Volume 1 Asking the Present Chapter 17 [Mutation]
In the early morning, the morning glow is bright, but unfortunately in the Hanyin Mountains, you can't feel the warmth of the sun, and there are layers of white fog floating around in the early morning, which seems to be cold.
Xiang Wenbo saw that Jiang Ning always paid attention to the places with green vegetation around him, so he asked.
"Jiang Ning, did you go to the Cold Yin Mountain Range to find spirit grass, spirit fruits, and the like?"
"I'm looking for the Red Yin Fruit, and I'm not afraid of your jokes, I've been here for a while, and I've only picked two of them, and I've met a lot of vines that bear the Red Yin Fruit, but the vines are all empty or far from ripe. ”
"Hearing you say this, I remember that after entering the mountain range, I have never encountered the Red Yin Fruit, after all, this elixir can be exchanged for spirit stones with the sect, it stands to reason that with the realm we are in now, there should be some Red Yin Fruit. ”
This is very puzzling, at first Jiang Ning felt that it was a problem of his luck, but now it seems that there must be something hidden in it.
Fortunately, there are seven red yin fruits from the scar-faced man in the Sumeru ring, plus the two that he picked are enough, but who would dislike the money, one red yin fruit is worth a high-grade spirit stone.
The two of them encountered a lot of demon beasts along the way, and most of them became their rations.
On the flat ground not far from a small stream, they saw several human corpses, the gender could only be judged by the clothing, there were men and women, unrecognizable, none of the corpses were intact, and there were traces of being bitten.
Xiang Wenbo's face turned pale, and his whole person was about to suffocate, and Jiang Ning was no better, but he held his breath and quickly calmed down.
"They didn't die for a long time, they should have been monks in two or three days, and the magic utensils and storage bags were all taken away. ”
Xiang Wenbo saw that Jiang Ning was still turning over the corpse, he almost vomited bile, it was really miserable, but fortunately, Jiang Ning left here quickly, and he hurriedly followed.
After jumping over the creek and walking a distance, the two reached a swamp and encountered a large white centipede on the top of a mountain, which could be two meters long, emitting green gas all over its body, and the surrounding grass and trees began to decay because of its appearance. Some small demon beasts that didn't have time to escape fell directly to the ground and convulsed until they lost their ability to move.
"Hiss~" Seeing the centipede in the swamp in front of him, Xiang Wenbo couldn't help but gasp, and said in a lost voice: "White jade centipede! This is a highly poisonous demon beast, even if it is a monk in the same realm, he has to take a detour." ”
Both of them cautiously retreated, but they were still discovered by it, it raised its upper half of its body, two white tentacles, aimed at Jiang Ning and Xiang Wenbo's escape direction, and the feet densely lined with side by side on the body began to move, chasing the two of them.
In the end, it was chased for several miles before it was lucky enough to get rid of it, and the miasma where the white jade centipede passed was full of miasma, which was enough to poison the monks of the Enlightenment Realm.
"Whew, it's so dangerous, it's almost like we're done!" Xiang Wenbo sat on the ground.
Jiang Ning palpitated, "We can't move forward, now the demon beasts of the mountain peak realm have begun to appear, it's too dangerous, let's retreat a little, and then look for it in a circle at the end." ”
Xiang Wenbo almost cried when he heard this, if he didn't dare to leave the Hanyin Mountain Range alone, he would have run away, and several intentional or unintentional reminders during the walk made Jiang Ning stop going deeper. Jiang Ning said that he could still go forward, if he was afraid, he would wait for him in the same place, Xiang Wenbo could only grit his teeth and follow Jiang Ning in fear, and began to regret that he should have left this place in the first place, even if he was cheeky and begged Jiang Ning to send him a journey.
The hard work paid off, and after three days, Jiang Ning finally picked five red yin fruits, although they were all a little small, they were ripe red yin fruits. At this moment, he already has fourteen Red Yin Fruits, and he can obtain fourteen high-grade spirit stones, plus one hundred medium-grade spirit stones for completing the task, which is not less!
Xiang Wenbo's injuries were already healed, but he still didn't dare to leave alone, Jiang Ning had been with him for the past few days, and he was less wary of Xiang Wenbo at the beginning, although he wasn't very enthusiastic, at least he didn't dislike this person as much as he did at the beginning, so he let him follow.
Jiang Ning, who was barbecuing an iron-horned eagle demon beast on this day, stood up suddenly, ignoring the roasted wings in his hand, he jumped up to a big tree next to him and looked into the depths of the mountain range.
The originally silent mountain range suddenly became agitated, and strange sounds came from the depths of the mountain range, like a landslide, a boulder rolling, followed by the hiss of monsters resounding through the sky.
"Click"
I don't know how far away there was a sound of the ground cracking, Jiang Ning stood on the branch, and the whole tree began to shake.
The loud sound of "boom" came from the depths of the mountain range, the ground shook more and more, and a large number of demon beasts in the depths of the mountain range began to flee densely towards the outer areas, including many giant beasts with terrifying breaths, and several figures belonging to humans, without exception, they were fleeing outside.
Immediately after that, there was another "bang", and several mountains in the distance that could be seen by the naked eye collapsed, bringing up layers of dust and floating high into the sky, as if the demon cave that had been sealed for endless years had been opened. The roar of the unknown demon beast was even more deafening, and he could feel his ears hurt from such a distance, if it was close to the roar, Jiang Ning didn't dare to think that he would be shocked to death.
A giant beast with huge wings could be seen standing still in the air, and each time its wings were closed, the mountains in the distance would become a little shorter.
Run! The subconscious told Jiang Ning that he had to leave this place immediately, jumped off the big tree, turned around and pulled up Xiang Wenbo, who was sluggish on the spot, and ran quickly towards the exit of the mountain range, at this time he did not hesitate to use the magic talisman.
"Oh my God, what kind of monster roar is that? It's terrifying. Xiang Wenbo, who came back to his senses, couldn't help but tremble in his legs.
The roar alone caused many mountains to collapse and the earth to crack, but fortunately they were far away.
During the escape, above their heads, they flew past several demon beasts the size of a small mountain, among which Jiang Ning knew the Cloud-winged Bird, the Purple Feather Peacock, the Silver-scaled Dapeng and so on. These are all demon beasts above the Sea Viewing Realm, and they are all recorded as terrifying beings living in the depths of the Hanyin Mountain Range, and now they have all left their territory.
Jiang Ning felt that he was going to die, but fortunately, those demon beasts just swept overhead, as if he didn't notice that there were two people on the ground.
After running for more than sixty miles, the divine light of the Divine Talisman was almost exhausted, and Jiang Ning and Xiang Wenbo, who was panting, stopped, both having a feeling of the rest of their lives after the catastrophe. Turning around and looking into the depths of the mountains, everything had calmed down at this time, as if nothing had happened, but the mountains were truly gone.
Jiang Ning didn't care about the Red Yin Fruit now, and decided to return to the Spirit Yin Sect earlier, compared to the Spirit Stone's life, it was too much precious.
At this time, it was almost close to the outermost part of the boundary of the Hanyin Mountain Range, and it was only a few dozen miles away from the mountain range.
Xiang Wenbo put his hands on his knees and gasped and said, "What is happening in the depths of this mountain range, it's like the end of the world, and I will never come here in the future." ”
The more he thought about it, the more angry he became, his trip to the Hanyin Mountain Range was not too bad, he didn't say anything about it, he was hunted down, his senior sister died, and then he encountered this kind of unimaginable change.
Jiang Ning said: "It's safer for us to leave the Cold Yin Mountain Range as soon as possible, and we don't dare to guarantee that those demon beasts that ran out of the depths of the mountain range will not appear here." ”
"This is reasonable, it's better to stay away quickly, thanks to the care of Brother Jiang Ning recently, otherwise I might not know where I died with my own deeds. I know that there is an abandoned mansion not far from here, and I will stop there before going to the mountains, and we will return to the sect tomorrow. ”
Jiang Ning looked at the sky, and estimated that when they walked out of the Hanyin Mountain Range, it would be almost dark, and the nearest village to the mountain range was also hundreds of miles away, so he followed Xiang Wenbo to the mansion he said.
On an inaccessible mountain road, at this time, it has already left the boundary of the Hanyin Mountain Range, and it has walked several miles of mountain roads, and the road is rugged.
Although it was already evening, it could be vaguely seen that the surrounding area was surrounded by rolling beautiful peaks, and the trees were verdant, much stronger than in the Hanyin Mountains, and the surroundings at least looked green.
Xiang Wenbo stood on top of a rock, pointed ahead and said, "It's coming soon, you can see the house by going around that small hill." ”
Sure enough, there is a very wide area of the house in front of it, the location of the house is very exquisite, there is a big river not far in front of the courtyard, and there is a mountain in the back, and it looks like a half-moon with a star in the middle of the distant view.
"Who would build a house in such a place?" Jiang Ning was a little curious.
Xiang Wenbo said with a smile: "A family surnamed Zhang is a famous big family in a nearby town, and several members of the Zhang family practice in our Kongtong Sect and have told stories about this mansion. ”
Jiang Ning was interested in anecdotes and listened carefully to Xiang Wenbo's story.
"About 30 years ago, a member of the Zhang family happened to pass by this place, and took a fancy to this place at a glance, and then spent a lot of money to build this house. At first, there was nothing abnormal, but when some members of the Zhang family moved into the house, a series of strange things happened soon. Regardless of day or night, the objects in the room will deviate from their original positions, the tea set that was originally placed on the table will be broken to the ground for no reason, the filled water tank will be opened again, and the people living in the house will also begin to faint for no reason, vomiting, listlessness and other symptoms. Although no one was killed, the people of the Zhang family were still frightened at that time and moved out of the house one after another. But after all, it cost a lot of money to build, so I invited our disciples and elders of the Kongtong Sect to check here, whether there were any evil demons and demons, but after some searching, they couldn't find out why, and finally returned in vain. The Zhang family later abandoned this place, and there was a lot of trouble at that time, so no one dared to come to this place. ”
Jiang Ning asked, "Did you find anything abnormal in front of Brother Xiang?"
Xiang Wenbo shook his head, even the elders of the sect had never found out back then, let alone his disciple who had just entered the inner gate.
Looking at the dilapidated mansion, Jiang Ning was the first to enter, "Let's go, let's go in and have a good look." ”
The gate of the house has collapsed, and only another door is left alone by the mountain wind to make a "creaking" sound, and the two stone lions in front of the door have also become pitted, and there are weeds everywhere.
"Are there any ghosts in this world?"
Xiang Wenbo looked a little stunned, "Brother Jiang Ning, a genius like you, didn't your senior commander tell you about this?"
Jiang Ning was a little embarrassed and said, "This is the first time I have left the sect, and I rarely participate in the preaching and teaching of the elders in the sect, and I have been cultivating with my head bored. ”
Xiang Wenbo sighed: "No wonder you have such cultivation at a young age, in our Kongtong Sect, I think only Senior Brother Qi Lin, who is known as the Young Sect Master, may be able to compare with you when you are young." ”