Chapter 2: Ghosts
The apprenticeship ceremony, strictly speaking, is indeed an expression of sincerity, and it is also a test of the teacher's determination.
"Isn't the Burial Dragon Abyss an underworld?" King Qingxuan flicked his sleeves, and a violent storm suddenly erupted, blowing away the mist that filled the Burial Dragon Abyss, revealing its true face.
It is a towering mountain, and the whole is like a great sword, reaching into the sky. Thick iron chains hang down from the peak, connecting all directions, and the momentum is magnificent.
There is no vegetation on the mountain, only the perennial baptism of thunder and lightning, the charred black rocks and the hiking stone stairs that lie dormant under eight huge iron chains.
"Although the burial of Longyuan is the burial place of the Taizu of the Wu Kingdom, there are also countless people from the royal family who are buried, you only need to obtain a burial item for these royal descendants on the periphery. King Qingxuan said quietly.
For King Qingxuan, this is already the biggest concession, if it is in Xixiang Dao, it must be to choose an ancient underworld mansion for those who want to worship the sect to fight.
Of course, that kind of underworld is not this kind of tomb on the bright surface that is exposed for future generations to worship in order to continue the incense, but the kind of underworld that has been hidden underground for I don't know how many years, and the danger in it is not comparable to this kind of tomb.
"Then I'll fetch it for Xi'er?" the old man asked with an inquiring look.
"No, he had to fetch it himself. King Qingxuan immediately shook his head and refused, this is not child's play.
"But..."The old man was anxious, this is a well-known ferocious place, not to mention Yi Xi, even if he goes in by himself, he may not be sure that he will be able to come out safely.
"Grandpa, then I'll pick it up. Yi Xi took a step forward and said solemnly: "Although I was abolished, I can barely exert some power of the four veins, don't forget, I was also a genius who fought the younger generation of the Yishui tribe before." ”
Yi Xi smiled freely, although he was still underage, his physical development was excellent, his slender body and snow-white hair gave him a youthful demeanor.
"No, no, once you use your internal force, it will exacerbate the loss of your vitality, I don't agree. The old man's expression was in a trance for a while, as if he saw the young man from before again, but he still shook his head and refused.
The dantian and the four veins were abolished, and the vitality in the body was flowing rapidly, and if he forcibly used the vitality during this period, it would make the speed of the passage of the vitality increase sharply, which he didn't want to see.
After all, Yuan Qi represents Shou Yuan!
"Isn't there a senior of King Qingxuan?" After Yi Xi finished speaking, his somewhat weak eyes forcibly cheered up and winked at King Qingxuan, the meaning was self-evident.
"Brother, can't you still trust me?" King Qingxuan realized, and immediately his face sank, and he pretended to be angry.
Looking at this scene, the old man sighed secretly, he still didn't understand the posture of the two, and immediately looked at King Qingxuan viciously and said: "Although you are cultivating to Tongtian now, brother, if my family Xi'er has something three long and two short, I Yi Deran will die with you even if I fight for my life." ”
"Rest assured, rest assured. King Qingxuan waved his hand, feeling in his heart, as if he had returned to that green era again, the two often quarreled, and the other party often said this sentence is "I will die with you even if I fight for my life." ”
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When King Qingxuan led the two of them to the bottom of the stone stairs, the scene in front of them made the two of them feel a chill in their backs.
I saw that on the stone wall not far away, two men and a woman were nailed to the stone wall with a spear, and the blood stains soaked a large area.
The aura of the three of them was as if they could be killed at any time, and these three people were dressed in gorgeous costumes, and the costumes were embroidered with a dragon going out to sea, and they looked like their identities must be extraordinary.
"Jiaolong suit?" The old man gasped when he saw this, the dragon suit was not worn by the royal family of Wu State, of course, kings like King Qingxuan were exceptional, but they didn't bother to wear them.
"It's just a snake Jiaofu, it's just a side line of the royal family, how can the descendants come to guard the underworld. King Qingxuan shook his head when he heard this, and said disdainfully.
Sure enough, when he heard that King Qingxuan finished speaking, Yi Deran found that the dragons on these costumes did not have claws.
The dragon has four claws, and the inherent four-clawed dragon is called the emperor's exclusive belonging. The dragon has two claws, and the snake has no claws, so it is distinguished.
"If it weren't for the fear of killing them, their life cards would be shattered, and they would have attracted the attention of the royal family of the Wu Kingdom, then they would still have a chance to live. King Qingxuan came to the three of them, took out a simple bronze lamp, and attracted several drops of scarlet blood beads along the blood dripping from the spear into the copper lamp.
Raging!
A handful of flames immediately fluttered twice, and then ignited.
"This is a bloody lamp, although the three of them have weak blood, but it is better than nothing, enough for you to go to the tomb to ask for funeral goods. King Qingxuan saw the bronze lamp lit, handed the lamp to Yi Xi and explained.
Taking over the copper lamp, Yi Xi wrinkled his nose, and the smell of burning blood was quite pungent and unpleasant. But then he took a deep breath and looked at the stone staircase in the mist.
"Go ahead. ”
King Qingxuan stood with his hands in his hands, and an inexplicable feeling suddenly rose in his heart, once upon a time, when he was apprenticed, wasn't it the same scene? After decades, it was now his turn to teach his apprentices.
Once upon a time, when he was young, he also had this fear of the unknown, his attachment to apprenticeship...
"When a young man comes out of the wilderness, he travels in this world. ”
Yi Xi cheered himself up, and then resolutely stepped up the stone stairs.
Thundered!
The moment he stepped on the stone staircase, a thick thunderbolt swept across the sky, and the thunder roared with a heavy meaning.
Mutter!
Yi Xi swallowed a mouthful of saliva, his eyes twitched slightly, he was frightened as soon as he stepped on the stone staircase, was this a rare warning to him? Immediately, after a struggle of thoughts in his mind, he finally chose to move on, step by step, and gradually disappeared into the thick mist.
People always have an inexplicable fear of the unknown, and of course it is not only fear, but also surprise and excitement...
Generally speaking, fear is innate and accompanied by a desire to learn, so there is an ambivalence of fear and excitement about things that will be unknown, and eventually this complex mind is often associated with ghosts and gods. In this world, ghosts and gods are a taboo, that represents endless horror and ominous, no matter how powerful people are, there will be a day of death, so when that day comes, will you become a member there?
Therefore, in this world, there are still many sects and families who will be in awe of ghosts and gods, and they will hold a grand sacrifice ceremony for this purpose every year to offset the fear of the unknown...
Time passes slowly.
I don't know how long it took, Yi Xi climbed up with the blood spirit lamp, along the way, in addition to the roar of thunder, only the wind blew on the top of the mountain, making a wind like a ghost crying wolf, and the initial panic gradually became a little boring with the passage of time.
In the midst of this, he gradually discovered two strange things.
At first, he was worried that the copper lamp would be blown out by the Gangfeng, but soon he realized that he was thinking too much, The blood lamp in his hand seemed to be crumbling, but in fact, there was no sign of extinguishing it in the Gangfeng, which was one of them.
The second is that the fog here, with the wind getting stronger and stronger, has never blown away, but as he continues to climb, the concentration becomes thicker and thicker.
"When is a head. ”
It was in this boring environment that my heart raced to the current indifference, and the fear that followed gradually diminished. Along the way, there was nothing he imagined to be afraid of, but a trace of disappointment was bred in his heart.
Whoa!
Just as he was about to continue his upward journey, the tranquility was suddenly shattered by a rapid sound of chains shaking, from far and near, and finally the sound seemed to appear above his head.
"Who?"
Yi Xi's color changed slightly, and at the same time, there was a trace of expectation in his heart, and then he raised his head sharply and looked up.
The thick iron chains that lay across the stone staircase were the size of a millstone, and even the fierce wind could not blow a single bit, but at this moment there was a sudden sound, and the sound was above him, as if something was stomping violently on it.
But the fog was so thick that only a silhouette could be seen faintly, and there seemed to be a tall black shadow lying on the chain, which made people feel unreal.
"King Qingxuan, is Grandpa you?"
Yi Xi's scalp was numb for a while, and he secretly swallowed a mouthful of spit, and asked stubbornly.
Thundered!
As soon as the words fell, a terrifying purple thunder fell from the sky, roared, and struck the iron chain, to be precise, on the black shadow on the iron chain.
When the thunder fell, Yi Xi finally saw what it was, it was a body like a lion and a tiger, covered in pitch black, with a human-like cat-like cheek, that thing had long flying hair, and a pair of eyes that exuded a light like rubies.
Thunder slashed down, and the figure slashed squarely, and then fell from the thick chain.
After the thing fell, it landed not far in front of him, and for a moment he didn't know whether he was alive or dead.
After the thunder and lightning disappeared, the fog was a little thicker.
Just as Yi Xi had the courage to step forward to check, the body of the black shadow lying on his stomach slowly stood up, like a human, only its pair of eyes emitting red light in the mist proved that it was not that he was wrong, but that the ghost thing really existed there.
"Evil animals. ”
Yi Xi was taken aback by the scene in front of him, and couldn't help but scold, and immediately thought of King Qingxuan's words, and raised the copper lamp in his hand forward.
Sure enough, the thing seemed to be terrified of the bronze lamp and moved back.
"The ancients did not deceive me!"
Yi Xi breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this, and slowly walked forward with the copper lamp.
He walked forward step by step, and the ghost thing retreated step by step, which once again proved the conjecture in Yi Xi's heart.
Time passed again, and a person and a ghost slowly walked up to a stone platform in this advance and retreat. It wasn't the end, for there was a stone staircase behind the platform, but there was a fork in the road, and the ghost retreated to the fork in the road.
"That's..."
Yi Xi frowned, and looked in the direction of the ghost, there was a red gate not far away, and there were two white paper lanterns hanging on both sides of the gate, but they were full of blood light, and the mist touched these blood lights and rolled up in an instant.
Immediately, Yi Xi guessed that the destination of his trip might be here.
The outer underworld where the royal family of Wu is buried.
He looked at the bronze lamp in his hand, and the flame still looked crumbling, but it didn't feel like it was going to be extinguished. Immediately, he gritted his teeth and walked towards the portal.
Success or failure is in this move, and time is running out anyway.
Squeak!
When he slowly approached, the vermilion gate automatically opened, and at this moment, the ghost thing flashed into it and disappeared in an instant.
Immediately, his face became sad, and he looked at the slowly opening vermilion gate, and the exposed gap was like the open mouth of a giant beast, waiting for him to send it inside.
"It's a blessing or a curse, it's a curse that can't be avoided! Yi Xi's eyes gradually narrowed slightly, and at the same time, there were four veins in his body that gradually boiled, even if he had to break into the Longtan Tiger's Den.
[End of this chapter.] 】