Chapter 173: Statue of the Martial Saint

"Uncle Chen Mo, are you sure the treasure is real?"

In the wilderness, Ji Ruo asked Chen Mo.

"Of course!"

Chen Mo stretched his hand out from Ji Ruo's hair, holding a very abstract "map" in his hand.

"I found this in the office of dog Chen Zai! It must be something very important. There is a word 'treasure' on it. It must be a treasure map!"

This family has left most of their strength in school. It is not impossible for them to maintain their human form in the outside world, but it just seems a bit abstract.

So, the Chen demon simply took up residence in Ji Ruo's hair, and Ji Ruo's hair turned back to black - that was not the normal hair color, but the color of the inner demon.

He seemed to like this state, but Rosie didn't like it very much.

Because Chen Mo occupied her 'position', she could only squat on Ji Ruo's shoulder.

"But this is too abstract..." Ji Ruo looked at it carefully: "Where is the starting point and where is the end point?"

"this……"

Chen Mo was also in trouble.

"Forget it, it doesn't matter. Then Uncle Chen Mo, let's go treasure hunting next?"

Ji Ruo kicked off his shoes, simply determined the direction, and started moving forward.

"Okay! Go, go, go!" Chen Mo became excited.

For Chen Mo, as long as it is not in school, it is fresh no matter where it is.

"But there is one thing, Uncle Chen Mo, if you want to stay in my hair in the future, you'd better try not to say anything, as it's easy to be misunderstood." Ji Ruo said: "Our journey is to the sea of ​​stars!"

Luo Qian waved her paw: "Meow~ (Starry Sea!)"

Chen Mo obediently stopped talking, but a black mist rose from Ji Ruo's head and condensed into a dialogue box, which read - "Xingchen Damei!"

Ji Ruo didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Uncle Chen Mo, the word 'sea' has three water drops, what's the big star ..."

Rosie wrinkled her nose. "That's right, you big fool!"

The content in the dialog box changed again: "Heihei~"

Ji Ruo said helplessly: "Forget it, Uncle Chen Mo, I will teach you slowly in the future... Well, and Luo Xi, you also need to learn."

Rosie was immediately shocked: "Haven't I already learned it?"

Ji Ruo tapped her head and said unhappily, "Don't think I don't know. You haven't used handwriting for a while now because you've been using your phone. You've been using voice input all the time. How many of the words I taught you do you still remember?"

"Ah, this..."

Rosie covered her head in distress.

"But it doesn't matter. I will teach you slowly."

Ji Ruo took out the letter that the nurse had given him and said, "This is the letter Uncle Gu left for me. I will read it to you slowly. Uncle Chen Mo, please take note of the position of the words in this letter and their respective pronunciations."

"woman."

“…”

Ji Ruo took a deep breath.

Even though he had studied with Luo Xi for some time, Chen Mo's illiteracy level had not improved much.

After all, Rosie herself had only studied for half a month, and because it was inconvenient for her to hold the pen, the handwriting she wrote was ugly.

"Xiao Jiruo personally opened:"

"It's been a long time since I last saw you, little Jiruo, did you miss me?

Thanks to you, everything in Wanshou Mountain is now on track, and there is no need for me to guard it anymore... In fact, given your relationship with the Mountain God Tree, there is no need for me to guard it, haha.

By the time you received this letter, you should have graduated, right? Yes, you must have graduated, otherwise you would not have been able to get out of that mental hospital.

That old guy from Chen Zai... Never mind, let’s not talk about this. You should already know the truth. I have to say, this old guy was really cruel to me, right?

A strong man who has surpassed the four realms of martial arts is willing to become a useless person who can't even take care of himself for the sake of education. I don't know what to say except admiration.

But I, Gu Xingzhou, won’t be that bad.

I leave this letter to you mainly to say goodbye to you.

A new secret place has arrived on the border of our Great Xia, in a place called Babaozhai.

The rules of that new secret realm are rather strange, but I still don’t know how strange they are.

I'm leaving Wanshou Mountain to help seal off that new secret realm.

Have you ever been to the border? You probably have, after all, the college students hold their summer camp at the border every year.

Have you seen those icons? I think I have become one of them.

But I am different from them. My movements after sanctification are definitely the coolest!

Well, Xiao Jiruo, goodbye. If you want, you can come to the border to see me, pour a glass of wine in front of my statue, and see if my statue is handsome, hahahaha!"

…

After reading the letter, Ji Ruo was silent.

It seems that Gu Xingzhou has not yet come out of the shadow of that martial arts exam.

Sanctification...

Every time Ji Ruo recited a word, Chen Mo would use black mist to condense a word in the dialogue box above Ji Ruo's head, and at the same time quietly recite along in his heart.

After Ji Ruo finished reading, Chen Mo asked curiously, "What is a holy image?"

"The Holy Statue is a method used by warriors before death to forcibly condense their martial arts will and solidify their bodies, allowing them to protect Daxia even after death."

Ji Ruo patiently explained: "The process of sanctification is very painful, because at that time the warrior has not yet completely died, but has to feel his flesh and blood turning into stone inch by inch. The torment and pain are hard to imagine.

Therefore, the warrior who transforms into a holy image is also called a martial saint.

Martial Saint is not a state of mind, but a title of great honor."

"Meow~ (Master, what is that?)"

Luo Qian suddenly pointed at a golden light in the distance and said, "Meow~ (Is that golden light some kind of treasure?)"

"Golden and brilliant?"

Ji Ruo turned around in confusion, only to see a three-meter-tall broken statue standing quietly in the wilderness.

"That is the icon."

Ji Ruo said, "Teacher Chen told me before at school that there are countless statues of martial saints standing on the border of our Great Xia. It is precisely because of the existence of these statues that the inland areas of our Great Xia can live and work in peace and contentment."

As he spoke, Ji Ruo walked towards the statue of the Martial Saint and said, "Let's go and pay homage to this Martial Saint."

The statue is three meters tall and golden in color.

That is the crystallized form of martial arts will, and it is the spiritual will that has become substantial.

It is unknown how long this statue has been here. It has been weathered and covered with cracks. Even one of its arms has long been missing.

His expression was extremely ferocious, forever frozen in the last moment of his life when he was slaying demons and monsters.

Next to the statue, there is a stone tablet, which records the life of the statue, the number of years it has been protected after being sanctified, and a sentence:

"Martial Saint, please look, the mountains and rivers of Daxia are safe."