Chapter 51: The Price
He Xigong is a capable person, which is not an exaggeration.
The monsters of the old days have entered the stage of awakening, or rather, their eyes are half-open and a little confused, which is no different from waking up.
It's the first thing to do, and then it's me.
No matter who it was dealing with, the monster didn't feel the slightest effort, and it was easy to do it.
First tossed He Xigong half to death, and then I fell into a hallucination, and saw the legendary Lafutessa, the city of black stars far away in the universe.
It is no exaggeration to say that as long as there is a slight mistake in this matter, I am not sure that He Xi Guild will die, but I will definitely die.
Without the piece of bronze pendant sent by Chen Qiuyan, I would have no chance of surviving.
As for what she said, the old monk had seen this copper pendant before, which made me a little confused....... This thing was brought back by Chen Qiuyan from Hainan, and he couldn't have seen it, unless.......
"That's a seal."
On the way back to the ground, He Xigong followed me and whispered to me, "The power of that seal is far stronger than the one I found. ”
"You've seen it?" I couldn't help but be curious, and asked him in a low voice, "Do you know the origin of this copper pendant?" ”
"I don't know where it came from....... But the totem carved on it ...... I still know ......." When He Xigong said this, his expression obviously changed a little, as if he was a little nervous, and he couldn't hide his excitement: "I never thought that that totem would really appear in the future generations!" ”
"What kind of totem is that?" I asked tentatively, "Something to do with the creatures of the old days, right?" ”
"Remember the Sandboon?" He Xigong asked me, and his tone gradually became excited: "It's the old creature I talked to you about not long ago, that is comparable to the king of black robes!" ”
When I heard this, I couldn't help but shudder.
Although I had vaguely guessed it a long time ago, I was still a little surprised to really get this answer from He Xigong's mouth.
Before I could get out of my hallucinations, a voice came to my head.
I still remember the words spoken by that voice.
The black star fell into the sand, and the calamity was coming.
The sea of stars will also die, and the only eternal life will last forever, and there is only the Lord of Calamity.
Nine times out of ten, this so-called Lord of Calamity is the Sand-Body One, which I guessed before.
When I woke up, I saw that He Xicheng had used that magic seal to save me, so the answer in my heart was clearer.
The power of the afterworld is not enough to influence the old ones, and if you want to pull me out of the illusion, you must use the power of the old ones.......
If that jade pendant ..... No, that seal!
If there is a connection between it and the Sandboon, then it is only natural that it can save me, and everything can be explained.
And Chen Qiuyan returned to normal from the point of almost dying, and gained some inexplicable strength....... All kinds of strange things have corresponding explanations.
Sand-bodied, brain-monster.
I remember the Brain Monster saying that the King of the Old Days it followed was the Sandboon known as the Lord of Calamity, and the Brain Monster was close to me, so .......
"How did you find that seal?" He Xigong asked me with curiosity on his face.
I thought about it, shook my head, and didn't say a word.
Although He Xigong and we are on the side for the time being, I think it's better to hide those things about the brain monster.......
"Brother Qin, what about those teammates of yours?" I glanced back at Qin Bing and asked with some concern, although I already had an ominous premonition in my heart, I still had to be sure.
If it's just getting separated, then there's still a chance to rescue, if so.......
"Dead."
Qin Bing said, his eyes dimmed a lot, he carried Bai Xiaoping and Lin Shanshan left and right, and when he walked, he felt an indescribable heaviness.
I know that feeling is not because of the weight, it is his emotion.
There was already an obvious death intent in Qin Bing's eyes, and that kind of lifeless look made people feel furious in their hearts.
To put it mildly, the eyes are like the eyes of a dead man, and they can't see the slightest look that a living person should have.
"There are too many old sect masters who are chasing and killing us, and they are all practitioners, some are cultivators, some are cultivators, and there are a few descending masters like you." Qin Bing muttered, his tone becoming more and more depressed: "Although we have been on the run, Xiao Chen has also been helping us resist, constantly killing those cultists of the old sect, but still ........"
Speaking of this, Qin Bing fell silent and shook his head.
"In the end, we were the only ones who survived."
I didn't know what to say when I got this reply, and as Qin Bing was silent together, the atmosphere quickly became heavy.
When I was getting closer and closer to the exit, I opened my mouth and asked Chen Qiuyan in a low voice, when you entered Suopo Temple, the old monk didn't attack you?
"He tried to attack us, but in the end he didn't make a move." Chen Qiuyan said in a low voice: "He said that he thinks we are good people, not those apostates, and I still wear this." ”
Chen Qiuyan said, pointing to the Dharma seal on his chest.
During this process, the rat did not squeak, as if frightened by the previous events, lying on my shoulder, four little paws tugging at my clothes, and his body kept shaking.
"Fortunately, you're fine....... Chen Qiuyan hugged my arm, as if she didn't want to let go, her eyes were red, and she whispered: "If you really have an accident....... I don't even know what I'm going to do........"
"I'm hard, nothing will happen." I laughed.
"You all call me Chen Qiuyan, but I know that I am no longer her, at least not as pure as I used to be, I am me......." Chen Qiuyan pressed her throat and said in a voice that only I could hear.......
When I heard her words, my heart was suddenly touched.
Oh, yes.
After Chen Qiuyan "came back from the dead", she had two sets of memories, but those two sets of memories had nothing to do with her at this moment.
Compared with the names Chen Qiuyan and Lin Paper Kite, she only feels that her current life is more real.
Because memories are memories after all, just some vague pictures, or some inexplicable scenes hidden in the mind.
"I'm not going to die." I said in a low voice, even if I was comforting Chen Qiuyan, I was also cheering myself up.
I wouldn't necessarily die in the face of the old man, but if I was like this time, I would have been in close contact with the creatures of the old days.......
The odds of me surviving to the end are a bit unoptimistic, I'm afraid.
Unless every time my luck is so good that someone can rescue me, or a brain monster suddenly appears to help me.
Otherwise, my life may well end at the hands of those creatures of the past.
..........
After a while, we walked out of the underground tunnel and returned to the entrance.
When the old monk saw us crawling out of the hole, he was visibly relieved, and he was still fiddling with the rosary in his hand.
Before that, he should have been reciting scriptures and praying for us.
"They really went to save you....... the old monk smiled and asked me again: "What happened below?" Is the monster asleep? ”
Hearing this question, He Xigong and I looked at each other for a while, and both shook their heads with embarrassed faces.
"Nope."
As I spoke, I turned around and looked at the seated statue of Shakyamuni.
At this moment, the statue was already covered with cracks, and there were many cracks in which black water was flowing out.
What that black water was, I'm not sure for sure, but judging by the rancid smell it carried...... This does not bode well.
"The monster is stronger than we thought." He Xigong sighed: "I just temporarily let it fall into a deep sleep, if you want it to really sleep, I'm afraid it will take a lot of work......."
"Got your stuff?" The old monk asked.
He Xigong nodded, his expression was a little ashamed, and said that he got it, but it was not done, and he had to continue to do it.
"Then you can find a way, if you can't think of it, I'll kill you first, and then go to that monster to fight hard."
The old monk said, although his face was full of smiles, the killing intent in his smile could be felt by anyone.
"It's not that there is no way, it's just that the cost is a little bigger......."
He Xigong said as he looked at the old monk's face, and his tone was a little embarrassed.
"How big?" I asked.
He Xigong hesitated for two seconds and said.
"I can make it sleep, but the people here are going to die."