Holy Bone

Chapter 1564: Immortal Jade Fragments, Time is the Most Vicissitude

It's a very strange feeling.

The body seemed to be infinitely stretched, and even the six senses were infinitely stretched, and the senses became extremely slow...

It's like people have been traveling through the ancient passage for a long time...

It was as if I had only experienced a moment in the passage of time...

When Jin An regained his normal senses, he found that he stepped on empty air and his body was falling rapidly. He caught a glimpse of the big blue ox transformed by the Animal Creation Master, which was also falling in the air.

Fortunately, one of them knew how to shatter the void with martial arts, and the other knew how to use his soul to lift his body into the air, so they quickly stabilized their falling speed.

Suddenly, the big blue ox let out a scream, and a ball of divine light fell out of its mouth. Jin An happened to be right below the big blue ox, and he picked up the fallen divine light.

Jinan looked up at the sky, wanting to see what had hurt Zaoxu Zhenren.

As a result, they were seen falling in a tiankeng. It was blindingly bright outside the tiankeng, but dark inside. A ray of sunlight happened to shine in from outside the tiankeng. Because of its large size, the big blue ox accidentally touched the ray of sunlight and was burned, with half of its belly covered in blood.

The sunlight was so scorching that it could not only hurt the skin and flesh of a fourth-level strong man, but also hurt the soul hidden in the body. Zhenren Zaoxu suffered a big loss as soon as he arrived.

Seeing that the big blue ox was injured so badly after being touched by a little sunlight, Jin An's pupils shrank and he thought of the paradise!

They were directly teleported into the paradise!

He was well aware of how harsh the sunlight was in this paradise, so he quickly avoided the sunlight beams in the center of the cenote and moved toward the edge of the cliff where the sunlight could not reach.

"Master Zaoxu, there is a cave just above the cliff. Let's go to that cave and gain a foothold first." Jin'an reminded the frightened big blue ox. He led the way in front and successfully led the big blue ox to hide in the cave on the cliff.

Jin An held the divine light in his hand to illuminate the cave.

This is a cave with a huge concave space. The cave is very deep and dry. Judging from the thickness of the dust here, no outsiders have been here for a long time.

Only then did Jin'an have time to look at the origin of the divine light in his hand. It was a broken jade, which carried the breath of ancient times and a very faint breath of ancient immortals. This thing was a treasure of the immortals.

It is the fairy jade fragment that many people in the outside world dream of.

"Master Zaoxu, you are quite smart in talking. It really is a fairy ore." Jin An looked at it curiously. The big blue ox stared at the fairy jade fragments nervously, with a changeable look in his eyes and remained silent.

Jin An looked at how nervous Zaoxu Zhenren was, smiled, bent his fingers, and returned the fairy jade fragments to the big blue ox.

The big blue bull subconsciously opened his mouth and swallowed the fragment of the fairy jade into his stomach. Then he reacted, with a look of surprise and astonishment on his face, as if in his eyes, it was reasonable for Jin An to rob him of his magic weapon, and he was surprised that he didn't rob him of his magic weapon: "Martial Dao Immortal, facing this fragment of the fairy weapon from the ancient cave paradise, aren't you tempted at all?"

Jin An made a gesture of reaching out for it: "Nonsense, I'm definitely moved, Master Zaoxu, why don't you bear the pain and give it to me."

The big blue bull was so nervous that it shrank its belly, and with white air coming out of its nose, it shouted, "There's no reason to spit out what has entered my stomach."

"Besides, I was the one who picked up this fairy jade fragment first. If it hadn't been hit by the sun just now and caught off guard, how could I have let it go and let you take advantage of the opportunity."

“No, no, I won’t give it to you. Even if you butcher me like a butcher, I will not give it to you today.”

The big blue ox shook its head like a rattle.

Looking at the funny appearance of the big blue ox, Jin An laughed out loud: "You said it yourself, you were the first one to pick it up, it's yours, do you think I'm the kind of villain who would kill people for treasure just because of the money?"

The big blue bull looked at Jin An carefully for the first time, and after a long while he spoke in human language: "You are really hard to figure out."

If you say that Jin An is a kind-hearted person, Zaoxu Zhenren is the first one who doesn't believe it. Whether it was killing his water-avoiding golden crystal beast servant on the surface of the East China Sea, or slaughtering the Buddha Mothers of Bulao Mountain and Wusheng Holy Land in Guixu Divine Realm, or later destroying Wusheng Holy Land and Bulao Mountain, it is enough to see that Jin An's methods are strong. The number of Shinto masters who died in his hands is already countless, with blood on his hands.

But to say that Jinan killed people without blinking an eye and was unforgivable in his crimes is obviously not the case. The public opinion and the will of the people are the best interpretation of this.

Finally, he concluded that Jin'an's character was one of hatred for evil, clear distinction between good and evil, and his own principles in action.

Jin An turned around and looked around the cave, saying lightly, "Just make sure you have a clear conscience."

  Have a clear conscience?

The big blue ox chewed on it over and over again. Although it was just four short words, it sounded like the great voice of the Tao, like thunder splitting the dark clouds and the veil of darkness, shocking his heart and soul.

If these words were spoken by anyone else, he would sneer and choose to let it go in one ear and out the other, but these words were spoken by Jin An, who was supported by the people of the world. He chewed them carefully, and the more he understood, the more he understood how difficult the road Jin An was taking was.

These four simple words represent the persistence and heaviness of a lifetime.

  Let me ask, how many people in this world can truly have a clear conscience, be worthy of heaven and earth, be worthy of the common people, and be worthy of their own hearts?

The simpler the way, the more unattainable it is.

"I really didn't misjudge you. I have long said that you, the martial arts immortal, are a principled person. You act in an open and aboveboard manner and are full of integrity. Just for this reason, you are more than ten times stronger than Yuan Yiban." The Big Blue Ox gave a sincere comment.

“No wonder even the arrogant and cannibalistic Peacock Buddha Mother was completely subdued by you, the Martial Arts Immortal, and stayed in the Wuzang Taoist Temple without escaping. You, the Martial Arts Immortal, do have a unique charm.”

Jin An, who had a majestic back and a righteous spirit just a moment ago, shamelessly reached out to the big blue ox the next moment and said, "Master Zaoxu, since you are so moved, why don't you give me the fragment of the fairy jade to help me practice, so that I can leave the blessed land earlier and help you kill Yuan Yiban."

The big blue ox, who had just been touched by Jin An, rolled his eyes and said, "Just give up on this idea. I won't give it to you even if you kill me."

Jinan: "Stingy."

The two chatted and walked until they had explored deep into the cave, where they discovered several human mummies.

The mummy was covered in black and blue, its clothes had rotted into strips, and was covered with thick sand. At first glance, it reminded people of those thousand-year-old mummies in the desert. The body had been completely dehydrated and turned black.

After recovery, the Big Blue Ox's soul had almost recovered. As soon as it recovered, he immediately released his spiritual consciousness to explore the environment he was in.

In fact, Jin An could also use his spiritual sense to scan the environment, but with the help of Zaoxu Zhenren, he did not reveal his spiritual cultivation.

Zaoxu Zhenren is a powerful warrior in the middle stage of the fourth realm. As soon as his spiritual consciousness shows any unusual movement, it will definitely not escape the detection of Zaoxu Zhenren's soul.

After a long while, the big blue bull withdrew his consciousness and said solemnly: "This is a huge statue that reaches from the sky to the ground, and you can't see the bottom!"

"The statue suppresses the abyss of the tiankeng. I don't know how deep the abyss is. Even my consciousness cannot probe its bottom!"

"We are standing in the eye hole of the statue now!"

The big blue ox used its hooves to draw the general appearance of the statue on the gravel ground, which gave the impression of Zhang Fei embroidering. Soon, the outline of a tall statue was drawn by the big blue ox.

Because the statue was too large, the Big Blue Ox's spiritual sense could not fully explore it, so he only drew the upper body, and even that only partially.

The statue holds his hands in a seal, with his palms facing upwards, as if embracing the universe. Sand from outside the cenote is often blown in, and over time, a small sand dune is piled up on the palms, shaped like a pyramid. The sunlight from outside the cenote is like a beam of light from outer space, shining squarely on the sand dune in the palms of the statue, creating an extraordinary scene.

The two eye sockets on the statue's head were empty, leaving only the eye socket holes. The place where they were standing now was in the eye hole of the statue's left eye.

"I don't know how many thousands of years this statue has been exposed to the wind and sun in the tiankeng. The paint on the surface of the stone statue has long faded, leaving only bare stone. It is impossible to tell which god it is."

"Moreover, there are many stone Taoist temples built on the cliffs around the statue, densely packed and stacked up. It seems that before this blessed Taoist temple was destroyed, it was very prosperous and had as many disciples as a small country. Of course, these stone Taoist temples have been abandoned and are in ruins." After the Big Blue Ox finished painting the statue, he mentioned two details.

After saying this, he sighed: "Even such a fairyland has been destroyed, the laws of the great way have collapsed, and it has become a desolate relic. Before the vicissitudes of time, there is no eternal prosperity."

Jin An nodded and pondered: "Strong mang, fairy jade fragments, tiankeng ruins, abandoned statues, eye sockets... I think that the fairy jade fragments you ate, Master Zaoxu, should have been the eyeballs of this statue when they were complete in the past."

"Just think about it, we were teleported to the statue's eye socket right after you ate the fairy jade fragment. What a coincidence."

When the big blue ox heard this, his eyes lit up.

When painting the eyes, do not add the pupils, because the eyes can hide the soul and are the place where the spirit hides.

  He ate the eyeball of the statue. Doesn't that mean that the fragment of the fairy jade he got contains the inheritance of the gods? The true meaning of the gods?

The big blue ox became more and more excited the more he thought about it. He no longer cared about Jin An who was beside him. He could not wait to refine the fairy jade fragments he had eaten on the spot, eager to unlock the magical treasure within.

Jin'an saw that the big blue ox would not wake up for a while, so he started exploring the cave again by himself.

This cave is very large, covering an area of ​​about an acre. It is hard to imagine how big this stone statue of the god is. There is a dead end at the end of the cave. After exploring for half an hour, no secret passage leading to the inside of the statue was found.

He returned to the original place and saw that the big blue ox showed no signs of waking up. With nothing to do, he first found an open space to bury the mummies, erected a blank stone tablet, and then walked towards the cave entrance.

Jin An did not choose to release his spiritual consciousness to explore the environment in the tiankeng. Instead, he chose the most primitive exploration. He used his martial arts to break the void and walk in the air while observing the surrounding environment with his eyes.

Without much effort, he saw the stone Taoist temples that Zaoxu Zhenren had mentioned.

Zaoxu Zhenren was not exaggerating at all. The stone Taoist temples here were indeed endless and countless, like thousands of layers upon layers, stacked from the bottom of the tiankeng, to the top of the tiankeng. He looked up at the entrance of the tiankeng, and the stone Taoist temples were built all the way to the entrance.

He also discovered a man-made stone path on the cliff of the tiankeng.

The stone path spirals.

This is a large-scale Taoist temple site, which is absolutely beyond the reach of human power. Only immortals who have mastered the power to move mountains and seas can create such a magnificent scene.

It can be imagined that before the Taoist temple in the blessed land was destroyed, it must have been a fairyland with thousands of divine lights hanging down, auspicious and fairy air lingering, and fairy pavilions built with jade railings.

Pity……

Just as Zaoxu Zhenren said, there is no eternal prosperity before the vicissitudes of time.

Jin'an did not walk along the spiral stone path. It was too big and it would take him many years to reach the end if he walked step by step. Instead, he stepped in the air and quickly approached the entrance of the tiankeng.

But the closer he got to the entrance of the tiankeng, the stronger the overwhelming fire became, as if he was in a vast ocean of fire, and he was moving forward under the pressure of the entire ocean.

Finally, he stopped a hundred feet away from the cave entrance and could not move forward any further.

"This is still midnight when the yin energy is the heaviest. If it were during the day in the mortal world, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to get even a hundred feet closer to the cave entrance."

Jin An frowned slightly.

"It's a pity that I didn't bring the Thousand Eyes Taoist Master with me."

"The stone whisk magic weapon I got in the underworld last time was with Thousand Eyes Taoist, not with me."

The stone whisk was discovered by the Thousand-Eyed Taoist Statue. After Jin An came out of the small underworld, he returned it to the Thousand-Eyed Taoist Statue and did not take it for himself.

He wasn't so stingy as to embezzle even a magic weapon.

Just like he did not embezzle the fragments of fairy jade picked up by Zaoxu Zhenren.

Everyone has his own opportunity.

These are their respective opportunities and what they deserve.

Of course, if he meets his mortal enemy, Jin An will not show mercy.

Thinking of the statue of Thousand-Eyed Taoist God, Jin An took out the Luogeng Jade Plate from the pouch on his waist, divined the location of the statue of Thousand-Eyed Taoist God, and then put away the Luogeng Jade Plate.

Since he couldn't get out of the tiankeng, Jin'an fell into the nearest stone Taoist temple and tried to find some clues from it.

The stone Taoist temple had been abandoned for too long and was mostly buried by yellow sand. Jin'an only stayed there for a short while before walking to the next stone Taoist temple.

The deeper you go into the tiankeng, the less yellow sand there is. Jinan explored more than a dozen stone Taoist temples that were not buried by the yellow sand. These temples looked like places where Taoists practiced.

The reason why Jin'an made this guess is that these stone Taoist temples do not occupy a large area, and almost all of them have only one main hall. In the main hall is a jade Taoist certificate with the Taoist name engraved on it.

The Taoist certificates and names of each stone Taoist temple are different.

The closer the stone Taoist temple is to the gods, the larger the area it occupies. In addition to the main hall, there are also side halls. Some have two side halls, and some have three or four.

Jin'an looked thoughtful, and then focused on exploring the stone Taoist temple surrounding the statue.

As he walked and looked around, he came to the palm of the statue.

The statue's palms are facing upwards, with both hands clasped in front of the abdomen.

Sand dunes have accumulated on the palm of your hand over the years and are illuminated by a ray of sunlight shining through from overhead. The golden sand sparkles in the sunlight, as if you are standing in front of a priceless gold mountain.

The stone Taoist temple nearby is also the largest, covering an area of ​​about acres, with ten large and small temples standing side by side, as if to imply perfection, the avenue is perfectly completed...