The two masters and apprentices were walking in the mountains and forests. The surroundings were quiet, and there was no sign of any monsters living.
The only sound is the rustling of leaves when the sea breeze blows through the woods.
Smelling the salty sea breeze, Du Yu became increasingly wary.
It's too quiet here,
It’s so quiet that it’s disconcerting!
"Qingshi, are these crabapple trees?"
Yang Qingqing shook her head: "It just looks like it. Begonia trees generally don't exceed 8 meters."
Du Yu raised his head and took a look. The crabapple trees in the forest were of different heights. Not to mention 8 meters, there were even giant trees of 5 and 60 meters.
But wherever he looked, there was no other tree species!
This lush mountain forest is all the same.
Du Yu pursed his lips. This place was beautiful, but there was a strange atmosphere everywhere.
Including the ground under the feet of Bai Yujing and Huang Yinlin at this moment, it is not normal soil, but gravel.
To be honest, after leaving the coastal reef area, Du Yu thought he would enter a normal mountain forest.
But the ground beneath my feet didn't change at all.
Can these crabapple trees really absorb nutrients from the gravel and survive?
"Meow~" Huang Yinlin felt something in his heart. His long tail was like steel, and it suddenly pierced the earth and stirred it vigorously.
Bai Yujing in front stopped for a moment and looked back.
Du Yu was seen looking down at the deep pit below with a solemn expression.
The Wild Silver Lynx's tail reached a depth of one and a half meters into the ground. There was still no normal soil, only gravel everywhere.
"Follow up." Yang Qingqing's demon soul was absorbed into her body. She also tried to communicate with the crabapple tree, but there was no response.
"Yes." Du Yu rushed forward and quickly rushed to his master's side.
A deer and a lynx were moving at extremely fast speeds in the strange crabapple forest. In the blink of an eye, the two speed kings braked suddenly.
Bai Yujing raised his front hooves, like a galloping horse being held back by the reins.
Huang Yinlin turned his body and braked sideways, crushing an unknown amount of gravel.
Ahead is a huge open space.
The same crabapple trees did not dare to touch this place.
And in the middle of the open space, there is a towering ancient tree.
"Good guy~" Du Yu sighed softly.
Such a beautiful flower tree is even more beautiful than the twin trees, the mother of demons and otherworldly beings!
The ancient trees are towering, but their branches do not droop.
The branches grow diagonally from bottom to top, with endless flowers blooming among the lush green leaves.
The deep red flowers are so mesmerizingly beautiful.
Along the way, Du Yu was used to seeing begonia trees with no flowers and only green leaves. A sudden flash of deep red broke into his eyes, making him stare at it for a long time.
Yang Qingqing sat sideways on the deer's back, and a demonic spirit came out again.
The illusory silhouette of the woman slowly hovered in front of the giant tree, reaching forward with one hand.
Du Yu looked at the tree, then at the immortal master who frowned slightly, and had a bad premonition in his heart.
This is indeed the case!
The towering giant tree is really a monster plant, and it did communicate with Yang Qingqing, but the first sentence it said had a strong sense of scrutiny: "Those who are on the wrong track."
Yang Qingqing raised her eyebrows slightly: "You mean, I went astray?"
Jumu: "Your body is full of the aura of monsters, but your spiritual energy is pitiful."
Such a response allowed Yang Qingqing to confirm that this giant tree had been isolated from the world.
At least it believes that those who control demons are not orthodox in the world, but heretical!
This concept was prevalent before the twin trees, the Tree of Spirits, withered and the demon controllers came onto the stage of history.
From this point of view, this tree not only comes from Daxia, but also is on the same front as the human race Spirit Controller?
Yang Qingqing suddenly turned around and saw Du Yu's demon spirit following him.
She didn't stop her, but asked in a friendly manner: "Can you tell me your name?"
"Tree of the Sea·Shatang."
Du Yu's demonic palm was pressed against the bark of the tree. Hearing this response, he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows slightly.
There is actually a nickname in front of its name.
Yang Qingqing was very considerate. He no longer used his demon spirit to convey his thoughts, but instead used his body to speak, making it easier for Du Yu to hear the question.
She asked: "Where is this place?"
Sha Tang: "The boundary of the sea."
"The boundary of the sea." Yang Qingqing murmured, "How far is it from Daxia?"
Sha Tang: "Those who have gone astray, Daxia is a place you can never go back to."
Du Yu didn't think so. He said, "Since we can come here, we should be able to return the same way?"
"Hehe, hehe" Haizhishu Shatang suddenly laughed.
The laughter was full of sarcasm, seeming to be mocking Du Yu's ignorance.
Du Yu was not angry, but waited for Sha Tang to laugh before asking again: "Isn't it?"
Sha Tang: "The boundary between mountains and seas has come and gone."
"The boundary between mountains and seas." Du Yu nodded thoughtfully, "So, in addition to the boundary of the sea here, there is also a boundary of mountains?"
Sha Tang: "You are very smart, astray."
Really?
Du Yu: "We are here to find our companions. There are four human beings, three men and one woman. Have you seen them?"
Sha Tang: "It seems you are looking in the wrong place."
Du Yu's thoughts raced in his mind, so the men and horses of the second team were teleported to the "Mountain Boundary"?
Yang Qingqing suddenly said: "You have some misunderstandings about us, we are not the ones who have gone astray.
Today's Great Xia is no longer an era where the human race and the beast race are facing each other tit for tat, trying to destroy each other."
The monsters communicated, and the real body Yang Qingqing patted Bai Yujing's head, and the dusty fairy deer immediately stepped lightly with its snow hooves.
Du Yu, the main body, immediately followed with his lynx.
However, Sea Tree Shatang's attention was not on Huang Yinlin.
This Chenling Deer made the Tree of the Sea and Shatang fall into rare silence.
The human race and the beast race are at odds with each other, and they wish each other could exterminate their species.
But in the vast world, there are many kinds of beasts.
There are always some creatures who are isolated from the flames of war.
There are always one or two species that symbolize pure beauty, or even the embodiment of "goodness".
The Chenlinglu clan is undoubtedly one of them!
Yang Qingqing: "How long have you lived here?"
"It's been so long that I can't even remember it."
Yang Qingqing thought for a while and said softly: "Since the tree of gods withered, the human race has lost its position as the master of spirits, and the beast race has gained the upper hand.
In order to survive, the human race had to find another way out.
Those who originally went astray have gradually turned into those on the right path. After hundreds of years of transformation, Daxia is now dominated by demon controllers.
The human race also coexisted peacefully with the beast race, ushering in an age of peace and prosperity unprecedented in thousands of years."
Sha Tang: "If you talk nonsense, will the tree of gods wither?"
Yang Qingqing said calmly: "My demon soul is connected to you. Do you think I am lying at all?"
Once again, Shatang was silent.
The two masters and apprentices looked at each other. Under Yang Qingqing's slight shaking of his head, Du Yu held back and did not speak, giving Shatang enough time to digest the information.
"Actually, I know everything." After a long time, Sha Tang finally responded, "I just don't want to believe it.
A long time ago, several groups of monsters were exiled here. They all said that the human race was over.
The tree of gods chose the beasts and abandoned humans.
After the death of those monster beasts, no living beings can enter this place again.
It turns out that thousands of years have passed in this world.”
Yang Qingqing's true body came to the tree and merged with the demon soul.
The slender hand gently pressed on the bark of the tree, feeling the strange texture: "The world outside is different.
If you want, I can take you to the present-day Daxia Kingdom to have a look."
Sha Tang: "Monster Controller, your demon pet, and your unreserved demon spirit make me willing to believe in you.
but"
"What?"
"But you still can't leave here."
Du Yu immediately said: "We were brought here by a bell."
Sha Tang: "Yes, you, like all those who have gone astray, and like all monsters, have been exiled here."
"exile?"
Sha Tang: “Here, you can grow old quietly.
Or, when you can't take it anymore, I can give you a ride."
"No, Brother Shu!"
Du Yu looked uncomfortable and said hurriedly: "We are not exiled. This is a misunderstanding. Listen to me."
Du Yu quickly explained the current situation clearly, leaving Shatang silent.
Du Yu: "So, you haven't met new people or new beasts in hundreds of years.
After such a long interval, Master and I suddenly appeared here because the bell has reappeared after hundreds of years of precipitation!
We are not enemies of the bell, we want to help it.
Understand its past, help it integrate into the world, and complete its unfinished wish.
But the bell didn’t let in the oil and salt, so it directly teleported the two of us here!”
Sha Tang: "Mountain and Sea Bell."
"ah?"
Sha Tang: "Its name is Shanhai Zhong."
"Ah." Du Yu nodded, "Now that you know the cause and effect, can you help us and let us out?"
For the third time, Sha Tang fell into silence.
Du Yu waited for a long time and was about to ask again when Yang Qingqing suddenly spoke:
"Since you were transplanted here, you have been stationed in the sea world. Your creed of existence is to prevent any living being from leaving. You have never helped any living being escape from here, right?"
Yang Qingqing has a profound understanding of the belief in the existence of living beings in the world.
The stronger the creature, the stronger the so-called faith.
Just like the journey of mastering monsters, neither Yang Qingqing nor Du Yu can have any doubts about the path forward for cultivation.
To a certain extent, this is also one of the laws of heaven and earth.
Sha Tang was really friendly to Yang Qingqing, or maybe this human was willing to try to understand it and gave it a little comfort.
Sha Tang finally responded: "If the gates of heaven had not opened, the oceans and abyss would have appeared, and the mountains and seas would have been inseparable."
Du Yu: "Tianmen?"
"The Shanhai Bell is the only way to open the Heavenly Gate, and it is also the way you two were exiled here."
Du Yu: "What about Haiyuan?"
"At the bottom of the deep sea, there is an abyss that leads to the deeper parts of the sea.
It is said that there is one of the ways to leave the boundary between mountains and seas, but I don’t know where the abyss is.”
"Ah" Du Yu was completely helpless. There was no end to this vast ocean, and how complicated was the situation at the bottom of the sea?
Find that special abyss?
What is the difference between finding a needle in a haystack?
Besides, the master and apprentice don’t have water demon pets, let alone the ability to dive into the deep sea!
"Just go into the sea, it's no different than seeking death."
Suddenly, a branch reached down.
The crimson flowers and leaves slowly turned around, revealing a yellow-red fruit.
"Eating this fruit will allow you to move freely in the sea within one day without worrying about drowning."
Du Yu looked startled, what kind of strange fruit is this?
Sha Tang: "But you two had better not choose this path. There are still living monsters in the sea."
Du Yu:???
At the same time, outside the Shanhai Bell, in the military camp.
Lin Shiwei sat on the wind-marked horse and wrote furiously.
All the information that Yang Qingqing sent back through the contract thread was told to the girl by the spirit of Fenghenju.
Slowly, Lin Shiwei breathed a deep sigh of relief, feeling shocked in her heart.
Where he put down the pen, there was a line of powerful words with iron paintings and silver hooks: "In the boundary of the sea, in the deep sea, there are still ancient monsters surviving."
The boundary of the sea has been isolated from the world for hundreds of years?
This monster has not died of old age yet, which means that it is most likely an ancient monster saint!