Next, Shen Lang tried everything he could to find the ancient Great Tribulation Temple ruins.
But without exception, he failed.
He rode the Big Chao and flew 20 to 30 thousand meters in the air. Not only that, he even used his strong mental power to search hundreds of thousands of meters in the air.
He didn't find anything.
He went to the bottom of the sea and even dug tens of thousands of meters deep. He still didn't find any ancient ruins.
Shen Lang had searched everywhere in the sky and on the ground.
But all of them failed.
He even thought that the ancient Great Tribulation Temple ruins might be a spaceship. Every day, at a fixed time, it would fly over this region to avoid Jiang Li's surveillance and attacks.
So, he waited quietly.
But he still didn't find anything.
This was impossible. The message that Mulan sent to the Great Desert couldn't be groundless. There had to be a reason.
Since the coordinates on the map were here, then the ancient Great Tribulation Temple ruins would definitely be here.
Shen Lang continued to let his imagination run wild.
To a certain degree, the Great Tribulation Temple was a mysterious existence. It was once the closest power to the ancient civilization.
Just the ghost city of the Great Calamity Palace could only be revealed during a total solar eclipse, not to mention everything else.
Then what about the ancient Great Tribulation Temple ruins? Were there similar conditions?
But there hadn't been a total solar eclipse recently.
Actually, the probability of a total solar eclipse in the entire world wasn't low. It would happen once every few decades. It had been 30 years since the last total solar eclipse.
But after careful calculations, Shen Lang found out that it would take at least 53 years for a total solar eclipse to happen in this region.
But shortly after, Shen Lang was surprised to find out that there wasn't a total solar eclipse but a total lunar eclipse.
Then, would there be a surprise during the total lunar eclipse?
Then, Shen Lang calculated even more quickly. There were around 17 hours before the total lunar eclipse.
Then, there was a problem.
Did Jiang Li know about this? Although his Hell Crystal hadn't spread to this place, and he himself was in the North Pole Palace, he could still send an ancient human powerhouse over.
If the ruins of the ancient Great Tribulation Temple were really related to the comprehension of high-grade dragons, then its importance was no less than that of Mo Jing. In fact, it might even be more important. There was no way Jiang Li would let it go.
Next, Shen Lang quietly waited for the arrival of the total lunar eclipse!
…
As night fell, the bright moon hung in the sky like a disk, slightly illuminating the entire sea.
Complete silence.
He did not know if it was a fairyland or a deathly stillness.
However, it was indeed beautiful and intoxicating.
Looking at the bright moon in the sky, Shen Lang once again thought of Mulan.
He remembered that when he came back from the Sky-sea Pavilion, he also encountered a bright moon. Shen Lang even joked about what happened in the moon.
This world was really unpredictable. The Sky-sea Pavilion used to be a holy land, but in Shen Lang's eyes, it quickly became the Devil's Temple. Now, it became Shen Lang's most loyal force, the last force of the Da Qian Empire.
However, when he saw the moon, Shen Lang still missed Mulan.
It was so quiet, there wasn't even a breeze.
Shen Lang quietly waited for the occurrence of the total solar eclipse.
Suddenly … a ball of black shadow attacked the bright moon in the sky.
This was the legendary Heavenly Dog Eating the Moon.
The disk-like bright moon was gradually covered. A total lunar eclipse was happening.
What was a total lunar eclipse? When the sun, moon, and planet formed a straight line, and the moon completely entered the planet's shadow, it was called a total lunar eclipse.
This process was very fast, and the black shadow quickly swallowed the entire moon.
The entire sea became darker and darker.
Finally, all the moonlight disappeared.
Shen Lang originally thought that Jiang Li would not let go of this opportunity and would send top ancient human martial arts experts to attack, but in the end, that did not happen.
Of course, nothing strange happened in the sky at this time.
The ancient ruins of the Great Tribulation Temple did not appear, nor did anything like the Ghost City.
Just when Shen Lang thought that he had guessed wrongly, suddenly … there was a change in the sea.
A whirlpool was forming rapidly, getting bigger and bigger, until its diameter exceeded twenty to thirty thousand meters.
It was an unprecedented huge whirlpool, and nothing could be seen in the whirlpool.
Shen Lang knew that the tidal force was due to the moon's gravity, and during a total lunar eclipse, the tidal force would change.
But it shouldn't form such a huge whirlpool.
The total lunar eclipse was about to enter the second half, and the Heavenly Dog was about to spit out the moon. At this moment, the whirlpool stopped growing, as though it had been frozen, and then it would shrink.
It only lasted for a moment, less than 0.01 seconds.
Shen Lang seemed to see a light and shadow in the whirlpool, and it was vaguely the light and shadow of an ancient ruin.
At this time, normal people would not be able to react in time, because it was just a flash, and they couldn't see it at all. When the scene exceeded 20 frames, it would be a continuous movement in the eyes of a human. This meant that when the time between a scene was less than 0.05 seconds, the human eye wouldn't be able to see it.
But Shen Lang was different, in his mental world, time could continuously slow down, slow down, slow down, slow down, slow down.
The moment the whirlpool froze …
Shen Lang used all his strength, and his entire body flashed.
Sou!
He completely plunged into the whirlpool, and instantly disappeared without a trace.
The Heavenly Dog began to spit out the moon.
The moon in the sky gradually recovered its brightness.
The whirlpool became smaller and smaller, and finally disappeared completely. The sea was completely quiet, like a mirror, as if the huge whirlpool just now had never appeared.
Not long after, the moon in the sky was completely restored, and it was still like a disc.
At this time, the super flying beast Dachao was dumbfounded. He looked at the sea, and then looked at the moon in the sky.
Where's master? He disappeared with a "biu" sound.
Then … where should I go next?
Without master, I'm just floating in the air, feeling very uneasy, as if the enemy will come and take me away at any time.
So, Dachao swooped down, and with a "biu" sound, he dived into the sea. Anyway, he could live in the sky, on land, and in the sea.
However, after he dived into the sea, he could no longer see Shen Lang, only the desolate bottom of the sea, without any trace of life, not to mention sea monsters, fish, and the like, not even corals.
This was also a completely dead ocean. Dachao could only swim alone at the bottom of the sea, with nothing to do.
… …
When Shen Lang opened his eyes once more, he was in a desolate and ancient ruin.
More accurately, he was at the foot of a giant mountain, and the peak was an ancient ruin.
He had been to Great Calamity Palace before, and he had seen pictures of it before it was destroyed. It was really beautiful, mysterious, and filled with an otherworldly aura.
However, the ruins at the top of the mountain weren't beautiful at all.
Great Calamity Palace had many mysterious statues and ancient Sanskrit.
However, the ruins in front of him had nothing at all, and it was just grey and bare.
Everything was carved from stone, but it was really rough, and there were only traces of primitive architecture.
This wasn't due to the passage of time, but because it was originally like this.
However, Shen Lang could tell that the architecture was exactly the same as Great Calamity Palace.
More accurately, Great Calamity Palace was built exactly like it, but it was much more detailed.
If he guessed correctly, this was the ruins of the ancient Great Calamity Temple.
Moreover, it was at the peak of the mountain.
Shen Lang climbed up step by step, and very quickly, he was in front of the mountain gate.
Right, this was the ruins of the ancient Great Calamity Temple. These three words were written clearly.
Great Calamity Temple!
After passing through the gate, there was a square, a giant square, but there was no one at all.
Behind the square was a hall. It was completely made of stone, and it wasn't exquisite at all. It looked really rough, old, and primitive.
Every inch of this place was made of stone, and they looked like very ordinary stones.
Great Calamity Temple's door was closed, and it was also a stone door.
Shen Lang walked forwards and pushed it lightly. The door opened!
The hall was empty, and there was no one at all. There weren't even any statues or bodhisattvas in the hall.
But there was a back door. Shen Lang pushed it open and walked to the back hall.
He finally saw someone.
A monk was sitting beside a well.
Hearing the footsteps, the monk raised his head and smiled at Shen Lang.
This was Gang One, who tried to steal Shen Lang's title as the most handsome man in the world. His face didn't change much from 30 years ago. It was still hard to tell if he was a man or a woman, and he was still extremely handsome.
"Great Calamity Temple Gang One greets Your Majesty. Long live, long live!" Gang One stood up and knelt towards Shen Lang. He knocked his forehead on the ground.
He didn't call him Great Calamity Wisdom King and just called him Your Majesty.
"Great Calamity Wisdom King is just the master of Great Calamity Temple. Your Majesty, you are the master of the world." Gang One said, "Your Majesty, you are finally here."
Shen Lang said, "Gang One, you finally found the ruins of the ancient Great Calamity Temple!"
Gang One said, "I am ashamed, Your Majesty. More accurately, the ruins of the ancient Great Calamity Temple found me."
Uh?!
This again?
Pavilion Head Zuoci said the same thing. It wasn't that they found the ruins but the opposite.
Shen Lang said, "Where are the others? You brought tens of thousands of people with you. "
Gang One said, "They should all be dead. I am the only one in the ruins now."
Shen Lang said, "Where is my wife, Jin Mulan?"
"Her Majesty?" Gang One said, "Can I say I don't know?"
What is this?
If you don't know, then you don't know. What do you mean can I say I don't know?
Shen Lang said, "You can't say?"
Gang One nodded and said, "Yes, I can't say. Your Majesty has to experience it yourself."
Shen Lang looked at Gang One quietly.
"Gang One, was it difficult during this period?" Shen Lang asked.
Gang One said, "It was difficult at the beginning, especially the first 10 years. But the last two decades passed in the blink of an eye. Your Majesty appeared in front of me."
Shen Lang said, "Do you know the ancient Wisdom King?"
Gang One said, "I know. I am ashamed. If it wasn't for Wisdom King's guidance, I would never have reached this place. Now I finally know why I couldn't get the spiritual inheritance of the Great Tribulation Wisdom King in the Great Tribulation Ghost City. It is because … I am just a ferryman. "
"Sorry," Shen Lang said.
"No, it just so happens that I am relieved." Gang One said, "If you want me to revitalize the Xuankong Temple, there is no problem. Even if you want me to revitalize the Great Tribulation Temple and make it a top transcendent force again, there is no problem. But if you want me to save the world, this … is too impossible. This is not my mission. I am also very glad that it is not my mission. "
Shen Lang said, "Gang One, do you know about the high-level Dragon Enlightenment?"
Gang One said, "I have heard of it, but I can barely reach the beginner Dragon Enlightenment."
Shen Lang said, "The beginner Dragon Enlightenment is a two-dimensional plane. On the other hand, the Middle Dragon Perception is a three-dimensional energy world. What do you think the High Dragon Perception is like? "
Gang One was silent for a moment, "You just said two-dimensional and three-dimensional. Could it be that the high-level Dragon Enlightenment is four-dimensional?"
In the past, Shen Lang also thought so, but now he didn't think so because the four-dimensional was beyond time and space. It was too high. Perhaps it belonged to the category of the ultimate Dragon Enlightenment.
Shen Lang said, "You are the one who is enlightened. What do you think the high-level Dragon Enlightenment is?"
Gang One said, "I am very sorry, Your Majesty. I don't know and can't infer."
Shen Lang looked at the well beside Gang One. He couldn't help but think of the ruins of the Lost Kingdom. In the pyramid on the top of the snow mountain, Shen Lang completed the mid-level Dragon Enlightenment.
At that time, the 13 Great Sages sacrificed their lives and souls and poured them into a dry well.
Their souls were like water in the well.
It was at the cost of the lives of thirteen Virtuous Sage Masters that Shen Lang had completed his comprehension.
And now, there was another well here.
Shen Lang asked, "Gang One, what is the use of this well?"
Gang One said, "I am sorry, I don't know, Your Majesty."
Shen Lang asked, "Do you think it can help me complete the high-level Dragon Enlightenment?"
Gang One knelt down and kowtowed, "This commoner doesn't know, please forgive me, Your Majesty."
At this time, Gang One was really like a pure ferryman. He was only responsible for ferrying and didn't give any judgment, guidance, or misdirection.
Shen Lang walked to the side of the dry well and looked down.
Ah!
This dry well was really deep. Compared to the dry well in the pyramid on the top of the snow mountain in the Lost Kingdom, it was more than 10,000 times deeper. It gave people a feeling that it went straight to the center of the earth.
Moreover, it wasn't empty. It seemed to have water.
Of course, it wasn't real water, but souls.
Countless souls!
But the soul water in the well was not full, only two-thirds.
Shen Lang trembled as he asked, "Where did the ten thousand people you brought with you go?"
Gang One didn't speak but completely knelt on the ground, motionless.
When Shen Lang thought of the answer, his scalp went numb.
Madman, a complete and utter madman.
"The 10,000 people you brought, all of them entered the well? All of the souls, all of them were sacrificed? "Shen Lang asked.
Gang One still didn't speak and continued to kowtow.
Shen Lang's hair stood on end, "That … that Mulan, is she inside?"
"Not here!" Gang One said.
Immediately, Shen Lang heaved a sigh of relief.
But he still couldn't take it. He didn't need to sacrifice, he wanted to walk a completely different path from Jiang Li.
Last time, the 13 virtuous sages sacrificed their lives. Shen Lang felt sad, but the 13 virtuous sages had lived for too long. Leaving was a kind of relief for them.
But among the 10,000 people that Gang One brought, many of them could still be young.
Whatever dream of rebuilding the Great Tribulation Temple, it was all gone.
These 10,000 people all became the souls in this dry well.
"Your Majesty, but … but this well is still dissatisfied, still dissatisfied …" Gang One trembled, "Why … why is this?"
Shen Lang said, "You've sent ten thousand people into the well. How much has the Soul Water in the well risen?"
Gang One kowtowed, "Not at all. It was originally two-thirds, and after sacrificing 10,000 souls, it didn't even rise by a millimeter."
Shen Lang asked, "Are you sad?"
Gang One said, "I'm in so much pain that I want to die, waiting for Your Majesty's arrival. My mind is almost numb."
Next, he kept on chattering. Why was the ancient Great Tribulation Temple's dry well dissatisfied?
Why did the water inside stop at two-thirds of the way through?
At that time, the 13 virtuous sages used their souls to fill this shallow dry well and completed the middle rank dragon comprehension.
But now … how powerful a soul would it take to fill up this dry well?
Without a doubt, this well was the place to complete the high rank dragon comprehension.
What was it that made up two-thirds of its soul water?
Gang One, of course, knew that the soul water had to be full in order for His Majesty to complete the high rank dragon comprehension.
But he couldn't find any way to fill it up.
Thus, he sacrificed all the 10,000 people he brought, and in the end … it was of no use.
There was nothing sadder than a dead heart.
He was also a ruthless person, but it was of no use.
"Your Majesty, since you are here, then … I will follow them." Gang One trembled, "I will use all my will, use all my pleas, please do not stop me. I sent people to die, but I am still alive, this is a thousand times more painful than death. Your Majesty, please have mercy, you must … you must let me follow them. "
Then, Gang One looked at the deep well.
"Senior brothers, junior brothers, I am here," Gang One said slowly.
With a leap, he jumped into the deep well and instantly turned into ashes.
Not only was his body gone, but even his soul was gone.
He had also sacrificed this well to help Shen Lang comprehend the higher stages of the Dragon.
But even after Gang One jumped into the well, the soul water was still not full, still only two-thirds.
Gang One's soul sacrifice didn't even raise the water level by a millimeter.
Two-thirds. Two-thirds!
Shen Lang sighed softly, looking at the deep well, looking at the countless souls inside.
Reason told him that he shouldn't jump at this time.
But his emotions told him to jump immediately!
Just now, Gang One jumped down and turned into ashes. More than 10,000 people jumped down and also turned into ashes.
"I'm here too."
Shen Lang jumped down the deep well, which seemed to lead to hell, to the center of the earth.
Was it to turn into ashes?
Or to carry out the high rank dragon comprehension?
… …
Note: I didn't get home until after 11 o 'clock in the evening, so I almost asked for leave, but I still sat quietly for two hours to think, and then began to write. I wrote until after 5 o' clock in the morning and finally finished!
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