18. Xanadu 6: Apprenticeship

"Monkey King......" Tianshu muttered in his mouth for a while, he felt very familiar with the name.

That's right! When he was a child, he liked to soak in the study for a while to read some idle books, among which there was a research book about the period of the Great War of Gods and Demons, I forgot what it was called, although it was unknown, but the content of the story was very exciting, it was a rare good book, and one of the titles of the protagonist in it seemed to be "Monkey King".

"Isn't that the name of a monkey?" Tenshu gradually remembered some details.

The man still had a smile on his face, as if the smile was engraved on his face.

"How do you know?" he asked.

"Seen in a book. It also says that you have a master named Tang Seng and two junior disciples, one is called Zhu Bajie, who is a pig, and the other is Sha Wujing. ”

"Hehe, I didn't think that our story would be handed down, it seems that every hero must have a few legends behind it to support it. The man smiled with satisfaction and continued, "The story you see is basically true, but the author's perspective on this matter is not quite the same as the perspective I see it. ”

He sighed softly, looked into the distance, and said slowly, "One will be a success." You've just seen that scene, it's not an illusion, it's real. In those chaotic times, countless such things were happening every day. I think you can relate to this kind of cruelty, right?"

Tianshu nodded heavily, and then lowered his head deeply, wanting to erase the scene from his mind forever.

The man returned his gaze to Tianshu, looking at his painful appearance, and didn't know how to comfort him for a while, so he had to change the topic and said, "Do you know the use of this cave?"

Seeing Tianshu shaking his head, he began to say slowly like a bard telling a historical story: "At the beginning, the war between gods and demons was cruel and far beyond what you can imagine. The Great War affected almost all races in the heavens and the earth. You should know that at the beginning, the great god of Pangu opened the world and divided the world into three layers from chaos, the upper layer was the heavenly realm, which was controlled by the gods; the middle layer was the human realm, and the human realm was the most colorful in the three realms, with the most types and the largest number, but it was also the weakest, such as the human race, the beast race, the demon race, etc.; the bottom layer was the earth realm, which was originally the territory of the demon race, and later because of the defeat of the gods and demons war, and the rise of the soul race, the current earth boundary is basically decided by the soul race, and they call the 'earth boundary' Underworld', and people are more accustomed to calling it 'Netherworld'. ”

"Isn't there a dead man?"

"Yes, but not entirely. Some super souls can also cultivate immortals and practice demons, but people with such souls should already be transcendent beings, and they generally can't die. These are extremely rare exceptions, so I won't discuss them for now. Since we're talking about the underworld, I'll give you a few words. The Soul Clan, as the name suggests, is made up of souls. It contains all souls, no matter which of the three realms it is, as long as that soul is weaker than them, they will take it away without hesitation. Therefore, the Soul Race is neutral for the Demon Race and the Protoss. In order to show goodwill to the Soul Clan, the Protoss gave their patriarch a god, called 'Death', and it seems that it is customary to call him 'Hades' in the human world, but that old boy prefers to call himself 'Hades'. ”

"What about the demons?" Tianshu found that there was very little information about this race in his words.

The man shook his head with a smile and said helplessly, "Since the defeat of the demons, there has been very little information about them. As far as I know, the people of the Demon Race are extremely proud, and their strength is also extremely strong, if it weren't for the fact that the number of Protoss was far greater than that of the Demon Race, then who would have won the final victory was not certain. Moreover, although the Protoss has won, it is only a miserable remnant. I think it's strange that although the demons are greatly damaged, they are indifferent to the rise of the soul race. Could it be that he looks down on them at all and disdains to attack them? Hehe, if this sentence is heard by the old boy of Hades, he will probably blow his beard and stare at me again. He smiled mockingly.

At this time, he suddenly thought of something, and said with a smile: "Little brother, we have been talking for so long, I still don't know what your name is." ”

Tianshu was stunned for a moment and said, "Tianshu." ”

"Tianshu...... Hahahaha, yes, yes, you're really special. The man suddenly smirked, "I'm glad to have such a descendant as you!"

"What...... What is it, what is the heir?" Tianshu looked at him in surprise.

The man continued to look at Tianshu with a smile, although Tianshu always felt that there was a hint of obscenity in this smile. Of course, he didn't know what Tianshu thought, and even if he did, he definitely didn't care.

He smiled and explained, "This cave is my cultivation place, and I left a part of the Yuan Shen here before I ascended. It's only a part, but it's a record of all the sufferings I went through from my appearance to my ascension. During these thousands of years, many people have entered, but at most they can only walk three steps in the passage, and these three steps took less than a year. More can only take one step and reach the limit in just a few days. Some even die of vitality failure because they exceed the physical and mental load. And you!" A golden light flashed in his eyes staring at Tianshu. "You're the first person in a long time to come in here. ”

"Wait, how long have I been in?" a sense of foreboding rose in Tianshu's heart.

"Hehe, it's not been long, it's only been sixty years. ”

"What !!" Tianshu almost flew up.

"Calm, calm. You know, it's taken me tens of thousands of years to go through all this, and it's just a snap of a finger when you compare you to me. However, what you have endured is only my primordial spirit, and there is still a big gap between you and the true force of nature. ”

Tianshu wasn't listening to what he was saying at all, and now he just kept thinking about how worried his father and mother should be if he said goodbye without saying goodbye like this, and it would be a month to leave!

"I think I should go back. Senior, you can go back and forth somewhere. Tianshu said it unceremoniously.

The man smiled again, and continued to persuade: "You have spent so much time and suffered so much, don't you want to bring something back?" Seeing that Tianshu did not react, he rolled his eyes slightly, and said: "You should also remember what happened just now, if you had the skills at that time, maybe you could save that child." ”

Tianshu's body shook slightly.

"There's a play!" the man snapped his fingers in his heart, but of course it was still calm on the surface. He cleared his throat and continued, "Imagine what would happen to you if one day, something like this happened to your family, and you couldn't do anything about it?"

Tianshu couldn't help but think of the day in the bamboo forest, watching others bully his sister, but he couldn't do anything, he couldn't help but sigh softly, stopped his words, raised his head and looked at him and said, "Okay, I understand." Then he knelt on his knees and kowtowed deeply, "Meet the master." ”

"Good, good. The man's right hand waved slightly, and a soft force brought Tianshu up. "Good apprentice, I will now pass on to you and my unique exercises. Remember, don't pass this exercise on to others, it's not because the teacher is stingy, it's really because the cultivation conditions of this exercise are too harsh, and only people like you and me who can master all the power of the five elements at the same time can do it, otherwise, they will definitely explode and die, their souls will be scattered, and their gods will be destroyed. ”

Tianshu nodded heavily, "Remember." ”

The man nodded in satisfaction. Then he waved his sleeves twice, swung his hands back behind him, and stood straight again. His form faded rapidly, and finally turned back to the red light.

Each red light is like a conscious living being, seemingly aimless, but seemingly wandering regularly. Soon, the red light traveled all over Tianshu's brain, and Tianshu's mind moved, and countless messages emerged.

The man's voice remembered in Tianshu's mind again: "Apprentice, for the teacher, I found that there is a large amount of black qi in your heart, although I don't know very well, but I think this black qi is closely related to your life force, so remember to be calm in case of trouble, and the mood fluctuations should not be too large, otherwise it will be easy to trigger." There is another thing, it can be regarded as a request for the teacher, because the clansmen have not communicated with the outside world for thousands of years, which has caused them to be too kind, so please keep everything about Peach Blossom Valley secret, don't tell anyone, and protect the clansmen here. ”

Tianshu replied sincerely and firmly: "Definitely!"

For this beautiful and simple village, Tianshu can be said to be full of love, and it is love beyond the need! There is no need for the master to say more, and he will never allow this place to be destroyed even the slightest!

The man smiled with great satisfaction and said, "Okay, yes, I'm not mistaken. Then I can leave with peace of mind. In vain, I have a feeling that our fate is not over, and sooner or later we will definitely meet again. ”

After saying that, the voice and red light completely disappeared in Tianshu's mind. Tianshu's divine sense scanned it again in his mind, and found that the master's aura was really gone. sighed softly, and couldn't help but feel the subtlety of fate.

In the darkness, a bright smile finally appeared on the handsome face.

In my mind, those messages are like fish ready to move, ready to jump out of the water. Tianshu moved at will, and his mind was instantly filled with words.

He read word by word, and soon his mind was completely immersed in it.

As you read harder, your breathing begins to slow and slowly. Every pore also opened, maintaining the same rhythm as the breathing, exhaling the aura around him. Tianshu's body gradually emitted a flickering white light, and in this darkness, it was like an incomparably precious white marble statue.

Of course, he himself was not aware of these changes that had taken place in him. He was just immersed in the words. It's a great feeling, and every word seems to have a powerful effect. The body seems to be getting lighter and lighter, and the muscles, bones, blood, etc. of the body seem to be gradually reborn.