Chapter 11: The Stone Cave
The further you go, the flatter the valley becomes, and the trees in front of you become sparse. There were not even many weeds and vines, but what made Ling Yun feel strange was that it was unusually quiet here, and he didn't find a single demonic beast along the way, which was not at all like the scene that should be seen in the Tianhua Mountain where demonic beasts were rampant.
The empty, quiet valley made Ling Yun's heart feel uneasy. But after all of them came here, there was absolutely no possibility of going back, Ling Yun gritted his teeth and continued to walk forward. Passing through a sparse wood, you came to an open, circular flat land, and beyond that there was a steep cliff with no road. But there is a tall stone cave in the middle of the cliff. Ling Yun hesitated for a while, but decided to go to the stone cave to have a look.
After making up his mind, Ling Yun walked straight in, the two-person high stone cave, the width of both sides was about one zhang, and the stone cave was paved with hard stones all around. It was pitch black again, and the walls of the cave were covered with moss and weeds, and it seemed that no one had been here for a long time. Continuing to walk inside, Ling Yun was presented with a long and wide road, and the stone walls on both sides were decorated with unknown stones, emitting a faint light, illuminating the place transparently. But there is a lot of dust around, and it seems that this stone cave has traces of time in a long time.
Ling Yun fixed his eyes and looked ahead, and there was a huge stone chamber faintly at the end of the wide passage ahead. Ling Yun gritted his teeth and dragged his tired body forward.
When you walk into the stone room, you can see that the whole stone room is very spacious and square. There are about a dozen futons scattered all over the room, and in the middle of the stone room there is a huge offering table, on which there is a strangely shaped incense burner, and there are some remnants of incense that have not yet been burned. There were two huge candles burning on both sides of the table, but what made Ling Yun curious was that those two candles couldn't burn out anyway, Ling Yun watched from the side for a long time, and he didn't see the slightest consumption of lamp oil, revealing infinite weirdness.
And the offering table is a huge statue of an old man, with a fairy wind and bones, standing with a smile. The clothes are fluttering, like an immortal outside the world. The statue holds a stone scroll in its left hand, and a long white sword in its right hand across its chest, its eyes looking ahead, its eyes revealing endless vicissitudes. The entire statue, including all the movements, is vividly depicted, making people can't help but bow and worship, and dare not have the slightest disrespect.......
Ling Yun looked at this statue and guessed that this stone cave might be the hermitage cave of a peerless master. Later, for some unknown reason, the senior master left here or had already sat down. But this does not affect Ling Yun's respect for him, no matter what era, as long as he is strong, he should be respected. So, Ling Yun walked up to the statue left behind by the strong man and knelt down on his knees.
"The seniors are above, and the junior Ling Yun inadvertently entered here, disturbing the seniors' Qingju, and asking for forgiveness. After speaking, he kowtowed a few times with a reverent face. Only then did he get up and walk deeper into the stone chamber. After turning the corner, he entered a wide passageway, and there was a huge stone wall inside, and the stone wall was also covered with moss, but there were five big characters written on it: "Nine Xuan Split Heavenly Gong." ”
These words are huge, the gesture is majestic, vicissitudes, and the momentum is soaring into the sky, which has the meaning of roaring and arrogant sky. The artistic conception contained in it is like a huge dragon that wants to break free from the shackles of heaven and earth and soar above the nine heavens. Ling Yun looked at these big words, and he didn't feel that his head was in pain, and he looked up to the sky and roared, and his whole consciousness fell into another world.
This is a gray space, formed independently, from here you can't feel any breath from the outside world, and on the opposite side of Ling Yun stood an old white figure, that figure stood with his hands in his hands, and his body was extremely ordinary, Ling Yun could barely detect the slightest breath coming out of his body. He looked like an ordinary old man in the market.
However, the more this happened, the more Ling Yun's heart was shocked, it was an ordinary person who was able to open up this space and appear here, if he expected it to be correct, this person in front of him should be the real owner of this stone cave.
When Ling Yun was hesitating, the old figure suddenly turned around and smiled at Ling Yun. said in a flat voice: "Hello, little friend." Welcome to this space, I think you should have guessed, yes, the old man is the real owner of this stone cave, including this space. You can call me Xuan Lao, or you can call me Jiu Xuan Lao. The old man's real name, because the age is too old, and he has been obsessed with cultivation all his life, even the old man himself can't remember it.
The phantom shadow left by the old man in this space is just a wisp of remnant soul. Because it has existed for too long, it should have dissipated many years ago, but because there are still some obsessions that can't be let go, they have survived to this day. ”
"Then senior, what can't you let go?" Ling Yun asked.
"The exercises that the old man has learned all his life, the Nine Xuan Splitting Heavenly Skill, have not yet found a successor, how can it be dissipated. But fortunately, the sky is still on my part. When the old man's remnant soul was about to dissipate, he ushered in a little friend. So, Xiaoyou, are you willing to inherit the old man's exercises, and pass on the Nine Xuan Splitting Heavenly Skills?"
Ling Yun smiled awkwardly and said, "I am willing, but the juniors are afraid that their qualifications are too stupid and cannot meet the standards required by the seniors." ”
The old man Jiuxuan touched his beard and said with a smile: "Xiaoyou is too modest, I think Xiaoyou has wonderful roots, and his eyes must be a piece of beautiful jade, and he will be a dragon and phoenix in adulthood for a long time." Moreover, at your age, with your kind of cultivation, you can obtain the Demon Core of the Seventh-Order Demon Beast Raging King Kong and the Heaven and Earth Wonder Blue Spirit Fruit, how can ordinary people do it. After speaking, Old Man Jiuxuan glanced at Ling Yun meaningfully.
Ling Yun touched the back of his head embarrassedly and said, "All of this is obtained by luck, and it has nothing to do with the junior's own strength. ”
Old Man Jiuxuan still smiled and said, "Sometimes, luck is also a kind of one's own strength. Many people decide the tragic fate of their lives because they have no luck. ”
"Hehe, the seniors look up to the juniors too much, and the juniors are blocked by the meridians in the body due to congenital reasons. And due to acquired reasons, the dantian in the body was broken by someone, and he couldn't cultivate, and now he has completely become an ordinary person, how can he cultivate the exercises of his predecessors?" Ling Yun said sadly.
"Little friend, don't worry, the meridians are blocked, the dantian is broken, it's not incorrigible, can't the Biling Fruit in your hand cure you?" said the old man Jiuxuan.
"Really? Since the seniors say so, the younger generations really believe that it has such a miraculous effect. "After that, I want to swallow the Bi Ling Fruit. Old Man Jiuxuan waved his hand and stopped Ling Yun's movements. said with a smile: "Don't worry, Xiaoyou, it's not the best time yet, just wait quietly, and when the best time comes, Xiaoyou will swallow it." When the dantian and meridians are healed, Xiaoyou will be able to accept my inheritance, and I believe that Xiaoyou will not let me down. ”
Hearing what Old Man Jiuxuan said, Ling Yun stopped swallowing the Bi Ling Fruit, nodded and said, "Okay then! I hope that as the senior said, Ling Yun will not let the senior down." ”
Old Man Jiuxuan nodded with satisfaction. Ling Yun then asked, "Then why did you become like this, and why did you build this stone cave here?"
The old man Jiuxuan smiled and said, "Little friend, the old man will tell you a secret! Ling Yun nodded.
The old man of Jiuxuan said eloquently: "In ancient times, the spatial crack was loosened, and the demons of the Demon Domain descended on the Yunlin. The Yunlin masters rose up to resist, and a great war related to the safety of the mainland broke out. At that time, the Heaven and Earth Yuan Qi of the Yunlin Continent was still very sufficient, and many strong people were born on the continent. Unlike now, the vitality of heaven and earth is thin, and the talents on the continent are withering. ”
"Wait a minute, you just talked about the Demon Domain, what kind of place is that?" Ling Yun asked.
Old Man Jiuxuan couldn't help but shake his head, he didn't expect Ling Yun to even know this. So he explained: "There are many planes in the endless space, and the Yunlin Continent is just one of them. As for the Demon Domain, it is another plane equal to the Yunlin Continent. It's just that the strength of the races that survive there is much stronger than the races that survive on the Yunlin Continent. More detailed situations will naturally understand when you become stronger, and knowing too much now will not benefit you. ”
Ling Yun nodded, obviously agreeing with Old Man Jiuxuan's words, he couldn't do anything without strength, only after his strength was strong, he could do what he wanted. Now I know that it is indeed harmful to him.