Hong Qingshan was knocked into the entrance of the treasure by that big hoof and rolled down along the stairs.

  "How did this happen?" Tan Qing Shan supported himself with one hand on the ground, half squatting on the ground, his mind still in a mess.

  What just happened is really a rollercoaster ride. First, I was dragged down by the people from the Carefree Palace and unfortunately discovered by Zhao Danchen. When I had made up my mind to fight Zhao Danchen to the death, that golden dragon turtle suddenly took action and blasted Zhao Danchen away, saving me.

  This isn't over yet! Just saved myself, and I've gone and thrown myself into the treasure entrance again!

  "Is there something special about me? Does this old dragon turtle have a special liking for me?" Teng Qing Shan couldn't help but laugh and cry at the same time. He turned his head to look at the entrance of the cave on the stairs, where the old dragon turtle's abdominal armor was stuck. "This old dragon turtle told Wu Hou that the Yu Huang treasure, those who have fate will get it, and those who enter without fate will die. Could it be... I am the one with fate?"

  Fate and no fate are very inexplicable things in the eyes of Lü Qing Shan.

  It's been who-knows-how-many years since I last saw Yu Huang, where did we have a chance encounter?

  "Although I don't know why this old turtle is helping me, at least I've escaped with my life and arrived here!" Teng Qing Shan scanned his surroundings.

  Still green material!

  The Heavenly Flood Dragon Palace has another layer below it, aside from the maze on top!

  But below that layer it's much simpler, generally ten zhang distance is a green pillar, at a glance... the pillars are all over the place, completely supporting the top.

  "Hmm, this underground place, isn't pitch black after all, but instead has light!" Teng Qing Shan discovered that at the base of two adjacent pillars, there were greenish-blue lines connecting them, and similarly, at the top of the two pillars, there were also greenish-blue lines connecting them... This caused the entire underground area to be enveloped in a greenish-blue glow.

  And strips of green light intersected each other in a crisscross pattern, forming squares that were ten zhang long and wide.

  Desolate! Quiet!

  This is the lower level of Tianhong Water Palace, no monsters, quiet, shrouded in a green glow.

  "Hmm, no!" Teng Qing Shan took a closer look, "This light... has a problem!"

  Hong Qingshan found that these green light beams actually had a flowing green halo... just like the water flowing in the river.

  "Right!" Teng Qing Shan's eyes lit up, "No energy is born out of thin air, this cultivation also needs to refine the essence and transform it into spirit... And yet, the Tian Hong Water Palace has existed at the bottom of the lake for at least 5,000 years without a single scratch. There must be some kind of energy supplementing and supporting it!"

  "There should be an energy center here!" Teng Qing Shan's previous life thinking judgment.

  Teng Qing Shan immediately began to stroll around in this underground place.

  A vast expanse, except for a row of pillars that stretched as far as the eye could see, was bathed in this greenish-blue light.

  "Indeed!" Just fifty feet away, Teng Qing Shan laughed, "One by one, the light beams transmit energy! It's just like water flowing... The sea accepts all rivers... The more places where water flows gather, the river will become wider. The closer to the energy center of Tian Hong Water Palace, these light beams will be thicker!"

  Fifty zhang away, Teng Qing Mountain suddenly found that the green light under his feet at this moment was thicker than the one fifty zhang behind.

  ……

  Emerald green light, divided into two kinds, one is horizontal and the other is vertical.

  Heng Qing Shan found that the horizontal lines became thicker as they moved forward.

  And this vertical line, the more it goes to the left, the thicker it becomes.

  Teng Qing Shan walked diagonally forward to the left front, and after walking for about a mile, Teng Qing Shan stopped.

  "What a terrifying energy!" Teng Qing Shan's heart trembled, and in front of him, those rays of light had already grown to be three feet thick! They could no longer be considered rays of light, but rather small streams. "According to these energy flows, this should be the energy center!"

  In front of Qing Shan Mountain, three zhang away, is where the energy flow is the thickest, nowhere else has as much.

  But ——

  Surroundings are still just a few pillars, as well as crisscrossing green light lines, a grand underground palace, like a giant Go board.

  "The center is just three zhang ahead." Teng Qing Shan cautiously took out a flying knife.

  Whoosh!

  The flying knife turned into a residual shadow and shot three feet forward, while Teng Qing Shan was carefully observing, he had a premonition - something should happen!

  "Boom~~" The entire underground palace suddenly shook violently, as if it were an earthquake.

  Hong Qingshan's face changed drastically, and he stared at the front in shock.

  A dazzling greenish-blue light cluster, about three zhangs in length and width, appeared ahead, like a green 'sun'!

  Pong!

  The emerald green sun suddenly burst out with a strong shockwave, like ripples on the water's surface, spreading out at an astonishing speed! The entire space was trembling due to this terrible energy... it seemed as if the entire space was about to collapse. Teng Qing Shan had never seen such a terrifying scene before.

  It's too fast!

  Teng Qing Shan didn't even have time to dodge, and... there was nowhere to hide anyway.

  In an instant, Teng Qing Shan's mind only had time to flash a thought: "No wonder he dared say that anyone who comes in will die... even if it's a Void Boundary expert, they probably won't be able to resist either." Then he was engulfed by this scattered cyan-green shockwave.

  ******

  The Heavenly Flood Temple is on top of one layer.

  "Rumble, rumble~~~~" The entire labyrinth began to tremble.

  In the alley, the Beast King 'Wu Hou', Zhao Dan Chen, Chang Mei Old Monk, and the five masters of Xiang Yao Palace all changed their faces.

  "What's going on?"

  "How did this palace start shaking?"

  They were all shocked and confused.

  "Could it be that Qin Lang has obtained the Yu Huang treasure?" Wu Hou said with a frown.

  "Hmm, Tian Hong Water Palace has existed for thousands of years. It's estimated that only by obtaining the Yu Huang treasure will it cause a stir." The old monk with long eyebrows also nodded in agreement.

  Zhao Dan Chen's face turned even uglier upon hearing this, he glanced at the golden dragon turtle lounging at the entrance of the cave and secretly cursed: "Obtaining the Yu Huang treasure? Hmph, Qin Lang... you have no sect and no backing. Even if you obtain the Yu Huang treasure, what qualifications do you have to keep it safe? Wait until you come out, I Zhao Dan Chen..."

  The Qinghu Island suffered a huge loss, and the Yu Huang treasure was originally a foregone conclusion. Everything changed because of this Qin Lang!

  Indignation, murderous intent, cannot be concealed at all.

  "Old Zhao, what's going on inside?" A thick voice kept reverberating within the Tian Hong Water Palace. It was Gu Yong, who had been waiting anxiously outside the palace gate. Originally, he still had patience to wait, but he could see with his own eyes that the entire Tian Hong Water Palace was shaking violently, and he suddenly became anxious!

  Something big must have happened inside Tianhong Water Palace.

  "Master of the island! Bring them in!" Zhao Dan Chen also shouted loudly.

  In the alley, others heard Zhao Dan Chen shout this, but they all shook their heads and laughed.

  "Brother Zhao, what's the point of having your island master come now? Haha..." Wu Hou laughed.

  "Hmph." Zhao Dan's face turned cold.

  Previously, Gu Yong and others were kept outside to prevent the island owner from getting too close and dying. Now, although it seems that Yu Huang's treasure cannot be obtained, the current situation is obviously no longer dangerous. Letting the island owners in can also have a good talk about what to do next.

  *******

  The lower level of Tianhong Water Palace, one mile east of the entrance of the staircase passage.

  The shaking has stopped.

  Teng Qing Shan still stood there, his entire body bathed in the green light. The small tripod pendant that was originally inside his clothes was now absorbing the green light. The energy impact wave from just now had left Teng Qing Shan completely defenseless, but it was this small tripod that had saved him. Teng Qing Shan was unscathed!

  "How strange." Teng Qing Shan didn't look at Xiao Ding, but instead stared ahead.

  Three zhang ahead, what was originally empty space now shone with dazzling golden light!

  Nine black tripod cauldrons, each about half the height of a person, were arranged in three rows, forming a nine-palace grid shape. On top of each black tripod cauldron was a lid, and on the lid was embedded a golden bead. It was these nine golden beads that emitted dazzling golden light.

  Outside the nine small tripods, there are golden spherical light shields visible to the naked eye. These golden spheres completely envelop the space where the nine small tripods are located.

  Nine three-legged small cauldrons, with a large black axe hovering above the central one.

  This black large axe is suspended in mid-air like this.

  Obviously, this black big axe is also the center of the spherical light cover. Faintly, a greenish-blue light is flowing on the black big axe.

  "Nine Tripods? Black Axe?" Teng Qing Shan's gaze fell on that axe.

  "This place seems to have something to do with my little Ding." Teng Qing Shan lowered his head, looking at the small Ding on his chest, and immediately stretched out his hand to touch the golden light cover.

  "Hmph—"

  Like a magnet attracting iron, Tong Qing Shan was instantly sucked into the light shield.

  "Ah!" Teng Qing Shan was shocked, staring at the black giant axe. Outside the light halo, Teng Qing Shan had not sensed the terror of this black axe, but upon entering the light halo... that frightening pressure spread out, causing Teng Qing Shan's heart to tremble, "This axe should be the center of the entire Tian Hong Water Palace!"

  An axe floating in mid-air without any support, the cyan green light flowing on the axe seems to be connected to the external cyan green light.

  Looking at this axe, a thought flashed through Teng Qingshan's mind.

  "Legend has it that Yu Huang's weapon is an axe! Could it be... this axe?" Tong Qing Shan pondered, "However... logically speaking, even if it were the weapons of the four strongest, they would only be made from precious materials. Just symbolic in meaning, and not very useful in itself."

  A weapon is just a weapon!

  Even if it were Yu Huang's weapon, logically speaking, there shouldn't be anything special about it. But why...

  Can weapons float in mid-air?

  "These nine small tripods, is there something inside?" Teng Qing Shan's gaze swept across, and through the hollowed-out tripod lids, he saw a faint reflection inside.

  "Hahaha ~~" On the ground were placed nine three-legged small cauldrons, and the golden beads on the cauldron covers suddenly emitted a golden light each.

  Nine rays of light converge in mid-air above nine tripodal cauldrons.

  A vague, tall virtual figure suddenly appeared in mid-air, wearing simple grey and white robes, disheveled hair, a resolute square face, and a large beard connected to his temples. At first glance... it seemed like a wild man.

  "This is..." Teng Qing Shan stared blankly at this scene.

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