I stole divine power in Daxia

Chapter 618: Rules in the Fourth Yama Palace

As soon as she came out of the teleportation array, Qin Jiangxue couldn't help but sigh, "Wow, it's already lively."

Although the evil fog produced by the collision of karmic fire and Yellow Spring in the huge Fourth Yama Palace has begun to dissipate, there is still a large amount of fog in the entire empty city. In some places, the fog even gathers together and floods the streets, hiding the secrets.

However, this does not affect the curiosity of people all over the world about this ancient Yama Palace and the tomb of the Great Xia Emperor. Huge pillars of light form a portal, wrapping the fourth Yama Palace shrouded in mist from the outside. Looking from above, it looks like a huge blooming golden lotus.

And these pillars of light were not just the work of Western Buddhism. After Maitreya Buddha took the lead, all major forces in the world naturally wanted to get a piece of the pie. Top-notch middle-grade cultivators poured into the silent city through the teleportation portal like a swarm of carp crossing the river.

Soon all kinds of strange noises were heard from the ancient streets, including thunder-like explosions, the howling of countless ghosts, and the desperate curses of outsiders.

Qin Jiangxue first gathered his teammates for this trip through the Taixu Illusion, and obtained the exploration map of the Fourth Yama Palace from the Qing Emperor. He was confident about the next few levels.

He led everyone in through the west gate, and at the same time passed on key information through the Great Illusion Surface, "The Fourth Yama Palace is the city of the Netherworld Ghost Emperor, and flying is not allowed in most cases. No matter what happens next, never leave your feet three feet off the ground!"

Li Jianhu was just about to ask what would happen if he was three feet off the ground when he suddenly saw a figure rushing out from the mist in front of him. Behind him was a "stream of people" formed by ghosts. The stream of people was getting closer and closer, so that the thin soul touched the man's armor on the back. A frost condensed on the man's armor, even though the man had burned his vigorous blood and qi, forming a ball of light red flame. The flame burned the frost, melting it.

However, in the netherworld, Qi and blood were consumed rapidly. At this time, condensing Qi and blood to form flames, although it restrained the ghost frost, it also greatly consumed the energy of this martial artist. Suddenly, he noticed an unusual phenomenon, that is, the tide of ghosts chasing him was like the crowded flow of people in the world of the living, they did not fly in the air.

The surrounding streets were lined with intricate corridors formed by towering black iron and bronze spires. If he could enter these corridors, he might be able to escape the ghost tide. So he jumped with all his might, and his feet were just three feet off the ground. Before he could touch the lowest corridor, suddenly a rope condensed from his mouth and tied around his neck.

The next moment, he was hung in the air with a dull look in his eyes, without any room for resistance.

Even though the ghosts below saw the prey hanging in the air, they did not dare to scramble for the food, because the area above three feet was also their forbidden zone. The body of the warrior hanging in the air disappeared little by little in the thin mist.

Everyone who saw this scene felt a chill down their spine. Except for Li Jianhu, the people who came with Qin Jiangxue this time were all independent cultivators. If they didn't have Qin Jiangxue's information, they probably wouldn't be much better than this warrior.

Some of them couldn't help cursing in the Grand Illusionary Realm, "This Grand Illusionary Realm allowed us in but didn't even give us this basic information. How inhumane!"

Although Qin Jiangxue learned the secret map from the Qing Emperor, she remained silent for a while when she saw the strangeness of the Fourth Yama Palace. Then she chuckled and said, "There are gods three feet above our heads. Above these three feet, we cannot touch them."

When Qin Jiangxue got the news from Zhao Qinxin, he also asked these key questions. He still remembers Zhao Qinxin's answer, "There weren't so many taboos when I went there."

"Is there some secret passage or secret method?"

"No, I was riding the Green Emperor's sedan chair at the time, and Zhou Tianzun was right beside me. We just encountered a suppressed second-grade dragon god. After we dealt with him, we got out."

Damn family!
Li Jianhu carefully transmitted his voice through the Great Illusion Surface, "They seem to be looking over here..."

The tide of ghosts that were chasing the warriors lowered their heads after the warriors disappeared, and turned across the street to look at them greedily.

Qin Jiangxue remained calm. The reason why he did not let everyone escape the moment he saw it was because of the second rule of the Fourth Yama Palace.

"Don't be afraid, don't move easily, look at the streets around you."

Everyone immediately looked around and saw that this street built with divine power was extremely neatly planned, just like the central imperial city, with regular horizontal and vertical arrangements. However, they were now located diagonally opposite the ghost tide, neither horizontally nor vertically.

"At the very beginning of the universe, there was no Yama City in the world of the living and the netherworld. When people in the world of the living died, some of their souls did not dissipate immediately for various reasons, and were gradually absorbed by the rules of the netherworld. Even in the era before the ancient times, it was rumored that the netherworld and the world of the living were not even separated at that time. At that time, not only did humans and gods live together, but even humans and ghosts lived together."

"Then the Emperor of Life and Death was born. His birth also represented the separation of life and death. After that, the netherworld gradually separated from the world of the living. However, this process was also chaotic and disordered. It was not until the Emperor of Life and Death achieved the status of a god that his 'Tao' influenced the rules of heaven and earth, completely separating life and death. The Ten Yama Palaces were the embodiment of his Tao, so there was a distinction between the Yangguan Road and the Netherworld Road."

"The Yangguan Road and the Netherworld Road are not fixed, but now that so many of us living people are standing on this road, and the ghosts are standing on another road, it naturally forms a division between life and death. The guy just now accidentally entered the Netherworld Road."

Sure enough, although the ghosts across the distance looked at Qin Jiangxue and others greedily, after seeing that they did not move rashly, they continued along their own paths and soon disappeared in the mist without a trace.

"Panda, your information is quite good. Where did you get it from? I remember you always said that you have no sect or school!"

A house-stealing practitioner who was familiar with Qin Jiangxue came over to win them over. Just these two pieces of accurate information were priceless, not to mention that Qin Jiangxue didn't know how many secrets he had mastered. Naturally, they gradually became convinced of Qin Jiangxue.

In front of other people, Qin Jiangxue would not be stupid enough to directly say that he got the news from the Green Emperor. After all, these cannon fodders were not qualified. He chuckled and said, "Don't worry about where the news came from. Just know that we are careful enough and we can get out alive this time."

A female cultivator suddenly asked shyly, "Master Panda, you just said that there is a difference between the Yangguan Road and the Netherworld Road. If we can always walk on the Yangguan Road, then we don't have to worry about these dirty things? How can we tell whether we are walking on the Yangguan Road or the Netherworld Road?"

This female cultivator's every smile and frown was breathtaking and made people's blood boil. Qin Jiangxue looked at the female cultivator with a possessive look and said, "This depends on your methods. Confucianism has [Throwing a stone to test the water], Buddhism has [Heavenly Eyes], Taoism has [Heaven-Man Senses], and each school has its own corresponding wayfinding methods. Even if you can't completely distinguish the difference between every Yangguan Road and Netherworld Road, but with so many of us together, we can tell the difference almost exactly."

"Then we must follow Mr. Panda closely."

The female cultivator smiled slyly. As a practitioner of the Way of the Caesars, she had seen many men pretending to be pretentious in the romantic world, so she instinctively realized that Qin Jiangxue must not have told all the secrets. However, after seeing the dangers of the Fourth Yama Palace, she could only rely on Qin Jiangxue more, so she did not continue to ask directly, so as not to annoy the other party. The other people in the team had been in the Great Illusion Realm for a long time, so they were naturally smart people, and nodded in agreement.

After integrating the internal opinions, Qin Jiangxue had no intention of deliberately harming others. He led everyone to the depths of the city. Along the way, Qin Jiangxue had a smooth journey because he had the Qingdi map and was not greedy.

But after walking for more than an hour, the other people in the team gradually discovered that something was wrong. That is, Qin Jiangxue deliberately avoided a lot of dangers, and made the whole team seem like they were on the road to visit the Fourth Yama City. They were indeed safe, but they still gained nothing here.

So, in front of a thick fog, just when Qin Jiangxue was trying to determine the direction, Qingqing, a practitioner of the Caesalian Dao, couldn't help but whispered, "Master Panda, it's not a good idea to keep traveling like this. You came here with a mission, and everyone can see that. However, the mission is the business of the superiors, and you have to plan for yourself. For example, are there any relaxing places around? Can you take us to see them?"

“A place to relax...”

Qin Jiangxue turned to look at Qingqing and suddenly smiled, "There is such a thing."

"where?"

The others suddenly became curious and nervous and asked.

"The Fourth Yama Palace is equivalent to the imperial court in the human world. Each ghost in the underworld has his own duties, so there are also institutions similar to the imperial court in the human world. Not far from here is the inner city. The outermost part of the inner city is the station of the Carriage and Horse Bureau, which manages the buses and ceremonial guards of the Fourth Yama Palace. It is not a very dangerous place. Do you want to give it a try?"

Everyone immediately understood Qin Jiangxue's purpose. The Carriage and Horse Bureau manages the buses and ceremonial guards of the Yin Gods. If they could learn how to use one of the buses, it would be easier for them to enter the inner city.

However, Qin Jiangxue's words hit the mark exactly what the others wanted. Many of them just wanted to make a fortune here and obtain resources for cultivation, and did not want to really risk their lives. If they could get a bus that could travel in most places in the Fourth Yama Palace, exploring the outer city would certainly be much easier. At that time, they could completely refuse to continue traveling with Qin Jiangxue, just take a quick tour of the outer city, and then resell the bus to a larger force, which would certainly earn them a generous reward.

After everyone discussed it, they reached a consensus in an instant. Led by Qin Jiangxue, the group quickly approached the Carriage and Horse Bureau.

It’s just that they can think of the problem, how can the powerful forces with inheritance not think of it?

Although other forces did not know as much about the Fourth Yama Palace as the Dragon Clan, the Great Xia Royal Family and the Qing Emperor's lineage, they also had the most basic records. In addition, other forces directly sent out third-rank cultivators, which just offset the map advantage in Qin Jiangxue's hands. So when they arrived at the Carriage and Horse Bureau, the third-rank cultivators had actually already secretly marked the spot, just waiting for someone to be the first to go in and test it.

"There are people around."

Li Jianhu's sword heart was clear, and he was even able to sense Zhou Tieyi's arrival at that time. Naturally, he also noticed the various forces intertwined outside the entire carriage and horse bureau at this time. The most powerful one among them was the power of the Taixu Illusionary Surface that they had been using.

From the moment he arrived here, Li Jianhu sensed that the surrounding mirage was quietly affecting them through the Taixu illusory surface.

His first thought was that the Phantom Priest would take action, but he then refuted his own idea. After all, they were a group of middle-grade people and there was really no need for the Phantom Priest to take action. Moreover, with the status and position of the Phantom Priest, if he wanted to enter the inner city of the Fourth Yama Palace, he should not need the means of using the bus of the Carriage and Horse Bureau.

Therefore, the one who used the mirage to influence them should be a third-grade deity from the lineage of Taixuhuanzhu. However, even if he knew it, Li Jianhu still delivered the message through Taixuhuanmian. After all, he sensed that there were people around, but he didn't say who it was. There must be more than just Taixuhuanzhu and his family lurking around.

"understood."

Qin Jiangxue simply replied.

At the same time, in a high-rise teahouse opposite the Horse and Carriage Bureau, there are many talented people, and it seems that no one is restricted by the saying "there is a god above your head".

Suddenly one of them said, "This group of people came quickly. Are they the subordinates of everyone present?"

Although this person looks like a human, he has a short elephant trunk. His true form is a dream-eating tapir. This strange beast born from dreams is a natural messenger of dreams. This dream-eating tapir was taken in as a subordinate god by the phantom priest by chance.

He fiddled with it in front of him, and the true faces of Qin Jiangxue and others immediately appeared.

Suddenly, someone among them let out a light exclamation.

The Dream-Eating Tapir looked at the other person. This person had a dragon horn and was obviously a dragon god. "I recognize him."

The Dragon God stretched out his hand and singled out Li Jianhu.

At this moment, many of the third-rank gods present recalled and recognized Li Jianhu's identity. At the beginning, Li Jianhu went to the capital to file a complaint and caused quite a stir in Daxia, which naturally made Li Jianhu come into the sight of many third-rank gods.

Moreover, in the subsequent review, although they did not have as much inside information as Li Jianhu, they could directly infer the role Zhou Tieyi played in the whole incident.

But they could also sense how much Zhou Tieyi valued Li Jianhu. After all, the number of people Zhou Tieyi had personally taught for a period of time could be counted on one hand. What's more, Li Jianhu had now opened up a new Confucian swordsmanship and became one of the best seeds in Confucianism. Although he had no well-known achievements yet, for Shinto, he had already become a person on the must-kill list.

(End of this chapter)