Chapter 840 39. Mantid. Reincarnation Opens
The Jade Forest is the coastal area in the southeast of the Pandaria continent, and it is also the center of the pandaren civilization from its establishment to the present.
Pandaren towns, villages and large building complexes are scattered throughout this lush hilly area. There are also buildings such as Tianchanyuan and Qinglong Temple that occupy important positions in Pandaren history. If this civilization needs a capital, then It must be the Jade Forest.
Panda people like pine trees and bamboo very much. They believe that these two plants have the power to make people more resilient. Therefore, between the cliffs and woodlands of the Jade Forest, pine trees and bamboo can be seen growing everywhere, and pandas Compared with other civilizations in Azeroth, people's architectural art is even more strange.
They will decorate buildings made of white stone with beautifully shaped bricks and tiles and cornices. They also like to use stone arch bridges across the cliffs to connect each independent building so that they can be glued into a whole. Those ingenious pandas The craftsmen even used outrageous excellent techniques to give those buildings a very imaginative appearance. If you can look down from the sky, you will find that almost all the palaces and temples in the Jade Forest are Connected by these gorgeous stone bridges like lines.
This made the scale of this complex quite grand, so that Queen Jaina, who visited the Tianchanyuan under the guidance of the lorewalker, would sigh with emotion, and the manor of the Pandaren Emperor, which used mountains and lakes as its back garden In comparison, the so-called mansions that the nobles of the entire human empire are proud of are almost like the stables of the countrymen.
But there is a place that has been closed to these outsiders recently... Even with the honorable status of Queen Jaina, there is no way to enter it for sightseeing.
That is the Azure Dragon Stone Pillar located in the center of the Jade Forest. It is an absolutely magnificent spectacle, and the 40-yard white jade column is just the base of this spectacle.
The best techniques in the Pandaren civilization, jade craftsmen recruited from various regions of Pandaria, use a small hammer and use tens of thousands of tons to select the best jade from the jade mines in the Jade Forest, Then, using the purest sapphire to carve out a lifelike sapphire sculpture for the supreme god Yulong, which is based on it and wrapped around a white feather column.
According to the current 90% completion of the project, the sapphire dragon, which can be called a work of art, will reach an astonishing 55 yards in height after it is fully carved.
This kind of sculpture, not to mention being placed in Pandaria, can be regarded as a national treasure if it is sent to any civilization in Azeroth. After all, even the price of those sapphires has reached an astonishing price. the point.
But this sculpture didn't just appear because of the panda people's worship of the Supreme God of God. In fact, this sapphire sculpture has more important uses for the Supreme God of Heaven Yulong.
"These craftsmen have spent nearly five years making this sculpture...I saw them sculpting it bit by bit with my own eyes. This is the fourth time I have seen such a magnificent scene."
Yulong still followed Tyrion in the attitude of a little panda. Like a little adult, she told Tyrion the story about the carving of the green dragon:
"Every 3,000 years, I have to go through reincarnation, remove my soul from my ancient body, and then integrate my soul into the green dragon jade sculpture in front of me, and reappear with a younger posture. After 4 times, you will also feel quite boring, but there is no way, tradition is tradition...”
"Oh? Why?"
Tyrion asked curiously:
"You are a demigod of the wilderness, and you have also combined the power of water elements. Logically speaking, you should live forever. No one in this world can really kill you, not even me... So, this kind of reincarnation , is actually a symbolic meaning, right?"
The little panda in the form of Yulong glanced at Tyrion with cute eyes, and she explained softly:
"Yes, a symbol... I am not the same as the other three Celestials. Apart from being the Supreme Celestial God, I am also the ancestor of all Xianglongs in Pandaria. My species is very long-lived, and every Xianglong can After living for a thousand years, when Xianglong feels that he is about to die, they will return to Linfeng Island and leave this world safely in Xianglong's cemetery."
"I am their leader, and I must also follow this reincarnation. Although it is only a ceremony, it is very important to Xianglong as a race. I am still looking forward to the day when I can see my children It will really become an independent civilization, but it will take a long, long time, they have not been able to give birth to real wisdom, so I must maintain this ceremony, let them understand the meaning of inheritance, and then give birth to the light of wisdom."
Yulong explained her tradition in detail, but Tyrion was thinking about another thing.
"Oh? So, Xianglong, like the giant dragon, has its own graveyard?"
The great lord narrowed his eyes. He could hardly hide what he was thinking from Yulong. The Supreme God chuckled and said to Tyrion:
"Don't get me wrong, Lord of the Undead, I know you rule over the Undead, but the Serpent... IMHO, you probably won't be able to wake up any of the dead Serpents, my race is special, trust me, We're not like those bloated dragons..."
"Well, I'm just talking."
The great lord waved his hand casually:
"We are friends, and friends shouldn't do things that hurt their feelings. I won't do that...Speaking of which, I haven't asked you yet, are we friends?"
Facing the question of the great lord, which sounded naive, Yulong, who was the wise Tianzun, remained silent.
Obviously, she knows the heavy meaning hidden behind Tyrion's question. Although it seems that Tyrion still maintains goodwill towards Pandaria, as more and more information comes from the outside world, Tyrion has In the past 10 years, any one of the things done to this world will make the Four Heavenly Gods feel extremely depressed.
Obviously, under the smile of this friendly man, there is another dangerous personality hidden, no one knows what he wants to do, no one knows what he will do.
And as the guardian of Pandaria, it is difficult for the four holy beasts to tie themselves to the dark blade so easily... No wise leader would do this.
Seeing Yulong's silence, Tyrion shrugged regretfully:
"Well, it seems that we are not friends yet, which is a pity... Tell me, where is the Sha of Doubt sealed?"
"right here!"
Yulong pointed to the jade carving of the green dragon in front of him, and said to the great lord:
"It used to be the manor of Emperor Shaohao, and it was later transformed into a shrine. It was to hide the seal of the Shado-Pan. The Shado-Pan monks would come to strengthen the seal every 10 years. At present, it seems that the Shadoubt is still alive. It is sealed, but the sha riots outside the Jade Forest mean that the seal has been broken."
Qinglong said helplessly:
"Even the magic sealing array left by Emperor Shaohao is not omnipotent. For ten thousand years, the place where the six sha demons have been sealed will occasionally appear infected poor people. The panda people think that the sha demons will not affect their lives." Life, we tell them the same way, it is necessary, only by maintaining a full of energy and an optimistic attitude towards life, can we avoid being eroded by the Sha Demon..."
"But the really cruel truth is that these weird existences have never been eradicated."
"Is that so?"
The great lord took out a weird-looking bottle from the storage ring. It was made of the purest Apexis crystal, and several runes for sealing were inscribed on it by the archlich and the wizard of Syndra. The important thing is that there is a layer of pure dead power covering the bottle. This kind of power can completely isolate the power of the void, and can ensure that as long as the bottle is not broken, the sealed item inside cannot affect the outside world.
But to be honest, no one knows whether this thing can have an effect on the weird shamo. After all, although Tyrion has dealt with the ancient gods, he is similar to the eccentric shamo, whose existence is based on emotions. It was also the first time he had seen the form.
"I'm getting more and more curious."
While talking, the great lord closed his eyes, sensing the seal barrier hidden hundreds of meters deep under the land of Qinglong Yudiao. After confirming the location, a crack in the world of death opened outside the underground seal, and looked at The body of the great lord was engulfed by the power of the dead world, and Yulong shouted loudly:
"Do you need to let the Shado-Pan break the seal? If you go directly into it, I am afraid that it will be very dangerous to face the Sha of Doubt's body that has been sealed for 10,000 years!"
"Danger?"
Tyrion's last voice sounded in Yulong's ears:
"nonexistent!"
"Sha demons exist with emotions, which is the basis for them to infect life. Unfortunately...I am an undead soul without emotion. What do they use to influence me?"
The great lord disappeared into the space under the jade carving of the green dragon. On the ground behind, Yulong looked at the disappeared great lord suspiciously:
"A moody guy like you has no feelings yet?"
"Cheat ghosts!"
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Beaulieu's Spine, one of the greatest wonders of Pandaria.
Tyrion always likes to call it the "Great Wall of Ten Thousand Miles", but in fact, the Beaulieu Spine across Pandaria is not as long as ten thousand miles, but it starts from the foothills of Kun-Lai Mountains in the north, spans the Valley of the Four Winds, and reaches the Krasarang Jungle Sea in the south , This fortress-level war defense line built by the slaves driven by the Mogu Empire ten thousand years ago, even ten thousand years later, still looks so shocking.
The Mogu Empire that has disappeared into history, after paying the blood and tears of countless slaves, successfully divided the continent of Pandaria into the east and west sides with the Beaulieu Spine as the center. One side is the world where civilization exists, and the other side is the cruel and cunning mantis. The land ravaged by demons is like a thick city wall, forever isolating wars and disasters from the lives of pandaren.
The city wall of Beaulieu's Spine is made of the strongest bluestone, with a height of nearly 30 yards from the bottom of the city wall to the city wall. This is a war art that is completely impossible to climb with bare hands. The mantid have continued for tens of thousands of years. Every hundred years, 99.9% of the terrifying reincarnations will be firmly blocked from the Beaulieu's Spine, and less than 0.1% of the remaining enemies can rely on their strong wings to fly over the barrier of the Beaulieu's Spine, but they It would also be quickly wiped out by the Shado-Pan monks stationed near Serpent's Spine.
It can be said that it is precisely because of the existence of this city wall that the Pandaren can continue to this day, although under this city wall, there are piles of blood and bones of the ancestors of the Pandaren who were slaves of the Mogu Empire back then.
"If we had such a wall on the border of the empire back then..."
Tenrad, who was wearing rough leather armor, stroked the icy rock on the city wall of Beaulieu's Spine with some emotion. He made no secret of his love for this art of war. He said to Major General Taylor, who was also a prisoner of the Great Wall beside him:
"Those orcs don't want to fight at all. We can even stop the undead. This thing is a miracle!"
Major General Taylor did not speak. He raised his head and looked at the Great Wall stretching along the mountain all the way to the end of his sight. It was like a flying dragon sitting on the ground. No wonder these pandaren called this city wall the Serpentine Spine , which is indeed apt.
But facing the fantasies of his own officials, Taylor couldn't help complaining:
"With the manpower and material resources of the empire, we can't build such a wall at all, Tenred, those pandaren said that their ancestors worked as slaves to build the wall, and it took decades to repair it... This thing is really majestic, I admit, it is also very useful, but to build such a wall, the finances of the empire will be completely exhausted in less than 5 years..."
"It's possible for the Federation."
Major General Taylor glanced at the silent figure on the other side behind him, and he said rather eccentrically:
"After all, the Federation can drive the undead. The undead don't need to eat or rest. As long as there are enough people, it may be repaired in a year..."
"Shut up, Taylor!"
The blood general Valentine scolded disdainfully:
"We in the Federation don't need a wall to protect us, only cowards hide behind walls, and we prefer..."
"Clang clang clang"
Before Valentine could finish his words, a harsh alarm bell sounded on the city wall of Beaulieu's Spine. The group of rookies who had just been dispatched didn't realize what happened, and then they saw the people who were resting on the tower. Those capable Pandaren warriors rushed out quickly, and a Pandaren monk handed weapons to several prisoners who were still standing still, and said with a serious face:
"The mantid is coming! I'm sorry you're here too, but...if you survive, I'll buy you a drink next time!"
"Now, hold on to your weapon, if you want to live... drive those bugs back!"
Tandred subconsciously took over the pandaren's halberd. He turned his head and looked in the direction the pandaren were staring at. In the light of dusk, a floating black halo appeared in the sky. The whole sky was filled with the strange sound of flapping wings.
That is the mantid vanguard with a ferocious face... That is the start of the century-old bloody war again... That is the cloud of destruction covering the entire continent of Pandaria.
The mantid...here they come.