Chapter 19: The Black Cave
After returning to the sect, the pillar returned to a peaceful life, practicing every day, drawing talismans, learning spells, and now there is one more, practicing sword skills. Zhu Zi didn't dare to borrow the advanced sword technique of practicing qi, so he could only retreat to the second, what he is now learning is the "Wind Sword Technique" that can be learned in the middle of qi training, this sword technique is about the word "fast", fast as the wind, fast as electricity, before the enemy reacts, my flying sword has cut off its throat and passed through its heart!
I saw the pillar standing in the middle of the field, and a black shadow shuttled back and forth within ten zhang around him, and the sharp whistle of "Xiu Xiu Xiu" was endless, which was the sound of a sharp blade cutting through the air. A moment later, the ten stakes standing around him were all chopped into pieces and scattered to the ground, and the pillar nodded in satisfaction, the sword trick was almost small.
As soon as the pillar waved its sleeves, the ground rolled up like a wave, and all the debris was like foam on the water surface that was driven by the ground waves to pile up in a corner, and someone would naturally clean it up when the time came, but there was no need to worry about the pillar anymore. This spell is an auxiliary mid-level spell "Earth Wave Technique", which has a certain promotion effect on spells such as "Earth Walking Technique" and "Mire Technique", and has a wide range of effects, so there are many people who learn it.
At this time, there was a "creaking" sound from outside the door, and the pillar knew that someone was visiting, and it was estimated that it should be Ouyang Yanran, and the pillar had promised to explore the Black Evil Cave with her, and at the same time look for some kind of spirit grass. Ordinary plants can't grow at all, if you go to other places, the pillar may not necessarily go, after all, he has already practiced the tenth layer of qi, and he is going to start preparing for the promotion to the foundation building period, but it is said that there is a kind of spiritual grass called "fire evil root" growing in the earth demon cave, although it is extremely rare, but if you are lucky, you can still have some harvest, this kind of spiritual grass is necessary for the pillar to cultivate the nameless exercises, just take this opportunity to go out and practice, and moreover, the fire evil root is also a kind of main medicine necessary for refining the foundation building pill, which is precious and abnormal.
The magic spells practiced by earth monks can provide great convenience for exploring in caves, "Earth Walking" can facilitate dodging and escaping, "Vajra Protection" can provide protection, and "Fossil Technique" can open up passages...... , The pillar is an earth-based single spirit root, which is more advantageous than ordinary cultivators who cultivate earth-based magic techniques in this situation, and his cultivation is not weak, otherwise people will not find him.
Opening the door, a beautiful girl stood gracefully in front of the door, sure enough, it was Ouyang Yanran, and there were 4 young disciples with cold expressions standing behind her.
"Senior Brother Qingtian, how are you ready, can you leave today?"
The pillar nodded: "Yes." ”
Everyone is not a person who drags mud and water, and after a little preparation, a group of 6 people set off.
The Black Mountain Range was thousands of miles away from the Spirit Sword Sect, and for them to be low-level cultivators in the Qi cultivation period, the distance was extremely far, after all, they didn't have the ability to fly to the world now.
Seven or eight days later, the pillars came to the nearest gate station to Montenegro, which was still dozens of miles away from Montenegro, because the entire Black Mountain Range was full of evil qi, affecting the surrounding dozens of miles without grass, plus the evil qi was extremely harmful to low-level monks and ordinary people, so these places were deserted, even if the sect of the Spirit Sword Sect was stationed in front of Montenegro.
When they arrived at the station, it was already a red evening. The resident deacon personally led the guards to greet them at the door, this deacon was an old man who looked 6 or 70 years old, wearing a gray and black neat outer door deacon's robe, his gray hair was meticulously tied into a bun, his body was slightly fat, his face was white, his eyes were squinting and smiling, and he looked kind.
"All the junior brothers and sisters have come thousands of miles to my remote place, which really makes us shine here! Come in and rest. The old deacon said with a smile on his face.
Ouyang Yanran didn't speak, but a young disciple behind her said impatiently: "Old man, don't take advantage of it, hurry up and ask someone to prepare a hot water room for us, we have to go to Montenegro tomorrow, but I don't have time for you mushrooms!"
"Okay, everyone, please come in, the hot water for the meal will be fine later!" said the old deacon, whose face stiffened slightly, and then smiled widely. Zhu Zi secretly said in his heart: This old man has a good temper, and he can mix up everywhere! How did he end up in such a remote station? However, this is none of my business, and it is better to worry less about this leisure.
Although it is remote here, the food is not bad, and the accommodation is clean and tidy, especially the "three coriander" that is a special product here recommended by the old deacon, which has an excellent taste, and it is full of fragrance in the mouth, which makes people have an endless aftertaste, and the pillar is a great eat, even Ouyang Yanran and a few arrogant young people have eaten a lot.
The next day, everyone took supplies and walked to Montenegro, and the distance of dozens of miles passed in a flash in a short time with the blessing of "Earth Walking Technique" and "Wind Technique".
After they left, the old deacon, who had been smiling all the time, suddenly restrained the smile on his face, walked into his room, carefully closed the doors and windows, and then walked to a pair of ink paintings hanging on the wall, took off the Hanmei picture of this famous teacher's painting, and then gently turned the iron nail nailed to the wall, "Click" With a slight sound of blinking, a small dark compartment slowly opened on the wall, and there was a thin booklet in it, the old deacon solemnly took out the booklet and opened it, all of which were written in small letters, and after turning a few pages, he finally stopped, and Ouyang Yanran's name was written in a conspicuous position on it, the old deacon took out a pen, drew a circle in front of the name, and then carefully put it back in place, and then restored everything, everything that just happened as if it had never happened.
The peaks of Montenegro are extremely majestic and tall, the whole body is blue and gray and deep, lifeless, looking at it from afar, it is more gloomy and lonely than the tomb, like the tomb of countless ancient demons, so it is also called the Devil's Tomb Mountain, the Black Devil Mountain in the local area. When you get closer, you can clearly see that countless shapeless and invisible earth-shattering true qi rises up, enveloping the entire mountain range, soaring into the sky, distorting the surrounding space air, like a mirage, not in the real space, making people afraid to retreat and dare not approach.
It was the first time for the six of them to see such a spectacle, and although they had thaumaturgy, they were still shocked and speechless, and they were afraid. However, there are many records of the sect here, countless predecessors have come to practice, everyone is still prepared here, be careful, don't go too deep, the small life is still guaranteed, plus there are life-saving hole cards, as long as you don't encounter too powerful monks above the foundation can resist one or two.
Ouyang Yanran obviously came prepared, she took out a one-foot-square map and unfolded it, and the rest of the people gathered around to observe it together, this map was extremely complex, with dense lines of various colors, and many small characters, symbols, and marks.
"Let's enter through this entrance," Ouyang Yi pointed to somewhere on the edge of the map, and then pointed to one of the long, twisted green lines, "Then follow this line straight underground, to reach a certain evil pool, this is our destination this time, if nothing else, we will be able to return on the fourth day." ”
"Senior sister, then let's go now!" A young disciple with a long face and purple robe said in a firm tone: "We have all practiced Qi above the 7th level, and with a few of us here, this trip is absolutely safe and sound, and there is no difficulty!" This person's voice was loud and clear, and he seemed to be able to do what he said, extremely confident in his own strength, able to sweep away all difficulties and obstacles, but glanced at the pillar contemptuously when he spoke.
The pillar was silent, too lazy to talk to this newborn calf, it was meaningless, and in the end it was necessary to rely on strength to prove it.
The Black Mountain Range is extremely vast and vast, stretching for nearly thousands of miles, and is located at the junction of the four major sects of the Spirit Sword Sect, the Heavenly Sword Sect, the Wuxia Sect, and the Demon Soul Sect, and the four major sects have disciples who have experienced here. There are countless entrances and exits in the black evil hole, which is shrouded in evil air all the year round, the wind is whistling, the interior is deep and dark, there are many forks, a cave is connected with three or four forks is extremely common here, so it is extremely easy to get lost, many disciples have never come back after getting lost in it, and later, there is a sect that invented a special magic weapon "level" As long as you carry it on your body, you can know whether you are going up or down, so it is easy to find an exit, because the bottom of the Black Devil Cave is underground, as long as you go up, you can always find an exit in the end. The various sects followed suit, and for this operation, the pillar also gritted their teeth and spent a spirit stone to buy one, just in case.
Everyone slowly walked along the cave passage, although the name of the Black Demon Cave has a black character, but the cave is not too dark, the evil aura that fills the entire cave mountain range makes the cave filled with a faint blue light, relying on this light, everyone who enters the cave can barely observe the surrounding environment. However, these evil qi also have a lot of poison to the human body, and low-level monks need to run the aura every once in a while to expel these evil qi from the body, so as not to die from being poisoned too deeply, and only innate monks can be unimpeded in this environment.