In the outer square of Kunxu Temple, clouds floated all around like thick fog after rain, and were illuminated by the sunset, giving off a colorful halo and an ethereal fairy air.
Shen Mingjing was thrown heavily by Xiong Yanhong to the edge of the square. The force of the Divine Transformation cultivator made him stagger back two steps before he could stand firm.
"I'm warning you, don't play any tricks!" Xiong Yanhong was dressed in black and wearing a black mask, with a fierce look in his eyes.
Shen Mingjing smiled so hard that his eyes did not reach the bottom. He did not look annoyed at all and said calmly, "Brother treats me gently and politely, why are you so rude? We are partners, not master and servant."
Xiong Yanhong sneered. Under the absolute suppression of his cultivation, he was not afraid of Shen Mingjing at all.
"It's good to know that I am different from Xiong Yanqing. Now I have brought you to the gate of the Divine Palace as agreed. Zhuge Ziying has also been captured. You'd better have a way to enter the Divine Palace. Otherwise, I will let you know the consequences of deception!"
A barely perceptible coldness flashed across Shen Mingjing's eyes, and he looked away and looked around.
This place is almost exactly the same as the immortal palace of Chongming Immortal Lord outside. It can be seen that Chongming Immortal Lord built the place where he lives now based on the Kunxu Palace.
Xiong Yanhong had been here before, and he had the aura of the gatekeeper black unicorn on him, so he didn't have to take the original secret and dangerous road, and could directly reach the gate of the temple.
This is also the reason why Shen Mingjing decided to cooperate with Xiong's company in the beginning, in order to minimize the risks he would encounter.
But now it seems that the risk has been reduced, but I am not in a good mood.
He raised his hand and pinched his brows, "Forgive me for saying one more time, but the Kunpeng relics in the inner hall of Kunxu Palace are heavily restricted. A person has only one chance in his lifetime to take one item. Even the Immortal Lord Chongming has not been able to break this rule until now. Your Excellency, please do not bring disaster upon yourself because of greed."
Xiong Yanhong said with disdain, "I will make my own decision!"
Shen Mingjing looked at Xiong Yanhong deeply and sneered, "Where is Zhuge Ziying?"
Xiong Yanhong stood upright with his hands behind his back and proudly pointed in a direction with his chin. Shen Mingjing turned his head and looked over. The mist dispersed and Zhuge Ziying was unconscious, leaning against a pillar at the edge of the square that was carved with a water qilin pattern.
There were a total of four Nascent Soul cultivators from the Tianxing Sect and the Xiong Clan present nearby.
Shen Mingjing knew what Xiong Yanhong was planning and could only mourn for this group of people in silence.
The restriction at the entrance of the temple is very complex and difficult to break. It carries the power of Xuanming True Water, one of the ten ancient holy waters.
This water has abandoned the gentleness of water and the power that gives birth to all things, retaining only the ultimate lethality. It has the power to freeze thousands of miles of ice and is a type of water with extremely strong attack power.
The normal way to enter the Temple of the Gods is to have a level of understanding of the way of water that is recognized by the Temple of the Gods, so that the Xuanming True Water will naturally not harm your body.
However, the only ones who can meet this condition at present are probably Immortal Lord Chongming himself and his immortal servant Wen Su.
So they had to find another way and start with the ban itself.
In order to break the restriction without disturbing the Xuanming True Water, one needs to have spiritual consciousness that is invisible and traceless, as strong and powerful as one's own arms.
The only ones who can do this are the cultivators of the Yin-Yang School who practiced the art of controlling people with the Yang meridians. This is why they captured Zhuge Ziying.
Next, Shen Mingjing needs to spend some time and effort to persuade Zhuge Ziying to cooperate so that Xiong Yanhong can get what he wants and enter the temple to receive a great gift!
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Beside Xuanxian Lake.
Lu Nanzhi rushed to Jiang Yuebai and asked, "Why don't you chase him?"
Jiang Yuebai frowned and stood in the air looking at the gradually calming lake.
"Shen Mingjing just sent me a message, asking me to look down."
There was a noise coming from the dense forest behind. Lu Nanzhi and Jiang Yuebai looked at each other and immediately chose to avoid it temporarily.
After a while, a female cultivator in purple rushed to the lakeside. She was the female demon cultivator that Jiang Yuebai met when he just came out of the dark side.
After she arrived at the lake, she looked at the lake and the palace above her head with the same confusion. After thinking for a moment, she touched the fairy palace token in her sleeve and rushed towards the sky.
Jiang Yuebai and Lu Nanzhi hid in a century-old tree, watching the female cultivator's escape light rush into the clouds. The palace behind her was like a mirage. No matter how she rushed back and forth, she could not touch the real thing.
But just now, Xiong Yanhong's escape light clearly disappeared behind the clouds.
Jiang Yuebai thought that it might have something to do with the fact that he had been there once before.
Jiang Yuebai suddenly remembered what Shen Mingjing said before, "If you look at the mountain, you will die." The palace above your head looks close, but it is actually out of reach.
After trying for a while, the female demon cultivator returned to the lakeside, stared at the lake for a long time, and finally made up her mind and dived into the lake.
Jiang Yuebai transmitted a message to Lu Nanzhi, "What Shen Mingjing just said about looking downwards probably means the entrance is at the bottom of the lake."
Lu Nanzhi stared at the lake intently, feeling that danger was lurking everywhere below, "Let's take a look first."
Jiang Yuebai nodded and waited patiently with Lu Nanzhi.
Bored with waiting, Jiang Yuebai habitually took out a jade slip to look at it, which was the one Shen Mingjing gave her before. She glanced at it halfway and saw the part that the Blood Jade Ganoderma could grow bigger and bigger.
Seeing this, Lu Nanzhi smiled bitterly and shook her head. Fortunately, she was open-minded and used to it. If Xie Jingshan was here, he would probably grit his teeth and compare himself with Jiang Yuebai again.
During this period, two more groups of people came to the lakeside. Like the female demon cultivator in front, they rushed into the air and then returned to the lakeside after finding that they could not find the temple. One group chose to leave after hesitating for a moment, and the two people in the other group, like the female demon cultivator, also entered the lake.
The two waited for more than half an hour, but the female demon cultivator who went down first did not come out, and only one of the two male cultivators who went down later was left, and he fled from the lake in panic.
No one knew what had happened to the male cultivator in the late Nascent Soul stage, one of his arms was missing, his clothes were torn and he was covered in blood. He was keeping watch on his surroundings while quickly fleeing.
Jiang Yuebai put away the jade slip and looked at Lu Nanzhi.
Lu Nanzhi showed no fear and no intention of retreating. Jiang Yuebai tilted his head and said, "Let's go. If you delay any longer, I'm afraid Zhuge Ziying's life will be in danger."
Knowing that there was danger below, both of them became alert. Before going down into the lake, Jiang Yuebai took out a few palm-sized spider puppets from his storage ring, stored a few divine thoughts in them, and threw them on the grass by the lake.
The little spider was as fast as lightning and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
Rushing into the lake with Lu Nanzhi, Jiang Yuebai immediately began to sink uncontrollably. She felt that every drop of water weighed a thousand pounds, making her feel like she was being pressed down by a whole mountain, making it difficult for her to struggle.
The Fairy Palace Token is no longer effective here. Jiang Yuebai can only try his best to circulate his spiritual energy to resist the gravity.
With such consumption, it would be difficult to fight back with all our strength if we encountered any danger.
"It's the power of one element of heavy water that holds my hand."
Lu Nanzhi swam to Jiang Yuebai and stretched out his hand. His eyes were clear and bright, like a nimble fish. His black hair danced gently like water grass, not suppressed by the power of the water at all.
Jiang Yuebai grabbed Lu Nanzhi's hand and immediately felt a gentle force flowing through her body, like warm water for a winter bath, making her feel comfortable all over, and the gravity that was suppressing her also disappeared.
"It's because of my spiritual body, and the adventure that followed. Most of the spiritual water or real water in this world has a greatly reduced effect on me."
Lu Nanzhi explained in a voice transmission, swinging his legs, and pulling Jiang Yuebai to swim quickly towards the bottom of the lake.
"Luckily you're here."
Jiang Yuebai replied via voice transmission, and Lu Nanzhi turned around and smiled at her.
The two men refocused their attention on the bottom of the lake. The lake was very deep and there were no fish around.
As they continued to go deeper, the light was swallowed up by the darkness, and even their spiritual consciousness found it difficult to penetrate the darkness and was affected by the one-yuan heavy water.
"The power of the monovalent heavy water is increasing. There seems to be something underneath. A lot of it. Be careful."
Also, I am making up for the update I missed yesterday. I wrote it slowly, so please forgive me!
(End of this chapter)