One day at a time, twenty days from now.
Inside the volcanic belt, on a certain mountainside.
Ning Xiaotian carefully lay down on the mountainside, staring down.
It was a huge volcanic rock that jutted out at an angle. The sun was rising slowly, and the sunlight hit the top of the rock, drawing a cone-shaped shadow on the ground.
In the shadow of the bottom of the rock, dark brown gravel mixed with fine sand piled up into a small dune, clinging to the rock wall. The entire hill is about three feet high, and an inverted crescent-shaped rock crack is exposed near the rock wall.
A roll of "mosquito incense" as thick as a little finger was burning slowly in the sunlight not far to the right of the gap.
The mountain breeze blows gently, blowing the white smoke diagonally into the cave.
"Swiss." The sand dune in front of the rock crevice suddenly trembled and slowly rose.
"Coming out." Ning Xiaotian lowered his body subconsciously, and Liu Erlong beside him also lowered his body.
"簌簌猌"
The sand dunes rise slowly, rhythmically. The surrounding gravel continued to slide down, and the sand and gravel on both sides of the dune suddenly began to slowly sway from side to side, and a purple-black protrusion gradually appeared from both sides. "This is..." Ning Xiaotian's eyes suddenly flashed. A flash of light, "Double pincers, still in the form of crystal stones."
"I've been looking for it for five whole days. Is it finally going to be shipped?"
"Hey, hey, hey," Sha Shuo slid down faster.
"Huhu." The gentle breeze in the valley scattered the fine sand in front of the dune, revealing six black beads the size of little fingers. Then came the flanks, where two huge purple-black spar rhombuses opened out, as if they were embracing a new world.
"Crystal Sand Scorpion, it's Crystal Sand Scorpion!" Ning Xiaotian's face was filled with joy, and his heart was pounding.
Crystal Sand Scorpion, a branch of the Sand Scorpion, a soul beast with dual attributes of earth and poison. When it is born, its outer shell is yellowish brown. As it ages, the outer shell will gradually turn black. The black color is the characteristic of its growth into ten thousand years of cultivation.
But the sand scorpions at this stage cannot be called crystal sand scorpions.
In fact, very few of this race can be called Crystal Sand Scorpions, because the prerequisite for being called Crystal Sand Scorpions is that the shell transforms to give birth to crystals, and the prerequisite for giving birth to crystals is to find a crystal mine.
Then it lives inside, and by continuously absorbing crystal energy, the shell transforms into a stronger crystal, evolving its own defense to the extreme. This is the unique talent of their family.
Of course, once this transformation is completed, the poisonous attribute of the Crystal Sand Scorpion will continue to be weakened. Each time the shell sheds, it will become weaker, and it will gradually transform into a pure earth attribute soul beast. As for the sand scorpion that has not completed its transformation, its poison attribute is much stronger than its earth attribute.
Therefore, Sand Scorpions and Crystal Sand Scorpions can be considered two evolutionary branches of the same race. One is stacking poison, and the other is stacking armor. At the same time, the Crystal Sand Scorpion is also one of the most defensive soul beasts on the continent.
It is also very powerful, and its two front claws can easily cut through steel. Its disadvantage is its slow speed.
The method of judging the age is also very simple. Shedding the shell once every ten thousand years is a talent engraved in the genes of this race. Every time the shell is shed, the body will grow a little, so just look at the size. Then look at the color of the shell. The darker the color, the higher the age. From light to dark, ten thousand years of cultivation will lead to a cycle of reincarnation.
"Looking at the size and the color depth of the crystal, it should be some time before the second shedding of shells. The age is definitely less than 20,000 years, and should be between 15,000 and 20,000 years." Ning Xiaotian nodded slightly, just right It suits him.
Turning to look at Liu Erlong, Ning Xiaotian stretched out his hand and pressed it slightly, pointing his thumb in the direction of the Crystal Sand Scorpion.
Liu Erlong understood and responded with an OK gesture.
Both of them lay down quietly, waiting for the Crystal Sand Scorpion to move further away from the cave entrance.
"唦唦唦"
The crystal sand scorpion swayed, raised its two large claws, turned and walked towards the direction of the fragrance.
The sand scorpions mainly rely on their sensitive sense of smell and touch to find food, and their eyesight is almost zero. Ning Xiaotian and Liu Erlong are currently lying on the mountainside above their heads, making no sound, and the smell cannot drift away, so it is difficult to be caught. Discover.
"This scorpion must be too alert. It crawls so slowly." Looking at the crystal sand scorpion that was dangling on the edge of the shadow, not daring to come out, Ning Xiaotian's heart went up to his throat. He knew that scorpions were photophobic, but As a ten-thousand-year-old soul beast, he really didn't know what to say when he was so cowardly.
As if he thought of something, Ning Xiaotian subconsciously raised his right hand and moved it to Liu Erlong's shoulder to gently caress him, signaling the other person to calm down. He was really afraid that Liu Erlong's violent temper would suddenly break out, and he would rush to Liu Erlong without waiting. Go down.
Am I that impulsive?
Liu Erlong understood Ning Xiaotian's meaning, glanced at his shoulder, and blushed, but did not struggle.
After waiting for a while, seeing that Ning Xiaotian still had no intention of letting her take action, Liu Erlong couldn't help but look at Ning Xiaotian, looking at his handsome face, his serious expression, his eyes flickering slightly, and his heart was a little complicated. .
In the past twenty days, Ning Xiaotian had been taking care of her closely for ten of them. It is not an exaggeration to describe her as urinating and pooping. She looked at things that should not be seen and touched things that should not be touched. It can be said that nothing has been missed.
The current relationship between the two can be said to be very delicate.
Ning Xiaotian was really kind to her, and he didn't dislike her scarred body and appearance at all. She could feel the care from the heart firsthand.
Liu Erlong also knew that Ning Xiaotian was serious about taking responsibility. As long as she was willing to let go, Ning Xiaotian would definitely accept her and treat her sincerely.
But the more this happened, the less she dared to speak.
She is already over 40, while Ning Xiaotian looks to be in his early 20s. When Ning Xiaotian grows up to thirty or forty years old, which is a man's most prosperous age, she is already old and has lost her youth.
Now his appearance is damaged, and he doesn't know if it can be completely repaired after obtaining the eighth soul ring.
Moreover, she was an illegitimate daughter, the daughter of a prostitute, and she once had a marriage that ended in vain. Although nothing happened, the other party was her cousin. What would outsiders think? In recent days, she looked out from a high place outside the cave every day, but she did not find her father's figure looking for him. Maybe it was already very dangerous.
"Perhaps I am really an unknown woman. If I stay with Aman, I will only bring misfortune and disaster to him in the future, and will also make him embarrassed." The more Liu Erlong thought about it, the sadder he became, and there was a faint glow in his eyes. red.
"If only I could be younger and meet you earlier."
"Going out." Ning Xiaotian's eyes lit up. Under his sight, the Crystal Sand Scorpion turned anxiously in the shadows for several times. Finally, he couldn't resist the temptation of the scent, moved his body and crawled forward at full power.
"It's not that easy to run away if you want to take it." Ning Xiaotian grinned: "Soul ring, bring it to me!"
Thinking like this, he shook his right hand slightly.
Liu Erlong came back to his senses, turned his head and looked down, and then rushed down quickly.
"Martial Soul True Form!" She shouted while wiping her eyes in the air.
"I'm going to open the martial soul avatar now?" Ning Xiaotian was stunned.
I saw Liu Erlong, who activated his martial spirit true form in the air, directly transformed into a giant flame dragon and shot towards the crystal sand scorpion below at an extremely fast speed. The crystal sand scorpion had just turned around when it was caught by the tail.
"Bang bang bang" the earth was shaking.
"This, so violent." Watching the crystal sand scorpion as big as the dining table being smashed on the ground by Liu Erlong like a ball, and rubbing back and forth, Ning Xiaotian felt his scalp numb, and kept secretly saying that he had been to Liu Erlong in recent days. Her personal love and care are not in vain.
Liu Erlong was quite gentle in front of him. He didn't even say a harsh word. He was very ladylike.
I gained a lot of experience today.
I have to be more polite to this girl from now on.
After all, I can't beat her!
(End of chapter)
