Chapter 464: The Old Man in the Dry Stone Courtyard
Chapter 464: The Old Man in the Dry Stone Courtyard
After the pastor stepped into the door, the next moment he appeared in front of a courtyard gate! When the pastor stood here, there was a "zi-" sound, and the terrible petrification began, wanting to petrify the pastor in this instant.
However, the pastor had already prepared, at the moment when the petrification began, he sacrificed a thing, and in an instant he rode on a whitened wooden horse, and when he rode on the wooden horse, the petrification immediately subsided, so that the pastoral spirit was completely unaffected! The wooden horse of the pastoral spirit was obtained in the Cooking Heaven Pavilion, but now this wooden horse has become larger.
The shepherd rode on the wooden horse and looked at the gate of the courtyard in front of him.
The courtyard gate is very old, it seems that it has gone through countless years, there is an ancient plaque hanging on the courtyard gate, there are three ancient characters on it, ordinary people do not know these three ancient words at all, however, the pastoral spirit recognizes that these three ancient words are "dry stone courtyard".
"Dry Stone Courtyard, how many years have passed, and it is still the same. The pastor looked at the courtyard gate in front of him, and couldn't help but sigh, how many years have passed, the times have changed, but this place has not changed in the slightest.
Dry Stone Courtyard, one of the twelve burial grounds, when it comes to burial grounds, many people will think of places like the Heavenly Ancient Corpse Land and the First Murder Tomb, but few people will think of Dry Stone Courtyard.
Because the Dry Stone Courtyard is more mysterious than the Void Island and the Wushuang Desert Mound, the Heavenly Ancient Corpse Land, anyone can try to enter, and the Dry Stone Courtyard, not everyone can enter, even if you are a lucky person who steps into the Dry Stone Courtyard with the blessing of others, then, you can only enter the door.
The dry stone courtyard is just a courtyard, of course, as for how big this courtyard is, no one has said clearly for generations.
In fact, after entering the Dry Stone Courtyard, there were very few people who came back, except for the Immortal Emperor, even the God Emperor rarely came back alive!
Some people say that the dry stone courtyard is the most dangerous burial ground of the twelve burial grounds, and the pastor does not deny this statement, but in the pastor's opinion, as long as you find the right method, the dry stone courtyard is safer than other places.
"Tuk, Tu, Du......" The pastoral spirit rode a wooden horse into the dry stone courtyard, and when he stepped into the dry stone courtyard, he was greeted by a stone statue. The stone statues of this statue are lined up at the entrance in different shapes, some look shocked, some look desperate, and some turn around and want to escape...... The stone statue is alive and well, as if it were a real person.
In fact, the stone statue in front of them is a real person, they are very lucky to enter the monks of the dry stone courtyard, but unfortunately, the cultivation is not strong enough, as soon as they step into the stone courtyard of the courtyard, they are petrified, and finally become a stone statue!
"Dry Stone Courtyard, this is not a place where anyone can come. Seeing this stone statue, the priest just shook his head slightly, this is not the first time he has seen such a scene, before this, he had been to the dry stone courtyard more than once, and every time he came to the dry stone courtyard, the stone statues at the entrance would increase more and more.
The pastoral spirit looked at the stone statues, did not stop, and continued on his way. The person who was completely petrified and lost his life as soon as he entered the Dry Stone Courtyard shows that he is shallow and not invincible.
As one of the twelve burial grounds, there is only one danger in the Dry Stone Courtyard, and that is petrification! Once you step into the Dry Stone Courtyard, no matter what kind of creature or what kind of thing you are, you will be affected by the petrification power of the Dry Stone Courtyard, and the deeper you go into the Dry Stone Courtyard, the stronger the petrification power will be, even if it is the Holy Emperor, after reaching a certain depth, you will be petrified into a statue and lose your life.
As for what kind of treasures and secrets there are in the Dry Stone Courtyard, it will be difficult for future generations to figure it out, but there are still many powerful and even invincible beings who want to come to the Dry Stone Courtyard for millions of years to find out!
However, the petrification of the Dry Stone Courtyard is not unsolvable, if you are not an Immortal Emperor and want to retreat from the Dry Stone Courtyard, then it is very simple, you only need one thing, and you will not be affected by the petrification power of the Dry Stone Courtyard, this is the Trojan Horse!
Of course, such Trojans are very rare, and legend has it that no more than five such Trojans have been handed down since the dawn of time, and, until now, all of them are missing. What's more, there are very few people who know about this Trojan horse since the dawn of time, let alone know what it is used for.
The pastoral priest rode on the wooden horse, and at this time, the dry stone courtyard was a dangerous place for others, but for the pastoral priest, it was a courtyard with a good view. Here, there are water pavilions, here, there are long rockeries, and even lakes and streams surround, if you don't see a petrified person, you will think that you have broken into the backyard of a large family.
It seems that this is not the day of the 12th burial ground, this is just the abandoned backyard of a large family, where old trees grow, the sun and the moon are lonely, and the stream is murmuring, but there are no fish and shrimp in it......
Here, apart from silence and silence, everything here seems to be lifeless, dead silence, which has lasted for millions of years. The pastoral spirit rode slowly on the wooden horse, and the sound of the tuk tuk tuk echoed here for a long time, it seemed that this voice, this rhythm had become eternal, and there was only the sound of the pastoral wooden horse walking in this heaven and earth.
If you haven't been to the dry stone courtyard and see such a scene for the first time, I am afraid that it is difficult to believe that this is the dry stone courtyard, one of the twelve burial places in the legend.
The dry stone courtyard is very large, as for how big it is, it is difficult for outsiders to say clearly, and some people have even said that since ancient times, no one has visited the entire dry stone courtyard.
Of course, this is only for outsiders, at least, the pastoral spirit has visited the entire dry stone courtyard, and he has been to many places that others can't go! As he continues to go deeper, he encounters fewer and fewer stone statues, but the people who are petrified here are all famous existences, and there are many existences like the Holy Emperor!
"Emperor Zongtian, amazing, worthy of being called invincible in a generation, can actually come here. "As fewer and fewer people are petrified here, the Pastoral will be able to recognize some of the once famous and invincible beings.
"Heartfelt fairy?!How amazing it was back then, even the Immortal Emperor fell for it, but unfortunately, it turned into a stone figure in the end. "In the hidden path, the pastoral spirit met a stone statue, it was a woman, under the petrification, it was difficult to see her true face, but you can still see how beautiful she was back then!
"Squatting beast, what are you doing here? Think about how many people coveted your lair back then. As the pastoral spirit continued his journey, he could not help but smile when he saw a fierce beast like a dragon, a snake, and a dog petrified.
"A sword is a god, a good sword, it has been petrified for so many years, and the sword qi is still not gone. In the hidden path, the pastoral spirit encountered a stone statue standing with a sword, this stone statue still exuded a terrifying sword aura, and the pastoral spirit couldn't help but praise it when he saw it.
"Mingxin Goddess, why bother......" There was also a stone statue that made the pastor stop, looking at the petrified woman and sighing with emotion, she was stunned for a long time.
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The pastor rode on the wooden horse and continued to walk, here, there are many hidden paths, leading to all directions, the pastor only identified one direction to go forward, on the way he encountered a lot of petrified stone statues, these are once invincible or amazing existence, many of them are the pastor can recognize the calendar.
The shepherd rode a wooden horse to walk in the dry stone courtyard, and he was the only living person in the dry stone courtyard, and the entire dry stone courtyard was only the monotonous and rhythmic sound of wooden horse hooves.
Walking in the dry stone courtyard, it gives people a feeling of detachment from the Nine Realms, it seems that this is not in the Nine Realms, away from the hustle and bustle, away from the red dust, walking here, giving people a feeling of loneliness, leaving the world and independent!
Eventually, the shepherd rode the wooden horse to a place, and before he could reach this place, a faint call could be heard from a distance.
"Help, who's going to save me. A faint cry for help came from the front, this cry for help was dying, and it seemed that it would die at any moment.
No matter who it is, as soon as they hear this cry for help, they will be attracted, this cry for help seems to have a magical force, once they hear such a cry for help, they can't help but go in the direction where the cry for help came from!
In fact, if the people who came here could still keep their senses after hearing this cry for help, they would definitely be able to feel the strangeness in it, there are no living people in this place, where is the cry for help?
Hearing such a cry for help, the pastor couldn't help but smile, urging the Trojan horse to speed forward. After a long while, the pastoral finally came to the place where the cry for help came, and here was a cliff in front of him, and under the cliff was a vast expanse, and it was impossible to see what was below, but the cry for help came from below.
When the pastoral spirit came to the cliff, suddenly, the sky was brilliant with golden light, and countless golden lotuses fell, at this moment, there was a person who fell from the sky, his presence with countless strangeness, there were golden dragons with him, there were fairy sounds lingering, he fell from the sky, step by step golden lotus, and at the same time the golden spring gushed out in the clouds......
At the same time, the old man who fell from the sky in front of him was haunted by immortal energy, although people could not see his true face clearly, but it gave people a feeling of fairy rhyme, as if he was an immortal who fell from the sky, immortal!
No matter who is shocked by such a scene in front of him, it will definitely make people believe that the old man in front of them is the legendary immortal.
"Little friend, where are you from?" the voice of the old man like an immortal sounded, very kind, just like a legendary immortal.
"Okay, old man, it's okay for you to deceive others with this kind of illusion, in front of me, don't play this kind of carving insect trick. Seeing this old man, the pastor smiled and said, "You can't even see me, and you still want to confuse me?" β
"Who are you!" "Just now, the immortal old man who was still immortal and elegant, turned into a god of ten thousand zhang, and his divine power overrode all the domains, making people feel an urge to bow down.
"Old man, you are really old, you can't feel it at all. Sitting on the wooden horse, the pastoral shook his head lightly and said, "It is really disappointing that you have come all the way to see you so kindly, and you do not recognize me. β
"It's you-" Finally, the other party recognized the pastor, and at this time, everything was gone, what a god, what an immortal, what a golden lotus...... Everything is gone without a trace, the cliff is still a cliff, and there is still a vast expanse under the cliff.
"It's you, the dead ghostβ" Finally, a transmission came from under the cliff, and this transmission was like seeing a ghost, saying: "Impossible, you dead ghost has worked hard for a long time, but you haven't regained your body, and today you have taken it back!"
"Old man, you're wrong. The pastor couldn't help laughing, shook his head and said, "It's not that I can't take back my body, it's just that I don't want the people around me to pay a heavy price for it." That's what makes me different from you, and I can't compare to you. β
"Ha, ha, ha, I laugh at this, dead ghost, although I have not walked the world, and I don't know much about your deeds, but, don't forget, I am the one who has explored your knowledge of the sea. How many years have passed, and I am afraid that the number of people who have died in your hands will not be counted, and if you slaughter the Nine Realms, I am afraid that there will be rivers of blood and mountains of corpses. A sneer sounded from under the cliff.
"Old man, you are wrong, rightly, you and I have shared memories, hey, we know more of your secrets than each other! The pastor laughed.
A cold snort sounded under the cliff for the pastoral words, and it was obvious that he was very dissatisfied with the pastoral words.
The pastor smiled and said, "And, old man, you are wrong about the second thing, I am indeed like a murderer, I can slaughter millions of living beings for the Nine Realms, I can also slaughter a race for the human race, and even, for the sake of the human race, I can sacrifice a lot of things, but if it is only for my personal karma, let them die for me, I can't do it." Otherwise, I would have regained my body a long time ago, so why wait until today?"
"Hmph, who will know what you think in your heart, who will know what kind of conspiracy you have in your heart, and who will know what kind of overall situation you have in your heart, maybe one day, you will hold a blood sacrifice for all eternity......" A sneer sounded under the cliff and said.
The pastor couldn't help laughing and said, "Old man, you don't have to worry about the hatred of the past, from such an ancient era to the present, you still can't let go of the things I calculated for you back then." Don't forget, you were the one who calculated me first, but you broke my bones! I didn't think that the hatred of the year was already magnanimous. β
"Hey, hey, hey......" Speaking of the events of the year, the people under the cliff couldn't help but laugh proudly, and he said with a smug smile: "Dead ghost, even if you don't die or die, you can still drink my foot water!"
"People always grow from naivety to maturity, when I became a god soul not long ago, I went through too little experience, so I was caught by you. But, old man, although those years were like purgatory, for me, it was also the accumulation of wealth for me. The pastor laughed and said, "Your sea of knowledge has connected my sea of knowledge, and I have learned too many secrets, I am exchanging less for more, and speaking of which, I have won." β
"Hmph, don't be proud there, if it weren't for the ghost thing in the bronze coffin that did something to your sea of knowledge, I would have pulled out your memory a long time ago, why use such means!" Speaking of the things of the past, the people under the cliff couldn't help but be a little crazy!
However, the person under the cliff finally couldn't help but smile proudly and said coldly: "But, dead ghost, although you stole so many of my secrets back then, there is a memory that you can never steal!"
"I know. The shepherd smiled and said: "The soul is connected, this is not a panacea, it is precisely because of the shortcomings that let me hide from the world, not only steal your secrets, but also let me yin you and escape from you." Old man, although you demolished my bones back then, but this disaster made me calculate, even if you rebel against the sky, I will also lose you completely, to be honest, except for that eternal secret, you can be said to have lost everything, there is nothing to lose!"
"Dead ghost, you just continue to be proud! one day, I will slaughter you, hmph, maybe let the Nine Realms cease to exist, even if you don't die or die, I will let you die forever!" said the man under the cliff coldly.
"I know you've done it, old man, you've ruined everything, and there's nothing you can't do!" The pastor smiled faintly and said, "But, old man, don't forget, how many years have passed, and in the end you have nothing left, nothing!"
The pastor said slowly: "No matter how high you stood back then, no matter how much you let the gods bow down back then, but in the end, what is left of you, nothing, in the end, you are just a lonely remnant of your soul. Even those who die, whether they are the closest people around you or the most loyal to you, I am afraid that in the end, they will regret it! The family affection that blood is thicker than water, and the unswerving loyalty to death, these are not worth having!"
"Dead ghost, what are you left of, what do you have after millions of years! Aren't you the same as me! No matter what you have done, whether you have protected the human race, whether you have sheltered the Nine Realms, but after millions of years, what are you left of? Aren't you also like me, a lonely soul and a wild ghost!" said the man under the cliff with a sneer.
"That's right, I don't have much left, millions of years, and those who have left me have left one by one, those who love me, those who are loyal to me, and those who give up everything for me...... They all left, turned into a pinch of loess, vanished, and my deeds disappeared into the long river of time!" said this, the pastoral spirit sighed softly.
"But, old man, I have never let down the people around me, I have never made them regret it, they have followed me from beginning to end, they have followed me to the end! They have never failed me, and I have never failed them! You can sacrifice everything for yourself! You don't have your own bottom line!"
The pastor said slowly: "For millions of years, I don't deny that I have missed a lot, I have lost a lot, and I have even missed some things, but no matter what the future holds, or no matter what I want, I will not exceed my bottom line!
"So what, eternity is empty, I have no regrets. The man under the cliff said freely.
The pastor smiled faintly and said, "I don't regret it, we are not the same kind of people!
The same no regrets, but no regrets for each other, that's completely different.
"Ha, that's right, I'm a bastard, but, in my opinion, you're a bastard too!" The man under the cliff laughed and said, "Back then, you killed there, there were some things you could do better, but, if I'm not mistaken, you are guarding the so-called bottom line, how many things you missed a better time." β
"I know, but, I don't regret it. The pastor said with a faint smile.
"Hmph, one day, you will regret it, and when you really face it that day, you will regret that you were not cruel enough!" said the man under the cliff with a sneer.
"Old man, you are wrong, I have really faced it! Moreover, I am still alive to this day! Although the process is very painful and difficult, I have never regretted it. One day, I will still make a comeback, and on that day, no matter what happens, I will not cross my line!
Under the cliff, there was silence, it seemed, he didn't want to say anything, and after a long time, the person under the cliff said coldly: "This time you come to the Dry Stone Courtyard, you won't just come to see me, hey, or, you still don't want to get that secret!"
"Well, I'm a person who misses the old love, no matter what happened back then, at least we got to know each other once, you said yes, I finally came here for a trip, and I came to see the old people. The shepherd said with a smile.
"Don't talk to me about this nonsense, talk quickly if you have something to say, and let go of a fart quickly. The man under the cliff said with a sneer.
The pastor said leisurely: "Old man, what are you anxious about, anyway, you are immortal, you can't leave, you and I have a lot of time, why don't we talk about the past slowly." Besides, how many years did it take for a person to come to such a place? β