I'm here in the martial arts world just to find love.

"Could you perhaps be a deity, senior?"

What does the Immortal's Lock lock? Immortals, of course!

Regardless of whether gods or immortals actually exist, this giant coffin is clearly no ordinary object.

"As I said before, I am the master of Yunmeng Mountain, the True Lord of Yunmeng! You brat, have you forgotten?"

The aged voice seemed somewhat angry.

Jiang Chao didn't know why this mention of immortals could cause the other party's displeasure.

He certainly hadn't forgotten the other person's self-introduction when they first came in, but... Jiang Chao just didn't believe it.

If he is truly the master of Yunmeng Mountain, why is there no record of him outside?

Although mortals have short lifespans, the lord of a mountain, no matter how low-key he is, will always have rumors circulating about him.

"My Lord, since you have waited for so many years, you probably won't mind waiting a little longer."

"Although my surname is Jiang, I don't know if I am a member of the Jiang family that you mentioned, Lord Zhenjun. My elders have never told me about Yunmeng Mountain."

"Therefore, I will not disturb you any longer. Farewell."

After Jiang Chao finished speaking, he prepared to turn around and leave.

"Wait a minute!"

At this moment, the ancient voice rang out again, its tone slightly urgent and incredulous.

"You're just leaving like that?"

Jiang Chao turned around and looked at the stone coffin.

"Otherwise what?"

"That city that never sleeps below holds countless treasures and opportunities. Don't you want to go and take a look?"

An aged voice patiently and persuasively guided him.

"In no mood."

Jiang Chao shook his head decisively.

"Are you truly a member of the Jiang family?"

This question surprised Jiang Chao slightly, and a sense of doubt arose in his heart.

"Didn't True Lord already confirm it before? You recognized me the moment I pushed the door open. Has True Lord forgotten so quickly?"

"Ahem, I'm getting old, and I've been suppressing evil spirits here for who knows how many years, so my memory isn't very good."

"oh."

Jiang Chao casually responded and continued walking towards the huge, closed stone door behind him.

Only then did he realize why he had to expend so much effort to barely push open a crack in the stone door.

After he entered, the stone door slammed shut on its own.

  

It turns out that behind this stone door was a rather complex set of mechanisms.

Huge bronze gears, meshing together, are inlaid in the walls on both sides of the stone gate and connected to each other by a transmission shaft as thick as a beam.

This thing is clearly the work of a skilled craftsman who specialized in this field in ancient times. Its ingenious structure and interlocking parts are truly amazing.

The reason why the stone gate is difficult to push from the outside is precisely because of these mechanisms and devices at work.

Moreover, it is clear that this huge stone door has a key and cannot be opened by brute force.

The reason he was able to force his way in without a key was because his bloodline power was extraordinary; it was simply a matter of brute force achieving a miracle.

Although Jiang Chao was not very knowledgeable about mechanisms, he could understand the hidden mysteries of these mechanisms with his wisdom and knowledge after a little thought.

It simply involves the conversion of force between the lever and the gear shaft to transmit power. Once you find the key to the mechanism, you can easily solve it.

Seeing that the young man had found the secret behind the stone door with unparalleled accuracy in the blink of an eye, the old voice rang out again.

His tone was full of surprise and doubt:

"No, you're not a member of the Jiang family, you're a member of the Mo family!"

Jiang Chao was too lazy to pay any more attention to the other party. This place was probably not just a simple underground palace, but a place used to seal away evil spirits hundreds or thousands of years ago.

Although Jiang Chao was very curious, he was not a reckless person. The giant cauldron, the black coffin, and the legendary immortal lock wrapped around the black coffin.

This setup is terrifying; one can only imagine how horrifying the creature inside the giant coffin must be.

Don't be fooled by the other person's constant use of "this old man" to refer to themselves, which may seem like an attempt to build rapport. Their condescending attitude actually reveals their true intentions.

They just wanted to fool him and help him get out of trouble.

No wonder the Seven Great Mystic Sects and the Four Great Families no longer coveted this "underground palace." They must have learned of its origins and thus abandoned their idea of ​​exploring it.

In fact, the truth about this place is almost identical to what Jiang Chao guessed.

This "underground palace" was created eight hundred years ago by the Wind and Snow Temple and two other Xuanmen forces in the martial arts world to suppress a terrestrial immortal who had been corrupted by external evil.

Eight hundred years ago, a Taoist alchemist, having transformed a false into a true one, managed to step into the realm of a terrestrial immortal by relying on his own understanding of the laws and talismans, at the great cost of refining tens of thousands of innocent lives. In a situation where the heavens refused to accept the talismans and the earth refused to accept the alchemical texts, and the laws were almost extinct, he achieved this by sacrificing his life to refine the immortals.

Therefore, the celestial order was in turmoil, which attracted external evils that roamed outside this world to take advantage of the situation and enter.

A wisp of evil energy invaded the soul of this high-ranking Taoist master who was not well-known in the martial arts world at the time, but was later revered by Taoist practitioners as the "Carefree Immortal Lord".

When the temple master of Fengxue Temple realized what had happened, it was too late. He could only rely on his martial arts skills and join forces with two Xuanmen forces to seal it away.

As for the "City That Never Sleeps," it was a product jointly created by two Xuanmen forces to confuse that wisp of evil energy.

More importantly, it made the "Carefree Immortal Lord" believe that he was only sealed and that his Great Dao had not yet been extinguished. By using this remnant of the other party's soul, it suppressed the evil energy that had absorbed a large amount of the essence and spirit of living beings and had already become powerful.

The seven major sects and four great families abandoned their exploration of the "underground palace" after hearing about it from a high-ranking sect master who had been cultivating in seclusion in Yunmeng Mountain for hundreds of years.

Jiang Chao was unaware of these matters. If he had known, he wouldn't have acted so rashly and used brute force to push open the door.

Fortunately, the boy reacted quickly enough, and after realizing something was wrong, he made a decisive move and withdrew.

That evil spirit was not given a chance to take advantage.

"Don't go! Let me leave! I am the Carefree Immortal Lord, the only true immortal in this world!"

"If you are willing to help this immortal lord escape his predicament, this immortal lord will bestow upon you a great fortune!"

"Don't you want to live forever?"

The aged voice echoed deafeningly in the vast space behind him.

Ignoring the other party's incessant chatter, Jiang Chao grabbed a protrusion on the stone door and twisted it forcefully.

"Click—"

With a crisp click, the heavy stone door slowly opened.

Once the opening was made, Jiang Chao flashed through without hesitation.

After Jiang Chao's figure disappeared, the stone gate closed again with a loud rumble.

Only the being sealed within the stone coffin inside the stone gate remained, roaring helplessly.

"That was close!"

After leaving Shimen, Jiang Chao felt extremely uncomfortable in that place.

Jiang Chao breathed a long sigh of relief, still feeling lingering fear.

Qin Shaoling hurriedly put away his gun and stepped forward to ask:

"Ah Lang, are you alright?"

Jiang Chao shook his head, then smiled wryly:

"It's nothing, but I almost caused a huge disaster."

He had never heard of the titles Lord of Yunmeng or True Lord of Yunmeng, but he was very familiar with the name of Immortal Lord Xiaoyao.

This name is rarely known in the martial arts world, but in the ancestral hall of the Wind and Snow Temple, there is a detailed record of this "Carefree Immortal Lord" in the thick temple genealogy.

This is one of the reasons why Jiang Chao decisively slipped away from behind the stone gate after realizing something was wrong.