Chapter 41: The Clouds and the Mist

"Blood beasts? How can there be blood beasts here? Did they run out of the blood forest?"

The voices of the four Dharma protectors were not concealed in the slightest, so Zheng Xuan, who was in the cave, heard it clearly, although he did not see the scene outside, but he also felt that there was a sharp and incomparable aura sweeping over the hill just now, and with the strength of his divine sense, he could clearly sense the naked killing intent in it.

"It's just that how could a blood beast run into the Blood Forest? could it be that there is something in this Lingyun Mountain Range that attracts them?"

With a slight movement in his heart, Zheng Xuan saw that the four Dharma protectors had not yet arrived, so he looked around, and found that this cave seemed to have been forcibly opened up by someone, rather than naturally generated.

On the rough stone wall, traces of axe chisels can be vaguely seen, but the age seems to be extremely old and cannot be verified at all.

At the end of the stone wall, that is, opposite the passage that Zheng Xuan and the others came out of before, there is a cave with a diameter of about three zhang, but the cave seems to be full of clouds, even if it is standing close at hand, it is still difficult to see the scene inside the cave.

Frowning slightly, Zheng Xuan was shocked to find that the milky white clouds in this cave were slowly rotating in a regular manner, and kept coming out of the cave, pouring into this space that had been opened up, but I don't know why, as soon as these white smoke entered the cave, they would disappear immediately.

As if seeing Zheng Xuan's curiosity, or because Zheng Xuan had joined his side, seeing this scene, Chen Xu, who was standing not far from Zheng Xuan, walked up in a few steps and said with a smile, "This is the passage to Lingyun Grotto, these milky white breaths are called Lingyun Mist, which has a strong psychedelic function." ”

"The periphery of the Lingyun Mountain Range is covered with this kind of mist, and only when the spirit explodes, the Lingyun mist on the periphery of the Lingyun Mountain Range will disperse, manifesting several passages leading to the main vein of the Lingyun Mountain Range. ”

"Oh!"

Hearing this, Zheng Xuan came back to his senses from his contemplation, and when he saw that it was Chen Xu, he immediately nodded slightly, and said, "But why is there still a Lingyun mist in this passage now? If I know it well, this spiritual explosion should have arrived, right?" Or is it that the spiritual explosion is over?"

"Haha, how is that possible!"

Shaking his head, Chen Xu laughed and said, "The Spirit Explosion Time can last for three months, and you are not wrong, the time when the Spirit Explosion was opened was yesterday, which is why this place is full of Lingyun Mist, maybe you don't know yet, right?" Lingyun Mist is only the first level of the Lingyun Mountain Range, and it is the easiest level. ”

"The further it goes, the more terrible it is, without the strength of a first-class master, it is really wishful thinking to enter the Lingyun Mountain Range and enter the Lingyun Cave along the passage opened outside in the Spirit Explosion, of course, it is not excluded that there are so many lucky people, but most of the time, people are looking for a temporary passage, and then find a formation mage, and arrange the road to the Lingyun Cave. ”

"Are you saying that after the Spirit Explosion is opened, the passage that is still filled with Lingyun mist will be able to lead directly to the Lingyun Cave without experiencing other dangers?"

With a raised brow, Zheng Xuan looked at Chen Xu with some sudden realization.

"Senior Brother Zheng is really smart, that's right! That's the thing, after the spiritual explosion, in addition to the many passages that do not have Lingyun Mist on the periphery of the Lingyun Mountain Range, there will also be many caves on many mountains, and the inside is full of Lingyun Mist. ”

"This kind of passage can go directly to Lingyun Cave, as long as you can find a formation mage, use the power of the formation to attract everyone, so as not to lose your way, you can reach Lingyun Cave smoothly, but after each spiritual explosion, the caves that appear are different, so except for a few big forces with a fixed station, other people enter and exit Lingyun Cave every time they go in and out of the place. ”

Looking at the secret cave in front of him, Chen Xu smiled and said, "And our passage is different, this is a fixed passage, every time the spiritual explosion is spoken, there will be Lingyun mist, for this passage back then, many people died in the outer realm, and finally became the exclusive domain of the four major sects such as me." ”

"This is also the reason why we are able to establish a base in the Lingyun Cave, because we have a fixed place to stay, which is incomparable to other sects and scattered cultivators. ”

Nodding a little clearly, a strange look appeared in Zheng Xuan's eyes, and he said with a smile, "Senior Brother Chen is really well-informed, but I still have a question, that is, can this passage still lead to Lingyun Cave when it is not a spiritual explosion? At that time, is there still anyone from the sect stationed in Lingyun Cave?"

Glancing at Zheng Xuan with some amusement, Chen Xu shrugged his shoulders and said, "Of course, it can lead to Lingyun Cave, but it is extremely dangerous, and it is more dangerous than climbing the mountain through normal means, so no one is willing to try, as for the time outside of the spirit explosion, no one wants to stay in Lingyun Cave, because Lingyun Cave at that time was a demon cave at all!"

"However, a large-scale spiritual explosion like this year, which can refine the qi of the clouds, only appears once every five years, but like other small spiritual explosions, it can be said that they appear every year, but the duration is only half a month, so my sect can enter the Lingyun Cave every year, and after years of exploration, it can be regarded as having a foundation in the Lingyun Cave. ”

At this time, Zheng Xuan completely understood how the foundation of the four factions in the Lingyun Cave came from, at this moment, looking at the constantly rotating Lingyun mist not far away, Zheng Xuan's heart jumped suddenly, and suddenly he had a sense of familiarity, but soon Zheng Xuan shook his head, thinking that he was affected and hallucinated.

At this moment, seeing Zheng Xuan's somewhat confused expression, Chen Xu smiled slightly, a hint of understanding appeared on his face, and said, "Do you feel a little familiar?" Haha, everyone who sees Lingyun Mist for the first time will be like this, Senior Brother Zheng doesn't have to care at all, just don't continue to stare at it." ”

"That's, that's, thank you for reminding me, otherwise I guess I'm still confused!"

Zheng Xuan was slightly stunned, smiled sassyly, and thanked him.

But is this true? Is this really just Zheng Xuan's hallucination?

At this time, in the depths of the sea of consciousness that Zheng Xuan couldn't detect, the divine thoughts that had been operating according to the longevity recipe actually jumped slowly, and a wisp of aura exactly like Lingyun mist was generated in Zheng Xuan's mind out of thin air, and then disappeared in an instant, as if it had been directly absorbed by Zheng Xuan.

At this time, Zheng Xuan felt a sense of familiarity again, but at this time, he only thought that it was the cause of the fog, so he turned his head and no longer looked at the Lingyun mist, but turned to him and chatted with Chen Xu, Han Chuang and others.

After a short while, the four Dharma Protectors who led the team all returned to the cave and stopped before the cave containing the Lingyun Mist.

Protector Chen took a handful of it from his waist, took out a diamond-shaped stone, took a step forward, pressed it on the stone wall around the cave, looked at the other three protectors, stretched out his hand and invited, "Three, don't waste time, hurry up and take out the array stone, I always feel a little weird on this trip to Lingyun Cave, it is inevitable that there will be many dreams at night, it is better to have it as soon as possible." ”

"Protector Chen seems to be getting less and less courageous the more he lives, what danger can he be within the scope of this Lingyun mist?"

Leng Protector smiled and tucked a sentence to Protector Chen, but in terms of action, he faithfully carried out Protector Chen's instructions, and also took out a formation stone from his clothes and put it in another corner.

At this time, Zheng Xuan frowned slightly, and took a closer look at the cave, only to find that there was a round hole in each of the four corners of the cave, and countless complicated lines centered on the four holes, forming a strange pattern, shrouding the huge hole in the center.

If you look closely, you will find that the lines of the cave entrance seem to go straight into the cave, turning a corner on the stone wall of the cave and disappearing.

"What a quaint instruction formation, I didn't expect to be able to see such a highly accomplished formation in this poor and remote place, there are really many secrets in this Lingyun Cave, I'm afraid this formation is not arranged by the four factions, right?"

A glimmer of light flashed in his eyes, Zheng Xuan noticed the indication formation at the entrance of the cave, but he was a little surprised, if what he saw was good, this formation should belong to the ancient formation, although the effect is also an indication effect, but its complexity is far more complicated than the current magic array.

While Zheng Xuan was pondering, the Water Protector and Zhou Protector also took out the other two array stones from their arms and put them into the groove, and with the four array stones being put in, the four protectors each took out a scroll of remnants from their arms and arranged them at the entrance of the cave.

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