Cold sweat broke out on Ding Ning's forehead. He stared dumbfoundedly at the mermaid tattoo on his arm. Only now did he believe what Xuan Ji had said earlier. Each totem had a magical power. If he had not used the demon-sealing chain to seal it, Xuan Ji would have been killed by the Tianshui totem long ago.
However, what if she ate Xuan Ji's corpse? This was something he could not accept.
But when his spiritual power permeated the tattoo, he found that the mermaid was carefully placing the ice coffin to the side in a strange space formed by a bubble. An expression of understanding appeared on his face.
Was this the meson space of the Tianshui totem? A glimmer of joy rose in Ding Ning's heart.
He wondered if he could use the mermaid's meson space. If he could, would he be able to take Luoxue and the Air Force Wings into it? After all, he did not know what dangers would appear in Wu Shen Palace. He would not be at ease taking them with him.
The mermaid seemed to be able to sense his thoughts. She appeared again and swallowed Luoxue and the Air Force Wings in one gulp.
With his previous experience, Ding Ning did not panic this time. His spiritual power paid close attention to everything that happened in the tattoo. He found that Luoxue's vital signs were normal and no different from the outside world. Only then did he relax.
His heart was filled with ecstasy. He was also a person who had a portable space. It was just that the space was not very big, but this was enough to make him very satisfied.
Also, the mermaid could communicate with him through spiritual power before, but now, for some reason, she could not communicate directly with him and could only act according to his thoughts. This made him slightly puzzled.
Was it because the demon-sealing chain had not been cut? Ding Ning's spiritual power fell on the mermaid's tail and a thoughtful expression appeared on his face.
However, the Tianshui totem was so magical. The other eight totems would not disappoint him. This filled him with anticipation.
Ding Ning's imagination ran wild as he strode forward. Now, he had nothing to worry about. It was time to open the first level of Wu Shen Palace.
He walked along the simple path until the end. Two huge bronze doors appeared in front of him. They were tightly shut and over a hundred feet tall. They gave off the mottled aura of time.
Standing in front of the bronze door, Ding Ning felt as small as an ant standing in front of a giant dragon, which made him secretly speechless. Not to mention the historical value of this bronze door, just based on its weight, he could make a fortune by selling it as scrap copper.
On the left and right sides of the bronze door, there were four brass protrusions that looked like buckles. Each protrusion had a strange, twisted pattern on it.
In the middle of the door, there was a large brass protrusion. In the protrusion, there was a notch with a constantly changing pattern. Above the notch, there was a small human-shaped notch.
Enlightened, Ding Ning immediately understood that these two notches were the place to verify the totem and the stone man. He immediately took down the stone man and put it into the small notch above. As expected, it fit perfectly.
At the same time, he raised his left arm and aimed the mermaid tattoo at the slightly larger notch below. The notch suddenly emitted a hazy sea-blue luster and enveloped Ding Ning.
Ding Ning suddenly felt a pain in his heart. A drop of blood suddenly flew out of his chest and floated in the air. Soon, it blended into the hazy sea-blue light.
"Boom!"
The whole secret realm seemed to be shaking, and the two bronze doors slowly opened.
Ding Ning squinted and found that all he could see was the sea-blue light. Although it was not dazzling, he could not see anything.
As the door was completely opened, Ding Ning felt dizzy and weightless again. When he stood firmly on the ground, he found that he was standing in a towering bronze hall.
All the items in the hall were made of bronze, and the surroundings were filled with an aura that made his whole body feel comfortable, making him feel relaxed and happy.
Ding Ning took a deep breath in satisfaction. He secretly speculated, "Is this the legendary Spiritual Qi?"
When he calmed down and saw the situation in the hall, his pupils suddenly contracted violently and his heart beat wildly.
Eighteen strangely shaped stone statues were distributed on both sides of the hall. They stood still, but their eyes were fixed on him.
Ding Ning's scalp was numb and he secretly complained. The previous stone statue had almost killed him. Now there were eighteen of them here. They would blast him into pieces.
But since he was already here, he could only pray that these stone statues would not attack like the previous stone statue.
He carefully took a step forward. Seeing that the stone statues did not have any reaction, he was a little relieved. His eyes fell on a bronze tripod guarded by the eighteen stone statues.
The bronze cauldron's design was simple and unadorned, and it was pitch black in color. Three legs propped up the cauldron's body, and a pair of handles grew out of the mouth of the cauldron. Various ancient and mysterious creatures were engraved on the dark green cauldron's walls. There were strange three-legged birds, ferocious ancient vines that coiled around them, and strange magical flowers that bloomed in a complicated manner.
Ding Ning's eyes brightened. All his attention was attracted by the bronze tripod. What attracted his attention most were the nine ferocious dragon heads on the mouth of the tripod. The dragon mouths were slightly opened and facing the tripod, as if they were ready to ignite the tripod at any time.
Shennong's Nine-Dragon Tripod. Ding Ning was trembling all over. He never thought that he would see Shennong's Nine-Dragon Tripod here.
It was recorded in the Compendium of Flora that before Shennong became a god, he used the copper essence of the East Sea as the material, the essence of the sun and the moon as the spirit, the Spiritual Qi of Heaven and Earth as the Qi, and the elixir of the Nine Dragons as the essence. It took him a hundred years to build the prototype of the Nine-Dragon Tripod.
On the day the tripod was built, tribulation clouds covered the sky and heavenly tribulation fell from the Ninth Heaven. After being tempered by eighty-one heavenly thunders, the Nine-Dragon Tripod almost collapsed. Shennong finally used his own blood as a guide to refine it successfully.
Shennong became the first mortal to refine a divine weapon with the body of a mortal. Using the Nine-Dragon Tripod could increase the success rate of refining elixirs by fifty percent, which aroused the greed of countless people.
Shennong tasted all kinds of herbs and refined elixirs. He was broad-minded and saved the world. He was loved and supported by all people. In the end, he achieved great merit and ascended to the immortal world and became a god.
Everyone thought that the Nine-Dragon Tripod also ascended to the immortal world with Shennong, but they did not expect it to appear here.
After thinking for a while, Ding Ning understood. After all, although the Nine-Dragon Tripod was a divine tool for refining elixirs, it did not have any additional effect on refining elixirs. It seemed a little useless for Shennong to bring it to the Immortal World.
As the favored son of the Shennong tribe, Chiyou had the qualification to compete with Yan Di for the position of chief. In the early stage, he also defeated Yan Di. Although he was defeated and killed in the end, how could he not inherit the treasure left by Shennong? It was natural that the Shennong Tripod appeared in the Wu Shen Palace.
Now it seemed that Chiyou was still at a disadvantage when competing for the tribal chief. After all, Yan Di inherited the bloodline of Shennong, had the ability to control fire, and had the advantage of pure bloodline.
It was no wonder that Chiyou wanted to find another way to develop the treasure of the human body. There must be some unconvinced factors in it. After all, compared with Yan Di, who had a pure bloodline, although he was also a descendant of Shennong, he did not have the orthodox bloodline. Even if he became the chief, it was not legitimate.
This was probably the reason why he did not inherit the Shennong tribe after defeating Yan Di and making the huge Shennong tribe fall apart. Instead, he re-established the Jiuli tribe.
He wanted to prove himself with his stubbornness and unyieldingness. Even without the orthodox bloodline of Shennong, he was qualified to compete with his ancestors. He did not care about the position of chief of the Shennong tribe at all, because he was fully capable of establishing his own tribal dynasty like Shennong.
Ding Ning, who understood this, admired Chiyou more and more and sighed for his unfortunate death. If he did not die, his achievements might surpass his ancestors. This was probably the reason why Yan Di and Huang Di regarded him as a thorn in their eyes and did not hesitate to kill him with a borrowed knife. They deceived their superiors and subordinates to get rid of him quickly.
If Ding Ning was in the position of Yan Di and Huang Di, with an opponent like Chiyou, he would probably be restless and try his best to get rid of this big trouble by hook or by crook.
After all, the threat he brought was too great, so great that as long as he was given a period of time, the world would inevitably fall into his hands. This was absolutely intolerable for the ambitious Yan Di and Huang Di.
Ding Ning just flashed over these years. His eyes were on the Nine-Dragon Tripod, but his attention was focused on the stone sculptures. After all, the previous stone sculptures had given him too much psychological shadow.
What he feared came true. Before he walked to the Nine-Dragon Tripod to have a good look, the eyes of the 18 stone sculptures suddenly flashed with different colors, and they rushed to Ding Ning at the same time.
This move was earth-shattering. Although Ding Ning had been very careful and was ready to escape at any time, under the sudden attack of the 18 stone sculptures, he had no room to react at all. He was pinched by two big hands like an ant.
Ding Ning just wanted to struggle, but found that his whole body was sore and weak, and he could not use any strength at all. This stone sculpture's understanding of the human body structure was no less than his.
Then, under his horrified and desperate gaze, the stone sculpture expressionlessly lifted the lid of the Nine-Dragon Tripod and threw him in.
Ding Ning had just regained his freedom and found that he could move. He wanted to jump out of the Nine-Dragon Tripod, but he found that the top of his head was dark, and the lid was covered again by the stone sculpture.
"What are you doing? Let me out, I am a descendant of Chiyou, you can't do this to me. "
Ding Ning shouted at the top of his lungs.
Facing these emotionless puppets, Ding Ning could only use his identity as a descendant of Chiyou to talk. Unfortunately, the stone sculptures did not seem to hear him and did not pay attention to him at all. Or rather, even if they heard him, they would not pay attention to him.
Damn, these bastards, do they want to use me as an elixir and refine me?
Ding Ning panicked. He flapped his bony wings and desperately hammered the lid of the tripod, but the lid of the Nine-Dragon Tripod was astonishingly thick. His fists were red from hammering, but he couldn't even make a sound, let alone lift the lid.
"Plop", water splashed everywhere.
Ding Ning dispiritedly fell to the bottom of the tripod, only to find that the bottom of the tripod was like a pond, accumulating a thick layer of black liquid, exuding a strong medicinal fragrance. Just smelling it made him feel refreshed and light-headed.
Nine-leaf flower, dragon-seeking grass, ice lotus, ten-thousand-year red fruit, stone saliva marrow, thousand-fold leaf …
Ding Ning smelled nine kinds of Heaven and Earth Treasure-level medicinal materials. Suddenly seeing the medicinal liquid refined from so many Heaven Treasures, he was not happy but shocked, and his heart was filled with extreme uneasiness. "This is not refining elixirs, but refining me with the medicine!"
Sure enough, a slight creaking sound came, and nine holes suddenly opened on the wall of the tripod, and the nine dragons drilled in.
Ding Ning's face was ashen. This time, he was completely finished. The nine dragons were spitting fire, they were going to start alchemy.
"Boom!"
Before he could struggle, the eighteen eyes of the nine dragon heads suddenly lit up. They opened their ferocious mouths and began to spit fire.
The temperature of the entire tripod began to rise, and the surface of the medicinal liquid gradually boiled.
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