Chapter 16: Snow Lotus Arrives
"Whew"
As soon as he stepped through the seal prohibition, there was a whistling wind in his ears, and an icy chill swept in, slapping on Jiang Xiaoqi's body, making his body tremble, his eyes looked around the dim space, Jiang Xiaoqi didn't make much movement, just moved his steps gently, standing quietly, for a completely unfamiliar environment, rash action would only put himself in danger.
After looking around at the dim space around him, Jiang Xiaoqi's mind moved, and the azure spiritual power swept out, filling his body and wrapping him tightly. Stepping here, everyone may make a move on him, not hatred, but profit-driven, after all, everyone in the ancient tomb at this time is each other's competitors.
"What a strong suppression. ”
The spiritual power around his body was released, and Jiang Xiaoqi felt a strong sense of oppression from the outside world, as if he wanted to press all the spiritual power around his body back into his body. According to his own judgment, the spiritual power in his body was almost suppressed by nearly two percent, such a scene made him frown slightly, and a sense of crisis rose in his heart, and the suppression of spiritual power was not a good sign for him.
Not only Jiang Xiaoqi, all the martial artists who stepped into this ancient tomb had their own spiritual power strongly suppressed, slightly like him, they were weakened by nearly two percent of their spiritual power, and seriously, they even directly cut off nearly half of their strength, here, the higher the strength, the stronger the cultivation, the stronger the suppression will be.
Gradually adapting to the oppression brought by the surrounding environment, Jiang Xiaoqi flipped his palm, and a map carved in sheepskin appeared in his hand, and the concise strokes depicted the topographical map of this ancient tomb, which was the map he exchanged for spirit crystals in the medicine shop, and was being held in his palm at this time, looking carefully.
This ancient tomb is extremely magnificent, and you can see it through the cracks in the mountain alone, and at this time, you can clearly feel its grandeur when you are in it.
The tomb marked on the map is roughly divided into four parts, among which the main burial chamber is in the deepest part of the tomb, that is, the burial place of the tomb owner, and the most likely inheritance of the spirit rune master he is looking for on this trip exists there.
On both sides of the main burial chamber, there are two ear chambers, and most of the ear chambers will place some burial goods of the tomb owner.
In addition to the two ear chambers, the rest were the alchemy room, the medicine field, and the weapon pavilion, but judging from the current situation, he could only choose one of them. According to the test set by Old Man Shi for him, if he picks cinnabar snow lotus and brings it back safely, then his trip will be considered complete. And the medicinal herb to which cinnabar snow lotus belongs is very likely to exist in the medicine field, so Jiang Xiaoqi's choice for this trip is already obvious. After discerning the direction a little, Jiang Xiaoqi stopped staying, his body flashed, and he went straight to the medicine field of the ancient tomb, he wanted to see what kind of precious medicinal herbs were stored in the medicine field left by such a magnificent giant hall.
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The dim atmosphere filled the entire ancient tomb, and even the medicinal fields with abundant spiritual power and fragrant medicinal fragrance were also filled with this gloomy aura.
The figure flickered, and a figure full of blue light appeared outside the medicine field, it was Jiang Xiaoqi who was galloping. At this time, he was slowly pacing outside the medicine field, his brows furrowed slightly, and his eyes were full of solemnity looking at the medicine field in front of him with dark soil and a cold aura everywhere.
After coming here, Jiang Xiaoqi was surprised to find that this medicinal field planted with many precious medicinal herbs was empty, according to reason, such a precious place should not have such a sparsely populated scene in front of him. However, with his careful exploration, he finally found that it was not that no one came here, but that the warriors who came to this medicine field had all died here, and the white bones lying horizontally in the medicine field were shining with crystal luster, and there was still a remnant of spiritual power on it, obviously, these people should have just died.
"What a quirky medicine field. ”
Moving his heavy steps, Jiang Xiaoqi muttered in his mouth, his eyes carefully examining the medicine field in front of him, his eyes full of solemnity.
At first glance, there is nothing unusual about the medicine field in front of you, just like an ordinary farmland, but if you dig deeper, you can faintly find that on this medicine field, there seems to be a touch of killing atmosphere, covering the entire land.
"This fluctuation seems to be a spirit array. ”
As time passed, Jiang Xiaoqi finally sensed a familiar aura in the slaughter that permeated the medicine field, and the spiritual power of the runes made him feel strange, so he came to this judgment that what was shrouded in the sky above the medicine field was actually a huge spirit rune array.
"Buzz"
In order to verify the guess in his heart, Jiang Xiaoqi's palm slowly condensed an azure lotus flower, and with a wave of his arm, the azure light burst out towards the medicine field in front of him.
"Boom"
Immediately afterwards, Jiang Xiaoqi saw with a solemn face that the spiritual power emanating from his palm seemed to have hit an invisible barrier, and in just a moment, it was erased by the spiritual array that filled the medicine field, without the slightest ripple.
"What a terrifying force. ”
Moving his steps, Jiang Xiaoqi's eyes were full of solemnity, and his words murmured.
From the moment the spiritual power that was ejected just now was extinguished, Jiang Xiaoqi felt a deadly threat from the formation in front of him, if he switched positions with that spiritual power, I am afraid that the result would not change in the slightest, he would be severely injured by the flashing brilliance in the spirit array in an instant, and even ruthlessly obliterated.
"How can I pick this cinnabar snow lotus? ”
After careful observation before, Jiang Xiaoqi had already discovered the swaying dark red lotus flower in the medicine field, the lotus flower was born at the edge of the medicine field, compared to the position in the center of the medicine field, obviously, the cinnabar snow lotus was easier to pick. However, until now, this dark red lotus is still swaying here, and there are a few white bones with a glittering luster next to it, which shows that if you want to pick this blood lotus, the difficulty is probably more difficult than imagined.
"Boom"
Just when Jiang Xiaoqi was worried about picking medicinal herbs, there was a sudden rumbling sound from the ground behind him, and the ground under his feet also cracked at this time, and the cracks stretched until he came to Jiang Xiaoqi's feet, and then, a hideous-looking behemoth appeared in front of Jiang Xiaoqi, and roared violently at him.
"There are still spirit beasts here?"
Looking at the behemoth that suddenly appeared in the cracked ground, Jiang Xiaoqi looked a little surprised, and looked up and down the hideous spirit beast in front of him vigilantly, and his words were full of surprise.
The sudden appearance of the behemoth was estimated to be ten meters long, and Jiang Xiaoqi, who was standing in front of it, was like an ant, and he could be pinched to death at will. The appearance of the spirit animal is somewhat similar to that of a pangolin, with dense scales on its back, neatly arranged. The scales resemble rocks growing on the body, making them look extremely sturdy.
The spirit beast's two front paws were slightly short, hanging down from its chest like a rooster, but even so, the two drooping front paws were the size of a man, with sharp nails at the front ends, which could pierce sharp iron armor. The head was sharp, the snort was slender, and the two stout hind legs stepped on the ground, and the rubble flew so that the whole ground was dented quite a bit. The tail is also covered with scales, and it is long behind it, swaying and slapping the ground, stirring up a large number of flying stones, so it really looks like a pangolin.
"Whoosh"
The sound of breaking the air sounded, and the next moment, the spirit beast suddenly burst out, its sharp mouth opened violently, and let out a sharp roar, and its tail full of scales swept over, but its seemingly bulky body was extremely flexible, and the tail mixed with the whistling wind slammed in the direction of Jiang Xiaoqi.
"Bang"
Without the slightest hesitation, looking at the huge tail whistling in front of him, Jiang Xiaoqi retreated, and wrapped him in spiritual power. Jiang Xiaoqi flew out, and the giant tail of the spirit beast followed, smashing the place where he was standing before, scattering the rubble, and stirring up a large cloud of smoke and dust.
"What a strong force. ”
As soon as the figure fell, Jiang Xiaoqi looked at the ground that was smashed out of the pit under the giant tail, and was a little shocked in his heart. But before he could react, the huge tail struck again, this time with more strength and speed than before.
"Boom"
The continuous bombardment smashed the ground to the ground, and the spirit beast seemed to be tirelessly bombarding wildly, and its bulky tail had a speed that many martial artists could not match under its control, especially its coherent attacks, so that Jiang Xiaoqi did not have much respite.
"Bang"
Without paying attention, Jiang Xiaoqi was blasted out by the huge tail, and the hard scales smashed under the spiritual power light surrounding him, and the brilliance suddenly dimmed a little. And Jiang Xiaoqi's figure, like a cannonball thrown out of the chamber, slammed into a pile of rocks not far away, and was buried in it.
If the guess is correct, this spirit beast should be born to protect the medicine field, I think it was Jiang Xiaoqi's bombardment of the medicine field just now that woke it up from its slumber and regarded it as an intruder, so it would continue to attack him.
"Fluttering"
The sound of scattered rubble was endless, burying Jiang Xiaoqi in it. However, the spirit beast's attack did not stop there, and with its body's instinct, it sensed that Jiang Xiaoqi was not dead, so the huge tail struck again, smashing towards the pile of rocks where Jiang Xiaoqi was.
"It's really unforgiving. ”
The gravel exploded, Jiang Xiaoqi's figure shot out, and he dodged the bombardment of the tail, and his figure stood not far away, looking at the spirit beast in front of him with a slightly embarrassed shirt, muttering to himself.
Just dodged and let this spirit beast hit, a large part of the reason was that he did it on purpose, he wanted to see how far this big guy's strength had reached, I have to say that this is a bold idea, if he is not careful, he will be doomed, but fortunately, Jiang Xiaoqi has rough skin and thick meat, and there is no big problem.
Although he had expected it in his heart, the big guy in front of him still exceeded his expectations, if his judgment was right, the spirit beast in front of him should have reached the strength of the third grade, and according to the level of human beings, this guy is equivalent to being in the realm of four fulls.
Judging from the contact just now, the strength of this big guy is estimated to have reached the late stage of the Four Full Realm, and he has endured a fierce attack from that guy, even if Jiang Xiaoqi is so powerful as a defense, he is also shocked to the point of blood surge. However, looking at this guy's movements, there is no spirit beast to move, and every move is a little obscure, although it runs through, it also reveals a lot of pauses.
"The Great Compassion Hand"
Without any intention of temptation, Jiang Xiaoqi came up with a big open and closed offensive, and now the time is pressing, he doesn't want to be entangled here by this guy, and then, seeing his figure jump up, he began to change the seal in his hand, and the spiritual power surged from the curved pool, extending the thirty meridians opened up in his body, and began to converge in front of him, and in a short time, a huge palm print was condensed in the void. Then, I saw Jiang Xiaoqi's palm downward, and the huge palm mixed with the whistling wind, slammed towards the spirit beast in front of him.
With the passage of time and the progress of its own strength, this great tragic hand has gradually begun to show its edge, although it is only a move, but its power is very good.
"Boom"
A violent impact sounded, and a huge palm print, almost the size of a spirit beast, slammed into its body, stirring up a large cloud of smoke and dust. When the smoke and dust cleared, Jiang Xiaoqi was surprised to find that the spirit beast similar to a pangolin was still standing there, except for the scattered gravel on his body, there was basically no injury on his body, and such a powerful attack had not left a trace on him, which really surprised Jiang Xiaoqi.
"How can this guy's defense be so strong. ”
Withdrawing and flying back, Jiang Xiaoqi was really puzzled in his heart, even if the strength of this big guy reached the late stage of the Four Full Realms, the Great Compassion Hand should not leave a trace on it. While thinking in his heart, his body dodged, his attack obviously angered the big guy, and at the same time as the huge tail swept in, there was also a violent flame in the mouth of the spirit beast, turning into a ball of fireball and throwing it towards him.
"Is it because of the realm suppression here?"
Dodging a fireball, a thought flashed in Jiang Xiaoqi's heart, he had forgotten that here, his spiritual power had been suppressed by nearly two percent, and this big guy, as a spirit beast native to this place, would naturally not be suppressed, plus its own defense was so strong, it was not impossible that its own offensive had not left traces on it.
"It's a bit of a problem. ”
The body kept dodging, Jiang Xiaoqi's brows couldn't help frowning, in the case of such a powerful realm suppression, it was difficult for him to get benefits in the hands of this guy, and the defense with thick skin and flesh was ridiculously strong. Unless you empty the spiritual power in your body, you can hit this guy hard, but the chance of success will not exceed fifty percent. And in this way, his journey to the ruins will end here, and the emptiness of spiritual power means that he can no longer participate in the subsequent battles, and his trip will be over.
"Alas, I had to give up first. ”
With a sigh in his heart, Jiang Xiaoqi's figure flickered, and he was about to withdraw and give up picking elixir, but the mutation occurred at this time, and the spirit beast that launched a fierce offensive behind him suddenly stopped, and his huge body stood there motionless, his narrow eyes were tightly closed, and there was no trace of aura around his body, and he seemed to die suddenly, which made Jiang Xiaoqi, who was about to leave, stop.
"Whoosh"
Tentatively throwing a spiritual light, Jiang Xiaoqi stepped forward slowly, the spirit beast still did not move, gradually, Jiang Xiaoqi came to the side of the big man, his body jumped up, and floated in front of the big guy's head with the support of spiritual power, looking at it with a little doubt.
Suddenly, Jiang Xiaoqi found that at the center of the spirit beast's eyebrows, a rune was beating slowly, but the luster on the rune was getting darker and darker. Seeing this, Jiang Xiaoqi immediately understood, according to the legacy of the old man in the soul sea, he knew that the behemoth in front of him was not a living spirit beast, but was captured and refined into a puppet, and it was placed here to guard the medicine field, which is a unique means of the spirit rune master, which can be used to control thousands of armies.
Looking at the puppet spirit beast in front of him, Jiang Xiaoqi's mind couldn't help but burst out with a picture, a person standing on the endless battlefield, controlling countless corpses to fight, this appearance is really similar to the corpse chaser, and this kind of means can only be possessed by spirit rune masters, does he really have an unspeakable connection with corpses in the dark?
Putting away the strange thoughts in his heart, Jiang Xiaoqi leaned in front of the spirit beast's head, stared at the increasingly faint rune, and his mind moved, and then, he saw an invisible beam of light shooting out from his eyebrows, reflecting on the rune. Suddenly, the dim runes flowed again, but the runes at this time had been controlled by Jiang Xiaoqi, and the control of the spirit beast was naturally owned by him.
Although he was not a real spirit rune master at this time, he already had a good understanding of this journey, and he had mastered the engraving and cracking of some runes. Therefore, it is not difficult for him to control this rune that has existed for a long time.
Now that this big guy has quieted down, it's time to find a way to crack the formation and pick that cinnabar snow lotus from the formation.
"After the passage of time, no matter how powerful the spirit array is, there will be loopholes, and I, as long as I find the loopholes in the spirit array, temporarily let the operation of the spirit array stagnate, I think I should be able to pick this snow lotus. ”
Calm in case of trouble was taught to him by Old Man Shi since he was a child, although the situation in front of him was like a dead move, Jiang Xiaoqi, who had obtained the experience of the spirit rune master's lifelong practice, was silently thinking about how to break the game.
Although he is not a spirit rune master, he also has a general understanding of the way in this vein, and the long and huge works left in the soul sea record the cultivation experience of many spirit arrays, although there is no record of the corresponding cultivation methods, but it preserves most of the spirit arrays that the spirit array master has sketched in his life.
"The Guardian Array is a passive defensive formation, which is not actively aggressive, but when it is attacked, it will stimulate the formation center to carry out targeted defense, and then wipe out the trespasser. ”
rummaging through the records of the spiritual array in his memory, in the end, Jiang Xiaoqi used his own spiritual power as a guide. Constantly groping, he roughly determined what the big array in front of him was, and silently calculated the prototype of the big array in his heart, looking for a way to break the situation.
And the so-called spirit array center is the core of a complete spirit array, the entire large array is built on the basis of the center, if you want to crack the spirit array, the most important step is to destroy its center, but at the moment, with Jiang Xiaoqi's ability to just contact the spirit array master, I am afraid it will be difficult to find the center of the spirit array, let alone destroy it.
But fortunately, at the moment, he only needs to let the spirit array stagnate for a moment, leave a gap, and pick the snow lotus at the edge of the medicine field, and the trip will be complete, but the biggest problem at the moment is how to make this spirit protection array stagnate for a short time.
"The defense of the Spirit Guardian Array is extremely strong, but in the same way, there is also a fatal flaw, the defense of the Great Array is mainly concentrated in one point, if a strong impact is received in one place, most of the strength of the Great Array will be attracted to it, and correspondingly, other places will become weak. ”
Realizing the subtlety of the Spirit Protector Array in his heart, as well as the defects mentioned in his experience, Jiang Xiaoqi silently pondered, and faintly thought of a way to break the game.
"I didn't expect this big guy to come in handy. ”
Turning around and looking at the behemoth behind him, Jiang Xiaoqi chuckled lightly, and then, I saw the light in his eyebrows, and the behemoth behind him took heavy steps, under the control of Jiang Xiaoqi's thoughts, the huge spirit beast marched towards the other side of the medicine field, and after a while, it stood opposite the medicine field that was far away from him.
"Success or not depends on what comes next. ”
Taking a deep breath, Jiang Xiaoqi's eyebrows shone brightly, and at the same time, the spirit rune engraved on the spirit beast's head also began to bloom, and when his mind surged, the spirit beast's huge body slammed into the huge formation in front of him, and the aftermath of the brutal impact even trembled on the ground.
On the opposite side, Jiang Xiaoqi's spiritual power surged, and an azure delicate lotus flower slowly solidified from his hand, and then, a delicate lotus flower also appeared in the palm of his right hand, and then, seeing his palm move lightly, the lotus flower condensed between his hands slowly rose into the air and suspended above his head.
Such exquisite spiritual power control is difficult to achieve with the strength of Yangxi Realm, and it is a spiritual power control method that can only be mastered by martial artists of the Four Full Realms, but fortunately, Jiang Xiaoqi's body contains fragments of the origin of the water spirit, which can allow him to control his attribute spiritual power when he cultivates in Yangxi Realm.
At this time, Jiang Xiaoqi's forehead was already covered with beads of sweat, and the subtle spiritual power control required a high degree of mental concentration, not to mention that he had to separate his mind to control the spirit beast opposite him, but fortunately, he broke through the soul sea and made his soul power go further, so that the two could operate at the same time in such a posture.
"It's not enough. ”
With Jiang Xiaoqi snorting softly, the behemoth opposite him on the opposite side of the medicine field, under the control of his soul power, instilled the last trace of his own strength into the tail, and blasted towards the large array running on the medicine field, and for a while, the invisible spirit array burst out with dazzling brilliance under the fierce impact of the huge spirit beast, resisting its impact.
"It's now. ”
Controlling the spirit beast to violently impact the large array, Jiang Xiaoqi's figure burst out at this time, and the Great Compassion hand filled with azure majestic spiritual power slowly condensed in front of him, and the two lotus flowers suspended above his head also swept out, together with the giant palm of azure spiritual light the size of a rockery, under Jiang Xiaoqi's precise control, towards the space where the cinnabar snow lotus was located at the edge of the medicine field.
With a deafening impact sound, the huge spiritual power palm print slammed into the invisible light curtain of the spirit array, because of the defects recorded in the experience, at this time, most of the power of the spirit array was attracted by the behemoth, and the opposite position, the power would naturally become weak. Therefore, under the impact of Jiang Xiaoqi's three fierce attacks, the gap in the large array was suddenly torn apart, and there, a blank space appeared, revealing the swaying dark red lotus flower in it.
At the same time, on the opposite side of the medicine field, the spiritual power in the behemoth object was also consumed at this moment, and the huge body of the spirit beast was pierced by a dazzling light, a bowl-sized wound appeared on the chest, and the rune in the brain was also shattered at this moment. Almost instantly, the gap in the spirit array that had been torn open by Jiang Xiaoqi began to heal at a speed visible to the naked eye.
"Poof"
The opportunity was fleeting, Jiang Xiaoqi naturally would not let go of this hard-tore gap, his palm almost poked out at the moment when the gap was formed, and grabbed the swaying dark red lotus, and at the same time, Jiang Xiaoqi's palm also shrouded several medicinal herbs next to the lotus and grabbed them in his hand together.
Almost at the moment when the big array was formed, Jiang Xiaoqi's palm was retracted, and he successfully grabbed the three herbs in his hand, but his back was also wet with cold sweat, and at the moment when the big array was just closed, he smelled the breath of death, if his palm hesitated for a moment, at this time, his right hand had been cut off by the strong aura that permeated the big array.
Fortunately, Jiang Xiaoqi set his eyes on the three medicinal herbs he was holding in his hand, among them, the dark red cinnabar snow lotus was the darkest in color, and the other two were grabbed by him, one was crystal light blue, with three leaves, and mottled lines were drawn on it.
The other plant, the whole body presents a deep purple, the appearance is quite peculiar, the peanut has two leaves, holding a flower bud that has never bloomed, the flower bud looks like a fish head, very strange.
This plant called Shui Xian Grass with a light blue luster can purify the spiritual power of water attribute warriors, making their own spiritual power thick, and at the same time, it can also increase the strength of the spiritual power of martial artists, which helps to break through the realm barriers, and can be described as an extremely precious elixir.
And the cinnabar snow lotus has an unparalleled healing effect, and with the power of the fire attribute, it can greatly improve the cultivation of the fire attribute warrior, and it is also the elixir that the old man Shi asked to pick, in order to show the completion of his mission.
However, the last one, with Jiang Xiaoqi's experience, he can't distinguish it, he has tasted a hundred herbs since he was a child, and he knows a lot of elixirs, but now he has never seen this strange-looking elixir, but since it can be planted in the medicine field, it should not be ordinary.
Putting away the three medicinal herbs, Jiang Xiaoqi glanced at the behemoth opposite the medicine field, and couldn't help but feel a little sorry in his heart, the runes were broken, and this puppet spirit beast lost its original meaning. He glanced back at the medicine field, where there were all kinds of wonderful herbs swaying, but he didn't think too much, he was already satisfied to be able to pick three elixirs, and he still understood the truth that he couldn't chew more.
Putting away his thoughts, Jiang Xiaoqi discerned the direction, and silently calculated the time in his heart, nearly three hours had passed since he set foot in the ancient tomb, at this time, most people should have begun to march towards the main tomb, for there, he was also yearning, just the inheritance of the spirit rune master made it difficult for him to refuse.
Didn't stop any longer, since the choice had been made in his heart, he couldn't hesitate, the martial artist was the most taboo and hesitated, and put the three herbs into his arms, Jiang Xiaoqi's figure no longer stayed, and he moved his steps and walked in the direction of the main tomb, in his heart, there was a faint boiling of war intent, there, was the center of this battle, how could he be absent from such a grand occasion.