Netherworld Immortal

A few days later, the day for the opening of trials in the Land of Ghost Howls arrived.

The Land of Ghost Howls is located fifty miles north of the main altar of the Heavenly Ghost Sect.Surrounded by high mountains, looking from a distance, the entire Ghost Howling Land is shrouded in a large piece of strange gray mist, which cannot be penetrated by consciousness and sight, giving people an extremely mysterious and gloomy feeling.

The underground of the Ghost Roaring Land was originally the cemetery where the Heavenly Ghost Sect buried its deceased seniors. It is also one of the most important forbidden places of the Heavenly Ghost Sect, and it is the place with the strongest ghost spirit in the entire Sky Ghost Sect area.

There are many rare ghost spirit grasses and spirit beasts growing in the Land of Ghost Howl all the year round.There is a strong wind whistling in it all the year round, and the sound is like the roar of a ghost, so it is called the land of ghosts.Only during the two months of summer every year, the strong winds in it will be suspended periodically, which is also the time when the Land of Ghost Howling is open to the outside world.

In the early morning, the valley in the Land of Ghost Howls was crowded with people.

On a flat boulder in front of the crowd, stood a beautiful woman in purple shirt, who was Xiao Yue'e, head of the Muling Academy.

Beside him are two female disciples from the Mulingyuan, and there is also a slightly fat old woman, her dress is obviously different from the disciples of the Mulingyuan, and there is a pattern of a ghost-headed hammer embroidered on her cuff It can be seen that he is a member of the Law Enforcement Hall.

Xiao Zhangyuan turned around and respectfully said to the old woman beside him: "Elder Li, the disciples of the Mulingyuan who participated in the trial of the Ghost Roaring Land have arrived. Do you think it is time to start the trial?"

"Master Xiao, please do as you please." The old woman said with a smile and waved her hand.

"Listen up, disciples of the Wood Spirit Academy, this trial in the Land of Ghost Howls will be supervised by Elder Li of the Law Enforcing Hall, and presided over by our master. Each of you will get an atlas, which records some spirits in the Land of Ghost Howls. Grass and spirit beasts. The task of this trial in the Ghost Howling Land is that each person picks a total of thirty pieces of various spirit herbs on the album. However, in order to protect the resources in it, each person cannot pick more than ten pieces of each spirit herb. The excess is a personal reward, which can be sold directly to the sect or kept for personal use."

Xiao Zhanyuan paused, and continued: "I would like to emphasize a few things to pay attention to. First, the trials in the Land of Ghost Howls are open for [-] days each time, and all disciples must enter within the specified time. Go back to avoid the ghost wind blowing in the valley, and the land of ghost roars will be closed and trapped. Second, after entering, all the disciples can act together or alone. It is best to move in groups of three or two, so that there is mutual support. Thirdly, the land of Ghost Howls is divided into inner, middle and outer layers, it is best for outer disciples to explore in the outer layer, and not to go deep into the middle layer easily. The inner layer is the forbidden area of ​​the sect and is not allowed to enter."

After listening to Xiao Zhangyuan's introduction, all the disciples who were preparing for the trial began to whisper, eager to try.

"The trial of the Land of Ghost Howls has officially begun." After speaking, Zhangyuan Xiao fluttered and came to the mountain gate of the Land of Ghost Howls.Elder Li of the Judiciary followed closely behind with his seemingly fat body.

The gate of Ghost Howling Land is a huge stone gate in the shape of a black skull, which is about three feet high.A ray of breeze passed by, and there was a bit of chill in the weirdness.

Elder Li calmly took out a sapphire box from the storage bag.Carefully opened the lid of the box, revealing two crimson beads the size of walnuts.

Elder Li handed the sapphire box containing two red round beads to Zhangyuan Xiao with both hands.

Xiao Zhanyuan took the box respectfully, then held the box with one hand, and gently tapped the aid in the box with the other hand.A pair of round beads floated up from the box as if they were summoned.

The two beads drew two red arcs in the air, heading straight for the stone gate.After a while, the two round beads were firmly embedded in the depressions at the eyes of the skull stone gate.

Xiao Zhanyuan stared at both eyes, raised his hand and hit the two red balls on the stone gate with another spell.

In an instant, strands of red runes crawled out from the two round beads like little red snakes, and gradually covered the entire stone gate like spider webs.At this time, the originally pitch-black skeleton stone gate continued to emit bursts of light red aura.Amidst the creaking sounds, the originally closed upper and lower jaws of the skeleton stone gate slowly opened, and after a while, a wide passage leading into the valley was revealed.

"After the trial disciples each receive a compass and an atlas, they can enter the Land of Ghost Howls." Zhang Yuan Xiao said loudly.

At this time, the two disciples behind Xiao Zhangyuan began to distribute a palm-sized black compass and an atlas to each disciple who entered the trial of the Ghost Howling Land.All the disciples entered the place of howling ghosts through the skeleton stone gate.

A two-way teleportation array stands in the skeleton stone gate.A group of disciples stepped onto the teleportation array in groups of three or four.

Not long after, there was a loud buzzing sound on the other side of the teleportation array.As circles of milky white light curtains rose from the teleportation array, the first wave of disciples appeared at the exit of the teleportation array.Also coming in at the same time were three male disciples from the law enforcement hall who specially guard the exit of the teleportation array.Not long after, Xu Yang and Zhu Liuqing also came out of the teleportation formation.

The trial disciples who came in began to disperse in all directions either alone or in groups of twos and threes.

In addition to the small square paved with smooth stone slabs near the entrance, there are all kinds of unknown trees in the farther place, and the sight is strictly blocked.

"This must be the outermost layer of the Ghost Howl Land. Which direction should we explore?" Xu Yang looked at the surrounding environment and said to Zhu Liuqing beside him.

"I have a crude map drawn by a former student here, which only records a small part of it." As she spoke, Zhu Liuqing took out a three-foot-square map drawn on yellow oil paper. Several mountain peaks and rivers were marked on the map. And the location where some spiritual grass grows and the place where strange beasts appear.

Zhu Liuqing unfolded the map, pointed to a location with a blue circle on it and said, "We are here now."

"Why doesn't the sect draw a detailed map and distribute it to everyone, wouldn't it be better?" Xu Yang asked suspiciously.

"This Ghost Howling Land was originally a large array set up by the Heavenly Ghost Sect, mainly to protect the cemetery in the inner layer of the Ghost Howling Land from being disturbed by the outside world. Secondly, it is also to protect the heaven and earth spiritual materials within it from being destructively exploited. The detailed map is also one of the sect's secrets." Zhu Liuqing explained.

"Thanks to Junior Sister for your thoughtfulness, with this simple map, I believe it will save us a lot of time." Xu Yang said.

"There is only a simple route recorded on this map." Zhu Liuqing said while pointing to a blue line drawn with a pen on the map.

"We will explore along this route. If something unexpected happens on the way, just adapt to it."

The two followed the route marked on the map and walked towards the valley in the distance.

Half an hour later, the two came to an unknown valley.

"As shown on the map, there is indeed a small river in this valley. According to the map, the upper reaches of this river is a pool of water, and there is a kind of spiritual flower called "three-color orchid" on the island , is the spiritual material marked on the album." Zhu Liuqing said.

So the two walked up the small river, and they found a pool at the end of the river.There are circles of light gray water splashes bubbling outward from several springs in the pool, and one can vaguely feel the strong power of the netherworld emanating from them.

In the depths of the pool, there are several small islands scattered on the water waves.

"Senior Brother Xu, look, the three-color flowers growing on the small island over there are probably "three-color orchids." Zhu Liuqing said excitedly, pointing to a small island in the pool.

Xu Yang followed the prestige, and really saw a few spiritual grasses with red, yellow and blue flowers blooming on a small island not far away.

Zhu Liuqing bent down and picked up two small stones from the ground.Hold the stone with one hand, and throw it towards the opposite side after adding mana. After two bangs, the two stones were deeply embedded in the soil, and some weeds on the surrounding ground were lifted up.

The two watched the situation on the island intently. After a while, the island was still as quiet as ever.

"It doesn't look like there is any risk, let's go and have a look." Zhu Liuqing said.

The two of them used the light body technique, and they came to the small island with just a few strokes.

Among the clusters of green leaves, flowers with red, yellow and blue petals are interspersed.A breeze passed by, followed by a wisp of intoxicating fragrance.

"It really is a three-color flower." Xu Yang said after taking out the atlas issued by the sect before entering the valley, and comparing it with the sketch of the three-color flower spirit drawn on it.

Zhu Liuqing took out a half-foot-sized rectangular wooden box, carefully picked off the three-color flowers and put them close to the wooden box, there were as many as seven flowers.

The two looked at the first trophy and smiled at each other.

At this moment, a loud buzzing sound was heard from a bush not far away.

The next moment, a swarm of bees in the shape of a dark cloud flew towards the place where the two were.

"Be careful! It's a ghost bee!" While Xu Yang issued a warning, he made a tactic with one hand, and a ball of crimson flames appeared on his right palm.Immediately afterwards, with a flip of the palm, the fireball came out of his hand and smashed fiercely in the direction of the ghost bee swarm.

With a bang, the fireball suddenly exploded in the swarm.The dense swarm of bees was scattered by the explosion of the fire.

The bee swarm was blocked, Xu Yang's expression softened, and he said, "It looks like just an ordinary ghost bee, let's go to other islands to see if there are any three-color flowers."

Before Xu Yang finished speaking, the scattered ghost bees quickly gathered together again.This time it was not in the shape of a dark cloud, but more like a huge black python writhing in the air.

"No, this ghost bee is not afraid of flames." Xu Yang said hastily.

"Senior brother Xu, let's retreat quickly, this ghost bee is dangerous." Zhu Liuqing said quickly.

After speaking, as soon as he raised his hand, three detonating talismans were shot out together.With a bang, the detonating talisman exploded in front of the bee swarm.The ghost bee in front was fried like countless black beans thrown into the sky.

The formation of the bee swarm was a long snake, but the bee colony at the front of the formation was blown apart, and the formation of most of the black bees behind remained unchanged, and they were seven or eight meters away.

Seeing that the swarm of black bees was coming unabated, the two dared not neglect.Each of them exerted force on their feet and ejected backwards one after another.The chasing bee swarm did not give up, and their speed was extremely fast, and the distance from the two of them was always maintained at seven or eight meters.

Not a moment later, the two fled back to the shore, and quickly retreated towards the way they came from without saying a word.

The strange thing is that the swarm of bees chased to the bank of the pool and extended ten meters, as if they had encountered a transparent barrier.The original formation of a long snake turned into a big black cloud in a blink of an eye, and stopped chasing forward.After lingering for a while, the bee colony buzzed and flew back the same way, and disappeared into the weeds in the distance after a while.

Seeing this, the two stopped.

"It seems that the bee colony can't be too far away from the pool of water." Xu Yang said.

Zhu Liuqing held her sharp chin with one hand, thought for a while and said: "It must be that the evil spirit in the pool area is much stronger than other places. This mutant black bee probably doesn't like to stay in a place where the evil spirit is thin. Or the hive What clues are there?"

"There may be more tricolor flowers on other small islands. But the bee colony looks quite difficult, and you and I have also picked some tricolor flowers, which can be regarded as some gains. Why don't you follow the route to other places first?" Let's continue to explore, after all, our time is limited." Xu Yang said.

"That's good, we don't need to waste time here. According to the pre-calculated route, our next stop is three miles to the west of the pool." Zhu Liuqing said, taking out the map to identify the direction.

The two were about to leave.Xu Yang only felt a prickling pain in his shoulder, and he cried out inwardly.