"Are you sure the seal has been broken?"
The black-haired and black-eyed boy sat on the altar, his feet drooping naturally, swaying alternately, playing with the silver coins engraved with the portrait of the old man in his hand.
Domingo stood upright beside him, looking at the ruins of the temple and the wild forest, and said, "You should know this better than me."
At the moment when Ivern's power was used to break through the first layer of the seal, the Western Temple was directly destroyed by a powerful energy wave, leaving only the central altar, just as the Northern Temple was destroyed by Dong Zheng at that time.
Cui Zuojing tossed the silver coin high, and the coin flipped in the air to reflect a dazzling light, and was finally caught by a hand.
"If that's what you said you were going to do, now that it's done, accompany me to find my companion now."
Domingo nodded slightly, and he turned to the fish-shaped sage with his hands in his wide sleeves and said, "Thank you."
The fish-shaped sage waved his hand and said, "This is also for ourselves."
Cui Zuojing got up and patted the dust on his buttocks. On his wrist, the trace representing the first seal was almost invisible.
"There is one more question." Before leaving, he finally asked the fish-shaped sage, "If the temples in the four directions of the island have the power to awaken people, then this box has so many opportunities, what is the origin? "
The fish-shaped sage shook his head and said, "I'm just a small existence in this box, and I know some secret things. How can a creature who has been in the box from beginning to end know its true origin?
Fine. Cui Zuojing had no hope at all, he hummed, he was about to go down, but he stopped, turned and bowed to the fish-shaped sage, "Thank you."
The fish-shaped sage also bowed and saluted, and said with a smile, "I just returned what I should have to Your Excellency."
Cui Zuojing and Domingo left the Western Temple together, leaving the fish-shaped sage alone in the ruins. Soon after, it will also return to the sea and return to its own group in the abyss.
The size of the island is not small, and both sides are constantly moving. It is difficult to find someone. After weighing it, Cui Zuojing decided to go to the central sealing place according to the original plan and meet everyone there.
On the way, Cui Zuojing never took the initiative to talk to Domingo. He walked in front, and although he did not look back, he could still feel that Domingo had been looking at him from behind, as if he had something to say.
"You've done me a favor. I should thank you, but I can't help it. I just don't want to pay attention to you right now." The boy muttered to himself, and he used a knife to poke the branch away, "Anyway, I won't know what to do after I get out of this box. never met again."
Domingo laughed where he couldn't see it, and said softly, "Yeah, when this box is over, I'll never see it again."
Cui Zuojing glanced at him, and now he always felt that every word Domingo said contained deep meaning, it sounded either here or there.
But whatever.
The two of them walked together without delaying each other, and the speed was very fast. After dark, they found a cave to rest for a while. It only took one morning the next day, and they approached the central position.
Zuo Jing has always been curious about Domingo's crossbow, a weapon of this quality is simply not available to ordinary pilgrims.
It's a pity that they walked very smoothly this way, as if they knew the map long ago, and they had never encountered any danger, so there was no chance for Domingo to use the crossbow again.
Cui Zuojing chose to wait at the place where Heinrich sent the signal. This is the only water source nearby. If someone wants to go to the sealed land, they will definitely choose this place as a supply point.
While waiting for the others, Domingo took a short bath by the water. Cui Zuojing glanced at him intentionally or unintentionally, and found that the man had no scars on his body.
It stands to reason that it is common for people who live in the pure white world to be injured, and whoever has no scars on their bodies, even if they are a bird, there is still a long mark left by an iron piece on their arm.
Cui Zuojing silently kept it in his heart, which became another strong evidence for his suspicion of Domingo.
They waited until the afternoon and finally saw the others.
The visitors were Heinrich and his party. At the time of departure, there were only five left in the team of six, and there was one less team of three temporarily formed with Heinrich. Bev, the Argentine girl in Heinrich's team Li was also injured and was carried by Tao Ji on his back.
Beverly was placed on the flat ground, Heinrich looked pale, and he waved to Cui Zuojing, apparently without the extra strength to speak.
The others were also very tired. They sat by the water to rest. Cui Zuojing looked around and knew that Domingo could not count on it. He decided to be a good person. He touched Heinrich's bottle and filled it with water. They drink.
Beverley was seriously injured, and Heinrich has been using his ability to transfer the life of plants to heal her along the way. There is almost no grass wherever he goes. He has used his ability too much along the way and is about to lose his strength.
Tao Ji is better. This man with the ability [Qi] has a defense that is close to the extreme level. Ordinary attacks can't hurt him at all. He rested for a while and helped Cui Zuojing take care of the wounded.
Everyone was disgraced, with Domingo acting as the background board, Cui Zuojing asked, "What did you meet?"
"Some strange monsters, the ones who made us so miserable were the fierce wolves Hati and Skool, the two brothers who devoured the sun and the moon in Norse mythology, the children of the giant wolf Fenrir, and we lost one when we dealt with them. Man, Beverly was badly wounded, but it was okay, they were killed in the end."
"Did you get anything?" Cui Zuojing said, he knew that Heinrich would probably not reveal too much information, so he said, "At that time, Dong Zheng and I met Hydra, the Hydra, and after killing it, It has a ruby in its body."
"So are we." Heinrich took out two blue and one green gems from his pocket and showed them to Cui Zuojing, "It was taken from their mouths."
"That should be the props needed at the last minute." Cui Zuojing nodded, Heinrich looked around for a week, but did not see anyone other than Domingo, and asked, "Where are your teammates?"
"Let's go here and wait for them here." Cui Zuojing said, "If you think about the water here, you will definitely come here."
Heinrich: "We have completed the illustrated book. If everyone else completes the task, they can go directly to the Sealed Land."
Everyone was very tired and didn't want to talk, especially the other two who lost a teammate, and their mood was even lower. Cui Zuojing didn't talk too much to provoke bad luck, and went to find food for himself.
The link with Dong Zheng has been invalid for two days. In the past two days, he has completely lost the connection with another person, and he is not used to it.
After that, people came one after another.
Night fell slowly.
In the wild, the water is not safe. Many wild animals will come to drink water, but everyone is not afraid. Instead, they caught a poor deer who came to drink water as a supper. When the bonfire is lit, it is especially obvious in the night, which is convenient for other people. Man seeks and drives wild beasts.
Dong Zheng and his party arrived by the water near nine o'clock in the evening.
After finding Dong Zheng, Victor took them to the place where Allen and Wang Que were at that time. The two had been active nearby and did not go far. This time, the Wonton Splitter team, except Cui Zuojing, was all over again. Gathered.
Afterwards, they headed to the sealed land. Originally, it was inconvenient to travel after dark. They planned to find a place to rest on the spot, but they saw the light in the distance, so they took the risk and rushed to the night.
Cui Zuojing was sleeping in a daze while leaning against the tree with the knife in his arms, but suddenly felt that the feeling that had disappeared for two days had vaguely returned.
He opened his eyes silently, got up and took two steps in the direction of the induction. Domingo, who was vigilant, noticed his move and asked in a low voice, "What's wrong?"
"someone is coming."
Cui Zuojing pushed aside the leaves that blocked his sight, and walked around a big tree surrounded by two people in front of him. When he raised his eyes, he happened to be facing Dong Zheng who was approaching.
The two looked at each other for a few seconds, and Cui Zuojing saw his shadow in Dong Zheng's eyes and the sparkling fire behind him.
Seeing that the man was in good spirits and seemed to have no physical problems, Cui Zuojing let out a sigh of relief without even noticing it himself.
"There was a delay on the way." Dong Zheng took two steps forward to Cui Zuojing, and looked at him from head to toe, "Are you okay?"
"Don't worry, what can happen to me?" Cui Zuojing clearly felt that there was something different about Dong Zheng from before. This was probably the result of his ability evolution.
He tilted his head and looked at the other people who always came from behind Dong Zheng, his eyes stopped for a moment on Dong Linhai's face, and deliberately said, "You are still alive, brother."
When the powder keg exploded unexpectedly, Dong Linhai even replied in a good mood, "Yeah, I haven't been hurt much."
Only now did Cui Zuojing really confirm that this child who was ignorant and annoying at first has begun to grow up.
Okay, that's fine. Cui Zuojing shrugged his shoulders, and the feeling in his heart became stronger as the time he approached Dong Zheng increased.
"How?" he asked.
"Give me your hand."
Cui Zuojing transferred the knife from his right hand to his left, and extended his right hand to Dong Zheng. The man held the boy's hand, his palm dry.
At the same time, in the center of the inner core, Dong Zheng touched the leaves of Arabidopsis lightly with his fingertips.
The data flowed by, the laws in the shadows worked, and the contract made with blood as the medium was restored.
The coat of arms on the back of Dong Zheng's hand flashed, and the blood contract was restored, but he did not immediately let go of Cui Zuojing's hand, but asked, "Do you want to go back and rest now?"
"No, I'm fine." Cui Zuojing let go of his hand, but he didn't let go.
Cui Zuojing:
He drew again, and let go.
Wang Que's expression on the side was a little subtle. She looked at Cui Zuojing, and then at Dong Zheng, raised her hand and rubbed her face hard, holding back some of her untimely special interests.
Cui Zuojing and the rest of the steel straight men didn't care at all. After everyone's greeting, they returned to the pool and saw that Domingo was also there. Dong Zheng's face changed slightly. He put one hand on Cui Zuojing's shoulder, He asked in a low voice that only two people could hear: "Did you two come here together?"
"He found me in the ruins of the Northern Temple, and then something happened. I will tell you in detail when no one is there."
Dong Zheng nodded. Heinrich, who was taking a nap, also woke up when he heard the movement. He was surprised when he saw that Dong Zhengyi's entire team was safe and sound.
After that, they will go to the sealed land, and in all likelihood there will be a fierce battle. It is definitely a good thing to be able to save enough living power.
This also shows the strength of Dong Zheng's team. Heinrich thought that his team was quite strong in District XII, and he still suffered a lot of losses.
Of course, it also has something to do with the number of people in Dong Zheng's team, but how to say it, in the end, to a certain extent faithfully reflects Heinrich's vision of people is very correct. If the wonton splitter team can be drawn into the organization, Then make a lot of money.
After rushing the road for a day, everyone was so tired that they sat down to rest together after a long time of chatting.
All those present had experienced variety shows on cruise ships targeting pilgrims. Knowing that Cui Zuojing was a prisoner of Dong Zheng, Cui Zuojing was not shy and returned directly to the prisoner space, and told Dong Zheng that he was picked up by Domingo. everything that happened after.
"He unlocked the first seal for you?" Dong Zheng said in disbelief that there were two things that made him feel impossible. One was how Domingo knew how to unlock the queen's seal, and the other was why he knew Cui Zuojing bears the power and curse of time.
"Yeah, although I don't know how to use it yet, it seems that the seal has really been released." Cui Zuojing paused and said, "By the way, do you know what his abilities are? Has he never been able to use them? Tell me about your abilities?"
"I said, it seems to be deforming objects."
"when?"
"It's in the canyon, I don't remember exactly, but he said it anyway."
Cui Zuojing murmured: "If he deliberately deceives people, there is no way to prove it."
The two did not speak for a while. Dong Zheng had a sense of crisis from the very beginning when facing Domingo, although this feeling came from his emotional intuition.
"Let's not talk about him, how about you? How are you? If I guessed correctly, your abilities have evolved." Cui Zuojing quickly stopped thinking about it. Too much time on a Domingo.
"There is a temple in my inner core. I haven't really entered it yet. It is estimated that it will take a while."
Cui Zuojing: "I knew that when your mental energy rioted, I thought it was awakening again. At that time, Fu Zhe's ability evolution was quite scary. He directly hypnotized all the creatures in the dungeon, including monsters and NPCs."
There is a prisoner link, Cui Zuojing can get information from the outside world through Dong Zheng's eyes and ears, Lin Hai and Alan are already asleep together, Lin Hangzhi takes Victor to heal Beverly, Wang Que squatting Wash your hair by the pool.
Knowing that Dong Zheng must be very tired, he stopped talking and said, "You can rest. It is estimated that other people will arrive tomorrow. After confirming the completion of the classics, we will go to the Sealed Land."
Dong Zheng replied ok, he was really tired, he adjusted a comfortable posture and lay on the grass to rest. Before closing his eyes, he glanced in the direction of Domingo, and found that the other party was also watching him from a distance.
Dong Zheng ignored it, his core was still a little disordered and needed to rest, so he fell asleep on his own.
A night without dreams.
After a night of rest, the spirit improved a lot. After a brief exchange of words with each other, a few people were selected to find food, and the rest packed up and prepared to go to the sealed land.
Some people came here intermittently. By noon, a total of ten people had arrived. Among them, five people from Dong Zheng's team went to the north, Heinrich and other five people went to the south, and three survivors from the east came back. The four people who came back from the west, plus a single Domingo, all brought with them almost completed fragments of ancient books.
They talked about their own experiences, Ellen Wangque and Victor were teleported to one place by the door of the underground cave, and soon they met the hundred-eyed giant Argos. Wang Que called out the bugs hidden in the forest to interfere with the eyes. Allen wandered and harassed, and after a fierce battle, he successfully defeated it and took a black gem in its chest.
The teams returning from the east and west also brought back a gem that was taken from the monster, so adding the ruby that killed Hydra, there were exactly six.
This box is extraordinary. If Cui Zuojing guessed correctly, every temple can be used as a place of inheritance, and others must have their own adventures.
After exchanging information, the team, which had shrunk by half, took the spoils obtained from exploring the island and went to the sealed land marked at the beginning of the book to complete the final task of destroying the Demon Seed.
The place of seal is in a rift in the center of the island, not too far from the resting place. After walking for about two hours, you can vaguely see the buildings stretching in the valley.
When they descended into the valley, this building was not considered a temple, and in comparison, it was even a bit rudimentary.
Tao Ji walked at the forefront to explore the way. If there was any sudden attack, his defensive ability would not kill him immediately.
Passing through the slightly dilapidated hallway, there is a long and straight corridor in front of you. After walking for nearly a thousand meters, the field of vision is suddenly widened, and at the same time, the heat wave is coming.
Cui Zuojing couldn't help but take a step back. They were in the belly of the valley, and the road ahead shrunk into a narrow pass. The narrow one could only allow three people to pass side by side. In ancient times, it must be easy to defend and difficult to attack. 's moat.
At the foot, there is a two-meter-wide road paved with cobblestones leading to the pass. The red magma on both sides is thick, churning with bubbles, and exuding rolling heat waves.
In the magma pool at the entrance, there is a stone pillar with a crocodile head, and the monster on the lion's upper body and the hippo's lower body squatting on it, watching the intruder.
In front of him, there is a huge scale.
The author has something to say: Five thousand words fat chapter, the next chapter is at 6 o'clock in the evening~