Chapter 204: Stone Hall and Tunnels
This place that Han Li was going to, was located in a small basin somewhere in the ring-shaped mountain, surrounded by tall, oddly shaped rocks that were surrounded by the wind and rain, and in the middle of the basin there was an ancient, huge green stone hall, although the stone hall was huge, but the door of the hall was pathetically small, and only allowed two people to pass through side-by-side. This gave Han Li, who was standing on a mountain rock and looking out over the area, an extremely incongruous and odd feeling.
Han Li frowned, jumped off the rock, and then slowly walked to the temple door nearby, raising his head to carefully look up at this stone temple.
As he watched, the skepticism on Han Li’s face intensified.
I don’t know if it was an illusion, but he always felt that on the surface of this stone hall, there was occasionally a faint green light flowing, but when he tried to fix his eyes on it, he couldn’t see the slightest difference. After several times in a row, he secretly muttered, could it be that this place had been subjected to some kind of forbidden method?
Han Li lowered his head and scanned the nearby ground, not seeing the slightest trace that someone had been here, which caused him to narrow his eyes.
”There’s definitely something odd! This basin may be a bit remote, but with such a large stone hall, it’s not as if no one has discovered it. What’s more, one’s information was still given by that Zhong Wu fellow, so how come he hasn’t been here before!” Han Li’s mind spun with countless thoughts in a flash, subconsciously feeling that something was wrong with this place.
However, he was still somewhat unwilling to leave this place just like this.
So he took a few steps back. With a touch from his storage pouch, a golden blade appeared in his hand. Then he threw it into the air, transformed into a golden light, and ruthlessly struck a certain piece of lapis lazuli on the temple door. “Puffing” sound, the green light on the green stone surged, unharmed, while the gold blade is dripping and flipping a series of heels. It was ejected several feet away.
Han Li shook his head, and with a turn, he was about to leave this place.
”Avoiding unnecessary danger and getting out of the forbidden land alive is his greatest goal, this stone hall is so bizarre, it’s better not to go in.” Han Li thought with an unmoving expression.
But just after taking two steps, Han Li suddenly changed his face, his figure flickered and disappeared into the air, then Han Li’s figure appeared within the hall’s door, but immediately disappeared within the stone hall again.
At this time, a large group of Moon Covering Sect disciples suddenly appeared on the rocks on the side of the basin. The leader was none other than the elfin maiden who appeared to be young, but was in actuality the master ancestor of the Mooncovering Sect.
At this moment, the young girl brought a hint of suspicion to her gaze as she looked at the place in front of the temple door where Han Li had disappeared. She seemed to have sensed that there was someone right here, but now that she looked at it, it was empty. Could it be that she had sensed wrongly?
The young girl stood in place with some disbelief as she lightly closed her eyes. Putting the huge divine sense out at once. As a result, in the vicinity of the basin, apart from their group, they indeed did not sense the presence of any other Immortal Cultivators. However, when the divine sense swept through the stone hall, it was rejected by some kind of force all at once, which made the young girl feel shocked in her heart, but then she rejoiced greatly, and a small smile appeared on her face.
At the first glance just now, she realized that this stone hall had been put under a ban, which didn’t surprise her. Because of the dozen or so demonic beast caves that had been swept in front of her, there were likewise several places that had been cast with spells and prohibitions. This was nothing! But the fact that the prohibitions here couldn’t even pass through her divine sense was the first time she had encountered them. It was by no means comparable to the superficial prohibitions of the previous few places.
In a moment of excitement, the elf maiden was unwilling to pursue what had just happened, and she believed that even if there really was that one or two disciples of his faction snooping around, it would never have an effect on so many people from the Moon Covering Sect! So she took the lead and led the way towards the stone hall.
Han Li was standing inside the hall of the stone hall at this time, in a frenzy of anxiety!
He had already been about to leave just now! And habitually let go of his divine sense first, sensing the situation around him before preparing to bolt.
But he never thought that his divine sense had only just been released, he immediately sensed a large number of Immortal Cultivators, so close to himself that he was so shocked that the blood in his body was going to congeal, and he flashed into the stone hall without thinking. Regardless of which of the other six sects the person outside is from, when he sees himself here, his fate can be imagined without much thought.
In fact, if it was not for the fact that the physical strength of these two days was too much, he could have used the Rapid Body Technique and swung away from those Immortal Cultivators to go away. But unfortunately, with his current state, this kind of stance simply can’t be used several times, want to run also absolutely can’t run far.
Now that he was hiding inside the stone hall, he was temporarily safe! But similarly, he was also blocked by the group of Immortal Cultivators, unable to leave.
Moreover, this stone hall was too simple to build! Entering the hall door, after walking through a winding corridor, is the empty hall in front of you, the entire empty hall is not even a place to hide. And look at the outside of the group of people’s posture, certainly is rushing to this stone hall and, want to hope that people do not enter here, that is purely delusional!
In fact, to say that there is absolutely no place to go, is not entirely true.
In front of Han Li’s eyes, in the center of the hall, there was a dark tunnel surrounded by jade railings. The tunnel mouth has a row of steps, from the entrance to the mouth straight into the ground, but also outwardly blowing hot and humid wind, it is difficult to imagine where in the end led to.
But Han Li do not have to think can also guess, this road to the by no means a good place, inside certainly dangerous, so hesitation has not been down on this. But this hall, there is really no other place to hide ah! This makes Han Li’s forehead cold sweat, “swish” all gushed out.
And at this time, a burst of chaotic footsteps from the entrance to the hall came, it seems that the group of Immortal cultivators have entered the stone hall, in the blink of an eye will enter this hall.
Seeing this, Han Li sighed bitterly in his heart, clenched his teeth, lightly crossed the railing, and drilled into the tunnel.
After entering the tunnel, Han Li’s eyes were pitch black, and it was only when he touched his hand to his storage bag and took out the moonstone that his surroundings brightened up.
The entire passageway is not large, the entire body is made of green stone, only allows one person to barely pass through, he did not dare to delay, for fear that the person behind him caught up with him, so he walked downward carefully.
Along the foot of the stone steps one level after hundreds of steps, the original narrow channel gradually widened up, can be two people side by side without any problem. But the oncoming tide wind is more hot, let Han Li a moment of effort on sweat, body is already wet.
Walking down nearly a hundred steps, Han Li estimated that it was already more than a hundred feet below the surface, the green stone passage finally disappeared. When he walked out of the passageway, what appeared in front of him was a strange swamp world.
This underground world was only about thirty feet high, but the square circle reached several miles wide, and at a glance, everywhere was a silty place with black blisters. The cool, hot tidal wind was generated out of thin air over the swamp, flowing rapidly out along the channel behind Han Li before bringing in fresher air from outside the channel, actually forming a convective equilibrium.
In the swamp are surrounded by tall mounds of black soil, the other side of the edge, there are dozens of different colors of strange flowers and herbs, Han Li needs several kinds of heaven and earth spirit medicine is also in them, and the number is also really quite a lot.
But all of this, are not located in the middle of the swamp of a white jade pavilion, more attractive Han Li’s mind. Because the pavilion is actually suspended in the air a huge golden box, box length of one zhang two, half a zhang wide, the lid is closed, the box body hidden gold light flow, a look at it is known to be absolutely extraordinary.
Han Li only surveyed a few eyes, immediately moved his eyes away, not Han Li on the treasures in the golden box is not interested, but behind it immediately a large number of the bogeyman to. Still quickly find a hiding place, this is the really important thing! Otherwise, the life is gone, but also what is the use of treasures!
Han Li figure shook a few times, the person has leaped to a mound of earth far away from the mouth of the passage, and then convergence of Qi, anonymity technique in one breath, then lying on the mound of earth motionless, anonymity of Han Li and the nearby black soil has been fused into one, from a distance it is not possible to easily find its traces.
Han Li did not long before all this is done, the passageway entrance on the steps appeared on the figure of the elf girl.
As soon as she appeared, she faintly surveyed the situation here, and when she saw the golden giant box in the white jade pavilion, her originally calm and unhurried face finally stirred, and a fiery look gradually appeared in her eyes. Although she heard the disciples under the door described the golden box here, but far from close personally watch, so shocking.
Young girl a few steps down the steps, to the swamp before the Chu Chu moving one stop, followed closely by the other cover the moon sect male and female disciples, on the hula all surged out, behind the young girl stood in a row.
Han Li in not far away, will this all see clearly, can not help but secretly shocked, at the same time to that the identity of the young woman at the head, great curiosity.
”Is this where that Black Lin Python is hidden?” The young woman’s delicate voice rang out, but it was filled with an indescribable sense of majesty.
”Master, that giant python is hidden within the swamp, had successively devoured more than a dozen disciples from various sects who wanted to take the treasure chest, it can be said that its ferocious reputation has spread far and wide, and has already made this place a forbidden place where disciples from various sects do not dare to come. However, this demonic beast is indeed far stronger than an ordinary top-ranked demonic beast, I still hope that Master Ancestor will be careful!” A female disciple bowed her head and replied respectfully.
”Hmph! Do you think that I would not even be able to deal with a top rank demonic beast?” The young girl’s white face sank, putting on an old-fashioned and ridiculous look, but it made the white-clothed woman who replied back, her face changed greatly, and she said “I don’t dare” in a loud voice!
”You go down! Everyone, act according to the original plan, no matter how powerful this Black Lin Python is, it will never be a match for the ‘Yin Yang Traction Technique’! No matter how powerful it is, after all, it’s still a grade one demonic beast!” The young girl said in an undeniable tone, causing the spirits of the disciples behind her to be lifted.