Chapter 31: The Altar
"The realm of deep enlightenment." Duanmu is easy to darken. The indescribable excitement in my heart. Since embarking on the path of cultivation, he has never stepped into the realm of deep enlightenment. "The Shadow Step hasn't started yet, so let's start with the Shadow Step." Duanmu Yi recalled the content of the Shadow Step fragment in his mind, and after a few moments, an illusory figure appeared in Duanmu Yi's mind. With the advancement of the enlightenment, the illusory figure became almost solid, one move and one style, clearly demonstrating the unpredictable footwork, Duanmu Yi could see clearly, some of them were recorded in the fragment, and some of the moves were never seen, presumably deduced from the fragment. Whether it was recorded in the fragment or deduced, Duanmu Yi watched carefully, memorized it in detail, and demonstrated the shadow steps in his mind over and over again, until Duanmu Yi completely mastered all the shadow steps, and the figure in his mind slowly dissipated.
The shadow walk, the small become.
Duanmu Yi was about to train the shadow step to the end in one fell swoop, but the kind of clarity in his mind was no longer there, no matter how much Duanmu Yi practiced, he couldn't make any progress in a short period of time. Duanmu is helpless. Thinking that there are still five leaves on that Tongming grass, it is better to take another one, the temptation of the deep realm of enlightenment is too great, and Rao is Duanmu Yi can't resist this temptation.
Picking another leaf, unable to swallow it, refining it with true qi, a pure and powerful aura converged into the meridian dantian, constantly impacting the limit of the meridian dantian, the true qi in the dantian expanded rapidly, the cyclone kept growing, the speed of the true qi in the meridians accelerated, and the limbs were comfortable for a while. The bottleneck of the realm has been loosened. The effect of the medicine did not last long, and it seemed that it was about to break through to the middle of the sixth order of the Qi Refining Realm, but it was still a little close. The aura in the blades of the Bright Grass was refined, and from beginning to end, there was no emptiness in the mind.
"That's it, maybe this six-leaf clear grass is only the first time to take it to make people enter the realm of deep enlightenment, and taking more is just to replenish some true qi." Duanmu Yixin said. Looking at the three of them, beads of sweat beaded on their foreheads, and their brows furrowed slightly, as if they were in trouble.
"Let me help you." As he spoke, Duanmu Yi plucked the leaves of the six-leaf clear grass and sent a piece into each of the mouths of the three people. Transporting the true qi in the body, enveloping the three of them, and helping to refine the blades of the Tongming Grass. Before long, a small black tornado vortex rose around the ghost elder's body, and if you look closely, there is also a faint transparent power in the vortex, but this power is only an extremely small trace, not as obvious as Duanmu Yi. Then, a transparent film appeared around Bing'er's body, and the water shimmered. In the end, Huang Ji also changed, and a fiery red true qi flame rose from the top of his head, slowly enveloping Huang Ji's body.
The true qi in the bodies of the three of them was activated. After a while, the three of them woke up quietly, and the ghost elder was the first to open his eyes, followed by Bing'er, and Huang Ji last. The first thing the three of them said when they opened their eyes was the same: "Where is this?" ”
Duanmu Yi said: "Cave! The four of them looked at each other and smiled, and then they suddenly realized that they had just fallen into the illusion they had just fallen into.
The ghost is thrown into a mirror labyrinth, and the walls of the maze are full of mirrors, shining with golden light, making it difficult to distinguish between fiction and reality.
Bing'er fell into the world of ice and snow, the maze of ice sculptures, crystal clear, as soon as she entered, it was rare, as if she had fallen into the crystal palace, but with the tired vision, it became more and more cold, and the cold was pressing, and she couldn't wear the crystal-like ice maze anyway.
Huang Ji fell into a sea of fire, the flames were monstrous, the smoke was billowing out, boundless, fortunately, Huang Ji practiced the fire system exercises, not only did not get hurt, but in the illusion, his cultivation continued to grow. It's a pity that the illusion is an illusion after all, after waking up, the cultivation that skyrocketed in the illusion completely disappeared, like a dream, the cultivation is still in the late stage of the seventh order of the Qi Refining Realm, and there is no sign of growth.
Duanmu Yi said: "Let's go forward, this space seems to be not far from the entrance of the cave, and we may not have gone deep into it." ”
The three of them nodded and followed Duanmu Yi to move on.
Along the way, there were some natural treasures on both sides from time to time, and the four of them had harvested and were happy. About an hour later, a levitating staircase appeared in front of them. The stairs went straight down, I don't know how many steps, and below the steps was an endless abyss, black and chaotic, I don't know how deep. Come to think of it, if you fall, you will definitely die.
There is no way out. Duanmu Yi walked to the first step first, cautiously put one foot up first, the touch was solid, although it was suspended in the air, there was no trace of vanity, so he boldly walked up. Bing'er followed, and Huang Ji pulled the ghost old man and stepped on the steps. The four of them walked cautiously on the steps, Duanmu Yi took the lead, and in each episode of the steps were cautiously tried with one foot before daring to step down, Huang Ji pulled the ghost old man to break off. I don't know how many steps I have descended, as if there is no end to it.
All four were tired.
Duanmu Yi sat down first. Each of the four sat on a step. Huang Ji simply lay down on his side and wanted to fall asleep.
The ghost old man said: "Big brother, when did you say that this step is a head?" The old ghost retreated.
"Look!" Bing'er exclaimed, "The steps are disappearing. ”
The three of them heard Bing'er's cry, they turned their heads one after another, there were steps behind them, and the steps they had walked before had all disappeared quietly, Huang Ji was behind the three of them, lying on the highest step, and was shocked into a cold sweat. He sat up and leaned forward.
Duanmu Yi said: "Now it seems that this step must have no end, there is nothing strange about it, you look at the steps under your feet, is it the same as when we first stepped on it?" ”
When the three of them heard Duanmu Yi's words, they all looked down and checked, and sure enough, they were the same.
Bing'er said: "Another illusion? ”
"I think so. Get rid of distracting thoughts, don't think about moving forward, and don't have a heart to retreat. Duanmu Yi replied, took out the six-leaf clear grass from the storage bag, and continued: "I will give this grass to you, you swallow it, refine it with true qi, you can enter the realm of deep enlightenment, maybe you can break through the illusion, and return to reality." ”
As he spoke, he plucked the only remaining leaf and divided the rhizome into four parts, one for each of them, and swallowed his luck to refine it. Sure enough, after a while, the four of them returned to the previous space, and there was nothing in front of them, and there were still steps and abysses. The four of them sat cross-legged in place, and after a while, the four of them retreated from their cultivation state, all with smiles on their faces, and it seemed that each of them had made a big breakthrough.
Duanmu Yi Xiuwei Realm had already broken through the early stage of the sixth order of the Qi Refining Realm and entered the middle stage of the sixth order of the Qi Refining Realm.
Bing'er cultivated the spirit-level top-grade Jade Xiao Sword Technique and the spirit-level middle-grade Luoying Palm Technique to the fullest, and his cultivation also broke through to the late stage of the sixth order of the Qi Refining Realm.
The ghost veteran cultivated the spirit-level high-grade Demon Splitting Slash to the fullest. Cultivation also broke through to the middle of the first order of the Martial True Realm.
Huang Ji had already cultivated a spirit-level mid-grade flame sword technique to Dacheng, and his cultivation had also broken through to the early stage of the eighth order of the Qi Refining Realm.
Duanmu Yi said: "It seems that we need to change directions." "Although the space for the four of them is large, it is generally a long and narrow space. To be precise, a unimaginably spacious cave.
The four of them followed Duanmu Yi and turned around and walked back to the other side of the cave. Sure enough, after walking for two or three hours, there was no illusion, everything was normal, and from time to time I could still encounter some spirit grass, but I didn't encounter any danger and strangeness.
The four of them went deeper and deeper along the cave, and gradually the space of the cave became smaller and smaller, and finally only one person could be allowed to pass through with a short body. After passing through a very narrow cave, the four of them came to a huge stone chamber, the four walls of the stone chamber were inlaid with a large number of large nameless spars, emitting a faint green light, reflecting the entire stone chamber as a faint green, which looked eerie and terrifying, like the nine hells, which made people feel depressed to the extreme.
In the center of the stone chamber is an altar, which is made of strange stones, which looks mysterious and solemn. In the center of the altar, on top of the nine steps, stands an imperial throne that seems to be made of some kind of special metal, and is full of hidden gems. The backrest and armrests are carved with purple patterns, and the outline is roughly a monster with a human head and a beast body.
There is a huge stone statue in each of the south, east, and west sides of the altar, which are four unicorns of different shapes.
The eyes of the four were drawn to this eerie altar. After watching for a long time, you can turn your gaze away. The four of them searched carefully, and there was nothing unique in the huge stone chamber, let alone an exit such as a stone door.
Duanmu Yi said: "The so-called secluded cave may be this place. The rumored night unicorn is estimated to be a stone unicorn on all sides of the altar. If this is the case, then the Purple Spirit Grass must be on the altar. But how do you open the altar? ”
The ghost old man said: "I heard that the dark night unicorn has the blood of the ancient unicorn, how can it be just a few stone carvings?" ”
Duanmu Yi said: "Do you remember how we entered the cave from under the cliff? How is the arrangement of the five ancient trees on it strikingly consistent with the placement of the stone unicorn and the imperial throne on the altar? ”
"I remember, and it's consistent. Could it be that this is also a formation? The real cave is still under this altar? Bing'er said.
"It's possible." Duanmu Yi said, "If this is the case, then the Central Imperial Throne must be ascended." ”
"I'll try!" As soon as Duanmu Yi's words fell, Huang Ji volunteered and rushed to the nine steps above the altar, about to ascend the throne of God.
As soon as Huang Ji reached the first step with one foot, his whole person was as if he was petrified, motionless.
"Huang Ji!" Duanmu is easy to call. Without any reaction, Huang Ji's consciousness seemed to be completely controlled by a mysterious force. Duanmu Yi was about to come to the rescue.
Woo wow - a mouthful of blood arrow shot out, and the whole person instantly withered and rolled off the altar.