Chapter 565 The Secret of the Dark River [Double Monthly Tickets Asked]
Hou Zi escaped into the sand. This kind of terrain should not be too easy for a country mouse like him.
The sand layer is soft. After thousands of years of precipitation, the thickness of the underground sand layer here has exceeded five feet. This is because this place is on the edge of the Kuaixu Desert. The deeper you go, the deeper the sand layer will be and the more serious the desertification will be.
Yuan Shangyuan's Dharma is that he can drill through the sand layer, but cannot drill through the soil layer below.
When Hou Zi reached the bottom of the sand layer, he could already clearly feel the aura of water, which was several times stronger than what should be under the normal sand layer. This fully demonstrated that there was a moister soil layer under the sand layer.
He left Yuan Shangyuan's Dharma Appearance clone and continued to dive downwards. His body quickly merged into the soil, identifying the strength of the water element along the way and searching for any breath left by undead creatures.
A few days later, he felt that there was no trace of undead activity, so he sent a message to Yuan Shangyuan through the Dharma, preparing to dive deeper; but he was not sure whether he would lose contact after diving deeper, so he needed to inform him in advance to avoid the above.
People misunderstand.
After being prepared, he continued to escape deeper and wanted to know the specific location of this underground river. Soon, he discovered the underground river at a depth of more than ten feet. The undercurrent was surging and the water volume was large.
...Ten days later, he emerged from the sand. The whole process was uneventful, confirming the existence of underground rivers and ruling out the speculation that undead creatures rely on underground rivers for their activities.
The only result is that a clear underground river direction of Longxugou is drawn, which is still very different from what is marked on the map; but the question arises, since there are no traces of undead activities here, why
Yu Zhengxing still wants them to come here to investigate?
With such doubts, Team Gui returned to Loulan City after nearly four months of patrolling.
"What's going on? In a few days, we will gather everyone for discussion?"
After Hou Zi handed over the outline of the trip, including the direction of the underground river, Yu Zhengxing did not see him, but said that he would hold a meeting after the other teams came back in some time, which was strange.
Nan Xiangye pulled him aside. Everyone was familiar with this mission, so there was no need to hide some things.
"Senior brother, there is one thing I have to remind you. The monks transferred by Uncle Yu from the Yanmen this time all have a common characteristic..."
Seeing him hesitating, Hou Zi felt very funny, "What characteristics? Are you still worthy of making a fuss and being secretive about it?"
Nan Xiangye was mysterious, "In addition to everyone being a close disciple of Master Yu, this transfer has another special feature: everyone is very rich!"
Hou Zi's eyes widened, "Who said I'm rich? I'm poor. This shabby sect has never paid me a salary since I came here!"
Nan Xiangye chuckled, "Senior Brother, it's useless for you and I to cry for poverty, and I won't lend you the Spiritual Stone. What I mean is that this time when Senior Uncle Yu brought us people here, he probably wanted to draw blood. After all, these
Everyone is doing well outside in Nian, and they all have a lot of money. For example, senior brother, you are the leader of pirates in Lizhihai, and you have a lot of gold and silver..."
Hou Tingke refused to admit it, "Which bastard just rumored this? That's not the case! But is your statement true or is it just a private guess?"
Nan Xiangye, "You can guess, there are rumors among senior fellow students who have been here for many years, but they refuse to tell the details..."
Hou Zi was very determined, "I don't know how to dig out a spiritual stone anyway. As for you..."
Nan Xiangye said, "If senior brother doesn't pay, I won't pay either!"
The two formed an offensive and defensive alliance and vowed to fight for the spiritual stone in their bag. The only thing that puzzled them was what kind of excuse Yu Zhengxing would use? Hou Zi was very curious.
While resting in Loulan, he began to train his [Golden Body Forged by Thunder and Fire]. Because it can generate thunder by itself, it is very fast. It only took ten days to complete the training of Membrane Thunder Crossing, and now he has begun to enter the process of Golden Bone Thunder Forging.
According to his feeling, this stage can probably be completed within the year.
This is the guarantee of his own strength. He has enough realm and has natural Tao body and Yuan magnetic Tao body, so it is very easy to get started.
The next step of forging the Three Treasures may be a challenge, but that is a matter for the Golden Core realm and is not something that should be considered now.
Membrane skin thunder crossing, this is not just an increase in skin thickness, but an overall improvement in spell resistance. When the body's membrane skin is covered by a layer of lightning, the special suppression of the five elements by thunder will reduce part of the spell power.
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There is no limit to spiritual practice. If you do not retreat, you will advance. On the path you choose, you will still move forward unswervingly step by step. Sometimes it is fast, sometimes it is slow, but no matter what, the forward momentum remains unchanged.
A month later, the team that went on missions gradually returned to the city. Without any new missions being sent out, the monks in Loulan City gathered together in a rare sight.
Finally, the high-level monks composed of several golden elixirs convened a special meeting. All the monks who came to Loulan to serve were invited, regardless of their level.
Yu Zhengxing, as the chief official in Loulan direction, presided over this meeting.
Without any unnecessary words, he just hung the maps one by one on the wall. There were ten pictures in total, pieced together, including the map of the underground river direction of Longxugou that the Gui team obtained this time.
"In the Kuaixu Desert, there is an underground river. Historically, it was the Snow River thousands of years ago. As time went by, the land became desertified, and the river that originally flowed endlessly on the ground turned underground, which is now the underground river."
Yu Zhengxing pointed to the map on the wall, "These ten pictures were all drawn underground during this mission. They are authentic and credible. When the ten pictures are connected together, it is the direction of the Snow River in the ancient Loulan territory.
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You can imagine how majestic this former Snow River was if you add in the underground rivers in other areas. It stretched across the Kuaixu Desert and divided this land into two worlds. Surrounding the Snow River is the legendary Snow River Tao
, rich and beautiful, rich in products.”
With longing on his face, he waved his hand and said: "It is precisely because of the existence of the Snow River that there have been so many ancient civilizations here in history. The northwest is not a place full of wind and sand, but a paradise where people live and work in peace and contentment.
However, the wind and sand destroyed everything. Although the cultivation world has not found out the reasons for desert erosion and the disappearance of the Snow River so far, at least we know that to fundamentally change everything in the northwest, we can only change the original Snow River
, now the dark river begins!”
Yu Zhengxing's eyes flashed with strange light, "We cultivators are most particular about timing. When time comes, heaven and earth all work together to prevent the people from being free. In the past, every generation of Loulan guarding monks felt that the existence of the underground river may be the key to us humans breaking the situation in the northwest.
However, if the timing is wrong, acting rashly will cause anger and resentment, which will lead to bad things.
But now, the Splendid Continent has once again reached the critical point of great changes in the world after its inspiration revived thousands of seven hundred years ago. I think the time has come!"
