Chapter 45: The Black Pine Forest
Seeing the undulating terrain ahead, Deng An knew that he was out of danger.
In order to prevent Chen You from setting up an ambush on the way, and also to save some snow spirit leaves, Deng An deliberately went around to the northeast of the black pine forest, where he looked for snow spirit grass for a while. His luck was not too bad, it only took half a day to find one, but unfortunately it was not enough year, and there were only six or seven snow spirit leaves growing on the branches, which was estimated to be barely enough for a year's rental fee.
Deng An has never been to the Black Pine Forest, but he has a general understanding of its management methods, which is similar to Qianqiao Peak, as long as it is not a hostile force, as long as he pays enough Snow Spirit Leaves, he can settle down and cultivate. As for its cost, it depends on the yin environment. The gathering points distributed on the ring area on the periphery of the Burial Immortal Mountain are not much different from each other's yin qi conditions.
In addition, when you arrive at a new meditation gathering point, you naturally need to purchase something, whether it is exercises or other resources, it will definitely be different from other places. Based on Deng An's existing Xue Lingye estimates, after deducting the lease and the one set aside for emergency, there is nothing left.
Thinking of this, Deng An probed his soul body with both hands, and took out two semi-underworld weapons, one was a two-foot-long beast bone, and the other was the fangs of a demon beast. The former was obtained from Kong Nianqi, although there were cracks, but as long as they were forged with a ghostly fire, they could be repaired, and as for the fang-shaped semi-underworld weapon, he could reprocess it in the same way.
Deng An now has three semi-underworld weapons, and he can't even think about it if he exchanges them for other Yin period meditation practices, but happiness also has happiness troubles, if he carries three semi-underworld weapons with him, it will be a little inconvenient, it is better to sell one in exchange for snow spirit leaves, in order to solve the urgent need.
After a moment's hesitation, he made a decision.
Soon after, a gray pine forest appeared in Deng An's sight.
The pine forest is located in a small basin, much lower than the surrounding area, and if you are a little further away, you can only see an oval, dark brown ring. This is because the mountains around the basin are very steep, and the color of the summits is mostly dark brown.
Judging from these characteristics, the front is the black pine forest meditation gathering point, and the entrance to the black pine forest gathering point is also easy to find. On the perimeter of the basin, there is only one place where there is a gap, and at the bottom of which there is a path leading to the basin.
Like the Thousand Tricks Peak, the Black Pine Forest Gathering Point was also protected by a formation, and except for the entrance, all other locations were shrouded in a layer of looming glow.
Deng An didn't go far for these speculations to be confirmed. From the direction of due north, two meditators came in, and while they were talking, they walked down the path as if they were familiar with the road.
Deng An slowly followed from behind, keeping a certain distance from the meditation in front.
The two meditation cultivators also discovered Deng An, and each glanced back, and saw that it was a weak young man in the middle of the Yin Dynasty, so they didn't care, and they still kept talking.
One of them, who was in the late stage of Nayin, had a very loud voice, and even if he was separated from a distance, Deng An could hear it very clearly. This underworld correction value is in the prime of life, and the conjured body is wearing a sleeveless cardigan and short coat, bare strong muscles, and the urn voice is angry when he speaks: "I heard that Master Zijin personally came to the black pine forest, I don't know if it's true or not, if you can see the demeanor of the refining master, it is not our turn to bid for the dark weapon, and Lao Tzu is also willing." ”
Another man, who was missing an eye, said in a hoarse voice: "I have also heard about it, and there should be no fake." Lao Xin, I advise you not to have too high expectations, that artifact will definitely not be our turn to meditate during the Yin period. Taking a step back, you finally photographed that artifact, and I'm afraid that if the front foot goes out of the black pine forest, the back foot will become the target of public criticism. ”
"Hehe, then Lao Tzu will stay in the black pine forest and not leave. The strong man laughed loudly, and said: "No, Lao Tzu doesn't have so many snow spirit leaves to squander! Lao Tzu is really unwilling, if you want snow spirit leaves without snow spirit leaves, if you want to cultivate for nothing, you have to live your mouth." ”
"Hmph!" a cold snort sounded abruptly, piercing the depths of the soul.
Deng An only felt a tingling pain in his consciousness, and his entire soul body was restrained by a terrifying pressure, and his speed slowed down. When he came to his senses, he immediately looked at the air not far away, a thin old man who suddenly appeared.
The thin old man looked at Deng An in surprise, as if he was a little surprised that he could wake up quickly, but his target was not Deng An, and he whispered to the two meditation cultivators whose facial expressions were still painful: "The junior who is only in the yin period dares to call himself Lao Tzu, this time he will be punished slightly, and if the old man hears it again next time, he will take your life." ”
After the thin old man finished speaking, his soul turned into a black light and went straight to the entrance.
Flying in the sky, one of the symbols of meditation in the condensation period. Compared with the speed of the meditation in the Yin Period, it is simply heaven and earth, and it is not the same as the sun.
Deng An couldn't help but feel envious, and he didn't know when he would be able to do it.
After a while, Deng An, who came back to his senses, looked at the two meditation cultivators in front of him sympathetically. They were the target of the cold snort, and the tingling in their consciousness had just dissipated, and they froze in place. Thinking back to the terrible scene just now, these two ghosts were terrified.
"Look at what to see, and then see Lao Tzu beat you back to a cloud of yin qi. As soon as the strong man spoke, he suddenly found that he had said the wrong thing again, not only him, but even the one-eyed man was frightened and motionless, until he waited for a while, and did not see the thin old man come back, and then he breathed a sigh of relief.
"Look at this is Lord Du's territory, old ...... I won't be like you, so don't let me meet you next time. The strong man who suffered a loss poured all his anger on Deng An.
For this kind of verbal dispute, Deng An didn't dare to be interested and laughed it off.
What's more, at this time, he was thinking about the conversation between the two meditation cultivators just now, it was a rare thing to be able to meet a refining master, but he didn't know what the other party's temperament was, whether he was willing to guide him as a low-level meditation cultivator, if he had the opportunity, he might as well try his luck.
Seeing that Deng An didn't answer, the strong man felt like a punch on the cotton, with no power, and he felt very uncomfortable in his heart, wanting to continue to trouble the other party, and worried that the condensation period would go and return, and after scolding a few words in a low voice, he walked down quickly with the one-eyed man.
The method of entering the black pine forest is the same as that of Qianqiao Peak, Deng An handed over a snow spirit leaf at the entrance, and the management staff gave him a black stone tablet without questioning him.
As far as the eye can see, the gray-black pine trees stand quietly, like sharp swords piercing the sky, even if they are "dead", they are still defending their dignity.
In this pine forest, about every few dozen zhang, there will be one or two unusual pine trees, all of which are more than three or four zhang in diameter, but the height is average, even inferior to other pine trees, and the small pine trees around them, like the stars and the moon, surround them in the middle.
Deng An followed a winding forest path into the depths of the woods. Gradually, there were more meditations around him, and at the same time, he also found that the bottom of the thick pine trees in the forest had been dug out of large holes, and many meditations entered and exited them.
Not surprisingly, these tree holes are the caves of the black pine forest. However, the yin qi environment in the outer tree hole is average, and as long as you hold a black stone plaque, you can use it at will.
Deng An chose a nearby unoccupied tree hole and floated in.
The trees themselves were very thick, and the space inside the hollows was so large that they didn't feel any crowded, and he compared them to the study he had when he was alive.
Deng An used the black stone plaque to activate the formation at the entrance of the cave, and then took out the beast bone semi-underworld weapon obtained from Kong Nianqi. In order to be able to sell for a good price, some finishing must be done. Due to the large mutilation of the natural yin lines on the animal bones, it is impossible to work hard in this regard, and the only feasible way is to calcine, at least to increase the quality of this semi-dark vessel.
After careful observation, combined with his previous experience in exercising the semi-underworld weapon, Deng An was confident that he was 80% sure that he could improve the quality of this beast bone semi-underworld weapon.
As soon as he said it, Deng An condensed an off-white flame in his palm......
There is only one shop in the Black Pine Forest, located at an intersecting forest junction, and the surrounding pine trees are carved with odd-shaped weapons, making it easy to find the location.
"This fellow Daoist is here to buy weapons?"
As soon as Deng An walked into the cave of the big pine tree, a smiling cultivator greeted him. He conjured up a very young appearance, about a young man in his twenties.
At this time, there was a ghost in the appliance store standing in front of the cave wall, selecting the weapons hanging on it, and with a cautious attitude, Deng An replied quietly: "Let's take a look first." ”
The young man introduced it in three words and two sentences, and then stepped aside with interest.
Deng An carefully looked at the situation in the appliance store, because the pine tree occupied was thicker, the space of this tree hole was much wider, and it could accommodate seven or eight people at the same time.
There are many grooves dug in the cave wall of the appliance store, and a weapon is placed in each groove, they have different shapes, and the sources are varied, some are taken from the bones of demon beasts, some are tree branches, and some are like jade and stone, Deng An even saw a small piece of Tianhuo scorched wood, but its surface is covered with pieces of gray spots, and the quality is difficult to see.
These instruments can only be called weapons.
After turning around, Deng An's gaze fell on two three-foot-long beast bones. These two beast bones are different from other weapons, there are mysterious patterns on the surface, but they are incomplete, they obviously belong to semi-dark weapons, and the quality is similar to the beast bone of Kong Nianqi before it was processed.
Seeing that the cultivator who had selected the weapon had left, Deng An pointed to these two semi-underworld weapons and asked suspiciously, "Your store only has these two semi-underworld weapons for sale?"
Seeing that there was a big business to do, the young meditator introduced with great enthusiasm: "Originally, there were five pieces, because three of them were of slightly higher quality, and they were all arranged to be sold at the auction in the evening, if you are interested, you can wait until the evening to go to the Black Stone Platform in the middle of the black pine forest." ”
Deng Anxin moved and asked, "Is there a spirit artifact for sale at the auction?"
The young man's face showed a look of longing, and he said excitedly: "Of course, the finale item of the auction is the artifact refined by Master Zijin, in addition to the artifact, there are more than ten pieces of semi-artifact for sale, except for the three pieces in the store, all other cultivators are handed over to the store for auction, and Master Zijin will personally preside over this auction." ”