Martial Arts World Assassin

Chapter 329: Earth Core Dragon
It is already March.

The weather is getting warmer and the mountain flowers are blooming.

Huang Sixi shuttled through the mountains, looking at the beautiful green scenery, and felt particularly happy.

His search for the War God Temple in Jingyan Palace was also relatively smooth. After all, the Qianligang Mountains were not large, stretching for only a hundred miles.

It only took him a few days to search the entire mountain range and finally pinpoint the source of the abnormal weather.

It was noon that day.

Huang Sixi sat cross-legged beside a river, holding a Feng Shui compass in his hand, turning the knob on the disk in circles, and calculating the direction of the entrance to the War God Temple of Jingyan Palace.

This river is several meters wide. On the opposite bank is a towering peak, which is about 500 meters above sea level. The peak stands out above the mountains. If you stand on the top of the majestic peak, you can overlook the green plains outside the Qianligang Mountains.

The abnormal weather conditions detected by the Feng Shui compass were nearby, and Huang Sixi had already determined that the Jingyan Palace was hidden inside the dangerous peak on the opposite bank.

But no matter how Huang Sixi calculated, the direction of the entrance to Jingyan Palace pointed by the Feng Shui compass was not somewhere on the peak, but was located below the river at the foot of the mountain.

This made Huang Sixi confused and puzzled.

His eyes swept across the river and toward the towering mountains on the opposite bank.

The entire mountain is lush and green, with no signs of excavation.

Huang Sixi thought confidently: "If the Feng Shui compass is not malfunctioning, then Jingyan Palace must be buried in this peak. If I use the Jingji Knife to chop along the mountain and split the rocks, I should be able to find the palace wall of Jingyan Palace!"

However, the main hall of Jingyan Palace, Yanxiang Hall, is about eight zhang high, and the two side halls on the left and right, Zuo Yanyi Hall and You Yanyi Hall, are more than two zhang lower than the main hall, and are connected by a ten zhang long corridor in the middle.

The three buildings, one main and two secondary, form a system of their own. The project is huge and unique, and its origin is mysterious. It has been developed in the Qianligang Mountains since ancient times. Huang Sixi does not know where exactly it is buried within the peak.

Trying to dig out a 80-zhang-high building from a 500-zhang-high peak is as difficult as moving the mountain.

The key is that the walls of Jingyan Palace are built with a marble-like material that is invulnerable to swords and knives. The palace doors are made of a rare metal about one foot thick. Even if Huang Sixi digs into the palace wall, the Jingji Sword may not be able to break into the palace.

Of course, Huang Sixi can also use the Dragon Subduing Sword to break down even the strongest palace walls and palace doors.

But what is Huang Sixi's purpose in searching for Jingyan Palace? In order to follow the clues and explore the Temple of the God of War, until he finds the ancient treasure book "The Atlas of the God of War".

The Temple of War God is just below the Jingyan Palace, and the entrance is hidden in a corner of the Jingyan Palace.

There is a heavily defensive array of mechanisms in Jingyan Palace, which is arranged according to the orbits of the twenty-eight constellations.

Even though Huang Sixi was proficient in the art of Qimen Dunjia, he still had to wait until the stars in the sky moved to a certain time and moment before he could open the door to the Temple of the God of War.

So from the outside, the entire Jingyan Palace looks like a palace, but in reality it is most likely a stone formation that blocks the Temple of the God of War.

Because the stone formation of Jingyan Palace is arranged seamlessly, no matter how strong the aura emitted by the Temple of War God is, it cannot leak out through Jingyan Palace. This is also the reason why the Feng Shui compass cannot calculate the location of the Temple of War God from the peak.

However, the Feng Shui compass bypassed the Jingyan Palace and directly calculated the entrance to the Temple of the God of War from the underground river.

Huang Sixi suddenly had an idea: "Does this mean that the Temple of the God of War is connected to the underground river? If I dive deep into the river, I can bypass the Jingyan Palace and enter the Temple of the God of War directly without passing through the stone formation inside the palace?"

The Tomb of the Living Dead in The Legend of the Condor Heroes is also connected to an underground river. Even if the outside of the tomb is blocked by the Dragon-Breaking Stone, one can still enter and exit the Tomb of the Living Dead through the river.

Thinking of this, Huang Sixi immediately stood up, jumped into the river with a "plop", and sank to the bottom of the river.

The entire river is only a few feet wide and not deep.

However, the direction calculated by the Feng Shui compass concealed an abyss. Huang Sixi dived more than ten feet deep but did not reach the bottom.

At this time, the sunlight could no longer shine through, and Huang Sixi was in the river, so he could not see anything with his naked eyes.

He had to draw out the Dragon Subduing Sword and put his mind into a subtle state so that his senses could sense the underwater environment like a fish.

He could also see the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches icons on the Feng Shui compass clearly and began to swim horizontally according to the instructions of the compass.

As early as when he cultivated the innate true qi in Tianlong Jianghu, he already had the ability of fetal breathing, and he had no problem swimming across the Yangtze River while holding his breath.

The Secret of Immortality that he practiced is the highest Taoist secret, which specializes in the hidden ways of health preservation. When practicing, the body functions like animals hibernating, the breathing can be restrained, and the internal energy circulates endlessly.

With his current martial arts skills, it is more than enough for him to explore the way underwater for half a day. He only needs to guard against the abnormal creatures deep in the river.

He used the 'Clear Sword Heart' of the Dragon Subduing Sword to alert the surrounding environment. His spiritual aura could cover an area of several meters in radius. Any creature that approached him would be chopped into pieces by the Dragon Subduing Sword.

Even the slightest current of water could not escape his eyes and ears.

In this way, he swam carefully at the bottom of the river, diving deeper and deeper.

Until the sun could no longer penetrate even a little, the environment was pitch dark, as if you were in the dark center of the earth.

This kind of terrain seemed to have no end. As a result, after Huang Sixi turned a corner along the water flow, the environment ahead suddenly became brighter.

But Huang Sixi did not feel surprised. Instead, he felt worried, because the light did not come from the sunlight outside, but a depressing dark red.

He quickly came up with a rough idea in his mind: "The river should have reached the bottom, but the terrain under the river is not stable, which caused the magma to erupt!"

In a short while the water began to heat up.

He concentrated his attention and explored forward, and found a sunken terrain in front of him. Magma from the earth's core could be seen everywhere, splashing chaotically, blocking the way forward.

He had to stop exploring and let his body sink into the mud at the bottom of the river to take a breath.

The Feng Shui compass showed that the entrance to the Temple of War was right in front of them, but the surrounding area was completely blocked by lava, making people dare not cross the line.

Huang Sixi wanted to go around the lava, but he had unknowingly swam into a secret passage. There were mud walls above him and rocks standing around the lava, making it impossible for him to pass through.

Just as he was thinking about countermeasures, he suddenly noticed a slight water wave spreading from his right side.

He immediately became alert, raised the Dragon Subduing Sword and pointed it at the distance.

He saw a ball of water splashing across the water several feet away from him, but due to the fast speed, he couldn't see the true shape of the water splash for a while.

When Huang Sixi was about to use his sword energy, the water splashes suddenly stopped automatically, revealing the figure of a coiled water snake.

The snake was only about one foot long, its body as thin as a finger, and its entire body was shiny green, like a highly poisonous snake.

But Huang Sixi looked carefully again and found that the snake's body was coiled into a circle, with its head tucked in the middle, staring at Huang Sixi silently.

It has two short, pointed horns on its forehead, a circle of lion-mane-like hair on its neck, flat and upturned nostrils, a wide mouth, and its black eyes look at Huang Sixi with a curious anthropomorphic expression, looking very spiritual.

"This is not a snake!"

Huang Sixi quickly noticed its uniqueness. Although its body was in the shape of a snake, its head was exactly the same as the legendary dragon.

If it had four limbs, Huang Sixi could confirm without a doubt that it was a water dragon.

As Huang Sixi was thinking this, it fell to the bottom of the river with a "whoosh!", and four limbs covered with scales and webs popped out from its belly. They looked like palms but not palms, claws but not claws.

It moved all four legs, swung its scorpion-like tail, and approached Huang Sixi step by step.

Even though Huang Sixi was extremely daring, he didn't dare to easily touch the inconspicuous little monster in front of him, and hurriedly took a few steps back. When it saw Huang Sixi retreating, it immediately stopped, blinked its glowing green eyes, and showed a look of helplessness.

Huang Sixi saw a row of small, sharp teeth growing in its mouth, which looked like a newborn.

"Is this dragon just born?"

Huang Sixi thought: "A newborn calf is not afraid of a tiger, and a newborn water dragon is not afraid of a living person like me. How dare they come close to me!"

He also thought that if this water dragon was really a newborn, it should not have a violent temperament, and they could slowly establish a close relationship.

He took out a blood bodhi and threw it in front of the water dragon.

The water dragon first stretched out its nose to sniff, then suddenly its eyes opened wide with a look of joy, it suddenly stood up its body, lowered its wide mouth, and tried to eat the blood bodhi whole. However, its dragon head was half the size of the blood bodhi, so how could it swallow it?
It stretched out its front legs and scratched the blood bodhi tree like a cat scratching a ball, tore off a piece of the kernel, took a bite, then turned its head to look at Huang Sixi, and made a strange humming sound of joy.

Huang Sixi stared at it eating the blood bodhi while recalling the information about the Temple of War God in his mind.

Is there an ancient dragon in the Temple of War? There really is one!
However, that was hundreds of years later in the Yuan Dynasty. The hero Chuan Ying broke into the Temple of the God of War and encountered a magic dragon in the lake outside the temple.

At that time, the dragon was several feet long, covered with thick emerald green armor, and had green eyes as big as lanterns, as if it had already transformed into a mature form.

The small water dragon in front of him was about 70% similar in appearance to the magic dragon that the hero Chuan Ying encountered. It also had four limbs, but its body was dozens of times smaller than the magic dragon.

Huang Sixi couldn't help but wonder: "Could this little water dragon be the young demon dragon that the hero Chuan Ying encountered?"

Of course, the little water dragon may also be the ancestor of the magic dragon.

After all, the dragon's habitat is in the lake near the Temple of War. It has been guarding the Temple of War for generations and may have reproduced offspring.

But whether it is the demon dragon itself or the demon dragon ancestor, it must know the safe route to the Temple of War God.

Soon, the little dragon ate up all the blood bodhi. It was still not satisfied, so it jumped up and pounced on Huang Sixi.

This time Huang Sixi did not retreat. Instead, he stretched out his palms and waited for the little dragon to arrive.

The little magic dragon jumped onto Huang Sixi's palm and began to circle and play.

After it stopped, Huang Sixi pointed towards the lava waters and headed towards them.

The little dragon left his hand in an instant and rushed in front of Huang Sixi to lead the way.

After a while, Huang Sixi had followed the little dragon to the top of the magma. The underground fire splashed around him like a fountain, but it never splashed on Huang Sixi.

The little dragon is a very competent guide.

After swimming for about an incense stick of time, the little dragon and Huang Sixi crossed the lava area.

Huang Sixi discovered that although there was no magma ahead, the light did not weaken much.

And the further you swim, the more aquatic life you will encounter along the way.

Including various kinds of fish, large spherical monsters with tentacles, and even giant strange turtles passing by. It is truly bizarre and unprecedented.

Just as Huang Sixi was sighing, he suddenly heard the sound of waves in his ears. He recognized it as the sound of a waterfall and immediately swam upwards.

The little dragon originally wanted to lead him forward, but when he saw him going upwards, he floated along with him.

After swimming up more than ten feet, Huang Sixi finally broke through the water with a "whoosh!" and breathed the long-lost air.

He immediately turned around to look at the water environment and found that he was in an enormous underground lake. The width of the lake was astonishing, and the diameter was estimated to be ten miles.

If he had not used the subtle state of the Dragon Sword's 'Sword Heart Clear', which enhanced his senses so that he could see more than ten miles away, his naked eyes would definitely have had an illusion that he was floating on the boundless ocean.

The entire huge lake is hidden in a huge rock cave in the earth's core. The lake surface is dozens of feet above the top of the cave, and it looks like the sky when you look up.

In fact, if you look up with your naked eyes, you can only see a layer of gray fog, like watching gloomy weather.

The four edges of the lake are all steep and straight rock walls, covered with all kinds of colorful exotic flowers and plants, as well as vines and grasses all over the walls, which also give the cave a vibrant vitality.

However, in addition to flowers and plants, there are huge cracks on the rock wall at regular intervals. Underground spring water rushes out from the cracks in the rocks, forming splashing waterfalls.

The waves that Huang Sixi heard just now were emitted by these waterfalls.

He looked around and found that there were dozens of waterfalls, which made a loud noise. It was definitely a unique underground wonder.

What's even more amazing is that some of the rock crevices do not release waterfalls, but instead divert the fire sources hidden deep underground. Raging narrow flames burst out along the rock crevices like a dancing fire dragon. These fire sources are evenly distributed around the lake and also illuminate the entire space of the earth's core cave.

The Qingquan Waterfall and the Lieyan Waterfall are arranged next to each other, with water and fire complementing each other, and yin and yang in harmony, forming a strange and wonderful inner world of the earth.

After Huang Sixi looked at the cave environment, he couldn't help but ask himself: "Where is the Temple of the God of War?"

In the very center of the lake at the center of the earth, there is a lonely rocky island, and on the island stands a majestic and magnificent building.

Huang Sixi saw at a glance that on the upper floor of the building, there was a stone plaque with three oracle bone characters "Temple of the God of War" engraved on it.

Each stone inscription is about ten feet in size.

Huang Sixi immediately swam towards the lake island. The little dragon hissed, leaped into the sky, and glided like a flying fish, leading the way for Huang Sixi.

The man and the dragon swam two or three miles in the lake and came to the edge of the lake island.

Looking closely at this moment, Huang Sixi discovered that the entire island was the cornerstone of the Temple of War God, and almost the entire island was covered by the huge building of the Temple of War God.

Huang Sixi leaped out of the lake and landed on a giant stone turtle that was ten feet tall. The turtle's limbs were immersed in the lake water, and its body was exposed.

In front of the stone turtle was a long staircase that rose up layer by layer. Huang Sixi roughly counted them and found that there were at least a thousand steps, shaped like a ladder climbing to heaven.

At the end of the long steps is the magnificent gate of the Temple of War.

Huang Sixi was about to climb the long steps when the little dragon suddenly jumped onto his shoulder, opened its wide mouth and started licking with its tongue.

Huang Sixi understood that it was asking for the Blood Bodhi, and thought that this little dragon was greedy from the moment it was born, and even if he prepared hundreds or thousands of Blood Bodhis, they would not be enough for it to eat.

Besides, Huang Sixi didn't have much blood bodhi left, only dozens of them were left.

He stretched out his index finger and shook it at the little dragon.

The little dragon closed its mouth, its green eyes turned malicious, and it gathered its strength, puffing up its cheeks like a frog.

Huang Sixi suddenly felt something was wrong, and he snapped his fingers, using the force of his fingers to knock the little dragon off his shoulder.

The little dragon somersaulted in the air, quickly adjusted its body shape, and sprayed a cloud of green mist at Huang Sixi.

"Hey? You little brat, you deserve a beating, don't you? If I don't give you food, you'll throw tantrums and spit poison!"

Huang Sixi dodged and avoided the green fog radiation, but he saw that where the fog was spreading, the step stones showed signs of corrosion.

(End of this chapter)