In the vast darkness, I almost lost my way. No matter where I went, there seemed to be no difference between my feet and the distance.
My back is still aching from the heavy fall just now, and coupled with the internal injuries I suffered in the Thousand Fox Confusion, I feel tightness in my chest every time I walk for a while, but I don’t know where this darkness extends, and time goes by.
It felt like I had walked for a long time, but when I looked up, it was still hazy.
Who are the people who live in the tribe that Jing Ling mentioned? Those who can live in this abyss of thoughts must be extraordinary people, right? Are they trapped here like the Nine-tailed Fox Clan?
Just as I was thinking about it, some blurry images appeared in the darkness ahead. As I walked further forward, the images became clearer and clearer, gradually condensing into rows of tent-like mud houses with the same shape and the same height.
The roof is made of grass from the bottom of the abyss of thinking, which makes each house glow slightly, illuminating the upper half of the house, while the lower half seems to be hidden in darkness. These
The house has no characteristics, no distinction on the surface, and it doesn't even have windows. At the bottom of the abyss of thought, windows are indeed of little use.
When I walked to the house, turned around and looked around, there was still endless expanse behind me. I couldn't tell which way I was coming from. When I lowered my head, I saw the footprints I had just walked. Looking up, I saw the faint yellow
The grass was still swaying in patches, covering up all signs. Perhaps, this place was not far from the mirror originally, but I just kept walking in circles in this sea of grass.
I walked around a few nearby houses, and more confusion came to my mind: Not only did these round houses have no windows, they didn’t even have doors! There weren’t many of them, there were only a dozen or so.
, but I walked back and forth several times, and I didn’t see a single person, and I couldn’t even feel the breath of anyone. It was as if these houses had been abandoned long ago. Isn’t this the tribe that Jingling was talking about?
?
Just when a series of questions in my mind could not be answered, a sudden noise startled me, followed by a sudden shaking. I felt my feet slipping, as if the ground suddenly collapsed. I instinctively
The ground retreated, but because I had no spiritual power, the speed I retreated was far less than the speed of the ground sinking. At first glance, there was really a huge pit sunken into the ground. This pit was in the middle of the four gardens.
And I was on the edge of the pit, and when I stepped back, I was already stuck to the wall of the house. But before I could change direction, I felt a falling feeling. The pit seemed to have a suction force that could pull everything within its range.
Everything was sucked down, but I could only fall helplessly as the ground sank. The strange thing was that although the pit was not sinking slowly, I was able to stand still and seemed to always be able to stand still.
At the moment when he was about to become completely weightless, there was another force supporting the soles of his feet, making him feel as if he was close to the ground.
This huge pit continued to sink, and after a while, I could no longer see the walls of the house on the ground. Only the dark rock walls were left around me, and only the yellow grass under my feet gave off a faint light.
Suddenly, the sinking feeling slowly weakened, and some suffocating silence and darkness surrounded me, but soon, a beam of light gradually came out from under the rock wall, and became more and more obvious, and then, the rock
A hole appeared at the bottom of the wall, which also looked like a door. When the sinking feeling completely disappeared, a stone door that had been obviously carved by man was in front of you. The yellow light from outside the door couldn't wait to rush in, trying to illuminate the hole.
The darkness squeezed out.
Immediately afterwards, most of the light in the door was blocked by a figure. Ever since I entered the abyss of thoughts, there seemed to be no normal light, so that I gradually adapted to this dim world and could clearly see the face of the person coming.
.
Speaking of which, I have seen a lot of monsters, and I am not surprised by all kinds of weird images, but this person in front of me really makes me feel very weird. Judging from the aura, he is clearly a mortal, but he has a strange...
A strange face. The sunken forehead makes the protruding eyes look extremely deformed. The square cheeks are even more angular than the Kunlun Mirror Spirit. The huge nose is sandwiched between the two protruding eyes.
It has the same square and weird shape. But that mouth...if it can still be called a mouth, is really out of proportion with the rest of the face. It is clearly just a small hole under the nose, and even the lips are not.
No. In short, this face, no matter how you look at it, makes people feel uncomfortable, as if it has been forcibly kneaded together. However, this man's physique is very burly, and the stone door on the rock wall is not small, but that man is
It was almost full, and the naked upper body was also made of angular muscles. The legs were strong, but surprisingly short. I also vaguely guessed that this was the remnant of the goddess mentioned by the mirror spirit.
"Who is it? Why is this?"
The man suddenly spoke, which surprised me. It turned out that the "hole" could also make sounds. It was just that his words were too stiff and rigid, and his expression was also very wooden. Every word was like nails being hammered down.
I think he should be asking me who I am and why I am here? I can’t help but guess, have all the remaining members of the goddess lost their ability to speak normally?
"It was Kunlun Mirror Spirit who asked me to come here." I don't know if he could understand it, but when he heard Kunlun Mirror, the expression on his face changed. He was originally stiff and serious, but at this moment, his eyes showed incomparable joy.
respect.
Before he came to his senses, the Kunlun Mirror I was wearing suddenly emitted a burst of light, and then the Tsing Yi Mirror Spirit from before appeared between me and the man.
The man immediately raised his arms, knelt down with a bang, and bowed nine times in a row with great piety. After praying, his head was still buried on the ground, and he made a rich sound of "woo woo woo," as if
Thinking about something.
"Please take us to see the clan leader."
Jing Ling did not assume a condescending attitude, but the man was still respectful and a little scared. He got up from the ground, still lowering his head, not daring to look at Jing Ling without authorization, but turned around and walked towards the other side of the door.
Jing Ling turned his head and motioned for me to follow, so I took steps and followed that man and Jing Ling.
Once you enter the stone gate or the cave, you will see another world in front of you.
Under our feet is an irregular stone bridge, with calm lake water on both sides, and pier after pier of stones embedded in the water. Looking forward, the bridge connects straight to the land on the opposite side, with no bends in the middle.
Along the outside of the cave we just came out of, there is also a circle of stone roads that can be walked, connected with the bridge. The outside of the cave is a regular circle. Looking along the stone road, it seems that there are the same stone bridges on the other two sides.
.In the middle of every two stone bridges, there is a path connected to a thick column. The column is inserted directly into the sky. It is also made of countless regular stones. At the bottom of the column, there is a door-like opening with a black hanging
The curtain. Could it be the bottom of the house we saw before?
The lake water on both sides of the stone bridge is black, just like the entrance to the Ganoderma Forbidden Zone. However, the edge of the lake seems to be invisible at all, and there is no ripple at all. It is so quiet that people almost mistakenly think it is just an overly smooth ground, but
Looking carefully, it seems that there is a vague shadow of a fish swimming in the water, but even so, there are still no ripples, and I don't know how the "fish" swims.
The sky above my head was equally horrifying. It turned out that the yellow grass I was stepping on turned over and turned out to be the sky of this world. The distance between the sky and the ground is very close, but it seems very vast when looking at it, and the light,
It was also emitted from this side, and although it was also dim and dim, it was obviously brighter than the other side. So, in this strange world, the sky was light yellow, without clouds, sun or moon; the ground was gray,
There are no plants, no bumps; the lake water is black, no flow, no ripples.
This place is like a huge box-like cave. Just walking forward like this, I just feel very depressed.
After walking across the stone bridge facing us, we boarded a slightly wider "land", which was also made up of regular stones. If you look closely, you can see that there is still the black lake water in the cracks between the stones.
, this entire land seems to be built on water. In front of us are the same columns as before, and there are openings with black curtains under each column. I guess this column should be
The houses where these people live are arranged in an orderly manner. Although there are not many, they can cleverly block people's sight. When standing in front of one of them, it is impossible to count how many pillars there are.
Jing Ling and I followed the weird man around several pillars, and finally stopped in front of an opening. It looked like this opening was no different from anywhere else, but I immediately felt the spiritual power fluctuations coming from it. Clan leader, it should be
Just inside.
Along the way, the weird man kept his head down and was silent. Now he stopped, bent down and turned around respectfully. He still didn't dare to raise his eyes. He just bowed deeply to Jingling and looked at him dullly.
I glanced at him and left the way I came. I turned around to watch him leave. His clumsy figure paired with the dull columns around him suddenly no longer seemed as abrupt and strange as before.
Before Jingling could speak, the curtain hanging at the opening of the column suddenly opened. Then, two people walked out of the dim cave. They were very similar to the one just now, but they could be identified from their body shape and clothes.
That person was a man, and these two were women. After they came out, they stood on both sides of the opening, one on the left and one on the right. Then, another person walked out of the cave. Although this person was very similar to them, he was wrapped in
Wearing a thick linen robe, I hold a stone scepter tightly in my hand. The top of the stick is inlaid with a yellow bead the size of an goose egg. There is a faint light shining in the bead, flickering on and off. I feel the spiritual power from it.
It came out here.
Come to think of it, this is the leader of the goddess's surviving family.
When the patriarch saw Jing Ling, he bowed respectfully, and then looked at me. There seemed to be two more wrinkles on the originally sunken forehead. Her eyes were not as dull as others, but rather worried and doubtful.
.Of course, her worries and doubts all come from herself.
"With my power, I can no longer maintain the barrier for a long time. The fate of you and other tribesmen only depends on this woman."
Jing Ling's words to the clan leader surprised both me and the clan leader. I felt that the clan leader looked at me with more complicated eyes.
"What do you mean?" I couldn't help but ask.
Jingling slowly turned around and faced me.
"I brought you here to let you complete a mission that only you can complete, or to let you know your destiny."
My destiny...what destiny do I have? I smiled bitterly in my heart. Sure enough, it seems that I am not just me. From all the things I have experienced and all the things I have been involved in for no reason, I am ultimately controlled by the fate that plays with the world. I remember once
When he was killing a demon, he once warned me when he was dying. He said that among the six realms, except for the human realm and the ghost realm, from gods and demons to immortals and demons, it is impossible for them to live for themselves. Even if they
Even though they have a long lifespan, they can never escape the control of fate, even if they have strong spiritual power. Everyone has their own mission, whether it is light or heavy, whether it is life or death, they have already been arranged, and their fate has been determined early in the morning.
It is engraved on the wordless book of the gods. No one can pry into it, and no one can change it. He said, one day, I will also lament the arrogance of fate for a mission that I am unwilling to undertake. I will
In the long years that followed, he experienced mental torture. Then, he dissipated in a burst of helplessness, ridicule, and weird shrill laughter, leaving me with only a long aftertaste.
For a moment, I lost my mind, and my thoughts escaped the limitations of time and space, until I was called back by the voice of the patriarch. Because the voice was too stiff, although it was not like the man just now, it was not a sentence, but it was still
Like a child who has just learned to speak, he speaks intermittently, and every word is spoken like nails driven into a wooden board, which is very unpleasant to hear.
"Can she really take my clan members away from this place?"
It turns out that the leader of the goddess's surviving tribe is actually the same as the nine-tailed fox tribe leader, who wants to lead her people to leave this isolated and desperate world. But what is her reason? Could it be because of the looming evil spirit?
Demonic energy? But I didn’t find any demonic energy here.
"This woman is not a creature from the six realms, but she has the aura of a creature from the six realms, and she has the blood of the gods in her body. Only she can lead your people out of here and to the human realm."
Before I could recover, Jing Ling's words were like a thunderbolt, interrupting all my thoughts.
"What is not a creature from the six realms? What has the aura of a creature from the six realms?" I felt my heart beating faster. Too many questions came to my mind, but I couldn't explain the specific questions. All kinds of information flashed by.
But it finally condensed into one word: demon. demon? demon...
Am I not a demon? How can a demon have the aura of a creature from the six realms? How can I not be a creature from the six realms?
Jing Ling finally noticed my gaffe. She turned to me and looked at me with her all-seeing eyes. She must have felt that she should explain it to me.
"You are not a monster." In the end, she just said these words categorically.
Another blow to the head. Cangli, Guichen, Ruyuan, Yaizhen... The fragmented words were put together and kept spinning in my mind.
"Then what am I?" When I asked this question, I was no longer excited, as if I already knew the result and was just waiting for her to say it.
"In ancient times, the great goddess Nuwa passed down a magic technique that could create humans from objects. Today's mortals were created by Nuwa out of clay. You were also created by a god. It's just because this god didn't know that Nuwa created humans.
The real key to this can only be achieved with the help of other forces. It uses crane eggs as the base, divine power as the guide, the human body as the shape, the demonic energy as the soul, and the ghost spirit as the soul. You were created with the power of the demon spirit, so you have both.
The auras of the creatures in the six realms also have the different spiritual powers of the creatures in the six realms, but you yourself are no longer one of the creatures in the six realms."
My heart suddenly sank. Even though I had guessed about my relationship with my mother and doubted my identity, I never thought of such a result. This is the so-called non-sixth realm creature, but it has the aura of a six realm creature.
Have you? I also understood for a moment why I was involved in entanglements for no reason and why I encountered so many doubts. If the wordless heavenly book can determine the fate of gods, demons, immortals, and monsters, then my
My destiny is not even as good as a monster. Because my destiny may have been decided by the god who created me. So, is the god who created me my mother? But, what is her purpose in creating me? If she really
I am a god, so why did she bring me to a demon territory to raise me and fabricate my life experience as a demon? Or maybe my mother was not the god who created me, but just picked me up by chance? So, since that god
He created me, then why did he abandon me? Or did he arrange my fate long ago? How many predetermined encounters are there? Where will I be led? Could it be that every move I make is actually
Is it being manipulated by others? What about the cause and effect of love and hate that I have experienced? Was it also predestined a long time ago?
I closed my eyes hard, tried to calm my mind and adjust my breathing, but in the end it was still a mess.
"Then who created me?" When I asked this question, I could hardly control the turmoil in my heart.
Jing Ling shook his head indifferently and sighed: "It is related to your life experience and involves the secrets of the divine world that cannot be leaked. I cannot tell you all the reasons, but sooner or later you will know. Now, you can only borrow
The power of the goddess's remnant will reshape the jade hairpin. In exchange, you need to help her tribe get rid of this endless suffering of claustrophobia and return to the world."
"Reshape the Jasper Hairpin? Can they really rebuild the Jasper Hairpin?"
I finally found some relief. At least, the poison in my body could be cured. At least, this trip was not in vain. But I suddenly remembered something.
"This jasper hairpin was originally made by the great god Shen Nong after he found a piece of raw jade from the Queen Mother of the West of Kunlun and guided the goddess's descendants. He left a trace of divine power for this purpose. Among the spiritual beads inherited by the patriarch of the descendants, the source of the jasper hairpin's divine power also comes from
This is a trace of divine power. But because most of the divine power was consumed in making the Jasper Hairpin, this time, even if the Jasper Hairpin is reshaped, its power will be greatly reduced, but it will still be more than enough to detoxify you."
"What about Ruyuan? She is the fox demon who fell with me. She is also here?" I turned to the clan leader.
Even though I have a lot of emotions in my heart, what can I do? Since I can remove the poison from my body, maybe I have time to find out more truths. For example, Ru Yuan said that my mother is not dead, so she has nothing to do with the creation of
Is my god related? Does she know my life experience? Another example is the past life entanglement between me and Meng Yunzhong. Is there still an unfinished fate between us? Will we also miss each other in this life?
So, now I can only focus all my attention on the current things. Since my destiny has been planned a long time ago and cannot be changed by me, I can only follow that trajectory first. At the very least,
, there is a truth waiting for me.
"Fox demon, there is something we want." The clan leader said intermittently.
"Follow me." Jing Ling suddenly said to me, and then signaled to the clan leader, asking her to lead the way.
The clan leader nodded and walked towards the direction we had just come from, followed by her two maids. Jing Ling motioned for me to follow.
We crossed the stone bridge just now again, arrived at the cave where I came down, and walked around the stone bridge on the left. I saw that behind the stone bridge we just passed, there was also a stone bridge, and it was also connected to the same stone bridge as before.
On the road, columns one after another are thrust straight into the low "sky". The more you look at it, the more depressing it becomes.
On the opposite side of the stone bridge in front of us, there were no columns holding up the sky. The land made of stones seemed to be endless, and it was more like being covered in mist-like air. It was not clear what was in front of us until we passed.
Walking on the stone bridge, you can still only see the scene about a foot away in front of you, but when you look around, your line of sight only extends infinitely, and you can't see the end.
We continued to walk forward, as if we were heading into a vast and unknown world. Every time we walked into the fog, we found that there was nothing at all. When we turned around, we could clearly see the way we came. It was really strange.
I don’t know how long we walked, but our vision gradually became clearer, and suddenly we found a stone wall within our sight. The farther we went, the clearer the stone wall became, but we still couldn’t see the edge of the stone wall. Until the stone wall was less than ten feet away from us,
Only then did I realize that the stone wall was really surprisingly big, as if it was as endless as the land. I lowered my head and looked at the black lake water between the stones, and there seemed to be flowing dark lines.
And on the stone wall in front of us, a stone door gradually appeared. There were reliefs carved on the door. It looked like many vine-like plants surrounding a girl. The girl was holding something in her hand, which looked like a hairpin, and among the vines.
Outside, there is a black dragon coiled around. The black dragon's eyes are sharp and ferocious. Even if it is a relief, it makes people's hair stand on end and feels fear. There seems to be a circle on the top of the dragon's head, that is, in the middle above the door.
The depression is like the sun, but somewhat irregular. Presumably, the relief should record the past of the Wushan goddess subduing the evil dragon.
I immediately understood where this place was. This is the real Tomb of the Wushan Goddess.