Chapter 115 A Strange Scene

March 6th, 1:01 pm.

Zhao Xing was running in the courtyard of eighteen locust trees and willows.

Sudden--

"Om~"

A ball of flame emerged from his body, forming a mysterious pattern. Through the flame, Zhao Xing also saw a golden body in the flame.

"It's the Dharmakāya of Lihuo Zhenjun!"

Zhao Xing quickly cupped his hands.

"Thank you, Master Zhenjun, for lending me the way."

"Twenty thousand and eighty-three miles have been traveled, and cause and effect have been cleared."

As soon as the words came out, the flames disappeared into thin air.

Zhao Xing also let out a long sigh.

“Finally I paid it off.”

Since he ran with the load for at least four hours every day, the day of return was earlier than expected.

In a little over six days, he had already repaid the debt owed to Master Lihuo.

Regarding this process of returning the Dao, Zhao Xing felt tired, extremely tired.

After all, this training approaches the body's limits every day.

"But being tired has its benefits."

"I am now halfway through the fifteenth stage of Ju Yuan."

Before entering the Shiyang Cave Heaven, Zhao Xing had just reached the fifteenth level of Ju Yuan, and there was still a long way to go, but now the distance has been greatly shortened.

More than six days of extreme training have squeezed the potential of the body more than ever before. These six days were entirely based on the training volume of a warrior.

Don't underestimate running with weights. As the saying goes, the simplest way is the best way. It is a way to exercise the whole body and mobilize the strength of the whole body.

"If the understanding of the Tao is sufficient, one will be promoted to a higher grade for every ten levels of Ju Yuan. My understanding of the Tao has long been sufficient. Now I am at the fifteenth level, which is five small levels away from the eighth level." Zhao Xing pondered.

Ju Yuan is the improvement of the physical body, and it is the process of condensing Yuan Qi and developing the physical body.

For most magic professions, the physical body lags behind the perception of Tao.

Because a large amount of time must be allocated every day to enlightenment (practicing magic), this enlightenment cannot improve the seven souls of the physical body.

But for warriors, their martial arts training is itself a training of the seven spirits.

"Warriors are relatively weak in the early stages, but later on it is easier for them to enter the fourth-grade Yuanhun realm. However, when they reach the third grade, they are slower than other professions. The Yuanhun realm requires a very high level of understanding of the Tao."

"But Jun Si Nong also attaches great importance to the physical body. I wonder if there are any training programs here to strengthen the physical body."

According to Zhao Xing's previous life, many military officials and farmers began to train the seven souls early on.

Because the environment in the Age of Calamities was too bad and too extreme.

Many times, the timing and location are so extreme that they become completely ineffective!

In order to save their lives and deal with such extreme situations, people choose to train the seven souls of the body early.

At least when that extreme situation really occurs, he will not be completely powerless. He carries a machete with him, so he can swing it to chop people at a critical moment.

"The rolling mine has already turned four times, and the Dao of Lihuo Zhenjun has also been repaid."

"Basic training is over, and we can start advanced training."

Zhao Xing washed up, opened the gate, stepped on the auspicious cloud, and flew out.

Basic training, buy cheap spell books from the armory, and rely on your own understanding to reach the entry level.

For advanced training, one makes use of the treasures of various places in the Sinongjian to gain insights and further improve oneself.

Zhao Xing is now going to Diliyuan.

"There are three treasured places in Diliyuan where you can study for free."

"The first is the Earth Vein Hall, which contains nineteen earth vein maps, which depict tens of thousands of earth veins in the nineteen states."

"To comprehend it is equivalent to observing an infinite number of preaching paintings."

"The second place is called the Seventy-two Underground Palaces."

"The seventy-two underground palaces are full of mysteries. They are built on exposed earth veins. If you observe them from afar, you may also have the opportunity to gain enlightenment."

"The third place is the Xuantu Prison."

"The Xuantu Prison holds many underground creatures. They are various exotic beasts captured when the Ten Sun Cave was developed."

"The magic formation of the Xuantu Prison will stimulate the strange beasts inside to go crazy every hour. Once they go crazy, they will involuntarily display their innate magic. Watching these underground strange beasts display their innate talents can also help to comprehend the Tao."

Zhao Xing first went to the seventy-two underground palaces.

Because there are relatively few people in the Seventy-two Underground Palaces and there are more people in other places, he plans to wait until it gets dark and there are fewer people before going to the other two places.

After flying for a while, Zhao Xing landed in front of a city wall.

The seventy-two underground palaces are surrounded by city wall formations.

How dangerous is it for the earth veins to be exposed on the surface?
Like the Underground Fire Plain, it was because the earth veins rose too much that Zhao Xing cast a spell casually, causing the Underground Fire Plain to cause a level five frenzy.

Therefore, the seventy-two underground palaces are all wrapped in and protected by numerous magic arrays.

There are also regulations for those who visit the underground palace.

"If you want to enter the underground palace for meditation, you must wear this Locking Energy Ring. Apart from using a wisp of energy to inject into the Cloud-Walking Boots to speed along, you cannot cast any other spells." The guard in front of the city gate was explaining the rules to those entering.

"No one is allowed to approach the underground palace within a hundred meters. You can only watch from the outside. If anyone breaks the rules, they will be permanently disqualified from visiting."

"You are also not allowed to throw fruit cores, elixirs, or anything above level three into the underground palace. Violators will be punished by military law."

“No urinating or defecating inside.”

"..."

The rules are strict, and some are outrageous.

But behind every outrageous rule, there is a real case.

For example, the one about throwing fruit cores into the underground palace, Zhao Xing guessed that someone had thrown them there before.

He is also familiar with this rule.

Because in the previous life, there were players who didn't believe in evil and insisted on throwing things in, and they did it secretly.

Above the third level, the fruit core itself has strong vitality.

By chance, seedlings grew out of the fruit core and began to absorb the power of the earth veins, causing a riot in the underground palace and resulting in extremely serious consequences.

The team advanced quickly and soon it was Zhao Xing's turn.

"Please show me the secret seal."

Zhao Xing handed over his personal secret seal.

"Please read the rules on the notice board and confirm whether you understand the rules of the Underground Palace."

Zhao Xing spent ten seconds, then nodded: "Confirmed."

The guard handed over a pair of handcuffs and said, "Please put on the lock ring."

Zhao Xing extended his right hand expressionlessly.

Click~
The mechanism was activated, and nine needles stretched out from the heavy handcuffs and pierced into Zhao Xing's skin.

I looked at the panel and the vitality value temporarily returned to 1 point.

Apart from using the Cloud-Stepping Boots, there's nothing else you can do.

"Okay, let's go in."

"Thank you."

When passing through the city gate corridor, Zhao Xing felt a burning sensation.

The first thing that catches the eye is a dark red palace with a roof covered with glazed tiles and a flame-shaped dome in the middle. There are waterfalls flowing down from the eaves around the top of the palace.

Zhao Xing took a closer look and realized that this was not a waterfall at all, but the power of the fire element of the earth veins had become extremely rich, like a river!
"The Fire Hell Underground Palace that Lao Chen used is somewhat similar to this palace."

"But his Fire Hell Palace is not even one percent as real as this palace."

The more realistic the method of constructing the underground palace is, the more powerful it is!

Zhao Xing looked at the Fire Hell Palace. Apart from the waterfall, he couldn't tell where the illusory earth vein power was.

"Every brick and tile looks real, amazing."

Zhao Xing did not stay in front of this underground palace for long.

The [Boundless Underground Palace] that he learned about is completely different from this underground palace. In order to draw inferences from one instance to another, one must also have the same general direction in his comprehension.

Following the auxiliary road for visiting, Zhao Xing observed the palaces in the distance one by one.

There is the [Hell of Fire Underground Palace] which is all flaming and seems to be surrounded by a ball of fire, there is also the [Crystal Underground Palace] which is made entirely of water power and is almost completely transparent, there is the [Wind and Thunder Underground Palace] which is full of tornadoes and flashing lightning...

The seventy-two underground palaces contain the mysteries of the earth’s veins and the five elements.

Zhao Xing kept walking and never stopped.

Until I turned a corner——

"Hmm? This underground palace..."

After turning the corner, Zhao Xing's heart was touched, and his eyes were involuntarily attracted by a building in front of him.

"Is this a palace?"

Zhao Xing did not stop because he found that the palace was very small. It could not even be called a palace because it was only the size of a house.

Its shape is more like an octagonal cage, and it is constantly moving.

Zhao Xing quickened his pace because the octagonal palace seemed to move only a short distance, but in fact it was moving very fast.

If it weren't for the fact that this octagonal palace was built in a circle around an auxiliary road and he was hundreds of meters away, Zhao Xing might not have been able to keep up.

"What kind of underground palace technique is this? I've never seen it before. It's so strange..."

Zhao Xing ran and observed at the same time.

Fortunately, he had become familiar with this way of comprehension in the past few days. He activated his bright eyes and stared at the octagonal palace.

The pale golden octagonal palace suddenly sank into the ground after circling around Zhao Xing.

"Disappeared?"

Zhao Xing was watching, when suddenly, he turned his head and found that the octagonal underground palace emerged from another place.

"Hmm? This isn't just an ordinary underground palace technique, this is a combination of the mysterious earth technique and the underground palace technique?!"

Zhao Xing's eyes lit up.

He wished he could fly into the air or run to the vicinity of the underground palace to take a closer look.

After being attracted by this magical underground palace, he subconsciously wanted to cast a spell to fly over, but his Cloud-Stepping Boots did not take off, and he felt a tingling pain in his wrist.

"Sigh~"

Zhao Xing took a breath of cold air.

"It actually made me want to cast a spell. I couldn't help but be attracted to it."

“We must seize the opportunity!”

Zhao Xing didn't know the origin of this underground palace, but he had never seen one like this among the 72 underground palaces.

His intuition told him that he must not miss it.

"Da Da Da~" the sound of footsteps sounded.

Zhao Xing was not the only one who discovered the magic of the octagonal palace. There were seven or eight other people who also discovered the octagonal palace and were searching for the octagonal underground palace together.

"Oh!"

Because they were too focused, the three people in front actually bumped into each other.

"Excuse me."

"fine."

The other guy ignored the person who bumped into him, his expression was indifferent, he didn't even look at the two people, and continued to chase.

Two quarters of an hour later.

Of the eight pursuers, six have given up.

Because it was too difficult to comprehend. First of all, they were not used to comprehending while running. Secondly, this octagonal underground palace was too mysterious and kept disappearing suddenly.

Zhao Xing was also a little annoyed. Just when he was about to figure out something, he immediately disappeared, as if his comprehension was interrupted. This octagonal underground palace was just a challenge for people to stop!
But he still kept his patience and continued his pursuit.

The more difficult it is, the more it proves that this octagonal underground palace is not simple, and it is somewhat related to the boundless underground palace he has learned about, so Zhao Xing will naturally not let it go easily.

Time passed, and three days passed in the blink of an eye.

For three days, without eating or drinking, and almost without a moment's rest, Zhao Xing continued to chase after this small octagonal underground palace.

During this period, participants came and went.

There are still many people following the trend, but they are no longer the same people as before.

Only the boy who was hit at the beginning and had an indifferent expression, like Zhao Xing, still did not give up.

"Oh!"

The underground palace suddenly turned a corner. The two people, who were not far apart to begin with, discovered some clues and suddenly collided with each other.

Zhao Xing reacted quickly and didn't suffer any injuries from the collision.

But the person opposite, perhaps because he was too focused, hit his head directly on the edge of the hard stone.

The corner of his eye was cracked and there was a cut on his forehead, and blood immediately gushed out.

"Brother, are you okay?" Zhao Xing finally turned his attention back to the present. He was shocked when he saw this scene.

"It's okay." Han Bing shook his sleeves, wiped the wound casually, and stood up.

Are you so stubborn, bro?
Do you still want to continue to comprehend even after all this?

"Why don't you stop the bleeding?" Zhao Xing pulled the other person, "This is affecting your comprehension. If you're not careful, you won't be able to see anything in the blink of an eye."

Han Bing thought about it and said, "That's fine."

He took out a piece of white gauze plaster from his arms, tore it open and slapped it on his head.

Zhao Xing recognized that this was a military healing ointment made by a pharmacist for treating external injuries.

Seeing his actions, Zhao Xing felt a little strange.

How experienced are you with getting hurt?
Come here to comprehend, and bring military healing ointment with you?

Seeing that he seemed to be fine and not willing to talk, Zhao Xing bowed and was about to continue walking. Unexpectedly, Han Bing took the initiative to ask: "You have also been watching for three days. Do you recognize what this method is?"

Zhao Xing also remembered that this person had persisted the longest, so he paused and said, "I guess it's a combination of the Underground Palace Method and the Mysterious Earth Method. I've figured out something about the Underground Palace Method, it should be the [God-Speed ​​Underground Palace], but I haven't figured out the Mysterious Earth Method part yet."

Han Bing looked up in surprise: "How could it be the God Travel Underground Palace? It's clearly the Cold Current Underground Palace."

Zhao Xing was also a little surprised, and he immediately thought of a possibility.

"What did you see?"
But Han Bing also thought of it, and they both asked the question at the same time.

"You say it first." X2
"It's okay, it's okay, you talk first." X2
"..."

Zhao Xing and Han Bing glared at each other, thinking that these buddies were in such good harmony.

In the end, Zhao Xing stretched out his hand and motioned Han Bing to speak first.

"Okay, I'll talk first." Han Bing pointed to the underground palace that had just emerged and said, "What I saw was the shape of a dock, a bit like a smaller version of a dragon-headed ship. Although its rules are unclear, it has always been wandering on different veins according to the rules of earth, water, earth fire, earth, gold, earth, and wood."

Zhao Xing was surprised and said, "What I saw was a house. The shape of the house was a bit strange, like an octagonal cage, without even a door, as if it was sealed. The rules I saw were also different from yours. It followed the rules of earth wind, earth metal, earth fire, earth mine, and earth water."

After hearing this, Han Bing also fell into deep thought: "No wonder so many people collided before. I thought everyone was concentrating on watching and ignored the surrounding things."

"Now it seems that this underground palace is the reason."

Zhao Xing smiled and nodded: "I also reacted, I'm really sorry for what happened just now, brother, my name is Zhao Xing, I'm from the Shenwei Army, what about you?"

Han Bing's expression was a little surprised: "Shenwei Army, Han Bing."

Han Bing from the Shenwei Army? The tenth person to report, what a coincidence?

"So you are one of us. I am sorry for your disrespect, Brother Han." Zhao Xing bowed.

Han Bing's expression was no longer as cold as before, and became more lively: "You're welcome. I think if you and I understand something later, we can communicate again."

Zhao Xing nodded: "That's right, then continue?"

"Ah."

In the blink of an eye, two days passed.

During this period, many people came to try to observe the erratic underground palace, but most people chose to give up.

After all, there is only one month, and it is not worth wasting too much time on comprehending uncertain things.

However, Zhao Xing and Han Bing did not give up.

Zhao Xing had never seen this underground palace before. He had never even heard of such a thing in Shiyang Cave in his previous life, so naturally he was unwilling to give up.

Han Bing is stubborn and has the tenacity to not give up until he achieves his goal.

In this way, the two of them occasionally communicated with each other.

Another three days passed.

"It's the eighth day."

Zhao Xing felt a little hungry and tired at this time. He didn't bring anything to eat. Mainly, he didn't expect to stay for so long without sleep!
It was Han Bing who gave him two fruits to eat, as if he had the habit of carrying things with him.

"It's already the eighth day. Since the fifth day, I have had a vague feeling that I will soon comprehend a spell, but I always lack that little spark." Zhao Xing was also a little anxious. "Am I really going to comprehend it soon, or is it an illusion, or is the owner of this underground palace deliberately teasing me?"

It's not impossible.

There are many masters in the military world. Some of them are not required to teach, and the military will not order them to do so.

These people are usually old guys who have lived for hundreds of years, so it is normal to encounter one with a weird temper.

"If I haven't figured it out after today, I'll have to leave." Zhao Xing has a plan for his training, and the rhythm of this plan has been disrupted.

"Wait for the last three hours. If you can understand, then understand. If not, then leave. Do I need this little chance from you?" Zhao Xing gathered his thoughts and quickly adjusted his mentality.

After adjusting his mindset, Zhao Xing was no longer in a hurry. He walked slowly and leisurely, no longer chasing like before.

In short, when the time comes, you can leave whether you succeed or not.

When the middle underground palace disappeared underground, he even ran to other places to take a look and no longer worried about this mysterious underground palace.

This is the state of mind I have at midnight.

Zhao Xing suddenly realized it.

When he saw the octagonal underground palace emerge again.

A door suddenly appeared in my eyes.

The octagonal underground palace was originally completely closed, although various five elements of power flowed on the outer walls, forming mysterious patterns.

But at this moment, on the side facing Zhao Xing, a door suddenly opened.

It was as if a door opened in Zhao Xing's mind.

"So that's how it is." Zhao Xing sat cross-legged and closed his eyes.

(End of this chapter)