Chapter Twenty-Three: The Night Detective
After nightfall, Chu Xue was still focused on the study of the elixir, and Haoyue had already fallen asleep.
Feeling the mysterious energy coming from the top of the mountain, Chihuang couldn't sleep. Not only is his body instinctively excited, but his heart is also very hungry for great power.
He quietly walked out of the courtyard and walked in the direction of the mountain.
At this time, the night was shrouded, and the surroundings were dark, but for Chihuang, it was no different from day.
In his soul perception, the outline of the road ahead and the trees on both sides of the road were clear. But maybe his soul body is not strong enough, now he can only perceive everything within one or twenty zhang of his body, and if he is farther away, it will gradually become blurred, and he will not be able to perceive it at all fifty zhang away.
Without the guidance of that mysterious energy, he couldn't even determine the direction of the mountaintop.
Snow Lotus Courtyard is located in a secluded and remote place, there is only one road to the top of the mountain, although due to the terrain, this road is winding, but there are no other forks, Chihuang can drive straight in.
He followed the road upwards, past a dense woods, up the winding slopes of the road, and onto the cliff boardwalk that looked like an abyss. The cold wind and cold current are whistling in the ears, and the goose feathers and snow are blowing one after another.
Although he had the power of fire to warm his body, he still felt the ice piercing, and he hated to curl up his body in a ball. Moreover, the fluttering in the sky also somewhat interfered with his soul body perception, forcing him to slow down his travel.
"Whew! Call! Chihuang spat out white vapor from his mouth, and a strong wind blew across his cheeks, as if he had been slashed by several knives.
It is unimaginable that there can be such earth-shaking changes in half a day, and the energy on the top of the mountain has the magical power to change the celestial phenomena.
Chihuang's greed gradually rose, and his steps couldn't help but speed up.
Coming to a corner, two people appeared in his senses, so he immediately crouched down and moved slowly, the snow condensing into a thick white cloak on him, which he used as a cover.
Twenty or thirty feet away from the two men, he could hear what they were saying through the howl and roar of the cold wind.
"Hey, the seal of Tianchi is starting to loosen again, and I don't know how long it will be before the next full-scale outbreak."
"I guess it's been the last two or three years, and the seal used to last for a hundred years, but then it slowly became ninety, eighty, seventy, sixty years. Fifty-five years have passed since the last eruption, and in short, it is not far off. ”
"Every time, it takes a huge amount of manpower and material resources to repair the seal, and if it becomes more and more frequent in the future, I don't know how many resources will be consumed."
"These are all things that those big people should think about, what are you bothering about here?"
"That's right, but this weather is really cold enough, if only you could be inherently immune to the cold like the Snow Clan."
These two men were on night duty, and although they felt extremely cold, they did not dare to let their guard down at all.
Chihuang quietly approached the outpost, and in his soul perception, a gap appeared between the steps on the ground in front of him, filled with heavy snow, and he didn't care.
At this time, it is located on the cliff plank road, the left side is by the mountain, the right side is the cliff, the snow is strong and the wind is urgent, and every step must be careful.
Suddenly, he stepped on the steps on the other side of the gap, which sank down slightly.
"Not good!" Chihuang knew that he had touched some kind of mechanism, and at the same time sensed that the two men were rushing towards him, and immediately returned the same way, running without looking back.
"What's sneaky? Stop me! The two men shouted after them.
Fortunately, this place is remote and there is no one nearby, otherwise if someone hears the sound and comes, Chihuang is afraid that it will be difficult to escape.
However, after all, those two were grandmaster-level masters, and under the full pursuit, they actually drew the distance closer and closer.
Chi Huang listened to the sound behind him getting closer and closer, as if his physical potential was stimulated, and his speed increased a lot in an instant. After running out of the cliff plank road, there is a serpentine downhill road, as long as he gets off this road, there are trees on both sides, and it is pitch black for him to hide.
But the two had already caught up, and I was afraid they wouldn't be able to wait for him to run down the road.
Chihuang heart horizontally, the slope in front of the vertical height of about twenty or thirty zhang was divided into three sections, jumped three times in a row, and fell into the woods below!
Although the shock caused my legs to be sore and numb, I finally disappeared into the darkness. In the dark and lightless environment around them, Chi Huang could sense the specific location of the two people, but the two could only collide like headless flies, and their soul perception was greatly limited in the chaotic environment of the storm and snow.
After losing their target, the two still refused to give up and searched the forest.
Chihuang stayed near the two of them because of the temporary inconvenience of his legs and feet, but he could clearly sense their movements, so he could perfectly avoid the search.
After a few moments, his legs were able to walk normally, so he moved cautiously, slowly moving away from the two men.
When there was no longer any of them in the range of perception, Chihuang set out on the road back to Xueheyuan.
This time, he was careless and almost caught.
Afterwards, after calming down, Chihuang couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat when he thought about it again. He suddenly realized that his unwarranted desire was actually aroused by the body's desire for mystical energy.
This incident was a wake-up call for him, and he was constantly reminded that his desires must not be influenced by this body.
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When I returned to Xueheyuan, it was already late at night, and Chuxue stopped alchemy and fell asleep.
Chihuang returned to his room and lay down on the bed, covered with a quilt. After a while, he opened his eyes in another place, and in front of him was still the fairyland that never set, and Jun Tianyao was sitting under a tree not far away.
Chihuang was born once, matured twice, and sat opposite Jun Tianyao.
"What story you want to hear today, tell me, as long as it's not before the opening of the world, I know a little bit about it." Jun Tianyao poured a cup of tea and handed it to Chihuang.
The small pot seems to be hidden in the blue sea and sky, and there seems to be endless space, and the tea in the pot is endless for thousands of years.
Chihuang was not polite, took the cup of tea, drank it all, and then said: "I'm not here to listen to the story today, I want to know why my body, when it is cold, the cultivation speed is greatly reduced. ”
"It turned out to be for this." Jun Tianyao thought for a moment and said, "I think you have already discovered that you are different from ordinary people, but your understanding is wrong, what affects your cultivation is not the temperature of the surrounding environment, but the concentration of the fire element, or the depth of the law of the fire path. ”
"For ordinary people, once they enter the spiritual ranks, they are also affected by this kind of influence, depending on their own elemental power. However, they will not be greatly affected. ”
"And you are a special case, from the day you cultivated, you had fire spiritual power, and at the same time, your cultivation speed was also affected by the fire element in the surrounding space, and it was extremely sensitive. In a land where the fire element is rich, you may gain a hundred times the cultivation speed of ordinary people; On the contrary, in a place where the fire element is scarce, you can hardly cultivate. ”
"This special physique is called the Ten Thousand Fire Spirit Body."
Hearing this, Chihuang pondered for a while, "Ten Thousand Fire Spirit Body...... But why is there such a contrast? ”
Jun Tianyao explained, "Heaven and earth, all worlds, stars, time and space, and countless living beings are born with their own specific laws. The Red Demon Clan also belongs to the ancient people's race, and logically speaking, it should correspond to the first law of living beings in the heavens, but you were born in the interaction between the first law of living beings and the law of fire. Hence this anomaly. ”
"The Ten Thousand Fire Spirit Body is rare in the world, there is no one in the world, it is a strong physique that can dominate the heavens and the earth!"
"None of them can be true, only the heaven and the earth......" Chihuang really didn't dare to agree, after all, a poisonous toad almost killed him.
"That's because you're too weak, boy, but not every race is like those ancient relics, born invincible to all poisons, fearless of fire and water, and invulnerable. If you can absorb an innate spiritual fire one day, you will understand the benefits! ”
Jun Tianyao said it amazingly, and Chihuang was not easy to refute, after all, his cultivation experience was still shallow.
There was another thing that bothered him, "Why did this Ten Thousand Fire Spirit's thirst for innate spiritual fire arouse the greed in my heart?" ”
When Jun Tianyao heard this, his expression suddenly became serious, and he said, "Your desires will be affected by it, because there is an almost crazy thought in your subconscious!" I could see that the idea was to gain great power. I must warn you that this is a precursor to losing yourself and going mad! ”
Chihuang's heart was shocked, and he only felt palpitations.
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