Chapter 280 Ice and Fire
Hurry up and hurry up. When Ling Yi, A Yin and Yang Xueli caught up with Dugu Bo, everyone had already reached the top of the mountain.
Standing here, looking around, through the fog that has been shaken away by half, you can see the dense forest around you, as well as other shadowy mountain peaks in the distance.
As for the scenery outside, Ling Yi and others just glanced at the scenery casually, and then focused all their attention on the top of the mountain.
At first glance, except for Ling Yi, Dugu Bo and the other three couldn't help but be stunned by the terrain in front of them.
I saw that there was an inverted cone-shaped mountain col above. The top of the mountain where they were located was at the edge of the mountain col. Thick heat was rising from the mountain col. The heat was very humid and contained a bit of the unique smell of sulfur. The smell was stronger than what everyone smelled when they were on the mountainside.
Ling Yi took a few steps forward, stood on the edge of the mountain and looked down. His sight was only a few dozen meters away when it was blocked by hot and humid water vapor. He guessed:
"It seems, The underground fire vein here should be in a dormant state, but there happens to be an underground water vein intersecting with it, forming a hot spring below. "
" Hot spring?" Yang Xueli raised her eyebrows when she heard this. There was a hint of emotion.
Although Ah Yin next to her did not speak, her beautiful face showed a bit of eagerness, as if she also wanted to try the feeling of soaking in a hot spring.
Dugu Bo was not interested in soaking in hot springs. He just glanced thoughtfully at the condensed water vapor clouds in front of everyone, shook his head and said: "No wonder the fog here is so heavy, it turns out to be the water vapor from the hot springs -"
“Let’s go down and take a look.” Ling Yi raised his chin and gestured to the three people around him.
After saying that, he jumped directly down.
Of course, this is not suicide. Although the water vapor clouds and fog are thick, because the rain curtain in the sky has stopped at this time, and the light shines through the clouds, the sight here is pretty good, at least within a range of more than ten meters. , you can still see clearly.
Ling Yi's toes rested on a protruding stone on the steep cliff. Ling Yi's falling speed stopped immediately, and in the next second, the whole person once again fell towards another protruding stone diagonally below. .
Seeing that Ling Yi's figure was about to disappear into the mist, Dugu Bo and the others behind them immediately stopped delaying and quickly followed Ling Yi's footsteps and jumped down one after another towards the mountain col.
After descending for about a hundred meters, Ling Yi took the lead to break through a thick layer of clouds and fog, and his vision suddenly became clear.
Rather than continuing downward, Ling Yi just glanced down, looked left and right, spotted a protruding stone about ten meters below and to the left, jumped over, and stood firm.
Then, he spread his right hand with his palm facing upward, and as the blue soul power shone, Ling Yi's "Blue Silver Grass" martial soul appeared.
Under the stimulation of the soul power, the spirit of "Blue Silver Grass" surged instantly, turning into slender vines that spread on the steep cliff.
When Dugu Bo, Ah Yin, and Yang Xueli broke through the clouds one after another and landed at a similar position to Ling Yi, the blue and silver vines had already entangled themselves on the cliff to form a plank road for the three of them to settle down.
Stepping on the flexible blue-silver vine plank road, Dugubo and the others had no time to marvel at Ling Yi's wonderful and precise manipulation of the martial arts. They were startled and stunned by the magnificent scene at the bottom of the mountain valley below.
There is indeed a spring in the center of the valley below. But it was very different from the hot spring that Yang Shirley and the others expected.
I saw that the hot spring area was not large, but it was divided into two parts. In the oval-shaped pool, the colors of the hot spring water were actually milky white and vermilion. What's even more strange is that although they are in the same pool, they are clearly distinct from each other. They do not invade each other and always stay on their own side.
Visible to the naked eye, at the intersection between the milky white and vermilion hot springs, wisps of illusory water vapor appear, and then continue to rise upwards. The higher they go, the more conspicuous the water vapor is, rolling up until the peak The height of about a hundred meters where Yi and others were located finally merged into the thick clouds and mist above everyone's heads.
"This is..." Dugu Bo looked at the red and white water pool below, feeling as if he had seen it somewhere before, and there was an inexplicable sense of familiarity in his heart.
“Eh?! Isn’t this what the “Yin Yang Stone Terrace” in Shanhaiyuan looks like——? "Yang Shirley's slightly surprised voice suddenly sounded.
As soon as he woke up the dreamer, Dugu Bo remembered that when he was in Shanhaiyuan before, he had gone into the "Yin Yang Bagua" Pictured in the large warehouse. The shape of the black and white stone platform surrounded by many shelves in eight directions is so similar to this one!
The difference is that the "Yin Yang Stone Platform" in Shanhaiyuan is a perfect circle as a whole. The fish eyes of the two Yin Yang fishes have two small circles with exactly opposite colors. The red and white pool below is oval, and there is no spring water of the other color as fish eyes in the two colors of spring water.
Ah Yin... Ah Yin did not speak, but looked straight at the land around the red and white pool below.
The land is not the key, the key is the plants that grow on the land.
As A Yin, who has transformed into the hundred thousand year old plant soul beast "Blue Silver Emperor", it can be said responsibly that there are no less than ten fingers of plants below, and their aura is not at all what it was before the transformation. Below her! ! !
Underneath, are there two-digit plant-type soul beasts that are one hundred thousand years old? ? ! !
When I thought of this, Ah Yin's legs standing on the blue and silver vine plank road suddenly felt a little weak for some reason.
Don’t think that just because we are hundred thousand year old soul beasts, we will love each other, and don’t think that because we are all plant type soul beasts, we are all vegetarians.
As someone who has experienced this, Ah Yin can responsibly tell everyone who thinks so that during her ten thousand year career as a soul beast, she has absorbed a lot of high-quality 'fertilizer'.
And these 'fertilizers' include human soul masters, various soul beasts, and some are plant-type soul beasts that happen to appear within the radiation range of her roots and vines!
The instinct of plants is to take root to absorb nutrients and to spread their branches and leaves to welcome the sunlight. Going upwards, snatching every ray of sunlight from the sky; going downwards, growing roots into the surrounding land, and snatching every nutrient they can get. This is their instinct!
Compared with some biological emotions that animal soul beasts may have, the vast majority of plant soul beasts are more indifferent and domineering before their intelligence is developed to a certain level!
Even if they possess spiritual intelligence, as long as they are not transformed into humans like Ah Yin, their indifference is still their nature.
They say snakes are cold-blooded animals, and more than 99% of plants don’t even have blood!
Just when Ah Yin was about to speak and tell Ling Yi that it was dangerous down there, the words came to his lips but he didn’t know what to say, Ling Yi’s voice just sounded:
" Senior, Ah Yin, Shirley, be careful, my intuition tells me that it is very dangerous down there..."
Hearing this, Ah Yin immediately nodded vigorously and said quickly: "Yes, me too! It feels like it's very dangerous down there. Otherwise, let's go back -" "Dangerous?" Dugu Bo stared at the bottom of the valley and looked around.
Yang Xueli frowned and looked at the bottom of the valley like Dugu Bo, and asked at the same time: "Brother Yi, is there a soul beast down there?"
"No." Ling Yi shook his head and said.
“No?!”*3
Faced with Ling Yi’s reply, Dugu Bo, Yang Xueli, and even Ah Yin all turned to look at him in surprise,
Without soul beasts, where would the danger come from?
This was the first doubt that emerged in the minds of Yang Shirley and Dugu Bo.
Why is there no soul beast? Judging by the Qi machine, there are at least ten plant-type soul beasts that are 100,000 years old!
This is the cry in Ah Yin’s heart.
"Ayi,"
Dugu Bo squinted his eyes, feeling the hot and humid water vapor in the air, and took another look at the red and white water pool below, as well as the patchwork of land around the water pool. He looked at all kinds of vegetation and asked, "Are those plants highly poisonous?"
As a veteran who often deals with various poisons, Dugu Bo has an understanding of the growth environment of various poisons.
As far as Dugu Bo knows, hot springs themselves are not suitable for nourishing plants because they contain too many minerals, but some special plants are different. Many highly toxic plants need exactly what they need. It's the minerals and heat in the hot springs.
As soon as she heard about poison, Yang Xueli's face straightened. She was from the [Po Clan], and although she didn't have much experience in herbal medicine, she still knew some things through her ears and eyes. I also understand that some seemingly beautiful things often contain deadly murderous intentions behind them. Some gorgeous flowers and plants are more terrifying than those majestic spirit beasts!
Regarding Dugu Bo's guess, Ling Yi nodded first, then pondered for a moment, and then shook his head.
This scene once again confused Dugu Bo and the others.
Just when Ah Yin's heart was beating fast and she felt like there was a fire burning in her heart, and she was about to lose control and go straight to the showdown, Ling Yi didn't hold back anymore and said directly:
"There should be some highly poisonous plants. After all, the environment below is very suitable for the growth of some highly toxic plants."
"But what makes me feel dangerous is not those potentially poisonous plants."
" Senior, you also know that I carry the "Tongxi Dilong Pill" with me. Just be careful not to touch certain poisons directly. Even if the poisonous gas is emitted by thousands or even ten thousand years of poison, the concentration has not reached a certain level. , I am not afraid either..."
Dugu Bo nodded and said: "Indeed, with the poison-avoiding ability of "Tongxi Dilong Pill", trace amounts of toxins cannot get close to your body. ”
"Then, what is it that makes you feel dangerous?"
Ling Yi stood on the blue and silver vine plank road, bent down and looked at the bottom of the valley almost a hundred meters below. As tall as an ant, as a soul master with excellent five senses, Ling Yi could even see the dewdrops and veins on the leaves of the plants beside the pond.
"Down here, there seems to be an indescribable strange aura that makes people uneasy, and the blood in the body has a faint feeling of boiling..."
Ling Yi said , pointed to the red and white water pool in the center of the valley bottom, and then said: "Especially there, I have the strongest feeling!"
Dugu Bo and the other two looked along Ling Yi's fingers, looking at There was only a pool of water the size of a tea cup in my eyes. After transporting my soul power to my eyes, I strengthened my vision and looked again. I saw that the surface of the pool was dull. The air above the vermilion side was slightly distorted, as if the temperature was very high. The white side was unremarkable, but On the land near Tanbian, the leaves of several plants were covered with frost.
Except for the strange temperature difference between cold and hot, Dugu Bo and the other three looked at it for a long time, but they still couldn't see any danger, so they couldn't help but turn their attention to Ling Yi again.
On Ling Yi's side, he also used his spiritual power in the short time just now to sense the situation at the bottom of the valley. He had some concerns in his heart and said in a low voice: "Let's go slower. Set your feet along the edge, and be careful not to get close to the red and white pool in the middle..."
"Brother Yi!"
A Yin couldn't hold it back and shouted.
“What?” Ling Yi turned back to look at A Yin.
Ah Yin pursed his lips, looked at the silent plants of various colors at the bottom of the valley again, and whispered: "There may be soul beasts below..."
Hearing this, Dugu Bo and Yang Shirley subconsciously He looked at Ling Yi.
Ling Yi did not directly refute A Yin's words, but nodded and said: "Although I just sensed it with the power of my mind, I didn't feel any fluctuations in emotions and thoughts down there, but in order to Just in case, there really is some powerful soul beast that is in a dormant or sleeping state... Well, this way..."
As he said that, Ling Yi reached out and fumbled around his lower back a few times, and finally took out a few inlays. He handed the blue gem metal block to the three of them and said, "Take these "starry sky fireworks". If there is any powerful soul beast, activate it directly and throw it over to blow it up -!" "
"Gudu! ”*3
After taking the "Starry Sky Fireworks" and feeling the heavy, cold touch on their palms, Dugu Bo, A Yin, and Yang Xueli swallowed subconsciously.
Ah Yin and Yang Shirley have seen the power of "Starry Sky Fireworks", and Ling Yi also demonstrated it to Dugu Bo two months ago.
When we were originally planning to hunt the "Demon Dragon Zixi", if the time and place were unlucky, or the plan of 'two tigers fighting' failed, and we needed to kill them head-on, this "Starry Sky Fireworks" It can be used as a decisive weapon.
Who knew it would be so smooth ahead, and these "starry sky fireworks" would always be on Ling Yi's body.
Because the "Starry Sky Fireworks" are inlaid with "Starry Sky Stones" that contain the power of space, they cannot be stored in the storage soul guide. Otherwise, they will either explode or annihilate each other due to the conflict of space power. So you can only carry it with you.
But except for Ling Yi who was confident that he would not inadvertently activate the power of space on the "Starry Sky Fireworks", others did not dare to put such dangerous items on their bodies. If it was accidentally activated, they would die. Unjustly accused.
Don’t ask why it’s been so long since Ling Shenjie Yi Lian was able to reproduce the storage soul guide, but why is this “Star Fireworks” still so unstable? You just don’t have time to study it!
It is very reasonable and reasonable for Ling to temporarily shelve research on such a killing weapon due to his low strength and lack of protective power, right?
I am sorting out the list of all the veterans who voted for me in the two weeks from October 15th to today 29th, and I will send out a thank you note around midnight.
Finally, we will continue to update tomorrow, good night everyone~
(End of this chapter)