Chapter 20: Hot Springs
It wasn't a fire snake, it looked like it was no different from an elongated flame, I didn't see it very clearly at first, just thought it was a fire snake, but now that I think about it, the word fire snake is a bit far-fetched to describe them.
At this time, Wang Lung had already returned to the Pure Land, sitting cross-legged on the ground, his physical strength had already been exhausted, and he was thinking about how to deal with those so-called fire snakes.
Two of the three seeds of the Hundred Moon Shame have been consumed, and only one is the last hope, before the troubles on the periphery of the Pure Land are solved, Wang Lung does not dare to plant the Hundred Moon Shame again, otherwise it may not be clear who will belong to the last Flower of the Hundred Moon Shame.
What is that thing called, they were born inside the sun, some spiritual demon beasts born under the influence of long-term high temperatures, fire snakes are definitely not appropriate, and it is almost the same to be called fire spirit beasts.
As for the origin of those demon beasts, Wang Lung didn't know much, and the specific names were not very clear, Arlinn didn't tell him, and he didn't ask much, and now that the two Baiyue Beasts were snatched away, he really saw it.
After chasing out of the Pure Land yesterday, there were only dozens of fire spirit beasts that surrounded and robbed Baiyue Shame at the beginning, but the more they came to the end, the more they were encircled, and when Wang Lung walked back to the Pure Land, it was only a few breaths, and within his sight, the number of fire spirit beasts was not a thousand but eight hundred.
This is still the fire spirit beast in the line of sight, the pure land under the protection of the colorful light curtain is approximately round, the position where Wang Lung appears is only a little periphery, how many fire spirit beasts exist inside the sun, he himself does not know, and he does not dare to explore at will, after all, his physical strength is limited, and the high temperature inside the sun is not something he can bear.
Wang Lung estimated it, with the strength of his body. The temperature change he felt after leaving the Pure Land, he could stay away from the Pure Land no more than a thousand zhang away, and no matter how far he was, even he would not be able to withstand the high temperature of the Sun Fire, and it would probably turn to ashes in an instant.
This is just an estimate of the distance, as to what the actual situation is. I still have to feel it for myself, but these problems have to be solved later, and the most important thing now is how to deal with those fire spirit beasts.
Killing can kill fire spirit beasts, but it is impossible to estimate how many fire spirit beasts can be killed inside the sun.
When Wang Lung returned to the Pure Land yesterday, he was not hindered at all when he crossed the Seven-Colored Light Curtain, and the same feeling he felt when he went out, the existence of the Seven-Colored Prohibition did not seem to be to prevent living creatures from entering and leaving the Pure Land. It's about the heat that isolates the fire of the sun.
The prohibition did not block Wang Lung, it did not mean that he was safe, when one of his feet stepped through the light curtain, a powerful attack hit his body, fortunately Wang Lung was on guard at that time, but he did not suffer many injuries, when he saw who made the attack, he couldn't help laughing.
It turned out to be the half-cut fire spirit beast that was cut off by him with a single sword. At the beginning, in order to chase and kill the fire spirit beast that stole Baiyue Shame, this guy stood in the way. It was split in half by Wang Long's sword, and at that time, it was three fire spirit beasts side by side, and two of them survived, but this one was slashed by him.
The knife was very heavy, and Wang Lung remembered it very clearly, and slashing on the other party did not make a clicking sound like slashing on a demon beast with a body. It was the sound of a horn, which sounded very strange, as if a match had been lit.
The sound was right, and the sound of stabbing was the same after a few knives, and there was no stagnation after the knife was chopped. The fire spirit beast was slashed seven or eight times, and its body was broken several times before it died.
From the appearance to the death, the body of the fire spirit beast is three feet long, and when it goes down, the head of the body will be in a different place, and the body will slowly dissipate, but its head does not seem to be affected in any way, and it will only die if it is cut to the size of three inches.
Thinking of this, Wang Lung took out an object with his backhand, and his eyes were fixed on an unknown crystal nucleus in his hand, this thing fell from the fire spirit beast that he had killed, the size was about an egg, the surface was pale yellow, and the edges and corners were irregular shapes, but there were some faint white crystals shining around this crystal nucleus.
This thing is the first time Wang Lung saw the fire spirit beast attack on him as if opening its mouth to show the teeth, at that time he didn't see it clearly, think it was this thing, the color of the fire spirit beast's body is no different from the crystal nucleus, only the surrounding white spars can distinguish the outline, at that time really regarded this crystal nucleus as the other party's teeth, now it seems to be just a crystal nucleus that does not know the purpose.
The reason why it is said that it is not known for its use, because Wang Lung has not figured out what the use of this thing is since he got it, it does not contain the slightest spiritual power, and there is no high temperature, it is like a plain stone, if it were not for its strange style, simple color, and white spar embellishments around it, he would have thrown it away.
Perhaps this crystal nucleus is the key to the formation of the Fire Spirit Beast, and I can't guess the reason for it now, so I can only ask Arlinn when I return to Earth, if it is useless, I will throw it away, and if it is useful, there are many Fire Spirit Beasts on the periphery of the Pure Land, and it will be possible to make a small fortune if they are all slaughtered.
Whether he can really slaughter all the fire spirit beasts as he thinks, Wang Lung doesn't know if he can do it, after all, the sun is too big, the Pure Land only occupies a small position inside the sun, the fire spirit beast survives inside the sun, and its living space can be said to be very broad, beyond the place beyond the pure land thousands of zhang he can't pass, he can only hope for a thousand zhang.
Now Wang Lung has no good way to deal with the fire spirit beast, after all, as soon as Bai Yue is ashamed to bloom, he will automatically lure the demon beast over, and he can only slaughter the fire spirit beast he sees within his ability, as for whether there is any residue, it is not something he can predict, he can only hope that his luck is not bad to the point of irreparability.
After making a plan, Wang Lung stood up from meditating on his knees, put away the crystal nucleus that he didn't understand in his hand, took out his war knife with his backhand, took it in his hand, sighed in his heart, and walked towards the light curtain.
The direction Wang Lung walked was not the location of the Nameless Palace, but the light curtain opposite the main hall of the Dragon Palace, in his opinion, the Pure Land was surrounded by the light curtain into a circle, it didn't matter where he went, he had to kill all the fire spirit beasts that could be killed, and he dared to continue to plant Baiyue Shame.
Based on the experience of killing the Fire Spirit Beast only once, Wang Lung guessed that the Fire Spirit Beast would only take the initiative to attack the enemy when it was attacked, and the Fire Spirit Beast would not take the initiative to attack if it was not attacked. When he slashed out that knife, it was supposed to slash at the three fire spirit beasts, but only one fire spirit beast was cut off by him, and the other two obviously knew that they were attacking them, but when they were not injured, they ignored him at all. Only the wounded fire spirit attacked.
And there is one more thing to pay attention to when killing the fire spirit beast, a knife can cut off the opponent's body, but within one or two knives, I am afraid that it will not be able to kill the opponent in seconds, as for whether a knife can be killed in seconds at three inches of the opponent's head, only to make a decision after taking another shot to see the situation.
If it was really as he suspected, the unattacked fire spirit beast was harmless, and he could kill the fire spirit beast as if he were chopping melons and vegetables, without worrying about being besieged, but was the truth really like Wang Lung thought?
When Wang Lung stepped directly out of the Pure Land. Only then did I realize that everything in front of me seemed to be completely different from what I saw yesterday.
Pale yellow mountain stones, fiery red trees, smoke under his feet, as if standing in the void, Wang Lung stomped his feet, confirmed that he did not step on the air, looked back at the colorful light curtain behind him, everything in the pure land could be seen clearly. It's not an illusion.
Where did the fire spirit beast go, why didn't there be one. Yesterday, there were thousands of fire spirit beasts crazy to rob Baiyue shame, but now the scene has changed greatly, there is not even a shadow of a fire spirit beast, if it is not for the wrong color of the mountains and forests, the body can feel the scorching heat of the sun, Wang Lung doubts whether he is really in the sun.
Could it be that the heavens are joking with themselves? There is no vegetation in the Pure Land, and as soon as the Hundred Moon Shame blooms, a fire spirit beast will be derived for no reason to steal the Hundred Moon Shame, so that the Pure Land will remain free of vegetation.
It can't be, even if it's a joke, it's not providential, it's artificial. The fact that there are demon beasts outside the Pure Land is not something that Wang Lung himself discovered, and Arlinn has also told him that it is dangerous to leave the Pure Land, because there is a fire attribute demon beast.
Arlinn's admonition, combined with what she had seen with her own eyes, all of this indicates that there is indeed a fire spirit beast outside the Pure Land, but now, not only has the scenery changed, but even the shadow of the fire spirit beast is no longer visible, what the hell is going on?
Looking at everything in front of him, Wang Lung was at a loss, as if the concert with a lot of people suddenly lost its sound, and the audience disappeared along with the sound, and the venue resumed the original scene of the stadium, but unfortunately Wang Lung's place now was not a stadium, he clearly knew that he was standing inside the sun.
Hills, hills of varying heights, sparse forests, do these things exist in the sun? Wang Lung felt that his brain was not enough, all of this was completely beyond his knowledge.
The word pops up in Wang Lung's mind, it's what Arlinn once said, he knows what it means, when Arlinn says it, it refers to the Pure Land and not everything he sees, so does Arlinn not say it all?
In confusion, Wang Lung walked slowly into the distance, he walked very slowly, and the war knife in his hand was also clenched very tightly.
Everything he saw now was beyond his cognition, but Wang Lung did not retreat, if he didn't kill all the fire spirit beasts, don't think about planting a hundred moons in peace, everything he saw now was only within his sight, as for what was out of sight, he needed to grope slowly.
After leaving the Pure Land, Wang Lung found a problem, his sight distance was suppressed very much, it is said that with his current ability, as long as there is no barrier from the distance, it will be very clearly presented in front of him, but this is not the case at the moment, even if he absorbs the spiritual energy into the body and infuses it into his eyes, the distance he sees is only a hundred meters, and the distance he sees is only a hundred meters, and it becomes blurry no matter how far he goes.
Wang Lung's current vision is not as good as that of ordinary people, the farther the distance, the more blurred the scene he sees, the distance of 100 meters is the limit, the distance is close but can be seen clearly, the distance will become more and more blurred, yellow, as if the space has been deformed by the high temperature.
If you can't see the fire spirit beasts, maybe it's not that they have disappeared, but your own line of sight can't reach it, and you can't see the figure of the fire spirit beast, and the fire spirit beast may be farther away.
Wang Lung walks slowly, and the warning that leaving the Pure Land is dangerous has always haunted his mind, and Arlinn is right to say that if you are careful to sail the ship of ten thousand years, you will be in danger of losing your life if you are careless.
Not far from the colorful light curtain, only seven or eight zhang away, there were a few fiery red trees that were more than one zhang high, and the trees that Wang Lung saw were not much different in style, with thick branches and a few burnt yellow leaves hanging on them.
Wang Lung walked up to a tree, raised his eyes and looked down carefully, except for the bark without wrinkles, this tree was nothing special, reached out and stroked the trunk, the tentacles were warm and soft and smooth, it was indeed a physical existence.
Glancing around, the same is true of the several fire trees next to him, but Wang Lung didn't see what this kind of tree is made of, and for him now, the most important thing at the moment is to find out the fire spirit beast.
Bypassing the fire tree, what appeared in front of Wang Lung was a sparse forest, let's call it a forest, within the range of sight, the forest was sparse, and there were only one hundred and eighty trees, in addition to the fire tree, there were hills of different heights, the highest was only twenty or thirty zhang, and the short one step could be taken up.
Wang Lung walked slowly, but he could always reach the end, not that he could walk out of the sun, but far away from the Pure Land, and if he went further, the temperature of the sun fire would be too high for him to bear, and he had to stop and look into the distance.
No, along the way, he didn't see the shadow of a fire spirit beast, as if those demon beasts had never appeared, which made Wang Lung very depressed.
With a light sigh, Wang Lung turned around and walked to the side, the Pure Land was surrounded by a colorful light curtain to form a circular space, he had just walked in a straight line, there were still many places not to explore, the Fire Spirit Beast was not here or was waiting for him in other places.
Estimating the distance and time, about two hours or so, Wang Lung had explored about half of the area that could be searched on the periphery of the Pure Land, and just as he was about to lose confidence, a low-lying place suddenly appeared in front of him.
The bubbling hot water bubbled, as if the water was boiling, and a hot spring with a radius of ten zhang appeared in front of Wang Lung's eyes, and the hazy water vapor had just risen and dissipated without a trace after only three feet. (To be continued......)