Chapter 535: Solid as a Rock
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Qiankun Yin carried four people around the island chain, only to find that Huang Fengyan's analogy was very accurate, this island chain is distributed in the shape of a spoon, no more, no less there are seven islands, just like the Big Dipper, if it is called Seven Star Island, it should be more appropriate.
The seven islands are shown to them in turn, the islands are all black and black, and occasionally you can see some strange shape of trees, I really don't know how these trees grow on the reef, some of these trees only have a piece of wooden peg, some have a few branches, and a few leaves are scattered on the branches, but they are also inconspicuous black 'color', in short, the scene presented by these islands is lonely and desolate.
Needless to say, it is impossible for such a place to be inhabited by human beings, Xu Dong opened the sea of knowledge and searched again, and sure enough, as he imagined, not only did he not see a person with two 'legs', but he also did not find a beast with four 'legs'.
"Senior Xing, I don't think you need to go up, anyway, there are seven real desert islands, and there are no living creatures on them. β
At this time, Xing Yu was holding a compass in one hand, and touching the 'jade' piece that was bigger than a palm with the other, and an old and blurred nautical chart flashed on the 'jade' tablet.
"Not true. He raised his head, and his two crescent-like eyebrows twisted into two knots, "This sea area should be inhabited by a people called 'Jie', according to the compass pointing is on this Luoguoer Island, why is this island deserted, we have to go to the island to see, we can't miss even a little trace." β
"The nation of 'Jie'. β
"Yes, this human race is called 'Jie', according to legend, it is a nation rich in beautiful 'women', one is said to only give birth to 'women' and not men, after migrating from the mainland to this Luoguo'er Island, they are gradually forgotten by the human race on the mainland, as for where their origins are, why they migrated to these desert islands, and how they crossed the white 'waves' monstrous immeasurable sea to get here, because the time has passed thousands of years, it is now impossible to verify. β
Xu Dong said, "Well, Senior Xing, forgive the younger generation for asking more, since this can't be verified as you said, it can't be verified, how did you know these things." β
"The Atlas of the Sea and the Sky. Xing Yu pointed to the 'jade' piece in his hand that was bigger than a palm, "Don't think that this is just an ordinary sea chart, in fact, this is a rare book of cultivation, its author has traveled to all the islands of the Infinite Sea, and made a detailed record, but it is a pity that later generations only took this strange book as a travelogue to read, and even suspected that what was recorded in this book was only the author's fantasy." β
Xu Dong thought, this Xing Yu can be described as a generation of old Confucians among cultivators, a real old master, a living encyclopedia, there are not many Confucian scholars like this now, there are more tigers and wolves, pseudo-monks who live by plundering and devouring other people's cultivation results.
"To be honest, Poor Dao used to only read this book as a travelogue, and after following the owner to Wuliang Island, Poor Dao chewed this book carefully in the past few years, and saw some mysteries in it, okay, don't talk about this, let's go to the island to investigate. β
Under the guidance of Xing Yu, Xu Dong put the Qiankun seal on the desert island in the position of the North Star, and after the four people's feet stepped on the reef, Xu Dong read the runes on the seal, and the Qiankun seal quickly shrunk and turned into a seal letter that he put into the treasure bag.
This island was much larger than the other islands in the chain, and the strange-shaped trees on it were denser, and they carefully stepped on the depth of the reef island, and after walking a hundred feet, they came across a strange tree.
The tree was blackened, as if it had been burned by fire more than once, and now all that remained was a trunk more than two feet high, which was as thick as a few people hugging each other, and from the top of the trunk 'pulled' two new branches as thin as ropes, and a little green dotted the branches.
Xing Yu looked around the tree, and then carefully studied a reef, "I finally 'figured' why this human race called 'Jie' died out, because this island is not suitable for human habitation, no, it is not accurate to say that they lived for a period of time, maybe decades, maybe hundreds of years, after that, this island can no longer live, they were forced to migrate to other islands." β
"What do you say? β
"Look, the owner, these trees, and these black-colored, reefs, are all caused by lightning strikes, this tree should be called a lightning strike tree, and the reef should be called a flint stone, in fact, it was originally a relatively 'fertile' soil, and after being burned by electric fire again and again, it became this kind of stone-like thing. β
Without allowing Xu Dong to speak, Xing Yu's long eyebrows twisted two knots, "No, according to the direction pointed on the compass, there are only human races on Wuliang Island in this thousand-mile range of the sea, where will they migrate." β
"Someone. β
"There are people there. β
Just when Xing Yu was entangled, Huang Fengyan and Xiao Sanqi, who were a few feet away from them, exclaimed almost at the same time.
Xu Dong and Xing Yu hurriedly came over, looked in the direction of Xiao Sanqi's fingers, and behind an unusually protruding black 'colored' reef, an old woman with white hair leaned over the ground, as if she was doing temple activities reverently.
Xu Dong gestured to the three of them to stop, and he walked over boldly, this old woman didn't care that someone was looking at her, but she was doing what she had to do very seriously, giving Xu Dong the impression that this old woman was at least two hundred years old.
Finally, after the old woman's sacrifice hall was completed, he finally made three gestures to the reef before he tentatively talked to the old woman, "Auntie, who are you kowtowing to?" β
"To whom, my husband, no, it's my fiancΓ©. β
To be honest, Xu Dong didn't expect the old woman to answer his words, so when the old woman answered him, he was surprised, in such a desolate place, the old woman could 'communicate' with him in human language, which was really unimaginable, and even a bit extravagant.
"Your husband. β
The old woman 'touched' the reef distressedly, "Two hundred and thirty-eight years ago, my Lang Jun and I were having a wedding, and a thunderbolt struck us together, and my Lang Jun pushed me out of ten zhang, and he himself was struck by the thunder and became this reef, Lang Jun,,γ β
Xu Dong's tears flowed out, and the old woman's grief and howl infected him, making him can't help but think of Guo Ying, Su Qing and Qian Xiaoyuan sacrificing their lives to protect him, he finally controlled his emotions and asked, "It's been more than two hundred years, you still remember his goodness, and you didn't expect to find someone to marry again." β
The old woman looked at him very unfriendly, "Not to mention more than two hundred years, even more than two thousand years, it is difficult for me to erase his impression in my heart, the scene of him holding my hand and my warmth, just like this reef, becomes stronger with the extension of time, baby, a man and a 'woman' are together, it is not as simple as you think......"
Although Xu Dong didn't dare to imagine that this old woman had lived for more than two hundred years, he regarded this old 'woman' as a person's 'essence', but his admiration for this old woman was from the heart, and the love lasted for a long time, as if it was just a legendary thing, who knew that he found a living specimen in reality.
He glanced at the reef, this reef is exactly one person tall, with a human body, and if you look closely, there are faces and ears, and even noses and eyes, as the saying goes, "the sea is rotten and the heart is rotten", "love is as strong as a rock", he really saw it on Luoguo'er Island.