50. The Underground Divine Palace
“Prin…”
“Yun…”
“Huh…?”
This sudden stimulus was truly unexpected.
But the former quickly reacted. This wasn’t a big deal. And Xuan Lingling was stunned.
Yes, such a living person jumping directly from a cliff, and in a state where her own spiritual energy was completely sealed.
Wasn’t this suicide?
“She’s…?” Xuan Lingling couldn’t help but turn to Gong Yiling and ask, “So fierce?”
“Simply put,” Gong Yiling couldn’t help but shrug. “This girl is quite tough.”
But although she said that, Gong Yiling was also secretly stunned.
Because she couldn’t die, so she just jumped from the top. Was this a trick that a carbon-based life form could come up with?
“Tough?” Xuan Lingling was still a bit confused, but seeing that everyone else didn’t seem to have any opinion on this matter, she just said “oh” and didn’t say anything more.
The fastest way down was already in front of everyone, but this method, if you were not careful, might directly lead to the underworld, so the group chose the most conventional method.
They all had a specific rope tied around their waists. Under the illumination of the night-luminescent pearl, they could barely see the wooden long planks that their predecessors had risked their lives to make below.
This was the staircase down.
The next step was to slowly jump onto the steps below. Each time they passed a step, they would wrap their ropes around the wooden plank once, so that they could find their way up.
However, the whole process was long. After all, although these wooden planks were hard, they still had to ensure the risk of long-term trampling, so at most only two people were allowed to move together on the same wooden plank.
It seemed that there was no problem, but a single misstep could be a disaster, and they didn’t know how deep it was below. It felt like the whole process was a constant cycle, with no end.
After an unknown number of dozens of songs, the night-luminescent pearl finally no longer shone on the wooden planks below, but on a flat ground.
“We’re here?”
Everyone landed on the ground one by one. In their vision, besides the range illuminated by the night-luminescent pearl, it was completely dark.
However, the next moment, oil lamps appeared on both sides of them, one after another, bathing the entire hall in light.
Not far away, Murong Yun, who had activated the mechanism, walked back towards them.
She didn’t look like she had been badly hurt at all, but in fact, she had been smashed into a pulp a few minutes ago. Her current appearance was the effect of the Death-Severing Pill, and she had also changed into a new set of clothes.
Seeing her walk over, Murong Jing nodded slightly at her, then turned and said, “Can you let Miss Yan use that key now?”
“Chuyue.”
Gong Yiling looked at Yan Chuyue, and the girl immediately nodded, took out the ancient-style key, and walked step by step towards the gate.
With the full spread of the candlelight, the appearance of this gate gradually became clear.
Now…
What was visible to the naked eye was a gate far taller and more magnificent than the capital’s city gate.
Although its history was ten thousand years deep, because this gate was built in this place, it would not be exposed to the wind and sun, and there was no water source nearby that could corrode it.
Therefore, the colorful patterns on the gate were almost dazzling.
This pattern seemed to describe a scene of all nations coming to court, with only one supreme being. And the huge humanoid general statues, half printed on the door and half exposed outside, with their lifelike and spirited images, were even more chilling.
In terms of arrogance, just this gate alone had the four words “invincible” written on its face, as if what was visible was a prosperous dynasty.
In this strange experience, Yan Chuyue walked to the front of the huge gate and inserted the key in her hand into the only keyhole on the gate.
At first, the entire gate did not react at all, but after a moment, a rumbling sound suddenly came from inside the gate. The two standing giant stone statues, as if injected with some kind of power that could ignore the immeasurable meteorite iron, after a burst of gravel and sand, the two giants actually came to life.
“Who… are you?” One of the giants was expressionless, and his voice was only a bit solemn and serious, with no other real feeling.
“A descendant of the tomb keeper, Yan Chuyue.”
“What… is your purpose?” This was asked by another giant.
“I, a junior, request to see the true face of the divine palace and to pay my respects to my emperor.”
Honestly, even Yan Chuyue herself didn’t expect there to be such a process, but she was a real author. This kind of routine only needed a little bit of improvisation, and her words immediately became very plausible.
After she finished speaking, the two stone statues looked at each other, stood their swords on the ground, and said in unison, “The blessing of the Desolate God, the four seas are in awe, heaven and earth return to one, and we see our emperor.”
These few words were magnificent, and the dragon qi of the Son of Heaven on a certain Murong emperor in the field was suppressed.
Then, the two stone statues returned to the two ends of the gate, inserted their longswords into the high, invisible gaps on both sides, and thus opened the last mechanism of the gate.
The gate immediately retreated as a whole, and at the same time, it opened to both sides with a rumbling sound, revealing a deeper and more majestic ancient path.
And just then, the system’s voice suddenly sounded in Gong Yiling’s mind.
“The host has opened the ancient secret realm, the Palace of the Desolate God, and has automatically obtained the secret realm exploration quest—[The Lost Ten Thousand Year Words]. This quest can only be completed in the secret realm area. After leaving the secret realm area, the quest progress will be temporarily locked. Please be aware of this.”
“Quest Name: [The Lost Ten Thousand Year Words]
Quest Difficulty: Nightmare
Quest Objective: Uncover the reason for the fall of the ancient kingdom, the Desolate God Royal Court (0/1)
Quest Description: Why did the ancient kingdom that once unified the continent and trampled all noble families and sects underfoot collapse in a short period of time without leaving any related records? What is the truth of the matter? Perhaps the answer can only be found in the eternal resting place that the last emperor built for himself.
Quest Reward: Unknown
Penalty for Failure: None
Time Limit: None
Remark 1: This secret realm quest may have subsequent quests. Each time a previous quest is completed, the next secret realm quest will be automatically triggered until the prefix of the secret realm quest becomes ‘final.’ The rewards for the chain quest cannot be seen during the process and can only be viewed after completing all the quests or leaving the secret realm midway.
Remark 2: The secret realm’s level requirement does not match the host’s, but the difficulty matches the host’s current cultivation. Please understand this sentence. The system will be under maintenance later. Do not disturb.”
