Although it seemed easy for them to come here, this place could not be described as secret.
But first of all, it was because the little fox Su Zhuang seemed to have used some unknown method, perhaps because his tracking method was really powerful, and he found this place very quickly, and with a clear goal, he immediately said that this was a secret place.
If it were a normal situation, a group of people would be running around like headless flies, having hit a dead end several times before. Because of their inherent impressions, when they enter a dead end again, they will subconsciously turn around and leave in disappointment.
Who would come up to check if there was anything unusual about this wall?
Although this reverse thinking of "the most dangerous place is the safest place" cannot be said to be brilliant, it does give people a very unexpected feeling.
At least among the people present, if Su Zhuang hadn't gone up to check it out, no one would have thought that this would be a secret place.
Secondly, this secret realm looks very stable. Judging from Su Zhuang's fingers that were stuck in the wall, one can actually enter it directly without any abnormality.
Everyone present knew that it was extremely difficult to form a secret space realm.
There is a kind of natural secret realm, which is the most unstable. It usually cycles through rapid birth and death, and often grows rare and precious materials that are unheard of by the outside world.
This ownerless natural secret realm is a place that cultivators flock to.
In the countless fights, some secret realms disappeared after their treasures were taken away, some also swallowed up many people who were blinded by greed, and some secret realms with more abundant spiritual energy were closed again, waiting for the recovery of vitality.
Other secret realms will be seized by the most advanced cultivators, who will set up restrictions and formations to use them as their own caves or even as the place where their sects can settle down.
The former is the most common, while the latter is more a matter of chance.
Because the space in a secret realm is generally very unstable. Not only does it change all the time, but cracks often appear on the edges and inside. Nine out of ten people who enter will die in these frequently appearing cracks rather than fighting with each other.
This is why many secret realms are opened once every few years, decades or even hundreds of years.
If it is opened too many times, the formation that maintains the stability of the space will gradually be consumed, cracks will appear, and eventually the internal collapse of the space will occur, and the people or objects in it will disappear without a trace.
And now this secret realm is so stable that it can allow people to enter without any space spells, and there seems to be no flaws on the surface.
There is only one possibility.
That is, this is an artificially created secret space that comes with the Wu Emperor Cave.
Among the thoughts of this group of immortal cultivators, it is naturally very likely that this is where the Martial Emperor's inheritance is located.
Pang Ying and Tang Yuanhua looked at each other and immediately noticed the surprise in each other's eyes.
Then it became solemn again.
The emergence of this secret realm meant that they were one step closer to Emperor Wu's inheritance, which was originally a good thing. However, Emperor Wu's tomb was just found by people from the Biluo Palace a few days ago, which caused a stir in secret, so Qingfengfang sent them here to explore the way.
That is to say, they should be the first group of people to come here to explore. These two little foxes have definitely never entered the tomb. They were able to find this place because of their tracking skills...
The scent being tracked can only be human.
Simply put, this secret realm has been entered by someone.
It was unclear whether the group in front of them were people from the Biluo Palace or other intruders who came to get a piece of the pie.
The people who came up later also had a look of surprise but also a hint of heaviness on their faces.
They have all worked in the Qingfeng Fang for several years and are quite experienced. In a place like the Emperor Wu's Tomb, dangers and high returns coexist. No one knows what unexpected situations they will encounter in the secret realm, and death is a common occurrence.
However, if one could find the inheritance of Emperor Wu, an ambitious person would take the risk to embezzle it. If they could digest it and turn it into their own strength, then even if they were hunted by the Qingxie Fang, they would still have a little power to protect themselves. They could even find other forces to protect themselves, and from then on they would turn their lives around and live a completely different life.
Such destiny-changing things are happening almost every moment in the Upper Central Realm. It all depends on whether people can seize the opportunity.
The little fox with twin ponytails walked forward and curiously put her fingers in. The wall seemed to be non-existent and felt empty, but she felt as if she had penetrated something. She nodded and hummed, "It is indeed a secret place."
Su Bi wagged his tail, thinking that he had actually entered the secret realm inside Emperor Wu's tomb directly. As a fellow pioneer, his progress was several times faster than those fully armed men here. Should we say he was worthy of being called such a hero?
Tang Yuanhua stepped forward cautiously and said, "Don't relax. This secret realm is very strange... Send some people to continue looking for those people from the Biluo Mansion, and some people to follow me into the secret realm."
As he spoke, he took out a jade slip.
"This communication jade slip can still be used, but the remaining spiritual power can only be used three times, so use it with caution."
He distributed the communication jade slips to various other people and decided that these people would continue to look for people from the Biluo Mansion. They were also knowledgeable and sensible. After all, their cultivation was not as good as these people. It might be more dangerous to enter the secret realm. It would be better for them to make a fortune quietly outside.
Not everyone has the courage to take big risks.
The team was split up in this way, but the leaders remained the same. After crossing the border of the secret realm, the view suddenly opened up.
Behind the wall, there was actually a meadow.
It's not even just a meadow, but a hill with lush vegetation.
But before they could be surprised, they suddenly felt something strange.
"Wait...what's going on?!" Tang Yuanhua was suddenly startled and found that his whole body seemed to be pulled down by something.
It's gravity!
The monk in the Taoist robe understood immediately that just like the spiritual power outside was sealed, this secret realm also had its own "temper", which was to increase gravity!
"Keep calm! This gravity is harmless! You'll be fine after a while!" Tang Yuanhua shouted calmly, and the people following him echoed him.
"Huh... This is really full of difficulties." Pang Ying was stunned, trying to adapt to the sudden change of environment, and smiled bitterly: "The previous spiritual power restriction seems to have not been lifted. Adding the two together, the strength of the physical cultivators has also been wiped out by a large part. What is the difference between a cultivator and a mortal... He is worthy of being a martial emperor who has achieved enlightenment with a mortal body. If mortals have no influence here, then this is true equality."
The two little foxes were monsters, so they weren't struggling too hard. But they also frowned, feeling very bad.
Just then, a loud bang was heard behind him.
Several people couldn't help but turn their heads to look back, and found that the place where the wall was just now had turned into something like an arched stone door on the mountain. Inside the door made of large pieces of rough stones, there was a dark barrier like a curtain.
At this moment, the stones on both sides of the barrier suddenly closed together, sealing the door.
Chapter 176: Caught in adultery!
Pang Ying's face changed immediately and he quickly stepped forward, but it was too late.
The stone door suddenly closed with a bang. The stones gathered together, but there was still a slight gap. Pang Ying picked up the sword and tried to cut into the gap to make a gap, but he didn't expect that the stones showed no signs of stopping. They squeezed the vertical and narrow sword body up and down, and it twisted with a creak.
Her sword was also extraordinary, flashing with cold light, and it was obvious at first glance that it was a sharp weapon.
But in front of these seemingly ordinary stones, there was no resistance and it turned into a piece of rotten iron in an instant. The sword blade was first folded, and then it was directly pressed into an iron sheet upright. A ray of light flashed in the gap between the stones and disappeared in an instant.
The entire stone gate turned into a smooth stone wall, and then a raised pattern in the shape of nine tripods appeared on it, and the sword was embedded straight into it, as if it had become a decoration.
Pang Ying was stunned and looked at her sword in a daze.
She pulled it tentatively, but the twisted section in the middle of the sword was extremely thin and was torn apart directly.
"..."
The people standing behind looked at each other, took a breath, and their faces looked a little ugly.
They were still too reckless. It seemed that this secret realm was a place where one could only enter but not exit, so the entrance was directly sealed.
It was also because of wrong analysis. They had preconceived notions that someone had entered here before and since the entrance had not changed at all, they thought that nothing would happen to them if they went in.
Who would have thought that there would be no way out.
In addition to the fact that my cultivation is sealed, and the gravity here is changing...
Tang Yuanhua calmed himself down, walked up to Pang Ying, and tentatively knocked on the stone wall, but no matter how he checked, the stone wall did not move at all, as if it was integrated with the mountain wall behind it.
"It seems that we can only move forward. If you go in, you must go out. It must be very costly to build such a stable secret realm. It is not just left there for people to come in and die. Since Su Bi and Su Zhuang tracked here, it means that those people from Biluo Mansion came in here. This is most likely where the Martial Emperor's inheritance is located."
Tang Yuanhua turned around and said in a deep voice, his eyes fell on the two little foxes.
Although it feels tricky, exploring an unknown secret realm basically means facing unknown situations. As the first group of people coming in, they are naturally mentally prepared for such situations.
There is no news about the people from the Biluo Mansion ahead, which proves how dangerous it is here.
As the leader now, he must not show panic at this time, otherwise the people under him will be in chaos and the situation will become even more difficult to control.
"While there is no danger now, let's sort everything out and see what else we can use to adapt to this changing environment."
Tang Yuanhua gave orders. Among the people he brought this time, there was Pang Ying, a disciple from the medium-sized Chixi Sect, who was good at swordsmanship... Although her sword was now broken, they still had a spare standard long sword produced by the Sword Pavilion. Even if it was not as useful as the previous sword, there was no other way.
There is always fighting power.
She was still lucky, after all, she was good at swordsmanship and could rely on physical objects to fight. The other two were from Qingyun Temple. They were best at magic, but only magic. They were already in a difficult situation because their spiritual power was banned, and now their faces were pale, knowing that they had lost all their fighting power.
It wouldn't be surprising if others abandoned them right now.
But Tang Yuanhua naturally couldn't do something that would alienate the people at this time. He had led many teams before, and there were already three Qingxie engraved on the coins. He had a lot of experience working for the Qingxie Fang.
Leaving these two useless people behind may seem very rational and efficient, but in fact, other people seeing this will inevitably feel disheartened, and will inevitably worry about their own fate, and will soon fall into a crisis of trust again. A group of people will become suspicious of each other and die faster.
As expected, Tang Yuanhua arranged everything in an orderly manner. Even the two people who only knew magic were given a task to see if there was any way to break the magic aura on the stone gate. The two were immediately overjoyed, and the worries in the eyes of the others were relieved a little.
"Take the sword. When we get the inheritance from Emperor Wu's tomb, we can go to the Sword Pavilion and buy a seven-star or eight-star magic weapon, including the reward from Guanchaotingjian a few days ago."
Tang Yuanhua handed the standard long sword in his hand to Pang Ying and comforted her.
Pang Ying looked at the sword in front of him, held it in his hand and looked at it for a few seconds.
Although it was produced by Jian Ge, it was, after all, a work used by the disciples for training, and its quality was definitely not as good as her own sword.
What’s more, there is the added bonus of years of companionship.
Her face darkened, she made a sword flower, put the long sword behind her, turned her head and looked at the twins Su Bi and Su Zhuang with cold eyes, then smiled and said, "It's all thanks to you two that we found this secret place so quickly. I was wrong before. I didn't expect the fox tribe's tracking skills to be so powerful. Next, please lead the way and take the lead, how about it?"
Su Bi swung her tail, puffed up her cheeks, glared at the charming woman with her black and white eyes, and pouted her lips and said, "It's obvious that you lost your sword, and you just want to take it out on us. Why are you saying these high-sounding words?"
Pang Ying's face froze, and then she said with embarrassment: "How could that be? This is just my reasonable opinion. Look, among the few of us, only you two are from the demon clan. Your physical strength is naturally stronger than ours. Isn't it natural for you to take the lead? Do you want those two from Qingyun Temple to go? They are just ordinary people who are powerless now..."
After she said this, the people around her couldn't help but show expressions of agreement.
Su Bi wanted to refute, but Su Zhuang pinched her tail from behind, and she agreed reluctantly. The team tidied up and started exploring again.
This secret place looked like a forest with lush vegetation, until a person in the team who was good at body movement ran to a high place and looked far away, and then he found that this was actually an island, surrounded by endless sea.
"Wait! There seems to be someone over there!"
The person who was exploring from a high place suddenly exclaimed and shouted downwards.
Tang Yuanhua's pupils shrank, and he asked him to come down and asked, "Who is it? Is it someone from Biluo Mansion?"
The man frowned. "Not really. They look different from the people in the information we got before. A young man holding a cat, a little girl about ten years old, and a girl about fourteen or fifteen years old. They are standing in front of a tombstone."
"Well, let's proceed carefully and approach slowly..."
Before Tang Yuanhua finished his words, two fiery figures suddenly jumped out.
There were only the afterimages of two fluffy tails swaying by.
Tang Yuanhua was stunned. He took two steps forward and didn't catch it. He shouted sternly: "What are you doing!"
"Catch the rapist!"
The two little foxes said in unison, their faces very serious.
Chapter 177: The smell of other foxes!
Liu Yuan looked at the white stele in front of him.
This stone tablet is about ten feet high, which is about three meters high when converted into modern units, about the height of a floor.
They did not come through the wall from Tang Yuanhua's side, but followed Hong Fu's instructions and walked all the way to the end of the secret room that seemed to be where Yanshi made puppets. As expected, they found a bronze tripod.
This is the rumored secret magic weapon of He Junhao, one of the Nine Cauldrons of Martial Arts.
The body of the tripod is about meters high. It is not tall and magnificent, but rather small and exquisite. There are many mysterious runes engraved on the bronze tripod, as well as scenes of ancient and barbaric humans hunting, which exude a simple atmosphere.
Liu Yuan naturally recognized it. It was the same runes on the chains he saw under the Dragon Locking Pool. It was an ancient talisman.
The closer you get to the bronze tripod, the more you can feel the powerful invisible pressure.
The meridians and dantian throughout the body will feel tremors, which is enough to block the spiritual power of the immortal cultivator and make him become a mortal. For the immortal cultivator, it is actually more like a natural fear like facing a natural enemy.
However, since Liu Yuan had only been a cultivator for less than three months, to be honest, he did not have much difficulty adapting to becoming powerless again.
But for those immortal cultivators who have practiced Taoism for decades or even hundreds of years, it is an absolute nightmare.
Liu Yuan didn't remember much information about the mysterious Nine Cauldrons of Martial Arts. After all, no game player at the time had discovered that there was actually a true Martial Emperor inheritance hidden here. Including Liu Yuan, they all thought that the martial arts dropped by the monster was the real way to enter the Tao through martial arts.
And there is no trace of anything related to the Nine Cauldrons of Martial Arts.
All we know is that it is the key to the entire tomb formation, but no one knows where it is exactly. Countless players have searched for it, but all in vain.
Although Liu Yuan had conquered Hong Fu at that time, he could not order Hong Fu, a fixed NPC, to do things in the tomb. In this game, the conquer timeline and the plot timeline are two completely different concepts.
Until now, he used a drop of blood contributed by Hong Fu himself to activate the bronze tripod and open a portal.
Only then did I find this secret place.
If the two little foxes had not followed his scent and found him, Tang Yuanhua and the others would probably be like players. Even if they had fought through the entire Wu Di Cave Tomb dungeon, they would not have been able to find this place.
