On Earth: Chapter 8: The Temple
On the top of the holy mountain, a lonely temple stands here, and the rain and wind erosion of endless years have left mottled traces of time on the dark stone wall.
Dugu Zhishui took Ziqian to the center of the stone hall, along the way he told a lot of legends about the temple, Ziqian looked curiously at this temple that did not look very inconspicuous, her eyes swept every corner of the stone hall, and finally stopped on the closed stone door, a touch of different color flashed from her eyes, Dugu Zhishui just caught the subtle changes in her expression, couldn't help but be a little surprised, did she know the runes on the stone door?
"Ziqian, do you know those words?" asked Dugu Zhishui, pointing to Shimen.
"A little bit", Zi Qian nodded slightly, and said, "This is an extremely ancient script, and I have only seen it in our clan's temple. ”
"Really, do you know what's written on this?" Dugu Zhishui suddenly became a little excited.
"I can understand some, but it's only a small part. There seems to be a story written on this stone gate, which is supposed to be about the gods you are talking about. And ......" Zi Qian paused slightly, and said as if with some uncertainty: "The last text on the stone gate seems to say, 'When the prophesied Son of Light descends on the earth, his blood will awaken the sleeping and unyielding soul, a new era will begin, and the cycle of eternal reincarnation will finally be shattered. Finally, it says that this is the sleeping place of the Heroic Spirits. ”
Dugu Zhishui's heart fluctuated when he heard this, he didn't expect that such a secret was buried here. But then he began to ponder again, who would be the prophesied Child of Light, and would he be present in this age?
Frowning and pondering, Dugu Zhishui's body shook suddenly, and then looked at Ziqian with some suspicion, this girl came to the Pure Land at this time, and as soon as she came to the temple, she understood the meaning of the words on the stone door, she wouldn't be the person in the prophecy, right?
Seeing Dugu stopping the water and looking at it, Ziqian couldn't help but scold: "I'm a girl, how can I be a child of light?"
"Not necessarily? Maybe it's just a synonym. I asked my grandfather, you are the only outsider who has entered the Pure Land in the last few hundred years, and with your current behavior, I have every reason to suspect that you are the Child of Light. ”
"It's not that I haven't seen a real god, and ......" Ziqian suddenly closed her mouth, she secretly wondered how she could quarrel with someone, and almost said something that shouldn't be said, "I...... Why did I tell him so much, how could I ......" Discovering the change in her attitude towards Dugu Zhishui, Ziqian's heart pounded like a frightened deer.
At this moment, Dugu Zhishui was stunned, and she didn't notice the change in Ziqian's attitude towards him for a while, she had never said more than three words to him at a time before. "Ziqian, you...... Have you seen God?" Dugu Zhishui had a look of disbelief on his face.
"I didn't ...... No, you heard me wrong, I mean it's not like I haven't seen a record of God in our temple. Zi Qian was a little panicked all of a sudden, and hurriedly changed the topic, "There is a blood groove on the raised stone platform in the middle of the stone gate, is it that the son of prophecy only needs to drop a drop of blood there to tell the difference." If it is the Child of Prophecy, then the stone door will open and the sleeping gods will awaken, if not, then there will be no reaction. ”
Dugu Zhishui stared at her suspiciously, but he could see the panic on her face clearly. Being stared at by Dugu Zhishui, Ziqian couldn't help but feel a little weak in her heart, so she simply didn't look at his eyes.
"In that case, let's try it, why don't you try a drop of blood on it?" Dugu Zhishui looked away and looked at the stone gate in front of him and said.
Ziqian pursed her lips secretly, she moved slightly, walked to the stone gate, gently bit her middle finger, and dripped a drop of blood on the blood trough in the middle of the stone gate. Dugu Zhishui waited for the result with some apprehension, how much he hoped that Ziqian could open the stone door, he had always wanted to see the god who was silently guarding the Burial God Village.
However, he was disappointed, and Shimen did not react in any way. Ziqian spread her hands, indicating that she had nothing to do with herself.
"How can this be?" Dugu Zhishui suddenly deflated and muttered with some disappointment.
Ziqian glanced at him, "Actually, you forgot about yourself, aren't you also an outsider, maybe that person is you." ”
"How come, I don't even know how to cultivate, I'm just an abandoned ...... Orphans only. Dugu Zhishui's expression was gloomy.
"Just because you can't cultivate now doesn't mean you won't be able to do it in the future, I can teach you if you want. Ziqian looked at Dugu Zhishui's lost appearance and felt a little unbearable, and decided to give this guy some help.
"Thanks, nothing will happen anyway, then I'll try. Dugu Zhishui smiled slightly, and when he turned around, he had completely changed back to the heartless Dugu Zhishui.
Ziqian was stunned for a while, this guy is really unusual, he was able to get himself out of the shadows so quickly and put on a smiling face again. This kind of person is either a sinister and fierce smiling tiger, or a man who stands up to the sky.
Dugu Zhishui was ruthless, and then he mustered up the courage to bite his middle finger in pain, and also dripped a drop of blood on the blood trough on the stone gate, and there was silence for a while, and the stone gate remained unchanged.
"Look, I'm going to say I'm not going to be able to. Dugu Zhishui turned around and shrugged at Ziqian.
However, as soon as he finished speaking, the rune carved on the edge of the stone door suddenly wriggled, and with a trembling roar, the stone door opened......
Ziqian was stunned for a while, and couldn't help but look Dugu Zhishui up and down, she really couldn't see where this guy looked like a son of prophecy, he just said it casually before, but she didn't expect it to come true? Well, it must be so, Ziqian nodded secretly.
At the moment when the voice came out behind him, Dugu Zhishui was instantly petrified, he turned around slowly, the expression on his face was wonderful, and then he was in ecstasy, and couldn't help but laugh.
"Hahaha...... I didn't expect that I was the son of prophecy, I must be a big hero in the future, hey, Ziqian girl, do you want to consider being my wife in the future, I missed the opportunity now, and it won't be your turn when I get out of the Pure Land in the future. ”
Looking at Dugu Zhishui's smug look, and then listening to this guy's foul language, Ziqian was very embarrassed in her heart, but her face was silent, she stared at Dugu Zhishui quietly, as if watching a clown perform a one-man show, her face was expressionless, and her big eyes were as cold as ice that could not be dissolved.
Dugu Zhishui performed alone for a while, and finally couldn't bear Ziqian's gaze, if the eyes can kill people, then there is no doubt that Ziqian has such eyes.
Dugu Zhishui stopped, he laughed dryly, laughing more ugly than crying, "Don't get me wrong, I just see that you are so boring and want to joke with you, don't take it seriously." In fact, I am the son of prophecy, and I don't even believe in it. ”
Next...... I only heard a terrible cry, and the people of the Burial God Village heard it, and they all thought that it was a beast outside the Pure Land that had returned to its light before dying.
In front of the temple, Ziqian looked at Dugu Zhishui, who had a blue nose and swollen face on the ground, and patted his jade hand gently, and then dropped a sentence, "I'm joking with you."
Dugu stopped crying without tears, he struggled to get up, and hissed cold air in his mouth.
This time he finally gave birth to peace, for fear of provoking the little aunt in front of him again. After a moment's hesitation, he stepped into the stone gate.
Behind the stone gate is an extremely spacious cave, surrounded by moonstones inlaid with stone walls, so the cave is not dark. The floor of the cave is paved with white marble, smooth and dust-free, and there are bookshelves scattered on both sides of the cave, which are full of books.
In the center of the cave there is a stone statue, a tall and handsome young man, his sword eyebrows and starry eyes, his long hair naturally scattered over his shoulders, in front of him is a stone sword, the sword body is slender, the hilt is round and delicate, and the whole sword is covered with fine lines. Not far from the stone statue is a washbasin-sized egg, and if you look closely, you will see a faint purple luster circulating on the eggshell.
Dugu Zhishui and Ziqian came to the stone statue not far away, carefully looked at the stone statue in front of them, and a trace of surprise flashed in their eyes. Although the stone statue looked extremely ordinary, when they approached, they all had a feeling, as if the person in front of them was the day, the place, and the vast cosmic galaxy, and they were as insignificant as a speck of dust in front of him. And that sword, although it was a stone sword, it faintly exuded a fierce murderous aura, and under the influence of this qi, both of them trembled a little.
Glancing at each other, Dugu Zhishui and Ziqian couldn't help but retreat some distance, and both of them had already had the idea of retreating. However, at this moment, with a loud bang, the stone gate closed. The faces of the two turned pale suddenly, and Dugu Zhishui smiled bitterly: "Maybe we are going to die together, and it is worth dying with a beauty like you." ”
Ziqian glanced at him, and was in no mood to teach him any more, "If you want to die, you will die yourself." ”
Both of them looked around a little nervously, for fear that something would suddenly pop up. In fact, their eyes were more focused on the stone statue, because the stone statue was the weirdest.
"Hey, didn't you say that the sleeping gods here have been guarding you? It looks like this stone statue should be, why are you so scared, didn't you still want to see him just now? Also, according to the record on the stone gate, the sleeping god will wake up after someone comes in, but we haven't seen it yet, maybe this stone statue is him, you ...... Hurry up and check it out. Ziqian pushed Dugu Zhishui.
The corners of Dugu Zhishui's eyes twitched, he hesitated for a long time, and finally had to walk towards the stone statue under the threat of Ziqian, but before Ziqian could breathe a sigh of relief, he was suddenly pulled by Dugu Zhishui, and both of them walked to a place less than five feet away from the stone statue at once.
Dugu Zhishui and Ziqian both looked at the stone statue in front of them with some fear, it was really too realistic, like a real person standing there. After a while, nothing happened, and both of them were a little relieved. The road was closed, and they began to walk around the cave, hoping to find a way to open the stone door and get out. But they were disappointed, and no matter how hard they tried, they couldn't open that door.
"Are we going to be trapped here?"
"Do you need help?" Just when the two of them were at a loss, an extremely young and beautiful man's voice entered their minds, and for some reason, this voice made them feel very relieved, as if all the problems in front of them would be solved. Both of them involuntarily turned around, and an incomparably handsome face came into their eyes, only to see a young man in his twenties standing with his hands in his hands, he was wearing a moon-white robe, with a red flame pattern painted on it, a smile on the corner of his mouth, and his long silver hair was casually draped over his chest, indescribably chic and elegant. This man has a gentle temperament all over his body, which makes people feel like a spring breeze, and he can't help but want to be close.
Dugu Zhishui was extremely envious in his heart, and he almost wanted to treat him as his idol. Ziqian, who has always been calm, couldn't help but have a few little stars in her eyes, and the person in front of her was simply both male and female.
Dugu Zhishui looked at the man in front of him with admiration on his face, he had even forgotten about going out, and he must let the person in front of him teach him how to make a handsome guy. "Huh, why does the person in front of him look a little familiar, we seem to have met before, it seems that I have a good relationship with him......"
Dugu Zhishui thought so in his heart, he inadvertently glanced at the middle of the cave, and suddenly faintly felt that something was not right. No, where is the person in the cave? Dugu Zhishui's face instantly turned pale, he swallowed a mouthful of saliva with difficulty, and then turned his head to look at the location of the stone statue, only to find that it was empty at some point.
Almost at the same time as Dugu Zhishui, Ziqian also discovered this problem, and her face instantly lost color.
The two of them screamed in unison, then turned around and tried to run, but there was already a stone gate behind them, and there was nowhere to hide.
"Hey, don't run, am I so terrible?" the young man shouted with some dissatisfaction, but Dugu Zhishui and Ziqian were shocked to find that their bodies could no longer move......