Chapter 8: The Land of Retreat
Later, the two finally ended a long conversation, although the two argued a little unpleasantly at the end, but in general, Swenren was still very fortunate to meet Senior Sister Zhang, at least, Shandumen is not the only one left of his own seedling.
Zhang Mingxia already had an answer to the question of "where should we go in the future", and then Si Wenren also decided to go to the depths of the scattered cultivation place in the southeast direction of Shandu Mountain with Senior Sister Zhang.
On the way, Zhang Mingxia said to herself while enjoying the beautiful scenery along the way:
"In this short period of time, I first succeeded in building the foundation, then my own Shandumen was destroyed, and then I met Senior Brother Swenren...... Well, it seems that I am about to embark on a magnificent path of cultivation. ”
After hearing this, Si Wenren's eyelids jumped unconsciously, and he silently made an evaluation of this senior sister in his heart:
Senior Sister Zhang is a little ruthless, no, to be precise, she is an optimistic monk.
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Because a small part of the land of scattered cultivation borders the land of Shandu, Swenren has passed by many times since he was a child, but it is limited to this, and it is the first time that he has gone so deep into the place of scattered cultivation as he did today.
The further you go to the southeast, the worse the environment becomes, but fortunately, both of them are monks in the foundation building period and can fly in the sky, so they save a lot of unnecessary trouble.
On the way, the two of them came across all kinds of scattered cultivators from time to time, and when these casual cultivators saw them, most of them would look at them with malicious intentions for a while, until they showed their cultivation in the foundation building period, and then hurriedly walked away.
This shows the bad atmosphere of cultivation here.
When the two finally arrived at a gathering place for monks, Svenren immediately stopped and looked around, and after reading it, his first impression of this place was only one word: chaos!
It's really messy, the buildings here are disorganized, one in the east and one in the west, and the sizes and shapes are also strange; Piles of garbage are everywhere, all kinds of garbage, such as scrapped talismans, low-level spirit stones that have been exhausted, dry bones of unknown monks, leftover rice residues, etc., attracting a large group of mosquitoes and flies to fly around, and from time to time there are bursts of foul smell; The roads here are winding and full of weeds and wild trees; There were very few monks walking on the road......
Si Wenren looked at it and couldn't help but think of the prosperity in his original sect territory, and there was a huge gap in his heart for a while, and then he felt that his feet were heavy, as if he was glued to the ground, and he couldn't take the next step.
Zhang Mingxia in front walked a fifth of the way, and when she saw that Swenren did not follow, she looked back again, only to see that he was standing motionless.
Zhang Mingxia felt a little strange when she saw this, so she gathered her eyes, and after seeing the hesitant look on Si Wenren's face, she
couldn't help but smile, and then simply flew directly in front of him, and asked with a smile on his face:
"What, this place is not in line with the people's wishes?"
After hearing this, Si Wenren's ears were slightly red, and he touched his nose in embarrassment, and then replied with some embarrassment: "Senior Sister Zhang, this place is inevitably too chaotic, and it is obviously not suitable for cultivation, Senior Brother, I prefer to find a place to cultivate." ”
"Giggle...... The smile on Zhang Mingxia's face was even stronger, and she looked into the distance again, and said with a smile:
"Senior sister, I didn't plan to practice here, we just passed by this 'Floating Street', and as for our destination, there is still some distance from here, and we have to go further."
"So that's the case, it's the junior brother who is delaying time here, Senior Sister Zhang, I'm sorry."
After hearing this, Si Wenren immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and immediately compensated Senior Sister Zhang.
"Senior Brother Swain, I don't blame you, I didn't make it clear in advance to blame Senior Sister." Zhang Mingxia smiled with satisfaction after hearing this, then said politely, and then said mysteriously: "Senior Brother Swain, the destination we are going to is a place of pure cultivation, I believe Senior Sister, there will definitely be no monk who will go there to disturb your cultivation. ”
"Oh? And this kind of place?" Swenren was skeptical about this, but he had a little more expectations for that destination in his heart, "Senior brother, I'm very curious, then senior sister, let's go quickly." ”
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Under the blue sky, among the endless mountains, there is a pool of crystal clear water, which is as quiet as a bright mirror, reflecting the reflection of the clouds clearly.
At the bottom of the lake, there are only many pebbles of different sizes, and other aquatic plants, small fish and shrimp are nowhere to be found.
After an unknown time, two uninvited guests descended vertically from the sky to the center of the lake, and the moment their feet touched the lake, they did not sink, but floated on the surface of the lake like an insignificant feather, bringing a circle of ripples......
Si Wenren steadily controlled the aura on his feet, supported the weight of his whole body, so that he would not fall into the lake, then looked around for a moment, and then asked Zhang Mingxia on the side suspiciously: "Senior Sister Zhang, this is the place of pure cultivation you said, but it is indeed quiet, but the key is, where is the spiritual energy for us to cultivate?" ”
Zhang Mingxia smiled but didn't answer, the meaning was self-evident, and she wanted Si Wenren to take a good look at it.
Seeing this, Si Wenren was speechless on the surface, but he complained in his heart: Senior Sister Zhang, Senior Sister Zhang, we have all arrived at this destination, why are you still selling Guanzi, when the matter is coming, it is not good to say it directly.
Swenren had no choice but to use the spiritual power of his whole body, covering the past in all directions, and perceiving it inch by inch.
After a period of time, Swenren was already a little exhausted, but he still couldn't find even a little spiritual energy, so he finally couldn't help but speak:
"Senior Sister Zhang, I'm tired, just tell me where the aura is."
"Hahaha...... Brother Swain, you're stupid. Zhang Mingxia couldn't help laughing when she saw Si Wenren's tired and anxious look, and then raised her head again, and said with some pride: "The aura is far away in the sky, close in front of you, junior brother, you should take a good look at the lake under our feet, this is actually a formation laid by me senior sister." At that time, I pursued the guidance and successfully got the opportunity to build the foundation, in order to avoid long nights and dreams, I was ready to hit the foundation here, and in order to prevent foreign monks from disturbing, I spent a lot of effort to build this formation, how about it, senior sister, my formation level is okay, right? ”
"It turned out that the lake was just a superficial illusion, and I didn't even notice it. Senior Sister Zhang is proficient in formations, junior brother, I have heard of it for a long time, and now it seems that Senior Sister Zhang's formation cultivation is really quite high! The junior brother was impressed. ”
Swenren's words are not just polite, the formation itself is naturally divided into high and low, but how to arrange the formation is also very particular. If you let an ordinary Qi Refining Stage Cultivator and a Foundation Building Stage Monk arrange the same formation, the latter will produce a better effect; If you ask a Qi Refining Stage cultivator who specializes in cultivating formations to arrange the same formation as an ordinary Foundation Building Stage cultivator, the effect is better. Of course, because of the lack of spiritual power of low-level monks, low-level monks generally cannot arrange higher-level formations.
The formation here was arranged by Zhang Mingxia when refining qi, but now, a genuine foundation building monk is standing on this formation, and he didn't notice the abnormality at all, long before the Shandu Gate was destroyed, he had heard that this Senior Sister Zhang in the door was a formation genius, and today I realized that what she said was true.
It can be seen that there is no vanity under the fame!
Zhang Mingxia heard the word "admiration" from Swen Ren's mouth, and immediately smiled, and then opened the formation while opening her mouth and said: "Senior Brother Swain, this formation is called 'Mirror Shadow Lake Phase Array', it is a first-order superlative, no attack power, average defense, but it is very confusing. ”
After opening the formation, Zhang Mingxia explained the location of several array eyes to Swenren, and then took out a handful of metal rings from the storage bag and handed it to Swenren, and said to him:
"This is the formation key, junior brother, you have to keep it, don't lose it."
"Senior sister, don't worry, junior brother, I can save it."
Then, the two entered the formation together.
Swinren walked in and found that it was very simple, with three inner rooms in different directions, of which only the leftmost inner room had a narrow stone bed, and the middle inner room had a stone table and several stone benches, while the rightmost inner room had nothing, and the aisle between the three inner rooms was also empty.
But fortunately, this place is full of the aura of the three attributes of water, fire, and gold, but the intensity of the aura is obviously not enough.
Zhang Mingxia said with a smile: "This is a spiritual place that I stumbled upon, it is a first-order high-grade, when I was still cultivating in the Qi refining period, the spiritual energy here was more than enough, and now that we are all in the foundation building period, the spiritual energy here is indeed not enough, but the first will be enough." Senior brother, you can recover here first, and soon after, we will go and grab a second-order spiritual land. ”
Immediately after, Zhang Mingxia turned to face the formation that was still open, and then walked out again.
This scene stunned Si Wenren, and he hurriedly shouted to his back: "Senior sister, where are you going?"
Zhang Mingxia didn't look back, leaving only one sentence:
"Senior sister, I'll go to Piaoling Street first to collect some information, and by the way, investigate the second-order spiritual land, junior brother, you stay here well, and wait for me to come back."
"Okay, wait for you to come back, senior sister."
After Si Wenren immediately responded, he thought to himself: Uh, senior sister, are you in such a hurry, you have traveled a long way here, and you don't have to rest first, and then you leave again?
After a while, another voice floated from a distance: "Senior brother, don't forget to close the formation." ”
"Senior sister, don't worry."
After Swinen responded loudly, he thought to himself again: Senior sister, is this treating me as a three-year-old child?
Then, Swenren also walked out of the formation, he hid near the formation to see if there were any foreign monks, after all, the senior sister just talked too loudly, and the monk's ears were very smart.
After waiting for a few hours, Sven Renren saw that there were indeed no foreign monks, so he returned to the formation and closed the formation.
Swinren sat alone in an inner room, and a doubt couldn't help but pop up in his heart:
What does Senior Sister mean by "grabbing the second-order spiritual land"?
Then, while he was guessing in his heart, a voice suddenly popped out of his heart:
"It's to kill the weak monk, and then rob him of his spiritual land for his own cultivation, you idiot!"
"Who's talking!?"
Swinren raised his heart to his throat, and his whole body was as nervous as if he had drawn the strings of a bow.
This voice is so weird, like an idea of my own suddenly popping into my mind, but it's not.
Swinen could feel the difference of this voice, he couldn't tell whether it was a male voice or a female voice, revealing an absolute vicissitudes of life, the voice was like walking with light, as long as an ancient sound.