In the morning, the entire camp became busy. A disciple from the famous guard station walked out of the barracks side by side, washed and tidied up, and then went to a huge wooden shed in the east corner of the camp.
That was the dining hall of the guardhouse. Because the guardhouse was built on the edge of a ghost forest and was located in a special location, the dining hall was only open in the morning every day. Therefore, the entire guardhouse only provided one meal a day.
It happened to be the time for the daily rotation of the four defense teams. Fortunately, the cultivation level of these guard disciples was not low, and one meal was enough. The dining hall was simple, with only wooden sheds to protect them from the wind and rain. Long table and low stools.
There are not many types of meals provided, but they are quite rich. There are fish and meat, and the food is filling.
"A team of twenty-six people, all have arrived!" After dinner, the morning meeting gathered at the camp playground. The leader of the team, Bai Guangchen, counted the number of people and reported.
"Twenty-four people from the third team have arrived!" Ape, the leader of the third team, shouted.
"I heard that someone in the team was attacked by the third-level monster "Red Eyed Monkey" the day before yesterday?" Liu Yu, who stood in front of the queue with a cold iron mask on his face, looked around the queue and said.
"It is indeed true! After receiving the news, the disciples rushed there immediately." The place where the incident occurred was the patrol area under the jurisdiction of Bai Haifu, the deputy leader of the first team. Bai Haifu stepped forward and replied.
"Is anyone injured?" Liu Yu then asked.
"No, when the disciples arrived, the monster had been injured by the two team members who arrived first and fled back to the ghost forest." Bai Haifu replied truthfully.
"Although guarding the ghost forest is the order of the sect, you must also pay attention to your own safety. If you are in danger, you need to handle it like this and immediately ask other team members or poor people for help. Remember this!" Liu Yu Said in a deep voice.
"Yes!" All the disciples from the guards responded in unison.
"Go! Don't keep the brothers from the second team and the fourth brother waiting!" During the daily morning meeting, this was all they talked about, and Liu Yu waved his hand.
As usual, after the defense team leaves the guardhouse, Liu Yu will return to his barracks to practice, or try to draw various levels of spiritual talismans. In this place with strong Yin Qi, what is the success rate of some spiritual talismans?
But Liu Yu didn't do that today. After standing quietly in the playground for a while, after the team members left, he also walked out of the guardhouse.
Liu Yu planned to go into the depths of the ghost forest to explore the specific conditions of the "Shadow Ghost Forest". He usually looked around the ghost forest and caught a few low-level monsters to feed Bai Niang.
Today he wants to go deep into the ghost forest. If this ghost forest is really acquainted with the black haze poisonous forest in the Black and White Mountains, with his psychic eyes, he should be able to find some good medicinal materials that grow hiddenly.
After these days of trying, Liu Yu discovered that many spiritual talismans, such as the "Wood Qi Healing Talisman" and the "Water Wall Talisman", were affected by the strong Yin Qi, and the success rate of the talismans decreased.
As for the two types of talismans that Liu Yu is most proficient in, such as "Air Shield Talisman" and "Amulet", although the success rate of the talisman is not much affected, the cost of drawing the talisman has increased a bit.
Because the Five Elements Spiritual Energy here is extremely thin, during the process of drawing these Five Elements Spiritual Talisman, it is necessary to absorb the Spiritual Energy from the intermediate spiritual stones to complete the spiritual infusion. However, in places with abundant Spiritual Energy, this is not necessary. In this way, some drawing symbols are added. cost.
In addition, the guard station is remote and there are no large or medium-sized markets nearby. Selling the spiritual talismans is also a big problem. If you want to rely on consignment of spiritual talismans to earn the cost of elixirs needed for daily practice like in Beluga Port, it is feasible. Doesn’t make sense.
The current plan is to rely on the mountains to eat the mountains, the forests to eat the forests, hunting, collecting herbs, and hopefully earning some spiritual stones, plus my own savings, let's take one step at a time.
And Liu Yu has a plan in mind, but he still needs to find out the reality of this "shadow ghost forest" before making a final decision.
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Half an hour later, Liu Yu had entered the depths of the ghost forest. The forest was dense with ancient trees and bushes, and it was dark and quiet. A thick layer of dead leaves fell on the ground. When he stepped on it, he made a "crunching" sound in the air. There was a thick sour smell of decay.
"Sand, sand!" The thick and long body of the jade snake swam forward among the dead leaves and shrubs, while Liu Yu fell behind, with eyes like Bagua and different pupils. It was obvious that he had turned on "psychic" Eye".
Under the psychic eyes, the forest is filled with thick gloom, like black mist, and like ghosts wandering in the sky. Some secretly grow under the layer of dead leaves, or beside the roots of shrubs and big trees, exuding a faint medicinal aura. Planting elixirs also has a panoramic view.
Along the way, Liu Yu discovered that although this ghost forest and the black haze poisonous forest in the Black and White Mountains were both places filled with gloomy energy, they were different.
The poisonous smoke and miasma in the black haze poisonous forest are extremely heavy. The trees are sparse and of a single species. They are accompanied by the biting cold wind all year round and are invisibly shrouded in a layer of death.
Although the yin energy here is heavy, all kinds of trees and shrubs are very dense and full of vitality. Yin elixirs such as ghost mushrooms, yin spirit flowers, soul-calming grass, etc. can be found in small clumps or patches not far away. It can be seen that the medicinal materials here are very rich, and it is considered a treasure land, which makes Liu Yu very happy.
But Liu Yu is not in a hurry to pick. The main purpose of this trip is to find out the reality of the ghost forest. A place with such a heavy yin energy will definitely breed and hide many evil things. Along the way, Liu Yu Has encountered several waves of ghost attacks.
He also took action to kill more than a dozen corpse beasts. The jade snake opened the way. Some low-level monsters in the forest did not dare to approach. They smelled the scent and fled from a distance.
"Bump!" A large amount of dead leaves and soil splashed around, and a thick and long black shadow suddenly shot out from the ground on the right side of the jade snake, biting directly towards the belly of the jade snake. The jade snake suddenly swam to dodge, At the same time, he raised the snake's head and faced it.
"Crash!" There was another loud noise, and the jade snake collided with the thick black shadow. The snake's body was knocked crooked by the huge force, slid backward, and knocked down several trees.
Only then could it be seen clearly that the black shadow was a long fleshy worm with a round and thick body, headless and no eyes. The top of the mouth was a basin-like mouth, with rows of sharp fangs forming a ring inside the mouth. The huge mouth was It's like a sucker, very scary.
The body of this insect is in the form of an earthworm. The front half of the body sticks out of the ground, while the back half is still in the soil. The body of the insect is thick, and the skin is as rough as old tree bark. It is covered with soil and is yellow-brown. The body of the insect is swimming rapidly out of the soil, towards the ground. The jade snake knocked to the ground and attacked.
"Boom, boom!" Seeing that the ugly insect's mouth dripping with mucus was about to bite the jade snake, in desperation, Liu Yu immediately activated two "Red Flame Bullet" talismans and threw them, turning them into two The red fireball hit the evil insect's predecessor and exploded into two balls of blazing flames.
"Gulu!" The insect's body was covered with earthen armor made of thick soil, and it was protected by the evil spirit. Although the insect's body was impacted by the explosive spiritual power, it was not burned by the flames. After being angered, He spat out a large stream of fishy mucus at Liu Yu. Wherever it splashed, the ground and dead leaves were scorched, and wisps of black smoke instantly rose up.
This kind of mucus was impossible to stick to at first sight, so Liu Yu didn't dare to stay where he was, so he used his body technique to dodge and jump to a big tree not far away.
The Jade Snake, which slowly turned around, swiped the snake whip on the upturned front of the evil insect. The insect staggered, and then an insect and a snake started to fight in the forest, letting out a series of loud sounds. ring.
Liu Yu was not in a hurry to take action. This insect should be a fourth-level monster "Rot Blind Earthworm". The insect has a bloated body and likes to hide in the mud or surface soil to attack passing prey.
Judging from the thick body and aura of this "rotten soil blind earthworm", it should be an adult insect in its prime, with a cultivation level equivalent to that of a monk in the middle stage of foundation building, and about the same level as the jade snake.
Don't look at it. The body of this insect is longer than that of the Jade Mandarin Snake, and three times thicker. Although it is big, it is too bloated, and its speed is slightly slower than that of the Jade Mandarin Snake. Each snake and the insect have their own advantages, and no one can do anything about the other at the moment. .
During the fight, the trees in the forest suffered damage. Trees fell and their roots were broken, dust flew up, and a large open space was created.
The Jade Snake was injured just now because of a sudden sneak attack. This "soil blind earthworm" has extremely strong hiding ability. It hides in the soil covered with thick dead leaves. Not to mention the Jade Snake, it is open Even Liu Yu, who had psychic eyes, could not detect the slightest breath of this insect.
Once the psychic eye is opened, one can see the flow of all kinds of energy all over the body. However, it is separated by the thick dead leaves and soil on the ground, and the "soil blind earthworm" has gathered its breath and hibernated, entering the hunting state. With Liu Yu's current psychic eye, The degree of mastery is really unnoticeable.
Only when Liu Yu improves his own cultivation, practices diligently, refines his psychic eye to perfection, and masters the "secret meaning" of this pupil technique, can he look directly through the thick dead leaves and soil. The "blind earthworms" hiding underneath.
When the psychic eye reaches this level, it will not only be able to see through objects, but when facing an enemy, it can also instantly see through its weaknesses by observing the strength and weakness of the aura around its body and the movement of spiritual energy through its meridians.
As the spellcaster's own cultivation level continues to improve, he can even understand the secrets of the enemy's spellcasting, predict the reality of his next attack, and see through all spells with a single glance, making himself invincible.
But all this needs to be based on the practitioner's own cultivation. The stronger the cultivation, the more mysterious the psychic eye will be, the scope of observation will be farther and deeper, and the insight will be clearer and more thorough, so as to truly know the world. Dawn yin and yang.
Of course, these are still things that are far out of reach. Liu Yu expects that only when he has reached the late stage of foundation building can he gain a first glimpse of the "secret meaning" of this technique.
"Hiss!" The Jade Snake activated its innate ability "Ice Wind Floating Light". The snake's body was extremely fast, and it avoided the sludge blind earthworm's violent collision. It bit the blind earthworm's bloated insect body, and then released it immediately. This blind earthworm had rough skin and thick flesh, making it extremely difficult to bite through. To avoid its counterattack, the jade snake succeeded in one blow and immediately retreated.
"Gulu!" The blind earthworm jumped in the air several times and was bitten again. It was so angry that it spat out a large mouthful of mucus at the jade snake again.
The jade snake swam away quickly, and the mucus that Xiao Xu couldn't avoid stuck to the snake's body and flowed to the ground along its white jade-like scales. The scales of the jade snake are extremely resistant to venom.
"Silver Wind Sword·Speed!" At this moment, Liu Yu saw the right moment, formed seals with both hands, and used all his strength to control the sword. The silver light sword instantly turned into a sharp sword light and flew out from the open plate of the blind earthworm. enter.
The "Soil Blind Earthworm" received this blow and rolled back and forth on the ground in pain, making a roaring sound.
"Poof!" The rotten soil blind earthworm mobilized the original energy in the body, and forced the silver wind sword in the body like a needle piercing the body out of the body from the back. A blood arrow suddenly spurted out from the wound. The rotten soil blind earthworm was severely injured and was born. With the intention of escaping, he swam towards the pit where he had just escaped from the ground.
"Where to run!" This rotten soil blind earthworm has a huge body, and its blood essence can be refined to draw the "Yin Wind Thorn" talisman.
Liu Yu first threw out several giant flame bombs, which turned into several fireballs and exploded into several groups of flames, delaying them for a few breaths. Then he flew forward with his sword to block the worm's retreat.
In such a place where the Yin energy is extremely heavy, although the drawing of the Five Elements Spirit Talisman is affected, it is beneficial to the Yin-attributed Talisman such as "Yin Wind Thorn". Not to mention that it can increase the success rate of the talisman a lot. In the process of making the talisman, The surrounding rich Yin Qi can be used instead of the intermediate spirit stones to complete the spiritual infusion, and a large sum of spirit stones can be saved.
"Squeak, squeak!" At this time, Liu Yu and the jade snake were in tandem, blocking the rotten earthworm in the middle. Perhaps the rotten earthworm also felt the murderous intention, and the insect's body twisted uneasily from side to side. , the ferocious mouth of the insect's end was split, and from time to time it made a harsh hissing towards Liu Yu and the jade snake.
"Who is it?" At this moment, a dozen Yin Qi spiritual blades shot out from deep in the woods at high speed.
Liu Yu's color changed and she retreated. The Silver Wind Sword in her hand continuously slashed out several sword energy, blocking several close spiritual blades. When she took a closer look, she saw a man in black robes and a black hat floating out of the woods. mysterious person.
And the rotten soil blind earthworm had taken the opportunity to cross Liu Yu, and quickly drilled back into the soil from the mouth of the huge pit on the ground. Visible to the naked eye, a long mound rose up from near to far on the surface of the earth. The soil was rolling, and the rotten soil was rolling. The blind earthworm is escaping from the underground towards the depths of the ghost forest.
Liu Yu could no longer care about this and summoned Bai Niang to his side, with a solemn expression and a silver wind sword in hand. Together, they were alert to the mysterious man who floated out of the forest and was still suspended in the air.
Under the psychic eyes, this man's whole body was covered with evil energy, and his whole body was like a twisted black mist without a trace of living blood. Liu Yu was a little breathless from the pressure of the spiritual power.
"Do you know the rules in the forest?" The mysterious man suspended in mid-air suddenly spoke, his voice hoarse and not human.
"What are the rules? The poor Taoist Huang Shengzong Xuanting was ordered by the sect to garrison at the Heavenly Master's Guard in the "Shadow Ghost Forest", and you appeared here sneakily. Who are you?" Judging from the powerful spiritual power emanating from the other party. , his cultivation has reached the late stage of foundation building, and if he guessed correctly, his opponent is an extremely rare "ghost cultivator". He was afraid that he was no match for him, so Liu Yu immediately reported himself to the sect.
