Suddenly, a small and low humming sound came from inside the magic circle. Some runes gradually shined and emerged, but the light was as weak as the glow of fireflies, as if they had just been activated.
"Oops, the magic power of the two of us is not enough to activate this magic circle!"
The woman in the silver shirt said with a worried look on her face, and at the same time she stopped the ever-changing spell in her hand, causing the cyan light beam to instantly collapse and dissipate.
Yan Yun frowned deeply, and also released the magic power in his body, waving towards the huge cauldron in the distance.
The Xutian Cauldron hidden in the eyes of the formation swayed slightly, then sped out from the original light beam, then quickly shrank to its original size, and in the next instant, it was once again submerged in Yanyun's cuffs.
"It's not just a matter of the two of us having insufficient mana. According to ancient records, this control circle should have been controlled by practitioners in the Divine Transformation stage. Just the two of us, who are in the middle and late Nascent Soul stages respectively, It’s really difficult to control this magic circle.”
Yan Yun stared at the magic circle below and said, his brows full of trouble.
After the Xutian Cauldron disappeared without a trace, the giant cauldron pattern in the formation's eyes finally disappeared along with the disappearance of the light beam.
The humming of the entire magic circle and the flickering auras all around gradually subsided, and finally the silence returned, like a sleeping dead thing.
"Perhaps this does not mean that only practitioners in the transformation stage can drive this magic circle. If several later practitioners work together, they can also master this magic circle."
After a long silence, the woman in silver shirt said calmly.
"You must be joking, fellow Taoist. Even three or four late-stage practitioners can hardly withstand the blow of a practitioner in the transformation stage. Fellow Taoist should be very clear about the strength gap between the two."
Yan Yun was slightly surprised, but there was still obvious skepticism on his face.
When the woman in silver shirt saw Yan Yun's response without hesitation, a trace of surprise flashed in her eyes. However, soon, a trace of anger appeared on her face. When she was about to speak again, Yan Yun said coldly:
"Tell Fellow Daoist Feng about this. This place will open automatically every three hundred years. Even if we do nothing, we will only be trapped here for a while at most, and we can still leave safely by then. But I have changed my mind. I am no longer eager to leave here, but decided to concentrate on practicing here. Haha! Of course, if I am lucky enough to break through to the later stage, I will naturally find fellow Taoist Feng to take care of me!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Yan Yun's spiritual light flickered, and instantly turned into a blue light and rushed towards the bottom of the stone platform, disappearing in a bluestone passage in the distance in an instant.
"Open once every three hundred years!"
When the silver-shirted woman heard the news, she was both happy and surprised, and the words she was about to say were swallowed up in her stomach.
Although he lost a good opportunity to seize the other party's spiritual treasure, he knew that he did not need to be trapped here forever, and other thoughts disappeared.
She was not worried that Yan Yun would deceive him with lies. After all, for a heaven and earth spirit beast like her with a lifespan of tens of thousands of years, a mere two or three hundred years was really insignificant.
According to the original plan, she had a secret method that was close to self-sacrifice, which allowed her to briefly possess the powerful strength of the divine transformation stage, and then easily defeat Yan Yun and win the Xutian Cauldron.
However, the conditions for the use of this secret technique were extremely strict and caused great damage to Daoji, almost cutting off the possibility of her being promoted to the stage of becoming a god. Even for a quasi-divine cultivator like her who already has the conditions for a breakthrough, the consequences are unpredictable.
In fact, this woman was quite distressed!
Due to lifespan issues, she originally planned to be promoted to the Divine Transformation stage in the near future. However, affected by the space node information brought by the incarnation of Che Laoyao, she rushed into the attack on Xiaoji Palace and was unable to take this matter into consideration. . Therefore, she is still stuck in the later stage of cultivation.
Of course, it is also a good choice to directly advance to become a god here.
However, the Bingfeng clan has unique regulations, and they must perform a specific ritual on Bingyuan Island, the clan's holy land, in order to complete their promotion.
Otherwise, even if you successfully advance, your cultivation will remain stagnant. The woman knew that it would be unwise to risk using this secret method when trying to get out of trouble.
However, Yan Yun knew nothing about this, but in order to prevent the other party from making a desperate move, he revealed the secret of the Xutian Palace, which is opened every three hundred years.
As long as there is still a glimmer of hope in that woman's heart, I believe she will not easily start a life-and-death battle with him.
Of course, Yan Yun's final remarks about his breakthrough in the later stage were actually just casual remarks.
The silver-robed woman who transformed from a level 10 ice phoenix didn't care at all.
It’s easier said than done to break through to the later stage! There are countless monks in the middle stage of Nascent Soul in this world who have never been able to cross this threshold and have stayed at this level for the rest of their lives.
The woman in silver robe meditated on the stone platform for a long time, murmuring in a low voice:
"Okay, I still have a few secret techniques that I haven't successfully cultivated yet, so I might as well take this opportunity to practice them. If I succeed in practicing, maybe I can increase my chances of winning against this person next time."
After finishing speaking, the woman stepped lightly on her jade feet and instantly turned into a bright light and rushed away towards the passage that was completely opposite to Yan Yun's direction.
She also chose to find a suitable cave to carry out in-depth practice.
After half a day of searching, Yan Yun stood in a medium-sized stone room, sitting cross-legged. In front of him was a milky white pool about ten feet wide, filled with aura and fragrant.
This is the second secret room of the mysterious realm where Yan Yun once met Yuan Yao.
This place is not only highly hidden, but also has such a huge spring of spiritual eyes, which is undoubtedly an excellent place for cultivation.
However, in order to ensure safety, Yan Yun decided to temporarily close the teleportation array, rendering it temporarily ineffective, and used some array flags and the entire secret room to cover it up.
In this environment where the Forbidden God's restriction still affects the entire giant tower, it would probably be quite difficult for even the powerful tenth-level ice phoenix to find this place.
At this moment, Yan Yun's eyes were closed tightly, and except for the slight rise and fall of his chest, he looked like a dead body.
However, what was surprising was that the milky white mist emitted by the spring of spiritual eyes in front of him seemed to have spirituality and slowly floated towards him, making Yan Yun seem to be in the clouds and mist, looming.
Eventually, the mist condensed into a milky white mist ball, completely swallowing his figure. Time flies, one day, one month, one year, time passes quietly.
The milky white spiritual mist continuously gathered towards the edge of the pool, while the white mist ball stayed quietly in place without any change, as if it had existed here since the birth of heaven and earth.
Cultivation has no time, but in the blink of an eye, eighty years have passed by in a hurry!
On this day, at the port of an island in the Chaotic Star Sea, various ships were coming in and out in an endless stream, and some monks with profound cultivation were also shuttled in and out of the sky.
In addition, this large island is surrounded by restrictions, which is also the reason for the bustling scene of the port.
In the area near the shore, there are several hills of varying heights, with some buildings scattered here and there.
On the highest mountain among them, there is a pale white attic. Although it is not exquisite and elegant, it is made entirely of huge rocks. Instead, it presents a unique rough and exotic style.
At the top of this three-story attic, a Taoist priest in blue robes and a scholar in white robes wearing a Confucian crown were chatting eagerly while gazing at the lively scene of the port.
"Senior Brother Ming, I heard that a fierce battle broke out again near Luo Xing Island between the Counter Star Alliance and Xing Gong recently. In this confrontation, a monk in the Dan Formation stage from the Counter Star Alliance died unfortunately. It seems that they have suffered a loss this time. A small loss.”
The scholar said leisurely.
"Well, in recent years, the conflicts between Star Palace and the Counter Star Alliance have become more frequent. It seems that the next large-scale battle is not far away. It's strange to say that, logically speaking, the Counter Star Alliance's The strength should be stronger. After all, the Anti-Star Alliance occupies more than twenty of the thirty-six islands in the inner sea. However, in the actual battle of victory and defeat, the Star Palace often has the advantage."
The blue-robed Taoist priest said with great emotion.
"Hahaha, the power possessed by these two is indeed a bit strange compared to other practitioners. The reason why they can maintain their invincible status near Tianxing Island is mainly due to their cultivation of Yuanci Divine Light."
"However, if they leave Tianxing Island too far, their strength will drop significantly. Do you remember that in the last battle, the Six Paths Supreme Saints and Wan Sangu joined forces to fight against the Twin Saints of Tianxing Island, but they ended up on Tianxing Island A tragic failure nearby? Despite this, the two saints of Tianxing still dare not leave Tianxing Island for a long time, so as not to affect their practice. Therefore, these two families have concerns, which puts us small sects in trouble."
The scholar said with a mocking tone.
"Indeed, although being frequently recruited by these two families is not a big deal, you only need to send a few low-level disciples to deal with it. However, in the past, you only had to pay tribute to one of the families, but now you need to pay double the tribute Fu, life like this is really unbearable.”
Taoist Priest Lan Tian shrugged his shoulders, his face full of frustration.
"Oh! Senior brother Xiao Ming is really thoughtful. How can we, the foundation-building monks, be able to decide such a matter? Naturally, it is handled by the master and the master. As long as the master is in charge, these two families will not bully them too much. Us. And we just need to survive the two-year duty period and return to the cave to concentrate on cultivation. Having said that, since I came out of retreat last time, I have a vague feeling that I am about to break through the early stage, and it seems that I should enter the middle stage of foundation building. ! ”
The scholar suddenly said proudly.
"Oh? If junior brother can advance to the middle stage in a hundred years, then he is really talented. I have been trapped in the middle stage for decades, but there is still no sign of a breakthrough."
Taoist Lan Tian couldn't help but froze when he heard this, and then a look of envy appeared on his face.
"Brother Xiao Ming is joking. As we all know, the gap between the initial bottleneck and the mid-term bottleneck is huge. When I enter the mid-term, I'm afraid I will still be far behind you, senior brother!"
The scholar shook his head in denial.
After hearing this, Taoist Lantian smiled helplessly, and just as he was about to speak again, a loud noise like the thunder of the Nine Heavens God suddenly sounded.
Immediately afterwards, the entire attic shook, and then began to shake violently.
The two practitioners were immediately horrified, quickly exchanged glances, and immediately turned their heads to look further into the harbor.
As far as the eye can see, in the sky about ten miles away from the port, there is a cloud that is as colorful as the sunset.
The clouds and mists were billowing, and as time went by, they gradually formed a shocking scene like thousands of troops galloping past.
What's even more terrifying is that as the sound of flying dust gets closer, the surrounding sea level suddenly boils, instantly rolling up a magnificent scene of more than a hundred feet high, and a dazzling silver line moves from the distance towards the port at an alarming speed. Speeding towards the location.
This sudden vibration caused ships of all sizes in the port area to suddenly fall into chaos. The crews struggled to drive the ships to the dock. Countless ordinary people scrambled to escape from the cabins and surged crazily towards the ground.
Faced with such turbulent waves, anyone can clearly understand that staying on the ship at this moment is undoubtedly equivalent to choosing death.
As for those ships and the various types of cargo transported on board, it seems that they have been abandoned by fate and can only let fate take its course.
However, the practitioners and scholars in blue robes turned a blind eye to this extremely rare situation of huge waves. Their facial expressions appeared extremely nervous, and they stared closely at the thick clouds and mist billowing in the distant sky.
After just a moment, sweat started to appear on their foreheads, obviously due to their high concentration.
Not only the two of them, but the faces of the practitioners who were coming in and out of the port area also changed suddenly at this moment. Many of the weaker ones couldn't even control the magic weapons and escape light, and they were shaking urgently from mid-air. Land down.
Even though they were so far apart, they were still affected by the powerful spiritual pressure from the gorgeous clouds, and they felt as if they were facing the imminent arrival of some ancient sacred monster.
At this time, not only the buildings in the port area began to shake violently, but the entire island seemed to begin to shake slightly silently.
The mouths of the practitioners and scholars in blue robes were so dry that they could not even utter a complete sentence.
At this critical moment, three eye-catching rainbows suddenly shot out from the inside of the island. In an instant, they reached the sky above the attic. After a short circle, they rushed into the top floor.
The light gradually dissipated, revealing three figures: a burly man in yellow robe, a sad-faced old man in green robe, and an enchanting woman. (End of chapter)