At the same time, Cen Yun, who entered the rift, did not feel anything strange. Instead, a strange blue space suddenly appeared in front of him.
This strange space is vast and boundless. The sky and the earth are all the same color, just like the vast ocean where the sky and water meet. His figure is clearly reflected in the water under his feet, but there are no ripples or waves. It is like solid land. It is actually his daydream. Scenes seen in!
Cen Yun looked back in a hurry, and saw that the crack behind him had disappeared. There was no one around except him. He couldn't help pinching his cheek hard, and he screamed in pain, and then he realized that he was not dreaming.
"What kind of place is this? Why am I here?" Cen Yun looked confused and shouted, "Is anyone here?"
The sound was like a mud cow entering the sea, with no echo, just like the scene in a dream.
Cen Yun was a little desperate and slumped on the spot, knowing that he could not escape from this space no matter what. He could only wait for the strange colorful light he saw in his dream to appear.
Only this time, instead of the colorful light, he waited for something else.
"What is this?" As he was talking, Cen Yun suddenly noticed something gurgling out of the water beneath him, and blurted out: "Lightworm!?"
As soon as he finished speaking, one after another colorful, strange light groups the size of fireflies emerged from the water. In just a moment, they filled the entire space and flew to the distant sky, forming a magnificent colorful bridge that looked like a galaxy. , extremely dreamy.
Confused, Cen Yun reached out to touch the strange light group floating by him. The light group dispersed at the touch and turned into warm currents, like ants climbing, spreading throughout the body, making people feel numb and uncomfortable.
"Aura! This is actually an entity formed by aura!?"
Cen Yun almost shouted with excitement.
"With such majestic spiritual energy, if we cultivate it here, why would it take three to five years to condense the spiritual energy? It can be accomplished day and night!"
At this point, Cen Yun's face became disappointed again, and he laughed at himself: "So what if the spiritual energy here is a hundred times more abundant than outside? If I can't leave, won't I have to die of loneliness and starvation here?"
Cen Yun sighed and stared blankly at the colorful bridge formed by the gathering of spiritual energy in the sky. He recalled his life in a desperate situation and his first meeting with Zhao Li, until he came to Fengqi Mountain and picked up a strange tree in Qingshui Stream. Scabbard, all this seems like a dream.
"Wait a minute, scabbard?"
At this moment, Cen Yun suddenly noticed the exotic wood scabbard hanging on his waist. Whether he was in Qingshui Stream or jumping out of the window in the handyman area to escape, every time it happened when he was holding the exotic wood scabbard. Could it be that What is the connection between this strange space and the strange wood scabbard?
Cen Yun took off the exotic wood scabbard and put it in front of him to examine it carefully. The texture was extremely hard and the interior was pitch black and bottomless, like the starry night universe. He couldn't help but extend his right index finger and poke inside.
"ah!"
Cen Yun screamed in pain, but when his fingers touched the mouth of the sheath, he felt like an electric shock. He quickly retracted and looked over.
A blood line appeared on the fingertip, and blood flowed from the wound, as if it had been cut open by a sharp weapon.
"What's going on? Is there something inside?"
Cen Yun strangely turned the scabbard upside down and pushed it outwards, but nothing came out of the sheath. This made him angry and threw the foreign wood scabbard away.
"Damn it!" Cen Yun cursed angrily and looked downcast, "Am I going to be trapped here forever, lonely to death?" Cen Yun looked up at the sky sadly and couldn't help but be stunned.
He saw a small, narrow, pitch-black crack appearing in mid-air, and then slowly disappeared from the end forward, leading his gaze to the foreign wood scabbard that was thrown two feet away by him.
The distance from itself to the foreign wood scabbard is exactly the area where the dark cracks appear straight.
He stood up, walked slowly to the foreign wood scabbard, picked it up, used the end of the sheath, and pointed it at the void in front of him from top to bottom, and a dark crack suddenly appeared in front of him. After two breaths, it slowly closed again and disappeared.
Seeing this scene, Cen Yun's eyes widened and a look of joy appeared on his face, as if he had picked up a treasure. He raised his right hand and swiped forward with the exotic wood scabbard again, and the dark crack appeared again.
"Hahaha, that's it. I understand, I understand. It turns out that all this is caused by this strange piece of wood. This is not a dream world, but the world inside the wood!"
Cen Yun's eyes showed enthusiasm as he stared at the exotic wood scabbard in his hand, knowing that it was a magical treasure.
Without hesitation, he raised his hand and once again created a dark crack, walked into it, and instantly returned to the place where he disappeared in the handyman area.
Cen Yun glanced inside the grass house. At this time, Ding Ping and Ding Hu had long disappeared. They had obviously left for a long time. It was still late at night, and there was no difference in the time difference between the inside and outside of the scabbard.
He looked at the scabbard in his hand and then at the thatched cottage. After some thought, he turned around and ran towards Qingshui Stream.
After all, he had offended Ding Ping, and Ding Hu would definitely come back to take revenge. If he couldn't defeat him, he would definitely have to suffer some torture and take away the Yimu sword scabbard.
In this case, he might as well hide in the forest, keep the secret, and practice with peace of mind. It is surrounded by water and forests, and there are wild fruits, small animals, and aquatic products. He will not starve to death. He is already used to sleeping in the open air, so it is not a problem.
Just like this, three months passed in a flash.
During this period, although Ding Hu was searching in the work area and in the forest, he entered the scabbard every time and successfully evaded the search.
As time passed, Ding Hu seemed to have given up and no longer looked for him. He was also happy to be quiet. He practiced in the scabbard space and unknowingly condensed a substantial "qi mass" in his dantian.
This air mass is as big as a grain of rice, but the energy it contains is as powerful as spring water gushing out from the cracks in the rocks.
With the formation of this air mass, Cen Yun clearly felt that his eyesight, ears and the sensitivity of various parts of his body had all jumped up a level. With just a slight jump, he could jump up to half a foot high.
"Is this the change brought about by the first level of Qi Refining? It's really wonderful!"
Feeling the drastic changes that had taken place in his body, Cen Yun excitedly ran and jumped in the scabbard space. He discovered that he could cast one of the most basic spells in the Five Qi Phantom Phoenix Technique by simply moving the air mass in his Dantian to his feet. "Feather Traveling Technique" once again increases speed.
However, this technique consumes too much spiritual power for him now and can only last for half a quarter of an hour at most. Therefore, it cannot be used unless it is absolutely necessary, otherwise the spiritual power will be exhausted and there is a risk of losing power.
"In this way, I can become a disciple of the outer sect!"
After getting familiar with the use of spiritual power, Cen Yun couldn't help but have a strong smile on his face. He left the scabbard space, hid the foreign wood scabbard, and walked straight towards the outer sect disciple pavilion.
In the disciples' pavilion, Xiang Changqing sat behind the tortoise-patterned jade case. Gong Mu and Miao Ping beside him looked at the young man above the hall in disbelief. From time to time, there were disciples of the outer sect around him who cast strange glances.
Gong Mu said in surprise: "Junior brother Cen, have you...condensed the spirit essence?"
Cen Yun touched his nose and didn't answer, but there was a slightly proud look on his face.
Gong Mu still didn't believe it and said: "How is this possible? It took me half a year to condense the spirit essence with the elders, but you only took three months despite having no resources..."
"Okay, Gong Mu."
At this time, Xiang Changqing suddenly interrupted, looking at Cen Yun up and down with a pair of sword-like eyes, but with an amiable smile on his face, he nodded and said: "That's right, it only takes three months without relying on elixirs and spiritual jade." He has cultivated to the first level of Qi refining, and his understanding is considered average when looking at the entire world of immortality. Master Nephew Zhao really brought back a good seedling!"
"Thank you, elder. It's just luck that the disciple can make it!" Hearing Xiang Changqing praising himself, Cen Yun's face heated up, but he couldn't tell the secret of the foreign wood scabbard, so he had to respond awkwardly.
Xiang Changqing's smile did not change, he waved his hand and said: "Okay, let's stop talking. You are here to receive a task, right? This is your promotion task. You can complete it within ten days."
With that said, he threw a green scroll in his hand towards Changqing.
Cen Yun took it, suppressed the excitement in his heart, and bowed: "Disciple, accept the order!"
After saying that, he turned around and left, and happily opened the scroll in his hand outside the disciples' pavilion. The scroll asked him to collect three first-level elixirs called "Mysterious Grass" in the mountains not far from the sect. It didn't seem to be a difficult task.
After all, in order to divide the suitable activities for disciples of different cultivation levels in Fengqi Mountain, the elders deliberately divided the mountain into three sections in a circular shape.
The first section is where the sect is located in the core area. The mountain gate is guarded by disciples and the elders are in charge. There is no disturbance from monsters and beasts, so it is regarded as a safe area.
The second section is five hundred miles outside the safe zone, which is called the periphery. It is a place where the sect has been raiding for a long time. Although there are monsters here, they are mostly weak beings that do not pose a threat. Disciples below the sixth level of Qi Refining are enough to deal with them.
As for the third section, it is deep in the periphery, which is thousands of miles wide. From here on, there are many dangers. It is said that there is a Taoist who has been practicing for a hundred years, and it is comparable to a powerful monster with a cultivation level in the foundation period, so it has not reached the sixth level of Qi Refining to protect objects. Disciples, for their own safety, usually would not trespass, not to mention the existence of the forbidden area "Forbidden Valley of Death".
It is said that in ancient times, Yu Qingzi, the founder of Fengqi Mountain, sealed a wild beast in the "Forbidden Valley of Death". Even the elders of the sect could not do anything about it. As long as they did not disturb it, they would be at peace with the sect.
Thinking of this, Cen Yun's frowned eyebrows relaxed slightly, and he murmured: "It seems that this mission is not difficult. It's better to go back as soon as possible while it's still early!"
After saying that, he put away the scroll, went to Qingshui Stream, took the exotic wood scabbard buried in the bamboo forest on the shore, and walked towards the mountain gate.
At the same time, a pair of eyes that seemed to be burning with anger emerged from the depths of the bamboo forest, looking at the thin back of the man who was getting further away, and said viciously: "Damn boy, I finally found you. Let's see how you escape from me this time." Palm!"
