Chapter Seventy-Two: The Gates of the Earth
Cihang Hall is built on the spiritual vein of Cihang Peak, solemn and majestic, surrounded by aura all year round, like a fairyland. At noon, the sun is shining, but it exudes a chill. The surrounding flowers and plants were overshadowed.
The atmosphere in the hall had reached the freezing point, and everyone held their breath and waited quietly for the next second.
"Senior Uncle Ancestor, let's not forget the pair of eyes in the sky that are staring at Cihang Peak!"
"Although I am an incompetent person, I will never be a disciple who disappoints my master! I will definitely fulfill my ancestor's unfulfilled ambition for her!"
Dugu Hexuan left cold words and turned to leave.
Zen Fool said softly: "There is nothing to do with you here, all retreat." ”
When the door of the temple was closed, a white head was added to the main hall.
In an instant, it is eternity.
In the primeval period, the two instruments were not divided, the eyes were Hongmeng, they were not formed, the heaven and the earth, the sun and the moon were not present, and the chaos was yellow. The giant god of Pangu was born into it, and when he woke up, he dissected the Hongmeng, enlightened the yin and felt the yang, and opened the world. However, when yin and yang are first distinguished, when the three talents are not positioned, there is a demon god disaster. Then there was a great battle between heaven and earth. Heaven and earth are not stable, and it is difficult to bear the weight of the power of gods and demons. Therefore, between heaven and earth, within **, it is divided into nine realms, and all races and all spirits multiply in it.
The Hongmeng Realm, one of the Nine Realms between Heaven and Earth, is also known as the Ninety-Four Realms.
When the Zuzhou Kuabu Mountain fell into a "gate of the earth", the ancient legend that had been sealed for a long time was finally unveiled. Born in the prosperous era of Xiuzhen, the human race has found a new direction to explore the secrets of heaven and earth.
In the blink of an eye, it has been more than seven months since the "Gate of Earth" was opened, and the unstoppable army of the Terrans has displayed their troops here, ready to enter the "Gate of Earth" at any time to explore the world on the other side of the door.
That night, Dugu Hexuan cleaned up, walked out of the stone mansion, stood in the field of the spiritual field, looked at the night sky, and the stars were brilliant. Tomorrow I will go out for a long journey, and the twinkling stars in the sky seem to illuminate the direction of the way.
The word has been passed down from the sect that the Yuan Shi Sword Sect will be divided into thirteen paths, not subordinate to each other, and enter the gate of the earth alone to experience. During the first month, there will be no elders. This means that the sect has given enough space for the disciples to practice, and has also achieved a certain balance between the thirteen paths.
In the face of the danger of the unknown realm, Dugu Hexuan has no fear. But whenever I think of my army, it's really hard to laugh. Looking at the night sky in the distance, I can't help but sigh at the falling meteors.
The night was dark, and the wind was lonely.
At dawn, the dew stains the clothes.
The light of dawn came earlier than usual this night. Gathered his mind, stared at it, and slowly swept through the spiritual field, Wolong Valley, as if there was a sense of separation.
Cheongzhou, a temporary camp on the outskirts of Beique City. Everyone was sad and depressed, and the atmosphere was solemn like a funeral. It wasn't until a sword volley landed in the air that the atmosphere changed slightly.
Qiu Xu, Yin Si and the other five people gathered around and said in unison: "Meet Senior Brother!"
Dugu Hexuan nodded slightly, and said, "The five junior brothers are thousands of miles away, and they brought people to the alliance, and the foolish brother is very pleased. ”
Huang Shu and the others saw the situation clearly, and also gathered around, and Gu Jia said unceremoniously: "Big brother, your team is not ordinary shabby. People who lack arms and legs account for almost one-third. I can't describe it!"
"The six of you are people with hearts!" Dugu Hexuan said loudly, "Sage Yun: 'Don't be happy with things, don't be sad with yourself'." Please cheer up and get ready to go. The road ahead, no matter how hard and difficult it is, as long as we have a brave heart and go through thick and thin, nothing can stop us from moving forward. ”
After that, he took out something that looked like a paper kite, and after putting a spirit stone into his mouth, a golden light slowly grew on the paper kite's body, and its body gradually became larger and condensed. A moment later, it turned into a small immortal boat.
The people in the camp suddenly became excited, and slowly gathered around the golden fairy boat. Dugu Hexuan was very calm, motioning for everyone to board the boat, while he stood aside and "reviewed" his team one by one.
In this team of less than 200 people, there are those who are disabled and strong-willed, there are those who have no foundation in Taoism, and there are those who look strange. Uh! Anyone who thinks they're Terran troops on an expedition to another world will be considered insane.
In this way, Dugu Hexuan drove the immortal boat and set off with his team.
Seven days later, in the evening, the fairy boat reached the sky above the "Gate of Earth". Looking down, the gate leading to the ground is oval-shaped, with a diameter of about 100 zhang, and there is a thick yellow fog floating in it, and it is difficult to see the true face. For the rest of the seven months, there were no demons and monsters born in this gate, but it was calm and abnormal.
At first, the Terran monks chose to brake statically. Up to now, the army of Terran monks in the Hongmeng Realm, led by the Five Righteous Eight Families of the One Alliance, has entered this gate one after another to explore the unknown realm that is missing in the Terran Era.
Dugu Hexuan pondered for a long time, continued to drive the immortal boat, and landed very slowly towards the "Gate of Earth". As soon as the immortal boat entered the Xuanhuang dense fog, it suddenly felt a strong pressure, and at the same time as it violently shocked, it even began to deform. However, the people inside the immortal boat were surprisingly calm.
Dugu Hexuan woke up and said: It turns out that the people who follow him have long put life and death out of the way. I couldn't help but sigh in my heart: Is it worth it?
At this time, the immortal boat had entered the Xuanhuang dense fog, and the heavy dense fog was attached to it, and there was no way to retreat. Dugu Hexuan's heart was horizontal, and he took off the spirit stone in front of him, and the immortal boat immediately lost its center of gravity, broke through the dense fog, and fell rapidly.
"Boom. ”
In the moment of landing, the fairy boat turned into golden debris. Those who have the Tao will land smoothly, but those who have no Tao will inevitably suffer some hardships. But when everyone faces the new world in front of them, there is an inexplicable excitement.
Everyone looked up in unison and looked at the thick yellow fog suspended in the air. The mysterious fog, like flowing water, does not disperse or gather, tightly locking the door of the earth, isolating the breath of life inside and outside.
At your feet is a straight and flat avenue, with no end in sight, as if it reaches the two poles of the earth. On both sides of the avenue were haphazard moats, barren and desolate, overgrown with weeds, and still strong blood emanating from them.
There are no mountains and deep valleys, no ancient forests, no rivers, lakes and seas. It seems that in the dusty years, this place used to be a flat river.
Someone whispered, "Alliance leader, what time is it?"
Gu Jia said loudly: "Of course it's night. However, the night here seems to be brighter than the night in the Hongmeng world. ”
"It's not dusk, it's dawn. The light in front of me is not daylight, but moonlight. Strangely, the moonlight here is exactly the same as the daylight. Dugu Hexuan explained, "If you want to survive in this new world, you must first figure out what is going on with the sun, moon and stars here. ”
Qiu Yu said: "Senior brother, which direction are we going?"
"Second brother, what do you think this avenue is heading?"
"East-West Direction!"
Ji Ning said: "Senior brother, judging from the direction we landed, it is indeed an east-west direction. I believe that those who come ahead will either go east or west. ”
"Don't worry about other people's business. We have to find our own way. Dugu Hexuan pondered, "To the right, enter the moat area." I'll open the way. Senior Brother Meng, the four of you are the queen of the palace. ”
Dugu Hexuan ordered, no one argued, everyone moved forward in an orderly manner, groping between the trenches. Dugu Hexuan walked in the front, stopping and stopping, carefully inspecting the area of the trench covered with weeds. The more I walked, the more my brows wrinkled, and I said in my heart: What kind of scale of war should it be, in order to have such a vast trench battlefield? What kind of dust can make this place consistent for tens of thousands of years?
After walking more than 20 miles, everyone quickly realized a new problem: here, there are not even traces of birds and animals. In other words, there is no trace of life here, it has been a long, long time. And the further you go, the stronger the smell of blood.
What's even more strange is that the light that everyone sees is always the same.
Dugu Hexuan had no intention of staying, and the others had to try to keep up. After walking more than 20 miles, those who have no Tao have begun to fall behind. Qiu Yu on the side reminded Dugu Hexuan in time, and Dugu Hexuan just shook his head slightly, signaling to speed up.
In this new world, who can know in their hearts? Anyway, Dugu Hexuan can't do it. Therefore, he deployed the elixir resources in time to not let everyone's footsteps stop.
The team walked through the vast moat like a small caterpillar crawling. Even they didn't know where they were going, they just didn't stop. In the space where he was located, the unchanging light became more and more strange.
Finally, there was the first one who could no longer hold on.
Dugu Hexuan just coldly ordered: Carry it away!
Wang Lin was really a little angry, and boldly asked: Senior brother, why is it so difficult to leave the avenue alone? Don't you think that we are like lonely ghosts?
Dugu Hexuan glanced at Wang Lin indifferently, and his eyes at that moment seemed to be the pupils of a bleeding demon. He didn't say anything and continued to walk forward. Everyone silently followed behind, as if they were following the shadows in the darkness.
The frenzy of fear drowned everyone wave after wave.
Suddenly, Dugu Hexuan stopped, slowly squatted down, dug up the soil on the ground with both hands, and said in a deep voice: "Sixth, come and see this soil, can you see some clues?"
Pang Si was afraid, and made an extremely uncomfortable "oh" sound, and stepped forward carefully. Shaoqing shook his head and said, "Senior brother, this is different from the 'Blood Sacrifice Land' of the Snake Clan. ”
"Well, because this is the real 'Blood Sacrifice Soil'!" Dugu Hexuan said, "This is the region that was sealed and imprisoned by the Ancient 'Blood Curse'. As time passed, the power of the seal weakened. Under the action of external forces, the 'door to the earth' was opened. And that 'Earth Gate' is the 'Otherworldly Portal' in the primeval legend. So, what exactly happened here that caused this 'Otherworldly Gate' to break the seal ahead of schedule?"
Dugu Hexuan stood up, his figure was majestic, like a god descending from heaven, staring into the distance, pointing ahead, and said, "The answer must be found!"
Qiu Yu seemed to notice something, and asked cautiously, "Senior brother, what do you mean?"
"That avenue is just a dead end!"