Dark clouds covered the sky, and everyone hurried away under the constant strikes of lightning.
When they crossed a certain limit, the dark clouds and lightning disappeared behind them at the same time. The sky was still dark, but the sea returned to calm, and the danger seemed to have gone away.
But just when everyone breathed a sigh of relief and were about to continue moving forward, they saw that the sky ahead was getting darker and darker, the void was shaking, ripples appeared on the sea surface, and the front suddenly became pitch black.
'Rumble...'
Darkness comes.
Everyone looked around and saw black water covering the sky and the sun, surging like a tidal wave, rushing in.
There was no time to think too much, and everyone hurriedly fought.
Qin Sang made the Gray Eagle sword hang upside down in front of her, while her attention was on Young Master Xin. Then she saw Young Master Xin giving an order to summon the monks of the Xin family to surround her.
Immediately afterwards, the shadow behind Young Master Xin floated, with a human-like shape. His legs were at Young Master Xin's feet, and the part above the knees was attached to a monk of the Xin family behind Young Master Xin, like Young Master Xin's
The back figure will move with the footsteps of Young Master Xin, but this shadow is alive.
"Is this the ghost?"
Qin Sang was secretly surprised. In his perception, Gu Ling's body was not a physical entity, but unlike common spirits, uninformed people might regard it as a real shadow.
This shadow named Gu Ling possesses powerful magical powers. I wonder if it is a shadow itself or a special existence that can blend into the back of Young Master Xin.
Some people believe that people are born with shadows, which are not just simple changes in light and shadow. In some legends, shadows are also endowed with various magical powers, giving rise to such sayings as the Shadow God.
When the black tide came, Gu Ling raised an arm, used his hand as a knife, and aimed at the black tide and slashed down!
'Whoa!'
A gap was opened in the black tide on the spot. Everyone in the Xin family worked together to control a flying treasure and rushed in before the gap was closed.
Whenever they were about to be swallowed by the black tide, Gu Ling would raise his arms and strike, using only simple slashing techniques to lead the group forward through the waves without showing any more magical powers.
After crossing the black tide, there are other tests ahead, one after another, one after another, without giving everyone any time to breathe. Fortunately, these crises are only difficult to deal with and are not more powerful than the Crescent Moon Thunder and Lightning in front of them.
Pei Chongfeng, Qin Sang and the ghost spirit of the Xin family were equivalent to three Void Refining monks who worked together to overcome many difficulties without any danger, and finally saw a different scenery in the next space.
All spaces here, no matter what kind of dangers there are, are the same black sea. The same is true in the front, but in the endless black sea, shadows protrude from the sea surface, and the shadows are undulating, and they are actually islands.
The islands are continuous, there are hundreds of them in sight, and there are countless more behind them. There are no buildings on the islands, not even a plant or tree can be seen, they are all bare stone islands.
There are many stone islands, some large and some small, but the largest one is equivalent to a mountain.
Facing this "mountains in the sea", everyone who had just passed through all the difficulties was secretly on guard. After a while, they found that only these islands stood quietly in front of them.
Desolate, lonely!
After confirming that there was no danger around, everyone carefully observed the islands.
After watching for a while, Qin Sang had an indescribable and strange feeling in his heart, as if the islands were alive and would come to life at any time, turning into stone men and rushing towards everyone.
The source of this feeling does not come from a certain island, but from the entire archipelago. These islands seem to form a formation.
He was certain that these islands were not simple and could not be trespassed without permission, but there were some things he was not sure about because he could not feel the fluctuations of the spiritual formation on these islands and had never seen such an formation.
Qin Sang put his hands behind his back, calmly, and gently rubbed the Qianjun Ring with his left hand.
Just now, the fluctuations in the Qianjun Ring suddenly intensified, and Qin Sang had clearly sensed that the thing causing the strange movement in the Qianjun Ring was deep in the archipelago.
"If it's just a simple psychedelic formation, I should be able to find it just by relying on the fluctuations of Qianjun Ring..."
Qin Sang thought to himself and glanced at Young Master Xin and Pei Chongfeng.
If he wants to leave the team and act alone, he must first find a reasonable reason, and it is not clear what danger is hidden inside, so it is better to stay calm.
Qin Sang suppressed the curiosity in her heart and suddenly saw Young Master Xin flying forward with a somewhat anxious expression.
"Is this here?" Pei Gongfeng's eyes flashed and he caught up and asked.
Young Master Xin nodded lightly, took a deep breath and said, "This should be the place my father mentioned. We finally found it! But we still need to verify it..."
As he spoke, Young Master Xin scanned the islands, calculated in his mind, and identified one of them.
'Whizzing!'
Everyone flew to the front of the island.
This island is one of the outermost islands. The terrain on the island is so steep that it points straight to the sky like a sharp sword out of its sheath.
Young Master Xin stared at the island with brilliant eyes. His figure flickered and he was about to fly to the back of the mountain. He suddenly remembered something and said confidently to Qin Sang and Pei Gongfeng: "You can't be wrong, this is the mountain!"
As he spoke, Young Master Xin took out a scroll and slowly unfolded it, revealing a painting. The scroll had obviously been re-framed. The original painting was on an unknown animal skin. It was not contemporary at first glance.
This picture is large and ingenious, with only simple lines, making it difficult for ordinary people to understand. However, in the corner of the picture, a few strokes outline the shape of a mountain, which is very similar to the mountain in front of you.
After careful comparison, Qin Sang found that they were not exactly the same. The picture might have shown the back of the mountain.
Young Master Xin was going to the back mountain for verification and said in a deep voice: "Once this line is crossed, there may be changes. Senior Pei and Elder Qin, if I encounter danger, please give me a helping hand!"
"We will be there behind you, you don't need to be distracted."
Qin Sang and Pei Gongfeng readily agreed, offered sacrifices to the spirit treasures, and protected the monks of the Xin family in the middle.
Young Master Xin nodded and flew to the back mountain first, with everyone following closely behind.
As expected, when they flew over the island, the situation suddenly changed.
In an instant, the wind howled, the sky turned dark, thunder rolled in the sky, and the sea broke out. Not only did the environment change dramatically, but the surrounding islands also became blurred.
Everyone felt an uncomfortable feeling in their hearts. There seemed to be an invisible pressure in the sky, suppressing them at all times, causing them to subconsciously lower their flight altitude and stay close to the sea. Then they realized that their consciousness and vision were also restricted.
The further the distance, the harder it is to see the islands clearly, and they are shadowy. If you look carefully, the islands in the distance seem to be able to move, and the environment is constantly changing, becoming more mysterious and elusive.
Fortunately, the formation did not attack them. Everyone paused, flew to the back of the mountain, and compared it with the painting. Sure enough, every detail matched.
At this moment, when I look at the painting against the surrounding environment, I immediately have a completely different feeling. Those chaotic lines can all be found corresponding, just like a treasure map, but it is actually an array map.
But Pei Gongfeng quickly discovered the flaws and frowned: "This picture seems incomplete?"
Indeed, the area depicted on the map should not be too far beyond the field of vision, but according to what they saw, this archipelago should be much broader. This map alone would definitely not reach the center.
Unless the core of the archipelago is not in the center, there should be other pictures, and this is just one of them.
"Don't worry, Pei Gongfeng! Father said that there will be a solution as long as we get here."
Young Master Xin pointed to a location on the map, found the route, and couldn't wait to set off. Everyone could only follow, shuttle between islands, and go against the wind and waves.
This place was not as dangerous as they imagined, and they did not encounter any danger after traveling for a long time. It seemed to be just a pure maze, and they had the map to guide them and knew the changes in the maze, so they did not have to worry about getting lost here.
Getting closer and closer to the goal.
As soon as everyone passed between the two islands, Young Master Xin frowned slightly. Qin Sang and Pei Gongfeng also noticed something and suddenly ordered to stop. The Gray Eagle Sword and Yu Ruyi were fired at the same time, and the green light sword light almost
At the same time, they hit a void.
'boom!'
The void twisted for a while, and there was a muffled sound like a blow to flesh, and then a gray figure fell out.
The figure appeared, resembling a tiger and leopard. It was obviously seriously injured this time. It hit the mountain and rolled around in embarrassment, but did not let out the slightest scream. It turned over and tried to escape.
How could Qin Sang and Pei Gongfeng allow it to escape? The Gray Warbler sword split into four rays of sword light and trapped it in the middle. Yu Ruyi used a hood under its head to firmly imprison the monster.
Unexpectedly, a strange scene occurred. The monster struggled to escape and suddenly burst like a bubble, leaving only a jade piece the size of a fingernail. It was wrapped in jade and brought back, making everyone look at each other.
"What is this?" Pei Gongfeng frowned and pinched the jade piece.
"Not like a living creature."
Qin Sang recalled the monster's behavior and pondered.
The jade pieces are slightly turbid, and the small jade pieces actually exude a vast aura, like fragments peeled off from an ancient jade, but the jade fragments can transform into living things, which is really weird.
At this time, Young Master Xin took the jade piece over and frowned tightly. He obviously knew something, but he did not explain it and just speeded up.
They didn't encounter any obstacles, and everyone successfully reached their target. What appeared in front of them was an island mountain, which was broken into two halves, forming a deep canyon.
Everyone carefully flew into the canyon and saw vegetation here for the first time.
I saw a stream in the canyon. Black spring water flowed from the stream and merged into the sea. A strange spiritual tree grew on both sides of the stream.
This kind of spiritual tree is only as tall as a person, but the tree body is extremely strong, like round wooden pillars. Slender branches emerge from the top of the tree. The palm-sized leaves are also black, and the leaf veins are golden, like gold inlays.
"Elder Qin, please take a look," Young Master Xin called Qin Sang forward.
Qin Sang entered the canyon and stared at these spiritual trees, "The kind of spiritual tree in the jade slips that is used to refine ship hulls but has no name is this kind of spiritual tree?"
"good!"
Young Master Xin nodded, "This tree only grows here. Elder Qin will use local materials to refine the ferry."
"Young Master Xin, do you mean that we can reach the center of the archipelago by taking this ferry made of spiritual wood?" Qin Sang asked.
He looked across the canyon, and beyond a line of sky, there were the shadows of several islands.
Entering the formation, Qianjun Ring's reaction became even stronger. He could pass through the maze of formations without any ferry, but he didn't know whether the Qianjun Ring was pointing to the center of the archipelago.
"It should be like this..."
Young Master Xin frowned and looked at the source of the black spring.
Gurgling spring water emerged from the spring. She ducked to the edge of the spring. Her true energy turned into a big hand and reached into the spring, but she only grabbed a handful of sand and stones.
Unwilling to give up, she grabbed it a few more times, and finally sighed: "It's true!"
"What's going on!" Pei Gongfeng asked.
Young Master Xin turned over his palm and took out the jade piece, "Father said that not only does the spiritual tree for refining the ship's hull grow here, but there is also a jade biscuit. When the ferry is refining and the jade biscuit is integrated into the hull, we can
Travel through this formation at will and arrive at the final destination. But the jade is no longer there..."
As soon as he said this, everyone looked at the jade piece in Young Master Xin's hand.
Obviously, the jade biscuit was broken into pieces and mutated, turning into those weird jade spirits.
"So, we need to find all those jade pieces to make a ferry?" Pei Gongfeng and Qin Sang looked at each other, feeling embarrassed.
The jade was broken into countless pieces, and they only met a jade spirit along the way.
Moreover, they only have part of the formation diagram in their hands. If the jade spirit wanders elsewhere, they can't break in. If they can't get the jade pieces, they won't be able to make the ferry. Wouldn't it be a deadlock?
"This is the only way."
Young Master Xin said helplessly, "I hope to find some jade pieces to build a prototype of the ferry and give it some power. We will use this to hunt more jade spirits until we gather all the jade stones. Elder Qin, you can concentrate on refining here."
To make the hull, let’s go look for jade pieces.”
Pei Gongfeng disagreed with Young Master Xin's opinion and said calmly, "In my opinion, this place is full of weirdness and is related to the Witch Clan. There may be dangers that have not yet been revealed, so it's better not to separate. Elder Qin will go with us first.
After patrolling the Jade Spirit, it’s not too late to refine the hull.”
"I'm afraid we don't have enough time left."
Qin Sang shook his head and pointed to the spiritual trees by the spring, "Didn't Pei Gongfeng notice? The leaves of these spiritual trees are withering and their spirituality is being lost."
Everyone was shocked when they heard this and looked at it. Sure enough, as Qin Sang said, the luster on the leaves was slightly duller than before.
"Why are you withering at this time?" Pei Gongfeng glanced at Qin Sang with his sharp eyes.
Qin Sang was just pragmatic, "Maybe it's because we broke in and triggered a certain mechanism. The formation has started to operate, but we haven't noticed it yet."
After the spiritual tree withers, I don’t know what changes will happen.
Young Master Xin did not dare to delay any longer, "The spirit tree is about to wither. Please ask the two seniors to get the materials as soon as possible. The younger ones don't know how to refine weapons, so I will take people out to hunt for jade spirits."
Pei Gongfeng frowned and looked at Young Master Xin's back, and suddenly shouted: "Wait! Elder Qin alone is enough. Leave two people to protect Elder Qin. I will go with you."
"Thank you, Senior Pei," Young Master Xin was overjoyed.
Seeing the joy on Young Master Xin's face, Pei Gongfeng looked back and forth between Qin Sang and Young Master Xin.
Young Master Xin ran away alone, but Qin Sang showed no sign of it.
Pei Gongfeng's doubts deepened, and he was in a dilemma for a while. ()
This chapter has been completed!