You have mastered the art of thunder and you tell me that it is in a strange world?

Chapter 283 The giant underground door
Dark, lightless, and filled with a thick chill.

The air was filled with cold moisture. If Yan Wangsheng, who suffered from rheumatism, was placed here, he would probably cry out in pain immediately.

Zuo Chen felt the wind blowing towards him. He knew that he was in the middle of the long corridor, with a road in front and a path behind.

He glanced back at the ceiling behind him.

There is a very conspicuous big hole on it.

Zuo Chen could sense that there were sealing spells above the stone slabs surrounding the mausoleum. It should be a degraded version of "Turning the Ground into Steel", specifically designed to prevent earth walkers from entering the mausoleum and moving mountains.

It turns out that Zuo Chen's "Earth Walking Technique" is not just about wandering in the earth, but about transforming all things.

Protection method?

It was knocked open by a huge force and a brick flew into the air.

Even someone as thick-skinned as Zuo Chen felt a little embarrassed for a moment.

With a wave of his hand, the broken stone slab immediately grew wildly like a living plant, and recovered in the blink of an eye, as if no one had ever visited.

Then he added some clever tricks on it to prevent future thieves from entering through here.

After doing all this, Zuo Chen walked along the corridor.

The middle of the corridor is connected to one empty room after another. These houses are wide and huge, and the entire space is no smaller than the Yaochi Tower where Zuo Chen lives today.

The decoration styles of these empty rooms are different. Some are prosperous and gorgeous. When you enter one of them, you can see ceramic soldiers in armor and holding swords, guarding a coffin made of pure gold in the middle.

Others are extremely poetic. After entering the empty room, what comes into view is a faint orchid light. A small blue lake is placed in the center of the house. There is a small island in the middle of the lake. On the island lies a mahogany coffin. Next to the coffin is a locust tree planted with red strips tied above the tree, which sways slightly in the wind that blows from nowhere.

Some are simply empty rooms with nothing inside except for cleanly polished stone walls.

Apparently these empty rooms were still waiting for the new emperor to be buried in them.

After walking around, Zuo Chen discovered that there were a total of thirty-three empty rooms, and seventeen of them now contained coffins of different styles.

If it were thrown into the future, there would definitely be people who would put up banners at the door and make money by selling tickets.

Of course, Zuo Chen did not do anything rude. Every time he passed by the big house, he would bow and say "sorry for bothering you".

Even if there are no ghosts, you should at least be polite when entering someone's tomb.

After looking around, Zuo Chen suddenly felt something strange:
The emperors were all aloof and conceited. If given the chance, they would definitely choose a Feng Shui treasure land for themselves and build a large-scale project. After spending a lot of money and manpower, they would create a "great" cemetery for future generations to admire. At the same time, they would be able to command thousands of troops in the underworld and enjoy the ultimate bliss on earth.

Most of them did this until the last emperor died violently in the wilderness.

Pay attention to the emperor's ancestral temple. It is definitely not a corpse that is enshrined inside. It is more likely to be a tablet.

Then why did Emperor Daliang choose to be buried together?
If someone told Zuo Chen that this was because the emperors of Daliang had a strong sense of family and believed that family members should be buried together, Zuo Chen would definitely not believe it.

and……

Zuo Chen stretched out his hand and placed it on the wall next to him.

The part of the ceiling that he had just repaired was obviously newly built, but now these walls looked old.

This mausoleum...

More like it was built on top of an ancient corpse.

Only then did he remember that he seemed to have a question he had never asked Li Ji.

Where is the ancient city surrounded by seven large cities?
As guesses came to his mind, Zuo Chen just felt it was weird.

Using the technique of shrinking the earth into an inch, Zuo Chen quickly walked around the entire tomb and looked at every corner.

Apart from the coffin room, which has been half seen, there is an open space in the middle of the entire mausoleum. In the open space, there is a huge long table covered with some old rags. Above it are three rows of tablets, with twelve in the bottom row, five in the middle, and one on the top row for the founding emperor.

Directly in front of the long table is an upward corridor with a slight night breeze blowing down from above. Going up from here should be the interior of the palace.

Apart from this, there seemed to be nothing else worthy of Zuo Chen's attention.

Not here?
He frowned and paced twice.

Suddenly, Zuo Chen realized that something seemed to be wrong.

The ceiling is new...

The flooring is new too!

With a slight movement in his heart, Zuo Chen used the "Earth Movement Technique" again and began to rush downwards.

In just a moment, Zuo Chen felt his feet go empty.

When he came to his senses, Zuo Chen only felt a bright light before his eyes.

He saw a huge hole.

The entire cavity is several times larger than the tomb above. The surrounding walls are carved with intricate patterns. Light blue light flows through the patterns, like blood in the blood vessels, pumping straight to the heart.

And this heart...

It is a big door standing upright on the hollow wall!
This is a huge stone door without any patterns on it. The dark blue color flowing on the surrounding walls has rolled into the cracks of the stone door, moving with the waves like rivers.

Zuo Chen landed on the ground, walked to the door, and reached out to press it.

He still remembered that when he was in the northern plains of Youzhou, he discovered a deep cave.

There is also a stone door in the cave, which is exactly the same as the one in front of you except for the size.

This was created by ancient monks who squatted underground.
Today, Liu Quande and Hu Wen are studying that door, but they didn't expect to see an exactly the same one here.

I'm afraid it's not a coincidence.

In Zuo Chen's field of vision, there was a thin stream of Qi swirling upwards from the crack in the door, forming a long line that connected directly to the sky.

This is the line connecting the little emperor.

Staring at this long line, Zuo Chen now...

Itchy heart,

I feel very itchy.

He really wanted to push the door open and see what was inside.

But according to Zuo Chen's perception of Qi, the Tiangong technique above the gate is almost exactly the same as that underground in the north.

In other words, as long as Zuo Chen forcibly tears open the door, everything behind the door will instantly disappear.

I'm afraid that the little emperor sleeping above my head will die and become a real corpse.

He suppressed the urge in his heart and finally just left a little breath mark here. Then he used magic to leap up from dozens of feet underground and reappeared on the ground of the palace.

Left the palace and returned to the residence.

From the time he went out to the time he left, it took no more than an incense stick of time.

The harvest from underground tonight really surprised Zuo Chen, so he simply took out the special communication incense that Liu Quande had given him before and lit it.

I plan to ask Liu Quande about his current progress.

……

The mountains on the edge of the northern plain were shrouded in fog all year round before Zuo Chen moved the mountains and reclaimed the sea, making it difficult for Li Ji's soldiers to approach.

Now, under the influence of the gods' magic, the fog has dissipated, and the soldiers have finally discovered all kinds of wonders in this border area.

There are temples built on the mountains, emitting faint light, and there are also ancient trees pointing straight to the sky, resisting the Qi of the bitter sea.

The most important one among these is naturally the door that Zuo Chen discovered some time ago.

Nowadays, a transit station has been set up outside the cave, with accommodation for carriages inside. Because the distance for transporting grain and meat is long, Prince Wei's palace sent some capable farmers there to cultivate the fields and raise chickens and geese.

Now some miners are coming here to mine minerals, and the people are building a place for the miners to live, which is very lively.

The long cave has been modified several times and is no longer as wild and primitive as it was at the beginning. It was difficult for the people to dig the walls, so they simply moved tables, chairs and benches into the cave, placed lanterns that could continuously provide light, and prepared beds for temporary living.

Next to the gate, Liu Quande and a group of students were writing furiously, having been busy all day.

Most of the students could no longer hold on and staggered out of the cave, leaving only Hu Wen. After finishing writing the stack of content, he felt sleepy and simply fell down in the cave.

Soon, snoring sounds were heard.

A little fox head popped up next to Hu Wen, and it ran to Hu Wen's feet, took out a quilt from somewhere, and covered Hu Wen with it.

He also tucked in the corners of the quilt, fearing that Hu Wen would catch a cold.

Soon Hu Wen was sweating from the heat and started kicking the quilt. Little Foxy started to cover herself with the quilt while screaming, saying:
"Don't kick! You'll catch a cold!"

Liu Quande also stopped working and watched the two little ones interacting next to him with a smile.

Suddenly, Liu Quande felt something and saw the communication incense on the table next to him was lit.

This was the letter he gave to Taoist Master Zuo Chen. He had originally planned to contact the Taoist master after opening the door himself, but he didn't expect that the Taoist master would contact him today.

He quickly put down the abacus in his hand and turned on the incense. Zuo Chen's voice also appeared clearly beside Liu Quande's ear:

"Liu Xian, long time no see."

"Master, long time no see. Where are you and why did you suddenly send me a message?"

"I was in Kyoto and saw something, so I wanted to ask you about it."

Liu Quande was slightly surprised.

Kyoto is extremely far away from the Youzhou Plain. Logically, the burning incense should be intermittent, but the Taoist priest's voice seemed to be ringing in his ears.

The Taoist priest was very skilled in Taoism, and he must have used some tricks, so the conversation between the two of them was steady and clear.

"How long will it take for the gate on your side to unlock?"

Hearing Zuo Chen's question, Liu Quande immediately said excitedly:

"Great progress. If we continue at this pace, it will take at least seven days, or at most half a month, for the door to open by itself!"

"As expected of you, you are Liu Xian. You are truly amazing." Zuo Chen praised.

"Master, did you come here today to light incense just to ask this?" Liu Quande was a little puzzled.

"Not really." Zuo Chen said, "I also found a door underground in Kyoto. It's the same as the one you have."

Liu Xian: “Ah?”

(End of this chapter)