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Qilitong, the altar of the Miao people.

Last night's big battle didn't seem to affect the silent atmosphere here, and under the leadership of the young wizard, Ghost Li and Xiaobai walked silently through the altar. Xiao Ash, who was lying on the shoulder of the ghost, seemed to be much quieter at the moment, as if the calm atmosphere around him made him honest.

After passing through the long corridor to the stone house in the depths of the altar, the young wizard nodded slightly, did not say anything to them, turned and left, and after a moment disappeared into darkness.

Around, only the two of them remained. Ghost Li and Xiaobai glanced at each other, and Ghost Li said lightly: "Let's go in!"

Xiaobai nodded in agreement, and the two walked in together.

The room was still very dark, and there was still a pile of flames burning in the depths ahead, and in front of the flames, there was still a rickety figure sitting with his back to them.

In this familiar scene, in a trance, last night's events seemed unreal, maybe it was just a dream......

A slight cough rang out over the old man, and his back trembled violently in the light of the fire, shattering the silence and bringing people back to reality.

"You're here," said the archwizard in a hoarse voice as his cough stopped, "come here!"

Ghost Li and Xiaobai walked behind him and sat down quietly, in front of this thin old man, somehow, both of them had a good feeling that they didn't know what to say.

The Great Wizard seemed to sigh softly and said, "Those people of mine were rude to you just now, don't be surprised. ”

Ghost Li nodded slightly and said, "Don't dare." ”

The archwizard coughed twice, but fell silent and said nothing more. Ghost Li and Xiaobai had to wait patiently, but unexpectedly, after waiting for a long time, the great wizard actually seemed to be asleep, motionless, and did not react at all.

Ghost Li became more and more anxious in his heart, firstly, he didn't know what this great wizard was thinking, and secondly, a sudden turmoil last night made him almost regret it for the rest of his life.

After waiting for a long time at this moment, seeing that the great wizard still didn't seem to speak, Xiao Bai next to him was still patient and not in a hurry at all, but Xiao Ash was already impatient. The monkey is playful, and he can't stand the solemn atmosphere here at this moment, so he grabbed a handful of things in the east, slipped in the west, and quietly slipped off the ghost Li.

Ghost Li's heart was anxious, and he really didn't want to delay any longer, so he immediately spoke: "Senior, the ...... I asked you for"

Before the word "matter" could be spoken, the great wizard suddenly interjected: "Young man, let me tell you a story!"

The ghost was stunned for a moment, and glanced at Xiaobai next to her, but saw that she was also frowning, her eyes were confused, and she obviously didn't know what this old guy was thinking. It's just that at this moment, after all, there is a request for someone, and the ghost Li had to sigh in his heart, holding back the anxiety in his heart, and said patiently: "Senior, please speak!"

The Great Wizard had a hoarse voice, and in the depths of this dark altar, it sounded faintly, as if thousands of years had passed, and then quietly turned back at this moment......

"Our southern Xinjiang is located in the south of the vast land of China, which has never been as prosperous as Middle Earth, but it has its own unique origins......"

Ghost Li nodded silently, the unique customs here in Southern Xinjiang are indeed different from those in Middle Earth.

"Now everyone in the world knows that here in our southern Xinjiang, there are a total of five ethnic groups living side by side and living together on this land. But in fact, a long time ago, the five tribes of Miao, Li, Zhuang, Tu, and Gaoshan were actually the same ancient tribe called the "Wu Clan". ”

Ghost Li and Xiaobai are both stunned, don't say that these things are Ghost Li has never heard of, even Xiaobai has no impression.

The back of the Great Wizard, slightly distorted by the blazing flames, was reflected on the ground, and in his voice, there was also the "crackling" of firewood bursting in the flames

The voice, faint, carries the vicissitudes of the past.

"Legend among the clan that in ancient times, the ancient witch clan ran the southern frontier and was powerful, and the clan produced a generation of inhumans with high witch power, among which each generation of witch maidens who served the witch god, witchcraft was the most powerful. ”

"The so-called witch maiden is to select a virgin with the highest spiritual power from each generation of the ancient witch clan, serve the witch god in the altar, study witchcraft, and lead all the witch clansmen. This kind of life has been going on for many years, many years......"

Ghost Li and Xiaobai both raised their heads slightly, they are all smart people, and they all know the key point that the great wizard said at this moment, and they are about to come out. And at this moment, Xiao Ash didn't know where to touch quietly in the dark.

However, in the third year of the succession of the eleventh generation of the ancient witch clan, among the 100,000 mountains on the border of southern Xinjiang, a sudden change occurred. The Great Wizard's voice was still hoarse, but his voice was quietly raised, as if the faint excitement in his heart was slowly revealed.

"In the midst of the 100,000 mountains, there was a monster known as the "Beast God", and no one knew the origin of that monster, as if he appeared out of thin air in the dangerous and vicious 100,000 mountains. ”

"At first, no one noticed the existence of that monster, but gradually, the ancestors of the Wu clan sensed a strange change. The rolling mountains of the 100,000 Great Mountains are steep, but the forests are lush and the animals are abundant, and the skilled hunters of the Wu clan have always been able to enter to hunt. But from that time on, in the midst of the 100,000 mountains, a vicious miasma was suddenly born, and when a person inhaled it, his whole body festered and died. What's even more weird is that the original normal beasts have also undergone strange changes, some monsters that have changed into beast heads and human shapes, extremely ferocious, killing people when they see them, and eating corpses when they die, which is terrifying, and among the witch clan, people are panicked for a while. ”

Ghost Li and Xiaobai couldn't help but glance at each other again, what the great wizard said was really weird and unheard of.

The Great Wizard paused for a moment, as if he was also immersed in the past that had been lost in ancient history, and after a while, he slowly continued: "At that time, the witch Niangniang convened all the wizard leaders of the clan to discuss, and finally sent a team of elite warriors led by three wizards to go to the 100,000 mountains to check what strange things had happened, causing poisonous miasma to suddenly grow in the mountains and animals to mutate.

But on the tenth day after this team entered the mountain, only the leading wizard with the strongest witch power escaped, and his whole body festered, and it was still ineffective under the full treatment of the witch Niangniang, and finally just when he was dying, he said the word "beast demon", and died like this!"

"Beast Demon ......" Ghost Li and Xiaobai both slowly read this name in their hearts.

"From this time on, the ancestors of the Wu clan finally knew that a monster had emerged from the 100,000 mountains. Later, after many investigations, after paying many warriors' lives, he gradually learned that this monster suddenly appeared in the 100,000 mountains, with incredible strange abilities, under his demon law, the originally densely forested mountains turned into barren mountains, clear rivers full of venom, everywhere is highly poisonous miasma. And all kinds of animals in the forest were also turned into monsters by him using demon methods, and turned into all kinds of monsters such as bear people, tiger people, leopard people, werewolves, etc., which were ferocious and cannibalistic, and they were extremely terrifying......"

The corners of Ghost Li's mouth suddenly twitched, and he said, "Is there a kind of fish man among them?"

The Great Wizard's back was shocked, and he was silent for a moment, as if he was thinking about something, and then nodded slowly, and said, "Yes, it is said that those ferocious barbarians in the 100,000 mountains in the clan do have such a group of fishmen. Why, don't you ......"

The ghost pondered for a moment, and finally said, "Yes, I once saw such a monster with a fish-headed human body in the Western Swamp. ”

The Great Wizard's body shook violently, and finally he couldn't bear it anymore, Huo Di turned his head, the fire shone on his wrinkles, as if the deep rings carved by the years, and his voice was hoarse at this moment: "You—You really saw these monsters?"

Ghost Li was silent but sure, and nodded.

The Great Wizard's face turned white, and he said, "It has appeared, it has finally appeared, Providence! Providence...... But why did they appear in the west? Isn't the entrance to the 100,000 mountains guarded by the Incense Valley of the Cultivators......

On his old face, sometimes frightened, sometimes confused, his expression kept changing, as if he was out of his mind.

Ghost Li stretched out his hand and gently patted the old man's shoulder.

The Great Wizard's body shook, as if he had suddenly woken up, looked at the ghost, his expression gradually calmed down, and then he turned his head again to face the flames.

"I, let's go on! Anyway, if it is providential, we mortals are powerless. ”

In his voice, there seemed to be a little more desolation: "After knowing the monster of the beast demon, the people of the witch clan have never lived a day of stability, and as time goes by, all kinds of monsters under the beast demon have begun to gradually come beyond the 100,000 mountains. In this way, the news of the murder of the tribe continued to spread from all over the country, and the number of people increased, it was really to the point of panic, and in the end, ordinary Wu people even began to abandon their homes and move to the north desperately, seeing that if this continued, the entire Wu tribe would be destroyed. ”

"The witch maidens of that generation originally wanted to inquire more about this monster, and then discuss how to get rid of this monster. But at that time, the crowd was angry among the Wu Clan, and the situation was really at the most critical moment, and she finally decided to gather all the wizards and warriors in the Wu Clan to go together to crusade against this monster and fight him to the death to save the Wu Clan. ”

Unexpectedly, on the night when the witch maiden made this decision, the beast demon actually led his countless demon subordinates to suddenly kill from the 100,000 mountains and directly kill the place where the altar of the ancient witch clan was located. The altar of the Wu tribe is the place where the Wu people worship the witch god, and it has always been the lifeblood of the tribe and is sacred and inviolable. That night, it can be said that all the people of the Wu Clan, whether it is men and women, and even older children, all rushed to the battlefield to fight those vicious demons to the death!"

The voice of the great wizard, when he said this, stopped slightly, while Ghost Li and Xiaobai each held their breath. The bloody slaughter in ancient times seemed to quietly emerge again in the surrounding darkness, in the desolate and vicissitudes of the great wizard's words.

"That fierce battle is by no means something we can imagine, and what has been handed down from generation to generation by my Miao ancestors is just a scaly claw depicting that war. All in all, after the blood stained all the ground under their feet, and after countless witch warriors used their bodies to die with the demons, the beast demon finally rushed into the altar of the witch god that the witch maiden was last guarded by the witch with some demons. And outside the altar, they are still killing......"

"It's just that the great witch god has finally begun to protect his people at this moment, and the witch maiden of that generation is recognized as the strongest witch in the past generations. After an earth-shattering battle, the beast demon and his powerful subordinate demons were finally trapped by the "Eight Fierce Xuanhuo Array" handed down by the ancient witch god in the altar of the shrine maiden ......"

"What?" Ghost Li and Xiaobai suddenly lost their voices at the same time.

The Great Wizard glanced back at them strangely and said, "Eight Fierce Xuanhuo Array, what's wrong?"

Ghost Li and Xiaobai glanced at each other, were silent for a moment, and said, "This name is quite strange. ”

The Great Wizard sighed and said, "This magic circle was handed down by the ancient witch gods, and it was activated with the strange treasure of the essence of ten thousand fires, "Xuanhuo Jian", and it was extremely powerful. The morale of the people of the Wu clan was greatly shaken, and those monsters were in turmoil, and they were finally gradually repulsed. ”

It's just that although the mana of the "Eight Fierce Xuanhuo Array" is boundless, the power of the beast demon is really extraordinary, and it can be burned day and night under the day and night of the Eight Desolate Fire Dragons, although it is seriously injured, but it still survives, and the witch Niangniang is not stopped. At that time, in the entire altar, because the magic circle itself was too strong, the wizards of other clans could not get close to help, and only the witch Niangniang alone supported this huge magic circle with her own magic power, just like this three days and three nights, when the people of the entire witch clan were almost crazy about it, the beast demon actually broke out of the formation. ”

However, although the beast demon escaped, it was already dying by this magic circle, and he didn't dare to stay for a while, and flew back to the lair in the 100,000 mountains. And when everyone rushed to the altar, the shrine maiden was exhausted, and she was almost exhausted. It's just that the witch lady is really an admirable figure, but after a day of rest, she decided to enter the 100,000 mountains alone to get rid of the beast demon. Because if you wait for the beast demon to recover, I am afraid that the end of the witch clan will really come. ”

Xiao Bai sighed softly and said, "This witch lady is really a heroine among women, a bodhisattva, so self-sacrificing!"

The great wizard said lightly: "Here in our southern Xinjiang, we don't believe in Bodhisattvas. ”

Xiaobai smiled and did not speak.

The Great Wizard continued: "At that time, none of the Wu clansmen agreed with the witch maiden's approach, and everyone knew that if she left, she was afraid that she would never come back. But the witch lady was determined, and finally went, but she was accompanied by the seven bravest warriors of the witch clan. A group of eight of them entered the extremely vicious 100,000 mountains like this. ”

"Along the way, they overcame thorns and thorns, and they didn't know how many monsters they killed, and finally came to the ancient cave where the beast demon lived on the sixth day. At this moment, the witch maiden made an unexpected decision, she asked the other seven people to wait outside the cave, and she was the only one to enter the ancient cave.

The seven warriors naturally refused, but the witch lady was extremely determined, and bluntly said that it would not help them to go in, but would drag her down, and in the end, the seven warriors had to agree. ”

After the witch maiden entered the ancient cave, there was no news, and the seven warriors waited outside the ancient cave for two days and two nights, and finally two of them couldn't bear it anymore and wanted to rush into the ancient cave to find the witch maid, but the other five thought that they should continue to wait and obey the order of the witch maiden.

The seven warriors quarreled with each other like this, and in the end, the two warriors still entered the ancient cave, and they never heard from them again. ”

In this way, until the fifth day, when the remaining five warriors gradually lost confidence, the witch Niangniang miraculously staggered out of the ancient cave. But the five warriors were overjoyed and didn't notice any of this at all. The Shrine Maiden summoned the five warriors to her side and gave each of them a glittering artifact full of strange magical powers, and told them that these five holy artifacts were refined by her body after she had removed the beast demon. But the beast demon is a monster of the world transformed by the fierceness of heaven and earth, although the body is destroyed, the soul is not dispersed. ”

The five warriors were shocked, and the witch lady said again, as long as these five holy weapons do not return to this ancient cave, the beast demon will never be resurrected! The five warriors were shocked, and the witch maiden used her last strength to tell them that they should protect these five holy weapons forever from the witch clan, and never let the beast demon come back to life, otherwise, it would be the end of the witch clan and the world. And she herself will stay outside this ancient cave for eternity, use her soul to suppress all demons, and lock them in the ancient cave. After barely saying this, the witch maiden couldn't support it anymore, so she stood and died, and a moment later, her body turned into a stone statue facing the depths of the ancient cave!"

The Great Wizard's voice slowly deepened.

In the firelight, everyone's faces were a little strange, and there was an indescribable expression, and after a long time, Xiaobai let out a long breath and said, "What a mother! But the great wizard told us this story, but what is it for?"

The back of the great wizard, as if bent by an invisible burden, was extremely desolate. He didn't answer Xiaobai's question, but took care of himself, and continued: "After the five warriors wept and grieved, they returned to the Wu Clan, although the Witch Niangniang died unfortunately, but the beast demon, the unprecedented enemy of the Wu Clan, was finally suppressed in that ancient cave, and the people of the Wu Clan were sad, but they were also a little happy and happy. It's just that at this time, the five warriors who had risen in prestige because of the return of the demon slayer fought among themselves because they were fighting for the position of leader in the witch clan. ”

"The most regrettable thing is that the witch maidens of each generation of the witch clan are designated by the previous generation of witch maidens, and the maidens of this generation did not leave any instructions, and the five warriors all forgot to ask this question at that time. In this way, the Wu clan, which had always been prosperous and powerful, gradually split under the quarrel of the five warriors, and the people also supported one of them, and finally, it gradually split into the Miao, Li, Zhuang, Tu, and Gaoshan tribes in southern Xinjiang today, and the five key sacred weapons were also controlled by the five tribes. ”

When this ancient but thrilling story finally came to an end, Ghost Li took a deep breath, looked at the back of the great wizard, and said slowly: "Senior, you said so many things, did you want me to help find the Miao Clan's holy weapon?"