Nie Jingnian said: "I have searched here more than once, but I have found nothing. ”

Zhao Ya didn't speak.

In fact, he had expected this result for a long time, since even the important marker peaks were so obscure, then the directions on this map were most likely wrong.

He pondered for a moment, then asked, "In the direction of the four corners of the county town, where are the peaks?" ”

"Peaks? There are both the northeast corner and the northwest corner, the northeast corner is the remnant vein of the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain that stretches here, and the northwest corner is connected to the Wuxiang Mountain Range, which is the largest mountain system in Yunxiao County. ”

After a month of exploration, Nie Jingnian already knew the geography around the county town well.

"Let's go to the northeast corner first."

If the map is upside down, then the northeast corner is the most likely one.

Nie Jingnian had no objections.

The two of them shuttled through the mountains and forests.

At the beginning, Nie Jingnian deliberately slowed down, worried that Zhao Ya would not be able to catch up.

But as soon as he really ran up, Nie Jingnian was very surprised to find that Zhao Ya's speed was not slower than his own at all.

Even when walking through the mountains and forests, he is a little faster than himself.

This success aroused Nie Jingnian's competitive spirit.

He stepped up under his feet, and the strength of the four realms was fully deployed, just to see if Zhao Ya could still catch up.

But after running for a few minutes, Nie Jingnian found that Zhao Ya had been following behind him unhurriedly, and he didn't have the slightest bit of effort.

Only then did Nie Jingnian understand that if he only talked about the speed of his body, he was not Zhao Ya's opponent at all.

He simply dismissed the idea of deciding the high and low, and slowed down a little.

In this way, the two soon came to the northeast corner of the county seat.

Sure enough, there are a few peaks erected here, but they are not very high, and they belong to the remnants of the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain.

Zhao Ya and Nie Jingnian stopped.

Zhao Ya took out the map and looked at it carefully, pondered for a moment, and pointed to one of the peaks.

"Let's go around here and look for it first!"

Nie Jingnian had no opinion, and the two of them went one after the other, and then disappeared into the mountains.

Not long after the two of them entered, the mountains and forests shook, and the grass and trees shook, and then a team of men and horses also appeared at the foot of the mountain.

The leader was dressed in a black power suit, revealing a slender and moving figure, with his hair coiled high, revealing a bright cheek below, which was actually a woman.

She raised her eyes to the mountain in front of her.

"Are you sure this is it?"

"Returning to the eldest lady, according to the information provided by the person in the know, this is the right place." Someone behind him said respectfully.

"Okay, let's go into the mountains."

The woman was very neat, and with a wave of her hand, the team also entered the mountain.

At this time, Zhao Ya and Nie Jingnian were trekking in the mountains.

Although the mountains here are not precipitous, it is not easy to find a crypt in the middle of the vast forest.

Fortunately, Zhao Ya and Nie Jingnian were not in a hurry, but slowly searched for them one mountain after another.

At this time, the sun was shining, Zhao Ya and Nie Jingnian stopped by a stream, took out the dry food they carried with them, and had a simple lunch on the stream.

After eating, Zhao Ya jumped onto a big tree and carefully observed the surrounding situation.

"How?"

When Zhao Ya fell back to the ground, Nie Jingnian immediately asked.

"There are seven peaks here, and we've looked at four of them this morning, and the remaining three are at each other's horns, and I feel that the crypt is the most likely among them."

Nie Jingnian's spirit was lifted when he heard this.

"So what are you waiting for, let's go now."

Zhao Ya didn't leave in a hurry, but turned around and glanced at the mountain road when he came with some doubts.

"What's wrong?"

"It's fine."

Zhao Ya shook his head, dispelling the doubts in his heart, and then took Nie Jingnian out of the creek and entered the three peaks.

Not long after they left, the woman arrived with someone.

"Miss, someone just stopped here." Someone looked at the stream and reported it later.

The woman was unmoved, "Before we caught this insider, he had already sold several maps, so it's not surprising that someone is following the trail, and if it's in the way, just kill him." ”

"Yes, my subordinates understand."

…………。

If you look at these three peaks from the air, you will see that they form a standard triangle.

In the middle is a depression where lush mountain forests grow and are inaccessible.

Zhao Ya and Nie Jingnian shuttled quickly through the mountains and forests, and soon arrived in the center.

There is actually a small temple standing here, but it has fallen into disrepair and has long been abandoned.

When Zhao Ya and Nie Jingnian entered the temple, they saw that half of the main hall had collapsed, and the statue on the shrine was even gone.

The small temple was not large, and the two quickly made a round of inspections, but found nothing.

"Are you sure it's here?" Nie Jingnian asked.

"Can't be wrong, who would be idle and have nothing to do to build a temple in such a place, so there must be something strange in this."

Saying that, Zhao Ya jumped onto the shrine and knocked down the clay statue.

Sure enough.

A deep hole appeared under the idol.

Nie Jingnian couldn't help but be overjoyed when he saw this.

"Found it!"

"Well, wait before you go in."

Saying that, Zhao Ya jumped off the shrine and made some arrangements at the temple gate and around it.

"Let's go!"

The two lit their torches, entered the hole, and walked down a slope that winded down.

At first it was cramped, but the further you went inside, the more spacious it became, and by the end it was large enough for a carriage to pass.

At the same time, Zhao Ya also noticed that the air was fresh, and there was a humid wind blowing from time to time, and there was obviously a place connected to the outside world.

Soon they came to a spacious stone hall, but the smell was not so good, and a pungent fishy smell filled the air.

When I looked at my feet, the ground was covered with gray-white feces.

"It's ......." Nie Jingnian just wanted to speak.

Zhao Ya raised his finger, signaled him to silence, and then pointed to his head.

Nie Jingnian looked up and saw that the stone dome above his head was densely packed with bats.

The eyes of these bats glow red under the light, and when they come together, it is as if a red carpet has been laid over the stone walls.

Nie Jingnian's scalp was numb when he saw it.

These bats are obviously all alienated, although the individual is not large, but there are too many of them.

Nie Jingnian lifted his spirit and followed Zhao Ya slowly inside.

Unconsciously, Nie Jingnian had already subconsciously focused on Zhao Ya, and listened to his command in every move.

This stone hall is extremely long, and the two of them walked for three or four minutes without leaving this area.

At this moment, a sudden gust of fishy wind blew in front of him, and the torches in the hands of Zhao Ya and Nie Jingnian were blown out with a pop.

At the same time, the stone hall was shrouded in a strange red light, and the bats seemed to become very excited, and flew away from the stone wall.

This sudden change made Zhao Ya and the others change their complexion, but the two of them were martial artists who had been cultivating for many years, so they quickly calmed down.

Zhao Ya saw that there was a raised dirt slope next to him, so he leaned over and ran to the front to cover his whereabouts.

At the same time, Nie Jingnian also followed, and then whispered in great shock.

"Damn, what the hell is that?"

Zhao Ya raised his eyes and looked at it, and instantly felt a chill down his spine.

I saw a bat as huge as a bull fly to the stone hall and hang upside down on the stone wall.

The little bats flew around it non-stop, and from time to time they would make hoarse and ugly calls, and the whole picture was extremely eerie.

But what shocked Zhao Ya the most was the sense of oppression that this giant bat brought to him.

It was an unbreathable coercion.

This feeling is not even Lu Dingtai.

Five Realms!

This is at least a beast with the strength of the Five Realms.

Zhao Ya gasped and almost blurted out a sentence.

Nie Jingnian naturally sensed the power of this bat, and his face was also very ugly.

He thought that as long as he found the crypt, the insect would be caught, but he never expected to encounter such a giant bat.

At this time, he was in no mood at all, and he just wanted to get out of here as soon as possible.

But Zhao Ya didn't leave.

He looked closely, and found that when the little bats were flying around the big bats, they would fly close to them from time to time, devouring something from the big bats, and even fighting for it.

At this time, Zhao Ya had gradually adapted to the dim environment in the stone hall, and with enough eyes, he finally saw clearly what these little bats were fighting for.

It was a quail egg-sized egg, clinging to the giant bat.

Zhao Ya finally came to his senses.

From the droppings on the ground, it can be seen that this giant bat and these small bats should not have been settling in the stone hall for a long time.

It's very likely that they were attracted by the insects in the crypt.

After all, the eggs of alien insects can not only play a role in martial artists, but also a rare meal for these alien beasts.

This also explains why there is a strange beast with the strength of the Five Realms next to the county town.

But the question is, how did they come about?

These peaks are just the remnants of the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain, thousands of miles away from the hinterland.

How did they get there?

A big question mark rose in Zhao Ya's heart, but this was not the time to dwell on these.

At this time, it was impossible to go back, so he could only bury the doubt in his heart for the time being, and made a gesture to Nie Jingnian, which meant that we continued to move forward.

Nie Jingnian hesitated for a moment, but he could see that Zhao Ya bent over and had already walked to the depths of the stone hall, so he followed.

On the way, the two of them didn't even dare to light the torches, and marched in extremely carefully.

Finally, after another five or six minutes of travel, a downward path appeared ahead, and the faint sound of running water could be heard.

The two of them perked up and couldn't help but speed up.

But just as they were about to enter the passage, a fishy wind suddenly hit from behind.

Zhao Ya knew that something was wrong, stepped up under his feet, and rushed forward with a vertical leap.

Nie Jingnian is the same.

The two of them exerted all their strength, and pounced on the passage like arrows from the string.

But the speed of this fishy wind was extremely fast, and in the middle of the air, Zhao Ya felt a huge force hit his back.

Zhao Ya stiffened forward suddenly, and the light technique was running wildly, doing his best to unload the huge force that came from the attack.

But even so, he was smashed into the air several times before stumbling to the ground.

Then Zhao Ya felt that his back was hot, and his breathing was slightly unsmooth.

Only then did Zhao Ya see clearly what was smashed at him.

It turned out to be just a piece of gravel.

The giant bat didn't even move, it just flapped a piece of gravel with its wings.

If it weren't for Zhao Ya wearing treasure armor, he would have been seriously injured this time.

But fortunately, it was out of danger for the time being.

Zhao Ya looked back and saw Nie Jingnian squatting not far behind him, and couldn't help but ask softly, "Senior Brother Nie, how are you?" ”

"Ahem, don't worry, you can't die for the time being!"

As he spoke, Nie Jingnian took out something from his chest and threw it on the ground.

It was a dented iron plate, with a stone embedded in it, and it was on the verge of penetrating.

Nie Jingnian was shocked and wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, "Damn, this beast is really powerful." Shall we move on? ”

"Well, it's all here, it's impossible to go backwards, I guess the insect should be in front."

Zhao Ya found that the giant bat attacked the two of them out of instinct, and it entered a state of false sleep after returning to the stone hall.

This is a good opportunity.

As long as you hurry up, the two of you can take the opportunity to leave after getting the worm.

Continue down the road and soon you will come to a corner.

When I turned around, my eyes suddenly opened up.

An underground river appeared in front of him, and on the stone wall by the river, there were many shining points of light.

That's the egg.

Among these eggs, there is a female worm that is more than a foot long and white as jade.

Zhao Ya and Nie Jingnian's faces both showed surprise.

This is actually an adult female worm, and it looks like she is still in her prime, with at least three or four years to live.

Just such an adult worm is worth tens of thousands of taels of gold, and there is no market.

Zhao Ya and Nie Jingnian didn't dare to delay, and took out the box prepared in advance, which contained the bait that the alien insect likes to eat, and then placed it near the mother worm.

Just after laying a wave of eggs, the female worm who was lazily lying there smelled the fragrance and raised her body to take a look.

Zhao Ya and Nie Jingnian had already hid behind a stone in the distance to observe at this time.

This is how you have to catch this kind of worm.

If you reach out and catch it, it is very likely to frighten the mother worm, resulting in a shortened lifespan and reduced yield.

Thankfully, there were no surprises.

After the mother worm shrank her head and observed, she slowly crawled into the box.

As soon as he entered, Zhao Ya rushed to the front with a vertical leap, knocked the lid of the box lightly, and then let out a long breath.

"It's done!"

Nie Jingnian's face was also full of excitement.

With this worm, not only will the supply of qi and blood be replenished in the future, but some can even be sold to subsidize cultivation.

Nie Jingnian is even more embarrassed than Zhao Ya.

Otherwise, I wouldn't have thought about catching the jade butterfly to make money before.

Zhao Ya was also very happy.

Although the eggs produced by this insect contain less qi and blood than the amount of dried meat, the quality is very high, which is suitable for the current Zhao Ya.

In particular, the yield ratio is very high, and it is extremely convenient to obtain eggs by feeding bait regularly.

"Let's go, get out of here before the giant bat notices." Zhao Ya said.

The two hurried back.

But just halfway through, he suddenly heard a roar from the stone hall in front of him, and even the entire passage trembled.

The two of them were shocked, and after glancing at each other, they quietly sneaked closer.

Then the two of them saw a shocking scene.

I saw a team of men in black holding a giant net, trying to catch the giant bat.

A woman stood aside, holding a long sword, looking at it coldly, and from time to time she would suddenly strike out her sword to repel the giant bats trying to break through.

Both of their pupils shrank.

Because the strength shown by this woman is extremely strong, at least at the same level as Lu Dingtai and Nie Jingnian's masters.

In other words, he is at least a half-step five-realm martial artist.

(End of chapter)