Volume II 20.Goodbye Styx
The cold wind was bleak, the blizzard was mixed with the yellow sand in the sky, at the entrance of the Phoenix Valley, a total of fourteen corpses hung above, like seven stars, swaying with the wind and snow, the huge echo of the valley mouth was like the roar of a fierce beast, and the Barbarian City disappeared, as if it had never appeared like that.
Nalan Jinyu and Qin Zimu came to the entrance of the Phoenix Valley, but they also stagnated here, yesterday they did not carefully observe the scene in the Phoenix Valley, and now it seems that this place is simply a purgatory in the world, in Nalan Jinyu's heart, this is simply the demon world in the world, he concealed his excitement, and strengthened the idea that he must enter the valley today.
In the valley of the phoenix, there is a large road leading into the valley, wide enough to pass through a spacious carriage, on both sides of the road, there are corpses flowing with green pus, men and women, old and young, in a zigzag shape, the corpses are full of blood-red bewitching flowers, and at the end of the corpses, at the end of those blood-red flowers, there are pure white Borneo trees, and the scene in front of them seems a little abrupt.
The two of them rode in a modified carriage, moving forward slowly, the carriage of the carriage was surrounded by iron plates to prevent Gu insects from crawling in, they even put iron shoes on the horses, the carriage moved forward slowly, they didn't notice that where the horses' hooves and wheels passed, countless Gu insects were trampled on, and colorful liquids burst all over the ground, but they looked like small wild flowers.
After passing through the two Borneo trees, the scene in front of him is different, there is no yellow sand in the sky, there is no violent storm and snow, this seems to be another world, the grass and trees are vigorous, the mountains, rivers and seas, the rivers are rushing, the small carriage is insignificant here, Qin Zimu is sighing, why is there such a fairyland-like place in the world, he suddenly felt a pain in his hand, looked down, there was an opening in his hand at some point, and red blood was flowing, he looked up at Nalan Jinyu on the side, his face was full of doubts, " Why do you want to hurt me? Nalan Jinyu frowned, and her tone was heavy, "You fell for the illusion." Qin Zimu was stunned when he heard this, and when he looked around again, there were no mountains, rivers, lakes and seas, and there were no vigorous plants and trees, and there were no rushing rivers, only the cliffs in the yellow sand and the bewitching flowers planted with corpses.
"Why are you okay? It's me? Qin Zimu was a little curious, "If you and I are both in surgery, why are you okay?" How did you wake up? Qin Zimu was puzzled, with such a powerful illusion, he couldn't have cracked it all at once.
Nalan Jinyu looked ahead, her heart was like a knife, "I saw Zi'an, and I was frightened by her appearance, so I woke up, I called you a few times, but you didn't react, so I gave you a knife, but it was just a small cut in my hand, and it was no big deal." He didn't dare to recall what he saw, and even a little afraid, although he knew that it was an illusion, he was still distressed to death, as if something had pinched his heart.
Qin Zimu saw that Nalan Jinyu's face was a little pale, so he didn't ask, but he was still very puzzled, why did Zi'an's appearance scare him, what kind of state would scare him, if he could scare this man who had seen countless corpses on the battlefield and stabbed countless enemies, what kind of terrifying scene would it be?
The carriage kept moving, and there were more and more magic flowers and brahlo trees around it, but it never came to an end, "So many of these plants growing on the corpses, how many people must have died!" Qin Zimu couldn't help but sigh, even if he had been on the battlefield and seen life and death, his heart couldn't help trembling.
Nalan Jinyu glanced at the scene outside the window, and continued to close her eyes to recuperate, "It's not much, it's just a city of people, presumably everyone in the Barn Gu City is here." Nalan Jinyu closed his eyes, and terrifying scenes flashed in front of him, he couldn't believe that it was real, and he couldn't believe it.
And Qin Zimu was still in a huge shock, "What kind of person is it, the means are so cruel, he actually uses a whole city of people to raise flowers and plants, that's tens of thousands of people!" Nalan Jinyu leaned on the carriage silently, he was a little tired, he wanted to sleep for a while, it seemed that he would not be able to reach the destination for a while, there was only one way, and if he went down this road, it would be the destination, Qin Zimu saw that Nalan Jinyu was closing his eyes and recuperating, and he was also a little tired, so he also closed his eyes and prepared to sleep for a while.
The two people in the carriage did not realize at all that the road was getting lower and lower, and the cliffs on both sides were getting more and more wet, and they did not notice that the carriage was taking them along the road until they went underground, and the scene underground surprised them even more.
I don't know how long it took, Nalan Jinyu woke up from his sleep, because he seemed to hear Qin Zi'an's voice, the voice sounded extremely painful, as if she was experiencing an unknown catastrophe, and when he woke up, he suddenly found that Qin Zimu beside him was gone! He hurriedly got out of the carriage and prepared to look for him, but when Nalan Jinyu stepped out of the carriage, when he saw the scene in front of him, the whole person was stunned, where is this? Where? Am I back in the Demon Realm?
It wasn't until Qin Zimu appeared that he knew that all this was his illusion, and yes, the demon world had disappeared, how could it exist here?
"Where have you been?" Nalan Jinyu looked at Qin Zimu in front of him vigilantly, because he wasn't sure if it was an illusion or something else, "I looked around, this seems to be an underground palace," he paused as he spoke, because he saw Nalan Jinyu's eyes looking at him, "Why are you looking at me like that?" Nalan Jinyu coughed lightly, "Ahem, it's okay, tell me next time you leave, after all, this is a strange place." Qin Zimu frowned and looked at Nalan Jinyu with a strange look, "Why do you suddenly care about me?" Could it be that you are afraid of the dark? Or do you have a crush on me? I told you that I didn't have broken sleeves, I only had Luo Chuan in my heart. Without forgetting to take two steps back, Nalan Jinyu rolled her eyes at him, "You think too much, I just don't want to watch the people around me die anymore and have no choice," he looked around as he spoke, and suddenly seemed to think of something, "You just said that this is an underground palace?" Are we underground now? Nalan Jinyu's face was full of disbelief, Qin Zimu nodded, "Yes, I just looked at it, and walked back along this road, we are indeed underground." Nalan Jinyu listened to Qin Zimu's words and began to look at this place carefully.
Compared with the yellow sand outside, the terrifying scene of corpses all over the ground, there is a hole here, more like a rainbow after the disaster, all the way from the Phoenix Valley, I didn't expect that there is such a splendid palace here, I saw that the walls around are inlaid with crystal clear gems of various colors, several huge stone pillars in the hall are linked up and down, and the stone pillars are carved with the ten fierce beasts of ancient times, gluttony, Jianxi, Qiqi, Hanqi, Zhuhuai, Gu carving, nine babies, chaos, Xuan, Qi, ten fierce beasts are lifelike, It was as if in the next second they were going to pounce on them, tear them both to pieces, and swallow them in their stomachs.
Nalan Jinyu carefully observed the several stone pillars in the hall, looking at those reliefs, it looked like they had been for some years, and the few stone pillars in front of him, in Nalan Jinyu's opinion, were exactly the same as those stone pillars in the demon world!
Nalan Jinyu's chest rose and fell violently, and his heart was extremely excited, from the Demon Yan Flower to the Borneo Tree, and then to these stone pillar reliefs that were exactly the same as the Demon Realm Guards, all kinds of scenes seemed to imply something, but Nalan Jinyu couldn't think of it for a while, but this place was really too similar to the scene recorded in the history of the Demon Realm!
The history of the Demon Realm records the scene after the First Great War of Gods and Demons and the state of the Demon Realm at that time, and at this moment, all the scenes in front of you are exactly the same as those recorded in the book! This couldn't help but make Nalan Jinyu have a bold idea, that is, the Demon Realm did not disappear at all, but after being swallowed by the Stygian Sea, everything was reshuffled, as if going back in time, back to the original appearance of the Demon Realm! So does it mean that the ghost world, the god world, the demon world, and the underworld, they all still exist, and everything has returned to its original appearance, hidden somewhere we don't know! It's like here in Phoenix Valley! But when he thought of this, Nalan Jinyu overturned this idea again, if so, it's not quite right, the coexistence of the six realms is true, but it's like a continent, divided into several pieces, each with its own life, without disturbing each other, it can't be on a piece of land, it may be built here just by imitating the demon world, but if you can understand the demon world so well, it must be a person in the demon world, who will it be? Today's phenomenon is also beyond the scope of Nalan Jinyu's cognition, he can't explain it clearly, but he has to admit that this place is really too similar to the Demon Realm.
Qin Zimu saw that Nalan Jinyu was in a daze, and he didn't respond to a few screams, so he had to punch him before pulling him back from his trance, "Are you okay?" What are you thinking? I didn't respond to you several times, I thought something had happened to you. ”
Nalan Jinyu was originally having a little headache because she couldn't figure out something, and she was suddenly punched before she came back to her senses, "It's nothing, I'm thinking about some things from the past." ”
Qin Zimu was skeptical, but he didn't say anything, "There is a river not far ahead, it's a little strange, you have to come and take a look," Qin Zimu said, then turned around and led the way in front, "The river is actually black, and there is no source and no end, as if it suddenly gushes out of the ground." ”
When Nalan Jinyu heard this, two words immediately came to mind in his mind, Styx!
After walking for about a pillar of incense, he came to the place that Qin Zimu said, Nalan Jinyu looked in the direction of Qin Zimu's finger, and his heart finally fell to the ground, sure enough!
I saw that it was a black river, it was a river, it was better to say that it was a pond, the black river water was tumbling in it, boiling, there was no source and no end, the pond looked like an eye, and the black spring water gushed out at the position of the eyeball, it has been boiling, rolling, but it has never overflowed, the grass and trees around the river are not growing, all the plants are dead, not even a single worm, it can be seen how strong the ability to corrode is!
Seeing this, Nalan Jinyu couldn't help frowning even more, his mind was in a mess, he couldn't grasp some thoughts, he didn't know how to explain the scene in front of him, let alone how to explain why this palace was so similar to the Demon Realm, just as he was stunned, a miserable cry suddenly sounded out of nowhere, it sounded like Qin Zi'an's voice, Nalan Jinyu and Qin Zimu turned their heads violently together, but there was nothing behind them, only an empty palace, bewitching red flowers, and a strange white tree, And the screams that kept reverberating.