Chapter 163: Dirty Things Before Breaking the Formation
When the foundation stone rose to a height of seven feet, it stopped rising and remained there. After the foundation stone was fixed, a clanging sound was heard from below the foundation stone, as if it was made by metal collision, dull and harsh. After a moment, there was a loud clacking sound. After the loud clacking sound, the whole valley became completely quiet.
Seeing this, the old Taoist with many eyes jumped onto the foundation stone first, and everyone followed closely and jumped onto the foundation stone one after another. At this time, as expected, a circular hole of about ten feet in size appeared out of thin air in each of the four directions of the foundation stone. Looking down, it was deep and dark, and the situation inside could not be seen clearly at all.
"I'm sure you are familiar with the Four Symbols Gathering Spirit Array here. These four holes are the four array gates of the Four Symbols Gathering Spirit Array. Among the four array gates, only the White Tiger Seven Stars Array Gate was opened by the Qingniu Zhenren, and you can enter from here. But remember, when you follow me down later, you must use the Qi Control Technique to support your feet and sink down at a constant speed. This passage is about a hundred feet long. Because the cornerstone of this sealing door is made of a whole piece of Xuanhun Jade, so when you go down, you must remember not to release your spiritual consciousness to check, otherwise once your soul is sucked by the Xuanhun Jade, you will die here. Don't blame me for not reminding you." After the old Taoist with many eyes explained to everyone solemnly, he first used his magic power to use the Qi Control Technique, and jumped into the hole of the White Tiger Seven Stars Array Gate in the west.
One by one, everyone carefully used the Qi Control Technique and jumped into the hole and sank down.
Entering the hole was very different from being outside. This mysterious soul jade is really amazing. It can emit a bright green light in the dark, illuminating the entire hole with a green color. But standing on the foundation stone, it seems that there is no light below.
It took a whole meal to reach the bottom of the hundred-foot distance, even though everyone was trying to control the speed.
Although he had memorized the terrain below, Wu Yan was still deeply shocked after he got out of the hole on the foundation stone and fell into the central square of a huge underground palace.
The foundation stone of the mysterious soul jade is just a little bit above the dome of the underground cave space. Below it, there is actually a huge underground hole with a radius of about ten miles.
It seems that the underground here has been hollowed out. The ground of the palace is about a hundred feet above the dome above. The dome is inlaid with various gems and pearls of all sizes. Any one of them is a priceless treasure in the secular world. But here it is like a piece of soil and rubble, casually inlaid on the blue stone wall of the dome, and arranged into stars embellishing the night sky.
In this cave, there is no feeling of oppression at all. Standing in it, it is as if you are in another small world. The sky is blue, and the blue sky is dotted with stars of various sizes, which is very beautiful.
This place is like a space that is always in the blue night, without daytime, only the night with stars twinkling.
The hole where everyone came down was now open in the sky, like a round moon with a dark hole in the night sky, which is really weird.
When everyone fell to the ground, many people stared at the scene in front of them in amazement, and they couldn't speak for a long time. Among the twelve people, only Mo Ao, Duomu, Hu Lao Da and Xiu Yuan looked wooden, and they didn't seem to be surprised.
Everyone is now standing on a jade square with a radius of about a mile. On the four sides of the square, according to the directions of the four symbols, there are four palace clusters. The style of each palace building is different. Under the blue night, it stands quietly in this underground cave.
Although it is an abandoned underground cave, it is of this scale. Looking at the current world of immortal cultivation, I am afraid that no sect or powerful cultivator can build such a magnificent and huge cave.
However, it is strange that after so many years, this place has not been occupied by anyone or sect as a private cave.
"Fellow Taoists, the palaces on all four sides were cleared out more than a thousand years ago. Moreover, the forbidden arrays in many places are still powerful. If you rush in rashly, you will definitely be in danger. So, please follow me, fellow Taoists, and don't take the wrong path." The old Taoist with many eyes reminded him at the right time, and then walked towards the palace in the east.
Among the crowd, those who are familiar with the terrain know that he is walking in the right direction, and those who are not familiar with the terrain will naturally not rush in, so they all follow him and walk towards the palace complex.
Wu Yan knew that in this underground palace, the palace on the north side was the Taoist palace where the owner of this cave house originally practiced, the middle of the palace on the south side was where the ancient teleportation array was located, and the palaces on the east and west sides should be the palaces where the disciples and Taoist companions of this cave house owner lived.
The palace group that everyone was going to now was the palace where the disciples of this cave house owner originally lived. Everyone followed the old Taoist with many eyes and walked all the way to that palace. Wu Yan secretly observed around while walking, and Mo Ao followed behind Wu Yan and also looked around. After walking a hundred feet, the two looked at each other secretly and nodded.
It seems that there are indeed disciples of the demon house hidden here. Many places are very clean, as if they have been cleaned by someone, while other places are covered with a thick layer of dust, which are obviously not very important places and no one has touched them.
Mo Ao made a cautious gesture to Wu Yan, and Wu Yan nodded secretly. The crowd walked forward and finally arrived at the steps of the palace complex. I saw that the palace door on the steps was open. After walking through the palace door and entering the palace, it was a ruin inside. Most of the houses collapsed and turned into gray stones. The few remaining houses were also shaky and could collapse at any time.
In the center of the ruins, a strange tomb with a radius of ten feet was located on it. The tomb was shaped like an inverted giant bowl, and the whole thing was tightly fitted with the Qingyan of the hall on the ground without any gaps. On the four sides of the tomb, there were four strange black columns connected to the tomb, about ten feet high. On the top of the columns, four huge blue bull head statues were carved lifelike.
When everyone saw the tomb, their eyes lit up at the same time. It seems that this is the Qingniu Tomb mentioned by Duomu Laodao.
"Daoyou Duomu, could this be the Qingniu Tomb you mentioned?" Mo Ao observed for a moment, frowned slightly, and asked.
"Yes, fellow Daoists, don't be fooled by the Qingniu Tomb you see in front of you. This was originally a hall, and the ground was paved with green rocks as hard as steel. A few years ago, when I first came in, I witnessed this Qingniu Tomb rising slowly from under the green rocks. However, the forbidden formation of this Qingniu Tomb is very strange, and it can make the tomb body and the green rocks stick so tightly." Duomu Laodao nodded and said.
"Then how can we break the forbidden formation of this Qingniu Tomb and enter it?" Everyone was puzzled, and several people asked this question at the same time.
"Fellow Daoist, you asked a good question. This is also my concern. Although I have some experience in the art of formation, I still need to study it further if I want to break this forbidden formation. Among the Daoists invited this time, if there is any Daoist who is proficient in the art of forbidden formation, why don't we discuss it together?" The old Daoist Duomu's eyes flashed with a gleam, and he looked at everyone meaningfully and said.
"What? Daoist Duomu, you are not kidding us, are you? Before you came in, didn't you say that you had found a way to break it? Why do you say that now?" Liu Yefei and others immediately questioned with a change of face.
Indeed, before entering this underground cave, the old Daoist Duomu patted his chest and assured everyone that after everyone came in, they only needed to work hard, and as for the way to break it, he already knew it in his mind. Now that he said this, everyone was naturally very dissatisfied.
"Master Duomu, are you going to say that whoever can think of a way to crack the Green Ox Tomb can take one more thing from the tomb once the Green Ox Tomb is cracked?" Baidu Sanren, who had never spoken before, suddenly spoke at this moment. His feminine voice, coupled with his rough appearance, really made people feel uncomfortable.
"Haha, of course I didn't say that. However, although this matter was initiated by me, how to crack it requires everyone's collective wisdom, right? It must be unfair for those who have contributed more to cracking the Green Ox Tomb if they can't get more benefits. I wonder if you agree with what I said?" The old Taoist Duomu said with a smile.
Everyone fell silent. Although everyone cursed in their hearts, if it really wasn't arranged this way, I'm afraid that if they wanted to crack the Green Ox Tomb, they might not be able to do it with their own abilities.
Because, during this moment of talking, several people who were proficient in formations had tried to use some of their own little tricks to try the forbidden formation of the Green Ox Tomb. But after trying, the faces of several people didn't seem to look good.
Mo Ao took out a star-fixing plate, but before he could get close to the Green Ox Tomb, the Extreme Yuan needles inside the star-fixing plate began to hiss and spin around, making it impossible to use. The White-browed Master also took out eight special tiny needle-shaped magic tools and inserted them into the green rock on the ground, trying to use them to escape into the magic array of the Green Ox Tomb and use the "Eight Extremes Star-fixing" technique to determine the position of the array's center. However, the needle-shaped magic tools could not be inserted into the green rock on the ground, and could not even leave a trace on it.
No matter how hard the rock is, it is just a rock, and it is impossible to withstand the power of the magic tools of the Foundation Establishment cultivators. However, the rocks here are strange, and the magic tools can hardly move them at all.
"Daoyou Baimei, don't waste your energy. The green rocks within a radius of 20 meters of this Qingniu Tomb are all affected by the forbidden formation in the Qingniu Tomb, becoming harder and stronger than steel. Bombarding them with magic weapons may have some effect. As for the magic tools, hehe..." The old Taoist with many eyes smiled sarcastically when he saw everyone questioning and testing.
"I didn't expect Daoyou Baimei and Daoyou Mofeng to be masters of formations. Haha, I wonder if the two Daoists can see anything?" Master Xiuyuan, who was standing with Boss Hu, suddenly laughed and asked Baimei Gong and Mo Ao. However, looking at the expression on his face, he seemed quite disdainful, as if he didn't agree with the two's test formation methods.