Chapter 93: Pingtian Crown

Yin Jiuyin stretched out his hand and stirred the blood, and the blood turned into a blood-colored boat.

Qi Xuansu couldn't help but ask, "What about my horse?"

"It doesn't matter." Yin Jiuyin waved his sleeves, and white mist surged, turning into a reed canopy, blocking the Yin Qi outside.

Qi Xuansu patted the inferior horse and asked it to wait in the reed canopy. Then he followed Yin Jiuyin to board the boat made of blood. Yin Jiuyin waved his sleeves again, and the boat moved automatically without wind and headed towards the Corpse Island in the center of the Blood Lake.

The closer he got to the Corpse Island and the Emperor Willow, the more shocked he felt.

When he was far away, Qi Xuansu could still roughly see the whole picture of the Emperor Willow, but when he reached the edge of the Corpse Island, he could only see the huge trunk of the Emperor Willow and the hanging paper strips, all emitting a faint fluorescence, not gloomy, but rather a bit of ethereal mystery.

As for the Corpse Island itself, there is nothing much to say.

Just as Yin Jiuyin said, the yin and yang inside the ghost country cave are reversed, and the yin energy is too heavy. Even firearms cannot be used normally. The corpses inside have not decayed for thousands of years. It is impossible to clean up these corpses by normal means. Only some unusual creations can be used.

It is not difficult to create a cesspool, but it is very difficult to clean it.

More than two hundred years have passed, and the Taoist sect is still cleaning up the mess for the Zaoge Sect of the past.

After the boat docked, Qi Xuansu stepped onto the corpse island and felt that his feet were sticky and soft, as if he was stepping on some kind of mud. At this place, even the trunk of the Emperor Willow could not be seen in full view, as if standing against the wall.

Yin Jiuyin walked directly to the roots of the Emperor Willow.

The roots were huge, like a dead giant python dragon.

After approaching, Qi Xuansu found that there was actually a tree hole. To be fair, this tree hole was very large, but compared with the huge body of the Emperor Willow, it seemed very small, like an insignificant ant nest.

Qi Xuansu followed Yin Jiuyin into the tree hole and found that there was a wooden staircase in the tree hole, winding and spiraling upward.

Yin Jiuyin said: "Because the Emperor Willow restrains the Yin Qi and there is a formation set up by the Taoist sect, we can't fly up directly. Let's walk up step by step."

Qi Xuansu didn't know how to fly, so he naturally had no objection.

The staircase was endless and irregular, but was built according to the veins of the Emperor Willow. Some of the stairs were inside the Emperor Willow, and some were outside the Emperor Willow, just like the structure of the Shu Road. It was naturally quite exciting to walk.

In addition, there were some small tree houses for people to stay and rest. Many "straw men" lived in them, wearing rattan armor, holding various weapons and bows and arrows, like loyal guards, and there were also huge flying insects comparable to tigers and leopards, circling and flying.

These should also be the creations guarding the Emperor Willow. If Qi Xuansu came by himself, he would most likely be killed on the spot by these straw men and flying insects, but with Yin Jiuyin leading the way, it was different. The straw men and flying insects completely ignored the two of them.

At first, when Qi Xuansu came to the external stairs, he could still see the corpse island and the blood lake below. Qi Xuansu could even see that there were many roof eaves in the blood lake, indicating that there were originally buildings here, perhaps just like the real imperial city, but later for some unknown reason it sank into the blood lake, leaving only some high-rise buildings still visible.

Later, as he walked higher and higher, looking down, he could only see the vast white fog, and vaguely saw the palaces of the former imperial palace in the distance, looming in the white fog.

In the end, there was only the vast white fog, and even the Emperor Willow itself was looming.

When he reached the end of the stairs, Qi Xuansu found that there was a huge wooden platform above the tree canopy, comparable in size to the Taisheng Temple. In the center of the platform was a place similar to an altar. In front of the altar was a huge black strange bird, three feet high, with black feathers like knives, and a wingspan of ten feet. The bird's beak was like a hook, and its eyes were full of ferocity.

However, after seeing Yin Jiuyin, the strange bird immediately folded its wings and became docile.

Yin Jiuyin led Qi Xuansu to the altar, where there were many boxes and a square flat crown.

The so-called flat crown is the emperor's crown, with a bead curtain, called "tassels", with a total of twelve tassels.

This is probably the "thing" Yin Jiuyin said.

Yin Jiuyin looked at the flat crown and said slowly: "The master of the ghost country back then called himself the 'son of the netherworld', built the ghost country on the ground, formed a ghost army, and even imitated an imperial capital. This flat crown is his relic, which can be said to be the gathering of the luck of the Zaoge Sect back then."

Luck is divided into two parts, one part is born from the dragon veins of mountains and rivers, and the other part is born from the will of the people. The combination of the two is luck.

The dragon veins of mountains and rivers are called the earth's qi, and the will of the people is called the incense and the will of the people.

At the end of every dynasty, people's hearts are lost, cities and lands are lost, and naturally the luck is gone.

In a sense, luck is a very special divine power, which combines the strengths of earthly immortals and gods, far superior to the various divine powers of ancient immortals, and can even compete with the power of heaven.

Yin Jiuyin continued: "With the demise of Zaoge Sect, the luck condensed in this Pingtian Crown has been lost, but because the ghost country still exists on the ground, it has not completely disappeared. And because the Pingtian Crown cannot leave the ghost country cave, the Taoist sect did not take it away. In other words, for the Taoist sect that controls half of the incense and Kunlun Dragon Vein in the world, this little luck is really nothing, so it was left to us. This is one of the few assets mentioned by Madam Bai."

Qi Xuansu already had a premonition in his heart, and didn't know what to say for a while.

Yin Jiuyin stepped forward and held the Pingtian crown with both hands: "This Pingtian crown was originally kept by Master Wan. Maybe Master Wan thought it was too troublesome. After all, according to the Taoist sect, Master Wan is closer to a martial artist. For I'm not very interested in this kind of thing. Moreover, Master Wan was a little careless, so he gave it to Mrs. Bai for safekeeping. I didn't expect Mrs. Bai to hide it here. "

Qi Xuansu could also see that Master Wan, who looked like a giant, did not look like a character who drew talismans and recited curses. He could not stand up to his size without waving his arms and fists. As for Yin Jiuyin, judging from the methods he just revealed, he should be an alchemist, good at turning the imaginary into the real and making the false appear real.

Yin Jiuyin handed the Pingtian crown in his hand to Qi Xuansu: "I think this thing will be useful to the little friend."

Qi Xuansu did not dare to directly reach out to take it, but looked at Yin Jiuyin and asked: "Since it is one of the few in the family, why did Mr. Yin give it to me?"

"That's a good question." Yin Jiuyin said with a smile, "I still say the same thing, if you are not a hundred years old, you will always worry about a thousand years. We are more than a hundred years old, and there are indeed no difficulties in front of us, but we have to look back and think about it. A hundred years later.”

Qi Xuansu suddenly remembered that Master Wan once said that there are enough corpses here to last a hundred years. Thinking further, someone in the Taoist sect once advocated destroying the ghost country and the cave. If one day the Ghost Kingdom Cave Heaven ceases to exist, then Master Wan, Mr. Yin, and Mrs. Bai will inevitably have to find a way out for themselves, and cannot place all their hopes on the arrangements of the Taoist sect.

This is probably the reason why Mrs. Bai only asked what to do and how to do it but did not object.

Yin Jiuyin just gave an ambiguous reply, giving it first and then knowing what to do.

In other words, Yin Jiuyin didn't know where he was going, but it seemed like he had taken a chance and took a gamble. After all, a hundred years is too far away and no one can predict it.

Qi Xuansu smiled bitterly and said, "Does Mr. Yin think so highly of me?"

Yin Jiuyin smiled: "To put it bluntly, I am just ordinary. But this piece of 'Xuan Jade' is extraordinary. If I got it accidentally, it means that I am Those who are destined to have great opportunities will have a bright future. If it is a gift from an elder, it means that there are many things behind my life, and I may not be able to do something in the future. No matter what it is, it is enough for the three of us. Lonely Soul and Wild Ghost took a gamble, and if it works out, it’s the best. If it doesn’t work out, it doesn’t matter. After all, it’s just a crown destined to perish.”

Speaking of this, it can be said to be extremely sincere.

Qi Xuansu was silent for a moment and said, "I wonder what Mr. Yin wants me to do?"

"It's just a favor." Yin Jiuyin still gave an ambiguous answer, "When necessary, please help us if you can, that's all."