Killing God - Chapter 228

Chapter 228 Altar
Little Hei stared at the three forks in the road ahead, clearly showing some hesitation. Although he could smell the aura of the Hou Clan in his memories, he didn’t know if the aura was too weak or if there was something disturbing in front of him that made it impossible for him to clearly distinguish which path the Hou Clan was taking.

Shen Shi was shocked. There was a bit more joy in his heart. Although he didn’t know how the Hou Clan managed to enter the Ancient Dragon Suppressing Palace, since they had also arrived here, according to what Ling Chunnie had said before, the people from the Hou Clan possessed a secret treasure map of this place. It seemed that although this place was full of dangers and unfathomable, it should be where the treasure of the mysterious tomb was located.

However, after waiting for a while, Shen Shi discovered that Little Hei was still hesitant. He couldn’t help but ask, “Can’t you tell which path they took?”

Little Hei looked a little depressed and shook his head.

Shen Shi thought for a moment and said, “Forget it, we’re just trying our luck anyway. Let’s try our luck first.”

As he spoke, his gaze swept across the three forks in the left, middle, and right passageways in front of him. After a moment of hesitation, he lifted his foot and walked into the middle path. Little Hei muttered a few words behind him. He didn’t know if he was complaining, but he quickly followed him.

The middle passage didn’t seem to be much different from the passage made of the azure-gray boulder when they came over. It was also wide and flat. However, after they walked about ten zhang away, Shen Shi saw a staircase appear in front of the passage, extending upwards.

Shen Shi walked up the stairs step by step. He carefully observed his surroundings. However, in this huge Ancient Dragon Suppressing Palace, there never seemed to be the slightest bit of vitality. There was a lifeless look everywhere. There was no sound at all. Only the sound of his and Little Hei’s footsteps echoed around him.

The stone steps were rather long, It was about thirty to forty feet above the ground when it reached the top, When Shen Shi stepped over the last step, In front of his eyes, A tall square platform resemble an altar, Four large bronze cauldrons stood at the four corners of the altar, The cauldron’s body was carved with ancient patterns of birds and exotic beasts. Fire could be faintly seen inside. It was precisely the somewhat transparent and slightly dim yellow flames that had been seen in the passageway before. It had been burning here for countless years, and it was unknown why it would not be extinguished even after such a long time.

In the middle of the platform was a tall altar. Its entire body was crimson red, and it was very different from the green-gray surrounding it. It was very conspicuous when surrounded by this huge green-gray boulder. It even gave off a feeling of incompatibility.

Shen Shi walked over and took a closer look at the red altar. He discovered that he could not recognize the material of the altar. It was neither stone nor jade, and its entire body was scarlet red like amber. There were many strange veins within it, like blood vessels in the flesh and blood of living beings. It looked very strange.

However, other than that, this altar didn’t seem to be any different. On top of the altar, there seemed to be something that was worshipped, but now it was in a mess. There were many places that seemed to have been flipped over by someone not long ago.

Shen Shi frowned as he swept his gaze across the altar. Could it be that this was the path that the Hou Clan took? However, at first glance, the scattered debris on the altar was mostly useless. It had long decayed under the erosion of time. However, after a while, one of these debris attracted Shen Shi’s attention.

It was a long stone box. The lid of the box had been opened, and it was casually thrown on the altar. It looked like there was something stored inside, but it was now empty. There was only one empty box left.

Shen Shi leaned over and grabbed the stone box. He felt rather heavy when he took it. He looked around and found that the stone box seemed to be located in the middle of the altar. As for the scattered offerings and debris, they seemed to revolve around this stone box.

After a moment of silence, his gaze landed on the stone box in his hand. He only flipped through it. There was nothing that caught his attention about the empty stone box. Perhaps the most important thing was what was originally inside the stone box.

However, had the things inside been taken away by the Hou Clan?

Shen Shi thought for a moment and finally gently put down the stone box. However, at this moment, the corner of his eyes suddenly saw that there seemed to be some handwriting on the bottom of the lid, which was also made of stone. After a moment of shock, he reached out to pick up the lid and flipped it over.

As expected, there were several lines on it:

Cosmos Fortune, Immortal Fate belongs to me;

Ranked in the Immortal Class, immortal;

Immortal Artifacts of the Dao Art, bequeathed by fate;

Good fortune lasts forever, virtue lasts forever.

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Four lines, eight sentences, thirty-two words. Each word was clear and shocking.

Every word and every sentence was the highest goal that all cultivators of the Grand Dao had dreamed of ever since ancient times. Wasn’t this Immortal Immortal Immortal who had cultivated for decades and hundreds of years precisely what he had done? Wasn’t that the Immortal Technique or Immortal Artifact he dreamed of?

In just a few short words, it was as if they had already placed this magnificent dream in front of everyone’s eyes.

Shen Shi’s expression also changed. However, after the initial shock, although he was somewhat surprised, he quickly froze his brows and pondered for some reason. A trace of doubt flashed across his face. Then, he turned around and looked around him. He looked at the high platform, the altar, and the messy and rotten offerings on the altar.

After a while, he slowly put the lid back on the altar. His expression seemed to have calmed down. He closed his eyes and pondered for a moment. Suddenly, he sneered and muttered to himself in a low voice,

“What kind of immortal fate, what kind of blessing, actually there are so many dangerous restrictions along the way? Could it be that this immortal has a good temper to kill?”

With a “pa pa pa” sound, the lid of the stone box landed on the altar, shaking up some dust.

Shen Shi didn’t take another look. His eyes regained their calm and clarity, and he even became more vigilant and careful. Perhaps from childhood until now, his father, who had never had ambition in his life, had constantly warned him that there wouldn’t be those heaven-defying coincidences. Even if there were, why would you obtain them from the hundreds of millions of people in the Primordial Chaos Realm?

Although this so-called immortal fate looked extremely beautiful and good, it was suspicious after careful consideration. However, the original items in this box had disappeared. Most of them were taken away by the Hou Clan that had arrived first. I wonder if those Hou Clan members could tell.

Shen Shi took a deep breath and bypassed the altar. In his eyes, the Ancient Dragon Suppressing Palace was becoming more and more mysterious. Although he hadn’t encountered any dangers in the dead silence until now, the pressure on his heart was increasing.

However, he still had to continue on the path he should take, because at this point, there was no turning back.

Shen Shi greeted Little Hei and continued walking forward. At the end of the platform, there were also layers of stone steps. However, this time, they were going downwards. In the faint yellow flames ahead, this tomb, or the Ancient Dragon Suppressing Palace, seemed to have become even more blurry.

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Amidst the dim yellow flames, seemingly endlessly spreading, Wherever Shen Shi went, all he saw was this cold and lonely color. After getting off the high platform, there was another passage. As he walked, Shen Shi suddenly discovered that there was no longer a single straight passage in front of him. Several forks extended in different directions. After he tried to walk for a while on a fork, he discovered that there were more forks ahead.

The road continued to expand. It was as if the Ancient Dragon Suppressing Palace was constantly changing and expanding. Only the azure gray color and dim yellow flames seemed to never end. When Shen Shi felt that something was wrong and wanted to turn around, he discovered that there were similarly chaotic passageways along the way.

He gritted his teeth and his heartbeat slightly accelerated. However, before he could think of any countermeasures, he suddenly heard a mournful shout coming from an unknown place in front of the vast road.

The voice was filled with terror, fear, and despair. It was as if the owner of the voice had seen the most terrifying thing in the world in front of him, causing one’s hair to stand on end.

Shen Shi suddenly turned his head and looked ahead. However, all he could see was the passage formed by countless ice-cold grey boulders that led to different directions, and they were nowhere to be found.

Little Hei had been following him the entire time. At this moment, he couldn’t help but get closer to Shen Shi. He rubbed his head against Shen Shi’s leg, as if this made him feel somewhat at ease.

Shen Shi pondered silently. At the same time, he looked at the eerie and terrifying maze in front of him. Perhaps there was something strange and terrifying waiting for him somewhere in front of him. He slowly placed his hand on his waist and gently stroked the Ruyi bag twice. After a while, he expressionlessly took another step forward.

Since there was no way to retreat, he could only push forward with all his might!

The sound of footsteps echoed softly. The passageway kept retreating in his footsteps. Although it was still exactly the same as a labyrinth-like passageway, and although there were many indiscernible fork entrances, Shen Shi had a faint feeling in his heart that he seemed to be getting closer and closer to something.

It was because Xiao Hei didn’t need any reminders. Even he could faintly smell the faint smell of blood in the air.

After walking for more than ten zhang, a new fork appeared in front of Shen Shi. However, when Shen Shi saw this fork, his expression suddenly changed.

Not only did he come here, the stench of blood suddenly became much denser. Furthermore, it was in front of him that Shen Shi saw a person sitting on the ground leaning against a giant stone wall at a fork in the road ahead, with his head lowered.

It seemed to be a skinny old man. Just like that, he lowered his head and sat in a pool of blood. All over his body, on the ground beside him, and even on the wall of the azure-gray boulder that he was leaning against, blood splashed all over his body. It was shocking and dazzling to look at.

In this shocking scene, the old man lowered his head and his chest slightly rose and fell, as if he had let out a deep gasp.

Shen Shi’s body trembled. This was the first living person he had seen since he entered the Ancient Dragon Suppressing Palace. However, the scene before him was too frightening. He had no choice but to treat it carefully. Therefore, he did not dare to go over immediately. He just stood there and carefully shouted,

“Hey, you are …”

Before he could finish speaking, his voice suddenly became hoarse. Perhaps it was because of his voice that he woke up. The old man who lowered his head slowly raised his head, revealing his face. It was surprisingly Master Wen who was able to control the Floating Immortal Ark when he was waiting for his family to set off outside Floating Cloud City. However, at this moment, in Shen Shi’s astonished gaze, two pale white ghost flames were actually burning in the eyes of Master Wen’s skinny face, which reflected the bloodstains on his face.