Chapter 338: One Hall and One Tomb (Two in One Chapter)
In order to save themselves, the ancestors of the Chen family came to a temple in the case of the flood at the beginning, and this temple is called the river temple by the locals, because the temple worships the dragon god, which is used by the villagers to pray for good weather and good weather.
The ancestors of the Chen family knelt down in front of the temple to worship, hoping that the dragon god could protect their Chen family, but what the ancestors of the Chen family did not expect was that that time, the dragon god really appeared and told the Chen family a solution.
In order for the flood waters to recede, the Chen family had to go to a place because there was something stored there, and this thing could manipulate the river and make it recede.
For the ancestors of the Chen family at that time, they had no way out, even if it was a mountain of swords and a sea of fire, they had to break through.
According to the dragon god's apparition, the thing was hidden in a cave that was originally blocked by a boulder, and it was this flood that pushed the boulder away, revealing the true appearance of the cave.
The ancestors of the Chen family came to this cave in response, and the next encounter was very simple, the ancestors of the Chen family accidentally entered this ancient tomb, but the ancestors of the Chen family were not so lucky to see the stone platform, but fell into the abyss.
When the ancestor of the Chen family woke up, a voice sounded in his ears, this voice asked the ancestor of the Chen family if he was willing to be a tomb keeper, if he wanted, the Chen family would not only become a tomb keeper, but more importantly, he would also become the person who carried out the river, that is, the controller of the river.
For the ancestors of the Chen family at that time, this voice was no less than Gan Lin during the long drought, and they agreed without thinking about it, so what the Chen family got was the black box.
With this black box, the Chen family finally let the river recede, but since then, the Chen family has also been tied to this ancient tomb, and every generation of the Chen family must enter the ancient tomb.
After the death of the ancestors of the Chen family, the descendants of the Chen family disciples once had a promise that went against their promises, however, the end of the disobedience was that the Chen family of that generation was almost dead, and there was only one left, and they all died strangely in the river.
It was from that moment that the Chen family became a single passer, and the Chen family did not dare to have any more thoughts of breaking their promises, because they were afraid that if they violated it again, the Chen family would really become extinct.
Listening to Chen Qian's father's words, Fang Ming thought of the dragon head on the boat, and it was obvious that the dragon head was the river god that the ancestors of the Chen family were looking for.
"Guardian of the Ancient Tomb, what is your mission?" Fang Ming looked at Chen Qian's father and asked.
"The task of our Chen family is actually very simple, that is, to guard the bronze coffin, and the bronze coffin is the owner of this ancient tomb, but it is not always there, but only appears once every ten years, and what our Chen family has to do is to protect its safety when it appears. ”
Fang Ming fell into thought, the bronze coffin gave him a very strange feeling, and his intuition told him that it was better not to approach this bronze coffin.
"The origin of this ancient tomb is not clear to your Chen family?"
"I don't know. ”
"Although we are tomb keepers, we don't know as much about ancient tombs as some intruders. When Chen Qian's father said this, he had a wry smile on his face, "Speaking of which, you may not believe it, our Chen family has come in so many generations with so many people, but our range of activities is only such a piece, and we can't leave this area." ”
"However, according to our guess, the age of this ancient tomb is very old, because we have found a characteristic from those apes, these apes have about an inch of hair on their bodies every hundred years, and the longest hair among these apes is almost a meter long, so you can imagine how long this ancient tomb has existed. ”
A hundred years an inch, a meter of length is close to three thousand years.
Fang Ming knew what Chen Qian's father meant, this was just the discovery of the ancestors of the Chen family after they came in, who knew if there were older apes that had passed away before the ancestors of the Chen family came in.
In addition, there is a very important point, generally after a tomb is built, no one will break in for a period of time, after all, to be able to build such a large scale of ancient tomb, the strength of the owner of this ancient tomb can be imagined.
Even if such a strong person dies, it will deter for a long time, if you say, this ancient tomb is conservatively estimated to be four thousand years ago.
"Over the years, your Chen family hasn't thought about leaving?"
Fang Ming looked at Chen Qian's father with a smile, and Chen Qian's father nodded, "Since you are Qian'er's friend, then I won't hide it, how can my Chen family give up, I have also studied a little clue over the years, in fact, there is only one way to get my Chen family out of trouble, that is, to destroy the bronze coffin, only in this way can my Chen family get out of trouble." ”
"Destroy the bronze coffin, destroy the owner of this ancient tomb?"
"That's right, only in this way will this promise not be effective, after all, the owner of the ancient tomb is gone, then there is no point in guarding this ancient tomb, and my Chen family will naturally be able to get out of trouble. ”
"However, as the guardian of my Chen family, I can't think about this bronze coffin, otherwise we will be counterattacked, and we will be punished before we get close to this bronze coffin. ”
When he said this, Chen Qian's father suddenly bowed deeply towards Fang Ming, "You are Qian'er's friend, I hope you can help save my Chen family, my life doesn't matter, but I don't want to see generations of my Chen family die in this ancient tomb." ”
Chen Qian's father had sincerity on his face, Fang Ming hurriedly dodged away, "Uncle Chen, you are serious, if you can help, I will definitely help, but that bronze coffin is a bit evil, and I am not sure." ”
"If it's dangerous, I naturally won't let you help, I can't put you in danger for my Chen family, but you came at the right time, in another hour, this bronze coffin will be automatically opened, and that time is also the time when the bronze coffin defense is the worst, and our Chen family's mission is to protect the bronze coffin at that time. ”
Fang Ming understood what Chen Qian's father meant, Chen Qian's father was a guardian, and he couldn't do anything to the existence in the bronze coffin, and when the bronze coffin was opened, he let himself take action, and he, as a guardian, would not guard the bronze coffin at that time.
"I can try. ”
After being silent for a moment, Fang Ming finally agreed.
"Thank you, thank you really. ”
Chen Qian's father expressed his gratitude with excitement, Fang Ming waved his hand, he didn't just make a move to help the Chen family, but because this bronze coffin gave him an extremely evil feeling, the existence in this bronze coffin seemed to be continuing his life in some way, if he really waited until the moment he was resurrected, I am afraid that the whole world would be in chaos.
In the following time, Chen Qian's father told Fang Ming in detail about the situation an hour later, and Fang Ming also began to close his eyes and recuperate.
An hour's time is fast and slow, and when Fang Ming opened his eyes again, a bell rang again.
"It's coming. ”
Chen Qian's father's expression became excited, and he held a bowl of blood in his hand, "This is the hard work of the tomb keepers of my Chen family for generations, you will apply this blood to your body in a while, so that you can get close to that bronze coffin." ”
Looking at the bowl of blood in front of him, Fang Ming also understood in his heart, I am afraid that the people of the Chen family had been thinking about this scene very early, otherwise there would not be this bowl of hard work.
Hard work, normal people are only a few mouthfuls, and it is difficult to make up for this thing, so this bowl of hard work is left by every generation of the Chen family, which shows that the Chen family has begun to prepare at a very early age.
Smearing the bowl of blood on his forehead, Fang Ming walked out of the cave and walked towards the bronze coffin.
At this moment, those white apes were already lying on the ground, not even daring to raise their heads, and the chains that locked the bronze coffin also began to shake, and after a metal swaying sound, the lid of the copper coffin began to be slowly pulled by these chains, and finally, the entire copper coffin was completely opened.
This is the time!
A fine light flashed in Fang Ming's eyes, one jumped up, grabbed one of the chains, and slashed towards the bronze coffin, and those white apes didn't make any move from beginning to end, not knowing Fang Ming's approach at all.
Five, four, three......
Getting closer and closer to the copper coffin, the more Fang Ming could feel the evil aura, and the wizard's power in his body also began to operate, but just when Fang Ming's body was only one meter away from the copper coffin, a terrifying suction suddenly came from within the copper coffin, and this suction directly sucked Fang Ming into the copper coffin.
Not far away, Chen Qian's father saw that Fang Ming was sucked into the copper coffin, and suddenly burst out laughing, laughing and laughing with tears left behind.
"God is pitiful, my Chen family is finally liberated. ”
Such unbridled laughter made those white apes stand up one after another, but the eyes of these white apes looking at Chen Qian's father were full of fear.
"A bunch of flat-haired brutes, get out of here. ”
With a scolding, those white apes actually fled from here one after another, as if this Chen Qian's father was such a terrible devil to them.
"Don't blame me for deceiving you, if I don't trick you into the coffin, my Chen family will not be able to extricate myself, I can only sacrifice you. ”
Chen Qian's father looked at the bronze coffin, having said so, there was no guilt in his words, he had been waiting for this day for a long time, or more precisely, their Chen family had been planning for a long time.
"It's finally time to leave this damn tomb, but before that, my Chen family wants to get back all the things I've lost over the years. ”
Chen Qian's father was excited, he didn't look at the bronze coffin again, his hand pressed a few times on the stone wall, a secret door appeared, and his figure walked into it and disappeared.
As for the bronze coffin, after sucking Fang Ming into it again, the iron chain shook, and the coffin lid was slowly pulled back again, and finally closed it completely with a roar.
……
Inside the copper coffin, although Fang Ming was anxious, he didn't mess up, and the first time he was sucked into the copper coffin, he began to look at the copper coffin.
The bronze coffin was about three meters long, and the entire copper coffin was empty, and when the coffin lid was closed, it turned into pitch black.
"Will you follow me?"
At this moment, a clear voice suddenly appeared in Fang Ming's ears, Fang Ming pricked up his ears, but he couldn't find the source of the sound, as if the voice sounded directly from his head.
"Will you follow me?"
The voice sounded again, this time Fang Ming didn't go to the source of the sound again, and replied directly: "Don't follow." ”
There was silence, and after more than ten seconds, the voice sounded again, "If you don't follow, you can only die." ”
"If you could kill me, what would you say so much?"
Fang Ming had a sneer on his face, "If my guess is correct, you should be the last level of this ancient tomb, from the beginning, the organs here can only rely on temptation to deal with the people who break in, the round platform is like this, you are also here, but as long as you can keep your heart, you can't help me." ”
At this moment, Fang Ming remembered what the cow man said, seeing may not be true, and hearing may not be true.
And from the beginning to the end, what he encountered was temptation, all of which led people into it, but this bronze coffin had no temptation, so this is already a very telling problem.
"If my guess is correct, this should be the last level of the ancient tomb, but the Chen family doesn't know this, thinking that they have already figured out this ancient tomb. ”
Fang Ming sneered, Chen Qian's father thought that he had been tricked, but he didn't know that he had discovered something wrong before.
First of all, if the Chen family is the guardian of the ancient tomb, they will be punished if they escape, so when they approach this bronze coffin, if the Chen family does not stop it, it should also be counterattacked, and it is not difficult to do this with the ability of the ancient tomb.
The tomb keeper will betray, which the builder of the tomb will not think of, and there must be precautions.
It's as if Fang Ming once heard his master say that after the death of a certain prince in ancient times, he left a group of people to be his tomb keeper, and in order to fear the betrayal of the people of this race, he deliberately cast a curse on the people of this group
Ants eat heartache.
A prince can do this, let alone such an ancient tomb.
The Chen family didn't understand, but Fang Ming understood, the Chen family thought that they knew about this ancient tomb, but they had just been kept in the dark, and the one who really knew about this ancient tomb was probably the cow man.
The bronze coffin regained its calm, and he didn't know how long it had passed, Fang Ming suddenly felt a light in front of him, and a light suddenly appeared at the coffin lid above him, and then there was a shaking sound from the entire coffin.
The bronze coffin is moving!
This was Fang Ming's judgment, and as the bronze coffin moved, the entire coffin became extremely unstable and extremely bumpy, and this bump lasted for about a few minutes, followed by a return to calm.
"Congratulations, young man, for passing the test ahead. ”
The light appeared again, Fang Ming's line of sight returned to normal, the coffin lid fell, Fang Ming stood up, and his eyes were immediately attracted by a figure in front of him.
It was the figure of an old man, but he had his back to Fang Ming, and he couldn't see his face clearly.
"Senior?" Fang Ming looked at the old man with some doubts and asked.
"The temple of mountains and rivers, the tomb of the heavens, the old decay is the guardian of the temple. ”
The old man didn't look back, and his words shocked Fang Ming, it seemed that what the cowman said was indeed right.
"How long have you been here?"
Fang Ming was a little curious, logically speaking, this ancient tomb has existed for thousands of years, could it be that this old man also has a lifespan of thousands of years?
"There is no time in the mountains, and the old man doesn't know how long he has been here. ”
The old man failed to give Fang Ming a definite answer, which made Fang Ming sure that this could definitely be called an old monster.
"No, senior, isn't this an ancient tomb, why aren't you a tomb keeper, but a hall keeper?" Fang Ming suddenly found a place of doubt and asked.
"One tomb and one hall is the real pattern, or more correctly, when the temple of mountains and rivers I was guarding was built, I didn't know that there was an ancient tomb below. ”
Fang Ming was awe-inspiring, if this was the case, then this ancient tomb would inevitably be too long.
"No one can tell the origin of the ancient tomb, and there are even rumors that this is a tomb that reaches the sky, because there is a feng shui master who once conducted some deductions in this place, and finally came to the conclusion that this side of the world has been turned upside down, the earth is the sky, and the sky is the earth. ”
"It's just that even if it's that feng shui master, it can only be deduced here, according to what he said, the power of heaven and earth here is beyond human power, unless it is at the level of a feng shui holy master, but the feng shui master at that level does not exist, even if it really exists, it is also a fairy-like character, how can he reveal these information. ”
"At that time, the palace was halfway through the construction of the ancient tomb below, and at that time it was impossible to change places, and the palace of mountains and rivers was not changed by changing, so there was the existence of the old man, not only to protect the palace, but also to supervise the ancient tomb. ”
The old man still didn't look back, "The old man is entrusted by the hall master to find a guardian for this ancient tomb, and the duty of the guardian is to guard this ancient tomb and prevent outsiders from entering. ”
In the old man's telling.
When the main hall was halfway built, the ancient tomb was discovered, and many strong people poured in at that time, wanting to enter the ancient tomb, but the final result was that all these strong people died at the entrance of the ancient tomb, and none of them could enter.
It can be said that it was a disaster in the cultivation world, and countless strong people followed one after another, just because a strong man from Tianji Gate deduced that this ancient tomb was the tomb of a prehistoric powerhouse, and it was very likely that there was a prehistoric powerhouse inheritance in it.
Prehistoric powerhouses, it was a period of time when they were sealed, but it was recognized by all the cultivation circles that there must have been strong people in that time period, and the current cultivation world was inherited at that time.
"The entire cultivation world fell into madness, and it was not until nearly a thousand strong people died that the cultivation world calmed down, and at this time, the old man of Tianji gave up his life and deduced a hexagram, and the result came to another ending, this ancient tomb is a murderous tomb, and what is buried in it is a murderer who is not born in the world, once the ancient tomb is born, the entire cultivation world will be ruined. ”
"It was precisely for this reason that several powerhouses in the cultivation world at that time combined with the hall master to jointly arrange a formation and seal this ancient tomb. ”
In addition, these strong men also set up a test together, as long as they pass the test, they can become the guardians of the ancient tomb, and they will receive the gifts left by these strong people, and then protect the ancient tomb from the outside world. ”
Hearing this, Fang Ming finally understood, the feelings of the tomb keeper were not chosen by the owner of the ancient tomb, but by those who sealed the ancient tomb, to put it bluntly, it was equivalent to guarding the seal.
"Senior, after all these years, isn't there a Tomb Guardian?" Fang Ming asked with some doubts.
"For a long time, there is only one person who can refuse so many temptations in front of you, and finally choose to sacrifice yourself and devote yourself to the bronze coffin. ”
Hearing the old man's answer, Fang Ming was stunned for a moment, and sacrificed himself to throw himself into the bronze coffin?
"At the beginning, the hall master and those strong people set up three levels in order to test the hearts of the people, the first level is to test the wisdom of the people, if you can't find the mechanism directly from the chain, it will be eliminated. ”
"The second level is to face the many temptations of money, power and strength, and if you choose one of them, you will still be eliminated. ”
"The third level is this bronze coffin, stepping into the bronze coffin and sacrificing oneself in exchange for the rebirth of those who have been eliminated, only those with this kind of heart are qualified. ”
Fang Ming was completely stunned, he was not so great at giving up himself to save others, but he would not explain it at this time, this could be regarded as a mistake.
"The predecessor said that there is another person besides me, I don't know which one is?"
Although he couldn't see the expression on the old man's face, after saying this, Fang Ming obviously felt the old man's body tremble, obviously mentioning that person, which stimulated the old man a lot.
"Don't mention that person, it's a muddy person. ”
For the first time, the old man's words had an emotional change, which made Fang Ming wonder what the cow man named Fang Zheng had done to make the old man have such a big grudge.
"Young man, ask you once if you are willing to become the guardian of the ancient tomb?" the old man regained his composure and asked with his back to Fang Ming.
Fang Ming didn't make a choice directly, but asked, "After becoming a guardian, are there any restrictions?"
"Yes, that is, you have to stay here, unless you can cultivate to the realm of separation between the primordial spirit and the physical body, and then you only need to keep one of the two here. ”
Belch......
Fang Ming was silent for a moment, "Senior, I'm really sorry, it's impossible for me to stay here, I don't think I'm suitable for the role of tomb keeper." ”
Just kidding, cultivating to the separation of the primordial spirit and the physical body, it is not as simple as a simple out-of-body of the primordial spirit, no matter how talented he is, and then he assists in all kinds of miracle medicines, I am afraid it will take decades.
"Young man, do you know what it means to be a grave keeper? Decades of bondage are worth it, and after that you will find that this opportunity is something that many people have never dreamed of. ”
"Senior, no matter how good this opportunity is, it's a pity that I'm really not suitable, I still have a wife and children outside. ”
The old man was silent, and after half a ring, he said quietly: "The boy's body is still there, where is the wife and children, young people should be honest." ”
Belch......
The corners of Fang Ming's mouth twitched, "Senior ......"
"Alright, don't talk about it, follow me first. ”
The old man couldn't allow Fang Ming to refuse, and with a wave of his right hand, Fang Ming found that his body was floating towards the front uncontrollably, and in front of him was a door covered with runes.
As he approached, the bronze door slowly opened, and the light shot out, stabbing Fang Ming unable to open his eyes, and then he felt a push behind him, and the whole person fell into the door.
At the moment when he fell into the door, Fang Ming vaguely heard the wild laughter of the old man behind him.
"Bastard, that bastard let him run away at the beginning, and he can still let your kid run away, hehe, fortunately, the old man was prepared. ”
Did you hallucinate?