Chapter 184 "Emperor Taizu" in the secret room

"Plop!"

Under the dark bridge, without much hesitation, Zhao Duan quickly took off his coat with the help of the dim moonlight.

Then he jumped into the river, followed the feeling, and moved towards the direction of the formation eye at the bottom of the river.

Because it was night, the visibility underwater was extremely low. After diving a few meters, you were almost blind.

Fortunately, the qi within the body has established an obscure connection with it, like an invisible rope in the dark, quietly connecting the two.

Finally, Zhao Duan followed his feeling and touched the bottom of the water.

There was a faint glow on the silt-covered stones.

"There has really been a change!" Zhao Duan was delighted and used his hands and feet to paddle across the water.

When I wiped away the mud with my hands, I could clearly see the light shining through the lines of the formation.

"Why has there been a change? It was clear that it didn't even exist an hour ago."

Zhao Duan had no doubt that if the empress was around, she would definitely be able to sense it.

"I haven't changed significantly in the past few days. It's not much different from before. So, the biggest possibility lies in time."

Zhao Duan quickly captured a key point:

"Hungry Ghost Festival!"

"The Hungry Ghost Festival is the day of the year when the spiritual energy of heaven and earth is the most intense, and the gods are also the most active. Is it because of this?
Wait a minute... If I couldn't open it before, it was because I was too weak. So the formation is active today, is it possible to leverage it?"

Thinking of this possibility, his heart was beating fast in the dark and cold water.

After a slight hesitation, Zhao Duan pressed his hands firmly on the formation, trying to enter the unique energy of the "Martial God Path".

Then, with his injection, the formation's light, which had been dead for many years, became brighter and brighter, and a mysterious force came to open the river.

It was as if an air bubble was created at the bottom of the river and Zhao Duan was swallowed into it.

"feasible!"

Zhao Duan was shocked. So, the key to opening the secret door is just the martial arts aura of Taizu's line?

The right time and place today saved him countless efforts.

The next second, his eyes flashed, and he disappeared into the bottom of the river.

…

royal palace.

"His Majesty!"

In the palace square, a group of palace maidens walked with lanterns.

Suddenly, he saw a flash of light approaching, transforming into the graceful and majestic Empress Dayu, wearing white uniforms, with black hair flowing like a waterfall, a fairy face, and a beautiful face.

I don’t know how she changed her clothes on the road...

Xu Zhenguan nodded gently and said:

"I'm going to Yuanzu Temple to meditate. If anything happens, I can come and report it."

"Here!"

The maids nodded hurriedly and watched the empress go away.

"Your Majesty, is he coming back from outside the palace?"

"Hush, don't talk about it."

The palace is very large, and the lights can only illuminate a small area.

Yuanzu Temple is not far from the palace, and there are no guards stationed around it.

Xu Zhenguan got rid of the female officials following him, walked to the temple with a natural look, and opened the ancient temple door with a creak.

As soon as you see it, the vertical lamps in the hall light up one after another, and on the wall, the word "武" dances like dragons and phoenixes, almost stretching the world.

"Huh." Xu Zhenguan exhaled, rolled up his sleeves, and the temple door closed automatically.

He walked to the altar table and turned the candle holder.

"Zazaza——"

Beside the wall, the entrance to the cellar slowly opened.

The empress stepped down the stairs. After walking a few steps, she suddenly saw a vaulted wine cellar in front of her.

Wine jars were placed on the surrounding shelves, and the crystals inlaid on the walls were all lit up by the formation, and the reflection was as bright as day.

Xu Zhenguan rolled up her sleeves, revealing her snow-white and smooth arms. She had almost no jewelry on her body, and her wrists were as clean as mutton-fat jade.

At this moment, the corner of his mouth curled up slightly, and he pulled out a huge food box from a shelf, which was filled with all kinds of food.

With another "pop" sound, she opened a jar of wine and immediately sat down at a small table by the wall. She took a sip of wine and ate food to fill her stomach.

——Wu Fu’s appetite is astonishing, and a bowl of wontons is really not enough.

In addition, she likes to drink wine in private to celebrate every happy event, which has become a habit.

However, tonight, she never expected that at the same time as she was drinking alone.

Separated by a wall behind her, in another sealed "secret room" that could not be explored or sensed, a person suddenly appeared out of thin air.

…

Zhao Duan felt like he experienced a moment of dizziness.

It felt like walking through a long tunnel, and it seemed like it only took a blink of an eye.

He had left the bottom of the river and was lying on the cold floor.

Seeing darkness in front of him, he bowed up and climbed up vigilantly, holding the Golden Crow Flying Dagger in his hand, ready to deal with danger.

However, the surroundings were quiet, except for the light of a circular magic circle slowly fading on the floor beneath him.

Then.

"bass!"

Zhao Duan was surprised to see that in the darkness, groups of fires began to suddenly light up around him, forming a ring and lighting up one after another around the wall with him as the center.

Only when the light filled the entire secret room did he see clearly that they were "night pearls" as big as fists embedded in the wall.

In the bead, there is a flame beating.

"What the hell is this place...where is the secret passage that was agreed upon?" Zhao Duan was stunned.

The secret room he was in was not that big, about the same size as his room at home. It was empty and had no doors around it.

There was only a stone platform in the center, with a figure sitting cross-legged and meditating on it, with his back turned to him, and his body was covered with dust.

"Who are you?" he asked subconsciously, his body tense and feeling strong regret. I secretly wondered whether the "secret passage" that Lao Xu mentioned was guarded by experts from within?
Have you hit the muzzle yourself?
If you are caught later, should you confess and be lenient, or should you confess and be lenient?
Zhao Duan has trouble to say.

According to his original idea, the so-called secret passage may be a formation under the bridge outside the city, connecting to the Yuanzu Temple in the palace.

Maybe it will appear in the "wine cellar" Zhenbao mentioned.

When he broke in, he did have some intentions of getting some benefits.

Anyway, the big deal is, if he is discovered, he will blame everything on Wu Shen Tu.

But this is obviously not a "wine cellar". The key is...

people.

However, Zhao Duan tried calling several times and fought with the air for a long time, but the figure with his back turned remained motionless.

"Dead?"

Zhao Duan's expression changed.

Subconsciously, he clenched the purple waist jade in his hand - the moment he saw the figure, he took out the teleportation waist jade given by the empress.

After confirming that there was no response, he slowly walked around the wall and came to the "front" of the person sitting cross-legged and meditating.

At first glance, he blurted out:

"Old Xu?!"

Yes!

The one sitting on the stone platform is strikingly similar in appearance to Taizu Dayu in the Martial God Picture.

Zhao Duan felt that his scalp was exploding, and he had nowhere to spit:

So, did he teleport to Lao Xu’s grave?

Stop making trouble!

"Wait a minute, something's wrong. Old Xu was so old when he died. He can't still look middle-aged!"

Zhao Duan took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down.

Carefully approaching, I suddenly discovered that there were a few lines of words carved on the stone platform.

"Yuanzu Temple... Martial God Platform... where the Dragon Soul continues... descendants of future generations..."

He chanted in a low voice, and immediately his expression became strange.

The tone of the writing on the stone platform is clearly left by Emperor Taizu of Dayu, and the writing is indeed crooked...

Well, the ugliness is out of Lao Xu’s style.

There are about a hundred words, which are half ancient and not white. At first glance, it seems that there is no culture, but it is pretending to be literary.

It probably means that this place is the "Martial God Platform" under the Taizu Temple. Emperor Taizu created the original "Martial God System" in order to cultivate the warriors themselves into gods.

The Wushen Platform is an altar for worshiping his own god.

It's a pity that throughout his life, he never really took the last step.

Just a breath of dragon energy in the sea of energy was refined into something similar to a god, but not yet, and named "Dragon Soul".

He said that if he died, the dragon soul would stay here if it had not dissipated.

If future generations have strong talents in martial arts, they can accommodate the dragon soul in their bodies after breaking through the world, which will be of great help...

After death, the dragon soul will return to the Martial God Platform on its own.

"Ah this..."

Zhao Duan's expression was wonderful.

First of all, he didn't come to the wrong place. The secret passage did lead to the Yuanzu Temple. As for why he didn't see the wine cellar, he didn't know...

Secondly, he seemed to have picked up something special.

"Is this a dragon soul? A 'god' created by Lao Xu by imagining himself?
Good guy... Others gather the power of all sentient beings to create a god, and everyone drives it. You do it yourself, Only for yourself..."

"It sounds like it was left to future emperors... But why didn't Zhenbao accommodate it? She must have reached the realm... And there is so much dust, it seems that no one has touched it for a long time..."

"Yes, she came here by 'usurping the throne'. She may not even know that there is such a secret room under the Yuanzu Temple... Such a big secret, I think it was secretly passed down by emperors from generation to generation, but the prince ended up..."

"But... for such an important thing, it's a bit random to find a secret passage to get in after practicing royal skills...

Well...no, the entrance to the secret passage is gone. Normal people don't know the location, so it's impossible to find it...not to mention that we need royal skills as the 'key'..."

Zhao Duan had many thoughts.

He approached curiously and looked at "Old Xu" who was sitting cross-legged on the table.

Only then did he notice that its form was slightly illusory, as if it was not entirely solid...

"I'm just going to see if you can't move. After all, I'm only a mortal, and I'm not in this world yet... Hmm, do you want to hand it in? It's really a headache..."

Zhao Duan was muttering.

Suddenly, as if he finally sensed the approach of an outsider, "Old Xu" who was sitting cross-legged on the stone platform suddenly...

opened...

Eye.

They were a pair of pure golden eyes, devoid of human emotions, only indescribable majesty.

boom!
Then, the figure of "Old Xu" suddenly collapsed and turned into a ball of pure golden turbulence, shaped like a real dragon, hovering in the air of the secret room, bright and bright.

The moment the dragon soul flew up, Zhao Duan felt his whole body stiff and unable to move.

He was so shocked that he could not move due to the pressure as fierce as a mountain and a tsunami.

Not to mention crushing the teleportation waist jade, even thinking has become extremely slow at this moment.

He could only watch helplessly as Emperor Taizu spent his whole life, imagining a dragon-shaped half-step god looking down on him.

Eyes facing each other.

Suddenly, the golden dragon soul raised its head and let out a low dragon roar. Then, it turned into a turbulent flow, crazily, like the bursting of the Nu River, pouring into Zhao Duan's eyebrows!
“Wait——”

Zhao Duan's vision went dark and he lost consciousness.

…

at the same time.

Separated by a wall, the already slightly tipsy Emperor Fairy opened a new jar of wine with her green fingers. Suddenly, her whole body froze and she looked up at the sky in astonishment.

The wine jar in her hand made a "bang" sound, and was shaken to pieces by the energy that escaped her subconsciously.

At this moment, she heard clearly in her ears... a long-lost sound...

Dragon roar!

(End of chapter)