I have been bound in a forbidden place for five hundred years. Why are you crying when I am a casual

"That is……"

"what?"

Before, outside the Xuanwu Gate, although everyone could see what was happening inside, almost all eyes were fixed on the mortal body of Xuanwu left behind after shedding its shell.

Few people know what is going on inside.

And now.

Standing in front of the Xuanwu's body, Gu Xiu finally saw the specific situation inside.

There are only three things in this space.

The first one is naturally the physical body of Xuanwu.

The second is half of a tortoise shell that shines with divine light.

The third one is a layer of stone steps that looks the same as the basalt steps.

The most eye-catching ones are naturally the first two. One is a Mahayana body that practices body refining, and the other is half a tortoise shell that clearly contains the original power of the Black Tortoise.

But what really made Gu Xiu curious was...

It’s still the third one.

This looks like a piece of waste material used to pave the basalt steps, casually thrown away in a corner. It is ordinary and there is nothing special about it.

Can……

It was this ordinary appearance that made Gu Xiu even more confused.

"It's clearly just an ordinary long black tortoise staircase. If it was really redundant, it could be destroyed at will. Why did they keep it and even hide it behind this black tortoise gate?"

"and……"

"When I saw this thing, I actually felt an extremely familiar feeling. It looked like the Black Tortoise Stairs, but it also looked more like something from somewhere else. Even my Dantian Qi Sea seemed to be a little unsettled by the sight of these stone steps."

An intuition told him that this thing... was definitely not simple!

"The group of people outside, including the demons, seem to be targeting this body and tortoise shell...but these stone steps..." Gu Xiu's mind raced: "Could this also be their target?"

If the actions of the demon clan were considered normal, then the large-scale actions of the Three Immortals Island and Dark Window had always been incomprehensible to Gu Xiu.

Xuanwu's body is indeed very attractive.

but……

Is it really just for Xuanwu's physical body?

"Boom~!"

At this moment, a roar was heard from behind. Looking back, they saw that the Five Elements Formation was being rapidly reshaped. At this moment, everyone was united in their determination to completely restore the changes they had made to the formation.

Time is running out, and the group of people outside will never be willing to be trapped for too long.

Gu Xiu made a prompt decision, and despite enduring the terrifying pressure that was almost about to crush his bones, he took heavy steps, but did not walk towards the dazzling Xuanwu body.

Instead, he resolutely turned towards the stone steps in the corner!

Xuanwu's body is very strong.

But for Gu Xiu, while this Xuanwu body was precious, it was actually just that. He was also a physical cultivator, so naturally he wouldn't want to replace it with another one. Its only use was to refine it into a physical puppet, or even an external incarnation, but the temptation wasn't that pressing.

In comparison.

The stone steps that were obviously strange and even made him feel somewhat familiar were even more attractive.

Facts have proved that Gu Xiu's choice was right.

Because the closer he got to the stone steps, the more he felt the pressure on his body actually eased a little. It wasn't that the pressure disappeared, but the faint aura emitted by the stone steps resonated faintly with the pressure of this world, making him feel a little smoother.

This discovery made Gu Xiu more confident in his choice.

Speed ​​up again.

Finally, Gu Xiu stopped in front of the cold stone steps. He did not grab it rashly, but bent down and examined it carefully.

The familiar feeling he had felt before was now even more obvious.

in particular.

Among the Taoist platforms that formed the foundation, one layer was actually vibrating slightly at this moment. It was the vibration of this layer of the Taoist platform that made Gu Xiu suddenly guess what it was.

"My Hidden Immortal Platform is moving!"

"The Hidden Immortal Platform was originally a stone on the Immortal Stairway, but with the help of Senior Yuhe, it became my platform, and now it's moving so strangely."

"Then this stone step..."

"I'm afraid it's not the Xuanwu Long Stairs at all, but the Immortal Stone Stairs!"

"But...it doesn't seem right?"

Gu Xiu murmured, the more carefully he observed, the more confused he became.

He has seen the ladder to heaven.

So he could connect the stone steps in front of him with the ladder to immortality.

But if you look closely, there seems to be an essential difference between the two. He doesn't even know if it's an illusion. For a moment, Gu Xiu even felt that the ladder to immortality he had seen was not as real as this stone step?

This feels weird.

It's impossible to say that all the ladders to heaven that I have seen so far are fake.

"wrong!"

"The ladder to heaven in the courtyard!"

Soon, Gu Xiu suddenly thought of the ladder to immortality that was bound with chains in the central courtyard surrounded by four temples below the Burial Valley.

"This stone staircase gives me the same feeling as the ladder to heaven I saw in the courtyard!"

"So, this stone step is actually part of the ladder to heaven?"

"I just don't know why Xuanwu forcibly brought it here and placed it there. Was it to destroy the Stairway to Immortality?"

"correct."

"Come to think of it, although that ladder was bound with heavy chains, preventing me from taking a closer look, now that I think about it, it does seem to be a bit shorter than other ladders I've seen."

All of this was Gu Xiu's guess, but it was also this guess that made Gu Xiu feel that he seemed to have vaguely grasped something new.

Three Immortal Islands and Dark Window.

Is this really why they all came here?

What they want to obtain is this layer of stone steps to ascend to immortality, and repair the ladder to ascend to immortality?

but……

What exactly is that ladder to heaven used for? Is it just a path to the fairyland?

"Bang!"

At this moment, a loud noise suddenly came from a distance. Gu Xiu looked back and saw that the Five Elements Formation over there was shrinking rapidly. It seemed that the formation would be back under Qing Zun's control in no time. Gu Xiu no longer hesitated.

Reach out.

He grabbed towards the stone steps.

However, the moment his fingertips touched the stone steps...

hum!

A gentle, soul-piercing hum echoed. The seemingly rough surface of the stone steps faded away, revealing a jade-like, naturally flowing essence. A vast, ancient aura, like a bursting dam, instantly impacted Gu Xiu!

It was an aura that was pure to the extreme and should not belong to this world at all!

The moment it hit Gu Xiu.

At this moment, his entire body seemed to have suffered a severe blow, and he flew backwards in an instant. While still in mid-air, his body, which had already entered the spiritual essence realm, directly cracked with blood marks, looking hideous and terrifying.

What was even more terrifying was that a roar resounded in Gu Xiu's heart, as if it came from the depths of his soul:

"A clan of sinners."

"Dare to offend the immortals?"