Chapter 26 The Old Place
Blue sky and white clouds, clear sky, vast sea, rippling water.
Luo Banxia and his entourage of five people flew slowly over the East China Sea, surrounded by the sea and sky, unable to see the edge, and from time to time there was a warm sea breeze blowing in the face, which made people feel comfortable. Ziyuan danced beside Luo Banxia, extremely excited. This was the first time she had gone out from the Female Spirit Palace in many years, and she felt very fresh about everything, and at this time, she was chattering around Luo Banxia.
"Look at the little whore! β
"There, there's a big bird!"
Among the five, Luo Banxia and Ziyuan also knew each other, and the other brothers and sisters were all meeting for the first time and were still familiar with each other. Especially Ziyuan, she cultivates alone without leaving home on weekdays, and she doesn't know a few of her brothers and sisters, and she just met her on the Lingyou tour that walked with her this time. So along the way, the two of them chatted happily, and the others were silent and walked with the sword.
The NΓΌling Palace is located in the depths of the East China Sea, five thousand miles west from the NΓΌling Mountain Range, which is the border of the East China Sea of the Shenzhou Continent, and along the land all the way to the west for another eight thousand miles to reach the center of the continent, that is, where the Xihe Mountain is located. Xihe Mountain is located in the center of the continent, is an endless mountain range, and the world's largest Xihe Gate, in the Xihe Mountains.
The speed of the cultivators is extremely fast, and it is not an exaggeration to describe it as a day of thousands of miles, and in just over an hour, everyone has already flown out of the vast East China Sea and entered the land area. Luo Banxia saw the small fishing village on the coast all the way, as well as the lush forest, and remembered that it was here that he met Xiao Kongqing eight years ago, and then set off to worship the female spirit palace, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart. The vicissitudes of the sea, the stars change, the only thing that remains unchanged is the vast sea, the waves have been ups and downs for thousands of years, and the waves have been endless.
On the way, the group rested in a small town by the East China Sea, and then set off again. After about two more hours of flight, it has reached the sky above Qingshui Town.
Qingshui Town is a small town located in the southeast of the mainland, and a hundred miles west of it is Luojia Village, the hometown of Luo Banxia. Walking here, Luo Banxia suddenly had thoughts surging in his heart, and he hurriedly flew to Yun'e's side with a quick step, and arched his hand: "Senior Sister Yun'e, this place is very close to my former residence Luojia Village, I want to go back and see the place where I lived as a child, I hope Senior Sister can allow it." β
Yun Exiu frowned slightly, and said lightly: "We have important things to do here, so it is not appropriate to delay here, you can go there by yourself next time." β
Luo Banxia also smiled indifferently and said: "It's okay, all the senior brothers and sisters can go first, I will only delay for a while, at most two days, I will go to Xihe Mountain to meet you." β
Yun'e pondered for a moment, she had also heard about Luo Banxia's life experience. After thinking about it for a while, he finally said: "Okay, then you should be careful in everything, and you will come to Xihemen immediately after you are done." β
Luo Banxia raised her hand and thanked her, "Senior Sister Xie." Zi Yuan heard the conversation between the two on the side, and also stepped forward, and said curiously to Luo Banxia: "Little lewd thief, where are you going, take me." Luo Banxia was just about to answer, Yun'e's faint voice came, and said: "Senior Sister Ziyuan, please go to Xihe Mountain with us, Senior Brother Luo passes through his hometown, and if he has a heart to remember, he can go alone." β
Zi Yuan pouted, this time the master also explained, everything was arranged by Senior Sister Yun'e, and he didn't dare to disobey at the moment, so he could only say disappointedly: "Okay." β
Luo Banxia gently comforted: "Ziyuan, you go to Xihemen first and wait for me, I will come back soon, and I will bring you delicious food when the time comes." As soon as he heard that there was something delicious, Shion's eyes lit up and he nodded again and again. Several people separated here, and Luo Banxia went in the direction of Luojia Village alone.
The distance of a hundred miles was instantaneous, and in a flash of light, Luo Banxia fell in front of the barren village. Down-to-earth, it really feels like a world away.
At this time, Luojia Village was dilapidated, full of half-human-high weeds, obviously it had been uninhabited for a long time, and the collapsed ruins could be seen everywhere, and it could vaguely be recognized as a village. Occasionally, a few wild wolves would run by, making a terrible and chilling sound. Luo Banxia recognized it for a while, and walked along the main road inside, recalling the scenery of the past along the way.
The memories of my childhood are so deep that I have not forgotten them for many years. He reached out and stroked the limestone tiles all the way. Here, it should be the village of Xiaohua's family, here, is the farmland of Brother Wang next door, and here, it is the home where I lived with my father and mother when I was a child.
The scene of corpses strewn all over the field in his memory is long gone, thinking that the corpses have been eaten by wild beasts for many years, and with the sound of footsteps sounding in a quiet environment, Luo Banxia walked to the square at the edge of the village. This place was the last place where he was separated from Luojia Village, and it was also the last place where he saw Zhou Xuanshen.
He doesn't have a good impression of the Inhumans, and the Inhumans he comes into contact with and hear about are all fierce and violent people. But there are also accidents in the aliens, right? The kind-hearted Grandpa Zhou is a very good person.
The breeze blew, and Luo Banxia sat down in the midst of the ruins. The white robe was stained with some dust, and it looked a little white jade. But he also ignored it, with a faint sadness in his eyes, and hummed the familiar nursery rhyme.
"The distant mountains are twilight, and the insects are silent and the birds are singing. Millet grows, and the four fields are green and green......"
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On the mountain behind Luojia Village, the wind is howling and the strange rocks are craggy.
It has been abandoned for many years and is uninhabited, and the ancient road that used to be walked by people in the past is overgrown with weeds due to age. The only thing that remains unchanged is the open space at the top of the mountain, where the rocks pierce the air, and there are thousands of postures, as if they are out of place with the lonely environment around them.
Luo Banxia Edgeworth fell to the ground and stood in the center of Stonehenge. This is where his troubled life began, from here he met Chang Ion, met the alien, and began to face the world alone.
Feeling the rough texture of the boulder in his hand, his thoughts were slightly agitated, and the passage of time did not affect this place in the slightest, and these stones still stood quietly between heaven and earth.
Suddenly, he seemed to feel that something was wrong. The placement of these boulders seems to be very regular, not like they are naturally formed. And on this wooded back mountain, how can there be such an extraordinary stone forest?
Luo Banxia was slightly shocked in his heart, although he often came to this back mountain to play when he was a child, but after all, he was still young at that time, how could he compare with the outstanding disciples of the Female Spirit Palace who have achieved the exercises now. At that moment, he ascended his sword into the air, looked down from a high place, and found the clue when he landed.
I saw that this stone forest felt quite chaotic when people were in it, but once they were condescending, they would find that the location of the furnishings in the chaos was faintly in line with the trend of the five elements gossip. He had read a lot of books in the Nuling Palace, and had seen some books that recorded subtle gossip and mathematics, and he also had a little understanding of this way. At the moment, I recalled the construction of a Tai Chi Bagua Array, and compared it with the stone forest, I found that it was strikingly similar.
The boulders in the stone forest are arranged in order with eight kinds of hexagrams, such as Qian, Dui, Li, Zhen, Xun, Kan, Gen and Kun, and the stone pillars that represent the Hugh Gate, the Gen position of the Shengmen, the earthquake position of the Wounded Gate and the stone pillars of the Shocking Gate are all deviated and dislocated. Luo Banxia thought for a moment, secretly thinking that since this place is arranged according to the trend of gossip, it must have an unknown secret, I have been here so many times when I was a child and I didn't find it, and I saw it by myself at this time, so I might as well explore it to see what the mystery is.
At that moment, he jumped down again, slowly moving the stones according to the direction he saw in the air, relying on the memory in his mind.
These stones are extremely huge, weighing more than a thousand catties, Luo Banxia ran all his real strength, and tinkered for half an hour before he set the positions one by one. At this time, the whole body was already sweating profusely, and he kept panting. After waiting for a moment, a rumbling sound was heard, and a piece of ground in the middle of the stone forest slowly moved away, revealing a hole that only allowed one person to pass through. Luo Banxia took a closer look, the entrance of the cave was far-reaching and long, and the black and invisible object inside, a staircase led straight down. He hesitated for a moment, then stretched out his hand to summon the Returning Dust Sword, and the sword body emitted a turquoise luster as the true qi was injected into it. In this way, relying on the faint light emitted by the Returning Dust Sword, Luo Banxia slowly walked towards the inside of the stairs.
The mountain breeze blows, and the treetops move slightly. When Luo Banxia's figure disappeared into the dark hole, there was a boom, and the ground quickly closed again.
In fact, many people have been to this place, such as Chang Ion of Xihemen, many disciples of Yiren, etc., but they have never noticed the mystery here. And Luo Banxia inadvertently triggered the mechanism by chance, but became the first person to enter the tunnel in the past few years.
The stairs of the tunnel meander downward, bottomless, and although it seems to be a confined space, you don't feel bored when you walk through it, and there should be air circulation in an unknown place. The excavation marks here are extremely rudimentary, not as if they had taken a lot of time and manpower to accumulate over time, but rather as if some cultivators had created them with their own powerful exercises. The light emitted by the Dust Returning Sword was limited, and Luo Banxia cautiously slowed down, always on guard against possible crises.
The staircase seemed to lead from the top of the mountain to the belly of the mountain, and after a little half an hour, a few rays of light were faintly seen in front of it. After walking for a while, Luo Banxia came to a long road, with flickering candles lit on both sides of the road, and I don't know how many years have passed, but it has not been extinguished, I don't know what material it is made of. At this point, you can see the road ahead, and you can follow the road to the end, and then enter a hall.
The four walls of the hall are also lit with the same candles as the corridor, and the area of this hall is not large, and there are traces of knives and axes all around, as if they were opened up in a hurry. Although the workmanship is relatively simple, in the middle of this kilometer mountain, a hall of this scale can be created, and the cultivation of the caster is really unfathomable.
The hall was empty, except for a stone table in the center, on which a book lay quietly. Luo Banxia wondered in his heart, such a secret place was just to place an ancient book? When I walked to the table, I exhaled and blew off the dust on the book cover, and a few big words came into view.
The Secret Book of the Mysterious Demons.