Zhang Yan had never heard of something like Xuanshi Mountain before, let alone seen it with his own eyes. There was no such record even in the Earth's legendary era.
Therefore, Zhang Yan also knew nothing about what was on Xuanshi Mountain.
However, relying on the ability of Yuan Shen Guyang, Zhang Yan would not be disturbed by the properties emitted by the black stone, allowing him to approach this strange black stone mountain to investigate.
"despair."
The boots made a crisp sound when they stepped on a flat spot on the dark stone. Looking down, they could see a crack mark similar to the sole of the shoe on the place where they landed. It looked like a mirror had been cracked by stepping on it.
Zhang Yan looked around curiously and saw nothing strange, so he squatted down and brushed his hands across the surface of the mountain at his feet, pressing hard from time to time. It didn't take much force to crack the surface of the mountain.
"Is this a mirror effect caused by weathering?" Zhang Yan did not remember that black stones have the property of being "brittle". But some of the stones he felt in his hands were indeed black stones. The only possibility was that the mountain had been around for too long.
The unique environment that existed for a long time or once existed has resulted in the phenomenon of mirroring on the surface of black stone, otherwise it would never be so brittle.
After making this judgment, Zhang Yan looked around again. No matter whether it was steep or slightly gentle terrain, except for the cracks where he was standing, the other places were as smooth as a mirror.
"So it seems that I am the first entity standing here?"
With the surface of the mountain as brittle as a mirror, any entity that steps on it should leave traces. And those creatures that are too small will be disturbed by vitality and cannot come.
Zhang Yan didn't really walk steadily step by step. He was worried that he would step into some trap. So he deployed his flying technique and started to fly slowly, a few inches off the ground.
Zhang Yan landed near the top of Xuanshi Mountain and continued walking down in circles.
If I ask what I have discovered, I have. That is that Zhang Yan can always find some holes in some cracks along the way. They are not the kind of smooth and regular holes, some of them seem to have been formed by the Xuanshi Mountain itself. There are big ones.
The size of a fist, the smaller one is not as big as a walnut.
The reason why these holes attracted Zhang Yan's attention is that they are extremely deep, and they all go deep towards the center of Xuanshi Mountain. Zhang Yan's perception will always be at a similar level when he goes down these holes.
The position was blocked by a strange force.
When Zhang Yan walked around halfway up the mountain in circles, he finally discovered a characteristic of those holes. That is, these holes should be scattered radially from the center of the black stone mountain. It can be imagined as
Frozen tofu is full of holes, but the holes are twisted but they will eventually end up in one place.
There is a "sphere" formed by strange forces in the center of the mountain. Zhang Yan's perception cannot penetrate it, and he cannot detect the situation further inside.
But these discoveries alone have shown that this black stone mountain is definitely much more complicated than it appears on the surface.
Zhang Yan continued to wander down. The closer he got to the middle and lower parts of the mountain, the more holes there were, and there began to be a "smell" in the air that Zhang Yan was very familiar with.
It's the smell of ghosts!
If the smell of ghosts had appeared here before, Zhang Yan would have been a little surprised, but after hearing Zhou Cang talk about it in advance, he just said "Sure enough" in his heart. He didn't care, but continued to focus most of his attention on it.
Put it on the perception of this mountain.
However, when Zhang Yan continued to turn in circles and went down for less than half a cup of tea, he stopped, his nose twitched frequently, and his brows wrinkled into the character "Chuan".
"The Yin Qi hasn't changed much, but why is the residual Yin evil and soul aura so strong here?" This is the reason why Zhang Yan frowned.
Zhang Yan is extremely familiar with the ghosts that he uses as a way to obtain merit and spiritual energy. Whether they are wild ghosts or fierce ghosts, or even ghosts that touch the threshold of ghost cultivation like the Ghost King, their essence is the same.
Although it cannot be said to be a living thing, it is still an alternative existence. It relies on the intertwining of soul, violence and evil spirits to form an independent soul body.
The special residue of Yin Qi is the "traces" left by ghosts, indicating that ghosts have visited this place. And the strength of the ghosts and the time they passed through this place can be judged by the intensity of the remaining Yin Qi. There is a special book in the Longhu Mountain Gate.
The book about "ghost hunting" contains detailed descriptions of tracking the whereabouts of ghosts. Zhang Yan once briefly browsed through it and was deeply impressed by some of the passages in it.
For example, it is said in the book that some evil spirit will remain when ghosts use their methods. The stronger the remaining evil spirit, it means that there has been a fierce battle between the ghosts here, or that the ghosts have been killed.
The principle is just like human blood. After fighting and fighting, wounds will leave blood stains. If someone cuts off the head, there will be even more blood stains left.
In the same way, the evil spirit here is a bit too strong.
It would be fine if it were a ghost lair or a haunted place that has been haunted all year round, but this place is a special place that has just appeared. Can ghosts make a home here?
If he didn't settle down here, then he encountered some kind of trouble here, which caused such a strong evil spirit to remain.
The further you go to the foot of the mountain, the more intense the residual evil is. Even more intense than the ghost's lair. It's like entering a killing field, a killing field dedicated to killing and dismembering ghosts.
Moreover, Zhang Yan did not see anything related to the demon clan on the mountain. You must know that Zhou Cang said that a large number of demon clan rushed up risking their lives.
Where are they?
Later, Zhang Yan escaped underground again and found that the entire Xuanshi Mountain seemed to appear out of thin air. It was not deep underground, more than twenty feet deep. This depth was actually not stable for such a high mountain.
There is no difference between the surface of this part of the mountain that is underground and the part that is exposed on the ground. The same surface is extremely brittle, but due to the backlog of soil and rocks underground, it no longer has a smooth surface. And it is also covered with rocks of different sizes.
Holes, these holes also extend towards the center of Xuanshi Mountain. Once they enter the sphere enveloped by mysterious power, they can no longer be explored with perception.
Zhang Yan also tried to use earth escape to enter the mountain. But he failed in the end. Xuanshi does not belong to "earth" or "gold", and this kind of thing is very repulsive to escape techniques. Zhang Yan wants to escape in it at least
There is no way now.
After such a large circle of ground and underground circles, Zhang Yan had a preliminary concept of this black stone mountain. But it was not enough. He set up the Skylark Shuttle and flew to a high altitude to hover, then sat cross-legged and meditated, waiting for the night to fall.
Maybe at night, Xuanshi Mountain will have another scene.