Hou Zi then flew around Sangmu Island, walking and stopping all the way. After a few circles, he came to a tidal reef ten miles away from Sangmu Island. Generally, there are many such reefs around the island. The tide rises and falls.
The exit is actually an accessory of the island.
What makes this reef slightly different is that it is composed of three independent reefs in the shape of a Chinese character arranged very neatly, so it is highly recognizable.
The tide is rising now, and the entire reef is not under the water, but for him now, there are not many obstacles.
He has dived in the blue sea, not to mention the offshore water here, which is more than ten feet deep, and the sea people are extinct, so it is very safe.
Among the three reefs, it is not difficult for him to guess which one the former Master Li would stand on; as swordsmen who are both practicing swordsmanship, they have something in common that is embedded in their bones and blood, so it must be the outermost one facing the sea.
, because there is no obstruction anymore, the sea and the sky are vast.
After diving into the water, his vision was still clear. He began to circle around the reef, but found nothing.
I got out of the water, stood here and looked around the sea, and soon found a scattered reef a hundred feet away in front of me. My heart moved, I came to this reef and dived into the water to take a look. Sure enough...
There are criss-crossing sword marks on the messy rocks. Judging from the marks, there is no doubt that they belong to Quanzhen sword cultivators. It is impossible for other orthodox traditions to make such sharp marks.
But the problem is that the water flow is impermanent and washes away day and night. After eight years, not a single bit of the Qi remains. This is either because of the low level of the body, or even the overhaul of the golden elixir has been fruitless.
There is no trace in this world that can withstand the invasion of time and water, day after day.
The thing is obvious. Li Shizhong originally stood on the pin-shaped reef and fired his sword here. The distance was about 120 feet. The effective damage distance of his flying sword now is only between 120 and 150 feet.
time, which shows that Li Shizhong's cultivation was relatively good at the time.
There are many kinds of fish and plankton under the reefs here. It is also a very practical way to practice swordsmanship by launching a sword from a hundred feet away to target sea objects.
It was impossible to hit him again and again, so countless sword marks were left on the reef. Judging from the secret of the sword marks, this may not be his main training place, but it must be one of the important sword training places.
one.
Unfortunately, no meaningful conclusion could be drawn from these signs alone. He decided to go deeper and stay here for a few more days. If he still found nothing, then this mysterious case would have to be returned to its original form, which was beyond his ability.
In the past few days, he traveled almost all over this small sea area. He found many traces left by flying swords in every detail, but without exception, there was no trace of Qi and no traces left. There was no way to confirm Li Shizhong's identity.
Did something happen here? What was the reason?
He only chose this place instead of other places because other places had been inspected in detail at that time, including many Quanzhen sword cultivators, so there would be no doubts that would still exist eight years later, waiting for him to come.
Dig.
So, if there is something, it must be here.
After a few days, even if he was as determined as he was, he started to give up; the fact is that because the fluidity of sea water is too great, the air retention is completely different from that of land air.
In vain, he decided to give up the task.
Before leaving, I took a look not far away from the bottom of the reef. There seemed to be a sea creature in the initial stage of demon transformation. Whenever a small fish or shrimp passed by, it would suck its lips from the sea sand.
All the fish and shrimps are in its belly.
When primary creatures like this become spirits, the attitude of the cultivation world is to try not to disturb them as much as possible, which is harmful to the world and has no meaning to the monks.
In the past few days, he had seen several times a monster under the sea sand attacking passing fish and shrimps, but because it had always been hidden deep under the sea sand, he had never seen its true face.
Now before leaving, he felt that he still needed to supplement his knowledge of marine life. At least he needed to know what kind of species was hidden down here? Why did he never move? Can he become a monster just by waiting for the rabbit?
He quietly approached the piece of sea sand. The sun was shining brightly on the seabed less than ten feet away, so he could clearly see the situation on the seabed. Before he could get closer, a suction force suddenly appeared, and the target was him!
Of course, such suction has no effect on him, and it cannot even change his sneaking posture in the sea. This shows that his demonic power is shallow and he is completely in the initial stage of awakening his demonic power.
Moreover, it seems that it cannot distinguish the size of its prey. It just uses its extremely keen water sense to detect that something is approaching and regards it as food.
Now that he understands this, there is nothing to worry about. Feijian is very powerless in digging sand, but he has other ways; with his magic power, a strong undercurrent is formed in the water. Driven by the undercurrent, the sea sand is swept away.
The layers were blown away, several feet deep, and a strange-looking mussel-like creature the size of a tabletop was revealed on the bottom of the sea.
Maybe he felt the danger and was still digging into the sea sand, but how could he beat the monk's methods faster?
Smiling slightly, he stretched out his hand and caught it. In the water, a monster clam as big as a tabletop didn't weigh much, because the monster's power had just been formed and it had no magical powers other than the instinctive sucking.
But as soon as he got the clam, he immediately felt a difference!
The demon power of this demon clam contains a very small trace of inexplicable power. This kind of power may be unfamiliar to other monks, and they will subconsciously attribute it to the characteristics of the sea tribe, but he knows that it is not because he has also experienced it.
It was such a unique experience, and it only lasted three years.
It was a faint trace of Yuan Power, but the unique fluctuation could not be hidden from him, a person who had been tortured by Yuan Power for three years!
Things seemed to have turned around. Li Shizhong did not accidentally lose control of his magic power during practice and went crazy. The real reason why he lost control was because something similar to leeches invaded his Dantian, and his energy suddenly erupted, catching him off guard.
In a panic, the flying sword stabbed aimlessly, and accidentally touched the giant clam. It is not clear whether the giant clam began to awaken the demon power before, or whether it was completed in this unexpected stimulation, but the clam body has a rather special structure.
This trace of Yuanli's characteristics has been preserved until now.
Then Li Shizhong flew back to Sangmu Island in a hurry to seek help, but he ultimately failed to make it through.
It's possible that flying back to the island was a subconscious move. The burst of Yuanli was so violent that he didn't even have time to leave any last words. Or was there something he left behind that was taken away by someone with intentions?
This should be the case, that is to say, the person who attacked Li Shizhong was probably the same person who attacked him.
