Chapter 14: The Abandoned Immortal Mansion

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  "This is!......" Wang Tao's eyes widened, his pupils rapidly shrinking as he stared at the scene before him, but in his heart was an extraordinary shock. The Xiangxiang beast, on the other hand, had a smiling and slightly disdainful look in its eyes as it gazed at Wang Tao. Wang Tao didn't respond, only staring blankly at the massive, eerie stone gate with a blood-red and black hue, muttering to himself, "This is...the immortal cultivator's mausoleum!"

  Yes, Wang Tao was not far ahead, a gigantic and eerie stone gate with a blood-red and black hue stood towering, exuding an aura of dominance and terror filled with bloody slaughter!

  The stone gate is a whole. At first glance, the entire stone gate is over ten meters high and also over ten meters wide, inlaid among ancient trees, with some words and some residual paintings carved on top of the stone gate.

  There are three paintings on it.

  Carved on the upper section of the stone gate.

  A stone gate stands tall, emitting a bloody aura amidst the mountains of corpses and seas of blood. Beside it, on top of a pile of skeletons, a young man in a blood-stained robe stands upright, holding a knife that pierces through the bones. His long hair dances in the wind as he gazes warmly at the desolate land filled with bones and skeletons, amidst the gentle breeze and light clouds above the bloody rivers and skeletal mountains.

  However, Wang Tao clearly saw the overbearing and unparalleled aura of slaughter in his eyes... as well as sadness! Fortunately, there was no killing intent left behind, otherwise, even a hint of killing intent would have been enough to severely injure Wang Tao.

  There were words under the painting, Wang Tao stared at them intently.

  "In my youth, I was filled with passion and ambition, and had wandered through the vast expanse of time, searching for that elusive and ethereal path to immortality! Alas, mine..."

  Unconsciously, Wang Tao's mind was attracted by the words and deeply immersed in the artistic conception, as if he were personally on the scene, ingenious and unparalleled!

  "There's damage, the words behind are no longer clear. But those words seem to have been intentionally erased!" Wang Tao came back to his senses, his eyes shining with a sharp light as he muttered to himself. The words of the great immortal cultivator, how many people can erase them? It was obviously the master of the mansion who had erased them! However, even if they were erased, Wang Tao could still barely analyze some possibilities...

  Wang Tao shook his head slightly and didn't try to persuade him anymore, then turned to look at the next painting.

  The second is carved on the middle section of the stone gate.

  Like two eyes gazing down at the dark, desolate black earth, a giant gate flies horizontally in the high sky's empty space. On it stands a youth clad in blood-stained clothes, with traces of vicissitudes of life in his eyes, and beside him floats a black tyrant sword. Within sight, on the uneven ground covered with bloodstains and corpses, countless bloody shadows gather and emerge, their ghostly eyes fixed on the blood-clad youth in the high sky!

  Similarly, after Wang Tao carefully looked at the entire painting, he also found a sentence below.

  "With a knife in hand, the unyielding and eternal ancient ones were cast. At the time of slaughter, the bones of the mountain town were cast under the blue sky. Looking back, the heart demon had already taken root! Immortal, I dare to challenge you when I break out of the magic! Reverse it! Fight it! Slaughter it!"

  Four consecutive moves, challenge it! Reverse it! Fight it! Slaughter it! What kind of aura is that? How terrifying! Wang Tao was deeply shocked, as if the endless heroic spirit on the stone gate rose to the sky, wanting to overturn the heavens and pierce through the void! The endless overbearing intent made Wang Tao's blood boil instantly, his eyes turned crimson like blood, and his muscles were tense with bulging veins!

  "Wow!"

  Take a deep breath and forcibly suppress the surging emotions in your heart, no longer paying attention to the words on the painting!

  "What a close call! I didn't expect this character to contain the master's thoughts! If it wasn't for my soul power being stronger than ordinary people due to crossing over, I would have been completely trapped and ultimately exploded to death!" Wang Tao closed his eyes, opening them again after a while, muttering to himself.

  Although there was a painting on the stone gate, Wang Tao did not have the courage to look at it.

  Wang Tao knew that the idea hidden in the word might not necessarily hurt him, as long as he didn't dwell on the image it conjured up. But once he combined the strokes to ponder over it, the idea hidden in the word would naturally be triggered!

  "This thread of thought is not intended to put people in a desperate situation, it should be a kind of test!" Wang Tao did not look at the third painting, but directly looked at the words below the painting. "According to my understanding, the cultivation of immortals in this world is no longer as prosperous as it was in ancient times. Most of the powerful cultivators have transformed and gone, and only a few have ascended to the immortal realm. Now, there are not many powerful cultivators left, so the tombs of the immortal cultivators should still be many. However, such tombs are rarely found by people, and they already belong to legends! I was able to encounter it, which is already a great opportunity. Since that's the case, how can I give up easily? This tomb, Wang Tao has decided!"

  "Besides the four elements of wealth, law, companionship and land, there are other equally important elements for a cultivator! Among them, innate talent is one, perceptiveness and tenacity are also elements, and opportunity is naturally an indispensable element. Without opportunity, cultivation would be absolutely many times more difficult! This ancient tomb is undoubtedly an opportunity, which includes the three elements of wealth, law and land, it's absolutely a great opportunity!" Wang Tao thought to himself, his eyes fixed on the last line of words.

  "Crossing the demonic tribulation, I desire to ascend to the heavenly realm. I draw my sword and strike at the heavens, shattering the void and severing all ties. The tribulation clouds disperse, the gate of the immortal path is already closed! In anger, I wield the blood-soaked knife, the mad demon's rage ignites the flames that burn beyond the heavens! Those who block my way, kill, kill, kill!"

  A deafening crash, like the sound of a bell exploding, filled Wang Tao's entire heart and mind. A mouthful of blood suddenly spurted out! In a daze, Wang Tao's body swayed slightly before falling to the ground, clutching his head and letting out a mournful howl, his face twisted in agony, suffering beyond measure...

  "Ouch!"

  The fragrance beast looked at Wang Tao, who was staring blankly at the stone gate in front of him, and felt puzzled. It sensed that Wang Tao's emotions had suddenly fluctuated violently just now, but on the surface, he seemed to be completely absorbed in thought. This made the fragrance beast extremely perplexed!

  This stone gate, Xiang Shou has seen countless times, but never had any other feeling, just thought this stone gate was a bit strange.

  Unbeknownst to him, Wang Tao had fallen into the cultivation maze without realizing it. Apart from his carelessness, another reason was that his understanding of this world was far from sufficient! Everything he knew was based on what he 'saw' in an ancient book, and he didn't have any personal experience, so he couldn't distinguish the underlying logic, which was normal.

  This stone gate is actually a powerful fairy family treasure, and the array carved on it is reasonable. If one is a slightly experienced cultivator, he will absolutely not fall into it so easily. However, in the end, it's estimated that it's still hard to escape the Stone Gate Array Method, after all, this stone gate is not an ordinary object.

  The Stone Gate Formation is just an illusion formation, indicating that it's not meant to take Wang Tao's life, but a test! As for what the test is, only the master of the mansion knows.

  In the tree hole space, it fell into silence, with only the slow dripping sound of milky white water droplets coming from the top of the stone gate, Wang Tao's trial had truly begun!

  Ps: The typing speed of Xianzong is really not good, it takes two hours to write 2,000 words for one chapter, and one chapter needs to be revised several times, which is really not much. Moreover, the area where Xianzong lives has unstable voltage due to the lack of a stabilizer or something, so during the three meals when electricity usage peaks, electric appliances like induction cookers are used at a high rate, making it basically impossible to code during the day. At most, I can only code three chapters in one day... Xianzong is depressed, please collect and recommend clicks to comfort me!

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