Accompanied by the sound of several iron ropes loosening, something slowly slid down from the cave exposed in the ceiling of the secret room.
An expression of surprise and horror suddenly appeared on Zhang Xiaozu's face, because through his subtle state of mind, he could see clearly that what slipped in the cave was not a box, but a completely black coffin.
The coffin is very small, about five feet long, three feet wide and more than two feet high. Judging from the size, it should be a child's coffin.
But why did the Li family go to great lengths to hide a child's coffin in a secret room?
Zhang Xiaozu was puzzled.
"Ah! It's a coffin!" Niu Dawa immediately shouted in shock as the coffin fell from the cave.
Zhou Jianlai opened his mouth in surprise, and even Tianwu Taoist showed a slightly surprised expression.
"Why did the Li family hide a child's coffin in the secret room?" Niu Dawa asked, but no one answered him because this was also their doubt.
Under the surprised gazes of the four people, the coffin was tied by two iron ropes, slowly falling, and finally landed gently on the ground.
The coffin was completely dark, which made people feel strange involuntarily. However, Taoist Tianwu didn't notice any mystery hidden in it, so he ordered: "Open it and take a look."
"Okay." Niu Dawa responded readily, not afraid at all. With Taoist Tianwu, a great master who can even destroy the ghost king at his command, here, let alone a small coffin with no certainty of what is inside, even if it is
Knowing that there was a fierce ghost lying inside, he dared to open the coffin board and wake up the sleeping master lying inside.
Niu Dawa grabbed the edge of the coffin lid and opened the coffin lid with a slight force.
Several people leaned their necks slightly, looked down, and found that there was not a child's body lying in the coffin, but a yellow satin package, which seemed to be wrapped in a small box.
Zhang Xiaozu bowed, reached in, and unbuttoned the parcel. The yellow satin was so smooth that it automatically slid down to all sides without Zhang Xiaozu opening it. A translucent jade box appeared in front of everyone.
Looking through the translucent jade box, there was actually a broken bone about seven feet long. It was unclear whether it was a human or something else.
Zhang Xiaozu and the other three looked at each other in confusion.
"Don't move." Taoist Tianwu stopped Zhang Xiaopou who was about to open the jade box. He stared at the jade box with a slightly solemn expression for a long time before leaning forward and opening the jade box.
The bones suddenly appeared clearly in front of Zhang Xiaozu and the others. When their eyes fell on the bones, the three of them suddenly felt a heavy sense of vicissitudes of life and a pressure that made their hearts palpitate.
The three of them were startled, and after being shocked, they quickly looked at the bones carefully.
The bones are yellow in color and seem to have begun to decay after a long period of time. One end of the fracture has an irregular shape, and the other end has a neat cut. I don't know where it was broken or cut?
Apart from this, the three of them found nothing else, so they looked at Taoist Tianwu with confused expressions, trying to get the answer from his mouth.
Tianwu Daoist did not disappoint them and said: "This should be a broken bone from an ancient corpse. Judging from the shape and size, it should be a forearm bone. Unfortunately, it has lost its ancient energy and started to decay, so it has no value.
Maybe the Li family didn’t understand, so they still hid it like a treasure.”
"Ancient corpse?" Zhang Xiaozu and the others asked in shock.
"Well," Taoist Tianwu muttered, "We call human skeletons from eight hundred years ago ancient corpses, and we call human skeletons from seventeen hundred years ago ancient corpses. This is a relatively unified view in the archaeological community at present."
Zhou Jianlai's expression was suddenly shocked, and he asked in shock: "A catastrophe in eight hundred years wiped out the history of the Kyushu Continent, so we call eight hundred years ago ancient, and seventeen hundred years ago ancient times. Do we mean that one
There were also catastrophes happening seventeen hundred years ago?"
"That's right." Taoist Tianwu nodded, "According to the exploration and discovery of the archaeological community, it has been confirmed that there was indeed a catastrophe 1,700 years ago. Just like the catastrophe eight hundred years ago, it also erased the history before the catastrophe.
.Some people boldly speculate that since the beginning of chaos in the Kyushu Continent, in the endless years, no one knows how many catastrophes have occurred. Just like the origin of the word "Nine" in the Kyushu Continent, it is impossible to verify.
Some crazy people speculate that catastrophes occur every nine hundred years. This means that the next catastrophe is about to come in one hundred years."
Zhang Xiaozu and the others were listening, and their palms were sweating without realizing it. Especially when they heard Taoist Tianwu saying that the next catastrophe was coming, they couldn't help but feel nervous and scared. However, they couldn't help but relax when they thought that there were still a hundred years left.
He took a breath and felt lucky that it had nothing to do with him.
Tianwu Taoist suddenly looked lonely and sighed quietly: "I'm afraid I won't survive in a hundred years."
What a pity."
"Senior, life is scary, right? Think about it, the catastrophe is coming and everything in the world is about to be wiped out, including yourself, how scary it is?" Niu Dawa couldn't help but feel lingering fear as he thought about such a scene.
"Boy, what do you know?" Taoist Tianwu glanced at him sideways and said: "When the catastrophe comes, everything in the world will be wiped out. What a shocking scene it will be? Erasure? Who will erase it? Yes
Is the law of heaven showing his ruthlessness, or is it some other mysterious force? How to erase it? Is the sky and the earth hanging upside down, or is the mountain falling apart, or is the rivers and lakes flooding the world? All kinds of things, don't you want to know? Don't you want to see it with your eyes?
Don’t you want to stand between the crumbling heaven and earth and roar? What an honor it would be to be able to personally experience and witness a catastrophe that only occurs once in nine hundred years? Boy, what do you know?”
I don’t know whether it was due to the emotional fluctuations of Taoist Tianwu, or whether my thoughts flew into the apocalyptic catastrophe following Taoist Tianwu’s descriptions, or maybe it was a combination of both, Zhang Xiaozu and the other three could not suppress their excitement.
.
"But a hundred years is so far away." Niu Dawa said with a bitter face.
"So you have to practice hard. As long as you step into the star realm, it will not be a problem to live for another hundred years. Oh, I envy you. It is good to be young." Taoist Tianwu said with emotion.
"Master, your cultivation is as high as the heavens and your body is healthy. It is not a problem to live another hundred years. Besides, with your peerless qualifications, you may reach heaven and become a saint one day. So why not ask heaven for another five hundred years of life?" Zhang Xiaozu?
He comforted and encouraged with a smile.
"Haha, I like to hear this." Taoist Tianwu stroked his beard and laughed, his eyes swept over the faces of Zhang Xiaozu and the others one by one, and encouraged: "Boys, practice hard. A catastrophe is a disaster, but it is also an opportunity.
, who dares to say that a catastrophe that occurs once in nine hundred years is not an opportunity to achieve the path to immortality?"
"Yeah!" Zhang Xiaozu and the others nodded vigorously, their hearts yearning for strength as never before.
"Senior, what's so special about the ancient corpse? Why can it still give this junior a strong sense of intimidation after seventeen hundred years? What is the ancient Yuanli you are talking about?" Zhou Jianlai brought the topic back.
"No one can explain the specific reasons because there are no reliable historical records, so there are only various speculations.
One of the more accepted guesses is that the cultivators from 1,700 years ago were cultivating bones, and they converted the spiritual energy of heaven and earth they absorbed into their own energy. We don’t know what they called this energy, and whether it was the same as us.
It is also called True Yuan Power, so let’s call it Ancient Yuan Power for the time being. They store the Ancient Yuan Power they have cultivated in their bones, and the exercises, martial arts and various magical abilities they cultivate will be in the form of a will.
Stored in bones.
So after they die, their skin and flesh will rot, but their bones will not.
After years of practice, their bones have been continuously strengthened and strengthened, becoming harder and firmer than steel. Coupled with the protection of Gu Yuanli, they are even more difficult to corrupt. And in addition to Gu Yuanli, their bones
, as well as various will forms, including their fighting will, so it will give people a sense of intimidation.
As for whether this is the case, we can only wait for further research."
Zhang Xiaozu muttered: "The ancient people cultivated bones and were able to store the ancient energy in their bones. After death, they could survive for 1,700 years without decay. It is really unimaginable to what extent they cultivated the strength of their physical bodies."
"The ancients' cultivation methods were more powerful than ours, but it's a pity that we don't have access to their cultivation methods. So, this is why the Li family regards this bone as a treasure. They hope that one day they can gain enlightenment from this broken bone.
The cultivation method of the ancients. But they take it too much for granted. Even if this bone is not corrupted, it is almost impossible to understand it. After all, it is just a broken bone. Of course, if you have extraordinary understanding, you may be able to understand something.
." Taoist Tianwu said. After speaking, he looked away from the bones and lost interest in them. He asked: "Are there any other discoveries?"
"Senior, please come over here." Niu Dawa suddenly became excited. He quickly closed the lid of the coffin and led the Tianwu Taoist priest to the hidden compartment. As he walked, he asked: "Senior, we found a bottle of stone marrow.
, can you give us a taste?"
"Oh, there is such a good thing." Taoist Tianwu said in surprise, "Let me see how many there are."
"Senior, look, this is the bottle." When he arrived in front of the secret compartment, Niu Dawa handed the pill bottle containing the stone marrow to Master Tianwu, then pointed to the other two pill bottles and said, "This one is
There was only one pill in the bottle, and it tasted so fragrant that we almost swallowed it with our tongues drooling. This bottle is a little smelly, and we suspect it may be highly poisonous."
Taoist Tianwu nodded, took the stone marrow elixir bottle, tested the weight, and said with a smile: "Look at the weight, there should be four or five drops. I'll give you one drop for each of you."
You can try it too."
As he spoke, he pulled out the jade stopper and pointed his finger at the mouth of the bottle. A drop of milky white liquid floated out and flew straight to Niu Dawa. Niu Dawa immediately opened his mouth and took it in his mouth.
"Be careful, this thing is very heavy, don't choke and fall." Tianwu Taoist reminded.
Seeing Zhang Xiaozu and Zhou Jianlai coming over, they took out two more drops respectively. They thanked each other and opened their mouths to catch them.
Zhang Xiaozhu only felt that the entrance of the stone marrow was slightly cool, and there was a faint fragrance that melted in his mouth, but it was a bit heavy. He pressed his tongue, swallowed lightly, and then fell down his esophagus into his abdomen, like an iron egg, just like the Tianwu Taoist
That said, he fell into a panic.
However, when the stone marrow enters the abdomen, it quickly turns into energy and flows to the body, limbs and bones, feeling cool and comfortable.
Zhang Xiaozu calmed down and carefully felt the power of the earth element. But after a quarter of an hour, he shook his head in disappointment. He did not feel even a little bit of the power of the earth element. He only felt that the power seemed to have increased a little.
He opened his eyes and saw Niu Dawa playing in the mud.
A piece of yellow mud floated in front of Niu Dawa, and it turned into a big rooster, a duck, and a dog. The boy had a great time playing.
Obviously, he understood the realm of earth, and it seemed that he had understood it for a long time.
Zhang Xiaozu was very envious.
"Senior, can you give me another drop?" Zhou Jianlai asked eagerly and expectantly.
"Go on." Taoist Tianwu was not stingy at all. He directly took a drop from the elixir bottle and gave it to Zhou Jianlai.
Zhou Jianlai opened his mouth to catch the stone marrow, immediately closed his eyes, calmed down, and continued to comprehend.
"How is it?" Niu Dawa asked Zhang Xiaozu.
Zhang Xiaozu smiled bitterly and shook his head: "I don't feel anything at all." Then he looked at Taoist Tianwu and said with a shameful expression: "Master, I have let you down."
"Haha, it's normal." Taoist Tianwu smiled, as if he had expected it, and said: "He is because he has the inheritance of a demon cultivator, and the demon cultivator's perception of the power of elements is ten or even a hundred times stronger than that of humans.
, so it is normal for him to understand the realm of earth so easily. As for you, your cultivation level is not high enough, and it is normal for you not to be able to sense the power of the earth element."
"But I have a subtle state of mind. It stands to reason that I can easily sense the power of elements. I can even sense the existence form of momentum, but why am I not aware of the power of elements?" Zhang Xiaozhu was extremely puzzled and entangled.
asked.
Tianwu Taoist rolled his eyes at Zhang Xiaopou and said: "You think that the subtle state of mind is omnipotent. According to what you said, good guy, if the subtle state of mind can see the power of elements, wouldn't it mean that you can master all the realms of elements in an instant?
, then doesn’t it mean that if you understand the subtle state of mind, you will be invincible?”
"That's not what I mean, I just can't understand it," Zhang Xiaozu said distressedly.
Tianwu Taoist said: "To put it bluntly, entering the subtle state of mind infinitely improves your insight and sensitivity to the surrounding environment. Whether you can sense the power of the elements depends first not on the sensitivity, but on a person."
Affinity to the power of the elements, and then look at the sensitivity. If the affinity is not enough, the power of the elements will hide from your perception, and you will naturally not be able to sense their existence."
"That means my affinity for the power of elements is very slow." Zhang Xiaozu said with a sad expression.
Tianwu Taoist shook his head and smiled, pointed at Niu Dawa and said: "Do you think he was chosen by that big dog and given the inheritance of demon cultivation just by luck? Obviously not. That big dog is cunning and slippery.
You must have taken a fancy to something that surpasses ordinary people and ordinary monsters. Elemental affinity must be one of them. So you don't need to worry, it will come naturally when you reach the realm."
"You can be envious, jealous or hateful," Niu Dawa said proudly, patting her chest.
Zhang Xiaozu made a sound, ignored him, and said to Taoist Tianwu: "This disciple is not impatient, but he has suffered from the earth domain several times, so he wants to quickly understand an elemental domain so that he can be in harmony with the earth domain.
contend."
Tianwu Taoist said: "With your current strength, you can completely resist the ordinary earth domain, but you can't resist the earth domain, even if you understand the power of elements, you still can't resist it. Because in the face of the absolute strength gap, do
Everything is in vain. Instead of thinking about reaching the sky in one step, it is better to climb up step by step with your feet on the ground. There is something wrong with your thinking, it is very dangerous, and you need to be vigilant."
Tianwu Taoist's words were like a wake-up call, causing Zhang Xiaopeng to wake up and said hurriedly: "Thank you, master, for your guidance. I understand."
"As long as you understand." Taoist Tianwu nodded, put back the stone marrow elixir bottle in his hand, picked up the first bottle of elixir, pulled out the jade stopper and smelled the aroma, he couldn't help but be happy, and said to Zhang Xiaopeng: "This