The old man pointed to the crack in the ground in front of him and said, "Keep going down the road, you can lead to the hall at the entrance of the tomb, where I usually live. As for this crack, it also appeared after the earthquake, and it may be possible to reach the lower level of the burial chamber. Originally, I figured out that Guò would go down there and find the coffin of the Mirage. ”

Zuo Qingcang followed behind the old man, through the edge of the gap in the ground, that is, at the base of the wall of the corridor, and continued towards the hall at the entrance of the tomb. He looked at the crack in the ground next to his feet, and felt that this crack was like a canyon, bottomless, dark and gloomy inside, and he couldn't see the situation at all, as if it were the entrance to hell.

A few minutes later, the two came to a hall covered with blue bricks, the hall was about twenty meters long and wide, and about five meters high, and the top was all covered with night pearls that scattered fluorescent light, illuminating the entire hall like a starry sky.

The old man looked at the artificial starry sky at the top and said, "It's beautiful, isn't it?" The placement of these night pearls is very particular, it should be some kind of lost formation......"

Zuo Qingcang nodded, the placement of the night pearl above his head was indeed a little special, although he didn't understand the doorway, but after a few glances, he could still feel a special mystery.

The old man on the side patted him on the shoulder: "Don't look at it for too long, I can't recognize this formation, but if you look at it for too long, people will fall into an illusion." The old man pointed to a mound in the corner of the wall and said, "Originally, there were six of us, and one of them was in the environment of the formation and died of madness. ”

When Zuo Qingcang heard this, he didn't look at the top of his head, glanced at the stone pile and said, "There were six of you when you came here?" Which of the other five? All dead? ”

"yes. All dead. The old man smiled bitterly: "There are two people who were killed by the monsters outside before entering the ancient tomb. There was also a phantom array above his head, and he died of madness. The other person was caught in the tunnel and disappeared. I guess I'm dead.

Don't look at the safety you just walked all the way from the Yongdao, it was only after the earthquake that many of the mechanisms and formations here failed. Otherwise, you won't be able to get here. ”

Zuo Qingcang didn't refute the old man, but just looked at the surroundings of the hall, and he could see that at the end of the hall, a three-meter-high stone door stood tall, sealing the entire gate of the ancient tomb. And two meters next to the gate, there is also a hole about the size of a dog hole, which looks like it has been dug out.

The old man continued: "This is the Broken Dragon Stone, the Broken Dragon Stone of this kind of tomb is basically not something that can be opened by manpower, and the hole next to it is dug by us." ”

Speaking of this, he himself shook his head suspiciously: "I don't know why, I see that the entire tomb is only next to the Broken Dragon Stone that has not been poured to seal the town water, but this outside is even more dangerous." ”

Zuo Qingcang nodded, looked at the halls around him, except for some dry garbage, wreckage, excrement and other things, there was basically nothing, he asked, "It seems that if you eat and drink, you have to go through the hole to find it?" ”

The old man glanced at Zuo Qingcang: "You can also see it?" Also, there is nothing here, and just staying here will naturally not be able to live. However, the situation outside the cave is a little complicated, so I'll tell you about it slowly. ”

"In fact, the entire outer layer of the ancient tomb hall should have been sealed with a mixture of sealed soil, fine iron and boulders, except for sealing the water. But it's been too long, and a large layer has been dug up on the outside. ”

"Dig up?" Zuo Qingcang thought of the ruins he had seen on the ground before, and wondered, "You said there are other people on this island?" ”

"People? It's not human, is it? The old man sneered: "You saw it on that mural, in addition to craftsmen and giant elephants, those Western Wei Taoist priests also built a group of palm-sized villains to build this ancient tomb." That thing, in the books, is called a dwarf.

This is a lost method of creation, which can create life with Taoism, and legend has it that before the Western Wei Dynasty, many large buildings relied on Taoists to make dwarf spirits, and then let dwarf spirits build them.

It's a pity that after the Western Wei Dynasty, this kind of emergence has been lost in the war. ”

Zuo Qingcang said incredulously: "You mean, those dwarf spirits are still alive, no, it should be said that their descendants have multiplied on this island and are still on it?" ”

"Not bad." The old man said, "Those Daoists are gone, but they have left the dwarf spirits they created to guard the cemetery. But the dwarf spirit is such a thing, probably only the wisdom of ordinary people five or six years old, although the Taoist has left a ban in their body, but two thousand years have passed, most of the new generation of dwarf spirits have forgotten their mission. ”

Zuo Qingcang thought of the palm-sized monster on the mural, and then recalled the buildings he saw on the ground. Originally, he was curious about what the hollows on the roofs of those buildings were the size of skulls, but now it seemed that they were the entrance and exit of the dwarves.

The old man continued: "They multiplied in the center of the island, but after the first generation of dwarf spirits finished building the cemetery, many of them died, and the number after that, I estimate that the total number has remained between a few dozen and a hundred. The small number, coupled with the passage of time, and the absence of a Taoist to manage them, gradually changed their minds, and I am afraid that they have completely become another kind of creature. But what they always remembered, was not to enter the cemetery. ”

"Can these monsters breed too?" Zuo Qingcang.

"To be honest, I don't know, anyway, I can't tell their men, women and children, but what I just said is the most reasonable explanation I can come up with."

Seeing Zuo Qingcang nodded, the old man continued: "The dwarf spirit likes to dig holes, so they dig to the outside of the cemetery, and behind this hole is the place they use to bury their bodies.

And our food ...... It's the corpses of those dwarf spirits for more than 2,000 years. ”

In the old man's imagination, Zuo Qingcang's disgusting and surprised expression did not appear, and he didn't even frown. Just asked, "Is that burial place dangerous?" You haven't been seen by those dwarves? Also, isn't there any danger in eating the corpses of these dwarf spirits? ”

The old man looked at Zuo Qingcang's calm face, and that serious look, I really want to ask, did you often eat corpses before, not to mention that although this is not a human corpse, but it is also the corpse of an intelligent creature, he didn't expect that the other party didn't react at all, as if he often ate it.

Seeing that the old man was stunned, Zuo Qingcang asked, "What's wrong?"

The old man shook his head: "It's nothing. The dwarves usually only come when they are buried, and there is no danger for us to sneak there. As for their corpses, in the Western Wei Dynasty, the Dao skills were far more advanced than they are now, and they may not be considered a good thing. Because there are more and better alternatives.

But by now, the corpses of these dwarf spirits have been called genius treasures. You must know that Taoism is all operated by guò spiritual power, and these dwarf spirits are made by Dao arts, so naturally they are also operated by guò spiritual power.

Their flesh and blood contain a great deal of pure spiritual power. Even after death, it will take a very long time to dissipate. For us, eating their flesh to absorb spiritual power, eating one can go seven days without eating or drinking, their flesh and blood is the best nutrition, and even the cultivation of Taoism and martial arts is of great help. ”

"I see." Zuo Qingcang nodded, thinking in his heart: "If the spiritual power is radiation, then it is not difficult to explain that these dwarf spirits have been dead for a long time and the spiritual power has not dissipated." But if you look at it this way, are these dwarf spirits considered to be machines? Or is it an ore? Metal? ”

Next, at Zuo Qingcang's request, the two of them did not rest, and went directly into the hole next to the Broken Dragon Stone. The hole is so narrow that it can only allow an adult to crawl through like a snake, not even turning and turning back.

And the structure of this cave is also very simple in Zuo Qingcang's opinion, and there is even a danger of collapse. Moreover, the old man and his companions did not do much with the excavated soil, except for the mound used to bury their companions, they were thrown in the hall at will.

Zuo Qingcang secretly planned to find time to strengthen the structure of the passage in the future, otherwise every time he crawled around, he would simply risk his own life.

But fortunately, the passage was not deep, the two climbed about three or four meters, and the old man who took the lead broke through the disguised mound at the end of the passage, and the two came to a cave.

The light of the Night Pearl shone through the passage, allowing Zuo Qingcang to vaguely see the scene in the cave.

The whole cave is not large, and I don't know if it was dug by those dwarf spirits, or if it was naturally generated.

But everywhere there are traces of manual excavation, and there are also steps that have been leveled. Through these steps, the entire cave surrounds the rock wall, forming a total of six layers, and on each layer of the rock wall, the rock wall is carved into a shelf, on which a jar the size of a person's head is slowed down.

On the other side, a large iron door sealed the exit of the cave, and Zuo Qingcang pushed it hard, but the iron door did not move at all.

The old man said: "It's useless, this door will only be opened when it is buried, and those dwarf spirits will usually be sealed." And when you go out from here, you're likely to run into those monsters, it's too dangerous. ”

Zuo Qingcang nodded, and walked to the center of the cave again, where was a huge platform that seemed to be some kind of altar. Zuo Qingcang stepped forward and could see that the platform was carved with various patterns, forming a huge three-headed bird.

The body of the three-headed bird is a bit like a combination of an eagle and a vulture, but the most special thing is that it has three heads, which are a bird's head, a human head and a snake head, which looks weird and abnormal.

But no matter how weird it is, it's just a carving, Zuo Qingcang glanced at it a few times and then passed by, he looked at the jars on the rock wall and said, "In these jars, are the corpses of dwarf spirits?" ”

At this time, the old man had already picked up a jar, opened the seal on the jar, and pulled out a ball of jelly-like things from it.

"These dwarf spirits don't know how to preserve this corpse, they can keep the corpse for a long time, but it can't be too long, like the kind of corpse from two thousand years ago, it has already become this kind of thing."

The jelly was all a green slime, like some kind of animal vomit. But the old man frowned, and began to pull out the mucus with his hands, and then stuffed it into his mouth. After taking a bite, his brows, mouth, and nose seemed to be squeezed together, and he looked like he wanted to vomit but didn't want to vomit.

After a long time, the old man swallowed the corpse in front of him, frowned and said, "This thing is good for everything, but it is too unpalatable." But we have to eat it here, and if we take the jar away, it may be revealed by the dwarfs. ”

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