boyutpedia #165 - The Imperial Mausoleum Gate Opens
#165 - The Imperial Mausoleum Gate Opens
[Blood Qi +1+1 +1 … …]
[Blood Qi +10+1 + 10+1 … …]
[Essence Blood Qi +1+0.001+0.1 … …]
[Congratulations, Host, refining one-fifth of the Heaven Mending Pill, about to end the Turtle Breath state.]
“Three days, have passed just like that?”
Xu Chengxian gradually awakened amidst the system broadcast.
[Please pay attention, Host.]
[The refining of the Heaven Mending Pill will continue.]
[Refining will not affect the Host's actions, but the required Blood Qi is enormous. It is recommended to avoid combat as much as possible for the next three days.]
[During this period, the system will continuously conceal the Host's aura to ensure the Host's safety.]
“Indeed, there is no danger.”
While sensing the changes within himself, he confirmed that this time, entering the Turtle Breath state to refine the Heaven Mending Pill, he indeed did not encounter any trouble.
Having dealt with the system for so long, Xu Chengxian could be considered to have gained some experience.
Even after getting used to the system's evasive answers, he could still glean the information he wanted from the given answers.
For example, this time, he asked the system if there would be any danger in directly refining the Heaven Mending Pill. The other party did not give a definite answer, but instead provided a solution to avoid external risks during the refining process—concealing his aura.
This meant that, in the system's eyes, the danger would only come from external sources.
It also indirectly proved that there was no danger in refining the Heaven Mending Pill itself.
His current state also confirmed this point.
As for the possible external risks, besides the system concealing his aura, there were also Lingxiao and Ling Yunzi.
No need to worry too much.
“As the eldest brother, I usually take care of them a lot!”
So, shouldn't the second and third siblings take care of their eldest brother?
Moreover, the eldest brother is so considerate, deliberately shrinking his size, becoming only that tiny bit.
Just by slightly sensing the surrounding situation, Xu Chengxian felt a little strange again.
Why is it so quiet around here?
“Oh dear, this isn't right!”
Normally, Lingxiao and Ling Yunzi should have already arrived at the Imperial Tomb in the northern region of the demon race by now.
That shouldn't be the case.
Taking him along could be considered having a fighter—the female emperor's younger sister must be thinking that way.
“This is, Yunzi's horsetail whisk?”
In the midst of these thoughts, Xu Chengxian completely broke free from the Turtle Breath state.
His mind fully regained consciousness.
He also adapted to the extraordinarily surging and abundant state of Blood Qi in his body, and then opened his eyes.
The first thing he saw was the place he was in.
He was coiled around a pole, and in front of him were white horsetail whisk strands.
If this person wasn't Ling Yunzi, who else could it be?
“Hiss hiss~ Not bad.”
The eldest brother was quite satisfied with the treatment of being carried on the third brother's back.
Then, he swam along the horsetail whisk to Ling Yunzi's shoulder.
… …
“Holy crap!”
A snake's head emerged.
The scene he saw shocked him into cursing.
The thick fog that was almost tangible flowed slowly in the air like heavy gray-green silk, obscuring the sky.
It plunged everything into a depressing and eerie semi-brightness.
Moreover, it was clearly midday, and the sun was hanging high in the sky.
But the sunlight洒落 on this gray-green mist, was reflected out of a more strange color.
How to describe it?
The kind of mottled color that looks poisonous at first glance.
“You're awake?” Sensing the movement, Ling Yunzi slightly turned his head and asked through divine sense transmission.
“What is this place?” Xu Chengxian also replied with divine sense.
Almost naturally, through Ling Yunzi's actions, he judged that there were other people nearby.
Other demons besides the three of them.
“Outside the Imperial Tomb.”
“This is the Imperial Tomb? The feng shui looks very bad!”
“...Feng shui?”
“It's nothing, just saying it casually.” Xu Chengxian said, “Where's Lingxiao?”
“Walking separately, she's not far ahead to our side.” Ling Yunzi said.
“What are these mists?”
Xu Chengxian didn't ask why they had to separate. He noticed that Ling Yunzi was wearing a hooded cloak that could cover his entire body.
It seemed that he wanted to conceal his identity.
In that case, separating might also be due to this consideration.
“Miasma, mirage, and the poisonous gas formed by the combination of water vapor bred in the humid mountain forests and swamps.”
“Indeed poisonous!” Xu Chengxian nodded.
Looking at this color, he felt that it couldn't be a good thing.
“The snakes or mushrooms living here must also be very poisonous.”
“Hmm?” Ling Yunzi raised an eyebrow, not understanding the direction of this topic.
“I wonder if stewing them in soup would have a special flavor.” Xu Chengxian smacked his lips.
“...Poisonous.”
“Didn't you refine antidote pills?”
“...”
“Besides, ordinary poisons shouldn't be able to harm great demons, right?”
“You also said that ordinary poisons can't harm them.” Ling Yunzi slightly raised his chin, “The poison here is not ordinary.”
Xu Chengxian followed his gaze.
Not far ahead, there was a figure lying on the ground.
Half of the body was in the mud, and half was exposed outside.
“Dead?”
“Yes.”
“Hiss! Cough cough! So smelly!”
Due to surprise, he stretched his head forward, and then was choked back.
The miasma was mixed with the fishy stench of mud and the foul odor of rotten vegetation. Every breath seemed to be challenging the limits of the lungs and sense of smell.
It made people involuntarily want to escape.
Xu Chengxian couldn't help but quickly hold his breath.
Moreover, he had just habitually tried to release his divine sense to explore the surrounding situation.
But he found that this poisonous gas could actually erode Blood Qi!
A wisp of divine sense released instantly dissipated.
“Oh my goodness!”
This place is strange!
Pa!
Ling Yunzi crushed a Barrier Breaking Pill.
The spiritual power in his body moved, refining and gathering the medicinal aura.
Suddenly, the smell of medicine diluted the fishy stench.
“Be careful, the miasma here is very dangerous.” He moved the corner of his mouth and said lightly.
“Ah!”
“Aww! Roar!”
Before he could finish speaking, a scream suddenly came from the distance.
“What's the situation?”
“There's nothing to be surprised about.” Lingxiao's divine sense came, “Another unlucky guy fell outside the light barrier of the formation.”
Only then did Xu Chengxian discover that there was a light barrier dozens of meters ahead.
A defensive barrier?
Between the swamps and mountains, the mottled mist changed unpredictably.
Sometimes it turned into ethereal phantoms, and sometimes it condensed into illusions of various shapes.
The sunlight pierced through the heavy clouds and was distorted and mottled under the refraction of the mist, as brilliant as a rainbow but with a hint of ominous premonition.
It reflected a light barrier, as if it were a portal to another world.
Then, this door quietly opened in the next instant.
Silently, it just flickered slightly and then disappeared.
“Hmm? What's going on?”
Xu Chengxian couldn't tell for a moment whether what he had just seen was real or illusory.
“Could it be that my eyes are playing tricks on me?”
“It should be the Northern Demon King who opened the gate of the Imperial Tomb.”