sjar Chapter 822: Strange Relics, Stone Wall Inscriptions
Chapter 822: Strange Relics, Stone Wall Inscriptions
"Do you feel..."
"It seems like something is staring at us?"
The man's voice was like a stone thrown into a calm lake, immediately breaking the dull atmosphere at the scene due to the lack of results.
The others looked around carefully and became alert belatedly aware of the situation.
"I hadn't noticed it until you mentioned it. I just felt that this place was terribly dull and even gave me a chill."
"Yes, yes. I was wondering why I felt so uneasy ever since I entered this city. It really felt like someone was watching me."
"It feels faint, but it's definitely there. I'm afraid we're being targeted by something."
"Be careful, there's something strange here. It might not be as simple as we discovered before."
In fact, the atmosphere among their group had been very depressing since they set foot in the Holy City of Cangyu. At the beginning, everyone was shocked that some extremely rare materials were casually used to build the city. Later, they sighed that all these rare materials had lost their original functions because they were too old and the spiritual energy was extremely scarce.
But later on.
Gradually they lost interest in the city, and without any gains, the atmosphere among them began to become depressing.
No one spoke, no one discussed.
Everyone just kept moving forward, wanting to get out of the city as quickly as possible.
It's not just because the city is too big and constantly consumes everyone's patience, but also partly because they always have a feeling of unease in their hearts.
But no one can clearly explain where this unease comes from.
Everyone even thought at the beginning that this uneasiness was caused by the fact that everyone's cultivation was suppressed and they were unable to fully exert their own strength.
But now that this person reminded them, everyone finally realized what was happening.
Losing their strength did make them feel uneasy, but what was even more uneasy was the uneasiness that their bodies instinctively felt towards their surroundings and the feeling of being stared at coldly by others!
"There!"
At this moment, someone suddenly pointed somewhere, which scared everyone present, but upon closer inspection, it was just a tattered flag blown in the breeze.
"stop!"
At this moment, someone else shouted towards the other side.
Everyone was startled again, but when they turned around and looked again, they found that it was just a shaking door panel.
"Bang!"
But before everyone could breathe a sigh of relief, a loud noise suddenly came from not far away, making everyone alert and uneasy again. But when they looked carefully, they found that it was a broken stone wall that had finally collapsed under the erosion of time.
It was all a false alarm.
But everyone present was already on high alert.
"Brother Guan, have you found anything?" Yu Mufeng came to Gu Xiu and saw that Gu Xiu was constantly looking around with a thoughtful look. He couldn't help but ask.
Gu Xiu shook his head. "I didn't find anything. I also have a feeling that I'm being watched by something, but I have no idea who is watching me or where they are. I can only be sure that there must be some power in this place that we don't know about."
This made everyone even more nervous:
"Why don't we just leave quickly? I always feel something is wrong with this place."
"Yes, yes, leave this place as soon as possible."
"Speaking of which, why is this city in such a desolate state? Could it be that it has encountered some great terror?"
"There's no one here, not even a corpse. But from what we've seen before, there were clearly signs of people living in this city. It's as if everyone in it suddenly disappeared overnight."
"Speaking of which, it's true. Although this city is very far away now and many parts have collapsed due to weathering, I went into a cellar a while ago. It's relatively well-preserved and you can clearly see traces of people's lives in it."
"Not only that, these top-grade materials here look like they've been ruined by a long period of time without spiritual energy infusion. But for all of them to be ruined without exception, and to be so ruined, it's definitely not just age that can do it. I feel more like all the power was suddenly drained away, causing them to rot like this."
"What kind of means could achieve this? It feels impossible."
"Could it be that he encountered some terrifying existence? Otherwise, it wouldn't be like this."
"No matter what the situation is, we have to leave quickly."
"..."
Everyone spoke up and talked about their discoveries.
The more he talks.
The more I fear this place.
"Squeak..."
Just at this moment, a shrill sound was heard. Everyone looked in the direction of the sound and saw a door in front of a small building that was so dilapidated that it was unrecognizable. It seemed that some invisible force was slowly pushing open the door. Because it had been weathered for a long time, the sound was extremely harsh.
This scene made everyone shudder with fear.
because……
The weight of this door was obviously not something that could be blown away by a breeze, but even though no one was approaching and no one was exerting any force, it was pushed open on its own.
Everyone who had been discussing this before couldn't help but hold their breath.
Don't dare to move forward.
Gu Xiu also frowned and looked at the door that was pushed open. After a slight hesitation, he stepped out and walked to the broken giant door. After careful observation, he found that there was no power left in it. He tried to push it, but found that the giant door was stuck by the collapsed stone wall.
Even he would have to use a lot of strength to push it, and it was impossible for it to be blown open by a breeze.
Gu Xiu looked inside the small building.
Just a pity.
The interior of the small building was in great damage and had collapsed. Gu Xiu stepped inside and searched for a while, but still found nothing. There was no living creature, no spiritual energy or even source.
But when Gu Xiu walked back and was about to leave the building.
The stone door slowly closed again with a sharp sound.
Seeing this scene, Gu Xiu's eyelids twitched wildly. He simply walked closer to observe carefully, but found that even he could not figure out why the stone door moved.
At this moment.
Gu Xiu lowered his head and looked at his shadow on the ground.
It was now evening, and his shadow cast on the mottled ground was stretched a lot. There was nothing special about the shadow, but Gu Xiu seemed to be fascinated by it. He began to shake his limbs constantly, watching the shadow sway with him, but because of the angle of the light, the shadow's movement seemed a little distorted.
"Gu boy, have you discovered anything?" Suixing noticed Gu Xiu's abnormality and couldn't help but ask.
"It's not a discovery, just a guess."
"Guess? What guess?"
"shadow."
"Shadow?" Broken Star was puzzled.
"Yes, a shadow." Gu Xiu answered without any reason, and then continued, "There's clearly no power or people in this place. Logically, this stone door can't open or close for no reason. I can't figure out why this is happening, but... if this stone door is just a shadow, that seems to explain it."
"But this stone gate is real, not a shadow," Shattered Star reminded.
"This is also what I find strange." Gu Xiu shook his head:
"In fact, I always feel that these materials in this relic are somewhat similar. When I think about it carefully, it is actually somewhat similar to the dust refining technique I used to refine weapons before. All the materials in this relic are like someone has sucked away the dust, leaving only an empty shell."
"But since it's just an empty shell, it shouldn't be controlled. Yet, this empty shell of a stone gate seems to be controlled by something, like it has become a shadow."
“But this doesn’t make sense.”
"I've seen people using shadows to conceal murderous intent and hidden means, but shadows are just shadows after all. No matter what means they use, they must be backed up by power. But this place is different. There's no such power to support it, so I'm just guessing."
"and……"
Having said that, Gu Xiu raised his head and looked towards the Star Skeleton Dragon Tree in the distance, which stretched from the sky to the ground and could not be seen as far away.
"I always feel like this is a trap."
Speaking of it.
Gu Xiu found Yu Mufeng and asked Taihang Academy about everything about the Canglong Secret Realm.
"The news about the Canglong Secret Realm is a secret to the academy. I had never even heard of it before. I only learned about it when the teacher mentioned it. Later, I did look up some records about it."
"I don't know where this Canglong Secret Realm came from, and I don't know what its past was like."
"The only thing we know is that the academy once saw records of teams heading to the Canglong Secret Realm in an ancient book. They said the secret realm wasn't dangerous, or rather, the dangers could be avoided, and many people had gained benefits there. There were also records about that tree, but no one in the records actually walked under that tree."
"Or……"
“No one who walked under that tree came back.”
"..."
Yu Mufeng didn't see much and told Gu Xiu everything in a few words. Listening to his words, Gu Xiu fell into deep thought.
This place is getting more and more confusing.
It seems that the truth can only be known by getting close to the Star Skeleton Dragon Tree.
However, just as Gu Xiu was thinking, a scream suddenly came.
Look sideways.
They saw that the Divine Transformation cultivator who had been protected by Su Zhenyue before was now slumped on the ground, looking ahead with horror on his face. Everyone's eyelids couldn't help but twitch wildly when they looked forward following his gaze.
I saw.
In front of the monk was a wall that had long been rotten and was in a terrible state.
But at this moment.
It was as if some invisible force was carving words on the wall. The moment each stroke was carved, it immediately decayed and became blurred. But even so, everyone could still make out what the words said.
Very simple content, only two words.
go back!