Chapter 1848 The Secret of the Fiefdom
“There really is a mechanism.” Bing Zhixie smiled knowingly and saw four slate tiles on the ground slowly moving away, revealing a stone step leading to the ground. At the same time, the passage A stream of lights lit up inside, illuminating the inside brightly. He shot a small fireball and flew into the passage. Seeing that the fireball's flame was not extinguished and the air was normal, after a little preparation, he carefully went down the stone steps.
There is a row of long stone lamps in the passage, which light up when the mechanism is turned on, illuminating the passage.
Not all the lights were on. Most of the ones that were not on were broken. There was a lot of newly fallen gravel along the way, and there were also some cracks on the wall tiles. It should have been damage caused by the meteorite impact. Fortunately, overall It is not destroyed and can still be entered.
The steps were not very deep, and soon we arrived at a large stone chamber. The stone chamber was full of colorful relief murals. After confirming that there were no mechanisms or magic formations here, Bing Zhixie carefully observed these stone reliefs. Paint it. These floating paintings were divided into three parts, which were painted on three walls respectively. After reading the stories of these three floating paintings, Bing Zhixie was so shocked that she couldn't open her mouth from ear to ear: "It turns out...it turns out that the thing under the ground is... …How is this possible! Is this true?”
The first story is painted on the left side of the entrance to the stone chamber. It tells a story about a group of very ancient people who lived in a cave in a cave. Deep in the cave where they lived, they discovered an extremely huge but strange wall. The wall is not only extremely tall, but also has orderly and neat patterns on it, and is boundless. They regard this underground giant wall as a 'miracle', but they want to explore the end of the giant wall. Through constant exploration, they discovered many underground water systems and lakes inhabited by dragon mayflies, and also encountered attacks from strange black snakes and other mysterious creatures. Until one day, they met another tribe living on the ground. The people of this ground tribe also had the same high wall where they lived. But here, they discovered that at the end of the high wall was an extremely huge stone. Snake head! It turns out that this endless wall is an endless giant snake.
The second story is painted on the wall in the middle, and it tells what happened many years later. An evil tiger as black as a devil is wreaking havoc in the world. Wherever it goes, there are corpses everywhere and disasters abound. Then a group of people dressed in the civilized world but relatively retro fought a desperate battle with the black evil tiger. In the end, people won the victory. A brave and great warrior raised his sword and killed the evil tiger. However, the evil tiger will not die after being killed, and its corpse will be burned but not melted. If you kill it several times, it will revive again and cause disaster again. Finally, after the discussion of some wise men, it was decided to seal the black evil eternal tiger. They found the huge giant snake in the previous story and built a sealed palace in the mountains. With the help of the power of the giant snake, they permanently sealed the black evil tiger.
But there were some troubles during the construction process, and many strange black and purple snakes attacked. In the end, people built the sealed place. The local tribesmen guarded the sealed land and settled here. Someone made a piece of clothing with many 'eyes'. When you put on this piece of clothing and face those black monster snakes, you will no longer be able to see it. Under attack.
In the third story, a new disaster finally appeared in the originally peaceful and peaceful Sealed Land. Some people began to have strange nightmares, and some died in the nightmares. The evil tiger sealed by the sword affects the residents of the sealed land all the time, and spreads the power of its nightmares in further directions. Everyone lives in the fear of death. The inexplicable power corrodes and controls the pregnant women of the tribe. They try their best to fight against this mysterious power, but they still fail. There are fewer and fewer people in the tribe, and no one can solve it. The real problem. In the end, the leader could only take the remaining people and move away from the place where they had lived for generations, and slowly forgot about it.
There are no written records in the floating paintings. Bing Zhixie read these murals with his own reading comprehension ability. These three stories tell the reasons for the discovery, construction and demise of this place. But Bing Zhixie could tell that the ethnic group that protected this sealed land in the painting and left at the end was a participant in the development and construction here. Judging from the painting, their clothes are relatively civilized, more civilized than the current Qianling tribe, and different from the primitive clothes of the ancient tribes in the first story. But judging from his discovery of the Sealed Place, it has gone through at least two different periods of construction, which means that in the years after the first batch of guardians left, a group of new arrivals settled here and relied on The original sealed land was newly expanded, which resulted in the construction styles of two different periods. In addition, in these three story reliefs, there is no record of any awe and worship of the black tiger, and there is no large-scale construction of black tiger stone sculptures in the sealed place. This is inconsistent with the facts that Bing Zhixie saw after arriving. This just shows that the worship of the black tiger only started after the second batch of settlers arrived.
But for the second batch of arrivals, have they ever entered this secret room and seen these relief murals? If you have seen it, why do you become superstitious and worship the black tiger sealed here? These relief paintings were obviously left by the first batch of guardians. On the contrary, the second batch of settlers left not many traces in this sealed land, but more on the periphery.
With these thoughts in mind, Bing Zhixie was also shocked by the depiction of the giant snake on the first mural. What he saw under the atrium, the high wall with huge cracks, was actually the body of a snake. It was hard to imagine how long and big such a large snake body would be. This even far surpassed the earthly giant python he encountered in the Holy Snow Mountains! ! There are really such big snakes in the world!
Under the second relief mural on the central facade, there is a stone pedestal with a black monster snake with nine heads. The nine heads on the pedestal are closing towards the middle, as if staring at the one in the middle. Location. There is a gold-colored shelf on the middle pedestal of the nine heads. The shelf looks dark and has lost its metallic luster. There is a thick layer of dust accumulated on the stone platform under the shelf.
Bing Zhixie stood in front of the Nine Heads Stone. Although the cold and empty face of the strange snake was motionless, it seemed to be surrounding him from all directions, looking down at him with a strong sense of oppression, as if Nine big snakes were swallowing him up, which would make even a weak-minded person weak in fear.
Bing Zhixie looked at the dust on the center of the Nine Heads Survey. The dust was newly fallen and had not yet become damp and dusty. There should have been something on the shelf before, but when it was hit by the meteorite outside, the already rotten offering immediately turned into dust, and even the murals had many cracks exceeding ten centimeters.
There was something buried in the accumulated dust. A gentle blow stirred up the thick dust, revealing several spherical objects buried under the dust.
"Eyes! It's the suit of clothes that the leader wears with eyes in the painting." Bing Zhixie has seen this set of clothes many times in stone paintings, snake bridges and relief murals here. , it turns out that this costume has been enshrined here!
The outer layer of this eye has been petrified, but the oval lens in the center still remains smooth and clear. The middle is a dark purple with a hint of orange, as if it is being watched closely by the spiritual consciousness behind this red. .
“These eye-like things are definitely not the eyes of the endless python underground, but the mural shows that these things are indeed items taken out of the snake’s head.” He couldn’t tell that this was What, I felt a little regretful. If I had come here first to find these eyes, I might not have been attacked by those strange snakes in the atrium, and Kun's arms would not have become bones.
The short-term regret quickly disappeared from his heart. Things had already happened, and there was no point in regretting anymore. He closed the nine 'eyeballs'. This thing must be extremely valuable.
There was nothing else in the secret room, and he was too lazy to search too much. He was also worried about whether the "nightmare" and "blood curse" of the Qianling tribe had really been lifted. Although he was sure of some things, he still had to see them with his own eyes. To feel at ease.
Under the protection of the Moonlight Dragon, Bing Zhixie took a nap next to the ruins of the mountain fire crater, and the remaining heat drove away the moisture on his body.
It was afternoon when he returned to the Qianling Waterfall. He had gone back and forth several times, and he came back much faster than when he went there. During this period, he also specifically found the center of the crater to take a look.
The atmosphere in the Qianling tribe is very active. The most courageous hunters of the tribe, such as Qia and Tuo, are carving up several newly shot large beasts outside the tribe's camp. They seem to be preparing to feast on them for dinner. Looking at their smiling faces, they are all very energetic and full of sunshine and vitality.
When Bing Zhixie appeared in the tribal area again, the girls from the entire tribe swarmed over. Everyone was chirping and talking about something, and everyone had an extremely cute smile. This was different from before. The disdain they felt when they saw men was completely different. Bing Zhixie couldn't understand what they were saying, but he roughly understood what they wanted to express. Sure enough, when the clan grandmother came out, Bing Zhixie understood why they were so happy. No more terrible nightmares, and pregnant women no longer have the feeling of being short of breath. The 'blood curse' disappeared, the 'nightmare' disappeared, and the 'fetal demon' that had tortured them for countless years really disappeared.
Bing Zhixie smiled knowingly again, happy for their joy. He took out the thin green sword he pulled out from the dark hall. The green light reflected on everyone's face, revealing an ominous look. Atmosphere: "Grandma, the 'fetal demon' you said has been tormenting you is this, this sword."
The moment the sword came out, a strange radiation filled everyone. They can clearly feel it, but they cannot capture the substance that brings this sense.
Grandma’s expression suddenly changed, frightening the clever man, and he clumsily took a few steps back. Everyone was confused and didn't understand. After the grandma explained in tribal language, everyone was frightened and turned pale.
Bing Zhixie said to her grandmother: "Don't worry, there will be no harm in pulling out this sword for a short time."
The clan elder was very surprised and carefully walked forward and looked at the green sword: "The 'Fetal Demon' is this sword. Is this true?"
Bing Zhixie nodded confidently: "I can basically be sure. , the 'fetal demon' that harms the tribe mainly comes from two things The thing, the nightmare that troubles you, comes from the black evil tiger that was sealed in the dark palace of the ancient ruins. Although the evil tiger was sealed, its spiritual consciousness is immortal. It affects you through its spiritual power and penetrates deeply into your mind. In dreams. And let pregnant women have The feeling of suffocation and the power of the blood curse that makes the blood thicken and solidify are caused by the radiation emitted from this sword. Although I don't understand the reason for this, I am sure that it is the case. , that sealed black evil tiger The reason why the nightmare can spread to such a distance is probably because of the use of this radiation. After all, it is hard for me to imagine that anyone’s mental power can spread to such a distance directly.” He said. He said some words that the grandma and tribesmen didn’t quite understand.
After putting away the sword again, the radiation sensation disappeared and everyone breathed a sigh of relief. The grandmother still had some doubts, but the young people cheered. They were happy that they no longer had nightmares, and no one would die unfortunately due to the 'fetal demon'. Qia was so grateful that she cried, and encouraged everyone to shout "Zuya" in the clan language.
Bing Zhixie visited Kun, who was recovering from her injury. The bones in her arm were incurable, which was really pitiful. The evening meal turned into a dinner party. Tuo and Xia each brought a fragrant and tender cub and placed it in front of their grandmother and Bing Zhixie. The most delicious meat was offered to the most respected ones. People, even the silver moonlight dragon flying over the tribe has a big roasted fish to eat.
Bing Zhixie ate very happily. This happy and joyful atmosphere can infect everyone, including the Pegasus on the waterfall, who also gathered here because of the joyful atmosphere.
After three days of rest, no one had the previous nightmares again, and no one was affected by the fetal demon anymore. After recovering from his injuries, Bing Zhixie said goodbye to Kun and Qia who were reluctant to leave, and returned north with the Moonlight Dragon. They saw off all the way, including the young couple who lived nearby.
During this short journey, he did not find many clues related to the Blurred Realm, but the dead members of the Iron-Blooded Mercenary Group who were lost in the forest gave him a general direction, at least he could It is determined that deep in this Feiyun area there is an area called the 'Realm of Confusion'.
After walking and stopping for two days, the moisture in the forest never dissipated. That night, Bing Zhixie pitched a tent in the wild, with a moonlight dragon guarding the outside. He was about to fall asleep. A clear and soft cat meow suddenly appeared in this not-so-peaceful night.
Hearing the meow, Bing Zhixie immediately started to do something, and the Moonlight Dragon outside the tent also made a movement. After a while, there was another soft meow. When Bing Zhixie came out of the tent, he saw a black cat standing opposite a rock.
The black cat is the one I saw when I came here before. It stood there motionless.
"Are you here to say goodbye to me?" Bing Zhixie said softly.
The cat's eyes were shining, and it looked at the person opposite, without making any sound.
The Moonlight Dragon on the big tree couldn't hold back and wanted to fly up to the clouds, but was stopped by its owner.
"Moonlight, be quiet." Bing Zhixie called out. When he looked back, the black cat had already left its original position. He took one last look back and walked into the darkness of the forest.
Bing Zhixie smiled to himself: "Ha. The beneficiary of this matter is you, the...evil tiger that was sealed in the dark palace!" After speaking, he returned to the account. and continued to sleep.
(End of this chapter)