Ruins of the past

In a deep mountain forest in Jiling, Chu Qiguang walked through a long and narrow mountain road under the guidance of Qiao Zhi.

Just when the mountain road was getting narrower and narrower, and almost only one person could pass through, after turning the next corner... his eyes suddenly opened up, and Chu Qiguang looked from a distance... Not far from his feet, a flat and vast basin began to appear.

Standing on the mountain road, you can see the rivers and canals in this basin surrounded by mountains, the climate is mild, and there are large forests in the distance.

Chu Qiguang was surprised when he saw this scene: "There is such a large basin among these mountains? This is a good place."

He ran down and studied the terrain here, and found that the land was fertile and the water resources were abundant, making it a good place for farming.

"If it weren't for being deep in the mountains, it would have been occupied by someone long ago."

But after thinking about it, he shook his head again. Now, Qingyang County and the whole world are not lacking land for farming, but there is excessive taxation and exploitation. There are fewer and fewer people farming.

Chu Qiguang then went to an inconspicuous cave under the guidance of Qiao Zhi, and saw a simple grave. This was the grave of Ergou's father and brother.

Chu Qiguang endured the emotional changes in his heart and paid tribute respectfully. He felt that the influence of Ergou's memory on him seemed to have completely subsided.

‘From today onwards, Ergou is truly dead, and from now on I will be the only one, Chu Qiguang. ’

Then one person and one cat moved the stones piled in front of the cave. After waiting for a while to ventilate, they lit a torch and went in.

Under the light of the fire, you can see that the cave is covered with bricks and stones, and there are still broken murals and unknown carvings on the walls on both sides, showing that this is a man-made ruins.

Chu Qiguang raised the torch closer to the wall and found that the broken mural seemed to show the appearance of various beasts, roaring and roaring, but there were only beasts and no humans.

And those carvings can barely be seen to be from the same kind of beast, but they make different movements such as crawling, roaring, and pounce.

The statue has been severely weathered, but you can feel the wild and primitive feeling coming from it.

Chu Qiguang looked at it a few more times and found that the carving seemed to be a bear.

Qiao Zhi said from the side: "I don't know who made this place. After it was discovered by the Vajra Temple, it was used to hide secret books. I don't know what its origin is and how the Vajra Temple was found."

Chu Qiguang looked at some of the carvings around him, and could only tell from the mottled marks on them and the style of the murals and statues that they must have been from a very, very long time ago.

‘It’s completely different from the current Han Dynasty. More primitive...and rougher...'

Chu Qiguang and Qiao Zhi walked deeper into the cave and soon came to a circular hall.

The moment Chu Qiguang entered the hall, he felt as if some invisible force swept through his body.

The next moment, purple lights lit up in the dark hall.

Looking at the handwriting composed of purple light, Chu Qiguang read: "When the four books are combined, the Purple Mansion appears."

Chu Qiguang asked: "Master Qiao, have you seen this sentence when you came here before?"

Qiao Zhi looked at the font formed by the purple light in surprise: "No, this thing has never been published before."

Chu Qiguang stared at these four words. It was obvious that the combination of four books meant four books. Does Zi Mansion Xian refer to the Secret of Zi Mansion?

'Referring to the fact that I was sent to this world by the Secret of the Purple Mansion, and these six words only appeared after I came, it is indeed very possible that after gathering four books, you can get the Secret of the Purple Mansion. . ’

Chu Qiguang pinched his chin and thought: 'But you should tell me which four books they are. ’

At this moment, the six fonts condensed by purple light began to rotate, turning into purple vortexes and gradually began to disappear.

In the process of disappearing, a man's cold voice came from inside.

"Chu Qiguang, can you hear me?"

Chu Qiguang was slightly stunned and replied: "Who are you?"

There seemed to be no emotion in the man's voice, and he said in an extremely calm tone: "My name is Shi, we don't have much time, remember what I say next."

"Find those four books, and then '!@#$%' will appear, and you have to bring them up with them."

There was a strange noise among them, and Chu Qiguang found that there were a few words in what the man said that he couldn't make out no matter how much he paid attention.

"Seize the time to practice, the demon dye will become stronger and stronger, and it will become easier and easier to become a demon..."

When he said this, the purple vortex had shrunk to the size of an ordinary person's hand, and the voices on the other side were getting weaker and weaker.

Chu Qiguang asked: "What exactly is demon dyeing? What is the principle of becoming a demon?"

"It's useless if you know. Someone has released the law of heaven, and things are irreversible." Shi's voice became increasingly unclear: "Go north, there is a pair of Chongming birds there, which I left for you. Find them... …I will…contact again…”

As the purple vortex disappeared without a trace, the other party's voice also stopped abruptly.

Qiao Zhi looked at this scene as if he had seen a ghost, and murmured: "Who was that person just now? I don't remember this at all." After saying that, he couldn't help but start licking his own calm hair.

"I don't know, but we can verify what he said about the Chongming Bird first."

So Chu Qiguang and Qiao Zhi left the cave, moved the stones back again to block the entrance, and then headed north to look for the Chongming Bird that Shi Shi said.

After walking nearly a thousand meters, they saw two black spots flying in the sky in the distance.

Qiao Zhi said: "It's a Chongming bird! Could one of these Chongming birds be the one that attacked Ding Daoxiao?"

Chu Qiguang remembered that Qiao Zhi said that when Ding Daoxiao went hunting with his servants, he encountered a migrating Chongming bird and was severely injured, which led to the encounter with Ergou's father later.

Just when Chu Qiguang was thinking about how to prepare next and then test the two birds, he saw the two black spots paused slightly and were already flying rapidly towards their direction.

One person and one cat were shocked. The two Chongming birds flew above them almost in the blink of an eye. Covered in red feathers, they looked like two huge fireballs. Their high crests made them look a bit like those in legends. of phoenix.

Of course, the most distinctive feature is the double pupils in the eye sockets, which is why they are called Chongming birds.

This was the first time Chu Qiguang saw a monster face to face. Qiao Zhi had even exploded the cat's hair and looked at the Chongming Bird falling from the sky with a wary expression.

These two birds were more than five meters tall and more than ten meters wide when their wings were spread out. To Chu Qiguang, they looked like small airplanes.

Qiao Zhi said: "Just relying on their natural physical strength, the combat power of these two birds is estimated to be almost the same as that of the Five Realm warriors. The key is that they can still fly."