275 Natural Maze
The Netherworld Forest stretches for thousands of miles from west to east, the area is vast, Luo Qingli has no specific map in his hand, and he doesn't know where he is now, he can only roughly identify the direction, so all the way to the south, sooner or later he will reach the Central Plains boundary, at most it will take some effort.
The miasma in the forest is very heavy, and in the process of flying at low altitude, in addition to the chaotic aura here, the biggest threat is those demon plants that pop up from time to time and attack people.
To deal with this kind of thing, Luo Qingli was serious at first, but later found that it was too troublesome, she simply released a layer of red lotus karmic fire around her body, these demon plants are somewhat spiritual, knowing that the innate fire is not easy to provoke, she naturally retreated, but saved her a lot of trouble.
After flying like this for a few days, the miasma around her suddenly became much thicker, and she intuitively felt that something was wrong, so she took out Sinan and looked at it, and found that Sinan was swaying at the moment and could not indicate the direction.
Luo Qingli fell to the ground and changed several methods to locate it, but all of them were ineffective.
Xiao Wu didn't notice any danger around, and wondered why Luo Qingli suddenly stopped, and asked suspiciously, "Master, what's going on?"
Luo Qingli looked at the surrounding fog, and said with some uncertainty: "It seems that you have entered a magic circle." ”
She thought she was quite sensitive to the formation, but she didn't notice it before stepping into the area, and now that she was on the ground, she couldn't feel the obvious signs of formation.
In general, in this case, it is only possible to enter a natural circle, because it is naturally formed, and the surrounding environment is self-contained, it is difficult to be discovered, and it is often unconsciously strayed into the array, but there are pros and cons, the power of the natural circle is usually far less than that of artificial arrangement, and it will change with the change of the environment.
In the vicissitudes of life, some natural magic circles have ceased to exist in the passage of time.
But as far as she knew, the Netherworld Forest was a very peculiar place, and although the environment in it could not be said to be static, at least the changes that had occurred in the past 10,000 years could be said to be very small, perhaps because of the particularity of this place itself, or because of the 50,000-year-old Prospect Yao Venerable's arrangement in the forest.
At least what she could confirm for now was that this natural formation must have existed for some years.
Xiao Wu didn't care much when he heard this, "Doesn't the master understand the formation, it shouldn't be difficult to break this formation, right?"
Luo Qingli shook his head, "The formation here is a natural formation, it is a complete one, and it may not be so easy to find a flaw." ”
However, she has been studying formations for decades, and she has always firmly believed that there can be no perfect formation in this world, and any formation has a way to crack it, if she can't find it, it can only mean that her cultivation is not at home.
Luo Qingli was not panicked, the chaotic aura in the Netherworld Forest would interfere with her judgment, she simply set up a simple magic circle on the spot, released the Little Five Protectors, took out the resting compass obtained from the Medicine King's Mansion, and hastily practiced it.
After basically mastering it, Luo Qingli took the compass and began to explore this natural array little by little.
After half a day, she was basically sure that this was a natural maze, but the scope of the maze was not small, and after a few days in a row, she still had no clue about how to get out, so she could only continue to deduce.
Looking at the increasingly chaotic aura around her, Luo Qing couldn't help but wrinkle her eyebrows, the spiritual qi, demon qi, dead qi and yin qi in this place were everything, intertwined, forming a dense fog of different shades, and the protective shield condensed around her body had gradually disintegrated under the erosion of such an aura, and the situation in the deeper part was only afraid that it would be worse.
Luo Qingli lightly tapped his fingertips on the compass, and punched a finger, and saw that the compass suddenly burst out with bright light, these lights seemed to form a huge palm, gently moving in the air, and the originally deep and shallow mist seemed to be pushed away by this giant hand, opening a passage that only allowed one person to pass.
After walking in the dense fog for a while, Ahri in the spirit beast bag suddenly wagged his tail, "Luo Luo, I feel like there is something in front of me." ”
Luo Qingli was slightly stunned, "What is it?"
Ahri looked away, "It's looming, but it's very special, I can't understand it for a while, Luo Luo, you go ahead and walk again." ”
Luo Qingli bowed his head lightly and continued to move forward, thinking that although there are not many monks coming and going in the Netherworld Forest, it is not nothing, this natural maze is in this place, for thousands of years, there must be other monks who have broken in by mistake like her, she still knows the formation and can't touch the edge, what about the others?
So far, she has not encountered any danger, as if this maze has no other purpose except to trap people, and she can't even see the demon plants that attack people, but just these dense chaotic qi in front of her, even high-level monks may not be able to completely resist it.
Multiple thoughts flashed in her heart for a moment, Luo Qingli continued to move forward, and after a while, she felt a faint aura fluctuation in front of her, and a spiritual light suddenly shot in her direction.
Luo Qingli's eyes changed slightly, he dodged sideways, and stepped into the thick fog, when a figure rushed out again, holding a pair of silver daggers in his hand, dancing like a storm.
This series of actions was completed in one go, and Luo Qingli was slightly surprised while dodging step by step, and could only be forced to take the move.
She could feel that this person's cultivation was above her, his figure was as fast as lightning, his spiritual power around him was pure, and his strength must not be low.
The sword qi on the streamer sword surged, hitting the twin daggers that exuded fierce energy, and at that moment, there was a sonorous sound, and the burst of qi opened the two of them at the same time, Luo Qingli took a few steps back one after another, but the man just shook his body.
The surrounding fog was blown away by the fight between the two, and the figure also showed its original appearance, and Luo Qingli was stunned when he saw it clearly.
Xiao Wu couldn't help but run out, and spit out a mouthful of water arrow towards the man, "Don't bully Xiao Wu's master!"
A sharp mangs flashed, and the water arrows split from the middle and scattered to the sides, perfectly avoiding the target.
Luo Qingli said in a deep voice: "Xiao Wu, it's okay, I know him, you go back first." ”
Xiao Wu blinked, and saw that the man had no intention of continuing to fight, so he obediently returned to the spirit beast bag.
Luo Qingli's expression was slightly complicated, frowning and staring at the person in front of him, pursed his lips and said, "Xiliang Daoyou." ”
The person who attacked her was actually the Ye Xiliang who had saved her when she was a teenager, that is, Ye Wangshu's seventh uncle, the last time they met was at the auction in Jumang City, he was a friend of Ren Siye.
It's just that compared to the last time they met, they were high-spirited, cold and dusty, Ye Xiliang looked a little embarrassed at this moment, he seemed to be injured, there were still blood stains on his body that had not dried, his lips were bruised, and his face was pale.
"It turned out to be a friend of Guilan Daoyou......"
When Ye Xiliang saw her, a little surprise flashed in his eyes, but he quickly came back to his senses and clasped his fists and saluted, "I thought there was a strange beast approaching, and I asked for forgiveness from Daoyou." ”
To Luo Qingli, Ye Xiliang is not a stranger, she was kidnapped by the Red Flower Gang with her little niece when she was young, and later Jumangcheng also saw it once, the little girl was named Pei Key, although he recognized the person, but he did not demolish her, after the Dan examination, Wangshu came back from the Central Plains, and from time to time he would mention this person, plus the fifty-one-year-old Dan, Luo Guilan's name has almost become a living signboard of Nanzhao Yuchanzong.
But when he met in this netherworld forest, Ye Xiliang was still surprised.
Luo Qingli reopened the resting compass to dispel the turbid qi around them, so that the two of them would not be eroded by the aura of this place.
Ye Xiliang looked at the compass in her hand, her eyes lit up slightly, "What a subtle magic weapon." ”
There was pure appreciation in his eyes, and Luo Qingli couldn't help but smile slightly when he thought that he was a refining master of the Chixiao Sect.
The treasure at the bottom of the medicine king's box is naturally exquisite.
She said down to business, "On the way over before, I didn't see any demon beasts and demon plants, the strange beasts that Daoyou just said, but in this natural maze?"
"Exactly. ”
Ye Xiliang's face was gloomy, "If you go forward, there will be a strange beast that looks like a pangolin, but it is much larger, probably because you have been in this chaotic environment all year round, so there has been some kind of mutation, and the ordinary attack techniques are completely ineffective against them, I can't cope with it, and I was injured again, so I found a tree hole to dodge for the time being, only to notice that there was a strange aura approaching, and I thought it was the group of strange beasts coming back." ”
Ye Xiliang was already in the middle of Jindan, and after the fight, she probably knew his strength, and the strange beasts that even he couldn't deal with must be conceivably tricky.
Luo Qingli glanced at him again, Ye Xiliang pursed his lips and said, "Guilan Daoyou is wondering why I am here?"
"Curious indeed. ”
Ye Xiliang explained: "I originally came to this Netherworld Forest to find something, and I strayed into the maze here, and I myself am not proficient in the way of formation, so I have not been allowed to leave, and it has been more than half a year now. ”
"Half a year?" Luo Qing was taken aback.
For half a year, I have been in this maze...... Ordinary natural maze, even those monks who don't understand the formation, even if they use the most stupid method, they can get out.
This might be a bit of a hassle.
She noticed Ye Xiliangqin's forehead, and said loudly: "Xiliang Daoist is still important to heal his injuries first, if Daoist friends are willing to believe in Guilan, Guilan can protect the Dharma for Daoyou, as for how to leave here, or wait for Daoyou to recover from his injuries, what do Daoyou think?"
Ye Xiliang nodded lightly, "Thank you Guilan Daoyou." ”
He returned to the tree cave where he had stayed when he had temporarily avoided the strange beasts, and Luo Qingli had set up a formation near the tree hole.
The thick fog in front of her was filled with turbidity, she looked ahead and groaned, Xiao Wu asked in a low voice, "Master, is this person credible?"
Luo Qingli smiled, "He may have something to hide from me, but there is no need to lie, this place is indeed not simple, if there is someone to take care of it, at least it is not a bad thing." ”
Xiao Wu nodded and didn't ask any more.
After a few days, Ye Xiliang's injuries had healed a lot, he walked out of the tree hole, saw Luo Qingli looking at an exercise not far away, and noticed that he stretched out his hand to say hello when he came out.