amaotonovel Chapter 357 Mysterious Sect Ruins
Chapter 357 Mysterious Sect Ruins
Seeking Change, 499th year, early October.
It was already autumn. Although the world was vast, Li Changxiao had been to most places over the years for various purposes, whether it was to find the ten great divine essences, the ancient tomb of the God of Dreams, or the place for his own breakthrough. He had a general understanding of the local customs and practices of each place.
Although the trace of the ancient tomb of the God of Dreams has not been found yet, Li Changxiao accidentally discovered the ruins of a sect.
The sect ruins are also a place that Li Changxiao often visits. Li Changxiao has always regarded these essences of the "old times" as treasures.
Once you discover it, you won’t miss it easily.
This was actually a coincidence. After hundreds of years of geological changes, or for some other reason, the sect's ruins had been buried underground, and a town had been built on top of them.
Bury it completely.
But later, due to an earthquake, the ground collapsed and a hole appeared, which was noticed by the residents on the ground.
Unfortunately, the next day after the ancient ruins appeared, they were immediately monopolized by the wealthy and powerful Wang and Zhao families in the town, together with local officials.
The residents of the town could not get close, but the rumor did not stop. It spread and finally reached Li Changxiao's ears. After hearing the news, Li Changxiao thought it was a good opportunity to visit, so he stopped by to take a look.
Li Changxiao, who had just arrived in the town, learned about the local situation and went to visit the Wang and Zhao families that day to demonstrate his martial arts skills. He soon impressed the two families and they set up a banquet to entertain him.
The patriarch of the Wang family, with a pot belly, patted Li Changxiao's shoulder with a smile on his face, but it gave people a feeling that he was smiling but not really smiling.
The head of this family started out as a black market merchant who stole lives. He is nearly two hundred years old this year, but he has recently begun to find that it is becoming increasingly difficult to steal life as a black market merchant.
So things started to change slowly.
He first went to the Tongqiao Dao, opened up the acupoints and became a warrior, and then went to the Sheshen Dao, became a doctor, and took the initiative to contract various strange diseases, and then cured them and prayed for the return of life. For this purpose, he went to many terrifying places.
After half a lifetime of ups and downs, his life span is still decreasing day by day. His ambition to live as long as the sky is gone. Now he has shown signs of old age. Although his physique is still that of a middle-aged man, his energy and spirit are actually weak.
It gives people an awkward feeling of having a body but no soul, like a walking corpse.
Strictly speaking, he was also a legendary figure. Seeing that Li Changxiao was quite powerful, he waved his hand and asked him to lead several team members to enter the ruins and work hard for him.
Every time a treasure is brought out, a large amount of silver will be rewarded.
Li Chang agreed with a smile, thinking that there was such a good thing. If it was something useless to him, he would give it to the head of the family, which could be exchanged for a large amount of silver and allow him to live comfortably for a long time. If it was something useful to him, he would keep it for himself.
Day two.
The head of the Wang family led Li Changxiao to the vicinity of the ruins.
The so-called ruins are the middle of a street. There was a collapse, and there was a hole slanting downwards. It was very deep and narrow, with only room for about one person to pass through. It was very dark inside, and there seemed to be water flowing.
At the same time, the head of the Wang family solemnly introduced Li Changxiao's two teammates on this trip.
A skinny man with very long fingers, walking on the path of stealing lives - water ghost, it is an evil path.
This is actually a longevity profession that has existed for a long time.
This way of prolonging life is extremely cruel, and the way of stealing lives has aroused public anger and is despised by everyone.
Their theft ritual is to drag people into the water. Of course, it is not just a simple dragging of people into the water.
Instead, he pretended to be drowning so that passers-by would see him and come to save him out of kindness.
When they reach the middle of the river, they drag the person into the water and drown him alive. This is considered to complete the life-stealing ritual, gaining vitality and delaying aging.
In fact, there are some similarities between them and the death counselors in Taoism. In essence, they all let others die for themselves, so that their lifespan can be greatly increased.
Anyone who wants to take the Water Ghost Road must be born with excellent water skills. It is for this reason that this water ghost is qualified to participate in this operation.
The water ghost introduced by the old man of the Wang family is very young, about forty years old, and looks like a young man.
He smiled and greeted Li Changxiao, looking him up and down. The old man of the Wang family turned around and introduced another teammate.
When he talked about this person, his tone was obviously different.
It was a woman, very young, and seemed to be of very noble status. The clothes she was wearing were all very rare items.
Take her top for example, it was a silk and blue water top, woven from a special kind of satin that worked wonders underwater.
The white boots on the feet are also called sambar boots.
She was dressed beautifully and charmingly, the type that everyone loved, but the arrogance on her face destroyed some of her approachability.
This woman is the eldest daughter of the Zhao family, named Zhao Qiu. This operation is under the responsibility of the Wang family and supervised by the Zhao family. Zhao Qiu is looking for an opportunity to gain some experience.
In fact, before Li Changxiao, more than ten expedition teams had dived down to explore.
Some people even successfully brought back many interesting things from down there.
Otherwise, how could the eldest daughter of the Zhao family end up so easily?
After exchanging a few pleasantries at the entrance, the exploration of the ruins began. The first to jump down was the water ghost who was the best at swimming, and dived into the black water below.
The second was Zhao Qiu, and the last was Li Changxiao. Before Li Changxiao dived, he first took a sip of wine and then jumped in. With a splash, he was surrounded by cold groundwater.
The water ghost led the way in front, and Zhao Qiu followed closely behind.
The equipment on Zhao Qiu was really peculiar. Li Changxiao could see that she couldn't swim at all, but she could move freely in the water.
Just like a fish.
The area is very narrow and only one person can pass through.
And this time of the parade.
Li Changxiao was pondering the origin of this sect's ruins in his mind.
The ruins of Panlong Sect, the ruins of Jiuxiang Temple... In the more than eight hundred years since the spiritual energy was exhausted, Li Changxiao has actually visited more than seventy sect ruins.
Even... there may be hundreds of seats.
Among them is the famous Dazong.
There are also some small sects that are unknown to the public.
Some were named and some were not. To him, exploring the ruins of a sect was nothing unusual.
His current location should be at the edge of Xuanyu. Among the four southern regions, Xuanyu is the largest, with an area equivalent to the sum of Baiyu and Fuyu.
Xuanyu borders Baiyu. In ancient times, Xuanyu was the most powerful domain in the world, because countless powerful people would fight with the world here and leave behind their inheritance.
The Qianqing Sect, a former great formation sect, was also located in the Xuanyu.
With the dive.
Li Changxiao eliminated the possible sect ruins in his mind bit by bit.
Yangxuan Sect, Baixue Gate, Tingfeng Pavilion...
The possibilities of these sects that were once famous in Xuanyu became increasingly low and were gradually ruled out by him.
He gradually became curious.
Perhaps the ruins of this sect are even older than I imagined.