Eternal Tranquility

Before coming to Senluo Hall, Liu Qinghuan thought that he would spend these few days in boredom, because he predicted that the wedding banquet of the old man would probably be boring, but it would just provide more opportunities to contact the cultivators of Jiuyou.

When he arrived at the Senluo Palace, he discovered that the palace was quite mysterious and ancient. It was much larger than what he had known before. It was like a huge city built with black boulders, except that the city had a ceiling and floated in the eternal void. In the dark night.

There are many passages in the temple, with different heights and widths, one after another, criss-crossing like a maze. People who are not familiar with it can easily get lost in it.

From time to time, doors appear on both sides of the passage. Some are closed and some are open. Some people come and go, and some make people retreat.

Liu Qinghuan came out of a shop and had just harvested a batch of rare spiritual materials from Qingming, so he was in a good mood.

"Your Majesty, where do you want to go next?" the attendant following behind asked cautiously.

Liu Qinghuan slowly walked forward with the flow of people. She didn't know when she had a fan in her hand. She waved it and said, "I've almost bought it. Let's go shopping on the upper floors!"

Naturally, the attendant did not dare to have any objections. The order he received was to follow the Taoist leader at all times and try his best to satisfy all his reasonable or unreasonable requests.

"Then I'll take you to the teleportation array. You can teleport directly to the next level."

But Liu Qinghuan shook his head and said: "It doesn't take much time to walk to the next level from here, right?" After receiving a positive answer, he said: "Then let's go! It just so happens that I also want to visit the Senluo Palace."

So, the two of them left the busiest street and turned through a few passages. The noise around them suddenly became much quieter.

Thick stone walls stood on both sides, covered with traces of time. The light from the torches flickered, and occasionally suddenly turned into a dark green, reflecting the ghostly atmosphere around them. People passing by looked wary and couldn't help but quicken their pace.

Only Liu Qinghuan took his time, as if walking on a sunny street, occasionally stopping to stand in front of the dark window and gaze out at the eternal night.

The attendant didn't know what Liu Qinghuan was looking at. His cultivation level was actually not low, and he was in the middle stage of integration, otherwise he wouldn't have been sent to receive Dao Kui.

He tentatively said: "Many people have walked out of Senluo Palace in the past, wanting to explore whether there are other secrets hidden outside, but they have found nothing, because no matter how long they fly, there is nothing but darkness around them."

Liu Qinghuan nodded casually, and the dim light in his eyes disappeared when he turned his head.

"Have everyone who went out come back?"

"This..." The attendant was confused by the question: "They are all back, I haven't heard of anyone getting lost outside... In fact, no one has been out for a long time, because everyone knows that there is nothing outside."

Then he laughed dryly and said: "People may often disappear in Senluo Palace, but most of them are due to vendettas and other reasons, and have nothing to do with this palace."

"Those ghost sculptures?" Liu Qinghuan asked.

"The ghost eagle is actually not very powerful. As long as you are prepared, you can basically not hurt anyone."

Liu Qinghuan touched his chin: "Take me to the nearest ghost sculpture."

Halfway through saying "good", the attendant suddenly paused and his expression became a little strange.

"how?"

"No, it's nothing! I just suddenly remembered that the ghost eagle closest to here seems to have something wrong with its brain."

"It gave birth to intelligence?"

The attendant was speechless: "It's hard to say, you'll know after you go over and see it."

The two turned the corner, walked through a house, and climbed dozens of stone stairs. The front suddenly turned into a dead end.

Liu Qinghuan glanced around and found that it was a short stone sculpture squatting in the corner, tinkering with something unknown.

He raised his hand to stop the attendant from making any noise, and walked gently behind the ghost sculpture. He saw it holding a piece of stone, writing and drawing on the wall. However, the stone used to build Senluo Hall was obviously very hard, so he allowed the ghost sculpture to work hard. , and didn’t leave many traces on it.

Liu Qinghuan looked at it for a while and found that the other party's pen could not form words or pictures, and was just scribbling.

Just as he was about to look away, he lowered his head, only to find the Underworld Seal hanging between his eyes. The Ghost Chi lying on the Seal also poked its head out and stared at the Ghost Eagle intently.

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Liu Qinghuan was confused and poked Gui Chi's little head with his finger. The other person shook his head impatiently, and when he poked again, he was bitten.

"Hiss~"

The ghost eagle was alarmed and jumped up suddenly. When he saw two people standing behind him, he bared his teeth and wanted to pounce on them. However, the next moment, it was fixed in the air with a flying posture, and then fell to the ground with a bang.

Liu Qinghuan looked at his fingers. There were two deep tooth marks on them, almost bloody, confirming once again that the ghost Chi with the mark of Hades was indeed untouchable.

Bypassing the stone carvings on the ground, he walked to the wall, lowered his head and asked Gui Chi: "Can you tell what is written on it?"

"Ah, I don't know!" The attendant behind him looked confused and stepped forward and said: "Someone once gave it a pen just to see what it wrote, but in the end the wall was almost covered with paint, and there was no trace of it. Find a text."

Gui Chi lay on the Hades Seal and started pretending to be dead again. Liu Qinghuan glanced at the wall and then at the ghost sculpture that was unable to move on the ground, and couldn't help but fall into thought.

Since the behavior of this ghost eagle can attract Gui Chi's attention, there must be something special about it, but he has to explore this matter by himself, and Gui Chi will not provide him with help.

"These ghost eagles are actually equivalent to earthbound spirits. They can only move in one or a few specific areas. If they are broken into pieces, they will be restored soon." The attendant introduced: "So some people say , They are the real guards of Senluo Palace."

"Huh?" Liu Qinghuan was interrupted from his thoughts. After thinking about it for a while, he laughed secretly:

He really had his old habit again and wanted to find out the truth wherever he went, but this was inappropriate. Not to mention that Senluo Palace was Jiuyou's territory, and he would not be allowed to wander around, otherwise he would not be sent to follow him all the time.

Besides, he was only here as a guest for two days and did not have time to explore the secrets of this palace. Therefore, even if he knew that Senluo Palace was somehow related to the underworld, he could not confirm it.

He turned around and walked out: "Let's go, let's go somewhere else."

…

The concubine's wedding banquet came soon. As Liu Qinghuan expected, the whole banquet was lively but boring. The bride only came out to show her face, and then quickly retreated to the inner hall.

There were many guests, but not many. After all, it was just a concubine wedding banquet, and it was not important enough for everyone to attend.

Liu Qinghuan was invited to the table and sat with Boyang and others. Jiuyou monks kept coming to say hello, and some wanted to inquire about the Black Sun Realm.

Obviously the news has begun to spread in a small area, but Liu Qinghuan does not plan to talk about it in public for the time being, so he will just say it.

As the groom, the old man didn't have much joy on his face. Instead, he looked a little worried.

Holding a glass of wine, he walked up to Liu Qinghuan and whispered: "Fellow Taoist Taiwei, can you lend me a moment to speak?"