Starting from Scavengers to Cultivate Immortals

Chapter 196 Disappointing Ending
As if waiting for Xu Chen to look at the exterior of the temple, the old man said with a serious face: "This is the ancestral temple of our Feng family. No matter what you see after entering, you are not allowed to touch it lightly. In addition, no matter what What clues have you found, you must tell us, this is a mutual benefit."

Xu Chen naturally nodded in agreement.

He knew very well that even if he could find clues in the ancestral temple, he might still need the help of these wild natives to find the way out. Otherwise, he might not be able to find the right place just because he was wandering around in this dark place without direction.

In fact, Xu Chen had another idea.

Although these natives are small in number, they are very powerful, and they have been fighting spirit beasts for thousands of years. They are familiar with and understand the weaknesses of spirit beasts. If they can be brought back to the mortal world, it may be enough to borrow their strength Deal with raging soul beasts.

The countries around Donghuang and Song Kingdom have lost control.

Right now, the two formations of Heifengling and Linghu Canyon are not stable. Once they collapse, Song Dynasty will repeat the mistakes of its neighboring countries, and the casualties in the immortal and mortal realms will be extremely heavy.

At that time, the power of the fairy world alone may not be able to compete.

If we can get the help of these Netherland natives, perhaps this black wind leak and the soul beast disaster will subside soon.

Soon, Xu Chen followed the old man into the temple.

Facing you are several statues carved out of the rock. They are all very tall, at least about three feet in size. Some are holding giant forks, some are holding spears and bows and arrows. Although the carvings seem very rough, they are full of charm. , the muscles are stretched and the expression is domineering, and there is also a strong sense of spirit, which makes people feel a sense of oppression that they dare not look directly at.

In addition to the statue, there are also a large number of reliefs and colorful rock murals carved on the surrounding walls, all of which show scenes of humans fighting with spirit beasts. The craftsmanship is also rough but has an ancient and wild atmosphere.

Although the temple is not small, Xu Chen has seen almost all of it with his spiritual sense.

It is very crude and simple, and it is almost impossible to feel any aura fluctuations.

So after entering for a moment, Xu Chen frowned slightly.

Although this temple is ancient, it is just like the temples and Taoist temples in the mortal world, and there is nothing unusual about it. In addition, according to the communication on Hefeng Feiyi Road, this temple may have been excavated and built after the Feng family settled here. , It is no longer a remnant of the time when humans guarded the Netherland. Therefore, even if there were clues left by the ancestors of the human race, they may have been completely changed or even completely lost.

But it’s all here, and after spending so much energy and cost, he refuses to let go of any clues, so he walks slowly in the temple, looks carefully, and even lets go of his divine sense to blow the entire temple away like flowing water. Everything inside is fed back into the sea of ​​consciousness, using the soul to carefully distinguish and perceive even the slightest difference.

The old man didn't bother Xu Chen, but knelt respectfully in front of a row of statues, closed his eyes slightly and folded his hands on his forehead, chanting words as if he was praying.

A full moment passed, and Xu Chen looked over the entire temple carefully, frowning even more.

Indeed, no information related to the Mortal Realm was found.

But he still didn't give up, walked up to the old man and asked through voice transmission: "Elder, there is no information related to the mortal world in this temple, so I want to ask some questions about your ancestors, I wonder if I can tell you ?”

The old man continued to pray without changing his movements, muttering a cup of tea in his mouth, then put his hands down from between his brows, turned around and pointed to a red stone slab on the ground and said:
"Sit down and ask, I know you won't gain anything, but since I brought you here, I will try my best to meet your requirements. After all, Wangchuanhua has helped us a lot, and it is worth our serious help. But only this once.”

Xu Chen nodded and sat down, and asked: "I heard something about you from Feng Feiyi, but I feel that I don't know much about you, so I want to ask a few more questions. When the ancestors of the human race came from the mortal world How I got here and what happened after that.”

The old man shook his head slightly and sighed: "Although I don't know what and how much Fei Yi said to you, what she knows is actually what all the members of the Feng clan know, and I don't know more than her. , since you still want to listen to it again, then I will tell you it again!"

Next, the old man began to talk about the long process of the ancestors of the ancient human race migrating to the underworld, and then building a city here, farming, multiplying, and forming an army to fight against the underworld beasts in the underworld river basin.

Back then it was still a bright zone, with the sun, moon and stars, mountains, rivers, plants, birds and beasts. It was not much different from the mortal world, the only thing is that a large number of spirit beasts appeared from time to time.

Back then, there were many human beings who flew into the sky and controlled powerful magic weapons. They arranged countless huge formations along the Styx River Basin, built countless strong castles, and led the human army to repel the attacks of the ghost beasts time and time again. A superpower crossed the Styx River and entered the opposite underworld.

But as time goes by, there are fewer and fewer powerful people from the mortal world, but there are more and more ghost beasts, a large number of formations and castles have been breached, and the ghost energy gradually pollutes this area. After an unprecedented fierce battle, almost all the strong human beings were killed or injured, and then the world shook violently. The passage from the underworld to the mortal world collapsed, and everyone was cut off and trapped here.

However, the hatred accumulated by the human race and the Ming clan for countless years of fighting has been hard to get rid of. The remaining human races continued to kill the soul beasts, and passed it down from generation to generation.

The human races living here are basically descendants of some of the strongest human races at that time. They all have a strong sense of mission. boundary.

Because there is no sun, moon and stars here, it is impossible to know the exact time. In addition, under the erosion of ghost energy and the encirclement and attack of more and more powerful soul beasts, the territory of the human race is getting smaller and smaller, and it is getting more and more scattered. Reproduction is becoming more and more difficult.

Up to now, the Feng clan no longer knows how many human races there are in Minghuang. They only know the situation of the neighboring tribes, but they are all the same as the Feng clan. , Even self-preservation survival has become unsustainable.

Xu Chen frowned.

Although what the old man said is much clearer than what Feng Feiyi said on the road, the general content is basically the same.

Even the story about how the ancient ancestors came to the Netherland is very vague or even absurd. It has a strong mythical color, which is similar to those ancient legends about the creation of the world, mixed with a lot of traces of artificially fabricated stories. The degree is not high at all.

During the old man's narration, Xu Chen also kept asking some questions that he felt were useful to him, hoping to get a clearer answer.

The old man was not unhappy that Xu Chen kept interrupting his narration, but he tried to answer these questions clearly.

"It's not that I don't want to help you, it's just that I can't do anything. You have seen the situation before us. We can't even uphold the will of our ancestors. We can only linger in this dark place. How can we still have the strength to find the way to the mortal world?" It’s not only our Feng family that can’t do it, other tribes can’t do it either, so you can’t find the answer here, and you can’t find the answer anywhere else.”

After the old man finished telling everything he knew, he couldn't help but let out a long sigh and said such a sentence.

Xu Chen's face was full of bitterness.

It can be seen that the old man's mood has undergone a huge change now, and he no longer has the indifference and repulsive attitude he had at the beginning.

But the ending made him very uncomfortable.

Although he was already prepared to find no clues, but after visiting the temple and listening to the old man, he no longer had the initial excitement in his heart.

The current situation of the Netherworld human race is in such a precarious state that it is on the verge of extinction.

Not to mention the clues about the passage leading to the mortal world, it is even difficult to survive.

Therefore, after being silent for a long time, Xu Chen had to heave a long sigh, and saluted the old man: "Thank you, elder. Although I didn't get the answer I wanted, I still won't give up looking for the way back, but I still hope that the elder can help you." I will provide some information about the distribution of surrounding tribes and spirit beasts."

The old man nodded and got up, and said via voice transmission: "I haven't been out for a long time, Feiyi and the others know the situation outside better than me, you can ask her directly later, if you are not in a hurry to leave, you can stay in our tribe for the time being , I also hope that you can find a way back, after all, we are all human races, we never thought that one day we could see a real human race, this is a good thing, I am afraid it is not a good thing."

Xu Chen stood up silently.

He understood what the old man said.

The purpose of the ancestors of the human race staying in the underworld was to prevent the underworld from invading the mortal world. Now that underworld energy and a large number of underworld beasts have invaded the mortal world, the efforts of the ancestors for thousands of years may have been in vain.

Although they are lingering here, they still haven't forgotten their ancestors' bereavement. They just have more energy than they want. Apart from finding a way to survive, they almost have no fighting spirit and hope.

(End of this chapter)