Chapter 174: The Past
As soon as she entered the basement, Yan Xi found that this was not an ordinary basement, the interior decoration pendants were already more numerous than the upstairs, and the furnishings were more complete than the upstairs.
"Is there anyone who lives here and goes unnoticed? Yan Xi thought to himself, he had come here yesterday morning, and Ye Hua told himself with certainty that almost no one lived in this area, especially the house near the moat, which had not been taken care of for more than ten years.
"It turned out that he hid underground, who are the people living here?" Yan Xi became even more curious about the identity of the middle-aged man in front of him.
"Here we are. Walking through a long corridor in the basement, Yan Xi and Miao Sen were taken to a large room.
It's a much simpler room than the room I've just seen, and the most striking thing is the portrait on the wall.
"Here they are. The middle-aged man said to an old man sitting in the room. "They are the two people that the elder said. β
"You may be seated. The old man looked at Yan Xi, and there was a hint of surprise in his eyes.
Yan Xi also looked at the old man, this person was too old, but the spirit revealed in his eyes was no less than that of a young man, and his expression was amiable, giving people a familiar feeling.
"I would like to thank the old man for saving his life. Yan Xi knew that this person was the owner here, and she hurriedly saluted the other party.
"It's a gesture. The old man didn't say much, just looked at Yan Xi carefully. "Please take a seat. β
The other party's eyes looked at her a little confused, she lowered her head, and said to the old man: "We also have a friend at the outer gate, trapped by a monster, and we hope to help save him." β
"Garland, what's the matter, didn't you say two people, why is there one more person?" the old man questioned the middle-aged man next to him.
"Elder, I just observed from the upstairs window, there is indeed another person, that person has been overwhelmed by the Miermon just now, and I am afraid that there is no way to rescue him at this time. "The one named Garland told the truth.
"How could it be!" Yan Xi's eyes suddenly turned red, and he ran to Garland's side in a panic and begged: "Is there no way, Ye Hua is more than lucky this time!"
"Miss, please don't worry too much. Garland was still silent at this time: "I think your friend should not worry about his life!"
"Really!" Yan Xi showed a hint of joy when she heard this, but she was quickly overshadowed by her worry, and she said, "How do you know that those monsters won't hurt my friend?"
"We've been dealing with the Mill Beast for more time than you, Miss. Garland looked at Yan Xi with a smile: "The Xibei Palace has had the habit of cultivating Mier since ancient times, and I heard that these Mier beasts were the pioneers of the ancient Western Night King's travel. β
"You said Mill?" Miao Sen couldn't bear it anymore, he hurriedly said.
"It seems that this little brother is the extra person. The old man didn't answer Miao Sen's words, he just looked at Miao Sen and said, "You are from the West Night, you should be from the Huiyue Clan, how can you be with them?"
"Yes, Elder Ge said that the young lady was with a person dressed as Xuantianguo, not this person. Garland nodded, he seemed to know it for a long time.
"I heard that the Huiyue Clan is looking for the Heavenly Destiny Stone everywhere, are you too?" the old man looked at Miao Sen vigilantly.
"Don't panic, old man, although we Huiyue Clan are looking for the Heavenly Destiny Stone everywhere, we are not robbers. Miao Sen laughed embarrassedly.
"I didn't know who was trying to snatch the stone from us. Yan Xi glanced at Miao Sen.
"I'm sorry, don't mention it, I'm not helping you, not to mention that we are looking for the Heavenly Destiny Stone for the good of the West Night. Miao Sen hurriedly argued, but he couldn't say anything more because he was at a loss.
"Old man, can you tell us what happened to that Mier, I heard that Mier is a spirit animal that existed in the ancient Western Night, why is it like this now, I remember that Mier should have a pair of wings to fly?" Miao Sen didn't want to dwell on this matter, he quickly changed the topic.
"You're right, Mill does have a pair of wings. The old man said unhurriedly, "But that's an adult Mill." β
"That's it!" Miao Sen thought back to the monster he had seen before, and the real body that emerged from the black fog was indeed somewhat similar to the Mill drawn in the book, but it had no wings. "It turned out to be a cub!"
"Not really. The old man shook his head, "Mill, this kind of spirit beast, although it is a spirit animal, is a dark elf, they are born without wings, but they are born to release black mist, use black fog to cover, catch prey, and only a small part of them can evolve into adults after a long time, give birth to wings, these winged Mier are the leaders of the Mier group, and the rest of the Mier must obey their command." β
"Conductor, it's really fake, it's incredible, but we've never seen an adult body. Miao Sen said.
"Adult Demir will turn into a black cloud in the sky to observe and give orders, and you will not be able to see it. The old man smiled, and did not blame Miao Sen for being abrupt.
"Why did you say just now that Ye Hua's life would not be in danger?" Yan Xi was more concerned about Ye Hua at this time.
"Don't worry about this, I just said that Xibei has had the custom of offering Mier since ancient times, and the Mier you see tonight are all from the palace, these Mier will not hurt people, they will only catch people and send them to the palace. The old man explained to Yan Xi.
"But I heard that after being caught by Mill, he was either stupid or stupid, if Ye Hua is really like this, what is the difference between it and death. Although Yan Xi knew that Ye Hua's life was worry-free, she was still not at ease.
"Don't worry, at least your friend will be fine for a short time, and that's why we asked you to come. The old man stood up unhurriedly, "The story is a bit long, I don't know if the young lady wants to hear it." β
"Speak. Since the other party said so, Yan Xi had to believe that he and Miao Sen had done it on the chair prepared for them and listened to each other's stories.
"Things have to start with Gu Xiye, which is a secret that has been passed down by the Xibei royal family. The old man's words were full of mystery and made people have to listen to them.
"Legend has it that the ancient Western Night has a technique that can gather the scattered dragon veins together, which is called a huge dragon vein in one jump, and because of this technology, the Ancient Western Night Kingdom has become the sixth largest dragon vein country after the five dragon veins of Sumeru. But the good times didn't last long, the Western Night Kingdom was attacked by a huge disaster, the dragon veins were split, and the Western Night Ancient Kingdom declined overnight, and this dragon vein merging technology also disappeared. The old man looked at it, and his every word was enough to shock the people present.
The ancestors of the Xibei royal family are the descendants of the royal legacy of the ancient kingdom of the West Night, the royal family of Xibei has always wanted to merge the dragon veins of the West Night to reproduce the glory of the ancient West Night, but the technology of the dragon veins gathering has been lost, and the royal family of Xibei can only find a way in the words of the ancient books, and finally they found that the technology of the ancient country of the West Night has been mentioning a spirit animal, that is, Mier, this kind of dark elf, so the Xibei royal family has been raising Mier since then, in order to study the art of dragon vein gathering. The old man paused and looked at the reactions of the two.
"I've heard of Mill before, but then it's slowly disappearing, and it's just a legend to others, and no one has really seen it. Miao Sen said.
"That's right, Xibei has always been raising Mier, which was something that everyone knew about Xiye at that time, but hundreds of years ago, after a coup d'Γ©tat, Xibei gave up cultivating, and naturally fewer and fewer people in Xiye have seen this spirit beast. The old man said something that the two couldn't understand, and when he saw the confused eyes of the two, he smiled: "The two must be curious, why Xibei gave up the service hundreds of years ago, and it is related to the food that Mi'er needs." β
"Oh, don't spirit beasts feed on spiritual power?" Miao Sen still understood a little.
"That's right, but the spiritual power that each spirit beast eats is also different, for example, the spirit beast of the wind attribute eats with the spiritual power of the wind attribute, and the spirit beast of the fire attribute likes fire. It's just that this Mill is a dark attribute spirit beast. β
"The dark attribute, and the light attribute, are called the two extreme attributes of spiritual power. Miao Sen explained to Yan Xi beside him that although he had not refined qi, he had been taught to use spiritual weapons since he was a child, and he was very familiar with the attributes of spiritual power.
"You're right, the food of dark attribute spirit beasts is dark attribute, and the same is true of Mill, but they don't eat ordinary spiritual power, they eat spiritual power called luck. β
"Spirit of Fortune?" Miao Sen fought first.
"That's what you call it. The old man didn't seem surprised that Miao Sen knew this, and he still knew a little about the Huiyue Clan.
"There are two kinds of human luck, one is the light attribute of good luck that belongs to spiritual power, and the other is bad luck that belongs to the dark attribute of people. Originally, Mill only ate dark attributes, so this is also the origin of Mill's change of life, and why Mill is called a spirit animal. β
"Eat the bad ones and keep them, and people will naturally be lucky. Miao Sen seemed to understand the old man's words.
"I thought so. The old man sighed, "But there is light and there is darkness, if the dark part of the person is gone, the person's character is incomplete, at this time, in order to balance, there will be a part of the operation of the light attribute into the dark attribute of the luck, at this time Mill will eat that part of the dark attribute luck, but all the luck of the human body is limited, if it is eaten by Mill so greedily, in the end people will lose their character and lose their minds, called people call fools, nerds." β
"So you gave up the offering later?" Miao Sen sighed, "It turns out that there is no such good thing in the world, how can anyone have only good luck and no bad luck, the high priest keeps teaching us that life has its own ups and downs, don't be trapped by luck." β
"What follows is the point, and why Miss is here now!" the old man did not mean to stop.