The Qingyun Mountains are towering and towering, occupying the Central Plains. There is a large river "Hongchuan" in the shade of the mountain. Shanyang is the important town "Heyang City", guarding the throat of the world. The geographical location is very important.
This so-called throat of the world refers to the connection between the wild desert of the northwest and the vast land of China in the Central Plains.
Chi Yao wants to enter the Central Plains, and this is the only way to pass.
If this were not the case, the Demon Sect would not have to sacrifice one's life to attack the hard rock of Qingyun Sect and make itself uncomfortable. Wouldn’t it be good to go to Qianfenxiang Valley or Tianyin Temple?
Early on, Chi Yao pressed the Ten Thousand Poison Pearl and walked on foot. After all, it was a bit too arrogant to fly in the sky above the Qingyun Gate with a black divine light.
By the way, Ten Thousand Poison Pearls is the new name he gave to that poison gas bead.
These days, he has collected the poison sacs of dozens of desert insect beasts and refining the poisonous gas beads that were originally crudely made to the level of low-grade magic weapons. Not only does the effect of the poisonous gas released become diverse, but more importantly, the concealment is enhanced. It's an exaggeration to say it's colorless and odorless, but if you don't distinguish it carefully, it's really possible to ignore it.
Under the curl of smoke, a small village full of vitality appeared in Chi Yao's field of vision.
The old man walking under the big tree at the entrance of the village saw Chi Yao, who was alone and dusty, and actually greeted him enthusiastically: "Young man, do you want to have a bowl of hot tea?"
"OK!"
Chi Yao grinned and took two steps, "Thank you, old man."
"Hey, when you go out, you help me and I help you."
The old man scooped a bowl of crude tea for him, added half a spoonful himself, took a sip happily, and recalled with half-squinted eyes:
"I think back then, my old man also went to work."
"oh?"
Chi Yao followed his words and asked, "Can you tell me in detail?"
"hey-hey,"
As if he had been scratched, the old man shook his head and began to recall the glorious past, talking about what he had seen and heard in Heyang City when he was young.
Chi Yao learned from his words that the current small village was called Caomiao Village, named after a dilapidated Caomiao Temple at the east end of the village.
There are only forty or fifty households in the village, and they basically make a living by eating from the mountains and chopping firewood and hunting.
The Heyang City mentioned by the old man is more than fifty miles away from the village. It is a famous and prosperous city with a population of at least two to three hundred thousand.
Even though it takes only a moment to fly a fifty-mile sword, for the villagers of Caomiao Village, it takes several days to walk over mountains and ridges.
This is a rare trip for them.
The gap between cultivators and ordinary people is so huge.
As if he was excited about talking, the old man finished talking about Heyang City and then talked about Qingyun Gate.
"Old man, although I don't have much ability, I have seen immortals with my own eyes!"
Seeing the red face on his face, Chi Yao almost thought that what he was holding was not tea but wine. How could he still be drunk while drinking tea?
Seeing some hesitation in his expression, the old man raised his finger and pointed to the sky, lowering his voice: "Let me tell you a secret. All the firewood chopped in our village is given to the immortals to burn."
"real or fake?"
Chi Yao pretended to be surprised, raised his head and waited for a while, "Where is it?"
"Immortals can't fly in the sky all the time. I saw it two days ago. There were four rays of light flying past. I won't lie to you."
"So, my father-in-law, the Qingyun Sect Immortal you call him often goes down the mountain to patrol?"
"That's not true,"
The old man shook his head, "But there are always people who can see it a few times throughout the year. When you see the immortal flying overhead, you will feel at ease during the year."
"It's measured in years...then I'll feel relieved."
Chi Yao secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
After all, he was going to the Central Plains, and the choke point of Heyang City was a must-go. Even if he didn't enter the city, he had to pass nearby.
If Qingyunmen maintains high-intensity patrols here, I'm afraid it will be a bit troublesome.
After all, this body is just entering the realm of humans and demons for the first time. Most of the flesh and blood of the murderers absorbed in the desert are used to replenish the consumption of flying objects. The increase in cultivation is not big, just from the fourth level of blood shadow to the fifth level. .
The realms of practice in the Blood Demon Dafa are divided from low to high into the realm of blood shadow, sea of blood, and the highest realm of blood god. Each realm is divided into nine levels, and the order is progressive.
Corresponding to the Tai Chi Xuan Qing Dao of Qing Yun Sect, it is the three realms of Yu Qing, Shang Qing and Tai Qing.
In just ten days, he was promoted from the fourth level of Blood Shadow to the fifth level. Although it is only one level, you must know that in Qingyun Sect, ordinary disciples start from the third level of Yuqing, and each time it takes to upgrade one level, it takes Ten years is a unit, and even a peerless genius must be counted in years.
Even though demonic skills have always been good at quick results, this progress is shocking enough.
Chi Yao, who is currently in the fifth level of Blood Shadow Heaven, is equivalent to the elite disciple level of Qingyun Sect. If you include the blood-devouring beads, he is not afraid of Qingyun disciples as long as they are still within the Yuqing realm.
But if you meet the truly top disciples such as Wan Jianyi, Cangsong and others, or the elders of various peaks, that won't work.
So there is nothing wrong with being cautious.
After chatting with the old man for a while, he borrowed a place to wash up and changed into villagers' clothes before setting off for Heyang.
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The journey through Heyang City was uneventful. After all, Qingyun Gate is just a spiritual sect, not a national organization. There is no such thing as setting up gates and checking pedestrians.
And what Chi Yao didn't know was that they were actually going through a turmoil right now and had no time to care.
After leaving Heyang City, Chi Yao set up the Ten Thousand Poison Pearls and turned into a light gray stream of light and headed straight to the east.
That was the first stop in his goal - Kongsang Mountain!
Because eight hundred years ago, when Old Black Heart was still there, it was an important stronghold of the Blood Refining Hall. Even because Old Black Mountain had stayed there for a lot of time, his status vaguely meant that it surpassed the main hall.
But it is a pity that during the time of the black-hearted old man, the Blood Refining Hall was out of business and naturally could not hold on. It was forced to give up after a battle between good and evil, and it became a barren land from then on.
However, in the eyes of others, it is a barren land, but in Chi Yao's eyes, it is indeed an excellent spiritual realm.
Even if we don’t mention the general outline of the Book of Heaven hidden in the Abyss of Death under the Ancient Ten Thousand Bats Cave in Kongsang Mountain, whether it is the ancient alien black water snake or the millions of vampire bats that have been transformed by the predecessors of the Blood Refining Hall, for For Chi Yao, they are all rare treasures.
This is the foundation of his rise!
The stream of light cut across three thousand miles. Five days later, Chi Yao stopped the Ten Thousand Poison Pearls and lowered his head to look down.
I saw a steep and towering mountain at my feet, with many rocks and few vegetation. There was no human habitation at the foot of the mountain, and it was desolate.
It was almost dusk at this time, the sun was setting in the west, and the dim yellow sunset shone on Kongsang Mountain, which seemed to bring a bit of desolation, but also a bit of terror.
"That's almost it."
He lowered his cloud head, slowed down, and began to circle around to find the location of the Ten Thousand Bats Ancient Cave.
After flying for a while, I suddenly heard a "cracking" sound.
"Are you coming?"
Chi Yao was already prepared for this. He took out the blood-devouring bead without any rush, injected mana into it to activate it, and threw it far away.
In an instant, the strong smell of blood filled the air, as if a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood fell from the sky.
The "crackling" sounds suddenly became denser and louder. In the end, the rhythm could hardly be heard clearly, and only the "rumbling" huge noise echoed in the barren mountains.
After a while, a sea of black clouds suddenly appeared in Chi Yao's field of vision, and with a loud "rumbling" sound, it rushed toward the blood-devouring beads that were emitting scarlet light in the air.
Wherever there is a sea of clouds, it is simply a sea of bats!
Chi Yao retreated a little further, almost to the extreme distance where he could control the blood-devouring beads, and then he took his time to look at the fierce "blood-devouring beads vs. vampire bats" in mid-air.
Swarms of bats rose up from the mountains one after another like a tidal wave. Their whistling sounds resounded through the clouds. The small blood-devouring beads were wrapped in layers and could not see the light of day.
The situation seems to be one-sided.
But it is a pity that as the saying goes, the best hunters always appear in the form of prey.
Although the blood-devouring bead was heavily wrapped by the bats and almost suffocated, it didn't need to breathe in the first place.
In this situation, Chi Yao did not need to take the initiative to operate. The blood-devouring bead was directly activated, and a faint red light radiated out. All vampire bats that are irradiated will be drained of blood in an instant and turn into a ball of dry ashes.
Are you the only one who can suck blood?
One or two, hundreds of thousands, millions and millions...
As more and more bat blood is absorbed, the light emitted by the blood-devouring bead becomes stronger and stronger, covering an ever wider area. When the moon reaches its zenith, it almost looks like a full blood moon. It hangs as high as the top of Kongsang Mountain.
As for those ancient vampire bats, they were like a group of moths flying into the flames. They knew that there was only one way to die if they threw themselves forward, but they still launched a desperate attack without any regrets.
After one night, the originally desolate and exposed surface of Kongsang Mountain was covered with a carpet of bats.
Chi Yao estimated that if the seeds were sown at this time, Kongsang Mountain might change its appearance in the coming year and become lush and green.
But none of this mattered. He moved his hand and grasped the delicate bead again.
You barely need to exert any effort to inhale, but you can feel an extremely pure and huge blood flowing into your body.
This is the blood-devouring bead actively feeding back to his master.
"It seems like I'm really full this time."
While Chi Yao was running the blood demon magic in his body to digest the blood, he followed the flight path of the bat swarm he observed last night and came to the entrance of a huge mountain cave.
This cave is located in the back of the mountain and slopes slightly downward. Only a little light comes from the entrance of the cave, and it is pitch black further down. Standing five or six feet away from the entrance of the cave, you can feel the cold wind blowing out of the cave, blowing over your face, and feeling cold to the bones. At the same time, there was also a faint "rustling" sound, like a whisper, like a ghost crying, which made people's scalp numb.
Chi Yao didn't care about these things, but just as he was about to walk in, he suddenly thought that only bats lived in this cave all year round. There seemed to be a thick layer of excrement on the ground. If he stepped on it directly, it would be really terrible. A little disgusting.
Therefore, he did not choose to put away the Myriad Poison Pearl, but carefully controlled its flight speed and height, and once again used the Blood-devouring Pearl to float in front to clear the way, while he carefully followed behind.
Under the faint blood light, the scene in the cave gradually came into view.
Some bats were scattered upside down on the rugged cave wall, as if they were in a deep sleep. Even if they were stimulated by blood energy at such a close range, they were indifferent.
Moving forward, through the long tunnel, something different finally appeared.
I saw a thin red line appearing on the rock at the top of the cave, which looked like veins growing in the rock.
With this thin red line as the boundary, all the upside-down bats gathered outside and none of them crossed the red line. And within a few feet, there was no smelly bat droppings outside.
Obviously, the section outside should be specially used to raise bats, and it can also be regarded as a defensive measure for this cave.
As for the place inside where bats are not allowed to roam, it is the real core of the stronghold.
Chi Yao put away the Ten Thousand Poison Pearls and continued to move forward with his feet firmly on the ground.
After walking in twists and turns for quite a while, there was a fork in front of the road, and in the middle of the fork stood a huge, incomplete stone tablet. The remaining broken base was nearly a foot high.
Taking two steps forward, he found the other half of the stone tablet lying on the ground. Looking at it together, it was carved with four large blood-red characters with arrogant teeth and claws -
God is with me!
"As expected of the black-hearted old man who once unified the Demon Sect, he is truly extraordinary in spirit."
Chi Yao smiled slightly and turned to the left side road without choosing.
There was no one else in this ancient cave. He explored all the way and finally came to a huge stone that emitted a strong light.
Behind this boulder, deep in the light, is a huge abyss with no end as far as the eye can see. The light emitted by this boulder illuminates the dome of the cave, but it seems that it cannot penetrate even half an inch into the abyss behind it.
Chi Yao's expression moved slightly when he saw this. He looked intently and saw three large characters carved with ancient seal dragons and phoenixes on the strange and glowing boulder:
Dead Soul Abyss!
"This is it!"
He looked delighted.
Without him, the most valuable thing in this ancient cave of ten thousand bats is under this abyss of death.
"But I'm not in a hurry to go down. There's no one else here anyway, so why not let me level up first."
Chi Yao took out the blood-devouring bead and held it in his palm, "Now that we have found the Dead Soul Abyss, naturally we cannot let go of the Black Water Black Snake. How powerful is the blood of the ancient beasts?"
After looking forward to a bright future, we also need to face problems down-to-earth.
"With my current strength, it is a bit difficult to deal with it. Unless I can find an opportunity to directly stuff the blood-devouring beads into its mouth, otherwise, I am afraid that even the defense of the epidermis and scales cannot be broken. And if it is accidentally rubbed, If you encounter a collision, your muscles and bones may be broken at the least, or you may die on the spot. It is really too dangerous. You have to think of other ways."
He sat down with his back against the large luminous stone plate, and fell into meditation while transporting the blood energy.
