Volume 1 Lin Yuan Chapter 116: Strange Gods
The simple and spacious reception room of the Zhenghai Gang.
A cup of tea is placed on an exquisitely shaped mahogany table.
Wang Chen sat at the wooden table, carefully examining the two teardrop-shaped dark green crystals in his hand. They were cold to the touch, as if ordinary flames could not warm them. They contained abundant water-based spiritual power.
Whether it was killing the nine-tailed centipede or the puppet controlled by , it was a piece of cake for him.
He didn't need the Long family to be grateful, but he needed sufficient exchange.
These two crystals are the main reason why Wang Chen helps the Long family.
But he sensitively believed that there was a trace of inexplicable yin energy contained in this water-based spiritual power. Although the ancestral energy could devour it, the place where this kind of crystal was condensed was likely to contain unknown dangers.
This strange thing is actually the heirloom of the Long family?
Raising his eyes, Wang Chen looked at Long Kui who was trying her best to remain calm in front of him.
If these two crystals were not the amulets worn by the two sisters of the Long family day and night, Wang Chen would even suspect that Long Kui had made up a false story just now.
Although Long Kui's cultivation level is only the ninth level of Qi Condensation, she often presides over all matters of the Zhenghai Gang, and speaks very clearly.
The origin of this crystal has just been clearly explained.
Originally, the Long family was just an ordinary small family in the cultivation world. Their cultivation was not prominent, but they lived a peaceful and comfortable life.
But in the world of cultivation, there is no such thing as a peaceful life.
One day, the Long family was attacked by their enemies. The enemy was very powerful and had many helpers. In order to torture the entire Long family, they surrounded the Long family's house and did not allow anyone to go out. Anyone who dared to go out would be killed!
The ancestor of the Long family was frowning. Feeling upset, he went into the ancestral temple to kowtow and cry about his unfilial behavior and the ruin of the Long family.
However, just as he was bowing, the ancestral hall collapsed and a hole was formed in the ground. The ancestor of the Long family thought that this was the will of his ancestors, and entered the hole in surprise.
No one knew what happened after that. Half a day later, the ancestor of the Long family walked out of the cave. His hair was disheveled and his face was pale, but his Taoism suddenly improved greatly.
He rushed out of the house, like a different person, killing all his enemies, but he himself was also exhausted.
Before his death, the ancestor of the Long family warned his clansmen to seal the crypt under the ancestral hall, otherwise the clan would be exterminated.
After his death, his ancestor found two green crystals on his body and passed them down from generation to generation.
"There should be more crystals like this in the cave. But it sounds weird and not like a good place."
Wang Chen pondered and asked, "What is the cultivation level of your ancestor?"
“It should not exceed the eighth level of Qi Condensation. The Long family’s prosperity only improved after my father accidentally obtained an incomplete inheritance.” Long Kui said hurriedly.
"Take me to that cave." Wang Chen didn't think that a place where even an eighth-level Qi Condensation cultivator could walk out of would pose any threat to him.
"Yes." Long Kui nodded without any hesitation.
Even though this action goes against the warnings of the ancestors, if the Zhenghai Gang is destroyed and the Long family is ruined, what will the warnings of the ancestors mean?
At that moment, Wang Chen, under the guidance of Long Kui, walked towards the Long family ancestral hall.
There was silence all the way and the atmosphere was a bit awkward.
Fortunately, the ancestral hall was not far away. After walking out of the living room and turning through two corridors between the gardens, I arrived in front of an ancestral hall that was painted entirely vermilion and decorated with auspicious patterns engraved in gold lacquer.
Long Kui and Wang Chen walked in one after another.
Even during the day, this majestic ancestral hall has a faint chilly atmosphere that makes people feel an indescribable discomfort.
As you walk through the gate, you will see countless tablets of the Long family’s ancestors on the altar and a few dim oil lamps, providing dim light.
The oil in the oil lamps is special fats from monsters. Often a bowl of it can burn for a whole year, emitting a special faint aroma.
Long Kui led Wang Chen and walked straight to the end of the ancestral hall without stopping.
Facing the stone wall in front of her, she hesitated for a moment, then embedded a disc in her hand into the stone wall. Suddenly, a wave of energy emanated from the disc.
Two thick stone slabs on the ground flipped over, revealing a dark cave, and a chill blew in the face.
"This is the forbidden place that our ancestors have repeatedly warned us about."
Long Kui moved sideways and made way.
She lowered her head, seeming to want to say something but hesitated, but she was vaguely afraid of Wang Chen and did not say it out loud.
Looking at the dark cave, Wang Chen separated his ancestral energy and sank into it, and as expected, he felt something.
He knew that Long Kui was not lying to him, so he jumped down without even looking at her.
The cave was very deep, and it took a long time to float underground. A strange green light appeared before my eyes, illuminating the entire cave.
In front of him was a rectangular stone cave with two rows of stone statues neatly arranged on both sides, but they were not painted, as if they were stone embryos carved from ordinary rocks. They were all life-size, but of different heights. Wang Chen looked carefully and saw that these stone statues included monks and ordinary cultivators, all very lifelike. He counted them and there were exactly twelve of them.
Following the green light, you can see a huge statue standing at the end of the cave. In front of the statue are three huge green columnar crystals emitting a hazy green light.
Although it was extremely far away, cultivators could still clearly see that the huge statue had a green face and fangs, three eyes on its head, sharp claws on its hands, extremely long upper limbs, and lower limbs in a crouching position. There was a long tail behind it that stretched in front of its body, and it was obviously not a human.
"Is there some kind of god worshipped here? And it's an evil god."
Wang Chen looked around vigilantly and extended his spiritual sense fully. Even if there was an ant crawling underground here, it would not be able to escape his perception.
But there was only dead silence between the spiritual consciousnesses, and no sign of life was sensed.
It's like even insects that like cold and damp don't want to get close to this place.
His eyes swept across the surrounding stone statues and finally stopped at the end.
He had discovered that the three candle-shaped stone pillars, emitting rich water-based spiritual energy, were of the same origin as the two dark green crystals.
"There is such a rare treasure here?" Wang Chen's heart moved.
If all of these three stone pillars were absorbed, it would be enough to allow his Qi sea to evolve again and impact Nirvana three times!
Wang Chen slowed down his pace and walked forward, secretly on guard.
His eyes swept across the stone statues on both sides and he realized that they were carved very delicately. He could even see the wrinkles on an old man's face and the folds on a monk's robes.
Moreover, these statues have kind faces and are not at all spooky or fierce. Instead, they give off a sense of piety.
"Could it be that this is really an altar dedicated to an unknown god?" Wang Chen began to suspect that this was not some evil god.
The world is so big that it is not impossible for some practitioners to believe in powerful beings in non-human form.
The altar was not deep, and soon he arrived in front of three stone pillars. The faint green light shone directly at him, making his face look inexplicably weird.
Still nothing unusual was found in the spiritual consciousness.
With the help of this dim green light, Wang Chen was on full alert, carefully looking at the deity being worshipped.
In an instant, he realized that something was wrong.
The three eyes of the god statue were all open, staring at him intently!
There was an inexplicable chill on my back.
Wang Chen clearly remembered that the god's gaze was looking far away, not downward.
The Six Paths Sword shook slightly.
Snap!
The insignificant sound was like a stone rolling down, but it broke the dead silence.
Following the sound, Wang Chen discovered that a stone bead had fallen from the dark green stone pillar.
Except for the size, it looks exactly the same as Long Xiu's heirloom.
"Why did the stone beads fall down out of nowhere?"
As Wang Chen was thinking this, he heard a continuous clicking sound.
The stone pillars seemed to be disturbed, and dark green stone beads continued to flow out of the three stone pillars.
This stone bead may be useless to others, but to Wang Chen, it is an excellent supplement for improving his cultivation. Even a panacea cannot compare to it.
However, looking at this strange scene, he took a step back.
At the same time, a cold wind blew.
Out of the corner of his eye, he saw the smiling stone statues on both sides actually stretched their necks and looked at him.
The stone statue still had a kind expression, but its neck was stretched out like a snake, and its face was staring with a strange smile, which was enough to scare ordinary people to death.
