The bearded Qing Huoheng did not have any doubts about Qing Huo Gaochi's final decision.
Although his mood was already very solemn.
Qinghuo Gaochi wants to personally guard Wuzhi Cave, which shows that he believes that the situation that Wuzhi Cave will face next may be beyond Qinghuo Heng's ability to deal with it.
This is a terrible conjecture!
What kind of danger would it be? How terrible would it be?
Even... what if you can't even hold on to the blazing fire?
Once the star beast breaks through the guard, the totem pool of the Qinghuo Department will be exhausted.
There are no tribes whose caves have been breached in history without exception.
Any Floating Land person can understand the consequences of the totem pool drying up.
And the star beasts that are able to bathe in the starlight of Tianshu will become a disaster. The tribes that are breached in the underground cave are also the sinners of the floating land.
For all the major tribes in Floating Continent, guarding the caves is always the top priority, surpassing all else.
"I have to stay here." Jiang Wang said.
Qinghuo Gaochi looked at him, waiting for his explanation.
"My sword skills need to be sharpened. This will make me more confident in the game of life and death. The star beast is a very suitable target." Jiang Wang weighed it and chose this reason.
Jiang Wang's identity is that he is a comer from the blue sky, a star general, and the chess master who represents the Qinghuo Department in the life-and-death chess game. He is not subordinate to the Qinghuo Department.
Therefore, no matter how much Qinghuo Gaochi kept his word in the Qinghuo Department, it was impossible to force Jiang Wang to order.
On the contrary, as long as Jiang Wang's request is not too unreasonable, the Qinghuo Department will find a way to satisfy it.
What's more, him helping to guard the cave is also a good thing for the Qinghuo Department. Qinghuo Gaochi himself has seen his strength.
"I will not interfere with your decision. But there is only one thing. If you encounter irresistible danger, please retreat first."
Qinghuo Gaochi said, and then ordered: "Qinghuo Yuanchen, you are responsible for ensuring this matter. The ranking in the life and death chess may be an opportunity for us. The safety of the star general is of vital importance."
"Don't worry, Patriarch." Qinghuo Yuanchen said: "Although my combat power is not as good as General Xing, if I encounter an irresistible danger, I will definitely stand in front of you."
Jiang Wang naturally has no objection. Although he thinks that he does not need protection. If he encounters a danger that he cannot resist, it will be difficult to fill Qinghuo Yuanchen in.
In the end, only Qing Huo Heng left the Wuzhi Catacombs. It was like Qing Huo Gao Chi personally went down to the cave, just to exchange the rights and responsibilities between the two parties.
The tide of star beasts has temporarily subsided, and Qinghuo Gaochi has not adjusted Qinghuo Heng's arrangements. Two teams are still preparing for battle, two teams are on standby, and the rest are resting.
He himself sat down on a stone platform next to the cave and called Jiang Wang: "You who come from Qingtian, please sit down."
Jiang Wang understood that the leader of the Qinghuo Department probably had something to say, so he sat down next to the stone platform.
"Is there a Youtian in your world?" Qing Huo Gaochi looked at the dark Youtian and asked suddenly.
"At least I haven't seen it."
"It is said that heaven is sentient, and everything has its own reason. What reason can there be in a place like Youtian? It is the disaster among disasters and the source of all misfortunes in Floating Land. The light in the blue sky will be extinguished at night,
It can be seen that the light cannot last forever. The dark sky will always be the dark sky. Is there really eternal darkness in the world?"
Qinghuo Gaochi asked Jiang Wang: "You come from the world above the blue sky, can you answer my questions?"
It can be seen that even a strong and determined warrior like him can sometimes feel at a loss.
Because guarding the cave is too difficult, too long, and it never sees the light of day. Ordinary warriors can also take turns to rest, but beings like him and Qing Huoheng have to face the ground throughout their lives.
cave,
Jiang Wang did not pretend to be pretentious and said honestly: "I am just an ordinary practitioner, and my world is very bleak. Maybe someone in our world can solve your confusion, and maybe one day I can, but at least
Now, I don’t have such ability.”
"What do you think of Qinghuo Qiming?"
"He's a pity."
"What a pity?" Qinghuo calmed down for a while: "Yes, it is a pity for him."
Qinghuo Gaochi asked again: "You were the last person who communicated with Qinghuo Qiming before he jumped down from Youtian. Do you think that jumping down from Youtian was something he had already planned?"
Maybe this question is what he really wants to ask.
Jiang Wang shook his head: "When he communicated with me, he did not reveal his desire to die. Moreover, his fear of Youtian is deep-rooted and is definitely not a disguise. Combined with his last words, I think he was bewitched by something."
"Bewitched..."
The fire of celebration was high and he groaned for a while.
Then he smiled bitterly: "Although the contact time was short, he seemed to trust you very much, and in the end he only had something to say to you."
"Because of his fear of Youtian, he is incompatible with this place." Jiang Wang said: "He doesn't just have something to say to me. He said that I am the only one willing to listen to what he has to say."
After a period of silence, Qinghuo Gaochi clasped his hands and told a history.
The Qinghuo Department does not know which generation of witchcraft it is (because it has been carried out in secret, a lot of information has not been preserved. Until now, it is no longer known who was the first to start.), through many years of research on Youtian
, this Wu Zhu thought of a way.
That is to tamper with the Fire Totem and create the Nether Totem based on it.
It is imagined that people who possess the Totem of Youtian can contact Youtian, and even... control the origin of Youtian.
If the source of Youtian can be controlled, star beasts may no longer be a problem.
This is undoubtedly a genius idea.
But creating the Totem of the Netherworld seems feasible, but in fact it is almost impossible to achieve.
All the original totems in Floating Land to this day are said to be left by Kong, the God of Creation.
How can manpower create such a great totem?
In the end, the wizard could not complete his vision.
But perhaps because the fear brought by Youtian was too long, this castle-like idea was not shelved.
The successive generations of shamans of the Ministry of Fire have worked hard for this, and they have paid for it one after another. It can be said that they have poured their whole life's efforts into this idea. There is even a shaman who feels the Youtian with his body and touches the Youtian with his limbs.
After they were all eliminated, he orally recorded his feelings and completed the final leap...
This was continued from generation to generation, and finally, in the hands of the previous witch Zhu, Qinghuo Bamboo scribe, who was known as the strongest shaman in history, the "Totem of the Netherworld" was initially completed.
Totems ultimately have an effect on the human body.
With such research, corresponding test products are naturally needed.
As one of the strongest men in the tribe, Qinghuo Qiming's grandfather agreed very much with this plan and was willing to try it. However, he was old and had practiced the Fire Totem to an extremely advanced level. Therefore, Qinghuo Qiming's father
, has become one of the test subjects since he was a child.
Over a long period of time, all those who accepted the "Totem of Darkness" experiment failed without a doubt.
As for Qinghuo Qiming's father, his astonishing talent and his extraordinary affinity for the "Totem of the Netherworld" made Wu Zhuqing Huozhushu place high hopes on him.
In order to better accept the "Totem of the Netherworld", all the experimental subjects of the "Totem of the Netherworld" were not aware of it. They were covered up in the name of the special combat power of the clan. Before the final "test", they were all
Ordinary people live a disguised life, and the tribe also allows them not to participate in guarding the caves.
When Qinghuo Qiming was five years old, his father's strength reached a limit.
So Wu Zhuqinghuo Zhushu thought that the time had come and threw Qinghuo Qiming's father into the cave for the first time.
There were three test subjects in total.
The result was very unfortunate.
The other two were silently eliminated by Youtian.
Qinghuo Qiming's father showed strong resistance after discovering his identity as a test subject. Knowing that the so-called "special totem" on his body was actually just a test from You Tian, he did not hesitate to use extremely violent methods.
He abandoned his totem and escaped from the cave for the rest of his life.
Qing Huo Qiming's grandfather was a brave man who fought for his tribe all his life. He couldn't stand his son's cowardice, so he killed him with his own hands and trained his own grandson.
Since childhood, he has used his father's "cowardice" as a counterexample to set up and cultivate the courage to celebrate his remembrance.
And regardless of his age, he goes to the cave every year to set an example for his grandson.
Even his "accidental" death in battle in the end was to inspire Qinghuo Qiming.
After Qinghuo Qiming's father and grandfather died one after another, Wu Zhuqinghuo Zhushu adopted Qinghuo Qiming, nominally as an adopted son, but in fact he kept him under his nose and personally trained him.
Qinghuo Qiming is the brand bearer of this generation's "Totem of the Netherworld".
As Qinghuo Qiming grew up, he indeed became a brave man, full of hatred for the burrows, and asked for battle in the burrows countless times.
But people are not grass and trees, how can they be ruthless? During the long period of getting along, Qinghuo Zhushu gradually and truly regarded Qinghuo Qiming as his own child.
Despite the huge inertia of history, he is still promoting the idea of "Totem of the Netherworld". However, he is increasingly considering the safety of celebrating his inscription.
He even made it clear to Qinghuo Gaochi that he did not want Qinghuo to follow in the footsteps of those brave men and be eliminated by Youtian.
"Totem of the Netherworld" is becoming more and more concrete, and the great idea seems to be approaching its end. However, Qinghuo Bamboo Book has begun to reflect more and more on the rightness or wrongness of this idea, and even questioned the meaning of so many generations of witches and blessings.
In the subsequent research, no one knows what he discovered. The only thing that is known is that he resolutely began to completely deny the idea of "Totem of the Netherworld".
He handed over the witchcraft inheritance to Qinghuo Qiming, and put the fire pattern unique to the Fire witchcraft on his eyebrows. He never mentioned the "Totem of Totem" and did not allow those who knew about it to talk about Qinghuo Qiming.
mentioned.
Qinghuo Qiming has always thought that the totem on his body is a special fire totem that needs to be kept secret and has failed. And his power comes from the witchcraft fire pattern.
The last time he went down to the cave, Qinghuo Zhushu was originally going to take Qinghuo Qiming with him, but for some unknown reason, he let Qinghuo Qiming stay outside the fortress and went down to the cave alone.
He sat at the entrance of the cave for three days and three nights, never sleeping.
Finally, his eyes shed tears of blood.
There is only one sentence left: "The original totem cannot be made by human beings. It is absurd to use limited power to seek the power of creation, so as to waste one's life and only hurt the genius!"
Then he leapt into the underworld.
No one knows what Qinghuo Zhushu, who is known as the most powerful wizard in history, saw at the last moment of his life. This may be an eternal mystery.
That’s ridiculous!
Throughout the Qinghuo Department, countless generations of people have sacrificed their lives for this purpose, fought hard for this, and fought for it.
In the end, there was only these two words of evaluation.
How desperate!
History naturally has its profound power.
After listening to Qing Huo Gaochi's story quietly, Jiang Wang probably understood his mood.
Just understanding does not mean recognition, and understanding does not mean respect.
"So? You want to regain that idea?" Jiang Wang asked: "So you sit back and watch the tribe's neglect and contempt for Qinghuo Qiming, and watch him be ridiculed for being cautious. In fact, you are just trying to force him to face the cave and force him
Restart the Totem of Darkness?"
"To Qinghuo Qiming, I may be a despicable person. But to the entire Qinghuo Department, I am willing to sacrifice everything, including my morality and reputation. I have a clear conscience."
Qinghuo Gaochi said: "It's right for him to blame me, but I don't regret my choice."
"I don't know what Qinghuo Qiming is thinking deep down, and I don't know if he has ever complained about you." Jiang Wang shook his head: "But I know one thing, Qing is the one who pushed the 'Totem of the Netherworld' to the final stage.
Huo Zhushu definitely understands You Tian better than you. Have you ever thought about why he gave up?"
"If you haven't even thought about this problem, or if you have thought about it but can't think clearly. If you don't even know why he gave up, you don't even understand why he is desperate! Where can you find the courage to continue to push forward with this matter?
?”
These words made Qing extremely angry and speechless.
Of course Jiang Wang has the mentality of being unfair to Qinghuo.
But ask yourself, if you are in a foreign place, in an environment like the Fire Ministry, facing the seemingly endless tide of star beasts, facing the seemingly unsolvable source of disaster that once seemed so close at hand, how can you do that?
Isn't it considered a lifeline?
Qinghuo Gaozhi's choice may not be wise, nor may it be bright. But in his position, it seems to be a logical thing.
"Actually, you also feel very scared, right? Qinghuo Qiming suddenly jumped into the deep sky in a weird way, and the star beasts that looked like tens of thousands of stars approached and then left. You found that you couldn't explain it all at all. You found that even though you knew a lot,
You have learned a lot, but you still don’t understand Youtian at all, and you don’t understand the ‘Totem of You’ at all.”
Jiang Wang asked again: "Actually, you are scared, right? Everything seems to be out of control, and you realize your ignorance."
"Yes, I am indeed afraid of this." Qinghuo Gaochi did not deny it.
He is a clan leader who cares about the power of a little totem; he is a decision-maker who coldly calculates the value and sends the old man to the battlefield of life and death; he is a warrior who has fought against the cave for half his life and always stands on the front line; he is a warrior who does not hesitate to sacrifice others.
A guy, but also a person who is willing to take responsibility.
He said: "So I decided to guard this place personally. I don't know what changes will happen here. If the ending is good, honor goes to him. If the ending is evil, I will bear the mistake."
"I wish it was a good ending." Jiang Wang said: "Although I don't agree with your choice, although I think celebrating Huo Qiming probably doesn't require any honor. But I still wish it was a good ending.
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