The outer hinterland of the Howling Lands. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

"The netherworld power in the void in this hinterland is even stronger than in the periphery, and the evil qi mixed in it is getting heavier and heavier. Xu Yang said.

"Now we have to be more careful and not waste time at will. Zhu Liuqing said.

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According to the route planned by Zhu Liuqing on the map, the two continued to explore, and did not encounter any more risks on the way, and also harvested the spirit grass on the other three atlas catalogs.

Two days later, the two of them arrived in the outer hinterland of the Howling Lands.

Look up and see a huge waterfall cascading down the opposite mountain, rushing out of a clear pool at the foot of the mountain.

"This is it, the air around this waterfall is extremely rich in water spiritual power, and there should be a "water flower" near this waterfall marked on the map. Zhu Liuqing said.

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

The two walked to the waterhole at the bottom of the waterfall.

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

"Looking at the clarity of these footprints, most of them will not take more than an hour. Probably the other fellow disciples who came here first. Xu Yang said.

"You see, although these footprints are not many, they are a little messy, and at least two people left them, it may be that they encountered some kind of emergency, and they panicked and seemed to have such messy footprints. Zhu Liuqing said.

The two of them carefully inspected the waterfall and found several picked "water flower" flower branches, and the useful flowers were long gone.

Xu Yang squatted down and carefully observed something.

"Senior Sister Zhu, what do you see this?" As he spoke, Xu Yang reached out and picked up a light blue petal on the ground, and said, "This is clearly a petal dropped by the Shui Ying Flower." Moreover, the creases of the flower branches are not neat, and from these two points, this flower does not look like it was picked artificially, otherwise it would not be reckless enough to let the petals fall. ”

"There are no traces left by spirit beasts around here, which is a little weird. Since there are no more water flowers here, let's continue our journey as planned. Zhu Liuqing said.

The two left the waterhole and found a relatively flat path to climb the mountain beam. Ascending to the heights, under the large gray mist opposite 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 stone forests in front of me were five or six zhang high, and the black stone bodies seemed to be stained with ink. A pale black wind blew through the stone forest, making a roaring sound. After the wind, the gray mist around the stone forest seemed to be thicker by three points. The strange black wind blew on his body, and Xu Yang couldn't help but shiver. Xu Yang tried to investigate his divine sense, but his divine sense could not penetrate the gray mist at all.

"The evil aura in this stone forest seems to be three points stronger. And the divine consciousness cannot penetrate the gray mist that covers the outside. If you keep going, there will be a certain amount of risk. Xu Yang said.

"According to the indication on the map, there are several more precious wind attribute spiritual materials in this stone forest. Strange rocks of all sizes are scattered in this stone forest, like a natural labyrinth. 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, and you and I only need to pass through this corner of the stone forest to pass through the planned route. If you don't go through this stone forest and take a detour, I'm afraid it will take at least one more day, and the time is a little tight. Zhu Liuqing said.

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

The two of them entered the stone forest one after the other.

In the stone forest, the gray mist was tumbling, and neither the line of sight nor the divine sense could see too far. Xu Yang held the pathfinding compass in his left hand, and from time to time he checked the map to identify the direction. Zhu Liuqing followed closely behind him.

Xu Yang put the "peach" on his shoulder. Its two small black jewel-like eyes flickered, and a small furry head kept looking left and right, like a military intelligence agent carefully observing every move around it, as if the evil aura here had no effect on it at all.

After turning a relatively large rock, a small natural square suddenly appeared in front of me. The original unstable wind swirled in the square and did not disperse for a long time.

"Senior brother, the wind attribute spiritual power here is very strong, and the map indicates that there is a dark wind grass on the stone wall outside the square. Let's take a closer look and maybe learn something. ”

"The Wind Grass is indeed a relatively precious spiritual material, and the pill made of it is a rare help for cultivating the Wind Attribute Ghost Dao Exercises. Xu Yang said.

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

Not long after, sure enough, a wind grass was found in a rocky depression. The plant is dwarf, growing almost against a rock wall, with long gray-green leaves shiny and shiny.

After Zhu Liuqing picked and harvested this Stygian Grass, the two continued to search carefully, and they found as many as seven Stygian Grass. Later, a narrow passage was found at one end of the small square.

The passage was only a few feet wide, and there were pitch-black rock walls on both sides, which were extremely cold to the touch. The whole passage is also relatively dark, and the line of sight can only see the distance of about two zhang.

Xu Yang was in front, Zhu Liuqing was behind, and after walking along the passage for a distance, a bright light shone in the far end of the passage.

"There should be an exit ahead, and after this exit we will leave this stone forest. If you encounter a risk in this passage, you really don't know how to avoid it. Speaking of this, I wish Liu Qing a long breath.

"It seems that we have had some luck. ”

"Squeak-squeak", at this moment, the originally quiet "Peach" screamed eagerly twice.

"I wish Senior Sister to be careful, Pan Tao found that there were abnormal spiritual power fluctuations outside the cave entrance, and it seemed that someone was fighting. Here, the divine consciousness can't spread too far, and the perception of Pan Tao is more sensitive than that of you and me. ”

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

"It's two fellow doormen outside this exit, and it looks like they're in trouble. Let's go out and see how it goes. Zhu Liuqing said.

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

At this time, Xu Yang jumped out of the exit of the Stone Forest Passage with one jump.

I saw a black bird flying towards Xu Yang head-on at a low altitude, and the two were almost colliding together.

It's too late, it's too soon. Xu Yang ran the Dark Fire Technique at great speed, his cheeks bulged, and he opened his mouth to spew out a fireball the size of a wooden basin. At the same time, the right hand flipped over, and the "stainless steel shield" appeared on the right hand. The mana was injected into it, and the surface of the "stainless steel shield" rippled with a circle of silver ripples. Xu Yang violently pushed the stainless steel shield in his hand forward.

Xu Yang could have dodged the impact of this black bird sideways. But Zhu Liuqing has not come out of the passage behind him, if this bird flies directly into the narrow passage and collides with Zhu Liuqing, it will most likely hurt Zhu Liuqing.

Seeing that the big fireball that Xu Yang had just spewed out smashed into the head of this bird. I saw that this black bird let out a sharp cry, and the blue light on the crown of the feathers on its head flashed, and a rapidly rotating vortex of water spiritual power appeared in front of its head.

There was a loud bang. The two clouds of blue and red energy collided together, and the entire space that burst out with strong light in an instant shone brightly.

Because the distance was too close, the blast wave that exploded violently hit the steel shield in front of Xu Yang, and the smashed steel shield buzzed.

The whirlpool of water conjured up by the black bird's head had disappeared at the same time as the fireball exploded, and its forward momentum had come to an abrupt halt. This black bird stared at Xu Yang in front of him with a pair of blue eyes, and the two long wings on the left and right slowly flapped in the air.

The firelight dissipated, and Xu Yang saw the true face of the bird clearly. It turned out to be a black-feathered peacock, with a pinch of blue feathers on the top of its head, and the crown was particularly conspicuous.

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

At this moment, two figures on the opposite side flashed out not far behind the black-feathered peacock. They were two young men dressed in the costumes of the disciples of the Wood Spirit Academy, with an average appearance and figure.

At this moment, these two and Xu Yang just blocked the black feather peacock in the middle.

Seeing Xu Yang and Zhu Liuqing jumping out of the passage, they stopped the black feather peacock. One of them said: "It turns out that there are two fellow disciples, I am Bi Yong, a disciple of the third group of the Wood Spirit Academy, and this one next to me is my twin brother Bi Zhi. ”。

"In Xia Xuyang, he is a disciple of the fourth group. Next to me is Zhu Liuqing, a junior sister in the same group as me. Two brothers, fortunately. Xu Yang replied.

Zhu Liuqing didn't say anything, just nodded politely to the other side.

"The two brothers of the Bi family are new disciples in the first two years. It is also well-known among the outer disciples. The Bi family is an alchemy family within 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 lock talisman, and it can't fly high for the time being, while the effect of the spirit lock talisman is still there, let's work together to capture this spirit animal first. I don't need to say more about the value of this black wind peacock. Bi Yong said loudly.

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

The Black Wind Peacock is a spirit bird with both wind and water attributes, and it is difficult to see in the outside world. The aqua blue feather crown on its head is a rare water-attribute spiritual material, the black feather is a wind-attribute spiritual material, and the peacock gall is an excellent material for refining pills. And if the living Black Wind Peacock is handed over to the sect for raising, it will get a rich reward from the sect.