As the two wooden doors slowly opened, the scene in the lobby gradually appeared in front of Xu Chenglin. The main hall of the ancestral hall lost the solemn atmosphere outside. The main hall was empty inside, with no incense candles, no offering tables, and no merit plaques singing praises.

There is no life story of the person being enshrined. There is only a pure white stone tablet in the main hall, a pure white stone tablet standing there alone.

The side of the stele facing Xu Chenglin is completely smooth, with only three simple characters on it. The characters are neither the characters of the Central Continent, nor the universal characters that Xu Chenglin thinks, but the Beicang Continent characters, which are similar to the characters of the Central Continent. These three characters

The huge text is none other than the words "Xia Zhe Monument".

"What's going on? This is clearly the Central Continent, but the characters we see are universal characters. This shows that this place existed a long time ago, so some common characters are preserved. But here inexplicably, the characters of Beicang Continent appear.

Text, how to explain this?”

Looking at the three words that came into his eyes, Xu Chenglin thought of a lot in an instant. But the more he thought about it, the more contradictory he felt in some places.

"I'm back! I wonder if you are okay?"

Ignoring what Xu Chenglin behind him was thinking, Zhong Ling shouted softly into the main hall.

"Who are you talking to?"

Looking at the empty main hall, Xu Chenglin looked at Zhong Ling strangely.

Zhong Ling did not answer Xu Chenglin. He walked into the main hall on his own and slowly walked around behind the white stone tablet.

Xu Chenglin frowned, and then followed him. He followed Zhong Ling's example and walked around behind the stone tablet.

There are only three characters on the front of the ancient stone tablet, but there are many characters densely engraved on the back. Without exception, these are characters from Beicang Continent. Xu Chenglin opened his eyes and looked at these characters, and found that they were all written by a person.

Name. No need to think too much, this stone tablet exists to commemorate them.

Xu Chenglin saw Zhong Ling stroking the stone tablets in different ways, and there were two of them under his fingers. The last word of the two words was blurred, but the first word was very clear. The first one,

It was the word "Zhong". At this moment, Xu Chenglin suddenly understood why Zhong Ling kept touching this name. The name engraved on the stone tablet should be the person who named Zhong Ling.

"I don't remember exactly how many years ago it happened. I don't know since when, two auras appeared on the Central Continent that even practitioners can't deal with. One is the aura of the earth, and the other is the aura of resentful spirits.

Qi. The two breaths were not strong at first, but they quietly and indirectly destroyed several practicing sects and killed countless living beings. When these two breaths really appeared in the world, everyone

It was found that they were out of control. When one side was in trouble, all directions rushed to help, and other continents sent people to help after hearing the news. In the end, with the help of practitioners, the two auras were forcibly suppressed. Two heavy treasures were used as suppressors.

The core of the formation, one is called the Soul-Suppressing Bell, and the other is called Yueyao."

Stroking the stone tablet, what Zhong Lingjiang did not tell in the temple

I told Xu Chenglin my love again.

"I think the battle back then must have been very fierce, otherwise we wouldn't have sacrificed so many ancestors at once."

Looking at the hundreds of names on the back of the stone tablet, Xu Chenglin seemed to be able to think of the tragedy back then. The two auras had been suppressed for who knows how many years. Although they had escaped now, their power must have been weakened a lot. But that's it, the six of them

It was also difficult for the Qi Condensation monks to cope with it, let alone the situation back then.

"You're wrong! These names are just the tip of the iceberg."

Listening to Zhong Ling's deep voice, Xu Chenglin suddenly felt a chill in his back. The names of hundreds of practitioners were just the tip of the iceberg. How many people died in that battle that year.

As Zhong Ling's words fell, he flicked his hand twice on the stone tablet. Two empty muffled sounds were heard, and Xu Chenglin saw that the names on the stone tablet suddenly disappeared one by one. Several characters were much larger than the previous ones.

One by one appeared in front of my eyes.

"When it's over, I brushed off my clothes and went away, hiding my merits and fame. Practitioners like us should be called heroes. How lucky are those who leave their names, and how many are missing. With these words, I can look at the unknown heroes from afar!"

The words were strung together into a few sentences, and Xu Chenglin instantly understood the meaning. Those who could leave their names were only a few lucky ones. More people died in that battle. Sure enough, Zhong Ling

That's absolutely correct. The names on the stone tablet are just some of the luckier people who stepped forward back then.

"The energy of resentful spirits and the energy of the earth are raging. As practitioners, they can actually leave the continent. But they resolutely chose to come forward in order to prevent the creatures on the continent from suffering disaster. The behavior of these people

, I have to be admirable and worthy of the title of chivalrous person!"

As Xu Chenglin spoke, he gave the stone tablet a heavy fist. The deeds of these people deserve the respect of anyone and any practitioner.

"Yeah, I think that's the case too. Otherwise, I would have gone with him and wouldn't have agreed to guard here."

Zhong Ling's golden eyes became a little hazy, as if he was caught in the memories of that year.

Thinking of the purpose of this trip, although Xu Chenglin felt a little inappropriate, he still interrupted Zhong Ling's wandering mind.

"Did the surviving cultivators from Beicang Continent establish this Qixia Town? This is the core of Qixia Town's formation? And what exactly is Yueyao you have been talking about? Where is it?"

Four questions in a row made Zhong Ling wake up in an instant. He forced a smile, but he didn't know how to answer for a while.

Biting his lips, Zhong Ling thought for a moment and spoke slowly.

"There were not many survivors back then, and most of them stayed here. It's really hard to say who founded Qixia Town. But looking at the words on this stone tablet, there must have been monks from Beicang Continent.

Stay here. As for the second question you asked, in fact, I have already said before that this is the center of Qixia Town. As for what Yueyao you mentioned is, I can tell you this. But where is it?

But I don’t know.”

"Huh? You don't know where Yueyao is!"

Hear the bell

, Xu Chenglin was stunned involuntarily. But then he felt something was wrong and asked again.

"Aren't you and Yue Yao the core of the suppression formation? The soul-suppressing bell can give birth to weapon spirits, and Yue Yao will also give birth to spirits. How come you don't know where Yue Yao is?"

"I was in a deep sleep back then, and Yueyao also consumed too much spiritual power and fell into sleep. And all the coincidences started from that time."

As he spoke, Zhong Ling squatted down. He groped for a while on the ground around the stone monument, and suddenly pried open a stone slab with one hand.

"Found it! This is the photo jade from back then. Everything is inside."

Zhong Ling took out a square jade pendant the size of a palm under the stone slab. He nodded lightly, stretched out his hand and handed it to Xu Chenglin.

"There is something hard to say, and it must be kept secretive. We don't have enough time now, but he doesn't seem to be in any hurry. Could it be that he has other plans?"

With these thoughts in mind, Xu Chenglin took over the jade pendant. His consciousness was injected into it, and his mind blurred for a moment, and then pictures slowly appeared.

The first picture seems to be about an old man carefully wiping the soul bell. The second picture is about a ragged scholar secretly entering the ancestral hall. The third picture is about the old man and his wife.

The dispute between the scholars. The fourth picture is about the scholar running away with a pearl. The fifth picture is about the sea of ​​​​fire. The sixth picture is about the old man Xu Chenglin had seen falling to the ground, complaining fiercely.

The picture of the Qi being sealed.

Although he looked through the six pictures as if on a horse, Xu Chenglin had roughly understood the meaning conveyed in them. Combining Zhong Ling's previous words and the pictures he had seen left by the Soul-Calming Bell, Xu Chenglin felt that he had reconstructed what happened.

the truth.

At that time, Soul Zhen Zhong and Yue Yao both exhausted their spiritual power and fell into dormancy. At this time, they thought that the scholar in ragged clothes had snatched Yue Yao from the old man's hands. Later, when he saw the sea of ​​​​fire, it must have been that Qixia Town was broken through.

It was caused by the attack of the sealed resentful spirit. Finally, the old man relied on the formation left by his ancestors to seal the two kinds of breath again.

"If I guess correctly, the pearl that was taken away is the so-called Yueyao."

Although he had a guess, Xu Chenglin still asked Zhong Ling for confirmation.

"Yes. I haven't seen Yueyao since then."

Sighing, Zhong Ling slowly shook his head.

"Then you have been suppressing the earthly energy and the resentful spirit all these years by yourself?"

Suddenly thinking of this possibility, Xu Chenglin asked Zhong Ling tentatively.

"Yes, and no! I am the nemesis of the Earthly Spirit, but I can't help but acquire the Spirit of Resentment. To suppress the Spirit of Resentment, I rely on the townspeople of Qixia Town."

"That's right! The townspeople in Qixia Town are all descendants of practitioners, so there should be practitioners among them. Eh? Speaking of which, when we first entered Qixia Town, we didn't seem to find any practitioners on patrol.

?”

Speaking of this, Xu Chenglin suddenly felt baffled. He looked at Zhong Ling in surprise, wanting him to give an answer.

"After so many years, there are no practitioners among them. They can help me for another reason."

After hearing this answer, Xu Chenglin hurriedly followed.

"what reason?"

"All things have animism. When a living being dies and has a resentment in his heart, he has a chance to turn into a resentful spirit, and when he has justice in his heart, he has a chance to turn into a heroic spirit. But whether he is a resentful spirit or a heroic spirit, he will disappear from the world as his own power gradually weakens. When a living being dies,

The resentful spirits that were later transformed kept their power unchanged under special conditions. When these resentful spirits gather together for a long time, they will gradually turn into the spirit of resentful spirits. The opposite of the resentful spirits is the existence of another kind of heroic spirit.

!The townspeople of Qixia Town are all descendants of monks called Xia. They have been instilled by their ancestors with the belief of protecting this place since they were young. Therefore, after their death, they turned into heroic spirits who opposed the resentful spirits. With the help of these heroic spirits

, I can suppress the earthly energy and the resentful spirit together."

"This is truly a succession of people. The ancestors have enjoyed peace for the world, and those behind have also enjoyed peace for the world. It seems that the Central Continent owes these people a share of glory! Generations of people have turned into heroic spirits and silently suppressed the spirit of resentment.

These unknown heroes deserve everyone’s admiration!”

Xu Chenglin took a deep breath and said this with emotion.

"You are wrong! It's not generation after generation! It's all of them! It's all of them! When Yueyao was lost, they did not escape the disaster!"

These words almost sounded like Zhong Ling roared from his throat.

Listening to Zhong Ling roaring these words, a picture suddenly appeared in Xu Chenglin's mind. It was the fifth picture he saw in the photo jade, and it was about a sea of ​​fire. At first, Xu Chenglin only thought that

It was a disaster, but he really didn't expect it to be a catastrophe!

"how so!"

Xu Chenglin was so shocked that he looked at Zhong Ling in disbelief.

"I don't know what exactly happened back then. It wasn't until someone tried their best to wake me up later that I helped suppress the spirit of resentment. After that, Qixia Town ceased to exist."

Zhong Ling's voice became softer and softer, and by the end it was like a whisper.

Although the voice was small, it was like thunder in Xu Chenglin's ears.

They did not escape that disaster, and Qixia Town no longer existed. So were all the townspeople Xu Chenglin and the others met before, humans or heroic spirits?
Chapter completed!