Chapter 23 Chapter 23 Sorrow

Different from the undercurrents of the major clans in Middle-earth, thousands of miles away in the southern border, after the beast catastrophe, the people of all ethnic groups silently rebuilt their homes.Although this is the place where the victims suffered the most, no one seems to remember this place because of the size of the world. Anyway, the wasteland in the southern border is not in the eyes of the wealthy people in the middle land. In Qilidong, where the Jin clan lived, scars from beast monsters can still be seen everywhere, but on top of the ruins, many brand new houses have been built.On the hillside of the back mountain of Qilidong, there are still many priests going in and out of the mysterious altar entrance. At this moment when everything is waiting to be done, the protection of the ancestors is very important to the Jinren.

Jin people work at sunrise and rest at sunset, and the days go by like this.Seeing that the sun was setting and night was falling on this day, many gold people returned to their homes one after another, relaxed their tired bodies, and after dinner, they gradually fell asleep in the starlight under the stars. In the dead of night, a white figure appeared in Qilidong, like a faint light in the darkness, undulating in the quiet valley, quietly approaching the foot of the altar in the back mountain. At the entrance to the mountain, there were still two golden soldiers guarding them. When the night wind suddenly blew, they felt a flash of white light as fast as lightning flashed in front of them. I couldn't help being in a trance for a while.

After a while, they regained their sobriety. The absence just now was so short that both of them thought it was just an occasional doze off after being tired. Carefully guarding the holy land of his own people. Behind them, a ghostly white figure slowly seeped out from the darkness, appearing on the platform at the entrance of the altar.Dressed in white, she is infinitely charming, and all the stars in the sky seem to be attracted by her, but who is it if it is not Xiaobai? She looked around a few times, and then looked into the dark cave. Although it was still pitch black, Xiaobai's eyes moved slowly, and a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth. Shaking his head, he sighed lightly.

The defense here is much worse than she expected, nothing like the weather when she and Gui Li came here to see the great wizard.Not to mention the sturdy soldiers at the foot of the mountain, there should have been many priests and guardians with witchcraft in this altar. , It is a heavy loss. In fact, it's not just the Jin clan in front of him, looking around the world, for the sake of that beast god alone, how many innocent people have been ruined and displaced, it's really hard to say what is right and wrong. Xiaobai shook his head slightly, no longer thinking about it, he swept his body up, turned into a white gleam, and swept straight into the cave.Most of the cave is still the same as in the past, the path has not changed, and after a certain distance, there is a torch on the stone wall, which is still the same as before.It's just that under Xiaobai's perception, there are very few people in the caves near and far. Even those few people are breathing slowly and steadily, presumably falling asleep.

Xiaobai didn't bother to bother, and flew silently in the cave according to the road in her memory. With her thousand years of Taoism, not to mention these low-level Jin clan priests, even people with profound cultivation and Taoism may not I can spot her.After a while, she came outside the spacious cave where the great wizard once lived. When she got here, Xiaobai stopped, frowned slightly, and looked into the cave. Although it was far away, she already felt that there was another person inside, and this person seemed to be the same as the other person she felt just now. Not the same, at least he wasn't sleeping.

In the cave, the pile of raging flames still radiated bright light, and in the shadow of the light, the stone statue of the dog god loomed in the flickering light and shadow.Xiao Bai stared at the dog's head on the statue for a moment, then retracted his eyes and landed in front of the fire. A young figure was sitting in front of the fire, with his back to the entrance of the cave. Xiaobai couldn't see his face clearly, but he could roughly tell that it was a young man.Facing the blazing flames, he drew mysterious and strange patterns in front of him from time to time, and at the same time, he was reciting something reverently in the language of the Jin nationality in a low voice.

Xiaobai quietly came behind the man, the fire light gradually shone on her body, and cast a long shadow behind her.She listened attentively to the young man's deep, singing voice.The voice echoed in this ancient cave, as if telling something. The deep echoes seemed endless. Looking from the side, the young Jin clan priest was full of piety, probably already fully integrated into the illusory world. A trace of bewilderment gradually appeared on Xiaobai's face, and then he sighed softly.The strange sound immediately alarmed the young priest of the Jin clan. He was startled and wanted to turn around to check what happened, but before he could move, a delicate white palm flashed past his eyes , then landed on his forehead and patted it lightly.

The young priest of the Jin clan suddenly rolled his eyes, trembled a few times, lost consciousness for a moment, and fell to the ground beside him. The mysterious singing voice in the cave, together with the echo, quietly calmed down.Xiaobai looked at the young face, smiled suddenly, and said softly: "Whether there is a dog god, and whether the dog god will protect your people, I don't know, but you are such a pious and determined person." Now, presumably the great wizard can rest assured." After finishing speaking, she shook her head slightly, avoided the body of the young priest and the fire, and walked straight towards the statue of the dog god.For a long time, the Jin people believed in the dog god, believing that the dog god gave them a new life and protected the family from multiplying. Therefore, even the priests in this cave would not dare to approach this statue easily.

At this moment, Xiao Bai was standing in front of this dog god statue carved out of black stone. The entire body of the statue is carved from black stone, a specialty of southern Xinjiang.Xiaobai has a deep understanding of southern Xinjiang, so he naturally knows that this is not the miracle of the dog god that many golden people believe deeply in, but is just an extremely rare alien species in the black stone, which contains shimmering silver flakes to form this mysterious and beautiful shimmer. However, the purpose of her trip was naturally not to admire the statue of the dog god of the Jin clan. After a while, her attention was focused on the dog's head.This statue was handed down from a long time ago, the carving skills are proficient, lifelike, every detail is clearly visible, without the slightest ambiguity, if it is not for the obvious stone in front of you, you will almost think it is a black dog with its mouth slightly open.

On the head of the dog god statue, the most conspicuous thing is a pair of eyes. Judging from the material, they seem to be black stones, but the two black stones inlaid in the eye sockets are quite different from the surrounding ones. They are more pure and deep. The raging flames were reflected in the eyes of the statue, and it seemed that there was a god in a trance, and it was silently staring at Xiaobai. Xiaobai's heart trembled suddenly, and he took a step back. The pressure on his whole body was relieved immediately, and he regained consciousness immediately.She frowned slightly, looked at the statue again, snorted, and said, "There is still such a confusing restriction," then she pondered for a moment, still slightly puzzled, and said softly, "But this is clearly the Taoism of Middle Earth, how could it appear here?"

She thought for a moment in silence, then shook her head lightly, putting aside this boring thought.For her at the moment, this is naturally not what she wants to explore.She looked at the statue again, and finally her eyes fell on the pair of lifelike eyes on the statue. She seemed to hesitate for a moment, then reached out her hand and pressed lightly on the pair of pure and deep black eyes. In the ancient cave, there was a dull roar suddenly, the sound was not loud, but it seemed to make this spacious cave tremble.The ancient dog god statue was right in front of Xiaobai. Amidst the humming sound, it slowly descended and sank into the ground until most of its body was covered, only the head of the god statue remained above the ground. . Behind the statue, there is a smooth stone wall, which is different from the surrounding stone walls. It seems to be covered with a layer of black air, making it hard to see clearly.But this is no trouble for Xiaobai, a faint smile appeared on the corner of her mouth, she walked forward, waved her sleeves, and a gust of wind swept from the bottom of her hand, sweeping across the stone wall, immediately Blow away the black air. A little golden light suddenly appeared on the stone wall, and after a while, I saw another dot. Like the miracles that suddenly descended on this earthly world, the little golden light appeared on the stone wall like a spring, forming scenes of magical pictures and scenes. The words, and even the face of Xiao Bai, who was standing not far away, shone slightly with the refraction of the golden light. Xiaobai stared at the mysterious pictures and texts presented in sequence in front of him, and the halo circulated, his eyes moved, and he looked over line by line.In front of her is the last secret of the ancient witch clan that has been passed down for countless years. Her eyes jumped, sometimes frozen, sometimes joyful, and finally, she saw the huge unruly fire dragon roaring to the sky. . Xiaobai took a deep breath, and a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth. Afterwards, she confirmed it again, and then slightly closed her eyes, as if she was silently memorizing, remembering these pictures and texts in her heart. When she opened her eyes again, her watery eyes swept across the stone wall, and she said to herself, "I never imagined that those guys would keep such a move. Could it be that they knew that the Wu Clan was going to be destroyed?" As she said that, she smiled lightly, as if she didn't bother to bother about the troubles of the ancients who didn't know how many years ago.When she was about to turn around, she suddenly frowned, and her eyes suddenly focused, but they fell on the end of the glittering golden picture.Under the huge and rampant fire dragon pattern, there seems to be a small piece of black air that is different from the surroundings, still attached to the stone wall. Xiaobai was slightly surprised, and pondered for a moment, but in the end she was still unwilling to let it go easily, and was waiting to be checked, when suddenly her heart moved, she suddenly turned around, her eyes were instantly cold, and she looked coldly. In the huge cave, it was empty, only the crackling sound of the burning fire from time to time, except for the young priest who fell on the ground and was still unconscious, there was no one. Xiaobai's eyes drifted over the young priest, and then carefully looked at the surrounding caves. After confirming that there was nothing unusual, she frowned slightly and turned around slowly. Could it be that he has become a little suspicious after being in this strange place for too long? Xiaobai shook his head, smiled wryly, collected himself, then raised his hand, and the breeze blew out, but the force was stronger than before. After a while, the remaining black air finally dissipated. On the stone wall, there are indeed several lines of writing. Xiaobai cheered up and looked carefully. After a while, surprise and surprise appeared on her face, and she blurted out: "It turns out that the art of summoning souls is here..." It's just that as her eyes moved, the joy gradually disappeared, replaced by a heavy and confused expression.At the end, after reading all the text, she slowly took a step back, as if she had a spirituality, the little black air suddenly surrounded her, covering up the mysterious lines of writing again. Xiaobai lowered his head slightly, was speechless for a long time, and finally sighed softly after a long time, and said softly: "It turns out that the ancient witch clan was destroyed in such a way, this... but what should I do, should I put these tell him?" She seemed to have suddenly encountered great confusion in her heart, and hesitated for a while. The black air that was blown away by the wind slowly condensed again, and the text patterns that originally emitted brilliant golden light were slowly covered up again.Xiaobai turned around slowly, and the low roar sounded again behind her, and the statue of the dog god rose back to its original position, covering up the secret. In the ancient cave, everything returned to calm.Xiaobai's figure walked out slowly. She walked very slowly, looking preoccupied, but after a while, her figure finally disappeared into the cave. Silence came here again, and I don't know how long it took. The ancient dog god statue silently stared at everything in the cave, and its eyes refracted light, making it look so deep. Suddenly, the body that had been lying on the ground moved, and the young priest of the Jin clan climbed up cautiously, looking towards the entrance of the cave.There was silence and no movement, obviously the mysterious woman in white just now had left. Only then did he breathe a sigh of relief, his body that had been tense all this time slowly relaxed, smiled wryly, and said in a low voice: "It's so dangerous, if it wasn't for my clan's autistic magic, all six senses would be wiped out, and I really wouldn't be able to hide it from her." go……" Then, his gaze suddenly became hot, and he turned around abruptly, looking at the statue of the dog god. Among the Jin clan, they have always been in awe of the gods, especially for this statue that has been enshrined since ancient times.Not to mention that this young man has come into contact with this statue since he was a child, even if he looked at him directly, he rarely looked at him directly, because it is a disrespectful act in the clan. It's just that at this moment his eyes were blazing with flames, and it seemed that his body was starting to heat up. He stared at the statue, and the eyes of the statue seemed to be staring at him. Immediately afterwards, it seemed that a huge invisible force suddenly drove secretly behind him. The young priest gritted his teeth and walked towards the statue step by step.The approaching figure was reflected in the eyes of the ancient statue, as if it was also carrying a trace of sadness. Finally, he walked up to the statue, slowly raised his trembling hands, paused and paused in mid-air, but finally stretched out. The expression on his face seemed to be pained and struggling, but it was more like being held by someone. Roasted and tormented by the flames! It's just that those hands still didn't retract after all, and they touched the eyes of the god statue. In an instant, the low roar sounded again, and the whole cave began to tremble slightly again, and the idol slowly sank into the ground again, and the mysterious stone wall was right in front of us. The young priest's eyes blazed with fanaticism, he couldn't bear it any longer, he rushed forward, waving his hands, and the black air was scattered in all directions.The golden light slowly emerged again, illuminating his face brightly. The ancient text patterns, which seemed to have a deceptive meaning, appeared one by one before his eyes.The expression on his face was like drinking alcohol, showing indescribable ecstasy and satisfaction, even his hands were shaking. He gently touched the pictures and texts on the mysterious stone wall with trembling hands, and read something in a low voice, with great joy, he seemed to see through each of the text patterns, he was so engrossed, he was so overjoyed, He even forgot and didn't notice that at the bottom of this picture, there is a small black air that is almost integrated with the surrounding darkness. The golden words and brilliant patterns seem to have completely occupied his mind. Beside him, the dog god statue with only its head still on the ground still looks so deep in its eyes.But at this moment, under the brilliant golden light on the flames and the stone wall, the figure of the young priest was reflected in its eyes. Apart from the initial trace of deep sadness, there seemed to be more deep sorrow!