Wanderer of the whirling world

Chapter 173 Murals
Although it is temporarily unclear which direction to go, Xin Ziqiu is not in a hurry, anyway, there is plenty of time.

He simply turned his hands behind his back, picked a random direction to look at, and looked at the murals on the palace, hoping to find some clues in them.

The surrounding walls are tens of feet high, and they are not inferior to modern skyscrapers. There are more than a dozen giant pictures painted on each side, with simple lines, but a rough and powerful style.

Xin Ziqiu doesn't understand painting, and can't appreciate the simple and freehand beauty contained in it, but the meaning conveyed in the painting can still be understood.

A series of murals in this direction in front of him seemed to tell the story of a protracted war.

On one side are humans, and some are holding swords and shields, riding huge beasts, and charging forward.

Some held spears, straddled the flying birds and beasts, and swooped down with astonishing momentum.

The other side of the war has a weird image.

Some of them are three-headed and six-armed, some have the head of a cow, and some are tall and tall, with six eyes, each of which shoots out a beam of light as a weapon.

……

It is not known when the great war took place, but the chilling aura of the ancient prehistoric past on the murals shows that this must be an extremely ancient legend.

Xin Ziqiu continued to look back, only to see that the battle was fierce, the sun was covered by thousands of miles of yellow sand, and the sky was dark.

The huge gullies left by the fighting on the ground were all filled with blood and had already flowed into rivers.

There are several such murals in a row, with extremely realistic lines, outlining the tragic situation in the battlefield.

Chariots, bones, ruins, and trenches.

Despite paying a huge price, the human race continued to retreat, and it was obvious that they were no match for the alien army on the opposite side.

But just when the battle was about to fail and the human army was about to be slaughtered, four divine beasts suddenly appeared, stepping on auspicious clouds, and divine soldiers descended from the sky.

The leader is a beast with the head of a bird and a strange snake wrapped around its body. When it walks, there are gusts of wind, and it is invincible in the alien army like walking on the ground.

Xin Ziqiu recognized it, it was the divine beast Xuanming.

The second one, with the head of a tiger and the body of a dragon, surrounded by thick water vapor, is the divine beast Bai Ze.

The third dragon-headed horse, with antlers growing on its head, shook the earth wherever it went, rolled rocks, and turned the alien army upside down. It was the divine beast Gochen.

The fourth animal has the body of an ox and the head of a tiger, with wings on its back, and blazing flames from its mouth. It is invincible.

Before Xin Ziqiu came to the ancient tomb, he had done a lot of homework. He knew that these four great beasts had the great supernatural powers of earth-shaking, earth-moving and sea-moving, and they represented the four forces of feng shui, earth and fire.

They led countless ferocious beasts out of nowhere, blocked the aliens' charge for the defeated human army, and gave them a chance to breathe.

At the end of the mural, another fairy descended from the sky.

Some of them have flying swords on their feet, and some have divine lights on their heads. Each of them has huge magical powers that open up the world, and they also joined the battle group.

At this point, the battle situation was reversed, and the human army began to counterattack.

There are just over a dozen murals, with concise brushwork and scribbled lines, but full of spirit, Xin Ziqiu's blood is racing and his heart is terrified, as if he is on an ancient battlefield.

……

After seeing this side, he changed direction and looked at the other wall.

The murals here just connect the story of the previous wall.

Under the leadership of immortals and beasts, the human army made a comeback and won the battle.

But the war is far from over.

In a certain hidden mountain, stands a huge enchantment, the black hole is like two open gates, from which foreign soldiers come out continuously and gather here.

In several other places, there are also aliens performing mysterious rituals, and space barriers are slowly forming everywhere, as if they are calling for companions in another time and space.

At the end of the mural, several different barriers had been opened, and from the first barrier protruded an extremely huge head with horns and an ugly face.

Although it is only a head, it is dozens of times larger than the body of ordinary aliens, standing upright like a mythical giant.

……

Xin Ziqiu continued to look down.

The mural on the third wall is the final battle between the immortal and the alien powerhouse.

The immortals with their feet on the auspicious clouds each hold artifacts, such as swords, mirrors, bells, and tripods...

Together with them, the four great beasts continued to kill the alien mages who were casting spells to open the barrier.

Every time a place is leveled, some immortals will use their magical powers to close the barrier to prevent foreigners from entering.

At the end of the story, countless immortals are working together to besiege the last remaining enchantment.

But at this time, what got out of it was a huge alien race with the sun and the moon on its head and a mountain on its feet.

Compared with it, the immortals are like mosquitoes, flies and insects, small and pitiful.

Their attacks were also like a breeze blowing on their faces, and they couldn't do any damage to this alien race with a body that covered the sky and the sun.

And with a wave of this foreign race's hand, it was like pinching insects, crushing the immortals one by one.

Even the four great beasts can only protect themselves and have no power to resist.

In the end, more than a dozen immortals lured the giant into a formation at the cost of their lives.

With the help of the Great Formation of Mountains and Rivers, they cast extremely powerful spells and sealed the entire space.

Countless mountains collapsed, stretching for thousands of miles, and the entire formation went deep into the ground in an instant, becoming a prison to hold this huge alien race to death.

At the same time that the spell was successful, the fire of life of the immortals had also been burned out, and they fell from the sky one after another, like meteors, falling around the prison, turning into runes, sealing the entire land.

The four great beasts also turned into four huge chains, locking the prison, no matter how much that huge alien struggled, it was difficult to escape.

So far, the human race has successfully killed the foreign race and closed all the barriers, but because of this, their vitality has been seriously injured and their civilization has been destroyed.

The surviving humans and immortals slowly began to establish a new order and restore the original glory from the time of poverty.

……

Seeing the ending, Xin Ziqiu exhaled a long breath, walked to the last wall, and looked at it carefully.

The murals here, which seem to precede the other three walls in sequence, tell the story before the Great War.

In ancient times, human beings ruled the land, gradually got rid of the primitive and barbaric state, cultivated intensively, raised livestock, and began the germination of civilization.

Suddenly one day, a meteor slipped and fell, and a huge flying object fell from the sky and fell into the human homeland.

Curious, people gathered around, looked at each other, and whispered to the spaceship.

Soon, strange-looking aliens came out of it. They offered various treasures and begged for a piece of land.

The human race agreed to their request and gave them land and seeds so that they could survive.

The aliens also brought all kinds of miracles beyond imagination to the human race.

They can live the dead, flesh and bones, and even have powerful weapons, hunting beasts, mining veins, it's no problem.

And the aliens are also willing to share their spells with the human race, helping the human race to open up land and build a powerful empire.

There are even many human races, under their teachings, practiced spells, gained powerful power, and became immortals.

The human race and the alien race shared the world and lived in harmony. I don't know how long it has passed.

Until one day, aliens betrayed them.

……

At the place where the spacecraft fell, they secretly used powerful spells, summoned a huge enchantment, and began to transport their own kind from another time and space.

The aliens who came out of the barrier were extremely bloodthirsty and warlike. They were not satisfied with sharing this world with humans, but wanted to monopolize it.

Not only that, they also want to turn human beings into slaves and serve them unconditionally like cattle and horses for life after life.

Finally, a war related to the life and death of the human race broke out...

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After seeing all the murals on the four sides, Xin Ziqiu's heart was surging and he couldn't control himself.

Although the stories recorded here are likely to be just myths and legends, the reality of the picture and the thrilling content are enough to make any viewer extremely nervous.

Although there are only a few strokes on the murals about the faces of these aliens, they still make Xin Ziqiu's imagination run wild.

He was the first to think of the Netherworld demon clan, the colorful scales under the skin of Luluo and Jiaoyue, and the ancient battlefield where immortals and demons fought hundreds of years ago.

Obviously, the age on the mural is much older than that, but the evil aura emanating from it is exactly the same as the ancient battlefield that Xin Ziqiu once experienced.

These murals brought a lot of information, but also raised countless questions.

Is the strange-looking alien in the painting the later 360 demons?

Where did they come from? Since they are sitting in a spaceship, are they aliens?

What is the reason why the aliens suddenly betrayed the human beings, and the two ethnic groups who apparently coexisted harmoniously turned against each other, fighting each other to the death?

What is the relationship between the alien giant who was finally sealed and what Jia Zhengliang said was the devil in the Dragon Tiger Mountain Fumo Temple?
Xin Ziqiu couldn't help thinking, his mind kept spinning, but the more he thought about it, the more doubts he had.

The answers to these questions are probably hidden in the palace here, waiting for him to dig and find them.

Some people are born adventurers.

Although he knew that there might be dangers in the palace, Xin Ziqiu couldn't restrain his excitement when he thought of having the opportunity to learn the truth about the ancient secrets that existed tens of thousands of years ago.

……

While he was thinking, footsteps suddenly sounded in the quiet hall.

Xin Ziqiu's heart moved, and he quickly put away Yu Ruyi in his hand, pulled out the Bloody River sword, and the light of Wutu Shenlei lit up on his body, ready to fight at any time.

Sure enough, as the footsteps got closer, a figure slowly emerged from the darkness.

Xin Ziqiu squeezed a sword formula with his left hand, pointed to the long sword with his right hand, and shouted at the shadow:

"who!"

His back was bent, and his whole body was like a taut bowstring. If the black shadow moved slightly, he would use a thunderous strike without mercy.

The black figure obviously saw him too, coughed lightly and said:
"Is Captain Xin in front?"

As soon as the voice fell, the figure had already arrived in the main hall, and his face was reflected by the lights.

The visitor was a middle-aged man, wearing a purple gold crown, wearing a hundred boa robes, black cloud boots, with a rich face and a long beard, very dignified and polite.

When Xin Ziqiu saw him, he was shocked all over, showing a surprised expression.

He knew this person, it was Cao Guojiu, Cao Jingxiu, who had disappeared since entering the ancient tomb.

What surprised him even more was that Uncle Cao Guo also held a white jade Ruyi in his hand, which was exactly the same as the Ruyi he had obtained for customs clearance.

Full of doubts, Xin Ziqiu did not rush forward to greet him, but tentatively said:

"This is Xin Ziqiu, how did Uncle Guo come here?"

Although Uncle Cao Guo looked a little dusty, his clothes were as neat as new, and he seemed to have encountered no danger or obstacle at all along the way.

Seeing Xin Ziqiu's vigilance, he smiled and replied:

"It's a long story, let Benjue talk about it slowly. But I really didn't expect that the one who got the customs clearance token in the end was Captain Xin. Where are Captain Hong and the others? Are they all safe?"

Xin Ziqiu nodded:
"Thanks to Uncle Guo, everyone is fine, only Taiwei Hong is slightly injured, but it's not serious."

Uncle Cao Guo nodded with a smile, and said with great satisfaction:
"That's very good, the Lord will feel at ease."

Xin Ziqiu picked up the Blood River Sword again, took out the white jade Ruyi in his arms, and said to Uncle Cao Guo:
"I got this ruyi from an altar after I passed the test. May I ask how Uncle Guo got the token and entered this palace?"

Although he knew that the legendary Eight Immortals were all decent people, Cao Guojiu's whereabouts were really suspicious, so he had to ask first.

Uncle Cao Guo heard the question in his tone, but he didn't mind, and said with a smile:

"Lieutenant Xin, don't be nervous. Since you got the token and came here, we are allies, and I will tell you everything. To be honest, this time I came to the ancient tomb, apart from hunting for treasures for the officials. He was also ordered by his teacher to come and find someone for him."

Xin Ziqiu couldn't help asking:

"Could it be that Uncle Guo's mentors are Chunyangzi Zhenren Lu, Lu Dongbin and Zhengyangzi Zhongliquan?"

Uncle Cao Guo was surprised and said:

"That's right, these two are my lord's mentors. This matter is very secret, how did Captain Xin know?"

Of course Xin Ziqiu knew, he had heard the story of the Eight Immortals, but he couldn't tell Uncle Cao Guo about it, and he was not good at deceiving, so he could only smile slightly to ease the embarrassment.

But he pointed out the secret that no one knew in one word, and the smile on his face seemed unfathomable no matter how approachable it was.

Seeing Xin Ziqiu smiling and saying nothing, Uncle Cao Guo only said that he is also a person with a big background, he was puzzled, but he didn't dare to neglect, and continued:

"Since Lieutenant Xin knows about my origin, there's no need to hide anything. The Ruyi in my hands is a gift from my teacher, and it's a treasure that can guide me all the way to the core of the ancient tomb.

"That day when I passed through the corridor with you and entered the ancient tomb, halfway through, this treasure was sensed and sent me to another area outside."

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　　In addition, I don’t know why yesterday’s chapter was only half in length, and more than 100 words were missing. I have already revised it.Thanks for the reminder from the book friend Dream of Floating Life on the Other Shore.Thanks!
　　
　
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