Chapter 213: Dead Peach Tree, Strange Statue
Without any hesitation, Li Daoxuan immediately escaped from the River Styx and came to the foot of Mount Dushuo.
The River Styx surrounds this mountain. From afar, it looks like an isolated island, forgotten in this land where the souls of the dead travel.
As soon as he came ashore, he heard the sound of waves. He saw that the Styx was surging again and the whirlpool appeared again.
Crash!
The Styx was stirred up by storms, and it seemed that the monster under the water was unwilling to give up and wanted to drag Li Daoxuan into it again.
Li Daoxuan sneered, holding a three-pointed, double-edged sword, and prepared to split the waves.
But to his surprise, when the water of the Styx touched Mount Dushuo, it seemed to be stopped by an invisible force and quickly became quiet.
The waves created by the wind also fell straight into the river, as if an animal had its skeleton removed.
At the same time, Li Daoxuan's heart moved, and the feeling of being watched completely disappeared.
It seemed as if Mount Dushuo blocked all prying eyes from the outside world. Even the Lord of the Underworld, the Ghost King Xudu, could not set his sights here.
The strong sense of crisis in Li Daoxuan's heart finally dissipated.
He looked at this sacred mountain recorded in the "Classic of Mountains and Seas" with curiosity. What secrets did it hold?
What did the two door gods Shentu and Yulei leave behind on Mount Dushuo that makes this mountain so special that the water of the Styx cannot touch it and the ghosts and evil spirits cannot set foot on it?
Li Daoxuan was curious and wanted to find out, but he did not act impulsively.
The more unusual something is, the more likely it is to hide danger.
Li Daoxuan did not rush into the mountain, but chose to sit at the foot of the mountain. He sent out his incarnation to use the longevity talisman for him while he meditated and regulated his breathing.
After a moment, he opened his eyes, the magic power in his body became full, and his injuries were basically healed.
In fact, he was not seriously injured. He just suffered some backlash when he used his water-controlling ability to control the huge waves of the Styx. He coughed up some blood and is now much better.
Li Daoxuan stood up, stood by the River Styx, opened his third eye between his eyebrows, and wanted to see what kind of monster was under the water.
The Heavenly Eye shone with divine light, continuously raising Li Daoxuan's vision. His gaze penetrated the countless evil spirits and shot towards the bottom of the unfathomable River Styx.
Ten feet, one hundred feet, two hundred feet, five hundred feet, one thousand feet!
Li Daoxuan hadn't even seen the bottom of the water yet, and wherever he looked, there was nothingness.
His eyesight has reached its limit. It's not that Erlang Zhenjun's divine eye ability is not powerful, but it is purely based on his current cultivation level that he can only perform to this extent.
Supernatural powers are supernatural powers, and cultivation is cultivation. No matter how powerful the supernatural powers are, if the cultivation is not enough, they cannot exert their full power.
If Lord Erlang were here, not to mention the Styx, even the blue sky, the Yellow Spring, the ends of the earth and the corners of the sea would be visible to him, and he would be able to see clearly the whole universe.
Li Daoxuan shook his head. Over-activating his divine power of the third eye made him feel slightly dizzy.
"Forget it. Be careful next time and don't step into the Styx so easily again."
Li Daoxuan turned around and looked at Mount Dushuo.
This mountain is very large, hidden in the clouds and mist. There is no vegetation on the mountain except for a peach tree that blocks out the sun. The peach branches are shriveled and swaying in the wind like flying snakes.
It is recorded in the "Classic of Mountains and Seas" that on Mount Dushuo, there is a peach tree with branches stretching for three thousand miles. The two door gods Shentu and Yulei usually live under the tree.
"It seems that this is the peach tree recorded in the book, but it looks much smaller. Although it is still very large, it is not so long as to stretch for three thousand miles."
After thinking for a moment, Li Daoxuan decided to climb Mount Dushuo.
Wisps of mist emerged from under his feet, lifting him up and flying to the top of Mount Dushuo.
One of the 72 magical powers of Disha, summoning clouds!
Li Daoxuan was stepping on auspicious clouds, but he was not flying fast. He was very cautious, holding the Five Thunder Talisman in his hand, ready to take action at any time.
With the magical power of summoning clouds, he can escape at any time.
But what surprised him was that the seemingly unusual Dushuo Mountain did not show any movement at all. It was just like an ordinary mountain, except for the addition of a huge and shriveled peach tree.
Li Daoxuan quickly reached the top of the mountain. He floated down slowly and finally saw the trunk of the peach tree.
It was a dead tree that had long been dead. Despite its huge body and thousands of branches, it could not change the fact that it had long been dead.
What surprised Li Daoxuan was that the peach tree did not seem to have died naturally.
The bark is almost invisible, leaving only a bare trunk, and there are even many bite marks on the trunk, as if it had been gnawed by countless mouths, so that this sacred tree that spans three thousand miles has become its ugly appearance today.
Li Daoxuan stroked the scarred peach tree, imagining the scene of it being bitten and eaten, and a chill rose in his heart.
After a moment, he turned around and stood on the top of the mountain overlooking the River Styx and the majestic Ghost Gate at the foot of the mountain.
Li Daoxuan was slightly stunned, not knowing if it was a coincidence, he found that the statues of Shentu and Yulei next to the Ghost Gate were looking towards the top of the mountain and looking at him.
Wait a minute!
A horrible thought suddenly popped into his mind.
Li Daoxuan recalled when he and Lu Chunliang first entered the underworld. They were standing on the ferry and passing through the Ghost Gate. The stone statue at that time... seemed to be looking down?
He thought about it carefully and found that it was indeed the case.
The statue stands beside the gate of hell, majestic and solemn, with eyes slightly lowered, watching the dead souls entering the underworld.
When he looked up again, Li Daoxuan was horrified to find that the gazes of the two statues had changed again. They were no longer looking at the top of the mountain, but were looking down, overlooking the River Styx.
The statue...can move?
Aren't they dead?
This thought made Li Daoxuan feel a little cold. If this was true, then there must be some secret hidden in these two statues.
The sacred mountain that blocks the Styx from prying eyes, the giant peach tree that is being gnawed and torn, and the statue that changes the sight...
The secret of Mount Dushuo is like the misty clouds around it, gathering and dispersing invisibly and difficult to reach.
Just as Li Daoxuan was standing on the top of the mountain, concentrating on thinking, a ghost figure hid behind the peach tree and watched him silently.
"who?"
Li Daoxuan turned around abruptly with a cold look.
There was no one on the top of the mountain, only peach branches swaying in the wind.
"Haha, you dare to hide your head and show your tail in front of me?"
He took out a magic mirror from his arms, shone it in the direction of the peach tree, and it emitted a dazzling golden light.
The next moment, a figure was sucked by the golden light and fell into the bronze mirror.
The opponent was almost unable to fight back under the magic mirror.
Li Daoxuan looked at the bronze mirror, wanting to see who this person was, and who had actually tracked him down to Mount Dushuo quietly.
But when he saw clearly the figure trapped in the bronze mirror, he was stunned, with a hint of surprise in his eyes.
In the mirror, there is a timid little girl.
She looked only six or seven years old, covered in dirt, holding a tattered rag doll, hiding in the corner of the bronze mirror like a frightened cub.
When Li Daoxuan looked at her, she shrank her head and her small body trembled.
She didn't understand why she suddenly came to this small and dark place, and why that person suddenly became so huge...
Li Daoxuan did not let down his guard because of her pity. Anyone who could appear in Dushuo Mountain might not be a simple person.
"Who are you and why are you here?"
"Answer me obediently, and I'll let you out."
When the little girl heard this, she raised her head, and a pair of big, bright black eyes appeared on her dirty little face, with a look of fear and curiosity.
She opened her mouth and pointed to her tongue.
Li Daoxuan was stunned because there was no tongue in her mouth. It was obvious that the little girl was a mute when she died, just like Sister Yu before.
