chapter 4 mine prison

In the simple thatched house, the dim butter lamp flickered, and the old wooden box was opened, revealing a short green blade, a yellowed scroll, and a dark gray half-foot seal pen.

Seal characters are those who carve and write.

The so-called seal pen is actually an object that looks like a writing brush with a sharp tip. It is a tool needed by spirit pattern masters to carve spirit patterns.

Therefore, the seal pen is also called the pattern knife.

Sherwin personally prefers the name Wen Dao. Wen Dao is a homonym for asking. Asking the world, who can compete with him?

This feeling is indescribably exhilarating.

Sherwin's eyes lingered on the yellowed scroll and the dark gray half-foot seal pen for a long time. These two things had extremely unusual significance to him.

The yellowed volume is about three fingers thick and has no name. The cover is cut from animal skin and is very worn. It is obvious that this volume has been around for a long time. Just taking a look at it makes people feel a sense of the vastness of time. breath.

The dark gray half-foot seal pen is also quite unique. It is quite different from the commonly seen seal pens. It is more like a sword, with a dull surface and a mysterious cloud pattern imprinted on it. The tip of the pen is like a sword blade. A chilling cold aura emanated from his whole body, reaching deep into his soul.

These are the two most important mysterious treasures in Sherwin body. In addition to the three items of short blades, scrolls, and seal pens in the wooden box, there are also some bones, animal skins, plant stems, ores, etc., all of which are spiritual materials that can be used to refine weapons. After the technique is smelted, it can also be used as the spiritual ink and materials needed for seal carving spiritual patterns.

These spiritual materials were all collected by Sherwin during his long journey during this period. If they were sold, he could also get a lot of wealth.

In the far corner of the wooden box, there is a pile of hard wood that is only as thick as a thumb and is as rugged as jade.

This kind of wood is called "stone pine silver wood" and it has no value. Its only quality is that it is hard enough, as hard as stone.

For spiritual pattern apprentices, stone pine and silver wood are an excellent practice material for learning to carve spiritual patterns.

Sherwin carefully took out the thick yellowed book and sat at the desk by the window.

Looking at the scroll quietly, Sherwin did not open it, but fell into deep thought.

In a daze, Sherwin thoughts were flying, as if he was back to the past again.

It was a mining prison where many prisoners were held, isolated from the outside world.

From the time Sherwin first started to remember, he had been staying in that mine prison. The sky there was black, dark and humid, and there was never sunlight.

The atmosphere there was also very depressing. Prisoners died every day, and new prisoners were sent in every day.

In Sherwin's memory, until that mine prison was completely destroyed, no one had ever been able to escape from that prison.

Strictly speaking, Sherwin was not a prisoner. He was an abandoned baby. When he was discovered, he was almost eaten as food by those vicious prisoners.

This is what Mr.Briggs told him.

The reason why Sherwin survived was of course because he was saved by Mr.Briggs.

No one knows the origin of Mr.Briggs, but his status in that mine prison is very unique. Both the guards and the prisoners who guard the mine prison are respectful and respectful to Mr.Briggs.

All because of Mr.Briggs’s other identity, the spiritual pattern master.

Sherwin has been following Mr.Briggs since he was a child. From the time he was sensible, he has been ordered by Mr.Briggs to do various things.

Literary literacy, identifying spiritual materials, learning ink making, practicing seal cutting, memorizing spiritual patterns, and also taking care of other chores such as serving tea, pouring water, doing laundry, cooking, etc.

Sherwin considered himself to be Mr.Briggs's disciple, and the guards and prisoners in the mine prison also thought so.

But Mr.Briggs never recognized Sherwin as a disciple. According to Mr.Briggs, he had no intention of accepting a disciple in his life. Sherwin could only be regarded as a handyman beside him, nothing more.

Regarding this statement, Sherwin was depressed for a while, but then gradually forgot about it, but deep down in his heart, he always regarded Mr.Briggs as his master.

The life in the mine prison was boring and dark. As Sherwin grew up, he gradually began to understand that there was a wider world outside the mine prison.

When Sherwin was nine years old, Mr.Briggs took Sherwin out for the first time and left the prison mine.

But just three days later, he returned.

During these three days, Sherwin was greatly shocked. He saw what the outside world looked like, the sunshine, the blue sky, and the white clouds.

From then on, Mr.Briggs would take him out every once in a while, for ten days at most or three days at least, before returning to the mine prison again.

The purpose of going out is simple. Mr.Briggs needs to go out to collect more spiritual materials to carve spiritual patterns.

As he went out again and again, Sherwin finally gained a better understanding of the world.

The only thing that puzzled Sherwin was why Mr.Briggs would rather stay in the dark mine prison than outside.

Unfortunately, Sherwin did not get a definite answer until the mine prison was destroyed and disappeared.

The mine prison is broken

Thinking of this, Sherwin a sudden pain in his heart, and the tragic scene three months ago could not be suppressed in his mind.

That day, he was practicing seal carving a "green wood spirit pattern" pattern, and Mr.Briggs was smelting a furnace of spiritual materials, mumbling something in his mouth.

Outside the room, a group of guards were waving the blood-stained iron whips in their hands, beating the prisoners who were ineffective in their work. The sounds of curses and wailing echoed under the dark sky.

A day like this is no different from the past. Sherwin has long been used to it. He no longer even sympathizes with those prisoners who look pitiful but are actually extremely vicious at heart.

But that day, the only person who looked a little strange was Mr.Briggs.

Sherwin has known since he was a child that Mr.Briggs has a bad temper, is irritable and impatient. He has been yelled at by Mr.Briggs many times since he was a child, and he has become accustomed to it.

Because Mr.Briggs always scolded, but never hit anyone, and when he scolded Sherwin, it was often when Sherwin a mistake.

But Mr.Briggs's temper was particularly violent that day. He broke many things in the house, and even his favorite seal pen "Qing Qiong Burning Gold" was broken by him.

Just when Sherwin felt a little strange, he saw Mr.Briggs take out an old wooden box and throw in the yellowed scroll, a short green blade, and a dull half-foot seal pen. Put it in the wooden box and handed it to Sherwin, who was in a daze.

Sherwin still remembers that Mr.Briggs expression at that time was uncertain and extremely complicated, with hatred, helplessness and unwillingness, but in the end, it all turned into a serious and solemn look.

That kind of seriousness and solemnity was something Sherwin had never seen before, and he would never forget that scene in his life.

At that time, Mr.Briggs held Sherwin's shoulders tightly with both hands, very hard. When Sherwin felt that his bones were about to be crushed, Mr.Briggs spoke.

"From today on, you have to learn to survive alone, so you must live well."

At that moment, Mr.Briggs voice was hoarse and firm, and his eyes were bloodshot, as if he was mad before death.

"Remember, I managed to save you with great difficulty. I must not die."

Then, Mr.Briggs pointed to the yellowed scroll and the dark gray seal pen, and said in an unprecedented solemn tone, "You must take good care of them in the future. Whether you can practice successfully in the future depends on them, especially that pen." , there is a secret hidden in it that even I have not uncovered yet. As long as you can crack it, even if your original spiritual vein is dug away, you can change your destiny."

"Also, haven't you always wanted to know who deprived you of your original spiritual veins? I'm telling you, the answer lies in the Zi Yao Empire."

"You have to live to find it, so you can't die"

"Remember?"

In the almost hysterical voice, Mr.Briggs expression had turned slightly ferocious. Sherwin was completely shocked at that moment and nodded subconsciously.

Then, Mr.Briggs grabbed Sherwin's thin body and rushed all the way to the entrance of a deep mine tunnel that Sherwin had never seen before.

"Go ahead"

The mine tunnel was deep and deep, like a bottomless abyss, but Mr.Briggs pushed Sherwin deep into the mine tunnel without hesitation.

At that moment, Sherwin didn't even have time to react. His whole body felt like he was falling off a cliff, and his head went blank.

It was also at that moment that he saw an old hand in his field of vision, tearing apart the darkness above the mine prison, and descending with a rumble.

The old palm was so big that it covered the sky. Every knuckle was like a pillar supporting the sky, and every palm line was like a ravine. The terrifying purple flames filled the surface of the old palm, like fire pouring from the outer starry sky. A sea of ​​purple fire burned the darkness, burned up the sky, and was filled with a terrifying aura of destruction.

Sherwin never knew whose hand in this world could cover the sky