The stone pillar in the hall was carved with a huge monster. Its body was like a dragon, but it was not.
The stone pillar in the hall was carved with a huge monster. Its body was like a dragon, but it was not.
"Flying Serpent." Mo Rongzhan explained to Ye Zhen in a low voice. "Above it are the statues of the top ten monsters."
Each of the ten huge pillars was carved with a monster, and the leader was the Flying Serpent.
The Flying Serpent was the leader of the ten monsters. Ye Zhen had only read about it in ancient books before. Now that she saw the statue, she felt that it was real, as if it was about to fly out of the stone pillar.
"A snake cultivator grows for a thousand years and becomes a divine dragon after the heavenly tribulation." Ye Zhen remembered a sentence she had read in an ancient book. "Is it about this Flying Serpent?"
Mo Rongzhan nodded gently. "The Flying Serpent was originally one of the five mythological beasts, ranked in the middle. If it passes the heavenly tribulation, it can fly straight to the Eight Wilderness and become a legitimate mythological beast above the Nine Heavens."
However, the Flying Serpent did not pass the heavenly tribulation. It was driven out of the Eight Wilderness and came to a chaotic continent at that time. It led other monsters to fight the Eight Wilderness.
After the war, the Eight Wilderness disappeared and was replaced by the human continent, the Xuantian Continent, and the God's Continent.
"What is this?" Ye Zhen pointed to the monster on the pillar behind the Flying Serpent. She had never seen many of the monsters on the pillar.
"It is." Mo Rongzhan explained in a low voice. "It can split the sky and the earth. It looks like a rhinoceros, but it is not a rhinoceros."
Ye Zhen's face changed slightly. "If these ten monsters appear at the same time …"
Who would be able to stop them?
Da da da —
Suddenly, a sound of neat footsteps came from outside.
"Someone is coming!" Ye Zhen whispered to Mo Rongzhan.
"They can't see us." Mo Rongzhan took Ye Zhen's hand and hid behind the pillar. They were now invisible with spiritual power. Unless a big monster appeared, no one would find them.
Ye Zhen was held in Mo Rongzhan's arms and looked outside.
As the orderly footsteps got closer, more than ten women in white clothes walked in. They had red belts around their waists, and their collars and sleeves had complicated dark patterns. They seemed to be some kind of sacrificial clothing.
"Look around. I heard someone talking just now," said the woman walking in front.
"Third Protector, did you hear wrongly? This is the underground palace, how could someone come here?" One of the girls said with a tender voice.
The Third Protector glared at her. "It's better to be safe than sorry. Now that Hall Master and His Majesty aren't here, and even the Great Protector isn't here, we naturally have to be more vigilant and careful. We can't make any mistakes."
"Yes," the woman replied in a low voice.
"The two of you, walk around. The two of you, follow me to other places to have a look." The Third Protector ordered.
After the three protectors left the hall, the woman who had spoken earlier said, "We don't see the light of day here, so how could outsiders come in?"
"Young Man, you!" Beside her, a slightly older woman with medical ethics said helplessly, "Don't say that in front of the three protectors. Even though we can't see the sun here, it's not without reason that the Imperial Consort places such importance on us. We'll just listen to her orders."
"I know, but, Sister Lotus, how long do we have to stay here?" Young Man asked, feeling wronged.
Yun Lianhua rubbed Young Man's hair. "I don't know. Be patient."
"What are we going to do here? Walk around like this every day. "Young Man muttered.
"I heard the Great Protector mention that … there seems to be some kind of treasure in the underground palace. We are going to guard the treasure." Another person said.
Young Man cried, "There's no need for us. Those … those people are much more powerful than us."
"Well, don't talk so much. Let's walk around." Yun Lianhua glanced at them. After all, they were not in the Yunluo Palace now, and since the Palace Lord handed them over to Ye Wei, they naturally had to listen to her arrangements.
Ye Zhen saw the girl named Young Man pass in front of her, but did not see her and Mo Rongzhan.
None of these women were blood insects. Instead, they sounded more like disciples of the Yunluo Palace.
Why are they here? Ye Zhen looked back at Mo Rongzhan.
Mo Rongzhan nodded gently at her. These women were indeed from the Yunluo Palace. Their clothes were similar to the disciples of the Yunluo Palace.
"Sister Lotus, I'm scared." Young Man looked up and saw the ferocious look of Zhui. Frightened, she hurried to Yun Lianhua's side. "The monsters in here … I've never seen them before."
"Don't be afraid, it's all fake." Yun Lianhua comforted Young Man.
How could it be fake? They looked so real. Where did the person who carved these monsters see them from? How could they carve them so lifelike?
They looked like they were going to eat her.
"We've looked everywhere in the hall. There's nothing unusual." The others came over and reported to Yun Lianhua.
"Then let's go out." Yun Lianhua held Young Man's hand. "Let's go somewhere else."
When everyone went out, Ye Zhen came out of Mo Rongzhan's arms.
"Why are the disciples of the Yunluo Palace here?" Ye Zhen asked in surprise. "They are not blood insects. They are not controlled by Ye Wei."
"Their Palace Lord is missing." Mo Rongzhan whispered. "Let's go inside first."
They hadn't seen Ye Wei yet, so they weren't sure whether she had become a blood demon or not. However, what did the existence of this underground palace and the disciples of the Yunluo Palace represent?
Mo Rongzhan took Ye Zhen's hand and walked through the long corridor behind the hall. Behind the hall was a palace with an oval roof, completely different from the palace above.
In addition to the disciples of the Yunluo Palace they just saw, they also met many people on the way, some of whom were blood insects.
This underground palace existed silently beneath the Imperial Palace. No matter what happened below, no one above would know of it.
"Does Shui Yichen know about this place?" Ye Zhen looked up. In fact, her question was superfluous. The entrance was in the cold palace. How could Shui Yichen not know?
Maybe he had already been here.
They walked through the entire underground palace and stopped in front of a black tower farthest from the front hall.
"The strange aura came from here." Mo Rongzhan said in a deep voice.
Ye Zhen looked at him. "What could be inside?"
Mo Rongzhan looked down at her. When he was about to speak, Ye Zhen said, "No matter where you go, I will follow you."
"Then let's go in." Mo Rongzhan said helplessly.
There were two doors in the black tower. The surroundings were filled with blood insects. They couldn't see Mo Rongzhan, but they could feel the change of Spiritual Qi. They walked towards Mo Rongzhan's direction but didn't see him.
Mo Rongzhan took Ye Zhen's hand and entered the black tower.
As soon as they walked in, they immediately felt a strong smell of blood.
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