There was indeed an underground palace in Hua Country, but it was exposed earlier than other underground palaces. Therefore, when the Hua Country built the palace, it deliberately avoided the location of the underground palace and was not built on top of it.
Qi Yu took Ye Zhen and the others to the entrance of the underground palace. Seeing the same entrance as other underground palaces, Ye Zhen was immediately sure who was sealed here.
Ying Yang, whom they had been unable to find, should be here.
However, when they entered the underground palace, they found how dilapidated it was.
There was no seal, even the outside of the black tower was mottled. The sarcophagus inside had long been opened, and there was no smell of blood.
Either there had never been a blood demon sealed here, or … many years ago, the blood demon sealed here had been unsealed and awakened.
Ye Zhen exchanged a look with Wo Sheng, knowing that he must be thinking the same thing.
"Yaoyao, you see, this is the underground palace, but there's nothing left. I came here once before and felt that the underground palace was very strange, like a graveyard, so I had people lock it up and ordered that no one was allowed to enter," said Qi Yu.
"It's really strange," Ye Zhen whispered, "It's different from what we saw in the Jin Kingdom and the Yuan Kingdom."
Qi Yu froze for a moment. "Is there such an underground palace in the Central Plains?"
"Yes, there are three of them, exactly the same." Ye Zhen nodded gently. "However, the person in this sarcophagus woke up a long time ago. I don't know where he went."
"Are there people in the sarcophagi in the other underground palaces?" Qi Yu was even more surprised.
Ye Zhen felt that there was no need to hide it from Qi Yu. She felt that Ying Yang must still be in Hua Country. Now that the world was like this, Qi Yu would know what happened sooner or later.
"Yes, there is a blood demon sealed in the sarcophagus," Ye Zhen said. "Ying Yang should be sealed here, but unfortunately, he is not here."
Qi Yu's heart was like a stormy sea. He had just heard about the situation in the Central Plains from Ye Zhen. Demon beasts and Blood Demons were too distant for their country, but in recent years, everything that had happened in the country was indeed incredible.
Could it be that what happened in the Central Plains would happen in China sooner or later?
Ye Zhen looked at Ah Bu. She felt that Ah Bu must know Ying Yang's whereabouts, but she still refused to say anything.
"Your Majesty, we want to go to the underwater palace." Ye Zhen whispered.
"Alright!" Qi Yu was not a cowardly king. Although China was now peaceful and prosperous, he always felt that this was just a facade. Especially in the past year, he felt as if someone was controlling China on his behalf.
Originally, he felt that he was being paranoid. Now that he heard Ye Zhen talk about what happened in the Central Plains, perhaps he was not being paranoid.
"Master, you don't have to go." Ye Zhen saw that Huang Fuchen's face was not very good and thought that he was too tired.
"I'm fine," Huang Fuchen said, "It's okay to go and take a look."
She didn't want Huangfu Chen to be with Ye Zhen. As long as he was with this woman, nothing good would come out of it. She didn't want Huangfu Chen to be with Ye Zhen.
Huang Fuchen ignored Ah Bu and gently waved her hand away.
"Your Majesty …" Ye Zhen looked at Qi Yu.
"This place isn't far from the underwater palace. It's very close." Qi Yu said.
Ye Zhen exchanged a look with Wo Sheng and decided to put aside the matter of the underground palace for the time being. After visiting the underwater palace, they would decide how to find Ying Yang.
Qi Yu had been to the underwater palace, but he could only take a look from the outside and could not enter at all. He felt that maybe Ye Zhen and the others could go in.
"No one can enter the underwater palace. Many methods have been used, but none have worked." Qi Yu said, "So, I can't guarantee that you can get in."
Ye Zhen said, "Even so, we have to try."
On the underwater palace side, Ming Xi and Ma 'er were still trying to find a way to get in, but no matter what method they used, they couldn't seem to find the entrance.
The lock of the gate was not something from the mortal world, and it was not something they could open. It seemed to be made of a special material, and there was a powerful seal on it. If they opened it by force, the force would backfire on the other party and hurt themselves instead.
"What do you think this place is?" Ming Xi asked Ma 'er doubtfully.
"I don't know, but I think it's a little … familiar." Ma 'er said doubtfully. There was a lock that she couldn't open. According to reason, there was no lock in this world that the dragons couldn't open.
Ming Xi said, "Let's go back and wait for my mother to come back. Maybe she has a way."
"But even I can't open it …" Ma 'er frowned. She didn't look down on others, but to tell the truth, the dragons liked all kinds of treasures and locks, and were even better at unlocking them. This lock looked ordinary, but it was made of a material she had never seen before.
"Well." Ming Xi understood what Ma 'er meant. He knocked on the lock, "I really can't see what it's made of."
Ma 'er said, "Let's go to the bottom of the sea and see if we can get in."
Ming Xi thought it was worth a try, so the two went into the sea together to find the entrance.
Not long after they entered the bottom of the sea, Ye Zhen and the others arrived.
"Here …" Fan Fan cried out in surprise and took Woo Sheng's hand, "Brother Woo Sheng, am I mistaken?"
Woo Sheng's face was solemn. When he saw the underwater palace, he knew what it was.
"Have you seen this before?" Ye Zhen asked in a low voice.
"Well." Woo Sheng looked at Ye Zhen with a complicated look. "You have seen it before and lived here."
Ye Zhen was stunned. "What?"
Fan Fan took Ye Zhen's hand, "Little Yao, have you forgotten that this is the Heavenly Castle, the base camp of our Lord and us? We thought that after the New Year, the Heavenly Castle would be destroyed. We didn't expect it to sink to the bottom of the sea."
Is this the place where Wen Tian used to live?
Ye Zhen was shocked. She didn't expect such an answer.
Woo Sheng looked at Ah Bu. Apparently, Ah Bu knew about the existence of the Heavenly Castle, but she still lived in seclusion with Huang Fuchen on the Burning Ocean Island, as if she didn't care about the resurrection of the Lord at all.
No! Woo Sheng denied this thought in his heart.
Even if he didn't fully understand Ah Bu, he knew her loyalty to the Lord. She didn't stay in the Heavenly Castle but followed Huang Fuchen because Huang Fuchen was more important than the Heavenly Castle.
For them, what could be more important than the Heavenly Castle?
It was the Lord!
Woo Sheng's eyes turned from Ah Bu's face to Huang Fuchen.
Ah Bu stood to the side and looked at Woo Sheng coldly.
"Where are Ming Xi and San 'er?" Ye Zhen didn't notice Woo Sheng's gaze. She remembered that Ming Xi and San 'er were here, but she didn't see them. "Could they have gone in?"
"Impossible. The Heavenly Castle doesn't allow outsiders to open this lock," Fan Fan said.
Qi Yu said, "The lock is still intact. It seems that they didn't go in."
Ye Zhen frowned. If Ming Xi and San 'er didn't go in, where did they go?
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