Cataclysm King

Chapter 600: Stone Tablet Flame Demon Old Man Xu
Seeing that Ji Xun and others agreed to meet the Prophet, Morey, the patriarch of the dragon lizard clan, activated the ban of the temple with the staff in his hand.

There was a creaking sound of stone friction, and a piece of floor in the obsidian temple sank, revealing a staircase leading to the seal below.

As soon as the cave entrance was opened, it seemed to be connected to a hot crater, and a wave of heat hit my face.

"Everyone please follow me."

Patriarch Morey gestured and walked in first.

Qin Rushi glanced at Ji Xun, and after a brief exchange of words, she followed him in without hesitation.

Ji Xun also narrowed his eyes and looked around, then walked over and followed.

No matter where I looked, I didn't feel any signs of danger.

As they walked down the obsidian stairs, the fire element in the air gradually became so dense that breathing felt like flames burning their lungs.

It won’t be a problem for Ji Xun and the others.

Isabel and the other little ones had to use spell power to protect themselves all the time.

This environment doesn't look like a good place no matter how you look at it.

Chief Mo Lei probably knew that the place they were going to was very dangerous, so he explained as he walked: "This is the ancestral land of our dragon lizard clan. Normally, no one can come in except me and the elders. You are also the first human beings invited to enter here in the past ten thousand years that I know of."

This opening statement revealed the long history of the dragon lizard clan.

Ji Xun became more and more interested as he listened.

Because he understood the sealing runes and murals carved on the surrounding rock walls.

Murals are a common medium for ancient civilizations to record history.

The above content is also very simple, it is the story of the lizard tribe fighting against a huge fire demon.

It seems like there is a big battle like this every once in a while.

The end result was that the Lizardmen suffered countless casualties, and the demon was sealed again.

Ji Xun is not only concerned about the content of the murals, but is more concerned with the carving craftsmanship.

These carving techniques have their own unique styles, as if they were carved by countless generations of craftsmen over a very long time. The styles are slightly different every time you walk through a section.

Moreover, after walking a little further, the carving style suddenly changed, an "ancient" breath came to the face, and there was a discontinuity in the carving technique.

Ji Xun understood that the seal in the cave was probably there before the lizards came.

The history can be traced back to earlier than the time when the dragon lizards settled here.

This is an ancient relic.

Chief Morey also introduced: "As you can see, there is a very terrifying fire demon in this cave. Our dragon lizard clan has guarded this cave for generations."

As we were chatting, my vision suddenly opened up.

Everyone has walked out of the stairs and arrived at a platform that looks like a crater.

The platform was empty, but a hot red light could be seen rising from the other half of the cliff.

Darcy, Isabel and David, the three little guys, frowned as they were burned by the fire element that was as dense as flames, while Ji Xun and the other two looked at the stone wall in front of them with serious expressions.

Looking closely, one can see that there are dragon scale-like patterns on the stone wall.

Moreover, this wall has "qi".

This is a living behemoth!
Before the others could figure out what was going on, Chief Morey bowed respectfully toward the wall and said, "Sir Prophet, I have brought the person you wanted to see."

When these words were spoken, everyone was shocked: Is this the prophet of the dragon lizard clan?

Ji Xun narrowed his eyes slightly, and when he looked further, he could vaguely see that the wall in front of him was the outline of a giant dragon-blood lizard.

It was like a mountain, so big that its body filled almost the entire platform and merged with the rock wall.

The huge creature seemed to be dormant.

Morey called out again, and the rock wall slowly cracked open into a gap several meters long, revealing an amber vertical pupil.

The eyes determined the location of the head, which was a terrifying giant lizard over five hundred meters in size.

However, despite its large size, the "qi" gives people a weak feeling of running out of energy.

And the moment his vertical pupils opened, a smell of decay came to his face.

Those eyes were engraved with the depth accumulated over countless years, and seemed to contain infinite wisdom.

Just this one glance seemed to have penetrated the past and the future, and seen through everything about the six outsiders.

When Ji Xun was marveling in his heart that the dragon lizard clan actually had such a terrifying strong man, his wise vertical pupils suddenly became empty and replaced by confusion.

The surrounding rock walls shook slightly, and an old voice asked, "Who are you, little guy?"

Chief Morey seemed to be used to it and responded, "Master Prophet, I am Morey, the chief of this generation of the Dragon Lizard Clan."

The giant dragon lizard seemed to recall for a moment, then said: "Oh. It's little Morey. I thought it was Youm, or those two naughty little guys from Goff. After all, you look exactly like your grandfather and great grandfather. By the way, where's Soran? I haven't seen him for a long time."

The clan leader, Morey, responded, "Four hundred years ago, my great grandfather passed away in the battle against the Flame Demon."

The giant dragon lizard said again: "Oh. I almost forgot that Soran is a brave child."

When Ji Xun and the others heard this conversation, their expressions looked a little strange.

But I also understood it.

This "prophet" seems to be a forgetful old lizard.

And from this conversation, they also heard that the prophet was very old.

Not only am I forgetful, but my memory is also a little confused.

Chief Mo Lei seemed to think that it was not a good idea to discuss these matters in front of outsiders, and he repeated his purpose: "Master Prophet, I have brought the person you want to see."

The giant lizard looked at Ji Xun and the others and said blankly, "Humans? Oh, I haven't seen humans for a long time, little Morey, why did you bring them to see me?"

Ji Xun: "."

Qin Ru said: "."

Gong Wu: “.”

When these words were spoken, everyone was speechless.

Chief Morey seemed to be used to it, and said patiently, "You instructed me to invite them yesterday. You saw the future in the prophecy. The Flame Demon will soon break the seal and come out, and our Dragon Lizard tribe will also migrate far away."

In order to help the prophet recall the whole story, I had to tell him the whole story.

Ji Xun and the others finally understood what was going on.

It was this prophet's prophecy that led to this meeting.

After hearing this, the giant dragon lizard finally remembered something: "Oh, I almost forgot. I said that the guy underground has been very quiet recently. It turns out that he is accumulating strength to break the seal."

Then, he turned his gaze to Ji Xun again, and said slowly and calmly: "Sorry. Sometimes living too long is not a good thing. I am a little confused now."

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Ji Xun looked at the gaze, wondering why the prophet looked at him instead of Qin Rushi.

Maybe he saw his own rank, or maybe it was a prophecy.

For some reason, when Ji Xun saw this old dragon lizard that had lived for who knows how many years, he felt a sense of familiarity, as if he had seen a forgetful and wretched old man.

It felt exactly the same.

Patriarch Morey also captured this detail.

Only then did he realize that there was a top-notch warrior hidden in the rebel army.

He was secretly thankful that he had not made any misleading decisions before, otherwise it might have caused some irreversible and catastrophic consequences.

The giant dragon lizard's memory was briefly restored. He seemed to know that he might forget it at any time, so he went straight to the point: "In the prophecy, I saw endless wars. There will be a human uprising army that will gradually grow and restore order to the chaotic order. I entrust my people to you, and hope you can take them to a distant place. Of course, they will also help you fight against Little Morey. You should sign a blood pact with these human friends. According to the prophecy, they will be the most sincere friends of our dragon lizard clan, and this will also allow the dragon lizard clan to continue."

The word order is a little messy, and it sounds like the gibberish of an old man on his deathbed.

But that's what prophecies are like, they're always some vague fragments, not a clear future.

However, as soon as these words came out, the expression of the clan leader Morey became extremely serious.

He did not question it at all and responded respectfully: "Yes, Prophet."

Qin Rushi and the others were also very surprised.

Just this one sentence from the prophet seemed to have solved the biggest problem currently faced by the rebels.

Not only can they pass through this dungeon, but they can also get help from the dragon lizard clan?

It was so easy that several people felt like something was missing.

Like, let's talk about terms or something?

Only Ji Xun showed no strange expression. The "prophecy" gave him a very important direction for deduction.

My thoughts were distracted and something strange happened.

A violent flame suddenly burst out from under the red-hot cliff not far away, and the entire cave began to shake violently.

Ji Xun sensed an extremely evil aura leaking out from the cracks in the stone, and his eyes suddenly became sharp.

The murderous aura was so strong that Ji Xun instinctively entered a combat state.

The same was true for Qin Rushi and Gong Wu beside him.

The momentum of the three men exploded instantly, causing the patriarch Morey, who was standing beside them, to twitch his eyes suddenly.

Only then did he understand that the strongest among the human rebels was not the leader of the Valkyrie sequence, but this ninth-level one who had never appeared in the intelligence!
But this unusual movement did not last long. In the dragon scale meat mountain in front of him, a giant lizard raised its claw, and the nine-pointed star sealing formation in the void instantly lit up. Together with the runes on the surrounding obsidian rock walls, it suppressed the horrific aura that had just overflowed from the cracks.

Ji Xun instantly sensed that the dangerous aura had disappeared. At the same time, he sighed in his heart that he had underestimated the risk of this cave. Whether it was the unfathomable prophet or the underground fire demon, their strength was probably beyond his imagination.

The giant lizard merely raised his hand, but it seemed that he had used up most of his strength. His tone could not hide his drowsy exhaustion. "The seal has been almost completely eroded. The Flame Demon will soon break free of the seal. Okay, I'm going to sleep. Morey, you can take the guests away."

Morey: "Yes, Prophet."

Ji Xun was not surprised. It was a miracle that the old lizard's "qi" could survive.

And now that the main business has been settled, there seems to be no need to stay.

However, his gaze stopped at the huge claw, because just after the claw moved away, a black stone tablet was revealed!
"Forbidden Ruins Stele?"

When Ji Xun saw the familiar stone tablet, his expression became even stranger.

The same was true for Qin Rushi and Gong Wu standing by; they had also seen the Forbidden Ruins Stele.

Chief Morey was originally planning to take a few people away, but when he saw their expressions, he became puzzled.

He saw something and asked, "Everyone, have you seen this stone tablet?"

Ji Xun nodded and said, "Yes."

Then he asked directly: "Has the stone tablet always been here?"

Chief Morey shook his head and said with a wry smile, "I don't know either. Our tribe has no record of this stone tablet. I only saw it by chance when I came here decades ago."

After hearing this, although Ji Xun and the others felt that their doubts were not resolved, they could still understand it.

After all, this stone tablet is too mysterious. It is normal not to know what is going on, and it would be strange to know what is going on.

But unexpectedly, the sleepy old lizard suddenly remembered something and said, "I remember that this stone tablet was sealed by an old senior many years ago. It is also because of this stone tablet that I can live to this day."

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When Ji Xun heard this, he caught some details in the sentence and his eyes twitched inexplicably.

He is so familiar with this process!
Almost every forbidden stone tablet he had seen before was related to Old Man Xu and was also used for sealing.

Moreover, Ji Xun also understood some of the contents on the stone tablet.

He knew that if he missed the chance, he would have no chance to ask again, so he asked directly: "Sir Prophet, have you met Senior Xu?"

"Oh, yes, that senior said his human last name was 'Xu'."

Reminded by this, the old lizard said: "At that time, our dragon lizard clan was just a very small tribe. Until I met Senior Xu, he taught me the secret of immortality. I remember that at that time, Arel had not yet unified the dragon clan."

After hearing this beginning, Ji Xun suddenly understood.

No wonder the feeling of forgetfulness seems so familiar, it is indeed the same secret method as Old Man Xu.

However, it was because he knew the relationship between this old lizard and Old Man Xu that Ji Xun was even more surprised. From the sound of it, it seemed that this old lizard had lived for more than 100,000 years?

hiss.
This shocking secret made even the clan leader Morey gasp.

It’s not that he, the clan leader, doesn’t know the history of the dragon lizard clan, but because the prophet himself doesn’t know how long he has lived, so how can their descendants know it.

Since we have seen the Forbidden Ruins Stele and Old Man Xu is involved, this seal is most likely as Ji Xun thought, and involves some ancient secrets.

The fifty-three [Forbidden Ruins Stone Tablets] were most likely left by King JOKER, the King who created the Kashi Civilization, and they record the ultimate secret of the Kashi Civilization.

This stone tablet seems to be a means of recording whether it will be detected by the "Plane Monitor".

Later, Emperor Lanlingster also left some information on it. Strong men like Nan Shenyu also left information on it.

Ji Xun could now understand part of the original information, but he couldn't interpret it. It was just like getting a piece of a puzzle. Only when there were enough pieces did he know what the puzzle was trying to express.

But he understood a passage recorded by later people: "During the Cataclysm, the gods fought each other, and a dragon knight's mount, a red dragon, fell here, forming the Duoken Mountains and this lava cave. When I came here, I found that the [Lava Heart] condensed from the godhead already had spirituality, and would probably grow into a fire demon in the future. There is also a very powerful divine shield. However, those things are no longer useful to me at my current level, so I will leave them to the destined person in the future. Xu."

Left the signature "Xu".

It was obviously the old man with the gapping front teeth.

Ji Xun now knows why Old Man Xu has been looking for those stone tablets.

Because what was written on the stone tablet looked like the old man's memo.

Write down what happened, then forget it, and then look for it again.

That way you'll know what happened.

Seeing the contents on the stone tablet, Ji Xun's strong curiosity was immediately aroused.

The legend is indeed true, there is a [Lava Heart] under the ground.

And there is also a very powerful shield?
This treasure is so powerful that even Old Man Xu says it is a magical weapon.

Now that he's here, Ji Xun must want to satisfy his curiosity.

Ji Xun asked some more questions about Old Man Xu, but the old lizard's memory failed to give him the answers he wanted.

Or maybe amnesia itself is a protective concealment of that memory.

Ji Xun did not continue to ask questions about the stone tablet, but instead asked: "Senior Prophet, can I ask if the fire demon underground has condensed a godhood?"

The situation is now very clear. Due to the passage of time, the seal can no longer seal the fire demon underground.

If it can be solved completely, it may not be a better solution.

Hearing this, the old lizard's tone became inexplicably kind, "Young man, your curiosity has shown me your courage that is more dazzling than lava. The fire demon has not condensed the godhood, but it has touched the ultimate secret of the plane's fire element. Oh, I seem to have seen in my dream that a red-nosed clown played tricks on the fire demon and robbed it of its treasured treasures. I don't know if I'm too old and can't tell whether it's a dream or a prophecy."

The word order is a bit messed up.

As he was speaking, the sound disappeared.

The amber vertical pupil had completely closed, without a trace of luster.

If it weren't for that faint "aura", Ji Xun would have thought that the prophet had fallen asleep.

There was silence for a moment on the huge platform.

Qin Rushi, Ji Xun and the others looked at each other and exchanged glances.

The expression of the tribe leader Morey on the side became more and more strange. He heard that someone seemed to want to attract the attention of the underground fire demon.

If this were their dragon lizard clan, this would be something they would never dare to think about.

But now that he has obtained the knowledge from the Prophet, Morey is no longer troubled.

The future path has already been decided in the prophecy.

He looked at Qin Rushi, then at Ji Xun, and took the initiative to speak: "As you can see, the prophet has already given us the prophecy, and we will fully abide by the prophet's instructions. If you are willing, our dragon lizard clan is willing to sign an alliance with your army."

Qin Rushi glanced at Ji Xun and said directly: "It is an honor for our rebel army to receive the friendship of the Dragon Lizard Clan."

Chief Morey nodded and said, "Well, I will convene the elders to discuss the covenant. Our Dragon Lizard tribe can send 50,000 elite mages to join the rebel army and fight with them. But by then, we will also have to migrate."

Qin Rushi had already thought about it and said, "No problem. The nobles can temporarily move to the Old Continent or the East Continent, where we have very safe and habitable territories. Once the subsequent war situation is determined, we can talk about other resettlement."

"So good."

Morey listened with an unchanged expression, but he felt relieved in his heart.

After learning about this, I realized that the rebel army actually has territories in the Old World and the Eastern Wilderness, which is even better.

At present, it seems that there is no safe place in the southern continent, which seems to be in line with the prophet's prophecy of "long-distance migration".

The two leaders reached an alliance in a few words and solved the most urgent problem of crossing the border.

Moreover, the entire dragon lizard tribe has only a few hundred thousand people. Chief Morey's promise to send 50,000 elite troops is already the whole tribe's effort.

Shows sincerity.

The crowd did not disturb the prophet to rest and returned the same way.

Along the way, Qin Rushi and Morey discussed some details of the alliance.

Ji Xun was thinking about the fire demon in his mind.

Since the monster failed to condense its divinity, he certainly wanted to go and take a look.

But once we go down there, there are too many uncertainties, and we have to wait until the dragon lizards migrate away before we can make any plans.

As they walked, Morey suddenly thought of something and said, "However, as for Silver Wind City, I think we'd better not provoke it. The Silver Wind Lord and his Dragon Eagle Legion are very powerful and their army will pass through our crypt. It's better not to provoke them."

Hearing this, Qin Rushi shook his head and said, "Even if we don't provoke them, once we pass through the border, the Silver Wind Lord will definitely come to trouble your Dragon Lizard Clan."

She and Ji Xun discussed various possibilities in detail and basically determined that Silver Wind City's position was biased towards a certain Foreign God.

Morey was puzzled and asked: "Why is this?"

After all, they have been neighbors for hundreds of years. The Dragon Lizard Clan and Silver Wind City often communicate with each other and have trade exchanges in each other's territories.

Among the dragon lizard clan, there must be members who are pro-Silver Wind City.

There is no reason for both sides to fall out unless it is necessary.

Qin Rushi briefly explained the current situation of several foreign gods, and Morey thought it made sense.

However, those are just speculations and cannot completely determine that there is definitely something wrong with Silver Wind City.

Qin Rushi proposed a plan: "Chief Morey, I have a way to determine whether Silver Wind City is hostile to us. Please deliberately spread the news of our negotiation. If they come to attack and kill us, it will prove what I said before."

If Silver Wind City really didn't want to take the risk of the rebels passing through its borders, then since the Dragon Lizard Clan had decided to use their route, they would have no reason to send troops.

And they would never take the initiative to ambush and kill the top leaders of the rebel army.

But once it comes, it is certain.

This hidden danger must be eliminated sooner or later.

When Morey heard this, he nodded and thought this idea was reliable: "Yeah!"

(End of this chapter)