Integrity Rift Four

At the end of the western border of the crescent-shaped land of the Moon Soul Country, there is a large desert at the junction of the four countries of Qianhu, Yunlei and Huajun, which is called the Whistling Desert by the world because of the perennial howling winds. There is a small oasis on the edge of this whistling desert by the Moon Soul Country, where a fort was built at the beginning, and the oasis is surrounded by a sand wall that is more than two people high, and the sand wall has left large and small holes in the continuous wind erosion over the years, and some of the holes that are too large have also been filled, and the sand wall is about three meters wide, and there is no problem with running two or three people side by side.

This Rong Fort, which will not be marked on any military map of the Moon Soul Country, is now stationed with an army of nearly 1,000 people, who were once one of the most elite troops in the Moon Soul Country, the Crescent Guard.

On this day, there was no cloud, the scorching sun was getting higher, and there was silence in the yellow sand. On the north wall of Rong Fort, three soldiers in cloth armor are leaning on the waist-high wall buttress chatting from south to north, the door of the fort is open at the foot, rushing out of the nine sand beasts, each riding the sand beasts has a fully armed scout, three horses in a group of three horses are to the northwest, due north, north and south three directions slowly, leaving three lines of faint messy beast palm prints on the yellow sand, this is to go to the routine inspection task. The three of them just looked at each other casually, and then continued to talk.

There was a wide square behind the east, west, and north fort gates, on which a hundred and ten soldiers were beginning to line up for training, and behind the square were rows of low and neat barracks, in front of which there were some low thorn trees, and on the trees hung some rinsed patched clothes and trousers.

Beyond the barracks to the south, some green plants and bushes began to appear and some dwarf trees, and more than two miles further in, there appeared a square mile of yellow sand, and in the center of this yellow sand stood a huge stone column that connected the clouds and the sky to the yellow sand, and countless runes flashed on the stone pillar. This is the legendary Pillar of Integrity, one of the twelve sealing pillars built by the gods of the upper realm in order to suppress the demons of the world after the first war between man and demon more than 4,500 years ago.

There were five tall diamond-shaped stone tablets distributed at equal distances around the divine pillar, and there was not a single word on the mottled stone tablet, only some runes like heavenly books were deeply profound, and these runes were similar to the runes on the giant stone pillars, but they did not flicker.

The wildflowers surrounding the yellow sand are scattered among the trees and the mountain-like boulders of huge boulders, which are scattered in a disorderly manner, covered with vines and moss.

Yue Zhan was dressed in black cloth armor and habitually brushed the gray beard under his chin, standing straight on the highest stone pile, looking up solemnly at a crack on the surface of the divine pillar that meandered from the unsightly clouds to the bottom, and where the rift passed, those runes that flickered like breathing were already dim. He didn't know when the rift appeared, until it caused panic in the barracks when it could be seen by the naked eye, and now ten days had passed, and the panic of the soldiers had been suppressed on the surface, but the fear of a mortal for such a mysterious and strange event beyond his own cognition often came from the depths of his soul. This can be seen from the uneasiness in the worried expressions in the eyes of some of the soldiers when they looked at the pillar, intentionally or unintentionally.

Yue Zhan was also very uneasy, he had a premonition that something very bad would happen, but he had no way of knowing what it would be. Standing at the bottom of the stone pile, Captain Dong looked at the old general's gray hair, and a trace of sadness welled up in his heart, not for himself, but for the old general.

These soldiers have followed the old general to fight in the south and the north, and have experienced 100 battles of all sizes, winning more and losing less. Seeing that the territory was initially decided, they, the veterans of a hundred battles, should also unload their armor and return home, but they never thought that the general would be convicted for his words and be relegated to this desolate place to protect this sacred pillar. The general who originally commanded tens of thousands of soldiers was demoted to a lieutenant who only led 1,000 people, but the old general did not say a word, and took the 1,000 soldiers who volunteered to follow the general here for more than 10,000 miles, and came here with great hardship, but in the past nine years, there are only more than 700 people left. Whenever he mentioned the various injustices of the military palace to the general, the general always said: The soldier is the important weapon of the country. Those who mess with their forces will die. Those who disturb their hearts will be martyred. Now that it is difficult to find a good king, the moon soul is well managed, so I won't make trouble for him. But those masters in the palace of soldiers may have long forgotten about our group of officers and soldiers thousands of miles away from the capital, and maybe they will only occasionally think of it when they send someone to recover supplies every two years. That's why the general often said that he couldn't stand the veterans who had followed him here.

Just thinking about it, at this time, Captain Zhang hurriedly came to the bottom of the stone pile and reported loudly: General, there are two people from Taiyi Xianmen who want to see him. The old general was stunned for a moment, and said without looking back: Please. After speaking, he leaned down lightly and asked: In that door?

"East Gate. ”

"Let's go, together. As he spoke, he walked briskly towards the east gate. The old general complained softly as he walked: How many times have I told you, don't call me a general anymore, now I'm just a captain, so that outsiders can listen to the joke!

The two lieutenants, Zhang and Dong, glanced at each other, and Captain Dong replied: We soldiers have followed the general for at least nine years, and we have long been used to shouting.

After hearing this, the old general did not speak, let out a long sigh, and walked forward quickly, and the two lieutenants hurriedly quickened their pace and followed.

The reception was made of an ordinary sand-rammed barracks, which was the old general's quarters. There are earthen kangs, low tables, sword racks, and rattan boxes with kang heads in addition to the hangers, and only a wide fur is spread in the middle of the room, which is simple and clean overall. The five of them sat on this wide black background and white pattern unknown demon beast skin, the old general on the left and right sides were Zhang and Dong, two captains, and opposite the three of them were two young monks from Taiyi Xianmen in green robes, looking a little tired but with clear eyes.

After a brief greeting, the old general said in a deep voice: I don't know what the two immortals are talking about here? The ordinary-looking young monk who was a little older arched his hand to the three generals, revealing that the black and white yin and yang fish patterns at the lower corners of the sleeves of his robe were very eye-catching. This humanitarian: I am He Yunshu, this is my junior brother who is sorrowful. The two of us came here to investigate whether there was any difference in the sealing god pillar on the order of the head of the sect, and we came in a hurry without receiving the text of your country's military palace, and we also hoped that the three generals Haihan. After a pause, He Yunshu saw that General Yue was silent alone, so he didn't say anything more. Captain Dong and Captain Zhang looked at each other and were silent, and He Yunshu only used his eyes to look back and forth on the faces of the three generals. After a long time, I was impatient, and my handsome face sank and was about to have a seizure, but the senior brother gently pulled the sleeves of his robe to make him patient.

It seems that the old general doesn't see rabbits and doesn't scatter eagles! He Yunshu said. As he spoke, he took out a crystal clear round jade plaque from his arms, and the front was delicately carved with a lotus pattern, and gently placed it on the animal skin in front of General Yue. The old general opened his eyes and said, "I'm offended!" He reached out and picked up the jade plaque, and after playing with it in his hand, the old general also took out a jade plaque with the same color and shape from his arms. In front of everyone, the two pieces of jade plaques were stacked back to back, only to see a soft white light slowly lift the jade plaque into the air, and in a moment, the white light disappeared into the jade plaque, and the jade plaque fell from itself and fell into the right palm of the old general, who had been waiting for a long time. Only then did everyone see the two jade plates and the integration without the slightest flaw, the jade plate appeared before and after a zigzag ancient text, Dong and Zhang did not know the two lieutenants, but the old general and the two Xianmen people recognized, these two words together is, integrity - two words!

Since the token is not bad, then I will take the two immortal elders to the divine pillar to have a look. With that, the old general put the token in his arms, got up and walked out of the house first.

He Yunshu, who was standing on the boulder pile, narrowed his small eyes, staring at the junction of the clouds and the sky for a long time before saying to General Yue beside him: When did this crack appear, old general?

"This was discovered only ten days ago, and as for when it came into being, we mortals in the world have limited eyesight and therefore cannot know. ”

"I'm afraid the old general has been observing for a few days, right? Can you deduce and estimate the time, probably!"

General Yue pondered for a moment and said, "According to my estimates, from the top of the column beyond my eyes to the current position, I am afraid it will take more than a month. ”

"Yueyu, that thing ・・・・・・" He Yunshu bent his elbows and stroked his chin, frowning and pondering.

The old general moved in his heart to ask a question, but he saw Captain Zhang hurriedly come and stand under the stone pile and report with his hand: General, stone house, stone house ・・・・・・. As he spoke, he looked nervously at the two immortal monks who were also on the stone pile, and then kept silent.

He Yunshu was still in deep thought, and Sorrow Qianqiu didn't know when he pinched a wildflower and put it on the tip of his nose and turned his head around, as if he hadn't paid attention to their words.

Old General Yue looked at the two monks beside him, then at the tragic traces on the divine pillar, and sighed secretly: "Tell me, what happened?"

"General, the general of the last general has just ordered to take the jade plate to unlock the ban on the stone house and check that the important thing that according to the previous general guarding the fort has been fine. So I went straight to the stone house, but after entering, I found nothing・・・・・ and after digging three feet into the ground, I still couldn't find anything, and I guess that the thing had already been stolen. ”

"What? Such an important thing is only now discovered, what have you been doing earlier, eating dry rice?" General Yue's hair stood on end, and he suddenly scolded, and his eyes flashed.

Captain Zhang bowed his head and said nothing, he knew that the old general rarely had such a big temper, but he couldn't be blamed entirely for this matter. First, what is hidden in the stone house has always been known only to the top general in the military fort. Moreover, there is a forbidden immortal formation in the stone house, and it is impossible to say that ordinary mortals cannot enter, and they are ordinary people in the immortal gate, and they cannot enter without skill. Second, more than 1,200 years have passed since the war between humans and demons, and the time is too long, and no one in the mortal world takes guarding the divine pillar seriously, otherwise the military bosses would not have used this place as a place of exile to send them unlucky people to suffer here. Third, when the former leader of the army threw the jade plate that opened the stone gate to General Yue before leaving, he said: In fact, I have never been able to see what is hidden in the face for five years, and it is said that no one can see it in the previous ones. I also hope that I will not see the good during the tenure of the old general, and I wish you all good luck!

So naturally, no one had any idea about what was in the stone house. After the old general got angry, he instantly figured out the joint, so he no longer scolded his subordinates, but said: Let's go, go to the stone house!

The five of them hurried to the only stone house in the castle.