Day and night tour

Chapter 356 Whisper in the Abyss
Li Chengfeng quickly changed his "storyteller's tone" to a normal narrative tone: "There were twelve strong men who used the power of pangolins to dig a pit frantically. From the well, it only took three days to dig hundreds of meters underground."

Zhou Xuan almost laughed out loud, and said with his hands spread out, "You've been warming up for a long time, and these ridge-lifting warriors are like twelve excavators, right?"

"Almost." Li Chengfeng said.

At this moment, Zhao Wuya pointed out the flaw and said, "This is not right. After digging for hundreds of meters, what will those strong men eat, drink, and sleep? How can we transport the excavated earth? We can't just hang a rope down, and when the digging is almost done, we can climb up along the rope."

“That’s not the case. The Earth Abyss Project is about digging thousands or even tens of thousands of meters underground. If we rely on ropes to go in and out every day, it would be very inefficient.

Li Chengfeng explained: "That great scholar Liu Pingyao, like Master Hua, also comprehended the laws of space, and his realm of the laws of space is even higher than Master Hua's."

"One realm higher than me? What realm is it?"

The painter asked Li Chengfeng.

Li Chengfeng pointed to an empty space and said, "Master Hua, the first level of the law of space is called Wuliang. After the disciples of the Xianghuo Shendao comprehend this level of law, they can come and go freely in the Wuliang space."

The ghost space is a layer of space outside the real space. In this space, the yellow sand and strong wind can blow anyone who mistakenly enters the space into a skeleton.

"This layer of space has many overlaps with the real space. In our real space, places that seem extremely far away are only a few meters away in the ghost space."

Li Chengfeng raised two fingers and said, "The second level of the space law is to completely blend a part of the ghost space with the real space. The caster controls two "doors".
Liu Pingyao then opened this "door" underground, and another "door" at the mouth of the well. After those warriors entered the underground door, they could come out from the door at the mouth of the well. No matter how deep the well was, it would only take a moment to get out. "

"So this level of space is called the Gate of Space."

When Li Chengfeng said this, everyone understood how those strong men solved the physiological problems and the problems of earth accumulation.

"No wonder Liu Pingyao is so crazy. He wants to dig out the abyss. He really doesn't have the talent to do this kind of work."

Yun Ziliang sighed on the side.

Li Chengfeng continued, "With the help of the Xiailing Lishi digging holes and Liu Pingyao's space gate to ensure logistics, the Diyuan Project progressed very quickly, from a few hundred meters to two or three thousand meters... During this period, everything went smoothly, but after exceeding three thousand meters, strange things started to happen."

"For example."

Zhou Xuan didn't have time to listen to Li Chengfeng's "creating an atmosphere", he just wanted to know what happened.

"Bones, grim bones."

Li Chengfeng said: "They are all human bones, skull, hand bones, leg bones. Those bones are grayish white, but they have periosteum."

"The best tomb robbers can judge the age of the bones by the texture of the bones." Li Chengfeng pointed at the bones of the folding fan and said, "Based on the texture, they think those bones should have been left over from thousands of years ago. But for bones that old, the periosteum would have rotted away long ago. How could it still be attached to the bones?"

"Xiangling Lishi felt it was strange and eerie, and suggested that Liu Pingyao stop digging the hole."

"But Liu Pingyao wouldn't allow it. He originally guessed that there must be a huge secret hidden deep in the core of the Jing Kingdom. Now Bones seems to have revealed the tip of the iceberg of the secret. How could he give up?"

Li Chengfeng paused when he spoke this, and drank a sip of the wild vegetable soup handed to him by Xiao Fuzi. The people around him wanted to slap him in the face right now - when it comes to the crucial point, you still want to change your breathing position?

"Speak now, speak now."

Li Chengfeng wiped his mouth with a handkerchief and continued, "Liu Pingyao promised a huge profit and doubled the price agreed in advance. Those strong men who fight among the dead are already doing business. If they can make more money, they will naturally become bolder."

"Another month passed. The well had been dug six thousand meters underground. With every handful of dirt, bones were found. Moreover, the bones were no longer covered with periosteum, but with a little flesh and blood... The flesh and blood were gently moving, showing signs of life."

"Those warriors have gotten used to it and don't think it's dangerous, but Liu Pingyao heard the murmurs."

Li Chengfeng said: "In Liu Pingyao's notebook, there was a record of the sound he heard."

"What did he hear?" Zhou Xuan asked.

"No males allowed!"

Li Chengfeng said: "That was a threatening and warning voice, but for some reason, only Liu Pingyao could hear it. He was a crazy man. In order to let the Xialing warriors continue to dig with peace of mind, he did not tell anyone about the strange whispers, but directed the digging without making a sound."

"Seven thousand meters, eight thousand meters, nine thousand meters. As the schedule progressed, the excavation team dug to a depth of ten thousand meters, and finally..."

"No more digging?"

"Xieling Lishi and Liu Pingyao, both of them have lost contact."

Li Chengfeng said: "The Bone Elders Association also paid attention to the excavation of the Abyss this time, and many scholars were watching at the wellhead of the Abyss.

The "door" left by Liu Pingyao at the wellhead quickly decayed as Liu Pingyao and the strong man disappeared. Scholars who were closer to the "door" heard a very strange sound from inside the "door", which sounded like the whistling of the wind, or someone's low humming, mixed with Liu Pingyao's shrill screams.

"When the Saint Son and Saint Daughter of the Bone Elders learned the news, they united with the four great priests and used the Dao Flame to destroy the door and seal the entire entrance to the Earth Abyss."

When Li Chengfeng said this, Yun Ziliang frowned and asked, "How did you seal it? Just with that broken manhole cover Xuanzi mentioned?"

"Don't mention it, Mr. Yun, the sealing of the Earth Abyss also owes its credit to you Taoist priests who are looking for dragons."

Li Chengfeng said: "Five hundred death row prisoners were thrown into the ground and laid out in a large formation. The Bone Elders Association also selected eight bone elders who were over seven incense sticks old and made them into human stakes to form the center of the formation. This is the flesh and blood formation of the Bone Elders Association.
Combined with the Heavenly Light Town of the Dragon Seeker, the Earth Abyss was sealed. The manhole cover is the most insignificant part. "

Everyone looked at Yun Ziliang.

Yun Ziliang immediately got angry, poked his nose and said, "Why are you looking at me? I didn't seal him. I was hiding in a painting during the twelfth year of Jingguo."

The painter said at this time: "At that time, I had not yet joined the Bone Elders' Association, but after I became a priest, I had exchanges with the priests of the previous generation and talked about the past events of the Earth Abyss.
In that past, there was a not-so-secret secret: the person who presided over the Dust-sealed Abyss was the former Dragon Seeker Hall Master, who was the Nine Incense Sticks in the Human World at that time. "

The painter pointed to the sky and said, "This hall master, after being sealed in the abyss for nine years, successfully ascended to the sky and killed the old dragon-seeking god. He became the current Dragon-seeking Hall, the sky-level god "Mountain Ancestor". "

"what?!"

Yun Ziliang and Zhao Wuya were both shocked.

They had just heard Zhou Xuan say that the divination at the Blood Well had clearly shown that the "Mountain Ancestor" was in the abyss.

And the person who sealed the Abyss back then was none other than the "Mountain Ancestor" who had not yet ascended to heaven. How could it be such a coincidence?
The painter and Li Chengfeng didn't know why everyone was so surprised. When they learned the truth... they were even more shocked.

"What? The Mountain Ancestor is either in the sky or under the abyss of the earth?"

Zhou Xuan said: "Lao Hua, take me to the front of the abyss."

"You can go and take a look, but, sir, you can't go under the abyss."

The painter said: "Don't hear, don't look, don't listen. There must be something incredible ten thousand meters underground."

"Let's go take a look first."

Since Zhou Xuan insisted, the painter and Li Chengfeng had no choice but to lead the way. Zhou Xuan took "Big Boy and Third Boy" with him.

This ginseng doll cannot escape. As this good treasure can help Yuan Buyu bear the curse, Zhou Xuan naturally has to escort it personally.

……

Diyuan is located under the teaching building of Huifeng Medical College.

This building was not burned down during the Zoroastrian fire disaster and remained intact.

They walked into the basement and saw a piece of yellow paper sealed in front of an iron door. It read: Sealed in the twelfth year of Jing State. Anyone who opens this seal will be punished by fire.

The painter tore up the yellow paper on the spot, and at the same time summoned the musicians and Gu Ling with a secret letter.

After the death of the Scholar of Pain, Li Chengfeng succeeded to the position of priest. Now, the four great priests of the Bone Elders' Society have gathered together.

"Mr. Da wants to go to the abyss to take a look."

After the painter finished speaking to the others, he held out his hand, and in his hand there was a key.

Gu Ling, the musician, and Li Chengfeng also took out a key at the same time. These four keys were actually one key, and when put together, they formed a bronze flower.

Unlock, push the door,

Everyone filed in and entered a huge stone chamber.

The stone chamber is surrounded by high walls on all sides, but it is not completely sealed. It is more like a well built at a very high level and has no roof.

Thousands of hexagonal prisms were hung on the four walls in a certain pattern. The wind blew down from the high "well" mouth, causing the hexagonal prisms to sway slightly. The small bells hanging on the handles of the mirrors made crisp sounds.

The ringtone was not unpleasant to hear, and was even somewhat pleasant to the ears. Zhou Xuan's mood inexplicably improved as well.

Yun Ziliang looked at the layout of the stone chamber and said, "It is indeed the work of Xunlong. It draws the light from the sky and has six edges. This is Xunlong's magic array to suppress evil spirits with the light from the sky."

Zhao Wuya took a look and asked, "Grandmaster, isn't this the evil-blocking formation that Xunlong Tianshi used to improve the feng shui of dignitaries? It's nothing more than an enlarged version, with four mirrors replaced by thousands of mirrors."

"Oh, Yazi, the Evil-Resisting Array is just a miniature version of the Skylight Array." Yun Ziliang was so angry that he stomped his feet.

He is a famous dragon hunter who has been in the world for many years. He brought his apprentice to see the world, but his apprentice showed such cowardice. How could he not be angry?

"Then why don't we use thousands of mirrors when we change the feng shui for dignitaries? Four mirrors is too stingy." Zhao Wuya was very straightforward.

Geng Deyun Ziliang almost fainted: "Yazi, you are no threat to me in the Feng Shui world, but you can ruin my reputation in the education world!"

He grabbed Zhao Wuya's ear and roared, "A few mirrors that utilize sunlight can ward off evil spirits. What kind of noble family would be favored by the most terrifying evil spirit in the world? Is it a violation of heaven's law? Is it necessary to put up thousands of mirrors?" "Grandmaster, I know, I know." Zhao Wuya grimaced in pain.

Yun Ziliang turned around and said to everyone, "I'm sorry, I really lost my composure because of a traitor in my family."

But the crowd did not laugh at Yun Ziliang - who among the wandering people in the martial arts world does not have a few disciples? The disciples they accepted might not be as talented as Zhao Wuya.

"Lao Yun, it's night now. The light brought in by the prism is moonlight, but I feel that this moonlight is hotter than sunlight. Is there any explanation for this?"

"There is a lot of mystery."

Yun Ziliang pointed at the mirrors on the wall and said, "The hexagonal prism is the most difficult to focus. The so-called blocking and suppressing of evil spirits is to use the angle of the mirror to focus the incoming skylight on one point. This kind of adjustment requires great skill.
Normally, a Dragon Seeker could only place ten mirrors, which was already the limit. He could place thousands of mirrors to bring the light from the sky to the Well of the Abyss. I firmly believe that this was the method used by the Dragon Seeker. It is night now. If it were daytime, with strong sunlight, the light from the sky would have heated the stone chamber like a furnace.

"Without extraordinary skills, it would be impossible to make such an exquisite layout."

At this point, Lao Yun pointed at the manhole cover and said to Zhou Xuan, "Xuan Zi, I have to tell you in advance that such a large formation, with so many troops, is not intended to suppress a small thing. As Lao Hua and Li Chengfeng said, it may be a big evil, a huge evil..."

“But we have no way out.”

Zhou Xuan said.

To rebuild Mingjiang Mansion, six gods are needed. Including the bitter ghost, there are only five at most. Without the approval of the sixth god, the Book of Will cannot take effect.

With Zhou Xuan's "divine affinity", where else could he win over the sixth god except the Mountain Ancestor?

Furthermore,

As Yun Ziliang said - if we can find the Mountain Ancestor, we might be able to find out the weakness of "Bifang" from him.

Killing Bifang and lifting the curse of "the appearance of a hundred beasts" is also Zhou Xuan's current high priority plan.

“Whether it’s saving the master or rebuilding Mingjiang Mansion, Shanzu is the top priority.”

Zhou Xuan looked at Yun Ziliang and said, "I want to go down to the abyss."

"Sir, if the manhole cover of this abyss is opened and the things under the abyss are released, I'm afraid there will be a disaster."

The musician also reminded Zhou Xuan.

When Zhou Xuan heard the word "catastrophe", he suddenly remembered Qingfeng's Taiping Scale hexagram.

After the disaster, Qingfeng found Zhou Xuan - he told him about the strange phenomenon of the Taiping scale. The disaster of Mingjiang Mansion had obviously been avoided, but in the Taiping scale, the weight of Mingjiang Mansion fell to the bottom, which meant that Mingjiang Mansion was still at risk of a catastrophe.

However, at that time, Mingjiang Prefecture had no more external threats, and Zhou Xuan had also begun to solve the internal food and grass problems. On the surface, there was no risk at all, and the only thing left was reconstruction.

Now it seems--

——Could it be that the disaster in Mingjiang Prefecture started with the unsealing of the Diyuan? And the one who started it was Zhou Xuan?
For a moment, Zhou Xuan was caught in a dilemma.

The future is uncertain, and the two forks in the road are seriously affecting Zhou Xuan's judgment, making it impossible for him to make a decision in the first place.

But he remained calm and turned his head to ask Yun Ziliang, "Can I use the method of daily soul travel to get to the abyss without destroying the skylight formation?"

"Yes."

Yun Ziliang said: "Although the Skylight Formation can suppress all kinds of evil spirits, wandering souls, and outsiders, you are a disciple of the Taoist master after all. This formation cannot embarrass you. But only your soul can go down, and none of us can go down to the Abyss. I am afraid that you will be alone in the Abyss and it will be difficult for you to do anything."

Zhou Xuan's soul could go anywhere, except this abyss. Liu Pingyao's spatial law was one level higher than that of the painter. Even at 30,000 feet, no one survived.

The unknown horror beneath the abyss, if Zhou Xuan entered alone, his fate would be the same as Liu Pingyao's.

"If I find help, we will suspend the Skylight Formation and have someone guard the wellhead. Once any evil spirit comes out, we will restart the formation..." Zhou Xuan had a new plan.

Yun Ziliang continued, "It's OK if someone guards the formation. I can help you do that."

"Amitabha, let me be the one to guard the formation."

The person who spoke was Zhao Wuya, who lowered his head.

His Buddha heart opened up again, and he said, "I have a Buddha heart. With the help of this Sky Light Formation, I can guard the mouth of the Earth Abyss."

Having said this, Zhao Wuya sat on the lotus seat, his body floating two meters away, with his hands as if holding a flower.

Seeing that Zhao Wuya had already taken up the defensive formation, the painter made up his mind and said to Zhou Xuan, "Master, under the abyss, the Wandering God Lantern will be ineffective. No other helper can help you. I, Lao Hua, have mastered the laws of space, just like you. There is no place I cannot go. I will be your helper."

"Thank you, Lao Hua."

"It's just a trivial matter, not worth mentioning." The painter is like this. Whenever he encounters a big event, he will think about it over and over again and appear a little timid, but as long as he takes the first step, he will no longer be afraid, grit his teeth, and get things done to the end.

Zhou Xuan said to the painter, "We are going down to the abyss this time just to explore the truth. It would be best if we can find the Mountain Ancestor, but if not, we won't force it. If you encounter something wrong, you enter the ghost space, and I will travel in spirit and soul, and then notify the monk Wuya who is guarding the well mouth to seal the well immediately."

When the musician heard this, he asked, "Then the question is, the abyss is ten thousand meters deep, how can you notify us?"

"I have this."

Zhou Xuan stretched his right hand into his secret realm, pulled hard, and pulled out a skeleton monk.

This statue of a monk with bones is the Nuo god Heishui, made from the bones of a monk who boils wine. The monk's hands are bone locks that can hook Zhou Xuan. No matter where Zhou Xuan goes, the hook will automatically extend.

Once he went down the blood well and returned to Pengjia Town three hundred years ago, Zhou Xuan used the hook of the White Bone Monk.

"After we go down the well, if the hook rope shakes violently, it means we have detected that the great evil may be about to come out of the abyss. You just need to seal the well, and we will use the space method and the day travel method to escape."

"What if after you go down the well, the space method and the day travel method lose their effects and you are entangled by evil things? What should you do?"

Yun Ziliang told the worst consequences.

Zhou Xuan was silent at first, then he said firmly: "If Lao Hua and I are trapped and cannot use the space method or the day travel method, you still seal the well."

"Then I'll seal you down there."

"It's better than the evil creature coming out of the abyss and the whole city being covered in ink."

At this point, Zhou Xuan asked the painter, "Old Hua, going down to the abyss is a life-or-death business. It's not too late for you to regret it."

"As long as the people in the city are safe, I am not afraid to fight to the death."

The fire in the painter's palm was already burning, ready to go down to the abyss.

"Don't you want to consider other methods?"

Out of concern, Yun Ziliang still asked Zhou Xuan.

"Life is in danger. My master's life and the countless souls of the dead in Mingjiang Prefecture are all tied to the Mountain Ancestor. I have to go down to the Earth Abyss."

Then, Zhou Xuan said to Yun Ziliang: "Moreover, the Blood Well Divination revealed the whereabouts of the Mountain Ancestor, which proves that the Mountain Ancestor is still alive and has not fallen. If the Mountain Ancestor can survive, why can't I, Zhou Xuan, survive?"

After saying this, Yun Ziliang and Zhou Xuan looked at each other and smiled, showing their heroic spirit.

"You have made up your mind. I, Lao Yun, will dig a well for you."

Yun Ziliang was inside the stone house, stepping on the Tiangang Step. After taking a few steps, he determined a direction and pointed to a mirror: "Yazi, turn over the mirror."

Zen Master Wuya and Zhao Wuya are actually the same person, with both a Buddha's heart and a Taoist body. He raised his hand, rolled up a ray of heavenly light, and directed it towards the mirror, turning the mirror surface upside down.

Yun Ziliang walked to the next position and pointed at a mirror again: "Keep flipping."

This is how Lao Yun and Ya Zi, the dragon-hunting master and apprentice, operated. After turning over more than 20 mirrors in a row, the mountain wind stopped flowing inside the high walls of the stone chamber, and the moonlight no longer burned people.
This is the sign that the "Skylight Demon-Suppressing Array" has stopped working.

The musician, Gu Ling, Li Chengfeng, and the painter ignited the Dao Flame at the same time.

Four flames were driven at the same time to open the cover of the Abyss Well, and a bottomless underground cave appeared before Zhou Xuan's eyes.

"The Bones Monk."

Zhou Xuan roared, and his soul left his body.

The Skeleton Monk's hands turned into hooks, one hook entangled Zhou Xuan's soul, and the other hooked the painter.

"Lao Yun, Yazi, remember this. No matter which of us shakes these two hook chains violently, you will seal the Earth Abyss. Remember this, remember this."

After Zhou Xuan finished speaking, he threw the ginseng boy in his hand to Gu Ling: "Take care of this kid, don't let him run away."

After he finished speaking, Zhou Xuan's soul had already traveled into the abyss of the earth.

"Remember, when in doubt, seal the well."

The painter emphasized it again, then entered the ghost space and followed Zhou Xuan down to the abyss...

(End of this chapter)