Past the Gate of Light, there is a valley. This valley doesn't look special at first glance, and the place where everyone is is paved with a large bluestone slab, which seems to be a bit of a martial arts training field. Walking along the bluestone slab, there is a stone road lined with many stone houses on both sides, extending to a mountain about ten miles away.

The mountain was towering, planted with countless pines and cypresses in a scattered and orderly manner, lush and green. There is a towering tree at the bottom of the mountain, almost half as tall as a mountain.

At the end of the stone path are steps, and white stone steps lead from the foot of the mountain to the top of the mountain. There is a small white stone platform every few hundred steps, and there is a statue on each platform, and these statues have different appearances, such as people and beasts, civil and martial arts, monks and beggars...... Wu Xie even saw that one of the statues was a big stone at all, and he really didn't understand what was going on.

His gaze was far sharper than that of ordinary people, and it was effortless to see the top of the mountain from the bottom of the mountain. I saw that there was a small palace on the top of the mountain, and the stone steps extended all the way to the palace, and I didn't know who lived in the palace.

Whether it's a platform, a stone staircase, or a palace, at first glance it doesn't look special, but the statues on those platforms are a bit special. Although most of the statues are not special, there are also some statues that are very special, and when Wu Jie's gaze swept over, he faintly felt a sense in his heart, as if he had seen something dangerous and powerful.

"Inside those statues, there is a wisp of the soul of the strong." Du Xin said, "It's similar to our original method, a very famous method in that era. ”

"What's the use of this kind of soul splitting?"

They symbolize an oath in which the strong man will either repay the favor in order to obtain some benefit, or he will be forced to leave a wisp of his soul on this stone statue as a witness. The statue could not be used to persecute him, but it could exert the power of his full force at a critical moment - a disposable, of course. ”

"Once the strong man completes the agreement, the soul on the stone statue will automatically leave and return to its original owner. Or maybe the power of this stone statue is used up, and the soul will leave. Du Xin said lightly, "When the Great Light Divine Sect was at its peak, there were thirty-six such stone statues at the mountain gate. ”

When Wu Xie heard this, he secretly counted it, and couldn't help but be a little speechless.

From the foot of the mountain to the top of the mountain, there are one hundred and eight stone statues!

If the number of stone statues is directly linked to the strength of the sect, the strength of this peak era of the Returnless Valley is three times that of the Great Light God Sect!

His heart was full of surprise, and he couldn't help but look carefully from the foot of the mountain all the way to Lu, and this look saw a suspicious point - one of the stone statues was the Holy Celestial Maiden when she didn't become Du Xin!

"Strange! How can there be a statue of you back then?"

Du Xin naturally saw the statue as well, she shook her head and said, "That's not me, it's the Dharma Protector Divine General of the Great Light God Sect before me." ”

"It turns out that the protector gods of the Great Light God Sect are also from generation to generation!"

"That's right, although we look the same, we have different strengths. It's a pity that the soul in that statue is no longer there, and the amount of power contained in it can't be felt, otherwise I can tell which generation of Dharma Protector Divine General it is. Du Xin said, suddenly stunned slightly, and said slowly after a while, "I want to ...... I know what this place is......"

While she was silently thinking, among the monks who came in one after another, some of them couldn't help but take off into the air, wanting to fly to the mountain in the light.

In their opinion, the palace on the top of the mountain was naturally the abode of the Returning Valley Lord's abandoned sword disciples.

But before they could fly far, an old voice was already full of anger and shouted: "How dare you be so rude when you wait for the younger generations!"

With this angry shout, all the monks who flew in the sky felt the sudden weight of tens of millions of catties on their bodies. No matter how high their mana was, how powerful their magical powers were, and how powerful their protective magic weapons were, they couldn't resist this sudden pressure, and they were all crushed to the ground.

Among them, those who are lucky enough to be caught by others can still retain their dignity; The unlucky one fell directly on the stone slab and fell in embarrassment. The worst one may be that the flow of the year is unfavorable, when he fell, his face was facing the ground, he hit his head with a bang and bled out, lying on the ground humming and chirping, and couldn't get up for a while.

Seeing this scene, many people were stunned_ The monk was surrounded by Gang Qi, and he was obviously also a figure in the Gang Refining Realm. And the cultivator must have a body that is not leaky, no matter how weak he is on the outside, in fact, his body is far harder than a rock. Under normal circumstances, if he hit his head down, he would only crash through the stone slab, and the whole person would be stuck on the ground like an upside-down onion, and he would never be so miserable. Could it be ...... Is there something strange about the stone slabs on the ground? Many of the monks were action-oriented, so more than one of them used various means to hit the ground.

I could only hear a rumbling and crackling sound, whether it was a spell or a magic weapon, they were all bounced out of the stone slabs, and they were not able to have any effect on these ordinary-looking bluestone slabs.

Wu Xie was catching Yishou who fell from the sky at the time, so he didn't make a move. But he saw that Yi Yi had already thrown out a golden short cone and hit the stone slab under his feet.

This is a magic weapon called "Golden Cone Breaking", which is not very powerful, but it is particularly good at breaking through. Even if it is cast in the hands of an initiation monk, it can easily penetrate steel. But Yi Yi, the cultivator of Gang Refining Gang struck a blow, but he only heard a ding, and the broken golden vertebrae were bounced back, and even the light dimmed a little.

"This slate is so hard!" This scene was not only seen by Wu Xie and them, but also by the monks around them. Most of them were knowledgeable, and several of them immediately exclaimed.

Seeing this scene, many monks gave up their intention to be tempted, but carefully observed the bluestone slab under their feet, and came up with the idea of digging a piece and taking it away.

The stone that is so hard to this point is obviously a kind of heaven and earth treasure, if you can get a piece, even if you can't learn the Supreme Divine Sword, this trip is not in vain!

At this moment, the pensive Du Xin finally found information from the depths of his memory that could match here.

"This is the Holy Emperor's Mausoleum!" Because she was so excited, she couldn't even maintain her usual calm expression, and her voice was a little higher, "This is the mausoleum of the Holy Emperor Lixin!"

Wu Xie was taken aback by these words and hurriedly asked.

"The protector gods of our Great Light God Sect will all be human and non-human beings, and under normal circumstances, they will definitely sit in the sect and will not leave at all. The statue of the protector god that appeared here could only be provided by the Great Light God Cult at that time. And I have the impression that there are only three people who have handed over the stone statue of the oath to the protector gods of the past generations. ”

Du Xin's tone was deep: "The first generation of Dharma protector generals, her stone statue was used as a symbol of the truce between the religion and Buddhism, and was enshrined in the Lingtai Temple of Xiaobodhi Mountain in Buddhism; The seventh generation of Dharma Protector Deity General, that is, me, my stone statue is enshrined in the Daomen Holy Land Tingdao Mountain. This is neither Lingtai Temple nor Tingdao Mountain, so the stone statue is naturally not us. ”

"Apart from us, the only one who has made a vow to separate his soul is the sixth generation of Dharma Protector Divine General. Together with the sect leader and the four elders at that time, she divided a wisp of soul and made a vow, willing to do her best to help His Majesty the Holy Emperor protect the peace of the world - in history, when the Holy Emperor was dying, he visited all the masters of the world and persuaded many of them that these one hundred and eight stone statues should be left by those who were persuaded by him and made an oath. ”

Wu Xie listened to her in the slightest, and naturally there was no doubt at all. It's just that he looked up at the towering green mountains, looked at the platforms along the way, and looked at the statues left by the predecessors on the platform, and couldn't help but feel unrealistic.

In his imagination, the mausoleum of the Holy Emperor Lixin should be full of luxury and domineering, no matter how you look at it, people will worship it, and he can't wait to gather all the treasures in the world here - in general, it is the nouveau riche.

But the Holy Emperor's Mausoleum seen at this moment is neither luxurious nor domineering, if it weren't for Du Xin, an insider, to remind him, Wu Xie would never have imagined that this place would be the place where the bones of the greatest heroes in the land of Kyushu are buried!

He took a deep breath, his eyes full of admiration as he looked at the green mountain.

But there are almost no people in Kyushu who do not respect the Holy Emperor Lixin. This legendary figure spent hundreds of years sweeping through Kyushu, fusing and eliminating countless powerful forces, large and small, and finally unifying the war-torn land of Kyushu for the first time, making a good start for future generations.

His contribution was much more than that, and after the unification of Kyushu, he also did a series of work, all to protect Kyushu. Among them, the most famous is the construction of the Chang'an Great Array, which can resist the attack of extraterritorial heavenly demons, and the first battle to replenish the sky in his later years.

Although the one who finally repaired the rift in the sky so that the extraterritorial heavenly demons could no longer invade Kyushu on a large scale was the third king of the Holy Emperor Dynasty. That incident also exhausted the power of the dynasty, so that the great Holy Emperor Dynasty soon declined, but to this day, the people of the land of Kyushu still enjoy the legacy left by the Holy Emperor and his descendants. Peace, order, and security. Wu Xie had no intention of hiding the news, and said directly aloud: "You must not be rude here!" If I'm not mistaken, this is the Holy Emperor's Mausoleum!"

His words were truly earth-shattering, and the monks who were in a mess fell silent for a moment, and after a moment someone asked, "How can you see that?"

"Let's ask the seniors."

"No need to ask." Before Wu Xie finished speaking, the old man's voice sounded, "The descendant with the sword is busy with other things, and he won't answer you." ”

"So...... Can you tell me?"

"You already know the way, what else are you asking!" The old voice said lightly, "This place is the mausoleum of Brother Lixian, and it is also the place where the qi veins of the entire Kyushu land gather. Brother Qingshi and I have been guarding this place for him for many years, and I have seen that the younger generations are becoming more and more unaware of his affairs - in the last tens of thousands of years, you are still the first person who can see the origin of this place in such a short period of time!"

"Housheng, what's your name?"

"The younger generation Qingyang views Wu Jie."

"Qingyang view, Wu Xie ...... I remember you, if you can make eight turns in the future, I will allow you to come here and leave a stone statue, even if the catastrophe fails, your soul will not be lost. ”

Wu Xie hurriedly thanked him, but the old man didn't care, and said with a smile: "Hurry up, the boy with the sword is prepared for you at the foot of the mountain...... Hehe, go and see it!"

The monks suddenly came to their senses and hurriedly rushed along the stone path.