Verse 176
The two stone men scuffled together, and Zhao Ning, who fled to the back of the pursuing stone men, got a respite, but he didn't dare to stop long, and once again Edgeworth flew away from the two stone men.
Zhao Ning paid attention during the flight, and he could see a mountain almost every few miles, and from a distance, it was actually the head of a stone man.
She even wondered if the high place where she had landed in the first place was also the head of the stone man, because the fight with the stone that gave birth to the spirit woke up the stone man who was explosive and irritable.
Zhao Ning didn't dare to stay any longer, and rushed all the way forward, but he didn't want to see a circle of open stone woodland, the stone woodland that Zhao Ning had seen in the space of the second layer of the secret realm, but this stone forest was far larger than the one there, each stone giant tree was almost ten zhang high, and the main trunk was nearly ten zhang high.
It seemed empty and quiet inside, but Zhao Ning didn't dare to go deeper, she still remembered the huge stone snake, it was impossible for such a strange place not to generate stone snakes, and Zhao Ning didn't have the ability to cast "silence" now, Zhao Ning stopped in the air for a moment, and Edgeworth turned to move away in the other direction.
But he didn't want to turn around as soon as he saw two huge snake eyes in the air, Zhao Ning's pupils shrank sharply, and there was no time for other superfluous movements, so the huge stone snake opened its mouth wide and pounced, and directly swallowed Zhao Ning and the Moon Sword.
The world swirled in an instant, but fortunately, Zhao Ning was swallowed into the belly of the stone snake, but nothing happened, the inside of the stone snake was not like ordinary snakes with various organs, and the inside of the stone snake was more like a long and dark passage.
With the movement of the stone snake squirming forward, Zhao Ning couldn't stabilize his body inside it at all, and frantically hit the four walls inside the stone snake, but fortunately, after adapting to the stone snake's forward action, Zhao Ning could also resist the wind up and down inside, ensuring that he tried not to hit the internal walls as much as possible.
The internal walls were extremely rough, and even sparsely covered with some moss, Zhao Ning flew up a little, and faintly could see the light coming through the throat, but it was quickly stopped by the stone snake's rows of fangs, which could be torn apart by those sharp lights when they were close to half a minute.
Zhao Ning tried to pass through the throat of the stone snake and get out of the stone snake's mouth, but before he could move, he felt a strong suction force pull Zhao Ning down the inside.
Unable to resist for a moment, Zhao Ning fell into the depths of the stone snake's interior, but fell into an open area, right at the top of the accumulation of debris.
Zhao Ning turned over and flew into the air, but saw that these messy sundries were all things with spiritual power, as small as spirit stones, as large as vessels with spiritual power, and even some human remains, these dead bones can still vaguely see the jade color, they should be cultivators before they were alive, Zhao Ning touched slightly, and the dead bones turned into flying ashes in an instant, which has been dead for at least tens of thousands of years.
Jingle Bell –
The ring on the tip of the dead finger fell to the ground, the style was quite quaint, Zhao Ning glanced at it, and saw that it was full of messy things, everything, spirit stones, spirit pills, spirit weapons, jade slips, etc., all piled up together, and I couldn't see clearly for a while, but Zhao Ning obviously noticed from some different kinds of things, and the things in this storage ring were not one person's.
Zhao Ning thought about it for a while, this senior should have been swallowed by the stone snake like her, saw the mess of the stone snake and the storage bags of the predecessors, and then collected them together, this speculation made Zhao Ning's slightly relaxed mood tense again, which means that this senior not only failed to escape smoothly but died here.
She was a little probing, and she noticed an abnormality inside the stone snake, and the true element in her body was flowing at an extremely slow speed.
Whether this senior died because of this, or was unable to escape from the end of his life, this reminded Zhao Ning not to stay longer, and he must find a way to leave as soon as possible.
Zhao Ning thought about it for a while, since the stone snake walks with the body of a snake, it must have the characteristics of a snake, as the saying goes, the snake hits seven inches and dies, if she can attack from the inside, I don't know if she can directly defeat the stone snake.
She followed the general direction, the stone snake was extremely long and narrow inside, and there were many small forks, some of which were quick to die if they turned inward, but some of them went deeper into another passage, and then entered the main path in the fork in the road.
Zhao Ning stood in the middle of the three-way crossing, hesitating slightly, inside the stone snake, she actually sensed a trace of anger.
Isn't it the source of vitality for the stone snake?
Zhao Ning stared at the fork in the road, and walked in without hesitation, but as soon as he walked into a few steps, he felt that something was wrong, there were many traces of artificial excavation on the four walls, and there were things for the survival of the human race, Zhao Ning entered it in an instant, but saw that it was a dead end, but there was a fire here, and there was still smoke, obviously not extinguished for long, and there were some rags around the cover, some things that served as pots and pans.
There are people who live here and have lived for a long time.
But there was no one here at the moment, and Zhao Ning didn't perceive any other traces when he found it from the main road, Zhao Ning's gaze swept across the surrounding walls, and suddenly he raised his head, and there was a narrow gap above his head, tilting upward.
Zhao Ning lowered his eyes, "Your Excellency, do you want me to invite you down?" ”
"No, no, no, I'll come down by myself, I'll come down by myself." It was a hoarse male voice muffled in a crack in the stone, and it sounded like a young man.
Zhao Ning took a step back, only to see the man squeeze half of his body out of the crack in the stone on the top, probably because he scratched his back or pulled his muscles and bones when he squeezed, he wailed, stuck in the crack of the stone and paused for a moment, but he didn't dare to wait too long, and finally squeezed himself out of the crack in the stone after half a cup of tea, and fell to the ground in embarrassment.
It was a thin young man, dressed in patched, illegible clothes, the hem of which had been completely torn into strips of cloth, and he was both frightened and surprised to see Zhao Ning, but the surprise was even greater.
He knelt on the ground and saluted Zhao Ning with a fist in a nondescript manner, "Immortal, meet the immortal, I am finally saved." ”
Zhao Ning looked at him like this, glanced at the things around him again, and asked, "Why are you here?" ”
This man didn't have the slightest cultivation, not even a trace of supernatural things, just an ordinary mortal.
But he just appeared thousands of miles underground in the desert, still in the belly of the stone snake that was so terrifying that even the condensation could not resist.
The man saw that Zhao Ning did not have any malicious intent, so he did not have the tense feeling just now, and when he heard Zhao Ning's question, his shoulders collapsed, and he knelt directly on the ground, "I was unlucky, I accidentally entered the stomach of this stone snake, I blamed my curiosity, thinking that there was something shining in the cave, so I walked in, who would have thought that as soon as I came in, this stone snake jumped up, and I slid down along the stone wall, and almost didn't fall to my death." ”
He patted his calf, "But the leg is also broken." ”
Zhao Ning was stunned when he heard him say this, quite helpless, squatted down, "Stretch your legs out." ”
The man's eyes lit up, and he stretched out his stiff right leg, the flesh on the belly of this right calf has been blackened and completely necrotic, and the white bones can be faintly seen, but fortunately, the bones are only cracked, and they are not completely broken, but they are not far from infection and necrosis, so he can still squeeze into the narrow gap above his head, and he can kneel on the ground and kowtow to Zhao Ning, Zhao Ning really admires him.
Zhao Ning's palm was pressed on the top of his calf, the aura opened, the bone healed, and the wound on the calf recovered at a speed visible to the naked eye.
The man was overjoyed, stretched his legs, felt the pain in his legs gradually faded, and wanted to jump up and jump twice.
Zhao Ning's expression did not change in the slightest, it was really strange for this person to appear here, and Zhao Ning did not recommend breaking the other party's guard in such a way.
After tossing for a while, the man hurriedly thanked Zhao Ning, "Thank you fairy, the fairy is simply a fairy descending to earth, purifying all sentient beings." ”
"I'm not a god, but I've been looking at your wounds for at least half a year, and if you can live in the belly of this stone snake like this for half a year, you're more like a fairy." Zhao Ning said flatly.
The man scratched the back of his head, "The fairy said with a smile, didn't I be a little prepared." Oh, I don't know what the fairy is called, my name is Chen Hu, and I am a corpse movers. ”
"Lin Ying." Zhao Ning briefly said his name, and then asked suspiciously, "Corpse mover?" ”
But when he saw Chen Hu's expression, he seemed to be a little embarrassed and couldn't answer, "I don't know what the corpse mover does, but I actually came down with Master for the first time, and Master told me that I had to return the body to its owner so that it could rest in peace." Although, I don't quite understand what that means. ”
"What about your master?"
"Master accidentally fell into the crack of the stone when he came down, I wanted to save him, but I didn't want to be guarded by a huge stone spirit nearby, I didn't dare to approach, so I wandered around for a few days, and saw a hole and thought there was something in it that could help, but I didn't want to be the mouth of the stone snake."
Zhao Ning stared at him, "You guys come down, don't you go from the sand desert to find a long staircase leading to the underground, and go down all the way down the long staircase?" ”
"Exactly! Fairy Lin really knows everything. Chen Hu was flamboyant, a few words of flattery, and said that he also showed his water bag to Zhao Ning, "This water bag is filled with inexhaustible water, and I and Master each have one, I heard Master say that it was given by a god, not only to quench thirst but also to fill the stomach." ”
Zhao Ning slightly sensed that the internal space of this water bag was very large, filled with water, but it was not pure water, but spiritual water soaked by Zhu Yu.
I wish the remaining grass, like a leek and green flowers, and I am not hungry to eat.
Zhao Ning returned the water bag to him, with this water bag, plus finding some trivial things from the belly of the stone snake, it was not difficult to live inside the stone snake for half a year.
"Where are you going to move the corpses?"
"Master said that it was at the end of the long steps, underground, and I don't know very well."
This corpse mover is not simple, but the guy in front of him obviously knows very little, and he has the impression that he was forcibly dragged by his master to move the corpse together.
Zhao Ning didn't ask any more about the corpse mover, stood up and asked, "Do you want to go out?" ”
Chen Hu nodded violently, even if he couldn't die here, he didn't want to stay here for a long time.
He got up, his face full of smiles, "Master said that no one can come here, and the immortals will not come, I really thought that I would live in the belly of this snake for the rest of my life, but I really didn't expect to meet the fairy." ”
Zhao Ning didn't pay attention to his words, but turned out, Chen Hu hurriedly rolled up all the things with his tattered bed, put them on his back, and trotted after Zhao Ning.
"Fairy, how are we going to get out?"
Zhao Ning stood at the fork, "Do you know where this stone snake's heart is?" ”
Chen Hu stayed in the belly of the stone snake for half a year, not that he didn't go anywhere, Zhao Ning asked about his heart, he reacted suddenly, and told Zhao Ning that he was not far ahead, but said, "Fairy, the heart of the stone snake is extremely weird, and the surface is extremely hard, and there is no way to destroy it." ”
Obviously, Chen Hu had also had the idea of killing the stone snake before, but he didn't succeed, Zhao Ning only said, "Let's go and see first." ”
Chen Hu led the way in front, and at this moment the stone snake was probably resting, and the entire passage was flat and horizontal, even Chen Hu could easily walk around the passage.
It didn't take long for Chen Hu to lead Zhao Ning into a fork in the road, and at the end of the fork in the road, a huge, beating stone heart could be faintly seen.
Chen Hu didn't dare to get closer, and stopped three or four feet away.
Zhao Ning stepped forward to observe, the beating of the heart did not break the stone seal on the surface, or the whole heart was solid stone.
I have seen a lot of stones that have given birth to spirits, and this stone heart is not strange, not to mention that Zhao Ning is not the first time he has seen a stone heart.
Zhao Ning lowered his hand, and the dragon tooth thorn rotated and appeared in the palm of his hand, since it is said that this heart is hard, he will directly use the dragon tooth to try it.
She didn't do it directly, but looked sideways at Chen Hu behind her slightly, and reminded, "Stand firm." ”
Chen Hu was very smart, realized something, and walked left and right in a panic, and after a while, he simply hugged a stone pillar not far away with both hands and feet.
Seeing this, Zhao Ning no longer cared about him, and raised his fingers forward slightly, and the sword trick came out, and the dragon's teeth stabbed into a sword, stabbing straight towards the heart of the stone.
A heavy blow, accompanied by an instantary earth-shaking vibration, in Chen Hu's heart-rending screams that were shaken, I saw that the surface of the stone core was cracked, but after the cracking stopped, the stone heart only trembled, and then wrapped in a layer of stone seals, looking at the new stone seal luster, I am afraid that it is even harder than before.
The rolling of the stone snake gradually stopped with this layer of wrapping, and Chen Hu, who was out of strength, was thrown to the ground, sour water was bubbling in his mouth, and half of his life seemed to be shaken away in the shock.
Zhao Ning withdrew the dragon tooth thorn and glanced down at him, Chen Hu let out a embarrassed voice, "Hey...... Hey...... Fairy rest assured, I'm okay and alive...... ...... vomit"
Then he threw himself down and spat out sour water.
Zhao Ning stared at this heart, unless it was destroyed with one move, the surface of this stone core would become harder and harder, until even the dragon's tooth thorns could not pierce the surface.
Chen Hu eased up a little, leaned against the stone wall and asked, "Immortal ...... Fairy...... This thing shouldn't be forced, and if it can't be destroyed, we might as well find other exits. ”
Other exports? In addition to the mouth of the snake, do you still have to find the excretion port of the stone snake?
Zhao Ning glanced back at him, looked at Chen Hu's back all the time, and then hurriedly explained, "I don't mean to be wronged by the fairy, it's just ...... It's just that things are in a hurry, as long as you can get out, everything is easy to say, easy to say, hehe. ”
At this moment, Zhao Ning stretched out his right hand, and a miniature beating stone heart appeared in the palm of his hand.
"Now, there is no time to be so wronged." Besides, this stone snake only devours spiritual power, and the miscellaneous items are piled up in the belly, so the ghost knows if this stone snake will have another exit.
"This ...... This is? Chen Hu looked at the little stone heart in Zhao Ning's hand in surprise, and he was even more puzzled.
Zhao Ning said, "This is the heart of another stone snake. When two people's hearts resonate, it is fatal, as are other beings. ”
I saw a spiritual light into the small heart in the palm of the hand, and the invisible fluctuations swayed in the dark, intersecting with the beating of the heart not far away, with the drive of spiritual power, the speed of the small heart beating gradually synchronized with the big heart, and the beating of the two hearts accelerated more than ten times in an instant.
The earth-shaking vibration came again, but fortunately, Chen Hu was prepared when Zhao Ning said the method, and hugged the stone pillar again.
10 times, 20 times, 100 times, 100 times......
Bang –
The huge heart exploded violently, and the impact exploded violently towards the surroundings, Zhao Ning took two steps back, holding the magic decision, and the aura shield blessed the two of them.
The impact of the explosion directly shook the body of the stone snake, causing the snake body to directly break into two halves at the position of seven inches.
The tail half stiffened the moment it broke, and then slammed to the ground.
Chen Hu was so shocked that his eyes turned straight up, and his limbs were powerless to hold on to the stone pillar, and the whole person slipped to the ground, and he fell backwards and collapsed into a ball of dead flesh.
Re-perceiving the external heaven and earth aura, the sense of passage of the true element in the body also disappeared, and this feeling made Zhao Ning breathe a sigh of relief.
Chen Hu finally came back to his senses in this violent collision, he struggled to get up, looked at the scene in front of him, couldn't help swallowing his saliva, and suddenly, he felt that this seemingly delicate fairy was actually extremely terrifying, and he became more and more flattering, "The fairy is powerful, the fairy mana is unparalleled, and it is the most powerful immortal I have ever seen." ”
Zhao Ning looked back at him, "Have you seen other immortals?" ”
"That's right, when I was a child, I also participated in planting spiritual roots, and the immortal master who planted spiritual roots for the small ones heard that he was a senior who built the foundation realm, and he was extremely very powerful. It's a pity that the small ones can't plant spiritual roots. ”
"The agent of the Bongjin Palace in the desert?"
"It's not, there is nothing in the desert, how can there be an agent point of the Fengshen Palace." Chen Hu said respectfully, "The little one has lived in a village near the desert since he was a child, and there are few people in the village, just about a dozen people, and I still deliberately went to a town hundreds of miles away to test it. ”
Zhao Ning just chatted with him briefly, looked around, the stones that gave birth to the spirit were lying on the ground and pretending that they were really a stone, they trembled, for a short time, they didn't see any other dangers in the outside world, but this didn't mean that they could stay here and chat so without any worries.
"Do you remember where your master fell?"