After landing in the village, Zhao Yin floated away to check the situation, while the others gathered together and walked around the village, looking for useful clues.
Seeing them coming back, Qi Mo said, "There is no signal here at all, and it has been abandoned for many years. There is no sign of life on the opposite mountain either."
"It's the same as what my uncle calculated. All the white dragons were buried after crossing the river." Gu Zhou glanced at Huo Yuanqi who was in a daze and told him about Qi Jing's discovery.
After hearing this, everyone's faces became heavy. It seemed that they had arrived at an extraordinary place.
Gu Zhou said, "Let's look for the altar first."
Several people gathered together to search, and soon Zhao Yin floated back, "There is an altar on the mountain, and most of it is buried."
Everyone went up immediately and used the flight cards to move very quickly.
The terrain on the top of the mountain is very strange, like a crater, but there is no volcano underneath, but a huge altar.
It has also been abandoned for a long time, with weeds and trees growing everywhere, and vines covering the stone walls. But now it is winter and the leaves have fallen, and you can see some runes and patterns carved on the stone walls.
It was too heavily covered to see clearly, so Gu Zhou took out a box from the space ring. When he opened the box, it was filled with yellow paper figures.
Gu Zhou threw the little paper man down. The little paper man grew bigger as it fell and began to clear the climbing vines on the stone wall in a well-trained manner.
Huo Yuanqi looked at the situation below, and the dull pain in his heart became more and more severe, almost making it difficult for him to breathe.
Qi Mo held his arm and said to Qi Jing, "Uncle, Yuan Qi is not in good condition."
Qi Jing looked over when he heard the sound and saw Huo Yuanqi clutching his chest with a look of pain on his face. He walked over, held Huo Yuanqi's wrist, and injected his vital energy into Huo Yuanqi's body. "Don't be nervous. This is his birthplace, and he was used as a sacrifice. It's normal for him to have a reaction here."
Huo Yuanqi responded softly, the discomfort in his heart gradually eased, and he looked at Qi Jing, wanting to say something but stopping himself.
In fact, he has nothing to do with Qi Jing and the Qi family, and he is not a member of the Xuanmen. There is no need for Qi Jing and others to come here for him.
Seeing Huo Yuanqi's confusion and worry, Qi Jing raised his hand and patted Huo Yuanqi on the head, "Don't let your imagination run wild. What I told you during the New Year was not a joke."
Thinking of what Qi Jing said during the New Year, Huo Yuanqi's body stiffened instantly, and he subconsciously looked at Qi Mo who was standing next to him, and his heart became even more conflicted.
"Uncle, I..."
Qi Jing covered his ears directly and said, "I don't want to listen. I don't know anything. You are not allowed to say anything."
Huo Yuanqi closed his mouth silently, unable to understand Qi Jing's childish behavior, but he could clearly feel Qi Jing's kindness towards him.
Seeing Huo Yuanqi keep quiet, Qi Jing put down his hand and sat down on the edge of the flight card. He looked at the altar below and asked, "You are from this world. Do you want to stay?"
Huo Yuanqi never thought that his life experience would be so bizarre. He thought that his relatives were killed and he was used as a sacrifice, which was enough to confuse him, but now the result is like this.
Huo Yuanqi unconsciously clenched his fist, which was then wrapped by a big hand. He looked up at Qi Mo, his face without much expression but his eyes were firm, giving him affirmation and courage.
Huo Yuanqi relaxed for no reason and answered Qi Jing seriously, "I want to go back to the Qi family. I will study the esoteric arts well to repay my uncle and the Qi family."
This answer made Qi Jing very satisfied. He turned around and smiled, "Then you must keep your word and stay in the Qi family forever."
Huo Yuanqi agreed firmly. Although he was born in this world, his relatives also died here and treated him as a sacrifice.
Over there, although he was raised by a puppeteer and had not received much family love or respect for seventeen years, he was living a good life in the Qi family these days. He had friends, respected elders, and someone he loved. He was very happy and wanted to continue living like this and repay those who had shown kindness to him to the best of his ability.
Xiao Qi also came over to comfort Huo Yuanqi, "We have a great fate, crossing parallel time and space, it sounds very cool."
Xiao Qi's words livened up the atmosphere, and Meng Yuan couldn't help but sigh at the wonder of fate. Several people discussed the parallel universe, but Gu Zhou was the only one who was busy cleaning the stone wall with paper figures.
About half an hour later, the vines were cleared away. Gu Zhou used the spell card to flush the stone wall clean and invited everyone to come and see.
There are several sacrificial pictures carved on the stone wall. Judging from the clothing in the paintings, they have gone through several eras, and there is the same creature in each painting.
It is long and snake-like, very large, with a prominent horn on its head.
Gu Zhou frowned, "Is this a dragon?"
"It's different from the dragon in our world. It seems to be able to cause floods and earthquakes." Meng Yuan added that there are similar patterns carved on the stone wall.
After viewing the mural in the main circle, Qi Mo said, "This creature caused floods and earthquakes. To quell the disaster, villagers began offering sacrifices, starting with livestock and then humans. The third painting shows a young girl being sacrificed."
Everyone looked in the direction Qi Mo pointed. Although the carving was not very clear, if you looked closely, there were indeed adult girls on the altar, and there was more than one.
Gu Zhou stretched out his hand to Qi Jing, activated the flying spell card and took another closer look, finally stopping at the first painting, which was the beginning of the disaster caused by the monster.
Gu Zhou said, "At first, this thing had no horns. It started to have horns in the third painting, and the horns kept getting bigger and bigger. Judging from its attire, it must have been hundreds or even thousands of years old. Moreover, there are no people in the nearby mountains, and not even the sound of animals."
Qi Mo also said, "The terrain and temperature here are very similar to Chuzhou. It's not too cold. We have been here for so long and there hasn't even been a single bird singing."
"The puppeteer came here eighteen years ago, which means there were people living here eighteen years ago. What happened in those eighteen years?" Zhao Yin was also confused. "Could it be that this thing buried everyone with a flash flood? But what about the flock of birds? Did it eat them all?"
Qi Mo said, "Even if they had eaten it all, there would have been other sources in the past 18 years, but none of them have."
A few words of analysis deepened the mystery of this parallel world, but Qi Jing stared at the painting on the stone wall in a trance. He seemed to recognize it.
Seeing that he had been silent, Gu Zhou reached out and patted him, "Did you think of something?"
Qi Jing came back to his senses and frowned, "This thing should be called Ling. It's similar to Jiao, but more powerful than Jiao."
Qi Jing's words drew everyone's attention. Gu Zhou asked, "Do you know him?"
"I can't explain it, but I feel like I recognize it." Qi Jing looked at the stone carving of Zero again and blurted out, "It should have been killed, so why is it still here? This doesn't make sense!"
Gu Zhou held Qi Jing's shoulder and said, "It's okay, let's look for it first."
Qi Jing shook his head and refused, "There's nothing here. I can't sense any breath of life. This world is about to break down."
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