Netherworld Immortal

The outer hinterland of the Land of Ghost Howls.

"The power of the netherworld in the void in the hinterland is more intense than that in the outer area, and the evil spirit mixed in it is getting heavier and heavier." Xu Yang said.

"From now on, we have to be more careful, and we can't waste time at will." Zhu Liuqing said.

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Following the route that Zhu Liuqing had planned on the map, the two continued to explore. They didn't encounter any risks on the way, and they also harvested the spiritual herbs listed in the other three catalogs.

Two days later, the two came to the outer hinterland of the Land of Ghost Howls.

Looking up, a huge waterfall flew down from the opposite mountain, and a clear water pool rushed out at the foot of the mountain.

"This is the place. The air around this waterfall is extremely rich in water spiritual energy. There should be "watery flowers" near this waterfall marked on the map." Zhu Liuqing said.

"I didn't expect this map to be so accurate. It really saved a lot of time for you and me to follow the map all the way." Xu Yang said.

The two walked to the pool under the waterfall.

"Huh? Someone seems to have been here before." Zhu Liuqing said, pointing to the shallow footprints left on the wet ground nearby.

"Looking at the clarity of these footprints, it probably won't last more than an hour. Probably other brothers from the same school who came earlier have been here." Xu Yang said.

"You can see that these footprints are not many, but they are a bit messy, and they were left by at least two people. It may be that they encountered some unexpected incident, and the footprints appeared so messy in a moment of panic." Zhu Liuqing said.

The two carefully checked around the waterfall, and found a few "Shuiyinghua" flower branches that had been picked, and the valuable flowers had long since disappeared.

Xu Yang squatted down and observed something carefully.

"Junior Sister Zhu, what do you think this is?" As he spoke, Xu Yang stretched out his hand to pick up a light blue petal on the ground, and said, "This is clearly a petal dropped by Shuiyinghua. And the creases of the flower branch are not neat. , Judging from these two points, this flower does not seem to be picked by humans, otherwise it would not be so reckless as to let the petals fall."

"There are no traces of spirit beasts around here, which is a little strange. Since there are no water flowers here, let's continue on our way according to the original plan." Zhu Liuqing said.

The two left the pool and found a relatively flat road to climb up the mountain ridge.Looking up from the top, under the large gray mist on the opposite side of the mountain, a large stone forest can be vaguely seen.

Before coming to the stone forest, you can only see the shape of the stone forest in front of you.The several stone forests in front of me are five or six feet high, and the pitch-black stone bodies seem to be stained with ink.A gust of pale black wind blew through the stone forest, making a hissing sound.After the wind passed, the gray mist around the stone forest seemed to be thicker by three points.Xu Yang couldn't help shivering when the strange black wind blew on him.Xu Yang tried to explore with his spiritual sense, but his spiritual sense could not penetrate the gray mist at all.

"The evil spirit in this stone forest seems to be three points more intense. And the spiritual sense can't penetrate the gray mist covering the outside. If you continue to move forward, there will be certain risks." Xu Yang said.

"According to the indication on the map, there are several kinds of rare wind-attribute spiritual materials in this stone forest. The strange stones of various sizes are scattered in this stone forest, like a natural maze. If you want to get the spiritual materials inside, there will indeed be a lot of Risk. This map only records the road conditions in one corner of it. You and I only need to pass through a corner of this stone forest to pass through according to the planned route. If you don’t go through this stone forest and take a detour, I’m afraid it’s at least as much It takes a day to go, and the time is a bit tight." Zhu Liuqing said.

"In that case, let's go in and see the situation first."

The two entered the stone forest one after the other.

In the stone forest, the gray mist billowed, and neither the sight nor the spiritual sense could see too far.Xu Yang held the path-finding compass with his left hand, and checked the direction against the map from time to time.Zhu Liuqing followed closely behind.

Xu Yang put the "Peach" on his shoulders.Its two small black jewel-like eyes twinkled, and a small furry head kept looking around, like a military intelligence spy carefully observing every move around it, as if the evil spirit here had no effect on it at all.

After turning around a relatively large rock, a small natural square suddenly appeared in front of me.The originally erratic wind circled in the square and created whirlwinds, which lasted for a long time.

"Senior brother, the wind attribute spiritual power here is very strong. The map shows that there are ghost wind grass on the stone wall outside the square. Let's take a closer look, maybe we will gain something."

"The Nether Wind Grass is indeed a relatively precious spiritual material, and the pills made from it are a rare aid to the cultivation of wind-attribute ghost skills," Xu Yang said.

The two searched carefully along the rock walls around the small square.

Not long after, a Nether Wind Grass was found in a depression in a rock.This Netherwind Grass plant is short, almost growing close to the rock wall, and its long gray-green leaves are shiny.

After Zhu Liuqing picked the Netherwind Grass and collected it, the two continued to search carefully, and unexpectedly picked seven Netherwind Grass.Then a long and narrow passage was found at one end of the small square.

The passage is only about ten feet wide, and there are dark rock walls on both sides, which are extremely cold to the touch.The entire passage is also relatively dark, and the line of sight can only see a distance of about two feet.

Xu Yang was in front, and Zhu Liuqing was in the back. After walking along the passage for a certain distance, a bright light shone into the far end of the passage.

"There should be an exit in front of us. After passing this exit, we will leave this stone forest. If we encounter danger in this passage, I really don't know how to avoid it." Speaking of this, Zhu Liuqing let out a sigh of relief.

"It seems that our luck is not bad."

"Zhi-zhi", at this moment, the originally quiet "Pantao" cried out twice eagerly.

"Junior Sister, be careful. Pantao found abnormal spiritual fluctuations outside the entrance of the cave. It seems that someone is fighting. The consciousness cannot be spread too far here, and Pantao's perception is more sensitive than you and me."

The two stopped, and Zhu Liuqing quickly took out the compass to watch.I saw two small white dots on the compass flashing non-stop.

"It's two fellow students who are outside this exit. It seems that they have encountered some trouble. Let's go out and see the situation first." Zhu Liuqing said.

The two quickened their pace, and they were just a few steps away from the exit.Suddenly someone shouted: "Don't let this spirit animal run into this stone forest, otherwise it won't be easy to catch up."

At this time, Xu Yang jumped out of the exit of the stone forest passage.

I saw a black bird flying towards Xu Yang at low altitude, and the two almost collided with each other.

It's too late, but it's fast.Xu Yangyang ran the Minghuo Jue at high speed, his cheeks puffed up, and he opened his mouth to spray out a fireball the size of a wooden basin.At the same time, he flipped his right hand, and the "steel shield" appeared on his right hand.Mana was poured into it, and silver ripples appeared on the surface of the "stainless steel shield".Xu Yang fiercely pushed the fine steel shield in his hand forward.

Xu Yang could have avoided the impact of the black bird by turning sideways.But Zhu Liuqing hadn't come out of the passage behind her, if the bird flew directly into the narrow passage and collided with Zhu Liuqing, it would probably hurt Zhu Liuqing.

Seeing that the big fireball that Xu Yang sprayed out just now hit the bird's head.I saw the black bird let out a sharp cry, a blue light flashed on the crown of its head, and a vortex of rapidly rotating water and spiritual power appeared in front of its head.

There was a loud bang.The blue and red energies collided together, and the burst of intense light instantly lit up the entire space.

Because the distance was too close, the blast wave violently hit the stainless steel shield in front of Xu Yang, and the smashed stainless steel shield made a buzzing sound.

The vortex of water vortex created by the head of the black bird disappeared simultaneously in the burst of the fireball, and its forward momentum also came to an abrupt end.The black bird's blue eyes stared at Xu Yang in front of him, and its left and right long wings flapped slowly in the air.

Only when the flames dissipated, Xu Yang could clearly see the bird's true colors.It turned out to be a black-feathered peacock with a pinch of blue feathers on the top of its head, which is particularly conspicuous.

Zhu Liuqing heard the sound and jumped out of the passage in two or three steps, holding the silver dangling scimitar tightly in her hand.

At this time, two figures on the opposite side flashed out not far behind the black-feathered peacock.They were two young men who were dressed in the costumes of the disciples of the Muling Academy, and their appearance and stature were about the same.

At this moment, these two people and Xu Yang happened to block the black-feathered peacock back and forth.

Seeing Xu Yang and Zhu Liuqing jumping out of the passage, they stopped the black-feathered peacock.One of them said: "It turns out that they are two from the same sect. I am Bi Yong, a disciple of the third group of Mu Lingyuan, and the one next to me is my twin brother Bi Zhi.".

"I'm Xu Yang, a disciple of the fourth group. Next to me is my junior sister Zhu Liuqing from the same group as me. Two senior brothers, it's a pleasure to meet you." Xu Yang replied.

Zhu Liuqing didn't say anything, but nodded politely towards the opposite side.

"The two brothers of the Bi family are new disciples two years ago. They are well-known among the outer disciples. The Bi family is an alchemy family in the Heavenly Ghost Sect, and their strength should not be underestimated." Zhu Liuqing said in a low voice.

"This Black Wind Peacock has been hit by my spirit-locking talisman, and it can't fly high for the time being. While the effect of the spirit-locking talisman is still there, let's all work together to capture this spirit animal first. The value of this Black Wind Peacock doesn't need to be much from me." Say it." Bi Yong said loudly.

Xu Yang looked carefully, and there was indeed a silver nail wrapped with a talisman on the peacock's back, and there were faint circles of silver runes scattered from it.

The Black Wind Peacock is a spiritual bird with both wind and water attributes, which is hard to see in the outside world.The water-blue feather crown on its head is a rare water-attribute spiritual material, the black feathers are a wind-attribute spiritual material, and the peacock gall is an excellent material for refining elixirs.And if the live black wind peacock is handed over to the clan for raising, it will get a generous reward from the clan.