The Great Sage said that there was actually nothing in the secret realm, and this was the place where he was buried after the failure of the tribulation in this life, which was the same as the people of the Four Sects and Three Halls speculated.

What Xu Ming saw just now was only the Great Sage's memories and thoughts about his previous life, unwilling and gratified.

After the failure of the Great Sage's tribulation, his soul did not completely disperse, his body turned into a stone sculpture, and a wisp of remnant soul was attached to this stone sculpture.

"Do you know how to go back? Back to the Central Plains. Xu Ming looked at the stone sculpture hopefully and asked.

"I don't know. The Great Sage sighed, "I've been looking for a way to go back, but unfortunately I haven't found it in my life. ”

Then the Great Sage smiled again: "But I hope that after I die, I can return to the Central Plains and return to Huaguo Mountain, I miss him." The voice of the Great Sage was old and weak.

"The Great Sage?"

"This place has appeared, the ban has been broken, and the aura has dissipated. The Great Sage's voice became weaker and weaker, "My remnant soul is probably about to dissipate. ”

"Great Sage!" Xu Ming was very reluctant, after all, this was the hero he had admired since childhood.

The Great Sage smiled: "I've been breathing for so long, it's time to go, and finally let me see the people of the Central Plains, and I can also die and be blind." ”

"But before I do that, there's something I want to give you. The Great Sage's voice brightened again, as if it was full of vitality for a moment.

"What is it?" Xu Ming asked.

"Pluck out my ears. ”

Xu Ming looked at the stone sculpture in front of him and couldn't help but get excited: "Could it be, the golden hoop stick?"

The Great Sage didn't speak.

Xu Ming stretched out his trembling hand, and his fingers reached into the stone carving's ears.

Nothing.

"It's another one. The Great Sage's voice was a little helpless.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry. Xu Ming withdrew his hand like an electric shock and hurriedly apologized.

Xu Ming took out a small stick from the ear of the Great Sage Stone Carving.

"Long time no see, old man. The Great Sage's voice became weak again, but it contained relief.

The little stick trembled, as if it had heard its master's words.

"I'm leaving, you'll follow this kid from now on. There was some desolation in the voice of the great sage, but it was not sad, but there was an open-mindedness that looked down on everything. He's been fighting all his life, and it's time to rest.

A sad and lost emotion enveloped Xu Ming, this was the emotion of the stick.

"I will not insult the prestige of the Great Sage!" Xu Ming assured.

"Okay, I'll give you another creation!" The Great Sage's voice was already inaudible, but there was still pride in his tone.

"Ahh

The pain lasted for so long that he almost fainted. When the pain wore off, he slowly opened his eyes.

"It doesn't seem to have changed!" Xu Ming looked around, except that the dim environment had become a little brighter, and he didn't see any other changes. But the surroundings were brighter, and he knew why it was dark and enclosed, and why he had seen stone carvings before—he saw the faint glow of the night pearls embedded in the walls around him.

"Alas, why do I seem to be breaking through again?" Xu Ming felt his spiritual power, only to find that his two primordial babies were inexplicably larger several times, and the spiritual power circulating in the meridians was also thicker and purer, and even his divine sense was enhanced. He was about to break through to the Transformation God Realm.

"Thirty years of retreat is better than a one-time inheritance. Xu Ming sighed a little, "Sure enough, cultivating immortals is a job that only Emperor Ou can do." ”

"Great Sage?" Xu Ming stood up and called out to the Great Sage.

It was quiet, not a single sound.

"Great Sage?" Xu Ming felt a little uneasy in his heart.

There was only an echo of himself all around.

Xu Ming looked at the stone sculpture in front of him, and the stone carving's body cracked a gap.

The Great Sage is gone.

Xu Ming knelt down and kowtowed three times to the stone carving.

Suddenly, the sky swirled around, and Xu Ming's eyes went black and fainted.

......

"What's going on with this secret realm, why did they all fall at the entrance of the cave?"

"I don't know, according to the people who woke up, they had a dream, and then they returned to the entrance of the secret realm. Seeing that many fellow Daoists were lying there, he hurriedly called the elders of each family to save them. ”

"What a dream?"

"What monkeys, monks, squirrel fairies, they are all strange things. ”

"What, I don't understand. ”

......

When Xu Ming woke up, Guan Chunuan and Chu Feng hadn't woken up yet, and the three of them fell together not far from the entrance of the cave. There were also some monks around, dressed in ordinary clothes, who seemed to be some unknown monks.

Xu Ming carried Chu Feng, hugged Guan Chunuan, and walked out of the secret realm.

With the inheritance of the Great Sage, the strength of his physical body has been strengthened.

The monks outside were still congregated, chattering at the entrance of the cave about this strange secret place.

No one paid attention to Xu Ming, he found a hidden place, put down Chu Feng and Guan Chunuan, and quietly waited for them to wake up.

Xu Ming suddenly felt an itch in his ears, he reached out and took out a small stick.

"It's true, I thought it was a dream!" Xu Ming just walked over and heard the monks around him talking.

The little stick exuded a burst of unhappiness, which made Xu Ming a little confused.

"What's wrong?" Xu Ming asked, though he didn't expect the stick to answer him.

"Ears, ears, dirty!" Xu Ming's mind snapped into words. Xu Ming was startled and looked at the small stick in his hand in shock.

"Dirty ears!" the stick continued, "and he will speak more fluently."

"You can really talk!" Xu Ming was a little embarrassed in surprise. He plucked out his ears and prepared to put the little stick in again.

Another wave of dissatisfaction came over him.

"Little Ancestor, what do you want?" Xu Ming looked at it a little helplessly.

After a while, the little stick became slightly bigger by itself and pinned it behind Xu Ming's ears.

"Yes, the smoker Xu Ming is online. ”

"Yo, Xu Ming, where did the smoke come from? What kind of smoke?" Chu Feng woke up, saw the "smoke" behind Xu Ming's ear at a glance, and asked subconsciously.

"That's a long story. Xu Ming was about to say, Guan Chunuan on the side also yawned and sat up.

"What's going on?" Guan Chunuan asked the two of them while rubbing his sleepy eyes.

"I'll tell you!" Xu Ming said.

"Boy, say, where did you come from, this armor?" interrupted Xu Ming's words with an arrogant shout.

Everyone looked towards the entrance of the secret realm again. A small casual cultivator dressed in ordinary clothes was trembling and looking at the fierce male cultivator in front of him. The Sanxiu looked to be only a teenager, and said pitifully, "I, I found it in the secret realm. Xiao Sanxiu's voice was full of grievances and fear.

The little stick behind Xu Ming's ears suddenly became excited, "buzzing" and trembling, shaking Xu Ming's brain.

"What's the matter with you, little ancestor?" Xu Ming faintly had a feeling that something big was going to be wrong.