Madam, please ascend.

Chapter 113 The Mystery of the Stone Chamber
At the same time, outside Crescent City.

A tall, faceless man was kneeling on a sand dune, busy dealing with a corpse.

Looking closely, the corpse was wearing gorgeous clothes, with a sword that was half sharp and half serrated stuck next to it. It was Su Xin!

The strange man, whose face seemed to be covered with a piece of rice paper and whose facial features could only be vaguely seen, was Zhao Wuxiang, who had once transformed into "Master Wandu" in the Fuyao Sect and was finally killed tragically with a sword.

At this time, he put a big hand on Su Xin's face and muttered something.

As a ball of strange mucus-like substance gushed out from the palm of his hand, it covered Su Xin's entire face, and soon after, it actually took off a complete piece of facial skin.

The mask floated in the air, and then seemed to begin to devour the corpse, absorbing all the spiritual essence into its body.

In the end, Su Xin's body had disappeared, and only a crystal clear human skin mask was left, exuding an evil aura, which was really weird.

Zhao Wuxiang let out a strange "hehe" laugh. It must be said that this person's true appearance was really scary and his voice was really unpleasant.

However, when he put on the mask, his body instantly became the size of Su Xin, and his face and dress were exactly the same as that of King Xian.

He said, "It's a nice skin, but it must not be wasted."

At this time, Zhao Wuxiang's voice was the same as King Xian's. Even if someone close to him replaced him, it would be difficult to find any flaws in him.

Because his spiritual energy is consistent with Su Xin's, he can even directly pull out the Evil Gnaw Sword and use it without refining it.

King Xian "Su Xin" gently stroked the sword, his eyes looking towards the Forget-Sorrow Spring, which was still some distance away from Crescent City.

A few months ago, a storm suddenly blew up there. It was originally thought that it would subside soon, but it unexpectedly became more and more severe and even showed signs of expanding.

For a while, people could only avoid this place, but they didn't know that there was actually a mystery hidden under the storm.

Su Xin murmured, "Since we haven't been able to capture Crescent City, I'm sure the Pavilion Master will be furious again. But it doesn't matter. Once this demon city sees the light of day again, taking Crescent City will be as easy as taking candy from a purse."

His gaze seemed to have penetrated the storm and saw an ancient city hidden under the endless yellow sand. The seal that had suppressed it for thousands of years had loosened, and it would soon be free again.

……

Yun Yi took Ye Nianyi through the stone gate and found himself in a dark and mysterious barrier.

It's pitch dark here, which is really scary.

Ye Nianyi was well prepared and immediately took out a tinder from her body, but found that the flame was directly swallowed up by the darkness, leaving no light at all.

If she hadn't felt the burning flame, she would have thought the tinderbox wasn't lit at all.

Yun Yi said, "Don't try. This is a dark place. No one below the Hedao realm can unlock it."

Ye Nianyi put away the tinderbox and couldn't help but reach out to feel the way back, only to find that it was completely blocked by a real stone door.

She was surprised and said, "It seems we can't get out!"

Yun Yi comforted him, "The Nine Revolutions Soul-Fixing Orb is right here, so we set up a formation to prevent anyone from stealing the orb."

“First there was the cold pond, then there was the dead end. Who is the person who sealed Jiu Luo? It’s such a heavy thought.”

"An immortal who eliminates harm for the people." Yun Yi reached out and grabbed Ye Nianyi's wrist, and warned: "No matter what happens, don't break free, and don't leave my side."

Ye Nianyi felt the warmth on her wrist and suddenly blushed, but unfortunately it was pitch black here and she couldn't see the girl's blushing cheeks at all.

She felt her ears getting hot, so she stopped talking and followed Yun Yi obediently.

Although nothing can be seen here, Yun Yi had been here before, so he already knew how to leave.

Simply put, this is a maze, and those with low cultivation can easily be trapped and killed in it.

Yun Yi released three sword intents, his other hand gripping the Fangyuan Sword, his mind on full alert. Although his eyes were disabled, his divine sense could still outline the path for him.

For a moment, the two sword intentions of Qinglian and Fuyao acted separately, stumbling and bumping through the maze to find a way forward.

Yun Yi followed the information they conveyed and moved forward slowly, neither hurried nor slow, taking each step carefully.

Ye Nianyi's heart beat faster, and some inexplicable images kept appearing in her mind.

For example, Yun Yi became the elegant young man in the storybook, while she herself became a delicate girl. The two met on the stone bridge in the water village, played in the alleys, and stayed together in pavilions and towers.

Maybe you can also whisper on a black-sailed boat, walk hand in hand on the bluestone slabs, go to see a short opera together, and snuggle up for warmth in the misty rain.

The more she thought about it, the more shy she became, until she suddenly realized that the touch on her wrist had become cold. It seemed that what was grabbing her was not a palm, but something else that was cold all over. The chilly feeling made her shiver.

There was also a faint sound in my ears, which sounded like a whisper coming from afar, or the whimpering of the wind blowing through the cave.

She tried to concentrate and listen, but the sounds seemed to be playing hide-and-seek with her, disappearing whenever she listened hard.

The romantic thoughts just now disappeared in an instant, Ye Nianyi opened her eyes wide, but unfortunately she still couldn't see anything at all.

She asked tentatively, "Brother Yun?"

The voice echoed repeatedly in the maze, but no one answered. Ye Nianyi was suddenly panicked, and she felt more and more that the thing holding her wrist was not Yun Yi.

But even so, she still remembered Yun Yi's advice to her, that no matter what happened, she must never let go or leave his side.

So she suppressed her fear and kept comforting herself in her heart.

Just like what was written in the storybook, the terrible things he felt were all illusions in order to free himself from Yun Yi. However, once this happened, he would be trapped in this dark place and would probably never find a way out until he died.

On the other side, Yun Yi had already anticipated that there would be something that would disturb his mind in the maze, so he summoned the Fangyuan Sword Intent and hid it in Ye Nianyi's hair again. Even if the two of them were separated, he could still find her by following the sword intent.

In fact, not only Ye Nianyi's mood was affected, but Lian Yunyi was not spared either.

He found that his thoughts became unusually active in the darkness, and some scenes that he would never think about in normal times also appeared one after another.

For example, in the previous life, when he and Song Xinci came here, their relationship was far less harmonious than in this life, so they walked quietly, one in front and the other behind, without talking.

Even in the dark, they would not grab each other's wrists or sleeves.

He resisted the urge to touch her, and she felt that men wouldn't care about that at all, so she just kept moving forward.

As a result, the two of them gradually drifted apart as they walked.

Yun Yi suddenly shook his head vigorously, feeling that his palm was holding a skeleton. But he did not waver at all, just held on tighter.

It's just a spell to confuse the mind, he won't fall for it.

I walked in the maze for two incense sticks of time. Here, time seemed to be extremely long, as if a whole day and night had passed.

As the Green Lotus Sword Intent found the exit of the maze, Yun Yi followed the sword intent and walked over.

The two finally walked out of the maze, their eyes brightened slightly, and they breathed a sigh of relief.

There were no lights here. The reason they could feel the faint light was because they had left the maze's rather sticky, almost solid darkness.

"Open your eyes slowly." Yun Yi warned, and then used his spiritual energy to form a flame at his fingertips.

The flames were warm and gentle, illuminating the faces of both of them. Ye Nianyi felt a stinging sensation in her eyes at first, so she could only block the light with her hands, then opened her eyes as she adjusted.

Only when he finally saw Yun Yi's face clearly did he breathe a sigh of relief.

She said: "I just seemed to have seen a particularly terrifying vision!"

Yun Yi comforted him, "That darkness has a hidden meaning. It can magnify the things that people fear the most."

"I also felt like you turned into a snake demon. I was so scared that I almost let go."

"Don't worry, you can't get loose. I tied your wrists with my divine consciousness."

Ye Nianyi blushed slightly and changed the subject: "Is there any other mechanism next? Is the Nine Revolutions Soul-Fixing Orb here?"

Yun Yi pointed to a bright light in the distance and said, "That's it."

The light came from a three-inch bead with a bluish-purple color, appearing particularly mysterious in the dim stone chamber.

Ancient runes are carved around the beads, which are oppressive, mysterious, and contain enormous spiritual power.

"I'll go and open the mechanism here. Don't worry, nothing will happen." Yun Yi found a bulge on the wall with ease and pressed it down.

The next moment, a fire dragon appeared, which was exactly the same as the stone chamber outside. It instantly lit up the place and revealed a Jiu Luo stone sculpture.

But this place is completely different from the outside world. The Jiuluo stone sculpture is upside down, and the nine bird heads are gathered together, each with a wide-open beak, as if they are shouting angrily at something.

When Ye Nianyi saw the strange sculpture clearly, she couldn't help but scream in fright.

The stone sculptures are huge and lifelike, and when you look at them up close, you feel a suffocating sense of oppression.

Yun Yi came to the place where the nine bird heads gathered and found that the Nine-Turn Soul-Fixing Pearl was floating in the air.

Obviously, it was it that turned Jiu Luo's soul into a stone statue and suppressed it here, so Jiu Luo made such a gesture.

Yun Yi frowned because he found that the Nine Revolutions Soul-Fixing Pearl was not the same as he remembered. It was actually covered with a strong demonic aura.

Or in other words, the bead is shrouded in enormous soul power.

"Strange." Yun Yi clearly remembered that this bead was unremarkable in his previous life. Apart from its function of "stabilizing the soul", there was nothing strange about it at all.

But this time, the Nine Revolutions Soul-Fixing Pearl is more like a secret treasure that has been buried for thousands of years.

"Brother Yun, look at the wall!"

Just when Yun Yi was surprised, he heard Ye Nianyi's reminder. He looked at the stone surface around him and found that there were thousands of words densely engraved on it.

The words seemed to have been carved with finger force, the strokes were deep and powerful, and a faint layer of gold appeared. Yun Yi couldn't help but reach out and gently touch the words. His fingertips touched not only the cold stone surface, but also a stream of righteous energy.

When Yun Yi read through the thousand-word scripture, he suddenly discovered that this was actually a magical method!
(End of this chapter)