It's almost dusk.
The setting sun is like blood!
The desert in front of Nangong Yun was a bright red, and countless wrinkles of sand and stones were like solidified waves, continuously extending to the end of the distant sky.
When he left the City of Ten Thousand Beasts, Lan Hao and the others had already attacked. Maybe Liao Ying would never have thought until her death that Tianjian Mountain had already launched a war against them.
With the elders of Tianjian Sect around, it would be easy to capture Ten Thousand Beasts City.
Nangong Yun learned from Liao Ying that Wanshou City was still thousands of miles away from Wanxiang Mountain, and there were two branches of Wanxiang Gate on the way. The one close to Wanxiang Mountain was Qingshi County on the outskirts of Qingshi Mountains, which should be reached soon.
Before that, there was a branch of the Wanxiang Gate, which controlled the area from the Bluestone Mountains to the City of Ten Thousand Beasts.
Along the way, Nangong Yun discovered that within the sphere of influence of Wanxiang Sect, there were many very hidden and dangerous pass areas, and these places were guarded by people from Wanxiang Sect.
Moreover, they seem to communicate with each other in some special ways. Once one of them is in danger, other places can quickly know about it and provide timely support.
Nangong Yun had to admire that the Wanxiang Sect had the strength to compete with Tianjian Mountain in the Western Regions only a few decades after its establishment. It was indeed no accident.
Therefore, Nangong Yun did not rush to Qingshi County, but explored and recorded along the way.
Now, he has penetrated deeply into the sphere of influence of the Wanxiang Sect. As long as he wants to go, he can rely on the Wanxiang Order to go unimpeded.
Of course, although the Wanxiang Sect occupies such a huge area, they do not set up separate rudders everywhere for control. After all, the desert in the Western Region is too vast and they simply do not have that many manpower!
Nangong Yun was delayed for dozens of days on his way to Qingshi County.
However, wherever he passed, he would always leave some strange patterns on some trees, boulders or rock walls.
These patterns are very small, only one finger long. Although they are very conspicuous, even if someone sees them, they would not guess that they are some kind of marks or symbols.
Because only Nangong Yun and Lan Yue can understand this pattern.
He had discussed it with Lan Yue before leaving, and he used the pattern of the "token of love" between them as a mark. Nangong Yun inquired about the situation of Wanxiang Gate along the way, and left the letter hidden in the location marked with the pattern. nearby.
In this way, when Tianjian Mountain launches a large-scale attack on Wanxiang Gate, he will know the situation along the way.
This is also the reason why Nangong Yun insists on acting in secret. However, as he gets closer to Wanxiang Mountain, he himself will become more and more dangerous.
His current understanding of the Wanxiang Sect is limited to Wan Zhentian and Gu Hongshan. As for whether there are other masters in the Star Realm, he doesn't know.
As for Wu Tianfang, Wei Tianhao and others, let alone whether they can recover in a short time, even if they recover, in Nangong Yun's eyes, they do not pose any threat.
After this period of exploration and marking, Nangong Yun has left all the situations in the area from the Bluestone Mountains to the City of Beasts, all along the way.
Therefore, he can go to Qingshi County with peace of mind.
...
On this day, he came to a mountain range.
Based on the distance, this should be the Bluestone Mountains that Liao Ying mentioned.
Across a large expanse of sand and stone Gobi, I looked far to the west and saw boundless mountains towering at the end of my field of vision.
The mountains are steep and have thousands of ravines;
Continuous, ups and downs.
Seeing the scene in front of him, Nangong Yun guessed that Qingshi County should be on the west side of the mountain range close to Wanxiang Mountain.
Then, he walked towards the mountains...
After walking for about three days after entering the mountains, Nangong Yun came to a lake.
Walking to the shore, he found that the lake water was light and clear, green and cool.
At this time, it was afternoon. Under the scorching sun, Nangong Yun was already a little tired and sultry. It was just the right time to wash away the scorching heat in the lake.
He looked around to make sure there was no one around here.
Afterwards, he took off his clothes and jumped into the lake, with a splash of water. The cool and refreshing lake water immediately made him feel refreshed physically and mentally, and the heat of the summer disappeared.
After running around and exploring in the desert of the Western Region for the past few days, his skin color was also slightly red.
However, because he is a cultivator, his body and skin are stronger and tougher than those of ordinary people, so he was not exposed to the sun!
However, while Nangong Yun was enjoying the refreshment in the lake, the clothes he piled on the shore disappeared!
When he came to his senses, he suddenly realized that his clothes had been taken away by an unknown object.
Nangong Yun immediately felt anxious and could not continue to enjoy the coolness of the lake. He immediately jumped up and swung out a palm, sending a sharp gust of wind flying towards his moving clothes.
"Snapped!"
Nangong Yun's clothes flew up and hit the rock with something in them.
He immediately stepped forward and picked up his clothes, and suddenly found something running behind the rock.
Because of his extremely fast speed, he didn't see it clearly, but he was still naked, so he had to put on his clothes first.
But when he was about to put on his clothes, he found that there was a trace of blood on the clothes. It must have been from the thing that had his clothes in its mouth when he hit it with his palm just now.
Nangong Yun put on his clothes in a few moments and then chased forward following the blood stains on the ground.
He could clearly feel from the blood on his clothes and on the ground that the blood was not human blood, but like some kind of small animal.
However, Nangong Yun was also curious about what kind of little thing wanted to take away his clothes.
Originally, the clothes had already been snatched back, and besides, he had injured the little thing, so there was no need to hold on to it.
It was just Nangong Yun's whim. He walked in the Bluestone Mountains for three days and didn't see any animals, so it was just a bit novel.
Not long after, he chased him to a hidden cave. From the blood stains on the ground, he could tell that the little guy got into this cave.
Nangong Yun looked around and found that this cave was not only hidden, but also had a beautiful surrounding environment.
At the entrance of the cave, a string of dense ancient vines hang upside down from the rock wall. Among them are many bright red flame orchids. The red and green are accompanied by them, which is very beautiful in an instant.
Nangong Yun approached the cave entrance, and a stream of clear water floated out from the cave under his feet. The water was clear and crystal clear.
He vaguely detected the injured little thing in the cave, which was making a "squeaking" sound, as if to warn Nangong Yun not to infringe on its territory.
However, Nangong Yundu chased him here, and naturally wanted to find out what this little thing was, so he even rushed to "steal" his clothes while he was bathing in the lake.
Nangong Yun raised his hand and condensed a ball of flame in his palm. With a slight wave, the ball of fire slowly floated into the cave, illuminating the surroundings with the light of the fire. Nangong Yun entered the cave.
I saw that the cave was about tens of feet in diameter, with a stone platform in the middle that was ten feet wide, surrounded by clear water.
There is a frightening cold air emanating from the stone platform, making the air in the entire cave cool and pleasant, unlike the unbearable heat outside the cave.
Nangong Yun walked forward and found that the square stone platform seemed to be a piece of naturally formed jade. It was as white as snow and crystal clear.
It's just that the cave has been soaked in clear water all year round, forming a layer of gray dialyzed rock surrounding the entire jade.
The cold air emanating from the jade did not make Nangong Yun feel uncomfortable, but instead made him feel refreshed physically and mentally, and his soul was clear.
He suddenly realized that this might be the cold jade from the Western Regions that his master had mentioned before. This kind of cold jade was very rare and extremely difficult to form.
A piece of cold jade the size of a pebble would probably take a hundred years to form, and a large piece like this would probably take tens of thousands of years to form.
It is said that this kind of cold jade has miraculous effects on the practitioner's recovery from injuries and nourishing the blood vessels throughout the body.
Nangong Yun involuntarily stretched out his hand to touch the surface of the cold jade stone platform, and felt a pure breath of cold jade enter his body. Immediately, his five senses were clear and his soul was refreshed. It was indeed a rare treasure.
If he could often sit quietly and practice on this cold jade stone platform, his cultivation speed would increase exponentially. It was a pity that Nangong Yun couldn't take away such a large piece of cold jade, so he couldn't help but sigh.
At this time, a strange cry suddenly came from the back of the stone platform.
It was coming from the little animal that was injured by Nangong Yun just now. As soon as he came in, he was attracted by the cold jade stone platform, and he actually forgot that there was an "owner" here.
Immediately, Nangong Yun moved to look for it, and saw a small ball of fur curled up in the corner behind the cold jade stone platform, which was as white as snow!
There was just a trace of bright red on the surface of this little white fur ball, which was obviously caused by the injury caused by the wind from Nangong Yun's palm and hitting the stone wall.
Nangong Yun took a step further and looked carefully for a while before realizing that this little white fur ball turned out to be a white fox cub.
At this time, Nangong Yun suddenly realized.
"I see!"
He sighed softly, slowly took out the fox fur he had taken from the city lord's mansion, and looked at the white fox cub curled up on the ground. Nangong Yun suddenly felt touched in his heart.
He spread the fox skin on the cold jade stone platform, then stepped back two feet away and waited quietly.
I saw the white fox cub timidly sticking out its little head, staring at Nangong Yun with a pair of black and translucent eyes. After realizing that he didn't want to hurt himself, he jumped onto the cold jade stone platform, slowly He moved closer to the spread out snow-white fox fur.
Sure enough, it smelled a familiar smell...
Nangong Yun knew that such spiritual beasts that had lived near the cold jade stone bed for a long time would be affected by the breath of cold jade and become different from ordinary animals. They were more intelligent, or emotional.
Nangong Yun looked at the white fox cub and seemed to recall something. He saw the white fox cub quietly crawling near the fox fur, making a "Woo" sound from its breath.
Nangong Yun did not disturb it anymore, but took out a small red bottle from his arms and poured out a few Qingyuan Pills on the clean ground at his feet.
Then, he quietly exited the cave.
Nangong Yun, who came to the lake again, felt a little more comforted.
He turned back and looked in the direction of the cave where the white fox cub was staying, with a satisfied smile on his face, and then walked towards the west of the mountain range.
