Xiang Sheng went deeper into the transparent passage, and the sound of his footsteps could be heard far away in the silence.
The passage became narrower and narrower, and soon it was completely blocked by a transparent barrier, making it impossible to pass through.
Xiang Sheng glanced at the barrier, saw through the restrictions at a glance, and casually waved his sleeve to remove them, then continued forward.
Xiang Sheng encountered seven such barriers later. Each barrier corresponded to the eight mother symbols of the Heavenly Demon Forbidden Zone. The lines were clear and smooth, with a faint Taoist charm.
If someone could calm down and study it carefully instead of just trying to break it through with brute force, maybe they could get started in a short time.
And there must be such people among the three forces that came in this time.
If it is so easy to learn, how did the inheritance of the Heavenly Demon Forbidden Art end?
Xiang Sheng's intuition told him that this matter was most likely related to his master.
As his thoughts turned, the transparent passage had reached the end. Under the white light, Xiang Sheng could vaguely see that there was a dimly lit space behind the door at the end.
She sat down cross-legged and began to adjust the restrictions of the black jade bracelet.
The barrier was useless to her. It only took her half an incense stick of time to walk from the entrance to here.
It’s too early, and I don’t know whether I will still be alone at the end, or will meet up with others.
If it's the latter, if he goes out now, wouldn't that be telling everyone else that he's up to something?
Moreover, she didn't want Aoki to be too comfortable.
Since it was a collaboration, she would always ask him to show up and help on the rest of the journey.
The black jade bracelet was sealed and cut off from the connection, which was very inconvenient for her.
It was not difficult to adjust the seal, and a ray of light soon came into the dark space of the jade bracelet.
Aoki narrowed his eyes, and after adapting, he looked up at the constantly changing forbidden runes, and a slight curve appeared at the corner of his lips.
Boss Shi, you are really a trustworthy person.
Half a day later, the seal on the black jade bracelet had been adjusted to a level that no longer affected vision.
As long as Qingmu doesn't reveal his demonic consciousness, he won't be sensed by the Nine-Layered Pagoda.
"It's almost time..."
Even for the lowest-level immortals, half a day is enough for them to break through the forbidden barrier with brute force.
Thinking of this, Xiang Sheng did not delay any longer and slipped into the door at the end of the passage.
As soon as I walked out of the door, my vision became very dim and a faint smell of blood came into my nose.
Xiang Sheng narrowed his eyes slightly and took in the surrounding scene clearly.
This is a large stone chamber closed on three sides. There is no one inside, and all you can see are bloodstains.
Xiang Sheng squatted down, smeared a little blood on his fingertips and rubbed it.
A little weird.
There is a hint of demonic energy in this blood, but it also has the flavor of the human race. Could it be that the Immortal Palace or the ancient clan had a fight with the ancient demon clan, and their blood got mixed together?
But with the Heavenly Demon Forbidden Inheritance in hand, there's absolutely no need for these three factions to clash now...
After thinking for a while, Xiang Sheng came to the only exit, and the familiar golden characters in small seal script emerged.
After taking a quick glance at Xiang Sheng, he realized that the transparent passage was the test for the first level of the Nine-Layered Pagoda.
After passing through, you will come to this quiet room to rest for a while. The exit leads to a maze, which is the second level of the test.
If you can successfully walk out of the maze, you will get the token and can enter and exit the tower freely.
After reading the whole article, Xiang Sheng's eyes gleamed.
She must have missed something.
With the maze token in front of them, there is no need for the three parties to conflict. The only one who can intensify the conflict is the unknown fourth party.
Did the Heavenly Demon King also lead his team in? Or...
She speculated several times in her mind, but without slowing down, she rushed into the maze like a startled wild goose. But just as she entered, before she could see the road ahead clearly, she heard a familiar voice, "Sister Stone!"
Xiang Sheng's steps suddenly stopped, and when he turned around, he saw Ji Qingya's smiling face in front of the door of the maze.
Beside him was Xue Kun, who also had a smile on his face, but his smile was too perfect, making it seem a little fake.
Xiang Sheng didn't look at it for long, and secretly remained on guard.
"Sister Stone, I knew you could come!"
Ji Qingya came over excitedly, "Big Brother said you couldn't break the barrier and told me not to wait any longer. Luckily I waited for two more hours."
Xiang Sheng looked ashamed: "That restriction is a bit difficult to crack. I'm sorry to have kept you waiting for a long time."
Ji Qingya was surprised when he heard this. Sister Shi Tou could kill even a late-stage human immortal, so how could the barrier that even an early-stage human immortal could break through be so difficult to deal with?
But he was too lazy to think about it, so he laughed and said, "It's okay, it's okay, Senior Brother doesn't care about these things. Sister Shitou, you came late, and you didn't know that the fight in the quiet room was so lively just now.
There was actually a large group of celestial demons in that quiet room. No one knew how long they had been trapped there. They were crazy and had lost all their minds.
The ancient demon clan came over first, and the group of celestial demons immediately started fighting with the ancient demons. Later, we and the ancient clan also joined the melee.
It wasn't until the entrance to the maze opened and the group of demons rushed in that they calmed down."
Xiang Sheng looked slightly surprised: "A crazy celestial demon? What level of cultivation do they have?"
"Most of them are in the late stage of human immortals, and there are also quite a few earth immortals. If you encounter them alone, I'm afraid you will be in big trouble. That's why I'm waiting for you here."
Ji Qingya's expression straightened up and she said, "Sister Shitou, please come with us. Our eldest brother is a celestial being and is more than capable of protecting the two of us."
"this……"
Xiang Sheng looked at Xue Kun anxiously: "Will this be too much trouble for Fellow Daoist Xue..."
"Won't."
Xue Kun smiled kindly: "You are with us, which makes my junior brother feel at ease and saves me a lot of trouble."
Xiang Sheng breathed a sigh of relief, "Then I will shamelessly stay."
"Sister Shitou, Big Brother is one of us, you don't have to be so polite!"
Xiang Sheng smiled helplessly: "That's different."
"What's the difference?"
Ji Qingya pulled Xiang Sheng's sleeve and rushed into the maze corridor.
"Stop talking about that nonsense. We've already wasted quite a bit of time. Let's get going!"
Xue Kun looked at the two people talking and laughing in front of him, a dark light flashed across his eyes, and he hurried to follow them.
Not long after the three of them started walking together, they came to the first fork in the road.
Ji Qingya saw the cryptic symbols outside the two passages and couldn't help but feel a headache: "Who can understand this? It's too difficult! Senior Brother, how about we guess one?"
Xiang Sheng glanced at the two murals on the left and right, and quickly figured out that there were errors and omissions in the rune passage in the left mural, while the mural on the right passage was perfect.
Just at this moment, Xue Kun's voice rang out: "Then go to the right. I'll lead the charge."
Ji Qingya had no objection and nodded in agreement.
Xiang Sheng didn't look at Xue Kun. He lowered his eyes and followed Ji Qingya, with a thoughtful look in his eyes.
Coincidence?
The maze was intricate and complicated. In the next half hour, the three of them encountered another twenty-seven forks in the road.
Xiang Sheng gradually figured out the pattern: every time there was a fork in the road, the difficulty of breaking the mural restriction would increase.
Other forks in the road are easy to deal with. Even if you make the wrong choice, you can just take a short detour and get back to the right path.
But if you take the wrong turn at the fork in the road with an integer number nine, it may take several times, or even dozens of times, more time to get back to the right path.
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