Chapter 17: The Fruit of the Crystal
Early the next morning, a cold black corpse cloud flew into the sky with two withered figures, crossed the surface of the abyss pool where the corpse qi was surging, and swept towards the first island in the extreme south region, and the "Corpse Island" that was almost like a "holy land" among the islands under the Corpse Gate.
The two withered figures on the corpse cloud were none other than Long Jiu and Xiao Chen's master and apprentice.
A few moments later, the corpse cloud landed on a huge island with an extremely large area.
In the middle of the island, a bone mountain made of the corpses of countless giant beasts is piled up and plunges straight into the clouds, and this peak is the secret place of the cave of the sect master "Mortal Corpse Master".
"Go, when you paid the annual contribution last year, you already knew about the cave mansion of the zombie slave predecessors, and this time the abyss changed, and the sect master summoned all the elders to gather and discuss. As a teacher, I won't accompany you to the past......"
With a wave of his hand, Long Jiu's figure flickered, and he had already driven the corpse cloud to fly towards the Giant Peak.
"Zombie?"
opened his mouth, and Xiao Chen's mouth spit out two words dryly.
After entering the realm of the "Iron Corpse", this corpse body seems to have undergone some kind of wonderful changes, faintly, those "yin to poison" "corpse qi" into the body, as if he has brought some kind of vague strange vitality to his withered corpse body, right now, it is not too difficult to simply spit out some words.
Quickly flipping through the relevant information in his mind, the strange feeling that floated in Xiao Chen's heart became more and more intense.
Zombie slave!
This name sounds humble, but even Long Jiu, the second-generation "elders" of the Underworld Corpse Sect, have to be called "seniors", which is the existence of the same generation as the Sect Master --- the "Immortal Master" of the first generation of the Underworld Corpse Sect.
However, among its names, there is a strange existence of the word "slave", which is mysterious and really makes people think about it!
In fact, there are only two caves in the "Hades Corpse Island", which is the important place of the sect, in addition to the "Hades Corpse Master" occupying one of them, the other is located in the mountain behind the island, and has belonged to this mysterious zombie slave for thousands of years.
Moreover, in the entire Underworld Corpse Sect, no matter who the second generation of disciples is, the flower of the "New Year's Offering" that must be handed over every year is delivered to this person.
From the second generation onwards, any disciple must pay three Hadestala flowers corresponding to his strength realm every year.
Those in the realm of king-rank bronze corpses must pay three king-level crimson Hades.
Those in the realm of emperor-level silver corpses have to have three emperor-level silver Hades!
Or, just deliver only one Flower of the Corpse of a Lower Realm.
The Stygian Flower, in the Underworld Corpse Sect, the exchange ratio of the two adjacent levels is three to one.
The three king-rank "red flowers" are equivalent to the same emperor-rank "silver flower".
And one emperor-level "golden flower" is also comparable to three emperor-level "silver flowers".
At present, Xiao Chen is only a "general-level iron corpse", because the lowest grade of the flower of Hadesa is also a "king-level", so this year's "annual offering", the amount he needs to pay, is a "king-level flower".
Although he didn't have this grade of Dark Flower, the two high-grade Dark Flowers in his hand could be converted.
A "royal silver flower" is comparable to three "royal red flowers", which is the amount it needs to pay "three times" this year.
As for the cyan "Spirit Rank Flower", it was just worth three "Emperor Flowers" and nine "Emperor Flowers", which was twenty-seven times the "King Flower" that it needed to pay.
It can be said that Xiao Chen at present has no pressure at all in the face of the "New Year's Offering" that was simply overwhelming for him in previous years.
As soon as his body flickered, his figure had already rushed towards the mountain behind the Corpse Island.
In the back mountain, there is a skeleton valley surrounded by more than a dozen skeleton peaks, and the secret place of the cave of the predecessors of the zombie slave is in this valley.
To be precise, this entire valley is the place of his cave.
The figure passed between the two skeleton peaks, and as soon as Xiao Chen stepped into the range of the skeleton valley, he immediately felt that the concentration of "corpse qi" around him had increased a lot.
As a withered corpse body, since the abyss two days ago due to the strange power of the "Ghost Face Dark Lamp" activated a certain inheritance of this body that had already withered, Xiao Chen at this time has been extremely sensitive to the "corpse qi", which is "yin to poison".
Suddenly entering a place with such a strong corpse qi feels like a fish in water!
Just looking up at what he saw, he was immediately a little stunned.
In the colossal valley of bones, there are small bags of corpses piled up everywhere.
Almost every time there were one or two corpses in the packs, opening their mouths with their hideous mouths, and in the meantime, a flower of Pluto stretched out with a shocking feeling.
At a glance, there were dozens or hundreds of corpses on the corpses everywhere in the entire Skeleton Valley, roaring silently and spitting out a corpse flower from it!
Shocking!
The hideousness of those corpses and the enchantment of the dark flower, like the opposition between life and death, are displayed together in the entire skeleton valley at this moment, but there is a strange and incomprehensible harmony.
It gives people a feeling of indescribability.
Passing through the Skeleton Valley, Xiao Chen came to the foot of the tallest skeleton peak in the depths of the end.
Along the way, he deliberately investigated, among the dozens of nearly a hundred Hadestala flowers that grew in this valley, most of them were red king-rank flowers, and there were also many silver emperor-rank flowers, but there were only three golden emperor-level flowers.
As for the cyan spirit rank dark flower, there was obviously not a single one.
Secretly pondering, Xiao Chen looked down at the cyan Hadesa he held in his right hand, and his grasp in his heart couldn't help but suddenly increase a little more.
This time, taking the opportunity of the "annual payment" payment, Xiao Chen's main purpose was to come to exchange for items.
Although the predecessors of the "zombie slave" lived in the Underworld Corpse Sect, they were not members of the Underworld Corpse Sect.
For thousands of years, the only thing he did to ask about the Underworld Sect was to plant the Flower of Hades in the valley of the mountains behind this Corpse Island.
To be precise, it is to re-implant the flower of the "Hadesara" into the mouth of a corpse carefully selected from the abyss, so that it can continue to grow and produce the legendary "Stygian Crystal".
Where there are flowers, there are fruits! This is common sense.
Even if this Hadesa is really an "alien" of flowers, the so-called "Pluto Crystal Fruit" and "Zombie Slave" predecessors have indeed seen one back then.
It's just one!
Legend has it that the "Immortal Crystal Fruit" has a more important role in the corpse cultivation lineage.
The effect of the "Hadestala Flower", such as increasing the strength and allowing the corpse cultivator to enter the realm quickly, has become an additional effect that is not valued by people as far as the "Hades Crystal Fruit" is concerned.
As for what the mysterious effect was, except for the zombie slave and the sect master, among the seventeen spirit corpse elders, few people in the sect seemed to know.
It is precisely because cultivating the "Immortal Crystal Fruit" requires a large number of Immortal Flowers for exploration and research, that there is an annual "annual offering" for disciples below the second generation of the Immortal Corpse Sect.
It's a pity that thousands of years have passed, but the so-called Stygian Crystal Fruit has never been successfully cultivated.
Fortunately, the only thing that is not lacking in the corpse cultivation is time.
Corpse cultivators, as long as they can withstand the "Corpse Dao Tribulation Thunder" descended by the Netherworld Heavenly Dao when their realm is raised, they will never seem to have to worry about the so-called birth, old age, sickness and death.
Cultivating corpses is to go against the sky, go against the avenue and steal immortality!
For those powerful corpse cultivators who have resisted several heavenly tribulations, thousands of years are just a small floating cloud in a long life.
In order to get more flowers of Hadesara, the predecessors of the zombie slaves had already released their words hundreds of years ago.
In addition to the "New Year's Offering", at any time, if a disciple of the sect obtains the Dark Flower, he can enter this Skeleton Valley and exchange the Dark Flower for all kinds of treasures that have been searched from the Abyss in his cave for many years.
Of course, even if you fancy a certain treasure, you can still get it in exchange for the flower of Hades, which is of equal value.
The vast abyss has been formed for thousands of years, during which the corpses of the ups and downs are not only humans, but also the remains of various powerful beasts.
Most of these existences existed in antiquity long ago.
Naturally, some of the treasures of the past will fall into the abyss.
Even the remains of those ancient beasts, some beings that have not completely decayed, the materials on their bodies are some treasures that can be of great use to cultivators.
What's more, there are even groups of ancient tombs in the entire Underworld Corpse Mountain Range, as long as you have the ability to break the ban and enter it, it is not surprising that you can get some treasures and return.
Even some ancient secret treasures that are extremely powerful in terms of origin and power can be seen from time to time.
Long Jiu's "Kurong Ancient Recipe" was obtained from an ancient tomb back then.
Compared to him, the strange treasures collected by the predecessors of the zombie slave for thousands of years are even more numerous.
And it's a door that has been opened, as long as you can take out the flower of the corpse, you can choose at will!
Of course, what Zuihou can take away is only things of equal value.
All Xiao Chen needed to pay was a "King-level Bronze Flower", but what he brought was a "Cyan Spirit Flower" worth twenty-seven times as much, which was enough to exchange for a "Ancient Recipe" for self-protection, or a powerful "Ancient Treasure".
The previous experience of being almost buried in the abyss by a small "corpse rope" in the abyss is nothing more than a fresh memory for him.
This time he returned from the abyss, which attracted the jealousy of many of his peers.
It's essential to plan ahead!
With an awe-inspiring heart, Xiao Chen stepped into the portal at the foot of the skeleton peak at the bottom of the valley.
At the same time, on the seventh floor of the complex structure of the Giant Cave Mansion in the belly of the Skeleton Mountain, an old man who was sitting cross-legged on the ground of the skeleton in the hall suddenly opened his eyes.
The old man was a sturdy man, with a black face and a long beard like fire. Although his whole face was full of wrinkles, his momentum was like that of a lion, and he did not look old.
At this moment, the old man lowered his head slightly, and his gaze seemed to pass through the several layers of skeleton ground under him, and directly fell on Xiao Chen, who had just stepped into the bottom of the cave.
To be precise, it should be on the back of his left hand on his withered body, on the "bow carving tattoo" transformed from his family heirloom --- "black jade bow carving".
The old man's pupils dilate in an instant!
"Soul Bow...... This breath ...... It's too similar...... But...... How did it become a tattoo......"
A touch of horror and surprise appeared on his face, and the old man muttered in his mouth, and his figure disappeared from the seventh floor of the cave mansion in a flash......