The wind is getting stronger and stronger, and the force seems to lift the entire yellow sand dune.
Zhao Ning didn't care about anything else. He took out the spell in his hand and applied gravity to himself, intensifying the sinking force tenfold and a hundredfold. He remained motionless as a mountain.
Under this wind, I originally thought it would last for a long time, but I didn't expect the wind to be wrapped with a hint of coldness. Suddenly, the sky and the earth were vast.
Zhao Ning raised her head and saw that the sky was filled with yellow sand, but instead it turned into snowflakes, which turned into water when they fell on the skin. She looked around and saw that there was no desert or yellow sand. She didn't know when it had stopped. Standing on the top of the snow-capped mountains, heavy snow covered the rolling mountains.
It was probably because of the force of gravity just now that the downward force was too heavy, and the body sank several feet in an instant.
Zhao Ning dissipated the spell, but the sinking power did not completely dissipate. It only overflowed from both sides and shook the mountainside. For a moment, he felt the mountain tremble, and the white snow covering the entire mountain trembled and rushed downwards. , forming an avalanche.
If what is measured at the fifth level is the desire of the mind, then what is measured at the sixth level?
But there was nothing else around except the snow-capped mountains, and it seemed no different from the previous fifth-level desert trial.
At this moment, Zhao Ning stopped thinking and walked down the direction of the avalanche. Since he had walked the last time, he naturally had no fear this time.
Zhao Ning's steps were more determined than before and sped up a lot. She even caught up with the speed of the avalanche. The spiritual power spread out from under her feet and stopped the avalanche's downward momentum. When she moved the spell in her hand, gravity pressed down again, and the snow Being firmly attached to the snow-capped mountains, there was no longer any downward momentum. Instead, it seemed to be a snow-white blanket that spread all the way.
Just ten feet away from the edge of the avalanche, he saw a body that had not been covered by the avalanche, and happened to be straddling Zhao Ning's path.
This corpse had also been dead for a long time. It was probably due to the extremely low temperature here that his body did not rot, but it completely lost its color and was completely frozen.
The patterns on the robes they wore were still clearly visible, like the standard disciple robes, which were embroidered with dark patterns, but there was a rune printed on the hem, which was the ancient cloud pattern of "sky" and "mountain". hybrid.
Zhao Ning guessed that this might be the sect's logo.
There is a piece of jade slip scattered nearby. The upward side is engraved with the same sect logo. Turning over the other side, it is engraved with the count "two".
Zhao Ning was puzzled and could only keep it for now. She buried the corpse of her ancestor aside and started on the road again.
One level above, there was only yellow sand all the way, and the temperature never changed during the heat wave. Once here, Zhao Ning felt that the temperature dropped a little every half mile or so. Until he walked very far, Zhao Ning couldn't help but feel the clouds. Silk Qianhuan's cloak appeared, wrapped around his body, holding his arms, and moved forward step by step against the wind and snow.
Along the way, Zhao Ning's direction did not deviate, but even so, she still encountered many corpses similar to those of the previous sect disciples.
Similarly, there were one or several jade slips of unknown purpose beside them, and Zhao Ning buried them hastily as before.
This seems to be hinting to Zhao Ning that the road ahead is difficult, so don't go forward.
But Zhao Ning just walked with his arms folded.
After another half an hour passed, Zhao Ning met the corpse of an unknown sect disciple again. He was not surprised at this moment. After burying it, he picked up a jade slip that fell aside. The count on it was "Nine".
Zhao Ning's eyebrows moved. Together with the previous jade slips, she had already collected the count of nine. She took out all the jade slips, and sure enough, she saw that the jade slips showed brilliance in sequence according to the count, and lifted into the sky on their own. A jade slip rotated in a circle around Zhao Ning, and then, light shone on Zhao Ning.
She vaguely felt something marking her body.
Zhao Ning's brows narrowed slightly, and she spread out her left hand, running her skills and forcefully gathering the invisible power into her palm. Suddenly, a badge fell into her hand.
The pattern on the front of the badge is the sect symbol of these people.
After thinking for a moment, Zhao Ning injected a trace of spiritual power into the badge.
Then he heard an old and majestic voice coming from his ear.
"Your Majesty, Cangmang Mountain Lingya Sect, those who have passed the nine-level trial of the Green Wood Pagoda and hold this badge can become our disciples or worship."
After a pause, he unfolded his sleeves, and a map of Kyushu spread out in mid-air. This was the map that was retained when he was looking at the fragments of Kyushu. It was a gift from Qin Keyuan. The annotations on it were more detailed than ordinary maps. He went up to the secret realm of the sect. , all the way down to the Fangshi ruins are marked.
However, Zhao Ning searched carefully, from top to bottom, from left to right, not even mundane places were missed.
But he still found that the entire Jiuzhou Continent, not to mention the Lingya Sect, even the Cangmang Mountain, which sounded quite majestic, was not seen.
Where is Lingya Sect? Where is Cangmang Mountain?
Looking at the map of Kyushu's vast territory, is it just a small unknown place, or is it hidden in an unexplored place in the Demonic Wilderness of the West, or...is it not on the Kyushu continent?
Chapter 170
Perhaps the sect that controlled the nine-story Green Wood Tower of Trials in ancient times has been destroyed now?
Zhao Ning explained to herself in this way, no matter whether this explanation and previous guesses have any basis or reason, now is not the time to dwell on the source.
She put the badge away and looked up at the vast white snow and endless snow-capped mountains. Now she was about to walk out of the sixth floor.
She didn't think of a way to pass. She stood there, a little confused. For a moment, a thought came to her mind: Since there is no way, it is better to wait where she is. Maybe these snow-capped mountains will disappear in the next moment like before. , and then it turns into another scene?
But such thoughts made Zhao Ning feel excited.
This is wrong. When she sees countless ancestors dying on this road, she may want to stop, but when she sees so many corpses and has walked so far, she still wants to stop. This is unreasonable. , as if traveling a hundred miles and stopping at ninety.
This is an eerie hint.
Or maybe it was this layer of subtle inducement to her, but fortunately, Zhao Ning's determination was not lost in this inducement, but she reacted very quickly and got the answer from it. Since it said stop where you are, then get out. The only way is to move forward, don't hesitate, just keep moving forward.
Zhao Ning stopped staying. She wrapped herself in Yunsi Qianhuan's cloak and moved forward step by step. The road became more and more difficult as she went to the back. Zhao Ning initially used her skills to make herself half-floating on the ground so that she would not be trapped by the underground. It was muddy, but in the end almost all the real energy was used to maintain one's own body temperature.
The temperature is getting colder and colder. If it were an ordinary mortal, his hands and feet would lose consciousness in almost an instant, to the point where dripping water turns to ice, and bleeding turns to freezing.
But this can't stop him. He has come to this step, maybe to get out, or maybe to let the blood in his body flow so as not to be frozen in the cold.
I don’t know how long it took, but I just felt that every step I took seemed to take several times as long as before. The moment my steps landed in the snow, I had to shake my true essence slightly to feel the sensation on my feet, otherwise I would be in contact with the ground in an instant. Frozen together.
Zhao Ning saw some more corpses. These corpses had been completely frozen into the ice. The size of the corpses wrapped in ice was already three or four times larger. From the outside, only human figures could be seen faintly, but not the inside. Whether the person is the same sect disciple as before.
However, Zhao Ning still discovered that the disciple robes of these people were not the same color as the previous disciples' robes. If we look at the regular sect disciple robe rules in Kyushu, the colors of the disciple robes of different identities or different realms are different. Similarly, Zhao Ning suspected that these people's cultivation level might be higher, or even at the foundation building level.
Zhao Ning was thinking like this, but couldn't stop. Obviously, he could feel that as long as he paused for a moment, his whole person would be reduced to the ancestor in the ice block, frozen in an instant, and from that moment on, his thinking , consciousness, and vitality are all solidified.
They are in the foundation building period. Zhao Ning was thinking slowly in her mind. She felt like she couldn't hold on any longer. The movements of her feet were getting slower and slower, but her will was still holding on. At least she could still take a few more steps forward, even if this Move slowly, even when it looks like you're pushing your limits.
At this moment, Zhao Ning suddenly felt a warmth beside her. She turned her head stiffly to look, only to see a flame flying out of her storage bag. Zhao Ning's slow thinking slowed her down for a moment. Only then did he realize that it was not a flame, but the blazing sun fire essence that Yuan Song had given him when he was in Fengshen Palace.
The blazing sun fire essence floated slowly around Zhao Ning, and the hot temperature on it instantly melted the surrounding ice and dissipated the coldness on Zhao Ning's body.
The snowflakes on her eyelashes turned into water droplets, and she lowered her eyes slightly, her thoughts seeming to move faster.
A spiritual weapon flew out on its own, as if it had intelligence. Zhao Ning stretched out his hand, and the blazing sun fire essence fell into Zhao Ning's palm.
Zhao Ning has forgotten about the Blazing Sun Fire Essence since he got it. On the one hand, Zhao Ning does not need him with his strength and spiritual weapon. On the other hand, this thing can only be used three times in total. It has been used once. If it is not necessary, it can be used once. Ning didn't want to waste this blazing fire essence.
But this blazing sun fire spirit jumped out now, as if urging Zhao Ning to use it. As long as he uses it, he can cross this layer.
Zhao Ning stared at the Blazing Sun Fire Spirit for a long time, so long that she seemed to be frozen, and only the Blazing Sun Fire Spirit was swaying slightly in the entire space.
After a long while, Zhao Ning raised her eyes and looked around inexplicably, but found nothing.
She suddenly injected her true essence into the Blazing Sun Fire Essence. The next moment, the extremely domineering and majestic fire spirit power spread out in all directions. In an instant, the ice and snow melted, spreading all the way, hundreds of feet, thousands of feet and dozens of miles away.
And this spread does not seem to stop, and the snow on those snow-capped mountains seems to be unable to melt to the end.
I don't know how long it took, but I felt an extremely dazzling light burst out from the distant boundary line and gradually enveloped the entire space.
Zhao Ning did not close her eyes because of the glare, she stared at it with burning eyes.
Watching the snow-capped mountains disappear and the earth become invisible, until finally, she was in a blank space again, with no distinction between up and down, and no distinction in all directions. It was as if Zhao Ning was just a speck in the blank space.
Zhao Ning lowered her eyes to look at the half-diminished blazing sun fire essence in her hand. Without the wind, it was quiet, as if its spirituality just happened for a moment.
She put the Blazing Sun Fire Essence back into her storage bag. It was undeniable that the Blazing Sun Fire Essence indeed brought Zhao Ning to a new level.
This is already the seventh floor of the Aoki Tower of Trials.
A place with no space, no time, just a void.
There seems to be something being tested here. Zhao Ning has a vague premonition. There are three thousand avenues in the world, and each has its own way to prove it. But the road to enlightenment is long and the road to immortality is far away. It may be a thousand years, maybe it is ten thousand years, maybe she has no idea yet. Time, in this long river of time, everything is nothing, everything will become the past, only one person moves forward alone.
It's loneliness.
Zhao Ning sat cross-legged on the spot, with his five hearts facing upward, meditating.
Like the other floors, even though it is empty, it still does not isolate the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.
Zhao Ning's heart did not waver at all about such a test, and perhaps others would not be too frightened. After all, there was no threat or fear, and he was just being carried alone.
In this way, Zhao Ning practiced slowly in the silent and senseless space. The rich spiritual energy of heaven and earth caused the true energy in Zhao Ning's body to condense faster and faster. Gradually, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth began to condense with Zhao Ning. A vortex formed in the center, and spiritual energy poured into Zhao Ning's body continuously.
Soon, it seemed that a certain layer of shackles had been broken through, and Zhao Ning's cultivation level was one step closer.
It is already the middle stage of foundation building.
But Zhao Ning did not stop. She continued to practice without even opening her eyes.
Once you reach the Foundation Establishment Realm, most of the bottlenecks in the Foundation Establishment Realm will be eliminated. As long as you accumulate to a certain level, you can be promoted smoothly.
Zhao Ning has not had this kind of time to practice wholeheartedly for a long time. For Zhao Ning, it is a dream.
But for others, it may not be the case. To advance from the early stage of foundation building to the middle stage of foundation building, depending on the strength of the technique and the speed of practice, it will take at least about a year at the fastest. Just stay alone in a blank space for the next year. It is a great mental torture.
Perhaps even the sixth level of the trial itself noticed something, or maybe he was annoyed by Zhao Ning's attitude of not cultivating anything. Zhao Ning, who was practicing, felt that the concentration of the spiritual energy of heaven and earth around him was decreasing. Extremely fast.
The speed of Zhao Ning's operation of Taixu Six Paths Spiritual Source Secret Transmission has also increased, and the speed of the spiritual vortex spinning around her has also increased. She seems to be competing with the sixth level for the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.
When the secret transmission of the six spiritual sources of Taixu is used to the extreme, the speed of absorption is even slightly faster than the decline of the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. In the end, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth in the space does not decline, but is absorbed by the condensation. .
Zhao Ning opened her eyes, but she still had some unfinished thoughts.
With this kind of practice, the level of accumulation in the middle stage of foundation building is close to half.
Zhao Ning didn't even bother to look at what was going on around her. She thought for a moment, took out more than a hundred low-grade spiritual stones from the House of Silent Spirits, refined and concentrated the spiritual stones into one medium-grade spiritual stone, and then obtained dozens of them. Middle grade spiritual stone.
She turned her magic skills on her hand, drew the spiritual pattern of the magic circle out of thin air, and then embedded medium-grade spiritual stones into each magic circle node to create a small spiritual gathering array for practice.
The spirit gathering array slowly released the spiritual energy in the spirit stones. Although it was not as rich as the previous spiritual energy of heaven and earth, it was milder than the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. Zhao Ning sat cross-legged in the center of the spiritual gathering array and continued to practice with her eyes closed. This kind of action seems to stop after breaking through the middle stage of the Foundation Establishment Realm.
But Zhao Ning's goal was still not achieved. After practicing for a long time with the help of the spirit gathering array, Zhao Ning found that the entire space seemed to be covered with a layer of strange laws. The spiritual energy was completely bound in the spirit stone and could not pass through the gathering array. The spiritual magic circle releases it.
Zhao Ning opened her eyes helplessly and looked around, but it was still as empty as before.
This level of space seems to be to prevent Zhao Ning from cultivating here, and to stay well as if in confinement.
Zhao Ning just gave this an initial look of helplessness. After thinking for a moment, she took out a low couch, a table, and a small square table from her storage bag. There was also tea on the small square table.
She half-leaned on the table, took out the ancient book Qin Keyuan had given her before, and slowly read through it.
Extraordinarily leisurely.
This book is an ambitious book about the Great Disruption.
The book tells that a war between heaven and man broke out during the Great Destruction. The war was so earth-shattering that even several stars were shattered.
At that time, Kyushu could experience meteor showers every day. Meteor showers fell in every corner of Kyushu, bringing many rare treasures and even many broken secret realms.
