It was a pool of stagnant water, surrounded by endless mountains, bare, devoid of any vegetation, not a single grass to be seen.

This space is full of depression, and the atmosphere of desolation is everywhere, as if time has been abandoned.

"Where is this?" Xia Shuixian realized that something was wrong, and it became difficult to breathe, feeling that her vitality was being taken away by some force.

At this moment, Li Yunchen's divine consciousness revived the ancient scrolls, and the desolate classics had changed, awakening the ancient time.

"This place should not stay for a long time, leave quickly!" Although he didn't know what this place was, Li Yunchen knew very well in his heart that if he stayed any longer, he would inevitably be corrupted by the aura of desolation, he had witnessed the terrifying power of that kind of power, and even the gods and beasts couldn't resist it.

Demon Venerable and Xia Shuixian also sensed that something was wrong, and quickly jumped out of the lake, looking for a way out of the mountain.

This place is more magnificent than the Kunlun Mountains, even the eyes of the gods and demons can't see the edge, rolling and undulating, like an ancient dragon lying down, but there is no life to see here, extremely desolate.

After walking for a while, Xia Shuixian was out of breath, too tired, and the demon venerable was also a little tired, but Li Yunchen was very abnormal, he was originally seriously injured and lost his strength, but now he was recovering little by little, and soon he was in a state of vitality again.

"This place seems to be strange!" After walking a few more steps, Li Yunchen stopped in front of a mountain wall and stroked it carefully, as if he was carrying out some kind of induction.

"You just found out, I'm dying, I seem to be dozens of years old in an instant. Xia Shuixian complained.

"I don't mean that. Li Yunchen's body was full of spiritual energy, walking back and forth on the stone wall, "I have cultivated the Yuan Spirit Technique, and I can find the Yuan Qi of heaven and earth, although I am not proficient, but I can still sense it, according to my observation, these rocks contain Yuan Qi!"

Hearing this, Xia Shuixian and Demon Venerable were dumbfounded, they couldn't even see a beast here, there was no life at all, how could there be vitality?

"You're not kidding, where there is vitality, there must be full of life, the mountains and rivers are beautiful, the Water Moon Cave is like this, how can this barren mountain and wild mountain range be?" Xia Shuixian was deeply skeptical.

"Yes, the vitality is the chaotic qi before the opening of the heaven and the earth, for the cultivation of great supplements, to create all living beings, no matter how you look at it here, it doesn't look like there is a vitality existence, you shouldn't be wrong. Demon Venerable also shook his head repeatedly.

Seeing is believing, Li Yunchen did not defend himself, but used the Yuan Spirit Technique, constantly inducted, and finally selected a certain area and extracted a trace of vitality from it.

"How can this be!" At this time, Xia Shuixian and Demon Venerable were speechless, the facts were in front of them, no matter how incredible they were, they could only believe it.

"I roughly sensed that almost everywhere in this endless mountain range contains vitality, hidden in the rocks, it is just a relationship between more and less. In fact, when Li Yunchen said this, he was shocked, after millions of years, the vitality of the world has long been thin and hard to find, but there are a large number of them here, if you choose to cultivate here, then the problem of the large amount of energy impact required by the hidden god body will be solved.

"Ahh

"You're not the same, and you even have wrinkles. "The Demon Venerable seems to have discovered it a long time ago, and he used his demon magic to conjure a mirror and present it in front of Xia Shuixian.

Seeing the aging appearance in the mirror, Xia Shuixian was stunned for a moment, and now she is like an old woman of seventy or eighty years old, her red face has passed away, and her head is white.

For a woman, face is undoubtedly the most important, seeing the moment of beauty, has become yesterday's yellow flower, no one can accept it, sad tears as if the embankment has been broken, and it is flowing in a hurry.

"This ghost place is full of desolate power, taking away the opportunity of life, if you stay any longer, I am afraid that your life will be exhausted, you better hide in the purple gourd first. Li Yunchen saw Xia Shuixian's sad appearance, and he also felt heartache.

"Then why are you okay?" the Demon Venerable was curious.

Li Yunchen shook his head, he didn't know it himself, it might be related to the cultivation of the Desolate Classics. Others were robbed of their vitality by the power of the wilderness, but he borrowed this power to constantly strengthen himself, and even recovered from his injuries.

"Let's wait until we go out and find a way to help her rejuvenate. After putting the two of them into the purple gold gourd, Li Yunchen continued to spy on the terrain with the eyes of gods and demons, looking for a way out.

On the way, he passed through several areas with strong vitality, but he didn't stop to seek, and the immediate urgency was to hurry out of the mountain and find the people of the Heavenly Demon Sect to rescue Fang Ruyan.

However, a red human-shaped boulder attracted his attention, this boulder was as crystal as agate, like a baby, lifelike, covered by many rocks, if it were not for the help of gods and demons, Li Yunchen would not have been able to find it.

His intuition told him that this humanoid boulder was not simple, and when he got closer, he could feel the aura emanating from it.

"Isn't it a rock psychic and has a life!" Li Yunchen boldly assumed, he felt that in this ghost place, anything strange would happen.

"The vitality gathers here, maybe this thing really took over the creation and gained life. After thinking about it, Li Yunchen decided to take this stone away, maybe it would be a treasure, and it might be able to get a good price at the auction in the future.

After four days and four nights of running, Li Yunchen finally walked out of this mountain range, because there was constantly famine to provide him with strength, so he did not feel tired at all, but very excited.

As soon as he came out, there was a sect in front of him, which seemed to be a city, Li Yunchen was overjoyed in his heart, and decided to go to visit, and by the way, he inquired about the news of the Heavenly Demon Sect.

However, as soon as he arrived in front of the city, he ate the closed door, and the disciples of the sect guarding the gate hid back in the city and closed the city gate as if they had seen a ghost.

"Go and report to the city lord, there are living creatures coming out of the barren mountain!" a man shouted on the city tower, and his voice was like thunder, spreading for thousands of miles.

It didn't take long for a beacon fire to light on the city tower, gongs and drums were beaten, and dozens of bows and arrows were put out at the same time, these were not ordinary rusty copper and rotten iron, each of them was worth a low-level spiritual treasure.

Li Yunchen understood, it turned out that these people regarded him as a monster who came out of the barren mountain, and he wanted to go up to the city tower to explain, but as soon as he moved, more than a dozen light arrows flew out and shot at him together.

A golden light flashed, and all the light arrows dissolved under the golden body, although these weapons couldn't hurt him, but Li Yunchen was injured after all, and there was no benefit in entanglement.

"Inform your city lord, I am not a barren mountain monster, just an ordinary monk, passing by here, I want to inquire about some news. ”

"You can still speak people's words!" After the sect disciples on the city tower heard Li Yunchen's transmission, they all panicked and showed fear on their faces.

Li Yunchen was completely speechless, it seemed that he could only break through, and when the time came, he would personally explain it to the city lord, but he was just about to urge the Tianhe palm, and a thunderbolt fell down, and then it exploded like thunder.

"Who is the demon, dare to trespass on my Xuanhuo City!" On the top of the city tower, an old man with thick eyebrows appeared and asked.

"You're the lord of the city. Li Yunchen saw that this person's popularity was extraordinary, and his strength was also at the top of the realm of all things, so he should not be wrong, so he continued: "I am a nameless cultivator, I entered this mountain by mistake, and I escaped by luck, I am not a monster, and I also ask the city lord to see and let me enter the city!"

"There is no life in the barren mountain, and those who enter the mountain are all sucked by the desolate air, and there is no way to survive, how can you escape?"

"It's not a secret, I have cultivated a strange mystery, the power to resist the famine, so I can come out alive. In order to convince the other party, Li Yunchen told the truth.

"Wasteland!" The old man with thick eyebrows probed Li Yunchen with his divine sense, and then his expression changed abruptly, "Could it be the heir of that old gentleman?" After thinking for a moment, he decided to open the city gate.

This was beyond Li Yunchen's expectations, he was ready to break through, he didn't expect this city lord to believe it so easily. And after Li Yunchen entered the city, after some understanding, he understood the reason.

It turned out that the city lord of Xuanhuo City was an unknown monk a year ago, doing nothing, and later he was enlightened by an old man, so he had today's achievements, became the god of all things, and founded Xuanhuo City. Li Yunchen found out the appearance of the old man from the sea of knowledge of this city lord, it was the living dead who came out of the desolate code a year ago!

Just a little bit can make the nameless monk a giant, how terrifying is that old man!

This city lord's name is Wu Changqing, the founder of Xuanhuo City, although he has only been established for a year, he is also a considerable force in the southern part of the Western Regions.

Li Yunchen also learned that this place is adjacent to Miao Jiang, at the intersection of the Western Regions and the Southern Regions, and the mountain range he just walked out of is a barren mountain.

"In fact, a year ago, the barren mountain did not exist, and it was originally a spiritual land that nourished thousands of living beings. Wu Changqing looked stunned and said: "It is rumored that this mountain range was once transformed by an ancient divine dragon, so it is also called Longling, and it looks down from the sky like a giant dragon lying down. Longling divides the Western Regions from the Southern Xinjiang and chokes the throat of the world, which is the divine vein of this land and condenses the essence of the entire Shenzhou. It's a pity that a year ago, the vitality of the Million Dragon Ridge was lost overnight, and it became a barren mountain, with thousands of mountains and birds flying away, and thousands of people disappearing, and all life could not get close. ”

"How could this be? Could it be that the old man did it?" Li Yunchen couldn't help but think of that terrifying living dead, he walked out of the barren canon, and he must have nothing to do with the barren mountain.

"Looks like you've seen the old gentleman too. Wu Changqing was finally convinced, "You think the same as me, I also think that the appearance of the barren mountain has something to do with that old gentleman." ”

Li Yunchen pondered in his heart, nine times out of ten, this barren mountain was opened up by the old man, not only did the time coincide, but the other party also had this strength.

"By the way, Senior Wu, since you have been enlightened by that old gentleman, do you know how to resolve the power of the wilderness? My two friends were robbed of their vitality in the barren mountains, and they are approaching their twilight years, what can you do?" Li Yunchen took out the purple gold gourd and released Xia Shuixian and Demon Venerable.

At this time, Xia Shuixian was full of wrinkles, her skin was atrophied, she covered her face with her hands, and she didn't want to be seen by others, as for the demon venerable, although her appearance had not changed much, her breath was rotten, and her time was short.

After looking at the two of them, Wu Changqing instructed several disciples to bring two herbs, "This is the Soul Rejuvenation Grass, after taking it, you will be in a coma for three days and three nights, and your face will recover when you wake up." This method was also told by the old man a year ago, in order to prevent innocent people from suffering from famine.

When he learned that he could regain his youth, Xia Shuixian shed tears again, and after taking the Soul Rejuvenation Herb, he fell into a coma and was sent to rest in the house.

Li Yunchen breathed a sigh of relief, if Xia Shuixian really became an old woman, it would be even more uncomfortable than death.

"Senior Wu, there is still one more thing to inquire about. After dealing with the matter of Xia Shuixian and the Demon Venerable, Li Yunchen asked again, "I wonder if you have heard of the Heavenly Demon Sect?"

"Heavenly Demon Sect?" Wu Changqing's expression tightened, "I've heard that it's the power of the Demon Realm, it's very terrifying, but it has a very bad reputation, and there are sects all over Shenzhou." ”

"Then is there a Heavenly Demon Sect near here?" Li Yunchen hurriedly asked.

"It's a barren mountain, and there's no life, so they shouldn't be here to set up a religion. When Wu Changqing said this, Li Yunchen was disappointed for a while, and he smiled slightly, but his tone changed sharply: "But...... Ever since Longling was reduced to a barren mountain, there were quite a few Heavenly Demon Sect disciples who often haunted the vicinity. ”

When Li Yunchen heard this, he suddenly came to his senses again, "Is this true?"

Wu Changqing bowed his head and said: "According to legend, hundreds of thousands of years ago, there was a monster that was sealed in the Dragon Ridge, and the Heavenly Demon Sect has been seeking, but the Dragon Ridge stretches for millions of miles, and it is undoubtedly a needle in a haystack to find out. But a year ago, Longling was out of life, so it was much easier to search, and as long as you felt the presence of life, you could determine the location of the monster. ”

Li Yunchen touched his chin, he suddenly remembered the red boulder he had just found in the barren mountain, and suddenly had a plan.

"Senior Wu, your Xuanhuo City is also a big force, I don't know if you can help in the next favor?"

"Oh, but it doesn't hurt. ”

Li Yunchen smiled slyly and said, "Since the people of the Heavenly Demon Sect have been looking for that monster, you will spread the news that the monster has been found and is in Xuanhuo City." ”

Wu Changqing's expression changed, this was undoubtedly a fire, the Heavenly Demon Sect was the supreme sect of the Demon Realm, even forces such as Bailongmen and Qixing Mountain did not dare to provoke easily, how could he see a small Xuanhuo City.

"Senior Wu, don't worry, I'm just putting a line to fish, at most attracting a few Heavenly Demon Sect disciples, and I won't startle the snake and endanger Xuanhuo City. "Li Yunchen has already calculated, when the time comes, use the humanoid boulder to confuse the real with the fake, and wait until the Heavenly Demon Sect disciples take the bait, capture it and seize the sea of knowledge, and then you can find the location of the Heavenly Demon Sect and rescue Fang Ruyan.

Having said that, Wu Changqing was still a little worried, "Little friend, why did you have a grudge with the Heavenly Demon Sect?"

Li Yunchen couldn't help but sneer, "Are there still fewer people who have a grudge against them? I'm afraid that any force will want to put them to death as soon as possible." ”

Wu Changqing let out a long sigh: "The Heavenly Demon Sect is indeed punished by everyone, for 100,000 years, they have done a lot of evil, acted against the sky, and harmed the common people, they are really the scum of the world!"

"So, the Heavenly Demon Sect was founded 100,000 years ago?" Li Yunchen said to himself, "It seems that Jiuyao City was also established at that time......

"That's right, 100,000 years ago, but a lot of earth-shattering events happened. Wu Changqing said meaningfully.