Plague Doctor

Did Attar have a Codex Naqt?

Gu Jun didn't know the answer, saying that Balcer was just deceiving the old man. But now looking at his reaction, he knew that he was right. After insisting on this lie for hundreds of years, this old man hides it really well...

"The tattered man." Atal's old face gradually became a little depressed, "Knowledge itself is also a burden, and the more you know does not mean the better. The sage Balzai believed that he knew everything and could surpass the gods with his wisdom. Only then will you suffer bad luck. Why would he let you come and read the transcript?"

"I don't know either." Gu Jun said, "Barcel's wisdom is better than ours, I think we'd better do what he says."

"Maybe..." Atal sighed, and another light shone in his old eyes, "The "Nakt Codex" is a handwritten copy of some extremely ancient scrolls. It is said that the entire codex has five chapters, but the sage Baal What Se got was only one chapter, and how he got it, I don’t know.”

"The transcript of this chapter is indeed hidden in a beautiful dream in my mind. It was during the years when I studied with the sage Balcer. I can copy and project this dream to you. The transcript of this chapter and my superficial research on it are all there. in."

"But I want to tell you, it is not a curse book, and it really has nothing to do with the Seven Secrets of the Earth. What it is, I don't want to figure out."

Atal pondered, "After the incident with the sage Barcai, I burned all the manuscripts and stopped all exploration of them."

Listening to this, Gu Jun was naturally moved. Regardless of whether it was a curse book or not, it should have its value...

But he also knew that Atal's words made sense. This mysterious knowledge could often change a person's body and spirit.

For him, the first thing is how to get back. The last time the space-time rift was able to be opened was all because of Tong Ye's spiritual path, but it doesn't work now. At that moment, Gu Jun asked Atal this question, how can he go back to his original world?

"I don't know much about this." Atal shook his head and said, "But a creature in the nearby enchanted forest may have a way. I don't know if you have seen them. Their name is Zuge, and they are smart and enthusiastic creatures. creature."

"Zuge?" Gu Jun raised his eyebrows. Do those big rats still have such ability? He just wanted to find them...

"But I know that the more a person understands the world here, the less likely he is to leave." Atal added, "Especially the names of the gods, they are powerful."

Gu Jun nodded silently. It seemed that Balcer had also said that it would not be good for him to know too much.

"So don't get too involved in this manuscript." Atal said, murmuring a profound language. Gu Jun didn't understand at all, but he saw Atal raised his hand and pulled out a spiritual silver thread from the top of his head, which suddenly turned into a dream bubble, "Go."

Gu Jun stretched out his hand to catch the floating bubble and pressed it to his head, letting the invisible mass seep into the sea of ​​consciousness. He closed his eyes slightly and sensed it.

Above the sea of ​​​​consciousness, there is a new and colorful dream suspended there, but compared with the three dreams that are about to burst next to it, it still seems particularly thin and fragile. Like Atal said, this is just a projection. .

His spirit clicked on it, like opening a book...

Although this was only one chapter of the manuscript, it had more than fifty pages. It was also written in weird Chinese characters like the "Seven Secrets of the Earth", and he could barely understand it.

But the content... He only browsed it a few times, and his mind became a little confused because of its obscurity.

"Ratter, you have seen it." Atal's voice came, "We can't understand the "Nakt Codex". The sage Balzai once thought he had understood it. He thought it was some ancient races competing against the divine power. the fruits of wisdom.”

Gu Jun noticed at this time that the same strange mark kept appearing on the manuscript, like a symbol of some kind of ritual.

"What is this mark?" he asked.

"No one knows what it is." Atal sighed, recalling: "The sage Balsa thought that mark had a power that would allow him to rise above the gods. But you know what happened later, he The top of the mountain was captured by a terrifying force of the abyss.”

"A few months after he disappeared, the people of Ursa, Neel and Hatig took up the courage to go up the mountain together during the day to look for him. Everyone climbed to the top of the mountain, but did not find the sage Balsa, but found him on the rocks on the top of the mountain. A huge mark, as if carved by a giant chisel from the gods..."

Atal paused for a while before adding: "That mark is just like the mark on the Nakter Codex."

Gu Jun felt a chill in his heart, "Is it possible for ordinary people to carve it on?"

"No, no one here can do it. Moreover, it is not newly carved. It has been weathered and eroded with the entire mountain. Everyone thinks that it is the mark left by the gods of the earth to show that it is the residence of the gods. . If you go around the town, they will give you this mark to express their blessing."

"Old Seal, that's what they call this mark."

Atal's words were a little low, "But I think it was a warning from the gods to us mortals. Balzai believed that the mark could surpass the gods, so the gods carved it there. If you still want to leave this place World, I shouldn’t tell you more.”

Old seal? Gu Jun looked at this mysterious mark in his consciousness, and he didn't understand or understand what power it had...

The transcript of this chapter seems to be explaining and studying this mark.

But in his current view, it only brought more questions.

After Atal said this, he didn't think much

After talking to each other, Gu Jun looked at the transcript for a while and had no idea, then asked the other party what should be done with the vines on his feet? Atal said that it looked like the plants in the enchanted forest, and the ancestors would know better how to answer his question.

Gu Jun said goodbye to the sad Atal first, and walked outside with his crutches. Peacock and Mo Qing, who had been waiting outside the door of the tower for a long time, immediately surrounded him.

"Mr. Nightmare Man." Peacock asked nervously, "How is the situation?"

"I have read the "Nakter Codex". It is a message of consciousness." Gu Jun looked at the two of them and continued walking down the hill. "It has nothing to do with the "Seven Secrets of the Earth". It is just because Balcer has There are rumors like that because you have researched both. Atal doesn't know why you are stuck in the fifth secret chapter."

Peacock's expression changed, and Mo Jing became a little anxious. They looked inside the tower, but in the end they followed the Nightmare Man.

"Sir, it doesn't matter whether it matters or not." Peacock followed him and kept begging, "Can you tell us the contents of the transcript? Maybe it will be helpful?"

Of course, Gu Jun would not give them the transcript so easily because he did not fully believe what they said. He even concealed the old seal. Even if he asked any Usa citizen about the seal, he could learn about it.

"Take me to the Enchanted Forest," he said. "I will consider it."

The two peacocks looked at each other. They had no choice now. They couldn't defeat the Nightmare Man, nor could they rob him. They could only accept it.

Keeping this nightmare man at their service is their only chance to get the codex.

After leaving the temple, Peacock immediately rented a caravan pulled by mules, let the nightmare man sit in the car, and the two of them drove the mules and set off.

The Enchanted Forest is a vast and continuous virgin forest. Its eastern edge borders the suburbs of Usa Town. After a short half-day drive, the caravan drove into the forest. The surrounding area became darker and weirder. There seemed to be some rustling sounds among the old trees.

Gu Jun stopped the caravan, got off the ground with crutches, and looked around, feeling that there were countless small black eyes staring at him in the dark.

"Dear ancestors, I know you are all here, yes, I am back."

Regardless of the doubtful peacocks, Gu Jun looked around the forest and said, "I wonder if you have finished enjoying the five thousand grouse, five thousand quails, and five thousand pheasants you left for yourself? If you haven't, then hurry up. Well, because you are about to become a 'roasted Zuge'."

"In case you don't understand, I'll say it again plainly." He shouted loudly, "I will set fire to this forest today!"

Suddenly, there was a chaotic flapping sound all around, like ten thousand rats cursing something at the same time.

"Young man." At this time, the white-bearded ancestors slowly walked out of the trees, "Let's talk slowly if we have anything to do. We love peace, so we don't have to be so irritable."

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