True Immortal of the Netherworld

The outer hinterland of the ghostly land.

"The power of the netherworld in the void in the hinterland is more intense than in the outside, and the evil spirit mixed in it is getting heavier and heavier." Xu Yang said.

"We must be more careful from now on and not waste time casually." Zhu Liuqing said.

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The two of them continued to explore according to the route planned by Zhu Liuqing on the map. They did not encounter any more risks on the way and harvested three other spiritual herbs listed in the atlas.

Two days later, the two came to the outer hinterland of the Ghost Roaring Land.

Looking up, I saw a huge waterfall flying down from the opposite mountain, and a clear water pool emerged at the foot of the mountain.

"This is it. The water energy in the air around this waterfall is extremely rich. There should be "Shui Yinghua" near this waterfall marked on the map." Zhu Liuqing said.

"I didn't expect this map to be so accurate. It really saved a lot of time for you and me to follow the map all the way." Xu Yang said.

The two walked to the pool under the waterfall.

"Huh? It seems like someone has been here." Zhu Liuqing said, pointing to the shallow footprints left on the damp ground nearby.

"Judging from the clarity of these footprints, they probably don't last more than an hour. Probably other fellow disciples who came first have been here." Xu Yang said.

"You see, although there are not many footprints, they are a bit messy, and they were left by at least two people. It may be that they encountered some unexpected incident, and they were so panicked that the footprints were so messy." Zhu Liuqing said.

The two carefully inspected the area around the waterfall and found several picked "Water Yinghua" flower branches. The valuable flowers had long since disappeared.

Xu Yang squatted down and observed something carefully.

"Junior Sister Zhu, what do you think this is?" As he spoke, Xu Yang reached out and picked up a light blue petal on the ground, and said, "This is clearly a fallen petal of the water phoenix flower. And the creases on the branches are not neat. , from these two points of view, this flower does not look like it was picked by humans, otherwise it would not be reckless enough to cause the petals to fall.”

"There are no traces of spiritual beasts found around here, which is a bit strange. Since there are no more water phoenix flowers here, we should continue on our way as planned." Zhu Liuqing said.

The two left the pool and found a relatively flat road to climb up the mountain ridge. Climbing up and looking out, you can vaguely see a large stone forest under the large gray fog on the opposite side of the mountain.

When we came to the stone forest, we could only see clearly the shape of the stone forest in front of us. The several stone forests in front of me are five or six feet high, and the dark stone bodies seem to be dyed with ink. A gust of light black wind blew through the stone forest, making a roaring sound. After the wind passed, the gray mist around the stone forest seemed to be three points thicker. Xu Yang couldn't help but shiver as the strange black wind blew against him. Xu Yang tried to explore with his spiritual consciousness, but his spiritual consciousness could not penetrate the gray mist at all.

"The evil spirit in this stone forest seems to be three points stronger. Moreover, spiritual consciousness cannot penetrate the gray fog covering the outside. If we continue to move forward, there will be certain risks." Xu Yang said.

"According to the marks on the map, there are several relatively precious wind-attribute spiritual materials in this stone forest. Strange rocks of various sizes are scattered in this stone forest, like a natural maze. If you want to get the spiritual materials inside, there will indeed be a lot of effort. Risk. This map only records the road conditions in one corner of the stone forest. You and I only need to pass through this corner of the stone forest to pass according to the planned route. If we don’t go through this stone forest, we will probably take a detour. It's a bit tight to go for a day," Zhu Liuqing said.

"In that case, let's go in and see the situation first."

The two of them entered the stone forest one after the other.

In the stone forest, gray mist rolled in waves, making it impossible for sight and consciousness to see too far. Xu Yang held the pathfinder compass in his left hand and checked the direction against the map from time to time. Zhu Liuqing followed closely behind him.

Xu Yang put "Peach" on his shoulder. Its two small black gem-like eyes were shining, and its furry little head kept looking left and right, like a military spy carefully observing every move around it. It seemed that the evil spirit here had no effect on it at all.

After turning around a relatively large rock, a small natural square suddenly appeared in front of us. The strong wind, which was originally unpredictable, swirled into whirlwinds in the square and lingered for a long time.

"Senior brother, the wind-type spiritual power here is very strong. The map shows that there are wind grass on the stone walls outside the square. We might as well check it carefully, maybe we can gain something."

"Dark Wind Grass is indeed a relatively precious spiritual material, and the pills made from it are a rare help in practicing the wind attribute ghost technique." Xu Yang said.

The two searched carefully along the rock walls surrounding the small square.

Not long after, I found a dark wind grass in a depression of a mountain rock. This underworld grass plant is short and grows almost close to the rock wall. Its long grey-green leaves are shiny.

After Zhu Liuqing picked the underworld wind grass and put it away, the two of them continued to search carefully and found as many as seven underworld wind grasses. Then I found a long and narrow passage at one end of the small square.

The passage was only about ten feet wide, with dark rock walls on both sides, which felt extremely cold to the touch. The entire passage is also relatively dark, and only about two feet of distance can be seen.

Xu Yang was in front, and Zhu Liuqing was behind. After walking a certain distance along the passage, a bright light shone at the far end of the passage.

"There should be an exit ahead. After passing this exit, we will leave this stone forest. If we encounter danger in this passage, I really don't know how to avoid it." After saying this, Zhu Liuqing let out a sigh of relief.

"Looks like we're pretty lucky."

"Zhi-zhi", at this moment, the originally quiet "Pan Tao" called twice urgently.

"Junior sister, I wish you to be careful. Pantao found abnormal spiritual energy fluctuations outside the cave entrance. It seems that someone is fighting. The consciousness cannot spread too far here, and Pantao's perception is more sensitive than you and me."

The two stopped and Zhu Liuqing quickly took out the compass and looked at it. I saw two small white dots on the compass flashing continuously.

"Two fellow disciples are outside this exit. It seems they are in trouble. Let's go out and check the situation first." Zhu Liuqing said.

The two quickened their pace and were just a few steps away from the exit. Suddenly I heard someone shouting: "Don't let this spiritual animal run into this stone forest, otherwise it will be difficult to catch up with it."

At this time, Xu Yang jumped out of the exit of the stone forest passage.

I saw a black bird flying towards Xu Yang at low altitude, and the two were almost about to collide.

It's too late, but it's soon. Xu Yang ran the Dark Fire Technique at a very fast speed, bulged his cheeks, and opened his mouth to spit out a fireball the size of a wooden basin. At the same time, he turned his right hand over and a "fine steel shield" appeared on his right hand. Mana was poured into it, and circles of silver ripples appeared on the surface of the "stainless steel shield". Xu Yang fiercely pushed the stainless steel shield in his hand forward.

Xu Yang could have avoided the impact of the black bird by turning sideways. But Zhu Liuqing had not come out from the passage behind him. If the bird flew directly into the narrow passage and collided with Zhu Liuqing, it would probably hurt Zhu Liuqing.

Seeing that the fireball that Xu Yang had just sprayed hit the bird's head. The black bird let out a sharp cry, a blue light flashed from the crown of its head, and a rapidly rotating vortex of water spiritual power appeared in front of its head.

There was a loud bang. The two masses of blue and red energy collided together, and the entire space suddenly burst into bright light.

Because the distance was too close, the blast wave violently hit the steel shield in front of Xu Yang, making the steel shield buzz.

The whirlpool of water formed by the black bird's head disappeared simultaneously in the explosion of the fireball, and its forward momentum also came to an abrupt end. This black bird's blue eyes stared intently at Xu Yang in front of him, and its long wings on the left and right flapped slowly in the air.

When the fire light dissipated, Xu Yang could clearly see the true face of the bird. It turned out to be a black-feathered peacock, with a crest of blue feathers growing out of its head that was particularly conspicuous.

Zhu Liuqing heard the sound and jumped out of the passage in a few steps, holding the dazzling silver scimitar tightly in her hand.

At this time, two figures on the opposite side flashed out not far behind the black-feathered peacock. They were two young men wearing the clothes of the disciples of the Wood Spirit Academy, with average appearance and figure.

At this moment, these two people and Xu Yang just blocked the black-feathered peacock in the middle.

Seeing Xu Yang and Zhu Liuqing jumping out of the passage, they stopped the black-feathered peacock. One of them said: "It turns out that we are two fellow disciples. I am Bi Yong, a disciple of the third group of Muling Academy, and the person next to me is my twin brother Bi Zhi.".

"I'm Xu Yang, a disciple of the fourth group. Next to me is Zhu Liuqing, a junior sister in the same group as me. It's a pleasure to meet you two senior brothers," Xu Yang replied.

Zhu Liuqing didn't say anything, but nodded politely towards the opposite side.

"The two brothers from the Bi family are new disciples in the past two years. They are also relatively famous among the outer disciples. The Bi family is an alchemy family within the Tiangui Sect, and its strength cannot be underestimated." Zhu Liuqing said in a low voice.

"This black wind peacock has been hit by my soul-locking talisman. It can no longer fly high for the time being. While the effect of the soul-locking talisman is still there, let's work together to capture this spiritual animal first. The value of this black wind peacock does not need to be more than mine. Just say it." Bi Yong said loudly.

Xu Yang looked carefully and saw that there was indeed a silver nail wrapped with talismans inserted into the peacock's back, and there were faint circles of silver runes spreading out from it.

The Black Wind Peacock is a spiritual bird with both wind and water attributes. It is difficult to see it in the outside world. The aqua-blue feather crown on its head is a rare water-attribute spiritual material, the black feathers are a wind-attribute spiritual material, and the peacock gallbladder is an excellent material for refining elixirs. And if the **Black Wind Peacock is handed over to the sect to be raised, it will receive a generous reward from the sect.