Chapter 82: Awakening

The little black pig shook his head, I don't know if it was pressed under the stone for several days, he stretched his waist very comfortably, and then his whole body shook several times, shaking off some dust and small dirt and stones hanging on his body, and soon returned to his original black appearance.

Then it looked around, and found that the environment here was very unfamiliar, and it didn't know where it was, and it took a few steps forward, and suddenly its body was stunned again, and it stopped, looking a little hesitant. Since childhood, it has been with Shen Shi almost all the time, and suddenly on such a day, he is only left alone, and Xiao Hei is obviously a little uncomfortable.

Xiao Hei raised his head and looked at the blue and clear sky, a round of sun hung in the sky, and the warm sunlight sprinkled in this mountain range, falling on its body, there was a very comfortable feeling.

It's just that Xiao Hei didn't look happy, it tilted its head slightly in place as if thinking about something, and after a while, it tried to open its mouth to the unfamiliar mountain forest in front of it and shouted twice, "Coax, coax", a low hum spread out, but the mountain forest was silent, and there was no reaction, and of course there was no figure of the owner it hoped for to come out of the forest with a smile.

Xiao Hei stood dumbfounded, looking a little depressed, and after a while it seemed to be a little unwilling, and raised its nose to sniff in the air for a while, but the mountain breeze was gentle, and it didn't seem to bring the breath of the owner.

Xiao Hei stood for a while, and then looked around, only to see that there were mountain walls and boulders on the east, west, and south, only the north was a mountain forest, verdant and lush, and from time to time there were a few birdsong sounds from the depths of the woods, but this place was obviously inaccessible to people, and the forest was full of vegetation but there was no path at all, but there were many wild shrubs and thorns.

Xiao Hei hesitated for a moment, but still walked towards the forest.

The dense and lush canopy cast a large shadow that made the light in the forest slightly dimmer than the outside of the forest, and when it reached the forest, it was soon blocked by many thorns and weeds with jagged spikes, but Xiao Hei ignored these obstacles, and walked past it, and the thorns and sharp serrations scraped on it, and it was as painless as tickling.

A few birdsong came from the top of the branches, Xiao Hei looked up, and found that it was a nest of sparrows chirping in the branches, other than that, there seemed to be no more fierce beasts in this mountain forest, it was very quiet. Xiao Hei continued to walk forward, walking and walking, when suddenly his body jerked, his nose twitched, his eyes lit up suddenly, and then he hummed and adjusted his direction in the forest, and ran forward a few steps to the left front, stopping in front of a bush of weeds.

The pig's trotters stretched out, pulled the weeds a few times, and soon revealed a spirit grass with three small red fruits coming out, Xiao Hei grinned, and suddenly became happy, bit and pulled up, first swallowed the three small red fruits, and then took the grass stem of this spirit grass in his mouth, and began to chew it slowly, with a satisfied expression on his face, it seemed that even the frustration of missing his master not long ago was dispelled a lot.

It even coaxed twice, and then chirped its mouth, took this spiritual grass in its mouth, and continued to walk towards the front of the forest, the woods were dense and abnormal, no one knew what the road ahead was, and they didn't know where the black pig would go?

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Shen Shi felt as if he had a long, long dream, a nightmare.

In the dream, when he opened his eyes for the first time, he saw a hideous and terrifying skeleton, and the black hole eyes were burning with ghostly fire that seemed to come from the netherworld, opening its mouth and roaring, and it was rushing towards him.

He was taken aback, jumped up with all his might, and punched the skeleton away, but found that the surrounding area where he was, at some point, had been crawled up by countless ghosts and surrounded him.

Skeletal zombies, ghostly spirits, and countless ghosts surrounded him, the only living thing, roaring and trying to eat him. This scene seemed familiar, as if he had experienced it once not long ago, but Shen Shi didn't want to fall into that terrible situation again no matter what.

So he roared and resisted, exerting all his strength and exhausting all his means, desperately resisting this swarming tide of ghosts, but his Tao and his strength were more than enough in the face of one, two or a few ghosts, but in the face of thousands of ghosts, he was only as powerless as ants.

So he saw that he was about to fall into a desperate situation again, but at the critical moment, Shen Shi suddenly dreamed that when he was on the line of life and death, suddenly golden light lit up from his body, and a pair of dragon pattern gold armor was attached to his body, looking at it like a god descending to earth, and it was impossible to live forever.

Where the golden light passed, the ghosts seemed to be afraid, and their strength had decreased a lot regardless of their agility, but Shen Shi was consciously doubling his strength, and took advantage of this opportunity to break through bravely. In particular, the few golden sharp spikes on the golden hand armor are even more invincible, but there are punctures and slashes, once they hit the ghosts, no matter how tough and heavy the bones and flesh are, they are all open in response to the sound, and they are unstoppable.

Rushing all the way to kill, like the waves in the sea of ghosts, rolling forward, even he didn't know how far he had killed, but the manpower was sometimes poor, and the ghosts seemed to be endless, and gradually Shen Shi only felt that he was short of breath in his dream, and the golden light on his body gradually dimmed, and the dragon pattern golden armor also began to fade brightly, and it was about to be disillusioned and collapsed at any time.

It was at this critical time that suddenly the earth roared and trembled violently, and then it seemed that the sky was falling apart, and the huge soul abyss collapsed.

Faintly, it is like there is only an endless darkness in front of you, boundless and endless, as if the chaotic heaven and earth have never been separated since ancient times. It's just that in the darkness, there still seems to be a terrible shadow constantly shaking, and strange ghosts seem to be constantly rotating in front of his eyes, making him never at peace, making him have nightmares, and making him indulge in this abyss of fear and fear and unable to extricate himself.

But Shen Shi was not willing to do this, he struggled to break free from this darkness, and repeatedly wanted to do something to resist, especially thinking about summoning the dragon pattern golden armor again, but every time, he felt that his body was empty, as if he no longer had the slightest strength.

It was as if the darkness would never leave, and it would never be able to break free.

Until one day, Shen Shi suddenly heard a few whispers, which were a little familiar, and the strength that had dissipated for a long time seemed to suddenly return to his body, at that moment, he woke up suddenly, Huo Ran sat up, and shouted.

The darkness in front of him dissipated, and the warm light returned to his eyes, and that feeling was like reincarnation, and it was like seeing the light of day again.

"Ah......h

A soft shout, with a bit of surprise, came from his side, and a figure swept to his side, with a little excitement and joy, and said, "Are you awake?"

Shen Shi looked at her, and after a while, his mind gradually came to his senses, and he also recognized the face of the beautiful woman in front of him, looking at the slightly nervous and eager look on her fair face, Shen Shi was stunned for a moment, and said blankly:

"Qinglu? uh, where am I?"

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Shen Shi didn't doubt the question of where he was for too long, because after the initial confusion, his mind quickly cleared up, and he also recognized the familiar stone room scenery around him, his gaze swept around, his lips moved slightly, and after a while, he looked at Zhong Qinglu in front of him and said:

"This、Is this my return to my cave on Jinhong Mountain?"

Zhong Qinglu nodded vigorously and said, "Yes." ”

Shen Shi said blankly: "I, why did I come back?" As he spoke, he twisted his body and just wanted to get up, but suddenly he only felt a sharp pain coming from several places on his body at the same time, and suddenly snorted, and his body shook for a while and almost fell down again.

Zhong Qinglu hurriedly supported him and said hurriedly: "You have injuries on your body, don't move." ”

Shen Shi gritted his teeth, held back the pain and sat against the wall with the help of Zhong Qinglu, and after a while, the pain gradually subsided, and then he breathed a sigh of relief, and then looked at Zhong Qinglu, smiled bitterly, and said, "Thank you." ”

Zhong Qinglu withdrew his hands, which seemed a little unnatural, but he quickly regained his composure, smiled slightly, and said, "It's just a trivial matter." ”

Shen Shi looked around, and saw that Zhong Qinglu seemed to be the only one here in the stone room of the cave mansion at the moment, and there were many doubts in his heart, so he couldn't help but say to Zhong Qinglu: "How could I come back here, I obviously remembered that I was still in Gaoling Mountain...... before."

Zhong Qinglu nodded and said, "It was Senior Brother Du Tiejian who rescued you." ”

Shen Shi was stunned and said, "Senior Brother Du, why did they go to Gaoling Mountain too?" After a pause, he seemed to hesitate a little, and after a while, he asked one more question and said, "That...... How did they find me?"

Zhong Qinglu said: "Seven days ago, there was another big earthquake in the Gaoling Mountain Range, and the mountain range collapsed, which is said to be within the scope of the nameless ancient tomb that was rumored to have been born, and also caused heavy casualties to the monks who went on the expedition. However, in this way, it has attracted the attention of more people, including our Lingxiao Sect, who has also sent people to check it out. ”

Shen Shi was silent for a moment and said, "It's Senior Brother Du?"

Zhong Qinglu nodded and said: "Exactly, that big earthquake came without warning, the damage was fierce, after the sect elders calculated, they thought that there might be some rare treasures in the legendary tomb, so they sent more than ten people led by Senior Brother Du to check." It is said that on the third day, he had followed the collapsed remnants to the depths of the earth, but the treasure was not found, but a large number of ghosts were found......

Shen Shi was startled, raised his head and said, "Then Senior Brother Du, have they ever encountered any trouble?"

Zhong Qinglu smiled, his expression was relaxed, and said: "It's okay, Senior Brother Du and the senior brothers and sisters who went with him are all elite masters in our Lingxiao Sect, all of them are extraordinary, although there are many ghosts, they are still suppressed and repelled by them, and in the end, it was in a remnant cave buried by falling rocks, Senior Brother Du actually found you who had passed out and didn't know about it, so he rescued you." ”

Speaking of this, Zhong Qinglu's face couldn't help but show a little worry and fear, and said, "Fortunately, they found you, otherwise it would ......" Only halfway through the words, Zhong Qinglu suddenly seemed to notice something, as if he felt that his words were a little inappropriate, and he couldn't help but suffocate, his cheeks were slightly red, but there was a touch of tenderness between his eyebrows, but it was as soft as water.

It's just that she glanced at Shen Shi, and saw that Shen Shi was listening intently, and didn't seem to notice anything unusual, she couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief in her heart, and her expression also regained her calmness, and she couldn't help but ask Shen Shi again: "By the way, how did you get to that kind of danger and be so seriously injured?"

Shen Shi was stunned, and all kinds of scenes under the soul abyss of the town passed through his mind in an instant, the primeval yin dragon, the mysterious witch ghost, and those earth-shattering but unknown treasures, and even remembered the mysterious dragon pattern golden armor in his qi sea dantian, as soon as he thought of this, Shen Shi almost instantly thought of the great earthquake and collapse mountain range in Gaoling Mountain, should it ...... The roots are on this, right?

"I ...... I also heard those rumors, and I thought about trying my luck. ”

Ghosts and gods are average, Shen Shi said this, maybe subconsciously, he didn't want to tell the matter of the primeval yin dragon and the mysterious skeleton, the origin of these two ancient monsters is too big, in case the news leaks out, I am afraid that his trouble will not be small.

Zhong Qinglu obviously did not suspect Shen Shi, but instead looked like she had known this, sitting on the edge of the bed next to Shen Shi, her eyebrows lowered slightly, but she sighed softly.

"Senior Brother Du, when he came to see you earlier, he also said about this, guessing that you were probably in a good mood because you had delayed your cultivation before, so you were in a good mood, so that's why you rushed into the dangerous place to find some unrealistic opportunities......

Shen Shi was silent for a long time, and finally smiled bitterly, thinking that if he really wanted to say this, it was actually not wrong, his purpose in going to Gaoling Mountain was actually like this.

It's just that Zhong Qinglu sat there silently, her brows were slightly condensed, but she seemed to have a little thought, her face was not very good-looking, and she occasionally looked at Shen Shi, but she looked like she wanted to speak and stopped. Shen Shi quickly noticed her expression and said:

"What's wrong?"

Zhong Qinglu was silent for a while, and then said in a low voice: "Shen Shi, shouldn't you go deep into the ancient tomb with many ghosts regardless of the danger because you agreed to make that deal with me?"

Her bright eyes were full of waves, as if she was a little sad and a little regretful, looked at Shen Shi, and said, "You...... You have been taking risks since you were a teenager on Qingyu Island, in order to privately accumulate alchemy spirit crystals for me, you went to Demon Island to fight and hunt with those vicious demon beasts when you were so low, until something finally happened and disappeared for three years......"

She looked at him deeply, and there seemed to be the figure of the young man in her eyes and the Shen Shi in front of her now gradually merging into one, her expression was a little sad, but she seemed to be a little happy, and said quietly:

"If that's the case, I'd rather you don't risk your life like this, okay?"