Ji Xuan stopped to rest several times, and finally saw some changes on the wall when Xiao Lu's spiritual power was about to be exhausted.
The cave wall gradually became slightly smoother. Compared with the wild growth before, it looked more like it had been specially polished.
This makes it harder for her to borrow power and slows her down, but it also indicates that there may be something unusual ahead.
Step by step, the water patterns fluctuate with the movements of the figure.
The end of the tunnel is finally in sight.
The dark blue tunnel disappeared and merged into the dark blue cave, with black covering the blue. Two candles in the cave were lit on a candlestick not far from the entrance, flickering with white flames.
Can there be fire in water?
Ji Xuan tensed his nerves and moved inwards.
The cave is not large, but it seems to be inhabited. There is a bed on one side, and tables, chairs, and bookshelves on the other side. Although it is in the water, it has not deformed when exposed to water, and its position is well fixed on the ground.
There was even a stove, also soaking in the water.
The tunnel ends before the cave, but the road surface of the tunnel continues inside the cave, with equipment placed on both sides. The road passes through the cave and becomes an open corridor that continues leading forward.
On both sides of the road, there are fire candles placed on vertical candlesticks at regular intervals. The two sides spread out, as if it were endless, and there seemed to be a distant boundary that merged into the dark water boundary.
Ji Xuan continued to move forward along the road. The candlesticks were too far apart, so he had to borrow some help when passing by. It was really inconvenient to walk in the water with his legs alone.
Unlike the previous tunnel, this road seemed to extend infinitely twice. The mysterious dark blue color changed from light to thick and disappeared at the edge of sight.
Is it the bottom of the river? Bottom of the lake? Or the ocean?
Wanhai Peak is so far away from Wansheng Peak, so it is unlikely that it will really fall into the sea.
The road is long, can she really reach the end?
Ji Xuan walked forward in silence. The system had just said too many words and had no new inspiration to make jokes, so his mind became quiet.
The blood of the sea snake may really be suitable for this place. As time goes by, Ji Xuan can feel that breathing becomes easier and smoother, and the resistance to progress is much smaller.
Although he was still half-floating forward, the force required to move his limbs was significantly reduced, and the blood trembled in his body.
There are also new changes in the scenery ahead. At the end of the road, there seems to be some building looming in the water, and the blue-black shadow can be seen in the distance.
Ji Xuan: "..."
That didn't seem like the place for her cultivation to go.
She paused slightly, frowned and looked into the distance, temporarily stopping where she was.
The system's voice changed slightly: "You're already here, are you still scared?"
Ji Xuan: "What you said is that now that you have come this far, you will cherish your life even more."
Unfortunately, there seemed to be no way out for her.
Ji Xuan chose to stay on the road and rest for a while. If he really was going to die again, there seemed to be no need to rush.
The system hesitated: "There is something I don't know whether to say or not."
Ji Xuan said decisively: "If you don't want to talk about it, stop talking about it."
System: "...there seems to be something moving on the candle on the roadside."
Ji Xuan: "???!!!"
Looking closely, something seemed to be flickering.
Ji Xuan swam to the nearest standing candlestick and carefully observed it from a distance.
Next to the pale flame of the candle, two fluttering moths were swimming around the flame. They were just "flying" and did not pounce on the flame like "moths flying to the flame".
what?
Ji Xuan stared at the fluttering moth. The moth was about the size of the palm of his hand. It had a pair of dark blue wings with mysterious blue-purple patterns outlined on it. Its slender tentacles were hidden in the water, appearing and disappearing.
It seems that it is not a moth, but a butterfly.
Ji Xuan frowned. The two moths currently showed no willingness to attack, but their cultivation level was higher than hers, so the specific level could not be detected.
Still dangerous.
With this candlestick as the center, Ji Xuan detected more than ten candlesticks on both sides of the road, and all had butterflies flying around the candlelight.
Some butterflies are larger, as big as an adult's open palm; some are smaller, only as big as a fingernail; no cocoons or pupae appear.
Ji Xuan stopped in front of the candlestick next to him.
There are three butterflies swimming above the candles of this candlestick. All three are small butterflies about the size of a fingernail.
Among spiritual beasts, generally speaking, smaller size means younger people, which also means lower cultivation level.
Ji Xuan switched to the identity of "Yang Xiao", and her remaining spiritual power was still enough to support her simple detection.
Of these three butterflies, one is at the fifth level of Qi training, and two are at the third level of Qi training, all of which are under her cultivation.
A bold idea came to mind.
"Tell me." Ji Xuan asked the system, "How about I contract them?"
System: "If it doesn't cause a group attack from other butterflies, you can still make money. There is too little information here. If you are trapped for a long time, food and drinking water will eventually be insufficient. After contracting with them, you can get information from them, which may bring you Come to a new turning point.”
Ji Xuan squinted his eyes: "I think so too, it's safer than going to the temple in front."
She turned her head and looked at the hazy building in the distance. After replacing the body of "Yang Xiao" with spiritual power, the pressure brought by the "temple" or other huge buildings became even stronger.
Now, Ji Xuan has two choices in terms of identity.
First, although "Yang Xiao" still has some spiritual power and has perfected his Qi training, the martial arts he practices are not of the beast-controlling school. Although he is not completely unable to contract spiritual beasts, it is much more difficult than "Jiang Nian" , and it’s the first time, so I don’t have enough experience.
Secondly, the "Jiang Nian" body is more functional, but has no spiritual power.
There was an abnormality in the cave and the water. Ever since she woke up next to the deep pool, she had made no progress. She had been spending spiritual energy, but she could not recover any of it.
Ji Xuan pondered, both identities have their own pros and cons.
Forget it, let's try it with "Jiang Nian" first. In the current situation, every ounce of spiritual power is precious. "Jiang Nian" has a way to contract a spiritual beast without consuming spiritual power.
Ji Xuan switched to "Jiang Nian", re-wrapped his little green collar, stretched his hand to the butterfly with the lowest cultivation level, and gently opened the skin of his fingertips with the dagger at his waist.
A drop of blood flowed out tremblingly.
She quickly switched back to "Ji Xuan"'s body and observed whether there was any abnormal movement due to the appearance of blood.
——Far away under the water, a light blue shadow swayed, bounced from the ground, and suddenly ran away in a certain direction.
On Ji Xuan's side, a while passed and nothing happened in front of him.
She breathed a sigh of relief and changed back to "Jiang Nian" again. She reached very close to the butterfly and made a bloody slit in her palm. The dripping blood spread in the water, covering the little butterfly's body and soaking its wings.
