Chapter 49: Pandora's Box
Although Mount Kinabalu is said to be towering into the sky, the road is actually not difficult to walk, except for some demonic beasts that pop up from time to time and are a little annoying, everything else is good. And for Lin Tao, who has a bladeless heavy sword and a purple cloud robe, these demonic beasts are not enough to see. Not to mention the bladeless heavy sword, even the purple cloud clothes are enough to ensure Lin Tao's safety.
Of course, this is also related to the fact that the two of them are walking on the only right road in the Sacred Mountain, and the rest of the Sacred Mountain is bound to be full of dangers.
The two of them walked all the way, and the speed was very fast, but it took only a few days to reach the top of the sacred mountain. Lin Tao had proposed to go to the Fountain of Life before, but Jiang Wubian shook his head and refused. Although the allure of the fountain of life is enormous, the same danger is enormous. Because no one knows exactly where the Fountain of Life exists, and so far no one has heard of anyone discovering it. Although it is rumored that the Fountain of Life is located in an extremely remote environment in the middle of the sacred mountain, it is a rumor after all, and it cannot be believed without anyone who has seen it with their own eyes. Jiang Wubian, for the safety of the two, reluctantly gave up the proposal to find the fountain of life.
Although he was very yearning for the rumored divine fountain of life, Lin Tao had to admit that the boundless consideration was the most correct.
The moment the two of them stepped on the top of the sacred mountain, they could feel countless Gangfeng rushing from all directions, whistling towards them, and this Gangfeng was like a knife cutting at their bodies. Lin Tao naturally didn't care, he had a purple cloud coat to protect his body, and he didn't care about these Gangfeng at all. And the boundless territory is more or less embarrassed.
How tall is Mount Kinabalu?This is a question that every fighter who has ever been to the Netherworld wants to ask, but unfortunately no one can answer it. Therefore, the sacred mountain located between the Divine Wood Forest and the Sea of Flames has also become an unattainable symbol in the minds of fighters. Of course, it is a lie that it is unattainable, otherwise Lin Tao and Jiang Wubian would not be able to stand here at this moment.
Standing on top of Mount Kinabalu and looking at the scenery above the earth, you can feel like tiny ants, and you can't help but feel open-minded. Lin Tao looked at the environment below him, and couldn't help but be amazed, standing from his point of view, he could see the entire underworld in full view. The white of Cold Water Bay, the green of the Divine Wood Forest and the red of the Sea of Flames are so distinct, but they are interdependent, and they are really beautiful.
"Brother Jiang, if I remember correctly, now that we have arrived at the Divine Mountain, are we about to catch up with the murderers who robbed you of your treasure?" At this time, Lin Tao turned around and suddenly asked Jiang Wubian's question.
Jiang Wubian was stunned, and then nodded. "The three sacred lands of the dark land, the Cold Water Bay, the Divine Wood Forest, and the Sea of Flames. Once we have traversed the Three Sacred Lands, we will enter the very center of the Netherworld, where there are treasures left behind by the gods of the Ancient Ages of the Gods. Actually, I still haven't told you that every ten years, Pandora's box opens. ”
Lin Tao was taken aback and asked, "Pandora's Box?"
Jiang Wubian nodded, "Pandora's box is actually another name for a trial. It is said that the magic box is actually a world of its own, and the time of that world is 1:10 to the world outside us. In other words, a year has been spent inside and outside, but 10 years have passed inside. Of course, this is not the reason why many fighters come here, the most important thing is that the cultivation environment of that world is the most suitable for people to cultivate. This is the reason why many people would rather pass through the trials of the three divine lands of the Netherworld and go through all kinds of dangers to come here. After all, this condition is too tempting. The people who can go there are crazy people, people who will do anything to increase their strength. Some of them are for revenge, some for defeating their opponents, and some are simply for a significant increase in strength. ”
When Lin Tao digested the information brought by Jiang Wubian, he slowly exhaled and asked in an echo: "Then why didn't you tell me about this Pandora's box before." ”
Jiang Wubian smiled bitterly, and said with some surprise: "Brother Lin Tao, it's not that I wanted to hide it from you before. It's that your previous strength was so bad, even if you knew, what could you do, would you have to fight those guys for one of the only ten positions, that would be very unrealistic. Now I tell you because on the one hand you already have this strength, and on the other hand, as long as we cross the Sea of Fire, we will get there, so you have the right to know. ”
Unexpectedly, the reason why Jiang Wubian didn't tell him was this, which made Lin Tao smile a little embarrassed. However, he turned his head and thought in his heart: "This opportunity is rare, I must enter Pandora's box." Only after entering that world to cultivate for a year, I can make a huge breakthrough in strength, and at that time, even if someone from the Holy See comes, I will not be afraid. "What is Lin Tao lacking the most? It's not anything else, it's really time, and now with such an opportunity, Lin Tao will not give up no matter what.
Thinking so in his heart, Lin Tao didn't say it in his mouth, because he knew that if he said this, Jiang Wubian would definitely not let himself take this risk. But in Lin Tao's opinion, what is not risky, even if you walk on the road, you may be crushed to death by a speeding carriage, or crushed to death by the vase of the upstairs resident. The dangers in this world are always accompanied by this opportunity. Lin Tao couldn't convince himself to give up!
"Brother Jiang, you should have heard of the legend of Pandora's Box, right?"
Jiang Wubian nodded and said, "Of course, that's a legend that has been handed down from a long, long time ago, when it was said that human beings had just been created by God. ”
"Not bad!" Lin Tao agreed, and then whispered the story: "Pandora is the first human woman created by Zeus, mainly to take revenge on humans. Because Prometheus, one of the gods, cared too much about humans, he provoked Zeus. Zeus first ordered the god of fire, Black Festas, to make a lovely woman in the image of the goddess using the synthesis of water and soil, and then ordered the goddess of love and beauty to be sprinkled with hormones that make men crazy, and the goddess Athena taught women to weave cloth and make beautiful clothes of all colors to make women look more bright and charming, and after completing all the formalities, Zeus sent the god Hamis to say, 'Put in your cunning, deceitful, cheating, stealing personality!' A complete woman is finally finished. The gods dressed her in clothes, and wore a rabbit hat on her head, and her necklace was beaded, and she was as beautiful as a bride. Hames came up with the idea and said, 'Call this woman Pandora, a gift from the gods to mankind.' The gods agreed with his advice. ”
"When Zeus was fighting for the gods, he was able to ascend to the throne with the help of Prometheus and his brother Epimetheus. Prometheus' name means "foresight." His brother Epimetheus means "regret", so the style of the two brothers is the same as their name, with the characteristics of "foresight" and "regret". After Pandora was created, it was given to Epimetheus under the arrangement of Zeus. Because he knew that Prometheus would not accept a gift from him, he gave it to Epimetheus in the first place. And Epimetheus accepted her, and at the time of the wedding, Zeus ordered the gods to put a gift in a box and give it to Pandora as a gift. And whether the gifts of the gods are good or bad is unknown. ”
"Epimetheus's brother Prometheus had long warned Epimetheus not to accept gifts from Zeus, especially women, because women are dangerous animals. Epimetheus, as his name suggests, began to regret not long after marrying Pandora. Pandora gave birth to seven sons to Epimetheus, but after Pandora gave birth to his sons, Zeus sealed them in a box called "Pandora's Box". Pandora was so angry that she secretly opened the box to see her son. As soon as he saw it, his first six sons flew out, and their names were greed, killing, fear, pain, disease, and desire. Since then, there have been many disasters in the world, but Pandora's seventh son is called Hope. Although people are subjected to greed, killing, fear, pain, disease, and desire, people do not flinch because they still have hope!"
Finally, when Lin Tao finished the whole story, he turned around and smiled at Jiang Wubian. Jiang Wubian himself is not a stupid person, so he naturally understands the intention of Lin Tao to suddenly talk about this story at this moment, and asked with a wry smile: "You mean you want to enter Pandora's magic box space and enter the cultivation for a year?"
Lin Tao nodded and said, "Yes, I need this opportunity." Otherwise, I can't get revenge! At least there's hope in Pandora's box that I need, and without that hope, my revenge would be worthless. Now for me, the most precious thing and the most unwasted thing is - time!" Speaking of revenge, the expression on Lin Tao's face looked a little hideous and terrifying in an instant.
What is Lin Tao's hope? It is Fu Bo's hopeful eyes, he wants to go back to accompany this old man as soon as possible, so that he can spend his old age in peace, Lin Tao is afraid that the longer he drags on, Fu Bo will ......
What is Lin Tao's hope? It is the life and death of his father Lin Fangtian. Now more than a year has passed since his father's disappearance, and the longer it drags on, the more he fears for his father's safety.
Now that he has such an opportunity, he has to Bo!
I don't know what's going on, when Jiang Wubian saw this expression on Lin Tao's face, his heart trembled unconsciously. He has been adrift in the outside world for so long, he has seen all kinds of people, with sinister intentions, hiding a knife in his smile, and destroying humanity. But no matter what kind of evil man the expression on his face was, it was not as terrifying as the expression on Lin Tao's face at the moment. I don't know why, it seems that when Lin Tao came out of the Dayin Temple, he felt that Lin Tao's personality had slowly changed, becoming resolute and unyielding, mature at the same time, but at the same time, he seemed to become violent.