The moon shines like frost.
The cold wind howls and the sea is vast.
Above the boundless deep black sea, a brilliant escaping light of five colors flew across the sky quickly, like a meteor that cut across the sky, falling towards an unknown distance.
This is a relatively remote sea area.
Although there are desolate islands, like scattered stars, reflecting the frosty moonlight below, the surrounding spiritual energy of heaven and earth is too thin to attract monks to live there.
Without an island where monks live, no ordinary people would be able to survive here. Considering the environment in most parts of the vast sea, the vast sea is actually not suitable for ordinary people to live.
Not to mention the giant strange fish that can occasionally be seen in the sea, and the densely packed sharp teeth that shine coldly under the moonlight. The current temperature of this sea area is also ridiculously low.
Although the sea water below is turbulent, a small amount of ice ballast condensed due to the low temperature can be vaguely seen. Even if an ordinary strong man is wrapped in a thick quilt, he may not be able to get on any island in this cold sea. How long to survive.
Bang!
The five-color escaping light landed on a larger island in this cold sea area, crushing some gravel. Then the five-color stream of light collapsed toward the inside, and suddenly condensed into a black-robed figure.
Warm white air rises from the body of the man in black robes. On the young and handsome face of the black-robed figure, a pair of sword-shaped eyebrows frown slightly, and his indifferent eyes quickly scan the surroundings.
"Donghui Island..."
Gu Qing was a little confused.
After he left Qingshu Island, he returned all the way to the boundaries of the Qingxia Islands, then took out the sea map, confirmed the location of Donghui Island with Sifang Island as the core, and hurried over.
Although there are many islands on the vast sea, it is normal for them to have the same name, but the Donghui Island that Namu Kui mentioned at the beginning should logically be the Donghui Island that is closest to Sifang Island, right?
But this place is really inaccessible.
Wherever Gu Qing looked, there was no trace of any monks, so with a thought, his consciousness spread out in all directions, covering a radius of more than 20 miles, and then quickly retracted, finding nothing.
Gu Qing waved his hand to disperse the steam coming out of his body, closed the pores all over his body, took out the sea map, and started searching on it.
After a while, he put down the sea map.
"It should be right here."
Gu Qing felt confident.
The monk named Mukui, who was traveling with Mukui, should have just not arrived yet. Gu Qing first took out the communication talisman that Mukui had given him earlier and contacted him. He saw that he was not there for a while. In response, he turned over his hand and put away the communication charm.
Afterwards, Gu Qing found an open space on the island, cleaned it up a little, placed a futon on it, then took out a middle-grade spiritual stone, held it in his hand, started to use the technique, and adjusted his breath.
Five-color auras circulated on Gu Qing's body, his complexion was rosy, and his aura became extremely long as he entered cultivation.
But after all, being in such an environment, Gu Qing naturally never immersed himself in cultivation. He also focused on paying attention to the situation around him and catching any subtle changes.
Nothing unusual happened around him.
After half an hour, Gu Qing felt something in his heart and slowed down the speed of running the technique. The five-color halo around him shrank a little. He took out a gray communication talisman from his storage bag.
On the communication talisman, a gray dull light flickered.
In the deep dark night, it seemed very obvious.
Gu Qing's spiritual consciousness penetrated this communication talisman, and the voice transmission from Mukui rang in his ears. The voice transmission was brief. He just stated that he would rush to Donghui Island at dawn. Please wait for a while, and also inform Gu Qing that this time There were five people traveling with them this time.
And these five people are all on the road and may arrive at any time.
As soon as Gu Qing put away the communication talisman, he raised his head slightly and looked into the distance. There was an undetectable aura there, approaching quickly, but there was no escape. It was probably covered up intentionally.
This breath spanned a hundred miles in just half a breath
, like a disembodied ghost, landed more than ten feet away from Gu Qing, revealing a bloated figure.
The most conspicuous thing about this figure is a black and red armor with rusty spots. Under the armor, he is covered in gray clothes. Even the upper part of this person's head is covered with gray cloth strips. Tangled, only half of the cheek is exposed.
The exposed half of this person's cheek, the skin is tender and white, and the small mouth and nose look very delicate. Combined with the slight bulge on this person's chest, this person should be a female cultivator. , and then it will be the second level of foundation building.
The five-color spiritual light on Gu Qing's body was still flowing as before.
As the armored female cultivator paused on the island, Gu Qing just glanced briefly, then withdrew his gaze and continued to close his eyes and adjust his breathing, without trying to talk to the armored female cultivator.
The armored female cultivator obviously noticed Gu Qing's actions. She slowly took a few steps back and came to a position thirty or forty feet away from Gu Qing. She also found an open space, took out a futon, and started to meditate.
Although Gu Qing continued to close his eyes and adjust his breathing.
But the depth of breath adjustment is naturally not as good as before.
He focused most of his attention on changes in the outside world. After realizing that the newly arrived female cultivator in armor was just like him, he sat down and adjusted his breath, and finally relaxed his focus on the female cultivator in armor.
'It seems that this woman is one of the people traveling with us.
'The aura of cultivation is a little weird...
'And that armor, there should be something extraordinary about it.
Gu Qingru thought.
Immediately, while maintaining the state of shallow cultivation, he recalled some important contents recorded in the "Three Hundred Years of Scenery in the World of Cultivation in the Vast Sea" that he had read earlier on the road.
After Gu Qing had read the book "Three Hundred Years of Scenery in the World of Cultivation in the Vast Sea" on the road, he remembered some of the discussions, some of which were particularly vivid.
first.
The biggest difference between the cultivation world of Hanhai and the cultivation world of Yunmiao Continent is that they adopt completely different methods of dealing with monsters.
In the cultivation world of Yunmiao Continent, the general attitude towards monsters has always been to kill them if they can. If they cannot be killed, they are kept in captivity and tamed as monster pets or sources of spiritual flesh.
The attitude towards demonic beasts in the world of Hanhai Cultivation is very different. Monsters who have developed spiritual intelligence are often called "monster cultivators". Gu Qing also read this book "Three Hundred Years of Scenery in the World of Hanhai Cultivation". Only then did I know that the origin of the name "Monster Cultivator" lies in the vast sea.
Even in the entire world of cultivation, there are six major schools of practice, two of which belong to the demon clan, while the human race has four schools of practice. These four schools of practice are the Qiong Ling Na Qi Miaofa lineage, Hunyuan Ju. The Qi Miaofa line, the Qianyang Nine Qi Miaofa line, and the Taixu Infinite Miaofa lineage. Each practice school has several large-scale forces, several medium-sized forces, and thousands of small forces.
The Linyu Sea Area he is currently in belongs to the lineage of Qiong Ling Na Qi Miaofa. However, there are no large forces in this Linyu Sea Area. There are only three medium-sized forces. Among the three medium-sized forces, the strongest is naturally Zuo. Linyu was born into a force called Linyuan Pavilion.
Next is the alliance of monk families in the Linyu Sea Area. Among the three medium-sized forces, this force has the widest scope of control and the most monks, but it is also the most loose. It can be described as a mess.
Finally, there is a force called Xingyue Palace.
Because the scope of the records in "Three Hundred Years of Scenery in the Vast Sea Cultivation World" was too large, the Linyu Sea area was only briefly mentioned. Gu Qing only knew that Linyu Hanhai had three strong forces, and basically had no understanding of the details of these three forces.
I don’t even know if there are any small forces in Linyu Sea Area.
'I wonder, which force does Changming Island belong to? As for the Loose Cultivator Alliance in the Linyu Sea Area...it can be considered a small force after all, right? Gu Qing thought the same thing when he saw this place.
In addition to the attitude towards the demon clan in the Hanhai cultivation world, which is completely different from the cultivation world in Yunmiao Continent, the attainments of various cultivation arts are classified and named.
In other words, it is also somewhat different from the cultivation world of Yunmiao Continent.
for example.
In the cultivation world of Yunmiao Continent, things are called spiritual talismans. In the cultivation world of Hanhai, they are generally called talismans. In addition, the so-called "talisman" in the cultivation world of Yunmiao Continent only refers to the method of making spiritual talismans, while the "talisman" in the cultivation world of Hanhai, It refers to the method of making talismans and spells.
The talismans in the world of Hanhai Cultivation are divided into "talismans" and "curses", which really surprised Gu Qing.
He has been making talismans for many years, and as a talisman master, he has never heard of the spells, so he can't help but doubt the spells contained in the book. But as for the world of cultivation in the vast sea, which calls spiritual talismans "talismans", he Didn't feel any surprise.
The previous world in the square tripod, and the world of cultivation over there, also called the talisman 'talisman'. The talisman is the spiritual machine of heaven and earth, which condenses it on paper, so it is reasonable to call it 'talisman'.
Except for the difference in talismans.
In the world of Hanhai Cultivation, the monks' attainments in the various arts of cultivation, as well as various spiritual materials and spiritual objects, are uniformly divided into "grades" and "grades".
The 'grade is above '' level and is divided into nine levels and four levels. Alchemy masters, talisman masters, weapon refiners, formation masters, etc. are all divided into nine levels. Various spiritual objects and spiritual materials are also divided into nine levels. Then, it is subdivided into lower level, middle level, upper level, and top level.
Gu Qing was also not surprised by this division.
It's normal to be different.
The world in the Fantasy Thunder Cauldron also divides the monks' attainments in the various arts of cultivation, as well as various spiritual objects and spiritual materials, into heaven and earth. The world is vast, the universe is endless, and there are many monks with amazing talents. There are so many generations. It is not surprising that these things have different names due to different regions.
Gu Qing retracted his thoughts and turned to look to one side.
A bit of crimson fire-like luster was reflected in Gu Qing's clear black and white eyes, and in the next moment, it turned into a crimson brilliance.
This crimson brilliance stretched into a thin line in the night sky, drew an arc from the distance, and rushed towards Donghui Island. As it approached Donghui Island, its light became brighter and brighter.
In the blink of an eye, a crimson brilliance came close to us, and the bright light reflected the nearby sea area in red. A huge aura came with this crimson brilliance, bringing with it a whistling hot wind, blowing away sand and rocks on Donghui Island. , Senhai rises and falls.
Donghui Island is quite large, with patches of dense forest rising from the ground. They are dark green under the night, but at this time they are turned red, rising and falling under the strong wind, like a sea of fire.
"Hahaha...the two fellow Taoists arrived early!"
"What's wrong, that old man Mukui hasn't arrived yet?" A red light fell on Donghui Island, not far or near from Gu Qing and the strangely dressed female cultivator, and a figure appeared.
This figure is wearing a red robe, standing barefoot, with a head full of red hair and a red beard. The body is about ten feet tall, with extremely broad shoulders. It also has red eyes. He first looks at the strangely dressed female cultivator, and then It landed on Gu Qing, with a bold smile on his face.
The aura of his cultivation is perfected at the third level of foundation building.
"We haven't arrived yet, fellow Taoist, please wait for a while." Gu Qing responded expressionlessly, then closed his eyes.
The tall male cultivator with red beard and red hair scratched his head.
He smiled casually, calmed down his aura, and chose a seat closer to the black-robed male cultivator who had just responded to him. He also found an open space, took out a black futon, and sat down cross-legged.
The next day, the morning light just appeared.
There are already five figures on the island.
In addition to the tall male cultivator with red beard and red hair, the fat female cultivator who was dressed strangely, and Gu Qing, who looked like a handsome young man in black robes, two more foundation-building cultivators came in the middle of the night yesterday.
One of them has a cultivation aura at the third level of foundation building. He has a bald head and holds an alms bowl. His figure and appearance are
There was nothing outstanding about him, but the bloody aura all over his body and the compassion on his face made people look at him as really awkward.
The other person looked like a boy, more than three feet tall, dressed in luxurious clothes, carved with pink and jade. He looked extremely cute, but the vicissitudes in his eyes showed that he was not a real child.
It is worth mentioning that this boy has no aura of cultivation. Even Gu Qing glanced at this person several times and could not see any clues. However, everyone knew that this boy was definitely not a mortal.
If this boy was just a mortal, how could he fly here and wait on the island wearing only thin clothes?
There was no one talking to the five people on the island. They were just sitting at a distance from each other on the shore of Donghui Island, waiting silently.
And this wait has come to an end.
The sky in the distance was getting brighter and brighter, and the sun was about to rise. At the same time, the five people on the island all stood up and looked at the sky where the sun was about to rise. There were two black spots there, approaching quickly.
As these two black spots came closer to Donghui Island, Gu Qing saw Mukui, who looked like a sloppy old man, and a pretty and charming female cultivator in a green skirt with a frosty face and a jade crown on her head.
"Fellow Taoists, you have been waiting for a long time."
Mukui pressed down the escape light, clasped his fists apologetically to Gu Qing and other cultivators on the island, and then introduced the female cultivator in the green skirt to the cultivators: "This fellow Taoist Cheng Su from Shuixiao Palace is proficient in divination. This time I specially Inviting fellow Taoist Cheng to assist me in boxing, I hope all of you will not return empty-handed."
The charming female cultivator in a green skirt also pressed down the escape light on the island, revealing the aura of the third level of foundation building. After hearing Mukui's words, the chill on her face eased slightly, and she nodded gently to the other cultivators.
Gu Qing chuckled and nodded back. Among the other monks, only the fat female cultivator nodded in return. The rest either turned a blind eye to the female cultivator in the green skirt, or had evil eyes. He looked up and down at the female cultivator in the green skirt unscrupulously.
As a result, the newly thawed face of the nun in the green skirt became cold again, and it was ten times colder than before.
Mu Kui, who looked like a sloppy old man, still smiling, briefly introduced the monks in the field one by one.
The bloated female cultivator whose cultivation was unstable and fluctuated between the second and third levels of Foundation Establishment was named Zhou Rong.
The tall male cultivator with red beard and red hair, whose cultivation aura was in the third level of Foundation Establishment perfection, was named Zhao Bei. The bald cultivator at the third level of Foundation Establishment who was full of bloody aura was named Sun Han. He had the appearance of a boy and was carved from pink and jade. A monk who cultivates breath is called Wu Ju.
From what Mukui said, these four people were all casual cultivators.
Gu Qing, whom Mu Kui introduced to everyone, is also a casual cultivator.
As a result, Cheng Su, a monk who was not a casual cultivator, was the only one left in the field. Everyone looked at Cheng Su with a hint of amusement, but Cheng Su seemed to be completely unaware of it.
After a brief introduction, Mu Kui led everyone away from Donghui Island and flew over the deep blue sea.
"Guys, this is the information I know about the city." Mukui's flight speed was not very fast. He turned back in mid-air calmly and threw a few black stones to Gu Qing and others.
This black stone is smooth to the touch and is about the same size as a spiritual stone. It must be a photographic stone. This stone is widely circulated in the world of cultivation, and is very convenient for recording various picture information.
Gu Qing took the shadow stone and did not immediately put his spiritual consciousness into it. Instead, he waited for two breaths and saw that most of the other monks had already started to check the shadow stone, and then he put his spiritual consciousness into it.
Among the recording stones, there are recorded many sporadic scenes about the city. Most of them are ordinary old men with dull faces, telling sporadic legends about that country in their old voices.
There were also Qi Refining monks with faces full of fear. Facing the person who took out the image stone, they also talked about sporadic deeds about that country.
Gu Qing noticed.
In this recording stone, there are thousands of scenes recorded, ordinary people and Qi-refining monks, through legends and deeds, roughly sketching out the country, but...
None of them mentioned the name of that country!
If we say, that
The name of the country is a taboo, so no one dares to mention it. It is barely reasonable, but it is not very reasonable after all.
Not only Gu Qing made such a discovery, but the other people were naturally aware of this and looked at Mu Kui.
Zhao Bei frowned, and the red light surrounding him dimmed slightly. He looked at Mu Kui sharply and asked, "Fellow Taoist Mu, this is just a secular country, can it still become a taboo?"
The eyes of all the cultivators were focused on Mukui's old face.
Mukui's wrinkled old face showed a bit of a wry smile and said: "Fellow Taoists, when I learned about this, I was not convinced, so I went down to the bottom of the sea alone and found the location of that country. ,only……"
When Mukui said this, his face was full of solemnity.
The cultivators also realized that Mukui was about to say something important.
"Just what?"
Cheng Su asked.
Her voice was clear and sweet, and seemed to carry a soothing power. As she spoke, a pair of beautiful eyes stared at Mu Kui.
Gu Qing also pricked up his ears curiously.
Gu Qing was mentally prepared for the possibility of obtaining something extraordinary from the country that once existed. After knowing the purpose of Lin Yan, the elder disciple of the Rogue Cultivator Alliance, Gu Qing was not too confused as to why those people in the shadow stone. The name of that country is not mentioned.
However, Gu Qing still felt a little curious when he heard that Mukui had searched for that country and returned without success.
"It's just that when we arrived at the lost country, fellow Taoist Mukui was wandering around like a headless fly, right?" Wu Ju, a monk who looked like a boy, suddenly spoke. Gu Qing's heart moved and he looked over.
Wu Ju's opening naturally attracted everyone's attention.
Mukui's eyes flashed slightly, and he glanced at Wu Ju, his solemn expression unchanged at all, and said: "It is indeed as Wu Daoyou said, that country... let's call it the lost country, was affected by a strange force. He has left this world and is stuck in the space rift of this world."
"But it does not form a small world of its own. After all, it is just a mortal country. If it really fell into the void, it would have been crushed into nothingness long ago."
"Why is Fellow Taoist Mu so sure?" Gu Qing asked, the slight smile on his face never changing when he heard this.
Mu Kui smiled bitterly and shook his head.
"Tianji Valley."
He just said these three words, and the expressions of the other monks changed continuously, and then their eyes became hot at the same time.
Gu Qing was a little confused.
But he had also heard about Tianji Valley.
The golden compass that allowed him to obtain the basic restraint of the Five Elements and understand the principles of the Five Elements Formation was made by a senior Nascent Soul from Tianji Valley. Therefore, he was also deeply impressed by Tianji Valley. In short, this is an extremely remarkable thing. power.
Previously, Gu Qing thought that Tianji Valley was a force in the world of cultivation in the vast sea. After all, there was no large force named Tianji Valley in the Yunmiao Continent. But at this time, he had already studied the book "Three Hundred Years of Scenery in the World of Cultivation in the Vast Sea". I know that there is no such force as Tianji Valley in the vast world of cultivation! Therefore, is it possible that Tianji Valley...is an outside force?
Although he didn't know what kind of force Tianji Valley was, this did not prevent Gu Qing from imitating others and staring at Mu Kui eagerly.
"Since it is what the experts from Tianji Valley said, it seems that this lost country is really stuck in the space gap between the real world and the void! I just don't know what kind of power can do this..." Cheng The frost on her plain face has faded a little, and her beautiful eyes are shining.
Wu Ju also nodded his pink and jade-carved little head, and said seriously: "The divination skills of the Tianji Valley monks are certainly not false. From this point of view, if we can enter the lost country during this trip, combined with the sixteen characters It seems from the prophecy that I can’t say that I can really reap some extraordinary benefits.”
The other people also expressed their opinions one after another, and Gu Qing agreed, and then the cultivators returned a few image stones to Mukui.
"That's all I know about the situation of the lost country." Mukui slowly put away a few picture stones.
At this time, Zhao Bei's red hair was flying. He already knew the general location of the lost country, and he looked impatient to wait.
With a sudden appearance, the stream of light turned into red and suddenly accelerated, surpassing Mukui.
Several more people speeded up their escape, leaving Mukui behind. Soon, only Gu Qing and Cheng Su were left with Mukui.
Mukui turned around and looked at Gu Qing with deep meaning.
"Fellow Taoist Mu, Taoist Zhao Bei, they are almost gone. Let me wait faster!" Gu Qing also looked at Mu Kui, showing an impatient look, and urged Mu Kui.
After hearing this, Mu Kui stroked his beard and said: "Fellow Daoist Gu, Fellow Daoist Cheng, since the Taoist friends in front are so anxious, Mu can't keep them waiting for too long, haha! Mu needs to go!"
The azure light on Mukui's body flourished and he flew away.
Cheng Su followed him without hesitation.
Gu Qingxu narrowed his eyes, a look of thought flashed through his eyes, and the five colors of light around him intensified, and he followed Mukui.
