"Shepherded?"

"Shepherded. The old man nodded, although his tone was flat, but there was still a slight stiff change in his face full of folds, which was a kind of pain and helplessness, and his next words confirmed the boy's guess.

In the place called the land of Jiumu is a desert island, the so-called desert island is a lack of spiritual power, in the eyes of the gods is a barren land, disdain to live and stay, in fact, it is not completely devoid of aura, but extremely rare and light, just like the continent that is now in the process of destruction, in the free world, there is more than one such place, and there will be more and more.

Lack of spiritual power does not mean that they cannot survive, at least mortals can survive temporarily, they do not have extraordinary abilities, they do not need the harsh energy conditions required to temper divine energy, and it is the ultimate fate of mortals to survive and be herded like animals.

The shepherds are not gods, but only their pets, and they are said to be large, vicious-looking, and godlike monsters, including the giant birds that I saw when I first entered the world when I was young.

And the shepherds are naturally livestock, that is, the old, weak, sick and disabled mortals, and some disobedient fellows are also sent to the desert island, in line with the principle of 'making the best use of things' to become the rations of monsters.

The old man's description made the young man stunned, in the mainland, how absurd and cruel things he had heard, and even seen with his own eyes, the mainland had been chaotic for a long time, he had long been accustomed to it, but he didn't expect that the paradise where the gods lived would be so bloody, he suddenly understood the explanation of my torch, this bird world is by no means as beautiful as imagined.

The so-called useful mortals are the believers who can provide the power of faith, and they may be entitled to a little pitiful aura, while the disobedient, the old, the weak, the sick and the disabled are just some dispensable fodder, and when they are gone, they are gone, which is the reason why the number of mortals is declining.

It's not that the gods are unwilling to accept more mortals, but they are too busy to take care of themselves, this free world is already full of sharp contradictions that are difficult to reconcile, spiritual power is the most critical resource, and the competition for spiritual power far exceeds the demand for believers, no wonder Donghua Palace because he is such a small mortal will run to Wuxing Island to have nothing to do.

"Where are you the opponents of those monsters, and won't you be eaten up in the long run?"

"How can you talk about this for a long time?" the old man smiled bitterly and stretched out a finger tremblingly, "It has only been more than a month since the land of Jiumu was opened up, and the population on the island who have been exiled is about tens of thousands, and in this short thirty days, there are less than 10,000 left. ”

The young man's scalp exploded when he heard this, and his blood rushed upward, and as soon as he stretched out his hand, he remembered that the broken knife was no longer by his side, and he stood up fiercely, and kicked the wooden bench in front of him.

"It can't be generalized, this matter has been done a little too much after all, if it weren't for Huo Tianzun to get the news to stop it, I'm afraid it would be even more miserable. ”

When the young man heard this, his pale face was greatly eased due to anger, the master is good after all, the encounter in the mainland four years ago, his intuitive impression of Huo Tianzun is that he is cold and kind-hearted, which is also one of the important reasons why the young man insists on looking for this Mai strange man all the way, the master is also bloody, and he can still stand up in such a sinister environment, and it is very likely that he will put himself on the opposite side of many gods, which is not easy.

The old man was rescued by Huo Tianzun at that time, for various reasons, he couldn't do more, but he had tried his best, the young man was emotionally complicated, and after chatting a few more words, the old man's understanding of the Five Elements Island was as idiotic as him, so he went back to his room to sleep.

Although it was another day of tossing, the boy was still unable to sleep, tossing and turning for a long time, simply sat up and looked out the window in a daze, he had been crawling in all kinds of people since he was a child, and his mind matured early, and the encounter in the past three days and the land of Jiumu described by the old man made him recognize the true face of the world at once, and he had a new understanding of the arrangement of Huo Tianzun and the strange behavior of the people on the island.

This is a test, but it is not a simple test, and whether or not you can find a master at the moment is not a key issue, and if you break the mystery of the Holy Fire Temple, you may be able to really enter the hall on the Five Elements Island.

Thinking of this, the young man's heart finally quieted down, looking at the dark night sky outside, he was very strange, he didn't miss the continent he had wandered at all, and he didn't like this so-called free world, but wanted to see what it was like outside the free world.

Such an idea made the boy a little uneasy, but he was full of longing, and to be able to participate in the creation of a free world, his master Huo Tianzun naturally had the ability to explore a wider world, which may be the most attractive thing for the boy.

Of course, although the young Ah Cheng does not like the turbulent life on the continent, and hates the dirtiness and ugliness exposed in the free world, it does not mean that the young man is ambitious, this age is already a dreaming age, and the imagination is not completely unrealistic, at least it has supported him through the three years of crossing the continent.

The mood was much better, the young man jumped up from the bed, quietly left the living room, and used the wind control technique all the way to the main peak of the ring mountain range, the target was naturally the Five Elements Hall, he had always been haunted by the feeling of slaughter in the hall, as well as those mottled patterns on the walls, since he was not in a hurry to find the master, then go and see.

The self-packaged world of freedom, the various colors of the daytime is indeed pleasing to the eye, but the night is cold, there is no moon, let alone stars, everywhere is dark, and you can't see your fingers, which is even more unbearable than the continent that is suffering.

The huge island, even the outline is difficult to recognize, the young man can only rely on his memory to step into the air, these days of tossing, although he is a lot more proficient in the art of resisting the wind, but in the dark environment still stumbled a little, almost hit the huge pillar in front of the hall.

Strange to say, when the young man staggered into the main hall, the dark environment changed instantly, and there was a heavy fluorescence in the main hall, and then, on the towering walls on the left and right, those torches that could not be seen at a glance were ignited, and the whole hall suddenly opened up.

Although he was prepared for the secrets hidden in the main hall, the boy was still taken aback by the sudden change, and he carefully looked around, sure that no one else existed, and that the hall was so empty that there was no way to hide any form as far as the eye could see.

After a moment of shock, the young man walked slowly, and only stopped a few days ago when everyone entered the main hall for the first time, which seemed to be a hint in the young man's heart, only the place where Master Huo Tianzun once stood was safe.

The flickering flames on the torch disturbed the boy, and he sat down cross-legged, as he had done when he entered the temple for the second time three days before, trying to ease his nervousness, but the sound of the tide that followed like a tsunami made his hairs stand on end.

The young man was sure that it was the sound of the tide, and he had heard the sound of the waves crashing on the shore countless times, but how could there be such a sound in the empty hall? He looked around and could not find the source of the sound, and at this moment the wall on the left side also moved, and there was a click, like thunder, from the sound of the tide of thousands of horses, and the young man was so startled that he almost jumped up from the ground, and turned his head to look, and the ancient mottled marks on the wall suddenly caught his eye.