This forest is not that big. Zhou Yang carefully walked through the forest for three days before a large mountain appeared in front of him. This mountain was even taller and towering than the one in the secret realm for the first time.
It was noon, the weather was a bit hot, the mountain was filled with aura, the birds were chirping, the cicadas were chirping, the trees were lush, and the beasts were roaring. It was a lively scene, much better than Baizong Mountain, and it was worthy of being regarded as a mountain in the ancient secret realm.
Zhou Yang stood at the edge of the forest, looked up at the mountain peak, and suddenly felt extremely small.
After a moment, he smiled slightly, secretly saying that no matter how high the mountain is, it can't stop the strong. Conquering the mountains and swamps and looking down on the world is what heroes do.
Without challenges, what's the point of living a mediocre life? Since we have embarked on the path of cultivating Taoism and immortality, we must move forward without hesitation and reach the top.
After sighing alone, Zhou Yang stepped up the mountain.
"Oh, there's also a wild boar!" On the hillside, a wild boar-like monster suddenly emerged from the dense forest.
The monster is smaller than the mountain boar in Daqing Mountain, but its four legs are longer. The pig's mouth is short, revealing two long tusks. Its fur is red and black, and it looks pretty good.
However, judging from the aura revealed by it, it has actually reached the fourth level, which is much stronger than the wild boar in Daqing Mountain.
"Hey, the wild boar in the secret realm is very fierce!" Zhou Yang stared at the wild boar in front of him and laughed.
He can't defeat level five monsters, but those below level five can be considered useless. If a mere level four secret realm wild boar wants to take advantage of him, he is simply throwing himself into a trap.
I happened to be hungry too, so I guess the taste of the secret mountain pork was much better than the rookie-level one.
In Zhou Yang's eyes, the ferocious wild boar was already the target of his barbecue.
The secret realm boar seemed to notice Zhou Yang's contempt, and rushed forward with a roar, its long fangs piercing Zhou Yang's chest.
Zhou Yang pulled away to avoid it, and at the same time, Red God had already landed on the wild boar's neck, much faster than the beast.
The secret realm boar was obviously stunned. How could this human being be so fast? His own violent blow was easily dodged by him, and he counterattacked even faster.
While the wild boar was stunned, Red God had already slashed its neck.
However, the expected splash of blood did not appear, and the sharp Red God only left a shallow scar on his neck.
"Oh, this guy looks stupid, but his leather armor is very strong." Zhou Yang was a little surprised.
The wild boar was extremely angry and bumped into him again, but Zhou Yang easily dodged it again. This happened several times in a row, and it turned out that this guy just used this trick and had nothing new to offer.
Zhou Yang was no longer playing with the stupid pig. His long sword fired out a few sword flowers. The blade of the sword penetrated the wild boar's huge mouth like lightning, and then emerged from the back of its head, and a stream of blood spattered out.
"Aww..." While screaming, the wild boar was still trying to fight to the death. The pig's head was swung from side to side, and its fangs almost hurt Zhou Yang's arm.
Zhou Yang put away his sword, pointed his fingers, and the two red lines disappeared into the boar's eyes respectively, and two blood arrows were shot out from the back of its head again.
The secret realm boar fell to the ground, twitched a few times and then lost its voice.
"The leather armor is so hard, it shouldn't be a problem to make a top-grade magic shield. It's just that the skin is too difficult to peel, and it will take a lot of effort." Zhou Yang took out the Red God Sword from the boar's mouth and muttered.
But this can't help Zhou Yang, any monster has a weakness, and this wild boar's weakness is in its abdomen.
Zhou Yang turned it over, and Chi Shen stabbed its abdomen again, and it really opened a long gash easily.
It was easy to do this, and in a short time, Zhou Yang skinned the wild boar naked and removed its internal organs.
After collecting the wild boar skin armor, Zhou Yang set up a bonfire, sprinkled the condiments, and started to barbecue.
"Well, it's really good!" Zhou Yang couldn't help but praise after taking a bite of the sizzling and oily wild meat.
The fourth-level high-grade wild boar meat is really delicious, more fragrant than the meat of the giant toothed tiger.
After eating the meat of the giant toothed tiger, a trace of spiritual power will be produced and enter the body, but the taste is ordinary.
The secret mountain pork not only tastes good, but also has some spiritual energy entering the body after being eaten. It is really delicious and tonic. Yes, it is really good.
Zhou Yang felt very comfortable enjoying a sip of wine and a bite of meat.
After drinking and eating, it was already sunset. Zhou Yang made a simple cave on the hillside, took out materials and laid out a small magic array at the entrance of the cave. He did not meditate, but just found some dry dead branches and weeds and spread them on the ground. Then he fell asleep beautifully.
When I woke up, I felt refreshed and very comfortable.
He pushed the boulder away and saw a small beast spinning in the mist of the illusion formation.
Zhou Yang chuckled and stared at it for a while before removing the formation. The little beast suddenly saw a large living person appearing in front of it, and was immediately frightened and ran away.
Zhou Yang ignored him, straightened his clothes and continued climbing to the peak.
The mist deep in the mountains is dense and the spiritual energy is extremely rich. It is far from comparable to Dingbeicheng and Baizong Mountain. It is estimated that the residences of the leaders of various factions are not comparable to this place.
No wonder the spirit energy content in the flesh and blood of monster beasts here is so high. It is indeed a good place. If you live here for a long time, your progress will be rapid.
"Something is wrong. The spiritual energy in the secret realm is extremely rich, but there is not a single fifth-level intermediate monster or above. Isn't that supposed to be the case? The spiritual energy in Cangshou Mountain to the west of Anping City is far less than here, but it is said that there are six-level monsters. It is not uncommon for beasts to sit in command, and fifth-level high-level ones are not uncommon, so why is this place different?" Zhou Yang realized the abnormality here, and many questions came to his mind.
After thinking hard to no avail, he stopped thinking about it and continued climbing up, while also paying attention to the materials on the list.
As he approached the top of the mountain, he really made a discovery.
Among the huge rocks wrapped in clouds and mist, there was a faint golden light.
Zhou Yang's eyes lit up, he took two quick steps and stepped into the clouds to investigate.
After a moment, his face looked a little ugly. In the gap between the boulders, there was indeed one of the materials listed on the list, golden thread grass.
This kind of linear plant, which is about half a foot long, has no leaves and is golden in color. It grows among strange rocks at high places and is hard to find in the outside world.
However, the golden thread grasses discovered by Zhou Yang were all immature, or even far from mature. But this is not what makes him angry, but that all the mature golden thread grasses have been picked away.
In the gaps between some boulders, there are obvious traces of being picked, and it seems that there are not a few of them.
In other words, someone had already got there first, and he arrived a step too late.
Moreover, he also discovered that there was a large amount of blood stains a little away from the golden thread grass, and there seemed to be traces of the use of the Fire Spirit Talisman.
There must have been a big battle here, and there were bloodstains on people and monsters.
"Could it be that someone killed the treasure-keeping monster and picked all the golden thread grass?"
This situation is very common. Some materials are not only useful for cultivators, but are also of great benefit to monsters. Therefore, there are often powerful monsters guarding some precious spiritual herbs.
However, it cannot be ruled out that the cultivators would fight for the treasure.
I have no choice but to have bad luck, so I have to do this. Besides, when someone kills monsters and obtains treasure, they may have paid a huge price.
Thinking of this, Zhou Yang was not too disappointed.
The immature golden thread grass is of no use at all. Not only is it useless, the golden thread grass that is not old enough is poisonous, and the refined elixir will naturally be poisonous, so the people who arrived first just took the mature thing.
Zhou Yang set out on the road again and reached the top before it was time for a cup of tea.
He stood on the top of the mountain and looked down. Through the clouds and mist, he saw a vast expanse of white and blue, with no edges visible at a glance.
"A big river! No, much bigger than a river, like a river or the sea!"
Zhou Yang took a deep breath, focused his spiritual power on his eyes, and looked far into the distance.
This time I saw it more clearly. The sea is majestic and boundless. I don’t know where it comes from and where it is going.
Nearby, the sea is sparkling and flowing quietly, but in the distance it is turbulent, with waves crashing and rising and falling.
Further away, the waves were raging, one after another, overlapping and rolling up a huge whirlpool.
There are also high mountains and countless islands in the sea, and the waves are surging between the mountains, which is extremely spectacular.
This secret place is really strange. The sea is right next to the mountains. It is very different from the outside world.
"There are mountains, forests, water, rain, and thunder. Could this be..." Zhou Yang looked at the sea in the distance, and an inexplicable thought came to his mind.
Since it is easy for people to understand the way of heaven and break through in the secret realm, then the above should be the source of enlightenment.
There are endless forests, and you can realize that wood belongs to heaven; there are high mountains and boundless land, and you can realize that earth belongs to heaven; there are thunder, rain, and rivers and seas, and you can realize that thunder and water belong to heaven.
In this way, I have gained nothing from experiencing mountains, forests, thunder, etc. Naturally, I will not realize anything because my own attributes are not consistent with it.
In fact, this cannot be said. After getting the Heavenly Thunder Stone in the Heavenly Thunder Field, he had some insights.
After the previous heavy rain, he also had some insights, but there was no breakthrough.
The above insights all point in the direction of fire.
So since the secret realm provides a source of enlightenment for practitioners, with mountains, forests, thunder, rain, and water, there must also be areas with fire and other attributes.
I mainly understand the way of heaven through fire or metal, so it seems there is hope.
Not only that, if there is fire, you can also refine elixirs and weapons.
The materials for the God-Building Pill have been found, and the Four Directions Defense Formation can be refined separately. These all require fire. If there is a land with a fire attribute, that would be the best for him.
Read thousands of books, travel thousands of miles, practice infinite Dharma, seek unparalleled achievements, and break the shackles of heaven and earth.
This is something that every cultivator must experience. No matter whether there are dangerous mountains, bad water, or all kinds of dangers ahead, they must press forward to get through it.
However, there is a hurdle before Zhou Yang. How to cross the sea?
He can walk and lurk in the water, but there is a limit. He can do it for a short time, but it is impossible to cross such a large area of sea with his strength.
So how did those who arrived here first survive? Could it be that a big ship was built?
