My blind date failed, so I had to ascend the throne and become emperor.

Chapter 122 Making Fire
The living room of the house.

The two briefly introduced each other.

Zhou Ping asked, "Qu Jingyao, you should know why I came here."

"I, I don't know."

Qu Jingyao looked nervous.

Zhou Ping laughed, "If you really don't know, why are you afraid that I will arrest you?"

"I……"

Qu Jingyao was speechless for a moment.

All we can do is wait and see.

Zhou Ping continued, "Like I said just now, I just want to make friends with you. Not only will I not hurt you, I will also help you."

Qu Jingyao said nothing.

Look at her.

Zhou Ping drank a sip of hot water, then said gently, "If I'm not mistaken, you really want to enter the Lishan formation."

"Everyone is eyeing Mount Li now. If you were there, you would have gone in long ago if you could have gotten in."

Qu Jingyao remained silent.

Zhou Ping frowned, "How about this, as a sign of sincerity, I will remove the Soul Binding Talisman."

Listen to this.

Qu Jingyao looked up in surprise.

And Zhou Ping did what he said.

soon.

Qu Jingyao's spiritual energy was restored, and she breathed a sigh of relief. Then she said, "Captain Zhou, it's no use looking for me. I can't enter Mount Li either."

Zhou Ping didn't panic, but smiled and asked, "Can you tell me about the Lishan Xiaguang?"

"can."

Qu Jingyao said, "Actually, I don't know either. After the New Year, I nurtured my spiritual roots and was very happy. I came to travel alone to the ancient Chang'an City. But suddenly, near Mount Li, I felt a connection with the formation, and the rosy glow appeared at that time."

"There's a Taoist Tai Chi fish mark on my wrist."

As she spoke, she raised her wrist.

Sure enough, there were very clear marks on it.

She continued, "From that day on, I knew I was probably connected to something in the Lishan formation. Later, when I learned about Qingcheng at the Cultivator's Home, I quickly went into hiding."

Zhou Ping stared at Qu Jingyao and asked a few questions. After confirming that she was not lying, he said, "I believe you. Don't worry. This is your opportunity, and no one can take it away."

Qu Jingyao's expression relaxed.

She has been terrified these days.

"The Taoist Tai Chi Fish Mark not only helps me practice, but also allows me to clearly see the entire Lishan formation. However, I know nothing about formations. If the mark hadn't been flashing and glowing, I wouldn't have returned to Lishan."

"As for how to enter the formation, I really don't know."

Zhou Ping asked Qu Jingyao to briefly describe the formation she saw, and immediately confirmed that what the other party saw was different from the formation he saw with the Blood God Eye. Obviously, Qu Jingyao could find the center of the formation through the mark.

moment.

He left the room.

Back to the hotel suite.

Jiang Xia hurriedly asked, "Zhou Ping, how is it?"

"It is indeed that girl. Her name is Qu Jingyao."

"But how to enter the formation still needs to be carefully considered."

Zhou Ping explained the situation.

Jiang Xia smiled and said, "That's easy. Tomorrow we'll go for an outing together and get to know each other through painting. This way we won't attract too much attention. Then we'll paint around Mount Li and find the center of the formation."

"Okay, let's do it."

So the next day came.

Qu Jingyao also came to the vicinity of Mount Li with an easel.

Soon.

The three of them got to know each other through painting.

There are still many aspiring practitioners and practitioners strolling around the area.

Two consecutive days.

Zhou Ping finally found the central position of the entire Lishan formation with the help of Qu Jingyao's blood mark, and then set up an illusion formation near the center of the formation.

"All right."

"No one will find us now."

Jiang Xia and Qu Jingyao both showed excitement on their faces.

After staying in the center of the formation for less than half an hour, Qu Jingyao had some more memory fragments in her sea of ​​consciousness. It turned out that only by using her blood as a guide and drawing the black bird totem could one enter the formation.

There is the formation master Zhou Ping.

The three of them entered the formation easily.

Wow.

As he crossed the formation.

The environment in front of me suddenly changed.

The three of them came to the front of the huge palace.

"Afang Palace."

The Qin seal characters in the center of the palace were written in a flamboyant style, and carried a certain strong pressure. Only when one got close to Qu Jingyao could one feel at ease.

Push open the heavy palace door.

Suddenly, rich spiritual energy rushed towards him, which was dozens of times richer than that of a spaceship.

Zhou Ping, Jiang Xia, and Qu Jingyao couldn't help but breathe heavily.

Bang.

However, just as he entered the hall.

The heavy door slammed shut.

Click click click.

The flames around were instantly ignited.

Right above the spacious and majestic hall, there was a man sitting. He wore a pearl crown and looked down at the area below with a solemn and dignified expression.

"It's a statue..."

Jiang Xia's voice had not yet fallen.

The statue sitting on the throne suddenly opened its eyes, emitting two dazzling golden rays of light.

Almost at the same time.

The statues around the hall also opened their eyes.

Bang bang bang.

These statues suddenly came alive one by one, stepping heavily on the floor of the hall as they walked towards Zhou Ping and the other two. Each step carried a tremendous amount of oppression.

Zhou Ping and Jiang Xia activated their spiritual energy without thinking and used their own methods to destroy the statues. However, the statues waved their weapons and shattered all the magic and other methods like a knife cutting tofu.

"not good."

"The weapons in their hands are likely to be treasures!"

Watching the eight statues approaching step by step.

Qu Jingyao was panicked.

Zhou Ping thought of something and quickly asked Qu Jingyao to squeeze out blood, and then sprinkled it on the statues, but it only slowed down their movements.

"How to do!"

Jiang Xia asked hurriedly.

Zhou Ping frowned. "We can only delay for a while. These statues can't be alive. They must be activated by some kind of mechanism. Let's see if we can find the mechanism's core."

He said as he rushed towards the statues.

"careful!"

Jiang Xia shouted.

Zhou Ping was extremely fast. His whole body was covered with the dragon magic weapon. He dodged back and forth among the eight golden statues, using formations to delay time, while quickly searching for the mechanism center in the hall.

Jiang Xia and Qu Jingyao are also looking for it.

The two of them quickly noticed the pen in the hand of the statue on the throne and reminded Zhou Ping.

laugh.

Zhou Ping rushed to the throne.

Just as I was about to take the pen from the statue, I heard urgent whistles all around.

Shhhhhh.

Arrows fell from above like a dragnet.

There was no time to dodge at this time, so he directly activated the golden armor talisman, then grabbed the jade pen and quickly retreated.

Just two breaths.

The golden armor talisman shattered.

Fortunately, he retreated back to the bottom of the hall.

Wow.

Waving the jade pen.

The eight surrounding golden statues immediately froze in their places. Jiang Xia and Qu Jingyao patted their chests and slumped to the ground. They were both exhausted, especially Jiang Xia, who had been constantly activating the methods left by the Phoenix Fairy, which was extremely depleting his spiritual energy.

"Restore your spiritual energy first."

The three of them sat cross-legged and practiced their skills.

It took more than two hours to recover.

Zhou Ping looked at the jade pen in his hand. There were lines on it, and the words "Human Emperor Pen" were written in Qin seal script.

"Could this be a treasure left behind by the ancient emperor?"

Jiang Xia said in surprise.

Zhou Ping shrugged, "Who knows? I'll see if I can refine it first."

He immediately used his spiritual consciousness and psychic energy to practice.

However, I felt a kind of resistance from within.

He could only helplessly retract his spiritual consciousness.

Chi Chi.

At this moment, the statue on the throne suddenly shattered.

The other eight golden statues also shattered. After they shattered, the ground in the hall began to shake, and soon an underground passage appeared.

"walk into."

Zhou Ping was the first to walk in along the underground stairs.

Jiang Xia and Qu Jingyao followed closely behind.

Just went in.

The stairs behind are closed.

Qu Jingyao couldn't help but say, "I, I'm scared."

to be frank.

After experiencing what happened just now, Jiang Xia and Zhou Ping were also quite scared. They didn't expect that after such a long time, the Afang Palace in this formation would still have such rich spiritual energy, and the things left inside could still function.

No one knows now whether there will be any mechanism in the future.

Just now that I'm here.

Zhou Ping naturally would not back down.

The underground passage is a straight underground corridor with jade placed on both sides of the walls. These jades emit bright light, making the corridor look like daylight.

The three of them walked carefully, and there was no trap.

Soon.

Then we came to the end of the underground corridor.

This turned out to be a spacious alchemy room.

In the center is a tall alchemy furnace with flames suspended inside, burning fiercely. On the walls surrounding the alchemy room are majestic statues with different expressions, as well as lifelike murals.

Zhou Ping and the other two were not archaeologists, so it was difficult for them to see anything through the murals. They also had no idea what those majestic statues represented, so they could only wander around the alchemy room.

There is a door on the left rear side of the alchemy room, but it is tightly closed and cannot be opened.

Walked around for half an hour.

Nothing gained.

"This door must be opened by some kind of trigger."

Zhou Ping guessed, "Let's look for it again."

Bang!Bang!Bang!
Just as the three were carefully searching for clues on the walls and murals, a sound as heavy as a beating heart suddenly rang out.

Every beat.

All three of them were affected and could not walk steadily.

"Yes, it's the flame of the alchemy furnace. It's the flame that's hitting the alchemy furnace."

Qu Jingyao shouted.

Zhou Ping and Jiang Xia hurriedly looked towards the alchemy furnace, only to see a ball of fire inside that was madly hitting the furnace as if it was frightened.

"Depend on."

"Is this fire alive?"

He cursed.

The statue above can come alive and attack, so it’s no surprise that the flame is alive.

I'm afraid this is some kind of agency.

Bang!Bang!
The frequency of collisions is increasing.

The temperature in the entire alchemy room also began to rise higher and higher.

Just for a moment.

The air seemed to be burning.

Even though Zhou Ping, Jiang Xia, and Qu Jingyao were all cultivators and had spiritual energy in their bodies that could attach to their body surfaces to resist cold and heat, they still felt the heat.

"So hot."

"too hot!"

Both women couldn't stand it, and Qu Jingyao was not wearing her magic weapon battle suit. Her clothes were soaked with sweat, sticking tightly to her skin, outlining her sexy figure.

But Zhou Ping was in no mood to appreciate it at the moment, as he also felt very hot.

"This is no ordinary fire."

The Jiaolong magic weapon suit is not afraid of the severe cold. No matter in geothermal magma or in the cold space, it can perfectly protect the body's constant temperature. However, the temperature in the alchemy room can directly pass through the magic weapon suit and affect the body, which is really not simple.

This immediately made him think of fairy fire, but he was not sure whether it was fairy fire.

Jiang Xia's forehead and cheeks were covered in sweat. She used her spiritual energy to activate her magic weapon and armor to resist, but it was of no avail.

laugh.

But at this moment.

The surrounding temperature dropped at a speed visible to the naked eye. Before Zhou Ping and the other two could recover, the temperature continued to drop and became icy cold. A layer of frost formed on the surrounding walls.

"I rely on!"

"This fire can control the temperature!"

The three of them experienced what it was like to be in the world of ice and fire.

It was a scorching summer just now, but now it has become a freezing winter.

And the temperature is getting lower and lower.

The air seemed to be frozen.

Frost appeared on the hair of Zhou Ping, Jiang Xia, and Qu Jingyao. In less than a few minutes, their heartbeats almost stopped.

Chi Chi.

At this time, the fire lotus mark between Jiang Xia's eyebrows suddenly burst into light.

Immediately afterwards, a powerful aura emanated from her body, and the Phoenix Fairy who was sleeping in her sea of ​​consciousness took over Jiang Xia's body. The frost on the surface of her body shattered, and her crystal-clear hair grew wildly, and soon her hair was long and fluttering.

His entire body was covered with a layer of phoenix armor, and the space between his brows was as vast as a sea of ​​stars.

Bang bang bang!
The flames in the alchemy furnace collided more frequently.

The Phoenix Fairy waved her hand, and the ice on Zhou Ping and Qu Jingyao shattered, and they recovered from being frozen.

"Thank you for saving my life, senior!"

Zhou Ping bowed in thanks.

Qu Jingyao didn't know what was going on, so she quickly bowed.

The Phoenix Fairy glanced at Qu Jingyao and opened her red lips slightly, "I didn't expect that the bloodline from thousands of years ago can still be passed down today."

Zhou Ping couldn't help but think in his heart that Qu Jingyao was indeed a descendant of the Ying family.

"Senior, what exactly is this place?"

The Phoenix Fairy took light steps and walked to the front of the alchemy furnace. She raised her hand and light burst out from her palm. The alchemy furnace suddenly opened, and a ball of fire inside rushed out as if it was free from shackles, but soon a lotus flower bloomed above it.

The ball of fire immediately shrank and flew into the palm of the Phoenix Fairy.

The surrounding temperature returned to normal in an instant.

The Phoenix Fairy looked at the flame in her palm and whispered, "I don't remember where this place used to be. I only know that this flame is a drop of fairy fire, mixed with a lot of earth fire."

Zhou Ping suddenly realized, "Senior, are you saying this is just a fairy fire seed?"

"You can say that."

"If it is truly a complete fairy fire, even I cannot save you."

The Phoenix Fairy flicked her fingertips.

The flame split into a ball and then floated in front of Zhou Ping.

"Although it's not a complete immortal fire, it is, after all, a relic from the immortal fire and has the characteristics of immortal fire. You are really lucky to have found this place. Perhaps with this fire, you can forge the supreme Tao fetus."

Listen to this.

Zhou Ping was extremely excited and said quickly, "Thank you, Senior, for giving me the Immortal Fire Seed."

The Phoenix Fairy smiled and said, "This is your opportunity."

After she finished speaking, her eyes seemed to penetrate the wall and saw something deeper. Her brows furrowed slightly, "This place is not suitable for you to stay for long with your current level of cultivation. I will take you away first."

She made a seal with her white jade palm.

Suddenly, a lotus pattern appeared under his feet.

next moment.

The lotus enveloped Zhou Ping and Qu Jingyao and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

(End of this chapter)