"The Key to the Eight Directions!" Of course, Xu Ning didn't know anything about this statement, so he urged Xia Zhiyuan to make things clear.

It is impossible to determine when the legend of the "Key to the Eight Directions" was formed, but it is closely related to the wars between the Dongzhou Empire and the northern wilderness for tens of thousands of years.

Time can't be calculated, in short, it is very long, at that time, the entire Soul Continent was still in a state of life germination, humans, demon beasts, dead souls, heavenly realms, demon realms...... A variety of different forces are entangled, and melee battles occur from time to time. In order to survive, all species are constantly evolving, until later they restrain each other and form a fixed living space.

It can be said that among all species, human beings are the most intelligent and spiritual, but there is a black hole in the human soul, and this black hole represents greed, betrayal, evil ......, and if this black hole cannot be restrained, it will make human beings lose their minds.

This is not the case with all other species, whether good or evil, and its essence is the most real.

The most similar to human beings is the barbarians who live in the wild land on their backs, although they are also a branch of human beings, but they obviously do not have the defects of the human soul, and there is a kind of beast-like savagery.

The great war between the two clans began because of the discovery of a cave.

The barbarians were the first to discover an underground cave with countless treasures, which not only has a huge amount of wealth, but also contains magical powers that can make people a race strong!

Runes, elixirs, crystals, cheats, God of War weapons......

It seems to be the endless wealth left by the ancient gods to the Soul Continent!

Unfortunately, except for the barbarians. Humans were quick to discover this place, and it was halfway between the realm of humans and the Savages.

It is not known if this was intentional by the Creator.

The next thing is very simple, the two sides start to fight, fight, die, day by day, month by month, year by year!

What supports human beings is greed, the black hole in nature, and what supports the savage tribes is hatred, the nature of killing!

Neither side will budge. If it goes on all the time. It is estimated that until both sides are all destroyed, there will be no winner or loser.

At that time, there was the highest wisdom among the elves, and the reason was. Elves have a long lifespan. And he was the first master of magic.

In order to avoid this catastrophe. The elves are anxious about the leaders of the human race and the leaders of the wild tribes, trying to reconcile them. Of course, the negotiation process was very hard, and neither side was willing to budge.

Revenge and riches. Combined, these two reasons will not have any solution at all!

In order to prevent the entire continent from being affected by the flames of war, the Elven King finally decided to gather the eight wizards with the most powerful magic power of the Elf Clan and seal this treasure!

On a black moon night, these eight elven wizards unleashed the most powerful enchantment on the Soul Continent!

When the human race and the reckless tribe found out, everything was over, the face of the land was completely changed, even the mountains and rivers no longer existed, and the boundaries of the territory were completely gone!

The eight elven wizards who cast their magic became the keys, and they sealed themselves with magic.

If you want to find the treasure underground again, you must gather eight keys at the same time on the night of the black moon and appear on time according to the instructions of the map.

The Elven King sealed the eight keys and maps, and then hid them in a corner of the continent, waiting for future generations to find them by chance. The stone egg was used to seal it, and the magic power was added to the stone egg, and neither the human martial power nor the natural brute force of the barbarian tribe could unravel it lightly.

Only those who are pure in heart can be opened.

Xu Ning listened very carefully, it turned out that there was such a tortuous legend about the "Key to the Eight Directions"!

"After the key to the eight directions appeared, you have a fight!" Xu Ning asked indifferently.

"Wrong, not only did there be no fight, everyone took the initiative to return the key!" Xia Zhiyuan replied very dryly.

"Oh, it feels strange to me, that's an infinite amount of wealth and power."

"But for us, it's just a legend, and there are too many curses in this legend!" Zhao Wu, who had been silent, opened his mouth and said, glancing at Lin Wudi: "Old Lin Tou, I remember that you were the most resolute at that time, and you left without caring about anyone." ”

Lin Wushu pursed his lips and said, "Hmph, it's not just me, I'm afraid all of you here are worried about getting into trouble!" ”

"Oh, what does that mean?" Xu Ning walked up to Lin Wushu and asked.

Because of Xu Ning, his grandson was saved, so Lin Wudi was still very grateful to Xu Ning at the moment.

After the stone egg was opened, although the restraint on the power of the martial vein disappeared, there was a very uncomfortable feeling, and everyone present felt that the stone egg was like a summoning. No one would be stupid enough to cause trouble for the sake of unrealistic legends, which is why no one is fighting for it. ”

"If it's a legend, how can you be afraid of getting into trouble? Are you afraid that the people of the Barbarian Tribes will kill Qingfeng City? It's also unrealistic! ”

"Boy, if it's a savage tribe, no one will be afraid. It's because of people, you know? The human race has long been not so simple, and in order to compete for interests, it can do anything! At that time, all the families were competing for strength, and if you pay attention to this empty legend, you will be a fool! Besides, once the news spreads, I don't know how many people with illusions will come to find trouble! ”

"Since everyone doesn't want to get the Key to the Eight Directions, it's even stranger! What happened next? ”

Xia Huaizu's face was a little ugly, as if he recalled the scene thirteen years ago.

"Here's the thing, because all the families were worried about getting into trouble at that time, so the stone egg stayed at Ouyang Zhantian's house that night. I was going to report it to the Imperial Family the next day, but I ...... that night."

"How was the night?!"

The faces of several old men present twitched, as if they recalled something terrible!

"That night, the entire Ouyang family disappeared completely!"

"Gone?!"

"The small building in the middle of the lake where we went today is actually part of the Ouyang family ruins! There are thousands of people in the entire Ouyang family, only a few survived, and the rest were all alive and dead! ”

Xu Ning's whole body trembled.

The place I just left turned out to be a huge cemetery!

"That's weird, isn't it?" Xu Ning said in a lost voice.

"This is the most bizarre case in the Dongzhou patrol agency, and after thirteen years, we have never found any clues. The only thing left was a wooden box on the edge of the lake, which contained the Key to the Eight Directions and the human skin map. Xia Zhiyuan said with a long sigh.

"So, later on, the remaining six families kept the keys separately?"

"No, to be specific, it's seven of the human skin maps and the keys of the Eight Directions, one of which is missing, and I haven't found it yet."

"I see."

In order to keep this secret together, the remaining families separated the keys, and the old man also kept one and kept the human skin map. The secrets involved in these things are so great that no one dares to take them lightly. Xia Zhiyuan said.

Xu Ning nodded, no wonder Shangguan Yunba was killed by the backlash, and these people behaved so strangely.

"However, how could the events of thirteen years ago make the Shangguan family enmity with you? Grandfather, I heard you talk about it! ”

Xu Aotian's beard trembled, and he said: "After the tragedy of the Ouyang family, we were all anxious to save people, but the Shangguan patriarch was deluded at that time and took the opportunity to annex a lot of the Ouyang family's property. At that time, I was young and vigorous, so I had an argument with him, and several other patriarchs couldn't look at it, so they all came to help, but accidentally injured him, and finally died! Alas, what a sin to say! ”

So that's the case, no wonder Shangguan Yunba wants to hire the "Five Ghosts of Central Continent" to kidnap the heirs of the major families and blame the Xu family. The hatred of the previous generation spreads to the next and becomes even stronger.

Xu Ning couldn't help but sigh, he didn't expect an incident to lead to such a big episode of the past.

"So what's next for you?" Xu Ning frowned, looked at the brocade box and asked.

The question was the most practical, and everyone frowned.

Wealth is a legend after all, but holding this thing is a hot potato, and the life in front of you is good, who wants to ask for trouble? In other words, whoever owns it is the target of the crowd.

The tragedy of the Ouyang family seems to be right in front of you!

Thinking about it, everyone couldn't help but shudder, but the big family had to take responsibility, and this was the way the Dongzhou Empire governed the city.

"This is one of the keys to the eight directions, Xu Ning, I want to hand it over to you for safekeeping, what do you think?" Xia Zhiyuan hesitated and said.

"Old Ghost Xia, don't go too far! Ning'er is still a child, aren't you asking for my grandson's life?! Xu Aotian stood up and said with an angry face.

"It's just all of you who know about it. As long as it doesn't leak out, naturally no one will know. Besides......" Xia Zhiyuan frowned.

Xu Ning smiled and said, "Besides, this matter started because of me, and I should be responsible!" It's okay, I'll just say yes. ”

"Ning'er!" Xu Aotian said in a lost voice, looking very excited.

"Grandfather, don't worry!" Xu Ning smiled and said, "I think this key is like a bait, and the big fish I was waiting for will soon be hooked." ”

Everyone looked at each other, not understanding what Xu Ning meant. (To be continued......)