Looking at the strange scene in front of him, Li Ling's eyes were uncertain. At this time, Gu Qingfeng, who was kneeling on the ground, was looking up at the village in front of him at the moment, bowing his head and bowing, like the most devout believer.

Suddenly, Gu Qingfeng got up slowly, then took the golden compass into his arms, and said lightly: "Finally back, finally back." ”

At this time, Li Ling suddenly asked, "...... you Have you been here? What the hell is this place? ”

Gu Qingfeng said slowly: "This is the Thunder Clan, and it is also the place where I was born and raised!" ”

"ThunderClan?" Li Ling wondered.

"Alright, let's go!" After saying that, Gu Qingfeng didn't say much and slowly stepped into the ancient village.

The two walked straight along the path, and after entering the village, they saw that the whole village was deserted and desolate, full of ruined walls, broken houses, ancient trees and barren wells, and only some strange stone towers stood sparsely and scattered, as if standing in the imprint of the long river of time, constantly bearing the wear and tear of time.

Li Ling slowly approached a stone tower, looked up, and said: "This stone tower is about four zhang high, the whole tower body is made of irregular stones, from the bottom to the top into an awl-like arrangement, and at the top of the stone tower stands a wooden stake about five feet high, the wooden stake is sleek throughout, but after the top is carved, it forms a half-squatting beast appearance, just because of the long time, the stake is badly damaged, but I can't see what kind of beast it is." ”

Then, Li Ling turned his head to look at the other stone towers around, and they all looked similar, but the height of the stone towers was slightly different.

At this time, Gu Qingfeng suddenly walked slowly to Li Ling's side, and said lightly: "These are the thunder beast totems that our Thunder Clan believes in." ”

"Thunder Beast Totem?" Li Ling said blankly.

Gu Qingfeng continued: "You may not understand the thunder beast, but in other words, you definitely know. These thunder beasts had a collective name in the ancient times of Kyushu, called Thunder Qilin! ”

"Thunder Qilin? Qilin Holy Beast? Li Ling exclaimed.

Seeing Li Ling's appearance, Gu Qingfeng changed color slightly and said, "What? Do you know the Qilin Sacred Beast? ”

"I have heard in some ancient books that it is said that in the distant ancient times, the kings of Kyushu were these alien spirit beasts, and these spirit beasts with divine power were the masters of this land. Among the many strange beasts, the dragon clan, the phoenix clan, the unicorn clan and the Xuan Tortoise clan are the most powerful, and they are called the four holy beasts. Li Ling said lightly.

Gu Qingfeng looked at Li Ling on the side, suddenly turned his head and asked, "Then do you believe in these legends?" ”

Li Ling nodded silently and said, "Believe!" ”

"Oh? Why? These are just some of the stories recorded in ancient books, do you really believe it? Gu Qingfeng continued to ask.

At this time, Li Ling did not answer, but there was a trace of sadness in his eyes. How could Li Ling not believe it? Yun Kexin has the power of the phoenix inheritance, and he is an out-and-out descendant of the phoenix, and he knows it best in his heart. Since the Phoenix Clan really existed, the remaining races must have also existed. Moreover, Yun Kexin had told him some strange things about the ancient times, so Li Ling firmly believed in the affairs of the four holy beasts.

Seeing that Li Ling was silent, Gu Qingfeng sighed and said, "You guessed right, these ancient spirit beasts really existed once, but for some unknown reasons, they all became extinct in the end. ”

"Then this village ......," Li Ling wondered.

"This village is my hometown, I was born and raised here, and the people here regard the Thunder Qilin as a sacred beast, worship the power of thunder, and worship the Qilin Holy Beast as their own god." Gu Qingfeng's words were full of strong reminiscence.

"Believe in the power of thunder and use the thunder qilin as a totem...... Li Ling kept thinking.

At this time, everything in front of him evoked memories in Gu Qingfeng's mind. "I remember when I was a child, my father used to tell me that our tribe used to live a peaceful life, but one day a group of robbers stormed the village, and they killed and robbed people when they saw them, and they killed almost all the people in the village. But later, a thunder qilin suddenly rushed out of the mountains behind the tribe, and the thunder qilin was so powerful that he not only killed those robbers, but also used its divine power to save many people in the village. Later, the people in the village regarded this unicorn holy beast as a life-saving benefactor and kept it in the village. ”

"The Qilin Sacred Beast is an ancient divine object, with magical powers, whenever the village encounters unsolvable difficulties, it will turn to the Holy Beast for help, and the Holy Beast will always respond to its needs. Later, the people of the village regarded this unicorn sacred beast as a god and worshipped it. ”

Hearing this, Li Ling gradually became interested in this mysterious village, and then asked, "What happened later?" ”

"Later?" Gu Qingfeng continued: "Later, Lei Qilin realized that his time was running out, so he passed on his power to the people in the village, hoping that they could use this power to protect themselves. Later, Lei Qilin finally exhausted his vitality and left the people in the village forever. ”

"The power of the Thunder Qilin?" Li Ling seemed to realize something, and said in a lost voice: "Is it the power of thunder punishment and the thunder path supernatural power that later spread to Kyushu?" ”

Gu Qingfeng smiled bitterly: "Exactly!" But ......"

"But what?" Li Ling continued to ask.

But the village did not become peaceful because it gained power, but became arrogant because it gained power. At first, the people in the village also had the power to protect themselves because of this magical power, but later, as more and more people cultivated the power of the Thunder Dao, the people in the village also began to fight fiercely, and even more, some people even died because of the use of forbidden techniques during the duel. ”

Hearing this, Li Ling smiled sadly and said: "It is power that breeds desire, if it is from the beginning, everyone will not have strength, and they will not have evil thoughts because they want to gain power, this is the ugliness of people." Hearing this, Li Ling seemed to think of the tragedy of the Phoenix clan that Yun Kexin told him, the phoenix and the unicorn are both holy beasts and also have divine power, but if this divine power is manipulated in the hands of others, it will only bring disaster and war.

"Yes, it is precisely because of this that there are fewer and fewer people in the village, and the remaining people are becoming more and more ambitious. Some of them couldn't bear it anymore, they felt that they had the power of the Thunder Dao, wouldn't it be too wasteful to just settle for this small village? So, some people secretly left the village and went to Kyushu by themselves, and then, there were some top masters in Kyushu who could use the power of thunder punishment. ”

Hearing this, Li Ling sighed helplessly, and said in his heart: "Back then, Xin'er's clan also had the strongest phoenix power, but later, they died because of their greed and desire. Although this ThunderClan is different from the Phoenix Clan, it has the same tragedy. ”

Speaking of this, Gu Qingfeng was silent for a while, and continued: "My father was the patriarch of the Thunder Clan at that time, just because the young and middle-aged people in the village left the village silently at that time, and the life in the village was not as good as day by day. I remember that it was a summer night, and my father called me into the house and told me to leave the village! ”

When Li Ling heard this, his brows furrowed slightly, and he didn't understand what he meant.

"At that time, my father told me that the secret method of the Thunder Dao taught by Lei Qilin was the power of heavenly punishment, and as soon as the Thunder Law came out, it would inevitably shake the earth. If those who leave the village do not know how to restrain their behavior and wantonly abuse the power of the Thunder Dao, it will bring disaster to the world. Therefore, my father told me to leave the village and become an emissary of the ThunderClan, always keeping an eye on those who could use the Thunder Method, and if they relied on their supernatural powers to do anything wrong, I would slash them with the divine sword that had been passed down from generation to generation in the clan. ”

After that, Gu Qingfeng slowly pulled out the Shenxiao Thunder Sword behind him, his eyes swept over the dark sword body, and said lightly: "The name of this sword is called Shenxiao Thunder Sword, it is a divine sword that has been passed down from generation to generation in the clan, and it is said that it was refined by the ancestor of the Thunder Clan from a bone on the body of the Thunder Qilin, and it is a treasure that has been passed down from generation to generation by the Thunder Clan." When I left the village, my father gave me two things, one was the thunder sword in my hand to punish evil and promote good, and the other was the golden compass I had just taken out to guide me home. But ......"

"But when I used my thunder sword to kill the evil people in the world who abused the thunder law, I found that I could no longer find my way home." Gu Qingfeng sighed and said, "Back then, I clearly remember that when I left the village, there was also a heavy fog. Later, I returned to the Eastern Regions several times to search, but all ended in disappointment, until now, I finally returned here, back to the place where I was born and raised, but ...... But ......" Speaking of this, Gu Qingfeng's phoenix eyes were full of tears, and he said sadly: "But I didn't expect that I would finally come back, but the village has indeed become what it is now!" ”

Hearing Gu Qingfeng tell the secret history of the Thunder Clan, and thinking of what happened to Yun Kexin's Phoenix Clan, Li Ling couldn't help but feel a sense of grief and indignation in his heart.

While the two were talking, they suddenly heard the sound of heavy footsteps in the distance, and from time to time there were a few words of swearing.

The two of them looked sideways into the distance at the same time, but saw a middle-aged man in blue walking aimlessly in the deserted village, holding a young woman in his hand.

After Gu Qingfeng and Li Ling saw the figure in the distance, their faces sank at the same time, and the murderous intent in their eyes was revealed.

Gu Qingfeng shouted angrily and said, "Good thief, it turns out that you are here." ”

At this time, without waiting for Gu Qingfeng to finish speaking, Li Ling's figure had already shot out like a sharp arrow, and the Biluo Sword in his hand also turned into a green light, and the sword light crossed a beautiful arc in the air, stabbing towards the Thunder Punishment Heaven in the distance.

It turned out that Lei Xingtian was trapped in the forest, and he was ready to leave as soon as the day dawned, but who knew that after the fog cleared, he came to this uninhabited deserted village. He went around the village, but he couldn't find a way out of the village, so he could only vent his anger on God. Who knows, he was scolding, but he met Li Ling and Gu Qingfeng.

When Lei Xingtian heard Gu Qingfeng shouting, his brain buzzed like thunder, and before his body could react, Li Ling's Biluo Sword blade had already turned into a shocking sword and stabbed towards him.