Chapter 887 Underground World
The mist flows and the colorful light is dense, making the world ahead look extremely dreamy and unreal.
It can be vaguely seen that there are continuous mountain peaks and vast flat areas in the fog.
At the edge of the mist, there are caves more than ten feet wide, or cave entrances in the mountains.
These cave entrances are densely packed and numerous. If you walk along the edge of the mist, you can see them every distance.
Every underground cave and mountain cave is very deep. Only darkness and fog can be seen, and the scene inside cannot be clearly seen.
This is the Mystic Sand Cave.
Along the way, Zhou Qing encountered sand beasts, sand demons, and was attacked by vicious creatures. He also discovered other practitioners. No matter what the situation was, it did not bring him any crisis.
He had already gone around places like the Nine Chiefs and Ten Thousand Bones Lake without encountering those super vicious creatures. Finally, he came here.
The guidance given by the Kirin Icon to Zhou Qing ultimately points to this.
Zhou Qing tried, he tried to bypass the Mystic Sand Cave, but the guidance did not point further, but unswervingly changed direction, pointing to the sand cave.
"Is it inside this..."
Zhou Qing thought carefully and decided to go in and take a look.
After all, the Mystic Sand Cave is different from other places. This place is mainly based on illusion formations and confinement, not a desperate place like the Gate of Hell where murder is everywhere.
Generally speaking, after a heavenly practitioner enters the Mysterious Sand Cave, as long as he is not particularly unlucky, then even if he does not have the magic beads, he will still have a good chance of leaving after spending a certain amount of time and patiently looking for an exit. .
And Zhou Qing has [God's Bloodline] by his side, so he obviously cannot be particularly unlucky this month.
This is also the reason why those who are desperate outside choose to escape into the Mysterious Sand Cave.
Although the Mystic Sand Cave occupies a very large area, its nature is special and cannot be called a desert or restricted area.
After all, getting lost is not as scary as death. The Mystic Sand Cave is a popular exploration place in the Ancient Burial Desert. Many experts will choose to take a look when they come to the desert.
They can all go in, so Zhou Qing naturally has no fear.
Entering the Mystic Sand Cave is better than going to the Gate of Hell.
For Zhou Qing, the risk of entering it is not great. Even if he does not mention the [bloodline of heaven], he is unlikely to get lost in it.
Because although the Mystic Sand Cave Illusionary Array is powerful, it can also sense the underworld and the blue falling in it, and it can be practiced normally.
In this way, Zhou Qing can naturally come out easily through the Blue Dragon.
As for the hunters hiding inside the sand cave...
Zhou Qing welcomes them to take action against him.
Choosing a cave entrance, Zhou Qing stepped into the Mystic Sand Cave.
The mist flows and remains unchanged forever.
The cave is also filled with colorful mist. Although it is not rich, it is endless and floating everywhere.
Whether it is the ground or the surrounding area, it is made of yellow sand. It is not soft at all, but is extremely solid and extremely wide. The passage is more than ten feet wide.
The Mysterious Sand Cave itself is the cornerstone and component of the illusory array.
So this sand cave, which is as large as several states, is very stable. Even if many masters fight inside, it will be difficult to destroy the cave on a large scale.
Your power attacking the sand cave is equivalent to attacking the natural illusion formation. It may cause some passages to collapse, but most of them will not be able to do so.
A natural illusory formation covering several states...
It is impossible to imagine the destruction of the heavenly realm.
After Zhou Qing entered the Mystic Cave, he felt an invisible force shrouding him, moistening things silently, and silently confusing his spirit.
At the same time, the power of spiritual thoughts has been suppressed to the extreme. To be precise, it is impossible to perceive effective information.
Entering the cave is entering the illusion formation.
Normal people will be confused after entering a little distance and not knowing which way to go.
But for Zhou Qing, this was not the case.
The guidance brought to him by the Kirin Icon is still there, and he can move forward according to the guidance without worrying about taking the wrong path.
This alone is extremely convenient.
Zhou Qing smiled, "This is good news."
He began to go deep into the sand cave. The road behind was narrow and wide. Sometimes it went up into the mountains, and sometimes it went deep underground. , undulating roads, and even rivers, dead wood forests and other scenes exist in this sand cave.
Channels crisscross and extend in all directions. Sand beasts and sand demons occasionally appear, and there are also corpses everywhere. This is a huge underground world.
The land of several states is so big that it would take quite a while for the Holy Monk to fly in a straight line, let alone such an underground maze with twists and turns.
Many times you are not sure whether you are moving forward, because due to the influence of the phantom array, after you make a choice at a fork in the road, you may end up going back another way.
For those who are not strong, if they do not have good luck, even if they do not encounter danger in the sand cave, they will not be able to get out for the rest of their lives.
Only a strong cultivation base can provide good resistance here.
In fact, after entering the sand cave, you will usually fall into an illusion and be confused by the illusion. This natural illusion array is in operation all the time.
However, after all, Zhou Qing is very powerful and has a heart of glass. Therefore, although the power of the illusion array is indeed eroding him and he can feel the psychedelic power, he has always been sober and has not fallen into any illusion. .
Everything is different after ordinary people enter this place. If they stay for a little longer, they will just stand still and their spirits will be confused.
But from their own perspective, they are still moving forward, exploring the sand cave, and may have obtained some valuable treasure. This is like falling into an illusion.
If you can see through the illusion and regain consciousness, you can continue to explore. If you cannot, you will naturally sink forever and become a corpse standing still.
The longer you stay in the sand cave and the phantom power accumulates, the deeper the phantom array will affect you, and the more powerful the illusions you will encounter.
Zhou Qing is safe now, but if he stays here for a long time, it's hard to say whether he will fall into an illusion in the future.
At the same time, there are some very special places in the sand cave with extremely strong phantom power. They can be said to be the eyes of the phantom array.
Once you go to those places, the heavenly realm will be directly attacked, which is extremely dangerous, but the magic beads that can resist the magic array are usually born in such dangerous places.
The magic beads are very precious. Once they appear, the heavens will fight for them.
Putting it outside is priceless and no one will sell it.
Because of the guidance of the holy icon, although Zhou Qing walked through various tunnels, and some tunnels seemed to be in completely different directions, he was still basically sure that he was moving forward.
Two hours after entering the sand cave, Zhou Qing, who had never met any other practitioners, suddenly heard the sound of human voices.
After a few breaths, I saw calls for help and vicious roars coming from the mist ahead.
Then a figure in a red dress rushed towards Zhou Qing. Although the mist was flowing, Zhou Qing had excellent eye skills and excellent eyesight, and could see everything in front of him clearly.
A woman wearing a fiery red dress, with a plump figure and a panic-stricken expression was being chased by a sand beast from the ground.
The dress of the woman in the red dress was damaged and torn in many places. It could be described as half-clothed.
Large tracts of white snow are exposed, and the peaks and even valleys are looming, which is extremely attractive.
That delicate little face is full of anxiety, which makes people feel an impulse of pity.
This woman's aura is also of the Earth realm, but it is one level weaker than the ape-like sand beast behind her.
In the earth realm, one level is weaker, that is the gap between life and death. It is normal to be hunted down.
After seeing Zhou Qing, the woman in red looked happy and shouted quickly:
"Fellow Taoist, can you save me? I am willing to repay you with everything I have!"
Even when she was calling, her voice was soft and pleasant, extremely melodious, and there were waves of light flowing in her eyes, which was extremely charming.
Zhou Qing stared at the woman in red skirt who was almost approaching him and smiled.
"Save you? No problem."
The woman in red showed joy on her face, and just as she was about to speak, Zhou Qing took action.
His majestic mental energy surged and condensed into an arrow. The sharp arrow whizzed out, and then...
It pierced the forehead of the woman in red!
She wanted to hide, but she couldn't react at all.
At the same time, the Killing Immortal Sword Qi shot out, taking away the life of the ape-like sand beast.
The woman in red looked at Zhou Qing in disbelief, the life in her eyes gradually disappearing.
"You..."
"What are you."
Zhou Qing sneered, "You still want to confuse me?"
"I can tell you at a glance I see you are not human!”
The arrows of mental power exploded, and the majestic mental power raged on the woman in red. In an instant, her body became illusory. It was no longer flesh and blood, but actually made of colored mist!
And this colored mist is the same as the mist that envelopes the Mystic Sand Cave. "Bang!"
The woman in red was still struggling, but it exploded and disappeared, leaving only a drop of liquid.
After the previous enlightenment and enlightenment, Zhou Qing’s mental power is now almost able to take effect on the heavenly realm, and he is making rapid progress.
Looking at the ape-like sand beast again, it has turned into a white skeleton.
It’s not that Zhou Qing’s sword energy eliminated its flesh and blood, but that it was originally a white skeleton.
Taking the liquid left by the woman in red into his hand, Zhou Qing took a closer look and found that it contained a powerful force.
"Is this the phantom essence of the phantom?"
That's right, the woman in red just now was not a human at all, but a phantom unique to the Mystic Sand Cave.
This illusion is not real life, but an illusory spirit, the spirit of the illusory formation.
They behave very much like living people, and there is no problem in communicating and talking. They look extremely lifelike, and you may not be able to recognize them if you are not careful.
And if you don't understand the identity of the phantom from the beginning, but feel that it is a living being in your heart, then from that moment on, you will fall into an illusion.
This means that you actively accept the illusion!
The more contact you have with the phantom and the longer you stay, the less likely you are to break free from the phantom.
As the spirit of the phantom array, the phantom spirit can actively control a certain amount of natural phantom array power. The more you sink, the more phantom array power it can control.
Like the white bones of the ape, it has been dead for who knows how many years. The reason why it can appear alive as if it has life again is actually just an illusion of the phantom.
The scene of being chased is all an illusion. If you fail to see through it, then you will naturally fall into the illusion.
Phantoms are the most dangerous things bred in the Mystic Cave, and they are one of the things that people who enter this place need to be most wary of.
The person or other ethnic group you meet is very likely to be an eidolon.
The strongest phantom is said to be able to make the Da Luo Tian realm unable to see any flaws without special means.
It is difficult to distinguish between true and false.
Even in this crypt of the gods, what is true can be false, and what is false can become true!
But unfortunately, this eidolon found the wrong person.
When he thought of the image of the sexy woman in red that the phantom had just transformed into, Zhou Qing became very angry. He felt that his personality had been insulted. What method did you use to confuse yourself? It was not good to engage in seduction.
Are you treating me like a pervert?
It’s simply slander! It's a rumor!
My heart is as solid as stone, how can I be seduced by beauty?
The phantom marrow is the essence of the phantom's power. This kind of thing can be taken directly.
After taking it, people will fall into an illusion. You will see through the illusion, or you will wake up after the power of the illusion marrow is exhausted.
In this process, your mental strength and spiritual thoughts can be increased, and at the same time it can sharpen your own will.
And if you use more phantom marrow and experience more illusions, your resistance to illusions will also increase. The most important thing is that because the power of phantom marrow comes from the crypt of the gods, taking it The help of the phantom marrow in resisting this natural phantom formation is more obvious.
So this is still a very valuable and precious treasure. If it is sold outside, it will be very valuable and all forces will buy it.
Most people rarely choose to sell something like this that can enhance their strength.
However, there are risks in taking phantom marrow. If your will is not strong enough and your ambition is not good enough, you may not be able to distinguish between fantasy and reality and become crazy.
Zhou Qing felt that he should be able to withstand it, but this was obviously not the place to take phantom marrow.
After putting this object away, he continued to move forward.
......
"Huh?"
Looking at the area in front of him, Zhou Qing was suddenly a little surprised.
After arriving here, the guidance given to him by the holy statue suddenly became much stronger, as if it was reminding him of something.
Is it possible that we have arrived?
In the area in front of Zhou Qing, the road is broken and it is a cliff. But standing on the edge of the cliff and looking forward, it suddenly becomes brighter. There is no longer a passage ahead, but a field of countless sand pillars. Standing open area.
These sand pillars stretch upward from the ground, some are hundreds of meters high, and some break in the middle, tens of meters wide, like a platform.
Looking to the left and right, you can see that the edge of this sand pillar area is not visible. It is very big, and the sand pillars support the sky and the earth.
"This is..."
Zhou Qing recalled the information he knew about the Ancient Burial Desert, and quickly found the records here.
In the Mystic Sand Cave, there are some places that are very famous.
Although no one or any force has a detailed map of the interior of the Mystic Sand Cave, since ancient times, many people have visited some special places by chance and brought relevant information to the world. Learn more about this.
Some of those special places are the core of the magic array, where magic beads may be born.
Some contain strange powers and may give birth to precious treasures.
Some are simply dangerous.
If you want to go to these places, you can only come in and try your luck and search slowly. There is no accurate map to guide you.
The place where Zhou Qing came now is the special place of Killing Cave, called Dizhu Valley.
There are two special features in the ground pillars, one of which is the sand pillars.
Various treasures may be bred in these sand pillars, and some of those sand pillars that break to form a platform at the top can also function like phantom marrow.
The difference is that the phantom marrow is temporary, while those sand pillar platforms always exist. As long as you inject mana or true energy, they can be activated. Then if you can withstand it, you can always use it.
This special sand pillar is called the God Refining Pillar.
The second special feature of Dizhu Valley is...
There are a large number of outside practitioners here.
It is true that getting here depends on luck, but after decades or hundreds of years of accumulation, there are still some people who can successfully get here.
The Treasure of the Sand Pillar and the Pillar of God Refining, these two benefits are enough to attract outside practitioners to look for this place.
Two special features, one represents the benefits of this place, and the other represents the dangers of this place.
After many people who had no choice but to enter the Burial Ancient Desert, their choice was Dizhu Valley.
At least those divine refining pillars can steadily improve people's strength.
When encountering a bottleneck, any improvement in any aspect is precious, and may be an opportunity for you to break the bottleneck.
If the Qilin tribe was here...
Zhou Qing was already prepared to fight with others.
In this kind of place where there is no order and no laws, no one cares about the reason or background.
Zhou Qing jumped down and entered the Dizhu Valley, following the induction, and the feeling became stronger and stronger.
Soon, Zhou Qing found a person on the top of a sand pillar. It was a middle-aged man. He was sitting cross-legged, as if he was practicing, but he also spotted Zhou Qing.
The middle-aged man lowered his eyes, glanced at Zhou Qing indifferently, and said:
"Leave here, this divine refining pillar is mine."
Zhou Qing He withdrew his gaze, did not tangle with him, and continued to move forward.
This person is in the heavenly realm, but since the other party has no intention of taking action, Zhou Qing does not want to cause trouble.
"Hey, I didn't expect that a strange face would come to Dizhu Valley today."
Suddenly, a sinister laughter sounded. The sound seemed to come from all directions, everywhere, and was extremely weird.
But this method of deceiving other people is okay. If you want to hide it from Zhou Qing, it is delusional.
He looked directly to his left and locked onto the middle of a complete sand pillar.
There was a cave there, and an old man in black robe sat cross-legged in the cave. Seeing Zhou Qing looking over, he smiled softly.
"Young man, you look unfamiliar. I have never seen you when I was outside."
Zhou Qing withdrew his gaze and ignored him, but the old man in black did not shut up; Continued:
"I have no desire. Young man, this Dizhu Valley is not a kind place. It is not rational for you to step into it rashly. If you are willing to offer some benefits, I can give you some advice."
Zhou Qing stopped and looked at the old man.
Desireless? He seems to have heard of this name?
Yes, Zhou Qing remembered. When he first entered Huangsha City, someone was talking about this person on the road, calling him the Desireless Old Demon.
Looking at the old demon Wuyu with a face like chicken skin and many stripes, Zhou Qing narrowed his eyes slightly.
Is this old guy forcibly harvesting the nine female sages and nine male sages who entered the desert?
(End of this chapter)