pertwk Chapter 8 Goddess of the Khitan Era
Chapter 8 Goddess of the Khitan Era
The deep, ancient tomb, with its scattered corpses, added another layer of bloodshed to the already eerie atmosphere.
This massacre in the ancient tomb was extremely shocking; it was the first time the tomb raiding trio had ever witnessed such a bloody scene.
This is not a mechanism in an ancient tomb, but a life-or-death struggle between people.
"May I become your apprentice?"
These words struck Ying Caihong's heart. She was born with extraordinary abilities and was good at bewitching people, but she didn't really have any real skills.
Huang Bai's words were the biggest mockery of her.
Ying Caihong looked up at the Taoist priest. His smiling face gave no indication that he was a ruthless executioner.
Her hands trembled uncontrollably; this cult leader, worshipped by thousands, was now nothing more than a helpless middle-aged woman.
"I...no, Lord, I wish to serve you as my Lord. I offer all the assets of the Global Retreat to you, only asking that you grant me permission to become your disciple."
Ying Caihong crawled on her knees to Huang Bai's feet, her expression filled with piety and fervor.
Fear to the extreme becomes faith; faith and fear are one. Knowing that she could not overcome it, Ying Caihong had the idea of seeking refuge.
In order to gain Huang Bai's trust, she gritted her teeth and ripped off her wig.
"Ouch! Monster!" Fatty Wang exclaimed in surprise.
Underneath the wig was a completely bald head. If it were just a bald head, that wouldn't be a problem. The key issue was the hideous scar in the middle of the bald head, which looked like a centipede crawling on the top of the head.
Ying Caihong's refined and elegant demeanor has completely vanished.
"Please, please save my life, I'll do anything you ask."
"Master Huang... Master Huang, don't believe this guy's nonsense, take her down!" Fatty Wang spoke in a respectful tone, after all, the man in front of him was a Taoist priest who had killed countless people.
Even if the enemy is being killed.
Huang Bai did not respond, but instead looked at the scar on Ying Caihong's head.
He remembered the Five Prisoners of the Twin-Eyed World, Xiao Fa.
"A seriously ill person, five human demons, eyes..."
The person in front of me fits all the criteria. Although she doesn't have double pupils, her amber eyes should still qualify her.
Thinking of this, Huang Bai came up with a plan and said, "Then we'll have to see your sincerity."
"Yes, thank you, Taoist Master." Ying Caihong, as if grasping at a straw, quickly got up, put on a wig, and followed Huang Bai beside her.
Seeing Huang Bai's stance, the others stopped talking. Huang Bai's display of power this time established his authority.
Hu Bayi touched his philtrum, looked at the powder on his fingertip, and said:
"These must be the pills you refined, right? Why is this sword so sharp?"
If I'm not mistaken, the illusion I just experienced was created by this magical powder.
But he couldn't understand how a bronze sword could be so sharp.
"This is a Taoist spell, the Vajra Divine Sword Opening Incantation," Huang Bai said with a smile.
This scene is very similar to the killing in the Taoist temple in the world of Twin Pupils. His current combat strength is about the same as Lin Daosheng in the world of Twin Pupils.
"I never thought magic was real..." Shirley Yang sighed. This was truly an eye-opener; the alchemy and magic arts of ancient China really existed.
"It's getting late, we should probably go," Hu Bayi said.
"Since we're already here, why not solve the mystery from back then before we leave?" Huang Bai asked.
Hu Bayi pondered for a moment, clearly somewhat tempted.
"it is good."
Soon, Hu Bayi uncovered the true location of the tomb passage.
Passing through the dark tomb passage, the view suddenly opens up to a bottomless cliff. Wooden bridges connect the various points like a spider web, and the ancient buildings are covered in dust, making them magnificent and spectacular.
The wooden bridges crisscross, like a fishing net covering the cliff.
"That damned Khitan princess! How much wealth has she plundered from the people? Today, I, Fatty Wang, will act on behalf of Heaven!" Fatty Wang, carrying an entrenching tool, was about to walk onto the wooden bridge.
"Wait!" Huang Bai suddenly spoke up to stop them. Before anyone could answer, he picked up a stone and threw it onto the bridge.
Wow!
The stones rubbed against the bridge surface, creating a series of eerie green sparks.
Huang Bai speculated that the powder on the bridge was some kind of phosphorus powder, which would spontaneously combust upon stepping on it.
"August 1st, continue the simulation."
"Okay." Hu Bayi continued to use the sixteen-character feng shui secret technique to solve the riddle.
They quickly found the correct bridge and arrived at the next node, which was an ancient temple containing a large number of heads and strange stone carvings.
Ying Caihong suddenly spoke up, pointing to the bronze emblem below the stone carving, saying, "Master, this bronze emblem is the key to opening the coffin of the Khitan princess."
This point was mentioned in the ancient legends that Ying Caihong had previously collected.
Huang Bai stepped forward and used his divine sense to sense the interior of the mechanism.
"Bayi, your deduction is correct. This bronze emblem is connected to a certain mechanism. I'm afraid that if I remove the bronze emblem, it will cause this place to collapse."
"it is good."
Hu Bayi went outside and deduced the correct path.
At this moment, Huang Bai removed the bronze emblem.
Click click click!
The ancient temple trembled, and a ball of eerie fire rose out of thin air, spreading rapidly in all directions.
"run!!"
Everyone took off running. Fatty Wang carried the lame Big Gold Tooth on his back, sparks spreading all the way, and the eerie green flames illuminated the entire cave.
Fortunately, Huang Bai reminded them in time, so although they were in a mess, they were not at a loss.
Soon, the group crossed a series of wooden bridges.
boom!
The bridge and its connecting points behind them all collapsed.
There was no way forward. Huang Bai walked along the stone wall, using his five-meter divine sense to explore every corner.
Finally, he stopped in front of a grinning, demonic head statue and leaped forward to kick open the demon's teeth.
boom!
Ahead lay a dark cave entrance.
"Master Huang has a good eye. Could you also be a descendant of the Four Sects of Tomb Raiders?" Shirley Yang asked curiously.
There are four schools of tomb raiding: Mojin, Banshan, Xieling, and Faqiu.
Those who raid tombs have talismans, those who move mountains have techniques, those who excavate tombs have seals, and those who unload mountains have armor.
Shirley Yang strongly suspects that Huang Bai may be a descendant of a certain faction.
"That's right, you guessed it. I am a descendant of the Civil Engineering lineage. The sect's treasure, the excavator, and the ancestral shield tunneling machine, are indestructible and unbreakable."
"Civil engineering... haha." Hu Bayi couldn't help but chuckle.
"It really is indestructible." Shirley Yang was speechless.
At a moment when everyone was on edge, Huang Bai made a joke to ease the tension.
The group continued their journey.
The future looks bright again.
The dome is majestic and made entirely of amethyst. The ground is paved with stone slabs, and there is a lamp every ten steps. The lamps are trays on the heads of immortals. Due to the long passage of time, the so-called eternal lamps have long been extinguished.
In the center of the tomb chamber stands a ten-meter-high stone sculpture.
The stone carving resembles a flower bud about to bloom, with dense scriptures carved around the petals.
"Go, put it on." Huang Bai handed the bronze emblem to Ying Caihong, his expression turning serious.
The red spider lily only blooms at dawn and dusk, and it's almost time for it to bloom now.
If you survive this illusion, you can obtain the Khitan princess's treasure, the Red Spider Lily.
"yes!"
Ying Caihong installed a bronze emblem in the groove.
Click click click!!
The mechanism turned, the stone flowers bloomed, revealing the central stone, on which lay a corpse.
He wore a crimson witch's robe, had a bronze bull horn mask on his face, and held a black stone plate shaped like a Pu'er tea cake in his arms.
"Princess Aogu of the Khitan possessed incredible supernatural powers and was called a goddess by the Khitan people. This is the flower of the other shore."
boom!
At that moment, the ground shook and collapsed.
The red spider lily emitted a beam of crimson light, which struck the crystal dome. The crystal refracted the light throughout the space, turning the world into a crimson expanse.