Chapter Twenty-Four: The Cave of Scattered Immortals
The first thing he felt when he first touched the surface of the water was that the water under the bridge was cold, and who was like ice cubes directly invading his internal organs.
The river ran down his ears, eyes, nose, and mouth, and his face turned purple.
"Is this what it feels like to drown...... "The last bit of consciousness of the mark thought: "In the next life, there must be a different way of dying." β
A fish swam past him, and the look in its eyes seemed to be pitying, but also like mockery.
I couldn't feel the pain in my body anymore, my limbs began to go numb, and my brain went blank.
After about a few seconds, the nick loses consciousness.
......
When he woke up again, Nick found himself lying on a dry floor.
"Ahem, cough, cough......" coughed violently a few times, and the nick finally felt a little more comfortable in his heart, and coughed up a large piece of water from his mouth.
"Where is this?"
The notch looked around, and it was black all around.
A little internal force was released from his hand, and it was lit like a candle, and he finally vaguely saw the surrounding scene.
Overhead, there was a sparkling river, and the place that originally belonged to the sky was now a rushing river, and the ground under his feet was like a whole piece of stone, extremely hard, but it was now covered with white lime powder, which should have been weathered by age.
On the left and right sides are knife-like peaks, sticking into the water overhead, but the water above them floats silently as if they have frozen.
Shining forward again, there is a huge open space, because the physical internal force of the mark at this moment is not very full due to the injury, so the light in the hand is also very dim, and it is a little difficult to see.
Since there is only one way, I have to go in this direction.
After walking for more than ten meters, I finally saw something in front of me, which was a huge gray stone door.
Shimen faintly has a few words.
When he looked at the carving on the door, he saw that it was written: Xuancang Divine Spirit Scattered Immortal Cave, and he will be a spiritual guardian at the entrance.
The nick read word by word.
"Xuancang?"
What is this place.
Do you mean that when I open this door, I will keep a watch for the master of this cave?
Nick thought about whether to enter this door, not to mention that there must be hidden weapons here, just to open up such a cave at the bottom of the river, even the Feican Knight could not do it.
"I'm not afraid of the living, since the master of this cave has asked me to keep a guard for him, compared to death, I can't die anymore, why should I be afraid of him?"
"Besides, I am bent on death, and it is better to die in this cave than to be drowned. Thinking of the feeling of drowning just now, Nick shuddered and pushed against the door.
The huge stone door looked heavy, but it looked like it was made of a mechanism, and with a slight push, it opened automatically, leaving the nick in surprise.
Walking in, it was completely different from the scene outside the door, which was dark and dim, but here, it was indeed as bright as day.
On the wall, every meter or so, there is a round stone that can be illuminated.
"What is this?" the notch walked over to the nearest stone and gently plucked it.
A cool feeling came up instantly, and the injuries on his body also recovered with a speed visible to the naked eye, the ball was not the texture of stone, but made of bone.
The nick was shocked, if such a treasure was in the Flower Realm City, I am afraid that even the city lords of the other city-states would have to come and fight for it.
Feeling that the injuries on his body were almost healed, Nick put the ball in his hand in its place.
You can't be greedy, I still know this mark, I'm afraid that if you can't take a few steps with this thing, countless organs will take away his name.
It's a straight road, so don't worry about getting lost.
The shiny stone at the very front was gone, and it was supposed to be the end of the road.
Walking along the path, the black expanse in front of him made the nick feel a little weak.
Where the hell is this?
Finally came to that dark place.
Several huge stone carvings stand there.
When I raised my head, I was shocked to find that the stone carving was extremely high, and the notch was only knee-high for the sculpture.
There are four sculptures, all dressed in strange costumes. One of them was middle-aged and looked very handsome.
The second person was a young girl, and because of the gray stone carving, the girl looked very strange, and took something in the shape of a circle in her hand.
The third person is a ...... The nick looked closely, but he was shocked to find that the person's face was not a normal person's facial features at all, his mouth was bulging outward, and his eyes were half-squinted......
It was a fox-like face.
Compared to the third sculpture, the fourth is much more normal, although it is not a human sculpture, but it can be seen that it is a winged horse with a single horn on the top of its head.
What are these? Nick had never seen any of these things, and he was puzzled at the moment.
Suddenly, the dim place lit up, and a beam of light shone straight at the man's sculpture from above.
There was a faint sound of a mechanism turning, and the nick immediately raised its vigilance.
"Thousands of years...... Someone finally came here. β
In the nick's ears, the sound exploded like thunder.
"Who's talking!" Nick startled, looking at the sculpture, but seeing nothing out of the ordinary.
"That's me, the one you're looking at now. The voice came again.
"Yes...... Sculpture talking?" Nick said.
"That's right, you can call me a sculpture now, too. β
The voice came, and there was a helpless sadness in his tone.
"Where is this?" asked Nick, holding back the surprise in his heart.
"This is the Cave of the Gods. A voice came.
"What kind of place is the Divine Spirit Scattered Immortal Cave?"
"Can't you see it when you enter the door? This is the grave. β
"...... on that door," Nick asked.
"Yes, you will be here to keep our spirits here. β
Suddenly, the beam of light above his head turned, shining straight at the half-human, half-fox monster sculpture.
An extremely harsh voice came: "What do you have to talk to him! Just kill him!"
The voice was as sharp as grinding teeth.
"No...... This is destiny, and the ultimate purpose of the few of us here is to wait for this person. The first voice came again, and the light shifted to the top of his head.
"Heβis that what we're waiting for?" said a woman's voice.
"That's right......"
"But is he really okay?"
"I believe in him, I see his heart, he has a solid heart, although he is weaker now, but if we wait for the next person, then we will be in danger, no one knows when the next one will come. β
"But didn't you say you would come once every ten years?"
"Perhaps...... Something has happened......"
Several people were talking to each other, and it seemed that they were going to do something, but they didn't think about the feelings of the nick at all.
"Little one, come closer......"
Nick looked at the first sculpture and walked closer.
I only felt a shock all over my body, and all my internal organs were as if they had been hit by a giant hammer, and the power came from all directions, one would be hot, the other would be cold.
"The talent is really a bit unsatisfactory...... That's it, that's it. β
"May I ask, what the hell are you going to do?" Feeling the power dissipate, the nick suddenly relaxed.
"You'll find out later...... Follow in your footsteps, you will find your answers, and you will eventually know who we are. β
"Are you practicing swordsmanship?" a voice came.
"Yes, it's "Flower Mang Sword Technique". Nick replied, the strength of the person in front of him was obviously not comparable to him.
"Poof......" the man laughed, but didn't say anything.
Do you want to get out of this cave and return to your own Xuancang Continent?
"I ......" Nick hesitated, in fact, he was here to seek death, if he said he wanted to go back, he naturally wanted to, if he said he didn't want to go back, naturally there was nothing wrong with it, but in the face of a few sculptures in front of him, as well as that invisible force, Nick still felt that it was better not to stay here, if it was dead, it was okay, if it was always here to guard the tomb of a few statues, wouldn't it be better to live than to die.
"I want to go back. Nick said firmly.
"You don't want to die?" the voice said.
"Huh?" Nick startled.
"I know everything that goes through your mind, but now that you see the words written on the door, you know that this is not a place to come and go. β
"Please also tell the seniors the way out. β
"The way out is easy, you just have to go back the way you came. The voice came.
"Is it that simple?" Nick wondered.
"Yes......"
The notch quietly moved a few steps back, turned and ran, at this point he could be drowned, and he didn't want to be with these four strange sculptures in this empty cave.
Suddenly, countless monsters appeared on the originally empty road, some monsters looked like wolves, and some monsters were huge rats, and there were countless of them, but neither they were like normal animals in terms of size or appearance.
A fierce leopard rushed towards him, and the leopard was covered in fiery red patterns, and the most terrifying thing was the pile of eyes, which were also as red as blood.
Nick hurried to the sculptures.
"Didn't you say let me go?" Nick asked aloud.
"Yes......" the voice came.
"But what kind of monsters are these!"
"Monsters?" the voice seemed to be a little confused, but then it figured something out: "Yes, these are the monsters, if you want to get out, kill them all, you can go the way you came, and I'll show you how to get through the river overhead." β
"I ...... Not to mention so many, there is only one here, and with my strength, I can't get out!"
"So, what if I help you?" the voice came, with a hint of excitement.