Unparalleled Evildoer

Chapter 140 The Truth Eight Hundred Years Ago

Jin Xingzi sighed and said, "I didn't expect there would be such a disgusting place outside the back wall of our mansion. If I had known, I would not have lived here. I can't even sleep peacefully. Cheap things really don't come with good stuff!"

Wuzhan said in a deep voice: "You seem to be talking too much!" Then he stepped over the insect corpse and walked towards the next dark room.

Miao Xin smiled at Jin Xingzi and followed behind Wuzhan. Jin Xingzi scratched his ear and after thinking for a moment, he followed and said, "Little Master, I think the long-winded words are actually correct!"

"That makes sense, but it seems we have no way out!" Wuzhan replied as he looked towards the next dark room. In front of him were more than a dozen giant rats as big as adult wild wolves, with shiny black manes, and their sharp mouths and fangs were open, ready to attack, making hissing sounds, and wanted to besiege them.

As soon as the voice fell, "Teng! Teng! ..." Several giant rats shot up, leaped more than ten feet high, and pounced on him. Miao Xin waved her long sword and stepped forward to resist. Her figure was fluttering, and the sword light was shining. "Puff! Puff!" Four giant rats were hit by the long sword in succession, screaming in response, and dirty blood was spilled. Another two quickly bypassed the sword light and pounced on Wuzhan.

"A bunch of rats, how dare you attack me..." He swallowed his words halfway through, kicked the two giant rats flying towards him, "Bang! Bang!" The two giant rats were kicked away in an instant, and hit the stone wall heavily, the dirty blood exploded and slid down softly.

The other giant rats saw this and instead of retreating, they advanced, roaring angrily and rushing towards them from three sides. Miao Xin gave a delicate cry and the long sword flashed an arc of light. With a "swish", it chopped down three rats in succession. She flipped her body up and returned a beam of green light, which poured down and cut off the two rats that rushed towards her from the other side.

At the same time, Jin Xingzi spit out a mouthful of fire, shooting at the two rats that were rushing towards him from the other side. With two "bangs", the giant rats were hit and ignited while still in the air, and rolled back.

After a while, the group of giant rats were all killed. There were still giant insects in the dark room. Jin Xingzi did not stop, but jumped high and sprayed wildly at the walls. Those insects that could not dodge in time were burned to death.

Miaoxin looked at the giant rat with its stomach ripped open and quickly used her energy to suppress the churning gastric juice, her face pale with fright.

There is a storage compartment carved out in the stone wall on one side of the dark room, which is full of smelly mucus and insect eggs. Presumably, the things inside have been burned clean by the fire that year. There are ancient texts engraved on the stone wall on the other side. Presumably, this dark room is a place for retreat and practice. Wuzhan took a quick glance and knew that this Taoist temple was called Bishui Temple. It was built at the end of King Cheng Tang's reign and lasted for more than 800 years. The Taoist names of the successive leaders were engraved on it. The last Taoist name was engraved in seal script and was called Lu Yan. Perhaps he was the one who died in this dark room.

"The Yin energy in there is too strong!" Miao Xin frowned and looked towards the dark room deep inside. Even though her cultivation was almost reaching the perfection of 'attainment', she still felt a strong sense of oppression facing the cold and Yin energy inside.

"I felt it too. It must be very dangerous in there. Miss Miao, you should go back and have a rest. Jin Xingzi and I will go in and check it out. Thank you very much for today, Miss!" Wuzhan advised.

"Master has instructed Miaoxin to protect Master. I will go wherever Master goes and will never leave Master even a step!"

"What about when the little master is sleeping?" Jin Xingzi asked with a chuckle.

After hearing this, Miaoxin's face turned red immediately. She was speechless, turned around and walked towards the next dark room.

The firelight flickered, the shadows floated, and the further you walked forward, the colder you felt. Although the distance was only a few steps, the chill grew with each step.

Why didn't those giant rats choose to escape to the next dark room, but instead chose to fight to the death with them? Presumably, the next dark room would be even more terrifying.

Before they reached the entrance of the dark room, they heard a heavy "hissing" sound and felt the air trembling with the sound. Miaoxin had already clenched her sword, and green light had spread all over the sword. She knew that there must be a huge monster waiting for them ahead.

A faint light shone through the dark room, emitting a chilly air. Jin Xingzi couldn't help but shiver. His eyes rolled around, and he didn't dare to make a sound. He lightly followed Miaoxin and Wuzhan.

Miaoxin slowly poked her eyes out and saw a snake body as thick as a man, with scales shining coldly. It stood in the dark room like an upright pillar. She looked up to find its head and her face changed color.

The huge snake head stood up two meters high, with black scales like tiles, green eyes like wheels, sharp fangs, and red tongue. It looked ferocious and had already noticed the intrusion, and was waiting with its head held high for its prey to appear.

Miaoxin wanted to swing his sword and rush out to kill the giant python, but Wuzhan gestured to his feet. Miaoxin looked down and found another shadow falling at the door. He was startled. If he rushed out carelessly, he might be ambushed by another giant python.

Miao Xin nodded slightly, circulated the true energy in her body, and stomped her foot heavily on the ground. With a "whoosh", a graceful figure rushed out, as fast as lightning, drawing a zigzag shape on the ground, and flew up diagonally. At the same time, the sword light was dazzling, and stabbed at the python's body.

When the giant python saw Miao Xin swinging her sword at it, it twisted its body and opened its bloody mouth to swallow Miao Xin. At the same time, another giant python hiding above the entrance opened its huge mouth and swooped down towards the point where Miao Xin flew out. Seeing the figure passing by, it quickly twisted its body and got up from the ground.

"Puff!" The long sword broke into the snake's body, blood gushed out, the giant python wailed, the sound was piercing, and it was furious. Miaoxin wanted to cut the snake's body open, but the giant python's skin and flesh were too strong, and only a three-inch long cut was made. Seeing the long letter whistling towards her, she quickly turned her figure like a blooming peony, drew her sword again, and flew like a swallow. The long sword made a "swish" sound, and drew an arc of light, which met the long letter. With a "clang" sound, the long sword made a sound. The snake's letter was tough and it was not cut off. The giant python felt pain, quickly put away the long letter, and turned its head away with a roar.

At this time, another giant python opened its mouth and was behind him. Miao Xin did not have time to think. He stepped lightly on the snake and dropped down suddenly. The head of the python led the snake's body and flew over his head. Miao Xin took the opportunity to chop a sword light, hitting the lower part of the snake's neck, leaving a three-foot-long sword mark. Blood immediately gushed out. Miao Xin flew flat to the ground like a crane spreading its wings. Miao Xin took only one rise and fall, and both giant pythons were injured. The giant pythons hissed angrily, causing the dark room to buzz continuously. Jin Xingzi hid behind Wuzhan and did not dare to move forward. This was his weakness. When he saw a snake, no matter how big or small, he would be involuntarily timid and his feet would not obey his command. He hoped that Miao Xin would kill the two giant pythons as soon as possible.

The space of the dark room is as big as a palace. There is a big hole in the stone wall in the distance, and inside is another dark room. The dark room emits a blue light and is extremely cold. It must be because of the strange thing inside that the creatures inside absorbed the spiritual energy and grew so huge.

The two giant pythons moved forward in an intertwined manner, trapping Miao Xin inside and determined to devour her.

Miao Xin focused her eyes and let out a delicate cry. Green light boiled around her body, and her long sword danced. Rays of sword light shot out and slashed at the giant python. "Bang bang..." The python was hit by several swords and blood scattered everywhere.

The giant python twisted its body and circled, swung its tail vigorously, and swept around with a roar. If you were hit, you would be smashed to pieces.

The graceful figure rose up, her clothes fluttering, and she dodged the long tail with cold light below. The long sword flashed with green light and rushed towards the other one. With a "puff" sound, it cut into it. The giant python screamed in pain, and the python head swallowed it desperately.

Although Miao Xin hit the snake's tail, the huge impact caused her blood to churn, her bones to become numb, and she almost vomited blood. At this time, two huge mouths opened from the left and right to swallow her, and a gust of wind blew in her face.

"Hit it three feet below its neck!" Wuzhan shouted urgently.

Miaoxin understood what he meant when he heard it, knowing that was the python's weak spot. He lightly flew into the air, stepped out of a green lotus, and quickly stabbed towards the python's heart.

Wuzhan knew that Miaoxin had inherited the true teachings from her master, and her sword moves and footwork were exactly the same as her master's. This showed how much Bixia Yuanjun valued her, and that she had done him a great favor by sending such a talented disciple to assist him.

'Puff...' The giant python's heart was broken, and dark red blood gushed out, wailing and falling. At the same time, a green light swirled out and turned to another giant python behind it. With a 'swish' sound, it swept across the heart, and the blood immediately exploded. Miao Xin's flying sword formed a light shield in front of her to block the blood spraying towards her. It fell to the ground, and the giant python could no longer support itself and fell heavily to the ground.

The two giant pythons twitched for a moment and gradually lost their life. Seeing this, Jin Xingzi ran out and praised: "The little fairy is so powerful. She killed the two giant pythons in just a few moves. It can be said that a good teacher produces good students!"

Miao Xin's chest rose and fell, beads of sweat ran down her cheeks, and she smiled sweetly, "Thank you for the compliment!"

Wuzhan looked around carefully. This place was much cleaner than the previous two rooms. At least there was no sticky and smelly liquid. It must be because two giant pythons were lurking here. There were a few human bones in the corner and ancient texts were engraved on the walls. Among them was a complete set of martial arts formulas with a total of nine levels. However, it seemed that one had to reach a high level to exert its effect and it was difficult to achieve. This might be the reason why this Taoist sect was not well-known.

However, there is a record that has attracted Wuzhai's attention, "Jiang Shang obtained the map of the state, built the Fengshen platform, gathered the world's cultivators, helped King Wu to defeat King Zhou, and unified the world but broke his oath, and his cultivators suffered, and his soul died with unrest." There is another narration after that, which has been removed.

The person who carved the words must have witnessed the entire process eight hundred years ago, escaped from it, hid here, and carved the events on the stone wall for future generations to know.

In this case, Jiang Shang's deification was just a lie. The cultivators of that year did not ascend to become gods, but were murdered. Imagine if they were really deified, why no one has seen them appear again after so many years? This is most likely the truth.

Moreover, Wuzhan and Bixia have witnessed the virtues of those gods, who are even more cruel and selfish than the people in the lower world. They come to the lower world only to find lost treasures. How could they select talents from the lower world as the legend says?

Miao Xin stared intently at the dark room emitting a faint blue light. A chill ran through her body and her breathing became choked. She had never felt such a strong cold spiritual pressure before and she began to feel fear in her heart.

Seeing Wuzhan walking steadily forward, Miaoxin hesitated for a moment, but let Jinxingzi run in front, and then she made up her mind to follow him.

The scene in front of me gradually became brighter, and at the same time, my heart rose to my throat. I didn't see any huge creatures in front of me. There were only a few corpses on the ground. The blue light filled the entire dark room, dazzling and ethereal.

A golden square tripod half a meter high stood in the center of the dark room. The light was emitted by the blue flame inside the tripod. The flame was half a meter high and had only a slight fluctuation, but Wuzhan knew that this flame must contain powerful spiritual power, and one could easily get into trouble if not careful.

There is a coiled dragon carved on each of the four legs of the tripod. The dragon heads stick out from the four corners of the tripod, with fierce eyes and open mouths, as if ready to attack. The walls of the tripod are engraved with neat ancient characters, and the four frames are engraved with cloud pattern reliefs.

Wuzhan looked at the ancient characters carefully. Suddenly, his eyes lit up. The characters were praising King Wu of Zhou and Jiang Shang. He said in a deep voice, "Zhou Ding! How could it be here!"

(End of this chapter)