Chapter 44: The River of Fallen Souls
"It's... Is it still a Nether Flower?"
Chu Yunfeng was taken aback.
Fan Chong, who was still very afraid of the ghost flower before, is unusually calm at this moment.
"Nether Flower, of course! It's just a big mutation. This Nether Flower is different from those, it can condense the soul and increase the strength of the soul after taking it, it is a rare elixir! Even if it is two sects and one pavilion, there are not many plants!"
Looking at Chu Yunfeng's unaffected expression, it was obvious that he did not realize the preciousness of the mutated Netherflower flower. Fan Chong thought about it carefully, and he understood that with Chu Yunfeng's age and experience, it was normal not to understand this.
"Have you heard of the Purple Mansion Realm?" Receiving Chu Yunfeng's affirmative reply, Fan Chong continued, "The reason why there are so few Purple Mansion Cultivators in the current Cultivation Realm is because ninety percent of the peak cultivators of the Immortal Realm are not strong enough to advance to the Purple Mansion Realm. ”
"I see!"
Chu Yunfeng was stunned, and then stared at the Netherflower in front of him like a hungry wolf, if it weren't for Fan Chong's reminder not to get close to the flower slave, he would have pounced.
"Daoist, I have an idea!"
"I have an idea too!"
The two glanced at each other, and both understood each other's plans.
The opportunity to promote to the Purple Mansion Realm!
As long as you get a Nether Flower, it's worth the trip.
The biggest threat at the moment is the ghost flower slave. How to dodge her attacks, pick the Nether Flower, and escape smoothly requires a rigorous plan.
For the sake of caution, the two did not rush to make a move, but first probed to see if there were other safety hazards nearby. Once you get started, minimize the risk.
So, the two went their separate ways and agreed to meet here in two hours, while Yuan Bao followed Chu Yunfeng.
After half an hour of exploration, Chu Yunfeng had a preliminary understanding of the environment here.
The number of mutant Nether Flowers here is also extremely rare, not as everywhere as imagined, only in the transition area between the Ten Thousand Graves Forest and the Lonely Soul Realm, there are a few. Near the glazed belt where each mutated Nether Flower is located, there will be a female flower slave.
After a long distance, a narrow strip appeared in front of him, with many guiding lights regularly branching out on the side of the road, leading directly to the direction of the Lonely Soul Leader. Chu Yunfeng did not rush there, but returned to the agreed place, discussed with Fan Chong, and then made a decision.
After a stick of incense, Fan Zhong also returned smoothly, and the two began to exchange what they had seen and heard with each other.
"It seems that what we have seen is similar, the most precious thing here is the mutated Nether Flower, and there is no other threat!" Fan Zhong said, "However, I recommend going to the place where the guide light is directing." Make sure there are no other threats before getting ready. ”
Fan Chong's suggestion is not unreasonable.
From the location of the two of them to the place of the guiding light, it was about half an hour's journey. If there is an existence in the Mortal Realm ahead, it doesn't take a cup of tea to track it down.
In such a short period of time, it was impossible for the two of them to escape to the ground of the Ten Thousand Grave Forest, and then withdraw from the Netherworld.
Chu Yunfeng had no objection to this.
Agreed, the two began to go deep into the transition zone. Half an hour later, I saw the guiding light that Chu Yunfeng said before.
"It turned out to be a fluorescent stone wick. ”
Fluorescent stone is a natural luminescent substance that is often used to make wicks.
There is a cobblestone road under your feet, but you don't feel like you're walking on it.
"Daoist, look! There is an arched bridge in front of you!"
From where the two of them were, looking ahead, you can see an arched bridge flickering in the thick fog, and the faint sound of running water can be faintly heard.
The strange thing is that it doesn't look far away, but it has never been able to get close, and the shadow of the bridge is very blurry.
"Could it be a mirage?"
Chu Yunfeng muttered.
"It's not like it is. Fan Zhong said, "There is real land overhead, and it is impossible to produce a mirage." It's probably too far away!"
"Makes sense!"
Time passed little by little, and after half a day, I felt that the distance was shortening.
The distance is getting closer, the arch bridge is getting clearer and clearer, and at the end of the cobblestone road, is the bridge body.
The bridge glows pale blue, dreamy, and stands still in the thick fog.
Standing on the edge of the bridge, not only can you not see the end of the bridge, but even the scene under the bridge is very blurry, and you can roughly distinguish that there is a river.
Every once in a while, there would be a wail on the river, which sounded extremely miserable and terrifying, as if it were at the gate of a ghost.
"Dao... Daoist, what kind of place is this? It's so mad!"
Chu Yunfeng was on guard, and his body was full of goosebumps.
Fan Chong's face was also solemn, and he thought for a long time before he replied: "Extrapolating from the distance, we should be under the Lonely Soul Territory, but I have never heard of this bridge. It's almost time, so wait and see!"
Fan Chongxiu is not high, but he is older, and his idea is very safe.
After a tense wait, the hour finally came, and the fog slowly began to fade, and I gradually saw the surroundings clearly.
At this time, instead of being happy, the two were shocked by the scene in front of them.
Countless souls seeped down from the ground and fell to the surface of the river below. The bridge is guarded by blue light, which is not affected by spirits, and the spirits float down from the place outside the bridge every once in a while, and the scene is extremely terrifying.
The bridge is about ten meters away from the river, and the soul falls into the river, as if falling into an oil pot, and the body is constantly fluttering at the same time, and the mouth emits a terrible roar, which is terrifying to hear.
On the other side of the arch bridge, there is a marble tower connected to it, and the lights in the tower are flickering, and I don't know what exists.
Before the three of them walked up to the center of the bridge, the fire in the marble tower lit up, and a leisurely figure walked out of it, and then slowly stepped onto the edge of the bridge.
"It's like this, it's like..."
"Flower slave!" Chu Yunfeng was halfway through his words, and Fan Zhong picked it up, "Just like the ghost we saw, it is also a flower slave." ”
After Fan Chongyi said this, Chu Yunfeng immediately reacted.
"Take shelter for a while!"
Fan Zhong said, and then the three of them walked down from the bridge, looking for a place that was a little farther away, so as not to get within ten steps of Hua Nu's side.
After a cup of tea, the flower slave walked down the arched bridge and went in the direction of Wanzun Forest.
"Would you like to go over and have a look?"
Chu Yunfeng stared at the marble tower on the other bank and said with some hesitation.
There was still some distance between the Marble Tower, and he instinctively felt some danger, but he didn't go to investigate, and he couldn't be sure if he could escape from the Ten Thousand Mounds Forest smoothly after stealing the Nether Flower.
"You feel it too?"
Fan Zhong did not answer, but asked solemnly.
"Although I don't know what exactly is in the tower, I just feel dangerous for no reason. ”
When Chu Yunfeng said this, Fan Zhong felt the seriousness of the matter, because he himself smelled danger.
So, he didn't hesitate to say what he thought: "Withdraw! The existence of blood skeletons that can create a large number of them is not something we can provoke!"
"What about the Nether Flowers?
"Of course!" Fan Zhong blurted out, "For us, the chance of advancing to the Purple Mansion Realm is above all else!, but for the kind of existence in the tower, perhaps the Blood Skull Army is the most important. ”
I have to say that Fan Chong's analysis is very thorough. Creating an army of Blood Skeletons is by no means something that ordinary monks can do. can hollow out the grave of the Iron Word Army and use it to nourish blood skeletons, and the strength of the people behind the scenes will never be under the Purple Mansion Realm, and it may even be the existence of the Spirit Infant Realm.
When it comes to this kind of existence, nothing is a trivial matter, and it must be treated with caution and caution!
On the way back, the two agreed on a safer method: first set up a magic circle around the mutated Netherworld Flower to deal with the Guardian Flower Slave; when the Flower Slave attacked, the ingots would entangle it, and Chu Yunfeng and Fan Zhong would go all out to pick the Netherworld Flower; once they succeeded, they would immediately drive the spirit boat to escape.
They decided to do it at the first flower slave, where the probability of getting out was the highest.
Half a day later, the two returned to the edge of the transition zone, and after finding the flower slave, they began to arrange the formation around.
Chu Yunfeng still had the remaining Five Elements Lingyue Array on his body, which was arranged by him at this moment. The stakes are high, and nothing goes wrong.
Fan Zhong is also starting to arrange his own formation, but not by relying on the formation plate, but by carving the formation pattern on the ground. After carving the formation pattern, an appropriate amount of spirit stones was placed in the center of the formation.
The two formations are protected by each other, and they should be able to resist the flower slave for a while.
Two hours later, the two finished arranging their formations and regained their strength.
"Do it!"
Chu Yunfeng gave an order, and the ingots immediately entered the ten-step identification range of the flower slave.
"Shhh
Realizing the threat, Hua Nu let out an inhuman chirp from his mouth and attacked the ingots in no order.
"Up!"
Chu Yunfeng and Fan Chong exited in unison, rushed towards the glazed belt with all their might, and after picking a few Netherworld Flowers with lightning speed, they ran outside the formation.
"Hiss! hiss!"
The Netherworld Flower was stolen, and the flower slave screamed wildly, immediately getting rid of the ingots, and wanted to turn back to block Chu Yunfeng and Fan Chong's way.
"Enlightenment!"
The two hurriedly activated the formation arranged in advance, and the flower slave was immediately blocked.
Chu Yunfeng took the opportunity to release the spirit boat and jumped up.
"Hurry up and get on the Spirit Boat!"
As he spoke, he held a large handful of spirit stones in his hand and stuffed them into the spirit stone trough.
Fan Chong's eyes were quick, and he jumped on the spirit boat first, and the ingots also came up immediately.
"Let's go!"
Sou!
The spirit boat was ten thousand meters in an instant, and the spirit stones in the trough immediately bottomed out, and Chu Yunfeng had to continue to add spirit stones. Soon, the spirit stone reserves on his body bottomed out.
"Daoist, quickly take out all the spirit stones on your body!
Fan Zhong knew that it was not the time to bargain, so without saying a word, he took out a storage bag and poured spirit stones into the trough.
With the supplies, the spirit boat picked up speed again, and with a cup of tea, it returned to the entrance of the tomb of the Ten Thousand Tomb Forest. At this moment, a huge shockwave came from behind, followed by an angry roar, apparently the theft of the Nether Flower was discovered.
"Oh no! I've been discovered!
Fan Zhong urged urgently.
Chu Yunfeng didn't dare to delay, and controlled the spirit boat to rise rapidly.
"Bang dang!"
The exit was too small, and the spirit boat was stuck, and the strong inertia threw the three out of the hole, and the three fell to the ground in embarrassment.
Chu Yunfeng got up and just wanted to go back to collect the spirit boat, but the spirit boat suddenly lost contact with him.
"Run!"
Fan shouted loudly, and Chu Yunfeng had no choice but to stop his figure and continue to escape.
They had been escaping two hundred kilometers from the Netherlands, and they felt that no one was catching up behind them, so the two of them stopped out of breath.