Chapter 207, God’s Tomb
Under Qingshi's mediation, Xiaopang didn't really beat up Duan and Chen anymore. He said that he would keep accounts first, and if Big Bald and Mustache dared to do this in the future, they would pay back their debts with interest. Duan Chen kept his promise and said he would never dare to do it again.
After dividing the spirit stones, the four of them began to move towards the central area. To prevent any unexpected events, the four of them kept their distance and slowly headed west.
Qingshi was walking at the front. He had the strongest sense of danger, but in this place filled with evil spirits, he didn't know if his senses could still be as sensitive as before.
After walking about a hundred feet, Qingshi found a wide stone road on the ground that was mostly buried under the soil, tree roots and vines. This road ran north-south and stretched in front of several people.
Qingshi pondered for a moment, and immediately walked south along this road. After walking for a while, a wider stone road appeared in front of him.
The newly emerged road runs east-west and is several times wider than the previous stone road. Although the road is also buried a lot by trees, vines, mud, rocks and weeds, the canopies of the big trees on both sides of the road cannot be connected into one piece. , thus forming a boulevard.
Qingshi calculated the direction and distance in his mind and understood that this was the main road in the center of the island, leading directly to the core area.
The four of them turned and walked westward along this main road. They saw that the terrain was slowly rising, and every three feet they walked there would be three steps going up.
After walking more than a hundred feet in this way, I saw some giant stone sculptures hidden among the trees in front of me.
These stone carvings are more than three feet tall and are carved from spiritual beasts. Due to severe weathering and corrosion and the growth of moss, many of them are unrecognizable from their original appearance. However, there are some bluestones that they are familiar with, such as Yanlong and Hai Lingbiao.
Stone sculptures are arranged on both sides of the road, about ten feet apart. From a distance, there are dozens of them, some of which have been displaced or even fallen.
After walking for about a hundred feet, there were no stone statues left, but the road ahead was blocked by a large number of randomly piled stones. A quick look at the bluestone revealed that this was supposed to be a building spanning the The giant Shimenfang on the road has long since collapsed, and it seems that it has collapsed for at least hundreds of years.
After climbing over the pile of rocks, two huge ancient trees appeared on both sides of the road ahead.
These two ancient trees not only have lush branches and leaves that block out the sky and the sun, but also have many roots hanging down from their thick horizontal branches, and many thin green leaves sprout from the roots. The layers of branches, roots and leaves make the entire The road and everything ahead was heavily obscured.
Starting with the bluestone, the four of them carefully pushed aside the thin branches and leaves and moved forward. As they continued to walk among the vine branches and leaves, the scenery in front began to gradually appear. There seemed to be open water, but they could not see it clearly.
Qingshi pushed aside the last branch covered with emerald green leaves in front of him. He couldn't help but stop and take a breath of air. He was stunned by the sudden sight before him.
In front of them was a river with neatly laid stones. On the other side of the river, which was about twenty feet wide, was a tall stone wall about six feet high and about a hundred feet long. The stone wall was covered with vines and moss and was very dilapidated. Most of it had collapsed.
The main road Qingshi and the others were walking on originally had a stone bridge connecting the other side, but it has long since collapsed. Opposite the broken bridge is a doorway that has mostly collapsed, and the ruins reveal a wide square inside the wall. There was also a magnificent stone building in the center of the square, most of which also collapsed.
Only the two tall stone sculptures of strange beasts on both sides of the doorway still stand, seemingly still guarding the former glory.
Qingshi activated his wings of wind and thunder and lightly jumped across the moat. Then he pulled green onions from dry land and stood on a section of the city wall that had not yet collapsed next to the doorway.
Duan, Chen and Xiang also came to him one after another and saw that it was a square siege city with a length and width of about a hundred feet.
Within the siege, the ground is paved with black square stones, and the scale is huge.
The main building in the center is a tall palace-style building. It is located on a platform with a length and width of about thirty feet. It is tall and majestic but dilapidated.
It can be seen that it originally had seven floors of cornices, but now most of them have collapsed. The roof on the top floor is not only skewed, but also has a big hole. The five floors in the middle have completely collapsed and are stacked on top of each other. Only the cornices are visible. The bottom layer is tall and strong enough to still support the entire building from completely collapsing.
Despite its dilapidation, it still appears imposing enough to remind one of its former grandeur.
However, this building is entirely made of large black stone pillars and strips of stone. The wall pillars have simple lines and no decoration. The overall style is heavy and solemn, and it does not look like it is inhabited.
In addition, although this building is magnificent, it stands alone in the center of the siege. There are only four short buildings on the four corners, and the rest of the large area is empty.
Apart from the central building, there is only a huge black stone monument with a height of twenty feet on the central axis that is the most conspicuous.
Qingshi was not worried about any traps in the besieged city, and immediately jumped off the city wall and flew towards the big stone monument.
Before coming to the big stone stele, I saw only six large characters on the front of the huge stone stele. The rest of the place was bare with no characters, not even decorative stone carvings.
Qingshi frowned when he looked at these six characters, because although the characters were big, he didn't recognize them.
This character is very old, but it should still be a character from Tianlong Continent rather than other characters. Qingshi looks at them with a sense of paradox.
"Sea, God, what, what!" Xiang An muttered behind Qingshi.
"Do you know this word?" Qingshi was surprised, "Not bad!"
"Where is it!" Xiang An said modestly, but looked a little proud, "This is ancient prose. I have studied it once or twice. I think back then..."
"Then what is it written about?" Chen Tianye interrupted him unceremoniously.
"Poseidon," Xiang An read again, "what, what, what, what, what!"
"Where the Poseidon hides his treasure!" Duan Wutian said loudly.
"Ah!" The other three were shocked, "No way?"
"Otherwise?" Duan Wutian said proudly, "It must be so."
Qingshi and Chen Tianye both rolled their eyes at him speechlessly.
"The resting place of Poseidon!" Xiang An suddenly shouted, "Oh my god! This is the cemetery of Poseidon! A god's tomb!"
Holy grave!
The four of them were stunned.
After a long while, Duan Wutian clapped his hands and said with a smile, "How about it, I said it right?"
"Duan Tu, did you hear clearly?" Chen Tianye said, "This is a resting place - a cemetery, not a place to hide treasures!"
"The cemetery is a place where treasures are hidden!" Duan Wutian said, "Don't you understand such a simple truth? You, Sassy Beard, haven't even robbed the tomb... or dug it up?"
"Nine out of ten ancient tombs on this continent are empty. They have all been dug up to the ground." Chen Tianye said, "Where should I dig?"
"This only shows that you are incompetent!" Duan Wutian said, "Do you remember the Hu family brothers? Their sword skills are said to be high-grade Xuan-level martial arts passed down from their ancestors. Bah! That's what we... They dug it out of an ancient tomb in Beihai. So, this cemetery is a treasure trove! This is a sacred tomb! And it is definitely a virgin tomb that has not been touched. The treasures inside are not piled up to the sky. La!"
"Virgin's Tomb?" Chen Tianye frowned and said, "Duan Tu, what kind of metaphor are you talking about? Why does it sound so awkward!"
"That's right!" Xiang An said, "Old Duan has extraordinary knowledge and the metaphor is very appropriate. It suits me very well. The two of us will work together to dig it up again!"
"Dig," Duan Wutian rubbed his hands together excitedly and laughed, "dig the hell, let's go..."
The two of them had always been in love with each other when they first met, but when it came to robbing tombs and digging for treasures, they hit it off immediately.
"Wait a minute!" Qingshi stopped Duan Wutian and poured a ladle of cold water on it, "Have you seen the grave? Where are you going to dig it?"
"Well!" Duan Wutian scratched his bald head, "It seems that he didn't see the tomb. Shouldn't the tomb bag be behind the sacrificial hall? Lao Xiang?"
"That's the shape of the tombs on the mainland. The tombs of overseas gods are naturally different." Xiang An said, "I think most of the tombs are under the palace. Isn't there an underground palace underneath?"
"But there is a main vein of spirit stone underneath!" Qingshi said, "Do you know what this means?"
"I know!" Duan Wutian said with eyes shining, "This means there are more high-grade spiritual stones down there, and even top-grade spiritual stones."
"Of course!" Qingshi smiled, "But this also means that there may be magic circles and traps below that are more powerful than the array cannon."
"Really? Not necessarily." Duan Wutian wondered, "We haven't encountered any danger since we came in! There are no traps in the cave under the array of cannons!"
"It's different, Seventh Brother," Qingshi said patiently, "The defensive arrays or traps of all buildings are to defend against external enemies, so they are all located on the outside of the building. The interior is where our own people move, so naturally there will be no such thing."
"This siege is obviously a sacrificial temple for the owner of the God's Tomb. It should have been guarded by dedicated personnel in the early days, so its defense facilities are those peripheral artillery arrays. Naturally, there are no traps in this siege."
"But of course there is no danger if you want to pay respects and worship the owner of the tomb. But if you want to dig up his tomb, it will be different. Do you think there are no anti-theft measures in the tomb underground palace?"
"I know!" Duan Wutian said, "There are probably defensive arrays or traps in the tomb, but it is a tomb on the Tianlong Continent. Lao Xiang said that this overseas tomb of gods is different."
"Besides, 90% of the cannons on the outside have been corroded and damaged, and most of the walls and sacrificial halls have collapsed. So, I think even if there are anti-theft measures in this tomb, they are still pretty much damaged."
"I don't think so!" Qingshi said, "The outer array cannons and besieged palaces have been exposed to storm erosion for a long time, so they will naturally be damaged relatively quickly. However, the environment inside the underground palace tomb is stable, and the magic circle and traps can definitely operate for a long time. I hope I’m afraid it’s unrealistic for it to be damaged naturally.”
"Then what should we do?" Duan Wutian asked, "Don't we just stop digging?"
"Of course you have to dig!" Qingshi said, "I'm just reminding you, don't be impulsive, you have to think carefully and then proceed step by step, just like you dig the spirit stone veins, not only will you not be able to dig out the treasure, but you will probably have to dig yourself. They were buried as funerary objects."
