Light curtains flashing with various colors cut off the underground passage.
Shang Xia was shocked, and after realizing that there was no danger, he slowly walked closer to the light curtain.
After he pondered for a moment, he first pointed at the light curtain and volleyed in the air.
A wisp of finger wind flew out, causing only a slight ripple on the light screen, and then disappeared.
Upon seeing this, Shang Xia immediately struck the light curtain with a palm in the air, but the light curtain only swayed slightly and the force was resolved.
"It's not like a ban, it's more like a formation! Could it be that the entire coral forest is really protected by a formation? But that's not right. Although they say that the coral forest is like a big maze, I have never heard of a ban on the coral forest.
Come in and out!”
Shang Xia secretly thought, but the Yuhe Sword had already struck a sword light.
The sword light cut a dent in the formation, but it returned to its original state in an instant.
But this time the movement was obviously a bit loud, and a circle of ripples spread around, causing all kinds of colorful brilliance to twist and shake.
Shang Xia understood that it was impossible to forcefully break through this formation, at least not with his own cultivation.
However, thinking of the sudden disappearance of the water in the pool at the bottom of the Yuanqi Stone Mine, Shang Xia suddenly speculated that perhaps this light curtain might open on its own, and then the water inside would be released again, filling the bottom of the Yuanqi Stone Pit.
He might be able to take the opportunity to pass through the formation.
I just don’t know how long the interval will be, and these are just based on my own guesses. Whether this curtain will open is still unknown.
However, thinking of the third-level walking corpse, Shang Xia was certain that it must have come from here.
At this moment, Shang Xia's heart suddenly moved, and he took out a three-inch long and one-inch wide red nameplate from his cuff, the red nameplate obtained from a third-level walking corpse!
Shang Xia played with the Zhu card in his hand for a few times. After a slight hesitation, he still held one end of the Zhu card, and then drew the other end on the formation screen!
The formation that was originally unable to be broken even by the Jade River Sword was suddenly cut open by the Zhu Pai like paper.
But before Shang Xia showed such an expression, a torrent of water had already opened the opening of the formation and sprayed directly towards Shang Xia's face.
Fortunately, Shang Xia was well prepared, and while avoiding the attack in time, he took a few steps back, and the Zhupai in his hand also broke away from the formation.
The opening that Zhu Pai had just made on the formation screen was about a foot long, but now it had been stretched into a circle by the rushing water, and within a short time, water began to accumulate on the ground.
However, the screen was slowly repairing itself at the same time. Although the water flow was extremely turbulent, the hole in the screen was slowly narrowing until it finally closed and the water flow was cut off.
"It seems like there should be a pool behind this formation, and it looks pretty big!"
Shang Xia thought for a while, and once again used the Zhupai to strike hard on the formation screen. This time, he directly opened a hole several feet long in it.
The turbulent water flow instantly surged out like a dike bursting, but at this time, Shang Xia resisted the pressure of the water flow and went upstream to get in through the breach.
The downward swirling water still gushes out from the gap, but the broken formation gap is still slowly closing. After the water flow has completely calmed down, one end of the underground passage and the formation screen have been submerged by the water flow.
This underground passage connecting the Yuanqi Stone Mine is not smooth, but has a gentle upward slope from the formation to the bottom of the Yuanqi Stone Mine.
At this time, behind the formation screen, Shang Xia ventured through the formation screen. With quick eyes and quick hands, he circled a rock with the Jade River Sword to immobilize his body. He then held his breath and concentrated against the swirling water until the formation screen behind him gradually closed.
The water surface calmed down again.
Fortunately, the water flow here is quite clear, and there are not many sediments and water plants at the bottom. After the water flow calms down, Shang Xia can roughly see the surrounding situation clearly.
However, judging from the situation at the bottom of the water, the pool where Shang Xia was at this time was probably quite large.
His position was under a large rock. Shang Xia glanced up and found that the rock seemed to be extremely high and could not even be seen.
Could it be said that the top of this rock already stands above the water?
This made Shang Xia instantly think of the origin of the name "Coral Forest".
After retracting the Jade River Sword, Shang Xia stood up holding the mountain stone like a stone pillar, but suddenly found that there seemed to be a spiraling step behind the stone pillar!
Although this step that appears along the edge of the rock looks very rough and uneven, it is undoubtedly man-made.
As an extraordinary warrior, Shang Xia can hold his breath for a long time, but it does not mean that he can stay underwater all the time.
He glanced upwards. Instead of floating directly to the surface of the water, he might as well go all the way up the underground stone steps to see what was going on.
Shang Xia floated up very quickly along the stone steps. After a while, he had risen more than ten feet under the water. But when he looked up at the faint light coming from the water, it was obvious that there was still a long way to go.
After floating up a few feet again, Shang Xia suddenly discovered that the stone steps originally circling along the edge of the rock suddenly extended into a secret passage inside the rock.
Shang Xia looked at the light shining on the water and estimated the distance. It was probably still more than ten feet away from the water, so he turned around and followed the stone steps into the secret passage inside the rock.
"Crash-"
Sure enough, after rising nearly twenty feet along the stone steps of the secret passage, Shang Xia finally emerged from the water.
Shang Xia cautiously looked around on the water, but what he saw was only a stone chamber measuring one foot square. Several fluorescent stones were inlaid on the surrounding stone walls, providing weak light.
In the center of the stone chamber is a small pool three feet square. Shang Xia walked out of this small pool.
Inspiring the anode vitality in the body, Shang Xia's body surface immediately steamed with heat, drying his clothes in a matter of seconds.
The stone chamber is not too big, and you can take in everything at a glance.
This is not a retreat for high-level warriors, nor is it a secret storage room. Instead, there are some tools such as axes, chisels, and steel drills, many of which are damaged.
Thinking of the stone steps under the water pool and the underground passage behind the formation light curtain, Shang Xia felt that this place was more like an unfinished secret passage, nothing more.
But if this is the case, the appearance of the third-level zombie is somewhat unclear.
There's no way the walking corpse on that end has always been in this sealed stone room, right?
Perhaps it fell into the water from somewhere else, and accidentally broke through the formation through the Zhupai on its waist, and entered the underground passage?
This is not impossible. After all, Shang Xia had just come up from the bottom of the water. He knew that the pool was definitely huge, and he could still see the light shining from the water.
After looking through the randomly placed tools, Shang Xia straightened up with some disappointment and began to look for the exit of the secret room.
When he emerged from under the pool, Shang Xia had already sensed that although the secret room was slightly damp, the air was not dirty. There was obviously a passage to the outside.
Exploring along the stone wall bit by bit, Shang Xia soon focused his attention on the only animal relief on one stone wall.
After brushing off the moist dust on the top, the two eyes of the relief were smooth and shining, looking more like two gems.
Just as Shang Xia pressed his fingers up, a faint roar of shouts suddenly spread into the stone chamber through the obstruction of the stone wall.
"who?"
Shang Xia's fingers froze, and the sound came from outside the stone chamber.
Immediately afterwards, there was the faint scream of weapons piercing the air, followed by the sound of gold and iron clashing.
"No, it's a member of Yuejihui. Let's go quickly...ah——"
The screams stopped suddenly, and the person who spoke was obviously killed.
"Senior Brother Lao——"
Someone exclaimed, but it was quickly replaced by a cry of pain.
"Rumble--"
The place where the action should be taken should be just outside the stone chamber. The aftermath of the fighting spread and the muffled sound echoed in the stone chamber.
"Escape quickly——"
Someone shouted loudly again.
"Hey, you want to escape? No one can escape!"
The sinister sneer could clearly be heard in the stone chamber, and it was obvious that the person speaking had extraordinary cultivation.
Then there was another scream, and it was obvious that someone else had been killed.
"Don't kill them all, leave them alive, and ask about the specific location of the Zhu family's old house!"
Another steady voice came. Even if it came through the stone wall, the voice still sounded like it was ringing in his ears. This made Shang Xia's heart sink slightly, and the fingers that were about to press on the two eyes of the relief were also lowered.
.
"...Three people, two died, this one is still alive!"
The sinister voice from before came again, followed by a "thud" and a painful groan, as if a person had been thrown to the ground.
"Well, you guys can give it a try. I'll go take a look at other places and follow up as soon as possible after everything is sorted out. The situation is already very urgent. I just received news that the beast tide outside the Coral Forest has receded. People from Tongyou Peak can be found at any time.
May appear."
The steady voice from before came again, followed immediately by the sound of clothes being pierced, which gradually faded away, apparently leaving.
"Brother Yuwen asked me to stay alive, but he didn't seem to care."
Another voice came, and continued: "The people in Tongyou Peak are also weird. How come the people wandering in the coral forest now are all little shrimps from the Wuyuan Realm?"
The sinister voice from before sneered: "They are just abandoned children, used as waste, and exiled in this coral forest to disturb our sight. Otherwise, Brother Yuwen would not leave."
"So this kid probably doesn't know anything anymore? Then why do you want to keep him alive?"
The sinister voice laughed strangely: "Aren't you afraid that this kid might know something?"
With that said, the sinister voice said again: "Boy, what's going on, do you understand? You have all been given up by Liu Jitang, and you still think that you are a student of Tongyou Academy? Hurry up and tell yourself
Telling everything will save you, Grandpa Ouyang, a lot of trouble and make you suffer a lot before you die."
"I...what...don't know!"
A faint sound spread into the stone chamber, followed by a life-long howl.
"Huh? The bones are quite hard! Brother Dongfang, please step back. A certain ice-poison master has mastered the art of ice and poison, and I just want to give you a taste of a certain soul-traveling needle that he has just mastered!"
Shang Xia made a quick decision and pressed two fingers on the two eyes of the beast-shaped relief.
"Rumble--"
There was a trembling muffled sound, and the stone wall in front of Shang Xia suddenly opened.
A warrior who was facing away from Shang Xia turned around in shock, but his eyes were drowned by a sword light like a waterfall.