Chapter 253: The World of Shan Hai Jing
On the devastated land, the ancient bronze city stands tall for eternity.
The void was shattered, the earth was littered with corpses, and ancient corpses were scattered everywhere, as if to show the extreme horror of the war that year.
Even the gods are nothing in this war.
While the Quanzhen Sect was waiting for the other forces to arrive, Mosca from the Magic Association carefully examined the corpses. The spirituality of the corpses had all disappeared, but they had not been damaged at all by the passage of time.
Some of these corpses were as black as ink, ten thousand times darker than the black people in Africa; some had human bodies and dog heads, with slender figures; some had huge earlobes that hung down past their shoulders.
What's worse, some of them have no heads at all. Their breasts serve as eyes and their navels serve as mouths.
They all seemed to be non-human, at least completely different from the conventional humans they knew, more like aliens.
Mosca also learned from everyone's conversation that the Cang Hai Heng Liu Zhi Mu led by Xu Fu seemed to have been attacked by some extremely terrifying force and had not returned to Daqin.
But what force attacked Xu Fu?
Where did Xu Fu go again?
Considering that the ancient gods also disappeared two thousand years ago, Mosca had a guess that seemed to be inspired, that is, these two things might be related in some way.
Just based on these corpses, Mosca couldn't determine what had happened.
On the other side, Qiao Yuanshan was also looking at the corpses on the ground. The whole world had become a battlefield. He also wanted to know what Xu Fu had done back then.
However, unlike Mosca, what Qiao Yuanshan saw were the humans and beasts who died here, all of whom seemed to be recorded in the "Classic of Mountains and Seas".
For example, there is a similar record about the headless immortal in the "Classic of Mountains and Seas", which calls it the Headless Country.
The Headless Kingdom is said to be the descendants of the ancient god of war Xingtian. After Xingtian was beheaded and his body was thrown away by Emperor Huangdi, he still did not die. Instead, he used his nipples as eyes and his navel as a mouth, and continued to clamor to fight to the death.
His tribe was called "Xingtian Kingdom" or "Headless Kingdom" because all the people here had no head. Their eyes were just two balls, their mouths were their belly buttons, and the whole person had only a torso and limbs, but no head.
The rest of the corpses can also be found in the "Classic of Mountains and Seas". For example, the extremely dark person is the corresponding undead in the "Classic of Mountains and Seas".
The Classic of Mountains and Seas says: "The Immortal People are in the east. They are black in color, long-lived, and immortal. Once they were in the Chuanxiong Country."
"Could it be that... the place Xu Fu arrived at that time was the world described in the Classic of Mountains and Seas?"
Such a thought arose in Qiao Yuanshan's mind.
However, it seems that it can really be explained. According to inference, "Shan Hai Jing" was written between the beginning of the Warring States Period and the middle of the Han Dynasty.
Why write such a book?
If there are creatures that you see every day, there is naturally no need to write books and biographies about them. Only creatures that you may never see again need books and biographies to prevent future generations from forgetting them.
If it is said that during the Qin and Warring States periods, there were powerful people who were able to reach that world, but later generations were unable to reach such a world, then it would be necessary to write books and biographies to let future generations know that such a place existed.
Qiao Yuanshan felt that he had grasped something, and he planned to go back to the Zhongnan Mountain Library to look at the relevant records after leaving here.
Let’s see where the mountain and sea realm is.
If the First Emperor is thinking about this world, then this world is definitely not simple.
There must be some big secret.
Time passes by little by little.
On the wild land, as Li Changge sent out the message, the five parties quickly gathered together, and all forces reached a consensus and prepared to explore the ancient bronze city.
Slowly clearing the battlefield and heading towards the ancient bronze city, everyone seemed extremely cautious. This ancient bronze city was obviously prepared to deal with the war between immortals. It was very likely that it left behind some terrifying formations to guard against invading enemies.
But to everyone's surprise, all the formations on the ground had been completely broken into pieces, completely disorganized, let alone able to operate.
Perhaps everyone should have been thankful, but no one felt thankful. This broken and tragic battlefield seemed to symbolize the extreme cruelty of the war that year.
The death of immortals is just normal, and even the formations designed to deal with immortals were all broken.
With five magical weapons leading the way, everyone slowly walked to the foot of the ancient city.
In front of them, a bronze gate hundreds of feet high was engraved with patterns of black birds and black dragons, and exuded a terrifying aura.
This means that the formation pattern in the ancient bronze city is still in operation.
"Even after being beaten like that, the formation patterns in this bronze city aren't damaged?" Qiao Yuanshan couldn't help but ask.
"This city must be extraordinary. Otherwise, how could it still be standing after experiencing such a great war without even the slightest trace of war?"
Li Changge of the Longxi Li Clan frowned and raised his head and asked, "Is this a city where even immortals cannot leave the slightest trace?"
At this time, Luo Jiuyou said: "Immortals are not as powerful as you think. At least in ancient times, immortals were nothing. In the era when the road to becoming an immortal was opened, immortals were everywhere."
"But~~~"
Luo Jiuyou raised his head, looked at the broken pieces in the void and said, "That attack was very powerful. It was a real strong one among the immortals. It was this attack that turned this vast sea of trees into a dead place."
As a reincarnated person, Luo Jiuyou knows more than ordinary people. He can even simulate the battles of that year through the traces of these battlefields.
Although the battle was brutal at the beginning, it was impossible to stop Xu Fu. However, it was that extremely terrifying attack that completely destroyed the Tree of the Flowing Sea and even directly inflicted heavy damage on Xu Fu.
After a pause, Luo Jiuyou continued: "What we should think about now is how to get in. If this bronze city is locked from the inside, it will be almost impossible to break into it with the immortal weapons in our hands."
Luo Jiuyou is his reincarnated body, and his cultivation level is only at the fourth level. Even with the immortal weapon, it is not enough to forcefully attack and open the bronze door.
Not even a trace could be left on it.
Because if what Luo Jiuyou expected was true, this bronze city was forged by Zulong himself. The imperial weapon forged by an extremely powerful being who was comparable to the Human Emperor was not something that anyone could shake.
Everyone fell silent upon hearing this.
If someone had told them before that there was a place that even five immortal weapons could not penetrate, they would definitely not believe it. But now they were almost certain that immortal weapons were nothing to this ancient bronze city.
Two thousand years ago, the Qin Dynasty was so powerful that it almost made everyone despair.
Luo Jiuyou took a step forward, walked forward alone and said:
"I will go forward and try to see if the bronze door can be opened. You will stay behind to protect me."
He had no choice because he was already the strongest among them.
Thanks to Ming Jiuyou for the reward of 100 Starting Coins!
(End of this chapter)
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