Chapter 74: A Thousand Mountains and White Snow

On the floor of the cave, one skeleton after another could be seen everywhere, and they covered the floor of the chamber on top of each other, and I could not calculate how many bones of the Chiya were buried here. The cave hall was quiet, and walking over the jumble of skeletons gave one a sense of a gloomy atmosphere, and the occasional wind felt like the dance of dead souls, or their murmuring.

A hundred years have passed, and most of the skeletons have weathered, and they have turned into powder and fallen to the ground as the footsteps I walked on. The years are merciless, and the once incomparably glorious Qiya people with the ability to see into the future, the hundred years after their death are just a pile of dust under my feet.

The skeletons in the cave hall are not exactly Chiya, there is a very huge skeleton inside, I saw a complete head, as big as a basin, if you follow the proportions of a normal person, the creature with this head, about twenty feet high, this creature, should be the lost race mentioned by the official website of the "Taimeng" game - the giant race. This giant clan is an extremely terrifying existence, they are known for their strength, and the power of a simple direct attack is no different from the collision of a condensing beast. Their defenses are so strong that legend has it that their skins can't penetrate even the sharpest lightning, and I don't know what kind of power makes them bury their bones here.

The cave hall was large, but it was clearly not a place where the Chia lived, it was more like a council hall or an altar, and their treasures certainly could not have been placed in such a place. The abode of the Chia must be somewhere else, and there must be an entrance to it, and it is now my urgent task to find out this secret entrance.

I kept walking around here, carefully searching all suspicious places, and for some sensitive places, I searched again and again, not missing any clues. However, I was disappointed, there was nothing but countless bones, broken stone chairs and stone tables, and broken stone carvings, and I could not find any mechanisms, traps, or passages. Except for the abrupt scratches on the stone wall, there is not even a single crack in the stone wall.

Am I guessing wrong? This is impossible, I have searched outside, and there is no other place to hide except this cave. The abode of the Chiya people is not possible anywhere else except here. If I had checked a little closer, I would have been able to find that entrance.

I looked to the ground, and it was covered in a thick layer of dust. "Perhaps, the secret is here." I guess. Ignoring the thick dust, I lay on the ground, then cleared the dust from the ground, and knocked the ground with a firewood knife. I continued to clear the ground, expanding the area of inspection, and when the area was about ten feet cleared, a corner of a pattern appeared on the ground, and I swept along the direction of the pattern, and slowly, more patterns were revealed, and from these local patterns, I estimated that it was the pattern of a magic array.

I was deeply encouraged to discover that there was a huge magic circle on the ground, and I decided to clear out this magic circle that had been sealed for a hundred years. And so, a massive project began.

I first cleared out the rubble that was in the way, and then, after gathering the unweathered bones into a small hole outside the cave next to the stone steps. These things are easy to say, but it took me a lot of work to actually do them, and it took me almost half a day to clear this place.

In the process of cleaning up, I found a lot of things on top of the skeleton, all kinds of weapons, armor, jewelry, etc., all kinds of things. Sadly, almost everything was rusty, some even more rotten than it could seem, but there was a ring and a very ordinary knife that didn't look worn.

Something that can be preserved for such a long time must be a good thing, I wanted to see their properties, but I found that they were all unidentified items, and it seemed that the dust of time had obscured their true colors. I don't know how to identify those things, so I can only put those things in the storage space first, and then take them out for identification when I have the opportunity later.

After the ground was cleared, the entire magic array was completely revealed in front of me, it was a magic array with strange patterns and complex structure of 12 pointed stars, this entire magic array occupied the entire cave hall, depicted very delicately and perfectly, it seemed to glow with a slight glory, it looked as if it was alive, it was really magical, full of magic existence.

Looking at this huge magic array, I didn't know how to activate it, and inadvertently, I looked up, but found that in the middle of this cave hall, there was a hole as big as a bowl, and I could see the sky outside the cave through the hole.

"This is ......" I've played some games, and some magic circles are activated by moonlight or daylight, is it the same here?

I sat on a stone platform and waited quietly, and soon the sun's rays shone down from the top of the cave, and the slender pillar of light, like a pillar supporting the roof of the cave, stood upright, connecting the bottom and the top of the cave. In the pillar of light, you can see the fluttering of fine dust, like wisps of light smoke.

The magic array began to light up the moment the pillar of light appeared, and as time passed, it became brighter and brighter, and finally, the entire magic array seemed to be made of light. Then, the magic array rotated, and the composition of the different parts of the magic array rotated in different directions and speeds, but they all rotated faster and faster, and slowly, the entire magic array rose, and it changed more and more colors. Soon, the space of the huge cave hall was occupied by the magic array, and the entire cave hall was bright, and I could clearly see a three-dimensional magic array.

I watched in surprise as the magic array transformed into an incomparably beautiful multicolored light, and my heart was filled with anticipation, and I waited for this magic array to open a door, a door to the abode of the Chiyas, a door to countless riches. In the game, I will cross the colorful colors, pass through the door made of countless lights, and walk towards the blessed mansion of happiness.

My eyes flew past palaces made of gold, balustrades made of jade, pearls of the night that served as illumination, and rosewood chests set with diamonds, which contained jewels that radiated dazzling glory

The light of the magic array was great, however, the door I was expecting never appeared, and slowly, I found that the pillar of light in the middle of the cave hall began to dim, and my heart was extremely anxious, this door has not yet appeared? What a rotten magic array for nothing!

No matter how anxious I was, I couldn't stop the passage of time, the pillar of light faded more and more, and then, it disappeared completely. Without the support of the pillar of light, the magic array also slowly stopped, and finally stopped completely, and the entire cave hall returned to the same as it had been at the beginning.

Watching the light of the magic array dissipate, I felt a sense of weakness, and I knelt on the ground, and I grabbed my hand fiercely, my heart filled with bitter and astringent taste. The light yarn in my dreams, the jade of Qionglou, my mountains of gold and silver treasures, the happy life I pursued, and everything I had, disappeared with the magic array that calmed down.

The magic array didn't open a door for me, which made me feel that all my hard work this trip was in vain, and I came here with all my hard work, but I didn't expect that all this was just in vain, and my hard work was not rewarded as it should be. The feeling of being left in the air was so bad that I almost didn't want to stay here any longer.

Not long after the magic array calmed down, a gust of wind suddenly blew in the cave hall, and the wind was very fast, brushing the ground that I had not swept very cleanly as a mirror. I feel that this wind is very unusual, because this wind does not blow in from outside the cave, it blows from the cave to the outside of the cave, and I have never seen such a strong wind in this cave for so many days, in fact, the cave hall rarely blows in the wind.

Immediately afterwards, the entire ground of the cave hall actually came out of the white light, and in the down, the white light became brighter and brighter, and slowly, the whole ground became crystal clear, looking like the purest crystal, and the entire cave hall became a magnificent crystal hall.

I was surprised to see this sudden change, and a voice in my heart shouted, "Am I dreaming? Is there still a chance for my wish to come true? Ah, gods and Buddhas, please don't let me down again, I will never call myself an atheist again, I will be the most devout believer to you! ”

Just as I kept praying to God and worshiping the Buddha, a large cloud of qi slowly rose from the crystal ground, and this qi permeated the cave hall, and this qi became more and more, and they almost filled this huge cave hall. This strange gas is constantly tumbling, intertwining, compressing, scattering, spreading, compressing. In the end, he took on the form of an old man in a white robe, long silver hair, and a belly-length beard.

"Thank you, child, for burying the bones of my people so that they no longer have to be harassed by wild beasts. I am the patriarch of the Chia people, and my name is Yacatus. A voice that seemed to have lived for a thousand years, and an incomparably old voice came out of the old man's mouth.

This is the patriarch of the Chiya? I looked at the phantom that took up almost a third of the entire cave hall, and my heart was filled with awe. This old man's appearance must be a soul, right? This Chiya is really powerful, even if he dies, he can still keep his soul immortal. Thinking that there was a room of souls in this cave, I suddenly felt cold all over my body.

"Our people are not like you think, I am the only one of the people who has become like this." The old man saw through my thoughts. "Speaking of which, I became like this because my clan has a concern that I can't let go, and the five elders with the strongest mana in my clan launched a formation, consuming all their mana condensed, and in order to complete this ceremony, I sacrificed the lives of fifty people of my clan." The old man's vicissitudes of life lowered his tone, and he remembered the bitter things that could not be looked back.

Looking at the tall figure of the lonely old man, a feeling of discomfort welled up in my heart, and I began to sympathize with this old man, what else could their clan not let go, and it was worth such a huge sacrifice?

"Patriarch Grandpa, can I help you in any way?"

"Good boy, you are very kind," the old man praised me with a smile, which made my face a little red, and I was always a little embarrassed to be praised for myself.

"Child, you are also very brave," the old man continued, "This place where our people live is a very remote place, surrounded by very powerful magical beasts, you can come here, it means that you are really brave, and you are also very smart, because, when you come here, you are not strong in force, many monsters here, no matter how strong a person is, cannot be defeated." The people who come here are all brave and knowledgeable. ”

Hearing the old man say this, my heart was also a little fluttering, here, really not anyone can come!

"Child, your future is limitless, do you want to know your future? If you want to know, I can give you some pointers on your future path, which will help you in the future. It's been a long time since I've counted it for someone else. I hope I haven't forgotten this God-given power for my race. The old man rubbed his hands together and suddenly asked me.

"No need, patriarch grandpa," I refused, how did this old man become a god stick in one fell swoop? Do you want to give people a point in the future, and it's good to know your future? Why do so many people want to know in advance what will happen in the future, and if they know in advance what is going to happen, what is the point of living? Every day lives in a step-by-step manner, following a predetermined trajectory until death. How boring is such a life!

"Don't you trust the innate abilities of our Chiya people?" The old man was already a little unhappy, and his face was stiff.

"Patriarch Grandpa, no matter who the future is, it will be a heavy burden, and I don't want to carry a big burden on the road." I smiled wryly and shook my head, this old man is really sensitive!

I think that knowing your future too early, whether good or bad, will not make people happier, and the bad ones will certainly make people discouraged, lose their fighting spirit, and have little desire to be happy. Good but it will make people ecstatic, not enterprising, and finally depressed.

People always have the vice of shirking responsibility, and when people are used to doing one thing, they put the responsibility for doing wrong on something else, and this fate is destined to be the most common excuse for people. For example, if a person does something, if he fails, he will attribute it to him, which is destined to fail, so he accepts the failure with peace of mind and no longer considers the real reason for his failure. What's more, what's even more terrifying is that if a person believes that there will be no success in his destiny, then he will be discouraged and will no longer be in the mood to challenge difficulties, and then the person will be ruined.

"Child, you said very well, and you also told the root of the suffering of our Chiya clan." The old man looked at me approvingly. "There are many people who envy this ability of our race, and my people have also used this ability in exchange for people's respect, as well as a worry-free life, it seems that our race is infinitely beautiful because of this ability, but who knows our pain. From the moment we were born, we anticipated our own death, our daily life has been foreseen, we can know that tomorrow we will fall at the gate, but we have no way to stop it from happening, and as a result, we are still at the door, we are fully aware of the situation of falling, can not escape, can not change, what a helpless thing. We know everything, we know that under happiness is pain, the next moment of reunion is separation, light meets darkness, and new life is connected to death. Our people, young, adult, old, all have become pure-hearted, we speak in the same tone, there are no secrets, no feelings, we have no laughter, no pain, our life is like a stone, a tree. ”

I didn't say anything, but listened quietly to an old man pouring out the suffering of a race for thousands of years. The old man finally realized that he had too much to say, so he smiled apologetically at me, and said, "When people are old, they often can't control their tongues and start talking nonsense, child, please don't take it to heart." ”

I shook my head and said, "Patriarch Grandpa, it's okay, there are some things in my heart, and if I say it, even if others can't help, but my heart will feel better, I'm glad that my grandfather said it, and I am honored to be grandpa's observer." ”

The old man began to laugh: "Good boy, you can really make grandpa happy, grandpa doesn't have anything good for you, so I'll cook you a dish." Grandpa's cooking is something that even the emperor of the empire can't eat! Cheap you kid, stay a minute, don't swallow all your tongue. ”

This old man is really good at bragging about himself, saying that his cooking skills are the best in the world, and he is not afraid of flashing his tongue. However, even if he was powerful before, it was useless, and now he is in the soul state, and as far as I know, people in the soul state are a kind of empty existence, and they can't get in touch with the real thing. A chef who can't hold a knife or grab a spoon can cook! Although my heart was full of doubts, I still said obediently, "Thank you, grandpa." ”

"What to do? It's been a long time since I've touched this thing, and I don't know if I'll lose my level, well, so be it. The old man said to himself.

"Grandpa's dish is called Qianshan Baixue, it is one of grandpa's best dishes, you can help me get some ingredients, grandpa can't get out of this cave." The old man turned his head and said to me.

"Okay, grandpa, what kind of ingredients do you need to cook, I'll go get you it."

"There are a lot of materials, you go and get the main ingredients first, there are only four main ingredients I need, they are: monkey brain, wind wolf gum meat, flame snake meat, iron ant eggs." The old man easily said what he needed.

It's difficult, it's definitely difficult, it's the first thought that came to my head after hearing the old man say what he needed to cook. Because these four things are all ordinary, the first two are okay, I may be able to get them, but the last two make me almost dare not think about it. I had seen these serpents and iron ants in the days when I passed through the Valley of the Wolves, and they were really good, what words should I use to describe their horror?

Let's talk about this flame snake first, this kind of snake I have seen is more than four feet, as thick as a bucket. Their whole body is full of red scales, the color, red like a burning flame, where they crawl, the grass and trees are scorched, and their mouths can also spit out flames, it is not an ordinary flame, its dissolved gold is eliminated, their entanglement is even more amazing. I was fortunate enough to see a flame snake fighting the golden eagle I mentioned earlier, the eagle was originally the natural enemy of the snake, but this flame snake broke this law. When I think of the battle of the snake and eagle, I can't help but shudder, it was a great struggle, and the place where they fought, no matter the flowers and trees, the hillsides and the waters, all became barren without exception. In my mind, the flame snake was a dragon descending from the sky to the mortal world, so powerful that it was invincible.

Besides, these iron ants are the same shape as the ants we usually see, but they are too huge compared to normal ants, and each of them is a little bigger than me. We know that ants are insects with great strength, a small ant with only a fraction of a grain of rice, can hold a grain of rice to run, this mutated species also has this ability, usually see them walking, throw the incomparably huge boulder around, very easy, I suspect that as long as an iron ant, you can lift a condensing beast. The defense of iron ants is also super strong, the black carapace, like a protective shield made of fine iron, when they play with boulders, they are occasionally hit by boulders, but they can be pressed by tons of boulders, they have nothing to do, easily push away the boulders on their bodies, just like we gently bounce off a leaf on our bodies, easy to freehand.

These two monsters are so powerful that they are perverted. I was careful not to be noticed by them, and I knew very well that as long as I was targeted by them, and as long as they breathed a breath, I would be in bliss, and that I would have no chance of surviving against them.

This is supposed to be a quest in the game, would anyone refuse a quest asked in the game? I don't think so, even though the task seems almost impossible, but I think that if it is completed, then the reward should be proportional to the difficulty of completing it. With this realization, I said to the patriarch of the Chiya people, "Grandpa, you wait, I'll go and get them for grandpa." ”

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