Chapter 426.
In public, Zuo Xiaomo and Lu Lingshan, who had been reunited for a long time, were not in a good position to show too much intimacy.
However, the entangled gazes of the two, exuding a sour odor of love, were inviting more sideways glances.
To be honest, after learning the inside story, Wang Chen did not look favorably on the future of the two.
Although Zuo Xiaomo’s and Lu Lingshan’s family status was similar, neither of them was a direct descendant of the family, the latter’s talent greatly exceeded the former’s, and was destined to go farther on the path.
At that time, Lu Lingshan broke through the orifices and opened the house, Zuo Xiaomo is still stuck on the bottleneck of practicing qi, the identity will be misplaced.
Even if Zuo Xiaomo endeavored to rush up to the Purple Mansion, but Lu Lingshan condensed the Jindan, how would the two of them get along?
Even if they could hold out on their own, the pressure from the clan and family would be difficult to bear.
Of course, not looking at it favorably, Wang Chen still sincerely hoped that all lovers in the world could become a couple!
“Senior Sister Ling Shan, let me introduce you.”
After whispering to Lu Lingshan for a long time, it was only after Zuo Xiaomo finally remembered Wang Chuan, “This is the senior brother I told you about, Wang, who is also my Taoist protector.”
“Ling Shan meets senior brother.”
Lu Lingshan graciously bowed to Wang Chen, “Thank you for helping to take care of Senior Brother Zuo.”
Wang Chen smiled and said, “You’re welcome.”
Lu Lingshan was about to say something else when a roar steeply penetrated everyone’s ears.
The hour had arrived, and the door to the Nine Dragons Earth Palace opened!
Lu Lingshan immediately shoved a storage bag into Zuo Xiaomo’s hand, pursed her lips and said, “Take care.”
Zuo Xiaomo nodded vigorously.
At this moment, the one thousand disciples participating in the Outer Sect Examination began to enter the underground palace in order.
Each disciple received a copy of the Nine Dragons Earth Palace Geomancy Map.
Their examination task was to explore the unknown areas in the underground palace, record it on this map, and finally come back to decide whether to pass or not depending on the results of their exploration.
In addition, all of them were equipped with shadow stones, while the recorded shadow pictures were also used as the standard for judging their performance.
Of course, it also had the effect of preventing cheating.
However, Wang Chen felt that relying on such means alone, I’m afraid it’s very unrealistic to want to eliminate Dao Protectors from secretly helping test disciples.
It was impossible for the sect’s side not to be aware of this and presumably had other considerations.
He and Zuo Xiaomo stepped into the Nine Dragons Earth Palace together, passing through the long tunnel and arriving at the Nine Dragons Great Hall.
The Nine Dragons Great Hall was where the true entrance to the Nine Dragons Earth Palace was located.
The space here was extremely large, with a high dome supported by nine huge coiled dragon pillars with a diameter of more than ten feet, and the countless obsidian stones embedded in the cave walls emitted a soft glow, illuminating the entire hall to the finest detail.
The disciples and Taoist protectors who participated in the examination flocked towards the second coiled dragon pillar.
Before they could get close to the pillar, they only saw a flash of light, and they all disappeared without a trace!
Wang Chen had previously made it a point to understand the situation of the Nine Dragons Earth Cave, so he knew that they were using the Great Hall’s teleportation array to head to the second level of the Earth Palace.
The nine coiled dragon stone pillars of the Nine Dragons Hall guarded nine large teleportation arrays that led to different levels of the underground palace.
However, the only ones that had been activated and could be used at the moment were the first and the second.
They lead to the first and second layers respectively.
As of now, the West Sea Sect’s exploration of the Nine Dragons Earth Palace had only reached part of the second layer.
Even the first layer had areas that had yet to be fully explored.
The enormity of this secret realm was evident.
It was said that a hundred years ago, two YuanYing True Immortals from the West Sea Sect had once joined forces to sneak into the underground palace and attempted to break through the prohibitions here.
The result was unsuccessful and they almost lost their way inside.
Afterward, the West Sea Sect announced that it was forbidden for YuanYing True Immortals and Jindan real people to enter the underground palace.
One of the claims currently being circulated was that the Nine Dragons Earth Palace was built by a major Immortal Sect in the ancient times, specifically for the disciples of the sect to try out.
However, such a claim also has many unanswered questions, and the truth has yet to be discovered.
What could be ascertained now was that inside the Nine Dragons Earth Palace there existed a large number of weirdness, as well as demons and evil spirits.
Although it was very dangerous, there were also chances to obtain precious materials, spirit objects, and the Ancient Sealed Jade, which was equivalent to a blind box!
Since the opening of the Nine Dragons Earth Palace, examples abounded of disciples of the West Sea Sect who had gotten lucky and made a fortune inside.
There were also rumors of loose cultivators going in and picking up ancient magic treasures!
In short, it was a place where danger and opportunity coexisted, an adventurous paradise for lower and middle level cultivators!
Wang Chen took out a medium-grade spirit stone from his storage bag and held it in his hand as he stepped into the range of the teleportation array along with Zuo Xiaomo.
In the next moment, a ball of spiritual light burst out steeply from his hand.
The entire person disappeared in place.
After a moment of heavenly rotation, Wang Chen felt that his feet were on the ground.
The line of sight also returned to normal.
However, the sight he saw in front of him surprised him!
This was because there was no one around, including Zuo Xiaomo, who Wang Chen was responsible for protecting.
Under normal circumstances, everyone teleported to the same location and arrived at the second floor of the underground palace before dispersing to explore the new area.
As a result, now he was actually alone!
Wang Chen looked around and realized that he was in the middle of a barren and silent hilly mountainous terrain.
Although it was located at an unknown depth underground, it wasn’t pitch black, there were many glowing mushrooms growing on the ground, and many of the stone pillars protruding from the ground were inlaid with obsidian.
Ordinary people could also see normally, not to mention cultivators who had accomplished cultivation.
However, Wang Chen clearly felt the suppression from the surrounding space.
The concentration of aura here was still abundant, but it couldn’t be compared to the inner mountain gate of the Western Sea Sect.
He estimated that his cultivation could only be utilized up to seventy to eighty percent in such an environment!
After thinking about it, Wang Chen took out a talismanic letter from his storage bag.
See if he could get in touch with Zuo Xiaomo.
The most troublesome thing now was that Wang Chen had no idea whether he was alone in the accident, or whether everyone else was in the same situation.
As a result, after sending out the talisman, it turned around and flew backward.
It’s not working!
Undeterred, Wang Chen switched to the Yao Guang Sword.
The result was even worse.
The Yaoguang Sword flew out and flew around like a headless fly, almost crashing into a nearby stone pillar.
He had no choice but to recall the flying sword.
Finally, Wang Chen took out the Nine Dragons Earth Palace Geomancy Map.
This map was not issued by the sect, but was the latest version that he had purchased with his own spirit stones.
The price was not cheap.
The Nine Dragons Earth Palace Map was also a magic weapon, and after injecting mana to activate it, a detailed map of the second floor of the Earth Palace immediately appeared on it.
However, Wang Chen did not find his position on it!
In other words, the positioning function of this magic weapon was also ineffective here.
Wang Chen thus judged that he had been transported to an unknown area.
If Wang Chen wanted to return to the surface, he would have to find the area that had been explored and recorded on the geomancy map.
As for Zuo Xiaomo, he could only rely on himself!