Volume I: 23 Difficulties

Xiao Yi put the jade talisman into the storage bag, now this forbidden place is too dry and hot, he just accompanied the remains of the jade beard and said less than half an hour before he could barely hold on. The spiritual power in the body is used to isolate the surrounding qi waves, especially the ground under your feet, and constantly absorb the spiritual power in your body into the ground. If he didn't leave now, Xiao Yat felt that he would also become a second skeleton.

According to the previous method, Xiao Yi shrank and prepared to go out of the rat hole, and he was surprised to find that he was unable to mobilize the spiritual power in his body freely. It's like stepping into a quagmire and swamp, and it's laborious.

Originally, Xiao Yi had never used other spells here, and had always stimulated the aura of the body protector to form a shield to isolate the surroundings. Now it seems that the reason why this shield consumes so much has something to do with the prohibition here. Not only is it invaded by a heat wave, but it is also constantly extracting Xiao Yat's own spiritual power. No wonder Xiao Yi has always felt that he needs to constantly stimulate the spiritual power in his body to resist the surroundings, and the consumption of daring to resist the dry heat is not much, and the other spiritual power is forbidden and secretly eaten.

Xiao Yi took out a low-grade spirit stone and hurriedly absorbed and replenished the consumption, even if he consumed the spirit stone, he only reduced his figure by a few feet in the end.

Seeing that the replenishment of the lower grade spirit stone could not keep up with the speed of consumption, Xiao Yi gritted his teeth and took out a medium-grade spirit stone from the storage bag. Time is pressing, if you don't hurry up and go out, I'm afraid I won't have my life to worry about consumption.

Xiao Yi placed a futon on the ground, although this thing is also a commonly used thing, but it has a slight effect on isolating the leylines. If you can buy some time, it is equivalent to saving some spirit stones for yourself.

He casually inserted the long sword in his hand aside, and was about to sit down and absorb the spiritual energy contained in the spirit stone with all his might. But just now, with a casual hand, the long sword was actually inserted deep into the corner of the earth wall. Since the sword was unmatchedly sharp, it fell slightly downward with its own weight. Xiao Yi saw that the sword wound where the long sword was broken was so clearly visible, and there was no sign of recovery and closure.

"Could it be that in this circle prohibition, the healing function of the earthen wall is also invalid? Could it be that this prohibition can resist attacks from outside, but it has no effect on attacks from within the law?"

Every house will lock the door, but usually it is to prevent outsiders from entering, and few door locks and deadbolts are set to prevent people from going out.

At the beginning, the jade beard was firmly restrained by the fire wood, and he couldn't leave half a step. Therefore, the other party only needs to block someone from outside trying to enter, and they can completely isolate it from this place of death. Thinking of this, Xiao Yi hurriedly put away his things, took out another lower grade spirit stone and held it in his left hand, he pulled out his long sword with his right hand, and struggled to cut the next huge clods of earth. Soon, a space the size of a man was pulled out by him.

Xiao Yat piled the clods of earth outside the space to form a wall of earth, and he entered the space, constantly cutting the earth and moving behind him. The isolation behind him was filled with clods of dirt little by little, and Xiao Yi felt that there was a lot less heat around him. After digging forward for a while, the volume of the space Xiao Yi was in was getting smaller and smaller, and when he advanced about three zhang away, the remaining space around him could only allow him to move forward slowly with a half-squat.

"It seems that the reserved space is still too small, and more remnants of soil should be moved out. Xiao Yat exercised the true qi in his body, and struck out hard at the fluffy mound of dirt behind him. Although the three-zhang thick earthen wall may not be able to be penetrated with one palm, it will also free up a lot of space if it is tamped. The biggest problem now is that the space that can move is too small.

However, Xiao Yi's full force hit the earthen wall behind him, but he didn't react at all. The originally loose earthen wall, except for a little rubble falling, no longer moved.

Xiao Yi hurriedly turned around and inserted a long sword into it, and a similar scene appeared again. After the long sword was inserted, as long as it cut through the earthen wall, the newly created sword marks quickly disappeared. Xiao Yi panicked, this was clearly a one-way prohibition at work. There is little way for me to take a step back except to continue digging forward. With each minute he advanced, he had to carefully pile up the remnants behind him. If you are not careful, the remnants of the soil will be thrown at will, and the space for your own activities will be smaller. Even if Xiao Yi found out in time and began to carefully pile up the remnants, when he advanced more than two feet, his body was already crawling in the hole.

There is still a distance of about a few feet, but there is not much space left for me. If you don't go out, I'm afraid you'll be the first person to bury yourself in the ground. It seems that Jade Beard also asked himself to collect and incinerate his body, and if he dies here, he will not be able to fulfill any promises.

Xiao Yi's heart was cold, and when he thought of the experience during this period of time, he couldn't help but sigh. I have obviously already obtained the thread grass, so it is said that the task has been completed. As long as he returns to Yubo City and hands over the jade box, he will be able to regain his freedom in less than a year.

But he had to be driven by curiosity, and he had to come back to investigate the seal of the earth mountain. In the end, he was passed on by the jade beard to shrink and enter inside. Now I can't move if I want to go out. This......

In a flash of inspiration, Xiao Yi thought of something. There seemed to be an idea to save myself just now, what was it?

"Shrink!"

Xiao Yi realized that the reason why he felt that the space was not enough was entirely because his volume almost filled the surroundings. If you shrink yourself, you will get enough space. Thinking of this, Xiao Yi urged the magic trick, and his body gradually shrank to a certain height. Now he was standing in the hole, an arm's length above his head. Of course, this arm was only the length of his shrunken arm, but it undoubtedly bought him more time.

Xiao Yat is now able to shrink his body more, but the size is reduced, so his cutting speed will also decrease. Now this height is just right to cut through the dirt and rocks in front of you without sacrificing too much efficiency.

Thinking of this, Xiao Yat began to continue cutting. He piled up the cut earth and rocks behind him, because there was a lot of space behind him, Xiao Yat began to continuously expand the height of the cut in front of him. After a cup of tea, the space that Xiao Yat cut was enough to accommodate three feet square. He found that cutting diagonally upwards could throw the residual soil to his feet as soon as possible, which not only saved the effort of carrying back and forth, but also effectively controlled the space occupied by the soil and rock. Anyway, there wasn't much distance left, so he simply dug quickly, and moved diagonally upwards little by little.

It's just that the ideal can't be too plump when he leaves, and after another stick of incense, Xiao Yi's side is only a few feet in size.

I still haven't gone out, and if I dig like this, I will have to use the method of shrinking, so the efficiency of moving forward will be reduced, and the amount of work will increase dozens of times.

Because of the shrinking size, Xiao Yi was no longer sure how far away he was from the outside. He wondered if he would be able to dig up the remaining walls alive, if the hope that had just been ignited was about to be dashed again.

Xiao Yi was annoyed and punched the dirt wall beside him, if he had patiently carried the remnants of the soil just now, although it would take a little longer, it would be a matter of time before he went out. Now that he is stuck on the edge of hope, he feels a little too aggrieved to die like this.

This punch did not reduce its power because of the shrinkage of Xiao Yi's body, and the sound of dong dong echoed in the space for a long time.

"Empty?"

Xiao Yat hurriedly banged with his fists all around, and he soon found that an earthen wall on the upper right side was the weakest. Xiao Yi suddenly came to his senses, and quickly cut the place with the long sword, after a few breaths, the front end of the long sword was empty, Xiao Yi just wanted to cheer out, but he was confused by the feeling of cutting the sword body.

What is the rhythm of this? Is it out or not?

Xiao Yi turned the blade of his sword and cut a large piece of earth, only then did he realize that he had not dug outside the earthen wall. But this place is familiar to itself, it is the rat hole that I climbed into in the first place.

Shrinking again, Xiao Yi crawled into the rat hole, and at this time only about three feet away from the outer hole. He hurriedly moved towards the entrance of the cave, the prohibition had driven him crazy. If you stay a little longer, your spirit will be broken.

Returning to the valley at noon, Xiao Yi let out a long sullen breath. Repeatedly experiencing life and death, his nerves have been tormented by despair and hope.

Readjusting his mentality, Xiao Yi took out a low-grade spirit stone and absorbed it into his body with all his might. Now that he is out of trouble, it is time for him to think about how to deal with the corpse of Jade Beard and this prohibition.

Boarding the flying boat, Xiao Yat checked the surrounding terrain, and there was no water vein spring suitable for him. Since he couldn't take advantage of the geographical advantage, he would simply go back to Yubo City first, and then go back and deal with this seal in the most troublesome way.

With a twist of thought, the flying boat slowly flew towards Yubo City in the night sky. Xiao Yi sat in the cabin, quietly absorbing the aura around him, although he had spirit stones to squander, but spirit stones were all things that were consumed in his best efforts. Now that he has squandered it, when he encounters trouble in the future, Xiao Yat will regret his waste. It is no wonder that the monks regard the spirit stone as so valuable, and when necessary, without the spirit stone, it is equivalent to giving up life.

In the afternoon, Xiao Yat landed outside Yubo City. He wanted to go back and hand over the jade box to Qin Xi, but when he looked at the sea not far away, Xiao Yi's heart was lonely again. It's time to go back and see the dog meat, which has been away for more than a month, and I don't know how the dog meat is.

Restarting the flying boat, Xiao Yat landed in front of the small island cave house at dusk.

As soon as he landed, the dog meat happily crawled in front of him.

"Yes, I haven't seen you for a few days, and you're more energetic than last time. I'm just coming to see you, and I'm going to leave later. ”

Xiao Yi said, taking out a golden-scaled pike from the storage bag and putting it in the dog's mouth.

This is a precious sea fish he bought in Yubo City, and it tastes good to eat by himself, and he will be a favorite of dog meat in the future.

Watching the dog gobble up a fish, Xiao Yi lay down satisfied. The night sky in front of you is still bright, and the fragrance of flowers and the smell of grass and earth around you make people quiet. Unconsciously, Xiao Yi actually fell asleep deeply.

I don't know how long it took, Xiao Yi felt something roll on his face. The balls of the obvious rollers kept being piled back on their faces. The bursts of hot and humid breath were so familiar and familiar that he couldn't help but lazily say, "Dog meat, don't make trouble." Let me sleep again. ”

Where did the ball come from? As soon as Xiao Yi's voice fell, he suddenly came to his senses. At this time, it was already late at night, but Xiao Yi still clearly saw a round fruit being pushed into his face by dog meat with his nose.

"What is this?" Xiao Yi took the fruit from his face and reached out to tie the dog meat around the crook of his arm. He took the fruit and looked at it carefully, it looked familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had seen it.

"Is this for me? I don't remember any fruit trees on the island that can be eaten!" Xiao Yi asked with a smile as he looked at the dog's slightly appreciative expression.

"Woo, woo......" Dog Meat felt a little anxious when he saw that Xiao Yi was holding the fruit and didn't eat it. This is its favorite thing, and now Xiao Yi is actually just holding it and looking at it, which makes it very sad. Dog Meat broke free from Xiao Yi's arm, picked up a fruit from the ground and was about to put it in his mouth. Seeing this, Xiao Yi hurriedly got up and looked at the dog meat with a strange expression.

"What are you doing? Oh my God? What is it? You're going to put it in my mouth? You're raising me, not me. No matter how much you like it, you can't force me to eat it like that, can you? Even if I have a good relationship with you and don't care about eating your food. But whether you can eat it or not, at least let me judge!"

Seeing that Xiao Yi lost his temper, Dog Meat immediately lay on the ground aggrieved, covering his eyes with a pair of forelimbs, and kept wailing from his mouth.

"Okay, I just wonder where the fruit came from, and I didn't discipline you. As for being so wronged, do you have to let me do everything according to your temperament, are you satisfied?" Xiao Yi got up and shook off the weeds and soil chips on his body, only to find that there were still four fruits on the ground. He picked them all up, carefully identifying their origins. Seeing this, the dog meat bit Xiao Yi's shirt and dragged desperately in the other direction of the island. Seeing that the little guy was so stubborn, Xiao Yi also relied on it, and walked towards the depths of the island half-delayed.

In front of him was a small half-man-tall forest, each with seven or eight identical fruits on each tree. Dog Meat circled around Xiao Yat excitedly, barking constantly, as if showing off his exploits.

"Dog meat, is this what you planted? I don't remember this forest! Isn't it the place where I buried my two fellow Daoists in the first place? Why is there an extra fruit grove here?"

Xiao Yi looked at the dog meat curiously, remembering the original ......

By the way, isn't what you have in your hand the spirit fruit? When I first bought the remnant of "Tianque", the other party gave me one as a gift. Later, he buried the wooden box in the soil with the burial. Could it be that this spiritual fruit has taken root and sprouted and grown such a piece?

Xiao Yi looked at the orchard in front of him, and his thoughts went back to ten years ago. The old man buried his bones here and gave birth to a hundred jade plants. Ten years after he left, this small island has also changed the world.

I remember that the Taoist friend once said that a fruit tree can produce at least fifteen fruits, and the most fruit trees here are only thirteen. If it weren't for the dog meat being eaten, then it could only be said that his island spiritual power was not even the most ordinary leyline.

With a sigh, Xiao Yi squatted down and put the fruit in the dog's mouth.

"Little one, here's what you eat. Just because you like it doesn't mean I like it too. Usually you just eat more. Although we are not a great sect such as the Spirit Beast Sect, these fruits should be enough for you to eat by yourself. Eat with confidence, eat more and you will be more humane. ”

The dog meat nodded as if he didn't understand, chewed in his mouth, and swallowed the fruit into his stomach.

Dog meat didn't understand why Xiao Yi didn't eat a bite of such a delicious thing. But I've been getting better and better lately. Even the squid king in the deep sea in the distance was played by himself. Go back and find an opportunity to go to its nest and stir it up again, so that it can bully its little fur seals at every turn!

Xiao Yi walked around the fruit forest again, and saw a new sprout breaking through the soil, picking up the floating soil, and judging by the kernel, this is the seedling of the Zengling Fruit.

It seems that the fruit tree is growing much faster than it consumes because it only has dog meat. Xiao Yi nodded with satisfaction, patted off the dirt on his hands, turned around and said to the dog meat, "You can eat as much as you can when you go back." If you can't finish it, give it to your children. I don't want this island to be overrun by the Spirit Fruit in a few years. Although this thing does not have any aura fluctuations, the fruit on one plant is also worth three or four spirit stones. There is an output of four or five hundred spirit stones a year. Although my island is not full of spiritual energy, such an income will also attract casual cultivators or sect monks to covet it. ”

Thinking of this, Xiao Yi returned to the cave mansion and took out a array plate and carefully arranged it. This is a kind of prohibition that Jingxi has taught him in the past ten years, and his cultivation in the current foundation building period can barely be arranged. I believe that with this kind of ban, it will not be easy for anyone to really want to seize this place.

Everything was set up, and it was close to noon.

Xiao Yi and Dog Meat quarreled for a while, and then he summoned the flying boat and slowly flew towards Yubo City.

"Eldest sister, I got the thread grass back. You see if it's this thing. ”

Xiao Yi put a jade box in Jingxi's hand when he entered the door, and saw the other party open the lid of the box, showing a satisfied smile on his face.

"That's it. Although it is not the best spirit grass, it is expensive in a long time. I'll go back and find some Cangjiao Lotus and Meat Mushroom to refine the Miaosheng Pill. If you can find the golden horn, then the value of the Miaoyuan Pill will increase more than ten times. ”

Jingxi hurriedly covered the jade box so that the medicinal properties in it would not weaken. She took out an incense burner from the storage bag, burned it lightly, and then said, "Why did you take so long to go this time? ”

"With mere mortals, I found a place and let him go back. Only then did he use his means to obtain the elixir. There were a lot of beasts around this threaded grass, and even beetles were desperately attacking me. If mortals had followed me, they wouldn't have been able to come back now. Xiao Yi said half-truthfully.

Jingxi's brows furrowed slightly when she heard this, her pretty nose twitched slightly, and she said suspiciously: "When did the thread grass and the red iris flower accompany together?" Although the smell is lighter, it should not be wrong. ”

Qin Xi raised his eyes and looked at Xiao Yi, then smiled bitterly, and whispered to himself: "Anyway, the kite flower has no medicinal properties, it is not a precious thing, don't worry about it......"