Imagine the world

As seen in the secret realm, the most cherished utensils by the residents here should be horns and bone utensils, followed by exquisite painted pottery, then ordinary pottery and gold utensils, and the most common are wood utensils and stone utensils.In fact, the processing of goldware is much more difficult than that of pottery, and it has been reduced to the same status as ordinary pottery.

Probably because of the lack of efficient fuel and the backward craftsmanship, pottery is very precious, and pottery is easy to be damaged, and the immortality of gold can be preserved for a long time, so there is a large amount of preservation in history, and in this world, gold will later become It's almost like ordinary pottery.

In the afternoon, the two of them returned to the portal where they originally came in. Ding Qi pointed to the rock wall behind the altar and said, "Now we can interpret these murals, which record the history of a tribe, and this tribe has no words... …”

There are five huge murals here, all of which are inlaid with gold into the rocks to form a pattern. The one in the middle is the scene of the gate of the outside world, and there are two on the left and right.The first picture on the left shows many people kneeling and worshiping in front of the gate of Shenyin, as if they were doing some kind of sacrificial activity.The second picture on the left shows someone holding a scepter-like thing high and leading a team into the gate of Shenyin.

The first picture on the right is the outline of the city I saw yesterday. There is a striking high platform in the center of the city.The second picture on the right shows this altar. Someone is standing on the altar holding something high, and the rest are kneeling below.

Based on what we saw in the past two days and then analyzed according to the pictures, the Gate of the Hidden God should be a natural totem worshiped by a tribe living in the outside world in ancient times, and the method to open the secret realm should only be mastered by priests.About 500 years ago, for unknown reasons, this tribe all moved into the secret realm.

About 300 years ago, the city in the secret realm had taken shape, and the high platform in the "royal palace" was also built.About 200 years ago, they built an altar here and left these five murals.The stone building on a nearby hillside may have been the residence of the priestly group and their servants.

At this time, the tribe had reached its peak and gradually began to decline.About 100 years ago, the population here suddenly decreased sharply, until it was completely extinct 50 years ago.

After listening to Ding Qi's interpretation, Hua Zhenxing seemed to say to himself, "What exactly happened here?"

Dingqi: "I don't know very well. There is a relatively independent environment here, as well as the atmosphere and water circulation, and there may be some form of material exchange with the outside world, which can maintain a relative balance. But these people are enclosed in this world. , although they are not disturbed by the outside world, they can also have internal problems.

It may be an internal war, or it may be a plague. In short, the population has dropped sharply, a lot of knowledge and skills have been lost, and the environment may have deteriorated, moving from the original balance to another balance, making them no longer adaptable.

Population declines, civilization declines, survivability becomes weaker, genetic diversity is lost, and it eventually becomes extinct.Therefore, a tribe, a country, and a civilization may not necessarily progress in history, and may also die. "

Hua Zhenxing: "Then they can't leave here, or the descendants have already left?"

Ding Qi shook his head and sighed, "They didn't leave because they couldn't leave."

Hua Zhenxing: "If you can come in, why can't you go out?"

Ding Qi: "According to my guess, when this altar was built 200 years ago, no one knew how to get out. The residents here have never seen the outside world, and only regard it as a legend."

As he spoke, he pointed to the skeleton kneeling on the altar and said, "He should be the last person here, and what he holds in his hand is the key to open the door, but unfortunately he can't use it anymore. If he wants to go out, he can only kneel. Fall here and pray to the gods..."

Hua Zhenxing: "Obviously there is a key, why can't it be used?"

Ding Qi bent down and pulled the horny short staff out of the skeleton's hand. He took a breath, and the dust and stains were gone. He handed it to Hua Zhenxing: "Take it and see if you can open the door!"

Hua Zhenxing took the short staff and gestured for a long time to no avail. He tried to use his spiritual sense to investigate but felt that the object was unfathomable, as if it contained unreadable information, and finally shook his head helplessly and said, "I wouldn't use this either. Stuff... eh, no, you didn't get it when you came in."

Ding Qi smiled lightly: "This is my unique stunt, which means I have a master key. Of course, if you have the treasure of controlling the world exclusive to this secret realm, it will be easier to access and control the world. Do you want to learn it? "

Hua Zhenxing was familiar with this kind of expression, and every time old man Yang wanted to tease him to learn something, he often showed such a smile.Hua Zhenxing nodded and said, "I want to learn! Can you teach me?"

Ding Qi: "It's not easy to learn this skill! But one day, when you become successful in your practice, holding this treasure of world control, you can even become the master of this world."

Hua Zhenxing also smiled: "What is there to dominate in this world? I'm just interested in your ability. What's the point and how long does it take to cultivate?"

Ding Qi's tone was unfathomable: "It's impossible to say, it depends not only on your aptitude, but also on whether you have no distractions, you may not be able to enter the door for a lifetime, and it may be completed in less than ten years... In short, Living in this secret realm all the year round, with the help of the treasure of controlling the world, you can understand this world. Well, this secret realm is given to you, and the treasure of controlling the world is also yours!"

Hua Zhenxing hurriedly handed the horned staff back, and waved his hands again and again: "I'm just following up to increase my knowledge, how can I take this place as my own?"

Ding Qi smiled again: "I'm just here to investigate, and I can't take this place with me. Since it's so good today, even if it's a gift I gave you, you can treat it as a reward."

It turned out that the so-called reward of the system was ultimately given to him in this way.Hua Zhenxing admitted that he was a little tangled in his heart, but still shook his head and said, "I don't want it."

Ding Qi looked at him in surprise and asked, "Can't you, or don't want, or dare you not?"

Hua Zhenxing: "Mr. Ding, you and I are not relatives and not friends. This is the first time we meet. You gave me such a secret realm. I really can't accept it!"

Ding Qi persevered and said: "There is no owner here, you may be able to become the Lord of the Kingdom of God."

Hua Zhenxing: "What a kingdom of gods, this is just a tomb!"

Ding Qi: "Isn't it a waste to throw such a secret place here in vain?"

Hua Zhenxing: "Didn't you see the outside? You can buy the boss a piece of unowned wilderness for tens of thousands of meters of gold, and you can also develop and utilize it well... Speaking of waste, so much gold is indeed a bit wasteful. If you take it out, you can do it. many things……"

Ding Qi interrupted him and said, "Since you don't like it here, let's go out and talk about it."

Hua Zhenxing pointed to the skeleton on the altar and said, "Can you take him out too? This person wants to leave before he dies. It's better to take him outside for burial than to expose the corpse here. We took what was in his hand. , he has to do something for him, and for the deceased, nothing is more than fulfilling his wish during his lifetime."

Ding Qi looked at the horn stick in his hand and said, "Good boy, your idea is good, but you can't."

Hua Zhenxing: "Why not?"

Ding Qi explained: "This short staff is not only the key to open the door, but also the hub to control the world. I call it the treasure of controlling the world. Although the treasure is good, if it falls into the hands of ordinary people, it is only an ordinary thing. of handicrafts only.

If you have learned my unique secret method and mastered the treasure of controlling the world, after you have achieved a small level of cultivation, you can open the door to enter and exit, and you can also bring in things from the outside.But if you want to bring out the original things inside, you have to have the realm of great achievement. "

Hua Zhenxing: "What is Xiaocheng and what is Dacheng?"

Ding Qi pondered and said: "Take the analogy of your cultivation of Yuan-Yuan Art, breaking through the third level or above is considered a minor success; breaking through the sixth-level and above, according to your words, becoming a high-level Yuan-Yuan Art master is a great achievement. ."

After the completion, you can control the world with the treasure of controlling the world. If you don't want to, even I can't come in.But even so, if you want to take out the original things here, you have to pay a price. "

Hua Zhenxing: "What price?"

Ding Qi: "Have you heard of Dimension Wall?"

Hua Zhenxing was slightly startled: "I heard it, I saw it in novels and comics."

Ding Qi: "Look at this portal as a kind of dimensional wall. How can it be so easy to break the dimensional wall? This is a world with its own will, which is the rule of all things. No matter what you take from here, It is equivalent to splitting a part of this world, then you will also suffer the wound of splitting your soul.

If this person is still alive, I can open the door and let him go out on his own.But he is already dead. Even if I have the ability to take him out, I will suffer the wound of severing my soul. If I always do this, I will become an idiot sooner or later.I just came to investigate this time, and I didn't plan to do anything to this world. "

Only then did Hua Zhenxing understand that the things in the secret realm can't be taken out without great ability. Even if they can take them out, they will have to pay a huge price. He sighed and said, "Those gold..."

Ding Qi's smile seemed a little malicious, as if he was seducing a child to make mistakes: "If you learn my unique secret method and you can master it, you can naturally move the gold out of here. If the wound of the soul is not serious, it can still be repaired and restored, wouldn’t that be the best of both worlds?”

Hua Zhenxing: "Is it possible to spend so much money and practice so much skill just to suffer this crime? If you have the time, why don't you find a place outside to open a gold mine?"

Ding Qi: "Then you might as well think about it the other way around, why take it out, when the whole world will be yours, wouldn't it be fun if you can even call the wind and call the rain here?"

Hua Zhenxing: "I didn't want to close the door to be king and hegemon, let alone in a tomb."

Ding Qi: "It's boring to say that, let's go out first." Obviously Hua Zhenxing didn't like the atmosphere here, but for some reason, Ding Qi always wanted to urge him to go out.

Hua Zhenxing waved his hand, pointed at the skeleton and said, "Since it is difficult to take him out, let him be buried here."

Ding Qi didn't stop it, and offered to help. The two moved the skeleton to the bottom of the hillside, dug a pit to bury it, and built a tomb with stones before turning around and leaving the legendary god. country.

When he opened the door again, Hua Zhenxing kept watching Ding Qi's movements carefully, and saw that he was holding the horn stick and stepped forward, the mountain wall in the middle of the altar suddenly disappeared, and in front of him was a passage between two huge rocks. Looking out is the outside world.

Going out of the door and looking back, it is still the mountains in reality, and the secret realm just now has disappeared.Ding Qi smiled again and asked, "Isn't it amazing?"

Hua Zhenxing: "It's amazing, it's amazing!"

Ding Qi narrowed his eyes: "Looking at your reaction, it seems that you still remember what happened just now?"

Hua Zhenxing wondered: "Of course I remember, we buried the remains together just now."

Ding Qi said in surprise: "Do you remember what happened since you finished the hot pot last night?"

Hua Zhenxing: "Of course I remember, we went around the secret realm again today."

Ding Qi: "Then what I asked you in front of the portal, do you still remember clearly?"

Hua Zhenxing was puzzled: "Mr. Ding, what's wrong with you, what's so strange about this?"

Ding Qi smiled bitterly and said, "I didn't tell you some things. I planned to talk about it after you came out. Unexpectedly, I almost made an oolong."

Chapter 038

After Ding Qi explained, Hua Zhenxing realized what happened just now.It turns out that this secret realm is very particular. Ordinary people will not retain their memories after entering the secret realm and then coming out.After entering the secret realm yesterday, Ding Qi used his unique method to protect Hua Zhenxing's consciousness until he was eating hot pot at night.

That is to say, Huazhenxing should be able to keep the memory from entering the secret realm yesterday until eating hot pot at night, but Ding Qi didn't do that anymore.So from a "theoretical" point of view, what happened in the secret realm today, Hua Zhenxing will not know after coming out, just like the time in memory is inexplicably missing for a long time.

But Hua Zhenxing remembered it, and remembered it very clearly, which made Ding Qi a little embarrassed.Hua Zhenxing asked in confusion: "Ordinary people can't remember what happened inside, so what kind of people can keep their memories?"

Ding Qi: "A person with a clear primordial spirit. I think that although you have just developed your spiritual knowledge, you could easily deceive me yesterday but didn't notice it. So I think you are still in the heat. I didn't expect you to have this level."

Hua Zhenxing: "I just killed Jin Datou yesterday. I thought that all the troubles were solved, and I got carried away. I can understand what you mean by Yuanshen Qingming. It should be the feeling I found after entering the secret realm yesterday..."

Speaking of this, Hua Zhenxing suddenly reacted, and the words Ding Qi asked him before leaving the secret realm seemed to be a kind of temptation.Hua Zhenxing couldn't remember it anyway. No matter what the result of the test was, only Ding Qi knew it, so he wouldn't be embarrassed when he went out.

These masters, all of them are so ghostly and ghostly!Hua Zhenxing thought back carefully, but fortunately, his words and deeds were not out of line, and he said what he wanted to say and what he should say.

"In addition to not being able to retain memories, do ordinary people have any other concerns about entering and leaving the secret realm?" Hua Zhenxing asked worriedly.

Ding Qi: "A secret place like this has been isolated from the outside world for a long time, and the microbial environment will also be different. If you go in and out rashly, you may contract an inexplicable disease, and even there is no cure for it. It can be regarded as a serious disease. acclimatized. Of course, you don't have to worry about that."

Hua Zhenxing said with lingering fears, "So it is!"

Ding Qi: "Since you already know this, and you still remember what happened just now. Then think about it again, if you are like my disciple and cultivate my unique secret method, this secret realm will be a world that you can enjoy alone. No one can argue with you, right?"

Hua Zhenxing: "A world to be enjoyed by one person? It's better to sleep in a quilt, everything in a dream!"

Ding Qi: "That's different, the dream is fake, the world is real!"

Hua Zhenxing: "Teacher Ding, I am very willing to call you a teacher! I am very interested in your unique secret method, and I am very grateful to you. If you are willing to teach me, I would also like to learn it, but the secret method is not only knowledge, learning and practice. Also two different things.

According to what you said, if it takes ten years to concentrate on cultivation in the secret realm and eventually become the master there, I think it's fine.At least now I have more important things to do, and it is impossible to spend all my time and energy here.

I myself still have to cultivate the essence of nourishment. I don’t know when I can become an advanced master of nourishing the essence. If that day comes, I should really study your unique secret method… But I don’t want such a world. "

Ding Qi did not intend to be disappointed, but smiled: "I call this kind of secret realm Fangwai, and my unique creation and transmission call myself the secret method of Fangwai. And I think your ambition is not in Fangwai, but here. world……"

Speaking of this, he suddenly paused and turned abruptly, "By the way, the gold in there is not easy to take out. You said that it would be better to open a gold mine outside if Fei worked hard. Have you found a place?"

Hua Zhenxing: "I'm just making an analogy, but there are indeed many gold mines on the Black Desolate Continent."

Ding Qi pointed to the mountain slope in the distance: "Look at the topography outside, doesn't it look a bit like what you see in the secret realm?"

"It's a bit like!" Hua Zhenxing's mind flashed when he said this, and suddenly realized something, he couldn't help but blurt out, "We found a gold mine in the secret realm, so the same direction outside..."

Ding Qi took over the conversation and said, "Will there be a gold mine? It's true or false, you might as well go take a look. I'm not familiar with this place. How about you lead the way? Do you remember the location?"

Hua Zhenxing: "Of course I remember, I can use my feet to get out the energy, and go northwest. It's less than [-] kilometers."

Ding Qi: "Then what are you waiting for? Let's go! Arrive before dark and see if we can find anything."

The outside terrain is a bit similar to what you see in the secret realm, but there is only a rough outline to refer to, and Huazhenxing is walking according to the direction in memory, basically along the half waist of the mountain.This road is very fast, Huazhenxing's speed is almost unreserved, and Ding Qi can keep up anyway.

When the sun was about to set, they reached their destination.Huazhenxing was not sure whether he had found the right place. What he saw in the secret realm were small hills covered with gravel, while here were towering mountains and large schist cliffs.

Huazhenxing went back and forth a few times and said, "I haven't found any gold mines. Whether it's in the rock formations or the rubble here, there are no gold nuggets, not even the golden sand. Otherwise, the veins are buried deep, and I can't feel it at all. Arrived." Hua Zhenxing had learned to use his divine sense, but he used his divine sense to sense the rock formations, and the distance of depth was only a few inches.

Ding Qi: "Although spiritual consciousness is mysterious, it cannot be relied on for everything. There is always something that cannot be reached. We can use a stupid method to dig in and take a look. This is the simplest and most effective. You stand back!"

Ding Qi chose a suitable place and inserted a long stick into the rock like a chisel. Hua Zhenxing was stunned.This stick was chopped by his own hands, and then sharpened and roasted hard with fire.

It's not that the stick is so powerful, it can only be Mr. Ding who is so powerful!The stick body trembled strangely, shattering the surrounding rocks, and actually cut a "door" on the mountain wall abruptly.If opening the portal to the secret realm is a magical secret method, then what he is doing at this moment is a real hard-core kung fu, like a human-shaped excavator.

Teacher Ding forcibly carved a tunnel in the mountain, broke through the earth and rock and flew out, and people actually walked in so slowly.Hua Zhenxing hid to the side, and his consciousness also followed Teacher Ding's footsteps and extended into the mountain.

In the distance, Ke Mengchao smacked his lips and said, "This little Ding teacher is really working hard!"

Mo Shang nodded and said, "You have the strength!"

Yang Tehong squinted his eyes: "Is there a gold mine here? I have lived here for so many years, but I have never found it!"

Mo Shangtong: "This is a very ancient primitive stratum. If the ore vein is deep in it, it can't be discovered without exploration."

Ding Qi dug a tunnel on the rock, the size of an ordinary door, and the speed of excavation is not fast, but it is already quite amazing. After about 10 minutes, the tunnel has been dug to a depth of more than two meters, and has always maintained a stable rhythm. , gravel flew out continuously.

Seeing that he had dug so deep, but no traces of gold mines were found in the rock formations, not even the smallest broken gold particles.

Huazhenxing outside was also pondering secretly - is there really a gold mine here?Suddenly, I suddenly remembered that dream again, and recalled more content in the dream.It has nothing to do with the system or with the hands and feet of the old men, it is purely his own brain supplement.In the dream of Port Fesso, there is indeed a large gold mine in the west, which seems to be at this location.

In my dream, here is a large-scale modern gold mine. It is safe, efficient, and environmentally friendly. It uses program-controlled blasting technology, as well as a variety of the most advanced large-scale mining machinery.

It's not that Mr. Ding's ability is not great, this is the advantage of modern industrial civilization!His ability is beyond imagination, but it took almost half an hour to hit a mine tunnel that can accommodate one person and three meters deep. Compared with the production requirements of large-scale industrialization, what can this do?

Besides, experts like Mr. Ding are very rare in the world, and it is too wasteful to use such skills to mine.The peerless master is not a human-shaped excavator. Such things are still left to blasting technology and mining machinery. Teacher Ding only cares about self-cultivation, excavation of secret realms, and freedom...

"Xiaohua, what are you doing here?" Just when Hua Zhenxing was thinking about it, Ding Qi had stopped digging and walked out with a long stick.

What Hua Zhenxing thought in his heart, he said subconsciously: "Mr. Ding, a talent like you, such a great ability, it is too wasteful to use it to mine pits! Gold mining can't be used in this way."

Ding Qi was amused by him and said with a smile, "What are you thinking about? I just brought you here to find out if there is any gold mine here."

Hua Zhenxing: "Have you found it?"

Ding Qi: "I'll take a breath first."

Hua Zhenxing: "Then you rest first, I'll go hunting, and I'll cook dinner for you later."

He returned from hunting soon, and today's prey was a male springbok.At the end of the dry season, the foothills of this area are springbok habitat.He washed and cleaned up the gifts at a nearby water source. When he came back, Ding Qi had finished resting, and he made a hole there. The tunnel was almost five meters deep into the rock formation.

In the distance, Yang Tehong muttered: "Mr. Xiao Ding is exhausted, this is because he has led his own army. If you can't find a gold mine today, it will be embarrassing... Xiaohua is starting to barbecue again, you say me Why is the craftsmanship taught since childhood so good?"

Hua Zhenxing did not wait, lit a bonfire to scald the clean stone, then roasted the thinly sliced ​​meat on the stone, and sprinkled the seasoning carefully.Xu Shi was attracted by the aroma of the barbecue. Ding Qi finally stopped mining and walked out with a stick, "Yo, slate barbecue? Smelling it makes you appetite!"

Hua Zhenxing looked up and said, "Mr. Ding has worked hard! May I ask if you have found a gold mine? It doesn't matter if you can't find it, just rest and eat meat..."

Ding Qi secretly adjusted his air, still looking calm and calm, but his clothes and hair had been stained with a lot of dust, his left hand was backed with a long stick, and his right hand stretched out: "Look what this is ?"