Chapter 17: The Demon City
Tu Tian left the "Shadow Cutting Sword Technique" for Cai Wei, went back to the house and took all the Zhu Guo away, said goodbye to Cai Wei, and returned to the palace.
On the way, he took out a vermilion fruit, revealing solemnity.
...... Hoodoo!
Maybe he really underestimated it before, thinking that it was like a yin and evil spirit, and it was not a big deal to smoke it, but recently he finally realized that something was wrong.
Since the puppet insect has been fed with Zhuguo, it has become more and more gluttonous, and it used to be satisfied with only one drop of blood a day, but slowly, two drops, three drops...... It's been increasing, and every time I eat, I don't stop until I'm about to be turned into nothingness, and I can't get enough of it.
And he himself had eaten Zhu Guo, although the amount of food did not increase, but he gradually had an inexplicable desire for blood. If it weren't for his perseverance and solidity, I'm afraid that something ominous would have happened in the palace.
He faintly had a sense of worry, afraid that the "death robbery" criticized by the pulsatilla was precisely from this Zhu Guo. If this is the case, these things must be destroyed as soon as possible, so as not to bring disaster to the people around them or even the whole country.
While thinking about his thoughts, he flew with Edgeworth, and when he wondered why he hadn't seen the palace yet, he looked up again and realized that he had already gone in the wrong direction. He came to a deserted place.
"Where is this? There is no such landform in the Silver Snow Country, let alone such a dangerous qi machine. He asked himself.
If you look closely, don't talk about human beings, that is, you can't even see a single bird or beast. There was a faint evil aura that permeated the wilderness, and when he saw the purple weeds growing luxuriantly on the ground, and the occasional strong wind blowing through the white bones exposed under the weeds, he suddenly felt a chill and remembered a place.
In the northeast of the Silver Snow Country, there are rumors among the people that there is another land hidden in the land here, and it may not be possible to find it even if someone goes to look for it alone, but occasionally people and livestock suddenly disappear, and people guess that they have inadvertently broken in. And this kind of thing usually happens at night, so the residents of the northeast close their doors early at night to rest, and even children are not allowed to go out to play.
Tu Tian hurried at night, which actually confirmed this rumor, and he couldn't help laughing at himself.
He had read a "Strange Tale", and also mentioned this strange place in the Silver Snow Country, but the statement in it was much more detailed than the folk rumors, saying that before the founding of the Silver Snow Country, the Northeast land belonged to the demon cultivators, known as the Demon Capital, and later because of the Immortal and Demon War, the vast majority of the demon cultivators died in the Demon Capital, and the others also returned to the Demon World because of the battle. The "Miscellaneous Tales of Ambitions" asserts that the demon capital has not been completely destroyed, and that what has been destroyed by immortal cultivators is only a part of the revealed mortal world, and some of it is hidden in a corner of the northeast land, mustard Na Sumeru, and there is no way to set foot in it without special chance.
Suddenly, Tu Tian remembered a clue again, he took out the mysterious map from a few years ago from his arms, detained some water nearby, sprinkled it on the map, and compared it with what he was looking for. Some of the landscapes were very similar, and they were the land in the upper right corner of the map, marked with words he couldn't read.
Tu Tian hurried back in the direction he had come, wanting to get out of the place as soon as possible, fearing that something might happen. Along the way, there are all tall and dense purple weeds, and white bones can always be found under the comfrey, some like animals, some like people, I don't know how many.
Not long after, the road came to an end, and in front of it was a neat cliff, with a thick purple fog and bottomless depth. And there is a force of imprisonment that blocks him and does not fly out of the cliff.
Tu Tian was suspicious, feeling that the cliff was strange, no matter how great the natural power was, it was impossible to create such a regular and neat cliff, there were no extra corners at all, no concave or convex, just like a vessel. He flew in the same direction around the cliff, returning to square one after a few hours.
This...... Tu Tian showed a strange look, feeling that the earth was like a round inkstone, artificially carved, not like a natural thing.
He pushed his mana to the extreme, and tried his best to pull it up, but he couldn't rise anymore when he was a thousand feet above the ground, and there was an extremely powerful attraction pulling him, and the higher he went, the greater the suction, and every time he pulled it up, the suction power increased exponentially.
But at this time, he can see most of the outline, it really looks like an inkstone, there is a whole ring of purple walls on the edge of the cliff bank, the visual inspection is a few feet high, it is completely made of purple mist condensation, it can not be seen on the ground or in the low place, it will only be regarded as the overflow of water vapor under the cliff, only at this height it shows its shape, and it can be seen that it is a ring barrier, that is, the outer edge of the "inkstone".
The mountains and rivers in the "inkstone" are readily available, and they are quite regular, the nine annular mountains and the nine circular rivers are staggered, and they are arranged outward one by one around the center, and Tu Tian's location is still outside the outermost ninth ring mountain range, and has not entered the real realm of the "inkstone".
On each of the craters, there are countless ruins of palaces, and the scale of the ruins shows how magnificent they were in the past. This is the demeanor of the Demon Capital? Tu Tian was secretly surprised. The area is not far behind the land of the Silver Snow Country, and every palace complex is comparable to his royal palace.
Tu Tian looked at it carefully, and found that the nine rivers were extraordinary, and the purple demonic mist was pouring out of the rivers, and except for the purple weeds on both sides of the rivers, no other grass plants were still alive.
Tu Tian was very suspicious, the demon and the demon are both evil, and they are both highly poisonous things for mortals, and the infected person will have a deformed body shape and a gradually obedient temperament, and will be killed on the spot. But the two are not the same.
When chatting with the toad once, the toad once told a little bit about it, which left some impression on Tu Tian. If the evil spirit is the obsession of the dead, then the evil spirit is the obsession of heaven and earth. Tu Tianrusi understands: sentient beings cannot escape life and death, and there are still thousands of pains between life and death. When life has its own attachment, the pain can only be borne alone, and there is nothing to share, and every one's own misfortune will be blamed on the injustice of heaven. Then resentment, jealousy, and even fear, madness, hatred, and so on naturally arise. The demon demon is the collection of evil thoughts, and the demons are all people who rebel against morality and roar the heavens and the earth, and the two are not unrelated.
Tu Tian looked at the very center, where the purple qi was dense and hazy, and he couldn't see the inner scene clearly, and even his divine sense couldn't reach it, it was too far away. He only felt that there was a majestic force constantly swallowing and swirling, and all the rivers and purple mist seemed to originate from there, which made his heart palpitate.
He silently analyzed the pattern, the nine rings of barren mountains, the nine rings of the purple river, staggered and separated, the ninth ring of the purple river is in the center of the "inkstone", like the axis surrounded by the layers of annual rings of century-old trees, and like the deepest part of the endless ocean, a purple eye. Rather than calling it a river, it would be more appropriate to call it a spring pool. If it is not outrageous, he even dares to think that this is a magic weapon at all, because it is too regular and exquisite, but he really dare not imagine that there are any kind of people in the world who can make such artifacts. It's just a matter of thinking about it, and he doesn't dare to take it seriously.
There is no way out.
Tu Tian spent a few more hours flying around the Ninth Ring Mountain Range, and couldn't help but feel anxious. The accumulation of white bones under the purple barren grass is enough to tell the story, this place has no entry and exit.
The year has not yet arrived, many wishes have not been fulfilled, and there are still important things to be arranged, and he must not be trapped here to death.
Tu Tian no longer hesitated, lowered the flying sword, and flew slowly towards the Ninth Ring Mountain Range, extremely careful along the way. But as soon as he flew to the top of the mountain, his flying sword suddenly lost its effect, and his body fell rapidly. He hurriedly used the light body skill in the "Shadow Slashing Sword Technique", swung his fists and feet in the air to balance his body, and slowly landed on top of a palace ruins. Fortunately, he didn't fly high, otherwise he would have fallen into a pulp.
There is no doubt that there is a strong prohibition on the mountain. Tu Tian was even more cautious.
He walked on, walking through the ruins, and everywhere he passed was a huge stone of all colors, of different kinds, which most mortals had never seen, and whose strength was greater than that of fine iron, and which I did not know how it was destroyed in the first place. The statement of the battle between immortals and demons is becoming more and more credible, and I am afraid that only the power of immortals and demons can be so easy.
Huh?
Tu Tian was shocked, and not long after walking, under the ruins of a demon palace, he found a living person, and he didn't care about deception, so he hurriedly rushed to the front of the person with a flying sword.
It was a woman, dressed plain white, except for a strange pattern embroidered on the left and right cuffs, like some kind of flower.
Her appearance is very beautiful, facing the purple river, her eyes are closed, she sits solemnly on the stone platform, her hands are sealed, and she naturally exudes an extraordinary temperament.
It's a cultivator, Tu Tian judged at a glance.
There were several artifacts around her, forming a mana barrier to protect her. If you look closely, you will see a few glimmers of light flashing from time to time, and it is clear that the circle is still in operation and has not failed.
However, Tu Tian quickly saw that the woman was dead, and he could not feel the slightest fluctuation of life on her body.
The biggest difference between Shenxu Jin and other supernatural powers is that its specialty is to perceive natural spiritual power, as well as various qi and field forces, and life fluctuations are also among them. At such a close distance, if the Shenxu Jin still can't be sensed, this person is probably more than lucky. Of course, there is another possibility, that is, her Dao Law realm far surpasses that of Tu Tian, and she can easily deceive his divine sense. However, this may be undoubtedly a joke at the moment, if she really has such cultivation, can she still deceive him?
Sure enough, upon closer inspection, Tu Tian found a thumb-thick hole on the top of her head, and a little brain pulp and blood were still stuck to her hair, which was the result of the maintenance of the formation, and it was likely that many years had passed, but the flesh would hardly decay and retain its original appearance.
Seeing this situation, Tu Tian's heart was even more cold, judging from the means of arranging the enchantment and the quality of those utensils, this female cultivator's cultivation was indeed far superior to him, but she died tragically in this ghost place, the cause of death is unknown, and the encounter is unknown, Tu Tian really can't think of what capital he has to escape.
Not to mention whether there are terrifying demon insects and monsters hidden in the shadows, waiting for an opportunity to pounce, just without food and water, he will not be able to live for a few days, after all, he has not yet cultivated to the realm of Bigu, and he is still a mortal.