Chapter 316: The Secret of the Black Coffin
Since childhood, I have read the Taoist collection, and there is an iron ruler in the book. After entering the Zhou Tomb, Chen Changsheng scavenged all the treasures and magic weapons in the nine stone chambers, but he didn't think of a way to open this black sarcophagus, although it was very likely that his most precious heritage was hidden inside, and similarly, Xu Yourong did not mention it so based on his respect for the people in the coffin.
Hearing Xu Yourong's words at this time, he realized that even if he wanted to open this black sarcophagus before, he might not be able to do it.
If Zhou Dufu doesn't want to be disturbed to his long sleep, this mountain-like black sarcophagus is naturally difficult to open.
Xu Yourong said: "The soul wood should have been taken away from Zhou Yuan a long time ago, and it fell into the hands of the demon clan for some reason. Now that they think about it, they can avoid the main gate of Zhou Yuan and find another way to sneak into Zhou Yuan, or it may have something to do with it. And the return of the soul wood to Zhou Yuan also means that this black sarcophagus has finally reached the moment of opening. ”
"You mean Zhou Du's husband ...... before he died" Chen Changsheng thought about how to describe it, and continued: "...... He was ready to tell the world about his legacy or secret hidden in the black sarcophagus, so he let people take the key away, but if that was the case, why didn't he just do it back then?"
"What you said earlier actually makes a lot of sense, time is the most powerful magic weapon. Xu Yourong looked at the black sarcophagus and said: "As we all know, Zhou Dufu has no heirs, which means that before he died, he did not find a descendant who he thought was qualified to inherit his inheritance, and he let the key flow outside Zhou Yuan, or he just wanted to ask time to choose a successor for him." ”
He was a little surprised and asked, "Could it be that the knife is really in this black sarcophagus?"
Xu Yourong was silent for a moment and then said, "There is another possibility. Like you said, there is no inheritance of Zhou Dufu in this black sarcophagus, but there are his secrets. ”
Chen Changsheng was puzzled and said, "I just said it casually, is there really any secret?"
Xu Yourong looked into his eyes and said, "Whether Zhou Du's husband is dead or not is the most important secret in the world for thousands of years. ”
Chen Changsheng thought about Zhou Dufu's deeds that had already become stories, legends, and even myths, and looked at the black sarcophagus with a solemn gaze.
It's just dignified, serious, a little nervous, but there is nothing scorching, for things like treasures and the inheritance of the previous generation of powerhouses, whether it is him or Xu Yourong, they are a little indifferent. This kind of indifference can't even be described as calm beyond age. No matter how old a cultivator is, when he knows that he may be able to obtain the inheritance of Zhou Dufu, he will inevitably become extremely fanatical, such as the elder of the Falling Sun Sect who sucked Xu Yourong's blood in the cliff cave, if he appeared in front of the Black Sarcophagus at this time, how could he be indifferent?
The reason why Chen Changsheng and Xu Yourong were still able to stay calm was because they were originally geniuses of cultivation, and their cultivation was the highest level of Dao ability in the world. Zhou Dufu is undoubtedly the most special one, but they are also special, with full confidence and pride - it is excellent to be able to get it, if you can't get it, it has nothing to do with fate, their fate is always in their own hands. However, thinking that what they were about to see was most likely the most shocking picture in a thousand years, they were still inevitably a little nervous, and Chen Changsheng's voice subconsciously became very soft, as if he didn't want to alarm the great soul in the black coffin.
"When will this black sarcophagus be opened?"
Xu Yourong watched the light emitted by the soul hub getting fainter and fainter, deduced for a moment, and said, "It should be soon." ”
Outside the mausoleum, the tide of beasts came slowly like a black line, and the key to open the black sarcophagus had awakened the soul center, and the opening of the black sarcophagus was in front of him.
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Right before their eyes, the top half of the black sarcophagus began to slide slowly.
In the dark and empty tomb, a strong wind blew.
The light emanating from the soul hub was even more dim, like a candle flame that could be extinguished at any time.
Chen Changsheng moved to the side to the front, making sure that her body was completely blocked, and the short sword was already unsheathed and held tightly in his hand.
Boom! The huge black sarcophagus slowly opened, and there was a terrible grinding sound between the heavy coffin lid and the coffin body, which was really like thunder.
The mountain-like black coffin, slowly separating up and down, looked like a bolt of lightning, directly splitting this black mountain into two.
Looking at this scene, Xu Yourong's pupils shrank, and he muttered in a low voice: "Two broken ......"
The upper half of the sarcophagus continued to slide until a long time had passed, when it finally came to rest.
The wind was still whistling in the empty tomb, swirling around the black sarcophagus, because of the change of the coffin, the wind also became more poignant, more shrill, and it looked extremely gloomy, as if someone kept crying in the dim darkness, and the sound of whimpering was mixed into the previous silent music, and the meaning of the soul's return gradually faded, but the atmosphere became stronger and stronger.
The Soul Hub finally extinguished all light. The tomb became dark again, and they could not see the picture above them when they stood on the ground, but it was conceivable that the black sarcophagus had been opened, and if the great man was lying quietly in the coffin, or was looking at the top of the temple at this time, of course, it was more likely that he had his eyes closed, or that he had turned into a white skeleton.
But the person in the black sarcophagus is called Zhou Dufu, and no matter how incredible things happen to him, it seems to be taken for granted.
The wind has stopped, the music has stopped, and the soul has returned, or is not there.
There was a dead silence in the mausoleum, Xu Yourong looked at the black sarcophagus like a broken mountain, his expression was a little complicated, and he didn't speak for a long time.
Chen Changsheng's right hand holding the hilt of the sword didn't sweat, but for some reason he felt a little sticky and slippery, which was a nervous state of mind.
The deceased is gone, and then it will be well. What if he was still alive? Or more accurately, he would wake up from his eternal sleep and be resurrected, or what would happen if he was unwilling to leave this world and go to the lonely and cold sea of stars, so he used some kind of secret to turn himself into an immortal but evil being before he died?
Chen Changsheng's expression was still calm, but in fact, he was extremely nervous in his heart.
It stands to reason that no matter whether Zhou Dufu is resurrected or transformed with secret methods, as long as he can preserve his sanity, then he should help them deal with the demon powerhouses and the terrible beast tide that are getting closer and closer to the mausoleum, because Zhou Dufu is a strong man of mankind and an immortal hero who defeated the demon lord - this is also the only possibility that he and Xu Yourong can leave Zhou Yuan and live - but I don't know why, he has a strong feeling that if Zhou Dufu is really not dead, then everyone in Zhou Yuan ...... will all die, and even the entire continent will usher in a bloody storm.
"I want to go up and have a look. Xu Yourong's voice broke the silence of the tomb.
She looked at the black sarcophagus, her eyes, which were slightly dimmed by the injury, and she didn't know when they became very bright.
Chen Changsheng helped her to the front of the black sarcophagus, looked up for a moment, confirmed the climbing route, and carried her on his back.
After a few moments, they stood on the edge of the disconnected Black Mountain cliff and looked inside.
Inside the black sarcophagus, the space is very large, not to mention putting one person, you can have a church meeting in it and invite more than a dozen girls to sing songs.
But now, there is not even a person inside the black sarcophagus.
Not a single one.
There is no such person.
Zhou Yuan is the world of Zhou Du's husband.
This mausoleum was his palace of death.
The sinister and mysterious steppe where the sun never sets is the cemetery that surrounds the mausoleum, and those incomparably powerful demon beasts are the mausoleum guards.
Obviously, he didn't want anyone to disturb his long sleep, except for the key that had been left outside Zhou Yuan, the new master he had chosen with the help of time.
However, he did not sleep in this black sarcophagus.
His body was still not seen.
His life and death remain unknown.
There is a high probability that he is still alive.
This is Zhou Yuan's real secret.
This is the real secret that the sun never sets on the grassland wants to guard.
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There is no remains of the great man in the black sarcophagus, but that doesn't mean the sarcophagus is empty.
The sarcophagus is filled with leaves carved out of spars, green grass carved from the finest jadeite, and cochineal stones made of goblin fire scattered very casually.
There are countless treasures in the sarcophagus.
Xu Yourong has been in and out of the palace and the palace since he was a child, and then studied at the Holy Maiden Peak, I don't know how many treasures he has seen, although Chen Changsheng said that he lived a hard life when he was a child, but he also went to the Daming Palace and the palace, and he also saw the starry sky dotted with coral trees and night pearls in the Black Dragon Cave, so they were not moved when they looked at those treasures in the nine stone rooms before.
But at this moment, they were really a little surprised.
Because there are too many treasures in the black sarcophagus, and it is too wasteful, the spars carved into leaves can only retain less than one-tenth of the original effect, and the best jadeite that can be used to make countless wonderful works of art has all been carved into blades of grass, not to mention the rouge stone condensed by goblin fire...... Isn't this a tyrannical thing, but what is it?
What stunned them the most was that those leaves, grass, and stones, where could they talk about half of the beauty?
The black sarcophagus is full of treasures, radiating light into the dark tomb, but it only makes people feel tacky.
These burial treasures are definitely enough to match the princes and nobles in the world, no matter how powerful the cultivators are.
But where is worthy of the owner of this black sarcophagus?
In the imagination of the world, Zhou Dufu should be a perfect person, especially in terms of momentum, he will inevitably despise mountains and rivers and ignore the sea of stars.
Whether it is the Zhou Garden, the grassland where the sun never sets, and this magnificent mausoleum, it is all clear proof.
How could such a person allow these extremely valuable but shoddy jewels to fill his sarcophagus? Standing on the edge of the black sarcophagus, looking at the golden leaf emerald grass blood rouge inside, Chen Changsheng couldn't help but shake his head, his eyes were slightly squinted by the jewels emanating from the coffin, and said, "How do you feel the ruthlessness of the treasure?"
Baoqi is the local dialect of Wenshui, Tang Thirty-six often uses these two words in the National Education Academy to describe the Tianhai family and those elders in the court, Chen Changsheng has heard a lot, so he naturally remembers.
Xu Yourong's focus was obviously not on the means of showing off her wealth in the coffin, she looked at the empty black coffin, and said after a moment of silence: "When all cultivators enter the Zhou Garden, the most important thing they want to find is Zhou Ling, and I am no exception, but I have thought many times, if I enter Zhou Ling, what I want to do most is to confirm whether he is dead or not." ”
Because of these words, she remembered a lot, and her shoulders became heavy again before entering Zhou Yuan.
On the stone platform before, because of Chen Changsheng's clear eyes, the things she had forgotten for the time being were all returned to her because of this black sarcophagus.
The inheritance of the state religion, the confluence of the north and the south, and the fight against the demons, although they are not tied to her, but at this time, because of this new discovery, she must do something.
"What if...... You can leave Zhou Yuan alive. ”
She looked at Chen Changsheng and pleaded very seriously: "Please be sure to tell the world that he may still be alive." ”
When she spoke, her face was very pale, which had nothing to do with the unhealed injury, but a shock to the spiritual world.
Before the opening of the black sarcophagus, Chen Changsheng also had an inexplicable and unexplained fear of Zhou Du's husband, at this time, listening to her solemn request, looking at her pale face, the kind of incomprehension became more and more serious, thinking that Zhou Du's husband is a hero, why neither she nor herself have that kind of admiration for the predecessors, but are very vigilant?
"He is a hero and a devil. ”
Xu Yourong looked at him and said: "When he went to the north, he seriously injured the demon lord with a knife, he was a hero at that time; just for the sake of cultivating and progressing, he killed countless human powerhouses, cold-blooded and ruthless, cruel to the extreme, at that time, he was a devil, calling him a hero, in fact, it is more appropriate, if he is still alive and really reappears in the world, I am afraid that the mainland will fall into great turmoil and chaos." ”
Although Chen Changsheng was familiar with the Daozang, he didn't know much about the history of the year, and he didn't know much about the temperament of Zhou Du's husband, seeing that her face was full of worry, he explained: "If you don't see the remains, it doesn't mean that he is still alive, and it is also possible for a mythical character like this to return to the sea of stars and not leave a physical body." ”
"But his knife wasn't in the black sarcophagus either. Xu Yourong said.
Chen Changsheng was silent when he heard this, yes, the knife was not there.
Zhou Du's husband fought all over the world, relying on that knife.
The name of the knife is broken.
Cut it in two.
Before the blade, no matter how powerful the opponent is, no matter how strong the divine weapon is, or even the reckless earth, it will be broken in two.
It was like the black sarcophagus that had slowly parted in front of their eyes before.
The Two Broken Knives ranked second in the list of 100 weapons, second only to the Frost Remnant Divine Spear in the first place.
But in fact, or everyone in the mainland thinks that if the frost remnant divine spear is not Emperor Taizong's sidearms, if it is not in the war between humans and demons, the divine spear has left too many magical pictures, then there is definitely no way to overpower the two broken knives in the ranking of the hundred weapons list, in other words, in the hearts of the world, the two broken knives are the real top of the hundred weapons list.
Because outside Luoyang City, the frost remnant spear in the hands of Emperor Taizong was defeated by the two broken knives in the hands of Zhou Dufu.
If Zhou Dufu really died, leaving no corpse behind, turning into a cloud of green smoke and returning to the sea of stars, then no matter what he thought, his knife should be left in this black sarcophagus.
The knife is not in the black sarcophagus, so it should still be by his side, this is the most important evidence that he is alive?
Xu Yourong no longer continued to think about this matter, began to face the upcoming beast tide, and prepared for the future, looked at him and said: "Nanke is a disciple of the black robe, and the key to Zhou Ling, the soul wood is in her hands, the black robe and Zhou Dufu are contemporaries, so he can't be Zhou, but it is obvious that there should be some kind of connection between the black robe and Zhou Dufu." ”
Chen Changsheng was a little puzzled, what she was doing when she said this to herself.
Xu Yourong looked into his eyes and said, "If you can leave Zhou Yuan alive, remember to tell the world about this discovery, it will be of great help to find out the true identity of the black robe, and it may even play a decisive role in the war between humans and demons." ”
This was the second time she had asked him.
Ask him what he would do if he was alive.
So first of all, she was begging him to live, ignore herself, and live to bring the news out of Zhou Yuan.
The phoenix is about to die, and its song is also bright.
If it were normal times, Chen Changsheng would be moved by her calmness and persistence, or he would not hesitate to agree to her request, and then use all the methods to get out of Zhou Yuan alive. But at this time, after getting along for so long and escaping, after a conversation in Shitai Qingwuli, he couldn't agree to her request.
"Even if I throw you in the mausoleum, if you want to break through the beast tide and leave Zhou Yuan alive, it is basically a one-in-a-million thing. Looking at Xu Yourong's eyes, he said: "There is no one in ten thousand, but I want to go against my heart, I don't want to, because I cultivate according to my heart." ”
The beast tide brings the shadow of death, at this moment, how can he go along with his heart? His mind is to accompany her, or to escape, or, to die here.
Xu Yourong's face was slightly pale, unable to accept his decision, but his eyes were very warm, and he was pleased with his decision.
Chen Changsheng no longer gave her a chance to persuade herself, put the short sword back into its sheath, and began to clean up the gold-leafed emerald grass blood rouge in the black sarcophagus.
These jewels are indeed very vulgar, the carving is good, but they are extremely inferior in aesthetics, but they are all the best materials used, very rare and valuable, and since Zhou Du's husband is not dead, then this is not a tomb robbery - the iron ruler in the three thousand collections was bypassed by him.
Of course, the reason why he was willing to go around like this with his temperament was because he noticed that in the lake outside the secluded mansion, the black dragon had already shown signs of waking up, and he didn't want to be scolded by the bad-tempered Uncle Long later, the feeling of the dog's bloody head could not be good, and the feeling of the dragon's saliva was also very bad.
The short sword entered the sheath and hid the front, still invincible, and at the finger of the scabbard, those golden leaves and green grass blood rouge disappeared one after another, and were quietly taken away.
After doing these things, he helped Xu Yourong to get down from the black sarcophagus, and suddenly, Xu Yourong didn't know what he saw, and let out an exclamation.
He looked back at her, and saw that the black sarcophagus from which the treasure had been taken was empty and empty.
Somewhere on the inner wall of the black sarcophagus, some carved lines faintly appeared.
Those lines are not patterns, they seem to be words.
Some of the lines are like pictures.
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