After waiting for a while, Gu Zheng stood up and said to Shuang'er who was lost in thought, "You should take a rest first. I'll go to other places in the village."
Shuang'er shook her head, nodded obediently, and then sat down at the stone table next to her, lost in thought.
Gu Zheng shook his head, and then walked out of the room. He was very interested in the methods of people here to control the power of darkness, and if he wanted to absorb the pure power of darkness, he might have to use some of the things here.
At this time, the whole village was filled with an alluring fragrance. According to Elder Mei, even the newcomers had a sip of the soup. The population of this village was only so large.
It's not that they don't want to expand, it's because the food is only enough to feed these people, so the person before said that there is no waste here, and everyone has to use their own labor to obtain food.
Just now, the old, weak, women and children only need to do some simple tasks in the village, and children of both genders must be trained.
While thinking about Gu Zheng, I came to the stone platform in the middle, and there were no guards here, and the four figures from before were not here either.
The stone platform is very high, and it is built with only one very steep step. For ancient people, it is still very easy to go up.
At this time, there is still green mist lingering in the middle of the stone platform, but it is not as thick as it seems from a distance, and has become much sparser, as if it is some signs of spontaneous formation on the stone platform.
Gu Zheng stood on the edge and observed carefully. Elder Luwumei had given a serious warning not to touch it casually, because for those who have not practiced the power of darkness, once it comes into contact, it will melt into a ball of green liquid in an extremely short time.
Although Gu Zheng felt that theoretically he should not be afraid, he still had to be careful and just stood outside and watched through the vague green mist.
There are many strange patterns carved in the center of the stone platform, as well as many seemingly profound runes and spells. Some green light flashes on it from time to time, and some green mist comes out three times from above. There is an invisible force on the outside that makes these green
The fog is no longer spreading, but is still slowly absorbing the green fog, making the total amount appear to be about the same.
Gu Zheng was not very proficient in formations, but he still knew a little bit about them. However, at this time, he couldn't understand what was written on it, but there seemed to be a mysterious feeling in it, which made Gu Zheng unknowingly.
I want to explore one more.
"jingle"
A very clear voice appeared in Gu Zheng's ears, interrupting his train of thought. Gu Zheng was shocked that he had forgotten to be on guard. If someone really did something bad to him, he would probably be a corpse at this time.
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But his face didn't move at all, he turned around expressionlessly, and was suddenly startled when he saw the scene in front of him.
Because the cute pet he saw before was right in front of him, suspended in the air, looking at him curiously, his tail wagging behind him occasionally.
Seeing Gu Zheng looking back at him, he looked very happy, flying up and down in the air, and the bells kept ringing.
Gu Zheng knew about this cute pet, so he asked Elder Mei about it, and he specifically told him about it and explained it a little bit.
Three years ago, I came here with a hunting team. At that time, it was still covered in clothes, and it looked like it was just a kept pet. Otherwise, it would have been killed by the hunting team at that time.
Maybe a small area of black mist appeared, so it was sucked in. Of course, maybe the owner got scattered and got lost, so he followed them here.
I wonder if this world is what Han Xiu said, and it only erupts once in such a long time. In fact, there are black mists everywhere in the ancient world, but the scale is very small, maybe less than the size of a person.
Fog sometimes simply appears there and no one goes in until it dissipates on its own. It even appears in lakes and lakes on the seabed, mostly in inaccessible places.
From time to time, shrimps, crabs, rabbits and other creatures will also enter here and use them as their food. Therefore, as long as the intelligence is not turned on, they are not considered to be monsters, and they will randomly fall into this world.
Of course, most pets come here with their owners, and the name of the village also welcomes such characters. After all, even if ordinary pets lose their magic power, they can still fight a lot with their bodies alone.
But this cute pet doesn't seem to have much fighting power, and it looks very smart, so everyone assumes that when it enters the village, given its size, it can't eat much anyway, so it is just a mascot.
But this cute pet didn't eat their food at all. Instead, it settled on the stone platform in the middle and fed on the green mist.
When the monster attacked the city last time, it swallowed a green crystal that they brought out. Only then did they know that it had such great fighting power, which made them ecstatic, so they would continue to give him to it this time.
Please come over and destroy the giant elephant with one blow.
Moreover, Elder Mei also told Gu Zheng that the value of the unicorn egg was far beyond his imagination, but Gu Zheng didn't take it seriously. One side of the water and soil nurtures one side of creatures. He guessed that the creatures here are just some creatures that have adapted a long time ago.
, I’m afraid my strength will be greatly reduced after I go out.
Just like the people of the Sea Tribe, on the ground far away from the ocean, their combat effectiveness is less than 70% of the total victory, so Gu Zheng doesn't care at all.
These are stone houses that contain some things, and there are many things about this place recorded in them. Elder Mei knows a lot of things because he is curious about his own specialness.
"Bah"
This cute pet made a clear and crisp sound from its mouth, which seemed to be saying something.
But Gu Zheng looked embarrassed because he didn't understand what the other person was saying at all, but he just thought the other person's voice was pleasant and charming.
The cute pet yelled for a long time, and when he saw that the other person still had that blank expression, and knew that the other person didn't understand what he meant, he immediately became discouraged, turned around, flew to the side, and disappeared.
Gu Zheng was a little surprised. Although he didn't understand the other party at all, he could still hear the other party's anxious look. Why did Li Hu leave like this when he asked for help for something.
While he was puzzled, Gu Zheng saw the opponent flying over from the other side again. To this day, Gu Zheng still doesn't know how the opponent can fly here without wings and make a sound like a bird.
At this time, its little hand was holding a green crystal that was larger than him. Gu Zheng was shocked when he saw it. This was much larger than the one Chang Xi held. He didn't know where he got it from.
from.
At this time, the other party hugged him, flew to Gu Zheng, handed the things in his hands over, and kept shouting at the same time.
Gu Zheng reached out curiously and took it over. Chang Xi could take it with his bare hands, so it seemed that there should be no danger.
This green crystal does not feel as cold as imagined, but feels a little warm, but other than that, there is no feeling at all, as if it is an ordinary piece of vigilance.
Gu Zheng thought of the energy that Chang Xi had channeled from it, but there was not a bit of it in his body. It was like looking at the sky and crying with just one sentence.
When the cute pet next to him saw Gu Zheng accept it, he was so happy that it flew to Gu Zheng's shoulder and stopped on it.
Gu Zheng was stunned, not knowing what was going on.
"Little guy, I know you can understand what I'm saying, but I don't know what you're talking about. I'm going to another place. You should leave quickly." After studying the stone platform for a while, Gu Zheng suddenly thought of what he had said before.
The treasure house that Elder Mei mentioned is going to go there to see if anything can be done.
Since ordinary people like them can master a little bit of it, they must also be able to master the method. Even if they can only use this green crystal, it will be useful at a critical moment.
Gu Zheng saw with his own eyes the light beams triggered by Chang Xi, which was also their biggest reliance in implementing their plan.
In fact, they had thought of it a long time ago, but unfortunately the speed of green light could not break the Qilin Beast's outer armor at all, so they left it alone.
But the cute pet shook his head and pointed at the crystal in Gu Zheng's hand, as if to say that accepting his thing meant agreeing to its conditions.
He also grasped Gu Zheng's collar tightly with his hands, showing no signs of letting go.
Gu Zheng didn't understand its meaning, so he had no choice but to watch and let him hold it. He didn't think that this cute pet could only develop such a powerful strength after eating the crystal. He must have just made this gesture to show to the villagers.
Gu Zheng himself walked towards the corner of the village. Now the whole village was empty, but the laughter of many people could be heard from everywhere, and Gu Zheng heard satisfaction and happiness from it.
Today's harvest is enough for them to feel comfortable for a while, because there is no way to keep it fresh, so they can eat a big meal for several days in a row that they only eat a few times a year.
After a while, Gu Zheng arrived at the destination easily. It was said that no one except the elders could enter, but there was not even a gatekeeper.
Think about it, everyone here is running for life, how can they waste time here, they can't study, this is indeed the case.
Gu Zheng looked at the house that had a somewhat dilapidated appearance, but it looked quite large in area. It occupied an entire corner and was tightly closed. Gu Zheng pushed forward, only to find that the stone door was not moving at all.
Gu Zheng found a gap in the upper corner. Gu Zheng patted his head and quickly took out a small stone that Elder Mei had given him. He clicked it together and pushed it toward the stone door in front of him again.
Along with the rumbling sound, the stone door was opened effortlessly this time, and a large green light emerged from inside, and at the same time, a rotten and sinister atmosphere rushed towards the face.
Gu Zheng stood outside the door and waited for a while. When the atmosphere inside had almost dissipated, he slowly walked in.
Under the green light of countless stones outside, Gu Zheng could see the scene inside the house at a glance.
There are many tall stone tablets placed in the middle. The big ones are three feet high and almost reach the roof. The smaller ones are only five or six feet low. At a glance, they are densely carved with small characters, and on the edges are pieces like
There are stone books about the size of books on several stone shelves near the door.
There are several dull magic weapons on it, a disk-like thing, a lantern-like magic weapon, and a small black ball that doesn't float away. It seems that they all fell here with their owners.
A place of use.
However, it is still not damaged. It seems to be of very high quality. It still looks brand new and bright. There are obvious traces of someone wiping it. It seems that someone is taking care of this place.
Not only the magical artifacts, but everything else looks very clean. It seems that people often come to clean this place. Before Gu Zheng, I thought it was all covered with dust and looked messy.
The writing on each stone tablet has become a lot darker. It seems that the dust inside has been wiped away over time.
"Young man, may I ask what you are doing here?" Gu Zheng was thinking when suddenly an old voice came to his ears. Gu Zheng was completely distracted by this. In addition, the other person walked very lightly, so he didn't pay attention at all.
Gu Zheng looked back and saw a white-haired old man, who was obviously old. He was slightly bowed and holding a gray cloth in his hand. It seemed that he was cleaning up here.
"I'm here to look up some information. I wonder if I can give you some advice?" Gu Zheng asked politely.
"Of course, I just don't know what you are looking for. Most of them are left behind by people from the past. I hope that one day they can continue their path. Unfortunately, so far, everything is of no use." The old man bypassed the ancient dispute.
He came to the magical instrument next to him, stretched out his wrinkled hands, picked up the thing on it, and wiped it gently. The movement was very slow, but very understanding.
Gu Zheng noticed that the other party's legs and feet were a little awkward. He did not ask his own question first, but pointed to the stone tablet inside and asked, "Did you do everything here? How long have you been here?"
The old man's movements paused, then started moving again, and said in a leisurely manner, "It's probably been a few decades. The young man was injured and his legs and feet were weak. He was unable to go hunting. He can be said to be a cripple."
Then he put the wiped plate back in its place, picked up the magic weapon next to it and continued.
"This place was also built by the senior who arranged the formation before. Later, some people gradually filled it with some things. Therefore, I was sent here to be responsible for the maintenance and upkeep of this place. It also gave me a bite to eat.
Otherwise, I should have starved to death decades ago. I didn’t expect that I could still eat something like this. Otherwise, you wouldn’t even be able to see me. I haven’t been here for a long time. I’m just lying in bed waiting to die.
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There was no complaint in his tone, as if he was just stating some facts that should be the case.
After Gu Zheng heard this, he felt a little melancholy, but the other party didn't seem to be complaining, as if everything was going well, which made Gu Zheng feel that he should stop Elder Chang's plan and not implicate their village just to satisfy their personal grudges.
Ordinary people.
Even if you learn the magic of immortality, what if you don't have enough resources and aura here to break through this layer of space? Ordinary people will be the most unlucky at that time.
"Old man, I wonder if you know where there is any record of how to master the power of darkness?" Gu Zheng asked respectfully towards his back.
The old man didn't answer, but after wiping the last ball, he said to Gu Zheng.
"You newcomers, don't give up. No one has succeeded so far. Even the adults have not succeeded in taming it."
"There is no way to control the power of darkness. Even if there is, it cannot be placed here. The three stone tablets in the middle may be able to help you." After speaking, the old man turned around and walked to the side.
, picked up the long book below and began to wipe it carefully.
Gu Zheng saw that the other party didn't want to talk to him anymore, so he continued walking towards the middle, looking at the stone tablets next to him along the way.
"I am Lin Mu, a human monk in the late Golden Immortal period. I cannot bear the loss of my sect's original skills. I hope that when someone can go out, I can return the skills to my Lingyan Sect, which is located in Luzhou, Beiju."
"I am a middle-stage Golden Immortal, a human monk in Cancun. I hope someone can help me take care of my Qinghai City, which is located in the middle of Nanzhan Continent in Ou Ling Wanggui's Qinghai City. My skills are very ordinary, but I can practice them very well."
I wrote down my experience, hoping it can help you in your cultivation."
"I am the peak Golden Immortal, a human monk Xi Yangmiao. I am a casual cultivator with no worries. I just don't want my self-created skills to disappear like this. I hope you can take them out and help me find another successor to pass them on.
"
Taking a closer look here, there are at least hundreds of stone tablets, scattered and regularly placed among them. Judging from the last time of the stone tablets, the most recent one was 30,000, which was left by a golden immortal in the later period.
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The stone tablets on each floor are the last things left by the deceased seniors, but none of them are all people above the Golden Immortal stage. There may be some at a lower level, and they may not be able to enter here.
Of course, Gu Zheng knew that perhaps more people had left nothing of their own, and perhaps more people died on the way out. They would rather become a nameless person than live an ignoble existence here.
Because this is simply not something that human beings can resist. I don’t know that the corpses of many people have fed the monsters here.
Although everyone seemed to have figured it out when they wrote, and did not have the extravagant hope of being able to go out and leave this hopeless world, Gu Zheng can still feel that the words are full of despair and hope.
Gu Zheng's pace slowed down, and his mood also became heavy. Each stone tablet represented a person who wrote these things in despair, and finally died alone.
In the end, Gu Zheng stopped completely, took a deep breath, and then turned around and went back again.
He began to write down the words on the stone tablets one by one, instead of just skimming over them, he recorded each one in his mind and stored it away.
When I go out, I must pass on their wishes when I have the opportunity. Although I don't know where many of the places above are, I can ask others to go there, and there will always be a way.
Perhaps knowing Gu Zheng's thoughts, the green fluorescence around him began to fade, and green words appeared in the air one by one. When Gu Zheng wrote down one, the stone tablet would be hidden and no longer light up.
The guard looked at the scene in astonishment, and the hand in his hand began to shake slightly, while the cute pet's entire expression was in a trance. It could not understand this space and had fallen into dizziness.
