Chapter 57: Terrifying
'Bang', the short sword in Ji Fan's hand fell to the ground, but he didn't bend down to pick it up, his eyes were full of intense horror, and on the side, Yue Qing's eyes were also a little shocked, because the things in front of him were really terrifying.
"Is this a taboo? Or is this a fairy? ”
Ji Fan muttered, this time Yue Qing, who had always been experienced, did not answer his question, because he was also extremely shocked in his heart, and after a long time, his heart fell silent like a low tide, but his eyes were still full of horror.
"Could this be an illusion or something?" Along the way, Ji Fan had seen too many strange things in the 'realm' of the Ling Xuan Sect, so he could quickly ease up, and guessed with some suspicion.
"Not an illusion. The gold in Yue Qing's eyes flashed and disappeared, it seemed that he had already used some unknown method to explore.
"And what kind of creature is this?!Ancient humans?"
His expression was curious, although the palm was petrified, it was almost ninety-nine percent like a human palm, the texture was clear, and the nails were still there, so he had to suspect that in the depths of their feet, there was a huge human corpse.
"Probably not, humans can't grow that big. Yue Qing shook his head in denial.
"That's... Shall we take a look down?" Ji Fan was eager to try, and unknown things always had an inexplicable attraction.
"Forget it, there were many taboos in ancient times, many of which were not accessible to our level. Yue Qing objected, under the gray sky, the palm standing here looked mysterious and weird.
was stopped by Yue Qing, Ji Fan had no choice but to dispel the idea of digging down to take a look, at this time, he swept his eyes and saw that between the lines in the palm of his hand, something was slightly protruding from the half-corner, which was incompatible with the overall color of the palm.
"Look!"
Ji Fan pointed, Yue Qing took a look, and saw a corner of something, bronze-colored, immediately frowned, hesitated, and walked over.
Jumping into the giant hand again, he quickly probed his fingers, picked up the thing and turned away without the slightest drag, after all, anyone standing in the hands of an unknown creature would not feel very comfortable.
In front of him, Ji Fan took the bronze iron piece and removed the soil on it, and could vaguely see some quite ancient inscriptions carved on it.
"This luck ......"
Ji Fan's face was full of joy, diluting the fear in his heart, the inscription on it was very complicated, he didn't know anything, he wanted to ask Yue Qing, but found that he was staring at the palm tightly, he couldn't help but wonder, and asked, "What's wrong, senior brother?"
"As soon as I took the thing, the palm of my hand seemed to shake. ”
"Yes, is it alive?"
Ji Fan was shocked when he heard this, staring at the huge palm standing there without any signs of life, and shook his head again, the whole palm has been petrified, at least it has been dead for 10,000 years, how can it be a shock? It is probably his illusion.
Suddenly, the ground shook violently again, this time with a muffled sound, this time clearly heard by both of them, but not from beneath their feet, but from the depths of the earth.
When the two of them heard the sound, they saw huge cracks on the earth spreading rapidly from far to near, and farther away, countless earth plates were shattered, constantly collapsing and disappearing.
"Run!"
After being stunned for only a second, the two fled in a hurry, and soon after, the collapse zone chased after them from far to near, and the endless abyss quickly covered it, and then the two knew that the earth here was hollow.
"We seem to have moved something we shouldn't be moving. While running, Ji Fan raised the bronze iron piece in his hand, because the vibration started from taking the iron piece.
"Don't talk nonsense, it's just a coincidence, this 'realm' was constructed by the Ling Xuan Sect, and it won't exist for long after that altar disappears. ”
"What about the exit?" Ji Fan was stunned for a moment, looking at the abyss in the distance, he knew that this time the world disintegration would not eject the two of them safely like last time, so he immediately swept the surroundings and asked.
"Generally, the exits are located in the middle of the 'boundary', and the collapse should spread along the edge to the very center, just follow it. Yue Qing said in a deep voice.
The two of them quickened their pace, and the collapse behind them became faster and faster, and in a short time, it spread to the position of the huge palm.
On the horizon, Ji Fan saw a few small black dots suddenly fall and disappear, and at this moment, through the countless fragments of the earth, he seemed to see an unimaginably huge figure, which flashed away in the abyss, and immediately his scalp exploded.
Is it really an ancient 'human'?
He was sure that he was not mistaken, and immediately his lips trembled, and he reflexively asked Yue Qing, "Senior brother, did you say that the creatures in the underground could be human beings?"
Yue Qing glanced back, but there was no trace of his palm, he frowned and said, "Have you ever seen such a big human?"
"Hmm...... Just met ......"
"The palm, you say?"
"Don't think about it, although that palm is very similar to human characteristics, there are many creatures in this world who have such palms, such as apes and spirit beasts. Yue Qing explained slowly.
"No, I've really seen it, when it just collapsed, I saw that the body fell into the abyss, it was a human figure, the size of one or two hundred zhang......" Ji Fan was terrified, and his hand was still gesturing.
"Are you sure?"
"I'm really sure ......"
"How could it be ......" Yue Qing was skeptical, after all, he didn't see it just now, he looked back at the collapse behind him and was getting faster and faster, and he didn't have time to think about it anymore, urging Ji Fan to run wildly, and after a while, the horizon in front of him also collapsed, and the two of them happened to be in the middle.
"The portal should be right here. Yue Qing said.
There was nothing strange around, and at this time, the collapse on both sides had stretched out, and as far as the eye could see, the black abyss had opened its huge mouth, about to swallow the only piece of safety in front of him, and the depth under his feet was extremely terrifying.
"Like...... There's a formation here!"
The two hurriedly searched, and after a while, Yue Qing found a very vague spirit array, I don't know if it can still be used, but there is not much land under their feet, and seeing that the collapse is spreading, the two of them hurriedly jumped up.
"Buzz!"
As soon as they boarded the spirit array, the array patterns lit up one by one, the abyss was getting closer and closer, at the critical moment, the white light flashed in the spirit array, and the two of them opened their eyes again, and they appeared in a grotto, and at their feet was a cumbersome and complex spirit array that was extremely complicated, which had failed and stopped running, and the two looked around, and were suddenly surprised, because the space in front of them was only less than ten zhang in size.
"This should be the real face...... Ji Fan said softly as he felt the breeze blowing on the other side.
In fact, the environment that the two of them entered according to the map, whether it was the 'realm' or the illusion or the ruins, the actual source space was only that large, and the reason why it was so vast was that everything was controlled by the spirit array.
Of course, this is all his personal speculation.
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Slowly exiting the grotto, walking along the dark stone path, it was not long before you reached the end, but what caught your eye was not the familiar cave.
The sky in front of me was overcast, the icebergs and snowy ridges, the cold wind was blowing, and the green as usual disappeared, replaced by a world of ice and snow.
"How long have we been cultivating? It seems like it's winter?" The cold wind penetrated through his thin clothes, and Ji Fan shivered.
"Unlikely, it will last less than two or three months......"
Yue Qing shook his head, looked at the strange surroundings, there was a thick layer of ice and snow under his feet, as if it had been accumulated for many years, after a long, long time, he blinked, looked at the shadowy mountains in the distance, his voice contained panic and uncertainty, and said, "Do you remember that there is a snow peak in that Spirit Beast Mountain Range......?" Spirit Animal Sanctuary ......"
Ji Fanwen's expression froze in an instant.
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The cold wind kept howling, the sky was full of ice and snow, and the direction was uncertain.
Under the gloomy sky, the rocks covered with snow and ice, the icicles towering, the frost trees and silver flowers, everything was soaked in white.
Yue Qing and Ji Fan looked solemn and walked forward on the thick snow.
The snow kept falling, and the footprints behind him were like a long dragon.
The two of them walked aimlessly, climbing over a steep ice cliff, and a palace frozen in ice and snow appeared in front of them.
The palace is about a hundred zhang, and it does not occupy a very large area on the seemingly boundless snow peak, but it stands in this deserted spirit beast holy land, which is very surprising, after all, this is the standard human architectural style, is it possible that in this terrible spirit beast holy land, there are also human monks living in seclusion here?
Ji Fan and the two glanced at each other, they could see the surprise in each other's eyes, stretched out their hands and pushed the temple door that had been sealed by ice and snow, and with a strong force, there was a 'click', the ice bar in the gap broke, the temple door was slowly pushed open, hesitated, and the two stepped into it with wind and snow.
Close the door of the palace, the two of them take a body of frost and snow, look up, the palace is magnificent, the golden top and jade wall, there are canals and streams surrounded under the four eaves, the mountain is crystal clear, the aura is dense, the beauty is magnificent.
The hall is empty, there is a jade stone platform in the center, and there seems to be something in the middle.
"What is this?"
Ji Fan took a few steps forward, only to see that it was an oval bead the size of a human head, the whole body was ice blue, covered with fine cyan veins, and a golden symbol was outlined on it, adding a bit of mystery to it.
"This ...... It seems to be an egg......" Yue Qing stepped forward and said in surprise.
"Is it a spirit beast egg?!Hurry up, there must be an adult spirit beast nearby, and it will be blocked here!" Ji Fan's face turned pale, and he was about to evacuate this place in a hurry, just kidding, he actually broke into the spirit beast's nest, if he bumped into an adult spirit beast who was out hunting, it would be cool in minutes.
"There are no adult spirit beasts...... Yue Qing shook his head and said calmly: "There is no sign of a spirit beast left here at all, and besides, the temple door was frozen when I came in, how long has it been since I came back?"
Hearing this, Ji Fan swept the hall and found that the hall was quite clean, so his brows slowly relaxed.
"There is no adult spirit beast to protect ......" Ji Fan muttered quietly, stepped forward, looked at the spirit beast eggs displayed on the stone platform strangely, and said, "Can you tell what kind of spirit beast egg this is?"
"I don't know, it's the first time I've seen ......" Yue Qing's eyes flashed with a strange expression.
Ji Fan stretched out his hand to touch it, and immediately frowned, except for the coldness like a stone, he didn't feel any trace of life in it.
"This spirit beast egg doesn't seem to have any breath of life, right?"
Yue Qing shook his head and didn't answer, he was carefully looking at the strange rune on it, perfectly fused on the ice-blue eggshell, as if it was innate, until he knew it for a long time, his pupils shrank, and he lost his voice: "This ...... Could it be the spirit beast Nirvana?!"
"What?"
“...... This is not an ordinary spirit beast egg, the owner of this ice hall is it! I am afraid that this spirit beast has reached the realm of cultivation and is at a critical moment!"
"What do you mean?"
"The cultivation of spirit beasts is the same as that of human beings, they are swallowing the aura of heaven and earth, but their clan has a limitation, this limitation will make it difficult for them to enter after reaching a certain realm, and the body will not be able to carry the aura, so if they want to cultivate again, they can only use another way, that is, Nirvana for blood, if successful, they will feather into butterflies, evolve a very powerful bloodline, and from then on, the fish will leap into the dragon gate and ascend to the sky in one step. ”
"What about failure?...... Ji Fan nodded, thought about it and asked again.
"Then there are no bones left...... Generally speaking, there are not many spirit beasts willing to do this, willing to live a mediocre life, after all, the price of gambling their lives will always make them hesitate, I didn't expect that there are spirit beasts here with such courage. Yue Qing sighed, and Ji Fan was also in awe.
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