Chapter 20 Stone Forest

In front of the sand dunes, in the endless desert, a strange stone pillar suddenly appeared, and the closest stone pillar to Shen Shi's side was about thirty zhang away from him, not far from the bottom of the sand dune. From a distance, the stone pillars over there look very strangely shaped, although they look different sizes, they are almost all large at the top and bottom, and small in the middle.

After looking carefully for a while, Shen Shi looked around again, and saw that in the nearby desert, except for this strange stone pillar that suddenly appeared, there was no other abnormal thing, and there was yellow sand everywhere. So after a moment of silence, he still walked towards the stone pillars with Xiao Hei.

This distance is not too far, and after descending the sand dunes, he quickly walked to the periphery of the stone pillar group, but Shen Shi was still a little careful, in this Wentian Secret Realm, everything seemed to be a little weird, and maybe there would be some danger at any time.

Shen Shi immediately found that the stone pillars standing in this desert seemed to be more like a kind of yellow clay, and their upper surface was pitted, with many short but sharp stone thorns. The stone pillars are not small, usually at least two people high, and strangely enough, the bottom is like a mound of earth, which shrinks sharply in the middle, and turns into a ball in the upper part. The surface of the sphere is dry and hard, and cracks and cavities are rarely seen, but there are obvious traces of wind and sand erosion in many places.

At this moment, the scorching sun is in the sky, it seems that it is the hottest time of the day, and the temperature in this desert is also extremely hot, even the body of a cultivator like Shen Shi feels a little uncomfortable, and these clay stone pillars exposed to the sun seem to be even more lifeless, and they can't see any rules one by one, far or near, so they stand quietly and silently in this desert.

Shen Shi frowned, and glanced left and right, this forest of stone pillars that looked quite tall seemed to be quite numerous, extending all the way forward, leading to the depths of the desert, and the appearance of these stone pillars was also a strange shape that he had never seen before. On top of that, the yellow clay-like stuff on these pillars is clearly different from ordinary stones, and even more different from the small sand that is ubiquitous around them, but in the vast desert in front of them, there is nothing else to be seen around except sand and sand.

Could it be something from an ancient era thousands of years ago that has been lost to this desert to this day?

Shen Shi shook his head, and after a moment of silence, he continued to walk towards this stone pillar forest.

The tall stone pillars stood silently, and the fierce sunlight seemed to carry a hint of ferocity, evaporating all the vitality here, and not even a slightly shady place could be found. For some reason, Shen Shi walked and walked, but he had a feeling that was not very comfortable, as if it was the strange feeling of being peeped at in the dark.

Shen Shi's footsteps paused slightly, and his eyes swept around, but he saw that the stone pillar was silent and did not move. He looked down at Xiao Hei again, and saw that Xiao Hei also looked a little listless, no matter what kind of creature it was, even if it was with a strong demon beast bloodline, it would not feel comfortable in such a hot and dry desert, or under the scorching sun. But other than that, Xiao Hei doesn't seem to be more unusual.

Shen Shi thought about it, but continued to walk forward. As he continued to move forward, he gradually walked into the depths of this stone forest, and the surrounding stone pillars began to gradually become taller, and even began to appear as tall as three or four zhang high. However, the taller the stone pillars, the wider the distance between them, and it is obvious that in a wide area, there will only be one tallest stone pillar, and the rest are relatively short stone pillars.

But apart from these, Shen Shi still didn't make any discoveries.

There are no plants, no animals, no life, not even a single insect can be seen, only these mysterious and strange stone forests, high or low, stand alone and silent in this scorching desert.

Shen Shi walked past the side of a stone pillar, suddenly stopped, and first looked at the stone pillar in front of him, it was not particularly tall, even the lower part of the mound was close to two people high. The earthy yellow surface is covered with hard sand, and stone thorns can be seen everywhere.

Shen Shi stared for a moment, then reached out and carefully touched the stone pillar.

There was a rough and hard sensation at the tentacles, and a hint of hot burning.

Shen Shi frowned, retracted his hand, and was a little surprised, the surface of these stone pillars was not exposed to the scorching sun for too long, so the temperature of the stone surface was a little frighteningly high.

Standing in place and thinking for a moment, Shen Shi still didn't seem to have a clue, so he had to continue to walk forward, only this time he had only walked a dozen steps, and his body suddenly shook, his eyes were slightly condensed, and he looked ahead.

In the depths of this strange and silent stone pillar, he suddenly saw an earthen wall.

Yes, a ruined earthen wall, which had long since been weathered and could barely be seen in general outline, stood lonely behind a stone pillar in front of it.

Shen Shi's spirit was suddenly lifted, this was the second thing he saw other than sand after he came to this desert, in addition to these strange stone pillars, and the earthen wall was obviously made by a race with intelligence, even if it looked like the earthen wall had long been weathered and broken at this moment, but as long as he could find some traces left by his predecessors, it would be good. And if it is really the remains of the building built by previous people, then it should not be like this, maybe there are more discoveries.

With a little joy on his face, he greeted Xiao Hei who was following him, and then walked forward quickly, Xiao Hei looked up at him, muttered twice, and then ran after him listlessly.

In the blink of an eye, Shen Shi came to the side of the earthen wall, only to see that this earthen wall was extremely broken, only a little fault remained, the highest place was only two feet high, and the sides of the wall had long been covered by yellow sand, revealing an indescribable desolate atmosphere. Shen Shi tried to pat the wall lightly, but as soon as the palm of his hand was forced, he felt that his hand was light, and a large piece of the wall directly turned into a block of gray and silt of different sizes and fell down.

Shen Shi was stunned for a moment, the extent of the damage of this earthen wall, even above his imagination, looked like it had been dilapidated again for countless years. And when he bypassed this earthen wall from the side, he immediately found that behind the earthen wall, there were indeed other similar ruins and broken walls, which began to rise and fall in this stone pillar forest, and it seemed that the scale was not small, and the distribution area was quite large.

It seems, is it an ancient village?

Shen Shi's spirit was greatly lifted, and he walked forward, and the broken earth walls appeared in front of him one after another, and there was an ancient and desolate atmosphere in the yellow sand everywhere. It's just that apart from these ruins, except for those doors, windows, and beams that can barely see some outlines, he still didn't find any breath of life, and there was no trace of anyone once living here.

Everything seems to have long since been annihilated with the passage of time, and even the remnants of this relic do not seem to be too long before they are mercilessly submerged and swallowed by this desert.

At the same time, in the ruins of this ancient village, Shen Shi found that those strange stone pillars were still densely packed, large and small, even seemed to be more dense than the periphery of the stone forest, and many of the stone pillars were born directly in the courtyards of some house ruins, and even rose directly from the broken houses.

This kind of scene makes people look at it with a strange and abrupt feeling, and always feel that something is not quite right, Shen Shi's brows furrowed slightly, as if he was subconscious, he lightened his steps and walked quietly in this ruin. The tall stone pillars were not far from him, but they gave him, especially in this ruins, as if the ancient village had been submerged by these strange stone pillars.

Like a sharp blade inserted into the body!

There is a creepy delusion.

Ahead, he suddenly saw a ruin, which looked slightly more complete and taller than the ruins around him, but it was also dilapidated, at most the remaining earthen walls were a little higher, and the houses inside still had some appearance.

Shen Shi's heart moved, and he walked towards the room, Xiao Hei followed at his feet, and suddenly looked up at the scorching sun, only to see that the sun had slowly moved to the west for a few more minutes, the sky was still bright, but it seemed to be softer, and the temperature around him had dropped a little.

The door of this ruined house has long been gone, Shen Shi directly stepped in from a low gap in the dilapidated earthen wall, looking at the outline of the surrounding ruins, it seems that there was a courtyard that was not small earlier, and the scale of the houses in front of it was also quite impressive. Presumably, if it was back then, the owner of the house here should have been a person of some status in this village.

Shen Shi observed left and right, and then walked in the direction of the house, most of the houses in the ruins had been weathered and collapsed, only the largest house in the middle looked like there were still three earthen walls, but the roof was long gone.

Walking up to the mound of earth that I don't know if it was a staircase or a layer of soil, Shen Shi walked into this room, and everywhere he looked, there were fine sand everywhere, but a little bit inside, he actually found that there was still half a table dumped on the ground, and there was a mound of brick and stone, which seemed to be a bit like a stove, but it could also be just a simple stone frame, in short, it was not very visible.

Other than that, there is no trace of any living being. Shen Shi shook his head, turned around and was about to walk out, but at this moment, Xiao Hei, who had originally followed him into this room, suddenly shook his nose, and then trotted to the side of the mound, and after sniffing everywhere a few times, he shouted at Shen Shi.

Shen Shi raised his eyebrows, walked over quickly, carefully looked at the unremarkable mound, and after a moment of silence, he suddenly stretched out his hands and vigorously pushed away the sand layer.

After working for a while, when the yellow sand was brushed away, in front of Shen Shi and Xiao Hei, on the ground of this ruin, a mottled and dilapidated stone slab was exposed, which looked like it had gone through many years, and was full of rough traces.

Shen Shi glanced at it twice, suddenly stretched out his hand and drank in a low voice, accompanied by a low and dull sound, "boom", the stone slab rose in response, and then in front of the two of them, a downward black hole appeared.