Chapter 212: Strange fire drawings, straying into space
"Have you really never learned alchemy before?"
Yao Lao looked at Tong Rui once again refining a fourth-level elixir at once, with a complex expression on his face.
"At least, in this memory of mine, I have never learned anything related to alchemy."
Seeing Tong Rui's Versailles look, Xiao Yan's eyes were filled with envy.
"Maybe you were a very powerful alchemist before. If I hadn't sensed that you weren't from those families, I would have thought that you were once the top alchemist in the mainland." Yao Lao couldn't help but sigh.
"It is indeed possible. Every time I make alchemy, I feel as if I am innately familiar with these things, just like I naturally operate the unknown technique when I practice."
"Speaking of your automatic operation skills, I feel that your skills are definitely more than Xuanjie." Xiao Yan said with envy after hearing this, "How can any skill automatically operate all day long? And when you absorb Dou Qi, that kind of The speed is many times faster than when my father practiced.”
After hearing this, Tong Rui shrugged: "I can only see the path of the body's automatic operation of the exercises. I don't know the specific formulas and mental methods. I can only use basic Qi breathing techniques. I can't take the initiative to practice." No. ”
When Xiao Yan heard Tong Rui's words, he couldn't help but smile bitterly and said: "My technique is only at the low level of Huang level now. Even if I practice it actively, it won't be as fast as your non-stop practice all day long."
"The only thing you can do is rely on your hard work. As long as we can find the strange fire during this trip, won't your skill level rise?"
That's right, Tong Rui and Xiao Yan were already on their way to the Tagor Desert at this time.
Since Tong Rui broke through to the Great Fighting Master, he has also learned a lot of fighting skills from Yao Lao.
With Tong Rui protecting them, the two of them walked straight from the center of the forest to the outskirts. The monsters they encountered on the way were handed over to Xiao Yan for training under the plundering formation of Tong Rui and Yao Lao.
All the medicinal materials collected along the way were also put away by the two of them. But occasionally I would take out some medicinal materials and use them with the magic cores collected on the road to practice my skills.
On the back of the huge thick-winged bird, Xiao Yan and Tong Rui were watching the clouds that were constantly passing over the thick-winged bird. In the distance was the sun that illuminated everything as if it was very close at hand. Those who watched this strange scene could not help but feel relaxed and happy.
Just when looking at the sun, Tong Rui's eyes would reflect balls of golden light, but no one saw it.
Three days later.
"Well, the customs here are indeed the same as those in the interior of the empire." Xiao Yan and Tong Rui were walking on the streets of a loess city, feeling the rather dry and hot weather.
After finding out about the best cartography shop in the city, Xiao Yan took Tong Rui towards the "Ancient Map" shop.
"Well, this is it." Xiao Yan looked at the shop in front, walked in, and saw an old man with white hair and a white robe lying on the counter.
"Then you go buy a map, and I'll go ahead and buy some snake repellent medicine. I'll go to the 'Gu Map' to find you later."
"Okay." After Xiao Yan heard what Tong Rui said, the two of them split up.
Tong Rui looked like a noble person without any cruel tricks or making things difficult. Not many people would dare to commit suicide in ignorance.
After buying medicines and daily necessities, Tong Rui inquired and came to the map shop of "Gutu".
As soon as he entered the door, he saw Chang Wei calling Fu.
"Although you have many unique skills, you are just a fighting master. Although my strength is greatly reduced now, it is not difficult to deal with you."
When entering the door, Tong Rui saw an old man in the ancient picture shop saying calmly: "Hand over the things, I will let you leave. I don't want anyone to ruin my many years of seclusion."
Looking at the stubborn old man, Xiao Yan sighed helplessly, but when he saw Tong Rui coming in, a hint of joy appeared on his face.
"Axing, please help me restrain this old man."
After hearing Xiao Yan's words, Tong Rui looked at the old man in the shop.
On this old face, there was a terrifying scar from the left cheek to the corner of the eye. At this time, the old man's eyes were quite sharp, and this scar added a bit of ferocity that was visible to the naked eye.
"Great Fighter? Boy, is this your helper?"
Tong Rui looked at the old man with disdain in his eyes, and with a flash of his body, he came behind the old man without any reaction.
A capture came at his fingertips, completely natural. With astonishment in the eyes of the old man, he was directly suppressed to the ground by Tong Rui.
"Old sir, you lost, I'm sorry, the things belong to me." Seeing Tong Rui defeating the enemy with one blow, Xiao Yan said with a smile at the old man.
Looking at the old man in front of him who was pushed to the ground by Tong Rui, Xiao Yan breathed a sigh of relief and spread his hands slightly apologetically towards the old man.
"Let's go, Axing. I've gone too far in this matter." After saying that, he turned around and wanted to leave.
After Tong Rui heard this, he looked at the old man beneath him. After releasing his suppression, he took out a bottle of third-grade healing elixir from the ring and placed it in front of him.
"Boy, I did underestimate you." Just when Xiao Yan turned around, the old man's slightly tired voice came from behind him.
After a slight pause in his steps, Xiao Yan turned his head and looked at the old man who was putting away the Tongrui Pill. He was not panicked because he had full trust in Ah Xing.
Sighing, Xiao Yan smiled bitterly and said: "Old sir, I have already told you that I have no intention of becoming enemies with you, but this thing is really important to me, so..."
"Haha, I didn't expect that after living in seclusion here for more than 20 years, I would be made so embarrassed by your younger generation today. It's really sad." The old man's voice was slightly desolate, but after a moment, the words suddenly changed, He said calmly: "Boy, this fragment of the picture is very important to you?"
Xiao Yan was silent for a moment and nodded slightly.
"Hehe." Seeing this, the old man chuckled, his smile a little weird.
Frowning slightly, Xiao Yan ignored him, turned around and walked towards the door.
"After I worked hard to get this fragment of map in the desert, I relied on my many years of map-making experience to perfectly divide it into two parts. One of them is the one you took away earlier. And the other one...hehe." The old man sneered.
His footsteps paused again. Xiao Yan turned his back to the old man and flicked his finger on the ring. The fragmentary picture from before quickly appeared in his palm. Xiao Yan held it up in front of his eyes and looked at it carefully. Sure enough, he discovered that this The area of the residual map is nearly one-half smaller than what he got last time in the cave in the Warcraft Mountains. Holding the fragment of the picture tightly in his palm, Xiao Yan's face looked a little ugly. After all his efforts, he only managed to get one-half of the fragment, which really made him a little annoyed.
With a light breath, Xiao Yan carefully put the broken picture into the ring, slowly turned around, looked at the old man coldly, and said: "You didn't have to tell this secret, and you also know, I will not take your life, but you have said it yourself now... Are you forcing me to kill you? "
"Hey, kid, don't threaten me with death. I've lived for most of my life, and what troubles have I not seen? When I was rampant in the Jia Ma Empire, you weren't even born yet! Am I still afraid of this threat from you?"< br>
"Moreover, if I die, even if you have the ability to reach the sky, you will not be able to get another small fragment of the map. Hehe, by then, without that small part of the fragmentary map, even if you put the map together completely , then you can't find the treasure contained in the map." The old man said disdainfully to Xiao Yan's cold voice that contained murderous intent.
His eyes narrowed slightly, and a faint cold light passed through them. Xiao Yan took a breath, clenched his fists slightly, and said calmly: "Tell me, what do you want to do? Since you will tell this secret yourself, why not Is it just to make me so stupid?"
"The little guy's mind is indeed extraordinary. I really wonder which old pervert trained you. Although I dare not say anything now, I am sure that in ten years' time, you may be able to stand at the top of the Gama Empire." Seeing Xiao Yan's plain appearance, the old man couldn't help but sigh.
Without commenting on the old man's high praise, Xiao Yan glanced at him and frowned: "Tell me, how on earth are you willing to hand over another small fragment of the picture?"
At this time, Tong Rui hesitated, but still said: "Xiao Yan, if you want, I... I seem to be able to control him?"
"What? Controlling a Dou Huang? Ah Xing, are you sure?" Xiao Yan looked at Tong Rui in surprise.
Tong Rui glanced at the panicked old man and said: "At that time in the back mountain, I was not unconscious, but because I had no control over my spirit, I accepted the voice of tens of thousands of kilometers around, and I fainted under the stimulation. .”
"Later, when I was in the Xiao family, I did some experiments with that strange spirit and thoughts. I could suppress souls weaker than mine through my thoughts, and thus directly control them."
Having said this, Tong Rui looked at the old man again, and everyone present felt a strange rhythm.
Seeing that something was wrong, the old man tried to escape, but he couldn't move as soon as he got up. The old man looked at Tong Rui with a hint of horror.
And Tong Rui said directly: "He is, his name is Hai Bodong, the Ice Emperor? Do you know him?"
When the word Ice King came into his ears, Xiao Yan was stunned for a moment, and then his face changed obviously. His eyes looked strangely at the old man who had been eating turtles in front of him, although he had been huddled in Wutan City before. , but he is still no stranger to this powerful man who once famously conquered the Jia Ma Empire.
The Ice Emperor was one of the top ten powerful men in the previous generation of Jia Ma Empire. He was aloof and arrogant, and was extremely good at ice fighting energy. He once froze an entire city in anger. Among the top ten powerful men of that year, He is one of the few strong warriors.
Later, he had a decisive battle on the top of Yunlan Mountain with the new head of the Yunlan Sect. Although he lost in the end, the opponent still won not easily. In the last powerful conference held by the Gama Empire and the Izumo Empire, one person alone He fought against a fighting king and a fighting king on the other side without losing, and his performance shocked the whole audience.
After that conference of powerful men, the Ice King gradually disappeared from the sight of countless people. Until now, the name of the Ice King has become a powerful man in the memory of the older generation of the Jiama Empire. , now the top ten powerful men of the younger generation have taken away the glory and glory that once belonged to them.
Xiao Yan never thought that the unattractive old man in front of him would be the Ice Emperor who once caused great headaches for the powerful elites of the Deyun Empire. Such a dramatic result was really a bit shocking.
"He came here later. By chance, he got the fragment of the map, but did it lead to Medusa's pursuit? He was hit by the snake's sealing spell. Not only did his body age rapidly, but his strength was also sealed in Reached the Dou Ling level.”
Tong Rui continued to read the old man's thoughts and pry into his past: "He has been waiting for the alchemist with the strange fire to refine the sixth-grade elixir to help him break the seal. As for the remaining pictures and the treasures he has accumulated over the years, It’s all in the secret room at the back, and I also read about the techniques.”
Xiao Yan first looked at Tong Rui in shock, and then asked Xiang Haibodong with a smile: "So, Ice Emperor, do you have anything else to say?"
Tong Rui had already untied Hai Bodong. Looking at the old man shaking his head feebly, Tong Rui remained indifferent to his rickety back.
But when Tong Rui looked at Xiao Yan, he saw that his mind was not here. He seemed to be communicating with Yao Lao.
Tong Rui didn't care about them, just found a chair and sat down.
But after sitting down, he felt something was wrong. He seemed to be very skilled in this action, as if he had always liked to sit and watch theater.
Later, they saw Xiao Yan voluntarily agreeing to refine the elixir for Hai Bodong, and showed off Yao Lao's Bone Spirit Cold Fire.
Hai Bodong was naturally surprised when he heard it, but because he lacked some medicinal materials, he planned to ask them to help find the Sand Mandala on the condition of the Strange Fire Map.
Seeing that the deal was concluded, everyone was happy, and the two set out on the road to find the strange fire again.
However, now that he has arrived in the Tagore Desert, Xiao Yan plans to find his two brothers.
Tong Rui felt bored when he thought about going to the city again or to the mercenary group, so he planned to take a walk in the desert first.
After leaving a spiritual mark on Xiao Yan, Tong Rui went directly to the suspicious location in the east direction on the map.
But as he walked, Tong Rui felt something was wrong, and his spirit kept guiding him forward.
But looking at the scene around him that he has experienced several times, no matter how stupid he is, he knows that he is trapped in some kind of maze.
Therefore, Tong Rui had to stop and use his mental power to scan the surroundings to see if he could find some strange fluctuations.
Soon, Tong Rui noticed a small fluctuation in front of him and walked to a stone tablet buried under the sand.
With a shock of fighting spirit, the surrounding sand flew away, and the appearance of the stone tablet was completely revealed in front of Tong Rui's eyes.
Tong Rui saw a pile of stone tablets with words he couldn't understand written in front of him, and tentatively touched them with fighting spirit. After seeing that there was no abnormality, he reached out and touched the words on it.
Looking at the unremarkable stone tablet in front of him, Tong Rui planned to put it back into the ring and study it slowly when he went back.
But just after Tong Rui used his fighting spirit to completely wrap the stone tablet, a wave invisible to the naked eye flashed through. Tong Rui only felt a flash of white light in front of his eyes. When he opened his eyes again, he was already in a forest.
Tong Rui looked at the forest full of life and silence in front of him. After thinking about it, he slowly walked forward.
This forest seems to be just a simple forest, but the fighting spirit inside is extremely abundant.
But Tong Rui didn't care either, the nameless technique started running automatically, swallowing up the fighting energy around him crazily. This road is like a human-shaped vortex of fighting spirit.
But walking along the road in front of him, Tong Rui still didn't see the exit.
(End of chapter)