After leaving the cave at the bottom of the river, Qiu Changtian calculated the time again. Knowing that Ling Yunpo and An Zhisu were about to arrive, he quickly took a wide arc to avoid meeting them.
Then he returned along the same route as he remembered and arrived at the entrance to this secret place.
According to the guide, after arriving at the entrance, you cannot go directly back to the central hall, but have to wait here for two hours.
Qiu Changtian had to rest on the spot. After about two hours, he saw a figure flash in front of him. It was an unfamiliar female disciple of Shushan who came in from the entrance passage.
"Greetings to Lord Tushan." Qiu Changtian said hurriedly.
The Shushan female disciple was slightly startled, then she covered her mouth and laughed:
"That's interesting. How did you recognize me the second time?"
"Due to several attacks, Master Jinghua now requires fellow disciples to act together." Qiu Changtian said with a smile, "Tu Shanjun is alone like this, isn't he deliberately going against Master Jinghua's orders?"
"Oh, but does everyone have to obey Master Jinghua's orders?" Tu Shanjun said with a smile, "Can't we pretend to obey but disobey in secret?"
"This is the Death Gate area. Even if you are deliberately alone, you can't choose the Death Gate for the trial." Qiu Changtian said seriously, "Even if you choose the Death Gate trial, ordinary disciples who enter here will definitely be trembling with fear and treading on thin ice. How can they be as calm as the True Lord?"
Tu Shanjun was stunned after hearing this, and then fell into deep thought.
She was certainly not a fool, as she dared to sneak into Shushan alone. With her superb illusion skills, most of the important places of the sects were defenseless to her.
But what this person said is indeed right. I can't just rely on illusions. I also need to hone my acting skills.
Um?
Wait, this guy seems to be quite smart, why don't we...
"Come with me." Tu Shanjun turned around.
The two left the secret realm and returned to the central hall, then went down all the way. Under the disguised illusion, they quietly bypassed the Shushan trial team along the wall of the hall and finally went down to the 47th floor.
After passing through the Death Gate, you will come to a deep sea area.
The water around is deep and gloomy, with dark ocean currents all around. There are no seaweed, reefs, fish, turtles, shrimps or crabs, only impurities and bubbles surging in the sea water.
Tu Shanjun led Qiu Changtian to continue forward. As the depth gradually increased, Qiu Changtian could already vaguely see the outline of the seabed below.
"This secret place is built to imitate the North Abyss." Tu Shanjun said leisurely, "The human world and the demon world have been separated until now. You humans should not know where the 'North Abyss' is, right?"
"That's not the case." Qiu Changtian said calmly, "There are some records in the classics that say the North Sea is 'a vast and remote place that has never been seen by the world', 'without daylight and without light all day long', 'surrounded by dragons, extremely dangerous'."
"Really?" Tu Shanjun didn't care, "That's really surprising."
The two walked for several miles and arrived at a deep sea.
As they continued to move down the abyss, visibility became lower and lower until the two finally landed at the bottom of the abyss.
The water pressure here was already very high, making Qiu Changtian feel a little uncomfortable. He noticed that the ground under his feet seemed to be made of fine sand, but it was pressed like fine steel, and it felt like stone when he stepped on it.
"It's right here." Tu Shanjun said, "I came to the human world this time and sneaked into the Demon Locking Tower to save a senior."
She paused for a moment and continued:
"Have you heard of 'Yinglong'?"
"Yes." Qiu Changtian replied, "I heard that there are five transformations of a dragon: at first it is a 'water snake', after 500 years it lives on and grows scales and transforms into a 'dragon'."
"If it survives another thousand years, it will be dyed red and become a 'Chilong'. If it survives another five hundred years, it will grow horns and become a 'Qiulong'."
"Finally, after another thousand years, he will attain enlightenment and grow wings to become Yinglong."
"From the perspective of physical changes alone, you are right." Tu Shanjun was slightly surprised and corrected, "But in fact, the evolution of the dragon race is not just about the age, but the improvement of the rank."
"The further you go, the harder it is to advance in rank. And the senior I am going to rescue this time is probably the only Yinglong in the world."
"According to the records in our demon world, this elder Yinglong fell into the human world 100,000 years ago and was imprisoned in the Demon Locking Tower by human monks. He was locked in a secret place called 'Infernal Space'."
"Between heaven and earth?" Qiu Changtian asked curiously.
"That is, 'a gap without a gap.'" Tu Shanjun said seriously, "It seems to be an independent space somewhere."
"Normal space is continuous, like an endless plain where you can run freely."
"Independent spaces are discontinuous, just like islands in the ocean. If you run on one island, you can never reach another island - you have to cross the ocean in other ways."
Qiu Changtian pretended to think and asked in confusion:
"In that case, what does Tushanjun think?"
"I don't have any spatial magical powers, so I can't cross this 'ocean'." Tu Shanjun sighed, "But there should be a 'bridge' in this 'ocean', but I can't find it, so I asked you to help me."
Qiu Changtian was stunned when he heard this. What's the point of talking about "ocean" and "bridge"?
However, he already knew how to get to the space where Yinglong was imprisoned: since he couldn't "move" there, he could only "jump" there.
For example, the Wanli Water Vein Divine Traveling Talisman.
Of course, this talisman has been left to Ling Yunpo and the others, so we have to think of other ways, such as...
Qiu Changtian suddenly had an idea: Speaking of space jumping, isn’t that Ajing’s specialty?
"A Jing, you..." He opened his mouth and heard Kunlun Jing say, "Okay. According to the guide, I will teleport you there."
Then, Qiu Changtian disappeared from the spot.
Tu Shanjun: ???
She slowly opened her eyes, then stretched out her arms in disbelief and waved them a few times at Qiu Changtian's original position.
That’s all.
How come the person is gone?
Could it be that we have found the "Between"?
What the hell! I have been searching here for a long time but have not found any clues. This little human who has not even reached the transformation stage has actually found it as soon as he arrived? ? !
She stood there for a while, and couldn't help but start to get angry again.
As the world spun, Qiu Changtian appeared in a familiar space.
On the side is the rushing red river, and in front is the rugged mountain of swords.
A gigantic dragon was perched on the mountain of knives, its lower body pierced by dragon-binding chains, and a large amount of blood was flowing along the rocks like a rushing waterfall or stream.
"Human?" Yinglong said lazily, then opened his mouth as if yawning.
The terrifying energy that made people's heart palpitate quickly gathered in its mouth, and it was about to kill the tiny human below into ashes in an instant, but Qiu Changtian suddenly said:
"Master Yinglong, do you dare to make a bet with me?"