feet lay the tattered bodies of more than ten guards. After entering the hall, he encountered more obstacles.
Fortunately, these guards were just like the dragons and snakes before, with only their spirit bodies occupying their shells. They were not very strong and could not stop him for long.
"However, compared to the buildings in front, this rear hall is exceptionally solid. Illuminated by the countless eternally burning lamps on both sides, there's surprisingly no sign of decay. The glazed tiles haven't faded much either. At most, the painted gold paint on the pillars and walls has fallen off a lot.
This should be the most important place in the entire secret treasure. It can be seen from the heavy guards here that if there is anything important, it should be hidden here.
The door of the hall was closed at this moment. Two withered skeletons dressed in eunuchs' clothes stood in front of the door. He raised his long whip and poured his strength into it. The originally soft whip instantly became straight, and spiritual light condensed at the front end. With a click of his finger, the originally solid hall door instantly exploded into wood chips on the ground.
He retracted the whip and rolled it in his hand, then strode inside. He saw a huge curtain hanging from the top, blocking the entire view. There were bright patterns on it, depicting the heroic postures of a general charging into the battle and killing the enemy.
The fact that this thing has been preserved until now and is still brightly colored without a trace of decay shows that it is a treasure. However, he had no interest in it at all and even felt that it blocked his view, so he reached out and pulled it off.
However, this thing was quite tough. Even though he used so much force, it was not torn apart. Instead, it fell down in one piece, and dust fell with it.
At this time, he looked towards the center of the hall. The layout here was not what he had imagined. On both sides were a row of eternal flames as bright as daylight, and behind them were colorful murals depicting gods riding dragons and flying into the sky.
There was a long table in the middle, and behind the table there was a figure sitting upright. The figure wore a ghostly face shield and the armor of a general who assisted the country. He had a majestic and tall body, about three meters tall when sitting. Beside him was a long hammer with a slightly pointed tip and a coiled snake.
Xu Mutang looked ahead and was shocked. Could this armor be... Yuwen Yuanqi?
According to records, the remains of Yuwen Yuanqi's body were recovered by Emperor Ying and pieced together. It seemed that this was because Emperor Ying needed to keep him alive for one more day so that he could get "living flesh". But in fact, according to the research of the expert group, Emperor Ying was most likely instigated by the Wuwei Xuanshi to temporarily abandon his body and let his spirit possess his body. At the same time, he would take the "immortal pill" refined for him by the Wuwei Xuanshi and ascend to heaven, so that he could use this body to avoid disaster.
But no one knew what happened afterwards. Perhaps something went wrong during his cultivation, and he was eventually struck to death by a thunderbolt. The young emperor hurriedly succeeded to the throne, and this pieced-together body was placed in this secret treasure in accordance with the previous emperor's order.
His eyebrows twitched slightly, and he looked at the body for a few times. Seeing that it didn't move, and there was no sign of any spiritual body attached to it, he still walked up very carefully. If it was just an empty shell, it would be fine, but he was afraid that it had transformed into a demon, which would be difficult to deal with.
Although various legends and historical novels have exaggerated his martial prowess, it's undeniable that he has reached the realm of Changshengguan, and may even be at a higher level...
After looking around for a while, his eyes suddenly fell on the table, where there was a thousand-year-old incense stick that was still burning, emitting wisps of green smoke. Underneath it was a lacquer box with an arc lid. The whole box was black in color, with delicate cloud and thunder patterns outlined in gold thread on the surface, and there were also paintings of immortals preaching.
This is obviously something from the Xuanjiao sect.
The thing that could be placed here so solemnly might be related to this matter. He couldn't help but wonder, could it be that the "magic pill" was contained in it?
When he thought of this, he couldn't help but feel warm in his heart. He walked forward and reached out to take the black box, but just as he was about to touch the thing, he frowned and suddenly stopped.
He is a cautious person. He is always alert to unknown things and never touches unclear things. But just now he took this thing without thinking much. There must be something wrong.
Just as he had this thought, he suddenly heard the sound of murmuring and chanting, which he had not noticed at all just now.
He immediately withdrew his hand, took a few steps back, and looked around vigilantly. He heard bursts of laughter from all around him, and then saw the images of celestial maidens on the murals next to him move, floating around him. Amidst the fluttering silk robe sleeves, bursts of strange fragrance emanated.
He immediately realized that something was wrong and that he must have been under some kind of mental influence, so he quickly took out a capsule and swallowed it.
He closed his eyes for a moment, and then opened them again, his pupils shrinking. He saw that the walls on both sides had already been broken, and out crawled out one by one, four-limbed, pitch-black creatures that looked like ghosts. They had come close to his body, and some had already grabbed the corners of his clothes. On his raised head, there was a face with only holes for facial features, but in that blurred scene, he saw charming goddesses approaching one by one.
The two scenes kept changing alternately under the impact of his spiritual power, sometimes it was a charming goddess, sometimes it was a hideous monster.
He immediately guessed that this was probably some kind of anomaly, and it was very likely that the original strength was still maintained in this hall.
The abnormalities just encountered outside are simply incomparable to this, and this kind of thing is unreasonable. As long as your mental strength is insufficient, or your mind is slack, and you feel some kind of beauty and recognize it, then these things can immediately penetrate into his body and mind.
This spiritual fire might not be able to be stopped, but fortunately he always remained alert to everything here, so he was not easily invaded. But it is hard to say what will happen next, fortunately he is not without a way to deal with it.
He let out a low roar, and his body suddenly swelled up. In an instant, he turned into the black-armored general from before, with two more pairs of arms behind him.
The spiritual form can isolate this kind of things to the greatest extent. When this form comes out, it sweeps and blocks all these things away immediately!
At this moment, the original illusory scene also shattered at the same time, and the appearance of the goddess also disappeared. However, the laughter in his ears still existed, and those things did not stop. They fell out, as if there was no damage at all, and were still crawling towards him.
At this time, his mind became much clearer. He knew that something might be wrong in this hall, and his eyes immediately fell on the "Eternal Incense"!
With a flick of his hand and a communication of thoughts, alienated tissue suddenly grew rapidly on the originally soft whip, and it quickly turned into a hard whip suitable for this body size. He took a few steps forward and whipped the incense stick in front of him. With a "swish", under his exquisite control, the incense stick was immediately extinguished without affecting anything else.
At the moment the long incense went out, the ghosts disappeared together, and the whole hall became quiet. The originally brightly colored murals seemed to have experienced a thousand years in an instant, quickly dimming and fading, turning into a charred black.
Xu Mutang felt a little relieved, but then he felt something was wrong. He looked forward and his heart skipped a beat.
At this moment, wisps of golden smoke emerged from the strong figure behind the case. He raised one hand and grabbed the snake-wrapped golden hammer beside him. Then, with the sound of armor pieces rubbing against each other, he slowly stood up from his seat, and scattered golden powder kept falling.
His figure was already very tall, and after standing up, he was not much shorter than Xu Mutang at the moment.
Xu Mutang retreated cautiously. This thing suddenly moved. Was it because the thousand-year-old incense had gone out?
Could it be that this thing was used to suppress Yuwen Yuanqi? But now he had no time to think about it.
The man in front of him was an unrivaled warrior back then. Even though the number of fighters in the old era was far less than that in the new era, and the various moves were not as open and popular as they are now.
However, the differences between those who have stood at the top throughout history should not be very large, because they all represent the pinnacle that a human being can reach. And one thing is that the imperial family of the old times were different from other people. They were no longer real people, which might be even more terrifying.
Just as he was thinking about it, the figure stepped over the long table in front of him, swung his long arm, and swung the long hammer in his hand from top to bottom, smashing towards him, and a burst of golden flames instantly floated above it.
A cold green light flashed on Xu Mutang's long whip, and he raised it up to meet the attack without showing any weakness. As the two weapons collided, spiritual fire splashed everywhere at the point of contact, dissolving each other, but he blocked it steadily. However, the powerful force on it made his feet sink.
At this moment, the ground suddenly shook violently. With a bang, a huge dragon snake broke through the opposite wall and rushed towards him. He couldn't dodge it in time, and his free hand grabbed the horn on top of it, but he was also pushed forward.
The dragon pushed him and crashed into the wall on the other side. After he was some distance away, it lifted him up and lifted his body into the air.
Xu Mutang flipped over in the air and finally stood on the ground with a bang. Looking up, he saw the strong figure suddenly jumped onto the dragon snake and stood on its neck. As the dragon snake raised its head and straightened its upper body, it was also lifted up high, and the long hammer in its hand was slowly raised and pointed at him.
Xu Mutang snorted, and the cold green aura outside his body became much stronger than before. However, what surprised him was that this dragon snake was not just a rotten skeleton like before, but was full of flesh and blood, and the scales on it were dark silver and shiny, with traces of silver fire flickering on them.
At this time, the dragon snake pulled its back backward and dived forward.
This time, Xu Mutang did not fight back, but dodged to the side. However, after the dragon snake rushed over, the strong figure swung the long hammer and swept towards him.
Because of dodging, his center of gravity shifted slightly. At this moment, he raised the whip to block. Amidst the flying flames, his body was driven to the side by the powerful force above. Before he could steady himself, the dragon's tail swept towards him from behind, and he was immediately knocked away.
But before he landed on the ground, the dragon snake raised its body and leaped upwards in the illumination of many flames. It grabbed his body in mid-air with one claw and rushed down fiercely, finally slamming him hard on the ground. With a loud bang, the whole mountain top shook and trembled.
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(End of this chapter)
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