A stone platform, a stone statue floating in the air.
When Gu Zheng followed Mengzhen in, the stone house in front of him was very simple. There were only these in front of him.
At first, I thought that the painting scroll of our ancestors was a painting scroll, but it turned out to be a stone statue.
However, this stone statue looks like a picture scroll, but you should remove the superfluous things from your body.
It doesn't look like a human, nor does it look like any kind of creature. The more it looks, the more it looks like a rectangle with several irregular arms.
"Ancestors, the dream is really offensive."
As soon as I came in, I knelt on the ground and whispered to myself. It was a real dream. I quickly stood up.
This time, Gu Zheng heard it clearly, but he had doubts in his heart and didn't say it.
"Let's go in."
I don't know what the dream really did. The arms around the stone statue began to move. Each one was outlined in the air, and a black light door appeared on the ground.
Feeling the approaching breath behind him, Gu Zheng was directly pulled by Mengzhen's arm and walked into the black light door together.
At the same time they entered, the light door disappeared from the air, and even the stone statues recovered their original appearance. They could not be known by the outside world, so they naturally got rid of other people's pursuit for the time being.
Gu Zheng looked at the darkness around him. Only the people under his feet had a sense of reality. He walked ahead with the dream, or towards other places. There was no time and space here.
Maybe for a moment, maybe after a few days, Gu Zheng felt that his body was falling infinitely. Before he could control his body, he found that he was already standing on a flat ground.
The dark sky, without a ray of light, shrouded the whole earth in darkness. In the control not far away, some cyan and gold light spots floated in the air, barely providing a glimmer of light for the surroundings.
However, with the cultivation of Gu Zheng, you can completely ignore these darkness and see the surrounding situation clearly as if in the daytime.
At this time, they were in a wide plain, with stones of different sizes under them, and occasionally a wind roared in the air.
"Where is this? The scroll of ancestors?"
Gu Zheng looked at such a strange place around him and couldn't think of the words "painting scroll of ancestors".
"Yes, this is the painting scroll of our ancestors and the mausoleum of our family. I was born here, or all of our family appeared here." Mengzhen said faintly.
"Cemetery, birth!"
Gu Zheng didn't think that even their end is their starting point. It's very strange.
He looked around. There was nothing else here except what he had seen before. Even here gave him a faint sense of sunset, dead and lifeless, and there was no vitality of birth.
Mengzhen also didn't speak. A faint sadness came from the corners of her eyes, which was completely different from her previous appearance.
Gu Zheng can also feel the sadness. He doesn't know what's going on here. Seeing the real appearance of the dream, he must have an inside story he doesn't know.
"We'll stay here for a while until the elder picks us up."
After a while, Mengzhen put away his thoughts and said to Gu Zheng.
"Can we only wait for each other? If the other party doesn't let us out, will we be trapped here forever?" Gu Zhengwen asked.
"The elder is sure to let us out. Even if we don't come, we can get out of here. But before that, I promise the elder that you won't walk around. Don't leave here either." Meng said firmly.
"OK, I won't walk around. Can you tell me what's wrong?" Gu Zheng nodded and asked.
He knew that they were not the soul family born here later, but came from other places. They were afraid of them even in warm weather. This was what he knew. He didn't know at all.
"In fact, there's nothing. It's not a big secret."
Perhaps she never talked to others. Mengzhen spoke a lot at one time. Although most of them were not her personal experience, but what she learned from the elder, there were still many things that she didn't say. Gu Zheng felt that she didn't know much.
This place is the home of their soul painting. At first, they did live here. There was no creature except him, but the sky was not so dark at that time.
They lived here, and occasionally some of the same kind appeared out of thin air. At that time, they were very naive and simple. They had been confused and looking forward to life here under the leadership of the first painting soul who was born and became the patriarch.
It was not until one day that they were born and powerful clansmen disappeared out of thin air, and then when they appeared, many people had been killed and injured.
Originally, they were just creatures raised by others, or more appropriately described as combat pets.
It was a powerful master who they didn't dare to think about at the beginning, and they really lived in a picture, but in this picture, they imprisoned a small world, trained them with all the power of the small world, and then went out to fight for their master at the right time.
Even if they are unwilling, it is impossible to violate the master's brightness. They fight with the master. Many people die and many people are born. The only one who has not sacrificed and is becoming stronger and stronger is the original patriarch.
As the first born, there is no doubt about the strength.
The more they contact from the outside, the more they know, and know a lot. The original obedience, to slowly want to resist and strive for their own independence, do not want to be enslaved by the powerful.
After their death, as long as they are not destroyed, they will be sucked in by the picture scroll to maintain the world here, that is, their home. They have not got rid of the shackles of the picture scroll from life to death.
But even if the patriarch's accomplishments have exceeded the original master, they can't break away from each other's control, so even if they are angry, they can only be pressed at the bottom of their hearts, because all of them can be killed with each other's thoughts.
Then one day, their master died and was besieged to death. Then the painting fell into the hands of others. Of course, the baby could not be destroyed and then used again.
And their family can only continue to be enslaved, because the people who master the picture scroll, with continuous transformation and higher and higher strength, they can't rebel at all, because the picture scroll is their home. Once they leave for too long, they will die.
Until one day, the power of the scroll began to decline. In order to improve the power of the scroll again, the master decided to practice again. I don't know how to sneak into a bottomless abyss.
There are a number of forgotten small worlds here. Although forgotten, it is still complete and not completely abandoned. The owner opened the sealed boundary and sneaked in.
What he didn't expect was that there were still things left in the forgotten world. Under some strange combination, a new race was born in it.
When he found out, he was unable to escape and finally died in it. The painting soul family, which was absorbing a space, was also completely liberated. At that time, under the brave counterattack of the clan leader, they repulsed the enemies around them who wanted to touch them.
But when the patriarch wanted to leave here, he found that because they absorbed a certain amount of small world power here, they had been firmly bound with here and could no longer leave here.
In this way, their family took root there and began their own life.
Anyway, for them, as long as they are free, there may not be any danger outside.
After a long battle, they knew that it was more dangerous outside, although it was more desirable.
However, they know that at this stage, they simply can't survive outside. It can be said that whoever controls the painting will completely control all their life and death, so they temporarily inhabit there, and then find a way to break away from the shackles of the painting and become a truly independent race.
Later, the race wanted to leave here, but because there was only one exit, it was blocked by the flood race, and even wanted to kill them completely to achieve their merit and luck.
Because they should not have been born, but because they accidentally appeared here, the two began to fight and see through, and they are still in constant war until now.
The soul painters have become a very important member of the right to speak there with absolute strength, but they have never forgotten their wishes. Now they have succeeded, but the price they have paid makes them very distressed.
Anyway, the dream really knows that fewer and fewer people are born, and even fewer and fewer people come from there. Not every people is suitable to leave there.
The only lucky thing is that those who came here have been out of the control of this picture, but their talents have not decreased. It can be said that they have completely completed their original purpose.
But just now I saw a glimmer of hope, but the virtual shadow of the patriarch fell down here. I don't know why he was seriously injured. He was always unconscious and couldn't connect with the other side at all.
If you want to go there, it is impossible here. This is what the patriarch said. In order to avoid future trouble, only a single channel can be provided, and the contact between the two sides is disconnected.
Although new patriarchs have been born, without the maintenance of patriarchs, they always have no bottom of their heart, cherish their own people, and generally do not go out to take risks.
But in the mouth of the great elder, he knew that the patriarch was in danger.
Almost people of Mengzhen generation have to accept the mission. After being recognized by the elders outside, they gradually experience it. Finally, they have to come here and pass the test here to reopen the channel to the other side and connect with the patriarch.
If only the new generation could pass, their elders would have passed long ago and would not put the burden on each other.
Listening to the origin of the other party, Gu Zheng was silent. He didn't expect them to be so rough. However, with their talent, I'm afraid they are no less than the dragon and Phoenix, but the only regret is that the upper limit of the other party is limited.
After all, their own heel is brewing in a small world. Although congenital is good, it is also a burden.
However, if his clan leader is powerful, he may be able to save them for a while. As long as he lives in seclusion and is not in this world, he may really survive for a long time.
"Has the curtain here told you your potential, and there is not much chance to brew people, right?" Gu Zheng thought about it. Looking at some silent dreams, he said.
Gu Zheng here already knows that there are less than 50 painting souls here. It can be seen that their people at least, although they don't know how many there are, I'm afraid there won't be many people thinking about fighting there for so long. Otherwise, they won't cherish their lives.
Mengzhen nodded first, then shook his head, which made Gu Zheng a little confused, but he didn't ask.
"Although it has inevitably declined here, we have also found a plan to reproduce, but it will take a long time." after a long meeting, Mengzhen began to speak.
"Exciting people? Or self reproduction like humans?" Gu Zheng asked tentatively.
In fact, outside, whether it is human or demon, or ordinary animals and plants, most of them are like this. The combination of yin and yang can make it easier to continue smoothly. Of course, there are gains and losses, which everyone knows.
"No, although it was a plan at that time, we gave priority to the first one. As long as there was no failure, we would not consider that. In that case, although the number of families would increase significantly, our strength would decline rapidly. Now we mainly live." Mengzhen didn't hide it, but he didn't say the main way for them to reproduce.
However, she did not say that Gu Zheng could guess. In fact, there are only a few. The outside world knows all this. However, it is good, so that their strength will not be much changed and they can survive more stably.
"Boom"
Gu Zheng was about to say when, suddenly, a huge vibration came from a distance, even the suspended painting monument was affected, the light was trembling, and the great power even spread to this point.
"What's the matter? I've had it before?" Gu Zheng asked Mengzhen next to him, looking at each other suspiciously.
"I don't know. It's reasonable to say that there will be no one except us. This is our transfer center. How can there be a problem?" Mengzhen said seriously.
"Did your people stay here?" Gu Zheng asked again. Although he believed it, it was obvious that ordinary people could not send the huge shock.
"Except for the patriarch's body, which is placed here to prevent the body from deteriorating, other people will not... You don't mean that there is a problem with the patriarch." Mengzhen suddenly opened his mouth and looked at Gu Zheng in surprise.
"I'm going to have a look. You're waiting for me here." Mengzhen said firmly with a change of tone.
"But what if your elder comes?" Gu Zheng said when he saw that Mengzhen's opinion had been decided.
"It's all right. There's still some time before the blessing ceremony. That's enough!" Mengzhen said as he walked forward.
Seeing this, Gu Zheng also followed each other and passed together.
"Just wait here..." Mengzhen said subconsciously when he saw Gu Zheng following up.
"What's the use of me there? I might as well follow you. You take such a big risk, and I can't stand idly by. Besides, I want you to take me out." Gu Zheng said with a smile.
Dream really knows that the other party is just worried about herself. In fact, she also knows that the other party is not only what she looks like, even if she can easily defeat Xu Jia, but she is not sure in the face of ancient disputes. Every time she thinks so, it is the result.
"Well, you follow me closely, mainly be careful. If you don't pay attention to those steles, you will be sucked in and out of trouble." Mengzhen no longer insisted, but asked.
The two men slowly moved towards the place where they had made noise before approaching, avoiding the painted monuments all the way. However, the distance between the painted monuments was quite far. If they were not deliberately close, there was still a very loose road for them to move forward.
While carefully guarding the surroundings, Gu Zheng's eyes were attracted by the monument.
Those painted steles look like a picture scroll suspended in the air. The contents are changing rapidly. Occasionally, there are some battle scenes, and the painted soul people appear in it. It seems that they are showing their life's energy in the picture scroll at an amazing speed.
"Although those elders are dead, some of their own experiences still remain in them. If they are accidentally trapped, they are easy to fall into it and not easy to come out. Now most of this place depends on them to maintain this area, otherwise, they can't connect the two ends."
Mengzhen also noticed Gu Zheng's eyes and opened his mouth to explain.
She doesn't know. I'm afraid only the patriarch can know, because he built it. In the past, these painted steles were only used as relics, and some died without residue.
Looking at the light like stars in the air, there are at least tens of thousands in the air. It can be seen how many battles the painting soul family has experienced since its birth.
Gu Zheng didn't speak much. Listening to Mengzhen say some deeds of his predecessors, he moved forward.
"Boom"
They only moved forward for an hour, there was no, the sound suddenly appeared again, and an invisible air wave appeared from a distance, but this time it was much smaller than at first.
Mengzhen closed his mouth, raised a defense and shrouded it together. It was easy to block the air wave, but Mengzhen's face suddenly became very ugly.
"What's the matter?" Gu Zheng asked hurriedly when he saw the real change of the dream.
"It's the breath of the second elder!" Mengzhen looked ahead and could easily sense the source of the explosion. He turned his head and said to Gu Zhengyin.
"Do you have other elders coming in? No, you didn't say that there will be no permanent residence here, and only occasionally will you check it." Gu Zheng said subconsciously, but thought of the key place.
"Yes, and I know that the second elder is still outside. On the day you go out, I still go to see the second elder because of exciting things. How can I admit my mistake." Mengzhen quickened his pace and quickly approached the other side.
Gu Zheng is also aware of the seriousness of the matter. He doesn't say anything now and speeds up his rush.
At the same time, outside, "two elders" have come out of the stone house again and said anxiously to the big elder of the guard.
"Elder sister, everything is still normal inside. The patriarch hasn't woke up yet."
"Oh, I see."
The elder's eyes fell down again, so that people could not see the disappointment inside. He had foreseen this result.
"Don't lose heart. The patriarch's body is OK there. Although the method I studied can't completely cure it, it is treated slowly. As long as I wait, it will succeed sooner or later."
The second elder left this sentence and left here.
"I hope so."
The elder murmured.