Chapter 217: Breaking into the Underworld
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"You must have some special purpose in repairing this instrument, right? Say it, maybe I can help you", Shu Xuanzi glanced at Professor Alex, the look in Professor Alex's eyes was not like a fanaticism just for a harp, there was a faint sadness in this fanaticism, Shu Xuanzi could sense that this Professor Alex had been hiding at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Vienna must also be for this matter, otherwise how could a dignified great mage hide here and let outsiders not know?
"Yes, well, it's a long story, sir, tell me if your wood can fix this harp?" Professor Alex is most worried about this matter now, Shu Xuanzi squeezed his shoulders and nodded, at this point Professor Alex immediately became ecstatic, and then told a story, I don't know how many years ago in Greece, there was a man named Orpheus, he was the son of Apollo, the god of the sun and music, and the goddess of singing, Carriobi, when he sang while playing the piano, not only people but also animals would be fascinated by it, and even the hard rocks would soften, and then Orpheus and the spring spirit Eurida became husband and wife, and the two were very affectionate, Even the gods blessed them, but unfortunately the good times did not last long, one day Eurydia was poisoned and bitten to death while walking on the grassland, Orpheus was so grief-stricken that he took the harp to the underworld,
The gatekeeper of the underworld, Berus, and the indifferent Styx ferryman were all moved by Orpheus's moving piano sound, so they let him go, the Styx ferryman only reads souls and does not cross the living, Orpheus is the only living person he is willing to ferry to the underworld, after coming to the underworld, Orpheus played a sad song with the harp, and moved the Hades, and finally the Hades agreed to Orpheus's request and let his lover Eurida return to the world, but there is one condition, that is, he can't look back when he goes back, Orpheus agreed, it was a very dark and long road when he walked from the underworld to the world, and after walking for a long time, Orpheus couldn't hear the footsteps behind him, and he couldn't feel that his beloved wife behind him was following him, and finally couldn't help but turn back under worry and anxiety, this time Euryda's soul screamed softly and was pulled back to the underworld, when Orpheus chased the River Styx, he couldn't pass, and the ferryman never let Orpheus pass again,
He didn't save his beloved wife Orpheus and kept wandering in the mountains with the harp, playing his remorse with sad songs, and then Orpheus was killed by several women who liked him but resented him for not being close to women, and his body was thrown into the river, and his harp also went down the river into the sea, and Apollo, the god of the sun and music, grieved over the death of his son, put this lyra in the sky, and the constellation Lyra appeared in the sky, but then there was a scuffle in the sky, and the gods and demons fought in the dark. The harp was also broken and fell into the world, and because of the damage it could no longer play mournful music, and the wood of the human world could not repair the harp.
"You want to fix this harp and go to the underworld?" After listening to the story told by Professor Alex, Shu Xuanzi said what the other party thought. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
"One hundred and fifty years ago, I killed my brother because of a fight with an undead summoner of the Dark Council, but he took my daughter away and sent her to the underworld with a secret method, and for more than a hundred years I have been thinking hard about how to save my daughter, and the only way to save it is to use this harp", Professor Alex said that his daughter's hand trembled a little as he touched the harp,
"That's why you came to the Royal Conservatory of Vienna, where you studied music for more than a hundred years, and then repaired this harp, and went to move the hell guard and the Styx ferryman? And then go into the underworld to rescue your daughter? Shuxuanzi smiled and told Professor Alex's entire plan, Professor Alex was obviously stunned, and then nodded vigorously, "Then why do you think that your musical attainments are higher than that infatuated species named Orpheus?" What if the harp is repaired and you can't move the Cerberus and the Styx ferryman? ”
"I don't know, but that's all I have now, otherwise what else would I do? As long as I can save my daughter, let me do anything", Professor Alex's firm eyes and sonorous tone showed his determination,
"Hey, parents in the world, they are willing to do everything for their children, it's really pitiful for the hearts of parents in the world", Shu Xuanzi shook his head, there are many kinds of love in this world, and Shu Xuanzi is also a little interested in these emotions, but their moth to fire behavior does make Shu Xuanzi feel a little ignorant, "Okay, I'll help you rescue your daughter, but you're going to be a servant for me for 10,000 years, how about it?" Shu Xuanzi thought about it for a few minutes and finally spoke.
"Okay, as long as you can rescue my daughter", Professor Alex frowned and agreed, Shu Xuanzi smiled, he knew that Alex frowned and doubted his ability, Shu Xuanzi smiled weirdly, his reputation in the immortal world and the Buddha realm is indeed not very good, but it was in those three interfaces, Shu Xuanzi has never been to the interface of this foreign god, here he is a blank paper, no one knows him, naturally he will not be afraid of being found in trouble.
"Then let's go, servant, hehe", Shu Xuanzi took out a very long cloak from the Sumeru ring, it was pure black, and as soon as he put on Shu Xuanzi with his backhand, he hid in the cloak, Professor Alex condensed his eyes and couldn't see Shu Xuanzi in the cloak, secretly frightened, what kind of treasure is this? Before he could finish thinking about it, a black mist erupted from the cloak, and this black mist wrapped around Professor Alex a few times, and when Professor Alex opened his eyes again, he had already reached the entrance to the underworld.
"Roaring arrogantly", this seems to be an underground tunnel, at the end of the tunnel there is only a dark door, Shu Xuanzi and Professor Alex just arrived on the black gate on the red light jumped out of a vicious dog, the barking of the vicious dog is more terrifying than the roar of the tiger, a dog barking caused a hurricane, the hurricane is also mixed with layers of cold and dark air, Professor Alex hurriedly recited the incantation, a white aperture shield rose up to protect himself, Then I heard the sound of ping-pong, I don't know what hit the protective cover, but when I read the book again, I was surprised, this hurricane blew the black robe up, but the black robe was floating in the air, no matter how it was blown, it couldn't be blown away, and the black fog in the black robe appeared from time to time, and when the hurricane stopped, the black robe fell again, and the black mist inside formed a human shape.
"Puppy, get out of the way for me immediately, so as not to make me angry, hehe", Shu Xuanzi's laughing voice came out of the black robe, this vicious dog actually has three heads, and the big one is very big, about five or six meters high, Shu Xuanzi and Professor Alex stand in front of the vicious dog like two children, no, they are smaller than children, it should be said like two babies, Professor Alex knows that these three vicious dogs can understand human speech, seeing Shu Xuanzi so sarcastically took a few steps back, He doesn't think that his skills can fight these three vicious dogs, he is the guardian dog of the underworld, and his strength is huge.
"Aowang", the three vicious dogs heard Shu Xuanzi call himself the six eyes of the three heads of the puppy flashed red, and then rushed towards Shu Xuanzi with lightning speed, the big head on the left suddenly lowered and bit at Shu Xuanzi, but saw that Shu Xuanzi was still standing there as if he was not afraid, Professor Alex wanted to shout that it was too late to be careful, because the speed of these three vicious dogs was too fast,
"Whoa", "Woo", the bite is bitten, Shu Xuanzi did not hide, but the black robe that Shu Xuanzi was wearing was too hard, I don't know how many thousands of times harder than the diamond, the three vicious dogs bit down and broke their teeth, the strength was too great, the front few teeth were broken alive, and the three vicious dogs took a few steps back, and after lying down, they covered their heads with their claws and looked painful.
"I told you, let your little dog give way, you want to bite me, it's really self-inflicted", the black-robed head shook his head helplessly, how did Shu Xuanzi's voice sound like he was angry with the three-headed vicious dog,
"Roar", the three vicious dogs finally became angry when they heard this, and after standing up, the head on the right almost instantly spit out a breath of extreme cold, Shu Xuanzi still did not dodge, but saw that the entire black robe was freezing at a speed visible to the naked eye in this cold wind, Shu Xuanzi looked below, the ice had already passed the thigh, and he was about to freeze his waist, and after pouting, the black robe flew up with a slight force, and then fell to the side, The three vicious dogs saw that the cold air that had been sprayed for a long time failed to freeze each other, because the other party seemed to have no entity, and continued to spray, and whenever it was about to freeze this robe, Shu Xuanzi flew up and floated to other places, and after repeating it several times, the three vicious dogs finally gave up, panting and looking at the black robe, there were more than twenty half-human icicles on the ground.
"What else is there to do? Continue to use", Shu Xuanzi said indifferently, as soon as he said two words, the dog's head in the middle moved, and a blue and white flame erupted out, all of which sprayed onto Shu Xuanzi's body, but this black robe seemed to be particularly sensitive to flames, no matter how many flames were sprayed out, it was sucked into this black robe, just like this robe was designed to absorb fire, and the three vicious dogs sprayed more fiercely when they saw this situation, but it still didn't work, all the blue and white flames entered the black robe and disappeared, Shu Xuanzi unhurriedly took out a wine jug and watched the performance while drinking, and what Professor Alex saw was that the black robe was constantly absorbing the flames spewed out by the three vicious dogs, and there was a black mist in the black robe that kept pouring wine on the head, which was really weird.
"Huhuhu", after half an hour, the three vicious dogs finally stopped, lying on the ground and panting, it seemed that they were tired, Shu Xuanzi put away the wine jug and stretched his waist, and slowly walked towards the three vicious dogs, the three vicious dogs saw that the people in the black robe actually came over, and took two steps back in fear, but saw a black mist suddenly erupted from the black robe, which instantly formed the shape of a big hammer, and then fell fiercely towards the dog head in the middle.
"Woo woo woo", the three vicious dogs were hit by the hammer composed of the black mist before they had time to escape, and when they raised their heads after a few wails, the teeth were broken, "Bang", it was another hammer, and the head on the right was also smashed to the ground, and a mouthful of teeth was broken, and the third hammer did not fall The three vicious dogs jumped up after stumbling, and the black gate behind them was gone, and when they saw the stupid dog running away, Xuanzi smiled disdainfully, and the hammer composed of black fog quickly dissipated.
"Go, push the door open", Shu Xuanzi said to Professor Alex not far behind him, Professor Alex twitched the corner of his mouth and quickly ran over to push the door, these two doors are extremely heavy, at least a few hundred pounds of weight, and the door doesn't know what material it is made of, Professor Alex If he doesn't have no magic force in his body, he probably won't be able to push open this door, when the door was pushed open a gap, a gloomy aura suddenly came to his face, Professor Alex didn't dare to be careless and hurriedly used the light shield, Streams of black, ghost-like fog struck the shield a few times before disappearing, and those who hit Shu Xuanzi over there were all swallowed up by the black robe.
"Bang", Shu Xuanzi was impatient, lamenting that this servant was too incompetent, the two doors were quickly opened with a wave of his sleeve, and the black door was a little buzzing under the excessive strength, and Shu Xuanzi walked in immediately, Professor Alex finally knew the terrifying strength of this guy at this time, and followed in with some joy and some worry, this is a road that is diagonally downward, and I don't know how far, Professor Alex has a small fireball floating in his hand illuminating, After walking for half an hour, it was still pitch black all around, the black was a little terrifying, and Professor Alex's body was trembling a little at this time, it was really a little too terrifying, there was no light, no sound, and no figure, as if he had been walking towards the darkness.
"Come here, follow me", after walking for a while, Shu Xuanzi suddenly stopped, tilted his head and said, there is also a formation here, and it is an extremely powerful formation, if someone who doesn't know breaks in and walks along this dark road, there will be no end to it, the endless darkness and silence will make anyone unable to bear the loss and collapse, Professor Alex hurriedly ran behind Shu Xuanzi, Shu Xuanzi is a formation master, this formation is almost transparent in his eyes, you can see through it at a glance, After a few minutes, Professor Pressure felt like he had entered a rock cave, a little confused, he didn't know how he had entered, and when he walked out of this section of the cave, he finally saw the river of the underworld.
"Whoa", the fog above the River Styx, people can't see what is in front of them at all, the visibility is not even five meters, standing for a while There was a burst of water sound in front of me, and gradually a vague shadow appeared, gradually becoming clearer and clearer, it was a slender boat, there was a man in a black robe standing on the boat, holding a bamboo pole in his hand to support the boat, I couldn't see the age, because his skin was dry and rotten on his face, it was very scary, and there were no eyes in the eye sockets, which made people have nightmares at a glance, Professor Alex turned his head to Shugenzi, it was obvious that this person was the Styx Ferryman, and he would not allow the living to come on board, only the soul.
"Hey little guy, the two of us are going to cross the river, it's convenient", Shu Xuanzi threw over a black jade card after speaking, this jade card fell into the palm of the Styx ferryman, the Styx ferryman was shocked, looked down at the black jade card in his hand and hesitated, Shu Xuanzi didn't speak, just waited, Professor Alex didn't know what he was doing, and waited for twenty minutes before the Styx ferry man finally moved, put away the black jade card, Shu Xuanzi smiled lightly and pulled Professor Alex and the two of them got on the boat, The Styx ferryman gently propped the boat with a bamboo pole and floated into the boundless mist.
This Styx ferryman is a guy who is not low-level, if he is in the fairy world, he is at least a true immortal, it is a little strange that such a high cultivation is a ferryman here, and Shu Xuanzi can almost see at a glance that most of the power on his body has been sealed, although he is a little puzzled, but he still wants to help him, the black jade card thrown over has a good demon attribute energy, if this demon attribute energy is used well, it may be possible to break the seal on his body, it depends on his cultivation and skills, As soon as this Styx ferryman received the black jade card with this huge energy, he hesitated, he was thinking about whether to do it, and after thinking about it, he still accepted it, Shu Xuanzi had long known that he would accept it, whether it was in the secular world or in the cultivation world, it would work,
Maybe some people think that people in the cultivation world don't accept bribes, but in fact, they are wrong, it's not that they don't accept bribes, but they don't look down on the things you give, just like if you give a billionaire a 5,000-yuan watch, you think this watch is very expensive, it's a famous watch, but you don't know that the watch on the billionaire's wrist is worth millions, and you can't even look at this kind of 5,000-yuan watch, but Shuxuanzi is different, and the things he gives away are not low-grade goods. If the other party doesn't want to, it will surprise Shu Xuanzi,
Professor Alex glanced at the watch on his wrist, it was eleven o'clock in the morning just now, his watch had not moved since entering this mist, he had long heard that time in many places in the underworld was stationary, and the living would not grow old when they reached the underworld, no matter how many years you survive here, if you return to the world it is still the same as when you came, this small boat drove for a while and then passed through a hole, and looked down in horror, the boat was floating in the air and still sliding forward, It was like a hot air balloon, and there were many palaces, mountains, and fires burning in many places below, and when he finally saw the light, Professor Alex breathed a sigh of relief, he knew that this was the underworld.
"I can only send you here", the boat slowly stopped, the Styx ferryman spoke, Shu Xuanzi nodded indifferently, a black cloud appeared under his feet with a wave of his sleeve, and glanced at Professor Alex, Professor Alex quickly jumped on the black cloud, the two of them slowly flew forward, and the Styx ferryman rowed back in the air again.
"It's so big here", Professor Alex sighed after flying for a long time, there are endless mountains below, and there are many palaces from time to time, and the flames that erupt from the ground have never stopped, and there are figures shaking in many places, one by one, because the speed is too fast and too high, even Professor Alex can't see who those figures are, but he is amazed that there is no end to the area here, Shu Xuanzi disdains it in his heart, this place is big? You haven't been to the fairy world yet, and the area of the fairy world is not known how many thousands of times larger than here.
Shu Xuanzi has been to the Netherworld, and it is somewhat similar to here, this should be a sub-interface connecting the earth, and you have to fly away from here to enter the real underworld, the more you fly Professor Alex is anxious, there seems to be no end here, although their speed is indescribably fast, I wonder when Xuanzi will stop but I don't dare to disturb Shu Xuanzi, at this time, I can't see Shu Xuanzi at all, I can only see a black robe and a black mist.
"Don't worry, we've already walked one-thirtieth of the way", almost more than three hours later, just when Professor Alice couldn't help but speak, Shu Xuanzi spoke first,
"Huh? We flew for five hours and walked a thirtieth? Doesn't that mean we have to fly another 145 hours? "Professor Alex's eyes almost popped out, he had never been to the underworld, and he had never heard of anyone else coming to the underworld, but the area here was too terrifying, right?" Could it be faster? "Professor Alex is anxious to save his daughter, so he naturally wants to see her sooner.
"No problem, we'll be there right away", Shu Xuanzi smiled and pulled Professor Alex forward and took a step forward in the void, the two of them disappeared in an instant, and the black clouds under their feet flew hundreds of meters and slowly dissipated, when Professor Alex's gaze came back again, the scene in front of him had changed, there was no ground here, it was an endless void, and there were cities floating in the void, and there were large and small palaces in each city, and these floating cities extended to the top one by one, and I don't know how many, At least Professor Alex hasn't seen the end here, the two of them have just stepped on the ground of the city below, and twelve people appeared in front of them, all wearing black armor, and their crimson eyes reveal a terrible red light, as if they can ingest people's souls into it, Professor Alex just looked at the eyes of the leader for a few seconds and felt a little dizzy, and then his body became lighter and lighter, and he was about to float.