Chapter 359 Nameless Seal
"Elder Qiao Yun, wouldn't it be better not to go any further?"
"Huh? What are you talking about?"
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Standing at the outermost edge of the team, Bian Qing and Su Yulang watched the scene in front of them with cold eyes.
The person who spoke first was the disciple who usually liked to get in front of Elder Qiao Yun, and Elder Qiao Yun also liked to tell him some things. Therefore, when everyone's opinions differed from Elder Qiao Yun's, it was natural that this time Let this person go forward and ask for information.
Then -
as expected, he was scolded by Elder Qiao Yun.
Looking around, there was endless darkness ahead. Although the atmosphere behind was equally heavy, the gray sky still gave people a chance to breathe.
Because Su Ziyi mentioned it before, Bian Qing and Su Yulang quickly recognized each other's identity as soon as they fought against the black ghost, and successfully fought back. But other disciples were not as lucky as them. Even if they did not lose their lives, they were more or less injured, and these injuries increased in the subsequent battles, which was simply despairing.
Therefore, after losing two disciples, everyone unanimously decided to quit and tried to dissuade Elder Qiao Yun, who was still preparing to go deeper, from leaving this place.
However, it failed.
"It's just a mere setback, but you just want to back down?" Elder Qiao Yun looked ordinary, but when his eyes widened, the aura inside them was so terrifying that all the disciples dared not look directly at him. Holding a black sign that she just got in her hand, Qiao Yun reprimanded her with hatred: "Since ancient times, most of the inheritance of magic has disappeared. Nowadays, most of the inheritance of weapon refining is the result of the lifetime efforts of the predecessors." " For
a possibility, they have been forging day and night next to the weapon refining pool for several years or even ten years." "For a
new spiritual material, they went deep into dangerous places, regardless of their own safety, Regardless of the final result, just for the hope that is not even half achieved!" "
And now -" She waved her sleeves and pointed the hand holding the sign straight into the depths, her eyes were astonishingly bright, and her gaze was as hot as It's like scalding people. Like a fanatical believer, he is obsessed with the black brand: "A new spiritual material is placed in front of us. It can actually give birth to a kind of unconscious killing souls." Come, it can also contain and absorb an inexplicable energy. Isn't this enough for us to abandon everything and pursue it?"
As she spoke, the black sign in her hand had melted away bit by bit, and by the time she finally By the time I finished speaking a word, my palms were already empty. She retracted her hand and rubbed the palm of her hand. There was indescribable disappointment on her face, but she became high-spirited and turned her head to look at her disciples, trying to see a little bit of agreement with her point of view in them. .
Unfortunately, everyone turned their heads immediately and refused to meet her eyes.
The same is true for Bian Qing and Su Yulang.
Although the two of them were favored by Qiao Yun because of their abilities, their personal relationship was not close, so they did not intend to stand out as good disciples. When the others thought of the few dead disciples and the few pills and food they had with them, they felt despair in their hearts. How could they think of catering to Qiao Yun?
Therefore, after looking around, Qiao Yun was extremely disappointed.
But fortunately, she is the only foundation-building practitioner in their circle, and she is also the one with the highest status. Therefore, she was not too frustrated when she found that no one agreed with her. After all, just as her master said, the vast majority of people in the aristocratic family have mediocre talents and are not enterprising. There are not many geniuses like her who are willing to dedicate everything to weapon refining.
Therefore, she does not need to place high expectations on these people.
Turning around, she continued heading deeper without saying a word. She knew that those timid disciples would follow her for her protection, so there was no need to worry.
Sure enough, when the others saw Qiao Yun continuing to walk forward, although there was a look of pain on their faces, they continued to follow after exchanging bitter looks with each other. Bian Qing and Su Yulang were far away at the end of the team, secretly exchanging glances and making plans for the next step.
To be honest, when they were outside Adali City, even when the ground beneath their feet broke into pieces and their bodies fell, they were not as desperate as they are now.
They can no longer follow Elder Qiao Yun.
People will die.
The further you go, the higher the frequency of collective attacks from black ghosts, and the stronger the black ghosts are. Therefore, when they encountered another wave of black ghosts, Bian Qing and Su Yulang took advantage of the chaos and fled back without thinking. There were not many disciples like them, but more of them were interested in Qiao Yun. The elder's cultivation in the early stage of foundation building was a fluke, and he always felt that it would be safer to stay with the foundation building.
Unexpectedly, Elder Qiao Yun was already too busy to take care of them at this time.
With pills stuffed in their mouths and whips in their hands, Bian Qing and Su Yulang forced their way through the interception of the black ghost. When there was no longer a black ghost around them, they could still hear the screams of other disciples in the distance. Although Qiao Yun is building a foundation, she spends more time on refining weapons. How can she protect so many people? So being hit by this wave of fifty or sixty black ghosts, it was too normal for people to die.
The temporary safety did not make the two of them lower their guard, and they continued to rush out almost non-stop.
The scenery here all looks the same. There is no sun or moon, making it difficult to recognize the direction, but as long as they go outside, they will be safer after all.
Therefore, along the way, when they encountered black ghosts, they had to hide or flee. If they couldn't escape, they would take preemptive strikes. Although they were damaged, their situation was not too bad thanks to the large amount of pills Su Ziyi had prepared for them in advance, and because they subconsciously chose the direction with fewer black ghosts, they finally arrived here.
After taking back his memory, Bian Qing told Su Yulang to look at the seal and prepare food.
This seal originally came from this cave.
They didn't know what this seal was, but they had some vague guesses. When they picked up the seal, it was lying in a pile of gravel and dust. It was tattered and looked inconspicuous, so they just picked it up casually. Unexpectedly, they originally planned to rest in this cave, but after recovering all their spiritual power, their spiritual consciousness did not detect any black ghost approaching here.
At this point, they realized something might be wrong.
To be on the safe side, they stayed in the cave for five or six hours. In the end, it was discovered that it was not that the black ghosts disappeared, but that these things would directly change direction and float in other directions if they were within a mile of this place.
This discovery surprised and delighted them.
However, at the beginning, they were not sure what was blocking those black ghosts, so they could only try one by one. Then after a few attempts, they discovered that the black ghosts did not dare to approach here entirely because of this seal. As long as you carry this seal with you, those black ghosts will not come within one mile of them.
This is equivalent to sending them a protective magic weapon.
However, they soon discovered that the seal had to consume energy to block the approach of those black ghosts, otherwise it would continue to be damaged or even completely broken. This discovery made them a little panicked. After calming down, they began to try to repair the seal. They found that unless they continued to send spiritual power into the seal, it was impossible to prevent the seal from continuing to deteriorate.
This is not good news.
This place is too dangerous. If all the spiritual power is used to infuse the seal, what should they do if they encounter danger? Moreover, the loss of spiritual power is much faster than the recovery speed. When the spiritual power in both of their bodies is exhausted and the seal loses its ability to block the black ghost, what will they do then?
This series of questions caused the two people who were a little excited just now to fall silent again.
With the idea that they could not be trapped and die here, the two of them walked out of the cave and walked in the direction they had planned before. After receiving the seals in their storage bags, they naturally inevitably clashed with the black ghost again. As a result, they unexpectedly discovered that the black brands that they casually threw into the storage bags were actually absorbed by the seals. ! And are you still gradually repairing the damaged parts of the seal?
This was an unexpected surprise.
If putting the black brand in the storage bag was just an unintentional act before, then they did it intentionally. With the help of the seal, they avoided the black ghosts whose strength was higher than theirs and should not fight against them, and specialized in killing those black ghosts whose strength was similar or lower than theirs, and quickly stabilized the damage of the seal.
And as the number of battles increased, the two of them faintly discovered that their strength was slowly increasing?
After making this discovery, the two of them felt much calmer. They know that Su Ziyi must be worried about them now, but the place they are in is not simple at this time, and it must be difficult to find a way out, so instead of running into walls everywhere, it is better to work steadily and improve their strength while finding a way back.
Moreover, the two of them understood that after the accident happened to the two of them and it was reported back to Xuan Cang Sect, Su Ziyi would not be able to sit still and would definitely come to them.
So - when they thought that Su Ziyi might come here, the two of them became more and more unwilling to act rashly, fearing that they would miss out on Su Ziyi. Therefore, after getting the seal, I just hunted black ghosts around every day, hoping to stay in the cave and practice. This practice lasted four months.
Chapter 360 The turbid spirit of the ghost
Once again, Su Ziyi's heart was numb with disappointment and could no longer express any other emotions.
Without the sun, he had long lost his sense of time. He only knew that he had been looking for someone for a long time.
During this period of time, he met disciples of the Xuan Cang Sect and people from other forces, but more of them were corpses, and as time went by, there were more and more. Sometimes, because he lost his way, he returned to the same place, only to find new corpses on top of the old corpses. The new corpses also had storage bags containing a large number of supplies, and they obviously came in behind them. Practitioner.
I don’t know if Xia Zheng arranged for anyone to come here again.
But to be honest, Su Ziyi didn't want the other party to arrange for Xuan Cang Sect disciples to come in, because here, there was nothing but despair.
A few miles away, a fierce fight was taking place. Su Ziyi swept his consciousness and realized that they were not from the Xuan Cang Sect, so he planned to leave without thinking. But just as he was leaving, a message reached his ears from there. "Master Sudan, stay!" Su Ziyi was startled, blinked, and realized later that this seemed to be an acquaintance?
The distance of several miles is just a few breaths of time for Su Ziyi, who is already a foundation-building practitioner.
After passing through the obstruction of the black ghosts, Su Ziyi joined the battle, and together with this group of people, he eliminated nearly a dozen black ghosts that were strong enough to build the initial foundation, and then turned to look at the person who was transmitting the message to him. . Several years had passed, but when his eyes met, Su Ziyi immediately recognized the other person's identity from his romantic eyes. "Long time no see." Su Ziyi was stunned for a moment and then
said: "Qin Master." "Long time no see indeed." Qin Sikai left Xuan Cang City not long after Danbi, and Su Ziyi was busy joining Xuan Cang Sect.
Many things happened, so I didn’t notice them. By the time he noticed it, Qin Sikai had already disappeared, and he didn't even leave any news, except for the bottle of compound main medicine that he had given to Su Ziyi before.
In the past five years, Su Ziyi has been studying this main medicine. Although he has not completely understood it, he has cracked nearly 70-80% of it, and every time he tries it, he will think of Qin Sikai. Therefore, even if five years have passed, Su Ziyi is not unfamiliar with Qin Sikai, who is gentle on the surface but bohemian on the inside.
Unfortunately, this is not a good place to reminisce about the past.
Although the long sword in his hand had been chipped, Su Ziyi did not throw it away and continued to fight with it. He turned his eyes away from Qin Sikai and glanced at the others. Then he couldn't help but frown: "Master Qin, you..." He didn't know what happened to Qin Sikai after leaving Xuancang City. What, but the other party actually got involved with the evil cultivator, which he never expected.
As he spoke, his hand holding the sword couldn't help but tighten.
Qin Sikai glanced at his wrist, and a familiar smile appeared on his face. Behind him, those evil cultivators with colorful bodies didn't know whether it was because they were afraid of Su Ziyi or because of Qin Sikai. None of them had any other reaction to Su Ziyi's nervousness. Instead, they took a few steps back.
"It's nothing, I just met them by chance, and then I found it interesting." Qin Sikai leaned towards Su Ziyi with his sword, and said in a familiar and relaxed tone: "Master Sudan, you also know who I am." He blinked at Su Ziyi, and his apparently elegant and mature appearance was tinged with a sense of playfulness.
Hearing this, Su Ziyi felt a little embarrassed.
Indeed, for Qin Sikai, who has always been informal, as long as he finds it interesting, it is not unimaginable to get together with evil cultivators.
However, after all, he is now a member of Xuan Cang Sect, and his position is different from these evil cultivators. Therefore, no matter what Qin Sikai thought, he could not just ignore this group of people, especially when these people were still injured. After some calculation in his mind, the hand holding the sword couldn't help but lift up.
As soon as he moved, the atmosphere at the scene immediately changed.
Qin Sikai, who was in the middle position, immediately jumped out: "However, now that we have finally met Master Sudan again, why don't we two go together." With one sentence, he broke the tense atmosphere. , and intentionally or unintentionally blocked Su Ziyi's sight with his body, isolating the people on both sides.
Su Ziyi squinted his eyes, glanced at him, and then nodded.
When he and Zhu Lian separated, Zhu Lian said that he would catch up as soon as possible. However, it was just that this place was too big and there were many unexpected situations. Zhu Lian had not seen anyone yet. He will definitely encounter more problems along the way. It is indeed better to go with someone he is relatively familiar with.
Therefore, he agreed to Qin Sikai without much consideration.
When Qin Sikai saw that he had agreed, the smile on his face became even more sincere. Without saying a word, he took Su Ziyi's sleeve and flew the sword to other places without any intention of explaining to those evil cultivators. On the contrary, Su Ziyi looked back at those people, only to find that those people did not say a word as before, and had no expression on their faces, as if they were not concerned about what had just happened or about Qin Sikai leaving with him. Looks like you care.
Obviously they had many more people than him, but he might not be able to defeat them in a fight...
Before the strangeness in his heart grew stronger, Qin Sikai yanked Su Ziyi out of his thoughts with a fierce tug. He came out, and then he reluctantly broke away from the other party's hand. Su Ziyi knew that Qin Sikai dragged him away because he did not want to conflict with him, but the evil cultivator still changed his impression of Qin Sikai.
Therefore, when the other party asked about his experiences in the past few years, Su Ziyi's words were a bit vague.
And Qin Sikai didn't know whether he didn't care or didn't notice it, so he turned to talk about this incident. To Su Ziyi's expectation, Qin Sikai knew quite a lot about this accident: "This is an abandoned ancient battlefield, but it has not been exposed because it was sealed by the ancient power with a restriction. ." When he said this, his face was calm, as if this matter was not surprising. Exclusively compiled by Beiming.
This made Su Ziyi curious: "Master Qin, have you been to a similar place before?" He had been to the water realm, but it was completely different from here.
Not sure what he was thinking of, a trace of nostalgia appeared on Qin Sikai's face, and then he chuckled: "I've been there once or twice." His eyes swept across the dark sky, and the emotions in his eyes were a bit complicated
. : "It's just that none of them are as dilapidated as this one." In a few words, he described the ancient battlefield sites he had visited before. However, judging from his description, those sites were somewhat like small secret realms, similar to Mizusawa. The realm is average, but the resources are far inferior to the water realm.
"There are not so many black ghosts there." Qin Sikai casually killed several black ghosts in the early stage of foundation building that were surrounded from all sides. Su Ziyi couldn't help but be a little frightened by his skills. After being frightened, , is more cautious.
"Uh - I should say, it's a lot less." After thinking about it, Qin Sikai changed his words: "It's almost the same as the situation outside, just a little more desolate." As he spoke, he died. The number of black ghosts in the early stage of foundation building in my hand has reached five fingers: "There is no spiritual mine or spiritual grass, so I walked around in it and came out." "Then how did you get in? How did you get out
? "?" Hearing this, Su Ziyi couldn't help but ask.
The reason he entered the water realm was because he had the key in his hand, so he could enter on a special day. But here, entering here this time was a complete accident. Su Ziyi had no clue about the way out, so he couldn't help but ask.
When he asked, Qin Sikai showed a strange look on his face.
He did not answer Su Ziyi's question directly. Instead, after clearing the battlefield, he held several black plaques in his hand and stood opposite Su Ziyi with his sword. He said unhurriedly: "It's been so long since I came here. I believe Master Sudan has also discovered it." He was obviously talking about something very serious, but his expression always gave people the feeling that it was no big deal.
"The aura here -" He stretched out his hand and grasped it. Obviously he didn't catch anything, but it made people feel like he had caught something: "There is something weird in it, right?" Su Ziyi was startled
.
There was something wrong with the spiritual energy here. He had noticed it since he first came in, but he had never looked into it in detail. Now that Qin Sikai mentioned it, he realized that the matter was not as serious as he thought.
"Have you ever wondered what that weird thing is?" Qin Sikai smiled at Su Ziyi: "Master Sudan, it may be your first time to come to such a place, so you may be confused, but because I have visited several ruins, I have a little understanding of these things -" He raised his head and smiled in a self-deprecating way: "These things are the turbid air overflowing from the black ghost." Turbid air?
what is that?
Su Ziyi thought.
"turbid air - I came up with this word myself." Qin Sikai smiled at Su Ziyi without any embarrassment: "It corresponds to the spiritual energy seeping out of the spiritual materials. Although it is not very accurate - " He tilted his head: "But I think it's quite suitable."
"These turbid air can be purified by spiritual energy, and it can also swallow spiritual energy. Unfortunately, here -" He didn't need to say it, Su Ziyi also knew that this place, in addition to heaven and earth, Among the polluted spiritual energy, there is no other pure spiritual energy. The black ghosts are like a fish in water here, but the cultivators are in dire straits.
"So, I guess -" After laying the groundwork for so long, Qin Sikai finally revealed the final answer: "The reason why we were involved here is because the spiritual energy and turbid energy here are imbalanced, and we are in urgent need of external help. Intervened, so they brought us in. Similarly, if we want to go out, we need to help the spiritual energy here expel the turbid energy and restore balance." His words completely hit Su Ziyi's heart to the bottom.