Chapter 655. Ancient castle
If this island is seen from a distance, it is obviously composed of two mountain peaks that are one high and one low, and at this time He Dong and they are at the foot of this low peak, standing here not only to feel the majesty of these two peaks, but also to clearly see the highest peak, at this time He Dong's eyes are on the peak of the highest mountain.
"Dong Shao, isn't it there!" Suddenly, Fan Wenqiang said something that had no beginning or end.
"Wen Qiang, can you see it too?" Others may not understand what Fan Wenqiang meant, but He Dong does, but he is still very strange, but with the help of his delusional eyes, he can see that on the highest peak, there is a Western-style ancient castle built against the mountain hidden under those dense trees and vines.
"I can't see it, but I can feel that the dark energy is most abundant in that direction!" Fan Wenqiang's gaze continued to be fixed on the summit of the highest mountain.
"He Dong, what are you looking at? Did you make any discoveries? And just as He Dong and Fan Wenqiang were talking mysteriously, Master Qingde noticed He Dong and Fan Wenqiang's strange behavior, and immediately asked curiously.
"Master Qingde, look there......! That's what we're aiming for this time. He Dong didn't hide it, and directly pointed to the highest mountain for Master Qingde to see.
"Where is the treasure?" Master Qingde hurriedly looked up in surprise, but he could only vaguely see the green and verdant on the peak, just like a primeval deep forest.
"Get ready, it's time for us to get there before dark!" He Dong didn't explain much, he visually measured the height of the mountain peak and the distance from here, and then said.
"Good!" Seeing that He Dong actually determined the location of the treasure so quickly. Everyone was excited. Then he quickly sorted out his equipment. Then he followed He Dong towards the highest mountain.
The whole island is almost isolated from the world and no one has ever come, so there is not even a path up the mountain, except for some places near the sea, there are not too many trees, the more you go inside, the denser the trees, many trees are so thick that three or four people can hug them.
Fortunately, He Dong and the others are all superpowers, and the physical strength of the awakened may be poor, but the martial artists still account for more than half. Most of the warriors were physically strong, so they took on the responsibility of opening the way.
In fact, the highest mountain is only six or seven hundred meters high, and if there is a direct mountain road, it will not take you an hour to climb it according to normal walking, but it is good to be able to get there before dark.
However, although the journey was a little slower, the surprises along the way were still continuous, all kinds of rare medicinal materials continued to appear in front of their eyes, and even they dug out a thousand-year-old mountain ginseng that was almost about to grow into a human shape.
Of course, there are joys and sorrows. As a primitive deep forest, there is no shortage of snakes, insects, rats and ants. Especially in such an inaccessible place, there are already two people who have opened the way, bitten by those frightened poisonous snakes. Fortunately, He Dong and the others all carried healing and antidote elixirs with them, so there were no casualties.
And everyone slowly discovered that there is a strong aura on this island, which directly leads to some mutations of animals and plants here under the nourishment of aura, such as those pheasants and hares they encountered, which are obviously more agile than those outside, and the reaction speed is also faster. However, to He Dong's relief, along the way, they rarely encountered large beasts, which allowed them to avoid a lot of trouble.
Finally, after more than ten hours of hard trekking, they finally reached the highest peak before dark, and at the same time, they were also shocked by the ancient castle on the peak, which was almost completely covered with green vines.
This ancient castle is about forty or fifty meters high, it is built on the mountain, backed by a cliff, and the whole looks extremely majestic. There are a large number of ancient trees around this castle, and the castle is covered with vines, so it is really difficult to detect its existence if you don't get closer.
"It's spectacular! Who built this castle? If this is spread out, the Eight Wonders of the World Continent will become the Nine Wonders of the World Realm! Looking at this castle, everyone couldn't help but be amazed.
"If nothing else, this castle, or even the entire island, is a great treasure." The location of the Bermuda Delta is on the high seas, not belonging to any country, and although there is an ancient castle on this island, whether it is in historical data, or the current territorial division of various countries, there is obviously no sovereign territorial belonging, according to international practice, like these ownerless islands, who first discovered, who first occupied and developed, this island will belong to whom, that is, if the operation is good, this island can become He Dong's private property.
And to have a piece of territory that is completely your own, this is definitely a great temptation for any organization, and the products on this island are extremely rich, not to mention that those medicinal herbs that have grown for a long time are enough to make people blush.
Of course, in the face of He Dong's absolute strength, they have the thief who wants to occupy this place, but they definitely don't have the guts, so what they are thinking about now is how to have a good relationship with He Dong, and then strive to occupy a place here.
In fact, He Dong is also very enthusiastic about this place, and he also knows that it is the treasure map provided by his own family, and he brought these people here, so the ownership of this island naturally belongs to him.
But he knows his own situation, with his current strength, the territory in Huaxia has not been built yet, so he has no energy to build here. However, it was absolutely impossible for him to give up this place, so since he discovered this island, he began to think about it, and finally felt that it was more appropriate to jointly develop this place. Otherwise, just relying on him alone, relying only on the strength of the He family, he really didn't have much confidence to hold here.
Of course, these questions still need to wait until they have explored this ancient castle, so He Dong has never talked about the topic in this regard, even if someone has raised it vaguely now, he has not answered.
He Dong's silence also made everyone think a little more, but as He Dong walked towards the castle, everyone's attention immediately began to shift again, after all, everyone's goal this time was to hunt for treasure, and this treasure was obviously in this ancient castle, so everyone looked at the big stone gate of the castle with blazing eyes, and they were all fantasizing about what the scene would be in this castle.
The stone door of the ancient castle is particularly thick, and it looks like a large stone wall from the outside, He Dong groped there for a long time, and finally found the switch to open the stone door with the help of Broken Eyes.
When He Dong turned on the switch and looked at the slowly rising stone gate, He Dong had to admire the wisdom of the ancients, this stone gate didn't know how many years it had existed, and this mechanism could still be used. I really should bring Hu Meimei, bombs, and trap boys, and let them study well.
It may also be because the interior of the castle is relatively large, or the castle is not sealed underground, so after the stone door was opened, although a dark entrance was revealed, He Dong did not smell any damp, rotten or fishy smell. If there is one, it is that the dark energy in this ancient castle is even richer than the outside.
Everyone is an anomaly, and they are also very sensitive to energy, when they were far away from the ancient castle before, everyone didn't pay much attention to it, but now that the stone door is opened, and those surging dark energy escapes, except for a very small part, most of the people's expressions have become a little serious.
The energy of nature is actually good or bad, gold, wood, water, fire, earth, light and darkness, seven natural elements, plus some mutated elements, such as ice, thunder, wind, and so on. They coexist in nature, they are a big family, and it can even be said that without that one element can form a complete system.
However, the particularity of the dark element, such as the uncomfortable feeling of coldness, the terrorist attack method that stimulates people's eyes and heart, and the mutation beyond human aesthetic cognition, all make human beings have a kind of rejection of the dark element.
Even for a long time, Huaxia warriors regarded those who cultivated dark energy as evil demons, and shouted the slogan "Everyone will be punished". So at this time, they felt such a strong dark energy here, which couldn't help but make them feel some caution, apprehension and even disgust in their hearts.
"The concentration of dark energy here is not low, I suggest that those whose strength is below grade A should not go in, otherwise being eroded by dark energy will have a bad impact on your body!" Master Qingde stood at the door of the ancient castle and carefully sensed it for a while, and then suggested it loudly.
"What the master said is that my father was eroded by dark energy in his early years, and his health is still not good. So I won't go into this ancient castle, just now I found a yellow essence that has grown there for a thousand years, and I went to dig it up! Master Qingde definitely belongs to the kind of people who are highly respected, so as soon as his words fell, someone immediately responded.
"Master, I am cultivating the family heirloom Xuan Qi Decision, and I have a certain resistance to dark energy, so I still want to try!" However, there were also those who did not listen to persuasion, and they insisted on following the large army into the castle.
Later, He Dong counted that there were a total of 186 people who came to this island this time, and there were as many as 50 or 60 people below the A level, but only 16 people chose to stay to protect themselves, not even half.
He Dong knew that so many people knew that the dark energy of the Dao was harmful to their bodies, but they still wanted to enter the ancient castle, in addition to greed, it was the arrogance in their bones. (To be continued......)