Chapter 74 The Shadow
The boat was pitch black, and there was no figure on it, which looked a little weird.
After a while, the boat swung to the edge of the abyss, and two middle-aged men jumped out of the canopy, both of whom were not weak in cultivation, and had reached the eighth level of Tongxuan, and their faces were quite gloomy.
Li Yi was about to ask, but one of them glared at him and shouted, "What do you see, are you looking for death?"
The other person pulled him and said in a low voice: "It is not suitable to stay here for a long time, there is no need to cause more trouble!"
The man snorted, and then ran towards the woods.
But at this moment, a sword light suddenly shot out from the clouds and mist, quickly surpassing the thunder, and in the blink of an eye, the two middle-aged men were in different places, and after their heads landed, their bodies ran forward a few steps before they fell to the ground.
The sword light then turned and flew into the clouds and disappeared.
"What a strong swordsmanship!" Li Yi was secretly frightened.
You must know that the abyss is more than thousands of zhang wide, and being able to use the flying sword at such a long distance is definitely not something that ordinary people can do, at least Li Yi can't do it.
"It seems that on the other side of the abyss, there is a kendo master, but I don't know who it is?" Li Yi frowned, "I don't know why he killed these two people?"
Just as he was wondering, a faint voice came from inside the boat: "Little brother is going to the 100,000 mountains?"
"Your Excellency?" Li Yi didn't expect that there was another person in the boat, and he couldn't help but be vigilant.
The voice said: "The old man is the ferryman of this white bone stream, if you want to go to the 100,000 mountains, come up." ”
Li Yi was suspicious, and while secretly on guard, he jumped on the boat, bent down and entered the cabin, only to see a short but powerful old man sitting inside.
His beard is black and white, his cheekbones are protruding, his eyes are sunken, his face is full of horizontal flesh, and he pours himself a drink with a flask in his hand, and when he opens his mouth, he reveals a mouthful of yellowed buckteeth.
"Heh, at such a young age, you have become an outlaw?" The old man glanced at Li Yi, as if he was a little surprised.
Li Yi said: "How do you know that I am an outlaw?"
The old man turned around, poured a sip of wine, and said, "Who goes to the 100,000 mountains is not an outlaw?" The old man has been ferrying here for many years, and he has seen a lot, but he is as young as you, but it is still the first time he has seen him!"
As he spoke, the boat unconsciously swung into the clouds again.
"Who were those two people just now?" Li Yi sat down and asked, "Why were you killed?"
The old man said casually: "Two people who are not self-sufficient, if they offend someone they can't afford to offend, they will naturally be killed." ”
"Who is that person who can't afford to offend?"
The old man was silent, and only cared about drinking, as if he had not heard.
Li Yi was inconvenient to ask again.
The boat drifted for half an hour, and then suddenly stopped.
"Why did it stop?" Li Yi wondered.
The old man said slowly: "The ferry fee of two hundred spirit stones, let's take it out now." ”
Li Yi was stunned, he had a huge amount of more than 100,000 spirit stones on him, and only two hundred spirit stones were nothing, but he felt a little uncomfortable, and said, "Why didn't you say it at the beginning, you had to say it halfway?"
The old man said: "If I had said it at the beginning, others would have been too expensive, and they would not have gotten on my boat, or they would have bargained with me with a dead face, and the old man hated that kind of person the most." ”
"Then what if I don't have so many spirit stones?" Li Yi frowned, "Can I just get off the boat and fall into the abyss?"
The old man smiled slightly and said, "Why else is this place called the White Bone Stream?"
Li Yi snorted coldly, but he didn't continue to entangle, took out two hundred spirit stones, and threw them to the old man.
He didn't know anything about the identity of the old man, not to mention that he had already boarded the thief ship, and it was too late to think about it, so he had to admit the old man's methods for the time being.
Only then did the old man urge the boat to move on.
After another half an hour, the clouds and mist gradually thinned, and under the blue sky, the boat was like a black leaf, slowly falling from mid-air.
Through the faint clouds, the eyes suddenly opened up, and the scene on the ground was clearly visible.
Li Yi had already jumped on the bow of the boat, and looked down, only to see two majestic peaks, straight into the sky, forming a huge valley in the middle, in which many pavilions sit, the streets crisscrossed, and pedestrians moved slowly like ants.
Looking further into the distance, there are layers of mountains, one mountain is higher than the other, the mountains stretch, I don't know where is the end.
"One hundred thousand mountains!" In the past, for Li Yi, one hundred thousand mountains were just an illusory image, but now this image has become much clearer, and he can truly appreciate the extraordinary features of one hundred thousand mountains.
There were a number of other boats slowly over the valley, and finally stopped halfway up the mountain on the left.
There is an air dock there.
"What kind of place is this?" Li Yi asked the old man before getting off the boat.
The old man said: "This mountain is called Hundred Saints Mountain, the one opposite is called Thousand Saints Mountain, and the valley below is called Ten Thousand Saints Valley, which is the entrance and exit of the 100,000 Great Mountain, whether it is people who go in or out, they must settle here, you have to be careful, at your age, there must be many people who want to deceive you!"
Li Yi got off the boat. At this time, the old man also walked out of the cabin, and Li Yi turned around and was about to leave, when he suddenly found a strange thing.
The sun shone on the old man, making him look a little more energetic, but there was nothing under his feet.
He turned out to be without a shadow!
"This is ......" Li Yi was taken aback, and couldn't speak for a while.
The old man seemed to have expected his reaction, shook his head and sighed: "The shadow is the spirit of people, the shadow of the old man, disappeared a few years ago, otherwise it would not be reduced to being a ferryman, you better be careful, try not to go to the sun, otherwise your shadow will disappear one day!"
"Why is the shadow missing?" asked Li Yi.
The old man shook his head and said, "I don't know, if I knew, I would have gone to find the shadow a long time ago, without the shadow, the whole person seems to have lost his soul, it is difficult to say, it is difficult to explain!" He took a sip of wine and walked into the cabin again.
"Could it be the Shadow Demon?" Li Yi remembered the record in the Ten Thousand Demons Illustrated Book.
The Shadow Demon's supernatural power is that he can devour other people's shadows and manipulate them against enemies.
"Could it be that the Shadow Demon has appeared here before?" Li Yi didn't know whether to be happy or worried for a while.
On the one hand, he hopes to find the location of the Shadow Demon, refine it, and obtain the Shadow Demon Divine Power, but on the other hand, he is worried that his strength is not enough, with his current strength, I am afraid that he is far from the opponent of the Shadow Demon, even if there is a suppression of the Demon Refining Technique, it is useless.
"According to the records of the Ten Thousand Demon Illustrated Guide, the Shadow Demon's whereabouts are uncertain, and even if he was in the Valley of All Saints a few years ago, he may not still be here now. ”
Li Yi calmed down, left the dock, and walked down a stone path down the mountain.
Although it is uncertain whether the Shadow Demon is still hidden in the Valley of All Saints, for Li Yi, at least he has got a little clue, and when his strength is improved enough to be strong enough, he can follow the vine and find the Shadow Demon's lair.
"Let's not care where the Shadow Demon is, the top priority is to improve his strength. Along the way, Li Yi secretly thought about his plans for the future.
Originally, he planned to find the nameless mountain as soon as possible after entering the 100,000 Great Mountain, and worship under the Shenxiao Sect, and he didn't plan to stay in other places for more.
However, now that there is a clue to the Shadow Demon in the Valley of All Saints, his plans have changed, and he intends to stay here for a while.
This is very risky, because this is the entrance and exit of the 100,000 Great Mountain, and it is easy for the Zhennan Royal Mansion to catch up, but for the sake of the Shadow Demon Divine Power, this risk is still worth it.
The Valley of All Saints is very prosperous, the streets are crowded and bustling, and on the surface, it looks like the towns outside are no different, and there is not the slightest hint of the legendary ferocity.
Li Yi walked on the street, and in a trance, he had an illusion, almost thinking that he was returning to Lingzhou City.
Until he met another person without a shadow, and then he met several people in a row, without exception, all without shadows, and his expression looked rather sluggish and listless.
"Why are so many people's shadows devoured?" Li Yi became more and more shocked the more he looked at it, "Could it be ...... Shadow Fiend is in this Valley of All Saints?"