SCT-Novel #199 - Canglong Secret Realm, Prison of Sin
#199 - Canglong Secret Realm, Prison of Sin
“Whoa!”
“Where is this?”
Xu Chengxian had once again latched onto Ling Yunzi's horsetail whisk.
As long as he could be carried along, he didn't much care how he was carried.
This time, the blood energy expenditure was a bit too much; even he felt he couldn't handle it.
He still had to separate a portion of his blood energy to first 'imprison' the Crimson Blood Array Flag and the Taotie in his belly, preparing to wait until he recovered a bit before discussing the matter of dripping blood to form a contract.
And then, it was time to sleep.
He didn't sleep for long.
At most, it was less than half an hour.
During this time, Lingxiao and Ling Yunzi quickly carried him away from the teleportation array.
Guarding against General Si chasing after them.
Although they knew the possibility was small, after all, the teleportation array from the Emperor's Tomb to the Azure Dragon Secret Realm was only one location, but there was more than one teleportation array within the Azure Dragon Secret Realm.
Since it was based on the True Dragon bloodline contained in the dragon egg to determine the destination of the teleportation, the probability of overlap was still not high.
Doing so was just to be prepared for any eventuality.
He slept all the way, and when he woke up again and poked his head out, he saw a magnificent, towering great hall.
The hall separated heaven and earth, lying across the front like a giant beast.
Xu Chengxian had never seen such a magnificent hall in his life, so he couldn't help but ask aloud.
Looking up again, he saw four dragon-bodied apparitions hidden in the clouds above the cyan-colored hall—Azure Dragon, Golden Dragon, Ying Dragon, Black Dragon.
Each one seemed to soar in the sky, lifelike, emitting a dragon威威 (wēi, might/power) that felt almost tangible.
As if sensing the approach of a strange aura, the four True Dragons turned their heads one after another, staring at the three of them.
“Holy crap!”
Under that gaze, his heart couldn't help but tremble.
After calming himself, he realized that it was just an illusion.
“Although it's an illusion array, it could still deter evildoers when it was at its peak in its prime,” Lingxiao said.
This type of array was common in the high places of many great halls.
Not only in the Demon Race, but also everywhere in the human realm of the Eastern Lands.
It was said that some arrays had been passed down from ancient times.
Those in the sects were from strong individuals of past generations, or predecessors who hated evil as if it were an enemy.
“That's right.” Xu Chengxian nodded.
Now, he should first go inside and see if there were any good things here.
“You go in, I'll stay outside and comprehend this great hall's illusion array,” Ling Yunzi said.
“Huh?” Xu Chengxian was stunned. “Yunzi, you're not going in?”
This reaction was wrong.
He immediately thought: “Is it that there's nothing good inside at all?”
Then, he looked up again at the great hall.
Such an imposing place didn't seem like it would be without treasures.
At a glance, there was a main path in front of the great hall's door, with dozens of statues on each side.
Judging from some of the features, they should be dharma body statues of various dragon descendants.
There seemed to be words on the statues as well.
The fog here was less than in the Emperor's Tomb, so he spread out his divine sense and swept over them.
He found that there was a lot of content written on them.
The words were unrecognizable.
But when his divine sense touched them, he could immediately understand their meaning.
They were actually like legal clauses.
Looking up again, there was a gold-lettered plaque above the main entrance of the great hall, with two large characters written in crimson red.
The characters were complex and ancient, and staring at them seemed to suck one's soul in.
“Oops?”
A wisp of Xu Chengxian's divine sense touched the plaque and was actually swallowed.
He was usually the only one who swallowed others, but this time he hadn't even done anything and was 'eaten' by a plaque first.
Looking at it a few more times, he felt a sinking feeling all over his body, as if a mountain was pressing down on him.
He moved his gaze away and returned to normal.
What was this thing?
It seemed to have a strange power, but it was very different from the magic power that triggered the fluctuations of the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.
Just as he was at a loss, he saw Lingxiao also staring at the two characters.
“So, we've come here,” Lingxiao's expression was a bit strange, first surprised, then regretful.
It was clear that she recognized this great hall.
“Lingxiao, do you recognize the two characters on the great hall's plaque?” Xu Chengxian asked.
“Prison of Sin,” Lingxiao said, “This is where the True Dragon race imprisons sinful demons.”
“It seems Your Majesty knows it as well, then I don't need to explain further,” Ling Yunzi said, waving his horsetail whisk.
Xu Chengxian then leaped up and jumped onto Lingxiao's shoulder.
“I'm going to look at the array,” Ling Yunzi said, leaping to the top of the great hall.
“Sister, tell big brother about it,” Xu Chengxian conjured his usual blood energy hands and feet, grabbed a strand of Lingxiao's hair, and sat on her shoulder.
“There's not much to say,” Lingxiao said, “Any sinful demon who enters this place must have been thoroughly plundered, even their natal magic treasures will be taken away.”
As she spoke, she stepped inside.
The Prison of Sin great hall was very empty.
The middle was the place for trying criminals, with a main hall and two torture chambers.
The rest were all prisons.
And as expected, there was nothing good.
Not to mention the torture instruments in the torture chambers, even the tables and chairs in the main hall were gone.
It was unknown whether they had been moved away or had long since decayed in the passage of time.
“There really is nothing,” Returning to the center of the great hall, Xu Chengxian couldn't help but sigh with regret.
According to what Lingxiao said, the good things on the bodies of the prisoners imprisoned here had long been taken away by the True Dragon race.
The natal magic artifacts of the demon race were generally a part of their own demon bodies.
Even the natal magic artifacts were taken away, which meant that some parts of the prisoner's body that had been tempered into treasures would also be taken away.
Then there would be nothing left.
Demons treated like this couldn't last long.
Soon, their magic power would dissipate, their demon bodies would gradually collapse, and finally turn into withered bones.
Even withered bones couldn't last for thousands of years.
“The dragon egg we obtained contains very little True Dragon bloodline power,” Lingxiao said, “After the Emperor's Tomb was opened, I don't know how many people have come here.”
Even if something was left behind, others would have already gotten there first.
“I understand that,” Xu Chengxian chuckled, “Don't I just think that we're not ordinary people?”
Perhaps we can find something that ordinary people can't find in this kind of place that looks very powerful.
“It's the kind of super treasure that's deliberately left for the protagonist, you know?”
“What you said also makes some sense,” Lingxiao raised her eyebrows, thought seriously, and said, “Then why don't we look for it again?”
“...Sister, I was joking,” Xu Chengxian was amused by Lingxiao's reaction.
Good fellow, this is too confident!
That's right, when she was the Empress, the proud son of heaven was unique and supreme, and over time, it was easy to develop the arrogance of 'when the time comes, the world will work together'.
Like him, a former salaryman, even though he was a transmigrator in this life, he didn't have this kind of aura.
“I was also joking,” Lingxiao said, “But if you want to look for it again, it's not impossible.”
Xu Chengxian understood that what she meant was that Ling Yunzi's array definitely hadn't been fully researched yet.
It was best if the three of them didn't separate.
At this time, he suddenly thought of a question: “The dragon egg was sent here to enhance its bloodline power, right?”
“Hmm?”
“Then is it a bit strange to send it to a place like a prison?”
“Not strange,” Lingxiao was reminded, “There is a prison here where dragons are imprisoned.”
They hadn't gone to see it yet.
So, they flew back and went to the rear hall!