Longevity begins with alchemy

Chapter 163 The Origin of the Cave Dwellers
Su Yi looked at the two almost identical tokens, and then looked at his apprentice Bai Lan, feeling a little confused.

He really didn't understand how the token that Master Shen Mo took out was connected with the token that Bai Lan was carrying.

Of course, it was not convenient for him to ask, because it might involve some of Bai Lan's secrets.

Exploring other people's secrets has always been the biggest taboo in the world of cultivation, even if that person is his disciple.

Su Yi didn't ask, but Bai Lan had already seen the master's doubts, and after a slight hesitation, Bai Lan spoke up herself.

"Master, do you know the origin of our cave people?" Bai Lan asked, looking at Su Yi.

In fact, Bai Lan didn't know much about Su Yi, and she didn't know if her father had ever told her master about the cave people before he was alive.

Su Yi only knew that the insect demons called themselves cave people, but he didn't know why they called them that. Of course, he didn't know the origin of cave people.

So Su Yi shook his head.

Seeing this, Bai Lan continued: "Master, you don't know something. The affairs of our cave people are quite mysterious. They have always been passed down by word of mouth, but there is no written record. Therefore, I also heard from my father about the origin of our cave people. An elder in the clan said so."

"Actually, we were not cave dwellers originally, but 'deserted dwellers'. We called ourselves cave dwellers after we came to the north."

"Desolate people?"

"After coming to the north?"

Su Yi keenly discovered two key words, which showed that the people of the insect demon clan were not natives of the northern border at first. No wonder the insect demon would use words like "you northern border" to talk.

However, Su Yi did not ask out loud and listened quietly to Bai Lan's story.

Bai Lan brushed her hair in front of her eyes with her hands and continued, "Actually, even I don't know what a deserter is. I only know that our first place of residence should be a place called the wilderness." .”

"Desolate territory?" Su Yi asked this time, "Does it mean the wilderness?"

Wilderness is also called Nanhuang, which is the name of the Southern Territory by the people of Zhongzhou.

The large area here is divided into five regions: southeast, northwest, and middle. In the eyes of the people of Zhongzhou, except for Zhongzhou, the remaining four regions are barbaric and barren lands, backward areas with underdeveloped culture.

After listening to Su Yi's words, Bai Lan nodded, "It should be Southern Wilderness."

At this time, Su Yi was even more confused, because the southern wilderness and the northern border were thousands of miles apart, and there was even the entire Zhongzhou in between.

Even now, with the extremely convenient teleportation circle, it is estimated that it will take decades to go from the northern border to the southern wilderness. So how did the first generation of cave dwellers reach the northern border?

Bai Lan naturally knew where Master was confused. The problem was that even she herself didn't know the answer to this question.

She continued to say: "Master, it may be because the age is too long, so it is difficult to tell how the desolate people arrived at the northern border in the first place."

"I only remember that the elders of the tribe mentioned it in vague terms, saying that it came from underground, and that's how the cave people got their name."

Su Yi listened and thought about it for a while, then said: "In this case, it should be a teleportation array. Maybe the base of the array is underground."

Bai Lan also agreed with the master's statement and nodded: "I think so, otherwise it would be difficult to imagine that there would be a cave that leads directly to the southern wilderness and the northern border. If that is the case, the cave would be too long."

Bai Lan's words let Su Yi know where the cave people came from, but he didn't mention what they had to do with the two tokens.

Of course, Su Yi didn't rush Bai Lan, because he could see that Bai Lan didn't know much about many things. She said this just because she wanted her master to help with some analysis.

Of course, it can also be seen from this that Bai Lan indeed regarded Su Yi as a relative, so she shared these secrets.Bai Lan sorted out her thoughts and continued talking, but the first sentence she said made Su Yi a little confused.

"Actually, the first generation of cave dwellers were forced to travel to the north."

"Forced?" Su Yi was puzzled, "I wonder what happened to the first generation of cave dwellers that forced them to come to the north."

But Bai Lan didn't answer Su Yi's question immediately, but picked up the two tokens.

"Master, look, these two tokens are actually one."

While speaking, Bai Lan put the two tokens back together and put them together.

Only then did Su Yi realize that he had been looking at the front of the token, but he had not noticed that the back of the token was flat.

No wonder it always felt a little weird before, but now that the two tokens are put together, it looks much more pleasing to the eye.

However, since it is an integrated token, who separated it?And why should it be separated?
"Master, this token is called the 'Bahuang Xuanhuo Token'. It is a sacred object of our desert people and a symbol of the identity of the 'Great Witch Lord'."

Su Yi became more and more confused after hearing Bai Lan's words.

"Eight wastes!"

"Great Witch Lord!"

Su Yi had previously known that there were five domains in this world, and of course he had occasionally seen the saying "four seas and eight wastelands" in unofficial records.

This token is actually called the "Eight Desolations Mysterious Fire Token". Could it be related to the "Eight Desolations of the Four Seas"?
It's just that "Four Seas and Eight Wastes" is already an extremely old title, even before the establishment of the Zhongzhou Dynasty. It must be around the Middle Ages, or before the Middle Ages.

If the Eight Desolations in the "Eight Desolation Profound Fire Order" really refers to the Eight Desolations in the "Four Seas and Eight Desolations", then the foundation of this token is a bit deep!
As for the "Great Witch Lord", Su Yi could understand it, and it probably meant the leader of the desert people.

Next, in order to make Su Yi understand why the "Eight Desolations Mysterious Fire Order" became two parts, Bai Lan told Su Yi a story similar to the civil strife in the palace and the succession of multiple sons.

Because the great witch master had many heirs, in his later years, he used a secret method to divide the symbol of power, the Bahuang Xuanhuo Order, into two parts.

Only by practicing a certain secret technique of the royal family can the two parts be finally combined into one, and the person who finally successfully combines the Eight Desolations Mysterious Fire Order into one will naturally be the qualified heir.

Perhaps the Great Witch Master did this to stimulate his children to practice hard, but he underestimated the temptation of power to his children, and also exaggerated the affection between his children.

When the great witch lord was around, the sons and daughters respected each other, but when the great witch lord passed away, the court suddenly became chaotic.

In order to compete for the two tokens, the heirs even drew their swords against each other, causing a bloody storm in the palace.

Similar to the outcome of most palace struggles, the one who finally gained power was not the heir of the great witch master, but a "relative."

It's just that even if the relative obtains two tokens, he can't really take power, because the secret method cannot be practiced without the direct bloodline of the great witch master.

In this way, the relative who had seized power had no choice but to select two of the direct bloodline descendants of the Great Witch Lord, hoping to straighten them out in the future while he himself became a "Supreme Elder."

What he didn't expect was that the descendants of the Great Witch Lord were not so spineless, and one of them actually escaped with half of the token.

In this way, the other descendant who was originally "obedient" was so ashamed that he secretly selected people and deceived the other half of the tokens, and then...

(End of this chapter)