Xue Tong regained his composure within half an hour, jumped on the vulture and continued to explore.
The secret realm is three thousand miles from north to south and about four thousand miles from east to west.
Xue Tong flew straight from east to west, with a distance of fifty miles at the end, and continued to go back and forth from east to west, launching a blanket search.
His combat power against the Black Light Pillar has been greatly enhanced.
The power flow increased sharply. Previously, it was necessary to rest after a hundred and twenty blasts, but now it has increased to nearly two hundred.
A single search took one day, so no matter how unlucky it was, the search could be completed in two months.
The light wall at the entrance to the secret realm is sealed by Xue Tong's strongest ten-armor formation, and it takes some trouble for the middle stage of the Martial Saint.
Did the explosion in the inaccessible Yinhui Swamp alert the monks passing by? Xue Tong didn't know, but as long as his luck was not bad enough, it would not attract high-level martial saints.
Half a month later.
The hill on the front left suddenly loosened, and a red-crowned rooster raised its head.
Stomach pheasant!
Xue Tong was overjoyed, he had obtained the second out of three attributes of You Palace!
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Yinghui Asanuma.
The fifty-foot-deep pit created by the explosion was filled with muddy water. The irregular soil at the mouth of the pit was partially above the water surface, which was very eye-catching from a distance.
"What's that?"
Twenty miles away, monk surnamed Zhang discovered something unusual on the surface of the swamp.
"There is a monster under the ground? A giant python and a crocodile?" his companion whispered.
"There were pieces of mud here and there, as if there had been an explosion."
In the middle stage of cultivating heaven and earth, they went to the swamp area to try their luck together.
The two of them approached slowly and saw the light wall of the pit.
"Entrance to the mysterious space?"
The monk surnamed Zhang trembled slightly. Could it be that the answer to the centuries-old legend of Yin Hui is right in front of him?!
"Brother Zhang, shall we go there?" the companion asked in a trembling voice.
"Nonsense, is it possible to turn a blind eye? Be careful!"
The two of them held their swords in hand and pressed against the light wall...
The light wall behind him and the dark semicircular barrier in front of him blocked the way.
"Brother Zhang, it seems that the road is blocked by a magic circle."
"Well, since the entrance is exposed to Yin Hui, this formation must be too difficult. It's just a test of the cultivation level of the person who comes. Just step back a little." The monk surnamed Zhang speculated based on common sense.
Silently reciting the mantra, Qingfeng raised his sword and struck the wall of the Shijia Formation.
"Pfft~"
A few wisps of black smoke were stirred up.
The two cultivators felt their vision was dazzled, and four armored warriors appeared instantly.
The armored soldier was three feet tall, with a black face and golden eyes. He wielded a giant sword and an axe, and struck at the same time without saying a word.
The poor two cultivators realized that something was wrong, so they were chopped into several pieces by axes and swords.
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You Palace.
The vulture was breathing heavily and was exhausted.
Xue Tong still felt it was difficult to wield the sword, and he couldn't remember how many light beams he had defeated. There were four to five hundred.
Just like when a person lifts a heavy object, it will be difficult for him to carry it for tens of feet. But if the heavy object becomes lighter, the distance can be increased several times or even dozens of times...
After Xue Tong absorbed the pheasant fairy shadow attribute from his stomach, the heavy blows from the secret realm light beam became ordinary. Every time he swung the sword, the mana and brute force consumed could be replenished in time.
Xue Tong accelerated his search, and after another ten days, he had explored nearly 90% of the secret realm.
The sky was bright with white light, and the high-pitched rooster's crow made the eardrums buzz.
The colorful golden rooster is rushing towards the meteor at full speed.
When Xue Tong's iron hammer stirred up, the clouds were like tornadoes and hurricanes.
He only used 20% to 30% of his light strength, for fear of shattering the immortal shadow with a single blow.
"Yeah~"
The Angri Chicken shrank its claws and fell in the air, its colorful feathers flying, a large part of its body exposed, and blood flowing like a pillar.
Lihua made a holy spear and inserted it into Xue Tong's heart.
An iron tablet fell from the ground, the Yougong Changsheng tablet!
…
The next day, the entrance to the secret realm.
Xue Tong put away the ten-armor magic circle.
"Oh, has anyone been here?"
Xue Tong was stunned for a moment, seeing corpses scattered everywhere in front of him, and his sword covered in blood.
Xue Tong took away the magic weapon, set fire to the corpse, and went back to the forest and swamp through the light wall.
There are insects chirping in the forest and swamps, frogs croaking, and the water gurgling. It's still as gloomy as ever.
Xue Tong filled in the soil and smoothed the deep pit. It won't take long for the marsh surface to be restored to its original state. After a few days, the light wall will be annihilated, and the true secret of Yinhui Senmarsh will only become a vague legend forever.
Xue Tong returned to Shigu City.
Yin Hui's trip made him pay more attention to Jiuyan Mountain. After asking about it for a while, his interest increased sharply.
The situation in Jiuyan Mountain became increasingly clear, and word spread across the north that as the number of monks in the mountain increased, and most of them were murderers, it became a notorious place.
Xue Tong's cultivation was incomparable to when he hesitated in the dense forest and gave up the pursuit. His strength veins expanded greatly, his branches and buds spread and stretched, and his rolling force flow was endless.
The attribute bonus of You Palace Immortal Shadow changes its physique and brute strength, almost leaping thousands of miles.
Transmutation occurs when the threshold is crossed.
Like water turning into ice or steam.
Only the transformation during the promotion to Martial Saint can be compared with it.
Xue Tong doesn’t need to be afraid of Jiuyan Mountain!
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In the spiritual object shop, Jiuyan's atlases were less than 10% as good as Yinhui's. Xue Tong looked through them, selected five, and talked to the shopkeeper: "Jiuyan's atlases are much less than those of Yinhui."
"Hmm, Yinhui is very mysterious. I don't know the details. Jiuyan is a dangerous place rich in tempered soil, and there are far fewer people looking for opportunities." The shopkeeper said.
"The tempered soil of Jiuyan Mountain is the best, and the danger lies in the light; Yin Hui has been missing for hundreds of years, and the danger lies in the dark, so it is better to stay away."
Based on his cultivation level, Xue Tong could go to the red zone again to find out the truth, but the house must have been empty and there was no reason to disturb the muddy waters that had lasted for hundreds of years.
There are countless mysteries on the Immortal Path, and the mystery of Yinhui's Trap is one that is not important and should not be worried about, so just let it go.
"Yeah, senior is right." The shopkeeper accepted the spirit stone, but he didn't agree with it in his heart: "Humph, Jiuyan is not an easy place to go to. If you are not careful, you will lose your life!"
Xue Tong took a look at the list of spiritual objects and sold several ordinary spiritual objects anonymously to the monk surnamed Zhang.
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Jiuyan Mountain.
The monks in Manbei agreed: there are many evil people there, and sooner or later they will bring disaster to one side, and even cause chaos in Manzhou.
The Jiuyan Mountains are majestic and stretch for tens of thousands of miles. In the early years, there were many mysterious cases of disappearances. Later, the mystery was gradually revealed. It was because high-level monks lived in seclusion in the mountains and liked to kill outsiders.
Afterwards, high-level monks formed a group and absorbed bad people, eventually becoming the largest soil-tempering export place for the Manbei family.
Xue Tong has a lot of second- and third-grade magic weapons, and tempering is the cheapest way to upgrade, so going to Jiuyan Mountain became his careful choice after careful consideration.
His most powerful sword formation, the Blood River Patrolling Dragon, is now far inferior to Tie Ju's mana and brute force mixed attack. However, given time, as the mana increases, the power of the sword formation will gradually catch up, and upgrading the magic weapon can further improve it. In the long run, Consider that the trip to Yanshan is still very necessary.
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The edge of Jiuyan Mountain Domain.
The horse paths were empty and there was only an occasional horseman, and there were also very few merchant ships.
Lianhuo Town.
It was so smokey and hot that there were six shops that made weapons among the ten shops.
It is indeed a mountainous area rich in tempered soil.
The falling eagle at the entrance of Xue Tong Town attracts people's attention. Stepping into Lianhuo Town, the power behind the town is undoubtedly the people of Jiuyan Mountain.
The four major mountain passes of Jiuyan are connected to the outside world, and they are all engaged in the business of tempering artifacts, selling soil, and exchanging spiritual objects.
"Welcome senior!"
Xue Tong entered the household utensils shop and was greeted respectfully by the shopkeeper.
"What does the shop do?"
"Quenching vessels mainly sell earth, but also buy and sell some spiritual objects."
"How to quench the quencher?"
"It takes two years, five years, and eight years to refine a top-quality magic weapon, a magic weapon to a prefecture level, and a first-grade magic weapon to a second-grade one."
"How about tempering the second grade into a third grade?" Xue Tong asked.
"Senior, forgive me, but in Lianhuo Town, this matter may be difficult to accomplish. Unless we go through Lianhuo and hire someone to temper it, we will have to wait fourteen or five years." The shopkeeper said.
"Quenching the third grade is a big deal, how can you trust someone you haven't seen yet?"
"Yeah, senior, you can buy some soil and temper it yourself."
Xue Tong took the list handed over by the shopkeeper, glanced at the price of the third-grade tempered earth, frowned and said: "The price is only less than half a percent cheaper, and it is also out of stock. From this point of view, even Fire Town is in vain."
The shopkeeper chuckled and said: "The price is too cheap. They are all bought by outsiders. They are out of stock. But as long as you are willing to place a deposit, you can basically get it within half a month."
"The business experience in Lianhuo Town is good. It seems that there is guidance from an expert." Xue Tong thought and thought more highly of Jiuyan Mountain.
"You also talked about buying and selling spiritual objects? Do you have an order?"
"Senior, please forgive me. The trading of spiritual objects is just a side business of our shop. There is no list. If senior wants to buy and sell things, you might as well make a list for me," the shopkeeper said.
"Let's forget about the spiritual objects first. I want to ask someone to temper the weapon. The store will guarantee it and write a receipt." Xue Tong said.
"oh"
The shopkeeper was deeply surprised. This was the first time in his memory that he had received the business of tempering a second-grade product into a third-grade product.
"Senior, are you serious?"
"Nonsense!" Xue Tong took three swords and placed them on the table.
One sword for the third grade, two swords for the second grade.
The usual situation in the spirit world: one weapon can be upgraded to two, but it takes time. It takes about fifteen years for Xue Tong's third-grade sword to be upgraded to two swords.
The shopkeeper inspected the goods and wrote a receipt. At Xue Tong's request, he also asked the owner of the shop next door to sign the certificate.
"Senior, are you waiting in Lianshan, or are you traveling out of town to pick it up when the time comes?" the shopkeeper asked.
"The important weapon is in your hands. I will wait in Lianshan. Is there peace here?" Xue Tong asked.
"Don't worry, nine out of ten fellow Taoists who come to temper the weapons will be waiting at Lianshan."
"Nothing will happen to Jiuyan people's place, otherwise they will lose their reputation and lose their own brand!" Xue Tong thought to himself.
To the west of Lianhuo Town, there are rolling hills and hundreds of small courtyards built for people to practice and wait.
The shopkeeper arranged the yard, Xue Tong was not picky, and paid two years' rent down.
Sword tempering is only one of the goals. Trying to enter Jiuyan Mountain and obtain high-grade tempered soil is Xue Tong's bigger goal.
What he didn't know was that the people of Jiuyan Mountain had built a Xuanmen called "Jiuyan Sect".
The leader of Jiuyan is mysterious and unpredictable. He has a congregation of more than a hundred people. He is composed of chief and deputy leaders, four heavenly kings and three protectors.
Each of the four towns in the mountain pass is controlled by the Heavenly King. The shopkeeper is not a believer, but a businessman invited by the Heavenly King's envoy.
The weapon tempering masters in each town are hired by the shopkeepers and have nothing to do with the Jiuyan Sect.
Xue Tong requested to quench the third grade, which was the highest level of business the shopkeeper accepted. The quenching shop had neither a strong quencher nor quenching soil, so shopkeeper Guo went to the deep courtyard in Lianhuo Town to see the envoy of the Heavenly King.
The Heavenly King's envoy is the Heavenly King's confidant, just like the "Que Immortal Palace" was worshiped in the past, and the palace owner's confidants were called Immortal Envoys.
Lianhuo is an important town of Jiuyan Sect. There is one envoy stationed in Heaven, who is trained as a Martial Saint and has thirty subordinates.
Huang Lunpei, the king of heaven, inspected the magic weapon and said with a smile: "It's rare for shopkeeper Guo to accept this order. According to the rules, he can get tens of millions."
Huang Lunpei ordered his servants to settle the accounts on the spot.
"Huang Sheng is majestic and resourceful, which makes the town's business even more prosperous." The shopkeeper happily put away the bag of spiritual stones and complimented.
"Haha, it's easy to talk and it depends on your efforts. Daoist priest Xue, you need to be polite and say hello every now and then."
"Yeah, definitely!"
Shopkeeper Guo only knew that Huang Lunpei was the boss of Lianhuo Town and had purchased many properties, but he did not know that he was from Jiuyan Cult.
Huang Lunpei sent people to send magical instruments into the mountain and sent a message to the king of heaven.
