Chapter 113: Far Away
Except for the trouble of the slippery mountain wall, everything was relatively smooth, and it was in vain that Ding Zhengyi was still concentrating on his careful precautions.
After half a cup of tea, he drew an arc on the cliff wall, came to the rock marked by the patriarch, and successfully found the hole that was slightly concave inward.
The two-zhang wide and high entrance is integrated with the surroundings, and the inside and outside are gray-brown mountain stones, without a trace of artificial carving, it is difficult for people to find it in the distance, and it can only be roughly identified when it is close.
However, as Ding Zhengyi approached, the two ink feather eagle paw prints on the rock outside the cave entrance became more and more visible in his vision.
Concentrating on the situation in the cave, Ding Zhengyi did not find any dangerous aura.
The feeling of not being able to work up and down at this time made him quite uncomfortable, so he took a deep breath, and then used the strength of his arm to pull out the armor-piercing cone from the rock, and then jumped directly into the cave.
Turning around and signaling the Ink Feather Eagle hovering outside the cave to pay more attention, Ding Zhengyi put on the various components of the iron spirit armor, and then his figure flashed, and the person walked quickly towards the cave.
However, after walking for more than ten zhang, Ding Zhengyi stopped again, this cave was extremely deep, he turned two corners, and it was already dark in front of him.
Without the assistance of the external divine sense, in such an environment, it is impossible to effectively grasp the direction, let alone resist the possible crisis.
Frowning, Ding Zhengyi hesitated for a moment, and then he reached out and took out an inch-sized flint from the storage bag, and after this thing appeared, its soft light immediately illuminated the vicinity.
Although the light made it easier for Ding Zhengyi to walk, it also completely exposed his figure, making him a very obvious target in the dark.
However, the two powers benefit each other, and the two powers choose the lesser of harms, and a clear vision is obviously more beneficial to Ding Zhengyi than groping in the dark, so that even if he encounters a crisis, he will not be helpless.
Holding the white flint, Ding Zhengyi shook his head helplessly and smiled bitterly, then he glanced forward, backward, left and right, and then gathered his mind, stimulated the talisman jade pendant, and continued to move forward with one foot deep and one foot shallow.
The space in the cave looks not small, but there are many corners inside, the ground is also rugged, and Ding Zhengyi has to be distracted to perceive the surroundings and beware of crises that may arise at any time, so his progress is extremely slow.
When he ran all the way from the spiritual vein, Ding Zhengyi only spent a stick of incense, but after walking in this cave for half an hour, he still didn't see any signs of the end.
Maintaining a high degree of mental concentration for a long time was undoubtedly an indescribable torment for Ding Zhengyi, which made him muttered in his heart, wondering if he had found the wrong place or taken the wrong path, otherwise how could it be like endless when the distance was less than ten miles away.
Fortunately, Ding Zhengyi's anxious state of mind had just risen, and a faint glimmer of white light in the distance brought him hope, and he hurried away dozens of feet, and after turning a big corner, his eyes suddenly became clear.
At the end of the cave is unusually bright, and there is indeed a huge and shocking space in the belly of the mountain, and a large number of flints are placed on the top of it, shining as if it were day.
But even so, the extremely rich aura was still like a mist, and it seemed to be able to block out the light emitted by the flint, giving Ding Zhengyi a hazy feeling.
Like the light veil in the air constantly flying in the aura, a variety of spirit trees looming, full of vibrant green and white aura, dotted with this gray-brown cave, faintly revealing an indescribable but rendering the soul of the artistic conception.
With the rich aura and the fragrance of plants and trees, Ding Zhengyi's tense spirit seemed to be liberated, and then his whole body seemed to jump up and become extremely comfortable.
couldn't help but take a few deep breaths of this mixed breath again, Ding Zhengyi recalled this moment of peace, but the calm personality he had maintained for many years still made him gradually calm down.
As Ding Zhengyi regained his senses, the tragic situation after the patriarch's heavy injury suddenly appeared in his mind, extremely clear, and even more deafening, which made him immediately wake up and look around suspiciously.
The monks who were careless and negligent because of their success in sight, and finally fell before the harvest, are simply too numerous in the cultivation world, and at the same time make people sigh.
In the past, Ding Zhengyi always sneered at these people, thinking that he would never be so unbearable, but when the time came, he still fell into this situation unconsciously.
In the process of self-reflection and summarization, Ding Zhengyi carefully sensed everything around him, repeatedly confirmed that there was nothing wrong, and then he put away the flint in his hand and continued the observation that had been interrupted just now.
At this time, only a few zhang away from Ding Zhengyi, that is, at the junction between the mountainside space and the cave, a layer of milky white light film flickered and flickered, flickering, and was inconspicuous against the bright light of the flint, but this deeply attracted his attention.
This is obviously a broken formation, and it is almost on the verge of collapse, and perhaps it will only dissipate in a moment.
Without any hesitation, Ding Zhengyi walked forward quickly, stopped in front of the position of this broken formation, and then he didn't delay any longer, and after a little preparation, he immediately began to probe the surrounding formation arrangement.
After a stick of incense, Ding Zhengyi's frowning brows stretched, in his eyes, this formation turned out to be just a basic formation, and its function was only to isolate the aura.
Although Ding Zhengyi had never come into contact with this kind of magic formation, with his achievements in the formation, it was easy to repair it temporarily.
After continuing to ponder for a moment, Ding Zhengyi's gaze swept over the two suspected formation bases, and then he decisively took out the intermediate formation flag and flicked it out without hesitation.
The moment the flag landed, a buzzing sound sounded, and the milky white film first paused slightly, and then it shone with a brilliant color that was even more translucent than the light of flint.
Ding Zhengyi's face under the bright light was not shocked, and the accumulation of the formation level made him full of confidence, the initial repair and maintenance of this simple formation was just a matter of course, and there would naturally not be too much excitement without expectation.
Continuing to pinch his fingers and calculate the work of half a cup of tea, Ding Zhengyi shook his head slightly, and then he raised his leg and stepped over the light film.
If you want to deeply maintain the isolation circle in front of you, it will take a lot of time to debug, and in a short period of time, it is difficult to see obvious results, but now that the power of the formation has increased greatly, there is no longer a risk of exposure here, so there is no need to rush for a while.
With this in mind, Ding Zhengyi groped his way along the edge of the cave in the belly of the mountain, and he was going to carefully explore this spiritual land first to ensure that there would be no hidden danger.
After half an hour's work, Ding Zhengyi carefully sifted through this huge karst cave space, except for the place in the center where the formation fluctuated significantly, he didn't dare to try it easily, and the rest of the place had very little gain, which made him very disappointed.
Ding Zhengyi had already been mentally prepared for the lack of spiritual herbs, after all, with the addition of the Ink Feather Eagle, there had been at least two waves of demon beasts staying here, they didn't care whether the spiritual objects were mature or not, and what the medicinal effect was, as long as they contained vitality, they all belonged to the great replenishment of the demon beasts' cultivation.
However, the low value of many spirit trees was beyond Ding Zhengyi's expectations, and under his careful identification, these spirit trees were almost all vigorous green heart trees, they looked pleasing and lush, but their actual use was lackluster.
According to the records of the classics, although Bixinmu is also a kind of low-level spirit tree, and its requirements for growth conditions are quite high, it can neither bloom and bear fruit, nor can it be used for refining, and its biggest role is only to purify the aura and improve the surrounding environment.
It is precisely because Bixin Wood does not bring direct benefits to the monks that few Xiuzhen families will waste spiritual land for planting.
As for what the situation is in the sect, Ding Zhengyi has no way of knowing, but the price of Bixin wood in the fang market is not even comparable to Huangya rice, and he still has heard of it.
After adjusting his mentality slightly, Ding Zhengyi raised his feet and rushed towards the center of the spiritual land with a hint of expectation.
Walking around this formation that made the patriarch helpless a few times, Ding Zhengyi concentrated on his induction and went all out to calculate, but except for the faint feeling of its destruction, nothing else was found.
Such a result is also reasonable, the formation that the foundation building monks are helpless can not easily crack by a late-stage Qi cultivation monk.
However, there was no clue at all, which still surprised Ding Zhengyi very much, originally in his expectation, as long as it was a formation, there would be some small flaws, and he could always lift the layers of fog and find opportunities under the cocoon.
But the fact in front of him made Ding Zhengyi understand that his cognition of the formation should still be in its infancy, and the level of the formation he was complacent about might just be the fur of the formation.
Faced with the opportunity that was close at hand, Ding Zhengyi was helpless to hover outside the formation, as if it was far away in the sky. 8)