Chapter 552
Because of Yuan Jing and Duan Linzhi's words, Su Wei and the others became more careful.
If they were really brought in deliberately by the Lord Martial God, then the Lord Martial God must have ulterior motives. Thinking of those cultivators who had waited in hopelessness and whose lifespans had been exhausted, he felt a chill in his heart.
They saw a collection room and walked in carefully to find that there were several rows of bookshelves filled with books. It was obvious that the books collected by the God of War would not be bad.
Unfortunately, these books were all wrapped in a barrier, so they couldn't be taken out just because they wanted to. Duan Linzhi pointed to a line of small words and said, "Look, there's a hint here. Each person can only take one book."
They wanted to pack them all up and take them away, but they didn't expect they could only take one book, so they had to be careful.
"Then do as you say, take one first and worry about the others later." Su Wei thought it would be better to be cautious.
"Yes, books are secondary. It's good enough as long as we can leave here." Zhong Zheng had long since changed his primary goal from breaking through to going back to support his grandson, so he was not so concerned about how many books he could take. If he only took one book, he would look at it carefully. It would be best if he could take one that could help his grandson, so he looked at it carefully.
Yuan Jing and Duan Linzhi also searched one by one. Yuan Jing finally set his sights on a book called "Tian Yuan Heart Sutra". He was not very clear about what this Heart Sutra talked about, but he had a hunch that this book was destined to him, and he couldn't tell the origin. So he tried to break the outer barrier without thinking, and finally used his soul power to condense into a cone to break the barrier and successfully obtained the Tian Yuan Heart Sutra.
After getting the book, Yuan Jing flipped through it casually, and the content of the book automatically entered his mind. When he opened the book again, the pages became blank, with no content at all.
Yuan Jing pressed his brows and found that the contents of the book were written with a combination of Yuan power and soul power. When these contents were absorbed by the reader, the words in the book naturally disappeared. This Heart Sutra talked about the rules of the soul, and it was difficult to digest it in a short time, so Yuan Jing put it aside temporarily.
Duan Linzhi picked up a book on swordsmanship at random and put it in his storage ring for the time being. The others also quickly picked their own books. None of them were greedy people. At this moment, there was a lot of noise coming from outside.
"Let's go out and see if anyone has found anything." Zhong Zheng was the most anxious. He slipped out before he finished speaking, and the others quickly followed.
Following the noise, they came to one of the courtyards and found several cultivators attacking a forbidden area. Inside the forbidden area grew a Yuan Fruit tree. Su Wei gasped when he saw the Yuan Fruit tree and said, "Yuan Sheng Fruit, it's actually Yuan Sheng Fruit! A great thing that can help one advance to Martial Honor!"
Wu Zun is also a demigod. This palace left by the God of War really contains good things that can help people advance to god-level warriors. No wonder those cultivators, seeing such a Yuansheng fruit tree, can’t wait to pick the Yuansheng fruit on the tree.
"Friend Zhong, Friend Su, what are you waiting for? Come together and attack the restriction. We only need one Yuansheng Fruit each." When those people saw Yuan Jing and his companions coming, they called out to them for help. He was right. The Yuansheng Fruit was only effective when the first one was taken. The effect would be greatly reduced with the second one. It would be better to use other auxiliary pills to help.
"Okay, let's do it together." Su Wei was also very interested in this kind of natural treasure. "Fellow Daoist Zhong, what are you waiting for? If you can be promoted to Martial Honor, it will be more helpful to your grandson when you get out."
Zhong Zheng nodded: "Yes, that's exactly what I thought at the beginning."
Several people joined forces to attack the restriction, while Yuan Jing stood aside to assist. He used his divine eyes to find the weak points of the restriction, and after pointing them out to everyone, the effect of the attack was indeed enhanced. After a shake, the restriction collapsed, and the fragrance of the Yuansheng Fruit wafted out, making people swallow their saliva involuntarily, and then quickly reached out to grab one of them.
Duan Linzhi was not far behind. He wrapped two of them with sword energy and retreated. He didn't want the rest.
It is unknown how many years this Yuansheng fruit tree has been growing. The Yuansheng fruits do not fall off after they are ripe. On the contrary, as time goes by, the number of fruits will increase. Now there are a total of twenty-four fruits on this tree, which is also shocking. This Martial God Palace has existed for at least tens of thousands of years.
If the Palace of the God of War and this alien space have always existed, and there have been cultivators falling in for tens of thousands of years or even longer, and no one has ever arrived here, then how many cultivators are buried in this space?
This made everyone frightened and they also looked at Yuan Jing and Duan Linzhi. If it weren't for the metal lump they took out, they would also be buried here.
"Let's go. It's more important to find a way to leave." After getting the Yuansheng Fruit, everyone calmed down.
The last group of people came to one of the palaces. When the door was pushed open, everyone's eyes were instantly focused on the teleportation array in the center of the hall. They suddenly became excited. Could this teleportation array lead to the outside world and help them leave?
"The teleportation array is protected by a barrier." A golden light flashed in Yuan Jing's eyes. He bent his hand and sent a stream of energy over. Sure enough, a ripple appeared above the empty teleportation array, and the hidden barrier was exposed to everyone's eyes.
"Look over there, there is something over there!" There is a table behind the teleportation array, on which are placed five jade boxes. The jade boxes are also protected by barriers, but one thing is certain, that is, the things in the jade boxes must be better than what they get outside.
Zhong Zheng said frankly: "You guys go and look at the jade box. I'll see how to break the barrier of this teleportation array."
"Thank you, fellow Daoist Zhong."
Yuan Jing and Duan Linzhi did not move either. They were the weakest. No matter how good the things inside were, it would not be of much benefit to them. It would be better for them to find a way to break the barrier outside the teleportation array.
The two carefully observed the teleportation array and found that: "This teleportation array is very similar to the one we came in from. It seems very likely that it was made by the same person."
This made Zhong Zheng and Su Wei even more alert, but they did not forget what they said, that the God of War most likely brought them in on purpose. Would he let them go so easily?
Yuan Jing and Duan Linzhi circled the barrier several times and studied it for a while before pointing out several weak points. Zhong Zheng attacked without hesitation. The cultivators who wanted to take the jade box also started to attack. Various explosions were immediately heard in the hall.
In this situation, Yuan Jing and Duan Linzhi were still in the mood to walk around, wanting to see if there were any other unusual places in the hall. The two were about to search every corner of the hall. The barrier had not been broken yet. Just when they were thinking about whether to go outside to take a look, Yuan Jing's eyes suddenly froze and he looked towards the last corner.
"Brother Duan, there is a hidden restriction here."
"I'll do it." Duan Linzhi sent several sword energies towards the corner.
This restriction was extremely hidden, and only a slight trace of it was revealed in Yuan Jing's divine eye. It was not very difficult to break, and it quickly became shaky under Duan Linzhi's attack, and disintegrated with a "bang". But the next moment, a strange phenomenon appeared in the hall, and a storm of energy swept towards everyone present. Duan Linzhi only had time to remind everyone to "be careful" before he quickly retreated with Yuan Jing.
But no matter how fast they retreated, they could not stop this energy storm from sweeping everyone away. A black hole appeared in mid-air, generating an extremely strong suction force, dragging everyone in.
Duan Linzhi held Yuan Jing's waist tightly. The two of them only had time to look at each other before they were swallowed by the black hole behind Su Wei and the others.
"What is that? Everyone be careful, something is attacking me!"
The warning was still ringing in their ears. Yuan Jing and Duan Linzhi, who had not yet stabilized their bodies, saw a black shadow attacking them. The two fought back, and the black shadow quickly dissipated under their attack, but it regrouped in the blink of an eye and continued to attack them without any sign of weakening.
"What the hell is this thing?" Chang Lufeng screamed.
Yuan Jing had an idea in his mind, and he quickly reminded Su Wei who came in with him: "Senior Su, try to attack with soul power."
"good!"
The two alchemists used their soul attack skills together. Yuan Jing condensed his soul power into a whip as usual and lashed at the black shadow fiercely. When the black shadow was hit, the black shadow felt a sharp whistling sound, which made his head hurt. After the whistling sound, the black shadow also disintegrated, but it could not condense again for a while.
On the other side, Su Wei condensed his soul power into a sword and stabbed at the black shadow. The same thing happened. He was surprised and said, "It really works. Is this black shadow condensed by soul power?"
Seeing this, the other people also knew that physical attacks would not work. The weapon master also used his soul power to condense a hammer and hit a black shadow hard. The rest of the people also used their own methods. After practicing to this level, they were not helpless against such things. After all, they had experienced a lot.
When the black shadow found that its existence had been discovered and its power had been weakened, the black shadows scattered in this space quickly gathered together and retreated into the darkness. The few people then found that they could not find any trace of it.
"What on earth is that?" Zhong Zheng asked in surprise, "and where are we?"
Looking around, they were in a not very big space. It was empty and the light was flickering, which made people feel uneasy.
Yuan Jing guessed, "This happened because Brother Duan and I broke through a hidden restriction in a corner. I wonder if there were any abnormalities on your side when the restriction was broken?"
"Ah, I saw the jade box in the barrier disappeared."
"Yes, the teleportation array. I found that the teleportation array has also disappeared. Could it be that what we saw in the hall was all fake?"
Duan Linzhi looked around: "Perhaps this is the real core of the entire palace. The black shadow just now might be the core that controls the entire palace. Do you think that thing is the residual soul left behind after the death of Emperor Wu?"
Everyone gasped when they heard this. Su Wei asked, "Then what is the purpose of this thing creating a teleportation array and a jade box?"
"Maybe it wants to consume our strength, and then take the opportunity to take over our bodies? But can this thing really take over our bodies?" Yuan Jing asked curiously. The black shadow he saw before didn't seem normal.
Zhong Zheng and the others took a deep breath. The barrier in the hall was indeed very powerful. Their energy was draining away very quickly. If they kept attacking like this, they might really be taken advantage of by the enemies hiding in the dark. Whether it was the teleportation array in the hall or the jade box in the back that might contain treasures, they all attracted their attention. How could they check for other abnormal situations in the hall?
As they were talking, the space they were in began to shake.
"Not good, that thing wants to destroy this space."
"We need to find that thing first, and then we can all work together to force it out."
Yuan Jing used his Sky Eye again, with golden light emitting from it, searching everywhere. Nothing could escape his sight in the semi-dark space. He soon spotted a dark shadow and pointed with his hand: "It's right there, hurry!"
The black shadow turned around and was about to escape, but was quickly intercepted by several people. The black shadow turned around and split into several pieces and fled in different directions. While everyone was not prepared, a phantom pounced towards Yuan Jing who exposed it.
The phantom did not exist in the eyes of others, but in the eyes of Yuan Jing, whose Heavenly Eye had not yet retreated, it was clearly visible. Just when the phantom was about to penetrate into Yuan Jing's body seemingly unobstructed, a ball of golden light pounced over and quickly wrapped up the phantom, and a scream was heard from the phantom.
"Good fellow! This thing actually dares to play tricks on us. Its target must be Brother Daoist Zhai." After they defeated the black shadow, it no longer re-condensed. It was obviously used to attract their attention. The real trick was with Yuan Jing.
Unfortunately, the golden light in Yuan Jing's hand seemed to be more lethal to this thing. Listening to the screams made people's scalps numb, but it was obviously very gentle and did not make people feel any burning power. What kind of power was it?
In the golden light, a shadow appeared. It was a black shadow. The outer shell of the black shadow was gradually dissolved by the golden light, and finally an illusory human figure appeared. At this moment, the illusory human figure seemed to wake up and looked at the cultivators outside angrily.
"Who are you? How dare you break into my cave? How dare you!" The illusory figure shouted at them with an oppressive aura.
"Who are you? The owner of the cave? Lord Martial God? It was you who brought us, the outside cultivators, into this damn place?" It would have been better if the figure had not said anything. As soon as the figure spoke, Chang Lufeng got angry. He let a madman enter such a place and stay there for hundreds of years. The reason he didn't really go crazy was because he had a good heart. Thinking about how many desperate cultivators he had sent away over the years, Chang Lufeng was extremely angry.
"How dare you! You are just a nobody, with only a layer of skin left, and you still dare to yell at us?" Chang Lufeng continued to curse.
"You..." The figure pointed at Chang Lufeng in disbelief. He was just a Martial Emperor, but he dared to shout at him like that. In the past, he could have killed this man with a wave of his hand.
"What do you mean by 'I'?" Chang Lufeng puffed out his chest and walked in front of him. "Come on, kill me if you have the guts, you pretending to be a god. Even if you were a martial god in the past, what's so great about that? You are just a dead martial god, with only a remnant soul left here. Do you think this is you when you were alive?"
"You, you..." The remnant soul of the God of War's fingers trembled with anger.
But now everyone else also discovered that the remnant soul of the God of War really had no threat, otherwise he would not have remained silent even when being scolded like that. The pressure from the God of War just now was just for show, and everyone was alarmed for nothing.
Yes, even if he was a martial god in the past, so what? A living martial god is great, a dead martial god can only hide behind and play tricks.
Like Chang Lufeng, they have been fed up with this haunted place over the years. Now they know that it is all caused by this mysterious thing, and they all look at it unfriendlyly.
At this time, all of their space also changed, revealing its original appearance. Everyone saw a palace stele. Without interrogating the remnant soul, they knew that this palace stele was the one that controlled the cave.
"Zhong Zheng, why don't you give it a try." Someone suggested, because Zhong Zheng's cultivation was high enough, and because he was closer to Yuan Jing and Duan Linzhi. Although these two people's cultivation was the weakest among all the cultivators, they had made the greatest contribution to their getting to this point.
Moreover, the two of them have some mysterious means in their hands, such as the metal lump and the golden light that can restrain the residual soul.
Zhong Zheng looked at Yuan Jing and Duan Linzhi, and they nodded at him. Zhong Zheng took a breath and walked to the front of the palace stele. The remnant soul became excited again, but the golden light condensed into a needle and pierced through its body. The remnant soul trembled and glared at Yuan Jing angrily again.
After checking it, Zhong Zheng was pleasantly surprised and said, "It can be refined. The remnant soul still has some soul power left in the palace stele, but it can be erased."
"What are you waiting for? Erase it!" everyone said in unison.
"Okay, then I'll get started." Zhong Zheng said excitedly. After refining this stone tablet, perhaps he could uncover all the secrets here.
When the remaining soul power in the palace stele was wiped out, the residual soul screamed, but no one sympathized with it. Zhong Zheng successfully refined the palace stele. Then he waved his hand, and everyone left that space and returned to the hall where they were before. Zhong Zheng was controlling the palace stele, and a large formation gradually appeared in the hall. Zhong Zheng was the most excited: "This teleportation formation can teleport us out, but it is a one-way teleportation formation like the one we came in. The teleportation location is randomly selected."
"Oh, right, there are also those jade boxes." Zhong Zheng waved his hand and handed a few more jade boxes to the crowd. "These are the jade boxes that the remnant soul used to seduce us. You can take a look at what's inside."
He waved his hand and opened the jade box, doing it openly without any concealment. Now that he could leave and had obtained the Shengyuan Fruit, it could be said that he had achieved both of his goals and he didn't care so much about other things.
There were still five jade boxes, but when they opened them, everyone saw only fragments, which shocked them.
"What is this fragment?"
Zhong Zheng explained helplessly: "It seems to be a fragment of a divine Yuan device. Except for the Yuan plant growing in this cave, everything else has actually been consumed by that guy over countless years."
The name of the divine instrument is quite big, but what is the use of this fragment? Seeing that no one else had the intention to do it, the instrument master went up and picked a piece: "I will use it for research to see if there is any use for it."
"That's great. If you come up with any results, don't forget to let us know."
"I want to do some research, too."
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