In the ancient palace in front of him, some naturally hanging flags were blown by the cold wind and slowly unfolded on the flagpoles.
The ancient characters on the flag, after being washed away by a long period of time, reveal an infinite sense of vicissitudes.
With Jiang Li's current level of classical Chinese, it is not difficult to recognize the characters on it. The country's name is Shang, and the king's name is Zhou! The owner of this palace is the final loser in the Conferred Gods Tribulation.
He was an unlucky guy who was plotted against and targeted by many saints.
It was led by the disciples of the Chan sect under the seat of Yuanshi Tianzun, who instigated 800 human princes to rebel, which eventually led to the destruction of the last human king!
He was also the most cursed emperor in the history of the previous life, King Zhou of Shang Dynasty, Emperor Xin! It turned out that the underground palace under the city of Fengdu belonged to him.
It’s no wonder that there is such a legend about Fengdu Ghost Town.
Jiang Li looked at this ancient building of unknown age through the eyes of his clone, and the shock in his heart took a long time to calm down.
The other monks with him were far less knowledgeable than him. They did not know what the words "Shang" and "Zhou" on the flags represented.
Their minds are not on the palace in front of them.
Fourteen of the monks who came in with Jiang Li stood close together without saying a word. They just exchanged glances and understood what everyone wanted to do.
They came forward tacitly and surrounded Jiang Li's clone in the middle, with each of them placing their hands on the talisman paper magic weapon, obviously they had ill intentions.
"My fellow Taoist, you blocked the wine for us in the dungeon. We are very grateful."
"But the crisis has not yet been resolved. There may be more dangers ahead. It is really inconvenient for us to have no magic weapon to protect ourselves."
"How about this, you return the magic weapon to us first, so that we can unite together and protect you, right?"
"When we find better treasures in this palace, we will make it up to you, fellow Taoist. How do you think about this?"
When they spoke, they emphasized the word "protect", and the meaning was very clear. If they didn't do as they said, the life safety of the sword cultivator's clone could no longer be guaranteed.
The fourteen of them surrounded Jiang Li's clone with a fierce look in their eyes. As soon as they left the dungeon, they were planning to attack their savior.
Therefore, taking advantage of someone's misfortune is indeed not a good behavior. If you offend someone too much, it is easy to be retaliated against by the other person when they have recovered.
Even the old ghost who led the team, whose behavior was originally unpopular, now stood together to fight against Jiang Li's clone.
"My fellow Taoist, you should return the things to them. We just met by chance, so let's take a step back. I promise that they will never attack you."
He has already spoken out loud and is threatening Jiang Li.
Surrounded by a dozen cultivators of the same level, the sword cultivator's clone did not have his own flying sword in his hand, and his strength was only one tenth of what it was, and he looked in danger.
But he himself was not panicked and was too lazy to argue with them any further.
He didn't even need to say a word. Instead of following them, the remaining seven cultivators who had taken the Nine Nether Earth Fruit sneaked around behind the fourteen people and formed a second layer of encirclement.
The spiritual energy fluctuations suddenly erupted, and they took the lead in launching an attack.
Human monks are the typical example of high attack and low defense. They were suddenly attacked from behind. Those monks who were focusing all their attention on Jiang Li and didn't pay any attention to the monks behind them were immediately severely injured.
Even the old ghost was no exception. He was stabbed directly in the back with a sword, which made him feel cold to the core.
They were all Jindan cultivators, with inner elixirs in their abdomens, so it was certainly not easy for them to die. But they could not escape the consequences of the severe injuries and the invasion of alien spiritual energy.
"What are you doing? He just fed you a poison pill. Why don't you take the antidote back now? You are actually helping him!"
In just a moment, their ability to resist was destroyed, and they all lay powerless on the ground covered with thick dust.
The old ghost yelled at the seven monks who had launched a sneak attack. He couldn't understand why these people were cheated by Jiang Li and still had to count money for Jiang Li.
But in fact, they are all Jiang Li’s “good friends”.
Fourteen monks, including Lao Gui, had their mouths sealed with talismans, their hands and feet tied up with special ropes, and all their weapons and magic tools were taken away. They were held in the hands of the left and right people like a big dumpling.
"Take them with you and let's go in and take a look."
Seven "good friends", each carrying two prisoners, followed Jiang Li inside.
Jiang Li was still very interested in the palace of the last human emperor.
If there had not been the "King Wu's attack on King Zhou", the "biggest traitor incident in human history", perhaps the human race would have had a much better life than it does now.
Both in history and in mythology, it is recorded that "King Wu's conquest of King Zhou" was a just thing.
But why did Jiang Li call King Wu of Zhou the biggest human traitor in history?
In fact, if we take subjective factors out of the equation and use the simple values of ordinary human beings to make an objective evaluation.
The day when the flag of the Shang Dynasty was broken and King Zhou Di Xin burned himself to death on the Star Terrace was definitely the darkest day in human history.
Because after that day, there will only be the Son of Heaven in the world, and no longer be a human emperor.
The gods in heaven then looked down upon the human world from a high position, treating it as insignificant.
King Wu of Zhou of Xiqi, with the support of the immortals of the orthodox teachings and all the creatures in heaven, personally ended the era of the Human Emperor. He even shamelessly called himself the Son of Heaven and the son of the Emperor of Heaven. He was nothing more than a traitor of the human race.
I don’t know how the ancestors of the human race will treat him after he dies.
As for the smeared history, how credible is the history written by a usurper?
In order to make his usurpation of the throne seem legitimate, the usurper will naturally use all his life's knowledge to vilify his former monarch.
As for whether they actually did those things, how can future generations know? For example, Emperor Yang of Sui, who was also a tyrant, a weak ruler, and a lecher, was described in history as an old lecher who built a canal on a large scale in order to go south to the Yangtze River and favor the beauties of Yangzhou, which cost the people a lot of money.
But Jiang Li had a friend who could prove that it was irrational for such a pervert to postpone his trip to Jiangnan for a few years just for a canal.
Jiang Li approached the palace. There were no guards or traps around the palace. It seemed that the underground palace, which was the core, was far inferior to the Fengdu City above.
He pushed the palace door tentatively, and then the two doors creaked and slowly opened.
Not only were there no guards here, the door wasn't even locked.
They first threw two prisoners in, who fell to the ground and rolled out about twenty meters. Apart from the smoke and dust that was stirred up, nothing unusual happened.
Jiang Li then walked into the palace and looked around carefully, but he only saw two skeletons standing upright with spears in their hands behind the door.
He walked forward and poked them tentatively, but to his surprise, the two skulls fell apart, and the two spears fell down with them.
Jiang Li instinctively reached out to take it, wanting to see what material the spear was made of, maybe he could refine it again.
But with this grab, not only did he fail to hold the spear steady, but this spear, which did not seem to have any signs of being refined and was simply an earthly weapon, almost brought him down.
The two spears smashed hard on the ground, smashing the unknown hard black stone slab into pieces.
His brows twitched, somewhat incredulous as to how heavy this thing must be.
The reason he didn't catch it just now was indeed because he misjudged the weight. But even if his clone was not a physical cultivator, he was at least a Jindan cultivator. How could he not catch an ordinary spear?
The clone stepped forward again and grabbed the spear. He wanted to lift it, but found that he couldn't lift the spear with just physical strength. He could only do it with the help of spiritual energy.
But grabbing is grabbing, and using is using, these are obviously two different concepts. This situation overturned his cognition.
No wonder the Human Emperor at that time was equal to the Emperor of Heaven in status. Even a gatekeeper could fight with this kind of weapon. Those well-known generals were super powerful men who could suppress and beat the disciples of the Chan Sect.
It’s a pity that the storage bag cannot be used now. It is really inconvenient to carry these two things around. He can only leave the spear where it is for the time being and see if there is a chance to take it away later.
Continue to move forward cautiously. In this palace, there are gullies everywhere caused by swords and axes, and traces of fierce fighting are everywhere.
Entering the square, you can also see two special buildings, a vertical towering all-metal pipe with traces of fire inside and several layers of brown dirt stuck on the surface.
The other one was a square stone pit that looked like a swimming pool, with a thick layer of dust underneath. Under the dust, the outlines of several human figures could be vaguely seen.
But they are all ordinary buildings. Perhaps they have lost their original power under the erosion of time. Jiang Li did not find anything special about them.
Then came the Central Jade Palace, the East Green Palace, the South Flame Palace, the West White Palace, and the North Mysterious Palace. They carefully explored them one by one, but his caution was like winking at a blind man. The entire underground palace was empty and nothing could be found.
There are no traps or treasures here, and there is no one guarding the place except the two skeletons at the door.
Putting aside other things, it must be true that King Zhou was deserted by his relatives and friends. The palace of the emperor was so shabby that Jiang Li wanted to keep some things for him to make it look more presentable.
After his defeat and death in battle, King Zhou was assigned the title of Tianxi God, who was in charge of marriages on earth. However, those things were all done by Yue Lao, so he was actually of no use.
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This man moved his former palace to the underworld and built a Fengdu on it, perhaps just to be closer to the goddess' tomb outside the city.
But Emperor Xin, where did you hide all the treasures? No, you really just moved an empty palace here.
Jiang Li couldn't help but become a little anxious. The vibration of the dome above the underground palace was becoming more and more obvious. Large cracks had appeared in many places, and large chunks of rocks began to fall down.
The demolition capabilities of those large sects in the Eastern Region are extraordinary. Even if this underground palace is really buried thousands of feet underground, it cannot withstand the way they dig.
The treasures in the underground palace must be found as soon as possible, otherwise it will be too late when those powerful forces arrive.
Wait, Jiang Li paused and suddenly thought of something.
Central Jade, Eastern Green, Southern Flame, Western White, Northern Black?
I’m afraid there is something wrong with the names of these five halls.
King Zhou was the emperor of mankind, so he could understand building four palaces in the east, south, west and north. But the Central Jade Palace was built out of deep hatred. Why would he build such a palace? According to ancient legends, the Heavenly Palace and even the Emperor of Heaven had always been five palaces in the east, south, west, north and center.
Eastern Heavenly Emperor: Blue Emperor Taihao (Fuxi) Western Heavenly Emperor: White Emperor Shaohao
Southern Heavenly Emperor: Yan Emperor Shennong
Northern Heavenly Emperor: Xuandi Zhuanxu (grandson of Huangdi)
And the Central Heavenly Emperor: Jade Emperor Haotian In addition to the Central Heavenly Emperor and the Jade Emperor.
The other four are all emperors of all dynasties!
Although the Eastern Heavenly Emperor Qingdi Taihao was originally from the prehistoric demon race and his original body was not human, but everyone knew his name, Emperor Fuxi, and there was no doubt that he was also a real human.
However, the Central Heavenly Emperor, who has the greatest reputation and power, is not very friendly to the human race.
This is because this Haotian is a prehistoric innate creature whose origins are still unclear. He is very noble and looks down on the human race.
In the ancient myths and legends of previous lives, this Jade Emperor, whose name was Haotian, was once a servant boy under the seat of Taoist founder Hongjun.
He is considered the junior fellow of the six saints from the East and the West.
Later, when Taoism founder Hongjun merged with Taoism, he did not forget the boy who served him, so he casually arranged a "good" job for him. That was the Jade Emperor of the Central Heaven, who was said to be in charge of all matters in the Three Realms and Six Paths.
Most of the immortals and gods in the Central Heaven, including the Jade Emperor, are innate spirits from the ancient times who have achieved enlightenment.
Naturally, he is not of the same kind as the other four Heavenly Emperors who came from the human race.
He had previously wondered why Fengdu was described in legends as being as noble as heaven, with the Ghost Emperor ruling over hundreds of millions of ghosts and gods. It was the legendary final resting place for the dead, but it had nothing to do with the heavenly pantheon.
That's because the master of Fengdu was also a human emperor. Although King Zhou was insultingly put on the list of gods after his death, he didn't need to be responsible to the heavens when he built another underworld city.
The problem now is that King Zhou Di Xin was torn apart by the Heavenly Court and the Chan Sect, and his family was destroyed, and the lineage of the Human Emperor was cut off. Why did he still want to build a central palace here?
Jiang Li led his men back to the central jade palace. After thinking for a while, he suddenly swung out a sword light, shooting directly at the plaque on the jade palace.
With a crisp bang, the plaque was shattered by the sword light, and then a golden light flew out from it.
Jiang Li quickly flew forward and caught the golden light in his hand. The next moment, he was wrapped in the golden light and disappeared on the spot.
Just after Jiang Li disappeared, the dome of the underground palace was completely shattered, and several terrifying auras that were enough to destroy the world poured into the underground palace.
Spread his spiritual consciousness to the palace below.
The seven good friends who remained in the palace had already passed through the bronze gate and returned to the Fengdu dungeon. After throwing the captives to the warden, they returned together carrying spears.
. . . .
At the Nine-Tailed Fox Tomb, Jiang Li was staring blankly at the beautiful statue in front of him, as if he had completely lost his mind.
Starting from his feet, his body was turning to stone bit by bit.
[Affected by the remnants of fox charm, Chunxiang's dream death affects herself. 】
[The main body's multiple mental resistance takes effect, saving throw succeeded... saving throw failed... the influence of the fox charm residue is weakened, Chunxiang Stone Dream is applied to oneself.]
[Chunxiang Stone Dream: All attributes reduced by 80%, body stiffened and petrified, rational consciousness weakened, fox charm illusion invaded, duration 200 years] (-+)
Jiang Li's real body was standing in front of the stone statue in Daji's tomb, and he was completely pulled into the illusion by the foxy aura without realizing it.
Into his spiritual world, a pink nine-tailed little fox came in.
The little fox ran towards the core of the sea of consciousness, and everything it passed turned into a pink world.
The dark clouds of heavenly calamity, the five elements sword peaks, the bloody beasts, and the Nine Nether Forest in Jiang Li's spiritual world were all trying to resist the invasion of the little pink nine-tailed fox.
But have you ever seen pink calamity clouds?
After all, that was the power of Qingqiu Nine-Tailed Fox. Even with his spiritual cultivation, it was not enough to resist it.
Fortunately, Jiang Li had enough cards on his hand. At this time, the dragon blood in his body began to boil wildly, and the bloody marks on the palms of his hands also became hot.
Three drops of dragon blood burned directly, and the blood of Lord Asura in the palms of his hands also faded and disappeared.
In Jiang Li's sea of consciousness, several blood-colored streaks suddenly appeared, tearing apart the flying fox spirits in the sky. Jiang Li's consciousness suddenly became clear.
He didn't have time to be surprised that he had been tricked without knowing it. He quickly flipped to his status panel and clicked directly on the minus sign behind the [Chunxiang Stone Dream] status.
One second, two seconds, Jiang Li's consciousness began to dull again. Three seconds, four seconds, the little fox demon transformed into a stunning beauty with nine tails on her back. Jiang Li's consciousness could not help but return to the land of tenderness.
Five seconds... All the illusions suddenly disappeared, and Jiang Li shuddered all over, gasping for breath as he woke up.
[You have survived the Chunhyang Stone Dream, and the skill "Iron Will (Passive)" has been acquired. ]
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