Chapter 145: Laws
In the next few minutes, Zhao Yan and Gu Xu each shared their experiences in the "Heavenly Dragon Secret Realm".
According to Zhao Yan's description, she was initially teleported to an area with thousands of peaks and mountains. There, she encounters a human-faced leopard-like demon beast.
With only one eye, cow ears and a long tail, this monster makes a deafening roar. It holds its tail in its mouth when it walks and coils it around its body when it rests.
She knew that the monster's name was "Zhu Qian".
Because this "Zhuqian" blocked her way, she didn't say a word, picked up "Yizhangwei" and fought with it.
Like Wen Xuan, Fu Zhu, and Kui Niu, Zhu Qian also has a special ability to manipulate rocks and soil, and even change the trend of mountains.
But Zhao Yan, as a lady of the gate, has practiced many exquisite martial arts since she was a child, and she also has mastered a high-grade body method called "Beacon Fire Hu Yue".
The large-scale attack of "Zhu Qian" may make ordinary corpses all over the field, but it is no threat to Zhao Yan.
She is agile and thunderous, shuttling between moving mountains.
In a blink of an eye, "Zhu Qian" was stabbed dozens of times by her, and was stabbed like a hornet's nest, with open skin and flesh, and blood flowing.
But you just can't die.
It was still bouncing in front of her with the last little bit of vitality.
Zhao Yan felt a little headache about this.
Just as she was silently thinking about a solution to this "Zhu Qian" completely, a figure suddenly jumped out from the side, chanting a spell while throwing the talisman seal in her hand at the scaly monster all over her body.
This person is none other than Jia Xiuguang, the talisman master of Longmen Academy.
The talisman seal in his hand was just a mediocre "Flame True Talisman" copied from books, and in Zhao Yan's opinion, it was not as good as the talisman drawn by the worshippers in her clan.
But it was this ordinary talisman seal that gave the "Zhu Qian" a fatal blow, causing it to fall to the ground suddenly and disappear into ashes.
Zhao Yan's sharp eyes fell on Jia Xiuguang.
Jia Xiuguang trembled and said that he just wanted to do a favor, and there was no malicious intent.
Zhao Yan sneered and asked him, since he wanted to help, why didn't he come out earlier, but kept hiding next to him to watch the play, did he have the intention of taking advantage of the fisherman.
Jia Xiuguang said hesitantly, his cultivation was low, he didn't dare to participate in the battle casually, and he needed to wait for the best time to make a move.
Zhao Yan was noncommittal about his explanation.
She placed a ban on Jia Xiuguang and took him with her. After owning the "Tool Man", she quickly discovered the rule in the "Heavenly Dragon Secret Realm" that "monsters can only be killed by the cooperation of multiple monks", and also found map fragments in the ashes left behind by the monsters after their death.
She killed a few of the "Zhuqian", uncovered part of the fog that shrouded the "Secret Realm of the Heavenly Dragon", and then left the steep and rugged mountains and came to this flooded land.
Here, she saw Chu Fengge fighting fiercely with a "husband".
One is a monk who has the magical power of "weeds", and the other is a monster that can't be killed - if no one else intervenes, it is estimated that he can hit the earth.
Zhao Yan stepped forward unceremoniously, waved his spear, easily poked the "Fu Zhu" to death, and then picked up the map fragments in the ashes it left behind.
Chu Fengge was angry about this.
He had long regarded the "Fu Zhu" as his trophy. Seeing that the loot was robbed by Zhao Yan, he rushed up with the "Tiankui Sword" without saying a word, wanting to fight to the death with Zhao Yan.
So there was the scene just now.
After listening to Zhao Yan's narration, Gu Xu squatted down, picked up a dead branch, and drew a circle on the muddy ground.
Immediately afterwards, he marked the words "Xun", "Kan", and "Gen" on the circle.
"My guess is that there may be multiple areas in the 'Heavenly Dragon Secret Realm'," I heard him speak, "Each area has a unique geographical environment and monsters, and they are closely related to the eight trigrams - for example, 'Xun' represents the wind, the demon beasts in the Xun area are the 'Wen Hui' that can stir, 'Kan' represents water, the demon beasts in the Kan area are the 'Fu Zhu' who can summon floods, 'Gen' represents the mountains, and the demon beasts in the 'Gen' area are the 'Zhu Qian' who can control the mountains.
"And these areas are likely to be enclosed in a circle in the order of innate gossip—
"'The universe is determined by the north and the south, and the kan is separated from the east and west'.
"In the counterclockwise direction, the order is dry, dui, li, zhen, xun, kan, gen, kun."
Gu Xu said as he wrote the corresponding words on the soil.
Zhao Yan hugged her right hand in front of her full and straight chest, supported her chin with her left hand, and glanced at him with a thoughtful expression.
After a short silence, she asked lightly, "Are you sure?" ”
Gu Xu didn't answer immediately.
He took out an old copper coin from his coat pocket, silently recited the names of "Taishang Haotian" and "Ziwei Emperor", and gently tossed it up.
The copper coin landed firmly in the palm of his hand, face up.
Then he stood up and smiled at Zhao Yan: "It seems that I guessed correctly." ”
Zhao Yan lowered his head and looked at the slightly rusty copper coin in his palm, thinking of the description of Gu Xu in the information collected a few days ago - "proficient in talismans, formations, divination, astrology, feng shui and other knowledge", thinking that there is really such a genius in this world, the cultivation time is only one year, but there is so much profound and difficult knowledge in the pocket of his head.
"Then where do you think the 'Silver Wine Wine' will be?" She asked.
"I guess it's the dry area," Gu Xu thought for a while and said, "Innate gossip, 'Qian' ranks first." The 'silver wine taure', which symbolizes the leader, is in the dry area without accident! ”
As soon as the words fell, he tossed the copper coin in his hand again.
This time it's still heads-up.
"Look, I guessed right again."
Zhao Yan looked at him and didn't speak.
Divination is a real cheat. She commented silently in her mind.
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Meanwhile.
Shangguan Jin stood among the volcanic lava, looking at the "scourge" in front of him like a black dog, his eyes solemn.
In the past period of time, she saw the rapid change of rankings on the rankings, and saw the two names "Gu Xu" and "Zhao Yan" rushing up, and she couldn't help but feel a strong sense of urgency in her heart.
Although she knew that her talent was not as good as those two, but looking at the entire dynasty, she was also the best of her peers and the pride of heaven who was highly valued by the head of the department - it would be too embarrassing if she couldn't even get a ranking.
Moreover, deep in her heart, there is still a small expectation that she doesn't want to admit - she wants Gu Xu to also pass the list and see her name.
It's a pity that the "map fragment" seems to be playing hide and seek with her. Even if she had visited the volcano, she couldn't find any clues.
Where exactly are those "map fragments" hidden?
Could it be that it is hidden in the bellies of these monsters?
Shangguan Jin thought about it for a long time, and finally set his eyes on the "scourge" who were leisurely bathing in the lava.
With a thought, she waved her hand to summon the saber "Tianyue", ready to try to fight with it.
However, at this moment, a young man with a dark complexion, wearing a dark blue robe and holding a feng shui compass suddenly appeared not far away, stepping on the scorching magma, and walked towards her.
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Exegesis:
(1) "The Classic of Mountains and Seas, the Classic of the North Mountains": "There are beasts, its shape is like a leopard and a long tail, a human head and a cow's ear, a eye, the name is called Zhuqian, good at it, the line is its tail, and the dwelling is its tail." ”
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