kingnovel Chapter 202 Thick Earth Formation
Chapter 202 Thick Earth Formation
After leaving the market town, Ling Kui followed the instructions on the map and came to the depths of the secret realm of Yanchi Mountain.
It doesn’t seem so in the vast mountains and forests outside, but here the area seems a little small, and it looks like there are suddenly many monks.
Along the way, the spiritual puppet's spiritual sense detection range remained at about fifty miles, and no cultivator it saw was alone.
They usually form a team of five to ten people, and each of them has a different emphasis on the attributes of the skills they practice.
The three families under Yanchi Mountain, namely, the Zhan family and the Li family, mainly cultivate the three kinds of spiritual power, namely gold, water and wood, respectively.
These three also often form teams on their own to achieve complementarity in the five elements.
Of course, it involves matters like the distribution of spoils and who will complete the most dangerous tasks. There is no need to elaborate on the intrigues involved.
The explorers who come and go are all at a relatively high level, and at least they are at the fifth level of Qi training.
As for cultivators who are in the early stage of Qi training and are not even proficient in using spells, coming to this dangerous place is simply seeking death.
The quality of the underground spiritual vein branch here is higher than that of the thirteen families of Xuanyu taken individually, and the overall spiritual energy concentration is about 40% higher than that of Leiyangze.
The production of spiritual medicines is abundant, and the same place has been plundered clean, but new opportunities may appear in a few decades.
Correspondingly, the renewal of monsters has also accelerated significantly, and the strength of monsters has been greatly enhanced.
Just like the valley in front of the spirit puppet, it is located in the middle of Yanchi Mountain.
The bottom of the valley was shrouded in clouds and mist, hundreds of wild animals roamed everywhere, and magical herbs and precious medicines grew there.
Only about half of the monks are truly determined to take the huge risk to enter the secret realm to explore.
The other half were attracted by the rich cultivation resources here, but they only moved around on the mountainside.
Yanchi Mountain is the source of many spiritual veins in the Luohun Mountains, and countless living beings enjoy its blessings.
The spirit puppet stepped into the valley, and the fluctuations of his ninth level of Qi Refining caused the clouds and mist to retreat.
On the other side of the valley, the aftermath of the battle attracted his attention.
This is a very standard demon hunting team, with six monks in total, three men and three women.
Chen Yu hid nearby and learned their identities by secretly observing and listening to their conversation.
The leader was an old woman from the Zhan family, who had reached the seventh level of Qi Refining and specialized in water-based exercises.
The cultivators of the Fang and Li families are at the sixth level of Qi Refining. The difference of one level is the difference between the middle and late stages of Qi Refining, and the difference in strength is quite large.
Their bone ages are all in the early fifties, so they are basically unable to build a foundation.
The other three cultivators were also at the sixth level of Qi Refining, but they were nearly seventy years old.
As for why they are still fighting so hard when their future is almost blocked.
First, the feeling of a breakthrough in cultivation is extremely wonderful, better than any wealth in the world.
Even if the body's functions decline after the age of sixty, it is impossible to build a foundation without a great opportunity.
However, if you accumulate more spiritual objects and practice diligently, you will still have a chance to ascend to a small level.
Secondly, they also have children, nephews and descendants who need the remaining energy of their elders to be utilized.
Most of the spiritual roots of casual cultivators are not very talented, ranging from three to five inches.
The proportion of spiritual roots of three inches and above among ordinary infants is about one in six hundred, and four inches of spiritual roots is one in fifteen thousand.
A five-inch spiritual root is the standard for immortal sects and foundation-building families, and there is only one in about three or four hundred thousand people.
The spirit puppet used its spiritual sense to shine, and found that the spiritual roots of everyone present were no more than six inches.
There are naturally more than just the Fang, Zhan, and Li families of immortal cultivators in the Luohun Mountains. In fact, the majority of cultivators are independent of them.
Many cultivators in the late stage of Qi Refining occupied a mountain with relatively rich spiritual energy, gathered some mortals to reproduce and live there, and dared to call themselves a clan of immortals.
They rose and fell in hundreds of years, and were actually no different from casual cultivators.
Although there are only a few big and small people in the Qi Refining stage, the ordinary population exceeds one million.
There is a thin blood relationship between them, so it is not surprising that some of the younger generations meet the requirement of three-inch spiritual roots.
Among these six people, the cultivator from the Zhan family was the main attacker, while the two people from the Fang and Li families provided support from the side.
Three monks from small families practiced earth, wind, and wood techniques respectively.
Their opponent is a wind-feathered serpent at the seventh level of Qi Refining, whose nest is on a cliff a hundred feet high.
There is a rock platform about ten feet in diameter at the entrance of the cave, and a small tree grows near the base.
The tree is three feet tall, with dense branches and leaves.
There are more than thirty red fruits on it, which are obviously ripe and emit bursts of charming sweet fragrance.
The wind-feathered serpent has six wings on its back, a head like a cockscomb, and short limbs under its belly.
He is thirty-two feet tall and has a slender body.
However, its bones are like fine steel, its scales are like armor, and its movements are nimble and agile, making it very difficult to deal with.
I saw that the monk from the Zhan family was holding a cold sword with a small amount of blue spiritual gold mixed into the sword body.
It is this pitiful little bit of spiritual gold that makes the magic weapon extremely sharp.
With the spiritual power of the seventh level of Qi Refining, each sword can cut off more than ten snake scales.
But if this continued, the Zhan family cultivators would consume a lot of energy, but the Wind Feather Serpent would not be fatally injured.
And it's not like there's no room for fighting back.
On the contrary, the individual strength of the monks here is not as good as its, and they have the upper hand only by relying on their numerical advantage.
A wind blade shot out from the snake's mouth and almost hit the Li family cultivator who was assisting from the side, creating a dangerous situation.
The old woman from the Zhan family became ruthless, raised her sword and chopped it, standing on the left forelimb of the wind-feathered serpent.
The wound was so deep that the bone was visible, and blood gushed out immediately.
The snake monster cried out and slapped one of the monks with its tail.
Although the cultivator was extremely fast, he was still inferior to the wind-attributed monster in the late stage of Qi Refining.
As he jumped, he was accidentally hit by the demon tail, and his spiritual power suddenly became disordered.
His face suddenly turned red, obviously he had suffered serious internal injuries.
Another female cultivator next to him withdrew from the battlefield at the same time as him, and cast a spell on him, which emitted a faint glow.
After a few breaths, the injured monk's complexion returned to normal, and the disordered spiritual power fluctuations were quickly smoothed out.
It turns out that not only do the Zhan, Fang, and Li families cooperate with each other, but there are also some rules for recruiting fellow cultivators.
There must be someone who practices the heavy earth-moving skills, which is suitable for attracting the attention of monsters and beasts and can withstand fierce attacks.
One of them possesses wood-attributed spiritual power and is good at healing other cultivators.
After taking a breath for a while, the two men joined the battle again.
It was just that the injured monk was still frightened by the attack and seemed hesitant.
The other five monks opened and closed their mouths, casting all kinds of gorgeous and dangerous spells at the snake demon.
The snake demon seemed to be running out of energy under such an attack, and its posture became more and more embarrassed.
There were more and more wounds on his body, and the blood kept flowing.
With a loud bang, the demon snake fell heavily from the cliff hundreds of feet high, turning up a large piece of fresh soil.
The old woman from the Zhan family was naturally very cautious. She had seen many times that monsters pretended to be dead, causing the monks to relax their vigilance, and then they would suddenly launch a surprise attack and turn the defeat into victory.
Then she jumped off the cliff, holding the blade tightly in both hands.
On the one hand, he was on guard against the opponent's dying struggle, and on the other hand, he was preparing to penetrate the magic weapon into the monster's crown.
The other five monks had a look of relief on their faces; they had already secured victory.
Such a demon beast in the late stage of Qi Refining is full of treasures.
The blood on the crown can be used to refine first-grade superior elixirs, and the scales can be used as the base material for making talismans.
By extracting the skull and spine from the body, several low-level magical instruments can be refined.
The rainbow berry fruit tree it guards is worth hundreds of spirit stones.
Although most of the crops belonged to the old woman of the Zhan family, they had no chance to get their hands on the medicinal plants.
But he divided the thirty or so ripe spiritual fruits on the tree and the materials from the snake demon into one.
The profit each person gets is worth at least twenty spirit stones.
Although exploring outside is extremely risky, the rewards are worth everyone's efforts.
At this moment, a sudden change occurred.
The Qi-refining cultivator from the Zhan family was closer to the Wind-Feathered Serpent, but farther away from the entrance of the monster's lair and the other cultivators.
The magic sword came in an instant with a rolling gust of wind, and the demon snake that fell to the ground opened its eyes again.
Then he rolled over to avoid the fatal attack.
As expected, there was a trick. The intelligence of monsters is no less than that of humans. There was no surprise on the faces of the monks present.
In order to prevent the old woman of the Zhan family from capsizing in the ditch, they also hurried to come down and help.
Unexpectedly, a head popped out of the monster's lair again, and it turned out to be a wind-feathered snake with the cultivation level of the seventh level of Qi Refining.
The five people's attention was attracted by another monster, but they didn't expect that it had companions waiting for an opportunity to attack.
Being attacked by two Qi Refining Level 7 monster beasts, the six cultivators present were probably in great danger.
Although the wind-feathered serpent below seemed to have suffered serious injuries, its origin was not damaged.
If we can devour all these human cultivators this time, we may be able to make further progress.
This was the original intention of the two demons to ambush and kill everyone, in order to keep them all alive.
And it seemed that because it had intentionally conserved its strength just now, there was still half of the spiritual energy left in the snake monster's body.
The old woman from the Zhan family's cultivation was not as profound as its, so she was at a disadvantage when fighting alone.
The casual cultivator who was closest to the monster just watched the opponent's wind blade fall towards him.
However, at this moment, something strange happened again.
The wind-feathered serpent guarding the cave collapsed to the ground, hitting the rock with a dull sound.
The wind blade that was ready to go suddenly stopped, and the perfectly coordinated sneak attack ended in a whimper.
The monk who escaped death from the monster turned around and saw that the spiritual fruit tree next to him had disappeared.
It was the spirit puppet that took a fancy to this spiritual plant and killed the monster by the way.
On the other side, the battle between the old woman of the Zhan family and the wind-feathered snake was still going on. The five monks who had come to their senses hurried over to help.
The original plan failed and his companions died for unknown reasons.
The monster's mind was in chaos and it was unable to sustain its spiritual power, and it soon died under the combined efforts of everyone.
The six monks then breathed a sigh of relief and immediately sat down to adjust and recover their spiritual power.
The several-foot-tall spiritual fruit tree was stolen without anyone noticing. The person's strength must be far above theirs.
After a few minutes, everyone felt a little better.
The monk has not shown up yet, he should have left.
Moreover, the bodies of the two snake demons are still here, so the other party should not have any further plans.
Because they were afraid that the battle here would attract more monks, they had to quickly cut up the Wind Feather Serpent and take it away.
The snake demon that suddenly fell to the ground had no wounds on its surface. When everyone cut open its head, they found that its inside had been turned into a paste.
The person who saved one of them must be a cultivator above the Foundation Establishment Stage.
A casual cultivator was muttering, "What a pity for this rainbow berry spiritual fruit tree. If each person gets six fruits, they are worth several spiritual stones."
What he meant was, of course, that he was unhappy with having the advantage taken from him this time.
The Li family's sixth-level Qi Refining cultivator said, "If that senior hadn't intervened, I'm afraid we would all have died here today.
After all, this elixir is not in our hands yet, so it does not belong to us.
And they left the body of the demon snake behind, so I should be grateful."
Everyone stopped talking and began to distribute the materials for the monster in silence.
Chen Yu didn't care about their speculations.
This rainbow berry spiritual fruit tree is a spiritual plant that he has never collected before, and it is ranked as the top grade.
The fruits look like red grapes and taste wonderful.
When we get back and plant them in the spiritual plant area, we will also need to use the Jade Dew of Creation to cultivate them.
After crossing the deep mountains and valleys, the spirit puppet climbed to the halfway point of a mountain seven thousand feet high. The top of the mountain was not far away.
In front of him was the first second-level lower-grade natural spiritual formation he was about to step into since entering Yanchi Mountain.
This formation is called the Thick Earth Formation. It has no offensive or defensive means as a barrier. Anyone who enters the formation will feel the majestic power of the formation.
The formation covers an area of about a hundred miles in radius, and the consciousness of all living beings within it is restricted to the lowest level.
Because of the formation's suppression of spiritual consciousness, the area inside the secret realm cannot be equal to that outside.
The diameter of a hundred miles that a Qi-refining cultivator can explore with his spiritual sense in a moment is not much better here than for a mortal to measure with his feet.
Most of the spiritual medicines and monsters that grow there are related to the earth attribute, and have extraordinary effects under conditions of long-term high load.
However, because most of the monsters were visited by cultivators, only a few small monsters in the early stage of Qi Refining were left, and no spiritual medicine was seen at all.
The danger here is also the lowest. Most monks come here not to look for spiritual objects, but to use the power of this formation to hone their bodies.
Not long after the spirit puppet walked in, it could see a group of monks sitting cross-legged.
Chen Yu released his spiritual sense. There were about sixty cultivators in the entire formation, with their cultivation levels ranging from the fourth to the eighth level of Qi Refining.
The gravity suppression of this formation can only be countered with pure physical strength, which is also the strategy of becoming stronger when facing a stronger opponent.
All the monks present acted as if they would keep away from strangers, and practiced with their eyes closed without distraction.
If this process is disturbed, it is very easy for the spiritual power to reverse and become possessed.
Of course, most people would not easily make enemies and do this thankless task.
Chen Yu pretended that he was using the special gravity of this place to temper his body like other cultivators. In fact, his spiritual consciousness pierced through the surface of the earth and came to the void space shrouded by the power of heaven and earth.
After a while, he felt something and his consciousness returned to his real body to practice, using Jianmu to deepen his understanding of the power of heaven and earth.
After feeling that the exploration of this place was complete and there would be no new gains, the spirit puppet headed for the next large formation.
The spirit puppet explored one natural spirit formation after another, constantly comprehending the essence of the power of heaven and earth.
Although the highest of these formations is only of the second-grade upper grade, the word "natural" alone is enough to provide him with many ideas.
A very important aspect of practice in the Jindan stage is to comprehend the power of heaven and earth, and finally to use the great force to kill the enemy and control the magnificent might of heaven.
That level of realm is still unimaginable, but by using the earth veins to strengthen the power of the formation, Chen Yu can already do it preliminarily.