Chronicles of Celestial Origins

After a short walk, the two came to a somewhat dilapidated cone-shaped building.

"Lord Messenger, this is the entrance to the mausoleum of our ancestors." Aguda said respectfully.

Tang Ning looked at the cone-shaped building in front of her. It had the same appearance as the prayer house she saw in Haixi, but it was much smaller. The two of them entered the inner room, which was a hundred feet in diameter. The empty room was filled with dust.

"This was originally a place where the ancestors and great elders enshrined their tokens. The place where the spiritual tablets were placed was. When our clan moved to Haixi, they brought all the spiritual tablets and bones with them." Aguda walked to the high platform at the end and placed the spiritual tablets on the place where they were originally placed. When the wall behind the coffin was slapped, a rumble was heard, and the ground moved to both sides, revealing a wide underground staircase.

Tangning looked at the endless stone steps below and asked, "Has no one ever entered the mausoleum of your ancestors in all these years?"

"As far as I know, five tribesmen once broke into the ancestor's mausoleum for unknown reasons. As a result, no one was alive or dead, and no body was found. Since then, the ancestor's mausoleum has been guarded by dedicated personnel, and no one is allowed to Enter.

"Are you sure there is a restraining circle down here?"

"The prohibition circle in the ancestor's mausoleum will cause the foundation of the mountain to shake. Once deployed, the entire mountain range will be reduced to ruins. This is an important matter passed down orally from generation to generation. There should be no mistake. I have never entered the ancestor's mausoleum. , so I have never seen it with my own eyes.”

Tang Ning thought in her mind that even if there really was a forbidden magic circle taught by the so-called death god, the ancestors of the Haiyue Clan had been dead for so many years, so the magic circle would have collapsed long ago: "Have you, the high priest, ever entered this place?"

"As far as I know, no."

Tangning didn't ask any more questions and walked down the underground stone steps. The tunnel went straight down and was very long. After walking for a long time, it was estimated to be three to four thousand feet before reaching the end. In front of her was a huge black stone wall with materials and the high priest. The same ones used in mausoleums have the effect of absorbing spiritual consciousness.

When he pushed open the stone wall, a majestic underground palace appeared in front of him.

This palace covers an area of ​​about hundreds of miles. It is divided into four floors inside and outside, in the shape of a Hui character, with crisscrossing streets.

This kind of building structure is relatively common in the Tianyuan world, but it is extremely rare in the Artifact world.

After Tang Ning came to the spirit world, most of the buildings or forbidden formations she saw were circular structures, with a few conical and rectangular structures, but this was the first time for such a large palace-style circular structure.

The Haiyue Clan does not have such a structural building, and even the tomb of the high priest is a circular building. However, the tombs of the ancestors of the Haiyue Clan use this structure, which is very unusual.

Creatures in the spirit world believe in gods and reincarnation, so they take things after death very seriously.

The structure of the tomb of the ancestors of the Haiyue tribe must have been built intentionally. Legend has it that the ancestors of the Haiyue tribe were slaves of the god of death. If this is true, then it is very likely that this architectural structure was created when they were following the god of death. What we saw, perhaps, was modeled after the residence of the god of death.

Tangning came to the east gate of the palace, pushed open the thick stone door, and stepped into the inner room. According to Aguda, there were powerful formation restrictions in the underground palace, so he was very careful. As soon as he entered the inner room, he dug out the spirit gift given by the sect. Bao Hongyuan's banner suddenly protected his body.

The outermost part of the underground palace is a huge rectangular corridor. The floor tiles and walls are made of unknown red stones. Many seal characters from the spirit world are engraved on them. The functions of these seal characters are similar to the runes from the Tianyuan world. Tang Ning has repeatedly attacked and conquered the rebel camps. At that time, such seal scripts were seen inside the rebel circular fortresses.

In addition, there are many huge stone pillars standing inside, arranged in a certain pattern, and there are similar seal inscriptions on the stone pillars.

As soon as he stepped inside, the tiles, stone walls and stone pillars of the corridor seemed to be affected by something. Only a trace of almost undetectable light flashed, and then extinguished in the next moment, nothing happened.

He breathed softly in his heart. Aguda was right. This mausoleum did have a forbidden circle to prevent outsiders from entering. However, as he expected, this circle had long since collapsed due to too long a time and no one to maintain it. Bad, lost its effect.

Tangning strode through the long corridor and passed through the outermost underground palace. As the stone door was pushed open, a huge courtyard appeared in front of her. Looking around, she saw dozens of huge pits lined up around the courtyard, each hundreds of feet in size. .

These pits are like courtyard ponds, except that there is no water or fish in them, and there is nothing underneath the pits.

The sound of shrill footsteps resounded in the empty courtyard. Just as he walked to the center of the courtyard, there was a sudden faint sound, and wisps of black mist were seen floating out from each pit. In an instant, black mist floated out. Fog has filled the entire courtyard.

Seeing the black mist spread, Tang Ning dodged and shot forward, intending to leave the place before the black mist formed a circle.

Although he didn't know what these black mist were, since they overflowed from the pits, they must be some kind of forbidden design. The strange thing was that he had carefully observed the pits just now, but found nothing. There was no hidden grid below. , there are no seal characters or symbols around, so where did all this black mist come from?

Tang Ning quickly shuttled through the courtyard, but he was still a step too late. The bee pupa emerged and the black mist had formed an airtight circle around the courtyard. It stood there like a wall. Without hesitation, he rushed straight towards the black mist. Inside.

More and more black mist is spewing out of the pit. If we don't rush out at this time, the longer the delay is, the less optimistic the situation will be.

The Hongyuan Banner burst into light, and the condensed black barrier enveloped him. Tangning rushed into the surrounding black mist. Just when the two were about to come into contact, the wall of airtight black mist separated automatically. Make way for him.

This unexpected change made him startled, but he did not stop because of it. No matter what the reason was, it was not advisable to stay here for a long time. The black mist looked unusual at first sight. It would be best to leave unscathed. .

He has no intention of staying here to study what these black mist are and where they come from.

He came here with only one purpose, which was to find out what happened to the prophecy made by the High Priest of the Haiyue Clan.

After successfully passing through the courtyard, Tang Ning pushed open the stone door of the round-shaped palace on the third floor. Inside was also a huge and empty palace. Under the palace walls on both sides, there were several black stone statues, each with a different appearance. They vary in height, short, fat, and thin, and their appearances are obviously different, but they all have humanoid outlines.

As soon as he stepped inside, the stone statues on both sides of the palace wall suddenly turned their heads and looked at him, their eyes bursting with red light.

Several rays of red light swept across his body, and for a moment, Tangning felt like her soul had been seen through.

In the palace garden, the eight stone statues neatly arranged on the left and right sides seemed to have been injected with soul and life when their eyes glowed with red light, and they became living people.

After the eight stone statues glanced at him, they turned their heads and returned to their original posture. The red light in their eyes gradually extinguished.

When Tangning saw this scene, she was even more surprised and confused. Thoughts flooded her mind. These eight stone statues were very similar to the two stone elephants in front of the high priest's round tomb. They must have come from the same lineage.

The eight stone statues placed here by the ancestors of the Haiyue Tribe were definitely not for decoration. Combined with the peripheral failure restrictions and the inner black mist, it is certain that these stone statues secretly made with special techniques should be the guards here. Just in an instant, the eight stone statues were His eyes glowed brightly, giving the impression that he was alive and exuding a powerful pressure.

But at this moment, as the light in his eyes went out, the pressure had dissipated without a trace, and the stone statue felt like it had become a dead thing without any breath of life.

Since these stone statues are the guards here, they did not attack me after they came back to life. Could it be said that these stone statues know themselves?

The black mist spreading in the courtyard just now also automatically moved out of the way at the moment of contact. Now the palace guards turned a blind eye to him. Obviously, there must be some unknown secret here.

Tang Ning walked straight to one of the stone boxes and looked at it carefully for a while. The stone statue in front of her had a strange appearance. Although it had a humanoid outline, its appearance was very different from that of humans. Its ears were long and pointed, the bridge of its nose was flat, and its mouth was cleft to the cheeks. The sides, especially the eyes, are hollow and ferocious in appearance.

He stroked the stone statue with his palm, suddenly turned his palm into a fist, and punched its chest. There was a sound of gold and stone clashing, and black stone chips fell down.

This punch failed to break the stone statue, but only left a medium-sized fist mark on its chest, which shows the toughness of the material of the stone statue.

The stone statue received his blow and fell backwards with a roar.

However, Tang Ning remained unyielding and pounded the stone statue with her fists like rain. Under his violent attack, the stone statue soon fell into pieces.

Even so, the stone statue did not fight back, which shows that it is indeed a dead object.

Looking at the broken stones on the ground, he frowned slightly. The main reason why he attacked the stone statue was to verify the activation conditions of the stone statue, but even if the stone statue was destroyed, it could not be activated again.

It can be seen that the red light blooming in the stone statue's eyes is not some kind of prohibition effect, but more like a life consciousness possessing it.

In this case, it makes sense. No wonder the two stone statues in front of the high priest's round tomb made such complicated movements, but...

What is the consciousness of life attached to the stone statue? The answer to why he is so respectful to himself should be found in the tomb of the ancestors of the Haiyue Clan.