Chapter 45 Section Thirteen

"...The state of war continued until five hundred years ago. At that time, there was no title of 'barbarian' on the grassland. Everyone called themselves Qingyang, Lanma, or Jiuyan. There were hundreds of tribes, large and small. The great emperor of Lu sometimes supported one to fight that, and sometimes it was the other way around. Today I snatch your bride away, tomorrow you kill my brother to take revenge, and the day after tomorrow I lead people into your camp. Back and forth, There will never be an end..." The old man dragged the heavy chain around slowly. Asule sat aside, his eyes followed him.

According to the outside time, maybe a few months have passed, but Asule only knows that it is a long time.The old man's body has gradually recovered, and his story has also moved from the ancient prehistoric era to the most shining golden age in the barbarian history-the history of the conquest of King Akanti. Asule likes to listen to stories, but the stories of the old man scare him, as if some of the bloodiest passages in history have been intercepted by him and put together.Asule didn't know why he told the story like that, but the emptiness and distant tone deeply moved people's hearts.When the old man told the story, he always looked at the distance, his eyes seemed to penetrate the hard rock.

"No one knows Akanti's life experience. Some people say that he was given to the world directly by the Pantar God, so he has no parents. Some people say that his father was sacrificed to heaven by the biggest Khan on the grassland at that time, so Ah Kanti didn't want to mention his own life experience, but cut his adoptive father, King Khan's heart. He is the seed of war and hatred, he is a demon, born to kill people. He is also the messenger of Pantar God , so he murdered, but he was not guilty. He did many things that others dared not think of, such as offering his wife in exchange for a strong warrior. He knew that his adoptive father coveted his wife, but he did not hesitate. He did not Concerned about his wife being abused, because he has no heart, he only has the desire to kill...

"After twenty-eight years, Akanti unified the grassland. He didn't call himself emperor, but established the Kulig Assembly, saying that all people on the grassland are equal, and whoever has the most virtue and courage will be the leader. Since then, there has been the title of Maharaja, but everyone thinks that King Xun is humble, so they call him King Xun. King Xun is very happy, and arranges for people to learn the characters of Donglu, saying that he will write about the barbarian people for a thousand years before and for the future. Thousands of years of history. "But King Xun didn't know that when he was most proud, there was a wolf by his side, a wolf that was far more vicious than him. This wolf originally had intentions, but in order to gain power and status, he would rather forget everything , as long as you become a murderous weapon. He is your ancestor, Lu Qingyang." The old man suddenly turned his head to look at A Sule, his pupils were shining brightly as if they were on fire.

A Sule sat up straight in shock: "No, the ancestor is a hero, Dad told me so." "Of course, this is not written in the books of Lu's Pasur family. King Xun is the first great monarch on the grassland, and Lu Qingyang is the third. The master of the Nine Kingdoms killed King Xun, and Lu Qingyang killed him. , to avenge King Xun. But no one knows that it was the Qingyang tribe who mingled in the rebellious army and helped the Jiuzheng tribe capture the northern capital, and in the battle to murder King Xun, Lu Qingyang was the faceless murderer." "I..." Asule shook his head, "I don't believe it! Our Pasur family..."

The old man interrupted him viciously: "What about your Pasur family? Your father wiped out the Zhenyan Department, didn't he? And this is not the end, Lu Qingyang is a tyrannical monarch, soon people on the grassland, even His brothers all rose up against him. But the god Pantar rescued him, and the god gave him blood of bronze!" "Bronze blood?" The Bronze Family and the Saber-toothed Leopard Family are the names Pasur's children like to call themselves. This is a name that makes them proud, but Asule only knows the origin of the Saber-toothed Leopard family.

"Ignorant descendants!" The old man sighed, "Bronze blood does not refer to the Pasur family, this is the blood that only the most powerful warriors have. Bronze blood allows them to wield weapons tirelessly in battle, and they don't know Pain, they can't distinguish between friends and enemies, they only know how to kill, keep killing, one person can kill an army. The blood of bronze flows in Lu Qingyang's veins. In order to pass this lineage on to his sons, He killed his sister and her husband, and committed incest with his own sister. He had many sons, and nine of them inherited the blood of bronze. With these sons he finally killed all his enemies, Occupied the grassland. But he died a miserable death, he cut off his own flesh piece by piece with a knife, and finally died madly."

There was a long silence, and Asule couldn't say a word. The old man stood there looking up at the ceiling of the cave, and the water on the stalactites fell drop by drop. "After...what about later?" "There is no later, later story, you can go back and ask your father or Dahesa," the old man strode over and took Asule's hand, "Now, it's time for you to go back!" Without any explanation, he pulled Azule to the hole where the food was delivered, and forcefully pulled away the thick cast copper plate, exposing the iron fence inside.The dark hole, like a beast's mouth devouring people, has a faint chill.

"Did you feel the wind?" "Wind?" Asule shook his head. The old man took Asule's hand, sucked his index finger, and guided his hand to put the finger on the hole.Asule was stunned for a moment, he felt a swish of coolness on his fingers on the side facing the cave entrance, and he showed a surprised expression. The old man nodded: "Your fingers feel cold because there is wind, and the wind blows out from the hole. I have been observing this hole for a long time, and there will always be wind blowing in. Although it is very weak, it has never stopped." "Then...then it must lead to the outside!" Asule understood, he was so excited that he almost jumped up.

"Yes. I was not imprisoned here forty years ago. Someone reported that more than 20 feathered people appeared in a crypt at the foot of Tongyun Mountain. The feathered people are also the enemies of our grassland people. Fortunately, there are Tongyun Mountain, the Yuren’s village can only be in the east of Tongyun Mountain. The Yuren dare not come here. Our cavalry captured those Yuren, but the Yuren said that they had no intention of invading. They were on the east side of Tongyun Mountain. The hunters met a few swarms of hides, so they hid in the cave. But the hides also chased them in, and they lost their direction in the cave after running away. Fortunately, they had the hunting meat with them. In the middle of the mountain, the animal meat is not rotten. They trekked for a long time. When they saw the sun for the first time, they knew that they had reached the west side of the mountain. We asked them the date of departure, and we found out that they had gone in the burrow Almost half a year."

Asule opened his mouth wide in surprise: "Can the burrow pass through the sacred mountain?" The old man nodded: "I spent a long time looking for its origin, and finally I found out that the person who opened the cave was known to everyone. Guess who it is?" Asule thought for a while, then shook his head. "King Xun and Gu Fengchen. This was originally a natural cave, and some places were not connected. There were tribes that we don't know lived here in ancient times. King Xun and Gu Fengchen got a part of its map, so they called countless people. It was completely opened up by the artificial intelligence. King Gufengchen Zungertai Khan called it the Gate of Eseboduragon, which means the gate leading to hell, and King Xun called it the Rat Hole. They wanted to pass through this tunnel Send all the horses and warriors of the barbarians to Ningzhou. Think about it, when thousands of iron cavalry crossed the barrier of mountains and forests and suddenly appeared outside Ziglin, how panicked the emperor of the Yu clan would be , Ningzhou will be the land of our grassland people." "But, King Zungertai Khan...isn't he an astrologer like Dahesa?" The old man smiled contemptuously: "Stupid child, this world is written in blood, and the great astronomical astrologers may not have no ambitions. It took them seven years to finally penetrate this tunnel. This is the largest project in the history of the grassland. In order to lead the fresh air down from the ground, we have to open up countless air passages. When this dungeon was built, only a branch was cut off, and the hole behind the copper plate should be the air passage at that time." "Then we can climb out?" "You can try it. You are small, so you can get in. But you have to think about it. I didn't find the map of King Xun at the time. We don't know the thickness of the air passages, and most of these air passages are natural. It’s not one end and one end, it could be thousands of forks. Maybe you’re going the wrong way, maybe you’re stuck in the middle and just die, nobody knows.” Asule touched the hole tremblingly, he tried to put his head in, but the bone-piercing cold and darkness without a gleam of light rushed towards his face, he shrank back in shock, and bumped into the old man's body. The old man hugged him and turned his face to himself: "Son, you want to protect your grandma, don't you? But you are a timid child, you are afraid of everything, how can you become a real hero like this?" Eagles and men? You're too weak. You can't get out, and your grandma won't have a son anymore. To her, you live here, and you're stuck in a hole. You want her to wait alone you?" Asule shuddered, and he shook his head. "Do you dare to go in?" Asule bowed his head in silence for a long time, then raised his head. Seeing his eyes, the old man nodded with satisfaction. "If you are lucky enough not to be caught at the entrance of the cave, don't tell anyone that you have seen me, this is my second condition." The old man stroked his head, "This is for you, not for me. Your father doesn't want anyone to see me, and don't want to investigate my affairs." Asule nodded. The old man stood up and let out a long breath. He backed away and walked out, facing A Sule a few feet away, respectfully kneeling on his knees: "You have already agreed to two of my three conditions, and the last one is not difficult. I want Teach you a kind of sword technique, you like learning swords very much, don't you?" Asule nodded vigorously. "I have told you so many stories, but I just want to tell you one thing. This world is the bloodiest and cruelest. The heroes are all murderous devils, but what can you do? Only you hold the knife, Only by becoming a devil and killing your enemies can you save your family and your loved ones. King Xun is a devil, but without him there would be no Kulig Conference; Lu Qingyang is a devil, but without him there would be no you Lu You are a cowardly and stupid child, but you want to protect your grandma, and those so-called Suma, such as Balu and Bazaar, so at last you will not insult your Pasur family ancestors You are qualified to learn this. It is better for you to become a devil yourself than to be killed, raped, and driven away as lowly slaves..." The old man's voice dropped, "I only hope that in the future Don't blame me." Asule stared at him blankly, with a vague premonition. "Have you ever killed someone?" Asule shook his head. "I guess so. A child like you has blood of bronze. It's a trick from the heavens." The old man grabbed a rock from the ground. It was shaped like the one he used to kill the strange fish that day, simple and heavy.When Asule saw this stone knife, he couldn't help but feel awe. The old man had been sharpening this stone knife for the past few days. Whenever he sharpened the knife, he would remain silent, as if he had an emperor-like aura on him. majesty. "You pull out your dagger." The old man ordered solemnly. Asule knelt down like him, pulled out the blue shark, and laid it across his chest. The old man also held the stone knife horizontally, his finger slid gently on the stone blade, the rough edge slid away from his finger, and the blood dripped on the knife: "The strongest knife skill in this world cannot be learned. The strongest sword technique is only one sword, it was there when the world was born, you don’t need to learn anything, just see if your eyes can see it.” He looked down at the small puddle of blood slowly gathering: "Follow me to read." "yes." "Imad, Gulal, and Nagor Honga, this is the blood of your ancestors!" "Emad, Gulal, Nagorhonga, this is the blood of your ancestors." "You have to say 'my'!" The old man cut him off. "This is the blood of your Pasur family, and I just passed it on to you." "Yes! Imad, Gulal, and Nagorhonga, this is the blood of my ancestors." "Their souls see me in the dark, they bequeath me noble blood and flesh, they bequeath me the blessing of the gods." "Their souls see me in the dark, they bequeath me noble blood and flesh, they bequeath me the blessing of the gods." "We are destined to be the lords of the grassland, we are destined to be the emperors of the world, and we are destined to be the only messengers of God." "We are destined to be the lords of the grassland, we are destined to be the emperors of the world, and we are destined to be the only messengers of God." ... ... Childish and old voices merged into one in the silent cave, as if it was the oath of the primordial primordial age when the world first opened, Asule felt a strange pulse jumping in the middle of his chest.He wanted to suppress it, but he couldn't. There was a terrifying force in the majestic chanting of the old man, which completely controlled his mind.Every time he read a sentence, he felt the voice echoing in his mind, but he couldn't stop reading it. "Bronze flames are burning in hell, and the life lamp of the Pasur family will never go out." The old man stood up, dragging a huge stone knife, "But among us, only one will survive!" He fully recovered into a beast in an instant, his eyes were red with blood, all the muscles in his body were tightened, and his bones made a loud rattling noise.He roared, and rushed towards Asule like a frenzy. He dragged the stone knife and ejected like lightning.This is a simple slash, but only those who are under the knife can clearly feel that force seems to split the whole earth. The blood rushed to the top of his head with a "buzz", and Asule involuntarily raised the blue shark. He didn't understand what happened, but the knife that the old man killed the strange fish appeared so clearly in his mind that day.He turned around and slashed flat with the knife. The blue shark's blade and the huge stone blade collided in mid-air. The stone blade collapsed, but the old man's strength was concentrated.Asule felt those shattered stone flakes sweeping in front of him, and the sharp wind they brought seemed to tear his skin. The second knife that followed immediately slashed again. The short knife and the stone blade clashed again and again in midair. Fragments of stone were flying in the small space, and the huge stone blade was constantly falling apart. With only a three-foot stone blade left, the old man slid out with the strength of his swing, knelt down on one knee, stopped the charge, and at a speed that ordinary people would never expect, he threw down the broken stone knife and counterattacked back empty-handed.This is a perfect fight, there is no opening for the enemy to resist or breathe.He grabbed Asule's neck and pressed him viciously against the opposite stone wall. Asule only had time to protect his throat with one hand in an instant, but that didn't work at all. The old man's hand seemed to be made of iron. Asule felt that his hand bones were about to break, and it was connected to his throat. Together they were crushed into pieces by the old man. He gradually suffocated, his eyes turned black, but he felt no pain. He can't feel anything. "Haha, haha, hahaha, come on! Kill me! Kill me and you can go out!" The old man laughed wildly. Asule, who was almost collapsed, raised the blue shark violently, and swept the old man's shoulder with a stab.Blood spurted out and splashed on his face. "Okay! Come again! Come again! Can you smell the scent of bronze blood?" The old man did not back down, but roared at him, "Kill me, kill me and you will grow up!" Asule's second cut went down and swept across his shoulder blades. "It's not right! It's not right! It hasn't been killed yet!" Blue Shark turned into a backhand in Asule's palm, and he shot for the third time.This had turned into a stab, and Qingsha passed it towards the old man's chest.His arms were not as long as the old man's, so he could only grit his teeth and stretch out his arms bit by bit, while resisting the terrible force of the old man's grasping his throat.Like an old man, his eyes were shining with crazy light, the veins all over his body burst out horribly on the surface of his skin, and his body was horribly red, but he couldn't see anything, and the only thing in his mind was to kill the knife. Push it into the old man's heart, and see bright red blood gushing out. The blue shark pierced into the old man's skin, and the blood splashed out. The smell of blood made Asule feel ecstatic. Power continued to grow in his arm, and the blue shark pushed in bit by bit. The old man closed his eyes and took a deep breath. He seemed to be able to smell the fragrance of the green grass on the grassland again. When the golden sun fell, he saw the white tent in the distance on the green grass, and he ran towards the tent... "Aqin Motu... Asule..." he whispered. "Clang!" He heard the sound of metal falling to the ground, and he opened his eyes suddenly.The cyan dagger rolled to the ground.The ferocious light in Asule's eyes disappeared, and it was still the child's clarity and sadness, but gradually dimmed.All the abnormal states slowly disappeared on him, and the child's breathing gradually weakened. The old man panicked. "Kill me! You killed me! You are the son of the Pasur family, and you want to inherit the blood of your ancestors! You want to kill me!" He frantically choked Asule's neck and shook it. Asule shook his head with difficulty: "I...I...I don't understand...why? Grandpa..." His tears flowed down, reflecting the bright fluorescence, transparent and quiet, like a girl. The old man stumbled back out, he stared at A Sule, he didn't know whether it was fear or sadness. "Achin Motu...Achin Motu...Your soul is still there, you entrusted this child to see me, you are still there! I saw you crying, I saw you beside me, where are you? ?Where are you?" He suddenly looked up and looked around, he ran towards the surroundings recklessly, but those two chains restricted him.He stretched the chain straight and kicked like a wild animal, but he couldn't break the chain. He shouted into the depths of the darkness: "Aqin Motu, don't go! Let me see you..." His voice echoed in the cave, over and over again. "Where are you...don't leave me..." He finally fell to his knees and hit his head on the ground. After an unknown amount of time, he stood up slowly, expressionless. "How did you wake up just now?" He didn't look at Asule, his eyes stared into the distance blankly. "I don't seem to remember anything," Asule covered his head, "I just remember...you called my name...you never called my name." "What a cowardly child." The old man shook his head, took out a white thing from his waist and threw it to Asule, "Bring all the naan and water. This is the swim bladder of a big fish. I coated it with fish oil and put it in it." The water won't leak. You go, you can't learn this knife technique, I was wrong." Asule stood up, realizing that it was time for the final parting. The old man pushed him into the hole with all his strength and sealed the copper plate. Silently, a complete darkness, as if in a dream.Strangely, Asule didn't feel scared, he sat blankly for a long time, and stretched out his hand to feel around.He touched the cold copper plate, groped, groped, and tapped lightly. After a long time, the sound of knocking came from outside the copper plate.A few slight sounds, like an illusion. Asule remained silent, and went to tap the copper plate again.After a long time, there was a faint voice in response.The monotonous knocking sound went back and forth like this, and Asule pressed his face lightly on the copper plate: "Thank you, Grandpa." No more answers, all is emptiness. He turned around and crawled into the depths of the dark passage, toward an unpredictable future.