After returning to the village, start chasing the mountain from binding Emei

Chapter 262: Old Coffin Mountain, the situation in the underground palace!

The matter of the paulownia tree has been dealt with.

Liu Henghu repeatedly explained to Monk Longdeng that it would be fine if no one asked, but if someone asked, they had never been to Jianfeng Temple.

Everything after that is simple.

The medicine has been prepared. In the next few days, the Ding family will definitely send someone to get it.

It won't be long before the medicine will be delivered to the two elders of the Ding family, as long as they take the medicine.

Hehe, now it’s going to be fun.

……

"Brother Hu, please go down the mountain first. I have something else to do. I will go back after I finish it."

After coming out of Jianfeng Temple, Chen Yang did not plan to go down the mountain immediately. He had another purpose for coming to Jianfeng Temple this time.

Liu Henghu looked at him strangely, "You don't want to explore the underground palace, do you?"

"How is that possible? I won't go there unless I'm absolutely sure. I've made an appointment with a friend to meet here."

Chen Yang gave a simple reason.

Liu Henghu did not ask any further questions. "Then be careful. If you have any problems, call me. After you get down the mountain, remember to contact me and make an appointment to go to Baoguo Temple."

"it is good."

Watching Liu Henghu walk away, Chen Yang turned around, walked onto a mountain path, and headed into the mountains.

……

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This Bamian Mountain is really desolate.

Most areas of the mountain are rarely visited by humans. The trees are tall and the forests are deep. There are countless ferocious birds and beasts, not to mention snakes, insects, rats and ants.

Chen Yang had come this road last time when he was hunting down Liu Changqing.

It was quite familiar, as this was the direction leading to the underground palace. Chen Yang had another purpose this time, which was to meet He Shiwu and learn about the situation in the underground palace.

……

Red Creek Valley.

The cliffs are hundreds of feet high, and a red stream flows out from the Huangniu Cave.

Against the backdrop of the setting sun, the water in the stream looked even more shocking, like a river of blood flowing from the underworld.

On the grass in front of Huangniu Cave, traces of the last battle and burning are still there.

They cremated hundreds of bat carcasses on the spot that day. Some of the carcasses were not completely burned and rotted. A faint foul smell floated in the valley, attracting many scavenger birds and animals.

Chen Yang's arrival alarmed the birds and beasts, and they scattered.

He pinched his nose and didn't think about staying here, so he went straight to the bottom of the cliff.

The huge cliff, like a city wall, stands in the valley. The smooth cliff is also covered with red moss, which is so red that it is somewhat dazzling.

Climbing over this cliff is the only way to the underground palace.

The cliff is hundreds of meters high and almost vertically upwards. There are not many footholds on it. Let alone ordinary people, without professional mountaineering tools, even Chen Yang, no matter how good his lightness skills are, would not dare to try it easily.

He walked around the bottom of the cliff and found some vines hanging from the top of the cliff on one side.

The vines of the golden bell vine, some of which are old vines as thick as hemp ropes, are twisted and entangled together and covered with moss.

They look like poisonous snakes attached to the cliff.

Isn’t this a natural mountaineering tool?

Chen Yang grabbed a vine and pulled it hard to make sure it was strong enough to bear his weight. Then he took a deep breath, found a soft spot on the ground, grabbed the vine, and climbed up.

Why choose a place with soft ground?

He was also afraid of falling. If the ground was softer, he might have a better chance of survival if he fell.

However, his worries were obviously unnecessary.

The vines of the golden bell vine were very strong. With the help of his powerful arms, he climbed to the top of the hundred-meter-high cliff in less than twenty minutes.

The entire cliff looks like a piece of stone. On the top of the cliff, the terrain is flat, with only some red mosses and shrubs growing on it.

The widest part of the cliff top is only about thirty meters, and the narrowest part is less than half a meter. Standing on the cliff, there are cliffs on both sides. There are several old trees growing on the edge of the cliff, and they are covered with golden bell vines.

The setting sun was shining obliquely, Chen Yang stood facing the wind, his shadow stretched very long on the cliff.

On the other side of the cliff is a deep ravine hundreds of meters deep, which is much lower than the terrain on the Red Creek Valley side.

Further away, there are three high peaks crowded together, forming a valley in the middle of the peaks. Although there is sunlight, layers of mist can still be seen rising from it.

Liu Henghu told him the location of the underground palace.

After climbing over the cliff of Red Creek Valley, you can see three peaks standing tall.

These three peaks may seem like three peaks, but they are actually the same mountain, called Laoguan Mountain.

Among them, the valley is called Shiwang Valley, and the underground palace is located in this valley.

There is a saying that the origin of Shiwang Valley is because this place is related to a powerful man named Shi from the Pingtian Sect a hundred years ago.

There is another saying that this place was not originally called Stone King Valley, but Corpse King Valley. Because the words "stone" and "corpse" in Lingjiang are almost homophones, later generations mistakenly spread the word that Corpse King was Stone King.

There is also a saying that this place was originally called Death Valley.

But it doesn’t matter anymore. The name is just a code and it doesn’t change anything.

Looking at the valley from afar, Chen Yang felt an inexplicable tightness in his heart, as if some great horror was hidden there.

A voice in his heart was warning him not to come close, never come close.

"call!"

Chen Yang took a deep breath and dispelled the inexplicable feeling of fear.

He came to the edge of the cliff and saw several ropes tied to the trunk of a red pine tree.

The rope extended directly below the cliff.

He stepped forward and pulled it.

I don’t know how long this rope has been tied here. It has been rotten due to the sun and rain. With a little force, the rope broke directly.

It is totally unusable.

Maybe it was left by Liu Henghu when he came last time.

The last time they went to the underground palace was when the old principal Chen Jingyun was still alive.

That was eight years ago.

If the rope can't be used, then we can only use the golden bell vine.

Chen Yang pulled a piece of golden bell vine from the side of the Red Creek Valley and put it down the cliff.

It was then that he discovered the problem.

The terrain on this side is much lower, and the cliff is more than twice as high as that on the Red Creek Valley side. The golden bell vine cannot even reach the bottom of the cliff, not even half of it.

How does this go down?

Halfway down, do you just jump down? Won't you fall to death?

Chen Yang frowned.

He found two stronger golden bell vines and connected them to the previous vines, but they were only about two hundred meters long and still could not reach the bottom of the cliff.

He touched his forehead and felt a slight headache for a moment.

The preparations were not sufficient and I came here a little hastily. If I had known earlier, I should have prepared several hundred meters of climbing ropes.

He was still more confident in his lightness skills.

With such a steep cliff, there is no place for the use of Qinggong.

He has come this far. If he doesn’t go down, He Shiwu won’t know he is here.

How to do this?
How about making some noise?
If He Shiwu knew that he was coming, he would probably come to find him on his own initiative.

Judging from the situation, Stone King Valley is only one or two kilometers away from here.

Thinking of this, Chen Yang took a deep breath, put his hands to his mouth, and roared suddenly.

"Hey……"

He is now physically strong enough, so his voice is naturally very loud.

This roar was like a tiger roaring in the mountains.

The sound waves were carried by the wind, and no one knew how far they were sent.

The echo reverberated among the surrounding mountains for a long time.

"drink……"

"what……"

"Hey……"

"Cough cough..."

……

He roared several times in a row, and the cold wind blew in, almost choking him.

"You should be able to hear it, right?"

He didn't dare to call He Shiwu's name directly. After all, there were more than one evil creature like He Shiwu in the underground palace. If he let its friends know that it was a traitor, there was no way he could deal with it.

After waiting for a long time, there was no movement from the direction of the valley.

Chen Yang's face was gloomy.

With such a loud voice, there is no reason why He Shiwu wouldn't notice it.

Maybe it's not convenient for her to come out now.

Hold on.

Chen Yang comforted himself in this way, and found an open place on the top of the cliff, and sat down against a big tree on the edge of the cliff. The sunset, which was not hot to begin with, set behind the mountain.

The temperature in the mountains dropped sharply, and the wind from the top of the cliff was enough to make my hands a little cold.

Chen Yang took a coat from the system warehouse and put it on.

The sky gradually darkened, and there was still no movement in the direction of Stone King Valley.

This made Chen Yang a little depressed.

He took out his compound bow and shot an arrow in the direction of Stone King Valley.

The higher you stand, the farther the arrow will fly.

A hissing sound.

The arrow shot through the air.

Fell straight into the Stone King Valley.

He calculated the approximate time when the arrow would hit the ground, and secretly calculated that the distance between the two places should be about two kilometers.

At such a short distance, and with my voice, there is no reason why He Shiwu would not be able to hear it if he was in the underground palace.

So, he waited for more than an hour.

It was completely dark.

There were sporadic sounds coming from the cliff.

A large patch of vines, like a gigantic spider, emerged from the dark bottom of the cliff, clinging tightly to the cliff wall and rapidly moving towards the top of the cliff.

After a while, the emerald green Polygonum multiflorum vines climbed to the top of the cliff.

"Chen Yang……"

A mature female voice sounded in Chen Yang's mind.

"It's finally here."

Chen Yang breathed a sigh of relief, "I thought you were dead."

The area in front of her was full of Polygonum multiflorum vines. It seemed that she was doing well recently. The vines on her body were more lush than when Chen Yang first met her.

"It was difficult for me to come out rashly during the day because there were so many eyes. They went to the Coffin Mountain to look for food, so I took advantage of the opportunity to come out."

He Shiwu explained, his voice a little excited, "Chen Yang, are you here to bring me medicine?"

"It's been less than a month, right? What's the rush?"

Chen Yang shook his head.

It's only been half a month, there's no need to send her medicine so quickly.

He Shiwu paused, feeling a little disappointed.

Just when I was about to ask Chen Yang why he came, I saw Chen Yang pull out a small seal from his neck.

"Use your mental power to carve a mental mark on this seal." Chen Yang said.

“Uh, this is…”

He Shiwu was stunned. She was a little scared of being cheated by Chen Yang.

"Shan Yu Seal."

Chen Yang was very frank, "Leave your spiritual mark, and in the future, we can communicate directly spiritually, and there is no need to be so troublesome and spend so much effort like now."

"Shan Yu Seal?"

He Shiwu was a little surprised. Obviously, she knew about the Shan Yu Seal.

After a brief pause of half a second, she stretched out a vine and rolled it towards the Shan Yu Seal in Chen Yang's hand.

The Shanyu Seal felt slightly warm and a little hot to the touch.

Immediately, He Shiwu took back the vine.

Each person used one vine, and after trying it out, they found that mental communication was unimpeded.

Only then did Chen Yang put away the Shan Yu Seal.

After running all the way here and being blown by the cold wind for several hours, I think my main purpose has been achieved.

From then on, he could communicate with He Shiwu about the situation in the underground palace in real time, which was much more convenient.

"Tell me about the situation in the underground palace."

Chen Yang took a few bowls of self-heating rice from the system warehouse and heated them up by himself. It was late at night and he was still hungry.

"What do you want to know?"

"Your bad friends!"

"Uh……"

He Shiwu paused. "The underground palace is very large, and there are many powerful beings inside, each with their own sphere of influence. The five of us are entrenched in the North Palace of the underground palace. The boss is the Snake King Qingqi, a bamboo leaf green snake that has been enlightened for a hundred years. It is only one step away from the realm of creation, and is preparing for a breakthrough recently..."

"The second one is a white fox, we call her Fox Lady; the third one is a mountain cat, we call her Cat Sanlang; the fourth one is me; the fifth one is a bull grass, we call her Niu Teng..."

"We all rely on our boss to protect us. There are many powerful beings in the underground palace. Some places are very dangerous and we dare not go in recklessly. As far as I know, there is a pangolin entrenched in Nangong. Our boss fought with it and the outcome was inconclusive..."

"There is a konjac in the West Palace, and it is about to enter the realm of creation. The people from the Ding family came in from the West Palace last time, and were targeted by the konjac. More than 20 people were all trapped in an illusion. If I hadn't asked our boss to secretly take action, none of them would have been able to escape, and they would have all become fertilizer for the konjac."

"In the East Palace, at the innermost part of the underground palace, the situation is not very clear. There is a Gu River in the middle, which is full of poisonous Gu. Even our boss doesn't dare to wade across. Across the river, we can see a stone door on the opposite side. When Ding Huanchun was here, he often ran in. There is a great terror hidden in it..."

……

He Shiwu told Chen Yang the story in great detail, explaining the situation in the underground palace to him.

In other words, He Shiwu and her cronies are just a force in the underground palace.

There are many powerful beings in that underground palace.

Even He Shiwu could not say that he fully understood the forces in the underground palace. There were many places in the underground palace that even He Shiwu did not dare to set foot in.

Chen Yang was puzzled. "What are you guys doing in that underground palace?"

He Shiwu said, "There are many reasons. The most important one is that our growth rate in the underground palace is much faster than outside..."

"Also, it's also your fault. Over the years, you've forced us to hide in the mountains and forests. We don't dare to appear in your world. Otherwise, we'll either be killed by you or enslaved as pets. We don't want to be killed or enslaved. What else can we do except hide?"

……

Chen Yang's face trembled.

He Shiwu's words sounded somewhat helpless.

However, there are some biases. Nowadays, aren’t the protected spiritual plants, such as banyan trees and sycamore trees, all alive and well?
Those that are kept in captivity, such as the giant eagle in Baoguo Temple, Black Tiger and Old Huang, are all treated as friends, and they are living well.

The human world is actually not as scary as they imagine. There are always more good people than bad people.

Someone like He Shiwu, who does nothing good but all kinds of bad things, who else should we mess with if not her?
"Has this snake king Qingqi ever stayed in Mixian Gou?" Chen Yang asked.

"Not bad!"

He Shiwu replied, "Sixty years ago, the old snake king of Mixian Gou broke through the realm of good fortune and was struck to death by thunder, which frightened it. Later, it became the new snake king of Mixian Gou. As its strength increased, the shadow of the old snake king being struck by thunder continued to affect it, making it uneasy all day long. Especially when it felt that it was close to good fortune, it wanted to change its environment..."

"So, twenty years ago, it left Mixiangou and came to the Bamianshan Underground Palace..."

……

twenty years ago.

Song Kaiming entered Mixiangou around 2000, and it was also at that time that he discovered the giant snake skin. In other words, at that time, this giant bamboo leaf pit viper was still in Mixiangou.

In terms of timing, it is right.

After this snake left Mixian Gou, the new snake king should be the huge king cobra.

"Where did that crested snake come from?" Chen Yang was rather curious about the crested snake.

He always thought that the crested cobra was the king of snakes in Mixian Gou, but later found out that it was not.

He Shiwu said, "It is the son of the old snake king, a different species. Although it is powerful, it is small in size. Mixiangou gave birth to snakes with spiritual perception, and they all look down on it. It competed with the eye snake king for the position of snake king, but failed. After that, it has been wandering in Mixiangou, thinking about taking the throne. Unfortunately, it met you..."

Chen Yang's face trembled. Is it unlucky to meet me?
Maybe, it's really unlucky.

Next, He Shiwu told Chen Yang about the specific situation in the underground palace.

Chen Yang listened carefully while eating.

"Is there any realm of creation in the underground palace?" Chen Yang asked at last.

"This……"

He Shiwu smiled awkwardly, "I haven't encountered it yet, but the space in the underground palace is too large, and I haven't been able to explore it completely, so it's hard to say whether there is a realm of creation in the underground palace. At least, I haven't encountered it yet..."

Chen Yang pondered for a moment.

If the realm of good fortune existed, Chen Yang would never have the idea of ​​exploring the underground palace.

"correct!"

He Shiwu suddenly seemed to have thought of something. "I heard from Boss Qingqi that there is a big guy on Old Coffin Mountain. He might be about to wake up. When that happens, he might pose a big threat to us..."

"What big guy?"

Chen Yang raised his eyebrows and swallowed the food in his mouth.

He Shiwu said, "I don't know, but there are coffins everywhere on Old Coffin Mountain, and they look lifeless. If they are valued so much by Boss Qingqi, they are probably not good things. Who knows, they may be some evil creatures that have already become powerful..."

funny!

The word "evil creature" actually came out of He Shiwu's mouth. Isn't it an evil creature itself?
You are still standing here, laughing at others when you are only fifty steps away.

"coffin?"

Chen Yang was a little stunned.

He Shiwu said, "There are hanging coffins everywhere on the cliffs in the valley. There are tens of thousands of them. It's a terrifying number!"

"It should be left over from some previous war. Chen Yang, are you interested? Do you want to go with me to the valley to take a look?"

There was a hint of encouragement in her voice.

(End of this chapter)