Song Xing looked at Professor Sun with a smile on his face: "It seems that Professor Sun really knows something that ordinary people don't know?"
Professor Sun looked at Song Xing with a serious face: "Those ancient rumors, it seems now, are almost not true. Why do you want to know those rumors?"
Song Xing said lightly: "It's just a curiosity."
Seeing that Professor Sun was still hesitant, Song Xing said directly: "Tell me what you know, and I will help you find the tomb of the Earth Immortal and fulfill your Feng family's wish for generations."
Song Xing's words hit Professor Sun's weakness. Professor Sun hesitated for a moment and finally spoke out what he knew.
"If the ancient god you are talking about is the same as the snake god in the legend of the demon country, it should be an extremely powerful and terrifying monster that was lost for various reasons in ancient times but has not completely disappeared."
"Monster?" Song Xing didn't say anything when he heard Professor Sun's definition of these ancient gods. Instead, he motioned for him to continue.
Professor Sun stood up and took out a notebook and said: "When I was young, like you, I visited many dangerous places, such as the Golden Spider City in Savage Mountain, the abyss under the Loulan Desert, the Yinyu Sea in Shennongjia, and the legendary Locked Ghost In the Yinshan Mountains, almost every time there is a narrow escape. But the horrors of these places combined may not be as good as those of the monsters themselves."
Song Xing frowned and said, "What are those monsters you are talking about?"
Professor Sun opened his notes and said: "Because the emergence of Dixian Village was created by Feng Shigu in order to become an immortal, when I was young, I was always troubled by whether there were immortals and gods in this world."
"The Earth Immortal was sealed in Earth Immortal Village, and I couldn't find it, so I tried to find the existence of God, because there are all kinds of gods in ancient legends, but I finally found out that these legends are all false. , until I found information about the Demon Kingdom and learned about the existence of the snake god."
A trace of doubt flashed through Hu Ba's eyes: "Isn't the Snake God a natural phenomenon or a belief-like existence?"
Professor Sun looked at him and asked: "If the snake god is virtual, how did the curse on you come from?"
Hu Bayi fell silent, and Fatty Wang next to him asked doubtfully: "During the Demon Kingdom, has anyone seen the true form of the snake god? Could it be a huge python that was mistaken for a snake?"
Professor Sun shook his head: "No one has seen the true form of the snake god. According to literature, the snake god may have died when he came to the earth, even before there were humans. What is left in the bottomless ghost cave is its body." Snake bones.”
Fatty Wang couldn't understand: "Worshipping a snake bone is quite unbelievable when you think about it."
He had seen all kinds of incredible deeds in the Demon Kingdom, but it was still hard to believe that a dead snake god could do that.
Song Xing looked at him and said meaningfully: "The body is dead, but it does not mean that the soul is also dead."
Professor Sun nodded: "Yes, the ancestors of the Demon Kingdom may have felt the call of some kind of power before they could take out the bones and eyes of the snake god from the ghost cave. Perhaps this was also part of the snake god's plan for rebirth. Maybe a part of it.”
Song Xing looked at Professor Sun and asked, "Professor also believes in the immortality of the soul?"
Professor Sun's eyes flashed with confusion: "From a scientific point of view, I don't believe it, but since ancient times, countless people have obtained the Muchen Bead, many of them outstanding people, but most of them believe that it contains the secret of immortality. It's hard not to let it go. People suspect that there is some power to subvert science hidden in it."
Having seen too many large tombs when he was young, he knew that there were many strange and miraculous things in this world that even science could not explain.
Song Xing looked at Professor Sun's face and asked directly: "Have you seen these immortal ancient gods?"
Otherwise, it is really difficult to explain that a professor who has received scientific education since childhood would have doubts about his own beliefs.
Professor Sun recalled: "I once dug an ancient tomb and discovered the Guifang civilization thousands of years ago."
"Guifang?" Song Xing thought of the records of this civilization, "Guifang Kingdom in the northwest during the Shang and Zhou Dynasties?"
During the Shang and Zhou Dynasties, there was a large-scale war against the ghosts in the Monan area. The oracle bone inscriptions contain "Ghosts Yi", which means that the ghosts fled or moved to distant places.
Professor Sun nodded and said: "Exactly, in that ancient tomb, I saw a record that said that thousands of years ago, a mountain ghost died in the Xiandun Cave in western Henan. The mountain ghost was already bad before his death. It’s not unusual to have a miscarriage, but it just so happens that the place where a strange tree breaks through the void is exactly inside the stillborn fetus, and the stillborn fetus grows into one with the strange tree and becomes immortal over time.”
"A tree growing out of nothingness?"
"Yes, does it look like a myth and legend? But that's how Onigata's murals are introduced."
Professor Sun pointed to the first page of his notes. On the first page of his notes, there was a strange-looking ancient tree. It could be seen that it was scrawled with a pencil, which was quite abstract.
"It is recorded on the mural that the corpse of the mountain ghost has the power of a strange tree since then, and can make approaching objects disappear. After the ghost people discovered the mysterious ability of the ancient corpse, they worshiped it as a god and made many bronze masks for sacrifice. .”
Song Xing asked again: "In addition to making people disappear, what other abilities does this tree have?"
Professor Sun shook his head, "I don't know, the records of Guifang's cemetery are incomplete, but with those clues, I later found some more Guifang's tombs. After the demise of Guifang, the ancestors of the Nuo religion came from Guifang's ancient country I learned about the cave from the bronze mask pattern, so I found it and made it a holy place. Nuo religion can summon strange trees through rituals and drive the unconquerable plague gods and ghosts into a place of eternal destruction."
Song Xing nodded: "In the eyes of the ancients, the ability to exile people into nothingness and disappear is indeed called a god. Where is that tree?"
"It disappeared into the void on its own." Professor Sun turned the note to the next page. In addition to some strange words recorded on it, there was also a painting.
Above the painting is a picture of a huge ancient tree destroying a village with countless branches.
"I once found the ruins of the Nuo religion, and found this scene inside. Perhaps it was a scene left by the followers of the Nuo religion. It was said that the ancient tree destroyed the entire Nuo religion because of a sacrificial error, and then disappeared into the void again and disappeared. not see."
Hearing this, Song Xing's expression was touched: "It looks like a tree, but it can break open space and shatter the void at will. In this world, it is already considered a terrifying monster."
Fatty Wang, however, stared at Professor Sun with a suspicious look: "Professor, you didn't know that Mr. Song was looking for you, so you deliberately made up so many lies to deceive us, right? Mr. Fatty, I have been traveling all over the country for so many years, why didn't you I have seen something so evil and it has disappeared into the void, what a boast."
Professor Sun looked at Fatty Wang, "I know you don't believe it. When I saw this, I didn't believe it either, so I later looked through ancient books and tried to find some supporting evidence."
Seeing this, Song Xing asked, "Have you found it?"
Professor Sun turned to the next page of his notes, which recorded an anecdote from the Tang Dynasty.
(End of chapter)
