As if waiting for Xu Chen to see the temple's appearance, the old man said with a serious face: "This is the ancestral temple of our Feng family. No matter what you see after entering, you are not allowed to touch it easily. In addition, no matter what
If you find any clues, you must tell us, this is mutually beneficial."
Xu Chen naturally nodded and agreed.
He knew very well that even if he could find clues in the ancestral temple, he might eventually need the help of these wild natives to find a way out. Otherwise, he might not be able to find the right place just by wandering around in this dark place without any direction.
In fact, Xu Chen had another idea.
Although these natives are few in number, they are very powerful. They have been fighting soul beasts for thousands of years and are familiar with and understand the weaknesses of soul beasts. If we can bring them back to the mortal world, we may be able to borrow their power.
Deal with the raging spirit beasts.
The countries around Donghuang and Song Kingdom have lost control.
At present, the two formations in Black Wind Ridge and Linghu Canyon are not stable. Once they collapse, the Song Dynasty will repeat the mistakes of its neighboring countries, and the casualties in both the immortal and mortal worlds will be extremely heavy.
At that time, I'm afraid I won't be able to compete with the power of the fairy world alone.
If we can get the help of these natives of the underworld, perhaps this black wind leak and the soul beast disaster will soon subside.
Soon, Xu Chen followed the old man into the temple.
Facing us are several statues carved out of rock. They are all very tall, at least about three feet tall. Some hold giant forks in their hands, and some hold spears and bows. Although the carvings seem very rough, they are full of charm.
, the muscles are taut and the expression is domineering, and there is a faint aura of powerful soul, which makes people feel a sense of oppression that they dare not look directly at.
In addition to the statues, there are also a large number of reliefs and colorful rock paintings carved on the surrounding walls, all showing scenes of battles between humans and spirit beasts. The craftsmanship is also rough but has an ancient and wild atmosphere.
Although the temple is not small, Xu Chen could almost see it all with one glance.
It is very simple and simple, and you can hardly feel any spiritual energy fluctuations.
So after a while, Xu Chen frowned slightly.
Although this temple is old, it is just like the Taoist temples in the world. There is nothing unusual about it. In addition, based on the exchanges with Feng Feiyi on the road, this temple was probably excavated and built after the Feng family settled here.
, is no longer a relic of the time when humans guarded the underworld. Therefore, even if there were clues left by the ancestors of the human race, they would have been completely changed or even completely lost.
However, he had already come here, and after spending so much energy and price, he refused to let go of any clues, so he walked slowly inside the temple, looked carefully, and even let go of his spiritual consciousness to cover the entire temple like running water.
Everything inside is fed back into the sea of consciousness. Use your soul to carefully distinguish and perceive even the slightest difference.
The old man did not disturb Xu Chen, but knelt down respectfully in front of a row of statues, with his eyes slightly closed and his hands folded on his forehead, and he muttered words as if praying.
A full moment passed, and Xu Chen looked at the entire temple carefully, his brows furrowing even higher.
Indeed, no information related to the mortal world was found.
However, he still did not give up. He walked to the old man and sent a message and asked: "Elder, there is no information related to the mortal world in this temple, so I want to ask some questions about your ancestors. I don't know if I can tell you."
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The old man continued to pray without changing his movements, and after muttering a cup of tea, he lowered his hands from his eyebrows, turned around, pointed at a red stone slab on the ground, and said:
"Sit down and ask. I know you won't gain anything, but since I brought you here, I will try my best to meet your request. After all, the Forgotten Flower has been of great help to us, and it is worthy of our serious help.
But it’s just this once.”
Xu Chen nodded and sat down and asked: "I heard some things about you from Feng Feiyi, but I felt that they were not very clear, so I wanted to ask a few more questions. When the ancestors of the human race came from the mortal world,
How I got here and what happened next.”
The old man shook his head slightly and sighed: "Although I don't know what Fei Yi said to you and how much she said, but what she knows is actually something that all the Feng clan members know, and I don't know more than her.
, since you still want to hear it again, then I will tell you again!"
Next, the old man started talking about the long process of the ancestors of the ancient human race migrating to the underworld realm, then building cities, cultivating and reproducing here, and forming an army to fight against the underworld beasts in the Styx River Basin.
At the beginning, this place was still a bright area, with the sun, moon, stars, mountains, rivers, plants, birds and beasts. It was not much different from the mortal world, the only thing was that a large number of spirit beasts appeared from time to time.
In the early days of mankind, there were many powerful men who flew into the sky and escaped to the earth to control powerful magic weapons. They arranged countless huge formations along the Styx River Basin, built countless strong castles, and led the human army to repel the attacks of the underworld beasts time and time again.
A super strong man crossed the River Styx and entered the underworld on the opposite side.
But as time goes by, there are fewer and fewer strong men from the mortal world, while there are more and more underworld beasts. A large number of formations and castles have been breached, and the underworld energy has gradually polluted this area. In the end, a war broke out between the human race and the underworld tribe.
After an unprecedented and brutal battle, almost all the strong humans were killed and injured. Then the heaven and earth shook violently. The passage from the underworld to the mortal world collapsed, and everyone was cut off and trapped here.
However, the hatred accumulated by the human race and the Nether Race after countless years of fighting has been hard to eradicate. The remaining human race continues to kill the soul beasts, and this is passed down from generation to generation.
The human race living here now are basically the descendants of some of the strongest human races at that time. They all have a strong sense of mission. They left their ancestral precepts to ask future generations to protect the underworld and never allow the soul beasts to break through the underworld and enter the mortal world.
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Because there are no sun, moon and stars here, it is impossible to know the specific time. In addition, under the erosion of the underworld and the encirclement and attacks of more and more powerful soul beasts, the human race's territory is getting smaller and smaller, and it is becoming more and more scattered.
Reproduction becomes increasingly difficult.
Up to now, the Feng tribe no longer knows how many human races there are in the underworld. They only know roughly the situation of several neighboring tribes nearby. However, like the Feng tribe, they are almost on the verge of survival, not to mention guarding the underworld and killing soul beasts.
, even self-preservation and survival are no longer sustainable.
Xu Chen frowned when he heard this.
Although what the old man said was much clearer than what Feng Feiyi said here and there on the road, the general content was basically the same.
Even the story about how the ancient ancestors came to the underworld is very vague or even ridiculous. It has a strong color of mythology. It is similar to the ancient legends about the creation of the world spread in the mortal world. It is mixed with a lot of traces of artificially fabricated stories. It is credible.
Not very high at all.
As the old man narrated, Xu Chen also kept asking some questions that he felt were useful to him, hoping to get clearer answers.
The old man was not unhappy with Xu Chen's constant interruptions in his narration. Instead, he tried to answer these questions as clearly as possible.
"It's not that I don't want to help you, it's actually that I can't do anything. You can see the situation in front of you. We can't even uphold the fate of our ancestors. We can only survive in this dark place. How can we still have the strength to find the way to the mortal world?
The way out, this is not only something we Feng Clan cannot do, but other tribes cannot do it as well, so if you can’t find the answer here, you won’t find the answer anywhere else.”
After the old man finished telling everything he knew, he couldn't help but sigh and say this.
Xu Chen's face was full of bitterness.
It can be seen that the old man's mood has changed dramatically now, and he no longer has the indifferent and distant attitude toward him that he had at the beginning.
But the ending made him very uncomfortable.
Although he was prepared not to find clues, until he finished visiting the temple and listened to what the old man said, he no longer felt the initial excitement and excitement in his heart.
The current situation of the Netherworld human race is so precarious that it is about to be exterminated.
Without clues about the passage to the mortal world, it would be difficult to survive.
Therefore, after being silent for a long time, Xu Chen had to sigh and saluted the old man: "Thank you, elder. Although I didn't get the answer I wanted, I still won't give up looking for a way back, but I still hope that the elder can help."
I will provide some information about the surrounding tribes and the distribution of spirit beasts."
The old man nodded and stood up, and said: "I haven't been out for a long time. Fei Yi and the others know the situation outside better than me. You can ask her directly later. If you are not in a hurry to leave, you can stay in our tribe for the time being."
, I also hope you can find your way back. After all, we are all humans. We never thought that one day we would see a real human race. This is both a good thing and not a good thing."
Xu Chen stood up silently.
He understood the meaning of the old man's words.
The purpose of the ancestors of the human race to stay in the underworld was to prevent the underworld from invading the mortal world. Now that the underworld energy and a large number of underworld beasts have invaded the mortal world, the ancestors' tens of millions of years of efforts have probably been in vain.
Although they are lingering here, they still have not forgotten the fate of their ancestors. However, they are not strong enough and have almost no fighting spirit or hope except to find ways to survive.