Chapter 70: The Opposite of the Other
In the cold and silent ruins, a long howl suddenly sounded. I saw a figure flash, and a soul body condensed like black jade jumped out of a stone house.
At this time, Deng An had recovered to his former appearance, and the aura coming out of his body was completely different from that of the Nayin period, and his soul body was like carved from black jade, without any illusory feeling. He moved his hands and feet a little, and although this body was too far from the real physical body, it still excites him to be able to regain some sense of mastering his body.
Recalling the calamity of the heart fire, Deng An was secretly rejoicing. Because according to Huang Xingchu's statement, the number of meditations that can survive this catastrophe is often five or five. However, when he went through the tribulation, he was very calm, and there was no "heart fire", and even after experiencing it, he couldn't believe it was true for a while.
Thinking that he was able to condense the ghostly fire, the soul body had a strong immunity to the "fire", and there was also the refining of the Falling God Flower, and the "heart fire" did not appear due to the above factors. However, this is only Deng An's personal inference, he has not seen the relevant information.
Deng An looked at the ruins around him, his vision was still in the soul core, this was an instinctive reaction made by the body, these actions seemed very redundant, but for Deng An, who had not been dead for a long time, he did not feel inappropriate, but was very accustomed to it. His gaze quickly settled on the mask, and he muttered softly, "It's time to get ready to leave." ”
However, Deng An did not leave immediately, but returned to the stone house after his mood calmed down. Before leaving the valley, he must also prepare some killer weapons to deal with the dangers he is about to face, spells, magic weapons, etc., are the first choice to quickly improve his strength.
It's a pity that these two things are priceless and marketless in the nearby meditation gathering point, so he can only retreat to the next best thing and strengthen the existing means.
First, Deng An took out the wooden block from Yin Heirong.
Five years ago, when he escaped from Grimace's men, he used a wooden block to defend against the Bone Fork Half-Immortal Weapon, and he made an unexpected discovery, but he never had time to verify it, and if this guess is true, then his fire control skills will have a chance to be greatly improved.
With the unparalleled power of the Ghost Fire, it means that he has mastered a powerful spell.
Without any hesitation, Deng An popped a ghostly fire into the wooden block.
When the ghost fire touched a carved vermilion bird, it was immediately absorbed by the pattern, and the wooden block immediately flashed and was released, if it weren't for Deng An'an's attention, I am afraid that the ghost fire did not touch the wooden block at all, but was stopped in the middle of the road.
Deng An was slightly disappointed, and couldn't help but be silent. The process was a bit odd, but the results weren't the same as what he had observed. He carefully recalled the scene at that time, and gradually revealed a hint of enlightenment, and a ghostly fire popped out again.
This time, Deng An's target was a side carved with a golden crow on the wooden block.
As before, the ghost fire instantly melted into the wooden block, and then, it was immediately reflected, and the form of the flame showed some changes, much like a bird. However, it only lasted for a short time before it reverted to its normal flame form.
Seeing this, a smile appeared on Deng An's face, no wonder Yin Heirong's fire control technique was so exquisite, it turned out to be all the credit of this wooden block. Although there is no description of it in the information he has, it is thought to be an auxiliary device for practicing fire control. Thinking of this, he couldn't help but get excited, the value of this kind of instrument is absolutely above the spiritual weapon.
But as soon as he saw the crack on it, Deng An felt heartache, he knew that this thing was so precious, and he would not take it out to fight with the grimace's ghostly weapon. But then again, if it weren't for his original actions, he probably wouldn't have discovered the role of the wooden block now.
Deng An reined in his mind and popped out a ghostly fire again.
Compared with the first time, he could clearly feel that the moment the ghost fire touched the wooden block, it seemed to be cared for by some kind of force, causing it to change according to a certain law, and this change was fed back into his consciousness, making him have a little more enlightenment.
Deng An changed to a few other interviews and tried, and found that it was relatively easy to condense the forms of golden crows and snakes, while tigers and spiders were a little difficult, and they could only do it reluctantly, as for wolves and vermilion birds, they were all unresponsive, and none of them succeeded.
Deng An speculated that there should be a progressive relationship between them, mainly reflected in the user's cultivation, the golden crow and the snake belong to the Nayin period meditation can be practiced, the tiger and the spider belong to the condensation stage, and the wolf and the vermilion bird can only meet the conditions if they have a pill.
Confirming the effect of the wooden block, Deng An did not rush to practice, but took out a fang-shaped semi-underworld weapon, which could only be regarded as a weapon at best, and the help to him was not obvious.
Deng An hesitated for a moment, and decisively sacrificed the ghostly fire. After his cultivation was improved, the power of his ghost fire also increased somewhat. He seemed to know that if this semi-immortal weapon was refined again, would the quality of its embryo be able to break through. Even if you can't meet the conditions for becoming a spiritual artifact embryo, even if you reach the best quality, it is also a good result.
It's a pity that the ideal is beautiful, but the reality is cruel.
After all, this fanged semi-dark weapon belonged to a first-order demon beast, and its quality was not improved, but under the training of the ghostly fire, it turned into a ball of ashes, which made Deng An feel sad every time he thought of it for a long time.
Thankfully, he didn't experiment with the Evil Tiger Jade Staff. With this top-grade semi-underworld weapon, when fighting against ordinary condensed meditation cultivators, it will not completely fall into disadvantage in terms of weapons or magic weapons.
A month later, Deng An left the site. His preferred direction is the ruins of Grimace and Chen Youzhi. According to Yin Chengkey's introduction to Yin Wind Valley, Yin Wind is on the periphery, while the Sea of Fog is on the inside, and it is on the dividing line between Yin Wind and the Sea of Fog, and the two are clearly distinguished, so it is easy to confirm the exit direction of Yin Wind Valley.
With the improvement of cultivation, the spiritual power in Deng An's requiem is now more than ever, even without the help of the toothless half-spiritual weapon, the time to persist in this sea of fog is far greater than the beginning.
Deng An was familiar with the road, and he was very lucky not to encounter that huge whirlwind, and it didn't take long for him to reach another ruin. This time, he didn't see a grimace outside the mask, and out of an abundance of caution, he made sure that there was no ambush nearby before entering inside.
As for whether it was the same as last time, Grimace deliberately planned to let him in, Deng An was not too worried, he had already advanced to condensation, as long as there was a certain amount of full distance, even if he was defeated, he was fully capable of escaping. But when he searched the ruins, he didn't find the whereabouts of Grimace, presumably the other party left the Yin Wind Valley early after recovering from his injuries.
Among the ruins, Deng An didn't find anything of value except for the teleportation array in the central stone house, and he had expected that even if there were, they would probably be looted by Grimace and Chen Youzhi, so he didn't feel disappointed.
For the secret of the bottom of the Yin Wind Valley, Deng An wanted to find out, but he knew very well that it was difficult to do it with his current strength, even if he wanted to go, he would have to wait until later.
The blood is deep and has to be avenged, and the time is urgent, so it has to be done.
After resting for half a day, Deng An chose the direction of the yin wind.
However, the fierceness of the yin wind in the valley was completely beyond his imagination. The yin wind in the passage when they came was simply like a glowing fire and a bright moon, and there was no comparison. He only walked out of more than three hundred zhang, but was blocked by the huge wind, and in the yin wind in front of him, not only the wind blade, but also the ghost fires appeared.
Deng An suddenly had an illusion that he was in the opposite direction, because judging from the experience he had drawn before, only the further he went into the depths of the Yin Wind Valley, the greater the resistance he would encounter.
In addition, Deng An was able to condense the Yin Flame, and with its restraint on the Yin Wind, he could barely get out of the three hundred zhang, so the mid-condensation meditation he had seen three years ago would not have the ability to pass through the Yin Wind at all, let alone the ruins he was in.
Perhaps, after the sea of fog, it is still a cloudy wind.
Thinking of this, Deng An's eyes suddenly brightened, and the ruins that Grimace and Chen Youzhi occupied first happened to be located at the junction of the two, which was the innermost side of the sea of fog. Now that he had come to his conclusion, he stopped and returned to the ruins.
After resting for a few hours, Deng An set off again.
This time, his direction was in the sea of fog, and soon, the previous speculation was supported by some corroboration, and as he moved forward, the sea of fog seemed to be weaker against the erosion of the fire shield.
In the sea of fog, huge whirlwinds appeared from time to time, although Deng An was already condensing meditation, but still did not dare to touch it closely, once encountered, he could hide and hide, and retreat if he could. For the sake of prudence, there were several times when the power of the underworld was consumed too much, and then he returned to the ruins to recover.
Gradually, the Valley of the Shade Wind seemed to get narrower and narrower.
This conclusion was judged by Deng An based on the slight flow of the sea of fog, the frequency of the appearance of the whirlwind, and the sound of the wind blowing the rocks on both sides.
At a certain moment, Deng An suddenly heard a whistling sound in front of him.
His instinctive face changed, and he was about to dodge behind, but he soon realized that the voice had not moved, indicating that it was not a whirlwind in front of him, but an ordinary yin wind.
At the same time, the flow speed of the sea of fog here is much faster than that behind it, which makes the field of vision relatively wide, and you can see more than ten zhang away.
Deng An found that black mountains appeared on both sides. If the speculation is correct, this narrow area is the junction of the sea of fog and the outer yin wind, and as long as he passes through it, he can enter the yin wind. With his condensation period of cultivation, it is easy to pass through the following sections.
Suddenly, Deng An felt as if he was being targeted by a poisonous snake, and a chill inexplicably rose in his consciousness, and he couldn't help but stop moving forward and looked around vigilantly.
"Hehe, hehe, haha......" After an unusually shrill long laugh, before Deng An could distinguish the direction of the voice, then another inhalation sound: "Sizzle......"
Deng An's chill was born from his heart, and he only heard that his scalp was numb. Of course, his hair is made of yin qi, but some of the feelings he retained before his death can still be deeply experienced.
Deng An tried hard to grasp the direction of the sound, but it flickered far and near, fluctuating, and after distinguishing it for a long time, he still couldn't find the place where it came from, and at this time, the surrounding fog was still the same, and there was no suspicious change.