Chapter 8 Murals
"Giggles. ”
From the darkness came the laughter of a young girl like a silver bell.
"Where are you going?"
Another man's voice came out, and his voice sounded breathless, as if he was chasing a girl flying like a butterfly, but his health was too poor to catch up.
"I'm going to a far place. ”
The girl was still "flying", without the slightest pause, the distance between them was getting farther and farther, the man looked at her anxiously, stretched out his hand but couldn't hold her back, he tried his best, as if wringing out the last trace of energy in his body, and asked the last question:
"Why are you leaving?"
"Because, I'm hungry. ”
……
In the darkness, such a voice came into the ears of everyone in the Linyuan team, and it seemed that the illusion just now was still unfinished, so everyone didn't pay too much attention to it.
It's just that Yun Yuan felt a little strange, this conversation was a little out of place with the grand scene of the birth of the continent just now......
The old man staggered ahead, the long corridor, under the candlelight on the walls on both sides, reflected the old man's old face, there was no amiable smile, no sinister and cunning hideousness, the old man had no joy or sorrow, like a devout disciple about to make a pilgrimage.
Finally, after a long journey, the narrow corridor suddenly opened, a huge space, unfurnished, empty, except for the walls on both sides, covered with ancient and sacred frescoes. Everyone couldn't help but look to both sides, the most appeared on the mural, is a creature, the body is like a tiger and leopard, the head and tail are like a dragon, its color is also gold and jade, there is a pair of wings on the shoulder but can not be extended, and a horn is born on the head. Isn't such an image the Pixiu that appeared in the illusion just now?
"Hehe, you're interested in this mural?"
This was the second time the old man had spoken, and his voice was still low and old. But it pulled everyone who had been immersed in the illusion of Fang Cai back to reality, and a big question surfaced in everyone's minds at the same time
Why are there other people in the tomb?
"Dare to ask the seniors, why are you in this dangerous place?"
The little hand behind Yun Yuan trembled slightly, realizing the seriousness of the problem, he recalled the game that the Daomen brothers played together when he was a child, the game was called "Wolf, what time is it?" The rules of the game are that when the wolf turns his back to everyone, everyone slowly approaches him, and asks "Old wolf, old wolf?" The wolf will answer Shen Shi. Or at some other time, then the disciples can continue to approach, and if a disciple touches his body during this time, then the wolf loses. However, if no disciple touches the wolf's body, and the wolf suddenly shouts, "It's time!", then he can turn around and grab someone, and the disciple he catches will become the next wolf. Because he didn't know what the wolf would answer in the next moment, whenever he waited for the wolf to answer, Yun Yuan felt that his heart was beating extremely fast.
Now, he has this feeling again, the back of the old man staggering in front of him is like a brother who was a wolf when he was a child.
"Oh, look at my memory. "Fortunately, the old man's answer is normal, not the frightening "It's time!" he chuckled and shook his head, laughing at himself at his degraded memory.
"I haven't seen people for a long time, I saw five at once, I was a little excited, I forgot to introduce myself, the old man is called Tianlu, here, the grave keeper. ”
"Grave keeper? You mean you've been staying here to guard the grave, and how old are you?"
Yan Fei questioned.
"Hehe, the age of decay is not as exaggerated as you think, I am only eighty years old this year, fifty years ago I traveled all over the world to seek treasure, strayed into this tomb, who knows that just passed the test into the tomb, the door was closed, I tried all the methods to escape from here, finally, hehe, I can only accept my fate, in this dark place, as his Pixiu tomb keeper......"
"Then wouldn't we not be able to get out of that either?!"
As soon as the tomb keeper Tianlu said this, even Zhu Junjie realized the seriousness of the problem.
"Idiot! You take his word for it!"
Yan Fei was really angry.
"Then how did you survive until now, old man?"
Snake is equally skeptical.
"There is an underground river in the tomb, and there are many rats on the edge of the riverbed. ”
Tianlu grinned as he said this, his withered yellow teeth were still stained with blood, and some dark and brown fur.
"Ahh
Xiao Meng exclaimed in a low voice, obviously frightened by the old man.
"Hehe, don't be afraid, stay here for ten days and half a month, you will get used to it. ”
Xiao Meng shook her head desperately, saying that she would not get used to death, even if she was already an excellent assassin, but girls still had some natural resistance to things like rats and cockroaches.
"Senior, is there really no way to escape from here?"
Yun Yuan looked at Tianlu carefully, his old body did not exude the slightest fluctuation of Shang Yuan, and the aging of his body had not been repaired by Shang Yuan, he really looked like a mortal who could not cultivate. Yun Yuan has seen many sect elders, their age is older than Tianlu, but their bodies are much better than Tianlu, that is because the cultivation fashion yuan will automatically repair people's bodies, so that the aging of the body will be slowed down, and every time with the breakthrough of cultivation, the slowing effect will be stronger, which is also the reason why Hongying has lived into an old monster and the body is still tough.
Maybe he really didn't lie to me......
"If there was a way, would I still stay here?"
Tianlu's answer was unsurprising.
"That bastard statue, how dare you lie to me!"
Zhu Junjie wailed and cursed the Sphinx.
"Dare to ask the seniors, what is painted on these murals is the history of the Pixiu tribe?"
"I didn't expect you to be as calm as you are now, now that you know that you can't escape. Tianlu glanced at Yun Yuan appreciatively, "Yes, I have been trapped here all these years, and I have nothing else to do, but this tomb has been thoroughly studied by me, since you are interested, Xiaoyou, then the old man will also talk about the content of this mural." ”
"As you said, Xiaoyou, what is recorded on this mural is the history of the Pixiu people, to be precise, the history of the Pixiu people recorded from the perspective of the king of Pixiu. The Pixiu clan, one of the twenty-seven origin races, is shaped like a ......"
"Yun Yuan, we won't, we're really trapped here and can't get out, right?"
While the old man Tianlu was rambling, Xiao Meng pulled Yunyuan's sleeve and asked anxiously. His Royal Highness the noble county lord was obviously extremely panicked about not being able to go out, although the five members of the Linyuan team were all people who had experienced strong winds and waves, and they were far calmer than ordinary people in the face of life and death, but this dark tomb was like a pitch-black cage, and now the only people living in it were the old decay in front of them who would drive the crane west at some point, and rats...... It's more acceptable for boys, but it's really difficult for Xiao Meng to accept.
"Don't worry, although Tianlu's predecessor has traveled to many treasure places, but he doesn't understand the Qimen formation, this is different for us, I have already reflected the formation in my mind before entering the tomb, and if I go deeper, I will definitely be able to find a way out." ”
As soon as Yun Yuan's words came out, not only Xiao Meng, but even everyone else took a dose of reassuring pills, swallowed their saliva one after another, and their breathing relaxed a lot.
However, only Yun Yuan himself knew in his heart that the chances of getting out of trouble were actually very few. The formation structure inside the ancient tomb is roughly divided into five layers, and it is a breakthrough type of layer by layer, there is only a unique connection channel between each two layers, and only by mastering the "key" can you enter the next layer, just like the five people just decoded the meaning of the riddle, and only then did they successfully come here and see Tianlu. I'm afraid that Tianlu has also passed several tests, but he is trapped in one of them...... If you want to fall off, the key is to see if you can pass all the levels and enter the last layer to find the treasure, and Tianlu has not been able to do it in his life, but there are difficulties. Although Yun Yuan said that he understood the Qimen formation, he was not proficient in it after all, and he basically couldn't understand the formation of the fourth or fifth layer, so his grasp was really not much greater than that of Tianlu. Fang just comforted everyone, and now he can only take one step at a time.
"The basic information of the Pixiu clan has almost been told to you, so let's talk about this king of Pixiu, pay attention not to talk to each other!"
The old man Tianlu seemed to see that everyone was absent-minded, and knocked on the wall very dissatisfied, and the large space was full of echoes.
"Ahem, among the Pixiu clan, a special existence was bred, that is, the Pixiu King, which devoured and absorbed his three brothers in the mother's womb, so the space in his body became unusually large......"
Tianlu said dancingly, and when he said "unusually large", he opened his arms and gestured, like an old sparrow with wings spread, and he was not really stable when he was not careful, so frightened that Snake Nai and Zhu Junjie hurriedly stepped forward to support him, for fear that he would never get up again if he fell on his head......
"I'm fine, it is this king of Pixiu who created the glory of the Pixiu tribe, you look at a mural, the king of Pixiu ascended the throne, restraining the greed of the entire Pixiu tribe, and few Pixiu died because the space was broken. The Pixiu tribe has finally settled down and multiplied. ”
When Tianlu said this, there seemed to be a golden light in his eyes, and everyone was frightened, for fear that he would return to the light and die the next moment.
Until one day, the king of Pixiu fell in love with one of his people......