The Song Dynasty was the king for thirteen years before he knew that he was Tianlong.

Chapter 206 Nine-story Magic Tower
The female official was overjoyed when she heard this, and hurriedly asked the guest house to prepare food. She then introduced herself, saying that her name was Maili and she was the chief steward of the inner court in the Kucha Palace.

It took a while to prepare the meal for about 200 people, and by the time we finished eating, the sun had already passed noon.

The female official said, "Dear guests, may we go now?"

Wu Xiong said: "Why are you so anxious? Give us a break!"

The female official smiled and said, "No hurry, no hurry, I will wait for you."

After drinking the milk tea for a while, Zhao Ti said, "Let's go and take a look. I don't know how far it is."

The female official said, "My dear guest, that place is about ten miles southwest of Yiluolu. It is a place with few people and few roads, but the soldiers have come and gone in the past two days and have already walked through it."

Zhao Ti nodded, and then the female official went out to lead the way, and they went southwest outside the city together.

On the way, we asked the female official about the origin of this place. The female official said that it has a long history and existed before the construction of Yiluolu City.

As for why it is called Guimu Beach, legend has it that the Ghost Mother of the ancient Demon Kingdom is buried there. The Demon Kingdom was a mysterious country in the Western Regions that had long been destroyed. The Ghost Mother was the high priest of the Demon Kingdom and had great magical powers. There are still legends about her in the Western Regions today.

When Zhao Ti heard this, he looked at the Uighur Mingjiao guide and asked, "Do you know what legend it is?"

The old guide nodded hurriedly and said, "Master, there is a rumor among the Uighurs that the ghost mother of the ancient demon country has the ability to communicate with the divine realm. Through rituals and sacrifices, she can connect to the place where the gods are and call the dead tribesmen back to life there."

Zhao Ti said: "Since it is a demon country, where does the God's Realm come from? It should be the Demon Realm, right?"

The old guide said, "They worship evil gods and call themselves the God's Domain, but to others, it is indeed the Demon's Domain."

Zhao Ti glanced at Huo Linglong and said, "After the death of the members of my Holy Church, weren't they all resurrected in the Great Light Realm of Ming Zun?"

Huo Linglong blinked her eyes, not knowing what Zhao Ti meant, but it sounded sarcastic to her, so she argued, "How can that evil god be compared to Ming Zun? Ming Zun can kill hundreds of them with just one finger."

Zhao Ti smiled. Regardless of whether these gods and Buddhas were good or evil, the legends were ultimately the same, that is, believers would never truly die. Once they died, they would be resurrected in the world of gods. But who could come back to prove it?
At this time, halfway through the journey, a horse suddenly came from the front. The rider was a sturdy female soldier. Seeing everyone, she hurriedly reined in the horse, got off the horse, saluted to Maili and said, "General Manager..."

The female officer asked, "How's it going over there?"

The female soldier replied, "Many merchants who came to help entered Guimu Beach before, but... but less than half of them came out. Two or three hundred soldiers also went back in, and many were also missing. Commander Hasina was anxious and asked me to come back to discuss with the general manager."

The female official said, "There are no more soldiers in the city, but I have invited a group of distinguished guests, all of whom are skilled in martial arts. Please follow me quickly."

The female soldier said yes, got back on her horse and led the way. Although it was a sunny day, the light was gradually dimming for some reason. Looking up, it seemed as if the sun was covered by something and became dim.

Jiumozhi said: "This place is mostly black sand, as light as dust, flying high in the sky, blocking the light."

Zhao Ti nodded: "That's true. It makes people think they have entered some kind of hell. The climate and landforms of the Western Desert are changeable, so it's not surprising."

Jiumozhi clasped his hands and said, "Donor, you have great insight. I admire you."

After walking for a while, we saw a place with rolling black hills and a small river flowing. The water was black and the riverbed was also dark. It was obviously caused by the black sand.

The female official said, "My dear guest, this is Youshan Heizhou. Going deeper, you will reach Guimu Beach."

Zhao Ti looked around and saw many people standing on the riverbank. As he went further along the riverbank, the color became increasingly darker. This was what the other party called the Ghost Mother Beach.

At this time, a tall female general wearing leather armor came forward and looked at the female official and asked urgently, "General Manager Mai Li, haven't Qingtang and Huihu sent anyone to help yet?"

The female official said, "Commander Hasina, it takes time to send letters to both places, it also takes time to discuss over there, and it will take time to send someone else, so it will not arrive anywhere."

The female general looked anxious: "But we can't wait any longer. The evil monk has already brought the princess into a dangerous place for two days. Who knows if he will do something evil. I'm afraid the princess will be harmed by him later."

The female official said bitterly, "Commander Hasina, I know that you have a deep friendship with the princess, but I also have a deep friendship with the princess, so how can I not be anxious? We cannot influence the affairs of the two countries, we can only beg, but I have invited a group of distinguished guests, who will surely be of great help."

"Are these... the guests?" The female general couldn't help but show surprise: "Although there are many of them, they need to be highly skilled in martial arts, otherwise they won't be of any use, and you might even die in vain."

The female official said: "These distinguished guests all have martial arts skills, they are not comparable to ordinary soldiers."

The female general said, "But I'm still worried. Many merchants who went in before haven't come out yet. If we can't rescue the princess, and something happens in Qiuci, and it spreads back, it will be detrimental to the trade route, and I..."

"You what?" Wu Xiong stepped forward and snorted coldly, "Do you still want to test our martial arts?"

The female general was annoyed and said, "You are unreasonable. I am doing this for your sake. Guimu Beach is different from other places. If you don't have any skills, you can still return if you walk shallower, but you can't get out if you walk deeper."

"It seems that you are kind-hearted." Wu Xiong snorted, "Come on, let me see how skilled you are, woman. You actually dare to talk about skills."

The female general immediately looked at the female official, and the female official looked at Zhao Ti: "Dear guest, this..."

Zhao Ti smiled slightly: "Let them try. I want to see what methods your Kucha generals have, so that we can have a comparison with this place."

Upon hearing this, Wu Xiong immediately hooked his finger at the female general and said, "Little girl, go ahead."

When the female general heard his rude words, she immediately became furious and rushed forward and punched him.

The punch was swift and powerful, but there was no change. It looked like a military punch or kick.

Wu Xiong couldn't help but laugh strangely: "With just this kind of trick, you dare to talk about your skills and martial arts?"

He didn't move his Green Wave Fragrance Knife, nor did he dodge. Instead, he gathered all his internal strength and punched out as well.

His punch was so powerful and powerful that the female general changed color immediately. However, she could not stop the momentum or change her moves, and their fists collided with each other.

The female general couldn't help but cry out in pain: "Ah..." She staggered back a dozen steps and fell to the ground with a dull look on her face.

Wu Xiong retracted his fist: "You are just using brute force. You can beat ordinary people, but how can you resist me? If I use my full strength, I will kill you with this blow."

If he had a poison knife in his hand, he would only be inferior to Murong Fu. Even without the poison knife, his internal strength was strong enough, and it would be easy for him to defeat the generals of a small country in the Western Regions.

The female official next to her was delighted when she saw this: "You distinguished guests are indeed highly skilled in martial arts."

The female official got up from the ground and stepped forward to salute: "Haseena is worrying too much, please don't take it to heart."

Wu Xiong smiled and said, "Okay, okay." He turned around and looked at Zhao Ti.

Zhao Ti nodded slightly and said, "Go to the Ghost Mother Beach and tell me the details."

The female general immediately said, "Yes, honored guest, please come this way."

Everyone followed her forward and saw that the front was getting darker and darker. In the distance, there was a thick tree standing, and many people were looking ahead under the tree.

Some of these people were soldiers from Kucha, and some were merchants who were invited to help. The merchants had all kinds of hairstyles and clothes, and came from Tubo, Liao, and Western Xia.

When they reached the tree, the soldiers came up to salute. The female general pointed to the dark area on the other side of the tree and said, "My dear guest, that is where the Ghost Mother Beach is."

Zhao Ti squinted his eyes and took a look. He could see very far and the place inside was very barren. A small black river was flowing slowly. The other side was vast and desolate. There were no buildings, but there were quite a few scattered rocks.

"The evil monk brought the princess in from here. The soldiers chased here and saw him and the princess rushing in quickly. The soldiers tried to go in and chase them, but after entering, they could not see any trace of the two. They did not dare to continue and temporarily withdrew." said the female general.

"In the past two days, I have led soldiers in several times, but we lost our way a little further. There was black sand inside. I ordered the soldiers to line up and go out hand in hand, but when we went outside to count the number of people, there were always a few less. We went to look for it again, but we couldn't find it no matter how hard we tried."

Zhao Ti nodded: "Did those merchants find anything?"

The female general shook her head. "They also went in in twos and threes to investigate, and walked further than the soldiers. They said they saw a huge and terrifying black shadow in the distance, and it made a shrill ghost cry. They ran out in fear, and some people were missing. This is why I asked the guests about their martial arts skills just now, so that they would not die in vain."

Zhao Ti said: "Call someone who saw the shadow to come over and ask him."

The female general nodded, then went under the tree to invite two merchants dressed in Khitan attire.

The palms of these two merchants were broad and calloused, and their shoulders and arms were straight. It was obvious that they had good martial arts skills, but their faces looked very bad, a little pale, as if they were still frightened.

The female general said, "My dear guest, these two went the deepest. There were originally five of us traveling together, but only these two managed to escape in the end..."

Zhao Ti looked at the two and asked, "What did you see in there?"

The taller of the two looked at Zhao Ti and his party and said, "Song people, do you want to go in too? There are ghosts and monsters lurking in there, and it's very scary. I advise you to think twice."

Zhao Ti smiled and said, "You are also a martial artist, how can you believe in ghosts and monsters? I am afraid that someone is just pretending to be a ghost, or some ferocious beast is rampant. Tell me about it."

The two looked at each other, and the tall one said, "Since you insist on wanting to know, I will tell you. I hope what you say is right. If you can really kill the ghost or the evil beast, it will be considered revenge for my three brothers."

"Oh?" Zhao Ti asked, "Are you sure that the three people you were traveling with are dead?"

The tall man said, "That place is weird. My three brothers didn't disappear together, but disappeared one by one. They are alone and haven't come out yet. It is very likely that they have died."

Zhao Ti said: "Tell me in detail."

The tall man said with a sad look and a hint of fear: "We five brothers originally entered the Ghost Beach with the others, but because we didn't stick too close to each other, we gradually got separated from those people. Then we continued to move forward and began to hear a lot of ghostly voices, but we didn't care because we were skilled in martial arts..." After a moment, Zhao Ti heard that the five brothers never met the others again after they got separated, and then they went deeper and discovered a lot of strange things.

There were constant howlings of ghosts and wolves, and various dark shadows running around in the distance. They relied on their martial arts to catch up and take a look, but saw nothing.

There was no sunlight inside, and everything was gray. There were no buildings along the way, not even any trees. The ground was mostly covered with rocks, and although there were weeds growing on it, they were black.

The five people gradually went deeper. At this time, there were more black shadows. They were already a little scared. After all, they could only see shadows but not people. They couldn't figure out the reason through martial arts, so they couldn't help but feel fear.

At this time, I walked forward courageously. I didn't know how far I had gone, but I found that the person next to me suddenly disappeared. I thought he had gone to the bathroom somewhere nearby, but I couldn't find him, and I became more and more frightened.

But the five men were sworn brothers, and they gritted their teeth and decided to take a few more steps to search, but they saw something in the distance. Those things were dimly visible and looked like low buildings, a large area, and in the middle of these buildings there was a huge black monster.

The distance was far at this time, but the thing was very tall, like a building or a tower. It made a "woooo" sound, and then turned around, revealing two scarlet eyes, which immediately scared them and they turned and ran away.

While they were running, two more people disappeared. The remaining two did not dare to look for them anymore, and finally they tried their best to escape back.

Zhao Ti asked, "You said that the huge creature was among low buildings, turned around, and had red eyes?"

The tall man said, "That's right. We both saw it, so it can't be wrong. I wonder what kind of terrifying giant ghost it is."

Zhao Ti shook his head. "It's dark in there, and you're so far away, how can you see clearly? It should be a building or a giant beast, not a ghost."

The tall man shook his head and said, "Buildings... It's hard to say, but where can you find a beast that big? Although it's far away, it looks like it's more than ten feet tall..."

"More than ten feet high..." Zhao Ti nodded.

He turned to look at the female general: "Since this Ghost Mother Beach is the burial place of the Ghost Mother of the ancient Demon Country, it is estimated that the building is the tomb."

The female general said, "There is a saying that the center of Guimu Beach is where the Guimu Tomb is located, but there is no record of anyone going there in recent years."

The tall man said at this time: "Where would anyone record it? If we really reach the center, how can we get out alive..."

The female official said, "The queen said that the monk Youlou was a ghost in disguise, and he must have taken the princess to the tomb of the middle ghost mother."

The female general said, "Since you have entered here, you must have a purpose. You wouldn't just take the risk and come here for fun, right?"

The female official looked at Zhao Ti and said, "My dear, look..."

Zhao Ti groaned for a moment, "I will take people in to have a look, but I cannot guarantee that we will find your Princess Kucha, nor can I guarantee that we will find her alive. But even if she is dead, your Kucha country must give up the Zhuchen Pearl."

The female official said: "If it is really impossible to rescue the princess alive, the queen will certainly understand and will definitely not regret it."

Zhao Ti nodded and looked at his men: "Come with me and take a look at this place of ghosts and monsters. It is so mysterious."

Huo Linglong said: "The light of Ming Zun will surely clear away all darkness, and all demons and monsters will be exposed!"

Jiumozhi said: "I want to see where that monk came from. How dare he claim that Buddhism is profound?"

The people of the thirty-six caves and seventy-two islands shouted together: "The leader of the Ming Cult has boundless magic power and great magical powers. He travels to the Western Regions and is invincible. He is unprecedented in history and unifies the martial arts world..."

The female officials, female officers, and the merchants were all stunned. Zhao Ti smiled and put down his hands: "Let's go and take a look."

The girl whispered beside him, "You, what is your relationship with the Xingxiu Sect?"

Zhao Ti's face darkened: "Stop talking nonsense and walk quickly."

The girl snorted and followed him.

The crowd rushed past the boundary of the big tree and headed towards Guimu Beach. All they saw was a dark and barren place with dim light, gray and yellow colors, and a howling wind.

Huo Linglong walked in front with a cold look on her face. When she encountered any stone object blocking her way, she would simply use the Dragon Elephant Prajna Palm to slap it, causing stone chips to fly everywhere with a loud bang.

As they went deeper, they could see a small black river in the distance, which was dark and flowing quietly.

There were no living things around, only a dead and cold atmosphere. There were no trees or wild flowers, only sparse black weeds. The growth of these weeds was also different from normal, lying close to the ground. If you didn't look carefully, you would think they were spiders, centipedes or the like.

After a while, as the wind grew stronger as we went deeper inside, we could vaguely see a dark shadow moving around in the distance.

Huo Linglong stopped in front and turned back to say, "Master, I saw what the Khitan said."

Zhao Ti squinted his eyes and looked over. His eyes were sharp, not comparable to those of the Khitan merchants. At this moment, he saw that there were not many black shadows, but they were very fast, not very tall, and were not human.

Jiumozhi said: "Amitabha Buddha is not like a human being."

Zhao Ti nodded: "It is definitely not a human, it should be some strange beast. Be careful, don't let it attack you by surprise."

After saying that, he continued to move forward. This time, he had already gone deep into Guimu Beach. He saw that the black shadows were increasing in number. Although they were still in the distance, they made shrill cries, like people crying.

Wu Da frowned and turned around and asked, "What kind of monster is this? I've never seen one before. Have you ever seen one?"

The person behind him said, "Master Wudong, we didn't..."

Before these people could finish their words, there was a sudden cry of surprise, followed by a loud shout: "What is that?"

The people in the front were shocked when they heard this and immediately ran back, only to see several cave masters and island masters behind them holding weapons and stabbing something fiercely.

Everyone gathered around to watch, and saw that it was actually a monkey-like creature, more than half a person's height, with a black body, short hair and a long tail, fangs bared in its mouth, and its body was half buried in the ground. It had already been stabbed to death by weapons by the cave owner and the island owners.

Zhao Ti came over at this time. Everyone hurriedly made way for him. He stepped forward and looked at it for a few breaths. He asked, "What kind of animal is this?"

Everyone shook their heads. Jiumozhi came closer to take a closer look and said, "It seems to be the Demon Country Youyan mentioned in the Buddhist scriptures. This creature burrows into caves and underground caves. It has great power, eats human blood, sucks marrow and eats bones. It is extremely evil. Legend has it that it is the transformation of the people of the Demon Country after death.

"Demon Nation Youxuan?" Zhao Ti nodded: "Didn't they say that the people of Demon Nation go to the God's Realm after death? How did they become this kind of monster?"

Jiumozhi said: "I don't know about this. The sutra only talks about the origin of this thing, saying that where there is this thing, there must be demons and ghosts, and they should be burned and destroyed with the great fire of the King of Light.

Zhao Ti glanced at the Demon Nation's Youxuan in front of him again and said, "Pull it out and let's take a look."

The monster's legs were buried in the ground at the moment, and it seemed to have drilled out from the ground. It was pulled out by the cave owner and the island owner. A dark hole appeared below, and a bloody and foul smell came out.

The black bear lit a torch and shone it inside. He saw a gnawed corpse in the black hole, with its white bones exposed.

The crowd used weapons to hook up the bodies, still wearing tattered clothes. Wu Xiong said, "It seems to be those missing merchants. I didn't expect that they would be dragged underground and eaten by this kind of thing."

Duanmu Yuan said: "It seems that those missing Qiuci soldiers and merchants were harmed by this thing, which can help to solve their disappearance."

"Everyone be careful, those dark shadows are approaching." Bai Zhan shouted at this time.

They saw the black shadows that were flashing and shuttling back and forth in the distance, now approaching the crowd. They couldn't tell how many there were, but they could already be identified as the Demon Country's Youxuan.

The black bear shouted, "Come on, let these things have a taste of the power of my poisonous knife."

The others also shouted and took out all their means. All kinds of strange and vicious hidden weapons and all kinds of miraculous poisons were used. The Demon Country's Youbian fell down in an instant, and the rest let out shrill screams that sounded like crying, and dared not move forward anymore.

After a brief standoff, the Demon Country's Youxuan began to retreat like a tide, and after a while, no more were seen.

Zhao Ti observed for a few moments and ordered, "Let's go and take a look ahead."

The crowd then walked towards the depths of Guimu Beach, but not far away they saw a group of low buildings in the distance. These buildings had palaces, halls, and houses, but they were half shorter than normal houses, making it difficult for people to enter. However, the Demon Kingdom Youxuan was just right.

Zhu Chuyi said at the side: "Sir, this is a tomb, not something built for living people."

"The Yin house..." Zhao Ti said, "It seems to be buried with the ghost mother."

Zhu Chuyi said, "That should be the case. The Ghost Mother's tomb should be in the center of the Yin house, and there are traps on all four sides. However, this is an ancient cemetery, and I'm afraid many of the traps have long been ineffective and useless."

Zhao Ti pointed to the huge object in the center of the Yinzhai building and said, "This should be the ghost that the Khitan merchant mentioned. Mr. Zhu, take a look at what it is?"

Among those buildings, there was a huge object that was about ten feet tall, standing still. It looked eerie and deep, making people feel breathless.

Zhu Chuyi looked at it for a while and said, "Sir, this should be the tomb of the ghost mother. There are many sky burials, cloud burials and wind burials in the Western Regions. Not all of them are buried underground. This thing should be a tower... The ghost mother was buried in the air, and her body is in the tower."

Jiumozhi looked at the huge thing in the distance and said, "This thing... should be the nine-story magic tower in ancient legends."

"Nine-story magic tower?" Zhao Ti glanced at Jiumozhi: "What do you think?"

Jiumozhi said: "Legend has it that the demons of heaven and earth are born and multiply. Those buried in the nine-story demon tower are all the supreme ones among the demons..."

As he spoke, the huge monster in the distance seemed to twist, and then two balls of scarlet light appeared above it, like two huge eyes...

(End of this chapter)