Wanderer of the whirling world

Chapter 175

"Are you a fairy?"

Xin Ziqiu's spiritual sense was strong, and he felt the terrifying coercion and powerful energy fluctuations emanating from the old man, and knew that this person's strength must be far superior to ordinary people.

The old man grinned and boasted proudly:
"Of course! This old man has been an immortal for many years, even among immortals, he is not considered an ordinary person."

Seeing the old man's playful smile, Xin Ziqiu muttered in his heart.

Is this the fairy who guides the passer?Why does it feel so unreliable?

It's not that he has never seen immortals before, such as Zixu who taught him the Huashan thunder method, or Jia Zhengliang who has the cultivation level of an earth immortal, they all have big sleeves, full of immortality, and excellent appearance.

But the old man in front of him, less than four feet tall, with the bark of a three-inch dingu tree, was full of ruffianism, just like a wretched version of Wu Dalang, he was really sorry for the word "immortal".

But Xin Ziqiu had already experienced his power and all kinds of miraculous features, so he couldn't help but not believe it.

So asked:

"Dare to ask the old man's name? Are you a magician from the pre-Qin period?"

The old man smiled slightly:
"My old man's name is Lu Tong, and his name is Jieyu. I am an alchemist, not a warlock. You can call me Daoist Lu."

Xin Ziqiu wondered:
"Is there any difference between an alchemist and a warlock?"

Lu Tong nodded:

"Of course. Fang is the way. We alchemists are pursuing the way of longevity, which is different from those magicians who drive ghosts and gods and divination astrology."

Xin Ziqiu asked again:

"Since Master Lu is an alchemist, then you are the master here?"

Lu Tong shook his head like a rattle, and said in a high-pitched voice:

"It can be said that way, but it's not entirely true. I'm not the only one here, but this real person, as the guide, will answer some of your questions, and then take you to the real core to receive the inheritance. What questions do you have now, Just ask, and I promise to tell you everything."

Xin Ziqiu was full of doubts in his heart. Hearing what Lu Tong said, he was not polite and asked directly:

"Really Lu, this junior wants to know what kind of place this ancient tomb is, what kind of history it has, and what is at its core."

Lu Tong touched his nose, pondered for a moment and said:
"This is a long story, where should I start? Well... Since you have come here, you have already seen the murals outside."

Xin Ziqiu nodded, thinking that the murals outside were not just fabricated myths and legends, it seemed that they had something to do with this ancient tomb.

he asked:
"Is the story on the mural true?"

Lu Tong put away the smirk on his face, and said seriously:

"Yes, most of them are true. In the ancient times ten thousand years ago, when our human ancestors drank blood, fought wild beasts, and opened up living space, a group of aliens descended from the sky in huge chariots. broke into the land where they lived.

"These mysterious aliens claimed to have escaped from another time and space because of misfortune in their homeland. They possessed extremely powerful power. In the eyes of the weak human race at that time, these people were like gods.

"In addition to their weird looks, they were regarded as objects of worship by primitive humans, and they were called gods.

"In the beginning, these protoss and human race coexisted peacefully. They mastered many spells, constantly helped the human race expand their territory, killed powerful beasts, and even taught the human race to use tools and fire.

"More than that, they also selected a group of people from the human race, and after a series of mysterious rituals, endowed them with extraordinary abilities. After these people have been trained and transformed, they can swallow the energy of the world for their own use, possessing supernatural powers. Power beyond ordinary people, they are called the ancient immortals.

"These immortals have as powerful supernatural powers as almost the gods. Among them, the powerful ones can move mountains and fill seas, swallow clouds and fog, and call wind and rain. They are almost omnipotent."

Xin Ziqiu was shocked when he heard this:
"Really Lu, you mean that the Immemorial Immortals were created by the Protoss and improved human beings?"

Lu Tong nodded:

"It can be said that although we don't know what methods the protoss used and what purpose they had, they did create the first batch of immortals in the history of the human race."

He went on to say:

"Such peaceful days have lasted for at least a thousand years. After generation after generation, there are more and more people with extraordinary power in the human race. Under the leadership of these immortals and gods, the footprints of the human race are all over the entire land of China. A weak race suddenly became the master of the world, ruled the monster race, elves and other races, and established a huge empire.

"But people who are not my race have a different heart. The gods finally betrayed the human race. They began to become moody, attacking human cities for no reason, slaughtering our compatriots, and wanting to dominate China alone. Soon, the conflict between the two races They couldn't reconcile, and finally went to war...

"In the beginning, the human race could easily suppress the attack of the god race by virtue of their huge numbers, but these god race people were not willing to fail, and they began to secretly create a teleportation formation to summon their kind from the void.

"These newly summoned protoss are more powerful, more cruel and bloodthirsty. In the end, the two sides launched a huge war that lasted for decades. We alchemists call it the 'prime holy war'."

Xin Ziqiu felt strange in his heart, all this was illogical, so he asked:

"Really Lu, why do the gods turn against humans after they have been with humans for so long? They want to conquer humans, so why do they want to create immortals? With their strength, they can completely rule the entire Chinese mainland from the beginning. What happened in it?"

Lu Tong shook his head:
"I don't know. After all, this is an ancient story, and we alchemists can't see the whole picture. I only know that this war lasted for a long time and completely destroyed the civilization that the human race took thousands of years to build. As for the specific process, it is roughly the same as you in the mural. As seen above, with the help of the four great beasts, the immortals destroyed most of the summoning formations of the god race, and then sealed the god king and the last teleportation formation at the cost of their own lives."

Xin Ziqiu asked:
"God King? Is that the giant with horns on his head?"

Lu Tong nodded:
"That's right, God King is a name from ancient times. In fact, later generations call it Demon King. Because after the war between the two sides started, the human race no longer worshiped these god races as gods, but called them demon race. The beautiful land of China has turned into hell demons with mountains of corpses and seas of blood.

"There are kings among the demons. They are huge in size and far stronger than ordinary demons. After the demons were defeated, they paid a huge price to transport the demon king from another time and space. With its own power, Facing countless immortals, almost turned the tide of battle."

Xin Ziqiu narrowed his eyes, feeling very surprised.

With one person against one clan, the strength of the Demon King can be seen.

Lu Tong continued:
"You have also seen the content on the mural. In the end, the immortals had no way to kill the Demon King. They could only lure him into a large formation that stretched thousands of miles with the mountains and rivers as the skeleton. Tens of thousands of years of luck have been accumulated as a cage, and finally the teleportation array and the demon king are sealed together.

"The four great beasts also turned into four shackles and sealed off this cage, which won the final victory of this holy war. But even so, the civilization of the human race was destroyed, and the remaining human race and immortals had to Return to the wild and fight against other natural enemies such as the monster race.

"After countless years of recuperation, the human race slowly defeated other races and re-unified China. After that, that is the history you are familiar with."

After listening to Lu Tong's narration of the thrilling past in ancient times, Xin Ziqiu was horrified beyond words, and asked:
"Really Lu, you tell us these past events. Could it be that this ancient tomb is..."

Lu Tong nodded:

"Yes, it's exactly what you think, Lord Xinling's tomb is the core of the cage that seals the Demon King..."

Xin Ziqiu asked:
"Why did you build Lord Xinling's ancient tomb here? What does Lord Xinling and your warlocks have to do with this ancient jihad?"

Lu Tong sighed and said:

"We alchemists are actually descendants of the ancient immortals. After that great battle, the real immortals were almost killed and injured. Fortunately, after generations of reproduction, their blood has also merged into the bodies of ordinary people, and was born Batch after batch of descendants who are able to practice immortality and absorb the energy of the universe.

"Depending on the distance of the bloodline, the strength of these newly born immortals is naturally different. A very small number of people with the strong bloodline of the ancient immortals are born with the ability to awaken powerful supernatural powers, possessing abilities that are almost the same as those of their ancestors, and are almost immortal. You can roam the starry sky with your soul, truly at ease.

"Those descendants with thin bloodlines are not so lucky. Although they are much stronger than ordinary people, they are still human races in the final analysis, and they have no way to practice advanced immortal techniques and break free from the shackles of the physical body.

"We alchemists are the descendants of these thin-blooded people. It's just that after thousands of years of continuous exploration, we have developed many new cultivation methods and spells based on the ancient fairy art, which will allow us to continue on the road of pursuing longevity and happiness. Going on, although it is much more difficult, but in the end there is hope of becoming a fairy and attaining the Tao.

"Even some ordinary people can use the power of talismans and magic tools to cast powerful spells, and can avoid evil and plan to conquer ghosts and gods. These people are warlocks."

Only then did Xin Ziqiu understand Fang Warlock's origin, but this did not fully answer his question.

Seemingly seeing his doubts, Lu Tong then said slowly:

"I know you want to ask about the origin of this ancient tomb, don't worry, listen to me slowly.

"Although the war is over, there are still many remaining gods in the world, oh no, demons. They are all the fish that slipped through the net in the war, and their strength is not strong. Some hide their identities and live among human beings, and some are wicked. , wants to destroy human beings at any time and monopolize the land of China.

"They can think this way because their demon king didn't really die, but was sealed in the formation. In the thousands of years, the sealing formation has been destroyed several times, although it has been repaired continuously , but the power is not as good as before. Finally, more than 1000 years ago, we found that this large formation was unsustainable and had to undergo a major transformation.

When Lu Tong said this, he sighed and said:
"Well, these things should have been done by those who have received the true blood of the ancient immortals, but at that time, these people no longer thought they belonged to the human race, and they didn't care about the life and death of ordinary people, so they didn't bother to do these things at all. .Only us alchemists still retain human emotions, hoping to protect human beings, so we spent a lot of effort to continuously strengthen and transform the original formation cage, and gradually it became what it is now."

"As for why we cooperate with Lord Xinling, it's actually very simple. First of all, these ancient secrets cannot be spread, otherwise it will cause changes in China. We can only repair the big formation in secret, and this big formation happened to be at that time. Daliang is the capital of Wei State, so we alchemists reached an agreement with Lord Xinling, thinking that he built a mausoleum as a cover to secretly transform the formation.

"Secondly, Lord Xinling is not an ordinary person. He has the blood of the divine beast Bai Ze, but he doesn't know it. The blood of Bai Ze is an important material we need to strengthen the cage.

"That's why we persuaded Lord Xinling to ask him to sacrifice himself in the last part of the reinforcement project to complete the transformation of the entire formation."

Xin Ziqiu said in surprise:
"Sacrifice yourself? You mean Lord Xinling committed suicide?"

Lu Tong sighed, with unprecedented regret in his eyes:
"Yes, a benevolent and righteous hero like him really shouldn't have such an end, but in order to save the common people in the world, he sacrificed himself without hesitation. In order to compensate him, we have made great efforts to overthrow him in accordance with his will. After entering the Qin Dynasty, re-electing the Ming Lord, fulfilling his wish."

Xin Ziqiu asked again:

"Mr. Xinling is a descendant of Bai Ze, so what are the four great beasts?"

Lu Tong thought for a while and said:

"The gods and beasts are also the gods. In fact, from the beginning to the end, some of the gods are close to humans. This is the case with the four great beasts. In order to live with humans, they have transformed themselves, can appear as humans, and can intermarry with ordinary people. Multiply and leave your own blood. Only when you want to exert your full power will you show your true body, just like you can see on the mural."

Xin Ziqiu was stunned, and continued to ask:

"Reverend Lu, what did you mean when you said you would take us to receive the inheritance?"

Lu Tong smiled and said:

"Our Warlock's ability is limited. Although we have transformed the large formation and sealed the Demon King, we can't make it as seamless as the Immemorial Immortal. We still need someone to guard here all the time, and use our strength to suppress all resistance at any time, and we have to be on our guard. There are remnants of the demon race to make trouble. But we are also human, staying in this ghost place for hundreds of thousands of years is no different from being in prison, and we will go crazy.

"So we thought of a way to get the best of both worlds, that is, every once in a while, we will use some means to select one or two people, pass on what we have learned all our lives to them, and then let them replace one or two of us to guard here.

Uncle Cao Guo asked from the side:
"Why not choose a few more people at a time and replace all the alchemists?"

Lu Tong laughed and said:
"Hey, the important task of guarding the formation is no small matter. It is not enough to use all new people. We replace one or two people every few decades to ensure that everything goes smoothly and there will be no mistakes due to lack of experience."

"In this way, we pass it down from generation to generation, newcomers replace the old, and everyone spends one or two hundred years guarding the formation in exchange for the opportunity to become a fairy and attain the Tao. No one is considered a disadvantage.

"It's just that such a candidate is not easy to find. First of all, he must have the blood of an immortal, be able to practice the spells of our alchemists, and also have the ability to resist temptation. It is best to be proficient in the art of mathematics, because repairing a large formation requires There is a lot of knowledge in this area, so we set up a lot of tests, sometimes even 100 years can not wait for a person."

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(End of this chapter)