Xuanyuan Fawang snorted, and the two of them didn't want to make a scene either. Seeing Zhou Qing giving them an out, they didn't have any reason not to back down! Without saying another word, they both transformed into a virtual shadow and charged downwards together. Zhou Qing stomped her foot, quietly casting a Divine Movement Symbol on her leg, tightly following the two of them, and surprisingly didn't fall behind either.
Three people are almost top-notch masters, Zhou Qing is not as good as the two super masters, but his skills have also increased greatly. His primordial spirit and true body work together, barely comparable to a mid-to-late stage Houtian master. Especially after absorbing the spiritual energy of that powerful ghost soldier just now, in terms of spiritual power, even a newly promoted late-stage Houtian master may not be able to match him! With his spiritual power greatly increased, controlling his true yuan artifact is also effortless and natural, let alone the part of his spiritual energy stored in his primordial spirit that has not been refined yet.
Zhou Qing is now full of confidence, with the help of Huaxue Shengdao, he has the confidence to compete with anyone. In an instant, the three hundred meters long Sima Dao was crossed in one leap, and the huge bluestone staircase finally reached its end, suddenly opening up, and a vast empty great hall appeared before their eyes. A row of stone pillars that were at least ten people around stood upright on both sides of the hall, with patterns of stars and clouds inlaid on the pillars, shining brightly, making people feel as if they were in outer space. Sima Dao was wide enough and high enough, but this great hall was at least dozens or even hundreds of times wider and more spacious than Sima Dao. The stone pillars stretched forward in a row, leaving a path of tens of meters in the middle, leading far into the depths of the hall. Zhou Qing and his two companions exerted their eyesight to see vaguely the tightly closed bluestone gate at the end of the hall.
"What is this place again?" Zhou Qing asked, not afraid to ask questions. In unfamiliar places, it's better to understand the situation clearly, otherwise, you might lose your life, which would be a big loss. Wen Lanxin didn't speak, but only looked at the giant stone pillars inlaid with starry cloud patterns. However, Zhou Qing knew that she also couldn't figure out what was going on. Her two ears seemed to move slightly, waiting for Xuan Yuan Fa Wang's answer.
"Huh?" Zhou Qing suddenly doubted her own vision. Wen Lanxin, this middle-aged demonic path master, had already reached the realm of internalization of true yuan. Although she didn't intentionally conceal her body changes, the slight movement of her ears wasn't something ordinary people could discover.
"It turns out that my mental power has increased greatly!" Zhou Qing suddenly understood the reason. She secretly made up her mind to absorb more spiritual energy from Jun Hun's soul, and if she could condense her mental power into substance like Xuan Yuan Fa Wang, then the world would be at her mercy!
"This is the Tianxing Temple! It was the Star Array set up by Xu Fu back then, absorbing the power of the stars to suppress the vengeful spirits. These 108 stone pillars were originally set up by 108 Taoist masters to form the Heavenly Gate Earthly Lock Array to suppress the vengeful spirits, but although it didn't work, Xu Fu transformed them into the Pillars of the Stars instead. Each star pillar has suppressed nearly two thousand vengeful spirits inside, all of whom are Qin and Zhao soldiers who died in the Battle of Changping!" Xuan Yuan Fa Wang is indeed a man who has lived for many years, he knows this secret very clearly.
"One is two thousand, one hundred and eight is two million! This is only the soldiers who died in battle that year, what about the forty million who were buried alive?" Zhou Qing felt something was off upon hearing this, as if the most crucial part had been left out. Wen Lanxin, the devil among devils, couldn't even utter half a sentence, and could only silently watch the two exchange words.
"Hmph! Those 4 million who were killed, their resentment is enough to make the Nine Heavens' Thunder Tribulation helpless. Even if Xu Fu was extremely powerful, how could he possibly seal them all? It's said that they're all at the bottom layer, being suppressed together with the God of Murder, Bai Qi! However, I don't know about that. My knowledge only goes up to the Tianxing Temple, as for what's behind that stone door in the temple, I have no idea!" Xuan Yuan Fa Wang waved his hand, his expression calm and collected.
Zhou Qing secretly observed the old demon's expression and discovered that he was indeed not hiding anything, slightly putting her mind at ease. Wen Lanxin finally found an opportunity to speak, although it was to ease the tension, but his tone was still cold: "That's fine, with twenty million vengeful spirits here, we probably can't collect them all, I suppose the military spirit from earlier was one that escaped from here, and just one was already difficult to deal with. Now, let's talk about dealing with the current situation, don't enter the treasure mountain empty-handed!" This statement made sense, even Xuan Yuan Fa Wang couldn't help but nod in agreement.
However, this Star Pillar contains nearly two thousand vengeful spirits. If they were all released at once, even if the two of you have unparalleled magical powers and your Taoist skills are matchless, I fear we would still end up with a fate worse than death. Zhou Qing saw that occasionally one or two headless soldier spirits would emerge, and they were incredibly fierce. Now, if nearly two thousand were to come out at once, it would be unbearable. It's likely that we would need to gather all the top masters from every Taoist sect in the world, bring out all our precious treasures, set up a massive killing array, just to deal with them.
When Zhou Qing spoke, Wen Lanxin and Xuan Yuan Fawang's faces turned ugly for a moment. It was true that even if they were practitioners of the Return to Void realm, it would be almost impossible for them to deal with two thousand mid-stage Hua Shen military souls at the same time. However, asking them to give up was like spitting out the fat meat that had already been eaten, which was even more impossible!
"Alright! Let's head back to Sima Dao first, join forces and set up the formation. Then we'll blast open the seal and lure those vengeful spirits and malevolent ghosts into our trap. We'll hide inside the formation and wait for the right moment to strike. Whatever we can capture is a bonus!" A sly glint flashed in Xuan Yuan's eyes, but Zhou Qing didn't notice.
"It's the only way! Although it's dangerous, wealth and honor are to be found in taking risks, let's give it a try!" Zhou Qing and Wen Lanxin had no objections, both parties agreed on this plan.
Returning to Sima Daozhong, the three of them were almost all using their unique skills, making Zhou Qing's eyes dazzle. Xuan Yuan Fawang shook his hands and suddenly appeared in front of him with a dozen or so cold lights radiating from precious swords. The colors were clear, red, yellow, blue, green, and five colors intertwined with clouds and mist, obviously each sword was top-notch. Zhou Qing couldn't help but feel envious: "This old monster, didn't he say he didn't have any magic treasures? It seems like he was just pretending to be poor!" However, Zhou Qing wasn't surprised, an old monster who had lived for thousands of years would be strange if he didn't have anything on him.
Various colored treasure swords of different shapes, some exceeding four feet in length and others only one foot, unevenly arranged. Xuan Yuan Fa Wang grasped a few sword keys, and the ten or so handles of the treasure swords inserted into the green stone steps on the ground with a hiss! hiss! hiss! Countless sword energies formed a pre-heaven Taiji diagram, surrounding an area of about 10 square meters, emitting extremely pure Taoist demon-subduing sword energy throughout the passageway. The originally cold and gloomy passageway unexpectedly had a hint of warmth. "Shu Mountain Sword Key?" Zhou Qing had cultivated the Lingkong Jianqi (Sword Energy Soaring in the Air) technique, so his sensitivity to sword energies was naturally higher than others. A familiar flavor hidden within the faintly emitted sword energy immediately made Zhou Qing understand that this old demon was using Shu Mountain's sword array.
