Chapter 491: A lone ghost general
Tian Xiaoding used his psychic skills to communicate with a giant tree at the mouth of the valley, and learned that the place where he was teleported by the teleportation array was a secret realm of the ghost people, called the Netherworld Secret Realm.
This Netherworld Realm opens once every hundred years, and each time it is open for half a month. The secret realm is full of heavenly and earthly treasures unique to the Netherworld, such as spirit plants and refining materials that can be used by the ghost people when cultivating. The official opening time is two days later. The reason why Xiao Ding was able to enter the secret realm in advance was because he was not a member of the ghost clan and was not subject to this restriction.
In addition, the giant tree also told Xiao Ding that the teleportation array outside the secret realm enchantment was a random teleportation array, and if you take this teleportation array to enter the Netherworld Secret Realm, you will be randomly sent to various places in the secret realm.
Even so, Xiao Ding was still worried that a large number of ghost people would enter the Netherworld Secret Realm in two days, which would be detrimental to him, so he was already thinking about preparing to deal with it in advance.
From the giant tree, Xiao Ding also learned that there was no Forgotten Dust River in the secret realm, and if he wanted to go to the Forgotten Dust River, he could only wait for the end of the secret realm and be ejected from the secret realm before looking for it.
Bidding farewell to the giant tree, Ding walked towards the depths of the valley. Although he had already probed through his divine sense, and there was nothing dangerous within his divine sense, he was still very careful when he walked. 33
After all, this is an unknown place, and who knows if there will be potential dangers that cannot be detected by the divine sense.
The mountains within the secret realm were shrouded in a thick black mist. Listening to what the giant tree said, these black mist or black qi are the ghost qi that the ghost people need when cultivating, just like the aura that humans need when cultivating, and they are very important to the ghost clan.
It's a pity that there are so many ghosts in the secret realm, but they are of no use to human cultivators. Not only that, but the other spirit plants and refining materials in the secret realm were also exclusive to the ghost people, and they had no use for humans.
However, this secret realm can enter and exit, even if Xiao Ding doesn't want to stay in it, but the secret realm is not over, and he has no way to break out.
Now, he can only find a hidden place for the time being, hide for half a month, and then wait for the end of the secret realm, and be automatically teleported out of the secret realm along with the other ghost people.
Xiao Ding went all the way forward in the secret realm, and sure enough, as the giant tree said, he met many spirit plants used by the ghost clan in alchemy on the way. Although he did not recognize all of them, he did see a few of them in some texts. For example, corpse ginseng, corpse flower, ghost grass, soul breaking wood, and so on.
As for the refining materials used by the ghost people, Xiao Ding also didn't know much. He only knew that the ghost clansmen, whether they were alchemy or refining weapons, had their own unique formulas. They will use ghost fire alchemy and refining weapons.
Ghost fire is an extremely yin and evil flame, and the materials of alchemy and refining tools are also yin and evil things, so the elixir and utensils refined by using ghost fire are all attached to yin and evil qi, which is not something that humans can control.
If human beings want to forcibly use the elixirs or artifacts of the ghost clan, in many cases, not only will they fail to achieve the expected effect, but they will often be devoured by evil spirits, and the gains outweigh the losses.
In this way, although Xiao Ding entered the ghost clan's netherworld secret realm, Xiao Ding did not have the slightest interest in the things in the secret realm.
Once he had entered the valley, he walked along the mountain wall on the right, and when he came to a corner, he saw a large area of rocks. In the cracks of these rocks, there are many black flowers.
Xiao Ding couldn't recognize what kind of flowers these black flowers were, he only saw that between the petals of these flowers, there were bursts of rich black gas, which made him feel a sense of yin and evil. Xiao Ding guessed that this flower might be one of the precious spiritual plants needed by the ghost people.
So, he decided to set a trap in this rocky area, and if there were ghosts who wanted to be unfavorable to him, then he would lure them here to plot.
Two days later, outside the huge light curtain of the Netherworld Secret Realm Enchantment, thousands of ghost clansmen had already gathered. The highest cultivation of these ghost clan people is the realm of ghost generals.
This is because only the ghost generals and ghost clans below the ghost generals are eligible to enter the Netherworld Secret Realm.
The dozen or so ghost clansmen who chased and killed Xiao Ding were also mixed in the crowd. That day, they chased after Xiao Ding, and watched Xiao Ding disappear in the teleportation array. This annoyed them a lot. Although they gritted their teeth and hated Xiao Ding, they were helpless at that time, and they could only wait outside the light curtain for two more days, waiting for the secret realm to open.
Seeing that the time for the opening of the secret realm was approaching, all the ghost clansmen in the Ghost General Realm stood in front and gathered around the teleportation array. The other ghost clan people with relatively low cultivation levels were automatically ranked behind.
It can't be helped, the law of the jungle applies everywhere. The ghost people here are also the strongest. The ghost clansmen with low cultivation naturally did not dare to compete for positions with these ghost generals.
As soon as the time for the secret realm to open arrived, the pillar of light on the teleportation array outside the light curtain immediately shone brightly, and gradually rotated from slow to fast.
This means that the teleportation array has been automatically activated.
If Xiao Ding was here, he would be surprised to find that the ghost people who entered the secret realm by teleportation array did not need to throw spirit stones into the array, nor did they need to use additional spiritual power to stimulate the array eye. All they had to do was wait for the time to turn on, and the teleportation array would automatically kick into operation.
This teleportation array can carry eight people at a time, so the ghost generals around the teleportation array will automatically float up to eight people after seeing that the teleportation array is already running.
Although there were a lot of people waiting to teleport, no one would come forward to fight for it. After all, everyone is a cultivator of the ghost general realm, if you fight here, not only will it delay the time to enter the secret realm, but if you don't do it well, you will lose both sides, but you will lose a lot because of a small loss.
Therefore, everyone tacitly waited patiently around the teleportation array. As soon as the ghost people on the teleportation array disappeared, they immediately stood up eight again.
In this way, the speed of transmission is not slow.
The ghost people who were teleported to the secret realm were randomly sent to various places in the secret realm and scattered. Everyone takes what they need, and there is not much fighting, which is very different from the situation when the secret realm of humanity was opened.
Xiao Ding had also participated in several secret realms of human beings before, all of which were full of dangers. After entering, you must not only guard against the various demon beasts inside, but also beware of other monks who intend to kill people and seize treasures. Walking in those secret realms and being able to leave alive is considered fate.
But this netherworld secret realm of the ghost clan is a little different. First of all, the various heavenly and earthly treasures in the Netherworld Secret Realm are not guarded by demon beasts, and anyone who encounters them can pick them at will, and there is no danger. Secondly, the various heavenly and earthly treasures in the Netherworld Secret Realm are also of different levels. Different levels and different kinds of spiritual plants or materials are suitable for different levels of ghost monks. Everyone takes what they need, and there is not much conflict.
Unless it is two ghost cultivators of the same level, both of whom have taken a fancy to the same spirit plant or other treasures, and both parties are unwilling to tolerate it, this will lead to a conflict. Most of the time, the ghost cultivators of the Ghost Warrior Realm are only looking for spiritual plants or materials that are suitable for the Ghost Warrior realm, while the Ghost Cultivators of the Ghost Warrior Realm are looking for spiritual plants and materials that are suitable for the Ghost Warrior level.
Without the conflict of interests, there is no need for high-level ghost cultivators to go on a killing spree and kill low-level ghost cultivators. And the ghost cultivators of the same level, most of them are half a catty or two with each other, and they are not willing to fight each other for a certain spirit plant or other materials. If you fight, most of the time the result will be a lose-lose fight, and it will not benefit anyone.
Therefore, Xiao Ding, who had been hiding in a valley in the secret realm for a long time, hid in the shadows, and had found several waves of ghost clansmen passing through the valley where he was, but there was no fight.
This inevitably made Xiao Ding very curious. If it were a human being, if so many kinds of spirit plants in the valley were encountered, no matter who they were, they would definitely want to swallow it alone.
On the first day of the opening of the Netherworld Secret Realm, the ghost people Xiao Ding met in the valley were all low-level ghost cultivators, and they didn't find Xiao Ding hiding in the shadows.
On the second day, a ghost general who had chased and killed Xiao Ding before walked into the valley.
Xiao Ding originally wanted to use stealth and concealment to dodge. However, when he saw that the ghost general was alone, his mind immediately came to life.
With his current twenty-seventh level of qi training, plus his many other means, to deal with a ghost general equivalent to the human Jindan stage, Xiao Ding felt that he still had the strength to fight. What's more, he also has a trick to press the bottom of the box - Divine Light Heavenly Fire Thunder. This supreme strength and yang exercise can just restrain them against the evil and weird ghost people.
In addition, even if Xiao Ding can't defeat the ghost general by himself, then there are Ahri and Ouyang Qing in his Qiankun pot, as well as eight demon beasts and monster followers, who can come out to help him at any time.
Therefore, Xiao Ding feels that as long as the other party is alone, then if he fights with the other party, the chance of winning should also be seventy percent.
So, Xiao Ding simply didn't plan to continue hiding. Since the other party has already been singled, then if you can kill one, you can kill one first. Lest the secret realm end in the future, if he encounters their group of ghost clansmen again, won't he still have to flee everywhere?
Xiao Ding's deliberate revelation of his whereabouts was soon discovered by the ghost general.
To Xiao Ding's surprise, after the ghost general found Xiao Ding, he did not immediately run towards Xiao Ding's hideout, but took out a shiny pipa bone from his storage bag, and then stretched out his ghost claws and clicked on it several times in a row.
Xiao Ding couldn't understand why this ghost general did this, he only saw that there were several lines formed by black qi lingering on the pipa bone, and then there were some dense bright spots.
After poking the pipa bone several times, the ghost put away the pipa bone and drifted in the direction of Xiao Ding.
Xiao Ding still pretended not to know, standing in place, looking at the mountain peaks hidden in the black fog high up, as if he was looking for a path out of the valley.
When the ghost general came to a distance of only about four or five zhang away from Xiao Ding, Xiao Ding suddenly turned his head, looked at the ghost general, smiled at him, and said, "Did you come by yourself?" ”
The ghost general on the other side was stunned, he didn't expect Xiao Ding to ask like this, after being stunned for a moment, he immediately reacted, and then said coldly: "What? Can't I kill you alone? ”
The reason why this ghost general said this is because he only saw Xiao Ding is a cultivator of the Great Perfection of Qi Cultivation, although he had met Xiao Ding twice before, but those two times Xiao Ding was either stealth or escaped, he did not see Xiao Ding's true skills, so he did not take Xiao Ding in his eyes.
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