At the foot of the Jade Emperor Peak.

Xia Yuan looked at a jade slip with a whole body green in his hand, and on top of the jade slip, the specific location of the Heavenly Cave was marked.

Xia Yuan and Qin Lan walked side by side in the front, and Granny Mo followed closely behind them with a wooden stick in her hand.

"Granny Mo, have you ever felt that the surroundings around the Jade Emperor Peak are too quiet, not even a single bird or reptile can be seen. Even after a big war, these things that can be seen everywhere are invisible. ”

Xia Yuan held the jade slip tightly in his hand, he raised his eyes and looked around, frowning slightly.

The black ground at the foot of the Jade Emperor Peak Mountain is barren, some are bare, and the feet are a little soft on it.

A light breeze blew in the air, and there was a faint smell of blood in the air.

"yes, it's unusually quiet. ”

Granny Mo replied solemnly, she was also engrossed in vigilance.

"Xia Yuan, since I came here, I have always had a trace of panic in my heart, as if I have a pair of eyes in the dark, watching our every move. ”

Qin Lan's expression was gloomy, and he looked around, but he didn't find anything strange.

"Panic?"

Xia Yuan's eyebrows furrowed, he stretched out his hand and held Qin Lan tightly, he also fell into deep thought.

It was recorded in Xuan Tianzhen's explanation that Qin Lan had a special physique, not only had a very keen sense of smell for all kinds of exotic flowers and plants, but in some aspects, he was far superior to ordinary people.

"Let's speed up our steps and enter the cave as soon as possible, so as to find a place of peace. ”

Xia Yuan's heart sank a little, he raised his eyes and looked around, there was nothing but silence at the foot of the Jade Emperor Peak.

Regarding the pair of eyes hidden in the dark that Qin Lan said, Xia Yuan never felt the slightest.

The direction guided by Jade Jian was on the other side of the foot of the Jade Emperor Peak, so Xia Yuan and the three of them were also walking around the foot of the Jade Emperor Peak.

"Xia Yuan, I felt that pair of dark eyes suddenly disappeared again. ”

Qin Lan turned his head, looked at Xia Yuan and said.

"Now that it's gone, we don't have to pay too much attention to those eyes hidden in the dark, let's enter the cave first. ”

Xia Yuan held Qin Lan's hand tightly, he shook his head, and then quickened his pace.

The wooden stick in Granny Mo's hand turned into an autumn water sword, although it was the edge of the central area of the 100,000 mountains, there was no living creature in sight, it was very quiet, and this was what I was afraid of.

Granny Mo held the Qiushui sword in her hand and walked on the soft ground, her expression solemn as if walking on thin ice.

"A little girl who perceives a good life, the old husband was discovered. The place they were going to was a grotto, but there was a man buried there, a man I feared. Haha........."

Somewhere in the body of the Jade Emperor Mountain, there was a dark shadow, and he let out a burst of gloomy laughter, like a ghost crying.

Nine iron chains as thick as arms bound the shadow, and the iron chains also resounded non-stop between the stillness and movement of the shadow.

The sky is as blue as the sea, and a round of blazing sun hangs in the cloudless sky, and the sun is dazzling.

"Whew, here we are, according to the direction of the jade slip, this is the place to enter the heavenly cave. ”

Xia Yuan stretched out his hand and put it on the black rock in front of him, just his hand was clammy and cold, and when he looked closely, he would see that there was still a layer of dark green moss growing on the surface of the mountain.

The dazzling sunlight shone straight down, Xia Yuan squinted his eyes and looked up, the Jade Emperor did not see its peak, only to see the mountainside, filled with clouds like white cotton.

"There is no sign of entering the cave here, just put your hand on it and feel it, and it is just like the rocks in other places. ”

Xia Yuan took a step back, took out the rough sword tire from the ring, and held it in his hand. If you want to open the Heavenly Cave, you must have the essence blood in the body of the royal family of the Celestial Dynasty.

"Xia Yuan, be careful,"

Qin Lan stood behind Xia Yuan and gave an order. This is already the central area that is infinitely close to the 100,000 Great Mountain, and Qin Lan felt it again, those eyes hidden in the dark, looking at them, were so unscrupulous.

Qin Lan clasped her hands tightly in front of her chest, and she looked nervously at Xia Yuan's back in front of her.

"Little prince, if three drops of essence blood still can't open the Heavenly Cave, don't force out the essence blood anymore, otherwise it will hurt Daoji. ”

Granny Mo's expression tightened, she walked to Xia Yuan's side, and reminded her softly.

Essence blood is the most fundamental and powerful place in the monk's body.

"Good. ”

Xia Yuan stared, he used the rough sword tire in his hand to cut his fingertips, the rough sword tire has no blade or point, but it is extremely sharp.

Xia Yuan forced out a drop of essence blood from his body along his fingertips, dripping on a rock in front of him.

"This is not where the Cave opens?"

Xia Yuan looked at the drop of essence blood and slid down the surface of the rock, he also frowned and shook his head, the three drops of essence blood in his body had already wasted one drop.

The blood on his fingertips was stopped, and Xia Yuan held the jade slip in his hand again, and the location of the heavenly cave marked on the jade slip was the rock in front of Xia Yuan.

"Is it because a drop of essence blood is not enough? But before leaving, my father once said that to open the Heavenly Cave, a drop of essence blood is enough. ”

Xia Yuan's eyes were puzzled, what was happening in front of him was contrary to what Xia Wuhou said, if the location was not right, but the place where Yu Jian was guided was here, it was really strange.

"One drop of essence blood is not enough, then another drop. ”

Xia Yuan frowned, and forced out another drop of essence blood from his fingertips. And when the blood dripped on the rock, it was the same as the first time.

Xia Yuan, who forced out two drops of essence blood in a row, turned a little pale on his face.

"Xia Yuan, do you want to try it in another place?"

Qin Lan walked to Xia Yuan's side, and she stretched out her hands and pulled Xia Yuan's sleeves.

On Qin Lan's expression, there was also a wisp of paleness, but Qin Lan, who wanted to leave here urgently, did not open his mouth to urge.

Those eyes hidden in the dark seemed to be able to see through everything about her, and a sense of panic also lingered in Qin Lan's heart.

"Little prince, there is still a drop of essence blood left, please use it with caution. ”

The Jade Emperor's top was weird everywhere, and Granny Mo's expression was not very good-looking.

"This is this place, I don't believe that the three drops of essence blood have been exhausted, and I can't open the door of the Heavenly Cave. ”

As soon as Xia Yuan gritted his teeth, he forced out another drop of blood, but when the third drop of essence blood just landed on the rock, a huge suction force instantly pulled the three of Xia Yuan, who had no time to react, into the mountain on the top of the Jade Emperor.

"Just play with you, and it's kind of a passing away, this has imprisoned me for countless years. That little girl is good and has a unique physique, but the young man is a little weird, and the old man can't see it through. ”

Somewhere on the top of the Jade Emperor, the shadow imprisoned by the nine iron chains said something playfully, and then returned to calm.

Heavenly Grotto.

At a glance, the yellow sand is gone, the wind and sand are blowing, and in the sand, there are places where pieces of white bones are exposed, and more than half of them have been corroded.

Occasionally, one or two black crows would land on the white bones, and they would whisper.

This is also an endless sea of sand, and there is a stone monument standing in front of it, but the view is blocked by the wind and sand, and the handwriting on the stone tablet is not clear.

"I'm fine, I'm just a little out of strength. ”

Xia Yuan, who was pale, was supported by Qin Lan to walk in the sand, and the wind and sand blew their clothes and hunting, and they couldn't open their eyes.

"The little prince, the county lord, his subordinates have retired. ”

According to the agreement, Granny Mo started from the time she entered the Heavenly Grotto, which was the beginning of Xia Yuan and Qin Lan's training. Granny Mo is hiding in the shadows, and she will not come to the rescue unless she has to.

Because of Xia Yuan's detachment, Qin Lan walked very slowly while supporting Xia Yuan.

In the sea of sand, the stele was not very far away from them, and not long after the two of them left, Xia Yuan and Qin Lan also came to the stele and looked up at the one-person tall stele in front of them.

"Tianguo Road, people are extinct, the long day is passing in the east of the river, I am crazy, and my hatred is monstrous. ”

This is a passage engraved on the stone tablet, under the word Tianzi, there is a palm print, the imprint is very deep, and even the palm print is faintly visible.

"With such a big wind and sand, we have to find a place to stay for a while. ”

Xia Yuan raised his eyes and glanced at the endless sea of sand, and said a little weakly.

Above the sea of sand, the wind and sand cover the sky, and everywhere you look, there is a flat river, and how to hide from the bunker of the wind and sand.

"Let's go, keep going, until there is no longer a piece of yellow sand in front of us, until there is a place in front of us. ”

The yellow sand is very small, but the wind is a little strong, and it hurts a little on the face.

Qin Lan supported Xia Yuan, and at the same time used the spiritual power in his body, and a talisman spirit shield protected their figures in the whistling wind and sand.

"From. ”

Qin Lan's face turned a little pale, and she still sent the spirit pill to her mouth from time to time, with her current cultivation, just maintaining the talisman spirit shield would consume too much. And what made Qin Lan happy was that after coming to the Heavenly Grotto, the pair of eyes hidden in the dark completely disappeared.

"Whew............"

In the sand, Xia Yuan and Qin Lan walked with each other, they walked in the yellow sand, and they also left a long list of footprints behind them.

The yellow sand was all over the sky, and it was only after a moment that those footprints were refilled by the yellow sand.

"That's it, mirage!"

The wind was blowing endlessly, and the yellow sand in front of me was still the same.

It's just that above the yellow sand, among the white clouds, rows of palace groups emerge, the buildings are hanging high, the carved beams are painted, and the momentum is extraordinary. On top of the palace complex, the fairies with ribbons are playing and playing, the colorful birds are flapping their wings, and the dragon is also wandering in the void, so happy.

In front of the palace complex, there is a plaque standing in the air, on which there are three large characters that are not real.

"It is said that the mirage reflects another world, which is beautiful, just like a fairyland on earth, and it can also be the most demagogic. ”

Xia Yuan bit the tip of his tongue, and his somewhat cloudy eyes became sober.

"What's wrong with me?"

Qin Lan's eyes gradually dissipated the look of loss.

"This cave is not as easy as my father said, even this sea of sand under our feet, we will have to walk for a long time. ”

Xia Yuan shook his head, his mouth was a little bitter, the strength in his body had recovered a lot, so he didn't need to let Qin Lan support him anymore.

"My father said that the Heavenly Cave was the place where the night curtain was cultivated for the Celestial Empire in the past, but for some reason, the night disappeared and the Heavenly Cave was abandoned. In the past many years, the Heavenly Grottoes have been forgotten by many people, and in my father's generation, there are very few people who know about the existence of the Heavenly Grottoes. ”

After Qin Lan took a Rejuvenation Pill, a touch of ruddy also appeared on her pale face.