"Oh!"

It hurt, as if his whole body was falling apart. Waves of warmth hit his face, causing his numb head to gradually regain consciousness.

When he opened his eyes, he saw a black dog coiled next to him. The black dog stuck out its tongue and licked Xu Tong's face from time to time.

"dog??"

In a daze, he remembered that he was dragged up the mountain by a black shadow.

He raised his hand and saw the golden rope, which connected him to the black dog.

There is also a line of small words on the rope.

"Soldiers at the foot of the mountain conquer dangerous peaks, fragrance eliminates the calamity of withered cypresses and peach blossoms. Devil's heart is exchanged for the bodhi fruit, and the exquisite body opens up and takes root."

As soon as Xu Tong finished reading the small words above, he saw the rope suddenly turned into little golden lights and gradually dissipated.

"What does it mean??"

Xu Tong looked at the dissipated rope and couldn't help but feel strange. He didn't know where the black dog came from, or who left the rope to save him.

Without a clue, the other party only left such a poem. What was he trying to remind himself of?

Xu Tong covered his forehead, feeling a splitting headache in his head.

Raising his head and looking around, he suddenly saw that in front of him was a vast sea of ​​clouds, a quaint room, and a tall and green old pine.

"I'm coming up!"

Seeing this, Xu Tong quickly called out the prop book and took a look. Sure enough, there was a reminder in the prop book that he had completed side task 2.

Xu Tong didn't expect that he could really climb up and stood up straight with trembling strength.

What surprised him was that after arriving here, although the prop card was still banned, the power of the physical body was no longer suppressed in any way.

Looking left and right, he saw a stone protruding from the edge of the cliff in front of him, with a futon placed on the stone.

Seeing this, Xu Tong took a deep breath, walked step by step to the futon, and then tried to sit down, looking at the vast underworld in front of him.

Awakening the supernatural power of his third eye, his eyes were as bright as lightning. Looking up, the world seemed to be right in front of him. He could see a piece of dark yellow seawater in the distance, and the black moon looked like half of it was soaked in the seawater.

You can vaguely see the occasional sparks flashing under the mountain. Behind a few mountains, there is a huge and magnificent city, which is the City of Fusi.

Further to the southwest, there is a sea of ​​blood.

In addition, Xu Tong discovered that there was not only one city like Wushu City in the underworld, but also many large and small towns. Far to the north of Wushu City, there was a huge city called Fengdu.

And the so-called Liutian Palace in Fengdu should be in that place.

Sure enough, the scenery is infinitely beautiful.

I have to say, this feeling of looking down at all living beings in the underworld is really great.

But Xu Tong did not get carried away. Being able to sit on the emperor's futon and look at the scenery in front of the Lord of Youshan, Xu Tong was already enlightened and satisfied.

Taking advantage of the moment when his physical strength was restored, he quickly seized the time, took out the wound-resolving pill from the prop book, swallowed it, and quickly healed the wounds on his body.

He was seriously injured, some parts of which a normal person would have to have had to amputate.

But after recovering the Chilong body, these injuries are irrelevant.

After only about half an hour passed, Xu Tong's wounds had already fully recovered.

Standing up, Xu Tong did not forget to take out his mobile phone and take a selfie to check in. Otherwise, how could he be worthy of the hard work he had gone through and the risk of almost losing his life.

Then he glanced at the palace in front of him.

The so-called palace is a place where you live and sleep. These rooms are very small. If you visit the Forbidden City in Beijing, you will find that even the Empress Dowager Cixi only has a small room to sleep.

The emperor's palace is no exception.

Xu Tong walked to the door, hesitated, and tried to push the door. As a result, he pushed it gently and the door opened.

Seeing the door that opened lightly in front of him, Xu Tong couldn't help but think to himself: "Well, he is worthy of being the emperor of the house. The door is not locked. Are you really so confident??"

"Uh...is...is there anyone? No one, I'm coming in."

Xu Tong tried shouting twice, then stepped into the door with one foot, looked around and found that the room was in a mess.

A large number of bamboo tubes were thrown on the ground, and two small mountains were piled up on the table beside them with all kinds of messy books.

Seeing this, Xu Tong nodded, with a confirming look in his eyes, thinking: "The emperor is definitely a single guy."

After taking out his cell phone and taking various selfies to check in as a souvenir, Xu Tong picked up a book and took a look at the title [Lianxiang Companion]

After flipping through a few pages, Xu Tong twitched the corner of his mouth, coughed twice, and could only put the book in its place.

Pick up another book [Flowers Behind the Curtain, Sequel]

After casually flipping through two pages, Xu Tongren was stunned.

"The butterfly powder has just begun to bloom, and the bee yellow has not faded. When I first entered the peach garden, I still recognized the path when the stream turned to the peak; when I explored the flower stream deeply, the waves and clear stones gradually opened up..."

Good guy, really good guy.

After casually flipping through two pages, Xu Tong realized that collecting is indeed a characteristic of otakus all over the world, and even this powerful emperor in the underworld is not exempt from this habit.

However, I don’t know who the author of this book is. He is a vivid and moving person who describes the scenery of Wushan so movingly in just a few strokes.

When I opened the title page and took a look, I saw a line of small words written on it.

Author: Ding.

Editor-in-chief: Zhao Wenhe

Xu Tong didn't know who Ding was, but Zhao Wenhe had heard of him. He was one of the five ghost emperors who ruled "Jizhong Mountain" with Zhenren Wang.

Unexpectedly, this Zhao Gui Emperor would actually write this part-time, which is really eye-opening.

Xu Tong originally wanted to pick up a few books, after all, the writing was so wonderful.

But then I thought about it, forget it, all otakus treat their collections as treasures.

If he stole something else, he might not be aware of it for a while, but if he took this book, he might not be able to get out of the underworld alive.

After taking a few photos as a souvenir, Xu Tong exited the room.

He turned around and glanced around, then suddenly focused on the big pine tree.

This pine tree stands on the top of a secluded mountain, so it is naturally extraordinary.

The bark of the ancient tree is cracked and spread out like dragon scales. The trunk is only half a meter thick and looks like a horned dragon lying on its back. It winds and extends beyond the cliff. The tree is full of crystal clear trees, with golden pine cones on them.

Each pine cone is as bright as a star, and it is fascinating to see.

The Fat Monk once said that if you want to know the answer to the world of the script, you have to pick one of the pine cones.

Seeing this, Xu Tong walked under the tree and looked back, only to see that the big black dog ignored him and just huddled up, making a low buzzing sound.

"There are twenty-eight in total. No one will notice if you pick one."

Xu Tong glanced at the number of pine nuts on the old pine, and slowly stretched out his palm.

Just as he was about to take off the next one, he suddenly heard a cough from behind him.

"Ahem!"

Xu Tong was startled, and suddenly turned around and found that an old man had appeared behind him without anyone noticing.

Xu Tong had seen this old man, and when he opened the palace gate and called the gods to enter, it was this old man standing in front of the door.

Xu Tong looked a little embarrassed for a moment and could only retract his hand angrily.

"Uh...I'm lost."

After all, being caught as a thief is not a glorious thing.

The old man ignored Xu Tong's words and just walked to Xu Tong and looked at the ancient pine in front of him.

"When the emperor entered the Netherworld and pacified this chaotic land, he planted this pine tree here. It is unknown how many years have passed since then."

The old man sighed, which made Xu Tong a little confused, but he couldn't figure out what the old man was going to say.

Then I heard the old man continue: "After so many years, we have only produced twenty-eight pine nuts. It is a pity that you have to pick one as soon as you come."

As he said that, he saw the old man reaching out to pick one of them off, and handed it to Xu Tong: "The emperor has asked me to give this to you if you come."

"The Emperor knows I'm coming??"

Xu Tong was shocked. He thought that what he did was quite hidden, but he didn't expect that others already knew about it.

But the old man had no intention of explaining to Xu Tong, and even turned a deaf ear to Xu Tong's words. He said expressionlessly: "This thing is given to you because of your destiny, and it is also the cause and effect you owe. If you take it,

If you don’t take it, you have to think clearly.”

Xu Tong looked at the pinecones in the old man's hands and frowned for a moment.

The meaning of this sentence is worthy of his careful consideration. It seems that by getting this thing, he owes a favor. If the other person is someone else, even if it is a ghost emperor like Du Ziren, Xu Tong will have no scruples.

But this is a favor from the emperor. Is this favor easy to get?

If you take this pine cone today, you may have to pay a higher price to repay it tomorrow.

"Are you still scared?" The old man seemed to see the hesitation in Xu Tong's eyes, and a smile finally appeared on his face that showed no emotion or anger.
To be continued...