Chapter 26: The Kneeling Stone Statue
From the very edge of the round platform to the inside, Lian Mo counted carefully, and there were a total of sixty-four stone pillars. There is a strange beast on each stone pillar, which means that there are a total of sixty-four different strange beasts on the round platform here.
Moreover, many of these strange beasts are not famous, even Yan Su can only know four or five of them.
When Lianmo counted to the sixty-fourth stone pillar, he stopped.
This is a special stone pillar, and the reason why it is special is because it is much larger than other stone pillars. Both the height and width of the pillars are more than half larger than those of other pillars.
On the top of the stone pillar, a strange beast was unsurprisingly engraved on it. It was shaped like a leopard, with a horn on its head, a dark body interspersed with tufts of snow-white fluff, four legs, hooves under its feet, and even more surprisingly, five tails behind it.
What made Lian Mo feel even more different was that on the head and back of this strange beast, there were two balls that were slightly smaller than fists.
Lian Mo looked at this strange beast and was amazed, this strange beast not only depicted more clearly in appearance, but also really made it vivid, and even the color of the fur on its body was retained.
"Do you know this strange beast?" asked Lian Mo when he called Yan Su.
Yan Su shook his head and said, "I haven't seen it, but looking at the appearance of this strange beast and the roaring momentum it has revealed, I suspect that it is not a modern strange beast!
Ancient Beasts!
Although Lian Mo didn't know the horror of the ancient beasts, he felt that anything that could be related to the ancients must be very unusual.
At least, this ancient relic is enough for him to see too many amazing things!
"It's these two balls," Yan Su frowned slightly, "If what I expected is right, it should be a forbidden ball!"
"Forbidden ball?"
Yan Su affirmed: "It is indeed a forbidden ball. The forbidden ball is a very powerful and terrifying thing, it is not a weapon, nor is it a secret skill, but it comes from the full force of the owner of the forbidden ball!"
In some big sects and big families, many of the older generation of people with advanced cultivation are extremely fond of their disciples and heirs, in order to prevent them from dying prematurely, they are often trying to keep something that can save their lives, and over time, the forbidden ball has become a very common thing for the children of some big families.
"These two forbidden balls are covered with dust, but if you look closely, you will see that they are not so intact, and I conclude that they are not very powerful. Yan Su picked up a forbidden ball and handed it to Lian Modao.
Lian Mo took the forbidden ball from Yan Su's hand and took it to his eyes for a closer look. Sure enough, there were some small bumpy pits in some places above the forbidden ball. If you don't look closely, it's hard to spot the existence of these pits.
Lian Mo suddenly said curiously: "These two forbidden balls are placed on this last beast, do you think it will be the owner of this stone statue who did it?"
Yan Su hesitated for a moment and said, "This is difficult to say, it is impossible in theory. From Jiang Senior's handwriting, this is a relic of an ancient sage, if it is this sage's forbidden ball, the power is definitely not so low, but it is also possible that these two forbidden balls are just two gadgets he made at will, otherwise he would not have put them on this strange beast. ”
"And, have you noticed that only this one has a forbidden ball on so many stone pillars, why is that?"
Lian Mo thought for a while and muttered, "I think this stone pillar must have a special meaning for its existence. There should be a stone statue in front of us, so we might as well go there and find out. ”
Lian Mo picked up the forbidden ball of the stone pillar and carried it directly into his arms.
Yan Su was anxious, hurriedly stopped him, and said, "Hey, you took all two forbidden balls at once, take one to me!"
Lian Mo skillfully bypassed him, and said cheekily: "Senior brother, you must not lack this kind of thing, you see, junior brother, I am poor and white, you won't just let your junior brother be so shabby, right? Anyway, it's only two forbidden balls, just forget it for me, maybe there will be something better later, right?" After speaking, he didn't give Yan Su a chance to continue, and hurriedly walked towards the stone statue.
"You!" Yan Su pointed straight at Lian Mo's figure, and said helplessly: "Your face is so thick!"
However, despite this, he didn't continue to ask Lian Mo for it, but just muttered a few words softly, so that he kept up with Lian Mo unhurriedly.
Lian Mo and Yan Su finally stopped in front of the stone statue.
This should be the owner of this ruin, that is, the Ancient Sage, Lian Mo thought to himself, and then he raised his head, but in an instant, he seemed to be pinched, motionless, only two eyes showed shock.
It was like a stone statue of a giant, he was wearing a lifelike dress, and there seemed to be an unknown emotion in his two stone eyes. His head was slightly lowered, and his hands were held in a gesture, as if he wanted to give away what he was holding. His left foot was bent and his body was slightly bowed.
Looking at it, Yan Su opened his mouth to speak, but his words became a little trembling: "Have you noticed that this stone statue is very similar, kneeling?"
Lian Mo didn't speak, but his face was full of disbelief, he shook his head, as if he wanted to shake off this illusion, but no matter how he shook it, all he saw was a kneeling stone statue.
A kneeling Sage!
Lian Mo's heart jumped suddenly.
He narrowed his eyes and stared hard at the stone statue's hands.
But no matter how he looked, he couldn't see anything on the stone statue's hands.
However, Lian Mo can be sure of one thing, as Yan Su said, this stone statue is very similar to kneeling, and it is something on his body that he has to kneel and dedicate.
Lian Mo's heart couldn't help but be blocked, this is a sage! Who in this world can withstand the worship of a sage! And it is also a sage kneeling and sacrificing! Just thinking about it makes people feel terrifying!
After a long time, Lian Mo said softly: "A kneeling sage is offering sacrifices, I don't know what he wants to sacrifice in his hands, and who is the sacrifice for?"
His voice was very small, for fear that he would accidentally disturb this holy being.
Although he knew it was just a stone statue.
Yan Su couldn't give Lian Mo the answer he wanted to know.
Lian Mo lowered his head, his eyes fixed on the front.
In front of them, there is a small altar. The altar stood in front of the stone statue, impartial, right in the middle of his feet. From afar, it seemed to flicker on the altar.
"There's something there!" Lian Mo pointed to the altar, and he hurriedly ran over.
Seeing this, Yan Su also hurriedly followed.
"What is this?" Seeing that it was a flickering mass, Lian Mo reached out to touch it.
"Don't touch it!" Yan Su hurriedly said.
However, it was too late. Lian Mo's hand had already touched the mass of the thing, and he saw him pick it up gently.
"What's wrong?" Lian Mo said puzzled when he saw Yan Su's reaction.
Yan Su's face showed a hint of astonishment.
Immediately, he smiled bitterly: "You are really bold, and fortunately it is not what I thought!"
Lian Mo was puzzled: "What is this?"
Yan Su took a deep breath and explained, "I've heard the elders in the sect say that there are often things like this next to some dead monks, and if you don't touch this kind of thing, it will make people miserable!"
This is a description of the death of a person. But this is only for ordinary people, for those who have cultivated to the advanced level, after death, the soul will not be extinguished, but will leave a ball of soul light, of course, this soul light is only a trace of the soul of the deceased.
If such a thing is picked up near a dead corpse, even if it is only a light touch, the soul will burrow into the sea of souls. Those who have cultivated to a strong level can naturally refine it, but those with a low cultivation can only let it take root in the sea of souls, let it slowly recover, and finally let the soul light become a complete soul and take away the body.
After listening to Yan Su's words, Lian Mo was almost so frightened that he threw the ball of things in his hand.
However, he suddenly remembered something, so he still didn't throw the thing out: "But when I picked up this thing, it didn't melt into my soul with my hand!"
Yan Su looked at the mass of things in Lian Mo's hand, and his eyes showed envy and complexity: "After the soul light is generated, only someone who picks it up will have a chance to enter the chaotic sea of others. But many times, no one finds these soul lights, after all, not all monks will have soul lights after death. And the soul light that has not been discovered has been erased by the years, and the remnants of the soul inside have also been erased, and the last remaining is the essence that has been refined by the years. ”
Yan Su paused, looked at Lian Mo and said with emotion: "And this one in your hand, after the erosion of the years, the soul light in it has long been erased, and all that is left is this mass, it may be, Holy Source!"
The last two words, he uttered almost word for word.
The Font?
Lian Mo was stunned, obviously this was another thing he didn't know.
He thought about it, as if there was really nothing he knew, but he knew that it was definitely a good thing.
You must know that Yan Su didn't have much reaction in his eyes after seeing the forbidden ball, and only this holy source made him envious.
He said with some embarrassment on his face, "What is this Holy Source?"
"The Source is ......"
Yan Su just wanted to open his mouth to explain to Lian Mo, but suddenly, a loud laugh interrupted him.
"Haha! I didn't expect to see a holy source here!"
Hearing this voice, the expressions on Lian Mo and Yan Su's faces suddenly changed.
I saw a figure suddenly fall from above and land not far from them.
When they saw the people clearly, their faces instantly became ugly.
"It's you!"