readytorunbook Chapter 253 Buried Underground All Years
Chapter 253 Buried Underground All Years
The two followed a man in a suit and walked slowly into a hidden underground building in the city center. The entrance was narrow, only allowing one person to pass through, but after entering, it was a different world, as if it was a luxurious basement built in the belly of a mountain.
The man in a suit led them into an exquisite meeting room inside.
He placed a box on the high chief chair.
Then, the old man in the white shirt turned into a puff of smoke, slowly floated out, sat on the chief seat, and said to them: "Wait a moment, I will tell you everything."
The two nodded and sat down on the sofa next to them.
Zhang Liang looked at the basement carefully and felt that it seemed familiar.
At this time, Dong Jun suddenly said: "Why does this basement look so familiar? Is it similar to the secret base we accidentally discovered before?"
Dong Jun's words surprised the old man sitting in the chief seat and the man in a suit standing beside him.
The old man in the white shirt asked quickly, "Have you been to other basements before coming here? What was that place like?"
Dongjun thought for a moment and replied, "We made our home in a cave, but later we found a passage behind a wall. We walked down the passage and found a huge space. That cave was about the same size as this one. There was a palace here, but the cave I remember had a small wooden house."
After hearing Dong Jun's words, the old man breathed a sigh of relief and said, "I didn't expect you to find that place and come out safely. It's really not easy!"
Zhang Liang then asked: "What exactly is that place?"
The old man waved his hand to indicate that he should be patient: "Don't be impatient, just listen to me slowly."
A long, long time ago, we were not residents of this world. We lived in a place called the spirit world, or perhaps some people called it the fairyland. We were once the supreme elders of the sect, but because of one incident, we were attacked by all the forces in the fairyland.
The battle was extremely brutal, and countless sect members were killed or wounded. There were only a few survivors, and our leader was killed by the eight powerful men because of this incident. In the end, we were exiled to this place - this is our place of exile, and it is also the legendary entrance to hell.
Our leader was once the first in the fairyland, and he led us to glory with his great power. However, he was envied by other sects and eventually died in battle. But before he died, he exchanged his life for an agreement: to leave our lives to prevent us from making a comeback in the fairyland. So, we were exiled here and buried our leader here. Leading the remaining disciples, we lived here for many years.
Later, due to a disaster, only four of the original eight elders remained, and all the disciples died. The fairyland forces that were originally stationed here also returned to the fairyland and closed the way back, leaving us to fend for ourselves. This is both a place of death and a cage. It is the entrance to hell, and the disaster was triggered by the entrance to hell.
Many demons escaped from the entrance to hell. We survived the disaster with the magic array left by the leader and the lives of all the disciples. The entrance to hell was sealed by us, but the leader's inheritance was damaged by the disaster, making it more difficult to inherit.
After the disaster, we arranged for the remaining disciples to enter the leader's inheritance, hoping that they could inherit the leader's power, but in the end, for some reason, not a single one came out, and only a dark trace was left.
Thousands of years have passed. To protect this place, we have buried our bodies underground for years to prolong our lives. Yan'er, like you, came to this world for unknown reasons. He was only seven years old when he came. We adopted him and taught him the magic.
Decades ago, the four of us protected him and helped him enter the Leader's inheritance. Although he finally came out alive, his vitality was seriously damaged, and each person can only enter once. He has no chance again, and it is because of his coming out that I know what happened in the Leader's inheritance.
It turns out that a demon source appeared in the leader's inheritance. It is the origin of all demons and has magical powers. The disciples we sent into the inheritance at the beginning all turned into demons. For hundreds of years, they killed each other internally, lost their humanity, and only had the instinct of killing. But they can't leave because the entire valley is full of the leader's sealing formation.
However, the leader's legacy still exists. This palace is the key to activating the legacy. And the cave you went to is the entrance to the legacy. I didn't expect that you would find it by accident. As for the dead Confucian disciple you mentioned, we don't know what happened. But judging from the way he died, he might have been killed by a demon. I didn't expect that after a thousand years, besides you, there are still people who can find this place. It seems that the passage connecting to the human world still exists, but we just haven't discovered it. After the elder finished speaking,
Zhang Liang suddenly asked, "We encountered a monster the night we first arrived. It might be the demon you mentioned."
The Great Elder smiled and shook his head: "Impossible, if there are demons, they should all be in the leader's inheritance. Once they come outside, they will trigger the formation and be destroyed instantly. However, can you describe the appearance of the monster you saw?"
Zhang Liang nodded, recalling that night, a strange wind blew, followed by a fog. He did not see clearly what was in the fog, but only remembered those green eyes, which were extremely terrifying.