Chapter 25: A Place of Refuge
As soon as they entered this place of refuge, Lee and Dana were stunned, where can it be called a place of refuge, it is a completely hellish scene.
It was a funnel-shaped valley, the entrance was only as wide as five or six people side by side, but the further you went, the wider it became, and the deeper into the valley was about the size of two or three football fields.
And what is creepy is that the whole valley is littered with broken bones. The pale bones reflected the sunlight from the cliff tops, making the whole valley bright, but the sight was oppressive. The wind blew in from the mouth of the valley, making a whimpering sound that echoed through the valley as if thousands of souls were weeping together.
Li picked up a bone from the ground and examined it: "Judging from the shape and size of the bones, they should all be animals." ”
Dana nodded and walked into the valley. Coming to the bottom of the valley, there is a large area of graves, all made of mountain gravel and gravel, and there is an altar in front of the tomb, after so many years, it has also weathered and is not in shape, and it can only be vaguely seen that it is an artificially piled platform.
Li looked around and said, "Well, it's the technique of the master, and the momentum of the five elements here has completely changed, so the animals that don't have a way to get out of the formation can't get out if they come in, I have to go and find the formation eye." Hearing that there was no answer behind him, he looked back.
Dana stood in front of the stone platform, staring silently at the grave. The wind swirling in the valley passed through the remaining animal skulls at the top of the tomb, and the whimpering heard at the mouth of the valley was heard again here.
Dana seemed to hear the fearless charge of countless Indian warriors against the enemy's dense muskets, and as if he had seen unarmed Indian women and children being mercilessly slaughtered. Tears were already on his face, and the tall Indian man fell straight to his knees in front of the altar that had once been.
Li didn't bother the sad man, but took the wood carving off his neck, placed it on the stone platform, and walked around alone.
The design of this formation is not complicated, but it is just a way to reverse the five elements to make this valley disappear into the perception of living beings. Soon, Li found one of the eyes that controlled it, looked at this small jade bowl with clear water, and couldn't help sighing, Taoism pays attention to doing things, and everything will leave a glimmer of life. There were no other spells designed to protect this array at all, and even a random child could break it back then.
Born in sorrow and dying in peace, Li couldn't help but rise in his heart, if the Indian tribe had not coveted this paradise, they would not have been unable to survive after death. The cause and effect, whether it is a blessing or a curse, who can say clearly. This is not the case with everything in the world, when animals have no natural predators, then their various instincts will slowly degenerate. Without threats and difficulties, how can society have the impetus to move forward? The Indians have survived for thousands of years because of their abundant food and vast land, and without foreign invasions, but there has been no qualitative change in technology and culture, and when the enemy who has surpassed them for several eras comes, they will be punished by extermination.
Thinking of this, Li also had a hint of realization in his heart. He stretched out his hand and picked up the jade bowl, poured the water in the bowl, put it in front of his eyes, and couldn't help but think in his heart: Master, have you seen this, this test of the soul is not only for those Indians back then, but also for me.
When the bowl of water was poured out, there was a thunderous sound in the whole valley, and a whirlwind rose from the ground, and the whole valley was revealed to the world more than a hundred years later.
The hanging boulder that the two of them saw when they came in is now standing on the cliff on the west side of the valley, fortunately it is inaccessible, and the tourists who are a little closer to here only hear a loud noise, and the tour guides have explained to the tourists the scientific truth of this thunder and lightning that occurs during the day, and it is none of their business to believe it or not.
Back at the graves, Li saw a transparent phantom floating above each grave, these liberated souls saw his arrival, and saluted him in unison, when Li returned the salute to them, these souls began to slowly fly towards the sky, and gradually dissipated in mid-air, turning into small white balls of light and falling down, these small balls of light slowly converged towards Li in the fall, constantly strengthening his soul and body.
The small balls of light in the air were all gathered, and the vigorous vitality nourished his soul with crystal clear, and when he opened his eyes, the black pupils were like a pair of amber round and restrained.
Calming down, Li walked towards Dana with great joy, but immediately, he ran over with a frown.
Dana's current appearance was very wrong, there were wisps of red beast spirits on his body constantly rotating around him, and the wood carving that had been placed in front of him before was also floating in the air with red light. Lee ran to his side and hurriedly raised his hand to cast a spell, when the phantom of the old Indian appeared on the wood carving, and he shouted: "Stop, leave him alone!" ”
"What's going on, what did you do?" Li asked sharply.
"Hehe, master. Like your ancestors, you are so kind and eager to help others without expecting anything in return. But we Red Feather people have always been gracious. The old man looked at Li with gratitude, "We have nothing else to give you, only some small spells left over and the guardian spirits that have been passed down from generation to generation are of some use to you, and I have already injected all the guardian spirits into your brother's body, I have checked, his Indian blood is very pure, and he can withstand it completely." Next, I am going to give you the spells of our clan, I hope it will help you, please let go of your soul and do not resist. ”
After speaking, he pointed at Li, and a white light shot straight into the center of his eyebrows, and Li fell straight down. The old man muttered to himself, "With the soul enhancement just now, I believe you will soon master these spells." And yours, brother, are up to me to help him. ”
With that, the old man's whole body turned into a red light and rushed into Dana's body, and the red light on his body was so strong that it seemed to be burning. The muscles on his body kept growing, the roots of his blood vessels were exposed, and his eyes were full of vigorous red light.
"Ah!!h Dana's upper clothes were directly torn by the swollen muscles, and he couldn't bear the pain and raised his head and shouted. The souls that swirled around him finally began to converge on his forehead, one by one into his eyebrows. Bobcats, white wolves, bison, crows. The soul that surrounded him dwindled, and as the last American eagle soul entered, the red light in his eyes and body disappeared, and he fell to the ground and fell unconscious.
At the same time, the totemic wood carvings on the stone platform also turned into sawdust and floated in the air.