Chapter Twenty-Three: The Forest Center
"Who the hell are you......"
The man leaned against the dead wood, half of his body collapsed to the ground, his face was gray, the blood on his cheeks had dried up a little, his eyes were red and bloodshot staring at the man, and he did not give up on asking.
The person in front of him was already dying, Su Yuncheng had no intention of paying attention, and only glanced at the bushes not far from the right.
"Who else in the Southern Sect knows the news of the Dark Domain Pearl?"
A man in a black robe flashed out, his wide black cloak covering most of his appearance, and the only lower half of his face was covered with a black mask, covering his whole body tightly, like a little girl who was afraid of being caught by the sun.
Under the black hat was a pair of long eyes as slender as a falcon, and his voice was hoarse like gravel: "There is no one else but Wan Zhan." ”
Su Yuncheng's eyes were heavy, and his eyebrows were slightly frowned, as if he had heard the name of a person he hated very much.
When the dying man saw the black-robed man, his half-fallen body shook suddenly, and he said in disbelief: "Great Elder...... You! How could it be ......"
The black-robed man turned his head to look at him, raised his hand slightly, and handled him casually.
Su Yuncheng pondered in his own thoughts, and he didn't even glance over there.
After a while, he asked the black-robed man, "What's wrong with Wan Zhan?" ”
"Everything works fine. If I guessed correctly, Wan Zhan may have heard the news of Jiangyizhou's pearl hunting, so he sent people to the bank of Rinshan to rob and block. ”
The black-robed man took a few steps forward and continued, "Based on what I know about him, if he had known the news of the Dark Domain Bead a long time ago, he wouldn't have set out to look for it until today. Wan Zhan must not know much about the Dark Domain Bead. ”
Su Yuncheng stood upright on the wasteland, and after listening to the words of the black-robed man, his expression was pale and he didn't say much.
The Dark Domain Bead was the reason why those cultivators rushed into the swamp in the past. It is rumored that the Dark Domain Bead is infinitely powerful, and it can increase spiritual power cultivation, suppress spiritual vein riots when advanced, and even ......
This bead is a great treasure for people who have reached the peak of their cultivation or have encountered a bottleneck in their cultivation, which means that they can break through another great realm in their lifetime.
Therefore, most of the countless ancestors who died in the swamp in the past were masters of a faction and cultivators with a reputation for fame. The stronger the people, the more they yearn for greater power, and they deeply appreciate the glory and surrender that power brings, and no one can resist such temptations, and they spend their lives in this endless path of endless pursuit, until death.
And this time, it was the turn of Jiang Yizhou and Wan Zhan to pursue the Dark Domain Pearl.
The black-robed man said, "Young Master, the people from the Burning Cloud Sect have arrived in the swamp. ”
Su Yuncheng's face was slightly gloomy, and he said coldly: "Don't call me young master." ”
The black-robed man stared at him quietly for a moment, sighed lightly, and changed his words: "Your Excellency." ”
Thinking of the news he had discovered, although it was not important, he still said to the person in front of him: "The two girls who followed Your Excellency went to the swamp with the people of the Cloud Splitting Sword Sect. ”
Su Yuncheng frowned.
After a little thought, he guessed what was going on, and he said to the black-robed man, "You go back first," and went deep into the forest.
Qi Shuyuan led Xia Ning and Ling Peiwu through the forest.
The trees that covered the sky thinned out, the forest was left behind, and it was not long before they came to a bare place full of rocks.
Behind him is the towering shadows of the Rinkan Forest, and in front of you, there is a shallow water as far as the eye can see.
At a glance, it was a lake countless times larger than Ximo Lake, but it was not a lake, and they could clearly see the black mud that had accumulated under the water, silent and vast.
Occasionally, jagged rocks jutting out of the horizon, sharp and sharp, looked like the pinnacle of a mountain from a distance, as if countless peaks had been buried under the black mud.
The strange rocks are irregularly distributed, one in the east and one in the west, and it looks like an old man standing here alone and watching the desolation.
The black mud swamp hidden under the shallows seems to have been forgotten and dusted by the world, and there are few rumors about it from the outside world, but when it reappears in front of it, the ancient mystery is terrifying.
Ling Pei was stunned when he saw the scene in front of him.
The forest of Rinkan is vast and boundless, and it may not be possible to cross the forest day and night, how can it be possible in such a short period of time?
Ling Pei was not surprised, and asked, "This place belongs to the boundary of the Rin Mountain?" ”
"This is the center of the Rinkan Forest, of course." The person who answered this question was Xia Ning.
Xia Ning's words made Qi Shuyuan, who was not surprised, glance at her.
Qi Shuyuan said: "This place is indeed the center of the forest. Very few people know that the center is a swamp. ”
Qi Shuyuan not only has few expressions, but also has as few words as expressions. Nie An knew that he was silent, so he went on to explain: "This place is the real Rinshan, well, buried underneath. The forest outside is just a protective color. ”
"The reason why few people know about it is that there is a deep barrier outside the forest, and if there is no secret passage leading to the swamp, outsiders will not be able to get here even if they walk around the forest for the rest of their lives. A few of us may be the first time in more than a decade that we've set foot in the center. ”
Ling Pei captured the key information sensitively and said, "More than ten years? The last time I came here, was it Master Jiang? ”
Nie An sighed and said vaguely: "Master, his old man may ...... Come on. ”
"So over the years, countless cultivators have gone to the forest to practice, if there is an obstacle technique, why is no one aware of it?" Ling Pei has been cultivating with Tianqing Zhenren since he was a child, and he has been involved in all kinds of techniques and swordsmanship, but he has never heard of an obstacle technique that can deceive everyone, and it has been maintained for such a long time.
Nie An said: "This ...... I don't know. Anyway, when I went to the forest on a mission before, I never realized it was weird. ”
"I think," Ling Pei pondered without lowering her eyes, and she said slowly, "In addition to the obstacle technique, there is also a huge and exquisite formation supporting it. ”
Xia Ning nodded and said, "And this formation is all over the forest, and the main purpose is to guide people away from this place without any substantial harm." ”
Qi Shuyuan spread out his face and remained silent, but he was quite surprised by them in his heart, and the apprentice of Tianqing was really smart.
"Yes, that's exactly what I ......thought," Ling Peiwu said, and suddenly raised his eyes to look at Xia Ning, "But how do you know?" Also, how did you know this was the heart of the forest? ”
Ling Pei looked at Xia Ning suspiciously, looking at her words and actions, as if she had been here.
Xia Ning's inner carnival: Because I have come into contact with the plot!!
Finally, it's finally related to the plot! Didn't you see that I was almost moved to tears! After playing soy sauce for more than a month, it came to the spoiler part, and the next thing - I am the prophet!
Xia Ning couldn't help but sigh with long eyebrows, but in order not to expose herself, she had to pretend and say, "Hmm...... That's right, when I woke up in Senior Brother Su's room that day, I flipped through his book, and it happened that this was written in it. ”
Use your powerful imagination to make the nonsense more realistic: "There is also a formation diagram drawn in that book, which is weird and weird, and I can't understand it, I think it's a formation diagram." There's a passage next to the picture, which is the one I just said. I don't know if it's true or not, but I remembered this when I heard the words of Senior Sister Pei Wu. ”
And they did.
Ling Peiwu seemed to mutter, "How can Senior Brother Su have the formation diagram here?" ”
Ling Pei didn't believe Xia Ning's words, firstly, because with Xia Ning's ability and knowledge, it was impossible to know so much information.
The second is that Su Yuncheng is indeed proficient in the formation, and this senior brother seems to have been born with the formation. No matter how complex the formation is, as long as Tianqing real person makes a little point, you can understand the main points, and then learn and use them skillfully. For this reason, Ling Peiwu also secretly felt inferior.
Let her work hard and read all the books, but she can't catch up with Su Yuncheng. When she figured out the direction of the formation, Su Yuncheng had already learned to set up the formation, and when she learned to set up the formation, Su Yuncheng had already been able to use the formation to kill the demon beasts, and when she could use the formation to kill the demon beasts, people had already begun to learn a more advanced formation......
Pushing down like this, Su Yuncheng is someone she can never compare. For this reason, Ling Pei was not depressed and lost at that time, and felt that he was too stupid.
Tianqing Zhenren comforted and encouraged her: "Your Senior Brother Su's formation is unique, you don't have to compare with him." For the sake of the teacher, I saw that your swordsmanship was good, and I would work hard here in the future, and maybe I would be able to beat him in swordsmanship. ”
Then Ling Peiwu worked swordsmanship, and many years later, Ling Peiwu found out that the master was fooling her.
At the same time as she progressed, Su Yuncheng was also improving, practicing hard for N years, her swordsmanship soared, but the rise of the top senior brother was only better than her. The gap does not increase or decrease, and the galaxy is as steady as it is in the middle. The good thing, of course, is that her level is far beyond her peers.
Later, when Ling Peiwu grew up, he learned to be smart, and he no longer blamed himself and regarded Su Yuncheng as the only benchmark for progress, and began to look at other outstanding disciples.
As for why he never compares with Xia Ning, it's because Xia Ning has been crying in those years.
Xia Ning heard Ling Peiwu's muttering, pretended to be honest, and said, "This, I don't know where Senior Brother Su got the book, maybe he bought it at the stall." ”
"It doesn't matter how the book came from," Nie An smiled meaningfully, "The important thing is, how did you wake up in his room?" ”
Xia Ning: ??
With your lewd smile and weird questioning, are you suspecting that I have an ulterior relationship with a stinky villain?
It's a ridiculous thing.
"Senior Sister Fei Xia and Senior Brother Su ......" Nie An asked with ill intentions and perseverance.
Hehe, Xia Ning sneered.
"Senior Brother Nie An," the corners of her lips lifted slightly, and she looked at him with a smile.
He continued: "I once heard from the disciples who came down the mountain that Senior Brother Nie often stayed in the thatched hut at the foot of Lieyun Peak. Even if he is kicked out of the hut by the owner and can't get in, he is willing to wait outside the house for several days and nights to wait for the owner to open the door, so persistently waiting, why is this? ”
Xia Ning looked at him with a smile.
She naturally knows why, as the male protagonist's No. 1 little follower, his appearance rate in the original book is not low.
Nie An has a harmless little habit, that is, he loves to collect umbrellas. It is rumored that there are all kinds of umbrellas in his house, and there are countless of them, and the secrets that cultivators pay the most attention to are probably not as many as his umbrellas.
The thatched hut at the foot of Lieyun Peak lives an old man with a strange temper who is very good at tricks.
Few people know its origins, but everyone in the sect has great respect for this strange old man who hides in a thatched hut all day long, because this old man has done several important mechanisms in the sect.
With such a skilled craftsman, Nie An was very greedy, and only hoped that he could make the most exquisite and unique umbrella in the world for himself.
But what kind of person is that old man, he is in contact with the highest and most profound tricks on weekdays, and he is very proud.
Even a slightly simpler project is not accepted, let alone an umbrella, so he naturally doesn't care about such a child's play.
After hearing Nie An's intentions, he blasted people out of the house without saying a word, and his ears and eyes were closed, and he went to tinker with his own things.
If it was someone else, it might be forgotten, but Nie An was a persistent person, and since then, he has been going down the mountain twice a day to harass the old man.
However, for nearly half a year, in addition to being knocked out of the door from time to time, people didn't even make him an umbrella bone.