Qi Ducheng followed his father in astonishment until he stopped at the end of the stone wall.
I saw my father pinching his fingers and making a strange-shaped seal that he had never seen before, and suddenly shouted loudly: "Open!"
Crunch...
With a flurry of mechanical sound, a bright porch suddenly appeared at the end of the stone wall.
The door was three feet long and two feet wide, as if it was not meant for human beings to pass through!
boom!
The animal-shaped copper lamp hanging on the top of the wall suddenly lit up, as big as a round basin, shining brightly.
Bang bang bang...
Hundreds of lamps in a row were lined up one after another, hundreds of feet away.
The stone walls on both sides of the porch are covered with uneven murals.
Some of the scenes in the painting were of thousands of troops ready to attack, some of them were majestic and magnificent palaces, and even more of them were bloody and ferocious battles.
Some of the characters in the painting are human beings wearing robes and armor, some are demons with curved horns and fangs, and some are dragons that are winding and dancing. Among them, there are many ethnic groups that I have never seen, or even heard of!
However, Qi Ducheng was once the lord of a city after all, and his vision and insight were far beyond ordinary people. It soon became apparent that most of the scenes engraved on this mural were from the time when the Holy Emperor ruled the world!
It can be seen from this that the rumors in the past are often false!
It is said that the Holy Emperor slayed demons and dragons and ruled the world. But from the painting, it can be seen that no matter the demon clan or the dragon clan, they all fought side by side with the thousands of human races under the Holy Emperor. Those who fought against them were all Monsters like never seen before!
"After the secret place was completed, except for my Qi family ancestors, only three outsiders have entered it."
Qi Zhan strode forward and explained to his son: "A thousand years ago, Mr. Lan Tinglan was chosen by heaven and came out of the country. Seven hundred years ago, he went alone and taught the Buddha the Dharma. He ordered eight hundred Mr. Liu Zuo Anliu, the crazy monk who committed suicide in shame. And Taoist Tianji from seventy-five years ago."
"Tianji?" Qi Ducheng couldn't help but be startled when he heard this.
Mr. Lan and Liu Zuoan are both extremely talented and well-known, so it is not surprising that they are able to work in this field.
But it’s Tianji!
Isn't that just a person who is greedy for life and seizes life? How is it different from those scourges in the Palace of Eternal Life? Where does he have the qualifications to enter it?
Until just now, even I didn’t know the existence of this secret place!
But other than that, Dad didn't say much more, and he didn't dare to ask.
Follow it all the way, drifting across the porch.
The scene in front of me suddenly became clear!
It was a vast hall with a radius of a thousand feet, and the hall was divided into nine floors.
Each floor is densely packed with tablets more than one foot high.
In front of the tablet, a fist-sized luminous pearl shone brightly, making people unable to open their eyes.
Qi Zhan was dressed properly, dusted his sleeves, knelt down straight on the ground, and worshiped devoutly: "My dear fairies, I dare not disturb you lightly! But now I am old and frail, and my form will disappear, so I came here to turn around." Chengyi is a small and independent city..."
Qi Zhan looked sideways, but saw that Qi Ducheng, who had lost both knees, was just slumped on the ground and looking around without any intention of worshiping. He couldn't help but said angrily: "From now on, you will be in charge of this Holy Spirit Church, why don't you pay your respects quickly?" Fairies?"
But Qi Ducheng was extremely unusual, as if he didn't hear anything. He looked around again, and then suddenly sighed: "That's it!"
Immediately afterwards, a figure in green floated up from Qi Ducheng, who was kneeling on the ground.
Qi Zhan looked shocked. When he looked again, the floating figure was still his son.
But... Lin Ji!
"Shenhunyin?!" Qi Zhan said in surprise, "When did you..."
"When the seventh-grade Guiyuan Pill was given to him, he was filled with joy and unprepared. But Lin had to be on guard!"
Lin Ji was hanging in the air and turned to look at Qi Zhan and said: "Your Qi family has been in charge of Fanyun City for thousands of years and never shared the pie with others. Back when it was in danger, you pretended to surrender to the Qin Dynasty and then overthrew the Qin Dynasty. Now, who knows whether you will repeat your old tricks?"
"There are my family members and friends in the city, and there are millions of refugees outside the city. It is understandable that Lin is like this! What's simple is that Mr. Qi is far-sighted and did not listen to the nonsense and did anything stupid. He even killed He is decisive and righteous in killing his relatives! Mr. Qi has a clear vision and a clear heart, and he can follow the destiny and follow the right path. Lin Mou admires him!"
"Don't worry! Your Qi family will still be in charge of Fanyun City in the future. As long as City Master Qi has no other intentions, Lin can keep your Qi family safe forever! Maybe..."
As Lin Ji spoke, he glanced at the thousands of tablets opposite and said, "You can also be among them!"
This sentence contains two meanings, but how could Qi Zhan not understand it?
Then he kowtowed respectfully to Lin Ji and said, "Thank you, Heavenly Official, for your kindness!"
When dealing with smart people, there is no need to talk nonsense.
Lin Ji watched quietly as he kowtowed nine times in a row, and then asked: "What is the connection between your ancestors and the Holy Emperor Xuanyuan? Why would you hand over such a holy land to the Qi family?"
"Huitianguan." Qi Zhan replied respectfully, "As early as eight thousand years ago, my family name was not Qi, but...Qin!"
"Oh?" Lin Jiqi said, "Qin of the Qin family?"
"Yes and no!"
"The Holy Emperor's wife is the daughter of the Qin family. And the ancestors of the Qin family and I are actually brothers and sisters! Qin Ancestor is the brother, brave and good at fighting. After unifying the world, he was named the garrison of Xuzhou. Under the command of General Zhengdong, he is responsible for Guard the Weicheng prison."
"My ancestor is my younger brother. I have always been cautious. I was ordered by the Holy Emperor to guard the Holy Spirit's homeland, which is this Fanyun City."
"Subsequently, the Holy Emperor disappeared innocently, and the world was rioting. After causing trouble in the water prison, the brother of the Qin family moved around, and finally settled in Tianjing. However, my ancestors were very afraid of being implicated, and did not dare to forget the kindness of the Holy Emperor. The character "Qi" is the surname, so be careful in your management."
"For thousands of years, it has been passed down for more than 200 generations. The prosperity does not increase, nor does it decline. We just hold on to this Fanyun City. We dare not go against the wishes of our ancestors."
"Although we have the same origin as the Qin family, we have not had any connection with each other for eight thousand years. Until now, no one knows about this except Qin Ye and me. The two families only try not to invade each other. There is no blood relationship, and there is no interest at all!"
"Unexpectedly, there is such a past!" Lin Ji nodded and looked at the tens of thousands of tablets again.
The numerous tablets are divided into nine layers. The ninth layer at the bottom is densely packed with the most numerous ones, and becomes increasingly sparse as you go up.
Most of the tablets at the bottom only have names and places where they died in battle.
There are gradually more writings going up, some of which record official positions granted during or after death, as well as notable achievements.
On the third floor, where there were only a few memorial tablets for more than a hundred people, Lin Ji found many familiar names.
"Song Wanli."
"Wu Yuan."
"The times are bad."
"Yuan Zhenchuan"
…
These are the names of the Eight Golden Summit Heroes.
The achievements of each person are even more dense and numerous.
Among them, there are many demon clan names.
Ziyun Qingniu and Qingqiu Fox Clan are all clearly visible.
On the next floor, there were only nine people.
"General Zhengdong: Di Wanfu."
"Commander Zhengbei: Mo Lu."
"Commander Zhengnan: Nangong Shangxue."
"Dragon Lord: Ao Miao."
"Demon Lord: Qi Wanchao."
"Lord Buddha: Tathagata."
"Ghost Lord: Sen Luo."
"Taoist: Tianjizi."
"Buddha's envoy: Peace."
After seeing these names, Lin Ji couldn't help but be stunned.
It is most reasonable to say that the commander-in-chief of the three-party expedition is among them.
However, the other four who came from the same place as Holy Emperor Xuanyuan are also among them, which is very puzzling!
According to what has been said before, whether by Lu Guangmu or Gui Wannian, didn't Holy Emperor Xuanyuan fight with all directions and drive out the Buddha, dragon, demon and ghost tribes from the Central Plains of Kyushu?
Why are the tablets of these people enshrined here?
Also, who are the last two people?
Isn't the Holy Emperor himself the representative of "Tao"?
All the great dharma in the nine states were taught by him. Where did this envoy come from?
Likewise, there is already a Buddha Lord.
Where did this Buddhist envoy come from?
Lin Ji was puzzled and took a step forward without realizing it.
Uh-huh!
As he took a step forward, colorful lights and shadows suddenly scattered from his feet!
"Um?"
Lin Ji was stunned and suddenly stopped.
But the lights and shadows have already fallen on the memorial tablets on the ninth floor.
The pearl under the tablet suddenly lit up, and thousands of phantoms immediately appeared out of thin air!
Some are wearing long robes and holding long swords, some are covered in golden armor and have large spears strung across their bodies, some are human and animal with angry faces, and some are bald and have kind faces...
Thousands of figures suddenly appeared out of thin air, flashed out, and lined up in front of you!
It's like time flies by, and a thousand years go back in a blink of an eye!
Lin Ji was shocked, and Qi Zhan was even more puzzled. He quickly kowtowed and said, "Don't blame the Holy Spirit! Don't blame the Holy Spirit!"
After a moment of silence, Lin Ji saw that the phantoms had no other movement except for appearing out of thin air, and they had no intention of killing them in anger. Only then did he calm down and move forward again.
Likewise, streaks of colorful light dispersed in all directions.
Shadows emerged one after another.
Nine floors, eight floors, seven floors...
Lin Ji walked up step by step, and there were more and more shadows, filling the entire hall!
Qi Zhan had no time or no time to atone for his sins, so he just stared with horror on his face!
Don't say it's him!
The place where the Qi family has worshiped the Holy Spirit has never seen such a strange statue for more than 8,000 years!
Even at that time, Lan Ting, Liu Zuoan, and Tianji came.
At most, those tablets trembled slightly, with a faint sound!
What's going on?
Little Lin Ji...ah, no!
What magical powers does Lin Tianguan have?
How could it move the ancient Holy Spirit? And then show its true form?
Lin Ji moved forward step by step and soon reached the third floor.
The phantoms of the Golden Summit Eight Masters also flashed out among the crowd, which was different from other phantoms.
These people seemed to have some secret intelligence, and they all looked at Lin Ji at the same time, then beat their chests with one hand and gave a military salute.
Lin Jichong nodded slightly to the others and went up again.
What he really wants to see is this layer!
Uh-huh!
The rays of light scattered in all directions!
Nine virtual images lined up.
Di Wanfu was a bearded man with angry eyebrows. This guy seemed to have a wise mind and nodded slightly at Lin Ji.
Lin Ji knew in his heart that this might be because the Three Emperors Sword was in his hand and he had some concerns.
Mo Lu looked like a scholar, but his purple eyes were full of coldness. Just one look at him made people shudder!
Nangong Shangxue is a wonderful woman. Although only one pair of eyes is exposed through the silver armor mask, she is haunting and unforgettable!
The Buddha Lord, the Dragon Lord, the Demon Lord, and the Ghost Lord are just a blur of shadows. Not to mention their appearance, even their body shapes can only be roughly seen. The only clear impression is that there seems to be a long and black shadow trailing behind the Buddha...
He turned around and looked at the Taoist envoy and the Buddhist envoy.
The Taoist is an old man with frosty eyebrows.
The Buddha is a fat man with a big face.
Different from the thousands of figures in the entire hall, these two people all had their eyes tightly closed, and there was a light layer of clouds covering the surroundings in front of them.
It can be seen, but it cannot be seen clearly.
It's somewhat familiar, as if I've seen it somewhere.
But it's also extremely strange, and seems to be vaguely hostile!
Lin Ji looked around for a while, then took another step forward.
On the ninth floor of the holy land, there was only one tablet.
Obviously, this should be the spiritual position of Holy Emperor Xuanyuan Wuji.
But the strange thing is that not only is there no writing on this tablet, there is even nothing!
It was actually an empty monument without words!
The streaks of colorful light fell above the tablet, and they did not show the shadow of their former lives like before.
There is not even a slight change.
Lin Ji was wondering.
I heard a bell ringing suddenly from nowhere.
when!
The voice was not loud, but it seemed to ring in my heart.
Lin Ji's expression froze and he opened his eyes again.
Somehow, he landed back in front of the hall, stepped out, and tilted his body slightly.
There are neither streaks of colorful light nor any shadows in the sky.
Everything just now was like an illusion in a dream!
He turned to look at Qi Zhan. The look on his face that was so surprised that his eyes almost bulged out of his frame seemed to be telling him that everything just now was true!
I just don’t know why, but I made a mistake and disappeared out of thin air!
Lin Ji thought for a moment, then stepped back and faced Qi Zhan and said, "Mr. Qi, when the Holy Emperor ordered your ancestors to guard this holy land, was there any last word that you didn't leave behind?"
"ah?"
Qi Zhan was stunned for a moment, then suddenly woke up from the strange scene just now, nodded repeatedly and said: "Yes, yes! It's just..."
"Just what?"
"It's just that the will is not words, but a painting... After several generations of ancestors, I still don't understand what it means! Please follow me, Heavenly Official."
With that said, he turned around and left.
He didn't even look at Qi Ducheng, who was slumped on the ground like a stake.
Lin Ji shook his head, and his soul returned, controlling Qi Ducheng's body to float all the way.
Soon, the two of them exited the corridor one after the other.
Qi Zhan repeated his old trick, pinched the strange fingerprint again and shouted: "Guan!"
With a creaking sound, the stone wall fell down, and it was exactly the same as before, making it impossible to see any flaws.
Lin Ji had noticed that the fingerprint looked familiar before. It was exactly the same as the nameless old man on the mysterious shipwreck who deliberately hid his appearance and identity. At that moment, he couldn't help but asked curiously: "Mr. Qi, what does this fingerprint...do you mean?"
"I don't know where they came from. There are only two styles passed down from my ancestors. They have no name and no other use. They can only open the Holy Spirit's land. Heavenly Official, the Holy Emperor's order is here. Follow me wherever you go."
As he spoke, Qi Zhan suddenly increased his speed and moved forward.
Lin Ji's spirit fell on Qi Ducheng, followed the old man through the secret passage, flew straight out of the dilapidated courtyard, and flew far into the sky.
In the blink of an eye, it was already a hundred feet high.
Lin Jizheng was puzzled and was about to ask where the painting was.
They saw Qi Zhan suddenly hanging in mid-air, pointing down from a distance and saying: "Tianguan, look, that's it!" (End of Chapter)
