Chapter 8: The Temple’s Secret Store: The Devil Wolf Devours People
Chapter 8: The evil wolf hidden in the temple bites people
"Heluo Sword Sect is one of the two major holy sects. It has a long history. It has developed very prosperously in China over the past few years and has won the support of the imperial court. How can it be related to organizations outside the territory?"
Sun Wu frowned, unable to think of this, and asked about the Yu Bao Hairpin and whether there were any outstanding figures in the Heluo Sword Sect who had not appeared for a long time. Perhaps it was these people who came to the outside world and caused all kinds of troubles.
This question obviously made Yu Baohan very embarrassed. She turned her head and thought for a while, and said: "This...it's hard to say. The senior masters of the Heluo sect have always longed to cultivate immortals, pay attention to the way of the poor sword, and become immortals, so they haven't been able to become immortals for a long time.
'Show'
There are quite a few masters, and they all say they are training in caves deep in the mountains... They have not shown their faces for many years, and sometimes they are dead at all, but they are not announced to the public. It makes people feel that the Heluo sect still has many masters and is powerful.
"
"Ah? There is such a thing? What is this situation?"
Sun Wu shook his head and heard Yu Baohan explain that most of the senior masters of the Heluo Sword Sect are practicing in seclusion. Even the leader Chang He Zhenren has not come down to the world for a long time, so he is currently the most active in the world.
The swordsmen of the Heluo sect are a new generation headed by the Five Swords of Heluo. Their cultivation is not yet pure, and they only rely on the power of magic weapons and their own cultivation to run rampant in the world.
"...Actually, the Heluo Sword Sect itself has many powerful martial arts. If you can work hard to study it, your achievements will not be inferior to the masters of Cihangjingdian. The two holy sects have always been equally famous, and the god of Cihangjingdian
His fame moves the world, and I believe that the Heluo Sword Sect also has a unique skill that can rival it."
Yu Baohan said: "However, most of the disciples of Heluo Sect are not willing to practice basic skills in a solid way. Instead, they hope to obtain stronger and sharper magic swords to make up for their lack of personal strength and concentrate on pursuing sword skills.
changes, as well as the combination of swordsmanship and magic weapons. Although this does open up a shortcut and a new path, making the Heluo Sword Sect's strength flourish, but... it has actually deviated from the original intention of the Heluo Sword Sect's swordsmanship.
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Sun Wu thought of Hua Gufeng and others he had met, and felt that Yu Baohan was right, but the changes in the Heluo Sword Sect probably only happened after the Taiping War, right? Before that, Sun Wu didn't believe in Heluo.
There are so many sword sects
The magic weapon is available, and the swordsmen should focus on their own sword skills and practice hard. So... the masters of the previous generation of Heluo Sword Sect are now about forty or fifty years old, at the peak of their martial arts cultivation. These people are
Where did it go?
"This... When the Heluo Sword Sect was in its heyday, the nine sons of Heluo were powerful in the world. However, in the battle of the Taiping Army, five of the nine sons were killed. The first son Li Mubai disappeared. Xu Guzi was expelled from the door wall. Xu Atom and Xu He
Zi...that is, Master Changhe, has been practicing the sword immortal way in seclusion for a long time, and rarely 'shows' his face. Apart from this, there should be no more senior masters in the Heluo Sword Sect."
When the Yu Bao Hairpin mentioned Li Mubai's name, Sun Wu's heart moved, but he didn't say much. However, he heard that a master of the Heluo Sword Sect was driven out of the door, which aroused his interest. Generally speaking, it would
The person who was expelled from the door must have done some evil deeds that were disgraceful to the family. In other words, there is a high possibility that a bad person with a criminal record would go abroad and continue to do evil. The mystery in front of him...
This might be a clue.
Just as they were thinking about these questions, the scene in front of them suddenly changed. Everyone came to an open hall. The entire hall was made of metal and looked extremely spectacular.
On the outermost periphery are a dozen thick round pillars, supporting the top metal roof beams. A red stone road extends from the door to the center of the hall; on both sides of the road, countless triangular pyramids are arranged neatly.
They are lined up on the ground, each one as high as a person, and there are no less than two hundred of them in the hall. At first glance, Sun Wu thought these triangular pyramids were some kind of mausoleums.
Looking more carefully, Sun Wu found that the surfaces of these triangular pyramids were engraved with dense pictures and texts. Some were graphics and some were inexplicable words. Logically speaking, there should not be so many words engraved on the tombstones. The purpose of these triangular pyramids
, I am afraid it is used to record some important information.
Members of the Tongmenghui told Sun Wu that according to the judgment of the archaeologists of the Tongmenghui, this is the sacrificial temple of the Loulan clan. Every time a major event happens to the Loulan clan, the information about the entire incident will be compiled and engraved on these extremely hard and nearly eternal temples.
On the undamaged triangular metal cone, it will be passed down to future generations.
"To put it simply, as long as you read these things, you will know the history of the Loulan clan. This is indeed a good way. Then... did you read anything from here?"
After Sun Wu finished asking, Xiao Shang, who had been silent all this time, sneered, "The writing of the Loulan clan is famous among the foreign writings. It is very difficult to learn. The Loulan clan treats the writing as a secret and will not leak it easily.
Gaiden, outsiders basically have no chance to learn it...If you can’t read the text, what can you read?”
The members of the Alliance showed embarrassment. Obviously Xiao Shang was right. Although they spent a long time on this, they couldn't really research anything.
"With the research here, only about 20 to 30% of the text that can be deciphered so far. According to experts, the most important thing about the entire temple is the altar in the center, which is the control temple.
The hub of.”
"Altar? Where is it? I didn't see it."
After listening to the explanation from the Alliance members, Sun Wu looked around curiously, but did not see anything that looked like an altar. Even if he looked along the red gravel road, there were only a few steps and a small half platform at the end.
, it is too small and cannot be called an altar.
Xiaoshang patted Sun Wu and asked him to look more carefully. After looking at it, the problem immediately emerged. Compared with the size of the entire temple, the platform was too small. I don't know what it was used for.
It did look abnormal. Looking back at the entire palace, I immediately discovered that the surrounding columns and the roof directly above had extremely unnatural fractures when they extended to the innermost part. After looking at it a few more times, Sun Wu suddenly thought of the reason.
"Could this be...a break in the city? There are other parts of this church scattered among the ruins elsewhere?"
The inference is completely correct, and the answer was obtained after confirmation by the Alliance members. There was originally an altar in the center of the church, but due to splitting and disintegration, only a small corner of the altar is left here, while the main part is elsewhere.
, so the altar function cannot be activated.
Despite this, this large triangular pyramid that records the knowledge and history of the Loulan clan is still a priceless treasure. This is why the members of the Tongmenghui guard this place and will never let it fall into the hands of the Heart Eye Sect.
"Hey, you can chat with the rest of the gang, and leave the exploration work to professionals."
"Xiao Shang, I forgot to ask, can you read Loulan characters?"
"Do you need to say this? Of course I don't understand."
"Ah? You don't understand either, so what kind of professional are you? You're nothing like me."
"...Your Highness, are these your last words?"
Having said that, Sun Wu naturally kept to himself and let Xiao Shang explore the ruins of the altar, while he chatted with the members of the Alliance.
Although it was just a casual chat, it was not without purpose. Sun Wu suddenly remembered a key issue. When the St. Bebel Fortress was discovered, the Alliance claimed that it had discovered the Ximen Treasure. In other words, it was Ximen Zhu Yu who discovered the ruins first, leaving behind
After finding clues, the Alliance followed and found this place again. However, since entering this place, I have not found any traces left by Ximen Zhuyu. Is it because the place is too big and I haven’t seen it yet? Or...
Sun Wu raised this question, but the members of the Alliance looked at each other in confusion. No one seemed to know. As a result, Sun Wu changed the question and asked how they discovered this place.
When it came to this important secret, the Tongmenghui personnel seemed very hesitant. After hesitating for a long time, they frankly informed that they were sent late and were not the first staff to arrive here. They did not know much about these things. However, according to previous work,
According to rumors among personnel, the Alliance was able to discover this place all because of one person.
"A person? Who?"
"'Chairman Lu'."
Sun Wu was really surprised. He thought that it was some expert who was good at treasure hunting and exploration who had tracked and found the Ximen treasure for a long time, but he never thought that the real answer was this. The person who discovered this ruins was actually the secretive man from the Alliance. He was almost a person.
The invisible 'Chairman'.
"How did Chairman Lu discover this place? Did he lead the excavation team to explore it step by step? Please tell me, this is very important."
Sun Wu guessed that things would not be so simple, and what he heard next was indeed good. At the end of the Taiping Army, the Alliance secretly organized people to go outside the territory and directly into the Great Sand Sea. Before everyone set off, they had not heard about the Ximen Treasure, nor had they heard anything about it.
The Loulan ruins were simply ordered to set off. The nature of this team was positioned as a research and excavation team from the beginning, not a search team. It seemed that they had full confidence and knew the detailed location of the ruins.
Sure enough, when this team came here secretly and waited in the canyon for two days, until late that night, suddenly an airship descended from the sky. The man who came down was wearing a cloak, and his face could not be seen clearly from a distance.
, seemed to be holding something in his hand, and he did not know what he did to the huge rock near the entrance of the canyon. Suddenly, there was a loud sound of shaking the mountain, which alarmed many people who were still sleeping.
At the same time as the loud noise occurred, the entire ground was shaking violently. If the canyon was not located in a remote location, this might have alarmed many people. After the earthquake ended, the mysterious man and the airship disappeared, and the people who led the group disappeared.
The leader of the team led the team through the entrance under the big rock, saw the ruins, and began research work. Soon after, a news that was not denied by the superiors began to spread among the team... That mysterious figure,
It is the 'chairman' of the Tongmenghui, Lu Yunqiao.
No one has seen his true face. It is indeed absurd to say that he can identify himself based on this. However, considering the confidentiality of this exploration work and his extraordinary ability to find the location of the ruins, probably only Lu Yunqiao is qualified, so
, this statement was passed down, and everyone believed in it.
"So it turns out that it was Chairman Lu who found it himself..."
Sun Wu nodded to express his understanding. At this time, the feather hairpin next to him gently pulled his right hand and walked with him more than ten feet away. They took the opportunity to observe the triangular pyramids and talked in private.
"Sun Shaoxia, what do you think is the most noteworthy thing about what you just heard?"
"This... it should be how 'Chairman' Lu knows where the ruins are, right? Whether it's the Ximen treasure or the ruins, he seems to know that there is... uh, he knows, so what is he doing here? What else can he do?
Are the people shaking the earth because they are afraid that others will not know there is a treasure here?"
Sun Wu thought as he spoke, and found something suspicious in his words. If Lu Yunqiao knew that the ruins were here from the beginning, then he only needed to inform his subordinates of the location, and there was no need to come in person. The reason why he came in person should be
There was some reason why he had to do it. Judging from the situation described, it seemed that Lu Yunqiao... came to open the door.
It felt as if this was not a Loulan ruins, but a secret warehouse of a certain alliance. As the 'chairman', Lu Yunqiao ran over to open the door and let his employees enter the warehouse to move the goods. This metaphor sounds strange, but in fact
But it is very similar to this. What Lu Yunqiao did was to open the door. If the ground had not shaken, the entrance to the ruins would not have been opened.
"Sun Shaoxia said well, but the key to opening the door is the key. What key do you think Chairman Lu used to open the door?"
"Well, I've heard before that the keys to each location of the Ximen Treasure are different. I really don't know what the key here is. In fact... I don't know the key to the treasure over at Cihangjing Palace either."
Back in Cihang Jingdian, he had to rely on his all-encompassing hand to open the door, so there was no use of any key. When asked now, Sun Wu had no impression at all.
However, if we put aside the premise of the Ximen Treasure, this is the Loulan Ruins, and the only "key" that can unlock the restrictions here is the bloodline of the Loulan clan. Based on this, Lu Yunqiao used to open the door to the ruins.
The thing should be...
"Blood! The blood of the Loulan clan. The thing Chairman Lu is holding is the blood of the Loulan clan!"
Sun Wu thought of this, and from the look in Yu Baohan's eyes, he was sure that his guess was correct, but the answer itself was very unreasonable. The Loulan clan had perished at that time, and half of the living people could not be found. How could it be possible?
Get blood?
Yu Baohan shook his head and said: "I can't guess, but if this place is really Ximen's treasure, and the key to unlocking this place is the blood of Loulan, then... the answer to the mystery must be Ximen Zhuyu, and the great benefactor must have some method to do it.
We can get Loulan's blood continuously, otherwise...if this door is closed, won't it never open?"
Sun Wu nodded, an idea flashed in his mind, and he thought of another question.
The blood of the Four Spirits appears inexplicably... This kind of thing seems to have happened somewhere...
The nose blood kept by the Sander tribe can only be accessed by the people of the Four Spirits. Under inexplicable circumstances, the sky demon entered the barrier and obtained the nose blood. No one knows how the sky demon entered the barrier.
It was in order to solve this mystery that Ximen Zhuyu went deep into the outside world to investigate. Could it be that Ximen Zhuyu had mastered the secret, so after the Loulan clan was exterminated, he could still use the blood of the phoenix to open the ruins?
Ximen Zhuyu is one of the founding members of the Tongmenghui and has quite a friendship with Lu Yunqiao. Lu Yunqiao would know this secret. It is not surprising. Maybe Ximen Zhuyu dislikes Wu Canglan and left this treasure to Lu Yunqiao before he died.
, as the future capital of the alliance's uprising, Wu Canglan will have to fight with him even if he dies.
Yu Baohan said: "I'm afraid only Chairman Lu knows the truth of the matter, but if this place is really the Ximen Treasure, in addition to the secret treasure, there should be a sword formula. The secret treasure can be taken away, and the sword formula can be taken away."
Unless it is destroyed, it will remain here forever. Is Master Sun interested in finding out the sword technique?"
How could he not be interested? When Sun Wu heard this, his eyes shone with light, and he wanted to find someone to ask if he had found any suspicious places where the sword secrets were hidden. At this time, there seemed to be some strange sound coming from the distance, and it sounded very strange.
Strange, like the roar of some animal, but... there should be no animals in this secret cave.
"Huh? Miss Bao, have you heard that the sound outside is not quite right, it seems..."
"I heard it. It was the cry of some kind of animal. It should be... a wolf!"
Yu Baohan's voice was a little shaken, but it wasn't that she was afraid of the howling of wolves. With her martial arts, she could protect herself even if she encountered a pack of wolves. The reason why her heart skipped a beat now was because there shouldn't be wolves here.
Something abnormal happened, and when entering the big
Before entering the sand sea, Galilas chatted with other treasure hunters and once said, "Wolves have appeared in the sand sea recently" and showed a worried look on his face. These all show that... wolves are everywhere at this time and place.
The meaning it represents is absolutely extraordinary.
"Oh, there seems to be a wolf howling. This is not good. I'd better dodge."
Xiao Shang, who was collecting samples on the platform, heard the approaching wolf howl, suddenly stopped and ran back to Sun Wu.
"Xiao Shang, why are you running back here?"
"I heard the howling of wolves and felt scared."
Xiao Shang's words were pitiful. Sun Wu was frightened after hearing this. He didn't know what to do. A strange sight sent chills down his spine. When he looked back, he saw nothing, but his natural intuition made him tilt his head to the right.
Eye contact with a pair of blood-red eyes.
The red eyes were like burning fire, but they also released blazing destructive energy, as if they wanted to rush over immediately and swallow him up. The moment he came into contact with these eyes, Sun Wu felt crazy.
Shocked, the killing beast nature belonging to the Buddha's blood relic awakened from the darkness, as if it wanted to compete with these red eyes, causing Sun Wu's energy and blood to surge for a while, making it difficult to calm down.
After getting used to the pressure in his red eyes, Sun Wu could see clearly that these eyes were not human eyes, but on the head of a grinning wolf. The silver fur and white fangs were intimidating.
, its body and sharp claws are much thicker and larger than those of ordinary wolves. Even if they are far apart, they still cause a pressure and make the prey they target fear.
Sun Wu only took one look and was sure that this was indeed a rare ferocious beast, and he must not take it lightly. Yu Baohan took a step closer and exclaimed: "I can't believe that...it is actually the extinct Amertz wolf, Sun Shaoxia, You have to be careful, the pack of demon wolves that Juyang Martial God destroyed outside the territory back then were this kind of Amertz wolves."
"What? Is this something that dad used to hit?"
Sun Wu was startled. He really didn't expect that there was such an allusion. However, if it was something that his father had dealt with back then, he really wanted to challenge it. After all, it was easier to deal with a pack of wild wolves than an expert.
Taking a closer look, Sun Wu suddenly felt something was wrong.
First, ordinary wolves are dog-like in size, with short limbs, but the Ammersian wolf has extremely long limbs, especially the length of its lower limbs. Judging from this body structure, if it suddenly stood upright, it would probably be too long. Not surprising.
Secondly, the proportion of limbs is unusual, which is already very strange. The most outrageous point is... this wolf is not crawling in front of him, but its limbs and paws are tightly clasped on the metal roof, hanging upside down. Looking at him from afar, if the physical characteristics of the wolf weren't so obvious, he would have thought he was encountering a bat.
"Uh...this wolf..."
Sun Wu originally wanted to ask if this wolf was from the circus, or how could he perform such difficult acrobatics, but Yu Baohan had already nervously reminded him.
"Sun Shaoxia, the Amertz wolf is not simple, please be careful..."
She did not point out the key points to be careful about. Yu Baohan's warning was unrealistic and was just nonsense. However, she had no chance to continue her words because the change that happened next gave Yu Baohan no chance to finish her words.
Sun Wu was a little strange at first. He was neither blind nor deaf. How did the wolf appear? How did it climb to the roof? Why didn't he notice it at all? But at this time, many ripples like water waves appeared on the vast metal roof. Silver wolves followed one after another, emerging from the center of the ripples. In the blink of an eye, they turned from a single wolf into a pack of wolves.
"... He really comes from the circus. It's an exaggeration to be able to fly over walls and fly over walls. He can actually perform tricks. Nowadays, the animal stunts in circuses are really complicated!"
Sun Wu whispered, but he also heard Xiao Shang say the same thing, "Go, it's getting tricky. These beasts didn't understand this before."
"Ah? What? What did you say, Xiaoshang? These wolves are upgraded versions? Is that what you just said? Hey, please speak clearly."
If he wanted to fight something that the village elder had fought back then, Sun Wu would be very interested and could use it as a test. But if it was an upgraded version, the situation would be different. He had no intention of being a test subject.
According to Sun Wu's expectation, the next move of the wolves should be to pounce from the roof. The momentum of this pounce is extraordinary, but even if the beast's movements are flexible, there will definitely be flaws in mid-air. As long as he seizes the opportunity, he should be able to attack first. Knocked down two or three.
However, something was wrong with the development of the matter. The wolves did pounce down, but before jumping down, they bent their hind legs. Their posture was not like the pounce of ordinary wild wolves, and their turning movements in mid-air were also extremely flexible. Sun Wu's fist and the two feathers he tried to shoot with the feather hairpin all failed.
The wolves settled on the ground. The vibration of the giant feet on the ground was greater than expected. The bodies standing upright were taller than expected, taller than ordinary adults. Each one had a huge body of nearly two meters.
Covered by these giant shadows, Sun Wu suddenly realized the fact that he was underage, but the more important fact was...these wolves could really stand up straight!
It took Sun Wu a few seconds to confirm that he had seen correctly. The wolves he saw in front of him were indeed standing like humans, waving their claws, howling loudly, and attacking people fiercely. Before, he had
I can’t figure out why the mighty Kingdom of Kucha was stumped by wolves and asked the village elder to come here to kill wolves and pretend to be the savior. Now... the answer is clear to me.
"Sun Shaoxia, be careful. The Amoz wolf is extremely powerful and invulnerable to swords. Rumor has it that it can only be hurt by silver weapons. You must not underestimate the enemy. You..."
"...Excuse me, if you ask me to fight werewolves next time, please mention this at the beginning, okay?"
Sun Wu could only sigh briefly, because the demon wolves had begun to attack in all directions, choosing people to eat. In the blink of an eye, several members of the Alliance had been killed. The attacks of these demon wolves were extremely cruel and rough.
The huge wolf arms are so powerful that with a simple sweep, a person's head can be blown away, or the entire body can be broken into two pieces like a chest.
Just a step too late, Sun Wu's eyes were full of blood and flesh, and several lives turned into minced meat. A member of the Alliance was caught by the demon wolf, and then he turned to Sun Wu for help. As soon as the voice came out, the demon wolf opened its mouth wide and stretched.
The long mandibles were drooling with saliva, and when they closed violently, they easily bit into pieces of human flesh and bones, devouring half of the man's head and tearing off a large chunk of flesh and blood from his shoulders and neck.
Although Sun Wu has experienced many battles, this was the first time he saw such a brutal killing method. The blood in his chest immediately rushed up and he almost vomited it out.
"Woo~"
Amidst the roar, a demonic wolf aimed at Sun Wu and rushed towards him with lightning speed. Before the momentum stopped, it swung its claws straight towards his head. Sun Wu saw the oncoming force and did not dodge, raising his hand.
He raised his left arm to block the frame, willing to give this alien beast a try.
The two forces collided head-on. Sun Wu only felt a force like a violent storm coming in, and he almost lost his balance. However, his own golden energy was immediately revealed. No matter how violent the external force hit him, his feet would always be like
Like a nail, it is firmly locked to the ground and cannot move.
The swing was ineffective, which seemed to anger the demon wolf. It howled wildly and took a big bite on Sun Wu's shoulder. It came so fast that Sun Wu had no way to avoid it. He only felt the smell of fishy smell hitting his nose, and a wave of anger arose from his heart.
Xing' mustered up all his strength to protect himself and received a hard blow. At the same time, he bent his elbows, took half a step forward, and hit the demon wolf's chest with his elbows.
In emergency response, Sun Wu only felt a tightness on his shoulders. The power of the wolf's fangs was extremely great, but he still could not break through the body protection of the golden bell. He moved his elbows together, like two giant nails hitting the demon wolf's chest.
Zhong Jin exploded, and his power was extraordinary. With a burst of force, the demon wolf, despite its huge body, was knocked out and fell heavily to the ground.
The blow was effective, but there was no joy on Sun Wu's face. The two elbows were nailed, let alone flesh and blood, even a strong wooden pillar of the same size would be interrupted, but after the demon wolf fell to the ground, it just
With a roar, he immediately turned over and stood up. No real damage could be seen. This kind of resistance can no longer be explained by just saying thick skin and thick flesh. If the beating continues, it will be very difficult.
After a little test of the strength of the demon wolf, Sun Wu looked sideways. The feather hairpin was flying in the air with the wind, rising and falling like lightning. At the same time, he fought with several demon wolves. The claws of the demon wolves were fierce, but even half of her clothes were gone.
She couldn't touch them, and was always dodged by her at the last moment. Sun Wu only looked at this and knew that Yu Bao Hairpin could cope with Yuru, but... she seemed unable to cause any effective damage to these demon wolves.
"...It's terrible to fight a werewolf with bare hands... It would be great if there was some magic weapon."
When he said this, Sun Wu really missed Galilas. If the water dragon Yin was here, it would be easier to kill the demon wolf. As soon as this thought appeared, a figure flashed at the main entrance of the temple, Galilas.
Liras held the water dragon 'Yin' and rushed towards Sun Wu at high speed.
"Ah! Sir, you are so considerate!"
Sun Wu screamed in excitement, but then he realized something was wrong. Galilas rushed over with disheveled hair and blood on his face. His injuries seemed to be more serious than before. It was impossible for him to go crazy while healing his wounds and run away.
Did you come here to ask for help?
If the situation was really like this, it might be better, but when Sun Wu saw the figure holding the golden trident appear at the door of the church, he felt that he had really been unlucky for eight lifetimes, and it seemed that this bad luck had not yet come.
Finished walking.
Next to the local priest, another figure appeared. The Xinyan Sect was really well prepared this time.
The white robe fluttered, and the red eye totem fluttered. The visitor did not reveal his true face, but the cold evil aura on his body made Sun Wu extremely familiar. The memory of that miserable battle came back to his mind, making him groan involuntarily.