Chapter 12: The Mystery of the Tomb
After leaving Yongdao, Jiang Xiaoqi almost went to all the pharmacies in the town, and bought a lot of herbs that might be used on this trip, the most important of which was the pill for refining and detoxifying, and the miasma mentioned by the eldest brother in the inn made him always uneasy.
However, even though he ran all over the town's large and small pharmacies, in the end, he still had two main medicines, bloody herbs and fir vines. Among them, the blood-coated grass in his recent deep mountain road to pick a few plants, the existing is still sufficient, but the last taste of the main medicine fir vine, has not been found, now, the sky is getting late, the road on both sides of the lights are gradually lit up, it seems, can only tomorrow morning to the nearby mountains and forests to try their luck.
Thinking like this in his heart, Jiang Xiaoqi took a step, walked through the increasingly populated streets, and walked in the direction of the inn, and at this moment, a stall full of messy herbs on the side of the road attracted his attention, and with the attitude of trying it out, Jiang Xiaoqi walked away slowly.
"Yo, guest officer, just take a look, they are all good medicinal herbs, and they just came here this morning. ”
Look at Jiang Xiaoqi walking slowly, a fleshy fat man came up behind the stall, looked at him with a smile on his face, and opened his mouth with a smile.
Looking at the fat man who came over, Jiang Xiaoqi felt a touch of surprise in his heart, on the chest of the former's shirt, he saw a familiar star pattern, similar to Huo Xin'er, with different lines, today, he took a look at all the disciples of the Four Holy Lands, but he never expected that the smiling fat man in front of him was also a member of the Four Holy Lands Sect.
Vaguely, Jiang Xiaoqi felt a tenacious vitality of nature from the fat man, in addition, the hidden spiritual power in this person's body was not weaker than the Huo Xin'er seen before, obviously, this fat man who was not good-looking was also a strong martial artist in the four realms.
"Your Excellency is a member of the Heavenly Pivot Holy Land?"
Squatting down, Jiang Xiaoqi looked around among the many herbs in the stall, a smile flashed across his cheeks, and he looked at the fat man who was always smiling in front of him, and asked curiously.
"The guest officer is really good eyesight, this fire spirit grass is very precious, you can take it with you fifty spirit crystals. ”
Without answering Jiang Xiaoqi's question, the fat man also squatted down, pointed to the herb in his hand, and said with a big grin.
Regarding the fat man's attitude, Jiang Xiaoqi smiled knowingly, did not ask any more questions, and then buried his head in the pile of herbs in front of him, and finally, in the corner of the stall, found the last main medicine needed to refine the pill, the cedar vine, and was immediately pinched in his hand.
"Where's this one?"
Standing up straight, Jiang Xiaoqi shook the cedar vine in his hand and asked the fat man in front of him.
"One hundred spirit crystals, no counteroffer. ”
Looking at Jiang Xiaoqi's inevitable posture, the fat man was still smiling, his face full of fat was very honest, but the eyes staring at Jiang Xiaoqi narrowed slightly, and he was silently thinking about something in his heart.
"Although this fir vine is precious, it is not worth the price. ”
Listening to the fat lion's big opening price, Jiang Xiaoqi shook his head, put the fir vine in his hand back again, patted the dust on his hand, and wanted to leave.
"Don't worry, the price is negotiable. ”
At first, seeing Jiang Xiaoqi's inevitable posture, the fat man thought that he could slaughter him, but he never thought that the former would be so happy to endure his love without the slightest intention of nostalgia, which made him can't help but glance at it, and then took two steps forward with a smile and pulled Jiang Xiaoqi's departing figure back.
"I see that the guest officer is not very old, and he is a martial artist, so I think he also came here to train, if I guessed correctly, Your Excellency wants this fir vine to be a kind of elixir that can avoid the miasma outside the ancient tomb, right?"
The fat man's squinted eyes showed a shrewd look, and Jiang Xiaoqi, who was smiling and was about to be pulled back by himself, looked at it, and then took two steps forward, leaned into his ear and whispered.
As soon as the fat man's words fell, Jiang Xiaoqi's pupils couldn't help shrinking, and he glanced at the fat man who came over beside him, and a little vigilance suddenly rose in his heart, this fat man can become a disciple of the Tianshu Holy Land Sure enough, there are two brushes, which are not as simple as they seem on the surface.
"Don't be so nervous, I'm not going to rob you. ”
Jiang Xiaoqi's tense body attracted the attention of the fat man, and he hurriedly reached out and patted the former on the shoulder, talking to him as if he was completely familiar.
"I can give you this fir vine directly, but there is one condition, after you refine the pill, send me three detoxification pills, how about it, this deal should not be a loss for you." ”
The fat man had a good impression of the young man next to him, although the two had only met for the first time, he could feel that this young man was not as simple as he looked, because he had already received the news of this young man from the disciples in the door.
"Your fir vine shouldn't be worth three pills. ”
As soon as the fat man's words fell, Jiang Xiaoqi thought about it, shook his head slightly, shrugged his shoulders and said his opinion on this deal.
"Well, I'll tell you another secret, it's about the ruins of that ancient tomb, so it shouldn't be a loss to exchange fir vines for your three pills. ”
At this time, the fat man could see that the young man in front of him was more shrewd than himself, and the little trick couldn't fool him at all, so he had to give up after thinking about it, and then added a secret about the ancient tomb in exchange.
"Let's talk about it, if that secret is really true, I will naturally offer three antidote pills. ”
As for the destination of this trip, Jiang Xiaoqi knew really pitiful compared to the people of these Holy Land Sects, and right now, a disciple of the Tianshu Holy Land was willing to take out the secret and share it, he was extremely happy, but that kind of expression could not be shown on his face, otherwise he might get some unreliable news.
"Your Excellency really doesn't suffer at all. ”
I thought that after Jiang Xiaoqi finished refining the elixir, he would casually find a message to tell him, but now, looking at his indifferent face, the fat man could only dispel such thoughts in his heart, and said with a somewhat resentful expression.
Regarding the fat man's style, Jiang Xiaoqi's expression remained unchanged, waiting for him to tell.
"As a person who has been exposed to medicinal herbs for many years, you must know the environment in which miasma is formed, and only when the corpses accumulate and then decompose, this poisonous gas will slowly breed, and as a closed tomb ruins, why do so many people die in it?"
Speaking of this, a look of fear appeared on the fat man's cheeks, who had been smiling.
"Before coming here, I had seen the only person who escaped from the ancient tomb, on him, I felt an evil aura that I had never seen before, that kind of power was completely different from the spiritual power we cultivated, even if it was only contaminated at all, the spiritual power would be polluted in an instant, and it took me a lot of effort to extinguish that evil breath, and it was just a diffuse breath. ”
"The aura of evil is completely different from our spiritual power?"
Jiang Xiaoqi was at a loss for everything the fat man said, because in his cognition, the martial artists of this world cultivated spiritual power, and they had the power of the five elements, and as for the evil power that the fat man said, it was the first time he had heard of it.
"I heard the elders in the sect accidentally mention that 10,000 years ago, the Five Spirits Continent suffered a catastrophe, and a war that swept the entire continent began, and what those invaders cultivated seemed to be this kind of evil power, which was completely different from our spiritual power, and the strange evil power in it could even devour spiritual power and strengthen itself. ”
"Before, the evil power I felt in the person who escaped from the ancient tomb had a lot in common with the things mentioned by the elders of the sect, so I suspect that the corpses that breed miasma in the ancient tomb are not as simple as they seem, and even in that ancient tomb, there are still living invaders. ”
Speaking of this, there was no trace of a smile on the fat man's slightly bloated cheeks, and his mind seemed to echo the catastrophe of the war that affected the entire continent.
"Well, this secret is enough for you three pills. ”
Retracting his mind, the fat man regained his smiling appearance, but on his cheeks, there was still a faint palpitation.
"Not to mention this fir vine, this news alone is enough. ”
Listening to the fat man's jokes, Jiang Xiaoqi also had a smile on his face, and replied with sincerity.
"Is it convenient to reveal? Since this ancient tomb is so weird, why do the people of your four major sects still rush inside, aren't they afraid of death?"
As soon as the words fell, Jiang Xiaoqi couldn't help but wonder in his heart, and spoke up again, asking the fat man in front of him.
"Who is not afraid of death, but there is something in the tomb that fascinates us, and no one can resist its temptation. ”
As he spoke, the smile on the fat man's bloated cheeks was replaced by yearning, and his eyes were filled with almost fanatical longing.
......
Holding the fir vine in his hand, Jiang Xiaoqi walked slowly in the direction of the inn, but at this time, his mind was immersed in the fat man's words, "Danger and opportunity coexist. ”
When a martial artist reaches the realm of the four fulls, they need to start preparing something, which can make them move unhindered in the next realm, make rapid progress, and help them break through the realm barriers with a high probability, that thing is called the spiritual source, which is the necessities for the cultivation of the Shangxing realm after the four fulls.
The spiritual source can be artificially condensed, but the speed is slow, it is difficult to support a person's cultivation, and the cultivation of the condensed person must be above the upper star realm in order to condense this spiritual source, and another way to obtain the spiritual source is much faster, that is, to explore the ruins, in the tombs of those who sit down, to find the existence of this spiritual source.
All martial artists above the Star Realm will decompose their bodies in the form of spiritual power after they sit down, and those decomposed spiritual powers will carry a mutual attraction to each other, and then gradually condense, and gradually, this spiritual source will be formed.
And this time, most of the monks sent by the four major sects are monks who are about to step into the Upper Star Realm, and the purpose of their trip is also obvious, that is, to snatch the spiritual source condensed in the ancient tomb, so as not to be left behind in the cultivation of the Upper Star Realm in the future.
However, the formation of the spiritual source has a lot to do with the strength of the seated person, the stronger the strength, the more spiritual source will be condensed after death, and the spiritual power will be more and more refined. And the owner of this ancient tomb is rumored to be powerful, and there will not be too little spiritual source condensed in the ancient tomb here to come.
Despite this, there are still not enough monks to deal with the many monks who are like locusts crossing the border, so a scuffle is inevitable, and when the time comes, the weaker ones will probably die without even scum.
So at the moment, Jiang Xiaoqi is eager to improve his strength, only when the realm goes up, can his strength be further improved, and take the initiative in the subsequent melee, to this point, he is no longer just to complete the task assigned by Old Man Shi, that Lingyuan, he also wants to get it.
Because the spiritual power in the person who sits down after the death, the attributes they have will dissipate and become a spiritual source without spiritual power attributes, and the monks with any attribute of spiritual power can refine and absorb, not only the Shangxing Realm, but also the martial artists of the Siman and Yangxi Realms can absorb the spiritual power of the spiritual source, but few people do it, there is only one reason, that is, the spiritual power existing in the spiritual source is too violent, and the martial artists under the Shangxing Realm rashly absorb it, and it is easy to explode because it is difficult for them to bear it.
However, before fighting for the spiritual source, there was a bigger problem in front of Jiang Xiaoqi, that is, the invaders mentioned in the fat man's mouth, mentioning the evil power, Jiang Xiaoqi couldn't help but have a picture in his mind, a huge tower that reached the sky was suppressed from the Nine Heavens, and an extremely evil demon was shrouded, which was the ancient land of the Yu Clan.
In Old Man Li's house, Jiang Xiaoqi saw the picture inexplicably, the Ling Tian Patriarch fed the demons with his body, suppressed the evil venerable under the Tongtian Giant Tower, and sent the clansmen to the outside world with his last strength, so righteous that he was in awe.
And according to what the fat man mentioned, the power of those invaders is strikingly similar to the evil demons he saw in the ancient land of the Yu Clan, the same demonic aura is monstrous, the place where the army passes is like locusts, not a single inch of grass is born, and the dying people are instantly turned into a pile of white bones under the diffusion of that evil power, and the bloody scene seems to be right in front of him, every time he thinks about it, Jiang Xiaoqi can't help but feel a little afraid in his heart, those demons like executioners gradually coincide with the group of invaders wielding butcher knives in his memory.
"The ruins of this tomb are really weird. ”
Murmuring softly, Jiang Xiaoqi looked at the town that was gradually shrouded in night, shuddered, and walked quickly towards the inn.
......
"What the hell is this black thing, and why am I having that strange reaction?"
Sitting at the wooden table, Jiang Xiaoqi played with a black thing in his hand, his eyes were full of curiosity, and then, I saw him put his hands together, peeling off all the dirt wrapped in this black thing, gradually revealing the true face of the object inside.
"Fluttering"
The soil gradually fell, and I saw a token that seemed to be made of copper and iron appeared in Jiang Xiaoqi's sight, gently rubbing the token with his hand, and the touch was uneven, and there was a magnificent character clearly engraved on it, and the strokes were vigorous and powerful, as if it contained a special meaning.
The token was a little smooth in his hand, with a faint metallic luster on the surface, and gradually, Jiang Xiaoqi's gaze towards the token began to become strange, and a familiar feeling flashed through his mind.
"It's... A rune?"
Although he was a little suspicious in his heart, from the token made of copper and iron in his hand, Jiang Xiaoqi felt a familiar aura, that kind of aura he had been in contact with since he was a child, and the reason why he was asked by Old Man Shi to drive out the corpse was because of it.
"Why is this rune made of copper and iron?"
Pinching the smooth token in his hand, Jiang Xiaoqi's eyes looked back and forth on it, judging from the special fluctuations emitted by the token, he was extremely sure that this black thing must be a rune, but all he had been in contact with were some basic runes, which were only used to drive away corpses, and most of them needed to be temporarily portrayed, like the actual token rune in front of him, he had never seen it.
"Buzz"
Jiang Xiaoqi pinched the token in the palm of his hand, carefully instilled spiritual power into it, and suddenly the token made a buzzing sound, and then, I saw a flash of spiritual light, and instantly shot into Jiang Xiaoqi's eyebrows, such a short distance almost didn't even have time to react, and the dark light disappeared into Jiang Xiaoqi's eyebrows.