Chapter 42 Chapter 2 The Temple of Terror

Chen Nan climbed up the nine steps and resolutely walked towards the main entrance of the main hall.The tiger king was grabbed by his ears and followed a few steps forward, but when it came to the dark and lightless mouth of the devil, it refused to move forward again, and its four tiger claws clawed hard on the ground. Chen Nan whispered: "Let's go, Hurry." The tiger king Xiaoyu shook his head desperately, raised a tiger paw and gestured for a while, and at the same time, there was a look of panic in his eyes. Seeing that it refused to move, Chen Nan lifted it up by the neck with Xuan Gong, and then walked into the main hall. Although Xiaoyu kept struggling, it was difficult to escape Chen Nan's powerful palm.

The moment Chen Nanmai stepped into the hall, a gust of cold air rushed towards his face. On this hot summer day, the palace was as cold as an ice cellar.He put the tiger king on the ground, the tiger king trembled for a while, its body shrank rapidly, and then rushed to his shoulder with a "swish", two little tiger claws grabbed a strand of his hair vigorously. "The perverted tiger puts its claws!" Chen Nan cried out in a low voice. Xiaoyu grabbed it hard, let him scold her, but refused to let go, and at the same time showed a look of panic.Chen Nan had no choice but to let it stay on his shoulder, and he walked forward slowly.

"Tap", "Tap", "Tap"... In the empty and pitch-black hall, only the monotonous footsteps echoed, other than that there was a dead silence. In this darkness where the fingers could not be stretched out, Chen Nan groped forward with his keen spiritual sense. After walking forward for a distance of nearly ten feet, several steps appeared under his feet, and a stone gate above the stone platform blocked his way.When he pushed towards the Shimen, Xiaoyu let out a low growl uncomfortably, then lifted his collar and slipped into his arms with a "whoosh". "I'm XXXX, pervert, you want to scare me to death? You actually got into my arms..." Chen Nan pulled it out and threw it on the ground.But Xiaoyu immediately climbed onto his shoulders and grabbed his hair tightly.

"As timid as a mouse, it must be the reincarnation of a mouse, not at all like a tiger." Chen Nan pushed open the stone door with all his strength, and inside was a very spacious hall, the walls were inlaid with bright pearls emitting a faint green light, the faint green light made the hall look extraordinarily weird, like a gloomy underworld. When he saw the scene inside, he took a deep breath, his scalp was numb with shock, there were two rows of mummified corpses standing on both sides of the hall, the dried flesh was tightly wrapped on the thin bones, and the distorted facial features were extremely ferocious. Nan's heart jumped wildly with a "plop plop", and he almost suspected that he had stepped into a dark place.

"Cough..." An old cough suddenly sounded in the hall, Chen Nan jumped up in shock, Xiaoyu who was hiding on his shoulder fell down, but it came back immediately.Chen Nan grabbed it, unconsciously exerted force with his hands, pinched Xiaoyu and rolled his eyes, until Xiaoyu gave him a claw, he hurriedly let go. He stepped back quickly, but found that the stone door had already been closed, and he couldn't push it open no matter what.Xiaoyu groaned uneasily on his shoulder, her eyes kept scanning her surroundings. Chen Nan stabilized his mind, and shouted loudly: "Who? Those who are hiding in the dark, come out."

The old voice echoed in the hall: "Young people, don't speak so aggressively. I've been here all this time. Why did I escape? You broke in for no reason, why are you blaming me instead?" Chen Nan used his keen spiritual sense to search the hall over and over again, but found nothing. Except for him and Xiaoyu, there was no sign of life in the hall at all, and he was terrified for a while. After a while, the old voice sounded again: "It's fate to meet each other. I didn't expect someone to set foot here. Young people, let's talk." Chen Nan said: "You don't want me to see you, isn't it too insincere?"

"I really didn't hide. Since you insist on seeing me, just keep going." Chen Nan walked forward step by step, Xiaoyu looked around nervously on his shoulder, when he stepped between the two rows of mummies, it got into Chen Nan's arms again with a "swish", leaving only a little tiger With his head exposed, he vigilantly observed the movement nearby. "Come out, you perverted tiger." But this time, no matter how Chen Nan grabbed it, Xiaoyu's little tiger's claws still firmly grasped his clothes, and he refused to come out. "Hehe, kitty, didn't you come here a hundred years ago? Don't you miss my old man and come back to see me?"

Hearing this, Xiaoyu couldn't stand it any longer, she got out of Chen Nan's arms with a "whoosh", stepped on Chen Nan's face and climbed onto his head, grabbed his hair and looked around. "I'm XXXX, color tiger, you dare to sit on my head on my nose, I'm so pissed off." Chen Nan grabbed it off and threw it at the feet of a mummy. "Roar" The tiger king Xiaoyu let out a low growl in fright, and then quickly ran back to Chen Nan's feet, a little tiger claw nervously grabbing his trousers. "Hehe, kitten, you are still as timid as you were a hundred years ago, and I won't eat you, what's so scary?" The old voice echoed throughout the hall, and it was unclear where it came from.

Chen Nan walked forward a few feet, and a mummy next to him suddenly turned his head and smiled at him, his white teeth gleaming with a strange light. "Roar" Xiaoyu let out a loud roar, and quickly ran a few feet away. At this moment, it was covered in hair and stood on its head, staring at the mummy in horror from a distance. "Ah!" Chen Nan also yelled in shock, and stepped back seven or eight steps in a row. He felt a chill rise from the bottom of his heart, and it was cold from head to toe.He pulled out the long knife behind his back and shouted, "Are you a human or a ghost?"

The "mummy" came out from the column of corpses. His whole body was skinny and he walked mechanically stiff, like a zombie. He smiled and said, "I'm still alive, but I'm not far from death." Then he waved to Xiaoyu who was in the distance: "Little cat, you accidentally broke into the Demon Palace a hundred years ago, and you didn't find me when you left. Now Seeing the true face of my old man Lushan, are you still as afraid as before?" Looking at the zombie-like, ghost-like living skeleton, Xiaoyu was full of fear. It had already grown in size and was ready to fight.

Chen Nan looked at the "mummy" in disbelief, and said, "You...are you really alive? How could it be like this?" "Yes, I am indeed still alive. Don't be afraid, let's have a good chat. I haven't seen a living person for many years." This time, Chen Nan finally sensed the weak pulse of life in the body of the "mummy" when he was running the Xuan Gong, but it was intermittent and there was almost no sign of life.Chen Nan was convinced that this was indeed an old man with a trace of anger, he must have performed a kind of sound technique just now, making it difficult for people to discern his position. Chen Nan put the long saber on his back, walked forward a few steps, came to a distance less than ten feet away from the old man, and stood opposite him.But Xiaoyu refused to come over, and looked at this place in horror from a distance. The old man said: "I think you must be full of doubts at this moment, right?" Chen Nan said: "Yes, it's hard to imagine such a terrifying hall in the vast mountains. May I ask you some questions?" "Yes, you can ask questions as you like. I am near the end of my life. If I don't tell the secret in my heart at this time, I'm afraid I won't have another chance in the future." "What kind of place is this place?" "Demon Palace." "Demon Palace, is this hall created by a demon?" "It was created by an ancient god." "Since it was created by God, why is it called the Demon Palace?" "Because that ancient god felt that he had fallen and was no longer worthy of being called a god." "How did he fall?" "He fought with another fallen ancient god to compete for a divine treasure. In the end, although he was lucky enough to defeat the other party, he was also seriously injured, and stayed in the human world ever since." Chen Nan's heart moved, the owner of this demon palace was very likely to be one of the ancient gods recorded in the ancient sheepskin scroll dug out of Sin City, but the content recorded in the ancient sheepskin scroll was somewhat different from what the old man said. The old man said: "Young man, have you heard about the two ancient gods before? Otherwise, why didn't you look shocked?" "Yes." Chen Nan told the rumors about the ancient gods in Sin City. The old man sighed: "The battle of gods thousands of years ago, I didn't expect it to be recorded, but it is different from the facts." "What are the facts?" "The master of this hall was superior, and killed another ancient god with serious injuries. When the ancient god was about to die, he suddenly blew his body. Although the master of the demon hall was protected by a treasure armor, he was still seriously injured. His His divine power was weakened to the lowest level, and he couldn't sense the lost divine treasure in the mountains, so he hastily put away the bones of the ancient god who blew up his divine body, and fled back here to recuperate in embarrassment." "What happened next?" "The owner of the Demon Palace has been cultivating here for a period of time, and he was horrified to find that his divine power could only be maintained at a very low level no matter how difficult it was to condense. He went to the place of the war several times to look for the lost magic treasure, but every time he was disappointed And return." Hearing this, Chen Nan was a little nervous, and said, "Where did the ancient god queen go?" The old man sighed, and said: "He has cultivated here for hundreds of years, but his divine power has never recovered. Once he went out, he never came back." "Ah..." Chen Nan was shocked, and said: "So the ancient god never returned... just disappeared?" "Yes, I really don't know whether he is in danger or good in the case of limited divine power." It took Chen Nan a long time to come back to his senses after listening to these words, and murmured: "It's too unbelievable, a god wanders in the world..." Then he asked again: "The giants living outside and those giants who live outside and what are they? What is the relationship with this demon temple, why do they pay homage to this hall?" "The ancestors of those giants were subdued by the ancient gods as god slaves. When they first built this hall, they made great efforts. They transported the black diamonds needed for the hall from the distant mountains. The ancient gods are in their hearts. Although he has disappeared for a long time, his divine power has been passed down from generation to generation among the giants, and they have lived here for generations, guarding this demon palace." "But... why did they pile up so many bones under the demon hall?" "This is one of the secrets of the Demon Palace." The old man pointed to the ground and said, "There is an extremely powerful savage beast under this palace. The reason why the giant piled up those bones outside the stone mountain is to execute the ancient gods. The order left behind. The ancient gods set up a great array of bones here, concentrating the power of heaven and earth, gathering the souls of all spirits, and deterring the savage beast underground so that it cannot come up to do evil." Chen Nan was dumbfounded when he heard this, and his heart was extremely horrified. The savage beast restrained by the gods must be extremely terrifying. Thinking that it was tens or hundreds of feet away, he shivered for a while. "What kind of beast is this?" "I don't know, no one has seen it except the owner of the Demon Palace, and I can only hear its roar occasionally." At this moment, a muffled roar suddenly came from the ground, but the sound was not very clear across the floor of the hall, but it was chilling to hear.Shocked, Xiaoyu quickly shrunk down to the size of a kitten, and then rushed to Chen Nan's shoulder. While vigilantly watching the old man who looked like a mummy, it shook its ears to listen to the howling sound like a magic sound. When Chen Nan was watching outside the main hall during the day, he had already heard the faint whistling. At this moment, he understood it all at once. When the whistling stopped, he asked: "Why did the ancient god trap it here? Why didn't you directly destroy it?" The old man said: "The ancient god brought it here from other places, and originally wanted to tame it as a mount, but the wild beast has a strong temper and refused to give in no matter what, the ancient god had no choice but to trap it under the hall, and wanted to slowly take it It subdued it. But it never thought that he would be seriously injured in the battle of the gods, and he was no longer able to kill the beast, so he set up the Nine Nether White Bone Formation to prevent it from escaping." "So that's the case. I really didn't expect such a mysterious place to exist in such a deep mountain." The old man said: "This is just one of the secrets of the Demon Palace, there is an even bigger secret besides this." "Is there a bigger secret?" "Under this hall is not only an evil beast, but also a treasure armor is sealed." Chen Nan's heart moved, he remembered a legendary armor, and he couldn't help asking: "What's the name of the armor?" "Xuanwu Armor." Chen Nan was startled and said: "Ah, could it be... Could it be that Xuanwu armor that existed in ancient times?" The old man nodded and said, "That's right, it is the divine armor in the legend of the original Immortal Fantasy Continent." In the distant past, several weapons in the Immortal Fantasy Continent have always been regarded as fairy treasures and god treasures. It is said that if a top master holds such a weapon, he can fight against gods and gods.But it is a pity that these weapons often only appear in legends, and only occasionally one of them has appeared in the world for thousands of years. Thousands of years ago, Chen Nan had seen Hou Yi's bow, which was accidentally acquired by his father, Chen Zhan, when he was traveling around the world.Ten thousand years later, he saw the Shengong again, but it was different. He didn't know whether Chen Zhan left Houyi's bow and Wu broke through the void, or... Although Chen Nan has not seen the other legendary treasures, he knows that there is a treasure armor called Xuanwu, and he did not expect to know its whereabouts here today.It is rumored that this armor can not only protect the body, but also use it to counterattack. It is both offensive and defensive, and it is extremely miraculous. "Old man, is what you said true?" "Really, this armor was indeed sealed under the Demon Palace. The owner of the Demon Palace got it by chance, and cherished it like his life. If it wasn't for this treasure armor, he would have died in that battle. I am afraid that he has already died with another ancient god in the battle of gods." Chen Nan sighed: "According to ancient legends, Hou Yi's bow, which is as famous as the Xuanwu armor, once shot down the gods in the sky. I really don't know what is so magical about the Xuanwu armor." The old man said: "The treasures that have been handed down from ancient times to the present must have something extraordinary." Chen Nan said: "Old man, who are you and why are you here? I still don't know your identity." The old man pointed to the two rows of mummy corpses in the main hall, and said, "I am a servant in the Demon Palace just like them." "Ah, they are still alive?" Chen Nan exclaimed. "No, they have been dead for many years. These people are the servants of the gods of the past, because the exercises they practiced are all dead wood tactics, so they will look like this after death." "Servant of God?" "Yes, before the master of the Demon Palace disappeared, he once took in a servant, that is, the first generation of God Servant, and he was the only one who had ever seen the Master of the Demon Palace. The first generation of God Servant was loyal to the ancient god and has been looking forward to Looking forward to the return of the ancient god, but waiting for more than a hundred years in vain. In his later years, he asked the giants outside to send him out of the mountains, accepted a disciple in the city of sin, and then returned here. From generation to generation, the gods in the magic hall That's how servants come." "Oh I got it." The old man continued: "Time has passed, thousands of years have passed. Although there are still god servants in this demon temple, the heart of the god servants is no longer what it used to be. The later god servants have never seen the ancient gods. How can there be any gods?" A trace of awe, besides, there is no longer any meaning for the existence of a servant of the gods. There were people in the previous generations who planned not to accept disciples, but they never made that decision. I have seen it and decided not to accept disciples." "Are you... planning to leave here?" "I'm over three hundred years old, and I'm already dying. What's the point of leaving? This is the best place to bury me." "Ah, more than three hundred years old?! Then your cultivation level..." Chen Nan couldn't continue. If what the old man said was true, then his cultivation base might have reached an unimaginable level for ordinary people. The old man said: "Every generation of god servants can live to at least one hundred and fifty years old. The exercises handed down by the ancient gods are mainly for health preservation, not the kind of cultivation in the usual sense. In fact, the abilities of the god servants of the past generations are not Gao Qiang can only be regarded as an ordinary master on the mainland. Take me for example, although I am over three hundred years old now, I am not your opponent at all, and I will definitely not be able to fight against you." "Oh." Chen Nan has indeed heard of this kind of cultivator, which is a side branch of Taoism. This kind of person does not pursue the growth of strength, and their purpose of self-cultivation is only to obtain longevity. The old man said: "I know that my fate is not long, so I will tell you the secret in my heart. Xuanwu Armor has been one of the most treasured treasures in mainland legends since ancient times. I hope the world can know its whereabouts, and I don't want it to be hidden for many years. Buried."