Chapter 10: Strange Beasts
Not long after Baguio and the others chased after them, this dark place that had just experienced a fierce battle, and was about to gradually regain its calm, only to hear the sharp sound of "instigation" from above, one white and one green, and two rays of light shè down, shook twice, and stopped temporarily, revealing a man and a woman in the light group, which were Li Xun and Yan Hong under the door of Incense Valley.
Li Xun's handsome face was also slightly surprised at the moment, and with the light of the magic weapon, he looked around, and said to Yan Hong: "Senior sister, I can't imagine that under this demon fox's lair, there is such a cave." ”
Yan Hong also had a little surprise on her face, and nodded: "Yes, I have never seen such a scene in my life, these many monsters, I am afraid that they have never appeared in the world," after a pause, she said in a low voice, "Senior brother, the situation here is weird, I am afraid that it is dangerous and abnormal, we must be careful." ”
Li Xun smiled faintly, a bit of arrogance appeared on his face, and said: "Senior sister, don't worry, forgive that demon fox for only five hundred years of Taoism, what a way!"
Yan Hong smiled slightly, and said: "Senior brother, you are extremely talented, and you are naturally not afraid of that demon, but if that 'six-tailed demon fox' is also by the side of the 'three-tailed demon fox', with its thousand-year-old Taoism, I am afraid that there will be some trouble." ”
Li Xun glanced at Yan Hong, showed a hint of a smile, and suddenly said: "Senior sister, although your words are good, I am afraid that I am very worried about my greed for merit as a senior brother, right?"
The corners of Yan Hong's mouth moved, and she said in a low voice: "Senior brother, you are too worried." ”
Li Xun turned around, glanced around, and said lightly: "Senior sister, do you feel that the temperature under this abyss is a little abnormal?"
Yan Hong nodded and said, "Yes, it seems to be hotter after going down so deeply." ”
Li Xun said: "It's not hotter, it's much hotter than usual, and I went all the way down, distracted and carefully looked at the black stone in this abyss, and concluded that this is the magma that erupted from the ground in ancient times, and cooled it." This abyss is probably a crater!"
Yan Hong let out a soft exhalation of "ah", and then the eye waves in her beautiful eyes flowed, and she immediately seemed to wake up in her heart, and said, "You mean ......?"
Li Xun continued: "Yes, that's what it means, the demon fox deliberately chose this crater as its lair. Three hundred years ago, the demon fox and a group of thieves were brave enough to enter the forbidden land of my Incense Valley and steal the Xuanhuo artifact. But when Uncle Shangguan who guarded the Divine Palace was, he rushed to show his might when he heard the news, and he was about to capture a group of demon foxes, only to hate the six-tailed demon fox and become a fish that slipped through the net. ”
Speaking of this, he suddenly sneered, and continued: "But Senior Uncle Shangguan's Taoism is profound, and the magic weapon 'Nine Cold Condensing Ice Thorn' he has refined is even more of a world-class treasure, and its power is incomparable. In the valley, I once heard the valley master say that although the six-tailed demon fox escaped by luck, it was pierced into the fox vein by Uncle Shangguan with the Nine Cold Condensing Ice Thorn, which damaged the foundation of its Taoism. In the past three hundred years, even if it does not die, it must be in pain, the way is scattered, and the ice is painful and hurtful at night, unless it is in a place where the sun is hot, it can relieve the pain a little. ”
Yan Hong smiled slightly and said, "In this way, most of those six-tailed demon foxes are under this abyss. Senior brother, you are far-sighted, and my little sister really admires you. ”
Li Xun's face showed a faint arrogance, and said: "We are disciples of the Incense Valley, and we have received the great favor of the master, so naturally we can't embarrass the teacher." This time, I only hope that God will bless, the things will be returned to their original owners, the artifacts will be returned to their places, and the demons will be punished. ”
Yan Hong smiled silently, Li Xun glanced at her and said, "Let's go." ”
Yan Hong's forehead, the two of them rose up, turned into light again, and rushed down the dark depths.
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Zhang Xiaofan's right hand was tightly grasping the burning stick, but his body was tightly strangled by the huge tentacles, and he almost heard the bones in his body "creaking" and moaning. All over the body, there was no pain, and he was carried by the huge tentacles and rushed down to the depths of the ground, the wind blew and his face hurt, but he felt that the Venus in front of him flashed wildly, and his mind was chaotic, and some terrifying pictures kept flashing.
The length of this tentacle is really terrifying, and it is about five zhang away, Zhang Xiaofan suddenly took advantage of the glimmer in the chaos, and glanced around in a panic, only to see that the front was already at the bottom of this abyss, there was no grass around here, only there was a huge stone cave on the stone wall in front of him, ten zhang high, seven or eight zhang wide, and it was pitch black inside, and it was deep and could not see the bottom.
This huge tentacle is a monster sticking out of this huge stone cave, and when I see its back end at this moment, it is even more huge, I really don't know what its whole body looks like if it is a creature.
Zhang Xiaofan was waved in the air by the tentacle, and he couldn't help but be dragged into the stone cave by it, but at this moment, the ghost light at the entrance of the huge stone cave flashed, and the long-disappeared three-tailed demon fox suddenly appeared with the Xuanhuo Jian in his hand.
As soon as she looked up, she saw Zhang Xiaofan being tightly grasped by this huge tentacle, seeing that she had no power to fight back, her soft face flashed with murderous aura, and she was about to turn around and say something to the cave. But somehow, she seemed to think of something again, suddenly stopped again, turned her head, took a deep look at Zhang Xiaofan, who was struggling in pain but useless, sighed, and said in a low voice: "Look at the way you look at the well of the full moon, you are also a lover, it's just, it's just." ”
As she spoke, she raised the Xuanhuo Jian in her hand and shone it into the huge stone cave, and at the same time let out a strange low whistle from her mouth, and her voice was so strong that it sounded like a fox barking in the wilderness.
After a while, as if he had received some order, the huge tentacle quickly shrank back into the stone cave with a "instigation", Zhang Xiaofan's eyes were dark, and he could no longer see any light, only felt that it was suddenly full of strange fishy bits, and the surface of the tentacle that was entangled with him was even more slippery, but somehow, he was unstoppable when he grabbed himself, and he couldn't even move at all.
At the same time, the three-tailed demon fox outside the cave heard the whistling sound, looked up, and saw two beams of gold and white above his head, rushing down. She sneered twice, her body flashed, and she retreated to the entrance of the cave, and the Xuanhuo Jian shone into the cave, and the fox bark similar to that just now came out of her mouth again.
Those two beams of light are naturally stones and Baguio, they saw that they had caught up with the three-tailed demon fox, and they were happy in their hearts, Baguio also had an extra heart, but they saw that there was no Zhang Xiaofan around, and they were worried again. But before the two of them could stabilize, with the movement of the three-tailed demon fox, in the huge stone cave, a violent wind suddenly rose, and a huge tentacle rushed out again, and it slammed towards the two of them.
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Zhang Xiaofan was trapped in the dark, dragged in by the tentacles, bumping and bumping on the stone wall of the cave along the way, which seemed to have turned a few corners, although there was no head and blood, but the gray face was inevitable, but in this place where the five fingers could not be seen, no one could see it.
I don't know how deep I dragged it in, but I felt that the fishy smell was getting stronger and stronger, but it was pitch black all around, and there was no light, so I couldn't see the surrounding situation clearly. But fortunately, although the huge tentacle was still tightly strangled around his body, the three-tailed demon fox seemed to have given an order not to hurt him for the time being, but the tentacle did not continue to tighten, and Zhang Xiaofan was able to temporarily breathe.
Finally, the huge tentacle stopped, in a dark place, no longer moving, but still tightly strangled Zhang Xiaofan.
Zhang Xiaofan gasped for breath, frightened.
Darkness is like a mountain, in front of oneself, endlessly.
Zhang Xiaofan suddenly felt that just in front of him, in the depths of the darkness, there might be an incredible huge monster entrenched here. At the thought of this, his whole body was cold from head to toe.
This ancient cave is as dark as ink as if no light has penetrated since ancient times, but this unknown world has given people the most ancient and deepest fears.
The huge tentacles wrapped around his body seemed to remind him all the time of what kind of incredible creature he would face in front of him.
Time seems to freeze.
In the distance, the sound of fighting and loud noises faintly appeared, and although the sound was low, it sounded a little familiar.
Suddenly, in the depths of the darkness, something seemed to throb uneasily. In the dark, there was a sudden fluctuation, although Zhang Xiaofan couldn't see it, but a thousand thoughts passed through his heart, secretly wondering if this huge monster's body was here, but he stretched out another tentacle and went to the outside of the cave to fight with Baguio and the others.
It's just that this thought didn't last long, Zhang Xiaofan suddenly found that the tentacles that had been no longer entangled around him suddenly seemed to be frightened by something, or for some other reason, and began to tighten again, although the speed was not very fast, but with the huge tentacles, the force of this pressure on the interior really had the potential to overwhelm the mountains.
Zhang Xiaofan's eyes were dark, his whole body was in pain, and he screamed, regardless of the fact that he was supported by his own Tai Chi Xuanqing Dao cultivation, but this tentacle was like a demon, with unstoppable power, but it couldn't be stopped.
Seeing that he only felt that the ribs in his chest were rattling and his blood was surging, Zhang Xiaofan couldn't care about it so much anymore, and rushed to the doctor in a hurry, and vigorously ran the other half of his secret practice, the Buddhist true method 'Dafa Prajna' from the Puzhi Monk of Tianyin Temple, hoping to resist for a while. Unexpectedly, it was unlucky, as soon as it was lucky, this supreme true law of Buddhism and Qingyunmen Taoist thaumaturgy, the practice method is very different, and the way of luck is even more different.
At the same time, the huge tentacles in the outside world were constantly pressing, and the muscles and bones were cracked. Zhang Xiaofan was in the dark, at a loss, and his consciousness gradually blurred with the huge pressure.
At this moment, at this moment of life and death, an inexplicable paragraph of text suddenly flashed in his mind:
“...... There is no punishment in the heavens, and there is no name in the praise, so it is said that there is no self, no one, no sentient beings, and no longevity, that is, the light. Holding a righteous path, the inner body is self-sufficient, and the heaven and earth are also based on the heart. ......”
These words, as if lit up in the depths of his heart, echoed in his mind. This is the text in the general outline of the first volume of the 'Book of Heaven', which originally puzzled him, how the two practice methods of Buddhism and Taoism are fundamentally different, and how they can be merged into one in the end.
But at this moment, he was in a Jedi, his whole body was torn, and he was really in a state of ten thousand sufferings, somewhere in his mind, but for some reason, he gradually became clearer, and even ignored the pain in his heart, only echoing those words that were deeply in his mind:
“......
Therefore, in the place of movement, it is the heart of heaven and earth to see.
Therefore, there is no reality and no fiction.
Therefore, heaven and earth are left to nature, and nothing is done and nothing is created.
If you don't have it, you won't be able to prepare it!
......”
The burning stick that had been held in his hand all along, but had lost its luster, suddenly lit up again.
The faint blue light shone faintly.
A cold cold sensation swims through the body.
Zhang Xiaofan couldn't see anything in the dark, but his eyes widened, and only one sentence echoed in his mind: "If the old thing doesn't exist, it's not enough to prepare...... If the old thing does not exist, it is not enough to prepare...... If the things do not exist, they are not enough to prepare them......"
"Ahh
He raised his head to heaven and screamed, but his voice was hoarse.
"If you don't have it, you won't be able to prepare it!"
The two qi of Dafa Prajna and Tai Chi Xuanqing Dao, who had been fighting in his body, suddenly resembled a flood of rivers and a sea, and after a violent collision, they surged out from his right arm and forced into the burning stick of Hei Sè.
In a moment, the burning stick shone brightly, and under the halo of Xuanqing sè, the body of the stick seemed to be stimulated by something, and the slightest veins were clear every minute, and even the blood was as if it had received fresh blood, faintly pulsating and throbbing, as if flowing with dark red faint and strange blood.
"Gurgle, cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck, ......"
Accompanied by the vision of the burning stick, Zhang Xiaofan's body made abnormal noises everywhere, but it was not the sound of bones breaking, it sounded like a violent heartbeat, like blood plasma boiling, and more like a skin piercing hole, but there was nothing unusual around him!
Unconsciously, Zhang Xiaofan regained his consciousness, looked at it, and didn't think clearly about what changes in his body, but found that he was still strangled by the huge tentacles, but the difference is that after his epiphany just now and forced the two true methods of Buddhism and Taoism into the burning stick, the burning stick has already exuded a slightly different brilliance from the previous rì, in the light of Xuanqing sè, there are faint wisps of golden light, and there is a faint blood-red light that is swaying, with some hideous, terrifying, and extremely clear.
And this halo had barely stretched out the tentacles around him for a small distance, but then Zhang Xiaofan realized that the power of this huge tentacle was too strong, as if he noticed that after Zhang Xiaofan's resistance suddenly became stronger, the force that pressed inward was also ten times more powerful and pressed back in. In just a moment, the magic weapon aperture that was re-raised by the burning stick was already shaking and could no longer be supported.
Zhang Xiaofan is not a fool, how can he not know that if he continues like this, it will be a dead end. At the moment, he took a big risk, gritted his teeth ruthlessly, urged the mana with all his might, and the light of the burning stick was instantly sheng, taking advantage of this last opportunity, Zhang Xiaofan roared lowly, and drove the burning stick like an emergency lightning shè, hitting the tentacles that trapped him.
I only heard a muffled sound of "poof", and the burning stick was completely submerged, and it stabbed into it like a divine blade.
In the darkness, the only burning stick that emitted light sank into the tentacle, and the surroundings suddenly darkened, without a trace of light. Feeling the dark breath and the boundless dead silence around him, Zhang Xiaofan held his breath for a moment.
"Suddenly!"
A ray of light suddenly appeared, and from above the tentacle, it was pierced by this light A large hole, revealing the strange light of the burning stick.
"Suddenly!"
There was another muffled sound, and on the other side of the tentacle, another ray of light rushed out!
Immediately afterwards, the sound of "suddenly, suddenly, suddenly!" continued to sound, Zhang Xiaofan opened his mouth slightly, looking at the huge tentacles trapped in him, but at this moment, it was like a piece of tissue paper constantly being pierced, and more and more light came out from it, illuminating the surrounding ground for several feet, and also illuminating himself.
Soon, Zhang Xiaofan felt that the tentacle that was trapped in him slipped down weakly, and at this moment, the burning stick also pierced through the tentacle and flew back into his hand. With the halo of the burning stick, Zhang Xiaofan saw that in the underground, the huge tentacles were scarred, and they were scorched and cracked everywhere, which was very different from the strong and slippery appearance of Shicai.
He had just escaped from the ghost gate, and he was terrified, and the monster in front of him was also strange, suffering from this huge trauma, it was still silent, but it seemed that there was no pain.
Zhang Xiaofan gasped and was trying to find his way out, but he only heard that in the darkness in front of him, there was a dark scream, and a huge wind rushed like a mountain, a little closer, Zhang Xiaofan took advantage of the faint light, looked around, and was almost so frightened that his jaw fell, only to see that a huge tentacle rushed out of the depths of the darkness, and the black shadow danced wildly, I don't know how many.
This tentacle almost killed him, how can he still be in this situation, the end can be imagined. Zhang Xiaofan didn't want to think about it, he burned the fire stick with one move, flew up, turned around and left, but he flew out less than a zhang, and with a "bang", he hit the extremely hard stone wall with a stick.
This pain penetrated to the bones, and the collision was really not light, and I vaguely felt that there was something wet and greasy on my face, but I was afraid that I would see blood, but where could I take care of so much at this moment.
It's just that he is now trapped in this dark cave, like a blind man, and when he was caught by the tentacles just now, he was dragged with all kinds of meat, and he can't remember where he came at all. At the moment, he was like a headless fly, holding a burning stick, almost completely relying on instinct and the great sound of the wind, crashing around in this cave, accidentally hitting the stone wall, and hiding for a while anyway.
But the tentacles in the darkness are not only huge, but also very flexible, Zhang Xiaofan fled for his life, but only listened to the roar of the wind behind him, clinging to his back, he couldn't help but be terrified, at the moment of life and death, he closed his eyes, screamed, and rushed forward with a burning stick regardless of a qiē, just hoping to be as far away from the life-seeking tentacle as possible.
Unexpectedly, under the power of his desperate running, although the speed of the burning stick increased dramatically, the stone wall in front of him did not give face, did not fly over three zhang, and with a "boom", it hit the stone wall again.
But this time it seemed a little strange, the stone wall there seemed to be relatively weak, and after a collision, it was actually hit straight in, and some light came out of it, and there was a blazing heat wave, rolling in.
Zhang Xiaofan was taken aback, but before he came back to his senses (in fact, there was no way to come back to his senses, no matter how hard his head was, no matter how strong the magic weapon was to protect his body, such a collision would also make his head and feet dizzy), he only felt that his body was empty, but the whole person fell into a narrow and downward inclined corridor, and rolled straight down.
I don't know how long this roll will take, but along the way, Zhang Xiaofan was in chaos, only feeling that the surroundings were full of red light, and at the same time, the heat wave was blazing, the tentacles were extremely hot, and there were several times when he touched the wounds, and his eyes were even more painful.
In fact, if you tell the truth, Zhang Xiaofan can survive until now, but I am afraid that it is more like a stone than the stone that is fighting outside.
Finally, the tumbling body stopped, Zhang Xiaofan was bleeding from the corners of his mouth, his face was full of scars, and his whole body seemed to be about to fall apart, and he slowly raised his head in moaning.
Then, he froze.
In front of me, there was a huge underground cavern, but unlike before, it was full of red-hot magma, forming a scorched lake that filled the entire cavern underneath. From time to time, there are heat waves on the surface of the lake, bubbles rise, then burst, and even more turbulent places, like cháo tides, the hot magma does not bounce up until it is in the air. And the red sè flame emitted by the magma illuminates this huge cave into a red sè world.
As for Zhang Xiaofan himself, he was on a platform above the magma lake, and there was an upward tunnel behind him, from which he rolled down. And directly in front of him, at the end of the platform, near the almost unbearable heat of the red-hot magma, was an oval-shaped stone nest on which lay a white fox.
White sè, big fox!
Its eyes were closed, as if it was sleeping peacefully, and its body was curled up, very quiet.
It's very, beautiful!
Zhang Xiaofan slowly stood up, held his breath, and walked slowly towards it.
Slowly, step by step, walked over.
The heat wave became hotter and hotter, and Zhang Xiaofan's face was flushed, but he didn't even realize it. His wide-eyed eyes looked only at the pretty, beautiful, gentle, quiet fox, and behind it.
There, at the pretty fur, quietly curls its tail.
Small and beautiful fur, bifurcated but harmonious, with a total of six tails.
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