The Ji Clan's forbidden area was located in the depths of the Ji Mansion's back garden.
Ever since Ji Tianxing could remember, he had been strictly warned not to go near that area.
Not only that, but apart from the Master of the Ji Mansion, anyone who went near the forbidden area would be severely punished.
Such strict rules made the area called "Yan Qinghu" a taboo for everyone in the Ji Mansion. It was very dangerous and mysterious.
Apart from the Master of the Ji Mansion who could enter the forbidden area, no one in the Ji Mansion could enter.
No one knew what kind of secrets were hidden in that forbidden area.
Ji Tianxing had already made his decision. No matter how dangerous the forbidden area of Yan Qinghu was, he had to give it a try.
After making some preparations, he left the Ji Mansion's main hall and went to the back garden.
Ji Rufeng also led the elders and managers to follow Ji Tianxing to the back garden.
In the large back garden, there were artificial mountains, pavilions, lotus ponds, and bamboo forests. A cool breeze blew through the garden. Flowers, grass, and leaves filled the eyes. The scenery was very pleasant.
Ji Rufeng and the others sat in the pavilion and had the maids bring them tea and fruits. They chatted with smiles on their faces.
Ji Tianxing walked alone into the depths of the garden. After passing through a dense bamboo forest, he arrived at an old high wall.
This high wall was built with dark green stones. The wall was full of cracks and green moss grew on it. It looked very dilapidated.
Ten meters in front of him, there was a five-meter-tall bronze gate in the high wall.
The bronze door was tightly shut. Green rust had already grown on it, making it look very mottled.
The tall wall was surrounded by weeds that were half a man's height. It looked very desolate.
Ji Tianxing had never been here before. He didn't know that the Ji Mansion had such a desolate and dilapidated place.
Moreover, the dilapidated stone wall and the rusty bronze door were filled with an ancient and mysterious aura.
He stood in front of the bronze door and looked around with keen eyes.
He saw a black stone tablet that was more than ten meters tall in the grass not far away. There were three dark red words on the stone tablet.
Yan Qinghu!
Ji Tianxing stared at the black stone tablet and murmured in a low voice, "This is the forbidden area of the Ji Clan's Yan Qing Lake. I wonder what kind of dangers are hidden behind that bronze gate?"
With a heart full of doubts, he walked to the front of the bronze door, reached out his hands to grab the rusty bronze door knocker, and pushed the bronze door with force.
However, the bronze door did not move at all. Instead, it lit up with a layer of pale yellow light.
It was a light curtain as thick as a palm, but it was as solid and thick as a city wall, firmly protecting the bronze gate.
He immediately had a bad premonition and subconsciously wanted to loosen his grip, but it was too late.
"Boom!"
With a muffled sound, the pale yellow light screen exploded with a powerful force, sending him flying backward and tumbling into the grass ten meters away.
Ji Tianxing was dizzy from the fall, and his arms were numb and sore. He temporarily lost consciousness.
He shook his dizzy head and crawled up from the grass. With a serious expression, he said, "There's actually a formation protecting it! No wonder no one is allowed to get close to this place. Only the family head can enter. "
"If that's the case, then the family head must have a way to open the bronze gate …"
Thinking of this, he quickly took out the family head token hanging on his waist, and his sharp eyes searched the bronze gate.
He immediately found a clue. There was a diamond-shaped groove next to the bronze door knocker. It was only half the size of a palm, and its shape was exactly the same as the family head token.
Therefore, Ji Tianxing put the family head token into the groove.
Sure enough, the bronze gate reacted. It slowly opened to both sides, making a muffled sound.
The layer of pale yellow light curtain protecting the bronze gate also disappeared immediately.
The bronze gate was completely open, and a black stone path covered with moss and weeds appeared behind the gate.
Ji Tianxing stepped over the bronze gate and walked along the black stone path into the forbidden area of Yan Qing Lake.
On both sides of the path, there were trees full of weeds and thorns. Many green vines extended out and spread on the black stone path.
Ji Tianxing walked along the black stone path for more than a hundred meters. Before he reached the end of the path, he felt a cold and gloomy air blowing against his face.
He looked ahead and saw a small inner lake.
Judging from the mottled bluestones and countless towering trees beside the lake, this inner lake had been built for at least a hundred years.
There was no doubt that this was Yan Qing Lake.
But what surprised him was that the lake water in Yan Qing Lake had frozen, and it was glowing with a pale blue light!
It was noon in April, and the sun was shining brightly in the sky.
But the ice on the lake was extremely thick, and it was constantly emitting cold air. Ji Tianxing's breath would cause white mist to come out.
He stood beside Yan Qing Lake and looked at the lake with a puzzled face. He was secretly guessing in his heart.
At this moment, under the ice in the center of the lake, a huge black shadow suddenly appeared and quickly floated up from the bottom of the lake.
"Bang!"
The huge black shadow instantly broke through the thick layer of ice on the lake and appeared above the lake.
Countless broken ice pieces burst out in all directions, like streaks of icy blue sword light.
The entire ice surface of Yan Qing Lake also cracked, and dense cracks spread out in all directions.
Ji Tianxing subconsciously stepped back and dodged the countless ice pieces.
When he looked up and saw the huge black shadow in the center of the lake, his pupils suddenly shrank, and he revealed a look of disbelief.
That huge black shadow was a gigantic Demonic Beast!
Its appearance was like a giant python, but it also looked like a legendary dragon. Its body that extended out of the lake and stood in mid-air was at least ten meters tall!
Its body was as thick as a water tank, and its surface was covered with dark scales, which were emitting a metallic luster under the sun.
There was a sharp horn on its huge head, and two rows of black dragon whiskers on both sides of its wide and flat mouth!
Under its belly that was covered with black dragon scales, there were two pairs of sharp dragon claws that were shining with cold light.
It looked down at Ji Tianxing from above, and its dark golden eyes revealed a gloomy and cold aura.
Ji Tianxing stared at it with his eyes wide open. He was shocked and excited, and his body was slightly trembling.
His heart was surging, and his heart was beating faster. He thought to himself, "That's not a normal demonic beast, and not a giant python, that's a dragon! It's the legendary Flood Dragon! "
Although the Flood Dragon only existed in legends, and he had never seen it with his own eyes, he had only seen a few descriptions and records in the history books.
But the black and cold giant in front of him was incomparably handsome, and its aura was powerful and intimidating. It was definitely not an ordinary demonic beast.
Therefore, Ji Tianxing dared to conclude that it was the legendary Flood Dragon!
However, he quickly calmed down, and his heart was filled with doubts.
"The legendary Flood Dragon is a powerful divine beast that can fly in the sky and travel through the earth. It almost never appears in the mortal world."
"Our Ji Family is just a small family in the small Imperial Qing Dynasty, how could there be a Flood Dragon in the family's forbidden area?!"
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