Chapter 172: The Underground Palace
Chapter 172 – Underground Palace
Inside this sandy soil, there was obviously something else.
Xu Chuniang looked in the direction of the cave entrance with a hesitant look.
Having such a place in the depths of the Yellow Sand Desert felt problematic no matter how one looked at it.
Especially the black patterns on top of the sandy soil added a bit of strangeness to the place.
Xu Chuniang didn’t know much about the Little Zephyr Realm, and before she came, she had merely heard Xia Changge, who was also an outer disciple, say some common sense things.
For this yellow sand desert, there wasn’t much understanding to judge what exactly was down here. I don’t know if it is a naturally formed pit or a hole in the ground that was artificially built afterward.
But since it appeared under the quicksand, there must be something extraordinary.
Xu Chuniang quickly made a decision, stabbing the white pole gun several times, widening the opening a lot, then picking up a stone and throwing it inside.
“Knock, knock, knock ……”
It seemed that the pit wasn’t too deep, and the stone soon came with a landing sound, followed by several echoes.
Xu Chuniang pondered for a moment before leaping into the pit.
This time, she had come to the Little Ze Realm in order to look for a chance, and now that she had discovered something extraordinary, she naturally couldn’t miss it.
She jumped into the pit and raised her eyes to look around, unable to hide her shock.
This is not a natural pit, not to mention an artificially constructed hole in the ground, it is beautifully shaped, with exquisite materials, but like a palace.
A corner above the palace was broken, and it was precisely the opening that Xu Chuniang had just broken open.
She took a deep breath, suppressing the shock in her heart, and looked towards the walls on all sides, the black lines that were the same as those on the earth.
Just now, the black lines on the stone block were still vague and inconspicuous, but now that Xu Chunniang was deeper into the palace, these black lines covered the walls, making it impossible to ignore them.
After staring at these lines for a long time, there was actually a feeling that her soul was in a trance, she immediately retracted her gaze and silently recited the Clear Heart Mantra, only then did she regain her spiritual clarity.
These black lines were definitely strange, like some kind of sorcery.
Xu Chuniang realized that this underground palace, I’m afraid that it hides some unknown secrets, and what awaits ahead is an unknown danger.
She looked up at the entrance, it was still not too late to withdraw.
In all the years that the Little Zephyr Realm had been open, she had never heard of another underground palace in the Yellow Sand Desert.
It was just that Xu Chuniang was a bit unwilling to leave just like that.
This traveling palace was so extraordinary, maybe there was some amazing spirit?
“This Little Zephyr Realm is a secret realm of the Qi Practicing Stage, and the vicious beasts of the Foundation Establishment Stage have all been cleared by the Foundation Establishment Masters’ uncles, but this place is too deep, so there might be some unknown dangers, but dangers and opportunities always go hand in hand.”
She muttered to herself, her gaze colored with determination as she walked along the long corridor towards the depths of the palace.
Xu Chuniang didn’t go far, when she suddenly heard the sound of “clicks” coming from the distance, followed by the sound of heavy footsteps, something was coming in this direction.
She secretly woke up, looked in the direction of the sound, when she saw the thing that came, her pupils slightly shrunk.
It looked like a tall person, but the heavy body and clumsy steps showed that it wasn’t a person at all.
Xu Chuniang thought of the “Silver Corpse” that she had encountered in the mundane world before, and the object in front of her seemed to have the same characteristics.
Only its cultivation was only at the ninth level of Qi cultivation, which was not as good as the silver corpse at the Foundation Establishment Stage.
She no longer wait, white pole gun like a swimming dragon, toward the thing, ruthlessly hit its head, cut off half of it.
However, she saw that thing without half of its head, and after a slight swaying of its body, it rushed towards this side.
Xu Chuniang took a deep breath, used her spiritual energy to recall the white pole gun, and once again threw it fiercely, destroying the remaining half of the creature’s head.
Without its head, the humanoid figure only gave a slight lurch, its gait still stable.
Seeing that the thing was able to act like this without its head, Xu Chuniang finally realized that this was not something like a silver corpse at all, but a puppet!
Only a puppet could retain its fighting instincts after losing its head, and would not stop fighting until its central organ was completely destroyed.
Xu Chuniang’s brows furrowed slightly, first that black pattern suspected to be sorcery, then this extremely rare puppet technique in the cultivation world, what secrets were hidden in this underground palace?
Seeing that the puppet had already arrived in front of her, she put away her white pole spear and sacrificed her green tattooed cauldron towards the human it smashed fiercely. The green pattern tripod weighs a thousand pounds, this practicing qi ninth layer of the puppet even if the body is sturdy, was also smashed on the spot was flying backwards out, chest cracked a huge mouth.
If a cultivator were to suffer such a heavy injury, I’m afraid that his life would be in danger.
However, the puppet was originally an inanimate object, and after the first heavy injury, it didn’t take long for it to stand up again and come towards Xu Chuniang.
Unless the puppet’s central mechanism could be found and completely destroyed, it would keep attacking until it completely lost its ability to fight.
But where the center mechanism of a puppet was, only the puppeteer who made it knew.
This was the terrifying aspect of a puppet.
Luckily, Xu Chuniang was already at the ninth level of qi cultivation, and with an extremely high-grade spiritual weapon in her hand, she could deal with puppets of the same level without any problems.
The Green Stripe Cauldron struck the puppet once more, and after successfully crushing his last leg bone, the puppet finally lost its ability to move and lay on the ground, unable to move.
Xu Chuniang walked forward and sized up the fragmented puppet.
This puppet was black in color, and it was unknown what material it was refined from.
The originally smooth surface of its body had become uneven due to the impact of the Green Stripe Cauldron.
She thought for a moment and put away the puppet that had been destroyed.
Puppets were rare to see, so there might be a use for it in the future.
After resolving this puppet, Xu Chuniang continued on her way and soon encountered some other puppets.
Without exception, the cultivation level of these puppets were all at the ninth level of Qi cultivation, and didn’t look much different from the first one.
As Xu Chuniang moved forward, she kept destroying and collecting the puppets she encountered.
This underground palace was even larger than she had imagined, and the paths were even more intricate, as if they would never end.
She suddenly stopped in her tracks and looked at the wall to the side.
In addition to the black lines on this wall, there was also a painting of a snake with four wings on its back, which she had seen not long ago.
She didn’t expect to see this exact same painting again after walking for a long time.
Xu Chuniang frowned slightly, realizing that she had unknowingly entered the maze.
She took out the Delusion Breaking Bead and inputted her spiritual qi into it, and immediately a kind of mysterious power arose from it, covering her eyes.
Perhaps it was because the Delusion Breaking Power was not enough, the surrounding area seemed to be shrouded in mist, and it was hard to see clearly.
She continued to input spiritual qi into the Delusion Breaking Bead, and a mysterious power continuously emerged from it.
She could see more clearly, but to this extent, it wasn’t enough.
Xu Chuniang clenched her teeth and poured a large amount of aura into the Delusion Breaking Bead.
“With a few clicks, the Delusion Breaking Bead developed a crack from the inside out.
Borrowing the power of the Delusion Breaker, she finally saw the reality in front of her and found a secret door.
It turned out that she had been going in circles before, not finding the right path at all.
After she saw the location of the dark door clearly, the Delusion Breaking Bead finally couldn’t support it and completely shattered into annihilation powder, rendering it unusable.
Xu Chuniang took out her white pole gun and threw it towards the dark door she found, and after breaking it open, inside was a ladder going downwards, leading to nowhere.
She headed towards the dark door and was about to pick up the steps, when she turned back with a feeling and looked towards the place where the pattern on the wall was located.
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