Primordial Qi

Chapter 162 Black Smoke

This is a palace. It was supposed to cover a vast area, comparable to a city. However, due to changes in the ground, the magnificent and huge structure fell into the ground, leaving only the top floor exposed. The floor of the palace that Gu Chenyu and others saw was actually just the top floor of the Human Immortal Palace.

Going deep underground, it stands to reason that the things on the top floor would be the best, but the three of them went down and saw nothing.

"The ban has been broken. It should be the work of those powerful people." Xiao Tian said.

"This..." A bad thought flashed through Lin Xiu's mind.

"These murals all show signs of being cut. Could it be that this place has been emptied?"

Gu Chenyu's face darkened. He saw that some of the murals had been neatly cut away, and some were even only cut in half. They were probably discarded because they were found to have no value.

Xiao Tian came to a place that looked like it was a place where something was being worshipped. The corner of his mouth twitched, and he couldn't help but complain: "The idols for worship were all taken away? This is too outrageous."

After searching for a day and a night, they went several levels underground but did not find anything valuable. Instead, they found a lot of broken copper and iron. Without the blessing of the divine substance, these things were just scrap metal.

"Fuck, I'm not going down there, there's nothing."

Lin Xiu was extremely tired. He had searched the largest area, but still found nothing.

Xiao Tian also looked a little melancholy. How could this place be so empty?

"I didn't see anything except the murals." Lin Xiu's defense was a little broken. He came here to seek opportunities, not to see paintings.

Gu Chenyu shook his head. He also gained nothing. He couldn't see anything from the paintings here. There should be some treasure in the Human Immortal Palace.

"It hurts, it hurts, hiss, damn, there's really nothing here!"

Lin Xiu slapped himself suddenly. He suspected that he was trapped in an illusion and found nothing.

A slap in the face woke him up and he had to accept the fact.

"Well, this mural seems to record secrets from ancient times."

"Secrets are bullshit. They are just offering sacrifices to what they believe to be a god. It could be a certain human leader."

"Emperor Qingming?"

"possible."

Gu Chenyu carefully observed the murals. There was no record of anything from ancient times on them, and most of them were repetitive.

"These murals may still tell some stories, but unfortunately many of them have been worn away and nothing can be seen at all."

"Let's go and see other places."

The three of them left here, and their only gain was the plaque...

Arriving at the main hall on the first floor, Lin Xiu took out a stick of pure incense and lit it. He worshipped towards the place where there was no offering anymore, praying that the original owner of this place would give him some opportunities, but what he got was only loose wood pieces falling from the roof.

Gu Chenyu also found it funny. Why was Lin Xiu so funny? Some of his behavior was hard to understand.

"It's useless to burn incense if you have nothing to worship. You might as well take out your plaque and worship it." Xiao Tian said with a smile.

Lin Xiu's eyes rolled around for a few times, and he suddenly thought that this was an idea, so he picked up the plaque aside and hung it at the place of worship.

Lin Xiu began to burn incense and pray again, with a sincere attitude, "I pray that the palace master will grant me an opportunity to let me surpass my brother in cultivation."

Gu Chenyu was also at a loss whether to laugh or cry. If this was useful, they wouldn't have searched for so long and found nothing. The plaque seemed to emit a golden light, looking somewhat holy.

Xiao Tian was suddenly surprised. Could this work?

The plaque only lit up for a moment and then lost its glow. Xiao Tian went up to check and saw a hint of golden light flickering inside the wooden plaque.

"There is something inside this plaque. Do you want to take it out and have a look?" Xiao Tian just asked. With a "click", the plaque instantly broke into two halves, and a rolled-up painting was hidden inside.

Lin Xiu felt as if the sky was falling. His plaque broke into two pieces with a "click". It was obviously very hard, so how could it suddenly become so fragile? This was their only gain.

"Don't look at me, I just broke it with a casual twist." Xiao Tian said innocently.

"Don't cry. There was something wrong with this plaque. Lao Xiao must have opened it accidentally, otherwise it wouldn't be broken horizontally." Gu Chenyu comforted.

Looking at the plaque broken into two pieces in front of him, Lin Xiu had been thinking about using the plaque to hit people during a fight. Now that it was broken into two pieces, he could only use it as material to make a spear or something.

"What does this picture show? A man in blue? He seems to be facing something alone."

Gu Chenyu just felt very strange, why did they like to record with paintings? Could it be that the human race had many painters in that era?

Taking out three top-grade spirit stones, Lin Xiu felt a little distressed. He seemed to know how to activate this kind of map. "These maps were recorded by some powerful people in ancient times. It is said that by injecting spiritual power, one can view the images left at that time. The details cannot be compared with things like the image stone."

Seeing Lin Xiu's distressed look, Gu Chenyu took out a storage bag and poured out the full amount of top-grade spirit stones, at least hundreds of them.

Lin Xiu's hands trembled, his eyes sparkling, "Brother, where did you get so many spirit stones?"

"Don't ask. You can each take half. If you're gone, ask me for more. Big brother has plenty of spirit stones." Gu Chen Yu said arrogantly.

"it is good."

Lin Xiu and Xiao Tian were not polite and directly divided these top-grade spirit stones among themselves.

The picture scroll gradually unfolded, and the three of them seemed to have come to a vast universe, surrounded by dazzling stars.

"This is?"

Xiao Tian and Lin Xiu were obviously stunned, because they had never been to such a place before.

"Universe, I wonder if you have heard of this word." Gu Chenyu asked.

Xiao Tian shook his head. He had never heard of it.

"It's just beyond the sky above our heads."

Xiao Tian was puzzled. He recalled, "I once flew to a very high altitude with Lao Lin. It was very cold and dark up there. The view was endless, beautiful and mysterious."

Lin Xiu also nodded and said with a smile: "At that time, I wanted to pick the stars in the sky, but unfortunately I ran out of energy while flying."

Gu Chenyu smiled. These two people, one wanted to pick stars and the other accompanied him to catch stars in the sky. They are really good brothers.

Gu Chenyu was not surprised that the two of them did not fly out. This Zhenwu plane was composed of an unknown number of stars. The power required to escape from the Zhenwu plane was beyond Gu Chenyu's imagination.

The man in green slowly took out a long sword, and an unpredictable force surged. Several strange figures appeared in the void. They looked neither human nor beast, with some beast parts retained on their bodies. Some of them were even as big as stars.

The man in green spat out the word "death" expressionlessly, and endless sword light instantly killed these strange human figures. The sword intent he revealed was not the Qingming sword intent, but it carried a hint of demonic energy and death.

"Who is this person? Someone actually drew the sword he swung and left it on this plaque." Gu Chenyu thought in his mind but could not come to a conclusion.

"Just call him an immortal, after all, he was found here." Xiao Tian said.

"The strength of a human immortal is still very strong. Could he be a disciple of the Qingming Emperor?"

"possible."

The scene has not ended yet. The human immortal began to evolve his sword intent. Endless dead silence was released. Lin Xiu closed his eyes and began to comprehend.

Xiao Tian was also sitting cross-legged, and the two of them actually entered into enlightenment at the same time.

Gu Chenyu continued to watch, and the scene changed to this man in green killing countless monks by himself, but he was also seriously injured and was eventually pierced through the heart by an arrow.

Gu Chenyu bowed respectfully. It was worthy of admiration that a human cultivator would die for the Zhenwu plane.

The scene changed, and a man whose face could not be seen buried him in a place that looked like the Human Immortal Palace where they were.

"I was wondering why I felt a chill on my back. So that's how it is. This senior was a hero, but he probably wasn't dead yet. He was buried here waiting for a chance to revive." Gu Chenyu swallowed. It was not safe here.

"I don't mean to disturb you. I am amazed by your fascinating battle record. Please don't wake up at this time!"

After taking a look at the two people who were in seclusion with their children, Gu Chenyu didn't know whether to leave or not. However, he felt unsafe if he didn't leave. There was also black smoke in the painting entering the bodies of the two people. Could it be that this senior wanted to take over their bodies?

Just as Gu Chenyu was hesitating, the black smoke also entered his mouth and nose...