Before An Zheng came in, he had always thought that the Illusory World Residence City was the only place inhabited by humans in the Cangman Mountains. If it weren't for a group of desperate people who either took refuge from disaster or had to take refuge in this gathered city, who would have come to such a poor place of mountains and rivers. In order to avoid the war-torn people, the people of the Sixteen Kingdoms of Youyan were hunted down and hunted down by the villains, these two kinds of people entered the Cangman Mountain with the same mind, anyway, they would die anywhere, it was better to enter the Cangman Mountain to fight, and maybe they could survive.

It's so treacherous and tiring here, how could there be a plank road dug out by man, and the cliffs are so smooth that there are even murals.

The appearance of frescoes, for the sake of not many. In the southern Xinjiang or the Western Regions where the orthodoxy of Zen Buddhism is located, the wind of murals is flourishing. But in the chaotic land of northern Xinjiang, it rarely appears. The content of the mural is either to depict the allusions of the sect, or to record the customs and customs, or some major events are preserved in the form of murals.

What An Zheng saw at this time was a war.

Several murals depict scenes of fighting, each one bloody. Most of the people who appear in the murals look like coolies, as if they are digging something. Then a crowd of black things rushed out of the mountains and slaughtered the coolies. The mural in the back seems to be an army entering the mountains, and there are cultivators who can fly with a sword. But judging from the scene, it seems that the army and the cultivators have won in the end, and those black things have been captured or killed.

But the frescoes in the back are so old that they have completely peeled off, so nothing can be seen. In the direction behind An Zheng, the Linyi Eagle has not given up yet, and is still hitting the mountain, so An Zheng does not dare to stay. He walked along the plank road, and climbed the stone wall where there was a disconnection. After walking for about ten miles in total, I suddenly became enlightened.

A huge opening was made in the back of the mountain, creating a canyon. From a high place, the entrances on both sides of the canyon are extremely small, An Zheng came in from the south side, looking to the north, you can vaguely see the mouth of the canyon on the north side shrinking suddenly, and there is also a winding gap in the mountain.

Having entered the canyon, the cat came out of An Zheng's arms, and the stars in his eyes turned much faster. It barked softly into the canyon, seemingly excited.

An Zheng descended the cliff down the intermittent stairs, and when he reached the canyon, he found that the plants here were completely different from those outside. He was pleasantly surprised to find that every plant here was a medicinal herb, and there were many white and red herbs. No wonder there is a winged eagle outside, it turns out that there is a medicine field inside the mountain. Judging from the scale of this medicinal field, it should have been planted by people, but it has been too long and no one has taken care of it, so the herbs grow very messily.

An Zheng could see the ridges made of small stones among the lush herbs, but most of them were already covered.

He walked along the barely passable path, and the more he looked, the more frightened he became. Because the medicinal fields here have not been destroyed for too long, the way they grow is bordering on barbarism. It is difficult to see more than four grades of wild ginseng on the market, and there are at least several acres here. This piece is mountain ginseng, that piece is the big jade Ganoderma lucidum, and that piece is the snake bone grass, which is a huge treasure here.

If discovered, the medicinal fields here could be enough to start a war. The armies of the Sixteen Kingdoms of Youyan will fight to snatch the medicinal herbs here. If it is known by the people on the rivers and lakes, this place will become the grave of the cultivators.

Some ordinary herbs, because they have been given a perfect growing environment here, have evolved into green or even white herbs. Therefore, An Zheng began to suspect that the soil here must also be extremely rare.

After walking for about three miles, An Zheng saw a thatched hut standing in the middle of a medicine field.

"Anyone?"

An Zheng asked tentatively, but no one answered.

He walked cautiously forward, and then saw the window of the hut open, and vaguely saw a man sitting there. An Zheng hurriedly stopped, clasped his fists with both hands: "The juniors strayed into this place and had no intention of disturbing the seniors' Qing Xiu, and I ask the seniors to forgive me." ”

This is not a borderless place, so An Zheng thought that if he could ask for some herbs, he would ask for it, and if the master refused to give it, then ask how to go out. But after saying a few times in a row, the man didn't answer, An Zheng said offense, and then continued to walk. When he got closer to the window, he realized that the man had become a dried corpse, and he didn't know how long he had been dead.

Because the herbs here are abundant and the medicinal gas is strong, the body of this person did not decompose after death. Looking at an old man, it should be a man, sitting by the window and looking outside, his eyeballs are not broken, so he can even see that there is infinite loneliness and loneliness in his expression. Although he is old and shriveled, he can barely see that his appearance in this life must be good, and there is a domineering spirit in the faint future.

"It should be a great virtuous predecessor who lives in seclusion here. ”

An Zheng solemnly leaned over and bowed to the dried corpse: "The junior wants to ask for some medicinal herbs to take away, and it will not destroy the medicinal fields here." The seniors have worked hard for many years, and the younger generations dare not destroy it. ”

After he bowed, he looked around: "Although I don't know who the senior is, if someone comes in again, they may be disrespectful to the body of the senior." Therefore, the younger generation wants to bury your body and build a grave for you. ”

He walked in the door and looked at it, and the hut was dilapidated and ready to collapse at any moment. Walking to the back room and seeing the figure of the man looking out, An Zheng even felt the boundless loneliness of this senior before he died.

Walking to the corpse, An Zheng found that there were words on the table, which should have been carved by the old man on the table with his fingers before he died.

Guarding the tomb for 500 years,

After all, I don't see immortals.

Looking back at the mortal place,

Who has a chance?

What this means, An Zheng has no way of knowing. Literally, this predecessor actually lived for five hundred years, and even longer. He has been here alone, guarding an ancient tomb, but why do you say that you don't see immortals after all, and ask who has a chance. If you don't know the state of mind of this senior at that time, you may never understand what deep meaning is hidden in these four sentences.

An Zheng knelt down on one knee and saluted with fists: "No offense, please go into the ground for peace." ”

After saying that, he got up, picked up the dried corpse with both hands, and walked out. Before he went out, the hut collapsed, and then turned into fly ashes, and instantly became a pile of grass ash.

An Zheng was shocked in his heart, and said that this hut turned into ashes after the owner left, and it could be regarded as a loyal protector of the Lord.

Not far from the hut there is a high slope with a lone ancient pine on the high slope. An Zheng carried the dried corpse and laid it down gently, and then dug a deep pit next to Honka with both hands. When he turned around again, his face changed suddenly, and his eyes widened.

The dry corpse actually sat there cross-legged, upright.

An Zheng's face turned pale with fright, and he stood there not knowing what to do.

The corpse always sat leaning against the window, and when An Zheng brought the corpse over, he felt the corpse stiff as a rock. What happened during the time when An Zheng was digging a pit? Although An Zheng was also experienced in a hundred battles and well-informed, he had never seen a corpse that had been dead for hundreds of years suddenly sat down on its own, which was so terrifying and weird.

Although the dried corpse was well preserved, there was no water at all, so it looked very scary. At this time, he sat upright with his knees crossed, his hands folded, as if he was looking at An Zheng and smiling. Even the facial expressions have changed, and this kind of thing is a little unbearable, no matter how bold An Zheng is. He felt like his heart was about to jump out of his throat, his ears, his wrists, and his pulse were bulging.

"Senior, senior, this is what to do. ”

An Zheng asked in an astringent voice, but he prayed in his heart that you would never answer me.

Fortunately, the dry corpse didn't speak, otherwise An Zheng felt that he could take off in fright. But although he didn't speak, the form of the dried corpse changed again. He clasped his hands together and bowed his head slightly, as if to thank An Zheng. An Zheng reacted suddenly, and then returned the salute with his hands: "Seniors don't need to thank me, this is just the duty of juniors in the rivers and lakes." If there is anything unfinished by the seniors, I will not shirk if I can help. ”

An Zheng was actually frightened of the nonsense, and he regretted it after saying it. What if this corpse junior says that you are going to kill whoever you want, what should I do? This person has been dead for so long, and the enemy is afraid that he will die a long time ago.

The head of the dried corpse slowly lifted, and then made a gesture of pointing at the sky and the ground. An Zheng was stunned, and asked a senior, what do you mean, you used to be the only one in heaven and earth?

The dry corpse held this posture for a long time, and then An Zheng woke up, and he pointed to the sky, which meant that he was about to return to heaven. And one finger to the ground, because they were on a high slope at this time. He pointed to the ground, but he was actually referring to the medicine field.

"Seniors rest assured, I won't tell anyone about this place, and I won't let the seniors' hard work be ruined. ”

An Zheng clasped his fists and saluted again, and then found that the direction of the dry corpse's fingers was still a little wrong. He followed the hand pointing to the sky and looked back, and found that the mountain peaks on the side of the canyon behind him were towering and fierce, like a peerless sword stuck upside down. An Zheng thought of the sentence of guarding the tomb for 500 years, and said in his heart, Is there an ancient tomb there? An Zheng pondered for a while and asked: "The predecessor said that I will bury you in that mountain?"

The corpse's hand suddenly drooped, and his head clicked down a little, never to be lifted again.

An Zheng looked back at the mountain, which was even steeper than the cliff he had climbed when he entered. But since he has agreed, An Zheng will naturally not regret it. He walked over and said offended, then tied the dried corpse to his back with the rope he had brought. Carrying the dried corpse on his back, An Zheng began to walk in the direction of the mountain. The further I went, the chills I felt.

At first, An Zheng thought that he was frightened, after all, carrying a strange dried corpse was not a normal thing. But the closer he got to that peak, the more bitter the cold became. At this temperature, dripping water turns into ice. However, the surrounding plants have not changed at all, and they are still verdant.

When he got to the bottom of the mountain, An Zheng found that there was a door behind the dense weeds.

The door was made of wood, and it had dried out countless holes. An Zheng tentatively pushed open the door, and a dry smell of dust blew out from it. An Zheng cautiously walked a few steps forward, and found that there was no other danger here except that it was very dark and cold.

Then he saw more dried corpses there

An Zheng counted and found seven dried corpses sitting cross-legged in the cave. The corpse of this senior in the medicine field is not decomposed, because the medicine is strong. The bodies of the people in this cave did not decompose because it was too cold, and the temperature was much lower than outside. So these seven people didn't even change their faces, not so much dead, more like they were frozen here.

An Zheng clenched his fists and said offended to those dry corpses, and when he stood up, he found that the middle stone platform surrounded by the seven people was a little strange. The seven men sat around the stone platform, each carrying a long sword with a cold light behind their backs. From the clothes, An Zheng couldn't tell where these people came from. The style of those clothes has never been seen before.

At this moment, a sudden gust of wind blew from nowhere, blowing away the dust on the stone platform. The dust flew away, and it turned out that the stone platform was actually a crystal coffin.

An Zhengxin said that the predecessors had already prepared a coffin for themselves, and you don't look down on the pit I dug for you. But he didn't dare to say it, he was afraid that the dry corpse behind him would suddenly give himself a big ear scraper.

He dismembered the dried corpse and gently placed it in the crystal coffin.

At this moment, something fell from the dry corpse with a snap and fell at An Zheng's feet.