Xue Tianqing's words stunned everyone present. In the end, it was Zhu Rui who spoke first: "It's true that these are Buddha's relics. If it weren't for these ten relics, there would not have been the Jialan Kingdom. But unfortunately, the Jialan Kingdom When the country was destroyed, our ancestors only found nine relics, and the other one was missing."
Xue Tianqing smiled: "Your Majesty, are you so sure?"
"Of course, it is said that ten relics combined into one can have the power to destroy the world. Otherwise, how could the Jialan Kingdom have existed for nearly a thousand years! The elder also saw it just now. Nine relics would make this person so difficult. If With ten relics gathered together, even the elders may have a hard time subduing this person."
Xue Tianqing looked at Zhu Xiang with a smile but not a smile: "Since the relic is so powerful, why was it destroyed by Che Chi in the first place?"
Zhu Xiang shook his head: "I don't know much about this matter, because there is no record in the palace's historical data about how the Chechi Kingdom destroyed the Jialan Kingdom."
Xue Tianqing was stunned: "What do you mean, Your Majesty?"
Zhu Xiang smiled bitterly: "It's just that the Chechi Kingdom has no historical records on how to destroy the Jialan Kingdom. The only thing they have is folklore."
"tell me the story."
"It is said that a hero stole nine relics before the Chechi Kingdom raised an army. As a result, the Jialan Kingdom had no one to rely on to protect the country, and was then destroyed by the Chechi Kingdom. But this is just a legend. No one knows whether it is true or not. I don’t know, the only thing I know is that the nine relics have indeed been treasured in King Chechi’s palace for a long time.”
Xue Tianqing pondered for a long time: "Where is the ancient capital of Jialan Kingdom?"
"A hundred miles south from here is the City of Ten Thousand Buddhas."
The City of Ten Thousand Buddhas, as the capital of Jialan Kingdom, once had no less than 50,000 monks living here.
Times have changed, and today’s City of Ten Thousand Buddhas no longer has the same scene as it did back then.
Although there are still many people in the city, there are less than two thousand monks, and this is the number from the previous two days.
Now, there are no monks in the city, because the imperial army has just escorted them all to the royal capital.
Standing in the air, Xue Tianqing carefully looked at the city at his feet. After a long time, his eyes fell on a grand, but extremely dilapidated temple.
This was once the Jialan Palace and had been abandoned for more than two hundred years. It is said that when Jialan destroyed the country, blood flowed here like a river.
When the snowy sky fell in front of the Main Hall, which is the council hall, a sense of vicissitudes of life came over him, as if telling him about his past glory.
Looking at the almost unrecognizable plaque, Xue Tianqing frowned again: What kind of existence would a country composed entirely of monks look like?
Created by Tathagata's direct disciples before he became a Buddha? It’s funny to think about it. How many years has it been since Tathagata became a Buddha? If there were any disciples before becoming a Buddha, they would have died long ago.
Not to mention his disciples before he became a Buddha, even his current disciples have been around for who knows how long.
No, one of them has gone through countless reincarnations and is now being protected by himself heading west.
Thinking of this, Xue Tianqing raised her legs and prepared to enter the palace. But before he could take a step, a dozen people suddenly rushed out: "Boy, this place is the home of my grandfathers. If you want to stay, find another place!"
Seeing these people in ragged clothes and disheveled faces, Xue Tianqing couldn't help but smile, then took out a piece of silver and threw it over: "I didn't come here to stay, I just heard about the reputation of the City of Ten Thousand Buddhas, so I passed by today to pay my respects. . With this money, you should go buy some food and drink first, and use the rest to buy a few sets of winter clothes and bedding, otherwise this winter will be difficult."
The other party did not expect Xue Tianqing to be so generous. The leader caught the money and was stunned for a long time before saying: "This elder, now Chechi State is arresting monks everywhere. Although you are a practitioner, you are also a fellow monk. You are so upright and upright." If you show up, aren't you afraid that they will take you away?"
"It's just a misunderstanding. In less than two days, those masters will be sent back safely."
"Then why is the elder here?"
"As I just said, I am a Wanderer. I heard that the City of Ten Thousand Buddhas was once magnificent, so I came here to take a look."
The other party laughed loudly when he heard this: "That was more than two hundred years ago, and now Ten Thousand Buddhas is just a name. The temples in the city have been almost demolished, what is there to see?"
Xue Tianqing followed with a smile: "Although it is dilapidated, it is still the former capital of the country and is definitely worth a visit. Don't worry, I am just taking a look and will never disturb your daily life."
After hearing this, the other party laughed again, letting Xue Tianqing watch slowly, and then rushed out of the temple gate and headed towards the street.
Seeing that there was no one else in the temple, Xue Tianqing came to the main hall at the back, where the tombs of the previous kings of the Jialan Kingdom had been enshrined.
But now not only is the roof exposed, the palace door is missing, but there is also a big hole in the west gable wall.
Looking at the empty hall, Xue Tianqing sighed: How much glory has been buried here!
Then he looked around, then walked to the northwest corner of the hall in a few steps, and disappeared in a flash.
The next moment, Xue Tianqing appeared in the underground cave more than ten feet deep.
The size of the cave is surprising. Not to mention the several passages that lead to unknown directions, the main cave where Xue Tianqing is located is no more than a mile in diameter.
Although it is a natural formation, there are traces of artificial polishing in many places in the cave.
The cave has existed for who knows how many years. The stalactites hanging from the ceiling alone are more than three feet long, and the ticking sound is endless.
Xue Tianqing was located on the south side of the cave. There was a big hole above his head and a spiral staircase on his side. This was the passage for people on the ground to get down.
Although it is deep underground, the cave is not completely dark because there are phosphorescent flashes everywhere.
Xue Tianqing stabilized her mind, then opened her vain eyes and walked towards the north.
After walking only a few dozen feet, he stopped because compared to the chaos in the south, the northern part of the cave was extremely neatly repaired, and even the stalactites that could be seen everywhere on the south side had been cleaned up.
There is a high platform right in the north, close to the cave wall. Because it is a bit far away, it is snowy and clear and it is difficult to see what is on the platform.
When he came closer, he discovered that the high platform was almost two feet high. In addition, there were stairs on both sides of the high platform for people to go up and down.
Xue Tianqing was too lazy to take the stairs, so she only jumped to the stage.
The table was a bit messy. Apart from the scattered weapons, there were also many stones of different sizes placed everywhere.
Xue Tianqing took two steps forward and picked up an extremely rusty long knife, put it in front of her eyes and looked at it for a while, then shook her hand and the long knife broke with a sound.
Throwing half of the long knife on the ground, Xue Tianqing looked at the high platform again, and her heart suddenly moved.
With a wave of his hand, all the scattered weapons were swept away from the stage, leaving only stones of different sizes.
Looking at the seemingly messy but somewhat regular stones, Xue Tianqing nodded: This is a magic circle, a magic circle that he has never seen before.
Although the magic circle is incomplete, Xue Tianqing can be sure that it definitely does not belong to the two sects of Buddhism and Taoism. Is there a third sect in this world?
Thinking of this, Xue Tianqing walked to the stone closest to her and kicked it gently with her foot. However, the stone did not move at all. It turned out that the stone was directly embedded in the high platform.
When he walked around the high platform, he found that there were only a few fixed stones, and more stones were placed randomly. Maybe once all the stones are placed correctly, the magic circle here can be activated. As for the correct way to place the magic circle, no one probably knows yet.
After stopping for a long time, Xue Tianqing suddenly revealed his spiritual consciousness that had not been used for a long time, and his perception instantly swept through the entire crypt.
Suddenly, something moved in his heart, and then he appeared deep in the passage in the southwest corner of the cave.
Looking at the scene in front of him, Xue Tianqing was confused: What kind of world is this? Why is there such a mess?
Deep in the passage is a Buddhist hall-like place, almost empty except for a statue sitting cross-legged on a shrine.
But this statue opened Xue Tianqing's eyes because it looked like an angel in the Western world, especially the two wings on its back.
But he soon understood that this was not an angel from the West, but a former demon clan.
When the two Lich clans dominated the world, the human race was just their slaves. Who knows what sect was popular at that time.
Thinking of this, Xue Tianqing's doubts about the magic circle disappeared. It should be the magic circle created by the demon clan.
Returning to the cave again, Xue Tianqing came to the high platform and looked up, and something moved in her heart: the front of the high platform was actually densely engraved with words.
These characters are very different from the characters that are almost universal in the world today. They look closer to hieroglyphs. However, Xue Tianqing knows almost nothing about this aspect, so she has no idea what is written.
The entrance to the crypt is located under the main hall of Jialan Kingdom dedicated to the late king. They must know about its existence.
Xue Tianqing really wanted to know what the relationship between Jialan Kingdom and this crypt was, but more than a thousand years had passed, so this question might never have an answer.
After walking several times in front of the high platform, Xue Tianqing finally waved his hand and erased all the words on it, and then walked towards the other passages.
The first few passages were empty, nothing more.
But when he just entered the last passage in the northwest of the cave, he faintly felt that there seemed to be a wave of mana in front of him. This wave had not been detected by his spiritual consciousness just now.
The further in you go, the more obvious the fluctuations become. When you reach almost halfway, the fluctuations have spread throughout the entire passage.
Arriving at the innermost part of the passage and looking at the dark rocks in front of him, Xue Tianqing was extremely puzzled: The ends of other passages were either rooms or man-made caves, why was this place so unfinished?
Xue Tianqing wanted to leave right away, but before he could turn around, he felt King Kong Zhuo in his arms shake violently, and he stopped in his tracks again.
Looking at the rock in front of him, Xue Tianqing frowned. Then he put his right hand on it and felt it carefully, but still found nothing abnormal.
In fact, let alone abnormality, even the mana fluctuation just now was almost unfeelable here.
After pondering for a moment, Xue Tianqing stepped forward, ready to go directly into the rock to find out.
But he didn't want to hit his head on a rock the next moment, knocking him dizzy.
