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Chapter 583 Kui Beast, Entering the Heavenly Palace
Deep in the South China Sea, there are two huge mountains standing opposite each other. They are shaped like fish fins and are 1,800 feet high, while the two mountains are only a hundred or two hundred miles apart.

In the water gorge of one or two hundred miles between these two mountains, there is a solitary sea palace standing below.

This palace has tortoise-shell beams and fish-scale tiles. The windows and doors around it let in dim light. The whole palace does not feel magnificent, but rather dark and gloomy, as if it had long been forgotten in the depths of this sea, with few visitors.

Under the deep black sea, a figure shot out like a flying arrow, as if there was no resistance in the water at all.

The figure carefully circled several times outside the palace, as if wandering around leisurely, but in fact it was passing through the gate of a strange formation outside the palace.

Not long after, the figure disappeared outside the palace and arrived at a remote place in the palace.

This place is a cluster of palaces, built on a slanted platform. The platform extends all the way to the depths where red light is gathering. The entire stone platform looks like a stone beam under the sea.

The figure walked along the palaces and into the deep and shining place. The water temperature here rose little by little, gradually boiling and bubbling.

Countless fish bones are displayed here. These fish bones are deliberately separated, with the spines inserted vertically into the ground and the fish heads as big as wheels facing upwards, like unique flags, pointing to a certain place.

The further down you go, the denser the bubbles become, rising up in clusters.

The figure could no longer bear it, so he put on an invisible water-repellent pearl gauze shirt, walked across the stone beam in a moment, and came to the deepest part of the seabed.

There are cracked charred stones and hot rocks everywhere, and it is still scorching hot even when soaked in sea water. There are more and larger fish bones piled up here, stacked like hills and undulating like mountains. They are charred and rotten by the underground fire under the sea.

"Long! Long! Long!"

The sound of muffled thunder was heard here, scaring the sneaking figure so much that his heart began to beat rapidly.

Suddenly, a strong light flashed, illuminating the place, and the figure who was swimming here was naturally illuminated. She was the mermaid Yu Fu from the Longxiao Palace.

"Who is coming?"

A thick voice sounded, and then suddenly said: "So it's a mermaid. Could it be that one of the generals in the palace is holding a banquet and thought of me, an old man, and sent you to me as a treat?"

The mermaid Yu Fu stood on a rock corner, staring at a fire cave under a huge fishbone hill, where the sound came from.

She tried hard to suppress the fear in her heart and prevent her voice from trembling, and said, "Thunder Beast, I came here by myself. How could anyone think of this damn place, let alone the Thunder General in the sky?"

After these words were spoken, the fire cave that was spewing muddy mud fell into a long silence.

Seeing this, the mermaid Yu Fu couldn't help but retreat in her heart, thinking that she was really overwhelmed by the immortal fate she had accidentally encountered, and she even wanted to plot against the thunder beast Kui under the stone archway of Longxiao Palace.

The mermaid Yu Fu's heart was in turmoil. The fire cave shook violently, and the huge fishbone hill trembled a few times. In the blink of an eye, a huge black shadow rushed to the rock corner where she was standing and blocked the place.

"Good, good, good."

The huge black shadow revealed its face, looking like an ox without horns, with a giant white body, about ten feet tall, standing on one foot, as powerful as a huge bell. Its eyes shot out two beams of strange light, shining up and down at the corners of the rock and stopping on the mermaid Yu Fu.

"I knew that there were still some sensible people in Longxiao Palace who understood how powerful I, Old Gutou, am.

I can swear to God right now that when you remove the chains from me, I will serve you faithfully for three hundred years and ensure your prestige and happiness in the world."

This beast is a descendant of the ancient wild beast Shen Kui. It has been carefully raised in the Heavenly Palace by the Thunder Department since its birth. It is so strong and vigorous that it can scream at the wind and chase lightning, and has supernatural powers that can walk on fog and climb clouds. It can be said that it enjoys endless immortal blessings.

Unfortunately, he indulged himself in lust one day and drunkenly bumped into the treasured chariot of the Great Sage of Thunder, and was beaten with three hundred dragon-tendon whips. The Yuandan that he had cultivated for more than a thousand and two years was shattered. Later, he was exiled to the Longxiao Palace in the South China Sea to serve as a spirit beast guarding the palace.

When Kui beast saw the mermaid coming, he was happy to have a chance to escape. He could not help but think of his own unbearable past. His tears turned into the sea and he raised his face and cried, his voice like thunder.

"I, Old Gutou, have long known my faults. I shouldn't have gotten drunk in the mansion. I have been guarding here for all these years. I have been beaten and punished. No matter how big my debt is, it is time to redeem it."

Amid the crying and wailing, anger arises from sorrow.

There were thousands of lightning bolts shooting out from the Kui beast's body, swirling like arcs and flying like rainbows.

Wherever the electric arcs passed, bubbles rolled up, thousands of rocks exploded, and bone hills shattered. Stirred by the undercurrent on the seabed, they turned into streams of muddy water and dispersed like thick fog in the sea.

"Ah~"

The sound of shock and anger suddenly became sharp and painful.

Between the neck of the Kui beast and on its claw-like sole foot, heavy chains emerged, pulling straight into the fire cave. The Kui beast could not bear it, and its bones and flesh seemed to be dislocated, and its entire giant body was pulled out of shape. "Quick, help me open the chains."

"I can't do it."

"Roar!" With a loud roar, the huge sea water was swept up by the roar and rushed into the body of the mermaid Yu Fu, blowing her and the rock corner under her backwards.

"return."

The Kui beast roared angrily and spurted out a lightning rope from its mouth. It shuttled through the water and quickly wrapped around the mermaid and pulled her back.

"Mermelie, I was disrespectful just now and got angry without thinking. I forgot that since you dared to come here secretly, you must have a good plan for me."

"Yes, I can't save you, but I recently met a great immortal in the algae forest. He was looking for a spiritual companion and mount that suited his heart in the South China Sea. I wanted to ask you if you are interested in serving that great immortal?"

"Tell me in detail."

Kui beast gave the mermaid a hint of inspiration and spoke with great interest.

White scales on the flowing rocks, on the Diaoyutai.

Ji Ming's Yin spirit held the magic talisman and flew into the sky.

He traveled to the upper realm of Lingkong and came to the long steps in front of the South Heaven Gate.

There are steep cliffs here that are higher than the steps, with clouds flowing above like streams. There are many Yin gods here, most of whom are the officials under the command of Lei and Dou.

Ji Ming stood here for a while, observing the two gods in front of the door and the Tian Ni behind the door. Seeing that everything in the sky was the same as usual and there was nothing important happening today, he stepped into the steps.

When he stepped onto the long steps in front of the door, he was immediately sent to the bottom of the steps. The South Gate of Heaven suddenly became out of reach, half-obscured by heavy auspicious clouds and mist, and Tian Ni's voice came to his ears.

"Golden Blessings Direct Talisman Senior Official Lingxuzi, why do you want to enter the Heavenly Gate?"

Ji Ming spoke without hesitation: "There is a Taoist in Guhezhou who prayed to the old star god for rain for several days. His sincerity is great and cannot be rejected, so the minor official came to the palace to pass on the talisman for the Taoist in the lower world to bring rain."

"allow!"

Tian Ni behind the door nodded and said.

Although he knew that the minor official in Yanshou Palace was just making up stories, there was no need for him to dwell on this trivial matter. After all, this kind of trivial matter had already become an established rule during his predecessor's tenure.

Although the officials are of low rank, their base is large and the relationships among them are complicated. Even when Tian Ni had just taken office and was at his most ambitious, he did not dare to forcibly ban this old rule.

Ji Ming walked through the steps and entered the door with ease. He shook the relic bottle in his hand slightly, and a box of precious pearls quietly flew into Tian Ni's mouth.

Tian Ni behind the door didn't move at all. He was used to such offerings.

Being the mascot guarding the Nantianmen, welcoming and seeing off people every day, this is the only benefit he gets. But even if this mosquito is small, it is still meat, which is better than nothing.

After Ji Ming entered the South Gate of Heaven, he stepped onto the Flying Phoenix Steps and reached the Rainbow Bridge. He silently chanted "Yanshou Palace" three times in his heart, and soon a towering heavenly palace appeared vaguely at the end of the rainbow bridge.

Ji Ming had come here twice before when he had nothing to do, just to satisfy his curiosity. He came and left in a hurry.

This time when I came over, I saw that outside the huge palace there were still red neon lights rolling and purple mist swirling, and outside the main ridge there were thousands of auspicious colors and countless blessed lights.

There are thousands of acres of land in front of the palace gate, which is extremely empty and lonely. There is only an incense burner, a pine tree, and a green cypress. It seems that there has been no change in millions of years, as if confirming the true nature of the immortals in heaven.

The smoke from the stove and the fresh air from the pines and cypresses blended together to form a red rainbow above. Ji Ming took a wisp of it and sniffed it. The scent was full of the mundane world's yearning for health, wealth and longevity.

"Fu Lu Shou!"

Ji Ming sighed inwardly.

When I arrived at the Yanshou Palace, I began to feel the wonder of immortality.

He glanced at the main gate of Yanshou Palace, then turned and entered through the side door.

(End of this chapter)