In the next two days, Shi Jiu dug in the mine for another day without any harvest, and then gave up.
"It seems that mining is really not suitable for me. I dug two grains of lead-marked mithril in just a few days, which is not as good as other miners." Shi Jiu shook his head helplessly, and even planned not to consider mining today. It is really a harvest and a sacrifice. Not proportional.
Two days later, today was the day agreed with Manager Wu to set off. Shi Jiu woke up early and after practicing Po Shan Dian for a while, he came to the square in the living area.
At this time, Manager Wu was directing people to move the supplies to the Chitian carriage.
"Master Shi, you're here very early." Seeing Shi Jiu's arrival, Manager Wu greeted him with a smile.
"Steward Wu, you were earlier than me. When should we set off?" Shi Jiu asked.
"In another half hour, Mr. Shi, you can rest for a while. I will inform you then."
"OK."
Half an hour later, Shi Jiu followed Manager Wu on the Chitian carriage and flew towards the Hengduan Great Crack.
The Hengduan Great Fissure is located at the central core of the Hengduan Mountains. The terrain there is steep and there are various underworld beasts. Most people cannot walk there. Fortunately, Shi Jiu can fly all the way there in a Chitian carriage.
"Mr. Shi, the environment across the Great Rift is extremely dangerous. Not only is the ever-lasting dark will eroding the surrounding areas, but there are also many high-level underworld beasts haunting there. Many of those underworld beasts have mutated because they have been eroded by the dark will for a long time. , and they are all extremely violent, so be careful." In the carriage, Manager Wu introduced Shi Jiu in detail.
Shi Jiu nodded, and then asked the question in his heart: "Manager Wu, why is there erosion of dark will across the big crack? Is there any amazing secret there?"
"Master Shi, you did ask this question." Manager Wu smiled slightly, "If it were other people, they really wouldn't know, but I, Feng Baozhai, do know a little bit."
"Oh? Why exactly?" Shi Jiu asked curiously.
"I once heard Mr. Ming Jing say that about ten thousand years ago, two super beings fought in the Hengduan Mountains. As a result, one of the super beings split the Hengduan Mountains with a sword, and then the current Hengduan Crack was formed. And the dark will erupted from that sword remained in the big crack." Manager Wu said.
"Ten thousand years ago...could it be the war that the senior Sword Emperor was talking about?" Manager Wu's words reminded Shi Jiu of the previous war that Shi Jiu once led by the Red Sword Emperor, which affected the entire underworld.
"Are those two super beings both super powerful in my underworld?"
"I don't know, but since he is fighting in our Youlong Continent, he must be a strong man in my underworld."
"Oh... then since it was caused by a super strong person, how can the dark will be resisted by people in my Soul Realm?" Shi Jiu asked doubtfully.
"You don't have to worry about Mr. Shi. Mr. Ming Jing said that in the past ten thousand years, the dark will there has been weakened a lot. As long as your willpower is strong enough and you are careful, there will be no problem if you go in." Manager Wu Smiled.
"That's it, then I understand."
In the afternoon, Shi Jiu and his party arrived at the outer area of the large crack.
"There are still fifty miles away from the Hengduan Great Crack, and Chi Tianma can't pass it. We need to walk the rest of the way ourselves." After getting off the car, Manager Wu explained.
"Yeah." Shi Jiu nodded.
In fact, without the other party's explanation, Shi Jiu has already felt a faint dark aura. This aura is similar to the aura released by the old master of the Ghost Fire Sect that Shi Jiu had experienced before, but it is also slightly different. different.
"It's a pity that it's too weak to be understood yet, but it should be fine when we get there." Shi Jiu did not frown because of this dark aura, but instead looked forward to it.
In the evening, Shi Jiu and his party arrived ten miles away from the Hengduan Crack and set up camp here.
"Master Shi, we have been camping here for the past few days. I will accompany you to the Hengduan Crack tomorrow." Manager Wu said.
"Well, everything is at your command."
At night, Shi Jiu sat cross-legged in his tent and carefully felt the ubiquitous dark atmosphere.
The dark atmosphere here is obviously several times higher than the place where we got off the carriage before. It can be understood.
Shi Jiu combined with the dark law that he had already comprehended, and began to appreciate and understand it carefully. An hour later, Shi Jiu opened his eyes. He had gained a little from his experience just now, but the dark atmosphere here was still a little weak, not enough to support Shi Jiu's long-term understanding.
"It seems that we have to go to the large cross-cutting crack in person. The dark atmosphere there should be strong enough."
On the second day, Shi Jiu, led by Manager Wu, slowly walked towards the large cross-cutting crack ahead.
It's daytime now, and you can clearly see the large cross-cutting crack not far ahead.
"It's so majestic!" Shi Jiu was shocked by the huge mountain range in front of him.
I saw a dark continuous mountain range lying not far ahead like a dormant dragon, and on the back of the dragon, towering peaks reached the top of the clouds, as if they were about to poke out many large mountains from the sky. There are holes, but the most incredible thing is that there is a huge gap in the center of the mountain. The gap is not only wide but also neat and smooth, as if someone has specially cut it open.
"Master Shi, I was shocked by the scenery in front of me when I first saw it. This place is really majestic." Manager Wu said with a smile, but the laughter was a little forced, and there were faint beads of sweat on his forehead. .
Seeing that Shi Jiu still looked relaxed and was not affected by the strong dark atmosphere here, he secretly admired him in his heart, "No wonder Mr. Ming Jing said that boy can pick the black shadow grass."
"Is that big gap the cross-cutting crack?" Shi Jiu pointed at the extremely unreal gorge in front of him and asked.
"Well, that's right, there is a large cross-cut crack, and the shadow grass grows in the gap in the cliff on one side." Manager Wu nodded.
Ten minutes later, they were less than a mile away from the big crack, and Manager Wu had stopped, with sweat dripping down his face.
"Master Shi, I have reached my limit. You have to walk the rest of the way by yourself." Manager Wu said with difficulty.
"Okay, leave it to me." Shi Jiu nodded.
He also saw the other party's current state. Although he had been persuaded to stop before, the other party still insisted on sending it here.
The dark atmosphere here is already very strong, reaching the limit of ordinary Li Po realm monks, but for Shi Jiu, it is completely bearable.
Shi Jiu walked towards the big crack ahead step by step.
Although there was only one mile, Shi Jiu didn't walk very fast, but his steps were steady and powerful, and he was not disturbed by the breath of the outside world at all.
Five minutes later, Shi Jiu arrived at the entrance of the big crack.
At this time, the dark aura here suddenly became more than ten times stronger. According to Shi Jiu's judgment, those who want to resist the intrusion of this strong dark aura must at least be at the level of spiritual wisdom.
"The environment here is not very good, but it is a good place to understand the laws of darkness." If it were not for picking black shadow grass, Shi Jiu would have planned to live here permanently.
Shi Jiu slowly walked towards the big crack.
With every step forward, the dark aura becomes stronger and stronger, and there is something special in this dark aura, which is very exclusive and domineering, with a vague feeling of being alone.
"Is this... the coercion of will?" Although I am not 100% sure, I am almost certain.
"Well, it was probably left behind by the super being from ten thousand years ago. He was so overbearing!" Shi Jiu felt great pressure.
In front of the overbearing pressure of will, Shi Jiu felt very small, like a lonely boat in the turbulent waves.
Now every step he takes is not fast, but the moment he steps down, it is sonorous and powerful.
Shi Jiu is a person who refuses to admit defeat, especially under the pressure of his will.
"Even people have disappeared for thousands of years. Am I still afraid of the pressure of will and dark aura that has weakened a lot?" Shi Jiu's expression was cold, his eyes were firm, and every movement of his body contained the power of his whole body.
Shi Jiu looked around, activated his consciousness, and scanned the cliff on one side.
"Found it, over there." Shi Jiu stared at a place a hundred meters above the cliff not far away, where there were two dark grass plants.
After confirming that there was no danger around, Shi Jiu took out the flying wings from the storage ring. If you want to pick black shadow grass at such a high place, you can only fly up with flying wings.
With a flutter of wings, Shi Jiu flew high into the sky, and then flew towards the direction of the ink shadow grass.
"Yes, it is indeed the Ink Shadow Grass." Shi Jiu flapped the wings on his back while holding the picture of the Ink Shadow Grass that Manager Wu gave him. After comparing it and confirming that it was correct, Shi Jiu slowly approached and prepared to pick it. .
Just when Shi Jiu's right hand was about to touch the ink shadow grass, an inexplicable throbbing suddenly appeared in his mind.
The next moment, a figure suddenly shot out from the middle of the two black shadow grasses. Shi Jiu's right hand, which was originally grasping, subconsciously clenched into a fist, then suddenly swung it towards the incoming black shadow, and flew away quickly at the same time.
"Ah!" Shi Jiu felt a pain in his right hand. Then he looked closely and saw two small black holes appearing on the back of his hand. Traces of blood flowed from these two small holes. After a while, the blood quickly turned black again.
"This is..." Shi Jiu stared at the small black hole on the back of his hand, and then looked at the black figure that was knocked away by him.
After the black shadow was knocked away, it once again entrenched itself between the two black shadow grasses. At the same time, its two blood-red eyes stared at Shi Jiu who was bitten by him, and hissed continuously from his mouth.
"Black line snake?" Shi Jiu saw the true face of the black shadow clearly, and then immediately sucked the two small holes on the back of his right hand with his mouth.
The black shadow is a black-lined snake, which is naturally highly venomous. If not treated in time, it will be life-threatening.
After sucking for several times, the black hole that was bitten finally returned to red. Shi Jiu breathed a sigh of relief, then quickly took out the healing medicine from the storage ring and applied it on the wound.
"I'm careless. I should have thought that there would probably be underworld beasts guarding these kinds of spiritual creatures." Shi Jiu shook his head secretly.
"Level 2 Underworld Beast? The level is not high." After the assessment, Shi Jiu determined the level of the Black Line Snake and that he could deal with it.
Shi Jiu slowly approached again, and when he was still one meter away from the Black Shadow Grass, the Black Line Snake launched an attack. With a twist of its body, it ejected straight to Shi Jiu's face.
This time, Shi Jiu was prepared. Under the supervision of his spiritual consciousness, he predicted the Black Thread Snake's movements in advance, and activated his Poshan Zhelumei Hand to directly grab the seven inches of the incoming Black Thread Snake, followed by another one. The hand turned into a fist and hit the black thread snake's head.
"Bang!" The Black Line Snake was knocked unconscious and fell limply in Shi Jiu's hands.
Shi Jiu was not polite. He took out a dagger and cut off the head of the black snake, and then cut open the snake's body. Unfortunately, there was no Hades core.
Then Shi Jiu prepared to pick the ink shadow grass again, but this time he learned the lesson. After throwing away the black snake in his hand, he immediately used his spiritual consciousness to scan the two ink shadow grasses on the cliff and their surroundings. After confirming After there was no problem, I picked it carefully.
