Before entering the village, Xiyue had already recovered to a certain extent. It was no problem to walk on her own without using her spiritual power to run or fly.
But it slightly conceals the fact that she is already very weak.
The reason why Xi Yue is her younger sister is to deceive others.
It’s hard to say whether there are demon cultivators here.
It's hard to say whether Chi Liang entered here or not.
To do this, it’s not just about disguising your identity. Before deciding to enter the village, Chen Ping also took a set of women's robes that he had obtained from corpses during his travels, and put them on his master Xiyue, and his appearance also changed slightly.
From the aloof fairy to the image of the little junior sister next door.
It would be better to err on the side of caution until she fully regains her strength.
On the way into the village, Chen Ping took the opportunity to ask the middle-aged monk about the situation here.
This middle-aged monk, whose surname is Jin, is not the person in charge of this village, but the person who lives in the outskirts all year round and is responsible for rescuing monks who are alone in the outskirts or who have newly entered this wasteland.
This wasteland is called Canglan Grassland.
It’s just that this time coincides with the decline of autumn, and there are signs of yellow withered grass everywhere.
Canglan Grassland is huge and boundless.
There are monsters everywhere on the grassland, and there are many high-level monsters, and third-order monsters are very common.
The most common one is the bat monster.
It is precisely because there are too many monsters that people don't go out into the wasteland very often.
It is still very troublesome to deal with the third-level monsters.
The village became a refuge for survivors who fell into Canglan Grassland.
Like Chen Ping, all the survivors here entered from different places. Some took the initiative to seek opportunities, some entered accidentally, and some entered passively like Chen Ping.
The process is different, but the result is the same.
They are all temporarily trapped here.
"Why didn't those monsters attack the village? Is there a special formation?" Chen Ping asked.
While talking, the three of them had entered the village.
The village is located on a slightly undulating hilly land. When walking on the road, you can see that many spiritual fields on both sides of the road are in harvest state, and many spiritual farmers are busy in the spiritual fields.
But Chen Ping, as a top second-level formation mage, could not sense the existence of the formation.
Monk Jin smiled bitterly and said:
"Most of the monks who fell here are foundation-building or golden elixir monks. How can these monks have any means to set up a formation that can withstand so many third-level monsters attacking at the same time without breaking through?"
"Did you see that place in the middle of the village?"
Monk Jin pointed in the direction of the center of the village.
Very far from here.
But a tall stone tower can be seen, and a spherical object like jade on the stone tower is emitting a faint luster.
"Those monsters are afraid of that luster and don't dare to get close to the stone tower within a radius of six or seven miles."
"It is precisely because of this that we are able to gather here and survive."
There is such a magical thing.
To make monsters afraid?
If I could take one and put it in my pocket, wouldn't it mean that I wouldn't have to worry about monster attacks when venturing into the forest in the future?
Just as Chen Ping was thinking this, he heard Monk Jin say:
"This stone tower has been there since we entered this wasteland, and we don't know what it is. There are weird things everywhere in this grassland, including those monster beasts, which cannot be judged by common sense."
"It's hard to explain this in words. I couldn't explain it to my fellow Taoist for three days and three nights. After my fellow Taoist settles down here temporarily, he will naturally understand it in the future."
eccentric?
What's weird?
And why is it called being trapped here?
Chen Ping was indeed filled with doubts and puzzlements, and just as he was about to continue asking questions, the middle-aged Jin Dan looked at Chen Ping and asked again:
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By the way, what are the cultivation levels of these two fellow Taoists? "
Chen Ping clasped his hands and replied:
"The junior has cultivated in the later stage of foundation building, and the younger sister...has cultivated to the first level of golden elixir."
Hearing this, Brother Jin was a little disappointed. He looked away from Chen Ping and sighed.
In the end, he just nodded and said:
"The cultivation level is not high, but it is not bad. At least it is not below the middle stage of Foundation Establishment or above Nascent Soul."
Chen Ping was stunned.
What's the meaning?
What does it mean to be at least not above Nascent Soul?
Not only Chen Ping, but Xiyue who was walking beside Chen Ping also glanced here and frowned slightly, as if she was concentrating on sensing something.
Chen Ping's tone was neither urgent nor slow, and he asked calmly:
"Senior, why do you say you're lucky you're not above Nascent Soul? What does this mean?"
"Because Canglan Grassland is called the cursed grassland. Here, anyone with a higher level of cultivation than Nascent Soul will be suppressed. The higher the level of cultivation, the more severe the suppression." Monk Jin shrugged and continued:
"If a god-transformation cultivator enters this place by mistake, Fellow Daoist Chen can easily kill him."
Chen Ping looked at his cheap master and was shocked.
Seeing Chen Ping looking over, Xiyue nodded and said through a message:
"What this person said should be true. I remember Canglan Prairie. I heard it before, and it is indeed called the 'cursed grassland.' I will tell you more about it later."
At this time, the three of them had already reached the inside of the village. After the golden monk stopped, he said:
"The two fellow Taoists can find a place to open a cave by themselves, as long as they do not interfere with other people's existing caves. Of course, the central area of the village is protected by a formation, mainly to protect the stone tower, and is generally not allowed to be entered casually."
"If fellow Taoists don't mind the trouble, you can just go and choose an unowned cave over there. The aura of the whole village is about the same. And there's no rent to speak of."
"I won't mention anything else. If you have any questions, you can just ask a neighbor."
"Also, later on, a dedicated person will come to the Taoist fellows to register the detailed information. This is a common practice and for the sake of the safety of the village. I hope the Taoist fellows will understand."
Chen Ping quickly clasped his hands:
"Thank you, Senior Jin, for leading the way."
After a few polite words, the golden monk excused himself and left the central area of the village, disappearing into the formation.
After Chen Ping watched Brother Jin leave, he looked at the village again.
There are houses, spiritual fields, vegetable fields in the village, and there are even some children playing around.
The sense of peace here is in sharp contrast to the wilderness outside.
There are even big trees here that are invisible in the wilderness.
Judging from the combination of big trees and houses, the village does not seem to be a newly developed village.
It already has a certain sense of age.
As Chen and Ping walked on the road, some working monks or monks in their own yards would slightly nod to say hello, and then continue busy with their own affairs.
As if the arrival of a stranger was no surprise.
Chen Ping looked at a high ground, where the few caves with the sign "No Master," that Monk Jin pointed out just now, and then looked at other places.
Indeed, as Brother Jin said, the environments are similar.
"Let's go over and choose one." Chen Ping said.
The most urgent thing now is to have a stable place for Xiyue to recover.
Being injured in this grassland is not a good thing for Xiyue herself or Chen Ping.
Everything else is secondary.
"Yeah." Xiyue nodded.
The two simply compared several free caves in Lingxi, chose one of the caves with multiple quiet rooms, and settled in there.
Originally, there were many questions that I wanted to ask Xiyue about Canglan Grassland, but seeing how weak she looked, I was too embarrassed to ask any more.
The two of them took the time to take care of one of the quiet rooms first.
"about there
, Master, let’s practice here first, and we’ll talk about the rest after you feel better. Do you want my help? Chen Ping asked.
Xiyue shook her head and said:
"You should take a rest yourself. I brought a Tianyuan Calming Pill. This pill is very good at repairing the soul. It should be able to recover quickly."
Chen Ping nodded and did not disturb her again. He closed the door of the quiet room for her and walked out.
Once again, I took care of the areas in the cave that I had not had time to clean up just now.
There are spells and cleaning talismans, but for Chen Ping, these tasks are just more than ten breaths of work.
Finally, a Nine Palaces Psychedelic Formation and Six Suns and Six Yao integrated offensive and defensive formations were arranged at the entrance of the cave.
This set of Six Suns and Six Yao has been perfected by Chen Ping.
But he had only seen the power of this formation in his own sea of consciousness and understanding.
It has never been actually practiced.
We still don’t know what the real strength of the enemy is.
What is certain is that although this formation is a second-order formation, due to the Great Perfection and Chen Ping's own improvements and optimizations, it already has the power of a third-order formation.
According to what the Jin monk said, the Yuanying monks here will be suppressed in terms of cultivation. In other words, the highest level monk here should be the Jin Dan.
In this case, these formations are very valuable.
It can have a good effect against golden elixir.
Chen Ping returned to the cave and felt the intensity of the spiritual energy here for a while.
'The concentration of spiritual energy is not high. ,
'It's almost at the level of a first-order spiritual land. ,
Moreover, after entering from the village entrance just now, the aura was similar all the way. Even near the central area of the village, it did not seem to become stronger.
'It seems like this village has no spiritual veins or anything like that. ,
'It was built here purely because of the stone tower. ,
'This place is not suitable for practice, it is far inferior to Xiaozhu Peak. You have to form the elixir as soon as possible and then find a way to leave here as soon as possible. ,
'The first-order spiritual land is too low. ,
Chen Ping took out the Dragon Hidden Spirit Gathering Array and arranged it in the cave.
After sensing it again, the spiritual energy immediately became much stronger.
Fortunately, I brought the formation.
'Otherwise, the intensity of the spiritual energy will have an impact on the formation of pills. ,
I don’t know what powerful formations are in Xiyue’s storage bag.
She is an amazing formation mage.
It was she who built the Lingxiao Sect's mountain-protecting formation.
The formation he arranged could also trap Chi Liang for dozens of breaths.
By the way, there are also futons and jade beds.
The futon is a third-level rare vine futon. I bought it from the widow during my travels. It not only has the effect of gathering spirits, but can also refine spiritual energy and form an aura.
It is very beneficial to your cultivation.
The jade bed is called the "Ice Jade Bed". It was bought by Chen Pinghua through bidding for more than 100 high-grade spiritual stones, which is more than 10,000 medium-grade spiritual stones. It is the most expensive treasure that Chen Ping has ever bid for except for the liquid of the five elements.
Not only does it have a soul-gathering effect, but it can also promote spiritual practice.
After placing the ice jade bed and futon, Chen Ping sat down again to practice and experience it.
The effect has obviously increased a lot.
With the blessing of the ice jade bed, futon, and formation, the intensity of the spiritual energy reached at least level 2 or above.
Coupled with the effectiveness of the two in promoting practice and refining spiritual energy, the effect is even more outstanding, at least equivalent to a spiritual land of level 2.5 or above.
Although this is still not comparable to Xiaozhu Peak, it is much better.
'Coupled with the Qi Gathering Pill, the spiritual energy is barely enough. ,
'Fortunately, we brought jade beds, futons and formations. How can other monks who are not so well prepared practice here? ,
'Doesn't it mean that there is no progress in cultivation at all? ,
Chen Ping stood up and walked out of the quiet room, looked in the direction of Xiyue's quiet room, and felt a violent shock of spiritual power.
Dang, obviously starting to recover his spirit.
So I didn't bother her.
She placed a control token of the Five Elements Psychedelic Array and the Six Xun and Six Yao Arrays at the door of her quiet room, and then walked out of the cave alone.
He still has too many doubts and confusions about this world and needs to understand them clearly.
As soon as I walked out of the cave, in the outer courtyard of a cave not far away, a bearded monk said hello from a distance:
"I just came back from somewhere else. I heard that two new Taoist friends have arrived, and I was thinking of paying them a visit. I met the Taoist friends on the second floor of Jindan in Xiaminghe."
Another golden elixir.
It seems there are a lot of golden elixirs here.
Chen Ping quickly greeted him:
"I am Chen Tu, who is on the ninth floor of the foundation building and has met Senior Ming."
"Chen Tu? What a good name." Minghe smiled and said, "Where did Fellow Daoist Chen come from?"
Chen Ping thought for a while and said vaguely:
"Piaomiao Continent."
"Piaomiao Continent? Where is that?" Minghe scratched his head and thought for a moment.
This time it was Chen Ping's turn to be confused.
He originally didn't want to talk about Xihuang or Xizhou, so he took a careless approach and tried to get through.
I never thought that the other party had never heard of Piaomiao Continent.
Just like when someone asks you where you are from before wearing it, you don't say which city or province, or even which country, just say you are from the earth.
As a result, the other party asked you, 'Where is the earth?'
This is very confusing.
…Where exactly is this Canglan grassland?
"Senior, do you know where the Canglan Grassland is?" Chen Ping did not ask where Minghe came from, nor could he explain where the Piaomiao Continent was. He was more concerned about the situation of the Canglan Grassland.
"Canglan Grassland, hey, it's really a cursed place. I'm unlucky to have fallen here. I didn't know what this ghost place was until I came here." Minghe complained first, and then explained to Canglan The situation of the grassland.
Canglan Grassland is said to be located in the northeast of the human world, surrounded by an endless sea.
It is said that no Golden Core cultivator can fly out of the endless sea.
Before the war between humans and demons in ancient times, there were many high-level monks who established sects here.
At its most glorious time, there were thousands of sects.
However, during the war between humans and demons, this place became the main battlefield for high-level monks to fight, and almost everything was completely razed to the ground.
The entire sect was destroyed.
The scorched land left many areas barren of vegetation for many years.
The remaining evil spirits, the various ancient formations arranged by high-level monks but not removed, the evil spirits derived from countless dead souls, the various illusions left by the war, and the residual Taoist charm and magic charm that can affect the monks' state of mind...
These are all over the blue grassland.
No one dares to enter here again.
In other words, practitioners who venture into this place are basically unable to get out.
This place has become a frightening place of curse.
Many years later, when high-level monks set foot here again, they discovered that for some reason or when, this place actually suppressed the cultivation of high-level monks above Nascent Soul.
The laws of heaven and earth have changed here.
The higher the cultivation level, the stronger one is suppressed.
At this point, this place has become a truly forbidden area.
"How big is Canglan Grassland? How can we get out?" Chen Ping couldn't help but ask.
That's what he cares about most.
The spiritual energy here is not good, which is not good for practice.
Even though he had used multiple methods, he had only reached the level of the 2.5th level spiritual land. This was not bad for a foundation-building monk. Once the elixir was formed, his practice would inevitably be affected.
Moreover, Xiyue is here, but Yu Lingchun is in Tianyan Sect.
Although Yu Lingchun has built a foundation and her lifespan has increased a lot, she will be fine in the short term.
But a sudden interruption in treatment is never a good thing.
Speaking of which, Minghe is suffering
Laugh:
"How to get out? To be honest, fellow Taoists, when we first entered Canglan Grassland, three fellow Taoists and I headed south all the way without ever changing direction. We walked for two full years, but we only ended up here."
"Among the four monks who were traveling with me, I was the only one who survived. Now that I'm here, I no longer have the courage to go on."
"Moreover, the grassland is covered with invisible ancient strange formations. If you are not careful, you will stray into them. A Taoist friend set out from here and headed south all the way, never looking back. But after walking for more than a year , what do you think? In the end, I came back here."
"What's even more disappointing is that from the atlas that someone brought later, it can be seen that the outer edge of the Canglan Grassland is the Endless Sea, and no Golden Core cultivator can fly out."
Chen Ping's heart grew colder the more he listened.
If there are so many golden elixir monks who are unable to take the path, then even if he succeeds in forming the elixir, he is only at the first level of the golden elixir. How can he get out?
After hearing Ming He's last sentence, Chen Ping asked:
"What about the Nascent Soul? Or even the Soul Transformation? Aren't there these two types of monks who accidentally entered here?"
What Chen Ping wanted to ask was, what if the Golden Core escorted the Yuanying or Huashen monks to the border of the grassland, and then Nascent Soul and Huashen took these Golden Core monks across the endless sea.
Wouldn’t it be the best of both worlds?
Minghe obviously understood what Chen Ping wanted to ask, shook his head and said:
"I've never heard of an incarnation entering it by mistake. Maybe there is. Otherwise, how would the outside world know that this is a cursed place? And how would they know of the dangers here? Someone must have walked out of here."
"But Yuanying, don't think about it. It is said that a large area of the Endless Sea, like Canglan Grassland, also suppresses cultivation. After Yuanying passes through that area with the body of the golden elixir, it is no longer enough to continue flying out. The endless sea."
Chen Ping's heart sank.
Doesn't this mean that Xiyue can't do anything?
Wouldn’t that mean you were trapped to death on this grassland?
The village here lacks spiritual energy. Even if I try not to think of my two wives and stay here for hundreds of years, I am afraid that my cultivation will not improve much.
Hundreds of years later, I still can’t get out of Canglan Grassland.
This is a dead end.
Chen Ping forgot to take a look at the direction outside the village, but he always felt that the road would not end here.
Maybe there are other ways.
(End of chapter)
