Above the source of Tao

The next morning.

Yun Chang'an had just woken up from his cultivation. Now most of the vital energy in his body had turned into vital liquid, and all of it would be completely transformed in a few days.

Shopkeeper Sun paced back and forth outside the door, sometimes putting his ear lightly against the door to listen to the movement inside. When he heard a noise in the room, he knocked on the door.

Thump thump thump...

Not long after, Yun Chang'an heard a knock on the door and let the person outside in.

After receiving the response, Shopkeeper Sun tiptoed in. Chu Xiaoxiao was also awakened by the knock on the door and walked out from the other side of the room.

"Manager Sun, why are you here so early? Is there something wrong?"

Shopkeeper Sun clenched his fist respectfully. "My two benefactors, I came here to bother you this time to thank you for saving my life."

After learning that Shopkeeper Sun destroyed the evil pill in his hand yesterday because of Yun Chang'an's reminder, he came here early in the morning to thank the two.

A banquet was held in Zuixianlou to entertain the two of them.

Yun Chang'an agreed without hesitation, and then asked about the specific location of the General Zhenbei's Mansion.

Manager Sun told him the location of the general's mansion without any hesitation.

After thanking Manager Sun and promising him that he would go there at night, Manager Sun left Yun Chang'an's residence with a smile.

At this time, Chu Xiaoxiao said, "The mark has reacted. It is the Taoist priest who has entered the city and seems to be heading towards the palace."

The two followed the location of the mark and found the Taoist priest.

The Taoist priest's face at this time was different from before. He had a new face and was wearing black clothes. He sneaked into the palace.

The two followed him to a secret room, which was very hidden in a palace deep in the palace.

There was a plaque hanging right above the palace gate, with the words "Hanqing Palace" written on it. It seemed to be an abandoned palace. There was no one inside and it looked very deserted.

This palace is used by the king to punish guilty concubines. Concubines who make mistakes will be banished here. It is also called the Cold Palace by people in the palace. Once you enter here, it is difficult for anyone to get out.

Chu Xiaoxiao looked at the Hanqing Palace and recalled a time when she was a child and accidentally entered this place because she was having fun.

There was a woman imprisoned here before. She claimed to be Chu Hongxuan's concubine. Because she had not been favored for many years, she finally fell in love with a prince. Later, she was discovered by someone who told the king. In the end, she ended up entering Hanqing Palace and died here.

The two followed the black-robed Taoist priest to a hidden room in Hanqing Palace. They saw him turning a candle lamp on the wall. The candle lamp lit up as he turned it back and forth.

Soon, the sound of stones rubbing against the ground was heard, and the wall gradually began to rotate.

It didn't stop until a secret passage appeared.

Then the Taoist priest in black robe flashed and entered the secret passage.

Seeing this, Yun Changan and Chu Xiaoxiao immediately followed in.

In this long and dark passage, the two followed the black-robed Taoist priest until they arrived outside a stone gate.

He heard the man mumbling something, but he couldn't tell what he was saying. It sounded like something from a religious scripture, and Yun Changan couldn't tell what language he was speaking.

Soon, the man pushed open the stone door, revealing a secret inside.

This place is very large, like a cave, very empty, with irregular rocks hanging above, and a small pool below, with a huge platform in the center of the pool.

There is a very large statue on the platform, which is dozens of times larger than the mountain spirit god in the mountain temple. The sculpture is in the shape of a human head and a deer body. The deer's horns are stepping on a dragon-like beast. Its face is like that of a villain, with a fierce look, his left eye closed, and a deep sword scar on one side of his face, as if it was cut by someone with a sword.

The sword scar extended all the way to his chest, and there was a tiny trace of sword energy flickering on the scar. If Yun Changan had not learned sword energy, he would not have been able to detect that trace of sword energy.

Above the small pond, there is a suspension bridge floating on the pond surface. There are only two chains on it, connecting the platform and the stone gate. The chains are covered with some black wooden boards, forming the bridge deck.

The black-robed Taoist walked across the small wooden bridge and came to the statue. He then discovered that the statue was much larger than he had imagined, and he was like an ant standing underneath it.

"The Almighty God will awaken soon. May you grant the Yinxie Sect blessings and lead us to victory."

Hearing this, Yun Changan and Chu Xiaoxiao were shocked.

The Yinxie Sect wanted to revive this statue, but it didn't look like a creature from this world. Chu Xiaoxiao searched carefully in her mind but couldn't find the answer.

“This is not a creature from my world.”

Yun Chang'an's hair stood on end instantly, which made him think of a word: ancient evil forces.

Looking at this sculpture, Yun Changan felt more and more that this statue was a symbol of the ancient evil force from ancient times. No wonder the Yinxie Sect went to such great lengths to plot something.

Now he finally knew. Once in the secret room of Hualiang City, Mo Qianbo once told him that when the ancient evil forces first broke through the wall, they sent a group of people to harass a small village on the border of Qingyuan Realm. That group of ancient evil forces used an evil method to summon up a turbid and dark air that covered the sky and the earth. In an instant, more than ten thousand people in the small village were all swallowed up.

The people in that village had their blood and energy sucked out of their bodies in an instant. They became dried up and died. The scene was like hell, filled with wailing and sounds of pain.

By the time the monks arrived here, it was already too late. Seeing this scene, the monks were all filled with grief and hatred.

Since then, the cultivators of Qingyuan Realm have been fighting against the ancient evil forces for thousands of years.

Thinking of this, Yun Chang'an finally couldn't suppress his inner grief and anger. Holding the Chixiao Sword in his hand, he took a step forward and instantly arrived beside the Taoist priest in black robes.

Chu Xiaoxiao didn't know the reason, and only reacted when Yun Chang'an took action. However, it was too late to stop him.

Yun Chang'an slashed the black-robed Taoist with his sword, and the man saw someone coming from behind him. But before he could react, the Chixiao sword had already slashed towards his body.

In an instant, the man fell to the ground in pain.

"Who are you!"

The Taoist priest in black robe realized that he was followed here, and regardless of the pain in his body, he started to ask.

"Here comes the man who killed you."

The man guessed immediately that the person next to him was the culprit who injured the third elder.

"You are the one who hurt my sect's elder!"

When the black-robed Taoist saw Yun Chang'an attacking with his sword again, he suddenly shouted into the distance, "Grand Elder, save me!"

A moment later, a black gas was seen coming from outside the stone gate.

The evil ghost and the old Taoist ghost came out from the black air together.

"Haha, God is really helping us."

"It seems that today is the day to awaken the Venerable Shangxie!"

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