"After entering Tianxu, don't wander around, and don't go anywhere else. Just go there."

Yun Yuannan reminded them of some things, "After everything is over, return the same way you came. Don't waste time, and don't run around."

Yun Yuannan looked at Zhou Qing and the others again, "Yun'er will explain the situation there to you on the way, so don't worry."

Then Yun Yuannan asked Zhou Qing and the others to set off, while he himself stayed in the mountains and forests waiting.

Zhou Qing and his group left the forest and set foot in Tianxu.

Dull and depressing, this was their first feeling.

After entering this area, it felt like I was carrying something, and my mood unconsciously became depressed.

As they passed through the light red mist, they felt a chill all over their bodies.

Zhou Qing felt as if in an invisible place, there were countless pairs of eyes staring at him, whispering and discussing him.

Looking around, there is no breath or sign of life here, it is desolate, endlessly desolate.

"boom!"

Suddenly, there was a muffled thunder in the sky, and then drops of red rain fell, like blood.

After the red rain splashed on the ground, it immediately vaporized, merged into the mist, and returned to the sky.

“Woo!”

The sound of the wind in the distance sounded like the howling of ghosts, growing louder and louder, as if thousands of ghosts were crying together.

In a place far away where torrents were raging, no one knew what had happened, but the raging flood went against the trend and rushed into the sky!

In another direction, strong winds gathered and rolled up countless bones, forming a bone storm! "This place is so weird."

Bai Ruoyue spoke in a low voice, not daring to speak loudly, as if she was afraid of disturbing something.

As soon as she finished her words, a human skull was blown over by the wind and fell in front of them with a plop, and its black eye holes stared at them.

Shen Yu swallowed secretly and hugged Bai Ruoyue's arm.

After the few people walked away, the skull suddenly turned around and watched them leave.

"Have you been here before?" Zhou Qing asked Yun Yun in a low voice.

Yun Yun shook her head, "No, this is not a place you can come to at any time. You need to wait for an opportunity."

"What kind of opportunity it is, I don't know either. This is the secret of the Yun family, and only the head of the family knows it."

"The place we are going to is called the Ascension Palace. My father said that it will be opened every few years and outsiders can enter."

"After entering the Ascension Palace, we will separate and face certain things separately. We will not meet again until it is over."

So that's how it is. It turns out that they are not competitors at all on this journey.

"In the Ascension Palace, we face a test of our strength. If we perform well, we will receive some rewards. The final reward is not fixed."

"After entering the temple, we need to face..."

Yun Yun introduced the Ascension Palace to Zhou Qing and the others. These were some of the information that the Yun family had figured out over the years. In fact, they didn't know much, they just had a general idea.

Zhou Qing thought thoughtfully that this Ascension Palace might be related to the legendary Tianming Sect.

The mountain god has been entrenched in Black Mountain for hundreds of years and it is close to Tianxu, so I'm afraid he has really discovered something.

This Ascension Palace looks like something that will be useful to future generations.

Thanks to the mountain god and the Yun family, Zhou Qing and the others had this opportunity.

The forest is about dozens of miles away from the Ascension Palace. If it were outside, Zhou Qing and his group could cover this distance in an instant.

But the ruins were strange, so they had to be very careful as they moved forward.

Suddenly, a crack appeared in the ground in front of them, and it expanded to several feet wide in an instant.

Yun Yun was walking in the front and she missed a step and almost fell down. Fortunately, Zhou Qing who was beside her reacted in time and pulled her up.

Yun Yun's chest kept heaving and she felt a little scared.

"Thanks."

Zhou Qing shook his head and was about to speak when he saw a corpse flying out from the crack in front of them and landed in front of them.

Then the crack healed slowly! A gust of wind blew, and the corpse turned into white ash, and then drifted between heaven and earth, leaving nothing behind.

"What on earth is this place?" Yun Duo shrank back, it was so scary.

"Let's keep going." Yun Yun shook her head and glanced at Zhou Qing.

Zhou Qing was puzzled. Why are you looking at me? He felt his hand shaking. He looked down and saw that he was still holding Yun Yun.

Oh oh oh, so that's what it meant. Zhou Qing quickly let go.

"Bang!"

As a few people were passing by, a large rock suddenly exploded, scaring everyone.

After the broken stones fell to the ground, they quickly merged into the earth, and there was actually another skeleton in the stone.

Just like the bones in the soil just now, the bones in the stone were weathered immediately after they appeared.

"How many people died in this Tianxu?" Zhou Qing looked at the endless ruins and a guess suddenly emerged in his mind.

"Could it be that there are bones buried under every object and every inch of land?"

Zhou Qing thought of what Lu Qingmo said, that the Tianming Sect was destroyed overnight, and the Tianxu was formed overnight.

There is no need to say what happened to the creatures that had lived on this land before that night.

It took Zhou Qing and his companions quite a while to walk the dozens of miles. Perhaps it was because the Yun family had figured out some things in the past years, so they were able to travel safely along the way.

For example, there were white bones in the distance that could walk like living things, but they were not on this road.

Finally, the group of nineteen people arrived safely in front of the ruined palace.

At the entrance of the palace, there is a fallen bluestone with a missing corner, on which are engraved the words "Ascend to Immortality". The third word is located at the missing part.

The palace was large but dilapidated, with many parts damaged. Looking back, one part had even collapsed into ruins.

"Let's go in." Yun Yun spoke and entered the Ascension Palace first.

Just across the door, it seems like another world.

Zhou Qing looked back toward the door, and felt that the world outside was becoming increasingly eerie, mysterious, and unpredictable.

The front hall was empty, nothing was there, just some places were in tatters.

Yun Yun pointed to a door in front of them and said, "After we go in, we will be separated and each of us will be in a different place."

This door is made of bronze and has some messy patterns engraved on it. No specific symbol can be seen, but if you look at it for a long time, it will make people dizzy.

From this point, it can be seen that this door and this pattern are probably extraordinary.

"Let's get started right away. Finish early and go back early. I always feel uneasy staying here."

Zhou Qing and the others nodded, they felt the same way.

Yun Yun was still the first to enter. It was Zhou Qing and the others’ first time here and they knew very little about the place.

The Yun family would definitely not let Zhou Qing go in first, otherwise they would think they were going to harm someone...

Please...collect 6_9_book_bar (Six//Nine//Book//bar)

The door opened and it was pitch black inside, and nothing could be seen.

Yun Yun stepped in and her body was swallowed by the darkness.

"Big sister?"

Yun Duo shouted, but no one answered. It seemed that Yun Yun had already left.

"Let me try." Bai Ruoyue spoke, and the second person walked in. Just like Yun Yun, there was no sound anymore.

Zhou Qing observed carefully, but didn't notice anything.

If the Yun family had not been to this place countless times, Zhou Qing and the others would definitely not have rashly entered.

One after another, they stepped into the bronze gate, and Zhou Qing didn't move until he was the only one left.

He stared at the door. What was behind the bronze door? The ultimate of the world...

Ahem, I got off track.

Zhou Qing didn't hesitate any longer and stepped into the door, which then closed by itself.

There was no more sound in the front hall.

Suddenly, a black humanoid figure covered with red hair appeared outside the Ascension Palace. He stuck his head out and looked at the closed bronze door, his eyes glowing red.

“Hehehe…”

There is endless darkness, no light at all, and I cannot perceive anything around me.

After a while, the darkness receded and the light returned.

Zhou Qing looked around, somewhat surprised. He had clearly entered the bronze door, but now he appeared in a green world full of birdsong and flowers.

There is such a place in Tianxu? Zhou Qing didn't quite believe it.

After a careful observation, there were also faint red cracks above Zhou Qing's world, emitting an ominous aura.

Zhou Qing was thoughtful. Was this space being corroded by the red mist of Tianxu? But this space looked extremely real, as if it had really changed into a completely different world. This method was truly magical.

It is worthy of being the legendary Tianming Sect that dominates the world.

And on a big tree next to Zhou Qing, some words suddenly appeared.

The martial arts test begins.

"A martial arts test?"

The ground suddenly sank, and then an expressionless young man with one black pupil and one white pupil rose from the ground.

"Seeker, defeating me is limited to martial arts means."

Zhou Qing took out [Taibai], and the other party also took out a sword.

Yun Yun had told them about this situation. This was what they would have to face after entering the Palace of Ascension.

The Yun family calls it the gatekeeper.

This is not a living person. There is no life at all. It seems like a dead object, or perhaps a puppet.

Defeat the gatekeeper in front of you and you will get a reward.

“Swish!”

The sharp sword broke through the air, Zhou Qing took the lead, and then the young man with black and white pupils was pierced through the heart by him and immediately fell to the ground.

The strength of an ordinary person who has reached the great perfection of the tendons and veins realm is very weak.

The opponents in the Ascension Palace are all formed according to the realms of Zhou Qing and others, and will never exceed their own realms.

Zhou Qing pulled out [Taibai], and the young man's figure suddenly disappeared, and a stone fell on the spot.

Gold coins exploded!

The stone emits a soft milky white light, and you can sense that there is considerable energy contained in the stone.

Zhou Qing kept the stone. This was one of the benefits of entering the Palace of Ascension.

Then the young man slowly rose from under the earth and "came back to life".

"Seeker, defeat me."

He spoke again, and Zhou Qing drew his sword again, still killing him with one blow. The young man dropped another stone, which was a little darker in color than the previous one.

At the same time, Zhou Qing also clearly felt that the strength of this young man had already improved to a very good level in the tendons and veins realm.

There is only one gatekeeper, but there will be more than one battle. Every time you defeat him, he will be "resurrected" and his strength will be stronger than the last time.

His realm and strength will constantly change.

After the second resurrection, the gatekeeper with black and white pupils’ strength has been raised to the ultimate level of tendons and veins realm.

But for Zhou Qing, it is still...

Not good enough.

(End of this chapter)