Immortality: Start Cultivating Immortality From Pingshan Mountain

 “An extra layer?”

Just a few words, it was like a bucket of cold water poured over the head, a biting chill spread all over the body, and the indescribable atmosphere made people breathless.

 Seen from all the way.

 The supreme ruler of the ancient Jingjue Kingdom is the queen.

 Above all living beings.

 Her boundless power comes from the indescribable ‘god’.

As for the ‘guardian’ with a human head and a snake body, the appearance is not surprising.

The more I think about these people, the weirder their expressions become.

 “Could it be...a ghost?”

Yang Fang frowned and suddenly made a guess.

　Gods, humans, ghosts.

 From top to bottom, it represents heaven, man and earth, which seems to make sense.

But as soon as he spoke, Partridge Whistle shook his head, "It's unlikely. From all the current murals and written records, there is no mention of the concept that ghosts have a higher status than humans."

 “Also…if I’m not wrong.”

Partridge Whistle lowered his head and pointed below him.

“The black tower should have seven floors and an underground palace, symbolizing the evil spirits of hell.”

 Unless it is the ancient Di Qiang Maluzhai or the Turkic Shaman, there has been a tradition of worshiping ghosts and offering sacrifices since ancient times. In their religious beliefs, ghosts and gods have the same status.

 Ghosts are also gods.

 Otherwise, most sects, such as Buddhism, Tantra or Taoism.

 Human beings are above ghosts.

"real or fake?"

Yang Fang frowned slightly. Before coming up, they didn't seem to have found a passage to the ground in the stone hall on the first floor.

“Brother Dao’s guess must be correct.”

 “Shopkeeper, the disappearing layer...”

Huamaguai opened his mouth to speak, but Chen Yulou just waved his hand and went straight around the stone stairs to go upstairs.

 He knew exactly what was on the fourth floor.

But the words "imaginary number space" themselves are difficult to understand, let alone describe them in simple and easy-to-understand words.

 So the best way is to let them see it.

The group of people looked at each other, not daring to delay, and quickly followed.

Although this black tower has been built for thousands of years and has been eroded by wind, rain, sand and dust, it is still as solid as a rock.

 The sound of thumping footsteps.

 Sounds back and forth in the black tower.

 It feels like going deep into the ruins and peering into the ancient times.

The stone staircase is not long, and there are only thirty or so steps in a circle. Yang Fang, the leader, is very fast. He jumps a few steps, as if chasing the wind, and reaches the fourth floor in the blink of an eye.

　　Carrying the wind lantern, he looked around.

 Fire light dispels darkness.

But what surprised him was that the huge stone hall was completely empty. Not only did the imaginary stone statue of the Queen not exist, but even the base of the stone statue was not seen.

 “Have you seen a ghost?”

Huamaguai, who was following closely behind, saw that he was stunned in place, looking in disbelief, and couldn't help but say.

"no…"

 “This floor has been vacated.”

Yang Fang knew that he had misunderstood, so he shook his head and explained.

"How can it be…"

How can Huamaguai believe that there are no traces of anyone touching the lower three floors, but the fourth floor has been evacuated?

 But wait for his eyes to scan around.

 The smile on his face suddenly froze little by little.

Except for the ghost cave inscriptions on the wall, there is really nothing in the stone hall.

At least a few big fish and small shrimps could be fished out of the altar in Xiye Kingdom. This exquisite country claims to unite the thirty-six countries in the Western Region and receives countless sacrifices every year.

 As a result, not even a single earth snake was seen in the place where the gods were worshiped.

"what happened?"

 The two of them were in shock and doubt.

 The group of people behind him finally arrived.

When asked by the shopkeeper, Huama spread her hands and spoke weakly.

Hearing this, the Partridge Sentinel brothers and the group of guys who came with them couldn't help but look at each other.

 At this moment, it seemed that all the previous speculations were gone.

"how so?"

“It’s not that they were moved away, it should be that the stone statues were never placed in the first place…”

 Looking around, there was no trace of the stone foundation on the ground.

 Seeing this situation, everyone looked even weirder.

　　Completely unable to understand the reason for this.

 “Empty? Nothing? Emptiness?”

Partridge Whistle frowned.

Looking at the stone palace shrouded in darkness, for a moment, he seemed to have caught something.

 Sixteen words of Yin and Yang Feng Shui, the last one is a blank wordless heavenly book.

  It is also the legendary empty character chapter.

 Metaphorically, the elephant is invisible and the loud sound is silent.

 Is it the same here now?

 “Senior brother?”

The old foreigner was looking around hesitantly, and with his experience he couldn't see through it. Suddenly, a familiar figure was heading upstairs.

 The figure is extremely fast, as if he is eager to prove something.

“Don’t worry, Brother Dao must have noticed something.”

Seeing his uneasy expression, Chen Yulou patted his shoulder and smiled gently.

 While speaking.

 Others followed suit.

When we entered the fifth floor, a black throne suddenly appeared in the stone hall.

Sitting on the throne is a veiled woman.

Although it is a stone figure, the carving is lifelike and everyone can tell at a glance that it is exactly the same as the Queen Jingjue in the mural.

Seeing this, Partridge Whistle climbed up the steps again, and he didn't stop until he reached the top.

 The top dome of the Black Tower.

 It gathers from the four sides toward the middle, and finally condenses into a huge black olive-shaped stone ball.

 “Eye totem…”

 The moment he saw the stone ball.

Partridge Whistle was refreshed, and countless pictures appeared in his mind.

 There are rumors about the Zagrama clan.

I have also seen this along the way.

 In the end...the picture was fixed on the first half of the last mural in the tomb of Prince Gumo.

The queen took off her veil and just glanced at the assassin, who then disappeared into thin air.

“So, the space on the fourth floor is not accidental, but represents the power controlled by the queen..."

The partridge whistle murmured in a low voice.

 It’s like having an enlightenment.

 He had never understood why a living person could evaporate directly.

Now, thinking of the fourth floor of the Black Tower, he finally had a guess.

Perhaps the so-called mana is not the witchcraft mastered by Azhiya, but a void space that exists in itself.

 The assassins accompanying Prince Gumo did not really disappear out of thin air.

 But he was sent into that strange world.

It’s just that with Prince Gumo’s vision and strength, he obviously couldn’t understand it, so he replaced it with criss-crossing dotted lines in the mural.

Thinking of this, Partridge Whistle's eyes became clearer.

 couldn't help but turn around and look at Chen Yulou, who was standing on the stone steps behind him, staring at the stone ball on the dome with a thoughtful look in his eyes, and briefly stated his guess.

 “A world of nothingness?”

 “The space that cannot be seen?”

 Chen Yulou has not replied yet.

 Everyone around him was shocked beyond measure.



  Controlling an unknown world of nothingness.

 This is more than just a heavenly being.

 It can already be called a god.

In fact, it is not just them, even Partridge Whistle himself cannot imagine it. After all, the three realms of Qi training have not been completed yet, and the foundation building is far away, let alone such a realm.

 “What does Brother Chen think?”

Ignoring the argument among the group, Partridge Whistle just looked at Chen Yulou, seemingly casually, but the change in his eyes revealed his inner uneasiness. After all, all this is just his temporary guess.

 And this kind of speculation seems to be no different from fantasy.

 But he did not see any cynicism on Chen Yulou’s face. Instead, he looked serious, “I think the name Imaginary Number Space is more suitable.”

 “Imaginary number space?”

“There are no lines in the upper six, and they represent the true and the false. There is something wrong with counting, and there is something wrong with the spirit.”

Hearing this word, Partridge Whistle's eyes couldn't help but light up. As he murmured, the more he thought about it, the more he realized that these two words, "Short and Simple", could sum up everything he was thinking.

 “Imaginary numbers…good.”

 “Is there really such a space?”

 Seeing that the two of them had already defined the unknown world while talking, the people around them became even more incredulous.

Hearing this, Chen Yulou curled up his lips and looked at Huamaguai, "Then do you think there is an underworld?"

"this…"

 Huama turned around and was asked.

Although he relied on bucket buckets to make a living, he was the most superstitious in his life, worshiping mountains and rivers.

 As for other people, there may be some who don’t believe in ghosts and gods, but he is definitely not among them.

After hesitating again and again, Huamaguai nodded, "There should be, right?"

“If there is, then where is the underworld?”

Chen Yulou seemed to have guessed his answer a long time ago, and then asked another question.

 “Isn’t it in Fengdu?”

“Before we came here, we passed through the ancient city of Fengdu. Have you forgotten, shopkeeper?”

“There is a real underworld in Fengdu. The tens of thousands of people in the ancient city live together with countless ghosts.”

  Chen Yulou sneered at his reply.

There were rumors about the Fengdu Ghost Mansion. When he passed the ancient city that day, he climbed up to take a look. The city was awe-inspiring and there was no ghost feeling at all.

"Shopkeeper...you mean that the underworld is in nothingness?"

Huamaguai frowned, feeling as if he was dizzy.

According to folk rumors, Fengdu Ghost Mansion is one of the thirteen stations of **** in the underworld. He firmly believed this, but Chen Yulou's words made him unable to help but feel doubtful.

 “If there is one.”

 “Naturally so.”

Sighed.

I don’t know why, when talking about this topic, he suddenly remembered what happened that day at Long Mo Ye in the back mountain of Maluzhai, when the big ghost came and he spied on the surroundings.

That weird world.

 Perhaps it is the legendary underworld.

 Hearing this, the surroundings fell into silence again.

 The group felt as if they were sitting on pins and needles.

 Fortunately, Jingjue is dead and the queen has passed away long ago. Otherwise, facing such an opponent, there would be no way to deal with it.

I don’t know how the coalition forces captured the city.

 After all, as long as you take off your veil, you are almost invincible.

"Okay, unless the queen can come back from the dead, we shouldn't have to go to Hades."

Seeing that the group of people were silent, they could not hide their uneasiness.

Chen Yulou smiled and waved his hand, breaking the silence.

“The shopkeeper, what’s next?”

Huamaguai thought about it for a moment and then asked Xiaoyi.

Since he learned about the imaginary space just now, he has always felt that there are invisible eyes peeping in the darkness around him, which makes him feel like a light on his back, and he just wants to leave quickly.

 “Go outside and have a look again.”

 Chen Yulou couldn't tell what he was thinking.

Although the others didn’t speak, they were probably about the same.

And he was still thinking about the reasons for the death of the thirteen people outside the city, and he would not wait any longer.

　　I waved my hand immediately.

He led everyone along the original path and went straight down.

　　Compared to the time when they came up, the team was obviously much faster. When they walked out of the stone door, there was a suppressed exhalation from behind.

only.

The entire ancient city was almost submerged in yellow sand. Except for the black tower underneath, there was nothing unusual about it.

Knowing that the royal city is deep beneath your feet.

 But the entrance could not be found.

That feeling is really helpless.

 A moment later, seeing that he still didn't find much, Chen Yulou was already thinking of returning.

As if reading his thoughts, Huama came closer.

“Sir, how about I go back first and let the brothers camp under the city wall?”

 A team of nearly 300 people.

Having been running around all day,

 We took a break along the way.



Furthermore, the night is getting darker and darker now, and if you delay for a long time, something may happen easily.

　　In addition, it is rare to have clear weather today. If it were elsewhere, it might be a good thing, but in a ghost place like the Black Desert, it is not a good sign. A bigger storm may be brewing.

  “Also good.”

 Chen Yulou obviously thought of it too.

 According to the current process.

It would take at least two or three hours to walk through a large city with nearly 100,000 households.

But from a physical point of view, as the night gets darker, the temperature continues to drop.

 It is not a bad thing to camp outside the ancient city.

The key is.

During this period, he used his spiritual consciousness to scan the surrounding area. Even if the ancient city of Jingjue could not be completely covered, it was still within a few kilometers.

 From the exploration results.

 There is no human presence in the city for the time being.

Even the wolves and beasts that were expected before seemed to be missing.

He was a little surprised at first, but then he thought about it. Countless dead souls were buried in the city, and there were black snakes roaming around. The bones of the snake **** were sitting in the ghost cave in the holy mountain.

 A beast that can survive in the black desert.

　　The keen sense of smell for danger is far superior to that of other species.

Maybe in their eyes, the ancient city of Jingjue is not a safe haven, but a terrifying existence like purgatory.

　　I was suffocated by that breath from afar.

 It’s too late to escape.

How could you be in danger?

It is precisely because of all these reasons that Chen Yulou agreed.

 “Then…you guys, the shopkeeper?”

Huama stood up and was about to leave. Then she thought of something and turned around to look at a few people.

 “Nature returns together.”

“We’re all in the city, and there’s plenty of time ahead. Let’s wait until daybreak to make plans.”

Chen Yulou waved his hand.

Hearing this, the group of people didn’t waste any more time, temporarily gave up the search, and headed straight out of the city in the direction they came from.

 The journey is easy and familiar.

　　It took more than half an hour before, but now we have completed the journey in less than half an hour.

 Under the sand dunes between Shuanghei Mountain and the ancient city.

The team is still waiting quietly, but the seemingly calm team is filled with an indescribable restlessness.

 Until a group of people appeared at the city gate.

 “The shopkeeper is back.”

Hong girl’s eyes lit up instantly.

Even with the invisible pressure that enveloped my body, I felt a lot more relaxed.

 The two sides meet.

 The kidnapper went to arrange for people to camp nearby.

Chen Yulou and his party found a broken wall that could shelter from the wind, sat around on the sand, and briefly talked about what they saw in the city while looking at Oona.

 Out of all the people, she is the only one who has ever entered the ancient city.

Although he knew where the royal city was, he didn’t know the specific entrance.

 Given that Tianxing Feng Shui is difficult to survey, it is still quite difficult to accurately locate it in the vast ancient city.

And Oona, who heard what they saw.

He frowned slightly and hesitated for a moment before speaking softly.

“Have you seen a temple supported by stone pillars?”

“That’s where Atta entered the underground royal city back then!” (End of this chapter)