Yuan Ming left the open-pit mine and quickly put the episode he had just experienced behind him.
At this time, half a month has passed since the last war.
During this period of time, under the continuous training of the black wind, he has perfected his fist intention, and the Yin Qi in the wind can no longer affect him. There will be little benefit from continuing to practice, and Wuyue Sect and
The war situation among various sects in the Central Plains was tense, leaving little time for him to practice. Now it was time to leave the Black Wind Desert.
However, what just happened also gave him a reminder. The Wu Yue Sect came out in force, and the Northern Desert as the rear was definitely empty. Instead of rushing to the front line to support the battle, he might as well sneak into the North Desert directly and cut off the supplies of the Wu Yue Sect.
Destroying their lair may have a greater impact.
Coincidentally, Wangbei City is located in the north of the Black Wind Desert, and is the closest city to the North Desert. The black wind drifted all the way in the desert, and finally brought him here, maybe it was God's will.
Yuan Ming thought back and forth in his mind, and quickly made a decision. After briefly identifying the direction, he took Huazhi and the others and galloped towards the Bei Desert.
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Clear water oasis.
Unlike other places in Yunhuang Continent, there are almost no permanent cities in the Northern Desert.
Most of the settlements of mortals or monks here are located in large or small oases. However, the water sources in each oasis will dry up and emerge periodically, and the time is not synchronized. Therefore, the North
Desert people almost all gather together in the form of tribes, and every once in a while, they will move to the next oasis with a water source before the oasis dries up.
Most of the spiritual veins here are also distributed around the oasis, and like water sources, they will weaken and flourish periodically.
There are different opinions on the reasons for this phenomenon, but similar to the black wind, not many people dare to pat their chests and guarantee that what they speculate must be the truth.
Before arriving in Bei Mo, Yuan Ming went to Wangbei City to get a map of Bei Mo. However, although the location of the oasis was marked on it, the cycle time of the water source was not marked.
Therefore, after passing three dry oases, Yuan Ming finally found such an oasis that was still in the stage of water emergence.
But what disappointed him was that the people living here were all mortals, and there was no trace of any monks.
Yuan Ming quickly realized that if he continued searching like this, he would just be looking for a needle in a haystack. It was possible that the Battle of the Central Plains was over. He was still wandering around in the sand-filled desert, looking for traces of the Wuyue Sect.
He needed information, but the Northern Desert was more than ten thousand miles away from the Jin Dynasty, and ordinary communication talismans and other means could not reach it. After thinking about it, he could only take out the Tiantian Cauldron and Heixiang, and used his possession ability once.
In the mist of fragrance, Yuan Ming's consciousness soon came to Yan Siyun.
At this time, Yan Siyun seemed to be discussing something with Xiying. When Yuan Ming's consciousness replaced hers, Xiying immediately noticed something was wrong.
"Yuan Ming? Is that you?" Xiying stared at Yan Siyun who suddenly fell silent, her eyebrows slightly furrowed.
"It's me, how is the situation here?" Yuan Ming asked through Yan Siyun's body.
"Not very optimistic. After you killed Lord Jiuyin earlier, Wuyue Sect changed its previous Wen Tunshui offensive and launched a full-scale assault. The three armies of Yunhuang Alliance were already weak in combat and retreated while fighting.
, finally withdrew under the enemy's siege. Although it bought a lot of time for the rear, most of the northern areas of the Jin Dynasty also fell. Now the Wuyue Sect army has approached Yuhua City, and it is estimated that there will be at most ten more
We will arrive in the next day, Tianjizi has ordered a full contraction of the front line, and may intend to use the protective sect formation to fight the Wuyue Sect." Xiying looked solemn.
"Ten days? It's faster than I thought! I'm still in the Northern Desert, and I probably won't be able to go back. Please tell me the location of the Wuyue Sect's lair. I want to see if I can do anything.
Maybe it can have a miraculous effect and force the Wuyue Sect to retreat." Yuan Ming pondered for a moment and asked.
"Your idea is good, but except for the initial appearance, Wu Yueshen has never taken action in the previous confrontations. I am worried that he may have stayed in his lair and not followed the army." Xiying couldn't help but worry.
said.
"Probably not. I always feel that the Wuyue Sect army did not speed up its invasion of the Central Plains before, but slowly eroded the Zhao Kingdom's immortal power. There should be some kind of conspiracy." Yuan Ming said.
"In any case, its lair cannot be defenseless, and Wuyue Shen has great supernatural powers. If you really encounter it, you must be careful." Xiying said.
"I will act carefully. Even if I can't defeat him, I should still be able to escape. Besides, this battle will almost determine Yunhuang's fate. Wu Yueshen should take it very seriously. No matter what happened before, he will most likely
Come forward." Yuan Ming nodded and said.
"This...well, according to the clan records, the Wuyue Sect's nest is located under the Black Witch Mountain in the Northern Desert. You must be careful when you go there. Also, even if you arrive early, don't rush to take action until ten
In the future, the Wuyue Cult army will officially begin to attack the mountain, and the people are restrained. You should take action again in case they have any means to quickly send people back to Black Wushan." Xiying hesitated for a moment and said.
"By the way, I told you last time that Wu Yueshen was looking for Ulu. Do you have the spirit to find him?" Xiying remembered something.
"We found him, but he is currently hiding in a deserted place. I don't know the specific location, and I don't dare to control him to leave. I can't communicate with him for the time being." Yuan Ming sighed regretfully.
Afterwards, the two exchanged information for a while, and Xiying also told Yuan Ming one by one about Changchun Temple's arrangements near Yuhua City.
When the possession time was about to end, the two of them finished talking about important matters, and for a while, they both fell silent.
"Then, I'm leaving." Yuan Ming hesitated for a moment and then said.
Xiying pursed her lips, her eyes as clear as a spring showing worry and reluctance.
But for some reason, when she looked at Yuan Ming who possessed Yan Siyun, she suddenly became angry again.
"Don't possess other women in the future, I don't like it." Xiying said angrily.
Yuan Ming was stunned for a moment, his consciousness swept over Xiying, and when he saw that her cheeks were slightly bulging, and she looked like she was angry, he couldn't help but smile and said:
"Okay, I won't do this next time."
"Also, next time, I want to see the real you, standing in front of me intact!" Xiying said again.
Yuan Ming heard the worry in her words, and his heart couldn't help but feel a little softer.
"I promise you." He said seriously, as if he had made some promise.
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Four days later, Black Wu Mountain.
This mountain is located in the far north of the North Desert. It is in a remote location. Not a single grass or tree grows on the mountain. Only rough and cracked black rocks are scattered in every corner of the mountain.
Thousands of miles away from the mountain, there are rare oasis spiritual veins. It can be said to be an inaccessible place.
However, the home base of Wuyue Sect is located under this deserted land.
Outside Black Witch Mountain, Yuan Ming used the Void Transformation Technique to hide his figure, hiding in the clouds, and quietly observing everything on the mountain.
He soon noticed that an extremely huge formation enveloped the entire Black Witch Mountain.
This formation not only has a protective effect, but also has magical powers. Even Nascent Soul monks may not be able to see through the formation and see the true situation on the mountain.
Moreover, Yuan Ming also felt the flowing aura of soul power from the formation. He guessed that the formation might react to the contact with external spiritual consciousness. Not only would it reversely reveal the location of the explorer, but if it was more serious, it might also
provoke a counterattack.
Yuan Ming also felt that this formation was a bit tricky, but after thinking about it, he quickly figured out a way to bypass the formation.
In the clouds, Yuan Ming quietly poked out the roots of the immortal tree. As soon as he thought about it, the roots swayed, pierced a small opening in the void, and cautiously reached in.
At the same time, in an inconspicuous corner on the Black Witch Mountain, an extremely tiny crack in the void suddenly opened, and the roots of the undead tree quietly poked its head out.
The great formation that enveloped Black Wushan showed no reaction at this time.
Seeing this situation, Yuan Ming felt happy and immediately controlled the roots of the immortal tree to quickly explore the situation on Black Witch Mountain.
There are many stone houses on the mountain, and there are also many Wuyue believers in black robes sitting in them. The number of people is more than Yuan Ming expected. Although their strength is uneven, almost all of them are in the late or peak stages of each realm.
In addition to these Wuyue Cultists living on the outside of the mountain, Yuan Ming soon discovered that the interior of the mountain was also hollowed out by the Wuyue Cult, like an ant nest, with countless tunnels intertwined to connect the stone houses together to form a
A huge underground network.
If there is no map or advance exploration, once outsiders enter, they may quickly lose their way in this complex terrain.
And between these tunnels and stone houses, the Wuyue cultists have set up countless restrictions. Although they are dormant at this time, just looking at them will make people sweat, let alone facing them in real time.
It's time.
Yuan Ming became more and more frightened as he watched. Wu Yue Sect had managed his lair so well. If he hadn't had the roots of the immortal tree and could detect these in advance, even if there were a few more top monks with the same strength as him, he would still be in trouble.
It is difficult to capture this place.
However, since he had known the layout here in advance, the threat of these troubles was much smaller. The most important thing was that after this investigation, he also found that although the monks left behind here were strong, they did not reach the level of Yuan Yuan.
There was only an old man in black robes, and he was not a soul cultivator.
Soon, Yuan Ming thoroughly explored the situation in Black Wu Mountain. Only a stone house located deepest underground was shrouded by an extremely powerful restriction. Even the roots of immortal trees could not penetrate the void and enter. Yuan Ming
Ming didn't know what was inside.
In addition to the enemy's arrangements, Yuan Ming also found several places in Black Witch Mountain where spiritual materials, elixirs and martial arts books were stored.
It is a pity that most of the spiritual materials and elixirs stored here have been taken away, leaving only a small part for the daily use of the monks stationed there. However, the martial arts books are still intact.
Yuan Ming wrote down the locations of these places one by one, and then lurked silently, waiting for the day of the decisive battle to arrive.