Chapter 176: The Origin of the Parchment Map
Seeing that Ning Xiaotang suddenly came to ask about it, the old woman nodded slightly and said, "Don't hide it from the owner of Ning Village, the two old men wearing strange clothes at the beginning are the two ancestors of the Gathering Evil Village, known as the Second Elder of the Gathering Evil Village. As for the black-robed man later, if I guessed correctly, it should be the previous master of the Yin Evil Gate, the Yin Demon Old Ghost. ”
"The two elders of the Gathering Evil Village, the old ghosts of the Yin Evil Sect?" Ning Xiaotang frowned slightly, "This Gathering Evil Village and the Yin Evil Sect are both evil sects, right?"
"That's right, Master Ningzhuang, they do belong to the Evil Dao Sect. The old woman nodded and said, "And this evil village, the Yin Evil Gate and the corpse raising sect are called the three evil holy gates of Xiangxi. Among them, the corpse-raising sect is the most powerful, and more than seventy percent of the cult people in Xiangxi are all following the path of corpse-raising, and those people are more or less related to the corpse-raising faction. ”
"More than seventy, how can there be so many?" Ning Xiaotang was slightly surprised.
The old woman said: "It's really a lot, as for the reason, it seems that I heard that the core exercises of the corpse raising sect have been leaked." In the Xiangxi region, those people in the evil path can easily obtain the exercises of the corpse raising sect. Therefore, many people in the evil path have begun to follow the path of raising corpses. ”
"The core exercises of the Corpse Cultivation Sect have been leaked?" Ning Xiaotang frowned, always feeling that things were not so simple, and there was a faint smell of conspiracy in them.
"The exercises have been leaked, I'm afraid things are not so simple. Ning Xiaotang couldn't help but say.
The old woman nodded and said, "On the rivers and lakes, there are indeed people who speculate that this is a trick of the corpse raising faction. deliberately leaked the exercises, in order to allow more people to cultivate corpse puppets, so that one day in the future, a certain big conspiracy will be realized. ”
Ning Xiaotang sneered: "It seems that even if they know that something is wrong, those people still choose to jump into this fire pit in the end." ”
The old woman sighed and said, "If you can quickly improve your strength, not everyone can withstand the temptation. It is to practice the righteous path exercises, and there is also the saying that they are eager for quick success and quick profit, and they go mad, not to mention those who are in the evil path. ”
"Moreover, the exercises that have been leaked by the Corpse Raising Sect are extremely easy to get started, and they can improve their strength in a short period of time, such a temptation, most people in the evil path can't resist it at all. Not to mention the conspiracy of the corpse raising faction, this is only speculation at the moment. On the one hand, by practicing the exercises of the corpse cultivation sect, you can quickly improve your strength, and on the other hand, there are conspiracy theories that have not yet been proven. These two come first, and it is easy to guess how those people in the evil path will choose. ”
Hearing this, Ning Xiaotang shook his head slightly and stopped continuing the topic. Anyway, as long as he doesn't provoke himself, he is too lazy to care about the conspiracy of the corpse raising faction.
Then, Ning Xiaotang glanced at the sheepskin map that was grabbed by the old woman in her hand and said, "Elder Qiu, it seems that you also seem to know this sheepskin map. Now, let's talk about this parchment map. ”
When the old woman heard this, she hurriedly handed the sheepskin map in her hand to Ning Xiaotang. In front of this strongman, she didn't dare to covet this map in the slightest.
After Ning Xiaotang took the sheepskin map, the old woman slowly spoke: "As far as the old body knows, this sheepskin map involves an ancient sect ruins. ”
"Wait, Senior Qiu, wait until I go farther away, you can talk about it, these secrets, I won't listen to them. When Yu Wenjun saw that the old woman was about to tell the secret of the sheepskin map, he was so frightened that he hurriedly ran away.
Ning Xiaotang glanced at Yu Wenjun in some surprise, and the old woman explained to Ning Xiaotang: "There are some secrets, it may not be a good thing for them to know, or it is better not to know." ”
Ning Xiaotang nodded slightly and didn't say anything.
He can also understand such an approach. If you don't have enough strength, but you are involved in a top-level struggle, you will naturally fall badly.
Ning Xiaotang slowly opened the sheepskin map in his hand and said, "Elder Qiu, you continue." ”
The old woman nodded and said, "The general location of the ancient sect ruins has actually been discovered more than three hundred years ago. It's just that around the ruins, there are formations that are far beyond the understanding of the world, and outsiders can't enter them at all. ”
"Three hundred years ago, there was a senior master who spent a lifetime finally cracking the formation arranged around the ruins. It's just that if you want to enter the ruins, you still need the condition of time, and the time was not ripe back then. According to the senior's speculation, it was probably three hundred years from now that the best time to enter the ruins. ”
"And this sheepskin map was left by the predecessor back then, and it is said that it has a way to crack the formation. ”
Ning Xiaotang nodded slightly, judging from the obsolescence of this sheepskin map, it was indeed hundreds of years old.
"Elder Qiu, this sheepskin map is obviously a fragmentary map, do you know how many there are in total?" Ning Xiaotang asked.
The old woman nodded and said, "Master Ning is right, there are nine maps in total. It takes nine sheets together to complete a picture. ”
"There are nine of them. Ning Xiaotang said softly, and then he looked at the back of the sheepskin map, those strange lines like a labyrinth, and asked, "Elder Qiu, what about that senior three hundred years ago, how much do you know about him?"
Ning Xiaotang's way of forming the law is also a small success. But when he looked at the strange lines on the sheepskin map, he became more and more sure that the master of three hundred years ago seemed to be still above him in his research on the way of formation.
The old woman said: "Three hundred years ago, the senior of Ning Zhuang must have heard of it, he is the predecessor of Gongsun Long, the first important minister of the founding of the Great Jin Dynasty. ”
"Gongsun Long? Ning Xiaotang nodded slightly.
From the history books, Ning Xiaotang also knew something about this Gongsun Long.
According to records, this Gongsun Long is an immortal material who has passed through the heavens and latitudes, has extraordinary intelligence, and has no last resort. He assisted Sima Hao, the founding emperor of the Great Jin Dynasty, to fight in the south and in the north, to conquer in the east and west, and finally won the world.
It can be said that this Gongsun Long has made outstanding achievements, and even has a bit of a sense of high merit.
In fact, Emperor Taizu Sima Hao was indeed jealous of Gongsun Long.
Because Gongsun Long also has an identity, that is, the pavilion master of Tianji Pavilion back then.
Gongsun Long is not only unfathomable in martial arts, but also proficient in hexagrams and formations, and he is even more missed. Such a character, if he is not completely sure, even Emperor Taizu Sima Hao will not dare to touch him.
You must know that Sima Hao was also a rare hero in the world back then, and his own martial arts reached an unbelievable level.
It can be seen from this that this Gongsun Long is unfathomable.
At this time, Ning Xiaotang, who was looking at the sheepskin map in his hand, suddenly exclaimed: "Sure enough, no." ”
It turned out that Ning Xiaotang found that the sheepskin map in his hand was not drawn with additional patterns in the location of the Xiangxi region. And his original sheepskin map, where the Xiangxi region is located, is a painting of He Shou Wu.
"Is it just me with patterns drawn on that sheepskin map?" Ning Xiaotang said secretly in his heart.
Thinking of this, Ning Xiaotang suddenly looked at the old woman and said, "Elder Qiu, can you take out the sheepskin map on your body and let me see it?"
"What?" Ning Xiaotang's words without warning suddenly shocked the old woman, and her heart was about to jump out.