Just as Mengmeng was about to smash her little fists into the ground, Li Daoyi quickly picked her up.
"Eeya?"
The little guy pouted, clearly quite dissatisfied.
"Alright, my little darling, if you punch her like that, everything down there will be doomed." Li Daoyi said, pinching Mengmeng's cute little face, and then tossed her to Xiaolongnu.
“Since the Temple of War is down there, perhaps there’s an entrance,” Dongfang Bubai said.
Li Daoyi shook his head.
"There is no direct entrance. The space of the Temple of War is self-contained and can even move and disappear when subjected to brute force."
"Huh? How do I get in?"
"Let me see if I can find a way," Li Daoyi replied.
After saying that, he began to search around and soon entered one of the buildings. Apart from some simple furnishings, there was nothing special about the house. The other houses were probably the same.
"Dao Yi," Dongfang Bubai's voice rang out.
"Come and see, there's a strange pattern here."
Li Daoyi looked in the direction of the sound and saw Dongfang Bubai standing in an inconspicuous place at the very edge of the palace.
"Hmm? This is..."
Li Daoyi walked over and saw a slightly raised pattern on the edge. It was circular and hard to spot without careful observation, as the bluestone slabs here were also slightly raised. The pattern was very shallow and seemed to disappear quickly. The pattern depicted the stars in the sky.
Li Daoyi squatted down, and a white light flashed in his palm, disappearing into the pattern.
The stars in the pattern lit up, and gradually the pattern, which was about ten feet in size, began to ripple. The hard material suddenly turned into a liquid substance that shimmered with light.
"Could this... be the entrance?"
“Hmm, I didn’t expect it to be hidden in such an inconspicuous corner. And if I’m not mistaken, once the star pattern on it disappears, the Temple of War will leave on its own.” Li Dao nodded.
After saying that, he reached out and took Dongfang and Long'er's hands, then jumped inside. The group sank instantly, enveloped by a gentle force, and their bodies sank rapidly, as if into a tunnel.
After a short while, having sunk several hundred meters, Li Daoyi felt his feet sink into emptiness. He channeled his magic power and descended slightly, and a large patch of azure light appeared before his eyes.
The group slowly descended and then witnessed a magnificent scene.
This is a colossal hall several times larger than the Jingyan Palace above. The group was about a hundred meters above the ground below. The place they came down to was the entrance. Looking ahead from the entrance, they could see a line of large characters carved in seal script on the huge stone wall. The first character was more than thirty feet long and was engraved with ten large characters: "Heaven and Earth are ruthless, treating all things as straw dogs." Each character was about ten feet long, vigorous and powerful, and it was clear at a glance that it was written by a powerful person.
The group slowly descended, and in the very center of the giant hall, on the dome more than a hundred meters high, was a circular object about two or three zhang in size, emitting a bluish-yellow light, illuminating the entire space like the sun.
Directly below was a small lake, with many radiant and exotic flowers and plants growing on the surrounding shore, wafting a refreshing fragrance. Of course, the most eye-catching thing was the giant reliefs floating ten feet above the lake. These reliefs were arranged in two rows, with twenty-four reliefs in each row, plus one above the main hall, making a total of forty-nine reliefs.
"The War God's Manual," Li Daoyi said softly.
Long'er and Dongfang Bubai only then came to their senses from the shock.
"How amazing! Who made all these things?" Dongfang Bubai asked.
“I don’t know who it is, but it’s definitely not from this world,” Li Daoyi smiled.
"Taoist brother, I want to eat..." Mengmeng said, pointing to the glowing plants on the distant shore.
These plants have lived here for countless years and are full of spiritual energy, which is very tempting to Mengmeng.
Li Daoyi led a few people over, but suddenly stopped halfway there.
"What's wrong?"
“I almost forgot, a demonic dragon is sleeping in this lake!” Li Daoyi said.
"Is the Demon Dragon... a real dragon?"
“Look…”
Li Daoyi pointed to a relief in front of him. The relief depicted a person wearing armor and a mask, riding a monster that resembled a dragon but was not quite a dragon, in the posture of flying away.
Although it was just a relief, the group could still sense the power of the mysterious man, who must be at least at the level of an immortal. The monster he rode was a dragon-shaped creature with three pairs of wings, but strangely, it had no horns.
"Could it be a dragon? A jiaolong? But that doesn't make sense, how could a jiaolong have wings?" Li Daoyi pondered to himself.
"It might be some new species. Dragons are known for their lustful nature, so it could be the offspring of a dragon and some other creature," Li Daoyi thought.
"Gurgle..."
Just then, some bubbles suddenly rose from the center of the lake.
"Oh? Is it coming out? Could it be the one on the stone sculpture?" Li Daoyi suddenly became interested.
"Eeya." Mengmeng stared wide-eyed at the lake, occasionally smacking her lips as if something delicious was about to appear.
More and more bubbles appeared in the center of the lake, and the lake water gradually began to churn.
Soon, a large, dark green head emerged from the churning lake water. It was a full three zhang in size, and a pair of huge antlers came into view. It was indeed a dragon's head.
Next, the neck was revealed, which also resembled the legendary dragon. However, the body part that followed left Li Dao speechless.
"Damn it, a Qilin?" Li Daoyi couldn't help but curse.
What appeared was a dark green Qilin, resembling a dragon, shaped like a horse, with a long tail. What else could it be but a Qilin?
“Little Black.” Mengmeng suddenly blurted out.
"Xiao Hei?" Li Daoyi turned his head to look at Mengmeng in confusion.
"Eeya?" The little guy looked completely bewildered.
"What Little Black?" Dongfang Bubai asked curiously.
"I don't know, they just suddenly shouted it out." Mengmeng blinked her big eyes, looking equally confused.
"Huff..."
The Qilin had now fully emerged from the water, its four hooves treading on the lake surface. Its entire body was a full twenty zhang long and nine zhang tall, truly a colossal beast. Compared to it, Niu Er's size was like that of a chick.
The Qilin was also sizing up the group, and then walked over step by step across the lake.
"Will everything be alright?" Dongfang Bubai asked worriedly.
Li Daoyi looked at the approaching Qilin but did not sense any threat.
The Qilin's enormous body slowly walked in front of the group, its massive head lowered slightly, and it breathed heavily through its nostrils. The group immediately sensed the aura of a savage beast.
A hint of doubt appeared in the Qilin's lantern-like eyes, as if it had not seen a human for a long time.
"Isn't it supposed to be a demonic dragon? How did it turn into a qilin? Huang Yi, did you make a mistake?" Li Daoyi couldn't help but complain.
For a moment, the two sides were locked in a stalemate. The Qilin looked down at the group, and the group looked up at the Qilin. The scene was perfectly natural.
"Ahem, everyone, can you understand what I'm saying?" Li Daoyi couldn't help but ask.
The Qilin tilted its head, as if in thought, and then nodded.
Li Dao was immediately delighted.
"Haha, that's good. How about we discuss it? I'll go take a look at those pictures up ahead."
The Qilin looked puzzled, glanced back at the reliefs hanging in the air behind it, and then slowly lay down.
"So you're agreeing?"
The Qilin blinked.
Li Daoyi slowly approached the Qilin, reached out and touched its huge head, and the Qilin actually closed its eyes comfortably.
"Ah, I want to touch it too, I want to touch it too."
"Mengmeng shouted."
Li Daoyi looked at the Qilin and, seeing that it still had its eyes closed, agreed.
The little girl happily jumped in front of the Qilin's head and reached out her chubby little hand to touch it.
"Huff..."
The moment Mengmeng touched it, Qilin suddenly opened its eyes and exhaled a heavy breath from its nostrils.
Immediately afterwards, the Qilin's body began to sway, as if it was about to get up.
"Mengmeng..." Li Daoyi was startled and was about to pick Mengmeng up.
"Smack..."
"Don't move."
The little girl patted the unicorn's head.
The Qilin stopped moving, its eyes showing fear, but that fearful look quickly softened after Mengmeng gently stroked it a few times.
"bite…"
"Congratulations, host, you have successfully tamed the divine beast Mo Qilin. Reward: 200,000 points."
"What?"
Li Daoyi was stunned for a moment.
"I didn't do anything! Could it be because of Mengmeng?"
"Yes, host. The Ink Kirin has submitted to Mengmeng, which is equivalent to submitting to the host," the system replied.
"whee…"
At this moment, the little girl climbed onto the Qilin's head with a smile, sitting between its two horns, looking very happy.
"Mengmeng, be careful!" Dongfang Bubai and the other person were startled.
"It's alright, this guy has already been subdued," Li Daoyi said.
"You've tamed it?"
“Yes, Mengmeng did it. Okay, you guys wait here for me, I’m going to take a look at the reliefs,” Li Daoyi said.
After saying that, he leaped into the air and flew towards the reliefs in the middle of the lake.
"Huh?"
As he flew over the lake, he saw some huge bones at the bottom of the lake, which looked like the remains of a giant beast.
"Could this be the real demonic dragon? Was it eaten by the Qilin?" Li Daoyi wondered to himself.
He shook his head; it wasn't important to him.
"System, start scanning," Li Daoyi said.
"Ding... Scanning begins."
Immediately afterwards, a white light flashed across Li Daoyi's forehead, scanning the surroundings.
"Ding... Scan complete. Congratulations to the host for successfully collecting the War God's Manual and War God's Technique, a top-tier Earth-rank immortal technique. Reward: one million points."
"Only Earth-level?" Li Daoyi curled his lip. Then he began to examine the cultivation technique.
It turns out that this is a celestial technique from the Great Luo Immortal Realm, a cultivation method for enhancing the physical body. Countless years ago, for some reason, it came to the lower realm along with this War God Space.
"The Great Luo Immortal Realm? So the world after this place was shattered is called the Great Luo Immortal Realm," Li Daoyi murmured. This was very important information to him.
"Rumble..."
Suddenly, the entire War God Space began to shake, and the surrounding reliefs slowly turned into dust. The glowing stone on top slowly fell down, its bluish-yellow light mixed with a trace of heat. When the mysterious stone, originally two zhang in size, landed in front of Li Daoyi, it had shrunk to the size of a fist.
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