Chapter 18: Into the Demon Cave
"What?
"That's right, I didn't notice it before, I only realized it when they wanted to break the seal, I'm afraid this is a treasure left by a certain demon cultivator. Red Scale shook his head, "It's weird, I didn't expect this small world to have such a place." At first, I didn't even notice it. ”
Sure enough, Bai Xue's premonition was answered.
Her face condensed slightly: "Then do we still need to go in?"
"Enter! Why don't you enter? For them, it is a demon land, but for us, it is a real treasure land! Xue'er, this opportunity has come, you have just been promoted to the second stage of the soul sound technique of the Soul Silence Period, it is the time to make up for it, and you urgently need the nourishment of the soul and the seven emotions and six desires, but you don't want to kill innocents indiscriminately, and I won't force you, but don't worry about it now, the most important thing in this demon cave is desire and soul. Red Scales glided excitedly on Snow's hands.
While they were discussing, the eight Merge Stage Monks also opened the seal, and in an instant, the lake shone with a thousand rays of light, and the eight Merge Monks immediately retreated, and Bai Xue was the same as everyone else, with the eight Merge Monks retreating backwards, until the light disappeared and the lake was exposed to people's eyes. It was a huge black whirlpool, deep and mysterious, like the mouth of a giant beast, and it looked extremely strange. However, the eight combined cultivators did not hesitate and leaped in with the disciples of their own sect. After the people in mid-air began to enter the whirlpool, the rest of the people on the ground also rushed into the lake. It's like I'm afraid of being one step behind.
Bai Xue looked at the black whirlpool and flew in without hesitation. I was just very vigilant before I went in. Even if Bai Xue is a demon cultivator, it doesn't mean that she can swim freely in it. Every chance comes with a danger.
Just after people jumped into the whirlpool, a spatial crack suddenly appeared in the air not far from Xishui City. A few monks stepped out of the cracks, led by a young man, the young man's cultivation was in the Yuan infant stage, and behind him were several monks wearing uniform white clothes. If it is placed in the Heavenly Khotan Continent, this is probably a formidable force, but what makes people's jaws drop is that one of the Tribulation Monks respectfully said to the young man in front of him: "Young Master, the situation seems to be a little wrong, according to the perception of the subordinates, it seems that there are too few monks in the Heavenly Khotan Continent this time." ”
The young man looked in the direction of Xishui City, and the corners of his mouth hooked: "It's not too little, but I'm afraid that the monks of the Khotan Continent have all gone to one place this day." ”
After finishing speaking, he ignored the man in white and flew in the direction of West Water City. The white-clothed men in the back followed.
When he came to the lake, the young man looked at the huge whirlpool with an interested expression, "Hehe, how can I miss such an interesting place." Then without saying a word, he plunged into the whirlpool, and the man in white entered one after another.
As soon as the snow entered the lake, it was in good spirits. But after entering, he found that the scene was not as terrible as Bai Xue imagined, after all, before that, he was told by Red Scale that this was a demon cave, which made Bai Xue subconsciously think that coming in was probably a demonic place.
Quite the opposite, however. As soon as Snow came in, he came to a forest. The forest was lush and green, with towering trees, and in the distance, there were many plants that she had never seen before, but they were unusually beautiful.
Mountains and rivers depend on each other, and flowers are blooming. This was Bai Xue's first impression of this place.
But even so, she still walked cautiously, carefully making the Ten Thousand Year Ship. There were many people who had just entered the whirlpool at the same time as Shirayuki, but when they entered, they didn't see anyone around. I'm afraid the maelstrom has already divided everyone. For some monks who are not strong enough, it may be dangerous to be separated from everyone, but this is what Bai Xue wants, and only by being alone can he let go of his hands and feet.
She cautiously walked forward in the jungle, but after walking for nearly half an hour, she couldn't help but wonder, could it be that Aunt Hong had miscalculated?
Red Scale hadn't spoken since he entered this place, until this time he seemed to guess what Bai Xue was thinking, and said, "This is indeed a demon cave, haven't you noticed that although this place is beautiful, there is not a living thing?"
Well?!
Bai Xue stopped suddenly, Red Scale didn't say that she hadn't found it yet, only after saying that she realized that the surroundings were too quiet, and with her cultivation, she could sense that there was no living thing except for herself and Red Scale.
She continued to walk on, but she was constantly observing her surroundings, and after walking for another half hour, she finally realized that something was wrong.
Bai Xue's memory has always been very good, there was a very beautiful bouquet of red flowers not far in front of her, she had thought that this flower was everywhere, but when she secretly looked around, she finally realized that this bouquet of flowers was the first one she had seen. In other words, Bai Xue has walked such a long way, in fact, he has been going around in circles.
"Is it an illusion?" asked Shirayuki to Red Scale.
"Illusions? No, it's not just illusions. Red Scales slid out of her wrist and transformed into a middle-aged woman on the ground, saying with interest.
Sure enough, just after the red scales spoke, the red flower in front seemed to awaken, and she swayed gently, emitting a little star-like red light, which was extremely beautiful, but Bai Xue took out Hei Xuan for the first time.
At the moment when she took out the black xuan, the flowers and trees that had been quiet before danced wildly, and the rattans of one tree roared in the direction of the snow and the red scales, and the red scales seemed not to make a move, and turned into a small snake and wrapped around her wrist.
Bai Xue's hand gently lifted the strings, and a sound wave dispersed, and all the rattans instantly turned into powder. It was just a pediatric for her, but she didn't need to relax immediately, she believed it wouldn't be that simple.
Sure enough, after the vines of the tree turned to powder, the beautiful red flowers swayed more frequently, and the snow could be seen with the naked eye around the circle, and all the towering trees were moving closer to this side, and there were many strange plants wriggling over.
At a certain moment, as if given an order, all the trees danced wildly, and the huge vines whipped over, and some strange flowers and plants revealed a hideous scene, and Bai Xue also saw that a huge and beautiful flower had opened her buds, like the mouth of a vicious beast, full of jagged teeth, and through the mouth of the flower, some bones that were still rotting could be seen.
Her fingers played different tunes on the black strings, and the notes turned into waves that scattered from the center of the snow in all directions, and all the attacking flowers and trees turned to powder. But Bai Xue didn't show a relaxed expression.
Because after a round of attacks, more flowers and trees gathered one after another. Snow can easily stop them, but it can't last forever. Her soul sound trick can be cast, but it consumes aura and energy. I'm afraid it will be detrimental to her if it continues to be consumed like this.
The soul sound formula is effective for people, in order to arouse people's emotions and absorb people's essence. Trees don't have emotions, they also have spirits. But just now, Bai Xue tried it, but found that these flowers and trees had no essence at all, that is, the flowers and trees in front of him were not real plants. And she can only keep consuming and not replenishing, and once she runs out, I am afraid that she will be in danger.
As Shirayuki blocks the next wave of attacks, she thinks about countermeasures at the same time.
Suddenly, when she saw that beautiful red flower was motionless in one place, swaying red light all the time, Bai Xue knew how to solve it. She took advantage of the gap between blocking one wave of attacks and the next one, and as soon as the piano note turned, she played a series of rapid notes, which turned into a crescent-shaped blade and headed towards the beautiful red flower.
Externalized sounds. One of the abilities of the second stage of the Soul Sound Formula.
Honghua seemed to realize the danger, and shook it rapidly, and the plants that had originally wanted to attack Bai Xue gave up their attacks and blocked the blade.
However, the sharp blade of the soul sound is not so simple, it seems to be real and virtual, the sharp blade passes through the plants that stand in front of the red flower, and passes through it gently, and the plants are unharmed, as if the air penetrates, and the crescent-shaped blade seems to not exist. However, the moment it came into contact with the safflower, it turned into a harvesting sickle and cut the safflower into pieces.
At the moment when the safflower broke, all the moving plants stopped one after another, restoring the static nature of the original plant.
It seems that my judgment is not wrong, these plants are controlled by those small red flowers. Once the red flower is destroyed, the attack will stop.
After the attack stopped, Shirayuki continued walking, but when she walked back to her place again, she knew that she hadn't gotten out of the place yet.
She observed the surroundings, sat directly on the spot, took out Hei Xuan, and played a tune called "Water Falling Stones". This piece was taught by Qian Han when she was very young, but she didn't cultivate enough before, this piece was extremely spiritually draining, and she never played it, this was the first time she played it after she was promoted to the spiritual silence period.
There is a sound in the river, the bank is broken for thousands of feet, the mountains are high and the moon is high, and the dagger water falls out.
With the completion of the performance of "Water Falling Stones", the surrounding scene is like a mirror shattered, and the beautiful landscape is broken and disappears.
Bai Xue stood up and looked at the shattered world that revealed its true face.
It was found that the ground was black and dry, uneven, and some bones could be seen in some of the upturned soil. There were many dry trees nearby, standing alone, their branches like human withered claws, which looked particularly strange, and then looked into the distance, a large river surrounded some bare mountains, and the water of the river was bright red, and there was a faint smell of fish. The sky overhead is a dark red, giving a sense of oppression.
What kind of beautiful place is this, this is clearly a demonic mountain plain. This scene is in line with Bai Xue's guess about the demon cave. I am afraid that everything before was a deceptive illusion. Of course, I'm afraid it's not a simple hallucination, if you are injured and die inside, I'm afraid you won't wake up again in reality. Bai Xue looked around and thought thoughtfully.