Chapter 185： 【Life Gate】

Follow Jiang Xiaogu's directions.

The four of them couldn't help walking towards the mural.

"Is this the Blood God Tree mentioned in the book?"

Chen Xu looked at the giant tree covered with red leaves on the mural with a slightly surprised expression.

Because, this tree looks rather unremarkable except that the leaves are red, which is rather strange.

It was far from the eerie image of the Blood God Tree in his mind.

Lu Li also felt the same way.

After all, it has been preconceived before that it is an evil tree that swallows gimmicks, but now it is very common.

And there was no sign of fruit on the tree.

Thinking about it, it should be that the Blood God Tree has not yet produced fruit.

As for the hundreds of monks in Taoist robes under the tree in the painting, they should be the disciples of Venerable Heilong as mentioned in the book.

It was said in the book that Venerable Heilong had disciples.

Usually, these disciples are responsible for guiding the people in the town to carry out all matters related to the Crystal Palace.

Thinking about it, the four of them have already arrived in front of the mural.

Observed for a long time.

Ye Ming was the first to stretch out his hand, stroked the mural, and murmured, "Since the living door is pointed here, then there should be a secret door in this wall?"

Saying that, Ye Ming touched it for a long time, but he couldn't figure it out.

It seems to be an ordinary wall.

Seeing this, Lu Li also stepped forward and put his hand on the wall.

Then he found out his spiritual power and tried to feel the spiritual power in this mural.

As a result, this time, I sensed a special spiritual power flowing in this wall very smoothly.

Lu Li couldn't help but feel happy.

"Lu Li, have you found anything?"

Jiang Xiaogu noticed the change in Lu Li's expression and couldn't help asking.

Chen Xu and Ye Ming couldn't help but look at Lu Li.

Lu Li nodded, and then did not answer much, and continued to feel the flow of spiritual power in the wall.

Following the direction of this special spiritual power, Lu Li quickly discovered the concentrated point of this spiritual power, which is the location of the heart of the Blood God Tree, which was painted in this mural.

Moreover, this spiritual power concentration point actually moves its own direction.

Lu Li couldn't help but be surprised, but he still stretched out his finger and aimed at the concentrated point.

Press it.

Gollum.

It was as if a ball of ice-cold rubber cushion had been poked into it.

I saw that Ye Ming just touched the wall for a long time and didn't respond, and when Lu Li poked it, he poked in directly.

Jiang Xiaogu and Chen Xu Ye Ming couldn't help but be surprised.

Ye Ming couldn't help but ask: "I touched this position just now, why didn't I respond when I touched it?"

Lu Li said, "It will move."

"Will it move?"

Ye Ming was slightly stunned, and immediately thought of what kind of creature this wall was.

"Go back."

At this moment, Lu Li suddenly spoke.

Hearing this, the three of them hardly hesitated and took a few steps back.

Lu Li also retreated two parts. He sensed that the spiritual power structure in the wall had changed.

Then, the four of them saw that the wall in front of them suddenly emitted a dim purple light, and the wall began to become illusory.

In the purple light until it disappears.

Without any sound, the wall disappeared out of thin air, revealing one of the wide dark corridors.

Looking at the dark corridor that suddenly appeared, the four of them were a little surprised.

Inside this long corridor, it was extremely dark, as if a layer of ink had been splashed, and it was impossible to see what was inside.

Lu Li couldn't help but take out a night pearl.

He probed into the night pearl.

Then, I saw that the light of this night pearl seemed to be swallowed up by the darkness.

Can't get in at all.

"This?"

This scene made everyone's heart tremble.

Ye Ming swallowed his saliva and said, "This, is this really where the sect is located? Why...looks like such an evil sect..."

Chen Xu asked him back, "Have you ever encountered something that is not evil after entering the ruins for so long?"

"Uh."

Ye Ming choked for a while.

He couldn't help looking at Lu Li and Jiang Xiaogu, and asked, "Are we really going in?"

The corridor is so dark, if it weren't for the four people here, Ye Ming really wouldn't have the courage to walk in.

When Lu Li heard this, he looked at Jiang Xiaogu.

He noticed that Jiang Xiaogu was thinking.

"What's wrong?"

Lu Li asked involuntarily.

Jiang Xiaogu said, "I'm thinking that the gate of life may not necessarily be the exit."

"Not an export?"

Hearing this, the three of them couldn't help but wonder.

Jiang Xiaogu nodded, then pointed to the star map above, and said: "Look, the other seven directions this star map refers to actually point to seven different murals, and these murals actually represent each a scene."

Hearing this, Lu Li and the others couldn't help but look at the other seven murals that Jiang Xiaogu pointed to.

Indeed, as Jiang Xiaogu said, these seven murals actually correspond to a different scene.

There are many murals on the wall. These murals all have narratives, and there are a lot of human pictures.

And these seven paintings, including the one that has become a corridor, are all scene paintings. Although there are also paintings of people, they are basically describing a scene.

And these scenes can be found in ancient documents.

They are all scenes from the Crystal Palace.

Jiang Xiaogu analyzed: "Perhaps, the pictures on these murals correspond to the places where the passage will lead. The Shengmen actually corresponds to the scene of the Blood God Tree. At the end of the corridor, it is very likely that the Blood God Tree is located. . So, if I say it out loud..."

Jiang Xiaogu said, pointing to a mural of a forest in the distance, and said, "This mural is more like an outlet."

Hearing this, Lu Li and the others couldn't help but look at this forest mural.

Indeed, in this mural, in addition to trees, there are many totem poles.

Much like the location of Lu Li and the others when they were first teleported by the fog.

"However, this position..."

Chen Xu seemed to think of something, and said with a smirk, "It seems to be the location of the 'Dead Gate'."

"Well, it is indeed a dead end."

Jiang Xiaogu also nodded and said, "However, my master said that ancient monks are divided into good and evil, and the people of the evil way don't like to play cards according to common sense. This Venerable Heilong should be a person of the evil way, right? So, He deliberately set the gate of death as the gate of life, and it is very possible. All in all, neither the gate of life nor the gate of death is absolutely safe."

The implication is that no matter which way you go, the risk factor is unknown.

Lu Li thought about it for a while, then simply came to the mural corresponding to the door of death, and followed the method just now to find the focus of his spiritual power.

Press.

Sure enough, this secret door also opened. It was the same as the living door. It was a dark corridor that could not see the contents inside.

"Do you follow the instructions of the mural, or follow the instructions of Shengmon?"

The four of them couldn't help but get tangled for a while.

At this time, Ye Ming couldn't help but said, "Actually, why don't we just wait here for Captain Xia Bing and the others? They can't wait for Minister Ren Xingfeng and the others to go back in the ruins, and they should come to Crystal Palace soon. by the side?"

"It is indeed possible."

Lu Li nodded and said again, "However, how can you be sure that the next people to enter here are Captain Xia Bing and the others, not Yaoyi?"

"Uh."

This question really confuses Ye Ming.

Compared with the unknown danger ahead, the danger behind is also unknown.

The more Ye Ming thought about it, the more he felt that they should not have entered this Crystal Palace just now.

But, thinking about it carefully, even if they chose to stay outside just now, is it really safe?

The periphery of this Crystal Palace is also full of weirdness.

It can be said that since they were teleported to this vicinity by the fog, there is no such thing as absolute safety.

Thinking of this, Ye Ming was speechless.

Chen Xu also wanted to understand, then looked at Lu Li and asked, "Then where are we going?"

This is leaving the right to choose to Lu Li.

Jiang Xiaogu also looked at Lu Li and asked him to make up his mind.

Lu Li looked at the gate of life, then looked at the gate of death.

After hesitating for a while, he still lowered his voice and said, "Let's go to the gate of life."

Although it is very likely that Venerable Heilong deliberately turned life and death upside down, Jiang Xiaogu also mentioned a possibility that the mural represents the scene behind the corridor.

If it was where the Blood God Tree was, it might not be dangerous.

If it is very dangerous, then the members of the elite team will not turn into monsters after eating the red fruit, and return to the cemetery of Raoshui Town through the teleportation array.

Therefore, going out of life is the best choice.

As for the problem of the corridor being too dark, Lu Li had walked through a dark corridor with Liu Yufeng before, and he was used to it.

Thinking about it, Lu Li asked the three for their opinions.

This time, the three have no objection.

At this point, I can only choose to close my eyes.

thinking.

The four of them came to the entrance of the gate of life.

Lu Li walked ahead and was about to enter.

Suddenly feeling the warmth of his palm, Jiang Xiaogu's soft hand held it up.

Lu Li turned and glanced at Jiang Xiaogu. The two looked at each other. Lu Li couldn't help but smile and said, "Don't worry, I will protect you when something goes wrong."

Hearing this, Jiang Xiaogu couldn't help but smile and said, "I should tell you this."

The two smiled knowingly.

"It's alright, alright, at this time, don't do this kind of dog abuse."

Ye Ming couldn't help but complain.

He was still nervous and had to be fed, which was very uncomfortable.

Lu Li just smiled without saying a word.

Then, holding the night pearl, Jiang Xiaogu walked in directly.

When Lu Li stepped into this corridor, the dark scene in front of him suddenly lit up slightly.

The night pearl in his hand continued to shine, illuminating the road ahead.

Surprised, Lu Li turned around and found that the originally brightly lit hall behind him had turned pitch black instead.

"So that's the case. Wherever you are, where is the light?"

thinking.

Jiang Xiaogu also walked in, followed by Ye Ming and Chen Xu.

After they came in, they were slightly surprised when they saw that the corridor was not as dark as they had imagined.

"Go on."

The four of them walked forward with a night pearl in their hands.

As they walked, the four of them discovered that there were also murals on the walls on both sides.

At first, Lu Li thought that the murals here were the same as the murals in the dark corridor on the tower.

But soon, Lu Li realized that it was not what he thought.

The murals here tell another story.

Lu Li also watched carefully with curiosity, and then he was surprised to find that this incident in the mural was also related to the spiritual energy between heaven and earth.

It is actually an event in the ancient times when the spiritual energy between heaven and earth was exhausted!

Not only Lu Li, but also Jiang Xiaogu and Ye Ming and Chen Xu discovered this.

The four of them watched all the way, and then slowly from these murals, they roughly saw a magnificent event where the spiritual energy was exhausted, and the monks migrated and left this land!

The first picture in the mural is a black-robed Taoist who is overlooking the world.

This person should be Venerable Black Dragon.

At the beginning, the spiritual energy between heaven and earth was full, all things grew, and everything was prosperous.

But in the middle of the mural, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth began to dry up. Countless plants slowly withered day by day as time went by. Dragon eggs could no longer hatch from dragons. The creatures that fed on spiritual energy migrated to the land where the spiritual energy was not yet exhausted. . A ruined scene.

The human monks began to gradually realize that the spiritual energy was about to be exhausted, and the heaven and earth were about to collapse.

As a result, countless human monks began to study space magic, set up a huge space magic circle, held a large-scale teleportation ceremony, and left this world that was going to the end.

Later, I don't know how many years have passed, the sky collapsed and the earth began to crack, and countless lands disappeared overnight.

The earth is shrinking.

The once prosperous cultivator civilization was buried deep underground as the spiritual energy was exhausted.

The last few murals are from the perspective of Venerable Black Dragon.

In the picture, Venerable Heilong began to lead the disciples to set up the space magic circle, and made a lot of preparations. The blood **** tree also appeared in the picture. After the establishment of the magic circle was completed, all the people and the black dragon entered the magic circle.

When the mural arrives here, there is no further text.

But it still gave Lu Li a lot of shock.

After all, the stories in the murals mean the end of a prosperous old Reiki era.

Jiang Xiaogu is even more excited, because her master has devoted his whole life to studying the lost history of the past.

Master has been to many large-scale relics and learned a lot of past history, but none of these relics recorded how the old Reiki era ended, and even if there were, they were scattered. It can only be confirmed that the earth did not expand a thousand times out of thin air, but returned to the state of the old Reiki era.

And the blank history that was not found in the large-scale ruins, but in this small-scale ruins, the recorded murals were found.

As for why there is only this small ruin, perhaps it is because of its small size.

Large-scale ruins mean the ruins of some ancient great power. After these great powers realized that the spiritual energy between heaven and earth was depleted, they used their huge accumulation to escape early.

Only these small forces who have no ability to leave are forced to stay on Earth and find other ways to leave.

Just like the Black Dragon Venerable.

They left late so that they could record more of what happened when the spiritual energy was exhausted.

These frescoes are tantamount to huge treasures for those who study that lost history.

Although these murals only record the process of the depletion of spiritual energy, the reason for the depletion of spiritual energy is not stated.

But it can be regarded as a very important discovery!

Different from Jiang Xiaogu's excitement.

In addition to being shocked, Lu Li couldn't help but have some doubts.

Because, in this ruin.

Whether it is the labyrinth on the tower, the fog in the town, or the labyrinth in the Crystal Palace, these are all related to space magic.

It can be seen that the Black Dragon Venerable should be a person who is very proficient in space magic.

It stands to reason that he is so proficient in space magic. If he just wants to escape from the earth, he really needs so much trouble, and he will not be ready until the world begins to collapse?

I always feel that it doesn't seem that simple here.

There is another key question.

That is... these ancients left the earth when the spiritual energy of the earth was exhausted, will they come back?

Lu Li pondered Then, Lu Li realized that the road ahead suddenly became extremely dark, and the night pearl in his hand could no longer illuminate the road ahead.

"It's the end."

Lu Li said to the three behind him.

When the three heard the words, their expressions became solemn.

Behind the darkness ahead is an unknown world.

No one knows what will happen.

Lu Li also let go of Jiang Xiaogu's hand, and together they took out the jade pendant on their body and held them in their hands.

Seeing that Lu Li and Jiang Xiaogu were so prepared, Ye Ming and Chen Xu couldn't help swallowing and clenched the swords in their hands.

"I'll go in first, and you'll come in three seconds later."

Lu Li turned his head and said to the three of Jiang Xiaogu.

"Um!"

The three nodded their heads.

Lu Li also took a deep breath, and when his mind moved, his whole body's spiritual power suddenly condensed under his feet!

Quick Shadow Step! Plus a charge shot!

If you enter it in a while, if there is any danger, you will immediately use the charged version of the shadow step to avoid danger.

After getting everything ready, Lu Li stepped out.

When half of Lu Li's body stepped into the darkness, Lu Li sensed that the Yan Mojian in his different-dimensional space suddenly flashed.

The next second, Lu Li felt that his foot was empty.

The pupils shrank suddenly.

The whole person fell down suddenly!

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(PS: If there is no accident, a chapter will be updated in the early morning. If there is an accident, tomorrow night _(:з"∠)_.)