Chapter 50: Ancient Legends
"Jonathan, this is a treasure of the Guardians, and you can't keep it for yourself. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info”
A voice suddenly sounded, interrupting Liu Minghao's thoughts, and when he looked back, he saw that Eve was trying to retrieve the holy weapon from Jonathan's hand.
Jonathan was unwilling, this trip was tantamount to returning empty-handed, not only did he not bring out a bunch of treasures that he had managed to collect, but the only stone that he had finally gotten was snatched away and thrown away by Liu Minghao, naturally full of complaints.
"I don't want to." Jonathan firmly protected the holy weapon with both hands, rolled his eyes, and said forcefully, "I just want to detoxify, doesn't it mean that with this thing, the poison in us can be cured?" ”
"Without the Guardian bloodline, this artifact is no different from a vase." Jiang Jie looked at the two brothers and sisters who were scrambling, and said helplessly, "It's useless for you to rob." ”
"What." Jonathan's eyes widened, and he turned his head to look at Adesbay on the back of Little Black, and shouted, "Doesn't that mean that we are all going to die, and there is no help!" ”
When Eve heard Jiang Jie's words, she also changed color slightly, and suddenly her hands loosened, and Jonathan was caught off guard, she didn't expect Eve to suddenly let go, and fell down with the holy weapon, and rolled down the dunes in surprise.
"It's not entirely hopeless." Eve looked at Adesbay for a long time and muttered to herself.
Hearing her whisper, Liu Minghao and Jiang Jie couldn't help but glance at each other, and a glimmer of hope rose in their hearts.
"Didn't you say that as long as there is this big guy, you can find a way to bring him back to his senses temporarily?" Jonathan was covered in dust and climbed up the sand dunes with the holy weapon in his arms, and ran to Jiang Jie's side, "Then what are you waiting for, why don't you wake him up quickly and save his life." ”
He said this sincerely, and realizing that even if he had a holy weapon, he would not be able to remove the toxins from their bodies, and he really began to worry that he would die soon.
Jiang Jie shook his head helplessly, in fact, the first time he found Adesbay, he wanted to try to use secret techniques to wake up Adesbay.
However, the spell he was talking about was based on the fact that Adesbay was under the spell, and at this time he was purified by the Holy Light and unconscious, his condition was unknown, and his vitality was already extremely weak, like a candle in the wind, and it was likely that he would die in the process of casting the spell.
Liu Minghao obviously also thought about this problem, so he did not ask Jiang Jie to restore Adesbay's sanity, he was also concerned about this layer of risk, once Adesbay died, they would be equivalent to completely losing the last chance.
At this point, both of them pinned their hopes on Eve, who was well versed in ancient Egyptian texts and knew the history of the Guardians, and might be able to come up with a useful solution.
Liu Minghao decided that if there was really no way, he would venture back to Fort Byton and seek the help of the museum director, so they now have Xiao Hei, a super-fast means of transportation, which can compress the round-trip time to the shortest, without the need to travel long distances and waste unnecessary time.
"We might as well try our luck in the Guardian Lands." Eve seemed to finally think of something, raised her head and said, "According to records, the patriarch of the guardian clan is a person chosen by the gods, and before becoming the patriarch, he must pass the trial of the ancestral spirit, and there will be a wisp of life fire preserved in the clan land, and there is an ancient book that has such an example. ”
Eve spoke, uttering a sentence in ancient Egyptian, and looking at the somewhat blank eyes of the crowd, she went on to explain, "Translated, it means that the heroic spirit of death has been favored by the gods and returned to the people. The Guardians are very mysterious, and there may be a way to resurrect them from the dead. ”
Liu Minghao is not too optimistic, Ells is dead, Adesbay is unconscious, these two people are important people who hold the secrets of the guardians, even if it is really as Eve said, there is such a way, ordinary people cannot know.
However, although they were skeptical of Eve's words, they had no other way at this time, so they decided to go to the Guardian's residence first.
Blackie's speed was extremely fast, and he flew all the way forward, and soon came to the oasis inhabited by the Guardians, and a huge snake beast appeared above the station, immediately causing a commotion.
It wasn't until Hopt hurriedly ran out that he stabilized the mood of the tribesmen, Xiao Hei landed outside the station, in order to avoid increasing panic, Liu Minghao used a cloak to block Adesbay's face, and then flew down and asked Hopt to disperse the onlookers, carry a stretcher, and send Adesbay into the tent.
Along the way, overturned tents and dead clansmen could be seen everywhere, each with a panicked and dazed look on their faces, and Hopt also had a gloomy face, until he entered the tent and ordered the clansmen who followed him to guard outside the door, which was considered to break the silence.
The two tribesmen put the stretcher on the ground and withdrew. Hopt lifted the cloak from Adesbay's body, and his face became even more difficult to look at.
"Great Elder, he'......" Hopt sat aside, suddenly raised his head, and looked at everyone with a hint of hope.
Liu Minghao shook his head slightly, everyone also showed a heavy look, and Hopt sighed helplessly.
There was silence for a long time, and just when Jiang Jie couldn't help but speak, Hopt stood up, walked to the door and whispered a few words, and the clansmen outside the door left in response.
"You were talking about the altar?" Eve asked with some hesitation, Hopt was using a very special language just now, and only Eve could barely understand it among the people present.
A hint of surprise flashed in Hopt's eyes, and then he let out a heavy sigh, walked over and carefully covered Adesbay with his cloak, and turned to look at everyone, "I don't know how you know about the existence of the altar, but everything is ready, and now it is the top priority to save the patriarch, please come with me." ”
As he spoke, the two clansmen outside the door walked in and lifted the stretcher, and Hope waved his hand and took Liu Minghao and the others out of the tent and walked towards the depths of the station.
On the way to the forbidden land, Hopt briefly explained what happened, and when he learned that all this was expected by Wu Lao, everyone showed incredible expressions, especially the news that Adesbay could be restored, which really made Liu Minghao and Jiang Jie breathe a sigh of relief.
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Soon, everyone came to the stone gate.
The two men carrying the stretchers stopped, smeared red liquid on their foreheads in a protruding groove beside the door, and then stepped into the stone door.
"What are they doing here?" Jonathan asked curiously.
"This is the holy water offered in front of the ancestral spirits." Hopt put his hand into the groove and smeared it on his forehead, explaining, "This is a forbidden place for my clan, only the patriarch and the high priest are allowed to enter, and if others want to enter it, they need to cover their breath with holy water, otherwise it is very likely to anger the ancestral spirits and bring disaster." ”
Liu Minghao's brows moved slightly, his eyes swept over Hopt's face silently, and he didn't say anything, he reached out and dipped some liquid and smeared it on his forehead.
"Strange power." Jiang Jie muttered silently, seeing Liu Minghao's actions, his eyes flashed slightly, and he also smeared a red mark on his forehead.
Seeing that the two of them had no objections, the three of Jonathan naturally did not want to be bored, and they all applied holy water, and then followed Hotepp into the stone gate.
The stone gate let out a heavy roar and slowly closed behind everyone.
The Forbidden Land is a huge underground cavern, and the group walked through the stone chamber and down a slightly downward sloping passage for five minutes to an empty hall.
In the center of the bright hall is a large altar with three small and four circular altars, three small altars arranged in a zigzag pattern, enclosing the large altar.
On the large altar, there are intricate formations drawn, and below the altar, there is also a circular groove.
The formations on the three small altars looked much simpler, the colors were bright, it seemed to have just been painted, and the air was filled with a faint smell of blood.
The high priest, dressed in black and dressed in costume, stood in front of the high altar, while the six priestly apprentices were separated by three small altars.
Two clansmen lifted Adesbay off the stretcher and carefully placed it in the center of the large altar.
Hopt walked over, took the golden stone from the high priest's hand, placed it in the recess under the altar, and then stepped back and stood behind him.
As the golden stone was embedded, runes immediately lit up around the altar, and then the golden streamers poured into the altar, quickly circulating in the formation, and with a soft buzzing sound, the entire formation lit up, emitting a soft and bright light.
The three priest apprentices also took out three red stones and placed them in the center of the three small altars, and immediately three red rays of light rose, like three barriers, enveloping the large altar.
The ceremony soon began.
The High Priestess's low, hoarse voice echoed slowly through the hall.
The three Jonathan were drawn to the strange sight in front of them, staring intently at the central altar.
Liu Minghao's attention fell on the two clansmen standing with their hands down, and when Hopt placed the golden stone, these two people quietly retreated behind them.
He didn't just notice the strangeness of the two now, since they entered the station, these two people have been following Hopt, and they seem to be two loyal clansmen, but their expressions have always been too calm, whether it is seeing the inhuman form of Adesbay, or the mysterious altar in front of them, they have not shown the slightest emotional fluctuations, especially at this time, their faces are expressionless, their eyes are looking straight ahead, and under the reflection of red light, they are like two puppets.
Thinking of the puppet, Liu Minghao's heart moved slightly, as if he realized something, and was about to think about it, but was interrupted by Jiang Jie beside him.
"I feel a little wrong." Jiang Jie lowered his voice and said very quickly, his meaningful gaze fell on the small altar closest to the two of them.
Liu Minghao followed his gaze, suddenly frowned slightly, and as the altar formation continued to operate, the red stone placed in the center gradually turned black.