After coming out of Yanhu Square, Lu Zhong went straight to the northwest. He spent more than an hour on the road and even used several bottles of dry powder. When he got here, he only saw a huge corruption pool.
After looking at it for a long time, there was no trace of monk activity.
A trip in vain!
Continue heading west.
At first some ruins could still be seen, but gradually only the decayed objects on the ground were left.
It stretches into a vast area with no end as far as the eye can see.
On the way, we encountered a crashed Shanshan boat, which was stuck upside down like a green onion in a pool of decayed matter. Judging from the degree of corrosion of the hull, it should have happened five years ago.
After a special inspection, every part of the hull was almost intact. Only minor details were damaged, which showed that the construction process was extraordinary. Compared with this, ordinary flying boats were probably at the level of canoes.
Soon Lu Zhong found out the cause of the crash of the Shanshan Boat, which was probably the collapse of the Soul Wind Crystal.
"The Soul Wind Crystal is not a consumable item, so why did it collapse?" He guessed that something happened on the ship, and it was most likely done by the monks of the Western Alliance.
The Zhenyang Sect monks have no reason to destroy this thing.
After the Soul Wind Crystal was damaged, the monks on board had to abandon the ship. There were no traces of corpses around, so they probably had already fled here.
Looking at the Soul Wind Crystal socket, Lu Zhong had a bold idea in his mind.
He also has the Soul Wind Crystal, but he is smaller.
"Give it a try, you might be surprised..."
Insert the Po Feng Crystal and it will be loose.
"There is a fixed device here, and the control magic formula is engraved on it, which is quite considerate." Lu Zhong followed the prompts and played the magic formula, and another trace of mana came into it.
The device reacted immediately, popping up a golden ring, and then contracted to fix the Soul Wind Crystal.
"Um, what's the next step?"
Lu Zhong looked around and suddenly saw powdered jade slips scattered on the ground. He searched nearby and found a dozen jade slips, with the information stored in them still intact.
"Flight Log"
"Xuanhao Ship Material Memo"
"List of Monks Offering Bounties by the Western Alliance"
"The Record of the Immortal Fairy"
"One Hundred and Eight Styles of Perspective"
…
"Yes, maintenance manual!" Lu Zhong did not expect that the Xuanhao ship also left behind this jade slip, which recorded the maintenance information of the Shanshan Ship in detail, including the control test section.
The control of the Shanshan Boat is very complicated, but if you want to test its integrity, there are special techniques.
Following the pattern of a gourd and a ladle, he pinched out a magic formula and hit it on the device.
"Buzzing..."
The device called the "Floating Cardinal" flashed on and off several times, emitting bursts of light. Just when Lu Zhong thought it was activated successfully, it immediately dimmed again.
Seeing a lightning-like pattern light up on the cardinal, Lu Zhong checked the maintenance manual to find out the cause.
"There is a problem with the energy supply."
After leaving the cardinal room, he turned around and came to the energy cabin, where he saw the empty spirit storage pool. Lu Zhong thought to himself, no wonder it failed to start.
How can it be successfully activated without even a single spiritual stone?
Take out ten high-grade spiritual stones.
Insert them one by one into the groove.
Return to the cardinal's room and type the activation spell again.
No problems occurred this time.
Successful startup is only the first step, and it can only prove that the Shanshan Boat has not been completely damaged. Next, he needs to obtain control authority of the boat. Think about it and know that the Shanshan Boat, as a war vehicle, must have similar means.
Otherwise, if spies get involved, wouldn't it be possible to sail the ship away casually?
Regarding the control of the Shanshan Zhou, according to the maintenance manual, it should be a compound type of mysterious locking array. This type of array, like the teleportation array, also belongs to the category of "Array Dao Pearl".
Moreover, the level of the Mystical Locking Array is still higher than that of the general teleportation array. At the same level, there are probably only "acquired spiritual treasure" refining technologies such as weapon refining, which are truly high-precision technologies in the world of immortality.
Generally speaking, this kind of mystery lock technology is only mastered by the Immortal Sect.
If you want to crack the control authority, the prerequisite is to master this kind of technology.
"Happy for nothing!"
When Lu Zhong saw this, he knew that his efforts were in vain. He thought he could pick up a mountain-shaking boat for nothing, but he never thought that others already had the means and were not afraid of being picked up.
The log jade slip was photographed, which recorded a lot of sensitive information, including sailing routes, action notes, and a series of other information. It is not an exaggeration to say that this jade slip is a sect secret, and it is not known what the monks on this ship were doing when they abandoned the ship.
Why would it be left behind?
He was going to see if the Xuanhao ship passed by other monk gathering places before crashing.
"On the twenty-eighth day of the seventh lunar month in the year 45557, the compass heading is Yiyou, and the southeast wind is level three... The crew member Chu Weichen fell ill, and the butler Bai Xiaolan was sent to the isolation cabin... According to the mass extermination order, a building in the lower city [Xinluyuanfang] was destroyed
, a total of 112,907 criminals were killed, the details are as follows..."
"February of the 45557th year of Zhenyang..."
"The eleventh month of Zhenyang 45556..."
Nothing you do is human affairs.
…
One by one, the movements of the Xuanhao ship were clearly recorded.
With this, Lu Zhong was able to connect the dots on the map to form a line and figure out the movement trajectory of the mountain-shaking boat. Finally, he deduced its approximate starting point, which should be that he was going to the West Pole Sword Region on this trip.
"The mass extermination order...did the Western Alliance fail?"
Lu Zhong still clearly remembers that the monks of the Western Territory Alliance aimed to save the world and intended to develop scarlet aura transformation technology to fundamentally solve the crisis in the Western Territory.
But judging from the current situation in the Western Region.
There is a high probability of failure.
"This is normal. It is so difficult to convert spiritual energy. Otherwise, with the strength of the East China Sea Immortal Cultivation World, the demon alchemy alchemy technique has been put into practical use long ago, and why it is still a half-finished product now." Lu Zhongmo thought.
But this is just speculation.
The monks are extremely adaptable and cannot be easily exterminated.
What is more likely is that they all went deep underground, and maybe tens of thousands of years later, some kind of "underground man" civilization could develop.
Knead the jade slips in your hand into powder.
"I have to say that Yanhufang City is really lucky." Lu Zhong said with emotion.
If the Xuanhao ship had not crashed and continued westward to execute the extermination order, the workshop would have been completely destroyed. I am afraid that when he got there, all he would see would be ruins.
Don't think about it anymore.
Taking back the Soul Wind Crystal, he continued to fly towards Shaxuan Valley.
Through the voyage log, Lu Zhong understood that on the way forward, it was basically impossible for him to encounter a monk settlement, and it was impossible to talk about supplies. Therefore, the use of scarlet mushroom powder and the purification frequency of scarlet corruption were necessary.
Make some plans.
He cannot bear the consequences of being overly corroded by the scarlet aura.
…
Head all the way west.
Two years passed in the blink of an eye.
Lu Zhong dug a shelter in the rock formation hundreds of feet underground, and skillfully deployed the Small Sumeru Formation. The effect of this formation in isolating the scarlet aura was average, but it was still better than nothing.
Wait until a burst of purple flames ignites on the body surface.
He began to determine his position.
The closer you get to the Scarlet Demon Land, the more serious the corrosion of scarlet corruption becomes. Especially when you have recently officially entered the West Pole Sword Territory, you can't even find a single landmark.
Forced to have no choice, Lu Zhong had no choice but to start calculating the direction based on direction and flight speed.
"If we advance a thousand miles, we will need to build another marking tower."
At this time, Lu Zhong was not afraid that anyone would discover him, so he simply started to use magic to build marking towers one after another as a basis for identifying his direction.
Occasionally, there will be a star-pulling technique.
Watching the meteorite break through the clouds and create a deep crater in the field of decay can be regarded as a way to relieve stress.
Since the day he left the Xuanhao ship, he had not seen a living person for two full years.
If you were a monk in the Qi refining stage, you would stay in such a ghost place day after day, dealing with things of unknown origin every day.
It's time to go crazy!
Soon, Lu Zhong calculated the results. Looking at the big red dot on the map, a smile finally appeared on his face, "Well, it's only half a month away from Shaxuan Valley."
…
A simple night's rest.
Lu Zhong came out of the shelter, and what he could see when he looked up at this moment was still the depressing, blood-red sky. It remained unchanged, as if the air circulation had stopped.
Only if he hits it with a meteorite, will there be any slight change.
Choose a direction and fly towards Xuansha Valley.
Passing by a lake of corruption, or rather the "Sea of Corruption", suddenly a phantom rushed out from under the sea. Even if Lu Zhong used his Tianluo Eyes, he could only see clearly its body covered with spiral patterns.
If I had to describe this thing, it would probably be a loach with a big head, a fat body and a slender tail, with a few pairs of soft wings. It is all black, giving people a smooth and greasy feeling, and is covered with large or small whorls.
It has patterns and slender limbs.
As for what it is, it is unknown.
In Tianluotong's field of vision, there is no trace of spiritual energy on it. It is neither a human nor a demon nor a spirit, nor is it even a soul.
It often appeared in the Corruption Sea, so he called it the "Corruption Beast".
This beast flew out of the Sea of Corruption without causing any ripples. It tossed and turned in the air for a while, and then disappeared between heaven and earth.
Every time this happens, a crystal will fall.
With a hamster mentality, Lu Zhong collected several pieces.
move on.
As calculated previously, he arrived at Shaxuan Valley as scheduled half a month later.
There are no battles and no inexplicable crises.
From this corrupt lake filled with poisonous water, Lu Zhong easily found the target of his trip and gathered together what he needed to incarnate his magical power - half a broken page.
It floats quietly on the water.
He stared at it for a long time, unable to believe it was true.
When he reacted, he quickly photographed it.
Put all the pages together at once.
An astonishing scene appeared. There was a flash of golden light, and all the pages of the book merged into one, turning into a golden book with four golden seal characters written on it.
"...It should be an incarnation, right?" Lu Zhong prayed.
He thought he had figured everything out, but there was one thing he never expected.
This book is written in gold seal script!
Although Golden Seal Script is known as Silver Seal Script, it is used more rarely. Many monks who are proficient in Silver Seal Script are also illiterate when it comes to Golden Seal Script.
Just like Lu Zhong now.
Big eyes and small eyes.
"Forget it, no matter what the book is, I'd better go back to Nanman first." Lu Zhong knew that if he didn't go back, the stupid woman at home would be worried to death.
The journey home is always exciting.
It took two years to go, but only a year and a half to return.
When passing by the Xuanhao ship, Lu Zhong went up to take a look and saw that there was no trace of the secret mark he left, so he had to leave with a disappointed look on his face.
After thinking about it, he gave up the tempting idea of using the gray fog space to retrace the scene and track down the whereabouts of the monks who abandoned the ship. This might have a certain chance of obtaining control of the Xuanhao ship.
But for now, the most important thing to do is to practice the external incarnation.
"It's not too late to do this after I have an external incarnation." Lu Zhong thought to himself.
…
After four years, I set foot in Nanman again.
Lu Zhong really missed all kinds of spiritual food. In the past four years, he basically relied on Bigu Pills to survive, and the experience was really hard to look back on.
I checked my surroundings as usual.
Judging from the results of the scene review, the effect of the ashes of the Yantooth Beast is extraordinary. Whenever the green-spotted ghost insect passes near the underground palace, it will subconsciously avoid this place.
"It's still a world of poisonous insects, which is great!"
After the inspection, Lu Zhongfeng went to the underground palace.
When he encountered those poisonous swamps again, he felt inexplicably familiar with them.
Also, compared to the corruption in the West.
A mere poisonous swamp is nothing more than a puddle of clear water.
…
Two days flew by.
After some inquiries, it was found that there were many monks in the southern barbarians who could recognize the golden seal script. Like the "Senior Yun" who taught the silver script in the Lingyue Domain, there was also a monk in Changchun Immortal City who taught the golden seal script.
Lu Zhong sent in his invitation and prepared to go.
"Come on, come on, Fellow Daoist Lu, please come over here!" A thin middle-aged man stood at the entrance of the cave and greeted Lu Zhong enthusiastically when he saw Lu Zhong who had just gotten off the beast cart.
Lu Zhong cupped his hands at him and said with a smile: "Fellow Daoist Kuang, you're so polite!"
The full name of this fellow Taoist Kuang is Kuang Youwen, and he is a monk in the early stage of forming alchemy. Speaking more carefully, there is some connection between the two.
Kuang Youwen's main business is making talismans. He has more than ten disciples under his name, all of whom are skilled talisman makers and can produce a large number of talismans.
Therefore, this person used to be one of the suppliers of Chengde Chamber of Commerce.
However, when the Chengde Chamber of Commerce later moved to Bihai, it gradually reduced its acquisition business in Changchun Fairy City and instead focused on the talismans produced by the Bihai Sect.
The two of them walked and chatted, and soon came to the living room.
"Lü Zhongcai has been in the middle stage of pill formation for less than a hundred years, and he is already in the middle stage of pill formation. I heard that he even slaughtered a water dragon. He is truly a talented person in his generation!"
Lu Zhong couldn't help but feel embarrassed when he heard this.
Kuang Youwen's attitude is indeed a bit abnormal.
It stands to reason that although there is a small difference in cultivation between the two of them, they are still essentially friends as peers, so he does not deserve to compliment himself like this.
When he saw a little head peeking in from outside the hall, Lu Zhong probably understood the reason.
"Fellow Daoist Kuang, who is this?"
"Haha, it's shameful to say that I'm the dog." Kuang Youwen said he was ashamed, but his expression was clearly one of pride. He wished he could carve the word "proud" on his face.
Also, you can get a son by cultivating the golden elixir, which is enough to brag about.
Recalling what Yu Feng'er was thinking about, Lu Zhong couldn't care less about Jin Dan's demeanor. But when he spoke, he still felt a little embarrassed.
"Well, that..."
"It's okay, I understand."
Kuang Youwen looked like someone who had come before.