Chapter 325 Underground Legend
Chapter 325 Underground Legend
You can't see the other side from the pass, but you can hear a rumbling sound. It should be something hitting the pass barrier. Judging from the situation in the camp, the wizards seem to be used to it.
Quietly, Jenny walked around the camp before sneaking to the other side of the pass.
The power of the protective layer penetrated deep into the ground, and it had an end. She calmly went around it, and soon arrived at the other side of the pass.
When Jenny popped her head out, she saw what was on the other side of the pass.
The air here is humid and hot, and a group of animals gather there.
Their bodies seem to be made of iron and stone, and they look sturdy, like ground rhinos or iron cows. They lie on the ground like big stone pillars. Most of them are second- and third-level creatures, and their number is endless.
"This group of iron lumps may not look impressive, but they are actually quite powerful. No wonder the Ancient Tree Spine took so much trouble to build the pass."
"Over there - why is there such a bright light, and - a strange yet familiar smell?"
Jenny didn't pay much attention to this group of iron lumps. Her attention was attracted by the distance, where she could see a clear light. She also sensed an unusual aura, and her expression became solemn involuntarily, and she quickly dived over there.
After a while, she walked through the darkness and came to the place where the light shone, and her eyes suddenly became clear.
A valley plain with scorching sun.
Just like that, it suddenly came into view.
The most eye-catching thing is the small sun in the middle, hanging high in the sky, bursting out with scorching light and illuminating the vast plains below.
“It turned out to be a magical bird.”
Jenny looked closely and saw that it was not a sun but a golden bird's nest made of glazed gold threads, in which lived a mythical bird whose name was unknown.
She called it the 'Sun Bird'.
The Sunbird's nest is actually stuck in the cracks of the rocks in the top rock layer.
Directly below the Sun Bird, you can see a pillar that supports the sky extending from the ground. The lower end of the pillar is so thick that five or six people cannot hug it together, and the upper end is suspended high in the air. Under the shining light of the divine bird, it looks particularly sacred.
Looking closely, it turned out to be a huge tree root.
Seeing the tree roots that were like pillars supporting the sky, Jenny stood there in a daze, not moving her eyes away for a long time.
From above, she felt a vast, loving breath that made people want to get close to it. Although she had never experienced it before, she understood that this should be a breath coming from the mother's body.
Pan Tiegen must have been born here.
"Unfortunately, she passed away a long time ago." Jenny understood more clearly that the Root of Chengtian was just a relic left over from a long, long time ago, and it had become not much different from the surrounding rocks.
She collected her thoughts and looked around.
Surrounded by boiling magma, steam-filled hot springs, withered yellow jungles, blackened grass, and deep passages leading to unknown places, all constitute a peculiar little underground world.
The magma was still bursting out, sparks were flying, and black smoke was wisping, which had occupied more than half of the plain.
The air became even more stuffy and hot.
In the valley plain, in addition to those lumps of iron and stone, there are also some strange-looking tree people. Affected by the sultry air, they have become a little restless.
"Something is wrong. Although the concentration of elemental particles here is high, it can't support so many beasts. Could it be that they migrated here from other places?"
Jenny's sight fell on the deep passage that led to nowhere. It was not difficult to find that it was also submerged in magma, and black smoke and dust kept floating out of it.
Most of the tree people were at the second or third level. Faced with so many beasts, she did not act rashly.
Not long after, a sturdy tree man about seven or eight meters tall jumped out of the mud, raised the wooden stick in his hand, shook it, and made a gurgling sound from his mouth.
After hearing its command, a large number of tree people gathered together with the iron stone beasts and rushed towards the pass of the ancient tree spine.
The battle begins.
Seeing this, Jenny emerged from her hiding place, avoided the place where the lava was flowing, went straight to the root of Chengtian, and stood in the shadow.
With her heart filled with excitement, she couldn't help but reach out and touch the rough root of Chengtian. A feeling of blood connection emerged in her heart.
At this time, strands of bright yellow light shone onto her along the root of Chengtian, covering her with a layer of bright and holy glow, as if a goddess had descended to the earth.
In Jenny's perception, it seemed as if something was caressing her.
After a moment, she came back to her senses as if she had lost something, and suddenly found a figure not far away from her. A sharp spear emerged from her palm subconsciously.
"Wait, I have no bad intentions. I just came here to get to know you." Upon seeing this, the old tree man quickly waved his skinny arms to show that he had no hostility, and his long beard like dry grass swayed along with it.
The old tree man wore a crown of flowers and plants on his head and a skirt of branches and leaves. He was as tall as an ordinary person and his beard was longer than his knees.
He spoke in ancient language, but fortunately Jenny could understand it.
"You are the one who really controls the beasts and drives them to attack the barrier, right?" Jenny sneered. "Attack? No, no, no, we are just trying to survive. It won't take many days for this place to be engulfed by magma. We must evacuate further, but those humans have blocked our only way out." The old tree man Meg explained angrily.
Jenny was stunned for a moment. Considering the air temperature here was almost flaming, it was hard to believe that this was really possible.
"Why do you want to know me?" she asked puzzledly.
"Because you are very special, if ordinary creatures dare to touch the 'Roots of the Earth', they will be suppressed and fly away immediately. Look up, even the 'Son of the Sun' doesn't dare to build a nest there, and only dares to choose the cracks in the rocks higher up." The old tree man Meg said as a matter of course.
It turned out to be the case.
Jenny tried to touch the root of the earth again. Just like before, her palm was imprinted on it without any obstruction, but this time there was no sunlight shining down.
"Meg, my name is Meg. As you can see, I am a tree person from the Underground. Are you a creature from the surface? You don't look like you are in the same group as those people."
Meg looked eagerly at her palm, then introduced herself solemnly.
"Jenny, I have some problems with those people." Jenny really didn't feel any ill will from the other party, so she responded casually.
"That's great. I don't want to be your enemy, beautiful Miss Jenny." Hearing this, the old tree man was obviously relieved, and then he began to accuse:
"Those humans are really going too far. We just want to go up to avoid the magma. When the magma recedes, we will return to deeper underground. As for the surface, no living creature will degenerate to such a barren place.
Uh - I'm not saying that you are corrupt, Jenny, I just want to point out that the surface is indeed remote and barren, we won't stay there for long, and those humans shouldn't be wary of us."
"The surface is barren? What do you mean, elder?" Jenny frowned slightly.
"That's how it is." The old tree man didn't know how to explain it, so he just emphasized, "As we all know, the deeper you go underground, the denser the energy and the richer the resources. If you can reach the legendary seventh underground floor, you might even be able to find a lost throne."
"According to the elders, there is more than one floor underground?" Jenny asked again.
"Of course. It is said that there are seven or eight floors, and each floor is equivalent to a vast world." The old tree man looked fascinated.
"How many floors has the elder been to?"
"To be honest, I have been wandering around underground because the road leading to the first underground layer is blocked by the Lava Lord. Tree people are most afraid of fire, not to mention magma."
After hearing what the old tree man said, Jenny didn't know whether to believe it or not.
If she understood correctly, the Lava Lord should refer to a level 4 creature, or a more powerful being, which was undoubtedly a little doubtful.
"Miss Jenny, whether you believe it or not, what I said is true. We just met for the first time, and I have no reason to lie to you." The old tree man said with a wry smile.
"I believe it for now, but I have to return to the barren surface world." Jenny shook her head slightly. This place had been destroyed by the magma and there was nothing to explore.
As for helping the old tree man and his group, she remembered that she had promised Wizard Ivan not to harm the lives of the people from the Ancient Tree Ridge Academy.
So, there was nothing she could do to help.
"Wait, I'll give you something interesting as a gift for our first meeting. I hope we can have a chance to go to the first underground level together next time." The old tree man called her and took out a iron root from somewhere.
The surface of Pantiegen is as smooth as a mirror and its quality is extraordinary.
"Goodbye, Elder Meg." Jenny didn't hesitate to look at the old tree man. She took the iron root and walked to one side, taking a step of a hundred meters, and finally disappeared among the rocks.
"Miss Jenny, we will definitely meet again." Looking at the disappearing voice, the old tree man murmured confidently.
In Meg's opinion, as long as one understands the truth about the underground, no one can resist the yearning for it, let alone a creature like Jenny who lives like a fish in water underground. She is simply a natural king of the underground.
……
The first underground layer, a kingdom of darkness.
It happened that the night elves were selecting a saint. After layers of screening, a group of young girls finally had the opportunity to crawl not far from the feet of the statue of the Mother Goddess, waiting for the high priest to listen to and convey the will of the Mother Goddess and select the saint who had been vacant for a long time.
"Omnipresent, omnipotent, and omniscient Mother Goddess, your most devout believer, Kolebasi, prays that you will give some guidance to the believers who have lost their way. Who among them can become a holy person who serves you? No one—"
The old high priest Kolebasi held up a blank scroll and chanted prayers over and over again, and her voice echoed in the solemn temple.
After a long time, a ray of light finally appeared on the statue of the Mother Goddess, and fell on the blank scroll in the joyful eyes of the high priest.
Kolebash quickly rolled up the scroll and knelt down to thank God for his grace.
"Is it done?" After everything was settled, the Great Mistress outside the temple walked in quickly to witness this historic moment.
"It's done." Kolebashy gestured while holding the scroll tightly.
At the urging of the Great Mistress, Kolebasi slowly opened the scroll, revealing a portrait of a person. Looking at this strange figure, the two leaders of the night elves were stunned.
Who is this?
A big question mark appeared in the minds of both of them.
(End of this chapter)