There used to be nine tribes in this kingdom. Among the eight-petaled lotus, the eight petals plus the stamen in the center of the petal are home to nine tribes. These nine tribes have their own totems: dragon, phoenix, bear, horse, tiger, monkey, dog, wolf, and leopard.
According to the original construction of the kingdom, whenever night falls, the lights of the residents of the nine tribes will light up the lotus petal where they are located. The brighter the lotus petals are, the more prosperous the tribe is.
Now, looking down at the eight-petaled lotus, the one with the wolf as its totem is dim, without any light at all.
The captain who took the lead said a few words to the old village chief Jili Gulu, probably introducing him to some of the situation in the Wolf Petal Village after the wolves left. After hearing this, the old village chief couldn't stop the tears of regret in his eyes.
It was freezing and windy at the top of the mountain. Not long after, the captain led everyone down the mountain.
When we came down from the top of the mountain, the armed forces sent by the kingdom were already waiting at the entrance of the village. That armed force of a hundred people all wore animal armor and animal bones on their heads, some held Tibetan knives, some held bows and crossbows
Although their equipment was all outdated and outdated cold weapons from ancient times, Luo Ning knew that they were outnumbered. With such a huge team, they are no match at all.
The captain led them to stop in front of the team. At this time, the team made an opening, and the commander who had just issued the order to kill suddenly walked out. He glanced at Luo Ning and others behind the captain, the muscles on his face jumped twice, and then his eyes fell on the captain in front.
Obviously, the leader was very angry because the captain did not kill Luo Ning and other outsiders. He took out the hidden knife from his waist and put it on the captain's neck with a clang. The shiny Tibetan knife reflected the pale moonlight. The blade cut through the captain's neck, and blood dripped down the shining Tibetan knife.
Seeing the blood, Yu Xiangnan screamed. The stubble squad leader and Luo Ning also hurriedly held down the pistols on their waists. Luo Ning's team became restless.
The captain hurriedly stretched out his hands to block Luo Ning and others. Although he may fall to the ground at any time, he has no fear of backing down. The captain pointed at the old village chief behind him and muttered a few words. The leader's fierce eyes suddenly turned a little shocked. The commander looked at the old village chief in the crowd, as if he couldn't believe it.
The old village chief walked out of the crowd, opened the bag hanging around his neck, and took out the wolf's head wrapped in the bag. The old village chief stood up with his chest high and raised the wolf's head holding the dragon ball high.
The moonlight shines on the dragon ball, and the dragon ball instantly reflects golden light. The light shines like Buddha's light, illuminating everyone present.
Seeing this dazzling light, the commander and the hundreds of warriors behind him hurriedly put away their weapons and knelt down devoutly.
?Obviously, this dragon ball is the god they believe in. Although the wolves have migrated from their kingdom for nearly a hundred years, they still have not forgotten this bloodline.
The old village chief put away his wolf head and helped the commander who was kneeling on the ground to his feet. He said excitedly: "My relatives and brothers. I repent for the wolf ancestor, and I will return to Jiuwenlong with his soul."
The commander was also very happy about the return of the wolf clan. He pointed to the extinguished lotus petal village and said with great relief: "This deserted village has finally waited for their master."
Eight hundred years ago, the wolf tribe moved out of this lotus, and the remaining eight tribes have been guarding this empty village since then. Although the population of each tribe has expanded in the past eight hundred years, and the land in each village has become very crowded, they would rather be crowded than 'invade' the wolf tribe's territory. They always believe that their fellow wolves will come back one day. Therefore, they must always reserve fiefdom for the wolf clan.
The old village chief chatted with the commander for a while, and finally pulled the old village chief towards the village.
The captain waved to the other warriors, who took away their weapons. Luo Ning and others also followed.
This kingdom is not big, so the leader and the old village chief walked directly to the palace at the center of the flower. The palace is not gorgeous. The thick circular city wall is made of thousands of huge stones. The strong city gate was opened, and under the leadership of the captain, they walked along the broad road deep into the palace.
The palace is not big, with a few simple Tibetan pavilions, several ancient-style palaces, and rows of giant stone towers of special styles. Although the street distribution looks messy, it is actually specially designed. This kind of spiraling street design, in addition to considering life, has the greater advantage that it can be used as a special defense. If there are no locals to lead the way, intruders may think this is a maze and may not be able to find a way out.
The commander did not lead them to the palace, but directly led them to the ancestral temple.
Their ancestral temple was built in the center of the Lotus Pavilion Palace. The ancestral hall still follows the pattern of the eight-petaled lotus flower.It is built in the same style, with the ancestral hall in the center being the most spectacular. The eight surrounding ancestral halls occupy eight directions. And in front of each ancestral hall sits a huge symbolic stone statue.
Among the nine ancestral halls, eight are brightly lit. Only in the southeast direction, the ancestral hall with the giant wolf statue squatting in front of it was pitch black. Under the cold moonlight, the ancestral hall looked particularly deserted.
The commander led the old village chief to the ancestral hall of the Wolf God, pointed at the ancestral hall and muttered a few words.
Tears suddenly flowed out of the old village chief's eyes. The old village chief made a puff sound, knelt down on the ground, muttered in his mouth, and then moved on his knees step by step towards the Wolf God's Ancestral Hall.
When passing by the mighty wolf god statue in front of the ancestral hall, the old village chief touched the wolf god's body, feeling extremely sad in his heart.
By the time the old village chief knelt down to the Wolf God Ancestral Hall, put the wolf head he had brought back in its place, and placed it on the bronze wolf statue with the missing wolf head in the center of the ancestral hall, the old village chief had already burst into tears with excitement.
The leader handed the torch to the old village chief, who personally relit the candle that had been extinguished for eight hundred years. Thousands of butter lamps were relit one by one, and the candlelight gradually became stronger. The old village chief gently moved the dragon ball in the wolf god's mouth.
"Uh, uh" There was a soft sound like the wind blowing through the blade, and then the dragon ball in the wolf's head started spinning again. The dragon ball refracted the light of thousands of butter lamps, and a beam of light shot forward along the originally designed road. After experiencing countless refractions in the bronze mirror, the outline of the wolf tribe's village suddenly appeared. Among the eight-petaled lotuses, the petals that had been extinguished for more than eight hundred years suddenly lit up again today.
"The Wolf God has returned to his throne, and the Holy Stone is about to send a signal to Shambhala. The gods of the Shambhala Kingdom will also know about the reunion of our nine-marked dragons." The old village chief said to Luo Ning and others very excitedly.
"Have you not been hiding from the enemies of Shambhala?" According to the information previously recited by light and shadow in the water tomb, Jiuwenlong should have escaped from Shambhala. If the Shambhala Kingdom knew of the existence of the Nine-marked Dragon, then the enemies of the Shambhala Kingdom would most likely continue to pursue the Nine-marked Dragon. Then the old village chief is asking for his own death.
"The principle of winning the king and defeating the bandits has never changed. Jiuwenlong's withdrawal from the Shambhala Kingdom is equivalent to surrendering to Shambhala. Eight hundred years ago, the Shambhala Kingdom knew about the existence of Jiuwenlong. At that time, they did not treat Jiuwenlong I have killed all the tattooed dragons, and now I can¡¯t do it anymore.¡± The old village chief said calmly, without any expression on his face.
The leader on the side pointed at Luo Ning and others and said a few words to the old village chief.
The old village chief nodded, and then said to Luo Ning: "The king said that more than twenty years ago, four uninvited guests came to the Balanu Kingdom. The people and king of Balanu treated each other with courtesy, but in the end they did not expect them. He even stole the kingdom's sacred stone. Without the sacred stone, we would not be able to contact the Kingdom of Shambhala, and we could not warn the Kingdom of Shambhala that our people are still living well in the world and that we have tenacious vitality."
Although he became the defeated general. But the noble Jiuwenlong still refused to bow to the Shambhala Kingdom. Eight hundred years ago, the departure of the Wolf God among the Nine-Patterned Dragon caused the light of the Holy Stone to dim, and the Kingdom of Shambhala therefore thought that the Nine-Patterned Dragon had perished. However, Jiuwenlong actually always wanted to reactivate the holy stone and warned the Shambhala Kingdom that they would not die just now. The Holy Stone is the only way to transmit this information to the Kingdom of Shambhala over a long distance, but twenty years ago, the four uninvited guests stole their Holy Stone. This made the commander very angry.
Luo Ning knew that the four people who stole the sacred stone were Qin Feng, Polydo, Kudo Sichuan and the Yunyou Master who was respected by the world.
Luo Ning walked up to the commander, clasped his hands, and then bowed deeply to him: "I'm sorry. I apologize to you for the harm caused to you by our ancestors' actions. I hope that the magnanimous Jiuwenlong will not Blame them again.¡±
The commander looked at Luo Ning's actions and was a little surprised. He didn't understand what Luo Ning said, so he stared at the old village chief in confusion.
The old village chief translated Luo Ning¡¯s apology to the commander. The commander snorted coldly and mumbled a few words. Although I don't know what he said, judging from his arrogant expression, he did not accept Luo Ning's apology.
"The commander said that unless the holy stone is handed over, Jiu Wenlong will not forgive you. The curse planted by Jiu Wenlong will never be removed." The old village chief translated to Luo Ning.
"Gu curse?" Upon hearing this word, Luo Ning's eyes suddenly lit up.
¡°Obviously, the poison in Xiuxiu and Polydo came from here. Since they can plant this poison, then they have a way to undo it.
"Old village chief, please ask him and convince her to save my girlfriend. She was poisoned by that poison and is still unconscious." Luo Ning said to the old village chief excitedly.
The old village chief sighed: "The commander's attitude is very??Correct. Twenty years ago, your ancestors invaded our kingdom and killed countless innocent citizens. It was enough for him not to care about you. "
"Then there is no other way?" Now that we have arrived in Balanu, we also know that the poison is indeed coming from here. If the antidote is not found, Luo Ning will die in peace.
"The solutionunless you return the holy stone." The old village chief glanced at Luo Ning.
"Holy stone?" Luo Ning suddenly thought of his copycat mobile phone and hurriedly touched it.