Chapter 2: The Buried Ancient City
"What the hell is that?" Xia Mu's eyes were uncertain, the moment the city gate opened, there seemed to be a terrifying gaze wandering over the two of them, but when the two stopped, this feeling suddenly disappeared.
Lao Dao was unwilling and left in the other direction with Xia Mu, but every time the two of them left the ancient city for a hundred steps, the same thing happened again, the gate of the ancient city was like a terrible black hole, and vaguely the two of them seemed to see a red light flashing in it, as if someone was secretly watching.
The palpitating horror aura was as heavy as a mountain, and it hit it continuously, suffocating people, and they didn't dare to move half a step at all.
"What the hell is that, a living primeval creature?" Xia Mu's expression was solemn, and he felt very bad.
The spiritual power in Lao Dao's body flowed, his eyes were shining with silver light, and he wanted to try to see the owner of the red light, but it was difficult to achieve it after all, and he almost suffered a backlash, and his eyes were stinging, leaving two lines of cloudy old tears.
"It's over, it seems that the legend is true. Lao Dao's face was bloodless, his eyes were silver and restrained, unpretentious, and he no longer dared to urge the spell easily.
The huge city is like a wild beast that opens the world, boundless, lying in front of the two of them, the city gate is open, there is a strange invisible killing machine in the air, the two want to find the way to come, but then look back, but can no longer find it.
"Don't look for it, this is the art of vicissitudes, and the thousand years are only in an instant, changing every moment, and we can't break it with our strength. Lao Dao's expression was gloomy and he sighed.
At this moment, the retreat was broken and there was no way to leave, but Xia Mu calmed down and asked in detail: "What is going on, what kind of place is this, and what is the origin of Penglai Ancient City?"
"The ancient city of Penglai, in ancient history, has never appeared a few times, has always been mysterious, no one knows its past, the world only knows that the first emperor died in the sand dunes, only the disaster of the palace coup, but never thought that the first emperor unified the six countries, created the imperial system, where is Zhao Gao and his ilk can calculate......" Lao Dao sighed in a low voice, and said an ancient secret.
"Could it be that the death of the First Emperor is related to this Penglai Ancient City?" Xia Mu's heart moved.
"Yes, after Xu Fu landed on Penglai Island, he secretly returned to the Qin court to restore his life, and under Li Si's plan, he planned to use the fifth eastern tour to cover the eyes and ears of the world, secretly Chen Cang, and joined forces with the first emperor to enter the ancient city of Penglai, but this time it was at the cost of Xu Fu's disappearance and the first emperor's serious injury and escape, and soon after the news of the death of the first emperor came, the world was shocked. ”
"Phew!"
Xia Mu gasped, what a heroic figure the First Emperor was, you can get a glimpse of it from the fact that he alone pacified the War Ancient Rebellion, but it is such a great power, its disappearance is actually related to this Penglai Ancient City, and it is even very likely that it has fallen.
"How many times else?"
After experiencing the initial fright, Lao Dao's emotions have calmed down a lot, but his face is still a little pale, and he calms down and says: "In fact, in the ancient history of Taoism, as early as before the ancient times, there was a ...... in the ancient city of Penglai."
"Such an ancient ......" Xia Mu was awe-inspiring in his heart, if this is the case, the origin of this Penglai ancient city can be traced back to the period of the Three Emperors and Five Emperors, or even earlier.
Legend has it that the Xia King Dayu had obtained nine artifacts, which were Daji, Dayan, Daqing, Daxu, Dayang, Dajing, Dayu, Daliang and Dayong Jiuding, which can be big or small, each has its own wonders, and after collecting it, it is the world's most treasure, the power is unpredictable, and later generations also have rumors that these nine gods are obtained by the Xia King from the ancient city of Penglai, as for the truth or falsehood, it is now difficult to distinguish. ”
According to the old Tao, this ancient city of Penglai is extremely mysterious, and it can move in time and space in Kyushu, and each time it appears in a different region, it drifts with the flow of light.
"In this way, since the Xia King and the First Emperor were able to escape with their whole bodies, there must be a way to escape. Xia Mu frowned and pondered, and then asked, "Your old man thinks about it carefully and sees if there is anything missing?"
"All I know is what I have seen in the Ancestral Codex, and there are only a few words. Speaking of this, Lao Dao seems to remember something: "There seems to be a sentence mentioned at the end of the ancestral codex: put it to death and then live ......"
According to the old ancestors, there is almost a line between life and death, and there is also a line of life in the place of death.
This is an extremely profound realm, which cannot be attained without a deep understanding of the Great Dao.
Xia Mu was shocked when he heard this: "Sanmao Zhenjun has reached such a realm?"
Lao Dao shook his head and said: "This is the estimation of the ancestors, but the realm that exists in the legend, I don't know whether it is true or not, the realm of the ancestors at that time was not so profound." ”
"So what do we do now, according to you?"
"If you don't die, you can survive, and it seems that you can only enter the ancient city to explore. ”
"So far, that's all it can be. Xia Mu's heart was difficult to calm down, even a figure as Sanmao Zhenjun who was almost legendary only left a few words about the ancient city of Penglai, and there was awe in his heart, and as descendants, they seemed to have no better way than to enter the city to explore.
But now it seems that the ancient city of Penglai has been shocked several times, belonging to the legendary dream city, it seems that only the legendary characters can have something to do with it, no one can really understand its origin, and even the legend may not be reliable, but it is more and more mysterious.
Xia Mu stared at the corpses under the ancient city wall, trying to find some clues from them.
"These corpses are very likely to be the powerhouses of the primeval period...... "Lao Dao walked forward and said, "You can come here too, maybe you can find something from them." ”
Xia Mu was a little nervous and excited in his heart, if he was really the top powerhouse in the ancient period, maybe he could find a heavy treasure in these people, he cast a spell to roll up a gust of wind, swept away the corpse on a corpse, and suddenly revealed a lifelike human body inside, this is a young man, who looks like Pan An, not a little dead, but as quiet and peaceful as in his sleep.
However, in just an instant, the ruddy young man was dyed with a layer of gray marks all over his body, and two curved teeth as sharp as wolf teeth suddenly appeared on both sides of his mouth, and his whole body trembled violently, and his eyelids moved slightly, as if he was about to wake up immediately.
"It's ......"
Xia Mu was startled, and before he could react, Lao Dao probed his middle finger, and a silver light pierced the void, turning into a silver talisman and sealing it between the young man's eyebrows, and the young man in the change suddenly became much more honest and regained his calm.
"Don't act rashly, the Ancient Demon Corpse is extremely terrifying, as long as it is not completely destroyed, it may be revived at any time. Lao Dao admonished: "These primeval corpses have existed for endless years, wrapped in corpses, and fallen into a deep sleep, once they break through the corpses, they will naturally wake up immediately. ”
The two of them broke several corpses in a row, and every time the corpses dispersed, the primeval corpses sealed inside would immediately wake up, but in an instant, they were resealed by the old way and temporarily fell into a deep sleep.
They found many broken copper and iron in their place, which were powerful treasures of the primeval period, but they had already been shattered in the first place, and after a long period of erosion, the spiritual loss of them was completely lost, and it was completely worthless.
At this moment, Xia Mu felt an inexplicable fluctuation again, coming from inside the city gate: "Oh no, that guy seems to have appeared again." ”
Lao Dao's heart was also awe-inspiring, and the spiritual power of the two of them was mobilized, ready to deal with the sudden changes that would occur at any time, but after observing for a long time, they still couldn't get rid of the sense of tranquility that came from the darkness.
Suddenly, the pitch-black city gate was like a terrifying mouth that suddenly opened, absorbing them in.
Bang!
The two of them fell heavily on the ancient bluestone paved street, and at this moment they were already in the ancient city, endless fog, indescribable silence, groggy inside, and a corner of the inn restaurant could be vaguely seen.
At this moment, the two of them couldn't find the city gate, as if they had come to a desolate dead city, there was no life, time seemed to be suspended at a certain moment, and the mirror stopped the water, unchanged for eternity.
"I thought that I was old and traveled across Kyushu and dug up all the tombs in the world, but I didn't expect to jump into the grave pit I dug in the end. , who is cheating on me......"
"You thought of a will so quickly?" Xia Mu was speechless.
A faint mist, with the cold breeze slowly passing beside the two of them, the empty city streets, with no end in sight, seem to have come to the ancient capital of the Ten Thousand Dynasties.
Whoa, whoa, whoa!
The sound of the pages turning came, and the old Tao's eyes lit up, and he said, "In front!"
On the vendors not far away, there are more than a dozen blue-skinned ancient books, which are quietly placed there, turning with the breeze, making a loud sound.
"The material of these ancient books must not be simple, there are no spell seals, and they can be preserved for endless years. Xia Mu was very surprised, bent down and picked up an ancient book, and looked at it carefully.
A thick book only writes one paragraph, the penmanship is vigorous and powerful, with an indescribable charm, which seems to condense the spirit of the writer's whole body, so that it can be imprinted here, and has not been wiped out by the power of time and space.
"There is a city, blessed by the gods, and the people live happily and happily, and there is no end to life, so they live forever. When the catastrophe came, the sky gradually fell with blood rain, and the gods began to fall, and the mighty divine power flooded the city, and no one was spared, and the disappearance of people made the city begin to be desolate, and gradually, even the city disappeared with it. ”
Obviously, this is a piece of the history of the ancient city, which has been recorded, otherwise it would have been drowned in the Ganges River for years, but it doesn't seem to be of any help to Xia Mu's current situation.
The two couldn't find any clues, and continued to walk forward, and soon found a line of blood books, black and red, deeply imprinted on the bluestone slab, Xia Mu squatted down and carefully identified.
"Immortality...... Difficult! difficult! difficult!"
"And the word!" Lao Dao's eyes moved to the part below that was hidden by the wind and sand.
Xia Mu waved his palm lightly, and the wind and sand immediately separated by themselves, revealing the covered part: "Langya Shaoji." ”
"Sanmao Patriarch is on top!" Lao Dao's eyes widened, and his face was full of shock: "Zhuge Feng of Langya Holy Land, that is a peerless figure recorded in the ancient history of Kyushu, more than 2,000 years ago, crisscrossing Kyushu, there are few opponents, did he also fall here......"
Hearing this, Xia Mu was also very surprised, Zhuge Feng was the ancestor of Zhuge Liang, a figure of the same era as Sanmao Zhenjun, and he didn't want to appear here.
This mysterious ancient city is indeed the tomb of the world's strongest, in the past, all the strong moths put out the fire, came to find the hope of immortality, but in the end they all died of depression, old age and death here, and even some people can not find this city in their lifetime.
The third discovery triggered Lao Dao's exclamation, and he was very excited, because although the black-red blood stains were blurred, they could still be vaguely identified as the ancestor of the Maoshan School.