4.1 First Adventure (2)
Time gets boring and slows down. Hu Lan led Rui Gong and the others, and carefully walked in the secret realm of Lingwu.
Because I am not familiar with the place, there is no fixed direction for walking around every day, nothing more than walking from one forest to another, climbing from one mountain to another, and climbing from one hole to another. Over time, they grew tired of this aimless walking. At night, I always find a random place to shelter in the woods, build a campfire, and eat some picked wild fruits.
In the first two or three days, several teenagers would tell their own stories, but then the days became tormented, and they were not interested in talking about the past, so they basically fell asleep after eating.
Strange to say, in the past few days, they have not encountered a single life form with spiritual power. Not to mention the likes of the Twelve Elders, even a lightweight like the Spirit Raccoon has never encountered it. The most common sights are hares, roe deer, birds, and insects that are similar to the original world of the teenagers. If you have the opportunity to see one or two every day, it will give them the illusion that they are still in the original world.
"Don't you have a hotel or anything here?" Ke Zhenshi and Husang walked side by side, and suddenly asked out loud.
"Hotel, what's that?" Husang said curiously.
"A hotel is a hotel, a tourist hall, a house?" Ke Zhenshi is a little short of words and doesn't know how to explain it.
"In our world, if living beings are away from home and can't go back at night, there will be some houses that creatures have built in some beautiful places, so that they can have a place to rest." Rui Gong was also listening to their chat, so he explained for Ke Zhenshi.
"Hey, we're away from home, we don't need any hotels at all, you can also see, we just found an ice cave and lived in a cave before, how can it be so delicate!" Husang shook his head.
"I'll go, what about the city? There's always a city, right? It's a place with a lot of houses! Ke Zhenshi said incredulously.
"Well, according to the meaning of your words, there should be," Hu Sang said, "but not much, only in some places favored by the gods, will there be noble spirit clans who receive the will of the gods and establish some ethnic gathering places, where there will be corresponding temples or temples for them to worship, such as our spirit fox clan; In addition, at the intersection of the sixteen continents of this world, there are many key areas of environmental change, such as the place where we went to the Muli Glacier before, there will also be local spirit clans to establish special trading points to provide the required items for the spirit beasts that enter there, and this is the Phoenix Emperor Sanctuary, where is the fierce confrontation between racial forces, where is the city? ”
"Hey," Ke Zhenshi sat on the ground, and kept hammering the ground with his hands in disappointment.
The group has been in the secret realm for five days, although the scenery along the way is not bad, but the lack of new things every day makes everyone a little tired.
Only Husang still maintains his original enthusiasm and is obsessed with wandering around. It turned out that he had read the records of the secret realm from the records left by his ancestors, and he had long been yearning; It's hard to really be able to walk around the secret realm, not to mention how happy I am.
Fox Mulberry has an amazing memory, and he is always able to accurately judge where they are and what is around them. But the others didn't have that kind of fun, so they got into it. Among the several human teenagers, only Rui Gong was interested in the Phoenix Emperor, and the other two had no idea about it.
After another boring day, they unconsciously found themselves in a wonderland with special scenery.
At first, the changes around them were not large, and everyone did not pay attention, but later the changes in the environment gradually became clear, which aroused their interest.
At this time, it is surrounded by a canyon with red deep ravine wavy patterns similar to the Danxia landform, but the mountain color is hot and bright, and the shape is strange; The texture was rough and deep, like a stormy wave, impacting their senses, making people feel dizzy and dizzy, and from time to time there were flaming red air currents tumbling in the air, as if rising from the ground and evaporating into the sky, so that the clouds in the sky were the color of fire.
"Here!" Rui Gong wondered.
"Good...... It's beautiful! Di Qingchuan admired from the bottom of his heart.
Ke Zhenshi was also amazed, "Wow! What a beautiful place! It's a lot more beautiful than that Taowu Village! ”
As her pace quickened, Rui found that the valley, which was still a little cool, was gradually getting warmer, and the vegetation around her was becoming more and more scarce, and there were some small dark red stones scattered on the ground.
"Here!" Hu Lan frowned, then closed his eyes, as if sensing something.
"It's ......!" Fox Sang suddenly remembered something, although it was just a guess, but this guess made Fox Sang's blood boil, and he felt that he was so close to those legendary characters for the first time.
The group was buried in walking, and the temperature around them became hotter and hotter. Rui Gong woke up from her emotions and looked back at Hu Lan, only to find that he was tightly closed and frowning, which made Rui Gong suddenly a little nervous. She looked at Ke Zhenshi and Di Qingchuan again, Di Qingchuan was limping at this time, and the expression on his face looked a little painful, while Ke Zhenshi looked around with great interest, but neither of them noticed Rui Gong's gaze.
The temperature is getting higher and higher, and wave after wave of heat is rushing through the increasingly sparse plants. I don't know when the dark red gravel on the ground gradually increased, and the volume became larger and larger; At first, it was the size of an egg, then it became the size of a fist, and finally it was the size of a millstone. And the color of the stone gradually changed from dark red to fiery red, like a jewel.
At this moment, the teenagers were sweating profusely, and the sense of suffocation was getting stronger and stronger.
Rui Gong looked up at the Husang family in front of him, but found that they were walking forward as if nothing had happened.
Just when he felt that he was about to run out of his way, they came to a narrow hollow on the flat ground, where there was nothing left but fiery red stones, and scattered stones were a foot high, and they were stacked perpendicular to each other on both sides of the clearing, forming a passage and entrance like a stone door.
"Is that a stone gate?" Ke Zhenshi pointed to the stone doorway made of stones.
"Haha, as I expected." Seeing this, Husang also laughed and said, "The rocks and air here are all red, and there are wave textures on the ground, so it must be the legendary Chiyan Mountain." It is said that there are more than 300 large and small interconnected caves in the belly of the mountain, and 18 of the main caves lead to the outside world, thus forming an inner world that extends in all directions. It is said that the phoenix and phoenix of the seventh and eighth generations once practiced the extreme separation of 'Tongtai Mingzhao' here, and finally reached the realm of unity. Therefore, the Eighteen Caves of Chiyan are considered to be a holy place for spiritual power condensation, but it is very hidden and will not be easily discovered. If you are not familiar with the topography here, you will be able to get lost and be trapped in the cave and unable to get out. Husang spoke like an endorsement.
"Red Flame ...... Chiyan, I seem to have heard this name somewhere. "Ah! I remembered," Rui Gong continued, "That Yu Ji seems to have said that in the scene he saw, the phoenix flew out of the cave of Chiyan Mountain. ”
"I remembered, too." Ke Zhenshi said excitedly, "Haha, could it be that the Phoenix Emperor is about to fly out of the belly of this mountain!" ”
Maybe the volume of Husang's speech was a little high under the excitement, and his voice kept echoing in the valley, and soon, there was a strange sound of "hiss-hiss-" above everyone's heads, accompanied by a rapid sound of breaking the air, from far and near, in this deserted valley, it was particularly creepy.
Everyone clearly felt that something was swooping down from the top of the mountain, as if it was rushing towards the people at the bottom of the valley.
Rui Gong looked up, only to see a large black shadow pressing against her head, and instinctively, she took two steps back.
When everyone saw a black thing falling from the air at high speed, they didn't have time to react, so they could only avoid it sideways.
"Bang-" The shadow fell to the ground, and a gust of wind swept up, and calm was restored in an instant.
A large bird, about a man's height, was standing where Rui Gong had just stood, most of its feathers were dark purple, and only the large feathers at the tips of its wings were as silver-white as snow. The bird's head was as rigid and sleek as an eagle's, its eyes were piercing, its gaze was sharp, and its long, hard, sharp beak was as hard as an iron hook and curved downward. The legs are slender and strong, and the legs are muscular.
"Who are you? What are you doing here? Do you know where this is? Big Bird asked solemnly, his sharp eyes falling on the boys' faces, causing a trace of trepidation to rise in their hearts.
Father Fox raised his eyebrows and took a step forward, and the teenagers only felt that their bodies were light, as if they had suppressed something and moved away.
"In the Xia Nai Ling Fox Clan, the others are all members of my family. We're here to look for ......," Father Fox muttered for a moment, "Elder Tongtian Rhinoceros. Dare to ask your Excellency? ”
Big Bird's eyes turned to stare at Hu Lan, "I'm Pu Yin of the Shusi clan, what are you looking for Elder Yongyan to do?" ”
"There is a very difficult problem that only an elder can solve." Hulan replied.
"But you guys found this place by looking for the elders?" Pu Yin's tone was still very stern, "Do you know where this is?!" ”
Hu Lan rolled his eyes, and then said, "I don't know, please tell me Brother Pu." ”
Pu Yin snorted coldly and said, "I really don't know? ”
"I really don't know, what's the use of lying to you?" Hu Lan is neither humble nor arrogant.
"Hmph, then I was just at the top of the mountain, and I heard something say the word Fenghuang?" Pu Yin's eyes were sharp, and his whole body was full of momentum.
Hu Lan didn't answer him, just turned around and said, "Really? Did any of you ever talk about the Phoenix Emperor? Hu Lan glanced at a few people one by one, and finally glanced at Hu Sang.
Hu Sang was surprised, and deliberately tilted his head in thought, "Fenghuang? Dad, we seem to have said that. ”
"Oh, look at it, I know," Pu Yin stared at Hu Sangdao, "what are you doing when you mention the Phoenix Emperor?" ”
Hu Sang's face did not change, and he said eloquently, "I just discussed Elder Yongyan with these friends, and I said that probably the elders have gone to guard the birth of the Phoenix Emperor, and it is not easy to find him. ”
"That's it!" Only then did Pu Yin restrain his momentum, and the hostility on his body gradually disappeared.
Hu Lan smiled and said, "By the way, Brother Pu, you haven't asked for advice yet?" ”
Pu Yin said, "This place is Chiyan Mountain, and the dark forces have not been very calm recently, but it is not a place where you can come casually!" “
Hu Lan nodded slowly, "It turned out to be Chiyan Mountain, I said that the stones here are very strange, and they vaguely reveal the power of the Fire Yuan." ”
"It's good that you know, I don't know how you can get here, but please stop here and leave the Lingwu Secret Realm quickly!" Pu Yin urged.
"But......" Hu Lan pretended to be very embarrassed, "that Yu and his brother are the attendants of Elder Yunzhong, let us wait for the birth of the Phoenix Emperor." ”
"Oh?" Pu Yin seemed to be thinking about something, "Why did Yu Ji ......" His puzzled eyes looked at the few people in front of him again.
Just as he was thinking about what to do with these people, a strange cry of "Woo Woo Woo Woo" suddenly came from the distant sky, the cry seemed to have magical power, and the teenagers only felt irritable when they heard it, and their breathing couldn't help but become short.
"Not good!" Pu Yin's face, which had always been cold, changed in an instant, his wings fluttered violently, and his figure quickly disappeared in front of the teenagers.