Chapter 54: Divine Sign, The Millennium Mystery of the Ghost Tribe

  "Right!" Xian Xian didn't find it strange and continued to say mysteriously: "This underground palace existed before the Qin Dynasty, what I'm going to tell you now is something that hasn't even been recorded in historical books. Probably only people in our line of work know about this, but there are very few of them."

  "What's going on?" I asked hastily, looking at his serious and mysterious expression. Moreover, I suddenly felt that what I was about to hear would not be simple, it might even be the spark that sets everything off, did I really want to know this? Obviously, there was only one answer, whether good or bad, I had to know!

  Xian Xian smiled mysteriously and stopped beating around the bush. He began to speak seriously, "This matter involves a wide range of time and people..."

  More than 2,000 years ago, or even earlier, there was a special race in the world that did not believe in gods or ghosts, but only believed in one person. The name of this person is unknown for the time being, but everyone called him "Ghost God Son", the child of ghosts and gods, connecting hell and the divine realm!

  They call themselves the Ghosts, and the auspicious beast of the Ghost tribe is the first of the four great divine beasts, the Azure Dragon. This race had been glorious for a long time, but suddenly one day, all the people of their tribe disappeared in one night!

  "Everything disappeared overnight!?" I looked at Xian Xian in disbelief, not to mention the mysterious origins of Gui Shenzi, but as Xian Xian said earlier, even the most prosperous places can't just suddenly disappear overnight, it all sounds suspicious and eerie!

  Xian Xian nodded, dissatisfied, and said: "Don't interrupt, the story goes that the ghost tribe suddenly disappeared overnight, leaving no one behind. It was naturally discovered very quickly. You know, in the past, people were very superstitious, and after their sudden disappearance, people saw a line of words carved on the Qinglong stone statue that represented the most glorious of their clan!"

  "What character?" I asked eagerly.

  Xian Xian paused for a moment and said: "What's written above is: We have accepted God's call, and are heading towards hell!"

  Answering God's call, but heading towards hell? I couldn't help but laugh at how contradictory this statement is!

  "Don't laugh." Xianxian gave me a dissatisfied glance, and continued to say: "This sentence sounds very contradictory, and the fact is also so. The ghost tribe never appeared again, as if they had evaporated in the human world, and their village was also abandoned and forgotten by people!"

  "Didn't you say that the Gui tribe was once very glorious? It's not easy to be completely forgotten by people and leave no trace in history, is it?"

  "Yeah, it's really not easy. But... " Xian nodded and changed the subject, saying: "I said before, people back then were much more superstitious than they are now!"

  "What was that?" I couldn't help but have a strange thought creeping up from the bottom of my heart.

  "It's just as you thought. People who had contact with the Ghost Tribe in the past believed that this tribe was sent to hell, after all, their ancestors and beliefs were those famous Ghost Gods! No one doubted the truth of this matter, nor did anyone dare mention it, because going to hell itself is already unlucky enough, no one wants to bring this bad luck upon themselves!"

  "But I still have a question!" Under Xianxian's suggestive gaze, I asked in puzzlement: "How can you be certain that this matter is true? After all, even the historical records don't mention it!"

  "I just know!" Xianxian proudly laughed, under my speechless expression, Xianxian laughed again: "And the people who know this matter all deeply believe it! Hehehe, although at first I also doubted it like you when I heard about it, but now, I really deeply believe it!"

  Seeing Xianxian's serious expression, I actually believed seven or eight parts of it, and my heart was shocked. I immediately asked: "What does this have to do with the underground palace? Are you telling me that this underground palace was built by the ghost tribe? What is the purpose?"

  "This is the right question." Xian Xian looked at me with a relieved expression and said, "This underground palace was indeed built by that tribe. By the way, when you came in, did you see the five connected stone gates? On the pillars on either side of the middle gate, there are two vividly carved green dragons."

  I thought about it seriously, and at that time, things happened too urgently. I didn't have a specific observation or thinking, and I was shocked by the momentum of the fire dragon and the five big stone gates. So, for a moment, I didn't notice much. Now that Xian Xian asked, I remembered that there seemed to be a majestic stone dragon encircling the large stone pillar next to the fire dragon!

  "In fact, many ancient burial objects have clues about their tribe, but they were all mythologized into legends." As she said this, a hint of loss flashed in Xianxian's eyes, and it seemed that being mythologized was the reason why many things were so difficult to investigate.

  "But even so, aren't there still many people in the world who are greedy and fearless of death?" I suddenly chuckled to myself, just like us, tomb raiders can forever keep secrets going, and maybe one day see the light of day again!

  "Yes." Xianxian also smiled and said, "There are always some people in the world who don't believe in ghosts and gods. Even if they do believe, they won't give up those treasures out of fear! So for a thousand years, even though this tribe has long since disappeared from history, there's no wall that doesn't leak air. No matter how perfectly they hid, it's impossible to completely erase the fact that they existed."

  Xian Xian smiled lightly again, her smile as gentle as the spring breeze in March, exceptionally bright and beautiful. She said with a smile: "Moreover, that ghost tribe is also very strange, not only did they not thoroughly hide, but instead deliberately created many clues, mixing true and false clues together, even a great god like Da Luo would be unable to distinguish which ones are real and which ones are fake!"

  Upon hearing this, I suddenly thought of the black key... Lemons also said that there were many such keys, mixed with genuine and fake ones, it's hard to tell which is true or false. It seems that he must have known about the ghost tribe as well...

  Xian Xian's voice came again: "Anyway, generation after generation has come and gone, and our ancestors have already found clues from many subtle signs. This family is really amazing, they actually set up many fake tombs everywhere." Xian Xian paused for a moment, then said: "Actually, it's not entirely fake tombs either, because many of the tomb owners are still well-known."

  "That is to say, the people of that tribe secretly put in clues while helping others build ancient tombs. The clues are both true and false. Take the black key for example, although there are many kinds, but so far no one knows which lock it opens, nor does anyone know which one is the real key?" I said half-guessing and half-analyzing.

  "Yes, and these 'virtual tombs' are scattered all over the world, even across mountains and seas. Their purpose is only one, but also very contradictory! They want to protect a secret, but also hope that this secret will be discovered by someone, or perhaps by another race, or perhaps by someone related to that secret."

  "What secret is it after all? Is it the one we're looking for now?" About the secret of longevity?

  Xian Xian nodded, a hint of sharp light flashing in his eyes, and said: "This secret is called by the demon clan as... Divine Sign!"