After walking to the southeast for three days, the army finally arrived at the outskirts of the Luochen Mountains.
Arriving here, Cheng Ling felt the mixed aura, and the faces of Liu Qingyan, Jian Yinghao, Zhang Hu and others behind him were ugly.
Liu Qingyan said: "Cheng Ling, the atmosphere here is so chaotic that I even feel irritable!"
Cheng Ling turned around and saw that Xie Feng, Jian Yinghao, Su Yi, Bai Suzhen, Xuan Wuxiang and others all nodded silently. Only Yang Hongqiu looked calm.
"Brother Xie Feng is a half-demon, and Sister Bai is a pure demon. Even they feel uncomfortable, and it is even more difficult for the others to gain a foothold here. What is going on? Why is this Luochen Mountain Range like this? Mixed smell?"
He was thinking hard, his eyes flashed, but he couldn't find any clues in the mountains.
Jin Sheng stepped forward and said: "Star Lord, this place is indeed not suitable for living beings to survive. Let's leave as soon as possible!"
In the short time he stayed to burn incense, he found that all the sergeants under his command were suffering, and the mixed aura absorbed into their bodies was constantly impacting their muscles and veins.
Cheng Ling nodded slowly and said, "Jin Sheng, Su Yi, lead everyone back thirty miles. The atmosphere there is still relatively stable."
After saying that, he turned to Yang Hongqiu and said, "Master, please accompany me in and take a look!"
Yang Hongqiu nodded slightly and said, "Okay!"
She knew that if Cheng Ling dared to go in, he wouldn't be afraid of the auras inside, not even the Yin Qi from the Netherworld, so he wouldn't be afraid of some chaotic auras.
Jin Sheng and Su Yi took the order and led their troops to retreat.
Liu Qingyan glanced at Cheng Ling worriedly, and the latter gave her a reassuring look before entering the mountains with Yang Hongqiu.
There are densely packed towering trees everywhere in the mountains, and there is a thick layer of fallen leaves on the ground. As Jin Sheng said, there has been no human habitation for a long time, and the natural environment is extremely good. The only regret is that the smell in the air is very mixed.
Cheng Ling felt for a moment that the fairy spiritual energy here accounted for 40%, the demonic energy accounted for 40%, and only the demonic energy was slightly scarce, accounting for only 20%.
But the 20% of the demonic energy is fatal! As mentioned before, the demon race can be regarded as the first race after the creation of the world, followed by the human race and the demon race. Many of the human race's techniques are derived from the demon race.
Therefore, the influence of demonic energy on the human race is not great.
But the demons are different. Their life forms are very different from the human race. They are born from the filthy air between heaven and earth. These filthy gases are poison to the human race and cannot be transformed and refined at all.
To make the Luochen Mountains suitable for human survival, we must first find the source of the evil energy.
Cheng Ling's Golden Page Technique can tolerate everything and can refine any kind of breath. Yang Hongqiu, on the other hand, has a high level of cultivation, but the demonic energy here is too low-end for her to have any impact.
The two masters and apprentices marched all the way deep into the mountains, with Cheng Ling leading the way and Yang Hongqiu following behind, as if they were entering an uninhabited land.
Cheng Ling had experience in the Demonic Blood Continent and was very knowledgeable about finding the source of demonic energy. He followed the direction of the demonic energy along the way.
Yang Hongqiu didn't talk much. There was always something magical about this disciple. He didn't ask questions, and he didn't express his own opinions, just to see where the other party would take him.
After traveling like this for more than three hours, and already thousands of miles deep into the mountains, Yang Hongqiu felt that the demonic energy in front of him was getting stronger and stronger, and he had to start holding his breath to eliminate the interference of the demonic energy.
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Cheng Ling keenly felt her changes and asked, "Master, can you still hold on?"
Yang Hongqiu said: "It doesn't matter, but your skills are really admired by my master. Where did they come from?"
Cheng Ling smiled bitterly and said: "I can't explain clearly. This technique can absorb almost any breath, and its origin is not clear to the disciples. Judging from the intensity of the demonic energy in front of you, it should be close to the source."
Yang Hongqiu said: "Don't worry, the master is fine."
Cheng Ling felt relieved and continued walking deeper into the mountains at a faster pace.
After traveling for hundreds of miles, the two found that the surrounding scenery was gradually becoming deserted. There were fewer large trees that were originally densely packed, and each one was dark black. The road became wider and gradually darker in color, with scattered black stones scattered on both sides.
Cheng Ling casually picked up a fist-sized piece of gravel, looked at it carefully, and said in surprise: "Black Wind Stone, so many Black Wind Stones!"
Yang Hongqiu asked: "What is the black wind stone?"
"Black wind stone, as the name suggests, is a type of ore formed by long-term erosion of the stone by demonic energy that changes the structure inside it."
"This kind of ore is rarely seen in other places. It only exists in places where the evil spirit has been shrouded for a long time. It is an excellent material for refining swords. As long as a little bit is incorporated into the refining process, the sharpness and lethality of the long sword will be enhanced." The strength can be increased by several percent, and it has a strong restraint effect on evil things such as Yin spirits!"
Yang Hongqiu nodded and said: "The sword you use should be integrated with this material!"
Cheng Ling nodded slightly and did not explain. The dragon feather sword is integrated with black wind diamond, which is much higher-end than black wind stone. It was created from the source of demonic energy and deep sea water pressure over tens of thousands of years.
However, the black wind stone is better than nothing. More than 90% of the five thousand disciples of the Wuxiang Sword Sect practice swordsmanship due to Cheng Ling and the sword pavilion. If they can all be equipped with swords blessed with black wind stones, their own strength will be greatly enhanced.
Not only that, Cheng Ling planned to train the 10,000 troops who followed Kuimu Langxing to become the foundation for the revival of swordsmanship. The 5,000-strong army supported by Lord White Tiger Star, if properly trained, can also become a powerful force for the revival of swordsmanship.
With his increased strength and the help of the sword formation, an army of ten thousand can easily outnumber ten!
Thoughts flashed through his mind, but he kept moving forward while collecting black wind stones along the road.
Gradually, the two came to a large open space. There was a large crater thousands of feet in diameter in the open space, as if it had been hit by a meteorite. Standing next to the big pit and looking in, I saw that the outer circle was in the shape of a funnel, extending downward into a pitch black area, with billowing demonic energy constantly emerging from the center.
Arriving here, even Cheng Ling felt that his breath was not smooth, and too much demonic energy was sprayed out, accounting for almost 80% of the breath in the air.
Yang Hongqiu said: "Cheng Ling, the demonic energy here is too strong. Could it be the source of the demonic energy? What is in it?"
Cheng Ling opened his Nether Holy Eyes. Unfortunately, the demonic energy was too strong and he couldn't see clearly at all.
Shooting in all directions, he said: "This place does seem to be the source of demonic energy. In order for the army to enter the mountains, the demonic energy here must be eliminated. Master, let's retreat first. The demonic energy here is too strong. I want to Set up a sealing formation on the outside."
Yang Hongqiu nodded, and the two of them retreated. It was not until a hundred miles away that Cheng Ling stopped, sat down cross-legged, and began to deduce the sealing formation nodes.
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The area covered by the demonic energy in the mountain range is very large, but he believes that as long as the source of the demonic energy here is controlled, the concentration of the demonic energy in the periphery can be greatly reduced.
For three whole days, I sat motionless on the ground, constantly deducing the location of the nodes in my mind. Later, on the fourth day, all the deductions were finally completed and arranged one by one.
The light curtain of the sealing formation slowly gathered, and Yang Hongqiu sensed it carefully, and sure enough he felt that the demonic energy was much less powerful. She said happily: "Cheng Ling, sometimes I wonder how you cultivate. Not only do you reach the Nine-Star Immortal Realm, but you are also good at so many auxiliary methods. If you spend all this time on cultivation, I'm afraid you will be dead." Have you ascended to the immortal world?"
Cheng Ling smiled and said, "You can't say that. If the disciple didn't have such auxiliary means, his cultivation would not improve so fast. Every drink and every peck is destiny."
Yang Hongqiu was silent, and after a moment she said: "The demonic energy here is indeed much less, but it is still unbearable for the monks you brought. Are you sure you choose to settle here?"
"It doesn't matter. With my current formation level, I can only temporarily seal it, but I believe that one day I will be able to find a way to guide these demonic energy to other places. Besides, the current demonic energy is much less, and there is no follow-up supplement. It will slowly dissipate over time.”
"How long will it take?"
"It can take as short as a few months, or as long as a year! Master, the problem of demonic energy has been solved, let's see if we can find the source of the demonic aura!"
Yang Hongqiu readily agreed, and Cheng Ling changed direction, feeling where the evil spirit was emanating and groping forward.
But soon, he felt that this method would not work. After the demonic energy was sealed, the demonic energy increased significantly, and the sense of direction became confused.
They had to go back along the original path until they had just entered the entrance of the mountain range, and then they captured the location where the evil spirit was emanating.
In this way, it is like making a big circle in the mountains and wasting a lot of time. And on the way to find the source of the evil spirit, you can meet powerful spiritual beasts from time to time.
These spiritual beasts are different from the demon clan, because they have been corroded by demonic energy for a long time and almost all have lost their minds. But on the contrary, they are very powerful and have an even more violent temperament. They will take the initiative to attack as soon as they find traces of the two of them.
Fortunately, both of them had very high cultivation levels and extremely strong attack power. They got through many battles along the way without any danger.
On this day, they came to a dense valley, and they clearly felt that the evil spirit here was much stronger than outside. Not only that, the demonic energy spreading around seemed to be absorbed by a strong suction force and continued to gather.
Cheng Ling's heart suddenly trembled, and he slowed down and walked slowly into the valley. Suddenly, there was a dizzy feeling in his mind, as if the whole world was spinning.
"Cheng Ling, something seems wrong. The whole space seems to be spinning, making me dizzy!" Yang Hongqiu said anxiously, stroking his head with his right hand and frowning.
Cheng Ling's expression changed drastically and he hurriedly said: "Master, get out quickly!"
As soon as he finished speaking, he planned to retreat quickly! But the dizzy feeling hit my soul directly, and my legs moved involuntarily in the direction of rotation.
Over there, the same was true for Yang Hongqiu. His figure was already far away from Cheng Ling. The power of rotation seemed to be corresponding, gradually lengthening the distance between the two.
Cheng Ling stretched out his right hand and the Long Ling Sword came into his hand. The long sword was inserted heavily into the ground, stabilizing his body. He swept his consciousness back and shouted: "Master, you and I work together and attack behind us with all our strength. We have to leave here immediately!"
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