As the two wooden doors slowly opened, the situation in the lobby gradually appeared in front of Xu Chenglin. The main hall of the ancestral hall has lost the solemn atmosphere outside. The inside of the main hall was empty, with no incense sticks, no offering tables, no merit plaques to sing praises, and no life deeds of worshippers. There was only a pure white stone tablet in the main hall, a pure white stone tablet standing alone.

The side of the stele facing Xu Chenglin is smooth, and there are only three quaint characters on it. That script is neither the script of the Central Continent, nor the general script that Xu Chenglin thinks, but the script of the Beicang Continent, which is similar to the script of the Central Continent. These three huge words are nothing else, they are the three words of the chivalrous monument.

"What's going on? It's obviously the Middle-earth continent here, but the text you see is a common language. This shows that this place has existed for a long time, so the common script has been preserved a little. But there is an inexplicable text of the Beicang Continent here, how can this be explained?"

Looking at the three words that came into his eyes, Xu Chenglin thought of a lot in an instant. But the more I think about it, the more I feel contradictory in some places.

"I'll be back! I wonder if you're okay?"

Ignoring what Xu Chenglin behind him had thoughts, Zhong Ling shouted softly into the main hall.

"Who are you talking to?"

Looking at the empty main hall, Xu Chenglin looked at Zhong Ling strangely.

Zhong Ling didn't answer Xu Chenglin, he walked into the main hall by himself, and slowly walked around behind the white stone tablet.

Xu Chenglin frowned, and then followed. He followed Zhong Ling's example, and also went around to the back of the stone tablet.

There are only three words on the front of the quaint stone stele, but the back of it is densely engraved with many words. These are all written on the Beicang continent without exception. Xu Chenglin opened his eyes and glanced at these words, and found that they were all personal names. Don't think about it, this stele exists to commemorate them.

Xu Chenglin saw Zhong Ling caressing the stone tablet differently, and there were two under his fingers. The last word of those two words is blurred, but the first word is very clear. The first one is a bell. At this moment, Xu Chenglin suddenly understood why Zhong Ling kept touching the name. The name engraved on the stone tablet should be the one who named Zhong Ling.

"I don't remember exactly how many years ago. I don't know when it began, two auras appeared on the Middle-earth Continent that even cultivators could not cope with. One is the spirit of the earth, and the other is the spirit of resentment. The two breaths were not strong at first, but they quietly and indirectly destroyed several cultivation sects in succession, and even killed countless living beings. When these two breaths actually appeared, everyone found that they were already uncontrollable. When one side was in trouble, all sides rushed to help, and other continents sent people to help when they heard the news. In the end, these two auras were forcibly suppressed by the cultivators. Two heavy treasures were used as the core of the suppression formation, one of which was the Soul Suppression Bell and the other was called Yue Yao. ”

Stroking the stele, Zhong Ling will not tell what he did in the temple

I told Xu Chenglin about it.

"I think the battle situation back then must have been very fierce, otherwise I wouldn't have sacrificed so many ancestors at once. ”

Looking at the hundreds of names on the back of the stele, Xu Chenglin seemed to be able to think of the tragedy of the year. The two auras have been suppressed for an unknown number of years, and now that they have escaped, their power must have weakened a lot. But even like that, it was difficult for the six of them to deal with it, let alone the situation back then.

"You're wrong! These names are just the tip of the iceberg. ”

Listening to Zhong Ling's deep voice, Xu Chenglin suddenly felt a chill behind him. Hundreds of practitioners' names, these are just the tip of the iceberg. How many people fell in that battle back then.

As Zhong Ling's words fell, his hand flicked lightly on the stone tablet twice. Two muffled sounds came from the air, and Xu Chenglin saw that the names on the stele suddenly disappeared one by one. Several characters, much larger than the previous ones, appeared in front of me one by one.

"After the incident, I will go to the clothes, and hide my merit and fame. The cultivators of my generation deserve the name of chivalry. Those who leave their names are lucky, and there are many people who don't see. Let's talk about these words, and look at the unknown man from afar!"

The words were connected into a few sentences, and Xu Chenglin instantly understood the meaning. The people who can leave their names are only a lucky few. Many more people fell in that battle. Sure enough, what Zhong Ling said was not wrong at all. The names on the stele are just some of the luckier people who came forward that year.

"The spirit qi and the earthly qi are raging, and as cultivators, they can actually leave this continent. But in order to prevent the lives on the mainland from suffering disasters, they resolutely chose to stand up. The behavior of these people has to be admirable, and they deserve to be a chivalrous word!"

Xu Chenglin said as he clenched his fist at the stone tablet. The deeds of these people deserve the respect of any person and any practitioner.

"yes, I think so, too. Otherwise, I would have gone with him a long time ago, and I would not have agreed to stay here. ”

Zhong Ling's golden eyes became a little hazy, as if he had fallen into the memories of the past.

Thinking of the purpose of this trip, although Xu Chenglin felt that something was wrong, he still interrupted Zhong Ling's spiritual wandering.

"It was the surviving cultivators of the Beicang Continent who established this Qixia Town? This is the core of the formation of Qixia Town? And what exactly is Yueyao that you have been talking about, and where is it?"

Four questions in a row instantly sobered Zhong Ling. He smiled reluctantly, not knowing how to answer for a moment.

Biting his lips, Zhong Ling thought for a moment and slowly spoke.

"There weren't many survivors back then, and most of them stayed here. It's really hard to say who established Qixia Town. But looking at the words on this stone tablet, there must have been monks from the Beicang Continent who stayed here. As for the second question you asked, in fact, I have already said before, this is the heart of Qixia Town. As for what you said about Yueyao, I can tell you this. But where it is, I don't know. ”

"Huh, you don't know where Yueyao is!"

Hear Zhong Ling

, Xu Chenglin couldn't help but froze for a moment. But then he felt that something was wrong, and asked again.

"Isn't it you and Yue Yao as the core of the suppression formation? The Soul Suppression Bell can give birth to machine spirits, and Yue Yao will definitely give birth to spirits, how can you not know where Yue Yao is?"

"Back then, I was in a deep sleep, and Yueyao also fell into dormancy due to excessive spiritual power consumption. And all coincidences started at that time. ”

As he spoke, Zhong Ling squatted down. He groped for a moment on the ground around the stele, and suddenly pried open a stone slab with one hand.

"I found it! This is the photo jade of the year, and everything is in it. ”

Zhong Ling took out a palm-sized square jade pendant under the stone slab. He nodded lightly and reached out in front of Xu Chenglin.

"There's something hard to say, but it's going to be mysterious. Now that he doesn't have too much time, he doesn't see the slightest hurry, isn't he having any other plans?"

Thinking of these in his heart, Xu Chenglin took the jade pendant easily. His mind blurred for a moment as his mind was injected into it, and then one after another slowly appeared.

The first picture seems to be about an old man carefully wiping the soul bell. The second picture is about a ragged scholar who sneaks into the ancestral hall. The third picture is about a dispute between an old man and a scholar. The fourth picture is about a scholar running away with a pearl. The fifth picture is a sea of fire. The sixth picture is the picture of the old man Xu Chenglin has seen fall to the ground, and his resentment is sealed.

Although he watched the six pictures like a horse, Xu Chenglin already roughly understood the meaning conveyed in them. Combined with Zhong Ling's previous words and the picture he had seen left behind by the Soul Suppression Bell, Xu Chenglin felt that he had restored the truth of the matter.

Back then, both the Soul Suppression Bell and Yue Yao had fallen into dormancy due to excessive spiritual power consumption, but at this time, the scholar who thought he was in rags snatched Yue Yao from the old man. Later, I saw a sea of fire in the sky, which must have been caused by the attack of Qixia Town by the resentful spirit qi that broke through the seal. In the end, the old man relied on the formation left by his ancestors to seal the two auras again.

"If I guessed correctly, the pearl that was snatched away is the so-called Yueyao. ”

Although there was a conjecture, Xu Chenglin still asked Zhong Ling as if he were verifying.

"Yes. Since then, I haven't seen Yueyao. ”

Sighing, Zhong Ling shook his head slowly.

"Then you have been suppressing the spirit of the earth and the spirit of resentment all these years?"

Suddenly thinking of this possibility, Xu Chenglin asked Zhong Ling tentatively.

"Yes and no! I'm the nemesis of the Earth's Spirit, but I can't help it. The suppression of the resentful spirit is still relied on by the townspeople of Qixia Town. ”

"That's right! The townspeople of Qixia Town are all descendants of cultivators, and there should be cultivators among them. Speaking of which, when we first entered Qixia Town, we didn't seem to have inspected the existence of cultivators, huh?"

Speaking of this, Xu Chenglin suddenly felt inexplicable. He looked at Zhong Ling in surprise, wanting him to give an answer.

"After so many years, there are no cultivators among them for a long time. They were able to help me for another reason. ”

Hearing this answer, Xu Chenglin hurriedly followed.

"What is the reason?"

"All things have spirits, and if you have a grudge in your heart, you have the opportunity to become a spirit of resentment, and if you have a heart of justice, you have the opportunity to turn into a heroic spirit. But whether it is a resentful spirit or a heroic spirit, they will disappear into the world as their own power gradually weakens. The resentful spirits that turn into living beings after death will keep their own strength unchanged under special conditions, and these resentful spirits will gradually turn into resentful spirits when they gather together for a long time. The townspeople of Qixia Town are the descendants of monks known as chivalry, who have been instilled with the belief of protecting this place since they were young. Therefore, when they die, they become heroic spirits who are opposed to the evil spirits. With these heroic spirits, I was able to suppress the spirit of the earth and the spirit of resentment together. ”

"This is really going forward and succeeding, the ancestors enjoyed peace for the world, and the back is also for the world to enjoy peace, this Middle-earth continent seems to owe these people a piece of glory! Generations of people have turned into heroic spirits, silently suppressing the spirit of resentment. These unsung heroes deserve everyone's admiration!"

Xu Chenglin took a deep breath and said this with emotion.

"You're wrong! Not from one generation to another! It's all! When Yueyao was lost, they didn't escape the disaster!"

These words were almost like Zhong Ling roaring out of his throat.

Listening to Zhong Ling say these words in a low voice, a picture instantly appeared in Xu Chenglin's mind. It was the fifth picture he had seen in the jade, and it was about a sea of fire. At first, Xu Chenglin only thought it was a disaster, but he really didn't expect it to be a catastrophe!

"How so!"

Xu Chenglin was shocked, and he looked at Zhong Ling in disbelief.

"I don't know what happened back then. It wasn't until someone desperately woke me up that I helped suppress the resentful spirit. And after that, Qixia Town also did not exist. ”

Zhong Ling's voice became smaller and quieter, and by the end it was like a whisper.

Although the voice was small, it sounded like thunder in Xu Chenglin's ears.

They didn't escape the disaster, and Qixia Town didn't exist anymore. Then Xu Chenglin, all the townspeople they saw before, were they people or heroic spirits?

(End of chapter)