In the past few months, Li Yan has been thinking about various problems that need to be solved and encountered.
The biggest problem he faces now is, of course, breaking the bloody death ban, recovering his spiritual consciousness, and then repairing his physical body and completely restoring his cultivation level.
But if you really think about it in this order, Li Yan can only wait for death in the end, because he does not have any ability to restore the bloody death ban.
Instead, after reversing the order, his only opportunity appeared. "Bana Flower" made his "Immortal Phoenix" bloodline react.
That's because inside the flower, there is an alternation of critical point forces between the yang world and the yin world.
So the growth range of these "Biangan flowers" is very strange, they only grow on both sides of the "Minglun River", which shows that they are affected by the "Minglun River".
Therefore, Li Yan's ultimate goal was locked on the "Minglun River". Judging from the results of his own exploration during the first mission, "transformation to the other side" was the first choice.
As for whether it is feasible or not, let's put it aside. Once there is a glimmer of hope that it is feasible, then Li Yan will need a lot of "flowers from the other side".
But Fa Nan didn't give him that much time at all, so Li Yan wondered whether the water in the "Minglun River" also contained the power of the Yang Realm and the Yin Realm.
If there is, the river water is much more numerous than the "flowers on the other side", which may be the result I want.
However, the water of the "Minglun River" also contains those critical point powers, and they should also be able to discover it.
Wouldn't it be better if they just gave up picking the "flowers from the other side" and went directly to the river water to refine the elixir? But the other party had no intention of doing this at all.
After Li Yan thought about it later, he gave a possible explanation.
There should be such power in the "Minglun River", but the critical point power in the river may be very overbearing and strong.
Those ghosts in the underworld only dare to touch the "Bana Flower" that has absorbed the life essence and neutralized the critical point of its power. Maybe even the Emperor of Hades does not dare to touch the river water?
If a monk is allowed to go over and drink water from the river, his lifespan will be sucked out of him immediately, let alone being able to return with the river water.
At the same time, there are so many weird creatures in the "Minglun River". People like Li Yan have lost their cultivation.
Basically, in the process of getting too close to the river, these people in the prison almost died.
And Li Yan wanted to go over and confirm whether there was the critical point power he guessed in the river?
If my guess is correct, then this "Minglun River" is too vast. I need to restore the power of my physical body, and I may be able to succeed in just one time.
What Li Yan lacks most at the moment is time. He must regain his strength as much as possible before Fa Nan detects abnormalities in his body.
However, the various possibilities for the emergence of the "Minglun River" are just some judgments obtained by Li Yan through analysis, plus conjecture.
Maybe that's not the case at all. Even as he approached the river, there were so many weird monsters, or maybe they were so sensitive that he was attacked to death.
Maybe there really is a critical point of power in the river, but just as Li Yan thought, the power is too overbearing, so overbearing that Li Yan can't bear it at all.
The moment he made contact, either his life span was exhausted, or his body was washed away and burst...
The following possibilities are the most likely results.
The journey of cultivating immortality is inherently dangerous, and Li Yan walked on the edge of death again and again.
This time, he just repeated what he had done before, fighting for his life again. Even if he died, he could not stay in such a prison.
There wasn't much time left for him during a mission, and he had to consider the journey back later, so Li Yan flew as close to the "Ghost Thorn" as possible.
At the same time, he must always pay attention to the dangers around him. Even if Li Yan can escape after being entangled by those weird monsters, he will not have enough time this time.
He can only hope for the next time, but can he guarantee that he will not encounter those weird monsters on the next path?
"This time, try your best to reach the river. As long as there is some hope..."
Li Yan felt furious, and he began to focus only on the front. Without spiritual awareness, his perception had become too weak.
He even gave up the exploration on both sides, so that his forward speed could be increased again, but this was undoubtedly a gamble with his life every time he took a step forward.
With the speed he was running at now, he probably wouldn't be able to react once there was an attack from both sides.
"Safe, safe... safe..."
Li Yan kept chanting these two words in his heart. What he needed most right now was safety without any obstruction.
As time passed quickly, the short journey of about four miles felt like a long life for Li Yan, and he felt that it was boundless.
And under his expectation, there really was no accident, and he had arrived about half a mile away from the "Minglun River".
When he arrived here, Li Yan, who was flying by, suddenly stopped. He could already see the dark and green river water in his eyes.
But he had to stop, because right in front of him, the ever-stretching "Ghost Thorn" mountain had been getting shorter and shorter before, and suddenly it completely disappeared here.
Li Yan began to walk forward cautiously, and now he began to be cautious about everything around him again.
"These 'ghost thorns' may really have a restraining effect on the weird monsters in the river, whether they are walking from the other end to the place where they pick 'flowers from the other side'.
Or if we walk from that location to here again, at least we won't encounter those weird things, but what about this half mile?"
Li Yan's thoughts were spinning. He felt that even the monks in the cell would know about the unexpected effects of "Ghost Thorn".
The "Ghost Thorn" may be the same as the "Bana Flower". It may take a certain number of years before the disgust level of those weird monsters in the river will change.
Because when I first met the water ghost, there were some "ghost thorns" around it, but the thing was not too far away.
As for the "ghost thorn" mountain that I walked through, it obviously took too many years to form, and the years are naturally very long.
This may be the reason why I didn't encounter those weird ghosts along the way.
However, it is useless for the monks in prison to know that the longer the "Ghost Thorn" grows, the tougher and sharper it becomes. It is difficult for the monks to walk on it for a long time.
Especially the closer you get to the "Minglun River", the black spikes produced by the "ghost thorns" cannot be easily broken when Li Yan steps on them. It can only be said that they sink under the weight.
Li Yan stood behind a cluster of "ghost thorn trees" that were as tall as one person. There were only a few of them here. A few of them were considered tall "ghost thorn trees", but they already seemed to be standing alone.
The remaining "ghost thorns" have grown close to the ground. This cluster of "ghost thorns" obscured Li Yan's figure. He only revealed a little bit of sight and looked forward.
Li Yan could see that behind the edge of the "Ghost Jing" mountain, a large area of "Flowers of the Other Shore" had appeared.
Judging from his current experience, it can be seen at a glance that there are too many "flowers of the other side", even more than seven hundred years ago.
Li Yan also saw the dark green river water further away. The light in this space may have become darker because of the river water.
Those huge swaying flowers of "Bana Flower" are so dazzling red, like blurred lines of blood swinging in the dark night.
After people see it, they can't help but have a creepy feeling.
Li Yan observed for a while and found that among the flowers of "Other Flowers", "Ghost Thorns" also appeared in some places, but not only did they grow very sparsely, they were simply like a small cluster of weeds, very short.
"Fight!"
After Li Yan watched for a while, he didn't find any strange monster appearing in the river, so he decided to use the method he had judged not long ago.
He suddenly grasped the "Ghost Thorn" that was as tall as a person in front of him with both hands. He didn't care about the dense thorns on it. He clenched it tightly with both hands and then raised it with force with both arms.
"Bang!"
With a muffled sound, this "ghost thorn" like a caltrop tree was pulled out by Li Yan.
And just when Li Yan was about to hold this object and step out of the edge of the "Ghost Thorn" mountain, his body suddenly stopped abruptly.
The "ghost thorn" in his hand immediately blocked his body, because in the midst of this muffled sound, some extremely illusory shadows suddenly appeared in the darkness ahead.
Fortunately, Li Yan reacted quickly, otherwise he might have rushed in directly.
"The sound alarmed those weird things in the river..."
Li Yan made a quick judgment in his mind. His body remained motionless, looking at the shadows in the darkness through the gaps between the branches of the "Ghost Thorn".
After just a few careful inspections, he felt a chill in his heart. There was a shadow that looked like a head, just like that, quietly suspended in the "Plant of the Other Side" bush, with its mouth wide open and a green-bearded zombie face;
There are also water ghosts that I have encountered before; there are also centipede-like things with densely covered legs all over the body;
There are also disemboweled corpses; there are also things that are jumping around with their hands dragging their drooping eyeballs;
On the contrary, those ghosts in white with disheveled hair made Li Yan think that they were the most normal monsters here. At least he would often see similar ghosts in the cell.
These things were nowhere to be seen before, but they appeared among the "flowers from the other side" in an instant, completely blocking Li Yan's way forward.
Li Yan couldn't help but secretly complain. He didn't even see how these things came out. He was probably attracted by the movement he just made.
He could only hide behind this "Ghost Thorn" and keep his body motionless.
Li Yan kept looking around him, fearing that these strange things might suddenly appear beside or behind him, without him even knowing about it...
But what reassured him was that those strange things were only moving among the "Bana Flowers" bushes and did not enter this mountain of "Ghost Thorns".
This made Li Yan feel more and more that his judgment on "Ghost Jing" might be correct.
But this was not the case at all. As time continued to pass, Li Yan became more and more anxious. He felt that he might fail this time.
He can fight tooth and nail, but facing so many weird monsters and losing his cultivation, he will probably die in vain, which will have no effect at all!
Li Yan felt that his heartbeat was accelerating. He could even hear the "bang bang bang" heartbeat, and his palms began to sweat.
However, he kept maintaining his posture like this, and the "Ghost Thorn" in his hand remained motionless.
Every breath made Li Yan so miserable that he felt that his life was passing by...
He could move laterally, away from this section of the river bank, but Li Yan was not sure whether his movement would have any unpredictable consequences in the face of so many weird ghosts!
Just when Li Yan was thinking anxiously, he couldn't help but squint his eyes slightly, and then looked intently again. The erratic shadows in front of him suddenly disappeared.
Li Yan's heart moved, but he still didn't move his body. At this time, Li Yan began to become more and more cautious.
After about a hundred breaths passed, a "Ghost Thorn" slowly walked down the edge of the "Ghost Thorn" mountain at an extremely slow speed and moved towards the "Butterfly Flower" bush...
Li Yan squatted down, carefully avoiding all obstacles and trying not to touch any of the "flowers from the other side".
This black "Ghost Thorn" is like a small "tree" swaying slightly in the dark night!
Li Yan kept talking about the gods from all over the world in his heart. He hoped that those weird monsters in the river would never have intelligence.
Otherwise, such a huge "ghost thorn" appeared on the shore, which would be a bit conspicuous compared with the short and sparse "ghost thorn" in the surrounding area.
Regarding these weird ghosts in the river, Bro also said that these weird things have no intelligence and should just rely on instinct every time they come out.
As for why they want to kill all ghosts and creatures that are not in the "Netherworld River", it may be to determine whether the other party has the aura of the water in the "Netherworld River".
Everything Bro said was just what he heard from hearsay...
Of course, Li Yan didn't know whether the news was true or not, and he didn't know whether the "ghost thorn" in his hand could really make the other party completely avoid it and not want to get close.
Li Yan looked through the gap between the "ghost thorns" and looked at the dark green river in front of him, getting closer...
Suddenly, Li Yan once again felt as if someone had cast a immobilization spell on him. He squatted there, motionless, and his heart almost jumped out!
Just as he was moving slowly, looking behind him and on both sides, and turning his head to look forward, he saw a pair of eyes two feet away from him through the gap between the "ghost thorns" in his hands.
This caused large stains of sweat to appear on Li Yandeng's back. His eyes were glowing with deathly gray as he stared at the "Ghost Thorn" tree that suddenly stopped moving.
It was a fat woman dressed in red, with her head turned back at a weird angle, facing Li Yan with her back and face.
Li Yan felt that the "fatness" on her body was the result of being swollen by river water. The woman's black hair was hanging down, and there were only two black holes left in her nostrils.
But in that black hole, there were two green snake-like things. They poked their heads out for a while, and then quickly retracted. They looked extremely sinister...
The woman in red's gray eyes stared straight at the "Ghost Thorn". After a while, she suddenly floated in front of her.
The strangely twisted head on the back was stuck to the "Ghost Thorn" tree almost instantly.
Then, from the two black hole nostrils, two green snake-head-like things suddenly poked out, and began to shake their heads in an attempt to enter the "Ghost Thorn" bush.
But every time he only enters a little bit, he quickly shrinks back, making a strange "sizzling" sound at the same time...
Li Yan squatted on the ground. Although his back was already wet with sweat, he restrained himself from moving.
He knew that in the darkness around him, there were too many weird monsters that could appear at any time. If he showed even the slightest flaw, he would be surrounded in an instant.
Li Yan's expression was dull. He was holding his breath and concentrating. At the same time, the muscles in his legs were tense. As long as he found something bad, he would shoot out.
Although he didn't know whether he was retreating faster or the strange monster that suddenly appeared from the darkness was faster, this was his only way out.
"laugh!"
Li Yan felt his eyes flash, and the woman in red suddenly disappeared. Li Yan was shocked and immediately turned around to look around.