Shi Hao said “uh”… To some extent, what she said made sense.
Pengcheng is located in the northeast of Jiangling, but it is Western Chu, which is indeed a bit unreasonable.
He said, "Let's go to Sishui first."
The dragon swung its tail and entered the Si River. Shi Hao said, "Bai Lan, do you feel the evil spirit you mentioned again?"
Jiaolong said, "It feels heavier and heavier."
Going deep into the Si Shui River, we saw that the river channel in this area had been expanded to a very wide level, with earth mounds piled up on both sides and sand and mud rolling near the riverbed.
The dragon controlled the water, using undercurrents to roll up the sand and mud at the river bottom, revealing a pile of white bones.
The densely packed human bones spread out at the bottom of the river make one feel heavy-hearted.
"Master, there is an underground river here!" the dragon suddenly said.
Shi Hao said in a deep voice: "Go in and take a look... Be careful!"
The dragon dived into the underground river, and it was dark along the way. This underground river was not only secretive, but also long.
After swimming for a long time, I heard the rumbling sound of flowing water and creaking sounds ahead.
The undercurrent rushed downwards, deep into the ground. In front of them, the water shimmered and waves of light and shadows moved forward.
It was a huge wooden armored mechanism that looked like a waterwheel, running on the power of water.
The dragon slowly moved upwards and poked its head out, and there was the sound of iron chains being pulled above it.
Continuing forward, there were the sounds of bang bang bang, the sound of energy exploding. Bang, a shocking energy was shaken out, and the space seemed to be distorted, with waves of wrinkles rising.
—A wooden armor mechanism was shattered with a loud bang, and an astonishing wave of air surged in.
The three of them were all shocked. Even Yue Yaotai, who possessed a fourth-grade foundation, felt that this force was overwhelming and that with her abilities, she would not be able to resist it no matter what.
Looking quietly ahead, they saw a girl floating down in the fierce energy.
Chapter 258 "Goddess Infant" Ming Yueshu
The girl was probably only twelve or thirteen years old, with an oval face, and was wearing a rather ordinary autumn-scented double-breasted skirt.
Her hair fell like a waterfall from the back of her head. She didn't tie it into a bun, but only tied up halfway with a rose-purple bow.
The ones fighting with her were two old men. These two old men looked strange. One was bald and the other had thick but short hair. The curly short hair was dense and looked quite messy.
Even so, the two old men were both wearing brocade robes with jade belts.
The battle between the three was bizarre and unpredictable. The girl was fighting one against two and looked quite dangerous. The two old men were unable to take her down in a short time.
Yueyaotai looked up at the battle in front of him and was shocked.
In her eyes, every move of those three people was full of infinite mysteries.
The girl's figure was flexible and changeable, and her movements seemed to violate time and space. When she attacked, although she clearly struck first, it felt as if her palm force burst out first, and then her hand followed.
Her toes touched a wooden pillar and she was actually walking in the air, constantly changing directions with no leverage.
The two old men were also ferocious and domineering. Every punch and palm strike seemed to create wrinkles in the space.
Even with Yueyaotai's fourth-grade strength, if he looked at it for a long time, he would feel a horrible feeling of chest tightness and vomiting blood.
This is a contest between top-notch masters.
The girl's strength was amazing, but she was fighting two villains alone, and her situation was obviously not good. She was struggling to hold on, and it was extremely dangerous.
However, this place is an enclosed underground place, and it is difficult for her to escape.
Shi Hao suddenly said: "Bai Lan, help her!"
Boom! The dragon rolled up waves, and the surging flood turned into a torrent, rolling in the air, and struck the two old barbarians with the force of a mountain pressing down on them.
Considering the strength of the two old barbarian men, they must have known that someone had sneaked in secretly.
But he had never expected that there would be such a sea beast that would attract such a powerful attack.
The wooden armor mechanism fell like dominoes under the tsunami-like impact. The two old barbarians were unwilling to resist such a wave with human power, which would give the girl an opportunity to take advantage, so they were forced to retreat.
The waves broke and joined, crashing down with a loud bang.
When I looked again, the girl had disappeared.
"What is that?" The bald barbarian old man pointed at a broken wooden board that rose and fell with the waves. "Dragon?"
The curly-haired barbarian old man frowned and said, "I didn't expect such a ferocious beast to exist. This is really troublesome. And the girl just now should be Ming Yueshu mentioned by Grandma Ba of the Zutan. Fortunately, with the reminder from the Zutan, we didn't fall into the trap and were lured away. It's a pity that we couldn't keep her."
The bald barbarian elder said, "But they have sea beasts like this, and we are afraid it will be difficult to guard against them. We can only take it one step at a time."
The dragon quickly left against the underground undercurrent, returned to Sishui, and then slid down and returned to the canal.
Near the barren mountain, a dragon emerged from the water and carried four people on its back out of the water.
The girl floated up and landed on the shore, and Shi Hao and others followed her up.
The girl turned around and looked at them, and whispered, "Thank you for your help just now. Why are you there?"
Before Shi Hao could say anything, Xu Xiaoyan excitedly shouted, "Senior, are you the 'Goddess Infant'? I am Xu Xiaoyan!"
As he spoke, a soft whip emerged from Xu Xiaoyan's sleeve and he whipped it twice quickly, using strange and sharp whipping techniques: "This is the Huanzhi Whip Technique that Mei Tao Niang taught me."
The girl raised her head and smiled: "Ah, so you are Xiaoyan."
Shi Hao was shocked...the two of them actually became friends
This is the "Infant Goddess" Mingyueshu, the third-ranked top-level expert on the blacklist.
How could this girl Xiaoyan be related to her
He looked at Xu Xiaoyan and couldn't help asking, "Are you two friends?"
Xu Xiaoyan said with a grin, "This set of Huanzhi Whip Technique was created by a senior some time ago and taught to Mei Tao Niang, who then taught it to me."
I didn't expect that it was related to the inheritance of martial arts. This girl Xiaoyan is really good at hiding her secrets.
Ming Yueshu looked no more than twelve or thirteen years old, much shorter than Xu Xiaoyan. Although he was wearing an ordinary jacket, his skin was delicate and his eyes were as clear as water.
She raised her head slightly, looked at Xu Xiaoyan, and said, "Tao Niang told me about you. Thank you for the matter in the Immortal Palace last time..."
Shi Hao was suddenly shocked: "Immortal Palace? Tianying Immortal Palace?"
At this moment, he suddenly connected some things together and said in a lost voice: "The Tianying Immortal Mansion is the Sanying Ghost Cave?"
Mingyueshu and Xu Xiaoyan looked at him.
Ming Yueshu looked at him in confusion: "Who are you and why do you know the name of the Three-Tassel Ghost Cave more than two hundred years ago? At that time, the Immortal Palace had not yet been exposed to the public. Later, people only knew about the Three-Tassel Ghost Cave, but not the Heavenly Tassel Immortal Palace."
At the same time, he glanced at Shi Hao's shoulder, probably seeing the little jadeite that had been hidden on Shi Hao's shoulder, but he didn't ask any more questions.
Shi Hao murmured, "In fact, I should have guessed it earlier. That person said that the Tianying Immortal Mansion is in Lingnan, and the Sanying Ghost Cave is also in Lingnan. But according to what that person said, the Tianying Immortal Mansion should be a paradise unknown to outsiders, while the Sanying Ghost Cave is the most mysterious and dangerous place in the martial arts world, and I subconsciously did not connect them together."
He bowed to Ming Yueshu and said, "Senior, my master is Chongyun! I heard about the name of Tianying Immortal Mansion from another person. That person didn't know the current situation of Tianying Immortal Mansion and was worried about it, so he asked me to find out something."
Ming Yueshu frowned: "Who is that person you are talking about?"
Shi Hao looked at Ming Yueshu, thought for a moment, and whispered, "If I tell you, Senior, that it was the Fairy Shengxuan from the Taisu Fairy Pavilion three hundred years ago, would you believe it?"
Yue Yaotai stood aside, looking at the young master in surprise.
Xu Xiaoyan stared at Shi Hao: "Are you serious? Fairy Shengxuan? The Fairy Shengxuan who died together with the Charm Emperor? What are you doing? How can you say such a thing?"
Ming Yueshu looked at Shi Hao and said with emotion: "Fairy Shengxuan?"
Xu Xiaoyan said: "Senior, don't believe her..."
"No!" Mingyueshu seemed to be thinking about something. "Besides this, there is no other explanation. Fairy Shengxuan's surname is Ye, and my surname is also Ye. Fairy Shengxuan Ye Ziyin... is actually my ancestor!"
Xu Xiaoyan was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help but turn to look at Shi Hao again... Could it be that he could also become friends with Senior Mingyueshu
Shi Hao was thinking that Xiaoyan learned skills from that Mei Tao Niang, and that Mei Tao Niang learned skills from Ming Yue Shu, so she could be considered Ming Yue Shu's great-granddaughter.
Sister Ziyin is both his teacher, sister and wife to him.
Xiaoyan’s generation is a bit low!
Ming Yueshu looked at Shi Hao and said, "But that doesn't make sense. Fairy Shengxuan disappeared with the Demon Sect's Charm Emperor three hundred years ago. How did you get to see her?"
Shi Hao thought for a moment and said, "Senior, can we talk about this matter later when we have time? The most important thing now is still the matter related to the Barbarian Court Grand Canal and Lie Zunyi."
"Senior, what exactly was that underground place just now? The two people who fought with you were clearly top-grade masters, but I don't think I have ever heard of these two people before."
Ming Yueshu glanced at him, guessing that there must be some hidden story, so he stopped asking any more questions.
She turned to look at Sishui and whispered, "The cloud from Taisu Fairy Pavilion has heard that there is an underground palace under Sishui. This underground palace was built by the Overlord of Western Chu in the last years of the Ying Dynasty."
Shi Hao asked: "Why did the King of Chu build such an underground palace in Pengcheng?"
Ming Yueshu said: "The Taisu Immortal Pavilion has no idea of the specific reasons, so we can only speculate based on some historical allusions and various clues."
"Yun Caiyao's current speculation is this: During the Warring States Period, the territory of Chu was the largest among all the countries, much larger than that of other princes, and even larger than that of Qin. However, at that time, the dragon vein was in Xianyang, so Qin obtained the luck of the mountains and rivers and successfully replaced the Zhou Dynasty."
"In the State of Chu, a mysterious sorcerer calculated that the dragon vein would move to Pengcheng. The Xiang clan of Chu learned about this, but did not tell the king of Chu. The Xiang clan sent out experts to seize the Nine Cauldrons when Ying Qin moved them. They fled with the Nine Cauldrons all the way to Sishui, where they were hijacked by the pursuers sent by Ying Qin."
"The Qin army only managed to take back eight tripods. One of them fell into the Si River and could not be found. It was found to be combined with the local energy. The Xiang family knew about this and passed it down from generation to generation, spreading rumors like 'the one who will destroy the Qin army will be Chu.'"
"After defeating Qin, the King of Chu gave up Xianyang and made Pengcheng his capital because he knew the secret of the migration of the 'dragon vein'. He built an underground palace in Pengcheng to gain the luck of the dragon vein of Shenzhou, and because of this, he was invincible and unstoppable."
"But destiny is not as good as man's plan. Although the Overlord of Chu was strong and had good luck, he was stubborn and self-righteous, and his superiors and subordinates were alienated. In addition, there was a strange man named Zhang Liuhou who assisted his powerful enemies and opposed him. In the end, he could not escape the fate of being annihilated and committing suicide after being defeated in the battle."
At this point, she paused and continued, "But the underground palace of the Overlord under Pengcheng was concealed by Zhang Liuhou and passed down to his eighth-generation grandson Zhang Daoling. After a lot of twists and turns, it was known to the Xiao family of the Liang Dynasty. The Xiao family has a daughter who is a descendant of Emperor Yang of the Yang Dynasty. Therefore, the matter of the Dragon Vein of Shenzhou and the Underground Palace of the Overlord was also known to Emperor Yang.
"But there must be a corresponding relationship between the Shenzhou Dragon Vein and the Shenzhou Nine Cauldrons. The earth energy hidden in the Overlord's Underground Palace only obtained one of the cauldrons, which is not complete. The Grand Canal connects the Changhe River, the Yellow River and the mountains and rivers of the world through the transformation of mountains and rivers, absorbs the earth energy of mountains and rivers, and stabilizes the dragon veins.
"Lie Zunyi's real purpose is to transform the Overlord's Underground Palace, gather the dragon veins of Shenzhou, and turn it into an underground demon against his destiny, so that he can achieve immortality."
Yueyaotai and Xu Xiaoyan were both moved.
Shi Hao thought thoughtfully: "I always feel like there's something wrong."
Ming Yueshu sighed and said, "The key point is that no one knows what the 'secret' that Emperor Yang and Lie Zunyi obtained is. We can only forcibly connect various fragmentary clues together and make this inference."
Shi Hao pondered for a while, and nodded involuntarily: "Although it is a bit far-fetched, whether it is Emperor Yang or Lie Zunyi, they are both forcing the construction of the Grand Canal, this is always a fact.
"Combining the fog of history and various doubts to come up with this conclusion is not easy, and it is also very likely to be the closest to the facts."
"The most crucial point is that we all don't have time. After three hundred years, the Barbarian Court has reached the end of its rope. Relying on luck is the only thing they can do. We don't have time either. We must do something."
He looked at Ming Yueshu and asked, "Senior, how can we help you?"
Chapter 259: Battle at Overlord's Underground Palace
Ming Yueshu said: "The two people you saw earlier were the 'two servants of heaven and earth' beside Lie Zunyi, both of them are of the highest quality.
"Yun Caiyao and Yue Panlong have already figured out the general structure of the underground palace through the help of the supernatural power, but they pretended not to know and planned to seize the underground palace map in order to lure the tiger away from the mountain. However, the two servants of heaven and earth still stayed in the underground palace, and obviously did not fall into the trap.
"Although I sneaked into the underground palace, I was discovered by the servants of heaven and earth before I could get close to the center, and was trapped inside for a while. The waterway you entered was something I didn't know before.
"Grandma Ba of the ancestral altar once used a Nine-Nuan Mysterious Pearl to absorb a large amount of true dragon energy at Longshou Mountain."
"This Nine-Nine Mysterious Pearl should be the key to the operation of the entire underground palace. I must find this Nine-Nine Mysterious Pearl and break it. Only then can Yue Panlong and Yun Caiyao enter the underground palace and stop Lie Zunyi."
She looked at the dragon that had emerged from the river, and thought, "Where did this dragon you are riding come from?"
Shi Hao said: "It is called Bai Lan, but it is actually a Jiao, not a dragon. It comes from the East China Sea, and it just discovered the underground river. Senior, the Xuzhou area is full of crisscrossing waterways, including the Sishui, Yishui, Mushui, Weishui, and Anhe Rivers, all of which meet in Xuzhou.
"This is also where the ancient Huai River flows. The Huai River flows through this area many times and changes its course many times. Now it merges into the Yellow River in Huai'an. Similarly, the Yellow River has changed its course several times in history. When passing near Xuzhou, all the rivers merged into the Yellow River in this area. After changing its course, the waters formed large and small lakes and many underground rivers.
"This has resulted in the existence of numerous complex and intricate rivers and underground waters. When the Barbarian Court rebuilt the underground palace, it not only had to connect to the Grand Canal, but also used various wooden armor mechanisms. I just saw a large number of wooden armor mechanisms that were operated by water power. Under such circumstances, it is simply impossible for the Barbarian Court to block the connection between all the underground rivers and the underground palace.
"Bai Lan has the ability to control water and can find underground rivers. As long as we have it, we should be able to sneak into the underground palace again."
Ming Yueshu nodded gently: "I was worried that I would be blocked by the servants of heaven and earth, and there was nothing I could do. Fortunately, I met you."
There were dark clouds above them, and then a rainstorm came down with a whoosh.
The rain fell beside Ming Yueshu, but it seemed to encounter an invisible barrier and dispersed around her on its own, without getting her clothes wet at all.
On that day, when the little devil girl disguised herself as a "baby goddess", she looked cold, arrogant and domineering.
When I actually met this "baby goddess" at this moment, I felt that she was more like an ordinary girl. She had a soft voice and was not as arrogant as I had imagined, nor was she inaccessible.
But she raised her little hand and waved it gently towards the layers of dark clouds.
The dark clouds began to spin and gather on their own.
She pushed the dark clouds with her hand, and the surging dark clouds rolled towards Xuzhou city, turning into hail all over the sky, rolling down into the city.