The spiritual liquid on the stalactites was a mixture of the dragon qi and the heaven and earth yuan energy compressed from the previous layer.

But after reaching this layer, after the transformation of the layers of formations, it was no longer a simple mixture, it became a special spiritual liquid. Otherwise, it will turn into a liquid under tremendous pressure, and it will quickly vaporize at this level.

The spiritual liquid watered the plants below, and after tens of thousands of years, it only made this plant bloom, and it may take at least 10,000 years before it bears fruit, and it will take 10,000 years until the fruit is ripe.

This flower has three layers and nine petals, and each petal has nine silk patterns. Faintly corresponds to a certain heavenly rule.

Meng Fangye, as the patriarch of the Tomb Keeper clan, would occasionally come down to check, he knew the situation here, but he didn't understand what the use of this flower was.

But this is the first time Prince De has come here, and the first time he has seen this flower. He was surprised: "This is ...... The Flower of the Avenue?"

Meng Fangye shook his head lightly: "According to our ancestors' guesses, this is the flower of the Heavenly Dao, which can go straight to the sky. ”

The difference between the two words is different, the flower of the avenue needs to perceive the avenue by itself, while the flower of the heavenly path is almost cheating and can go straight to the sky.

Song Zheng still shook his head: "This is the flower of stealing the road." In the future, it will not bear a debut fruit, but a demigod fruit. ”

"What?" Prince De and Meng Fangye were puzzled together, they had never heard of the Flower of Stealing Dao and the Demigod Zhengguo that Song Zheng said, Meng Fangye was still very ignorant, but Prince De knew more royal secrets, so he vaguely guessed some.

Song Zheng didn't explain much, he came to the bottom of the Flower of Stealing Dao, and lightly pressed his palm on the holy soil below. To cultivate this Stealing Path Flower, in addition to the entire Imperial Tomb and the Soul Fall Mountain, some special conditions are also required, such as the sacred soil used for planting.

Legend has it that this sacred material was born from the evolution of the sacred object, and represents the part of the heavenly strip that is related to the earth and life.

But when he touched it, he felt a kind of hardness, which was different from the legendary Tianti that gave birth to all things. He felt it carefully, and sure enough, there was a special power that polluted this piece of holy soil.

He stood up and asked Meng Fangye, "Where is the road to the twelfth floor?"

Prince De and Meng Fangye shook their heads together: "This Taizu Mausoleum definitely does not have a twelfth floor, and we will never hide it from Your Excellency." ”

Song Zheng's Yang God secretly observed and found that the two were indeed not lying. He had a puzzle in his heart: Huaxu Taizu not only hid it from the royal family back then, but even the mausoleum keeper family?

It shouldn't be, he should know very well that no matter how carefully he strictly forbids it back then, 50,000 years of time, there will definitely be accidents, and he needs someone to maintain the most important twelfth layer.

He pondered here, but Meng Fangye mistakenly thought that he didn't believe it, so he further explained earnestly: "Your Excellency, please believe us, our family of mausoleum guards have been guarding here for generations, and no one is more familiar with the imperial mausoleum than us, if the Taizu Mausoleum has a twelfth floor, we will definitely know." ”

Song Zheng suddenly figured it out, and he asked: "Among the Tomb Keepers, is there a small group of people, or a branch, who have no sense of existence, but have always existed, and have some special or key powers?"

Prince De didn't understand what Song Zheng wanted to ask, and Meng Fangye thought about it seriously because of his respect for Your Excellency, although he felt that this question was very nonsense.

But soon, his expression changed, and he couldn't help but say, "There really is such one." ”

"Among the mausoleum keepers, there is a group called the Night Watchman. The number of people in this vein has always been small, and even most of the time, the night watchman is a single line. ”

"You also know that the night when the soul falls into the mountain is very dangerous, so once it is night, all the mausoleum guards are also hiding in the imperial mausoleum array as much as possible, and if there is any abnormal movement outside, it will be handed over to the night watchman to check to determine whether these abnormal movements will threaten the safety of the imperial mausoleum. ”

"Even in the line of the tomb keepers, the night watchmen are very withdrawn and mysterious, they hardly interact with other people, and when they need to reproduce, the night watchmen will go out of the mountains to find an ordinary woman to come back, and after marriage, give birth to a child, and then pay a lot of money and goods to send the woman out again. ”

"It is said that the practice of the night watchman is very different from ours, and he can turn into a ghost and travel through the night when the soul falls into the mountain, so we have never liked this one.

However, this group has the right to veto all the resolutions of the Imperial Tomb, and all decisions that affect the overall situation of the Imperial Tomb need to obtain the consent of the people on duty. ”

Song Zheng stomped his feet and asked, "Can the night watchman go down to this floor?"

"Yes," Meng Fangye said, "Except for me, the night watchman is the only one among the mausoleum guards who can walk through the eleventh floor. ”

And so it was. Song Zheng said secretly, Taizu made such an arrangement, which can be said to be a big rebellion, and he didn't dare to expose his true purpose to too many people, so he set up the special existence of the night watchman, and let them be isolated and isolated from the rules, and maintain the twelfth layer in a single line.

He said, "Summons, let this generation of night watchmen come down." ”

Unexpectedly, Meng Fangye shook his head and said: "This generation of night watchmen died a year ago, and his child is only three years old. ”

Song Zheng was stunned and completely understood: I see.

He thought for a moment and said, "Go up first, and take me to the nightwatchman's quarters." ”

......

The night watchman's residence is next to Taizu's mausoleum, a small stone house, which looks more like the gatekeeper of Taizu's mausoleum.

It was far away from the place where the mausoleum keepers lived, and from a distance, the whole house revealed a strange and eerie feeling - even the patrol route drawn up by the mausoleum keepers deliberately bypassed this house.

On the way, Song Zheng asked, "How did this generation of night watchmen die?"

"A year ago, when he was out on an outing, he was bitten by a poisonous snake, and he forced himself to walk to the imperial tomb, but finally he couldn't hold on and collapsed, and he was never able to save him. ”

Speaking of this, Meng Fangye was a little strange: "That kind of poisonous snake is very rare, even strong cultivation can't resist this kind of poison." However, when he was bitten, if he stopped immediately, contacted us with a homophone bone note, and then used his skills on the spot to resist the poison, and waited for us to rush to the rescue, there was still a certain chance of survival. But he insisted that he wanted to return to the imperial tomb by himself, and he was doomed.

However, he is still very strong, and he has even made it to the gate of the imperial mausoleum, if I am in his realm, I am afraid that I will not be able to hold on to it halfway through the way. ”

Song Zheng secretly said in his heart: In order to ensure the continuous inheritance of the night watchman, Taizu should have corresponding arrangements, such as inheritance - even if the previous generation of night watchman died, there are special treasures that can ensure that the inheritance will continue to be inherited.

For example, the exercises he arranged for the night watchman should greatly enhance the vitality of the night watchman.

Of course, this generation of night watchmen knows that it is more likely to survive waiting for rescue, but it is only one possibility. He wasn't willing to gamble on that possibility. He was in a hurry to come back, probably because he wanted to personally hand over the inherited things to his children, and when the children became adults, they would discover the secrets of the night watchmen from the inherited things.

Song Zheng asked again: "The night watchman has a single lineage, what if he dies without descendants?"

"According to the rules left by Taizu, we will select a new night watchman from among all the tomb keepers, but in order to become a real night watchman, he needs to pass the trial of the Sword Emperor Realm. ”

Meng Fangye said, pointing to the back of the imperial tomb, where there was a mountain peak. Song Zheng looked at it, and there was an ancient sword stuck under the mountain peak.

"The Sword Emperor Realm is on the back mountain of the Imperial Mausoleum, and it is a broken cave that Taizu Wannian personally cut open with his own sword. It is also a sacred place for the mausoleum keepers, and unless the inheritance of the night watchman is severed, no one is allowed to enter it, not even the Son of Heaven. ”

Song Zheng nodded, this is reasonable. This is the last layer of insurance left by Huaxu Taizu.

If the inheritance of the night watchman is cut off and the inheritance is lost, it will have to rely on the Sword Emperor Realm, which should contain all the secrets about the night watchman.

They had already walked to the stone house, and an old woman with a three-year-old child knelt down to greet them: "Patriarch." ”

Meng Fangye waved his hand to get them up, and said to Song Zheng: "The clan has arranged someone to take care of this child." ”

Song Zheng glanced at the child, and there was no inheritance on him. He nodded, walked into the stone house, and the Yang God Heavenly Eye unfolded a photo, and no inheritance was found.

So he asked, "Where are the last generation of night watchmen buried?"

Meng Fangye said: "Please come with me." ”

On the edge of the Imperial Tomb, there is a very low-key cemetery, which belongs to the line of mausoleum keepers, for them, this is a great honor, only they can live and die with the Imperial Mausoleum.

At the very edge of this low-key mausoleum is the part that belongs to the night watchman. A new tomb lay quietly aside.

"Right here. ”

Song Zheng raised the Yang God Heavenly Eye again, took a look at the tomb, and soon found something. He said lightly: "Dig up." ”

Meng Fangye was a little hesitant, after all, he was his clansman. Prince De immediately said: "Do it!"

"Okay. Meng Fangye bowed to the tomb, and then opened the tomb with his own hands.

Even though a full year had passed, the snake was so venomous that the corpse remained in a stiff state without decomposing. Song Zheng looked at the corpse, raised his hand slightly, and the chest of the corpse cracked, and an iron plate buried under the skin flew out.

Meng Fangye was taken aback.

Song Zheng didn't explain much, and said to Prince De and Meng Fangye with an iron plate: "Go back to the Taizu Mausoleum." ”

Soon they returned to the eleventh floor of Taizu's mausoleum. When he arrived here, only the three of them were left, and Song Zheng gently raised the iron card, activated the iron card with Lingyuan, and with a snort, a small Sumeru realm was opened.