Chapter 21: Yellow Springs
"Master?"
Zhou Wen looked at Yang Lao with a questioning look in his eyes. After all, it is forbidden, the land is too dangerous, and if you are not careful, you may shed blood and fall on the spot.
"Since ancient times, once you enter the forbidden, there is no turning back."
Zhou Wen emphasized.
"It's okay, I'll take care of you." Yang Lao looked at the direction of heaven and earth, and his eyes were full of depth.
"Back then, I had already broken into the tenth forbidden place of the Ten Heavens of the Dao Realm, and the earth was almost bleeding. And today, the master is not afraid of the third forbidden, the earth, isn't it that the master's cultivation has far surpassed me in the previous life, and has stepped into the realm of art? Zhou Wen made a guess in his heart.
The conclusion reached shocked Zhou Wen's heart.
"Isn't the art realm only in a lone codex or history book, how come I was reborn once and even the art realm appeared." Zhou Wen felt more and more that after being reborn, the water in this Endless Continent was too deep, and even he, a person who stood at the peak of the Endless Continent in his previous life and saw through everything, couldn't see through it.
Heaven and earth are changing!
Zhou Wen finally concluded the conclusion.
"Or the rise of my previous life was just a deliberate game set up by someone for the purpose of this life." Zhou Wen made a bold guess.
"Let's go." Elder Yang glanced at Zhou Wen, and then with a wave of his withered hand, a treasure bottle was sacrificed by him, suspended above Zhou Wen's head. The treasure bottle rises and falls, casting a halo and enveloping Zhou Wen.
"What is this?" Zhou Wen's eyes showed surprise, and his intuition told him that this treasure bottle was extraordinary, and it was definitely a transcendent thing.
"This is the Nine Tribulations Wheel Bottle, after nine tribulations, reincarnation reversal, can be forbidden, in the earth, keep you safe." Yang Lao explained.
"Thank you, Master." Zhou Wen bowed and said respectfully.
Old Yang waved his hand and said, "Between you and me, there is no need to be so polite. ”
"It's Master."
"If today's great changes have come, you are a mortal, and you must break the shackles as soon as possible, so that you can be qualified to compete in this turbulent current of heaven and earth."
When Zhou Wen heard this, he admired Yang Lao a little more in his heart. He worshipped Yang Lao as his teacher, and his original intention was just to make it more convenient for him to act in the Chuitian Palace in the future, but he never expected that Yang Lao would do his best for him. Even at the expense of breaking the ban, the land, and picking all the fruits.
But Zhou Wen couldn't tell himself that he was actually not a mortal. Instead, after running the Great Burial Heavenly Method, his physique went to a mysterious realm, and the spiritual qi in his body collapsed to form an even more mysterious qi. Although it shows signs of a mortal body on the outside, it is actually an amazing physique.
It's not that Zhou Wen doesn't want to tell, but Zhou Wen can't tell.
For Yang Lao, Zhou Wen can't be completely trusted. This is his biggest secret, once revealed, he will become the target of the public, and many powers will rush to it.
So this secret can't be told even by anyone, including Zhou Wen's most trusted branch.
The treasure bottle above Zhou Wen's head rotated, and a halo of light enveloped him. Then he walked into the Heavenly Punishment Forbidden Land with Yang Lao. At the moment of entering the Heavenly Punishment Forbidden and Earth, Zhou Wen felt that a strange energy was immediately imposed on him. At the same time, Zhou Wen sensed a force that involved the soul.
But that power was cut off by the halo cast by the vase, and it disappeared in an instant. Gone is the feeling of tugging at the soul.
"This?" Zhou Wen wondered in his heart, "Could it be that the effect of the earth on people is imposed on the soul?" ”
Zhou Wen remembered his experience of entering the tenth forbidden land in his previous life, when he entered it and picked an elixir, and when he was about to go out, he felt extremely uncomfortable, and it seemed that something was missing. That feeling was too strange, and in the end, if he hadn't swallowed that elixir in time and forcibly broke through the barrier with his Dao Realm Ten Heavens cultivation, he barely escaped.
Thinking about it this way, the feeling at that time should be the feeling of the soul being pulled.
It's just that he hadn't cultivated the method of refining souls in his previous life, so he couldn't perceive that his soul was being pulled. Now that he has entered the forbidden land again, when that kind of power acts on the soul, Zhou Wen is immediately penetrated.
"This vase is really extraordinary." Zhou Wen sighed.
Heaven forbids forbidden, the trees on the ground are high and deep, and every tree is extremely thick and very tall, even if a few people hug each other, they can't hold it. The branches of the trees inside are covered with ginseng, and even the sunlight cannot penetrate this dense forest. Yang Lao walked in front, and Zhou Wen followed. The two of them went one after the other, constantly going deep into the heavens.
Walking out of the time of about three incense sticks, Zhou Wen heard the sound of flowing water in front of him. Sure enough, after walking a few steps, the dense forest in front of him gradually became sparse, and finally there was dappled sunlight, projecting through the gaps in the trees, and countless spots of light of all sizes fell on the ground.
Zhou Wen walked further, and saw that on this day of punishment, in the middle of the earth, a big river was rolling, surging into the distance.
The water was so clear that there was not a single living creature in the water, not even a fish. Zhou Wen walked for a long time, felt his mouth dry, and was about to go to pluck a handful of water and drink it happily. But he was suddenly pulled by Yang Lao, Yang Lao stared at him and said:
"You can't drink this water."
Zhou Wen looked at Yang Lao strangely, and Yang Lao pointed to the riverside for Zhou Wen to see.
Zhou Wen just looked at it, and he felt shocked. On the banks of the river, there are countless dry bones, ribs, skulls, shoulder blades, femurs, humerus, and countless human bones of all kinds. Even some bones have a faint glow, even after a long death, they are still burning.
This is the skeleton of the Dao Realm Ancestor.
The facts told Zhou Wen that there was once a Dao Realm ancestor here who shed blood.
"This?"
Zhou Wen looked at Yang Lao.
"These are the people who drank the water of the river." Elder Yang explained, "It stands to reason that when a cultivator steps into the Dao realm, he will be able to convince himself and drink the nectar of heaven and earth, even if he does not eat or drink for a few months, it does not matter. But after entering this heavenly punishment and prohibition, after the earth, one's own cultivation was suppressed, all cultivation was useless, and one was in a hurry, returning to one's own body. Therefore, after walking a few steps, your mouth will be dry, and when you see this sweet river water, you can't bear it anymore and drink this water. ”
"Forbidden, the earth will suppress its own cultivation?" Zhou Wen asked rhetorically. In the tenth forbidden life in the previous life, Di Zhouwen did have a feeling of being suppressed, but in this life, when he stepped into the heavenly punishment and forbidden, the feeling of being suppressed did not exist. Zhou Wen secretly operated the Great Burial Heavenly Method, and the Great Burial Heavenly Law was still unimpeded, and the domineering energy in his body could wander away at will, and there was no sign of being suppressed.
"Could it be that this great burial law is not forbidden and suppressed by the earth?" Zhou Wen guessed.
"But even if I can't suppress it, I feel hungry and thirsty, so when I see this river, I can't help but drink it." Zhou Wen said in his heart.
"Yes." Elder Yang nodded.
"This river is poisonous?" Zhou Wen said, "But how poisonous should it be to poison the Dao Realm Ancestor?" ”
"This isn't the river?"
"Not the river?" Zhou Wen exclaimed, "But this looks like it's obviously a river." ”
"The name of this river is Yellow Spring, and the name of this water is Yellow Spring Water." Yang Lao explained.
"Yellow spring water?"
"Yes." Yang Lao said, "When people drink this water, they can instantly turn into white bones." Even if you are a Dao realm master, you are not immune. If the Yin Soul drinks this water, the Yin Soul is strong and has no fear of poisonous days. ”
"Shade?" Zhou Wen sighed in his heart, "I have practiced thousands of Fa phases, if my soul is separated from the body and I drink this yellow spring water, will I grow stronger and go further?" It's a pity that now that Master is by the side, I can't test it. ”
Zhou Wen walked to the riverside, and sure enough, he saw more dry bones at the bottom of the river. There are human beings, there are demon beasts, all kinds of dry bones, countless of them, piled up at the bottom of the river.
"Master, how do we cross this Huangquan River?" Zhou Wen saw from a distance that there was a demon beast on the other side of the river that wanted to cross the river, but as soon as he stepped into it, he didn't even have time to scream, and turned into a dry bone, sinking to the bottom of the river forever.
Zhou Wen could see that it was a demon beast that had shattered the demon core and reached the Nirvana realm, and as long as it took one more step, it could transform into a human. However, even such a powerful demon beast didn't have time to let out a scream and fall.
"We have paper boats to get through the Yellow Springs." Yang Lao said calmly.
"Paper boats?" Zhou Wen suspected that he had misheard, how could a paper boat allow the two of them to cross the Huangquan River?
"It's a paper boat." Yang Lao said, "Since ancient times, there has been a custom that people use paper boats to put lanterns after death. The lanterns are for lighting, and the paper boats are for people to cross the Yellow Spring and arrive at the Nai He Bridge. ”
When Zhou Wen heard Yang Lao's words, he felt a chill down his spine, he looked at Yang Lao and said, "Master, how do I feel like I've come to the Netherworld?" ”
Elder Yang looked at Zhou Wen, nodded heavily, and said, "It's the Netherworld." ”
"Huh?"
"You know that turning into a mortal fruit can break the shackles of the mortal body and make a person a heavenly physique. But do you know where the Mortal Fruit is supposed to grow? ”
"Where?"
"Difu-" Yang Lao spit out two words faintly.
"Did we really come to the underworld?" Zhou Wen began to mutter, "Then will we encounter black and white impermanence?" ”
"Let's go." Yang Lao didn't take Zhou Wen's words, and threw it away, and a paper boat stopped steadily on the Huangquan River. In the blink of an eye, Boss Yang rolled Zhou Wen up on the paper boat with a wave of his sleeves. Zhou Wen tried it with his hands, and sure enough, the boat was made of paper.
When the two of them arrived on the boat, Boss Yang waved his hand, and the paper boat was riding the wind and waves and sailing towards the other side.
Suddenly, the originally calm river was like a storm, and immediately became turbulent. The water is getting faster and faster, and the waves are getting higher and higher. The river fluttered on the paper boats, and the paper boats floated in the river, and it seemed that they were in danger of capsizing at any moment.
"Master, this ship won't capsize, will it?" Zhou Wen grabbed Yang Lao's sleeve and asked. He didn't want to fall into the Yellow Spring River and turn into a mass of dry bones.
"That's up to our luck." Yang Lao held the helm tightly, controlling the paper boat to rise and fall in this yellow spring, swinging back and forth.
When Zhou Wen heard the word luck, he was suddenly a little dumbfounded. I can't help but feel a little impulsive to scold my mother. Damn, if you have a broken river, is it possible that there is also a danger of capsizing?