Chapter 48: Three-legged Turtle
Xiuyuan and a few people walked down the stone stairs, the old monk once said that this place was Lin Xiaolou's blessed land, and it must be reasonable, but if he didn't figure out the situation under this abyss, he wouldn't let Lin Xiaolou stay here. Now that he has broken through the realm, Xiao Biqi has also recovered from his injuries with the help of Lin Xiaolou. The two of them combined, since they came, they must be investigated clearly to be at ease.
"Senior brother, I don't know if you notice that the further down this is, the smaller the space seems to be. Xiao Biqi said.
"It's dimly lit and you can't see clearly, but the space is getting compressed, and the temperature is getting higher as you go down. Xiuyuan stretched out his hand and touched the mountain wall, the hot rock wall can almost be grilled, fortunately, the group of people are very human, and they can isolate the high temperature from the body.
"It's so hot!" Lin Xiaolou touched the rock wall and immediately retracted his hand.
A roar of "Ang ......" came from the depths, followed by a heat wave, the space shook, and countless gravel fell from the mountain wall.
"Be careful!" Xiuyuan grabbed Lin Xiaolou, who was almost unsteady.
"This roar is so powerful, there should be a bad existence below. Xiao Biqi looked at Xiuyuan worriedly.
"I thought it was a roar caused by the sound of the wind underground, but now it seems that there is something in the depths. Xiuyuan also frowned.
"Could it be that the fire demon has returned here?" Xiao Biqi thought of the fire demon above Tianchi.
"It must not be, that demon spirit has been suppressed for thousands of years, and can only be born by eating earth and fire, and now that he has gotten rid of the seal, where will he be stupid enough to jump back into the cage?"
"Since it's not a fire demon, is there still an immortal monster sealed in the depths?" Xiao Biqi asked.
"This old monk didn't say it explicitly, and I don't know. Xiuyuan said.
"Since the fire demon has been suppressed here, could it be that the end of this abyss is the underground magma?" Xiao Biqi said.
"Very likely! This Tianchi was originally formed by the crater of Changbai Mountain, and there should be a lava field below. Xiuyuan nodded.
"Go down and see. Xiao Biqi didn't say much, and continued with Xiuyuan and a few others.
It took about two hours for a few people to reach the bottom of the abyss, which was so deep. To the surprise of several people, the bottom of this abyss was not lava raging, but just a circular field with a radius of ten feet. There is a stone pillar in the center of the site, and the stone pillar is three zhang long and one zhang square. Other than that, the entire bottom of the abyss was empty, except for the heat wave caused by the high temperature to distort the space.
"It's so calm, how does the roar come from above? Xiao Biqi asked.
"Take a closer look around and you might find something. Xiuyuan said.
Several people investigated around, but Lin Xiaolou walked under the central stone pillar and stared at the stone pillar with a slightly surprised look.
"Little monk, Sister Biqi, how can there be so many chains on this stone pillar? Lin Xiaolou shouted.
Xiu Yuan and Xiao Biqi took a closer look, and sure enough, there were more than ten iron chains as thick as pythons wrapped around the stone pillars, rusty. The stone pillar as a whole is irregular, and due to the dim light, several people have not noticed it before.
"Also, do you notice that the ground under your feet is not even, and seems to be sloping around, as if on a hill? Lin Xiaolou said again.
"Qingyin Sword!" Xiao Biqi sacrificed the Qingyin Sword, and a sword qi slashed into the sky, and the space suddenly brightened. Several people took a closer look at the Western Zhou Dynasty and found that the abyss was funnel-shaped, wide at the top and narrow at the bottom.
"Oh! What a fierce Buddha statue!" Lin Xiaolou exclaimed.
Xiuyuan only saw clearly at this time that the surrounding mountain walls were carved with countless Buddha statues, densely packed, overlapping layer by layer, until the top of the abyss. And these Buddha statues, all of them are hideous, fierce, and all of them are facing the bottom of the abyss, and they all seem to be staring at Xiuyuan and a few of them, Rao is a cultivator, and he is also a little creepy.
"These Buddha statues are angry Buddhas, used for suppression, there are so many angry Buddhas here, is it just to suppress the demon spirit?" Xiuyuan was puzzled.
"Although these angry Buddhas have the intention of suppression, they have no power to suppress, only momentum, without the slightest fluctuation of spiritual power, and they should not be used to suppress the demon spirit. Xiao Biqi shook her head.
"What do you mean?" asked Xiuyuan.
"It should have been before the suppression of the demon spirit, these angry Buddhas were already here, and even this stone pillar should have been nailed here long before the demon spirit. Xiao Biqi guessed.
"Since it's not to suppress the demon spirit, it's to guard something, and where is the exit of the passage that the old monk said?" Xiuyuan was also puzzled. The painstakingly laid out tricks of the dome above suggest that the bottom of the abyss must not be so simple.
"Huh, the ground seems to be moving!" Xiong Da looked at his feet in amazement.
As soon as Xiong Da's words fell, the ground suddenly shook violently, which caught several people off guard, and they all fell to the ground. The surrounding space also shook, and countless pieces of rubble slid down the mountain wall.
"Be careful!" Xiu Yuan shouted and pounced on Xiao Biqi. I heard a loud bang behind me, and a Buddha statue pressed next to Xiuyuan and Xiao Biqi.
"Let's go, it seems to be collapsing here!" Xiuyuan got up and pulled Xiao Biqi up, and shouted at Lin Xiaolou and Xiong.
Before a few people could get up, they saw that the stone pillar in the center suddenly lit up with a burst of colorful light, and the iron chains on it rattled, followed by a violent roar from under the ground.
The ground of "Ang ......" shook violently, and the Buddha statues on the mountain wall continued to collapse and smashed to the ground, and a scorching heat wave erupted from the ground, instantly lifting several people and falling on the mountain wall. And the only person who was not lifted off was Lin Xiaolou.
Lin Xiaolou had been observing this stone pillar curiously, and always felt that there was something in this stone pillar that attracted her, and then the Buddha light on her body appeared, enveloping her and the stone pillar. She couldn't help but put her hand on the stone pillar. Then there was a protrusion of mutation, the mountain shook the ground, Lin Xiaolin grabbed the iron chain on the stone pillar in a hurry, and waited until the stone pillar lit up with brilliant colored light, and before she could exclaim, the colored light instantly wrapped Lin Xiaolou.
Xiuyuan saw the abnormal changes in the place where Lin Xiaolou was, and wanted to rescue him, but he was instantly thrown out and couldn't help himself.
The colorful light dissipated, the howling stopped, and the wind and waves were calm. Xiuyuan and Xiao Biqi flashed in front of the stone pillar, but Lin Xiaolou was missing. The stone pillar suddenly magnified in brilliance, and it was a little dazzling.
"Xiaolou!" Xiuyuan shouted loudly, but there was no response.
Xiao Biqi is also looking around.
"Chirp!" The little fox demon at Xiuyuan's feet pulled Xiuyuan's robe and kept pointing towards the stone pillar.
A few people looked at it, and where was the stone pillar still looking like a stone? The rubble on the ground was shaken off from the stone pillar, as if a layer of skin had been removed. Now it is not a stone pillar that is entwined by iron chains, but an irregular crystal that exudes colorful light, among the crystals, a stunning woman with a delicate figure and a delicate and sweet appearance curled up in it with her eyes closed, who is it not Lin Xiaolou?
"Xiaolou!" Xiuyuan was shocked when he saw it, and reached out to touch the stone pillar, but he was instantly bounced away by an invisible force.
"Little monk!" Lin Xiaolou's voice echoed lightly around him.
"Xiaolou, where are you?" Xiao Biqi was also shocked, looking around, but couldn't find the source of the voice.
"Sister Biqi!" Lin Xiaolou's voice couldn't be located, but the person was in the crystal in front of him.
"Xiaolou, what happened just now?" Xiuyuan asked calmly.
"I don't know, I'm shrouded in a burst of colored light, I'm here, I can't see you!" Lin Xiaolou's anxious voice came.
"Xiao Lou, don't panic! We are by your side, where are you now, what is there around?" Xiao Biqi said.
"I can't see clearly, the light pierces my eyes, what are you?" Lin Xiaolou exclaimed.
"Xiaolou, what did you find?" Xiuyuan said nervously.
"What a big turtle!" Lin Xiaolou exclaimed again.
Xiu Yuan and Xiao Biqi don't know why, this Lin Xiaolou is obviously in the crystal in front of him, where is there a turtle?
Immediately afterwards, a burst of light rose from the crystal, and a phantom appeared outside the crystal, and when a few people saw it clearly, it was the phantom of a giant tortoise, but this giant tortoise was only three-legged.
"Don't panic! this little thing is safe now!" came the old man's voice from the giant tortoise's mouth.
"Where is Xiaolou now?" asked Xiuyuan.
"Among the colorful stones. The giant tortoise said slowly.
"What is a colorful stone?" Xiao Biqi wondered.
"The colorful stone is the stone in front of your eyes. The giant tortoise said.
"Can Xiaolou come out?" Xiuyuan then asked.
"Hmm...... This little thing is very blessed, she has Buddha breath on her, and she can't get out now. The giant tortoise said.
"Then how can I get her out?" Xiuyuan was in a hurry, and the sudden change caught him off guard.
"When she refines the colorful stone, she will naturally be able to enter and exit. The giant tortoise said unhurriedly.
"How long does it take to refine?" Xiuyuan said.
"I don't know, at least five years and ten years, at most a hundred years and thousands of years, anyway, just refine it. The giant tortoise said.
"This ......" Xiuyuan was speechless, what is the difference between this and not saying?
"Who are you, why are you here?" asked Xiao Biqi the key.
"What am I......? Let me think about ......" The giant tortoise pondered for a moment, as if trying to remember.
"Oh! I remember, it's been too long. At first, some people called me the Ice Turtle, but then there was chaos in the mortal world, and evil spirits arose, and it was the evil world. In a fit of rage, I turned ice into water and drowned the mortal world for three days, and although I swept away the evil spirits, I also caused the destruction of living beings, and in order to atone for my sins, I imprisoned myself at the foot of this unsalty mountain, deep in the lava underground. Later, a big hole was broken in the sky, and the Yao Pond flooded the world, and I helped a fairy to refine stones to make up for the sky, and later people changed my name and called me Xuangui. The giant tortoise said.
"Xuanwu, are you Xuanwu?" Xiao Biqi was surprised.
"What's wrong?" the tortoise asked.
"No, no, no, there's nothing wrong with it, but why are you here?" Xiao Biqi was shocked for a moment and quickly shook her head.
"Ah, let me think about it, where did I just go?" asked the giant tortoise, staring wide-eyed, confused.
"......" Xiuyuan and Xiao Biqi were dumbfounded, even if they are fish, they can't have such forgetfulness, right?
"Senior, you talked about helping a fairy refine stones to make up for the sky. Xiuyuan reacted and reminded.
"Ao, that's right, originally I helped the fairy refine the stone, which is naturally a merit, but the spar needed is not an extraordinary thing, and it can't be found in the world, so it needs to be grabbed from the Nine Secluded Land. The fairy supported me with magic and ordered me to go back quickly. But the road is far away, going back and forth deep into the Nine Shadows, it is extremely difficult, I am afraid that the fairy will not be able to support it alone, so I first grabbed a part of the spar back, and when the fairy refines, I will set off again to the Nine Shadows. On the way, there was an accident, and I was entangled with the gluttony of evil beasts, and I was delayed for a while, and when I returned, the fairy was powerless, the spell failed, and the hole in the sky left a small piece that had not been repaired. The giant tortoise sighed.
"What does that have to do with you here?" asked Xiao Biqi.
"Because I missed the fairy's big event, the fairy asked the gods and Buddhas to join forces to repair the gap that was about to collapse, but the spar was insufficient, and there was still a piece on my body, and the repaired Tianjiao could not last long. In a fit of rage, the fairy cut off my foot, turned it into a pillar of heaven by magic, supported the missing corner, and made the last gap into a spring to irrigate the fertile soil of the world with a magic method. As for me, I was punished for carrying this stone that replenished the heavens for thousands of years, until someone refined it, and I could not be liberated. After the giant turtle finished speaking, Xiuyuan and Xiao Biqi were already speechless in shock.
"The classics record that this statement of mending the heavens is really a myth, isn't that true?" Xiuyuan swallowed with difficulty.
"My brother asked me what I was doing, and I couldn't tell the difference between right and wrong. Xiao Biqi said dumbfoundedly, not much better.
"You big turtle! Lin Xiaolou's voice came.
"You little elf, you make my ears hurt. It's not that I won't let you go, it's that I can't either. Five hundred years ago, I was sleeping in the depths of the lava underground, and there was a little demon on top of it, roaring all day long, and it also disturbed me. One day, a monk came and discovered my existence, talked to me with his spirit, and asked me to move the place and come to guard this place, and he would find someone to refine the colorful stone on my back, and as soon as I was happy, I agreed to the monk. It's just that the colorful stone is not for everyone to refine, if it is not for the body of the elf, it is self-defeating. Now that your little thing can be sucked into your body unscathed, you think it is the person the monk said. This is your creation, what are you still doing?" wondered the giant tortoise.
"There is not a single living creature here, if I cultivate him for a thousand years and a hundred years, won't it become another stubborn stone?" Lin Xiaolou called.
"I'm not a living thing, I've lived a long, long time, but I've never been dead, have I?" the giant tortoise shook his head speechlessly.
"I don't care! I just want to come out!" Lin Xiaolou was anxious.
"Xiaolou, listen to me!" Xiuyuan understood.
"The old monk said that this is your blessed land, and if you think about it, you will refer to the colorful stones, you can practice here with peace of mind, there is Xuanwu to guard, no one can hurt you, and when you are successful, you can come down to find me." Xiuyuan said.
"Little monk, I don't want to stay here. Lin Xiaolou said in a low voice.
"Xiao Lou, if you insist on going down the mountain, if you encounter danger and can't protect yourself, what should you do? If you cultivate with peace of mind, you can also become a help from your senior brother in the future. Xiao Biqi persuaded her.
"......" Lin Xiaolou was hurt by these two sentences.
"I don't want to be a drag on you, you can leave with confidence, I will cultivate quietly, and when the time comes, I will come to you!" Lin Xiaolou was silent for a while, and then said softly.
"Okay, I'll wait for you in Qingcheng. Xiuyuan said.
"Sister Becky, I'll come to you too. Lin Xiaolou said with a smile.
"I'm waiting for you too!" Xiao Biqi responded with a smile.
Although Xiuyuan and Xiao Biqi are happy for Xiaolou, they are also in a heavy mood, this colorful stone is a heavenly god stone, how can it be said that refining will be refined, if it is refined for thousands of years, I am afraid that the two are long gone, how can they meet? But Xiuyuan thought of the old monk's admonition, so he could only give up, if there was a fate, he would naturally be able to meet again.
"Get out of here, or the place will erupt again. The giant tortoise spoke.
"What? Didn't you make that anger and roar?" Xiao Biqi said in surprise.
"I'm suppressing here, and the anger is rushing out from under my body. I have to make trouble a few times a year, get used to it. The giant tortoise said.
Xiuyuan and Xiao Biqi suddenly realized that they were not underground, but standing on the back of the giant turtle, and the stone pillar was the colorful stone on the back of the giant turtle Xuanwu, and under Xuanwu was the exit of the passage that the old monk said, and now it was suppressed by Xuanwu.
"Ang ......" was another roar, and the space shook violently.
"Whoa......," the tortoise sighed alone.
"Xuanwu senior, dare to ask where is the exit from this underground?
"What exit?" Xuanwu said confusedly.
"It's the abyss beneath my predecessors. Xiuyuan said.
"Oh, the abyss, this abyss was opened by the fairy back then, and it was my way from here to the Nine Secluded Lands to grab the spars. It started a long, long time...... I remember, it's been too long. At first, some people called me the Ice Turtle, but then there was chaos in the mortal world, and evil spirits arose, and it was the evil world. In a fit of rage, I turned ice into water and drowned the mortal world for three days......" said the giant tortoise slowly.
"......" Xiuyuan and Xiao Biqi are petrified, and the old turtle has forgotten about their feelings......
Alzheimer's disease?
......
As the anger subsided, the space returned to silence, only the colorful stones on the back of the giant turtle continued to exude colorful brilliance, like glass, dazzling and blurred. Lin Xiaolou slept peacefully as if he was in amber, only a powerful heartbeat came from the silent space.