Chapter 53: The Lost City of the Sand Sea, The First Glimpse of Heaven (I)
The sun is scorching, and the sky is clear and cloudless.
The high temperature was transmitted to the ground without the slightest hindrance, and the hot sand burned the soles of the feet with the scorching heat, if it weren't for the monk's own immortal true qi to protect his body, I am afraid that he would have been roasted a long time ago.
The tip of Shao Heng's straight nose was covered with fine sweat, and his star-like pupils were a little helpless because of the vast desert in front of him, which was not marked at all.
It is the second day of coming to this seemingly endless desert, but Shao Heng is still stagnant here for various reasons.
Shao Heng raised his hand to wipe the sweat from his face, and laughed at himself slightly.
At that time, Cun Weishan and the others arrived at the Land of Flowing Flames one step ahead of others, which was naturally an advantage, according to the information of the sect and the news obtained from the mouth of the Heavenly Demon Valley Muguo, the depths of the molten slurry in the Flowing Flame Mountain was a shortcut to leave there.
At that time, everyone had reached a consensus, believing that although Shen Yuanxi was the leader of the team, his cultivation was the highest, and acting alone might be more efficient, and he could further explore the secrets of Lingji Cave Heaven.
In Cunwei Mountain, only the current head of the real person, Taihao Zhenren and the other two first ones had entered this cave two hundred years ago.
Taihao Zhenren once told Shao Heng that the environment in the Lingji Cave Heaven was born of the five elements at first, and then there were two places of wind and thunder, and there was a mysterious place outside of the wind and thunder. But at that time, even the head of the sect was too small and the real person stopped outside the strong wind, and could not enter again, only to see countless thunder and lightning in the distance around a high mountain staggered and flashing.
If Shao Heng wanted to quickly and successfully cultivate the Shenxiao Purple Thunder Sword Technique, he had to travel through all places, reach that Thunder Sea, and even enter the depths of the Thunder Sea.
In addition to the mission of obtaining the pearls of mountains and rivers, all the people in Cunwei Mountain received warnings from their own masters and ancestors, trying to find out what other secrets were in this Lingji Cave Heaven.
Especially Shen Yuanxi and Shao Heng, before leaving, Taiwei Zhenren even mentioned it again meaningfully.
"The real person in charge seems to know something. Shao Heng frowned, trekking step by step up a towering sand dune, looking into the distance.
He took out the carved leak of the Naxu Ring, looked at the scorching sun above his head, and muttered, "Beidou, they should also enter here, right?"
Shao Heng proposed at that time that everyone rush all the way to the center of the Northwest Liuyan Mountain and occupy it.
Because the guardian demon beast was born in the molten and the place where the fire element was at its peak, the speed at which the demon beast was transformed in this realm was also very fast.
Shao Heng judged that there must be demon beasts all over the center of the mountain, and on the one hand, they guarded the passage, not only to obtain the mountains and rivers of a large number of demon beasts in the molten slurry, but also to hold the passage to the next place firmly in their hands.
And the most abundant mountain and river beads in the Land of Flowing Flames will also fall into their hands.
The original demon beast was a demon beast in the late stage of condensation, and after Shen Yuanxi killed this beast, he must have been the first person to leave, and the order of those who left after that had caused a dispute among the disciples of Cunwei.
Others thought that they should act in pairs, but Shao Heng needed to be cautious because he needed to cultivate the Shenxiao Purple Thunder Sword Technique on the one hand, and on the other hand, he still needed to be cautious because of his strange appearance when facing the corpse of the dead demon beast. If you act in pairs, it is difficult to guarantee that it will attract the strange hearts of others.
Although Zhou Zi'an and Nangong Beidou are their friends who share hardships and hardships, they are in a family, and many things are involuntary and inconvenient for others.
Fortunately, Shen Yuanxi made up his mind and let Shao Heng leave with him on the grounds of Shao Heng's sword practice.
Zhou Zi'an and Lu Ji were the second group, while Ning Qingyun, Nangong Beidou, and Fu Anning left last.
Among them, Nangong Beidou has the Flying Frost Sword in his hand to restrain his anger, and Fu Anning, whose cultivation is only so much to Shen Yuanxi's senior brother, can also adapt to the situation.
And Ning Qingyun was born with a fire element, and the essence of the Chixiao Red Carp was the spirit beast that turned out of the magma of the Red Flame Fire Cave, and all the demon beasts in the Land of Flowing Flames were the great complements of their spirits.
Although there are blazing volcanoes and other places in Shenzhou, none of them are like the Flowing Flame Mountain, where such a huge fire demon beast gathers at the same time, allowing the Chixiao Golden-backed Carp to devour.
This is naturally Ning Qingyun's chance, so unless they encounter extremely strong or too many enemies and lose their geographical advantage, Ning Qingyun and the three of them will leave the Land of Flowing Flames.
This method gambled on the time difference before the other sects and families arrived, and before they realized it, the people of Cunwei Mountain had already obtained most of the mountain and river beads of the high-level demon beasts in the Land of Flowing Flames.
However, Shao Heng still miscalculated one thing after all.
He left Flowing Flame Mountain with Shen Yuanxi, but lost no trace of Shen Yuanxi.
Shao Heng originally wanted to discuss those things with his senior brother to see if Shen Yuanxi was in the same situation as him.
Who knew that after entering this long yellow sand, he was left alone.
In this desert, there are no features, it is impossible to discern the direction, and the sun, moon and stars here are chaotic, especially at night, it is pitch black, and it is impossible to move an inch.
The law of forbidden air here is becoming more and more powerful, and it is impossible to resist the sword or the wind, so you can only rely on your legs to walk on foot.
Therefore, the temperature difference between day and night is very large, and the high temperature is even especially on the Liuyan Mountain, when it is hot, it is like being in a steamer, and it is impossible to breathe, and when it is cold, it is like falling into a cold cave, and the blood and veins around the body are condensed.
Even with the support of the talisman, Shao Heng had to protect himself with his true qi anytime and anywhere.
Fortunately, the micro-robes also have the ability to resist water and fire, and can also remove impurities to guide the vitality into the body.
However, the hot and cold taste is still very unpleasant. As a result, Shao Heng's true qi was constantly being consumed, and he didn't dare to use the moon to pick up the stars all the time, walking and stopping, and from time to time he needed to rest and replenish the true qi in his body, and the speed was extremely slow.
"Poof!" the Heavenly Sword stabbed into the head of an amber scorpion.
Shao Heng picked up the corpse of the amber scorpion from the sand, and after the corpse's nonsense disappeared, he took the mountain and river beads and played with them in the palm of his hand.
The color of the mountains and rivers here is yellow, shallow as yellow sand, and deep as amber, which is obviously related to the attributes of this place.
And the points of light escaping from the corpse also changed from green to yellow, and most of them were still close to Shao Heng until they disappeared into his dantian.
Shao Heng has long been accustomed to this, and this is another way to supplement the true element or even increase the true element, reducing the time Shao Heng stays.
It's just that in the yellow sand, there are countless lurking demon beasts, which has brought a lot of trouble to Shao Heng.
A bag full of mountains and river beads, although it is a good thing, Shao Heng's goal is the land of the Thunder Sea mentioned by Taihao Zhenren.
Nowadays, only the scorching sun, the blue sky, and the yellow sand can only leave this desert if you don't know where to go.
Shao Heng took out the identity jade, and the remaining six points of light on it representing his fellow disciples kept flickering and wandering, and it was impossible to know their exact location, only that they were now free of worries.
And the sign representing Shen Yuanxi was bright and dark, which worried Shao Heng at first, but later he found that it had been like this all these days.
Shao Heng could only guess that Shen Yuanxi might have gone to another place, maybe he had left this desert, and at worst, he might have fallen into some predicament.
As long as you don't encounter an irresistible demon beast or a large number of Demon Sect enemies, at least survive the rest of the time, you can leave the Lingji Cave Heaven.
"Lingji Cave Heaven...... Lingji Cave Heaven ......" Shao Heng was paying attention to the movements around him, and at the same time pondered in his heart: "Why is there no clear record of the environment behind the Flowing Flame Mountain? Could it be that there are still many spaces in this cave sky?" But the head of the sect has made it clear that the previous two magic circles can only be called shortcuts, not portals...... Can't fly...... Is it because there's something in the sky, or do you not want us to discover anything from the sky?"
Shao Heng raised his head, and the dazzling sunlight hit his pupils, forcing him to stretch out his palm to cover it.
At this time, he was completely lost in the desert by relying on the scabbard made of the mesmerized branches, and if he could see it from the air, at least he could see a wide field of vision, and it would be easier to discern the direction.
At this time, Shao Heng suddenly saw something from the light and shadow, and the shadows in the desert in the distance looked like the figures of some buildings.
When he was a child, he had heard the legend of a mirage in the desert mentioned by an old servant in the family, and at first Shao Heng thought that he was hallucinating, but when he looked closely, he found that the buildings were extremely real.
"How can there still be people living in the caves, but maybe there will be some clues to get out of here. Shao Heng's expression perked up, and he quickened his pace and rushed in that direction.
As Shao Heng expected, when he approached, he saw that most of the houses were buried by the wind and sand, revealing only the pitch-black roofs and weathered walls, which were even more dilapidated than the ones he had seen in Ningjia Town before.
It's just that Shao Heng has never seen the architectural style revealed by these ruins and broken walls in front of him.
The pitch-black dome has a dark green pillar in the center of the courtyard.
Shao Heng walked into one of the relatively intact pillars, poked a little to the bottom, and found that most of them were buried in the ground, and the exposed part of the ground was carved with strange characters, like paintings.
Shao Heng quickly recalled the ancient characters he had learned in his mind, but he found nothing.
Over the years, he has seen a lot of things he has seen, but the architectural style of the dilapidated houses here is very different from the prosperous place in the Central Plains of China.
Just as Shao Heng was looking for clues and thinking at the same time, the vitality fluctuations of the fighting method suddenly appeared in the distance.
Shao Heng's heart froze, and he quickly gathered his breath and went in the direction of the fluctuation of the vitality.
I saw that in the desert, there was a dust storm for no reason, and between the sand and gravel, there were snake-like monsters constantly gushing out from under the soil, and they continued to surround the center.
"Sandworm?" Shao Heng knew something was wrong after seeing it clearly.
Sandworms, as the name suggests, are naturally monsters in the desert, shaped like long insects, with teeth, each of which is two zhang long, hiding between the gravel and sneaking up on its prey. The most troublesome thing is that this demon beast has always lived in groups, and as soon as it appears, it is a whole group.
Shao Heng took a rough look, and the sandworms in front of him were unexceptionably twice as thick as the outside world, and they looked even more hideous, and almost every sandworm was similar to the cultivation of the Zhuyuan monk.
The place where the sandworms are located in front of them is a depression shaped like a basin, and the sandworms are constantly pouring out of the ground, and the sand surface is already hollow and sinking.
Shao Hengfeng's eyes tightened, and he whispered, "Ouyang Nan?"
The people who were besieged by sandworms and were in danger were actually the two brothers Ouyang Nan and Ouyang Bai and the three female disciples of Ciyun Zhai!