Not long after Baguio and others chased after them, the dark place that had just experienced a fierce battle was about to gradually return to calm, only to hear a sharp sound of "instigating" coming from above, and two rays of light, one white and one green, shot out.
He came down, swayed twice, and stopped temporarily, revealing a man and a woman in the light group. They were Li Xun and Yan Hong, both disciples of Fenxiang Valley.
There was a hint of surprise on Li Xun's handsome face at this moment. With the light of the magic weapon, he looked around and said to Yan Hong: "Junior sister, I didn't expect that there is such a cave under the demon fox's lair."
Yan Hong also had a bit of surprise on her face and nodded: "Yes, I have never seen such a scene before. I'm afraid these many monsters have never appeared in the world." After a pause, she whispered, "
Senior brother, the situation here is strange and dangerous, so we must be careful."
Li Xun smiled faintly, with a hint of arrogance on his face, and said: "Junior sister, don't worry, I understand that the demon fox has only lived for five hundred years, so how can he be so moral?"
Yan Hong smiled slightly and said: "Brother, you are extremely talented and profound in Taoism. Naturally, you are not afraid of that evildoer. However, if that 'six-tailed demon fox' is also beside the 'three-tailed demon fox', with its thousands of years of Taoism,
I’m afraid there will still be some trouble.”
Li Xun glanced at Yan Hong, showed a smile, and suddenly said: "Junior sister, although your words may sound nice, but in your heart you are probably worried about me, a senior brother who is greedy for success and rash, right?"
The corner of Yan Hong's mouth moved and she whispered: "Senior brother, you are worrying too much."
Li Xun turned around, glanced around, and said calmly: "Junior sister, do you feel that the temperature under this abyss is a little abnormal?"
Yan Hong nodded and said: "Yes, it seems to be hotter after going so deep."
Li Xun said: "It's not that it's hotter, but it's much hotter than usual. And along the way down, I took a closer look at the black rocks in the abyss, and concluded that these are the magma jets that erupted from the ground in ancient times."
It came out of the ground and cooled down. This abyss is probably a crater!"
Yan Hong let out a soft "Ah", and then her beautiful eyes flashed, as if she had awakened in her heart, and said: "You mean..."
Li Xun continued: "Yes, that's what it means. The demon fox specially chose this crater as its lair. Three hundred years ago, the demon fox and his thieves were so bold that they didn't know whether to live or die. They entered our forbidden area of Fenxiang Valley and stole the mysteries.
Fire artifact. But what kind of person was Shangguan Shishu who was guarding the temple at that time? After hearing the news, he came over and showed off his power, and he was about to capture a group of demon foxes. Unfortunately, the six-tailed demon fox was treacherous by nature and fell through the trap."
At this point, he suddenly sneered and continued: "But Uncle Shangguan has a profound Taoist practice, and the magic weapon he refined, 'Nine Cold Ice Thorns', is a top-notch treasure in the world, and its power is unparalleled. In the past, I would
I once heard the Valley Master say that although the six-tailed demon fox had a chance to escape, it had been stabbed into the fox's veins by Master Shangguan's nine-cold ice thorn, destroying the foundation of its path. Even if it did not die in the past three hundred years, it would still be in pain.
It is unbearable, the Taoism has been exhausted, and the **** attacks the mind and body day and night. Unless one is in a place with the most yang and heat, the pain can be relieved a little."
Yan Hong smiled slightly and said: "So, the six-tailed demon fox is probably under this abyss. Senior brother, I really admire your foresight."
A hint of pride appeared on Li Xun's face again, and he said: "We are disciples of the Fenxiang Valley sect. We have received great kindness from our sect, so naturally we cannot embarrass our sect. This time, I only hope that God will bless us and return the artifact to its original owner."
Return to your position, the demons will slay you."
Yan Hong smiled and said nothing. Li Xun glanced at her and said, "Let's go."
On Yan Hong's forehead, the two figures soared up, turned into lightning again, and rushed down into the depths of darkness.
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Zhang Xiaofan held the fire stick tightly with his right hand, but his body was tightly strangled by the huge tentacles. He could almost hear the bones in his body creaking, and he couldn't stop feeling pain. Everywhere in his body was in pain.
He was led by the huge tentacles and rushed down to the depths of the ground. The sound of wind hurt his face, but he felt stars flashing in front of his eyes, and his mind was in chaos, and some horrific scenes kept flashing through his mind.
The length of this tentacle was really shocking, and it stretched down about five feet. In the chaos, Zhang Xiaofan suddenly took advantage of the dim light and glanced around in panic, only to see that he had already reached the bottom of the abyss in front of him.
There is no grass growing around here, and there is only a huge stone cave on the stone wall in front of it. It is ten feet high and seven or eight feet wide. It is pitch black inside and it is so deep that it is impossible to see the bottom.
This huge tentacle is a monster extending from this huge cave. Now that I see its rear end, it is even bigger. I really don't know what its entire body looks like if it is a living thing.
Zhang Xiaofan was waved in the air by the tentacle, and was dragged into the cave involuntarily. But at this moment, a dim light flashed at the entrance of the huge cave, and the long-lost three-tailed demon fox held in his hand
Looking at the mysterious fire mirror, it suddenly appeared.
As soon as she raised her head, she saw Zhang Xiaofan being tightly grasped by the huge tentacles. Seeing that he had no power to fight back, a murderous look flashed on his soft face, and she was about to turn around and say something to the cave. But for some reason, she seemed to
He thought of something again, and suddenly stopped, turned around, took a deep look at Zhang Xiaofan who was struggling but to no avail, sighed, and whispered: "The way you look at the Well of the Full Moon, you are also a lover."
, that’s all, that’s all.”
As she spoke, she raised the Xuanhuo Jian in her hand and shined it into the huge stone cave. At the same time, she let out a strange low whistle with a shrill voice, which sounded like the barking of a fox in the wilderness.
After a moment, as if he had received some order, the huge tentacle quickly retracted into the cave with an "instigation" sound. Zhang Xiaofan's eyesight went dark, and he could no longer see any light. He only felt that it was suddenly full of strange fishy spots.
, and the surface of the tentacle wrapped around him is even more slippery, but somehow, it is holding on to him inextricably, unable to move at all.
At the same time, the three-tailed demon fox outside the cave heard the whistling sound, looked up, and saw two golden and white beams of light above her head, shooting down quickly. She sneered twice, ducked, and retreated to the entrance of the cave.
Xuan Huo Jian looked into the cave and let out a fox bark similar to the one before.
The two beams of light were naturally Shitou and Baguio. Seeing that they had caught up with the three-tailed demon fox, they felt happy in their hearts. Baguio was more cautious, but when they saw that Zhang Xiaofan was not around, they felt worried again. But
Before the two of them could stop, following the movements of the three-tailed demon fox, a strong wind suddenly rose in the huge cave, and suddenly a huge tentacle rushed out and struck the two of them with a bang.
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Zhang Xiaofan was trapped in the darkness and was dragged inward by the tentacles. He bumped against the stone walls of the cave along the way. There seemed to be a few turns in the process. Although there was no bloodshed, he was inevitably disgraced.
Yes, but no one can see it in this invisible place.
I don’t know how deep I dragged it in, and I felt that the stench was getting stronger and stronger, but the surroundings were pitch black, there was no light, and I couldn’t see the surrounding situation at all. Fortunately, although the huge tentacles were still tight,
It tightened its grip on his body, but just now the three-tailed demon fox seemed to have given an order not to hurt him for the time being, so the tentacle did not continue to tighten, and Zhang Xiaofan was able to take a breather.
Finally, the huge tentacle stopped in a dark place and stopped moving, but it still strangled Zhang Xiaofan tightly.
Zhang Xiaofan gasped for breath and was in shock.
Darkness is like a mountain, endless in front of you.
Zhang Xiaofan suddenly felt that right in front of him, deep in the darkness, there might be an incredible giant monster entrenched here. When he thought of this, his whole body became cold from head to toe.
In this ancient cave, it seems as if no light has penetrated since eternity. It is as dark as ink, but this unknown world gives people the oldest and deepest fear.
The huge tentacles wrapped around his body seemed to remind him all the time what kind of incredible creature he would face in front of him.
Time seems to have frozen.
In the distance, there were faint sounds of fighting and loud noises. Although the sounds were low, they sounded somewhat familiar.
Suddenly, something seemed to be throbbing uneasily deep in the darkness. There was a sudden wave in the darkness. Although Zhang Xiaofan couldn't see it, thousands of thoughts passed through his mind, secretly wondering if the body of this huge monster was here, but...
He stretched out another tentacle and went outside the cave to fight Baguio and others.
However, this thought did not last long. Zhang Xiaofan suddenly realized that the tentacles that had no longer been wrapped around him suddenly began to tighten again, as if they were frightened or for some other reason, although the speed was not very fast.
It's fast, but with the size of the tentacles, the force of the inward pressing is really overwhelming.
Zhang Xiaofan's vision went dark, and his whole body was in great pain. He screamed, and desperately used his Tai Chi Xuanqing Tao practice to support himself. However, the tentacles were like evil ghosts, with unstoppable power, and he couldn't stop the pain.
Seeing that all he could feel was the rattling of his ribs in his chest and the surge of energy and blood, Zhang Xiaofan could no longer care about so many things. He rushed to see a doctor in a hurry, and bravely passed on the true Buddhist teachings from Pu Zhi Shen Monk of Tianyin Temple to his other half who was practicing secretly.
Brahma Prajna started to operate, hoping to resist it for a while. Unexpectedly, it was good luck to have bad luck. Once it started, the supreme true method of Buddhism and the miraculous magic of Qingyun Sect Taoism were very different, and the way of luck was even more different. It happened immediately.
The body was turned upside down and rejected, and the meridians throughout the body immediately felt excruciating pain like needle pricks.
At the same time, the huge tentacles from the outside world kept pressing down, and his muscles and bones were about to burst. Zhang Xiaofan was in the dark, at a loss, and his consciousness gradually became blurred due to the huge pressure.
At this moment, at this critical moment of life and death, inexplicable passages of text suddenly flashed through his mind:
"...There are no punishments in the heavenly phenomena, and nameless praises in the Tao. Therefore, it is said that those who have no self, no one, no sentient beings, and no lifespan will reach the light. Those who uphold the right path, the inner body's own nature, and the heaven and earth take the original heart...
"
These words seemed to light up in the depths of his heart, echoing in his mind. These were the words in the general outline of the first volume of the 'Book of Heaven'. They had once puzzled him. They were Buddhist and Taoist practices.
They are fundamentally different, how can they be integrated into one in the end?
But at this moment, he was in a desperate situation, his whole body was splitting apart, and he was in a state of extreme suffering. Somewhere in his mind, for some reason, it gradually became clearer. He even ignored the pain in his heart, and only echoed the deep feeling in his mind.
The words in my mind:
"...
Therefore, in the movement and rest of the earth, it is the inner vision of heaven and earth.
Therefore, there is no reality or emptiness.
Therefore, heaven and earth are left to their own devices, without action or creation.
If the old things don’t exist, it’s not enough to prepare!
…”
The fire stick that had been held in his hand, but had lost its luster, suddenly slowly lit up again at this moment.
A faint dark green light appeared faintly.
A cold, icy feeling swam through my body.
Zhang Xiaofan couldn't see anything in the darkness, but his eyes widened, and only one sentence echoed in his mind: "If the old things don't exist, it's not enough to prepare!... If the old things don't exist, it's not enough to prepare!...
If the old things don’t exist, it’s not enough to prepare them!…”
"ah!"
He raised his head to the sky and screamed, but his voice was hoarse.
"If the old things don't exist, they won't be prepared enough!"
The two qi of Brahma Prajna and Tai Chi Xuanqing Dao that had been fighting in his body suddenly surged out like a flood into the sea. After a violent collision, they surged out from his right arm and were forced into the black fire stick.
For a moment, the fire stick shone brightly. Under the dark green halo, the stick seemed to be stimulated by something. Every trace of its veins became clear, and even the blood threads seemed to be affected.
It was like fresh blood, faintly pulsing and throbbing, as if dark red blood was flowing.
"Chuck, lick, lick, lick, lick..."
Along with the strange vision of burning fire sticks, Zhang Xiaofan's whole body made strange noises. But it was not the sound of bones breaking, but it sounded like a violent heartbeat, like blood boiling, or like a hole in the skin.
But there were no weird sounds around him!
Unknowingly, Zhang Xiaofan regained his consciousness and looked around. Before he could figure out what had happened to his body, he found that he was still being strangled by the huge tentacles. But the difference was that after the moment of enlightenment, he realized
After forcing the true methods of Buddhism and Taoism into the fire-burning stick, the fire-burning stick already gave off a slightly different brilliance than before. Among the dark blue light, there were also faint wisps of golden light, and there was also the swaying faint blood thread.
The red light is a bit ferocious, a bit scary, and extremely clear.
And this halo of light had actually managed to push the surrounding tentacles a small distance away, but then Zhang Xiaofan realized that the power of this huge tentacle was too powerful, as if he had noticed that Zhang Xiaofan's resistance suddenly became stronger.
The force of the inward pressure actually increased tenfold and a hundredfold, and pressed in again. In just a moment, the magic weapon's halo of light reappeared on the fire stick, but it was already shaky and unable to hold up.
Zhang Xiaofan was not a fool, so he didn't know that he would be dead if he continued like this. He immediately took a big risk, gritted his teeth, and used all his strength to exert his magic power. The light of the fire stick suddenly became bright. Taking advantage of this last chance,
Zhang Xiaofan let out a low roar and used the fire stick to shoot like lightning, hitting the tentacles that trapped him.
There was only a muffled sound of "pop", and the fire stick was completely engulfed, and it was thrust in like a sharp blade of a magic weapon.
In the darkness, the only glowing fire stick fell into the tentacles, and the surrounding area suddenly darkened without a trace of light. Feeling the aura of darkness and the boundless silence around him, Zhang Xiaofan felt his whole body for a moment.
They all held their breath.
"sudden!"
A ray of light suddenly appeared, and from the tentacle, a large hole was pierced by the light, revealing the strange light of the fire stick.
"sudden!"
There was another muffled sound, and on the other side of the tentacle, another ray of light rushed out!
Immediately afterwards, the sound of "Thud, tug, tug!" was heard continuously. Zhang Xiaofan opened his mouth slightly and looked at the huge tentacle that trapped him. At this moment, it was like a piece of tissue paper being constantly punctured. From the inside
More and more light was emitted, illuminating the surrounding ground for several feet, as well as himself.
Soon, Zhang Xiaofan felt that the tentacle that trapped him was weakly sliding down. At this moment, the fire stick also passed through the tentacle and flew back to his hand. With the halo of the fire stick, Zhang Xiaofan saw what was there.
Underground, the huge tentacles were scarred and looked scorched and cracked, which was very different from the strong and smooth appearance just now.
He just managed to escape from the dead end, and he was in shock. The monster in front of him was also strange. After suffering such a huge wound, he still made no sound and seemed to feel no pain.
Zhang Xiaofan gasped for breath and was about to find a way out, but he only heard another scream in the darkness ahead, and a huge wind blew like a mountain. When he got closer, Zhang Xiaofan took a look through the dim light.
, I was almost so frightened that my jaw dropped. I saw another huge tentacle rushing out of the darkness, and there were countless black shadows dancing wildly.
This tentacle almost killed me. How could I still face this situation? You can imagine the outcome. Zhang Xiaofan didn't even think about it. He lit up the fire stick with one move and flew away. He turned around and walked away. Unexpectedly, he couldn't fly out.
One foot away, with a "bang" sound, the person and the stick hit the extremely hard stone wall.
This time, the pain was piercing to the bones, and the impact was really severe. I could vaguely feel that there was something wet and greasy on my face, and I was afraid it might be blood, but I couldn't care less at this moment.
It's just that he is now trapped in this dark cave, like a blind man. When he was caught by the tentacles just now, he was dragged in all directions, and he can't remember where he came from. He is like a headless fly at the moment.
I lit the fire stick and relied almost entirely on instinct and the loud sound of the wind to bump around in the cave. I accidentally hit the stone wall. Anyway, I could hide for a while.
But the tentacles in the darkness were not only huge, but also very flexible. Zhang Xiaofan ran for his life, but only heard the roaring wind behind him, clinging to his back. He couldn't help but feel terrified. At the critical moment of life and death, he closed his eyes and shouted,
He desperately rushed forward with the fire stick, hoping to get as far away from the life-threatening tentacles as possible.
Unexpectedly, with the power of his desperate run, although the speed of the fire stick increased dramatically, the stone wall in front did not give him any respect, and it did not fly more than three feet. With a "bang", it hit the stone wall again.
But this time it seemed a little strange. The stone wall there seemed to be relatively weak. With a collision, it was knocked straight in. Some light came out from it, and there was even a blazing heat wave rolling in.
Zhang Xiaofan was startled, but before he could recover, he felt that his body was empty, and he fell into a narrow and downward sloping corridor, and rolled straight down.
I don’t know how long this roll lasted, but along the way, in the chaos, Zhang Xiaofan only felt that the surroundings were full of red light, and at the same time, the heat wave was blazing, and the tentacles were extremely hot. The few times he touched the injured area, it was even more painful.
Seeing stars.
In fact, if we tell the truth, Zhang Xiaofan, who has been able to hold on till now, is probably more like a rock than the rocks that are fighting outside.
Finally, the tumbling body stopped. Zhang Xiaofan's mouth was bleeding, his face was covered with scars, and his whole body seemed to be falling apart. He slowly raised his head from the pain.
Then, he froze.
In front of you, there is a huge underground cave, but what is different from before is that the place is filled with hot and red magma, forming a scorching hot lake that fills the bottom of the cave. Above the lake, there are heat bubbles emerging from time to time.
It rose up, then burst, and even more turbulently, like a tide, the hot magma rose up into the air. The red flames emitted by the magma even illuminated this huge cave into a red world.
As for Zhang Xiaofan himself, he was on a platform above the magma lake. Behind him was an upward tunnel. He rolled down from here. And directly in front of him, at the end of the platform, it was almost unbearable to be close to the hot magma.
There is an oval-shaped stone nest, with a white fox lying quietly on it.
White, big fox!
Its eyes were closed, as if sleeping peacefully, its body curled up, very quiet.
Very, beautiful!
Zhang Xiaofan stood up slowly, held his breath, and walked slowly towards it.
Slowly, step by step, I walked over.
The heat wave became more and more intense, burning Zhang Xiaofan's face flushed, but he seemed to be unaware. In his wide eyes, he only looked at the pretty, beautiful, gentle and quiet fox, and the place behind it.
There, the beautiful fur curled its tail quietly.
Small and beautiful fur, bifurcated but harmonious parts, a total of six tails. (To be continued)