Volume 1 The Wind Rises in Lingzhou Chapter 104 Spring Hunting in the Hundred Mountains (44)
After seeing the hot magma, which burst out from the mountain in an instant, Xu Yan and Bai Bing, who were in the Dushan Mountain at this moment, couldn't help but glance at each other, but immediately reacted.
Ignoring the four powerful spirit beasts in the night sky, Zi Yunluan, who were constantly circling and exuding an incomparably rich aura, and also the various spirit beasts that were in Dushan at the moment, startled by the volcanic eruption, Xu Yan just looked at the magma that kept rolling towards him, and hurriedly said to Bai Bing Chuanyin: "We have to leave this place quickly and go to the South Cave Peak, while Ziyunluan and those spirit beasts are still not taking care of us, otherwise when the volcano stops erupting, we will be in danger." ”
Bai Bing also flashed a trace of solemnity in his very good-looking eyes, but he didn't have the slightest objection, just replied: "Okay, then let's go quickly!"
Seeing that she had no opinion, Xu Yan immediately stopped staying, turned around and left quickly.
The final distance from here to Nandong Peak was not too far, but the two of them still walked cautiously.
The scene of the volcanic eruption before Xu Yan and Bai Bing had not expected it before entering the mountain, but they would never let their guard down on it just because it attracted the attention of those powerful spirit beasts. Because when they set off again, it was only in the space of three quarters of an hour, Xu Yan sensed that several cultivators were more dangerous than his own and the aura of danger swept through him, but due to the shaking mountains and rivers under his feet, as well as the huge movement caused by the volcano, these spirit beasts still had no time to take care of the two outsiders.
A 'natural disaster' from the natural world, after three hours of commotion, finally calmed down, but at this time, even in the entire Wuzhou continent, the sky was already bright, because the time had come to about two quarters of the hour.
Today's weather, no longer raining, although there is still no sunshine in the sky, but at least it is no longer cloudy, but revealing layers of dense white clouds like cotton wool are converging with each other, moving slowly, and from time to time, there are still a number of dazzling rays of light through these clouds, falling in these in Lingzhou, the most primitive mountains and rivers.
Compared to those spirit beasts that had gradually calmed down after the volcano stopped erupting, the situation of Xu Yan and Bai Bing at the moment looked quite funny, because they were like two mountain macaques, squatting on the branch of a huge ancient tree together, but their eyes were focused on a natural cave in the valley in the distance.
There was no doubt that the only natural cave that could be found in the South Cave Peak in front of them was the place where their fifth-generation ancestors had cultivated.
"What should we do, junior brother, we can't just keep hiding in the trees like monkeys. ”
Hearing Bai Bing's transmission, Xu Yan's face was also very ugly, and the ugly reason was that they had indeed found the cave recorded in the codex, but what was going on was that this cave now seemed to have become a nest for spirit beasts.
Although in Xu Yan's perception, there were only two breaths in the cave that were much weaker than the mountain moving apes, but in this broad daylight, he didn't dare to rashly attack them.
Xu Yan didn't answer Bai Bing's question immediately, just glanced up at the sky above his head. Through the gaps in the layers of lush foliage, he could vaguely see that under the white cloud layer, the four huge figures were still hovering and flying in the sky, and in addition, on the top of the mountain, which was obviously more than a hundred feet higher than where they were at the moment, was still billowing smoke.
In the end, Xu Yan replied with some helplessness but very calmly: "There is no way, we can only continue to wait." Seeing that Bai Bing was a little speechless, Xu Yan continued: "Before these four Purple Cloud Luans fly back to the lair, if we collide with the spirit beasts in the cave, then we will inevitably reveal our location, they are condescending, and they will definitely notice us then." Presumably Senior Sister Bai should also feel how terrifying the aura carried by these four Purple Cloud Luans is, especially the largest one, I estimate that it should not be far from growing to its peak. ”
Hearing Xu Yan's explanation, Bai Bing couldn't help but sigh, as Xu Yan said, the pressure brought to them by these Ziyunluan was too great, and it was definitely not something they could compete with now.
In the end, Bai Bing could only ask helplessly: "Then wait for them to return to the nest, and then we will do it?"
Xu Yan nodded at this, but did not forget to remind him: "But after we start, Senior Sister Bai must remember to go all out and fight quickly, and we must remove the spirit beasts in the cave in the shortest possible time, otherwise once the battle drags on for too long, even if it does not attract the attention of these Ziyunluan in the end, it will also alarm the other spirit beasts living in this single mountain."
When Bai Bing heard this, he immediately replied in a deep voice: "Okay, I should do my best." ”
About two hours later.
On the highest peak, the billowing smoke was finally about to clear, leaving only wisps of light veil of smoke wafting out of it.
When the Purple Yunluan hovering in mid-air saw this scene, they let out an extremely piercing cry one after another, and then, the largest of them, the Purple Yunluan, took the lead in swooping down to the top of the mountain, and in the whole process, it seemed to directly turn into a flash of lightning and swept through the sky, the speed was so fast that it could almost be compared to the flying sword that Dacheng Sword Cultivation had made, and Xu Yan didn't even react, and disappeared.
"It's really fast, this kind of speed, don't say that the six-story sword cultivator can catch up with it after learning to step on the sword and fly, that is, the sword cultivator who has really reached the upper three realms, when he flies in the sky with all his might, it can't be compared, right?"
Hearing Bai Bing's exclamation, Xu Yan nodded in deep agreement, but the tone in his mouth was still very calm and replied: "That's for sure, there are thousands of spirit beasts in the world, all of which have their own survival skills that they can rely on, such as Ziyunluan, which is already good at its own flight speed, if they can easily be caught up by cultivators, then they should have become extinct a long time ago." ”
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Time passed quietly another hour.
The purple cloud luan that entered the crater first did not reappear after all, but only let out another cry to the sky, and then, after hearing this cry, the three purple cloud luans in the sky flew back to the top of the mountain one after another.
There is no doubt that the movement from inside the volcano has finally come to an end.
Xu Yan saw that the most direct threat had been temporarily lifted, so he glanced at Bai Bing beside him, and said, "Finally, when they return to the nest, without further ado, let's hurry up." ”
Hearing this, Bai Bing nodded to him, and then jumped off the ancient tree with Xu Yan, and then walked quickly towards the cave in the valley in the distance.
The distance between the ancient tree and the cave was not too far, about twenty zhang or so, which was why Xu Yan chose to lurk on top of the ancient tree, so after only about ten breaths, he and Bai Bing crept outside the cave.
Bai Bing followed closely behind Xu Yan, not daring to make a single movement, and asked, "Little junior brother, what's the situation inside?"
Xu Yan carefully threw out his divine sense, perceiving the situation in the cave, seeing that there were still only those two breaths inside, and there was no warning to them, he breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and immediately replied: "It's still only the two breaths from before, Senior Sister Bai, remember, after we rush in later, we must shoot quickly!"
Seeing that his face was solemn, Bai Bing was also a little nervous, she controlled her flying sword to levitate by her side, and after taking a deep breath, she said, "Little junior brother, don't worry, I'm ready." ”
Seeing this, Xu Yan stopped talking nonsense, and after nodding his head violently, he took the lead in rushing in.
The speed at which the two of them rushed into the cave was almost the same, and the moment they came in, they used their flying swords according to the good way of fighting discussed in advance, and shot at the two spirit beasts in the cave, but when they saw the true faces of these two spirit beasts, their faces couldn't help but be shocked by them.
The two spirit beasts in front of them look delicate, and they should be tigers in appearance, but it is obvious that they are completely different from ordinary tigers, because on their bodies, the hair that grows is all fiery red, in addition, they all exude the breath of fifth-level spirit beasts, even if you can see at a glance, they still belong to the cub stage. Of course, this does not mean that they are still cubs and are not strong enough, but only in this way can they better reflect how terrifying their bloodlines are, just after they were born, they reached the level of a fifth-level spirit beast.
You must know that in the entire territory of Lingzhou, it is estimated that there is only one spirit beast, Ziyunluan, who can reach the level of a sixth-level spirit beast as soon as his offspring hatches, and the two tiger cubs in front of him can reach the fifth level after birth, which is also worth breathtaking.
"I didn't expect it to be two blazing tigers that had just been born. Bai Bing, who followed into the cave behind her, sighed lightly after seeing their bodies, but she didn't have the slightest intention of putting away her sword.
The next moment.
Although they had the cultivation of a fifth-level spirit beast, the two Blazing Tiger cubs, who had not yet learned to fight, were completely pierced through their bodies by two sudden sword weapons, one white and one purple. However, although the blazing tiger chosen by Bai Bing was also pierced through its throat by her sword, because she did not pierce its head with a sword as accurately as Xu Yan, it still shouted a tiger roar before it took a breath.
Killing the two tiger cubs in an instant, Xu Yan and Bai Bing's faces were expressionless, they never thought that the spirit beast that had made them wait for several hours would be such two cubs, they knew that when they arrived here at dawn, they should have rushed in directly.
However, the idea of an afterthought, that is, just thinking about it, does not have any practical meaning at all.
After Xu Yan retracted his support, he couldn't help but feel a little pity in his heart, although the cultivation of these two Blazing Tiger cubs was born good, but because they had not yet had time to grow, they naturally could not form an inner pill in a short period of time.
Xu Yan looked around at the current environment and found that the cave here was bottomless, and the location they were in at the moment was originally at the entrance of the cave, so there was not the slightest trace of the fifth-generation sect master cultivating here.
So, he turned to Bai Bing and said, "Senior Sister Bai, it seems that the cultivation place of the fifth-generation sect master is still in a deeper position. ”
After Bai Bing heard this, her incomparably clear eyes glanced at the black hole that led to the darkness, she didn't say anything, just followed Xu Yan towards the depths of the darkness.
However, what they didn't know was that just as they went deeper and deeper into the cave, a bloodstained figure also chased here.
The man saw the two tiger cubs in the cave, which had died completely, and immediately stepped forward to take a closer look, and without the slightest surprise, he saw traces on one of the corpses. This kind of trace is very ingenious, and ordinary people can't detect it at all, because only people who have practiced the same kind of sword technique as him can leave such sword marks.
Of course, this person can track all the way here, and he has relied on this way, and this kind of sword mark left by others has been thrown away a long time ago.
And just when this person was about to rest in the entrance of the cave for a while, and by the way, bandage the various wounds left by his body after fighting with the spirit beast, outside the cave, an extremely terrifying aura suddenly came, and the speed of this breath approaching this cave was simply unbelievable.
Without the slightest hesitation, the man immediately gave up his intention to continue bandaging himself, and then quickly left along the dark cave.
A huge tiger with fur as bright as fire rushed into the cave at lightning speed, but then when it saw the corpses of the two tiger cubs, it erupted into an extremely terrible tiger roar.
There is no doubt that it is the same as the two tiger cubs, it is a blazing tiger, but compared to its children, it has much more time to cultivate, so it is much higher in terms of its own strength and body shape.
It staggered slowly towards the carcass of the two tiger cubs with grief, a disaster it could not have anticipated in any way. Earlier, when it heard that cry of helplessness, it immediately felt a little uneasy when it was twenty kilometers away, so it immediately gave up its prey and rushed back to its territory in a frenzy.
However, when it did rush back, it found that it was still too late, because its two children had been completely killed.
This huge blazing tiger looked at it with a sad face that it had only been a short time since it was born. But the cub, who was completely dead, let out a low breath from its nose, stuck out its tongue and kept licking the blood from the two tiger cubs, until it had licked all the blood that had spilled from the wound and stained their hair, and then it dug a deep pit in the ground with its front paws, and then put their carcasses into the pit with its mouth, and then gently pushed all the soil it had dug back into the pit.
After burying his own child with his own hands, the blazing tiger still looked back at the soil behind it with some reluctance. Then, a hot teardrop could not be suppressed from rolling down from its tiger eyes.
It wasn't until it whimpered for a long time and looked away from the new soil that the whole aura on its body suddenly changed.
It no longer had the sad aura it had before, but it had become a thick hatred and killing intent.
The Blazing Tiger looked down and sniffed the deep cavern, the little bits of blood that dripped on the ground that were different from the bloody breath of its children, and immediately locked its own direction, and then, it rushed towards the extremely dark cavern.
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Xu Yan had been walking in this dark cave for more than half an hour at the moment, but he still didn't see any signs of coming out of the cave.
Soon after entering this cave, he found that the cave here did not always go straight, but zigzag and twisted and turned, quite a kind of nine twists and eighteen bends, which undoubtedly made the whole cave fall into endless darkness soon after entering.
Xu Yan led the way in front of him with the Night Pearl in his hand, and Bai Bing always followed behind him, but after the two of them groped in the dark for more than half an hour, she finally couldn't help but speak: "This cave is turning around like this, when will it be the head, junior brother, we won't be looking for the wrong place, right?"
When Xu Yan heard this, his tone replied without fluctuation: "Around this South Cave Peak, we have already carefully inspected it before, but we have only found this cave, I think it will not be wrong." ”
"That's true, but I always feel like I'm going around a labyrinth in the dark, hey......"
Xu Yan couldn't help frowning when he heard that she was a little discouraged in her tone, thinking that she shouldn't be such a person, but he didn't think too much about it, just smiled and quipped: "Senior Sister Bai, you and I have come to this point, maybe we will find an exit soon, why don't you have confidence?"
When Bai Bing heard him say this, he suddenly realized that his mood had changed, and when he quickly turned back, he explained, "No...... It's not like that, I just think we're going aimlessly ......."
Without waiting for Bai Bing to finish speaking, Xu Yan, who was walking in front of her, suddenly stopped, almost letting her hit his back, this was the second time this had happened, so Bai Bing was a little angry and said, "What's the matter, junior brother?"
Xu Yan didn't care about the dissatisfaction in her tone, but asked in a calm tone, "Senior Sister Bai, listen carefully, but what sound can you hear?"
Bai Bing saw that he didn't seem to be joking, so she listened intently for a moment, and after about five breaths, she said with some hesitation: "It's like ...... There's the sound of running water?"
Xu Yan snorted, "That's indeed the sound of running water, that's right, the two of them can hear the same result, the result will not be wrong, it seems that we should not be far from the exit." ”
When Bai Bing heard this, she didn't answer, but a trace of melancholy flashed on her beautiful face, but after a while, her eyes were replaced by a thick resolute color.
As for Xu Yan, who was walking in front of her, he didn't see it at all.